bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Application of Magnetized Ionized Water and Bacillus subtilis Improved Saline Soil Quality and Cotton Productivity
Authors: Jiang Zhanbo , Wang Quanjiu , Ning Songrui , Lin Shudong , Hu Xiaoqin , Song Zhaoxin 
Published: September 2024

Soil salinization, a significant global challenge, threatens sustainable development. This study explores the potential of magnetized ionized water irrigation and Bacillus subtilis application to mitigate this issue. The former method is hypothesized to enhance soil salt leaching, while the latter is expected to improve soil nutrient availability, thereby increasing microbial diversity. To address the unclear impact of these interventions on soil quality and cotton productivity, this study employs four different experimental methods: magnetized ionized water irrigation (M), application of 45 kg ha−1 B. subtilis (B), a combination of 45 kg ha−1 B. subtilis with magnetized ionized water irrigation (MB), and a control treatment with no intervention (CK). This study aims to clarify the effects of these treatments on soil bulk density (BD), field capacity (FC), salinity and alkalinity, nutrient content, microbial activity, and cotton crop yield and quality. Additionally, it aims to evaluate the efficacy of these methods in improving saline soil conditions by developing a soil quality index. The results showed that using magnetized ionized water for irrigation and applying B. subtilis, either alone or together, can effectively lower soil pH and salt levels, enhance microbial diversity and abundance, and improve the yield and quality of cotton. Notably, B. subtilis application significantly decreased BD and enhanced FC and nutrient content (p < 0.05). A correlation was found where soil nutrient content decreased as pH and salt content increased. Furthermore, a strong correlation was observed between the major soil bacteria and fungi with BD, FC, and salt content. Comparatively, M, B, and MB significantly boosted (p < 0.01) the soil quality index by 0.21, 0.52, and 0.69 units, respectively, and increased (p < 0.05) cotton yield by 5.7%, 14.8%, and 20.1% compared to CK. Therefore, this research offers eco-friendly and efficient methods to enhance cotton production capacity in saline soil.
Simulasi Sistem Pelayanan Pemesanan Kedai Kopi XYZ Cabang Sidewalk - Jimbaran
Authors: Utami Ni Made Cyntia , Sitanggang Bryan Estavan Imanuel , Widhiatmika I Wayan Ananta , Wahyuni Ni Nengah Trisna , Aryani Ni Ketut Indah 
Published: September 2024

Pemodelan sistem nyata ke dalam suatu model dilakukan dengan sistem simulasi, yang merupakan suatu cara untuk menirukan sistem nyata dengan sifat yang lebih mudah untuk diamati daripada sistem aslinya. Suatu sistem dapat menghasilkan antrian apabila adanya keterlambatan pelayanan seperti yang terjadi pada sebuah kedai kopi. Kedai Kopi XYZ adalah salah satu merek kopi yang terkenal di Indonesia. Lokasi penelitian yang dilakukan yaitu di Kedai Kopi XYZ cabang Sidewalk, Jimbaran. Alasan tempat tersebut dijadikan lokasi penelitian karena terdapatnya antrian pada sistem pelayanannya serta adanya pelanggan yang meninggalkan antrian sebelum dilayani. Pegawai yang telah diwawancarai mengatakan bahwa beberapa pelanggan yang komplain mengenai lokasi yang tidak terlalu luas yang mengakibatkan mengantri hingga area luar kedai kopi. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengurangi antrianm dengan melakukan perbaikan terhadap lokasi pada sistem. Data antrian yang telah didapat dari lapangan selanjutnya dilakukan pengolahan data dengan Stat::Fit dan ProModel. Ketika sistem dengan data yang ada dilakukan run simulation masih terdapat blocked pada Entity States serta terdapat full atau bottleneck pada Multiple Capacity Location States. Hasil dari simulasi perbaikan yaitu perbaikan pada location yang terdapat dalam sistem berupa penambahan kapasitas tiap lokasi untuk menghindari dan meminimalisir terjadinya antrian. Dengan mengubah kapasitas yang ada akan dihasilkan block dan full yang minim dan dapat dikatakan wajar dalam sistem. Dengan demikian, sistem model pada Kedai Kopi XYZ cabang Sidewalk, Jimbaran dapat disimpulkan dapat bekerja dengan optimal.
Strategi Peramalan dan Pengendalian Persediaan Suku Cadang di Industri Pengolahan dan Importir Kayu Lapis
Authors: Amallynda Ikhlasul , Wicaksono Erwin 
Published: September 2024

