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Information System and Motivation Determinants of Lecturer Research Performance: Perception of Lecturers at the Semarang Polytechnic
Authors: Astyandini Budi , Pramono Suwito Eko , Pudjiastuti RR Sri Endang , Yulianto Arief 
Published: August 2024

The research performance of midwifery lecturers is an important assessment. The purpose of the study was to determine the influence of information systems, good university governance, supervisors, and motivation on performance. Semarang Polytechnic is the largest polytechnic in Indonesia consisting of Semarang, Kendal, Purwokerto, Magelang, and Blora campuses. Google Form questionnaire data collection. Data analysis with multiple linear regression research variables information systems, Good University Governance, Supervision and Motivation, and Kinrja. The results of the study showed that governance, supervision, and motivation affected research performance. Information systems partially do not affect the performance of the study. At the same time, the information system, Good University governance, supervision, and motivation simultaneously affect the research performance factors of research lecturers contribute to the literature on the research performance of lecturers in the midwifery department as a consideration for the director to take a policy on the research performance of lecturers Polytechnic Leadership must create an information system g easy to use, complete, and connected one lecturer performance report makes it easier for lecturers to prepare administration of research reports so that they are motivated to conduct quality research.
Impact of COVID 19 on teachers, teaching profession towards technology adaptation and attendance at educational institute. Evidence from Pakistan
Authors: Khan Saad Munir , Ahmed Zujaj , Hanif Muhammad , Farooq Umar , Hayat Umar 
Published: August 2024

The objective of our study is to explore the relationship between the COVID-19 pandemic and teacher attitudes towards technology adaptation and attendance. We take the 18 Educational institute data from the school education department from January 2020 to January 2021 to fulfil this objective. Our research is based on secondary data. Data is collected physically from the school information system and the Punjab Information Technology Board. The analysis is carried out through EViews using regression analysis. Our results show that COVID-19 has no significant relationship with teacher attendance. Teacher learning objectives and the COVID-19 pandemic have a significant negative relationship, which means that COVID-19 affect the learning process. Teacher adaptation towards technology has no significant relationship with the COVID-19 pandemic. Teacher training and development, teacher experience and age significantly positively impact teacher attendance, technology adaptation and attaining learning objectives. Teacher gender has a significant positive impact on teacher attendance and attaining learning objectives, but it has a negative relationship with technology adaptation in male teachers. Our research is helpful for the government and policymakers in terms of adapting technology and attaining learning objectives.
Monthly bleeding umbilical endometriosis: Case Report
Authors: Mekonnon Amsalu Worku , Ahmed Dawud , Alemayehu Getachew 
Published: August 2024

Background
Primary umbilical endometriosis is a rare disease in which ectopic endometrial tissue is found in the umbilicus.
Case presentation
A 20-year-old patient presented with a monthly bleeding and painful umbilical swelling for the last 04 months. She was not pregnant before and had no pelvic surgery. The umbilical lesion was excised and the umbilicus was reconstructed. The diagnosis was confirmed histology of the tissue excised.
Conclusion
Umbilical endometriosis is a very rare disease but should be considered in the differential diagnosis of umbilical lesions with bleeding in reproductive age.
Keyword: Endometriosis, Umbilicus
PATHOLOGIES IN QUEENSLAND LAW-MAKING: REPAIRING POLITICAL CONSTITUTIONALISM
Authors: Isdale William , Orr Dr Graeme 
Published: August 2024

Law-making in Queensland has suffered decades of ongoing pathologies. Such institutional infirmity is a product of a shallow political constitutionalism which trusts an all-mighty executive to dominate a unicameral legislature composed by winner-takes-all elections. The present essay charts recent examples of legislation trammeling due process and equality rights and interests in both criminal and public law. It concludes by exploring reform options to reinvigorate parliamentary oversight and deliberation via a proportionally elected upper or lower house.
The Practice of Solitary Confinement of Children in Juvenile Detention in Victoria: A Human-Rights Based Argument for Prohibition
Authors: Mackay Anita , Naleemudeen Mohamed A 
Published: August 2024

