bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Harvest date and variability in lipid bioactive compounds in Pistacia atlantica
Authors: Benguechoua Mebarka Imane , Benguechoua Madjda , Gourine Nadhir , Silva Artur M. S. , Saidi Mokhtar , Yousfi Mohamed 
Published: February 2021

BACKGROUND: The present work stands as an endeavor to uncover the ideal harvesting time of leaves in which they exhibits the maximum contents of bioactive molecules such as essential fatty acids, tocopherols and carotenoids. METHODS: A large scale investigation was carried out for the leaves of Pistacia atlantica involving a large number of populations collected over a period of four months during the growing season. The antioxidant activity was evaluated using both DPPH and β-carotene assays. The chemical percentage variability of the fatty acids was investigated using statistical analysis methods (Agglomerative Hierarchical Clustering “AHC”, also cited as CAH). OBJECTIVE: During the growth period, the effects of harvesting date on the total contents of lipids, tocopherols, carotenoids, fatty acids composition and also the antioxidant activities of the lipids were investigated. RESULTS: The content of myristic acid and other saturated fatty acids increased during leaf development, while linoleic, linolenic acids and unsaturated fatty acids decreased. The highest percentages of both linolenic C18:3 (27.25±5.92%) and linoleic acids C18:2 (17.68±3.80%) were obtained for the month of May at the first stage of leaves development (young leaves), but higher percentage levels of C18:1, were obtained for both consecutive months of August & September (28.83±6.50%; 27.79±8.63%, respectively) at intermediate developing stage. The lipids, tocopherols, carotenoids contents and the saturated and unsaturated fatty acids were dependent on the harvest time. The antioxidant activity showed higher powers at the first developing stage (May). Two main clusters and two sub-clusters of the fatty acids were distinguished and were also depending clearly on the period of the collection. CONCLUSIONS: The results showed that the FA were dependent on the period of collection of the leaves. The main result of this study illustrate the nutritional potential (richness in MUFA such as C18:1, 2, 3) of the oil of P. atlantica leaves, which can provide opportunities for rational exploitation in the food industries or for medicinal purposes.
Identification of the functional food potency of çalkama: A traditional recipe with edible Mediterranean wild greens from Turkish cuisine
Authors: Altin Gokce , Bildik Fatih , Kasapoğlu Kadriye Nur , Genç Seda , Genç Mahmut , Özçelik Beraat 
Published: February 2021

BACKGROUND: The phytochemical contents of traditional foods are necessary to further elucidate the impacts of the Mediterranean diet on health. Çalkama is traditional food prepared by using wild green plants including chard ( Beta vulgaris var.cicl), wild fennel (Foeniculum vulgare spp), common mellow ( Malva sylvestris L), common poppy ( Papaver rhoeas L), dock (Rumex spp), common nettle (Urtica dioica L), sow-thistle (Sonchus asper (L) Hill), common stork’s bill (Erodium circutarium (L)L Hé r) and wild leek (Allium ampeloprasum L). OBJECTIVE: In this research, the antioxidant activity and the flavonoid and phenolic acid composition were separately analyzed for each plant and çalkama. METHODS: Total phenolic content, total flavonoid content and total antioxidant capacity of each plant and çalkama were measured spectrophotometric assays. Ultra-fast liquid chromatography (UFLC) was performed to detect specific flavonoid groups. RESULTS: It was detected that one portion of çalkama (100 g) contained approximately 250 mg of flavonoids. Particularly, quercetin and apigenin contributed to the main flavonoid source and chlorogenic acid was the major phenolic acid in çalkama. CONCLUSIONS: According to our findings, this food can be considered as a good phenolic and flavonoid source which protects its high antioxidant capacity through preparation and cooking processes.
Neural correlates of memory recovery: Preliminary findings in children and adolescents with acquired brain injury
Authors: Mouthon Anne-Laure , Meyer-Heim Andreas , Huber Reto , Van Hedel Hubertus J.A. 
Published: February 2021