PT XYZ merupakan perusahaan produsen dan pengekspor produk kayu lapis. Saat ini pengelolaan persediaan suku cadang masih dilakukan secara intuitif berdasarkan data kebutuhan suku cadang di periode sebelumnya. Akibatnya, seringkali terjadi kekurangan stok suku cadang saat dibutuhkan. Kekurangan stok suku cadang dapat menyebabkan gangguan operasional yang signifikan, seperti peningkatan waktu henti produksi, penurunan efisiensi, dan biaya tambahan untuk pengadaan darurat. Ini juga dapat mengurangi kepuasan pelanggan jika pesanan tertunda atau tidak dapat dipenuhi tepat waktu, yang akhirnya mempengaruhi reputasi perusahaan dan profitabilitas. Pengelolaan persediaan suku cadang menjadi masalah yang kompleks karena dibutuhkannya respon yang cepat untuk menekan waktu kerusakan dan risiko keusangan suku cadang mesin produksi. Selain itu, suku cadang memiliki pola permintaan yang unik, dimana permintaan tidak terjadi setiap periode dan memiliki variansi yang tinggi. Sehingga dapat digolongkan sebagai permintaan yang intermittent bahkan lumpy. Maka dalam penelitian ini akan dibahas tentang pengendalian persediaan suku cadang yang dimulai dari pengklasifikasian suku cadang menggunakan metode ADI – CV. Perkiraan kebutuhan suku cadang menggunakan metode simple moving average, single exponential smoothing, Croston’s method, Syntetos-Boylan approximation, dan simulasi Montecarlo. Perbandingan performansi antar metode peramalan dilakukan dengan mempertimbangkan lima ukuran tingkat keakuratan, yakni: Adjusted Mean Absolute Percentage Error (A-MAPE), Mean Error (ME), dan Mean Square Error (MSE). Berdasarkan hasil perkiraan kebutuhan terbaik, akan dilakukan perhitungan safety stock, reorder point dan jumlah pemesanan optimal dengan metode periodic review.
IMPROVING WRITING SKILL OF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THROUGH PICTURE SERIES MEDIA
Authors: Oktaviani Esti Dwi 
Published: September 2024

This research objective was to find out whether there was any significant difference in studentsâ€™ writing skill before and after being taught using Picture Series media in learning recount text at Eighth grade students of SMP Negeri 8Tarakan. The design of this research was Pre-Experimental research. The population in this research was all of the eighth grade students at SMP Negeri 8 Tarakan. The sample Â in Â this Â research Â was Â 30 Â students. Â The Â sample Â was Â chosen Â byÂ using purposive sampling technique. Class for treatment was VIII-6. It consisted of 30 students. The steps in this research were pretest, treatment, and posttest. In the pretest, the students were asked to write the writing test. After giving the pretest, the researcher gave treatment. The treatment class was taught by using Picture Series media. After giving the treatment, students were asked to write the writing test in posttest. In analyzing the data, the researcher was used paired sample t-test in SPSS 24.0. The result of this research showed that there was different mean score in pretest and posttest. It was proven by the result of the studentsâ€™ mean score from pretest was 36.27 and 43.20 in the posttest. It means that the improvement of the studentsâ€™ mean score was 6.93. The result of Paired Sample t-test was 2.119 higher than t-table was 2.045. It means that the studentsâ€™ writing skill in recount text have an improvement after giving the treatment. The result of sig (2 tailed). 0.000 is lower than 0.05, it means that the Picture Series media can give any contribution to the studentsâ€™ writing skill. Based on the explanation above, it can be concluded that using Picture Series Media is effective to improve studentâ€™s writing skill in recount text.Â
Chinese Funding: A Curse to Africa
Authors: Chipfakacha Chido T 
Published: September 2024

