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The Effect of Education on Earnings in a Post-Conflict Economy: Evidence from Bosnia and Herzegovina
Authors: Rizvanovic Aida , Efendic Adnan 
Published: July 2021

Abstract
This paper investigates the effect of formal education on individual earnings in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). We use empirical regression analysis and an extended Mincer’s model, which are applied to the Labour Force Survey data from 2018. Our empirical results suggest that a higher level of both statutory and additional education has positive and statistically significant effect on higher earnings of individuals in this post-conflict society. Such a finding implies that investment in education, both statutory and additional, bring economic benefits to individuals, although this is sometimes challenged by the general public of this society. Moreover, we find that employees in the public sector record systematically higher earnings than those in the private sector, suggesting a need for strategic policies targeting this difference. The outcome of our analysis is a good indicator of productivity achieved through improved educational performance, and thus provides scientific evidence to the positive effect of human capital hypothesis in BiH.
Potential of karamunting (Rhodomyrtus tomentosa) fraction against kidney damage in diabetic rats
Authors: Saleh Mgs Irsan , Hidayat Rachmat , Febriyanto Geri , Parisa Nita 
Published: July 2021

Summary

Introduction: Karamunting (Rhodomyrtus tomentosa) is Indonesian native plant that contains high anti-oxidant compounds with the potential to suppress oxidative stress activity in cells. This study is the first research to specifically explore the role of the karamunting fraction in protecting kidney damage due to the formation of AGEs in the renal glomerulus in diabetes mellitus.

Objective: This study aims to assess the impact of karamunting on blood glucose profile, HbA1c, insulin profile and kidney condition (AGEs expression, TNF-α and kidney histology) in diabetic rats.

Methods: The karamunting extraction process was carried out by maceration with ethanol. Induction of diabetes mellitus was carried out using streptozotocin. Thirty male rats (Rattus norvegicus), Wistar strain weighing between 200–250 grams were the subject in this study. HbA1c, insulin, TNF-α, AGEs levels were evaluated in the kidney tissue. Histological assessment of the kidney was carried out.

Results: Karamunting can improve blood glucose levels in diabetic rats. This improvement in blood glucose levels causes an improvement in the level of HbA1c. Administration of karamunting fraction can prevent AGEs deposition in renal tissue, which in turn will inhibits the inflammation and prevents further damage of kidneys.

Conclusion: Karamunting fraction can improve blood glucose regulation so that it can prevent further damage and complications of kidney organs in diabetic rats.
Attitude and awareness of medicinal plants in treatment of kidney lithiasis in eastern Morocco: a retrospective study
Authors: Guerrouj Bouchra El , Bencheikh Noureddine , Bouhrim Mohamed , Kharchoufa Loubna , Ouassou Hayat , Imtara Hamada 
Published: July 2021

Summary

Introduction: Kidney stone is a major public health problem. Over 5% of the population is affected by kidney stones, with causes a lifetime risk of transmitting renal lithiasis of about 8 to 10%.

Objective: The goal of our study is the attitude and awareness of lithiasis patients regarding the use of medicinal plants in eastern Morocco.

Methods: We carried out a study on lithiasis patients to retrospectively identify medicinal plants used in this disease, using a pre-established questionnaire. The study was carried out from 10 December 2017 to 28 February 2018.

Results: Our survey describes several medicinal plants used to treat renal lithiasis in eastern Morocco. Most patients used Herniaria hirsuta L., Zea mays L., Urtica dioica L., and Petroselinum crispum (Mill.) Fuss. This preliminary study showed that the first reason to use medicinal plants in half of lithiasis patients is to calm the pain and expel the stones. The primary source of plant use information is oral tradition. However 67% of lithiasis patients are unaware of the harmful and toxic effects that can appear.

