bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Rice land agroecosystem in supporting the development potential of duck-rice integration
Authors: Siahaan R , Elly F H , Imbar M R , Gumilar B , Ryan R 
Published: May 2024

Abstract
The agroecosystem of paddy fields in the Tondano Lake area was an environmental system that has been managed directly by farmers for the benefit of food production, namely rice, fiber and various other food products such as ducks. The types of commodities that can be developed in paddy field ecosystems were more limited than those in dry land ecosystems. In fact, the farmer community in paddy fields generally had weak capabilities, especially with regard to capital, there was a rice farming culture that is not aware of damaging the environment and low technology adoption. Farmers use paddy fields for the development of duck livestock. The problem was how far the paddy field agroecosystem supports the potential for the development of duck-rice integration (INTIP). The purpose of this study was to analyze the biophysical characteristics, management of land resources and duck livestock resources. The research method used was a survey method with locations around Lake of Tondano. The number of respondents was 30 farmers who developed local ducks in paddy fields. Data analysis used was descriptive analysis. The results showed that the area of rice fields in District of Remboken was 323 Ha, South Tondano was 457 Ha, West Kakas was 664 Ha, East Langowan was 663 Ha and West Tondano was 693 Ha. The population of ducks for the five districts was respectively 8177 ducks, 6525, 4311, 4277 and 9240 ducks. Paddy fields are used as duck grazing land after the rice harvest. The feed consumed was the remains of rice that has fallen out, small animals in the fields after harvest and added with “renga”. Based on the results of the study it can be concluded that duck had the potential to be developed in paddy fields with agroecosystems that were only planted with rice plants.
Local Duck Business Development Prospects
Authors: Elly F H , Imbar M R , Siahaan R , Gumilar B , Reza  
Published: May 2024

Abstract
Local ducks were one of the poultry commodities that play a role in supporting livestock development around Lake Tondano, Minahasa Regency, North Sulawesi. This livestock had the opportunity to supply meat and eggs for animal protein needs from livestock. Efforts were also being made to increase the productivity of local ducks by farmers who were integrated with rice crops (INTIP). The problem was how far the prospects for local duck business integration with rice. The research method used was a survey, located around Lake Tondano. Respondents were 30 farmers who developed local ducks in rice fields. The data analysis used was descriptive. Local duck farming was developed traditionally and unsustainably, mostly being grazed in rice fields. The food consumed was small animals and rice remains that fall out after harvest plus “renga” obtained from Lake Tondano. In conclusion, the local duck farming business had the opportunity to be developed based on the potential of available land and duck resources, but had threats due to the conversion of rice fields into residential areas, the availability of breeds was increasingly scarce, and the difficulty of obtaining feed.
Analysis of the Sustainability of Beef Cattle Breeding Business-Intensive Rearing Patterns in, Indramayu Regency, West Java
Authors: Sutrisno  , Cyrilla Ensd L , Putra B W 
Published: May 2024

Abstract
The increase population growth may cause an increase in the need for food originating from animal protein, one of which is meat. The demand for beef is not matched by an increase in the national cattle population or productivity. Policies on cattle breeding in the future require basic information, potential resources, and supporting facilities that are actualized in indicators and aspects of sustainability. The aim of the study was to analyze the index and status of the sustainability of a cattle breeding business with an intensive rearing pattern in Situ Bolang Indramayu, West Java, which was assessed from ecological, socio-cultural, economic, legal-institutional, and technological-infrastructure indicators. The method used is multidimensional scaling (MDS) with the Rap-UPTS approach for the analysis of index values and sustainability status. The identification of sensitive indicators, errors in index values, and sustainability in each aspect was carried out by Leverage and Monte Carlo analysis. The respondents amounted to 12 farmers. The results of the sustainability index analysis illustrate that the ecological indicators are 66.39, socio-cultural 57.14, economic 56.31, and legal-institutional 57.44, with a fairly sustainable status. In the Technology-Infrastructure Indicator 45.48, the status is less sustainable. It is necessary to increase the status of sustainability in the future, and it is necessary to make efforts to improve overall in all sensitive aspects of increasing the status of cattle breeding areas.
Evaluation of liquid smoke of cocoa bean shell against Escherichia coli and Candida utilis
Authors: Pasaribu T , Sofyan A , Sinurat A P , Sakti A A , Harahap M A , Julendra H 
Published: May 2024

