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Samarium Cuprate with Micron-Size Pores for Drug Sensing
Authors: Korina Elena , Karaberova Arina , Bulatova Ekaterina , Golovin Mikhail , Stankovich Dalibor M. , Gusev Sergei , Fadeev Vladislav , Bol’shakov Oleg 
Published: June 2024

Abstract

Quick and robust analytical methods are of vital necessity in medicine and biology, making the synthesis of the electroactive substrates for the sensing of medically relevant chemicals a promising area of material science. Rare earth cuprates, mostly famous for high-temperature superconductivity, continue to exhibit encouraging electroactivity toward surface selective oxidation of biologically active compounds. Samarium cuprate reported in this paper showed developed surface with unique porous morphology and good conductivity – a set of prerequisites for sensing material. Further studies confirmed excellent samarium cuprate-based carbon paste electrode sensitivity of enalapril maleate and helped to develop an analytical method with selectivity and stability applicable for wider use.
Uav for Crop Monitoring System Using Computer Vision
Authors: M Ajay Pranesh , Varghese Geoffrey George , Reyaz Md Abu Talha 
Published: June 2024

Abstract

This study focuses on the vital task of detecting Banana Black Sigatoka in banana plants using a cutting-edge method that combines deep learning algorithms with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). The research includes building a detailed dataset that features images of both healthy and infected banana plants. A variety of deep learning algorithms, such as convolutional neural networks and residual networks, are thoroughly tested to select the most effective model for analyzing this dataset. The selected algorithm is then integrated into a UAV-based system for the real-time detection of Black Sigatoka within banana plantations. This proactive strategy allows for the quick detection and localization of affected plants, making it possible to intervene promptly and improve overall crop management. The proposed method marks a significant step forward in using technology for precision agriculture, aiming to enhance the resilience and productivity of banana farming.
Left alone and behind: Experiences of living with incontinence in a Sudanese refugee camp and how WASH practitioners can support
Authors: González Hernández Libertad , Romano Antonietta , Hamid Dr Manal , Elsimat Elsir Abdulgadir Ahmed , Ongara Desmond , Yassin Yassir , Giles-Hansen Chelsea 
Published: June 2024

ABSTRACT

Being able to manage incontinence with dignity is intrinsically linked to access to appropriate water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services; yet it is overwhelmingly overlooked in humanitarian contexts and not consistently included in WASH interventions. A mixed-methods study (including market assessment) was conducted in two refugee camps in eastern Sudan in late 2022. Tigrayan refugees with incontinence faced extreme challenges to managing it, including no or limited access to necessary hygiene products (such as mattress protectors, toilet chairs, and soap), a lack of water for personal hygiene and washing, and long distances to communal sanitation facilities and distribution sites (or markets) where they often needed to queue or lacked privacy. Refugees with incontinence faced high levels of stigma, shame, and isolation. WASH practitioners need increased awareness of incontinence to carry out quality WASH assessments, to better understand and support people with incontinence. WASH interventions must include appropriate hygiene and non-food items (NFIs) to enable people to manage incontinence at home, and accessible toilets, water points and hygiene and washing facilities. A mixed modality of both in-kind and cash or voucher support can help to ensure hygiene and NFI items are accessible and meet the needs of people living with incontinence.
SERTIFIKAT GANDA DAN URGENSI PEMUTAKHIRAN PETA DASAR PENDAFTARAN TANAH
Authors: Salam Syukron , Dahlan Tri Andari 
Published: June 2024

Abstract
This article attempts to uncover the high rate of land disputes in court. The research was conducted by examining court decisions on certificates that overlapped with one another. From court decisions, this research examines the process of overlapped certificates in Semarang City. Regarding the research approach, multiple case study approaches and cross-case analyses were used. The research showed that there were technical problems related to the absence of a comprehensive land registration mapping. The process of modifying regulations on land registrations was not followed by updating the land registration map data. Additionally, the migration process on the former land registration with an analogue mapping system raised problems during migrating or updating the data, specifically on the land registration map data using digital systems. Consequently, the objective of achieving a faster systematic and comprehensive land registration was not achieved and potentially raised legal disputes due to not being preceded by data updates and improvements on the migration mapping process.