Conclusion: Medicinal plants must, like medicines, comply with strict requirements and standard rules of use to which only the specialist in herbal medicine can respond and sensitize people to the dangers of irrational consumption of medicinal plants.
Endovascular Aortic Aneurysm Repair during the Early Days of the COVID-19 Outbreak
Authors: Karaarslan Kemal , Kunt Ayse Gul , Abud Burcin 
Published: July 2021

Abstract

Introduction: We report the results of endovascular aortic repair (EVAR) in three patients during the COVID-19 pandemic. Materials and Methods: Three patients were diagnosed with abdominal aortic aneurysm. All three patients were male and aged 68 years. The diameter of the aneurysm was larger than 65 mm and was considered suitable for EVAR. Thorax tomography was performed to exclude SARS-CoV-2 infection before the procedure. Results: We performed EVAR under general anesthesia. “Priority Level” was based on the guideline of the American College of Surgeons. The procedure was conducted in the angiography laboratory by taking advanced precautions. Intensive care admission was avoided. The postoperative period was uneventful, and all patients were discharged without any condition associated with COVID-19. There were no mortality, rupture, secondary intervention, major adverse event, limb occlusion, and 60-day read-mission. Conclusions: During the pandemic, EVAR can be performed for symptomatic abdominal aortic aneurysm with a diameter of more than 65 mm. Thorax tomography is safe to exclude SARS-CoV-2 infection. However, tomographic angiography to monitor patients may be difficult during the pandemic.
Can Inferior Vena Cava Diameter and Collapsibility Index Be a Predictor in Detecting Preoperative Intravascular Volume Change in Pediatric Patients?
Authors: Cosgun Zeliha , Dagistan Emine , Cosgun Mehmet , Ozturk Hayrettin 
Published: July 2021

Abstract

Background: Inferior vena cava (IVC) ultrasound measurement is a reliable indicator used in the assessment of intravascular volume status. The aim of this study was to evaluate intravascular volume changes in pediatric patients by measuring the IVC diameter and collapsibility index (CI) in children whose oral feeding was restricted preoperatively. Material and Methods: From May 2018 to October 2018, a total of 55 pediatric patients who were scheduled for surgery were included in this prospective, observational, cohort study. Fasting and satiety IVC diameters and CIs of patients were determined by ultrasonographic evaluation twice: in the preoperative preliminary evaluation, when the patients were satiated, and before surgery, during a fasting period of 6–8 hours. Ultra-sonographic data were recorded and compared between fasting and satiety periods. Results: In the grey scale (B-mode), mean IVC diameter was significantly higher when the patients were satiated, compared to the measurements made just before surgery during the fasting period. In the M-mode, the mean IVC diameter was significantly higher only during the inspiratory phase when the patients were satiated, while during the expiratory phase it was detected to be statistically similar. Mean CI was significantly higher in the immediate preoperative period, compared to the assessment made when satiated. Conclusion: Preoperative ultrasound IVC diameter and CI measurement can be a practical and useful method for evaluating preoperative intravascular volume in children.
Congenital Absence of Left Main Trunk – CCTA Evaluation of a Patient with Ischemic Heart Disease
Authors: Țolescu Cosmin , Rus Abigaela , Chitu Monica , Ratiu Mihaela , Benedek Imre 
Published: July 2021

Abstract
Coronary artery anomalies represent a heterogeneous group of congenital diseases with various clinical presentations. Over time, the subject of coronary anomalies has been constantly changing in terms of definition, morphology, clinical manifestations, prognosis, and treatment. We present the case of a male patient, aged 53, with coronary artery disease and a medical history of high blood pressure and diabetes mellitus, who had undergone a coronary computed tomography angiography during the one-year follow-up after a percutaneous coronary intervention with drug-eluting stent implantation for a critical stenosis in the middle segment of the left anterior descending artery. Axial images revealed a separate origin of the left anterior descending and circumflex arteries from the left aortic coronary sinus, with the absence of the left main coronary artery.
Curricula and Teaching Methodology in the Field of Health Education: What Do We Know so Far?
Authors: Delimaris Ioannis 
Published: July 2021