Abstract
Cocoa bean shells are one of the by-products produced from chocolate processing. The cocoa bean shells contain polyphenols approximately 5.8%. The study aimed to evaluate the effectivity of liquid smoke produced from cocoa bean shells against Escherichia coli and Candida utilis It is expected that liquid smoke from cocoa bean shells will have the opportunity to replace AGPs. Total phenol, saponin, and tannin compounds were analyzed and were made in three replications. To determine the inhibition of liquid smoke of cocoa bean shells (LSCBS) on E. coli and C. utilis, the diameter of the clear area on the media was measured using a ruler. The antibacterial and antifungal activity test was carried out by well diffusion methods. Ten treatments, i.e. different concentrations of the LSCBS (0, 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, 50%, 60%, 70%, 80%, 90%, and 100%/non-diluted), each with four replications were performed, and the growth of the E. coli and C. utilis was observed. Statistical analysis was conducted using a completely randomized design. The results showed total phenol content was 0.17 g/100mL, saponin 0.46 g/100mL, and tannin 0.047 g/100mL in LSCBS. The antibacterial activity with a 10-100% concentration of LSCBS did not show zona inhibition (clear zone) against E. coli. Likewise, antifungal activity with a 10-100% concentration of LSCBS did not show zona inhibition against C. utilis. Not all liquid smoke from plant by-products inhibits bacterial growth. This research showed that the liquid smoke from the cocoa bean shells did not affect the growth of Escherichia coli and Candida utilis in vitro, the possible cause was the very low content of total phenols, saponins, and tannins It means liquid smoke from cocoa bean shells could not replace AGPs.
Antibiotic resistance of Lactobacillus fermentum isolates of dadiah Lintau
Authors: Amelia R , Harun H , Pratama Y E , Suryanis I 
Published: May 2024

Abstract
Antibiotic resistance is one of the tests that Lactic Acid Bacteria must pass in order to boost their potential as probiotics. This study aims to determine the resistance of lactic acid bacteria (LAB) isolate Lactobacillus fermentum to tetracycline, chloramphenicol, ampicillin, kanamycin, and penicillin and to measure levels of resistance. The disc diffusion method was used to assess the zone of inhibition of LAB growth against antibiotics, and a quantitative descriptive method was used to analyze the results. According to the study’s findings, L. fermentum had an overall mass of 86x108 CFU/ml and was strongly resistant to the medicines penicillin, tetracycline, and chloramphenicol, with only modest resistance to amoxicillin and kanamycin.
Brillouin spectroscopy for accurate assessment of morphological and mechanical characteristics in micro-structured samples
Authors: Passeri Alessandra Anna , Argentati Chiara , Morena Francesco , Bonacci Francesco , Neri Igor , Fioretto Daniele , Vassalli Massimo , Martino Sabata , Mattarelli Maurizio , Caponi Silvia 
Published: May 2024

Abstract
Brillouin spectroscopy has recently attracted attention as a powerful tool for the characterization of the mechanical properties of heterogeneous materials, particularly in the biological and biomedical domains. This study investigates the procedure to use Brillouin data to provide relevant morphological parameters of micro-structured samples. When acquiring Brillouin spectra at the interface between two regions of the sample, the spectrum shows signatures of both regions. This feature can be used to precisely identify the position of the interfaces by analyzing the evolution of the fitting parameters of the Brillouin spectra acquired by performing a linear scan across the interface. This concept has been demonstrated by measuring the thickness of adherent HEK293T cells. The results are validated using fluorescence microscopy, showing an excellent agreement. The present analysis showcases the wealth of information present in the Brillouin spectrum and the potentiality of Brillouin spectroscopy not only for mechanical characterization but also for label-free, high-resolution imaging of sample morphology. The study introduces the possibility of correlating mechanical properties and shape of biological samples using a single technique.
Eddie Mabo as Moses
Authors: Brett Mark G 
Published: May 2024