The role of China in the liberation of Africa from colonial rule cannot be down played as I laid a foundation to Africa today. Most African countries were aided by China militarily and ideologically in the fight against Western colonial rule. Though some scholars would suggest that China`s contribution was as a result of the hostility that was there in the times of the cold war between the self-acclaimed democrats of the Western bloc and the Communist Eastern bloc. Philosophers like Marx Engel, Karl Marx, Lenin and Mao Zedong had a major influence on the liberation of Africa. The purpose of this paper is to show how the relationship that started as sincere has become a curse for the poor and unconnected Africans. In recent years the Chinese has overtaken the Briton hood Institutes of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank as the major lenders of loans to African States. Kwame Nkrumah warned us of the danger of Africa being recolonised in what he termed neo colonialism where the colonisers will come as investors. Neo colonialism is no longer a theory but has become a reality as will be exposed in this article using empirical, qualitative and quantitative research methods to show how a friendship with China has benefited the elite politicians at the cost of citizens affairs. Africa is endowed with natural resources yet it has the poorest population per Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita. The paper will show how it is easy for a Chinese to own a business in Africa compared to the native Africans using the case of Shurugwi in Zimbabwe.
Lived Poverty and the Fate of African Democracies
Authors: Ntodwa Edson , Dulani Boniface , Masumbu Mwayi 
Published: September 2024

In comparative politics, economic development is a requisite to democracy (Lipset, 1959). Democracy is deemed to fail in less developed countries as poverty has proven to be detrimental to democratic performance. This study offers a perspective on the effects of poverty on the fate of democracy in Africa. Models are estimated for the Poverty-Democracy linkages using variables derived from merged Afrobarometer survey data (2002-2018). The results indicate that poverty in Africa has a mixed effect on democracy more generally. In particular, the analysis indicates that the experience of poverty, which we have termed ‘lived poverty’, has a negative effect on demand and supply of democracy as well as on a number of attributes of political participation. The fact that the poor demand democracy less than the well-to-do while at the same time perceiving limited supply of democracy, in our view explains why more African regimes are consolidating as hybrid regimes instead of moving towards democratic consolidation
Pelatihan Promosi Toko Online dan Perangkat Lunak Kasir Ipos 5 pada Mitra UMKM Keripik Cikidang Sukabumi (Desa Binaan UAI)
Authors: Mujadin Anwar , Aribowo Budi , Hermawan Denny 
Published: September 2024

<p><em>Pelatihan menggunakan metode pendekatan instruksional, secara offline melalui video (youtube), daring Zoom, kemudian diperjelas dan diperkuat melalui tatap muka dilokasi, dimana materi instruksional offline melalui video tersebut telah di share satu bulan sebelum melakukan kegiatan tatap muka di lokasi. Kemudian pada sesi offline mitra UMKM diusahakan untuk belajar mandiri melalui video kanal youtube yang telah dipersiapkan oleh tim pelaksana. Bila ada yang belum jelas, tim pelaksana membuka layanan konsultasi via Zoom kemudian diperjelas dengan cara sharescreen. Untuk memperlancar dan memperkuat pembelajaran, mahasiswa terlibat ikut ambil dalam dalam menyiapkan peralatan kasir seperti laptop, barcode reader, dan thermal printer. Mahasiswa juga berperan aktif dalam menyiapkan materi pelatihan termasuk membuat simulasi menjadi seorang pembeli. Metode tersebut akan memberikan dampak positif pada mitra </em><em>untuk mengukur tingkat </em><em>keberhasilan pembelajaran pelatihan perangkat lunak kasir IPOS 5 dan promosi produk di marketplace tokopedia dan Sophe</em><em>e. Tolok ukur keberhasilan, dipantau minimal 6 bulan sejak ada pelatihan.</em></p><p><strong>Kata kunci<em>:</em></strong><strong><em> </em></strong><strong><em>Metode instruksional online dan offline abdimas</em></strong></p>
Alat Perangkap Nyamuk Elektronik Untuk Mitra
Authors: Zhafran Dary , Rahmatia Suci 
Published: September 2024