Intisari
Artikel ini mencoba untuk mengetahui fenomena tingginya perkara berobjek tanah yang disengketakan di pengadilan. Penelusuran dilakukan dengan melakukan penelitian terhadap sengketa sertifikat ganda yang telah diputus oleh pengadilan. Berangkat dari putusan pengadilan, penelitian ini menelusuri proses terjadinya sertifikat ganda di Kota Semarang. Penelitian dilakukan dengan menggunakan pendekatan multiple case study dengan menggunakan cross-case analyses. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan adanya permasalahan teknis berkaitan dengan belum terselenggaranya peta pendaftaran tanah yang komprehensif. Proses perubahan peraturan tentang pendaftaran tanah belum dibarengi dengan pemutakhiran data peta pendaftaran tanah. Proses migrasi pendaftaran tanah lama dengan sistem pemetaan analog mengalami kendala ketika dilakukan migrasi atau pemutakhiran data peta pendaftaran tanah dengan sistem digital. Dengan kondisi ini, program percepatan pendaftaran tanah sistematis dan lengkap tanpa didahului dengan pemutakhiran data dan penyempurnaan proses migrasi pemetaan berpotensi menimbulkan masalah hukum.
Plasma Biomarkers of Brain Injury and Their Association With Brain MRI and Cognition in Type 1 Diabetes
Authors: Karger Amy B. , Nasrallah Ilya M. , Braffett Barbara H. , Luchsinger José A. , Ryan Christopher M. , Bebu Ionut , Arends Valerie , Habes Mohamad , Gubitosi-Klug Rose A. , Chaytor Naomi , Biessels Geert J. , Jacobson Alan M. ,   DCCT/EDIC Research Group
Published: June 2024

OBJECTIVE
To evaluate associations between plasma biomarkers of brain injury and MRI and cognitive measures in participants with type 1 diabetes (T1D) from the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial/Epidemiology of Diabetes Interventions and Complications (DCCT/EDIC) study.

RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS
Plasma amyloid-β-40, amyloid-β-42, neurofilament light chain (NfL), phosphorylated Tau-181 (pTau-181), and glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) were measured in 373 adults who participated in the DCCT/EDIC study. MRI assessments included total brain and white matter hyperintensity volumes, white matter mean fractional anisotropy, and indices of Alzheimer disease (AD)–like atrophy and predicted brain age. Cognitive measures included memory and psychomotor and mental efficiency tests and assessments of cognitive impairment.

RESULTS
Participants were 60 (range 44–74) years old with 38 (30–51) years’ T1D duration. Higher NfL was associated with an increase in predicted brain age (0.51 years per 20% increase in NfL; P &lt; 0.001) and a 19.5% increase in the odds of impaired cognition (P &lt; 0.01). Higher NfL and pTau-181 were associated with lower psychomotor and mental efficiency (P &lt; 0.001) but not poorer memory. Amyloid-β measures were not associated with study measures. A 1% increase in mean HbA1c was associated with a 14.6% higher NfL and 12.8% higher pTau-181 (P &lt; 0.0001).

CONCLUSIONS
In this aging T1D cohort, biomarkers of brain injury did not demonstrate an AD-like profile. NfL emerged as a biomarker of interest in T1D because of its association with higher HbA1c, accelerated brain aging on MRI, and cognitive dysfunction. Our study suggests that early neurodegeneration in adults with T1D is likely due to non-AD/nonamyloid mechanisms.
PRAZER E SOFRIMENTO NO PROCESSO DE ADAPTAÇÃO DE TRABALHO DOCENTE EM TEMPOS DE PANDEMIA DE COVID-19
Authors: De Lima de Sousa Janeilson , Sousa Teixeira Victor , Da Silva Anjo José Edemir 
Published: June 2024

O presente estudo teve o objetivo de compreender a percepção dos docentes, em relação ao sofrimento e ao prazer decorrente da mudança do ambiente de trabalho, durante a pandemia da Covid-19. A pesquisa traz como aporte teórico a psicodinâmica do trabalho, diante do contexto da pandemia Covid-19, nas relações do trabalho dos docentes, quanto ao prazer e ao sofrimento percebidos durante esse tempo de ensino remoto. O estudo foi conduzido, por meio de uma abordagem qualitativa, sendo realizado um estudo de caso em uma instituição de ensino superior. A partir da codificação e categorização dos dados produzidos, os resultados apontam, quanto ao sofrimento, o desgaste mental, em sua adaptação ao ambiente de trabalho “novo” e, também, adequação de sua rotina de ensino, o que chegou a gerar conflitos com tarefas domésticas. Quanto ao prazer, verificou-se que o aprendizado de novos métodos didáticos fora visto como uma satisfação pessoal quanto profissional.
THE EFFECT OF THE NEUROLOGICAL IMPRESS METHOD IN TEACHING READING COMPREHENSION
Authors: Ilham Ilham 
Published: June 2024