Background: After acquired brain injury (ABI), patients show various neurological impairments and outcome is difficult to predict. Identifying biomarkers of recovery could provide prognostic information about a patient’s neural potential for recovery and improve our understanding of neural reorganization. In healthy subjects, sleep slow wave activity (SWA, EEG spectral power 1–4.5 Hz) has been linked to neuroplastic processes such as learning and brain maturation. Therefore, we suggest that SWA might be a suitable measure to investigate neural reorganization underlying memory recovery. Objectives: In the present study, we used SWA to investigate neural correlates of recovery of function in ten paediatric patients with ABI (age range 7–15 years). Methods: We recorded high-density EEG (128 electrodes) during sleep at the beginning and end of rehabilitation. We used sleep EEG data of 52 typically developing children to calculate age-normalized values for individual patients. In patients, we also assessed every-day life memory impairment at the beginning and end of rehabilitation. Results: In the course of rehabilitation, memory recovery was paralleled by longitudinal changes in SWA over posterior parietal brain areas. SWA over left prefrontal and occipital brain areas at the beginning of rehabilitation predicted memory recovery. Conclusions: We show that longitudinal sleep-EEG measurements are feasible in the clinical setting. While posterior parietal and prefrontal brain areas are known to belong to the memory “core network”, occipital brain areas have never been related to memory. While we have to remain cautious in interpreting preliminary findings, we suggest that SWA is a promising measure to investigate neural reorganization.
Optically transparent glass modified with metal oxides for X-rays and gamma rays shielding material
Authors: Hussein Khalid I. , Alqahtani Mohammed S. , Grelowska Iwona , Reben Manuela , Afifi Hesham , Zahran Heba , Yaha I. S. , Yousef El Sayed 
Published: February 2021

BACKGROUND: Metal oxide glass composites have attracted huge interest as promising shielding materials to replace toxic, heavy, and costly conventional shielding materials. OBJECTIVE: In this work, we evaluate shielding effectiveness of four novel tellurite-based glasses samples doped with oxide metals (namely, A, B, C, and D, which are 75TeO2- 10P2O5- 10ZnO- 5PbF2- 0.24Er2O3 ; 70TeO2- 10P2O5- 10ZnO- 5PbF2 -5MgO- 0.24Er2O3; 70TeO2- 10P2O5- 10ZnO- 5PbF2- 5BaO- 0.24Er2O3 ; and 70TeO2- 10P2O5-10ZnO- 5PbF2- 5SrO; respectively) by assessing them through a wide range of ionizing radiation energies (0.015–15 MeV). METHODS: The radiation-shielding parameters including mass attenuation coefficient (MAC), linear attenuation coefficient (LAC), half-value layer (HVL), mean free path, (MFP), effective atomic number (Zeff), effective electron number (Neff), and the transmission factor are computed in the selected range of ionizing radiation energies. Furthermore, the proposed samples were compared with the most common shielding glass materials. The optical parameters viz oscillator, dispersion energy, nonlinear refractive indices, molar, and electronic polarizability of these transparent glasses are reported at different wavelengths. RESULTS: The results show that the proposed samples have considerable effectiveness as transparent shielding glass materials at various ionizing radiation energies. They can be employed for effective radiation-protection outcomes. Sample C demonstrated slightly better shielding properties than the other samples with differences of 1.33%, 4.6%, and 4.2% for samples A, B, and D, respectively. A similar trend is observed regarding the mass attenuation coefficients. Nevertheless, sample B shows better optical properties than the other prepared glass samples. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings indicate that the proposed novel glass samples have good shielding properties and optical characteristics, which can pave the way for their utilization as transparent radiation-shielding materials in medical and industrial applications.
CEO’s Key to IT Transformation & Organizational Agility
Authors: Kamble Prem 
Published: February 2021

_It is well known that companies which succeed today are the ones that have the agility to change. The CEO is most suited to drive change in an organization and create an agile organization. You very well know that as a CEO, you need to be able to manage change to be agile. You have taken several Change management trainings and met experts. But you still find yourself struggling to cope with the change. _

_Something crucial is missing in your change management trainings._

_It is an irony that though IT is the biggest driver of change today, none of the change management seminars cover how to manage IT-Driven change. It may not be obvious, but it is a very specialized skill needing a mindset change._

_Although IT is the primary agent of change and CEOs need to manage IT-Driven change, research says that lack of CEO and top management support in IT is the primary cause of IT failure. High failure rates of IT and ERP projects should make CEOs sit up and notice._