<p><em>Kuliah Kerja Nyata (KKN) merupakan kegiatan pengabdian masyarakat yang dilakukan oleh mahasiswa di luar kampus dengan tujuan untuk melaksanakan Tri Darma Perguruan Tinggi dengan pemikiran yang kreatif, mandiri dan inovatif agar dapat ikut membantu pembangunan daerah atau desa setempat. Kegiatan pengabdian masyarakat atau KKN mendorong mahasiswa untuk membagi pengalaman ilmunya, mengajarkan dan mengimplementasikan kepada daerah yang memang diperlukan sebuah pembangunan atau untuk mengatasi permasalahan ditengah-tengah masyarakat. Fase perkembangan anak usia dini biasanya berkisar dari lahir sampai delapan tahun, Karena ini adalah tahun-tahun perkembangan yang sangat penting, pendidikan yang diberikan kepada anak-anak dirancang untuk berkontribusi pada perkembangan mereka secara keseluruhan. Menurut penelitian saat ini, delapan tahun pertama kehidupan adalah periode perkembangan manusia di mana perkembangan otak utama terjadi. Akibatnya, nutrisi, interaksi manusia, dan pendidikan selama tahun-tahun ini sangat memengaruhi perkembangan otak anak. Sebaliknya, gizi dan pendidikan yang buruk, terutama kurangnya bermain dan pendidikan berbasis aktivitas, dapat berdampak negatif pada perkembangan otak anak. Oleh karena itu, pendidikan dini yang diterima seorang anak dapat memiliki efek yang bertahan lama sepanjang hidupnya. Untuk membantu proses belajar mengajar diperlukana kegiatan KKN yang dilakukan dengan memberikan bantuan alat perangkap nyamuk elektronik dan tata cara penggunaan dan perawatan sehingga memberikan kenyamanan bagi yang menggunakan.</em></p><p><strong>Kata kunci<em>: </em></strong><strong><em>Usia Dini, Peramgkap Elektronik, Nyamuk, </em></strong></p>
PENERAPAN MODEL PEMBELAJARAN KOOPERATIF STUDENT TEAMS ACHIEVEMENT DIVISION UNTUK MENINGKATKAN HASIL BELAJAR MATEMATIKA SISWA KELAS XIB
Authors: Widana I Wayan , Ni Komang Safitri  , Wijaya Putu Winda Marhayani 
Published: September 2024

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk meningkatan hasil belajar matematika siswa kelas XI B1 SMAN 7 Denpasar dengan menggunakan model pembelajaran kooperatif Student Teams Achievement Division (STAD). Jenis penelitian ini merupakan penelitian tindakan kelas yang dilaksanakan dalam dua siklus. Setiap siklus terdiri dari 4 tahap yaitu: tahap perencanaan, tahap pelaksanaan, tahap observasi, dan tahap refleksi. Subjek penelitian ini adalah siswa kelas XI B1 SMAN 7 Denpasar sebanyak 48 siswa. Objek dalam penelitian ini adalah hasil belajar peserta didik di kelas XI B1 pada materi lingkaran. Kriteria keberhasilan dalam penelitian ini yaitu rata-rata hasil belajar dan ketuntasan klasikal telah tercapai apabila target mencapai 85%. Adapun hasil dari penelitain ini adalah terjadi peningkatan hasil belajar siswa pada pembelajaran Matematika dengan menerapkan model pembelajaran Student Team Achievement Division (STAD) pada siswa kelas XI B1 SMAN 7 Denpasar dalam materi Lingkaran. Peningkatan yang pertama terjadi pada presentase ketuntasan klasikal dari 50% pada tes prasiklus menjadi 77% pada Siklus I dan setelah dilakukan pengembangan pada hasil refleksi Siklus I, terjadi peningkatan kembali menjadi 94% pada tes akhir Siklus II. Berdasarkan hal tersebut dapat disimpulkan bahwa terjadi peningkatan hasil belajar siswa pada pembelajaran Matematika dengan menerapkan model pembelajaran Student Teams Achievement Division (STAD).
When the rubber hits the road – Umsetzung der VAG/AVO Revision - Tagungsband 2024
Authors: Appenzeller Hansjürg , Biedermann Claudia , Di Pietro Chiara , Ender Amacker Julia , Heiss Helmut , Isler Vanessa , Lacher Alexander , Mächler Monica , Rutishauser Hernandez Ortega Birgit , Schaefer Rupert , Studer Helmut , Wilhelmy Lutz 
Published: September 2024

