bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
STABLE MERCURY ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION BEHAVIOURS OF PLANTS
Authors: DOĞRUL SELVER Ayça 
Published: December 2020

The overarching aim of this study is to define mercury (Hg) isotopic features of plants which have different photosynthetic pathways (C3, C4 and CAM) and to understand if different parts of the plants have different Hg isotopic fractionation behavior. For this, carbon isotopic values of terrestrial plants were analyzed which were used to determine the photosynthetic pathways of plants. Plants were sub-sampled into leaves, stems and roots and their Hg isotopic values were analyzed.
Results showed that C3 and C4 plants exhibit mass dependent (even Hg isotopes) and mass independent Hg isotope fractionation (odd Hg isotopes). Both C3 and C4 plants are enriched in light isotopes, but the degree of mass fractionation is approximately three times greater in C3 plants, than in C4 plants. Hg in both C3 and C4 plants exhibit negative MIF isotope effect which reported as depletion “and no clear MIF effect. These findings suggest a connection between the Hg isotopic composition and the photosynthetic pathway.
In addition, the leaves are slightly more fractionated than the roots. Differences in the degree of MIF between roots and leaves suggest that they obtain Hg from different sources.
A New Probability Distribution Family Arising from Truncated Power Lomax Distribution with Application to Weibull Model
Authors: Hassan Amal , Sabry Mohamed , Elsehetry Ahmed 
Published: December 2020

The truncated distributions have been widely studied, mainly in life-testing and reliability analysis. In this paper, we introduce a new right truncated generator related to power Lomax distribution, referred to right truncated power Lomax--G family. The proposed family is a generalization of recently [0, 1] truncated Lomax-G family. Statistical properties like; moments, moment generating function, probability weighted moments, quantile function, mean deviation, order statistics and Rényi entropy are derived. Five new sub-models from the truncated family are presented. Maximum likelihood estimation is investigated and simulation issues are discussed for truncated power Lomax Weibull model as particular case from the family. The flexibility of the truncated power Lomax Weibull is assessed by applying it to a real data set. The application indicates that the truncated power Lomax Weibull distribution model can give better fits than other well-known lifetime distributions.
Dynamic analysis of serum Ca-125 levels during neoadjuvant chemotherapy in patients with advanced epithelial ovarian cancer: a retrospective study
Authors: Dharmarajan Adarsh , Remya A. , Krishnan Aswathi 
Published: December 2020

Background: Assessment of CA-125 kinetics was commonly used as a tool for tumor response to chemotherapy in ovarian cancer patients. The study aimed to determine any logarithmic/linear relationship between pre-chemotherapy and pre-operative CA-125 levels in ovarian cancer.Methods: Total 52 patients who underwent neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) followed by interval cytoreductive surgery were included. CA-125 levels before starting chemotherapy, during chemotherapy and the preoperative value, with the date of measurement recorded. Cox’s proportional hazards regression was used to evaluate univariate and independent multivariable association with the effect of clinical, pathological and CA-125 kinetic parameters on outcome endpoints. Results: The study couldn’t establish any relationship in logarithmic fall of CA-125 values among ovarian cancers as a result of neo-adjuvant chemotherapy. The disease-free survival among the patients was 12.2 months.Conclusions: There is an inverse relationship between serum CA-125 levels and survival in ovarian cancer. NACT resulted in adequate fall of CA-125 levels in most of the patients, but the rate of fall was not predictive of prognosis.
To compare the diagnostic accuracy of hysteroscopy with transvaginal sonography in detection of endometrial polyp and endometrial hyperplasia in peri and postmenopausal women with abnormal uterine bleeding
Authors: Sharma Surbhi , Sharma Anoop 
Published: December 2020