_Fortunately, there is a way available now. There is just the right training for a new unique skill, which the author calls “Behavioral IT” skill, which unfortunately was not even identified, leave alone taught. CEOs can now hone their skills to manage this resistance to IT-Driven Change and ensure an agile organization. And the good news is that there is no need to know technology to be a good CEO. CEOs and managers don’t need to know IT – They only need to know Behavioral IT._
A STUDY TO DETECT THE PROPORTION OF ALTERED SERUM CALCIUM, PHOSPHOROUS AND VITAMIN D3 LEVEL IN NEWLY DIAGNOSED PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS PATIENTS ATTENDING CHEST OPD IN BURDWAN MEDICAL COLLEGE & HOSPITAL
Authors: Ta Rupam Kumar , Mukherjee Debashree , Sen Pronoy 
Published: February 2021

Introduction: Pulmonary Tuberculosis (PTB) is still a very common cause of morbidity & morbidity in India.[7] Calcium and phosphorus metabolism plays an important role in the healing of lesions in PTB. Vitamin D deficient individuals have a greater susceptibility to develop TB[14] and worse disease progression if infected with TB.[15] Due to paucity of studies this study was carried out to estimate the mean value of serum calcium phosphorous and Vitamin D3 level in newly diagnosed PTB patients and find out correlation among the altered values of these biochemical parameters.
Methods: This was an observational cross sectional hospital based study carried out on 120 patients attending Burdwan Medical College over a period of one and a half years. All patients of PTB were included, while patients with Sarcoidosis, hepatitis, chronic kidney disease, post menopausal women were excluded from study. Serum Calcium, Phosphorus and Vitamin D3 were estimated in these patients. Data collected was entered in Excel Spreadsheet, and analysed in SPSS version 19.0 using descriptive statistical methods, percentiles and scatter diagrams.
Main Findings: Serum calcium and phosphorus was not significantly decreased in our study. Moderate prevalence of vitamin D deficiency was found among newly diagnosed PTB patients. Significant correlation was found between altered vitamin D3, serum phosphorus and serum calcium level.
Conclusion: Since Serum vitamin D3 is significantly decreased in pulmonary tuberculosis it is essential to monitor the serum levels of vitamin D3 in PTB patients and provide adequate supplementation of vitamin D3.
Keywords: Pulmonary Tuberculosis, Calcium, Vitamin D3, Phosphorus
ROLE OF HIGH RESOLUTION ULTRASOUND IN THE DISORDERS OF ACHILLES TENDON.
Authors: Ramakrishna Narayanan 
Published: February 2021

Background: The Achilles tendon is the most common tendon that can get injured. The tendon can get affected in a wide variety of conditions and present with varied clinical manifestations. A detailed knowledge of the conditions affecting this tendon, their clinical manifestations and their appearance in imaging studies will help narrow down the diagnosis and provide precise treatment.
Aim: Aim of the study was to identify the most common pathologies that affect the Achilles tendon and to correlate the clinical presentation with the high resolution ultrasound appearance.
Settings and design: This was a prospective study
Methods and Material: 52 patients with suspected Achilles tendon pathology were evaluated. After taking a detailed clinical history and performing a clinical examination, HRUS was performed on all the patients. The disorders affecting the patients were characterised based on clinical presentation and ultrasound examination. Correlation was done between the clinical and HRUS presentation of these cases.
Results
The most common symptom at the time of presentation was pain which was present in 41 patients (78.9%). Other symptoms included loss of plantar flexion seen in 20 patients (38.4%), swelling in 36 patients (69%) and stiffness seen in 12 patients (23%).
Tears in the tendon were the most common type of pathology noted in 25 patients (48.07%),18 patients (34.6%) presented with complete tears and 5 patients (13.4%) with partial tears. Complete tears occurred more frequently at a site 3-4 cm from the calcaneal insertion while partial tears were most commonly insertional.
10 (19.2%) patients had findings suggestive of tendinopathy and their most common complaint was chronic pain and swelling.
5 patients (9.62%) had features of enthesitis. Among them 3 had psoriatric arthropathy and 2 had ankylosing spondylitis.
Conclusion
The spectrum of disorders involving the Achilles tendon are diverse and the clinical examination maybe imprecise, especially in acute conditions. HRUS offers a highly accurate tool that can diagnose these conditions and guide the management.
Keywords: Tendoachilles, Achilles tendon, Paratendinopathy, Tendinopathy, Tears, High resolution ultrasound
Formulation And In-Vitro Evaluation Of Cocrystals Of Pantoprazole Sodium For Immediate Release
Authors: Jain Shiwangi , Bansal Mayank , Sharma Ashutosh 
Published: February 2021

