bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Efek Perkembangan Komunikasi Massa Terhadap Pola Pikir dan Perilaku Masyarakat Di Era Society 5.0
Authors: Muhamad Bisri Mustofa  , Agus Sujepri  , Nurrohman  , Umiatul Mutoharoh  , Vika Anggraini
Published: January 2023

The involvement of technology in modern life can no longer be ignored. Almost all the activities of today's society can not be separated from technology. It is also to fulfill access in finding information. The involvement of the communication media is considered to be able to effectively complement the diverse needs of the community, the speed of access to information that currently varies. The media of mass communication has become an inexhaustible part of providing information to the audience, the life of print media and technology has become an inseparable component of human life. The ease in accessing mass communication media by the community, has an influence on changes in people's mindsets and behavior so as to make mass communication media as a benchmark. The purpose of this study was to determine the development of the effect of mass communication on people's mindset and behavior. This study uses a literature study method, namely by collecting data through written documents or electronic documents to support the writing process. This research shows that the mindset and behavior of the community is closely related to the development of mass communication media that is easily accessible anytime and anywhere
Pengetahuan Dan Kekuasaan Tentang Wacana Medis Dalam “Skin Wiki” oleh Klinik Kecantikan Erha
Authors: Arif Zuhdi Winarto
Published: January 2023

Michel Foucault sparked the thought of the reciprocal relationship between Power and Knowledge (Foucault 1982b). The administration of power will continuously create knowledge entities, and vice versa the implementation of knowledge will cause the effect of power. Discourse of truth is formed and produced through a process and mechanisms of power. ERHA beauty clinic as one of the aesthetic franchise clinics spread across several regions in Indonesia that focuses on dealing with body appearance issues from hair to nails. This clinic has a different marketing strategy from its competitors, namely by producing medical discourse into a glossary catalog called SKIN WIKI. As Foucault thought about the birth of the clinic, in the Skin Wiki things related to the body are given a specific label in medical discourse so that what is unusual is considered a deviant and must be taken seriously in a personal, precise and specific way. It also implies that if the deviation is not handled professionally it will make the condition of that particular person even worse. This paper tries to explain that medical discourse in Skin Wiki by Erha clinic is an inseparable part of the process and mechanism of power to form a beauty image that can attract patients as the target market to come and seek treatment at the Erha beauty clinic. From the knowledge released by the Erha Clinic, Erha's beautiful construction is a personal beauty, free from any discourse of irregularities or discourses of abnormality.
Les Chilopodes de France métropolitaine (Myriapoda, Chilopoda) : liste commentée des espèces avec état des connaissances et proposition de noms français
Authors: IORIO Étienne , CARNET Mathurin , CHERPITEL Thomas , DESMOTS Didier , GEOFFROY Jean-Jacques , JACQUEMIN Guillaume , QUINDROIT Clovis , RACINE Antoine
Published: January 2023

La faune des Chilopodes de France métropolitaine comporte actuellement 154 taxons terminaux : 151 espèces et trois sous-espèces, dont la liste commentée est fournie dans le présent article. Stenotaenia sorrentina (Attems, 1903) est confirmée en France (Corse). Les spécimens autrefois cités comme Lithobius nodulipes Latzel, 1880 en Corse se rapportent à L. brandensis Verhoeff, 1943, le premier étant à retirer de la faune française. Un nom vernaculaire français est créé ou confirmé pour chaque taxon terminal, afin de favoriser la communication sur ce groupe de « Mille-pattes » auprès du grand public, tout en rappelant la nécessité de rigueur lorsque l’on souhaite étudier ce groupe. En mai 2022, 32 805 données d’observation au niveau spécifique sont disponibles sur la répartition des Chilopodes de France métropolitaine (77 302 spécimens identifiés), dont 89,3 % ont été produites depuis 2000. 45,1 % des mailles terrestres de 10 × 10 km de France métropolitaine comportent au moins une donnée de Chilopode. Quelques nouvelles observations sont apportées sur le déclin et/ou la disparition probable de quelques espèces.
Les palmes du savoir-faire: la vannerie dans les oasis du Sahara
Authors: BENFOUGHAL Tatiana
Published: January 2023

Ce livre est l’aboutissement d’une recherche menée par Tatiana Benfoughal dans les oasis sahariennes des trois pays du Maghreb, le Maroc, l’Algérie et la Tunisie. Dans le but d’appréhender l’activité vannière dans toutes ses connexions environnementales et sociétales, l’auteure aborde celle-ci sous trois angles d’approche. Basée sur l’utilisation des fibres tirées du palmier dattier, l’activité vannière est d’abord envisagée comme un élément de l’agrosystème oasien, lui-même inscrit dans un système saharien plus global caractérisé par la complémentarité de deux modes de vie, nomade et sédentaire. En explorant ensuite les objets de vannerie, avec une minutie toute muséographique, Tatiana Benfoughal analyse les processus techniques de tressage, les savoirs et les savoir-faire qui y sont liés, ainsi que les façons qu’ont les vanniers et les vannières de penser le « beau » et le « moderne ». Dans le même volet, la description des usages des vanneries fait entrer le lecteur dans la vie quotidienne et festive des oasiens. Enfin, avec le troisième angle d’approche, l’auteure propose une analyse du statut des vanniers et des vannières au sein de la société oasienne, de leurs conditions de travail et des modes de commercialisation de leur production. L’auteure s’est plus particulièrement attachée à appréhender l’activité vannière telle qu’inscrite dans deux situations contemporaines étroitement liées : d’un côté, la perpétuation partielle des anciens modes de vie et des pratiques et, de l’autre, le remodelage en profondeur de la vie économique et socioculturelle saharienne.
L’art des ghostnets: approche anthropologique et esthétique des filets-fantômes
Authors: LE ROUX Géraldine
Published: January 2023