This study aims to 1) analyse the effectiveness of the Neurological Impress Method in teaching reading at a junior high school in Lingsar, West Lombok.. This study used a quasi-experimental design with a non-equivalent control group design. The researcher employed two classes in this study, control and experimental classes. This research has 30 students as the sample of study in which each class consists of 15 students. The reading test is utilized for collecting the data as the research instrument. Sampling was carried out using cluster random sampling. The data was analysed using SPSS 12 which the data collected from the pre-test and post-test design. The results showed that the use of the neurological impress method affected students' reading skills. Students' reading achievement before being taught using the neurological impress method in reading texts is generally low, as shown by the average score of 40.76. Students reading achievement after being taught by using the neurological impress method is better than before. This can be seen from the mean value of 67.13. Statistical analysis using paired sample t-test using SPSS 12, indicated by t (0.05) t-table value is (0.000) and t-value or t-count (0.000). It was lower than the 0.05 level. The alternative hypothesis (Ha) is accepted and the null hypothesis (Ho) is rejected. Therefore, this research is expected to provide implications for implementing the neurological impress method for teaching reading skills in junior high schools in Indonesia to encourage the improvement of the neurological impress method on a large scale.
Plasma irisin and the brain-derived neurotrophic factor levels in sedentary subjects: effect of 8-weeks lifestyle intervention
Authors: Radikova Zofia , Mosna Lucia , Eckerstorfer Carmen , Bajer Boris , Havranova Andrea , Imrich Richard , Vlcek Miroslav , Penesova Adela 
Published: June 2024

Abstract

Objectives. Sedentary lifestyle increasingly observed in the population contributes to the incremental incidence of obesity, cardiovascular diseases, mental disorders, type 2 diabetes, hyper-tension, dyslipidemia, and others. Physical inactivity together with an imbalance in caloric intake and expenditure leads to a loss of muscle mass, reduced insulin sensitivity, and accumulation of the visceral fat. Organokines (adipokines, myokines, hepatokines, etc.) serve in the organism for inter-organ communication. However, human studies focused on the exercise-related changes in plasma levels of certain myokines have produced contradictory results. In the present study, we verified a hypothesis that myokine irisin, which is expected to increase in response to physical activity, induces brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) production and by this way mediates the beneficial effect of exercise on several brain functions.

Subjects and Methods. Women (n=27) and men (n=10) aged 44.5±12.0 years, who were sedentary and overweight/obese (men ≥25%, women ≥28% body fat), participated in the study. The effect of an 8-week intensive lifestyle intervention (150 minutes of moderate physical activity per week, diet modification, and reduction of caloric intake) on the selected organokines (irisin, BDNF) in the context of an expected improvement in cardiometabolic status was examined.

Results. The 8-week lifestyle intervention resulted in a significant (p<0.05) reduction in body mass index, body fat, blood pressure, insulin resistance, lipid and liver parameters, and irisin levels (p<0.001). However, BDNF increase in the whole group did not reach statistical significance. After the improvement of cardiometabolic parameters, a significant decrease in irisin and increase in BDNF levels were also observed in the subgroup with unsatisfactory (≤5%) body weight reduction. Neither relationship between irisin and BDNF levels, nor effect of age or sex on their levels was observed.

Conclusions. We cannot confirm the hypothesis that exercise-induced irisin may increase the BDNF levels, whereas, the organokine levels in the periphery may not completely reflect the processes in the brain compartments. The observed decrease in irisin levels after 8-week intensive lifestyle intervention program, which was in contrary to its supposed mechanisms of action and dynamics, suggests the presence of several yet undiscovered impacts on the secretion of irisin.
‘Raskolniks ’ and ‘Inorodtsy ’: A Mutual Attraction
Authors: Danilko Elena 
Published: June 2024

Abstract
Old Belief emerged as a broad social and religious movement in the second half of the 17th century as a result of church reform. The Old Believers who did not adopt the reforms were forced to flee to the outer reaches of Russia and were persecuted by both the church and secular powers until the beginning of the 20th century. This contributed to a great extent to the development of eschatological opinions and the striving for social and general isolation. A distinctive feature of the Old Believers’ culture is traditionalism, which is expressed in both everyday and religious practice. Old Belief, as a form of Christianity, is seen among most scholars and the general public as an exclusively Russian phenomenon. However, it was also quite widespread among a number of Finno-Ugric peoples; in the territory of the Ural and Volga region most of the non-Russian Old Believers were Mordovians or Komi-Permyaks.
The main reasons for the process of transition from ‘inorodtsy’ (‘infidels’) to ‘raskolniks’1 (‘schismatics’) were the lack of social barriers (both were religious outsiders) and the conflict caused by the State’s policy of violent Christianisation. There were many different nuances in this process related to the problem of language, the perception among Finno-Ugrians of the use of books, and the closed nature of the group. In this paper, I would like to describe this based on archival documents and my own field research.
The Contemporary Ethno-Confessional Situation Among the Udmurts of Perm Territory
Authors: Chernykh Aleksandr V. 
Published: June 2024