Abnormal uterine bleeding is the most common health problem encountered by women. AUB is a common gynaecological complaint and it may involve females at any age group. 33% of women referred to gynaecology clinics have AUB and the figure rises to 69% in premenopausal and postmenopausal women. Abnormal uterine bleeding accounts for two thirds of all hysterectomies.The present study was prospective cross sectional study conducted in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Kamla Nehru State Hospital for Mother &Child Indira Gandhi Medical College Shimla for period of one year w.e.f 1st May 2018 to 30th April 2019. The study was started after hospital ethical committee approval.76 patients peri and post menopausal women were enrolled in the study after taking written consent).A detailed history, general and systemic examination was done. All patients underwent transvaginal sonography followed by hysteroscopy and further management was done according to the abnormality detected.Hyperplasia on TVS was present in 15 study subjects i.e 19.7% (14 perimenopausal one postmenopausal). 13 subjects i.e 17.1% on hysteroscopy showed hyperplasia further on histopathology hyperplasia was confirmed in 15 subjects i.e 19.7% (14 had simple hyperplasia one had complex hyperplasia with atypia). On TVS endometrial polyp was seen in 22 subjects i.e 28.9% (18 perimenopausal four post menopausal) Hysteroscopy showed that 27 subjects i.e 35.5% had endometrial polyp (23 peri menopausal four postmenopausal). Further on histopathology endometrial polyp was confirmed to be present in 26 subjects i.e 34.2%. Sensitivity Specificity PPV NPV of Transvaginal sonography versus hysteroscopy for endometrial polyp was 81.5% 100% 100%, 88.6% repectively. For endometrial hyperplasia Sensitivity Specificiy PPV NPV was 100% 96.3% 86.9% 100% respectively.Abnormal uterine bleeding is a problem which women in perimenopausal and postmenopausal period frequently encounter. Of all investigations, TVS is quick, simple, painless, least invasive, less expensive and readily available procedure. Hysteroscopy not only allows direct visual observation of pathology but also provides a means to sample the site, most likely to yield positive results. Hence, it should be made an essential part of diagnostic workup of abnormal uterine bleeding.
Gestational hypertension and fetal outcome: A prospective study in a tertiary care centre
Authors: Pradhan Susanta , Mallick Snehalatha , Barik Nandita 
Published: December 2020

Hypertension in pregnancy is one of the most common threat to the mother and fetus all over the world, contributing to significant morbidity and mortality. It is observed more among the nulliparous women and the elderly ladies, with the chronic hypertension superimposed by preeclampsia, increasing the chances of morbidity and mortality in both mother and fetus.492 pregnant women who had come to the hospital for delivery, and who were diagnosed with hypertension recording a blood pressure of more than 140/90 on at least 2 occasions were included into the study.The most common age group of the expectant mothers with HTN was 21-30 years. Most of the patients had gestational hypertension or pregnancy induced hypertension, while eclampsia was seen in 4.3% of the cases. Preeclampsia was observed in 12.8% and preeclampsia superimposed on chronic hypertension was seen in 5.3%. The most common outcome was preterm delivery in 39.6% of the cases. Low birth weight was seen in 20.9%, IUGR in 13.4%, NICU admission in 23.4%. Mortality was seen in 5.1% of the cases, with 3.9% being in utero and 1.2% within a week of birth.Hypertension during pregnancy results in complications leading to severe fetal morbidity and mortality. Thereby, screening of the expectant mothers during gestation would help to identify the condition at the earliest and prevent compilations.
A Reflective Conversation With Professor Louis Markos About Myths And The Humanities?
Authors: Shaughnessy Michael F. 
Published: December 2020

Louis Markos holds a BA in English and History from Colgate University and an MA and PhD in English from the University of Michigan. He is a Professor of English and Scholar in Residence at Houston Baptist University, where he holds the Robert H. Ray Chair in Humanities and teaches courses on British Romantic and Victorian Poetry and Prose, the Greek and Roman Classics, C. S. Lewis, and J. R. R. Tolkien. He is the author of twenty books, including The Myth Made Fact: Reading Greek and Roman Mythology through Christian Eyes, Ancient Voices: An Insiderâ€™s Look at Classical Greece, On the Shoulders of Hobbits: The Road to Virtue with Tolkien and Lewis, Apologetics for the Twenty First Century, From Achilles to Christ: Why Christians Should Read the Pagan Classics, Lewis Agonistes: How C. S. Lewis can Train us to Wrestle with the Modern and Postmodern World, Atheism on Trial, and The Dreaming Stone and In the Shadow of Troy, childrenâ€™s novels in which his kids become part of Greek Mythology and the Iliad and Odyssey. He has produced two lecture series on C. S. Lewis and literary theory with The Teaching Company/Great Courses, published 300 book chapters, essays, and reviews, given well over 300 public lectures in some two dozen states as well as Rome, Oxford, and British Columbia, and had his adaptations of The Iphigenia in Tauris of Euripides, The Helen of Euripides, and The Electra of Sophocles performed off-Broadway. He is committed to the concept of the Professor as Public Educator and believes that knowledge must not be walled up in the Academy but must be disseminated to all who have ears to hear. Visit his amazon author page at amazon.com/author/louismarkos In this interview he responds to questions about his latest book!
The Problem of Indonesia’s Health Diplomacy in the Age of Pandemic
Authors: Wicaksana I Gede Wahyu 
Published: December 2020