Entre urgence écologique, attraction esthétique, engagement économique et valeur mémorielle, Géraldine Le Roux révèle comment des filets de pêche abandonnés en mer (ghost nets) mettent en branle des écosystèmes. L’émergence et la reconnaissance internationale de l’art des ghostnets sont au cœur de l’ouvrage. Des sculptures faites à partir de morceaux de filets, des paniers tressés en corde et des représentations ultra réalistes obtenues à l’aide de fibres cousues sont l’œuvre d’une centaine d’artistes autochtones et non-autochtones, d’Australie, d’Océanie, des Amériques et d’Europe. Les gestes artistiques empruntent autant au langage des vanniers qu’au monde de l’art contemporain. En restituant les processus de collecte sur la plage et la transformation des déchets marins dans les ateliers, la sélection et l’exposition des œuvres en galerie ou au musée, le livre questionne la place du plastique dans le monde à l’aune des savoirs locaux et des souverainetés autochtones. Le filet-fantôme, objet a priori déchu, est régénéré tant par les gestes écologiques et artistiques que par les mémoires qu’il entrouvre et les actions qu’il entrelace entre passé, présent et futur. « Géraldine Le Roux sillonne les océans et les îles avec un œil d’anthropologue engagée. Depuis sa thèse pionnière sur les artistes aborigènes et océaniens résidant dans les villes de la côte est australienne, elle n’a eu de cesse de contextualiser et de valoriser, par des articles scientifiques et l’organisation d’expositions, des œuvres peu connues. Dans cet ouvrage, elle inventorie des créations artistiques uniques et les croise avec des voix autochtones et des discours tenus par d’autres usagers de la mer, qui, tous, invitent à prendre soin des océans. » Barbara Glowczewski, directrice de recherche et médaille d’argent du CNRS.
An Introduction to the International Mad Studies Journal
Authors: International Mad Studies Community
Published: January 2023

The International Mad Studies Journal Community
“Now Don’t Say We Didn’t Warn You"
Authors: Cosantino Jersey
Published: January 2023

This poetic meditation explores the (im)possibilities - including imaginaries and dreams, longings and desires, wonders and exhilarations, fissures and fractures, heartbreaks and heartaches - of Mad trans time via the conduit of Mad trans poesis. By placing the complexities of Mad trans subjectivities, meaning making, and knowledge production in relationship to the archive and its residual traces and hauntings, Mad trans time unfolds as a deeply embodied theorizing, challenging and actively disrupting normative temporalities, blurring the artificial boundaries between past, present, and future; knowing and (un)knowing; being and becoming.
Women’s Experiences of Social Anxiety Disorder
Authors: Masters Katie
Published: January 2023

While Social Anxiety Disorder’s (SAD) overrepresentation in women has begun to be recognised in recent decades, the power to define and diagnose this ‘mental health issue’ remains the exclusive domain of the medical professional. Whereas women’s own narratives have been used to both explore and reconceptualise other gendered ‘mental health issues’, such as Eating Disorders and Depression, analogous analyses have yet to be carried out vis-à-vis SAD. Performing individual, in-depth, semi-structured interviews with a modest number of women (self-)diagnosed with SAD begins to fill this critical gap. In so doing, it provides a platform on which these women can describe their experiences, define SAD for themselves, and tell us what their lives are actually like. In this paper, I showcase a sample of themes which arose in interviewing these women. I then place these into dialogue with the official psy science discourses on this diagnosis. My research thus advocates making space alongside the hitherto privileged perspectives of medical professionals, and the psy sciences, for the experiences and viewpoints of women (self-)diagnosed with SAD themselves. Ultimately, I show that listening to these women’s voices problematises hegemonic discourses on women’s ‘madness’; offers new ways of understanding the socially anxious woman’s experience; and has the potential to reconceptualise this ‘mental health issue’ in women.
Mad hats. A reflection on mad leadership
Authors: Maylea Chris
Published: January 2023

This paper considers the problem of how Mad leaders might be authentic without resorting to discriminatory identity policing. The paper briefly charts the contemporary role of consumer/survivor/ex-patient/mad activism in mental health reform before drawing on the author’s failed attempt to grapple with authentic mad leadership. Drawing on Mad Studies theory and the wisdom of Lewis Carroll’s Mad Hatter, the author argues that the consumer/survivor/ex-patient/mad movement should welcome all experiences of madness, but only those who can exercise authentic leadership should lead the movement. This requires resistance against non-Mad ways of knowing and exercising power and for established power hierarchies to transform to allow authentic mad leadership.
Planetary and mental resilience: healing ourselves to heal the world
Authors: Pilkington Alinta
Published: January 2023