AbstractThe chapter begins with the ground-breaking legal judgement Mabo v. Queensland in the High Court of Australia in 1992. Multiple colonial discourses are re-iterated in this case, including some transnational themes that are discussed in subsequent chapters of this volume. The case reveals, among other peculiarities, that the Australian colonies represent the only jurisdiction of the English common law tradition within which no treaties were made with the First Nations. Instead, there is a peculiar development of terra nullius ideology, which can be traced back to the historic influences of the book of Genesis in Puritan thought in the seventeenth century. Mabo also recovers some of the earlier notions of natural rights, which appeared in Spanish Catholic debates in the sixteenth century. Some of the legal problems outlined in Mabo v. Queensland remain unresolved, not only in Australia but also in other settler colonial states that historically embraced English common law—the USA, Canada, and Aotearoa New Zealand.
Discovery and War
Authors: Brett Mark G 
Published: May 2024

AbstractThe chapter begins with an examination of the ideas of discovery and jurisdiction in sixteenth-century Catholic sources, along with associated developments in theories of just war. An overture to this story includes Christopher Columbus’s El libro de las profecías (1502), in which the book of Isaiah figures prominently in his interpretation of European discovery and conquest in the Indies. An influential canon lawyer, Juan López de Palacios Rubios, defended papal authority while at the same time providing an account of Indian property rights in Libellus de insulis oceanis quas vulgus indias appelat (1512–1516). This work explains how the rules of war in Deut 20:10–12, along with other sanctions, helped to shape the notorious requerimiento, a brutal and self-contradictory legal “requirement” designed to legitimate the Spanish wars of conquest between 1513 and 1548. Bartolomé de Las Casas and Francisco de Vitoria, among others from the Salamanca School, famously derided the requerimiento. Rather than sharing no common ground, Palacios Rubios, Las Casas, and Vitoria can all be located within long-standing traditions of canon law and biblical interpretation. The famous debate between Las Casas and Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda in Valladolid (1550–1551) addressed new legal questions that arose long after the major wars of conquest, and the Lascasian arguments in this debate later influenced the Protestant reformulations of the doctrine of discovery in the seventeenth century.
Whiteness and Genocide
Authors: Brett Mark G 
Published: May 2024

AbstractThe chapter focuses on the nineteenth century and examines the connections between racial theories and genocide when viewed through the lens of biblical theology—acknowledging that the word “genocide” was not coined until 1944 and that the earlier conceptual history is complex. Official policies and laws varied across the Anglophone colonies, but an explicit discourse of white superiority found new expressions in law in the nineteenth century, as did a variety of assimilationist policies. Case studies illustrate how, in this comparatively late period in settler history, it is still possible to raise questions about whether official policies can be considered genocidal, not just in failing to prevent continuing massacres but also in the forced removal of Indigenous children from their families. The chapter considers the influential view of historian Patrick Wolfe who argued that exploitation of Indigenous labour is always secondary to an over-riding purpose of settler colonialism, which is to eliminate the native—whether through overt violence or by structural genocide.
Conclusions and Implications
Authors: Brett Mark G 
Published: May 2024