Abstrak Hingga Juli 2020, kasus positif Covid-19 di Indonesia sudah menembus angka 100.000 orang dengan jumlah meninggal dunia mendekati 8000 jiwa. Profil penularan virus corona demikian menjadi sumber polemik politik menyoal keefektifan kebijakan penanganan virus corona oleh Pemerintahan Presiden Joko Widodo (Jokowi), termasuk dampak ekonomi dan sosial yang dittimbulkan. Tulisan ini ditujukan untuk meninjau secara kritis, dengan pendekatan intermestik, permasalahan diplomasi kesehatan Jokowi. Penulis berargumen walaupun agenda kesehatan publik telah diakui sebagai bagian penting hubungan internasional, namun implementasi kebijakan luar negeri Indonesia yang berkaitan dengan pandemi Covid-19 masih kurang signifikan. Faktor-faktor domestik terutama marjinalisasi posisi diplomasi dalam manajemen krisis nasional merupakan penghambat kinerja Kementerian Luar Negeri, selain kelemahan fungsional dan institusional birokrasi diplomasi Indonesia.Kata-kata kunci: Covid-19, diplomasi kesehatan, Indonesia, manajemen krisis nasional. Abstract Until July 2020, the number of infection of Covid-19 in Indonesia had reached over 100000 cases, of which nearly 8000 deaths were noted. This profile of coronavirus spread raises political polemeics on the effectiveness of President Jokowi’s government’s policy to mange the pandemic, including its economic and social impact. By employing an intermestic approach, this article looks critically at the implementation of Jokowi’s health diplomacy. The atuhor argues that despite public health agenda has become an important part of today’s international relations, the conduct of Indonesia’s foreign policy to respond to the current Covid-19 issues is noticeably less significant. Domestic factors conteibute to hindering the diplomatic efforts, mainly the marginalisation of diplomacy within the national crisis management fraemwork. Beside this the prolonged funtional and institutional weaknesses of the Foreign Ministry spoil the performance of health diplomacy.Keywords: Covid-19, health diplomacy, Indonesia, national crisis management.
Willfull Ignorance : Trump and the Failure of US Pandemic Response
Authors: Wardhana Agastya 
Published: December 2020

Respons terhadap COVID-19 dilakukan secara berbeda oleh negara di dunia, namun satu yang pasti adalah bahwa penanganan terhadap isu ini bergantung pada kebijakan yang dikeluarkan oleh negara. Hal ini dikarenakan COVID-19 tidak hanya merupakan permasalahan kesehatan tetapi juga permasalahan kebijakan. Dalam konteks ini, salah satu negara yang menjadi sorotan adalah Amerika Serikat. Sebagai negara yang memiliki berbagai keunggulan baik material maupun imaterial, Amerika Serikat tidak berhasil merespons COVID-19 dengan kebijakan yang tepat. Tulisan ini berangkat dari premis tersebut, bahwa parahnya pandemi COVID-19 di Amerika terjadi karena adanya kegagalan pemerintahan Trump untuk memformulasikan kebijakan respons yang tepat. Dalam menguraikan argumentasi tersebut, Tulisan ini terbagi dalam tiga bagian, bagian pertama berisi kondisi umum COVID-19 di Amerika, bagian kedua berisi tentang analisis kegagalan pemerintahan Trump, dan bagian terakhir berisi simpulan serta pelajaran yang bisa kita ambil dari kegagalan penanganan COVID-19 di Amerika.Kata-kata Kunci: COVID-19, Amerika Serikat, Trump, Kegagalan, Ketidaktahuan yang disengaja Throughout the world, countries use different strategies to curb the COVID-19 spread. The one constant feature is that it is as much a policy problem as it is a medical one. The policy becomes increasingly important due to the infectious nature of the virus. Should a country failed to employ a working strategy, human lives are at stake. In this context, the United States became increasingly important to show that policy is essential to curb the virus. The United States had a vast array of resources ranging from medical experts to a well-prepared institution. Despite all that, the US is currently the worst country in the world in terms of the number of cases and death. This paper argues that this condition is the result of the Trump administration's failure to formulate a suitable and working strategy to curb the virus. The author will explore the argument in three sections. The first section gives a glimpse of COVID-19 in the US, the second section describes the US response to the virus, the third section explains the Trump administration failure, and the last part consists of the conclusion and lesson that we can learn from US failure.Keywords: COVID-19, United States, Trump, Failure, Willful Ignorance
Iran and COVID-19: Domestic Preparedness and International Sanctions
Authors: Muttaqien M 
Published: December 2020