Abstract
Health education is the interdisciplinary branch of pedagogy, medico-biological sciences, and health sciences, which addresses issues of prevention and the adoption of practices and strategies to reduce morbidity and mortality of the general population. Curricula are the subjects comprising a course of study in a school or college. The thematic axes of the Curricula of Health Education should include microbe transmission prevention, sexual and reproductive health, voluntary blood donation, oral health, smoking prevention, mental health promotion of children and adolescents, knowledge about sunlight, hygiene and vision protection, the value of old age, accident prevention, infection prevention (HIV, hepatitis etc.), healthy posture, healthy breathing, environmental health, healthy sleep, healthy diet, healthy exercise activities, problems involved in internet technology in adolescence, the role of play in childhood, and the prevention of addictions. Both behaviorism and constructivism are equally appropriate learning theories for teaching health education. The present paper aims to summarize all the available-to-date information on these issues.
Federated Learning for Spanish Ports as an Aid to Digitization
Authors: González Cancelas Nicoleta , Molina Serrano Beatriz , Soler Flores Francisco 
Published: July 2021

Abstract
The Spanish Port System is immersed in the process of digital transformation towards the concept of Ports 4.0. This entails new regulatory and connectivity requirements, making it necessary to implement the new technologies offered by the market towards digitalization. The digitalization of the individual processes in a first step helps the exchange of digital information between the members of the port community. The next step will mean that the information flow between the participants of a port community is done in a reliable, efficient, paperless way, and thanks to technologies. However, for the Spanish port sector, data exchange has a competitive disadvantage. That is why Federated Learning is proposed. This approach allows several organizations in the port sector to collaborate in the development of models, but without the need to directly share sensitive port data among themselves. Instead of gathering data on a single server, the data remains locked on your server, and the algorithms and predictive models travel between them. The goal of this approach is to benefit from a large set of data, which contributes to increased Machine Learning performance while respecting data ownership and privacy. Through an Inter-institution or “Cross-silo FL” model, different institutions contribute to the training with their local datasets in which different companies collaborate in training a learning machine for the discovery of patterns in private datasets of high sensitivity and high content. This environment is characterized by a smaller number of participants than the mobile case, with typically better bandwidth and less intermittency.
Aviation Criminal Law Regulations of the Tokyo Convention and the Penal Code to Counteract Terrorist Acts
Authors: Mendala Oliwier , Tokarska Katarzyna 
Published: July 2021

Abstract
The aim of the study is to present issues related to acts of terror and attempts to counteract them, whose subject matter of which is governed by a number of legal acts of various territorial scope, primarily by regulations contained in the Tokyo Convention, which is a source of public international law, and Polish normative acts, such as the Aviation Law together with legal and penal regulations. The paper presents considerations aimed at indicating the proper interpretation of the provisions regulating the obligation to undertake investigative and explanatory actions as part of pre-trial proceedings conducted by the prosecutor, the issues of jurisdiction and competence of the courts adjudicating in criminal cases, and the issues concerning the institution of extradition and its legal basis.
Efficiency Analyse of Airport Commercial Area
Authors: Tobisová Alica , Liptáková Dorota , Pilát Marek , Szabo Stanislav , Rozenberg Róbert , Káľavský Peter 
Published: July 2021

Abstract
The article is focused on analysis of financial cost effectiveness and the utilization of business premises in the terminal building of Bratislava Airport. Our analysis is based on a comparison of sales, profitability, and number of customers of individual newsagents of the GGT a. s. company, which operates three such newsagent stands at the examined airport. Each of the newsagents are located in a different part of the airport terminal, namely Schengen, non-Schengen and check-in area. The examined shops will serve as a practical example of the usability of these areas, and our goal is to find out which of these parts of the Bratislava Airport terminal building is most used by passengers and airport visitors. The data was collected for the period from 1st January 2018 to 31st December 2018, covering one full calendar year, which is a sufficient period for our analysis.
Checking Aircraft Engines Adjustment
Authors: Cur Krzysztof , Kowalski Mirosław , Stężycki Paweł , Ćwik Dariusz 
Published: July 2021