Pantoprazole is extensively metabolized in the liver and has a total serum clearance of 0.1 l/h/kg, a serum elimination half-life of about 1.1 h, and an apparent volume of distribution of 0.15 L/kg. 98% of pantoprazole is bound to serum proteins. Elimination half-life, clearance, and volume of distribution are independent of the dose. Almost 80% of an oral or intravenous dose is excreted as metabolites in urine; the remainder is found in feces and originates from biliary secretion. The clearance of pantoprazole is only slightly affected by age, with its half-life being approximately 1.25 h in the elderly. Pantoprazole is an acid labile drug that requires protection from degradation in acidic media. Hence, co-crystallization of pantoprazole sodium with appropriate co-formers will inhibit its degradation in acidic medium ensuring fast release in the stomach. The acid-labile drugs for oral administration may also be protected from gastric acidity by inhibiting its degradation upon entering into acidic environment. So, the current approach includes co-crystallization of the provided drug with appropriate co-former which prevents degradation of drug by quick absorption and protects the drug from low pH. Apart from that, the formulations also modulate or control the drug release for an immediate action.
Keywords: Pantoprazole sodium, Co-crystal, solvent drop method, Co-former.
The first message from the founding editor
Authors: Saengsupavanich Cherdvong 
Published: February 2021

Maritime Technology and Research (MTR) (E-ISSN: 2651-205X) is launched to celebrate the 12th Anniversary of Faculty of International Maritime Studies, Kasetsart University, Thailand.
MTR is a peer-reviewed journal covering all areas of Maritime Technology. It provides a forum for discussion of current issues, new idea and developments, as well as breakthroughs in coastal and oceanic arenas. The range of topics extends from coastal zone to deep ocean, including engineering, environment, logistics, as well as other management aspects.
In addition to original, full-length contributions presenting new research and developments in the field, the journal also publishes review papers authored by leading authorities. The journal implements a double-blinded review system with at least 2 expert reviewers. Articles are freely available to all readers.
MTR’s editorial committee members are academically well-known, ensuring high standard of the journal. I formally invite authors and readers to participate in MTR. Hopefully, MTR can be a venue for us to share our knowledge, advancing maritime technology. I welcome all submissions with great pleasure.
Finally, with great pleasure, I would like to introduce our founding team members; Dr. Supawat Chaikasem (Journal Manager), Mr. Kosin Sirirak (Journal Manager) and Miss Risa Fongsaichol (Journal Assistant), who have worked hard for our success.
FeCo Nanoparticle-Loaded Nutshell-Derived Porous Carbon as Sustainable Catalyst in Al-Air Batteries
Authors: Sumboja A. , Prakoso B. , Ma Y. , Irwan F. R. , Hutani J. J. , Mulyadewi A. , Mahbub M. A. A. , Zong Y. , Liu Z. 
Published: February 2021

Developing a high-performance ORR (oxygen reduction reaction) catalyst at low cost has been a challenge for the commercialization of high-energy density and low production cost aluminium-air batteries. Herein, we report a catalyst, prepared by pyrolyzing the shell waste of peanut or pistachio, followed by concurrent nitrogen-doping and FeCo alloy nanoparticle loading. Large surface area (1246.4 m
2
g
-1
) of pistachio shell-derived carbon can be obtained by combining physical and chemical treatments of the biomass. Such a large surface area carbon eases nitrogen doping and provides more nucleation sites for FeCo alloy growth, furnishing the resultant catalyst (FeCo/N-C-Pistachio) with higher content of N, Fe, and Co with a larger electrochemically active surface area as compared to its peanut shell counterpart (FeCo/N-C-Peanut). The FeCo/N-C-Pistachio displays a promising onset potential of 0.93 V vs. RHE and a high saturating current density of 4.49 mA cm
-2
, suggesting its high ORR activity. An aluminium-air battery, with FeCo/N-C-Pistachio catalyst on the cathode and coupled with a commercial aluminium 1100 anode, delivers a power density of 99.7 mW cm
-2
and a stable discharge voltage at 1.37 V over 5 h of operation. This high-performance, low-cost, and environmentally sustainable electrocatalyst shows potential for large-scale adoption of aluminium-air batteries.
Revista Vol 10 No 2. Educación, Valores y Experiencia
Authors: Hernández Prados Maria Ángeles 
Published: February 2021