Resilience is a concept relating to a system’s ability to ‘bounce back’ from disturbance and can be conceptualised as the boundaries (or thresholds) around an equilibrium state. This paper traces the connection between ecological change and mental health, arguing that both are seeing increasing dysregulation. Climate change, as is occurring under ‘business-as-usual conditions’, is likely to breach the resilience of the Earth System (ES), tipping the world into ‘Hothouse Earth’. Equally, mental health, envisaged also using a resilience (or ‘Window of Tolerance’) framework, is affected by climate change – tipping people from a steady to dysregulated state of emotionality. These states are borne from both direct climate crisis and indirect ‘eco-anxieties’ emanating from the mere fact of impending climate change. Societally, our level of current dysregulation and dissociation can be seen from the way we treat the indigenous and natural world. Coping mechanisms like addictions or denial can be easy to seek out to soothe upset feelings, but this paper argues that  to truly re-regulate, true emotional expression of grief followed by mindful equipoise would be more desirable, both for healing ourselves and for healing the planet.
Quack Law
Authors: Bernstein Bryan
Published: January 2023

DIGITAL ART COMMENTARY
Power of Self as the Resource and the North Star
Authors: Stewart et al Stephanie
Published: January 2023

Lived experience leadership represents a means to effect much-needed systems transformations across the mental health sector, and yet remains largely underutilised. One barrier to the recognition and resourcing of lived experience leadership as such may be a lack of clarity regarding its nature. To redress this barrier, the current study aimed to produce an account of the defining features of lived experience leadership, as understood by those engaging in its practice. Interviews were conducted with 19 people defined by their peers as lived experience leaders, in which they were asked to discuss lived experience leadership and related concepts such as authority, power and influence. Discursive analysis of interview data produced an understanding of lived experience leadership as defined by people with lived experience’s use of a certain type of power: an experience-based and systems-informed knowledge of and fidelity to themselves as both individuals and as a collective. Results suggest that lived experience leadership is distinct from other forms of mental health leadership and offer influential figures a means to identify and thus appropriately support lived experience leadership in its own right.
Akathisiacs
Authors: Elwyn Rosiel
Published: January 2023

POETRY
Contemporary techniques to the laboratory diagnosis of cognitive dysfunction (Dementia) in elderly patients.
Authors: Ali Shahula
Published: January 2023

Dementia is a severe condition affecting more than 55 million people worldwide. In elderly patients, it leads to an overall decline in memory and thinking skills. It affects the patient and those around the patient, including family and caregivers. The symptoms can become so severe that the person's ability to perform everyday activities becomes compromised. This study aims to search and collect information about the sensitivity and specificity of available laboratory diagnostic methods for patients with Dementia and identify if these methods will be effective in giving a specific and definitive diagnosis. The specificity and sensitivity of four main laboratory testing methods have been included in this review: blood panels, cerebrospinal fluid, plasma biomarkers, hormone testing, and genetic testing. The methods are each explained separately with details of their importance and which specific parameters they screen for have haven included. Numerous blood panels and laboratory diagnostic techniques have been suggested for the timely and accurate diagnosis of Dementia and its various types; however, when the sensitivity and specificity of these techniques are considered, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and plasma biomarkers are found to be the most effective. Alzheimer's disease (AD) and other types of Dementia are now diagnosed using the biomarkers amyloid- (A), tau, and phosphorylated tau (p-tau181). With 93 percent accuracy in diagnosis, the innovative Precivity AD test created by the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis might be regarded as both highly sensitive and specific.
Att göra folkmusik
Authors: Eriksson Karin L.
Published: January 2023

Workshops in Swedish folk music are occasions where what is perceived as folk music is concretized through the participants’ practice. This is especially clear when the teachers’ practice is studied based on questions about what is taught, how the teaching is carried out and how the repertoire is presented. Based on field studies conducted 2013–2015 through film documentation with follow-up interviews, the article discusses teachers’ practice in the workshops. The results show that the teachers’ practice reinforces already established norms, ideals and notions of what characterizes Swedish folk music as a genre, such as rootedness in history, mainly oral transmission and a focus on polska (a type of dance tune in triple time) that should be performed in a variable manner. The results also show that there is a potential for altering these norms; this is not, however, done to any greater degree. The teachers’ didactic choices in the workshops thus interact and fill the concept of “folk music” with a content as well as give guidelines for how to behave as a member of the Swedish folk music community of practice.
ANTÍGONA O LA RAZÓN ESPECTACULAR
Authors: Carrera Pilar
Published: January 2023

La noción de espectáculo, que suele asumirse negativamente desde la opinión y la crítica, especialmente la relativa a los mass media, debe ser revitalizada como espacio de enunciación que se sitúa más allá de la lógica mediática. Antígona, la figura de Sófocles, es un ejemplo de esta lógica espectacular a la que nos referimos.
Role of interventional endoscopic ultrasound in a developing country
Authors: Maulahela Hasan , Annisa Nagita Gianty , Fauzi Achmad , Renaldi Kaka , Abdullah Murdani , Simadibrata Marcellus , Makmun Dadang , Syam Ari Fahrial
Published: January 2023