Abstract
The paper presents a new approach to the process of regulating the basic parameters of a turbine jet engine. It presents a system for monitoring these parameters developed and put into operation and the creation of the so-called phase mapping of the engine speed increment. Its modular structure is described, which allows it to be adapted quite quickly to other types of aircraft engine units. Individual modules are based on mathematical descriptions from the theory of aircraft engines. The phase mapping of the engine speed indicates a dynamic change of this parameter. On this basis, the characteristic ranges and individual points of engine operation are presented. The following are examples of characteristics and their interpretation.
A Holistic Approach to Education for Sustainability: Ecofeminism as a Tool to Enhance Sustainability Attitudes in Pre-service Teachers
Authors: Echegoyen-Sanz Yolanda , Martín-Ezpeleta Antonio 
Published: July 2021

Abstract
To achieve an effective Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), teachers should possess appropriate sustainability attitudes to transmit those values to their future students. In this article, a holistic educational intervention around the ecofeminist movement is described and its impact on the sustainability attitudes of 188 pre-service teachers is assessed. The quantitative results with a validated questionnaire reveal an initial high level of sustainability awareness and a statistically significant increase in the environmental dimension after the educational intervention. In addition, the qualitative analysis of the stories and activities for children prepared by the students in a process of didactic transposition confirms their ability to effectively integrate different competencies around a topic. Due to their status as future educators in the early stages of the system, pre-service teachers are relevant to disseminate a holistic view of ESD and we can conclude that ecofeminism is a thematic node that integrates key concept and attitudinal content to achieve that goal.
Making Change Visible – An Explorative Case Study of Dealing With Climate Change Deniers in Forest Education
Authors: Hepper Jens 
Published: July 2021

Abstract
This case study addresses the issue of climate change denial among students in their first year of vocational education. It was possible to shake the belief that man-made climate change was not happening, through letting students measure the potential of natural forest vegetation and compare their findings with those gathered by their peers nine years earlier. The comparison revealed that old forests had turned into ecosystems, which were adapted for dryer warmer climates.
For education for sustainable development, forest education and biology lessons offer the opportunity to establish a long term project, in which peer-to-peer-learning over generations of students is possible, with a high rate of acceptance of the results generated by the former students.
Implementing a Spiritual and Moral Education Program for Maths Teachers
Authors: Gerasimova Yevgeniya , Dvoryatkina Svetlana , Savvina Olga , Shcherbatykh Sergey 
Published: July 2021

Abstract
Modern researchers focus on spiritual and moral education only of children, particularly in the humanities. In this study, we develop and implement a program for the spiritual and moral education of 24 mathematics teachers aged between 30 and 65 years and assess its effectiveness. The program's effectiveness was assessed based on previously developed psychodiagnostic tools by expanding spiritual and moral development characteristics with new components. Diagnostics of the primary state of personal characteristics of spirituality was conducted before the experimental training and after implementing the program. We analyzed data using the Wilcoxon T-test, which revealed a significant increase in value-semantic, communicative, reflexive, motivational, and critical parameters. A qualitative analysis was conducted by evaluating the further research activities of 60 % of the students. Our program can be used in postgraduate education in a wide range of specialties and areas of training worldwide. The program can provide advanced training in solving spiritual and moral education issues for mathematics teachers.
Student Teachers' Change Agency in Education for Sustainable Development
Authors: Koskela Teija , Kärkkäinen Sirpa 
Published: July 2021