Iran adalah salah satu negara yang angka korban yang terpapar dan meninggal karena COVID-19 termasuk sangat tinggi. Paper ini membahas tentang bagaimana Iran di tengah sanksi Amerika Serikat berusaha menghadapi pandemi ini. Strategi Iran dalam mengatasi pandemi dideskripsikan dengan temuan bahwa negara ini telah menyusun tindakan sistematis untuk menghadapi wabah dengan mengkombinasikan antara optimalisasi sistem kesehatan yang sudah ada dengan langkah-langkah ekstra-ordinary yang diinisiasi oleh Garda Revolusi Islam Iran. Dalam mengimplementasikan strategi tersebut ada beberapa problem dan tantangan yang harus diatasi yaitu ketidakdisiplinan warga, ketimpangan antara jumlah pasien dan infrastruktur layanan kesehatan, kesulitan menerapkan karantina wilayah, dan sanksi ekonomi AS. Iran juga menghadapi dilemma antara menjaga supaya ekonomi tetap stabil di satu sisi, dan kebijakan yang mengikuti protocol kesehatan demi keselamatan manusia dengan konsekuensi penurunan ekonomi. COVID-19 menjadikan masyarakat Iran bersatu untuk menghadapinya ditengah sanksi dan perseteruan dengan Amerika Serikat. Selain itu, wabah ini juga menyatukan dua negara yang selama ini menjadi rival utama AS yaitu Iran dan China.Kata-Kata Kunci: COVID-19, Iran, Sanksi, Domesstik, Internasional Iran is one of the worst affected countries due to COVID-19. This paper examines how Iran handles the COVID-19 pandemic while coping with imposed sanctions by The USA. Iran’s strategy to overcome the pandemic described in this paper as a systematic action by combining an optimized national health care system and an extra-ordinary action initiated by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The strategy is not easy to implement because of the indisciplinary of the Iranian public; the gap between the number of patients and health infrastructures; difficulties in implementing zone quarantine; and economic sanctions conducted by the US. This research also found that Iran has faced a dilemma between maintaining economic stability on the one hand, and implementing health protocols strictly, which have consequences on economic declines. Domestically, this pandemic has united Iranian people in the situation that tension between the US and Iran is high, and internationally this pandemic has strengthened the relationship between Iran and China, the two countries which has a rivalry with the US. Keywords: COVID-19, Iran, Sanction, Domestic, International
AKTIVITAS ANTIOKSIDAN EKSTRAK DAUN KELOR (Moringa oleifera Lam.) DAN BUAH BIT (Beta vulgaris L.) SEBAGAI BAHAN TAMBAHAN MINUMAN SUPLEMEN
Authors: Tukiran , , Miranti Mauren Gita , Dianawati Idah , Sabila Fauzia Indah 
Published: December 2020

Minuman suplemen merupakan produk pelengkap kebutuhan zat gizi makanan yang mempunyai nilai gizi dan atau efek fisiologis dalam jumlah terkonsentrasi. Bahan tambahan dalam minuman suplemen dapat diperoleh dari tanaman yang memiliki aktivitas antioksidan. Daun kelor dan buah bit merupakan tanaman yang banyak dimanfaatkan sebagai antioksidan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui aktivitas antioksidan ektstrak daun kelor dan buah bit sebagai bahan tambahan minuman suplemen. Uji aktivitas antioksidan dilakukan dengan metode 1,1-diphenyl-1-pyerilhidrazyl (DPPH). Hasil penelitian menunjukkan ekstrak air daun kelor memiliki nilai IC50 sebesar 122,742 ppm dan tergolong sebagai antioksidan katagori sedang. Kkstrak air buah bit memiliki nilai IC50 sebesar 377.281 ppm dan tergolong antioksidan lemah.
CARREIRAS: NOVAS OU TRADICIONAIS? UM ESTUDO COM PROFISSIONAIS BRASILEIROS
Authors: Silva Rodrigo Cunha da , Dias Carolina Aparecida Freitas , Silva Maria Tereza Gomes da , Krakauer Patrícia Viveiros de Castro , Marinho Bernadete De Lourdes 
Published: December 2020