Background/Aims: Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) has become an essential diagnostic and therapeutic tool. EUS was introduced in 2013 in Indonesia and is considered relatively new. This study aimed to describe the current role of interventional EUS at our hospital as a part of the Indonesian tertiary health center experience.Methods: This retrospective study included all patients who underwent interventional EUS (n=94) at our center between January 2015 and December 2020. Patient characteristics, technical success, clinical success, and adverse events associated with each type of interventional EUS procedure were evaluated.Results: Altogether, 94 interventional EUS procedures were performed at our center between 2015 and 2020 including 75 cases of EUS-guided biliary drainage (EUS-BD), 14 cases of EUS-guided pancreatic fluid drainage, and five cases of EUS-guided celiac plexus neurolysis. The technical and clinical success rates of EUS-BD were 98.6% and 52%, respectively. The technical success rate was 100% for both EUS-guided pancreatic fluid drainage and EUS-guided celiac plexus neurolysis. The adverse event rates were 10.6% and 7.1% for EUS-BD and EUS-guided pancreatic fluid drainage, respectively.Conclusions: EUS is an effective and safe tool for the treatment of gastrointestinal and biliary diseases. It has a low rate of adverse events, even in developing countries.
Skriftsproglig udvikling i grundskolens danskfag: Et korpusbaseret studie af elevtekster fra 5.-9. klassetrin
Authors:   ,   Aarhus University, Tannert Morten
Published: January 2023

I ph.d.-afhandlingen "Skriftsproglig udvikling i grundskolens danskfag: Et korpusbaseret studie af elevtekster fra 5.-9. klassetrin" (2019-2022) undersøges det, hvordan grundskoleelevers skriftsprog udvikler sig henover 5.-9. klassetrin i et tekstkorpus bestående af elevtekster skrevet i danskfaget, samt hvordan udviklingstræk i elevernes tekster hænger sammen med elevernes sociale baggrund, køn, skrivelyst og læse- og skrivevaner i fritiden. Afhandlingens første analysedel består således af en række kvantitative og kvalitative analyser af tekstkorpusset med fokus på de lingvistiske forskelle mellem tekster på tværs af klassetrin og teksttyper. Afhandlingens anden analysedel fokuserer på skriveudvikling i et sociologisk perspektiv med særligt fokus på forholdet mellem lingvistiske træk i elevernes tekster og elevernes køn og sociale baggrund. Afhandlingen indeholder desuden en række refleksioner over potentialer og begrænsninger i brugen af digitale, kvantitative analyseværktøjer til at belyse børns skriveudvikling, og afhandlingen bidrager således med metodologiske betragtninger om digital humaniora og kvantitativ tekstanalyse. I afhandlingens afsluttende kapitel diskuteres de didaktiske implikationer af afhandlingens analyser.
Selecionar, controlar e distribuir: o Instituto Nacional de Imigração e Colonização e a política imigratória brasileira (1952-1955)
Authors: Santos Amanda Pereira dos
Published: January 2023

O tema migratório ganhou destaque nas políticas públicas brasileiras durante o primeiro governo de Getúlio Vargas (1930-1945). Não obstante, em seu segundo governo (1951-1954), Vargas ainda se mostrava preocupado com a política imigratória que deveria ser implementada no Brasil. Com o objetivo de controlar e dirigir o movimento imigratório após a Segunda Guerra, o presidente propôs a criação do Instituto Nacional de Imigração e Colonização (INIC). Assim, o presente trabalho se propõe a analisar a configuração da política imigratória brasileira a partir da fundação desse Instituto, bem como as atividades e os debates ocorridos no primeiro ano de seu funcionamento.
CAGE13-3 Cruise Report: Sub-seabed CO2 Storage: Impact on Marine Ecosystems (ECO2) (A 7th Framework Programme EU project) PART I.
Authors: Bünz Stefan
Published: January 2023

The ECO2 project sets out to assess the risks associated with the storage of CO2 below the seabed. Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) is regarded as a key technology for the reduction of CO2 emissions from power plants and other sources at the European and international level. The proposed project will assess the likelihood of leakage and impact of leakage on marine ecosystems. As part of the ECO2 project, cruise CAGE13-3 intend to acquire a 3D seismic volume (which will act as monitor along with the 3D cube collected in 2011) from the Snøhvit carbon capture area. In addition, we will repeat some of the lines twice and in reversed direction in order to study the repeatability of the P-Cable acquisition for monitoring purposes. The primary objective of the hydrological and biogeochemical sampling in the Snøhvit area is to study any possible effects of a Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) site on the water column and on the bottom sediment.

The cruise may be known as: HH_2013_ECO2_I
Upper Norian conodonts from the Baoshan block, western Yunnan, southwestern China, and implications for conodont turnover
Authors: Zeng Weiping , Jiang Haishui , Chen Yan , Ogg James , Zhang Muhui , Dong Hanxinshuo
Published: January 2023

The Sevatian of the late Norian is one of the key intervals in biotic turnover and in changes of paleoclimate and paleoenvironments. Conodont faunas recovered from two sections of upper Norian strata of the Dashuitang and Nanshuba formations near Baoshan City in western Yunnan province provide new insights into the diversity and biostratigraphy of the Sevatian conodonts within China as well as globally. A lowerMockina(M.)bidentataZone and an upperParvigondolella(P.)andrusoviZone are identified in this area according to the first occurrences ofM. bidentataand ofP. andrusovi. Rich conodont fauna ofM. zapfeiis detailed and presents various intraspecific forms. A total of 19 forms of P1elements are presented, which, when combined with the reported conodonts in theM. bidentataZone, suggest that there was a peak in conodont diversity within theM. bidentataZone. A biotic crisis in the uppermostM. bidentataZone is recognized from the contrast between the diverse conodont fauna in theM. bidentataZone and the rare conodonts in theP. andrusoviZone. The conodont turnover during the middle Sevatian highlights the fact that the prolonged phases of the end-Triassic mass extinction probably began in the transition interval fromM. bidentataZone toP. andrusoviZone.
Prenatal diagnosis of fetuses conceived by assisted reproductive technology by karyotyping and chromosomal microarray analysis
Authors: Guo Huan , Sheng Rui , Zhang Xiu , Jin Xuemei , Gu Wenjing , Liu Ting , Dong Haixin , Jia Ran
Published: January 2023

Background

Invasive prenatal evaluation by chromosomal microarray analysis (CMA) and karyotyping might represent an important option in pregnant women, but limited reports have applied CMA and karyotyping of fetuses conceived by assisted reproductive technology (ART). This study aimed to examine the value of CMA and karyotyping in prenatal diagnosis after ART.