In 2017, Victoria’s practices surrounding the solitary confinement of detained children were found by the Supreme Court to have breached the Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Act 2006 (Vic) – including the right to be treated with ‘humanity and with respect for the inherent dignity of the human person’ when deprived of liberty. This was in the context of children aged between 15 and 18 years of age being held in a precinct of the Barwon maximum security adult prison from November 2016. This article contextualises the Supreme Court’s findings by outlining the problematic use of solitary confinement of children in juvenile detention in Victoria in the years preceding the judgment (since 2010) and following. Numerous investigative reports have raised concerns about solitary confinement, which is extremely detrimental to children. Through the findings of investigative reports, this article demonstrates that the use of solitary confinement in Victoria violates Australia’s international human rights law obligations. It argues that, consequently, the practice should be prohibited – consistent with the 2015 recommendation by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
Good Fences Make Good (Space) Neighbours
Authors: Stephens Dale , Blake Lachlan 
Published: August 2024

Humanity has reached a critical point in its history. Technological advancements herald a great renaissance for humanity’s reach to the stars. States and private companies plan commercial and other activities in space and upon celestial bodies, demonstrating that humankind can become an inter-planetary species. Such planning occurs in accordance with the prevailing space law regime and, notwithstanding the undeniable ambition of the planners, it is evident this space law regime does have gaps and ambiguities that must be addressed before these endeavours can be meaningfully fulfilled. This article examines the legal regime encapsulated by the 1967 Outer Space Treaty (‘OST’) (ratified by all major space-faring nations) and explores ways in which specific OST provisions can give rise to temporary proprietary and jurisdictional rights, which can be used to avoid future conflict in space. The authors contend that these provisions provide rights of control to States so as to manage ‘facilities’, to exercise jurisdiction and to observe rights of ‘due regard’ that in turn establish basic legal boundaries. Such boundaries, it is argued, permit confidence and certainty in the conduct of commercial and other activities upon celestial bodies, enabling competing States and companies to delimit areas in which they conduct their operations. Additionally, the article examines the capacity of military forces to operate on these celestial bodies so as to undertake a peacekeeping type role consistently with the provisions of the OST. Such a function is argued to be necessary, given the unique attribution mechanism of the OST that can give public legal significance to the acts of private companies. It is an underlying theme of this article that respecting legal boundaries on the Moon and other celestial bodies while engaging in commercial activity can create good neighbours which in turn can underpin a peaceful, stable and cooperative space environment.
Transformative Capacity Building Around the Right to A Healthy Environment: What Role for 'Dignity' as a Human Rights Value?
Authors: Webster Elaine , Morgera Elisa 
Published: August 2024

For decades, scholars have explored the potential merits and risks of a formal, self-standing human right to a healthy environment. While some have advocated this right in a way that may be perceived as too ‘thin’ to connect to local experiences, others have critiqued it in a way that may be perceived as too disconnected from the benefits of human rights processes. This article discusses ongoing experiences in Scotland, where a new national human rights framework is being developed. Drawing on this experience, we highlight methods of capacity building as a different channel for thinking about the potential merits of new articulations of a right to a healthy environment, and for developing understandings of this right’s substance applied to specific contexts. Specifically, we reflect on the potential role of the foundational human rights value of respect for dignity as an anchor in capacity building around the right to a healthy environment. We explore an idea of capacity building which facilitates local-level ownership over international human rights law and underpinning values and is focused on implementation. We suggest that this kind of ethos as part of mutual learning and alliance building should be further explored as a means of creating lasting, positive engagement with a rights-based perspective on environmental protection.
Australia, Covid-19, and the India Travel Ban
Authors: Simic Olivera 
Published: August 2024

As of 20 March 2020, the Australian Government closed the country’s international borders and enforced a ban on overseas travel to and from the country. The citizens of Australia have become the only citizens among democratic nations who cannot leave the country unless they receive an exemption from the Department of Home Affairs. Australia’s ban on travel has been among the strictest in the world. On 30 April 2021, the Morrison Government moved to threaten Australians trying to return home from the then COVID-19-ravaged India with fines and jail time. This was the first time in its history that Australia banned its own citizens from returning to their homeland, to the point of enacting criminal sanctions for those who attempted to do so. In this paper, I look at how extraordinary measures stipulated in the Biosecurity Act 2015 (Cth) have affected Australian citizens’ human rights and freedoms. I use the India travel ban as a case study in this paper. The paper argues the unprecedented move to ban all flights to and from India by the federal overnment was disproportionate, unnecessary, and life threatening for stranded citizens. I draw on media, human rights reports, and available data to analyse how the biosecurity laws were arguably enforced with little or no regard for fundamental human rights, including the right to life and healthcare. This decision ultimately resulted in the deaths of overseas citizens from COVID-19, who were banned from returning to their own homeland.
Power and Corruption Risk: A Brief History and a Long Future
Authors: Sampford Charles 
Published: August 2024