Este artigo procurou identificar quais são as principais características apresentadas por alunos e ex-alunos de pós-graduação em relação às atitudes de carreira e relacionar o perfil destes indivíduos às atitudes de três modelos de carreira. A metodologia utilizada foi quantitativa e o método de coleta de dados, o survey. Três resultados principais foram detectados. O primeiro é que não foi possível a distinção estatística entre as atitudes de carreira proteana e sem fronteiras. O segundo foi que as atitudes referentes às novas carreiras predominaram na maior parte dos respondentes, embora constatadas diferenças associadas ao gênero e geração do mesmo.
OPTIMASI METODE EKSTRAKSI BERBANTU MIKROWAVE DENGAN PELARUT HIJAU (ASAM SITRAT-GLUKOSA) TERHADAP KADAR POLIFENOL TOTAL DARI DAUN KADAMBA (Mitragyna speciosa Korth. Havil) MENGGUNAKAN RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY
Authors: Ahmad Islamudin , Prabowo Wisnu Cahyo 
Published: December 2020

Kadamba (Mitragyna speciosa Korth Havil) merupakan salah satu tumbuhan endemik di Asia Tenggara, di Indonesia, tumbuhan ini banyak di jumpai di pulau Kalimantan. Tumbuhan ini dipercaya oleh masyarakat dapat mengobati berbagai macam penyakit. Namun, karena kandungan alkaloidnya, tumbuhan ini dilarang digunakan sebagai bahan baku obat herbal oleh Badan Pengawas Obat dan Makanan. Oleh karena itu, perlu dilakukan pengembangan metode ekstraksi untuk menarik senyawa metabolit sekunder target dan meminimalkan senyawa yang tidak diinginkan yaitu dengan menggunakan metode ekstraksi berbantu mikrowave dengan pelarut hijau (Natural Deep Eutectic Solvent) yang dioptimasi menggunakan response surface methodology (RSM). Simplisia kering daun Kadamba diekstraksi menggunakan metode ekstraksi berbantu mikrowave dengan pelarut hijau (asam sitrat-glukosa) dengan berbagai kondisi ekstraksi dengan empat faktor dan tiga level (Box Behnken Design) yang dioptimasi menggunakan RSM dengan aplikasi perangkat lunak Design Expert versi 12 berlisensi. Penetapan kadar polifenol total dilakukan menggunakan reagen Folin-Ciocalteau dan diukur absorbansinya pada spektrofotometer UV-Vis pada panjang gelombang 770 nm, serta asam gallat sebagai standar. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian, diperoleh kondisi optimum pada perbandingan rasio pelarut NADES (asam sitrat : glukosa) 5:1 g/g, rasio pelarut-sampel sebesar 1:20 g/mL, waktu ekstraksi selama 20 menit dan kekuatan gelombang mikro sebesar 30% dengan kadar polifenol total prediksi sebesar 314,924 ±35,95 mg GAE/g sampel, sedangkan dari hasil proses verifikasi (scale-up confirmation) yaitu dengan meningkatkan jumlah sampel yang digunakan sebanyak sepuluh kali lipat dengan Kadar polifenol total diperoleh sebesar 427,12 ±35,95 mg GAE/g. Penelitian ini merupakan langkah awal dalam pengembangan metode ekstraksi untuk memperoleh senyawa target secara cepat, mudah, efisien, dan ramah lingkungan.
Kombinasi Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) dan Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) untuk Pemilihan Supplier Pada UD. Jepara Putra Mebel
Authors: Latuny Wilma , Paillin Daniel Bunga , Yaniah Samrotul 
Published: December 2020

<p><em>Penelitian ini membahas tentang pemilihan supplier bahan baku kayu pada UD. Jepara Putra Mebel dengan integrasi AHP dan DEA. Hasil pengolahan data dengan metode AHP diperoleh nilai bobot prioritas tertinggi adalah supplier A (0.504), supplier B(0.371), supplier C(0.125). Hasil perhitungan dengan metode AHP-DEA untuk mengevaluasi setiap Decision Making Unit (DMU) atau Supplier, diperoleh nilai tingkat efisiensi untuk Supplier A, C memiliki tingkat nilai efisienasi 1, dan supplier B tidak efisien. Hasil AHP-DEA super efisiensi menunjukan supplier C memiliki nilai tertinggi sebesar 2. 095 hasil ini menunjukan bahwa setiap Supplier C dikatakan lebih effisien dari supplier A, sehingga pendekatan AHP-DEA merekomendasikan kepada perusahan untuk Supplier yang harus di utamakan pertama yaitu Supplier C, kemudian kedua Supplier A dan ketiga yaitu Supplier B tentunya melalui pertimbangan kriteria Harga, Kualitas, Pelayanan, Pengiriman, Ketetapan jumlah dan evaluasi tingkat efisiensi setiap DMU yang telah dilakukan. </em></p>