Methods

This retrospective study included all singleton fetuses conceived by ART from January 2015 to December 2021. Anomalies prenatally diagnosed based on karyotyping and CMA were analyzed. Prevalence rates for various CMA and karyotyping results were stratified based on specific testing indications including isolated—and non-isolated ART groups. The rates of CMA findings with clinical significance (pathogenic/likely pathogenic) and karyotype anomalies were assessed and compared to those of local control individuals with naturally conceived pregnancies and without medical indications.

Results

In total, 224 subjects were assessed by karyotyping and CMA. In the examined patients, chromosomal and karyotype abnormality rates were 3.57% (8/224) and 8.93% (20/224), respectively. This finding indicated a 5.35% (12/224)-incremental rate of abnormal CMA was obtained over karyotype analysis (p = 0.019). The risk of CMA with pathogenic findings for all pregnancies conceived by ART (5.80%, 13/224) was markedly elevated in comparison with the background value obtained in control individuals (1.47%, 9/612; p = 0.001). In addition, risk of CMA with clinically pathogenic results in isolated ART groups was significant higher compared to the background risk reported in the control cohort (p = 0.037).

Conclusions

Prenatal diagnosis including karyotyping and CMA is recommended for fetuses conceived by ART, with or without ultrasound findings.
Solithromycin inhibits IL-13-induced goblet cell hyperplasia and MUC5AC, CLCA1, and ANO1 in human bronchial epithelial cells
Authors: Kimura Yasuhiro , Shinoda Masahiro , Shinkai Masaharu , Kaneko Takeshi
Published: January 2023

Solithromycin is a novel fluoroketolide antibiotic belonging to the class of macrolide antibiotics. Activation of the interleukin (IL)-13 receptor leads to STAT6 activation and subsequent induction of SAM pointed domain containing ETS transcription factor (SPDEF), chloride channel accessory 1 (CLCA1), and anoctamin-1 (ANO1), all of which are associated with the induction of MUC5AC. We examined the effects of solithromycin on mucin production led by IL-13 signaling. Normal human bronchial epithelial cells were grown at the air-liquid interface with IL-13 with/without solithromycin for 14 days. Histochemical analysis was performed using hematoxylin and eosin staining and MUC5AC immunostaining. MUC5AC, SPDEF, CLCA1, and ANO1 mRNA expressions were examined using real-time polymerase chain reaction. Western blot analysis was performed to assess CLCA1 and ANO1 proteins, and phosphorylation of STAT6 and ERK. Solithromycin attenuated IL-13 induction of goblet cell hyperplasia and MUC5AC, CLCA1 and ANO1 mRNA and protein expression induced by IL-13, but had no effect on the phosphorylation of STAT6 and ERK. Our results indicate that solithromycin could attenuate goblet cell hyperplasia and MUC5AC induced by IL-13 through inhibition of CLCA1 and ANO1 mRNA and protein expression. However, much more information is required to clarify the molecular mechanisms underlying the inhibition of CLCA1 and ANO1 by solithromycin.
Comparative transcriptome analysis of Armillaria gallica 012m in response to ethephon treatment
Authors: Yang Haiying , He Kaixiang , Cao Yapu , Li Zhihao , Ji Qiaolin , Sun Jingxian , Li Ganpeng , Chen Xin , Mo Haiying , Du Gang , Li Qingqing
Published: January 2023

Background

Gastrodia elata, known as a rootless, leafless, achlorophyllous and fully mycoheterotrophic orchid, needs to establish symbionts with particular Armillaria species to acquire nutrition and energy. Previous research findings had approved that ethylene (ET) played an important role in plant-fungi interaction and some receptors of ET had been discovered in microorganisms. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying the role of ET in the interaction between G. elata and Armillaria species remain unknown.

Methods

Exiguous ethephon (ETH) was added to agar and liquid media to observe the morphological features of mycelium and count the biomass respectively. Mycelium cultured in liquid media with exiguous ETH (0.1 ppm, 2.0 ppm, 5.0 ppm) were chosen to perform whole-transcriptome profiling through the RNA-seq technology (Illumina NGS sequencing). The DEGs of growth-related genes and candidate ET receptor domains were predicted on SMART.