El título de este número se toma del primer artículo: EDUCACIÓN, VALORES Y EXPERIENCIA. Artículo de reflexión propositiva autoría del pedagogo español Pedro Ortega Ruiz, Director Colectivo Iberoamericano de Pedagogía de la alteridad, Ripal- Redipe. Pone énfasis en que la enseñanza de los valores conlleva una exigencia que la convierte en una tarea difícil de realizar. La naturaleza del valor reclama la referencia a la experiencia como componente necesario del valor. Pero el valor tiene múltiples formas de expresión según la cultura en que se manifiesta. El sistema educativo no puede permanecer ajeno e indiferente a lo que sucede en la sociedad. Está llamado a contribuir a su construcción desde la ética y la solidaridad. Es necesario volver a las raíces de nuestras creencias o convicciones para reencontrarnos con nuestra función educadora y ayudar al alumbramiento de otro modo de estar-en-el-mundo y ser-en-el-mundo a través de individuos que hagan posible establecer relaciones éticas con el mundo y con los demás.
Formulasi Biopestisida Trichoderma asperellum Samuels, Liecfk & Nirenberg
Authors: Devy Lukita , Roswanjaya Yuda Purwana , Saryanah Nur Alfi , Suhendra Ahmad , Putri Ade Lia 
Published: February 2021

Biopestisida dengan efektifitas dan efisiensi tinggi akan mendukung keberhasilan praktek proteksi tanaman di lapangan. Tahapan yang cukup penting dalam produksi biopestisida berkualitas adalah formulasi. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mempelajari formulasi biopestisida berbahan dasarTrichoderma asperellum yang diisolasi dari tanah di PTPN XII Kediri, Jawa Timur. Proses formulasi dilakukandengan seleksi substrat padat untuk produksi konidia, uji konsistensi substrat, uji scaling up produksi substrat dan uji daya simpan biopestisida. Seleksi substrat dilakukan terhadap lima kombinasi substrat padat yaitu beras 100%; beras:jagung (50%:50%); beras:jagung (75%:25%); beras:jagung (25%:75%) dan jagung 100%. Hasil menunjukkan bahwa beras 100% merupakan substrat terbaik untuk produksi konidia T. asperellum (3 x 109 konidiag-1). Uji konsistensi beras 100% sebagai substrat dilakukan dalam dua tahap yaitu dalam volume sama dengan uji seleksi dan dalam volume lebih besar sebagai uji scaling up. Hasil menunjukan terdapat konsistensi antara kedua uji tersebut dengan uji seleksi (7,88 x 109 dan 7,95 x 109 konidiag-1). Uji daya simpan T. asprellum pada beras 100% menunjukkan stabilitas jumlah konidia (≥ 105 konidia g-1) sampai 105 hari setelah simpan pada suhu ruang. Oleh karena itu, formulasi T. asprellum sebagai biopestisida dapat menggunakan beras 100% sebagai substrat.
Prototipe Aplikasi Web untuk Pengajuan Cuti Pegawai Berbasis Online
Authors: Sudiarjo Aso 
Published: February 2021

Sistem informasi kepegawaian adalah sistem yang digunakan sebagai penyimpanan dan pengolahan data pegawai, untuk mendukung personel operasional. Berdasarkan perkembangan ilmu pengetahuan dan teknologi ini semakin baik juga membuat distribusi yang lebih cepat informasinya. Akurasi, presisi, dan kecepatan merupakan faktor penting dalam pengolahan data. Data yang diolah secara terstruktur dan jelas dirancang untuk memudahkan kinerja manusia dalam mengorganisir data dengan baik. Data diolah dengan baik dan cepat akan menambah daya saing dan meningkatkan kualitas manusia atau instansi. Universitas Perjuangan merupakan salah satu instansi yang membutuhkan pengolahan data pegawai yang berhubungan dengan teknologi informasi. Universitas Perjuangan dalam hal ini membutuhkan suatu aplikasi yang berfungsi untuk meningkatkan pelayanan administrasi kepada pegawainya diantarnya data cuti, penelitian ini dilakukan terlebih dahulu dengan cara referensi, interview, observasi dan studi kepustakaan. Hasil penelitian yang dilakukan yaitu perototipe sistem informasi pengajuan cuti pegawai,. Sistem informasi yang akan dikembangkan berbasis web yang dapat diakses oleh pegawai dengan menggunakan bahasa pemrograman PHP dan MySQL sebagai pangkalan data