*When the rubber hits the road* markiert den Zeitpunkt des Inkrafttretens des teilrevidierten Versicherungsaufsichtsgesetzes (VAG) sowie der teilrevidierten Aufsichtsverordnung (AVO) am 1. Januar 2024. Zahlreiche Umsetzungsfragen sind bereits zuvor diskutiert und gelöst worden, aber einige Themenkreise beschäftigen auch nach dem Inkrafttreten der Teilrevisionen die Praxis. Die im Umsetzungsprozess diskutierten Problemstellungen, die Lösungsansätze und die noch offenen Fragen waren Gegenstand einer Tagung des Europa Instituts an der Universität Zürich am 24. Januar 2024. Verschiedene Mitwirkende haben über ihre Erfahrungen berichtet und ihre Ansätze zur Lösung der noch offenen Fragen vorgelegt. Um die so gewonnenen Erkenntnisse einer weiteren Leserschaft zugänglich zu machen, liegen nun auf den Vorträgen beruhende Artikel und Berichte über die beiden Diskussionsrunden im vorliegenden Tagungsband vor.
Presentación de la edición Dialogus 13
Authors: De Las Salas Magdy 
Published: September 2024

Nuestra casa de estudios superiores arriba a sus primeros 20 años y el balance sin duda, es altamente positivo. Hemos aportado sin descanso a la formación académica y de investigación a miles de personas no solo en Panamá sino en la región.
En un mundo en constante cambio, el campo de la educación enfrenta desafíos y oportunidades sin precedentes. La reciente aceleración en la integración de tecnologías digitales en el aula no solo ha transformado los métodos de enseñanza, sino que también ha redefinido las expectativas de aprendizaje para estudiantes y educadores por igual.
En esta edición, ofrecemos una serie de artículos, asociados a diversas situaciones y problemáticas en contextos educativos, así como una visión detallada sobre la adaptación pedagógica en tiempos de crisis, y cómo cada una de las experiencias de los autores, han catalizado nuevas prácticas educativas. Apreciamos las contribuciones académicas y científicas de expertos en el campo, dado que esta revista pretende no solo informar, sino también provocar una reflexión profunda sobre el futuro de la educación en una era digital.
El número 13, año 6 de la Revista DIALOGUS, la cual corresponde al período Junio-noviembre 2024 y contiene seis artículos de investigación y dos ensayos.
Collective Action for a Multispecies World: A Compositionist Approach to Grand Challenges
Authors: Mercier-Roy Mireille , Mailhot Chantale 
Published: September 2024

As the field of management studies widens its scale of reflection to consider the socio-ecological ecosystems of which organizations are part, more attention is devoted to grand challenges. While extent literature generally treats them as exogenous objects, our focus here is on unfolding encounters with grand challenges. We conceive grand challenges as concrete problems of arbitration of more-than-human ways of life, where the managerial practices of organizations enact and transform grand challenges. We put forward a posthumanism and pragmatist style of thinking, which, we argue, can help us think with grand challenges and engage in creative ways of composing a common world. Through the story of a problematic situation where tangles of grand challenges abound, we offer a mode of construction that can help us compose what is, in a given situation, a ‘better’ world. This mode of construction is based on three sets of practices, namely, slowing down, multispecies world-making, and being present and grieving losses. It facilitates the emergence of new ways of composing the world, helps account for the implication of other species, and foregrounds the elaboration of worlds in a response-able way. Our paper contributes to the grand challenges literature by proposing a mode of attention and action that engages both management researchers and practitioners in the work of constructing multispecies worlds.
Water Evolution and Inventories of Super-Earths Orbiting Late M Dwarfs
Authors: Moore Keavin , David Benjamin , Zhang Albert Yian , Cowan Nicolas B. 
Published: September 2024