Results

ETH-0.1 ppm and ETH-2 ppm could significantly improve the mycelium growth of A. gallica 012m, while ETH-5 ppm inhibited the mycelium growth in both solid and liquid media. The number of up-regulated or down-regulated genes increased along with the concentrations of ETH. The growth of mycelia might benefit from the up-regulated expression of Pyr_redox (Pyridine nucleotide-disulphide oxidoreductase), GAL4 (C6 zinc finger) and HMG (High Mobility Group) genes in the ETH-0.1 ppm and ETH-2 ppm. Therefore, the growth of mycelia might be impaired by the down-regulated expression of ZnF_C2H2 and ribosomal protein S4 proteins in the ETH-5 ppm. Seven ET receptor domains were predicted in A. gallica 012m. Based on cluster analysis and comparative studies of proteins, the putative ETH receptor domains of A. gallica 012m have a higher homologous correlation with fungi.

Conclusions

The responses of A. gallica 012m to ETH had a concentration effect similar to the plants’ responses to ET. Therefore, the number of up-regulated or down-regulated genes are increased along with the concentrations of ETH. Seven ET receptor protein domains were predicted in the genome and transcriptome of A. gallica 012m. We speculate that ETH receptors exist in A. gallica 012m and ethylene might play an important role in the plant-fungi interaction.
Qual a cor do meu batom?
Authors: Junior Laurival Siqueira Calçada , Catto Sergio Luis
Published: January 2023

A empresa Cosméticos Ltda. produtora de artigos para beleza feminina percebe que para crescer tem que oferecer novos produtos ao mercado, mas quais? Diogo, diretor de marketing toma a iniciativa de levar este desafio avante, convencer a diretoria e desenvolver a nova linha de artigos de beleza. Embora a empresa não tenha tradição no desenvolvimento de novos produtos, ele tem a mão vários possíveis novos artigos, além do objetivo de crescer o faturamento em 10%, como escolher quais serão produzidos conquistando a meta?
Um modelo de programação linear inteira mista para a alocação de funcionários de uma empresa de software
Authors: Adams Matheus Miranda , Vianna Dalessandro Soares , Vianna Marcilene de Fátima Dianin
Published: January 2023

O objetivo é desenvolver um modelo de programação linear inteira mista para alocação de funcionários a visitas de clientes da empresa Alterdata (filial Macaé/RJ), o qual foi solucionado utilizando o Solver LINGO. Para validação do modelo proposto, foram preparados cinco cenários, os quais possuem perfis inferiores, similares e superiores à realidade diária da empresa. Os experimentos computacionais realizados mostraram um desempenho satisfatório da solução proposta, atendendo, em média 73,7% (mínimo de 56% e máximo de 84%) dos clientes disponíveis – pelo método manual atualmente empregado pela Alterdata, esta alocação costuma ficar abaixo de 60% –. Não foram encontrados trabalhos equivalentes na literatura científica. Desta forma, o modelo matemático proposto é original e inovador para a área. A solução proposta gera uma redução de custo no deslocamento dos funcionários, e possibilita o atendimento de uma quantidade maior de clientes em um determinado período. Além disso, tem-se o ganho de qualidade de vida do funcionário, pois ao consumir um menor tempo em seu deslocamento residência-empresa-residência, há mais tempo para se dedicar a sua vida pessoal. O modelo, desenvolvido para a filial de Macaé, pode ser facilmente adaptado para as outras filiais da Alterdata e para outras empresas que apresentam necessidades semelhantes.
Analysis of Resource Use Efficiency and Constraints of Cotton Production in Odisha, India
Authors: Das M. K. , Sarangi K. K. , Mishra S. N. , Mohapatra B. P. , Dash A.
Published: January 2023

The present study entitled "Analysis of resource use efficiency and constraints of cotton production in Odisha" was undertaken with the major objectives to analyse resource use efficiency in cotton cultivation and to elicit the constraints faced by the farmers in production and marketing of cotton in the study area. This study used both secondary and primary data. Multi-stage random sampling was taken for this study. The districts selected for study were Kalahandi, Balangir and Rayagada of Odisha state. A total number of 120 cotton farmers i.e 71 farmers from small and 49 farmers from large size groups were selected at random based on probability proportion. Analytical tools like Tabular analysis, Cobb-Douglas production function and Garrett’s ranking were used for the analysis. Cobb-Douglas production function was used taking Y i.e. yield of cotton as dependent variable and X1, X2, X3, X4, X5, X6 i. e. for total human labour, farm power cost, manure cost, fertilizer cost, cost of pesticides, area under the crop respectively as independent variable. Among these variables, fertilizer, pesticide, human labour and machine labour were positive and significant for small farmers and manure, fertilizer, pesticide and machine labour were positive and significant for large farmers. Most of the significant resources were proved to be efficient. The major constraints in cotton yield as reported by farmers were high cost of labour, high cost of seeds, lack of regulated markets etc. in the study area. For the sustainable growth of cotton crop in the state, timely policy interventions were required by promoting contract farming and providing price incentives, so that cotton farmers of Odisha will get better profit for their crop and prosperity of agriculture in the state.
An Analysis of the Agrochemicals Industry in SPSR Nellore District of Andhra Pradesh
Authors: Naveen Venkat , Mishra Snehal , Bhatiya Montu , Gondaliya Sahil , Vaghasiya Vishal , Zalavadiya Denish
Published: January 2023