This article commences with definitions of corruption and integrity and relates them to each other and to power, its use and abuse. It then discusses how, as power evolves and grows, the opportunities for the abuse of that power to (i.e., corruption) grow too. Those opportunities deliver a history of corruption from ancient abuses of priestly, gubernatorial, and military power to modern state capture. The creation of power provides opportunities for abuse and the risk that those opportunities will be exploited in all countries, including Australia. Anti-corruption measures provide a form of insurance against that risk. The paper examines the development of anti-corruption measures from the execution of those caught out, to anti-corruption agencies, to national integrity systems, and to international collaboration to develop such systems. However, those who pursue power to abuse it for their own ends do not stand still. They collaborate in ‘national corruption systems’ and emerging global corruption systems. The paper argues that the remedy lies in the development of global integrity systems while strengthening our own integrity systems to build integrity and combat corruption at home and contribute to those goals abroad. The article concludes with a glossary of governance terms and relates them to integrity and corruption.
In-vitro Repair Ability of DNA Damage by Anethum graveolens L. Aqueous Extract Using Comet Assay
Authors: Elhaddad Nagat S. , Khatab Hoda A. , Habib Ibrahim H. I. 
Published: August 2024

Aim: the objective stated to assess the geno-repair ability of Anethum graveolens L. (Dill) aqueous extract against DNA damage caused by potassium bromate, a food additive.
Study Design: project has been done at Botany Department, Omer AL-Mukhtar University, Libya. Period from February to August 2023.
Methodology: Alkaline Comet assay was performed on whole blood samples of Ten, young healthy, non-smoking donors.
Results: current data showed that potassium bromate can significantly increase DNA damage after the application of selected doses 1, 1.5, and 2.5µg/ml of KBrO3. In male cells, high significant differences between the control and KBrO3 treated group were achieved, 0.5, 10.64, 29.64, and 82.66% are the averages of Comet DNA for control, low, middle, and higher doses of potassium bromate respectively. Also, 2.8, 8.18, 12.13, and 59.34% were attained in female lymphocytes. Whereas, the aqueous extract of dill significantly repairs the DNA impairment by declining the tail extent toward the control lymphocytes of both genders. The parameters illustrate that dill aqueous extract when applied as protective in males and females (11.88 and 10.5%) was significantly more effective than therapeutic (24.93 and 14.4 %) respectively. Total antioxidant content, DPPH free radical scavenging activity via IC50 value, total phenolic and total flavonoid content of dill extract were measured. The IC50 value was 67.2μg/ml compared to positive control, ascorbic acid (42.80μg/ml). Total antioxidant expressed in percentage was 62.0%, 70.2mg/g of dry weight of extract found to be the total phenolic content and the total flavonoid value was 72.0 mg/g. KBrO3 was determined in bread samples collected from fifteen bakeries at Al-Bayda and Shahat cities, quantities more than the lowest amount that allowed by the FDA and WHO by Ten to several hundred folds.
Conclusion: The findings indicate the potential genotoxicity of KBrO3 to human health because of the DNA damage achieved. Whereas, dill extract has a good anti-genotoxic effect against potassium bromate.
Development and Evaluation of Naproxen Sodium loaded Eudragit L-100 Nanocarrier by Emulsification Diffusion Method
Authors: Arafat Md.Yeasin , Nijhu Rajia Sultana 
Published: August 2024