Abstract
Super-Earths orbiting M dwarf stars may be the most common habitable planets in the Universe. However, their habitability is threatened by intense irradiation from their host stars, which drives the escape of water to space and can lead to surface desiccation. We present simulation results of a box model incorporating deep-water cycling between interior and atmosphere and water loss to space for terrestrial planets of mass 1–8 M
⊕ orbiting in the habitable zone of a late M dwarf. Energy-limited loss decreases with planetary mass, while diffusion-limited loss increases with mass. Depending on where it orbits in the habitable zone, a 1 M
⊕ planet that starts with 3–8 Earth Oceans can end up with an Earthlike surface of oceans and exposed continents; for an 8 M
⊕ super-Earth, that range is 3–12 Earth Oceans. Planets initialized with more water end up as waterworlds with no exposed continents, while planets that start with less water have desiccated surfaces by 5 Gyr. Since the mantles of terrestrial planets can hold much more water than is currently present in Earth’s atmosphere, none of our simulations result in Dune planets—such planets may be less common than previously thought. Further, more water becomes sequestered within the mantle for larger planets. A super-Earth at the inner edge of the habitable zone tends to end up as either a waterworld or with a desiccated surface; only a narrow range of initial water inventory yields an Earthlike surface.
Exploring the impact of curcumin on osteoarthritis symptomatology: correlations and insights from a Bulgarian cohort
Authors: Kraev Krasimir , Uchikov Petar , Hristov Bozhidar , Kraeva Maria , Basheva-Kraeva Yordanka , Doykov Mladen , Popova-Belova Stanislava , Geneva-Popova Mariela 
Published: September 2024

Introduction: Osteoarthritis is a prevalent degenerative joint disorder associated with pain and functional impairment. Curcumin, a natural anti-inflammatory compound, has garnered attention for its potential therapeutic benefits in osteoarthritis management.
Aim: This study aimed to investigate the correlations between curcumin use, patient characteristics, medication use, and changes in health outcomes among osteoarthritis patients. The primary hypothesis was that curcumin use would correlate with positive changes in health metrics.
Materials and methods: A cohort of 60 osteoarthritis patients was enrolled in this observational study and divided into 4 groups according to the type of osteoarthritis. Patient selection criteria included a diagnosis of osteoarthritis and consent for curcumin supplementation. The primary outcome variable was changes in health metrics measured across three visits. Body mass index, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and paracetamol use were also recorded. Correlation analysis and paired t-tests were employed to examine the relationships between variables and changes in health metrics.
Results: Correlation analyses revealed a weak negative correlation between BMI and changes between ‘Visit 1’ and ‘Visit 2’ (r=−0.09). NSAIDs use exhibited a weak positive correlation with changes during this period (r=0.17), while paracetamol use displayed weak correlations (r=−0.05) with changes. Statistically significant changes were observed between ‘Visit 1’ and ‘Visit 2’ (mean change =−5.93, p&lt;0.05), aligning with prior studies indicating curcumin’s potential in osteoarthritis symptom relief.
Conclusions: This study provides valuable insights into the intricate relationships that exist between the use of curcumin, patient characteristics, medication use, and changes in health metrics in patients with osteoarthritis. Despite many limitations, including sample size and research duration, our correlation analysis indicates that curcumin may have a positive impact on the symptomatology of osteoarthritis. The findings highlight the need for more studies, larger trials, and mechanistic analyses to completely understand the potential therapeutic role of curcumin in osteoarthritis management.