AbstractThe chapter concludes that academic debates about the origins of so-called subjective rights, or the founding moments of modern international law, are not central to the story of how the Bible has influenced the modern making of Indigenous rights. In taking a long view of natural and human rights, this book does not assume any particular theory of legal continuity or influence. Nor does it describe the strikingly different relational rights and obligations that emerge from within particular Indigenous traditions. Nevertheless, by following the trail of biblical language in the discourses of rights in colonial history, and also by considering the biblical literature in its own ancient contexts, the overall argument provides insights into the possibilities for mediating between overlapping notions of rights and competing concepts of sovereignty. While colonial legal histories were almost inevitably entangled with oppressive interpretations of the Bible, the legacies of biblical language and ideas are still open to revision in modern treaties and covenants that seek to remedy the extensive history of broken treaties—or in the peculiar case of Australia, the lack of any treaty at all. The contrasts between various jurisdictions of English common law—notably between the USA, Canada, Aotearoa New Zealand, and Australia—suggest that remedial actions will need to engage with the specific histories and legal arrangements in each context.
A Package of Views
Authors: Brown Jessica 
Published: May 2024

Abstract
I introduce the existing debate between summative and non-summative accounts of group doxastic states. I extend the distinction between summative/non-summative accounts of group doxastic states to the other phenomena discussed in the book: group evidence, the basis of group belief, what it is for a group to act for a reason, and group ignorance. I then argue for a range of linking claims, showing how non-summativism about one group phenomenon motivates non-summativism about others. In the rest of the book, I defend a non-summative package of views by providing a range of independent arguments for non-summativism about key group phenomena, arguments that don’t appeal to the relevant linking claims.
Group Belief for a Reason
Authors: Brown Jessica 
Published: May 2024

Abstract
One might have evidence which provides justification to believe that p, and believe that p, yet one’s belief not be justified because it’s not based on the evidence. Thus a key issue is what it is for a group to believe for, or on the basis of, a reason. In this chapter, I argue against summativist accounts on which the reason(s) for which a group believes that p is a function of the reason(s) for which its members believe that p. For I argue that they have difficulties in accommodating different bases cases in which although most of the members of a group justifiably believe that p for a reason, they do so for different reasons. Instead, I defend a non-summative causal account on which a group believes that p on the basis of reason r if and only if the group’s belief that p is non-deviantly caused by r.
Concluding Remarks: Organized Groups as Agents
Authors: Brown Jessica 
Published: May 2024

Abstract
In these concluding remarks, I summarize the main claims of the book. The book focuses on organized groups, such as governments, corporations, and charities. I defend the commonsense view that such organizations genuinely have mental states, and are capable of action. More specifically, I defend a non-summative account of a range of group phenomena including group belief, group evidence, group justified belief, group knowledge, what it is for a group to act or believe for a reason, and group excuse from blameless ignorance. This helps illuminate the moral responsibility of the organized groups with which we interact on a daily basis.
Habitual Regular Coffee Consumption and Arterial Stiffness: Data From the 3rd Pamela Survey
Authors: Dell’Oro Raffaella , Quarti-Trevano Fosca , Facchetti Rita , Cuspidi Cesare , Mancia Giuseppe , Grassi Guido 
Published: May 2024

Abstract

BACKGROUND
We evaluated whether chronic coffee consumption affects arterial stiffness, assessed by cardio-ankle vascular index (CAVI).

METHODS
In 514 subjects, aged 66.6 ± 9.9 years (mean ± SD), recruited in the 3rd follow-up of the PAMELA study, subdivided into 3 groups according to the daily intake of regular coffee (0, 1–2, and ≥3 cups/day), we measured CAVI and clinic, ambulatory blood pressure (BP), and other variables.

RESULTS
The 3 groups displayed similar age, gender, metabolic, and renal profile. Clinic and ambulatory BPs were similar in the 3 groups, this being the case for CAVI (0 cup: 9.1 ± 1.8, 1–2 cups: 9.5 ± 2.3, and ≥3 cups: 9.2 ± 2.1 m/s, P = NS). No significant gender difference in CAVI and in participants under antihypertensive treatment was detected.