The purpose of this work is to use the practical Emulsification Diffusion Method (EDM) to reduce the particle size to the nanometer range. The application of carefully engineered materials at this length scale to create new therapeutic and diagnostic modalities is the field of nanomedicine, which unites nanotechnology and medicine. Eudragit L 100, a polymeric carrier that is frequently used, was prepared into nanometer-sized particles using the emulsification–diffusion method (EDM). It is necessary to choose the right drug or API (Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient). So, naproxen Sodium was chosen as a model drug. The procedure involves adding too much water after emulsifying a drug and polymer solution in an aqueous phase that has been saturated with stabilizer. Investigations into how process variables affect the average size of nanoparticles have been carried out. It was made obvious that the kind and concentrations of stabilizer, the speed at which the magnetic stirrer homogenizes, and the polymer concentration all affected the size of the nanoparticles. Using sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) as a surfactant, Naproxen Sodium with Eudragit L 100 nanoparticles smaller than 100 nm was obtained using a Scanning Electron Microscopic (SEM) test. It was discovered that the addition of medications and luminosity did not significantly alter the nanocarrier's morphology. Because of their large surface area and integration of medication, nanocarriers are more effective. The effectiveness of the Emulsification Diffusion Method for enhancing nanoscale particle size reduction is investigated in the study that is being presented. The Eudragit L 100 nanoparticles were found to vary in size from 1 to 100 nm, confirming the particle size data and demonstrating that the Emulsification Diffusion Method (EDM) is an appropriate technique for the development of the nanocarrier.
Spatial and seasonal patterns in urban influence on regional concentrations of speciated aerosols across the United States
Authors: Hand J. L. , Schichtel B. A. , Malm W. C. , Pitchford M. , Frank N. H. 
Published: October 2014

AbstractMonthly, seasonal, and annual mean estimates of urban influence on regional concentrations of major aerosol species were computed using speciated aerosol data from the rural IMPROVE network (Interagency Monitoring of Protected Visual Environments) and the United States Environmental Protection Agency's urban Chemical Speciation Network for the 2008 through 2011 period. Aggregated for sites across the continental United States, the annual mean and one standard error in urban excess (defined as the ratio of urban to nearby rural concentrations) was highest for elemental carbon (3.3 ± 0.2), followed by ammonium nitrate (2.5 ± 0.2), particulate organic matter (1.78 ± 0.08), and ammonium sulfate (1.23 ± 0.03). The seasonal variability in urban excess was significant for carbonaceous aerosols and ammonium nitrate in the West, in contrast to the low seasonal variability in the urban influence of ammonium sulfate. Generally for all species, higher excess values in the West were associated with localized urban sources while in the East excess was more regional in extent. In addition, higher excess values in the western United States in winter were likely influenced not only by differences in sources but also by combined meteorological and topographic effects. This work has implications for understanding the spatial heterogeneity of major aerosol species near the interface of urban and rural regions and therefore for designing appropriate air quality management strategies. In addition, the spatial patterns in speciated mass concentrations provide constraints for regional and global models.
Exploring Excited‐State Tunability in Luminescent Tris‐cyclometalated Platinum(IV) Complexes: Synthesis of Heteroleptic Derivatives and Computational Calculations
Authors: Juliá Fabio , Aullón Gabriel , Bautista Delia , González‐Herrero Pablo 
Published: October 2014

AbstractThe synthesis, structure, electrochemistry, and photophysical properties of a series of heteroleptic tris‐ cyclometalated PtIV complexes are reported. The complexes mer‐[Pt(C^N)2(C′^N′)]OTf, with C^N=C‐deprotonated 2‐(2,4‐difluorophenyl)pyridine (dfppy) or 2‐phenylpyridine (ppy), and C′^N′=C‐deprotonated 2‐(2‐thienyl)pyridine (thpy) or 1‐phenylisoquinoline (piq), were obtained by reacting bis‐ cyclometalated precursors [Pt(C^N)2Cl2] with AgOTf (2 equiv) and an excess of the N′^C′H pro‐ligand. The complex mer‐[Pt(dfppy)2(ppy)]OTf was obtained analogously and photoisomerized to its fac counterpart. The new complexes display long‐lived luminescence at room temperature in the blue to orange color range. The emitting states involve electronic transitions almost exclusively localized on the ligand with the lowest π–π* energy gap and have very little metal character. DFT and time‐dependent DFT (TD‐DFT) calculations on mer‐[Pt(ppy)2(C′^N′)]+ (C′^N′=thpy, piq) and mer/fac‐[Pt(ppy)3]+ support this assignment and provide a basis for the understanding of the luminescence of tris‐cyclometalated PtIV complexes. Excited states of LMCT character may become thermally accessible from the emitting state in the mer isomers containing dfppy or ppy as chromophoric ligands, leading to strong nonradiative deactivation. This effect does not operate in the fac isomers or the mer complexes containing thpy or piq, for which nonradiative deactivation originates mainly from vibrational coupling to the ground state.
Low interobserver agreement in cytology grading of mucinous pancreatic neoplasms
Authors: Sigel Carlie S. , Edelweiss Marcia , Tong Leung Chu , Magda Joanna , Oen Handy , Sigel Keith M. , Zakowski Maureen F. 
Published: October 2014