The study entitled “An Analysis of Agrochemicals Industry in SPSR Nellore District of Andhra Pradesh” was taken up with basic objectives to study the competitors and the reason for the success of the top companies in the market. The study was conducted in the SPSR Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh. The stipulated objectives of the study were achieved by using both primary and secondary data. The primary survey was done with the help of a semi-structured Schedule. The sampling consisted of 210 farmers and 70 dealers who are from the major towns in the district. The major crop is Paddy as major parts of the district receive the rainfall with both southwest and northeast monsoon. Farmers are showing interest in pesticides which are giving more results than the price and availability. The major market of the district is occupied by Bayer Crop Science Ltd, Adama Ltd, Dhanuka Agritech Limited, FMC, and Corteva Agrisciences. The Total market size was nearly INR 250 crores. The reason for the success of Bayer crop Science Ltd and Adama Ltd is a strong distributor relationship. The reason for the success of Dhanuka Agritech Limited is due to the presence of more sales staff and their monitoring of sales by visiting shops at regular intervals.
Okra Supply Chain: A Case Study of Vadodara City of Gujarat
Authors: Gondaliya Sahil , Mishra Snehal , Bhatiya Montu , Vaghasiya Vishal , Venkat Navin , Zalavadiya Denish
Published: January 2023

This study was conducted in 2022 based on the following objectives: 1) to identify different marketing channels of okra in Vadodara city, 2) to estimate price spread of okra crop, and 3) to identify problems encountered by producers and intermediaries. The primary data were collected from 50 farmers, 15 wholesaler,15 retailer,6 commission agent,6 trader,3 private companies of Vadodara city total sample size is 95 while the secondary data were collected from different Private and Government publications to include Review Paper, Literature, and Journals. The following districts in Vadodara City such as Padra, Karjan, Waghodia, Aklav, and Savli talukas were the selected venues of the study. The respondents of the study were randomly selected such as the farmer, wholesalers, retailers and private companies from the above area. The descriptive research design was used for the research. Non-probability sampling method and convenience sampling technique was used. In channel I, very small proportion of the agricultural commodities which moved directly from producers to consumers. Channel II is the most common supply chain for okra during the period of June and July. Both Channel III & IV are working at rural level. Channel I has the best marketing efficiency out of these six marketing channels, but it is not realistic to sell all produce through this channel. However, channel V marketing efficiency is around 68% and is a practically feasible channel due to the lower number of intermediaries. Therefore, the lesser the number of intermediaries the higher will be the marketing efficiency. The most common problem encountered by farmers are lower price which can be solved by collectivism and contract farming.
Exploring the Conflict Management Strategies Used by Administrators: A Case Study of Selected Mission Schools in Monze District, Zambia
Authors: Sakaimbo Kulemba G. , Simuyaba Eunifridah , Nsama Peggy
Published: January 2023

This study investigated the way in which administrators at selected mission schools in the Monze district in the Southern Province of Zambia manage conflicts. A case study design was utilised to execute the research purpose. The total sample size used in this study was 22 administrators comprising the school leadership. The participants in this study were purposively sampled and the instruments used to collect data included a focus group discussion guide, a one-on-one interview guide and a documentary review. The results of the study indicated that fighting for promotion, jealousy, favouritism, selfishness and the personalisation of the institution were the main causes of conflict found in the selected mission schools. It was also evident that in conflict resolution in these schools, dialogue was the most common strategy utilised, followed by mediation and then arbitration. The study also found that head teachers had in the recent past reported a reduction in disruptive and violent behaviours, chronic school absenteeism, disciplinary referrals and suspensions at many schools. This indicates the positive steps mission schools have taken towards conflict resolution and the importance with which this is regarded in order to create an enabling and conflict-free environment for both learners and teachers.
Mapping of Potential Variation of Diabetes Amelioration Activity of Spondias mombin on Alloxan-induced Diabetic Wister Rat Concerning the Availability of Phytochemical Constituents Based on Seasonal Contrast Phenomenon
Authors: Mia Abul Khair Muhammad Foyaz , Khan Maliha Rownak Ara , Chowdhury Md. Mustafiz , Rahman Md. Ashikur , Sikder Md. Iqbal , Tahsin Md. Rafat , Jahan Ishrat , Aktar Fahima , Aktar Tahmina , Chowdhury Jakir Ahmed , Kabir Shaila , Chowdhury Abu Asad , Amran Md. Shah
Published: January 2023

Diabetes mellitus is the seventh leading cause of death globally, and it is a disease that is progressing with deadly implications on a global scale. Furthermore, the treatment regimen is not affordable to all socioeconomic groups. As a result, scientists are working to develop cheaper, more effective phytochemical-based medications. Spondias mombin is a tree and flowering plant in the Anacardiaceae family that is commonly known as the “tapereba” or “caja” tree in Brazil. It is found in both the Atlantic Forest and the Amazon in upland and floodplain forest environments, and it is also present in inhabited areas, albeit in a sub-spontaneous state. The purpose of this study was to determine the anti-diabetic properties of crude ethanol extracts of Spondias mombin obtained in three seasons of the year: following winter, summer, and the rainy season. The goal of this study is to determine which season of the year the plant under consideration has the most anti-diabetic action, change in body weight, and serum lipid profile. The anti-diabetic effects were assessed using a one-touch glucometer after administration of 500 mg/kg doses of the extracts from each seasonal extract at the following time intervals: 1h, 2h, 4h, 6h, 12h, 24h, and 72h. The extract following the rainy season showed optimum anti-diabetic efficacy with a serum lipid profile at a dose of 500 mg/kg. However, the 500 mg/kg extract following winter and summer did not show any significant benefits in diabetes or serum lipid profiles. This study discovered that the anti-diabetic properties of Spondias mombin vary seasonally.
Biology of Rice Bacterial Brown Stripe Pathogen and Integrated Strategies for Its Management
Authors: Kumar Mukul , Kumar Anoop , Shukla Pushkar , Mishra A. K. , Kumar Arun
Published: January 2023

Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is most commonly cultivated food grain crop in India as well as over the world. Rice is susceptible to many destructive diseases, among them bacterial diseases reported to major constrain in their production which causes significant yield loss. Major bacterial diseases affecting their viz., Bacterial leaf blight (BLB) (Xanthomons oryzae pv. oryzae), bacterial leaf streak (BLS) (Xanthomonas oryaze pv. oryzacola) and bacterial panicle blight (BPB) (Burkholderia glumae) and Bacterial Brown stripe (BBS) (Pseudomonas avenae) are of regular occurrence. On the basis of diseases severity and economic losses BPB, BLB and BLS are most destructive respectively reported by many researchers. Management of such disease is a challenge without harming environment and human health. Chemicals having adverse effect on natural ecosystem and not economically feasible. In this review management of such diseases by eco-friendly approach is discussed. Adopting such practices is helpful in maintaining cost benefit ratio by resulting in profit. These practices can reduce the harmful residual effect of the chemical. It also suggests at about adopting effective cultural and physical method.
Phytochemical and Biological Investigation of the Leaves of Tridax procumbens
Authors: Nandi Tirtha , Nayan Md. Iqbal Hossain , Nisha Maida Huda
Published: January 2023

Aims: Because of various traditional uses of Tridax procumbens leaves, the authors choose the plant for investigating the numerous biological activities. The main objective for this study is to search antioxidant activity, hypoglycemic activity and antibacterial activities with initial phytochemical investigations of the leaves of Tridax procumbens.

Methodology: The phytochemical purposes were achieved by using two different chromatographic techniques thin layer chromatography (TLC), vacuum liquid chromatography (VLC). DPPH test, glucose uptake activity of yeast cells and agar plate diffusion technique were performed to evaluate the antioxidant capacity, hypoglycemic activity and anti-bacterial properties respectively of different fraction obtained from VLC by using different solvent systems such as dichloromethane, butanol, ethyl acetate and methanol. 31.25 µg/ml, 62.5 µg/ml, 125 µg/ml, 250 µg/ml and 500 µg/ml sample were used from each fraction to investigate antioxidant and hypoglycemic activity where vitamin C tablet and metformin were used as standard respectively. Antibacterial capacity was measured by measuring zone of inhibition resulted by the fractions where ciprofloxacin was taken as reference drug. 

Results: Some visible spots were identified in the TLC plate which confirms the presence of different compounds in the fractions obtained from the methanolic extract of the leaves of Tridax procumbens. Butanol and ethyl acetate fractions showed the highest antidiabetic activity. In addition to, ethyl acetate, butanol and methanol fractions exerted more than 80% antioxidant capacity in DPPH assay. Furthermore, butanol fraction gives maximum zone of inhibition up to        21 mm against Staphylocuccos aureas which ensure anti-bacterial properties of the leaves of Tridax procumbens especially against Staphylocuccos aureas and its strains.

Conclusion: Notwithstanding the all the research, the leaves had anti-inflammatory properties, which may have been generated by their antioxidant activity. As a result, if more therapeutic research is done, the separated compounds in those fractions may be employed as future therapeutic strategies.
Cases of Orbital Cellulitis Revealing Neglected Intraocular Foreign Bodies
Authors: Abounaceur A. , Elhaj J. Ait , El-Hamraoui K. , Mchachi A. , Benhmidoune L. , Rachid R. , El-Belhadji M.
Published: January 2023

Background: Orbital cellulitis is defined as acute inflammatory orbital swelling of infectious origin. Most often secondary to sinusitis. Intraocular foreign bodies neglected because of their small size, or sometimes radio-transparent nature, can be difficult to diagnose even with radiology and be responsible for orbital cellulitis. We demonstrate the diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties.

Patients and Methods: This is a retrospective descriptive study of patients with unilateral orbital cellulitis revealing neglected intraocular foreign bodies, conducted in the Department of Adult Ophthalmology, Hospital August 20, 1953, involving 58 patients, from January 2015 until December 2020.

Results: The average age of the patients was 38.5 years. The most affected age group was between 21 and 30 years with a clear male predominance. A decrease in visual acuity was found in all patients (unilateral blindness 43%) and a cellulitis complicated by a purulent melt (43%). All patients received medical treatment, including intravitreal injections of antibiotics in 71% of cases, and surgical treatment consisting of extraction of the foreign body and immediate evisceration of the eyeball in 25% of cases.

Conclusion: Orbital cellulitis, although mostly secondary to sinusitis, can reveal various etiologies such as intra-orbital foreign bodies that can go unnoticed and be life-threatening and functionally damaging, especially when the diagnosis is made late and management is inappropriate. The presence of an intraocular foreign body must be suspected in all cases of orbital trauma associated with a palpebral wound, even if it is minimal, or in the presence of a clinical aggravation. Any delay in diagnosis and/or treatment can lead to serious complications that can affect the functional and even vital prognosis. The surgical treatment consists of the extraction of the foreign body. The recourse to evisceration in our context unfortunately continues to persist at high rates; because of the delay of consultation and thus of the management.