CONCLUSIONS
Our data show that chronic coffee consumption leaves unaffected arterial stiffness in the general population, this being the case in subgroups. The neutral vascular impact of coffee may favor the absence of any significant BP effect of habitual coffee intake.
Drawing the fuzzy line: arbitrability of dissolution-related disputes in China
Authors: Dai Zhizhou , Liu Zhixing 
Published: May 2024

Abstract
The dissolution of a Sino-foreign joint venture can lead to high-stakes disputes between the company’s shareholders, who often have pre-agreed arbitration clauses in their joint venture contract or the constitutional documents of the joint venture company. However, as the dissolution and liquidation of a company involves the termination of the company’s legal capacity and will thus have an effect in rem, whether or not (and to what extent) such a dispute is capable of being settled by a private tribunal invites controversy. This article examines the various reply letters, meeting minutes and judgements handed down by the Chinese courts in an attempt to draw the line between the power of arbitral tribunals and the power of the courts when it comes to dissolution-related disputes under Chinese law. Three sets of dichotomies are set out to provide an analytical framework on this issue: first, disputes arising during the liquidation process (arbitrable) vs disputes leading to the dissolution of a company (probably non-arbitrable); second, disputes under the corporate organizational law, particularly judicial dissolution due to company deadlock (non-arbitrable) vs disputes arising from contractual grounds for dissolution (arbitrable); and finally, disputes where the parties seek an outright order for the dissolution (non-arbitrable) vs disputes where the parties merely seek a declaration confirming their rights or an order for the performance of contractual obligations on the other party’s side (arbitrable).
A comprehensive benchmarking of machine learning algorithms and dimensionality reduction methods for drug sensitivity prediction
Authors: Eckhart Lea , Lenhof Kerstin , Rolli Lisa-Marie , Lenhof Hans-Peter 
Published: May 2024

Abstract
A major challenge of precision oncology is the identification and prioritization of suitable treatment options based on molecular biomarkers of the considered tumor. In pursuit of this goal, large cancer cell line panels have successfully been studied to elucidate the relationship between cellular features and treatment response. Due to the high dimensionality of these datasets, machine learning (ML) is commonly used for their analysis. However, choosing a suitable algorithm and set of input features can be challenging. We performed a comprehensive benchmarking of ML methods and dimension reduction (DR) techniques for predicting drug response metrics. Using the Genomics of Drug Sensitivity in Cancer cell line panel, we trained random forests, neural networks, boosting trees and elastic nets for 179 anti-cancer compounds with feature sets derived from nine DR approaches. We compare the results regarding statistical performance, runtime and interpretability. Additionally, we provide strategies for assessing model performance compared with a simple baseline model and measuring the trade-off between models of different complexity. Lastly, we show that complex ML models benefit from using an optimized DR strategy, and that standard models—even when using considerably fewer features—can still be superior in performance.
irGSEA: the integration of single-cell rank-based gene set enrichment analysis
Authors: Fan Chuiqin , Chen Fuyi , Chen Yuanguo , Huang Liangping , Wang Manna , Liu Yulin , Wang Yu , Guo Huijie , Zheng Nanpeng , Liu Yanbing , Wang Hongwu , Ma Lian 
Published: May 2024

Abstract
irGSEA is an R package designed to assess the outcomes of various gene set scoring methods when applied to single-cell RNA sequencing data. This package incorporates six distinct scoring methods that rely on the expression ranks of genes, emphasizing relative expression levels over absolute values. The implemented methods include AUCell, UCell, singscore, ssGSEA, JASMINE and Viper. Previous studies have demonstrated the robustness of these methods to variations in dataset size and composition, generating enrichment scores based solely on the relative gene expression of individual cells. By employing the robust rank aggregation algorithm, irGSEA amalgamates results from all six methods to ascertain the statistical significance of target gene sets across diverse scoring methods. The package prioritizes user-friendliness, allowing direct input of expression matrices or seamless interaction with Seurat objects. Furthermore, it facilitates a comprehensive visualization of results. The irGSEA package and its accompanying documentation are accessible on GitHub (https://github.com/chuiqin/irGSEA).