BACKGROUNDIdentifying high‐grade features in patients with pancreatic mucinous neoplasms (MNs) is important for patient management. The reproducibility of MN cytology grading has been evaluated to a limited extent. In the current study, the authors evaluated interobserver variability in grading MNs and the identification of neoplastic mucin in endoscopic ultrasound‐guided fine‐needle aspiration specimens.METHODSA 54‐case grading set was created from histologically confirmed MNs (44 MNs) and nonmucinous lesions with abundant gastrointestinal contamination (10 nonmucinous lesions). Six observers received a tutorial, reviewed prescreened slides, and recorded: 1) a diagnosis according to a 6‐tiered system (TS) (nondiagnostic, atypical [ATP], mucinous cyst low grade [MCLG], mucinous cyst high grade, suspicious for adenocarcinoma, and positive for adenocarcinoma); 2) the cyst fluid carcinoembryonic antigen diagnosis (CEADX); and 3) the presence of neoplastic musin. Interobserver agreement (IOA) was evaluated by calculation of kappa coefficients (Kappa). Diagnostic accuracy was not evaluated.RESULTSThe IOA was lowest for the 6‐TS (Kappa, 0.13; P<.001). The CEADX was available for 18 cases (33%), including 6 of 24 MCLG cases (25%). CEADX modestly improved IOA for combined tiers of the 6‐TS with ATP and MCLG as separate categories. The highest IOA was noted with a 3‐TS (nondiagnostic, ATP/MCLG, and mucinous cyst high grade/suspicious for adenocarcinoma/positive for adenocarcinoma [Kappa, 0.28; P<.001]) and various 4‐TS (Kappa, 0.22‐0.23). IOA was found to be low for neoplastic mucin (Kappa = 0.15; P<.001).CONCLUSIONSIn a study using simulated cytology practice, observers demonstrated fair IOA for grading MNs and low IOA for identifying neoplastic mucin. Knowledge of the cyst fluid CEA level was found to modestly improve the IOA for low‐grade lesions. Cancer (Cancer Cytopathol) 2015;123:40–50. © 2014 American Cancer Society.
Synthesis of One‐Dimensional Copper Sulfide Nanorods as High‐Performance Anode in Lithium Ion Batteries
Authors: Li Xue , He Xinyi , Shi Chunmei , Liu Bo , Zhang Yiyong , Wu Shunqing , Zhu Zizong , Zhao Jinbao 
Published: October 2014

AbstractNanorod‐like CuS and Cu2S have been fabricated by a hydrothermal approach without using any surfactant and template. The electrochemical behavior of CuS and Cu2S nanorod anodes for lithium‐ion batteries reveal that they exhibit stable lithium‐ion insertion/extraction reversibility and outstanding rate capability. Both of the electrodes exhibit excellent capacity retentions irrespective of the rate used, even at a high current density of 3200 mA g−1. More than 370 mAh g−1 can be retained for the CuS electrode and 260 mAh g−1 for the Cu2S electrode at the high current rate. After 100 cycles at 100 mA g−1, the obtained CuS and Cu2S electrodes show discharge capacities of 472 and 313 mAh g−1 with retentions of 92 % and 96 %, respectively. Together with the simplicity of fabrication and good electrochemical properties, CuS and Cu2S nanorods are promising anode materials for practical use the next‐generation lithium‐ion batteries.