Abstract
Previous research shows that teachers are key players in supporting agency in the face of the biggest global challenges of our time, such as climate change and pollution, as teachers educate societies' future decision-makers. The aim of this study was to analyze student teachers' perceptions of change agency and sustainable development. In this qualitative case study, the writings of student teachers (n = 116) were studied in the context of sustainable development education. The data were analyzed using content analysis. The findings of the research confirmed previous studies showing that student teachers' perceptions of sustainable development were quite narrow. The results indicated that the student teachers wrote mainly about social dimensions of sustainable development; few of them considered economic or environmental dimensions of sustainable development. The results provided new information about the current state of student teachers' perceptions of change agency in the teacher education context. Teacher education should focus more on a holistic view of sustainable development aspects. These findings might be useful in implementing teacher education curricula.
Enhancing Ecocentric Environmental Attitudes: An Experience of Science Teaching to Inspire Students to Value Trees
Authors: Ferreira Maria Eduarda , Pitarma Rui 
Published: July 2021

Abstract
Deforestation is a global issue. Education has a fundamental role to play in this context. In this regard, the direction and effectiveness of educational practices should focus on the empowerment of students in ecocentric environmental attitudes. A key point in education for environmental sustainability is pedagogical approaches focused on the development of critical and reflective thinking. In this context, objectified research was developed in the (re)conceptualization of the “living being”, with thermogram didacticization, as a way to develop egalitarian feelings of the need for similar attitudes among living beings. The study was developed in an action-research context. The pedagogical-didactic intervention was within the scope of the “Natural Sciences” curricular unit of the “Basic Education” degree at a Portuguese Institution. After a pedagogical-didactic intervention, the reconceptualization of “living being” was observed in these students, presenting, now, a reflexive argument concerning the ecocentric environmental attitudes regarding the “living being” – the tree vs. animal, highlighting the importance that the thermographic images had in the (re)significance of their “new look” regarding the tree.
More Personal Knowledge for More Sustainable Higher Education
Authors: Salīte Ilga , Fjodorova Ilona , Butlere Inese , Ivanova Oksana 
Published: July 2021

Abstract
The article aims at considering the characteristics of the Anthropocene era from a broader perspective and emhasizing the possibilities of pedagogy to reduce the current unsustain-ability of higher education. The relationships between human and nature are affected by the wicked problems. In particular, they are influenced by intermingling of anthropocentrism, egocentrism and egoism, which affect these relationships by causing changes in the human being, i.e., changes in sensitivity and sensibility occur that are naturally necessary for human adaptation to the environment.
For the case study, we have used the processes taking place at the phenomenon level, which are known as the first-person perspective (1PP) characterized by an active and dynamic connection with the environment. It should be noted that 1PP cannot be observed from a distance, as there are a number of interrelated processes that begin with the effects of the environment, the formation of the “self” and the formation of the self-image. It follows that complex consciousness in the 1PP is implemented within an egocentric reference system, where experience is structured according to the image of the human body. The article will present the findings of 1PP study obtained by performing two tasks: (1) development of a personally significant view of a 1PP researcher on the phenomenon of sustainability from an egocentric perspective and (2) involvement of the 1PP researcher in adaptive learning suitable for pandemic conditions. We would like to stress that the case study has been developed as our reaction to the intensification of unsustainable development in the relationship between nature and human, which has been initiated and maintained by the tangle of Anthropocene problems. From the pedagogical perspective, we looked for an opportunity to use the basis of the natural origin of human and nature relations to maintain more integrated activities and more personal knowledge, so that the development of more sustainable higher education could be promoted by means of personal experience. Through the pedagogical lenses of phenomenology, we identified the need to reduce the impact of the Anthropocene tangle through the use of more natural methods. We also recognized the need to use the 1PP and adaptive learning opportunities more carefully. In this way, pedagogy can gain new experiences for a more holistic understanding of individual experience and enhance the use of the unique abilities of adaptive learning to prototype more personal knowledge in order to build more sustainable higher education.