Abstract
The article, which is based on both published sources and field expedition materials from recent decades, sets out to examine the confessional processes taking place in a small area in the south of Perm Territory that is settled by Udmurts, the foundation of whose religious tradition was the preservation of traditional beliefs. The author has conducted an analysis of the historical prerequisites for the formation of a multi-confessional community, characterised by both the preservation of traditional religion and the active spread of Islam and Christianity in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The historical experience of this period has influenced the modern ethno-confessional situation. Today, each of the religious traditions observed by the community being studied has a different potential for development. Following the restoration of the system of prayers and institutions, traditional religion has played a vital role, both in the modern ethnic identity of the group as a whole, and in the local identity of the inhabitants of specific villages and hamlets. In their capacity as significant and major social events of the year, prayers occupy an important place in the contemporary ethno-cultural life of the Kuyeda Udmurts. At the same time, the symbolic nature of prayers, the loss of a developed system of ideas, along with the absence of outstanding confessional leaders are often the reasons for the absence of public religious life in some Udmurt villages, and for the lack of involvement of a significant part of the local community in contemporary confessional events. Christianity currently has significant potential to spread within the group individual strategies, as well as missionary work, are the main reasons for its active spread in recent decades. Islam has maintained its position in the same period.
Birth Care Belief Practices: Traditional Mother–Child Care During Birth in Rural Punjab, Pakistan
Authors: Qamar Azher Hameed , Azher Saima 
Published: June 2024

Abstract
This article analyses the birth care beliefs practiced in a Punjabi village. Birth care is an important practice that ensures a safe and uncomplicated birth for both mother and child. The study presents an in-depth exploration of the human–divine connection and its symbolic manifestation in birth care rituals in rural Muslim communities. Utilising unstructured interviews with midwives, mothers, elderly women, and an imam, the research sheds light on the essential role of religious prayers, Quran recitation, charity, as well simulative imagery and amulets within the cultural care system of rural Punjab. Words, symbols, objects, and symbolic expressions emerge as powerful tools in facilitating faith healing and enhancing its perceived efficacy. The research deepens our understanding of the faith-based birth care process and highlights the essential interdependence of the human– divine connection and symbolic expression (manifestation of belief) within faith-based birth care practices.
An impact overview of COVID-19 on the construction industry in Pakistan
Authors: Rashid Muhammad Usman , Usman Muhammad Farooq , Qasim Muhammad , Asad Muhammad 
Published: June 2024

Abstract
The construction and development sector is considered as the backbone of any growing economy. Globally, the construction industry (CI) has experienced significant growth alongside increasingly complex projects that involve multi-disciplinary stakeholders such as clients, consultants and contractors, known as the 3Cs. Despite modern efforts towards digitalisation and the introduction of technology, this industry was among the most impacted by COVID-19 in many countries. The 3Cs have faced impediments in practicing their respective roles. This research utilises a mixed methodology approach by utilising an extensive literature review combined with statistical analysis to study the impacts on working practices of the 3Cs of the CI in Pakistan. The six major impact factors were related to planning and overhead cost, manufacturing and shipping, permit issuance, liquidated damages, cash flows, material availability and delivery. Among the six factors, delays in permit issuance and materials availability were the two global factors investigated in the study. The significance of the impact factors was further justified by comparative analysis with existing literature. The study further revealed that contractors were the most affected party within the 3Cs of the CI in Pakistan. The findings of this study are significant to tackle such a pandemic in the future, by suggesting effective emerging practices which may also be made and enforced as regulations by the government.
Enhancing Tourist Perceptions; A Cross-Comparison of Information and Management Platforms for Tourism Brand Development in Bali and Yogyakarta
Authors: Adawiah Andi 
Published: June 2024

Objective: This research aims to compare tourism management strategies and destination branding in Bali and Yogyakarta, with a view to identifying different approaches and their impact on tourism development.

Theoretical Framework: This research is based on theories of destination branding and tourism management, including the Destination Marketing Organization (DMO) framework and sustainable tourism principles. These frameworks provide a basis for understanding the strategic differences between the two destinations.

Method: This comparative research utilized a mixed methods approach, combining secondary data analysis, an online survey, and an extensive literature review. Data was collected from various sources to gain diverse perspectives on tourism strategies in Bali and Yogyakarta.

Results and Discussion: The findings show that Bali strategically utilizes technology for global digital marketing through social media and online platforms, thus increasing its international appeal. In contrast, Yogyakarta focuses on using technology to drive personalized tourist interactions, emphasizing local environmental sustainability and community welfare. Both destinations also highlight cultural diversity, with Bali capitalizing on its cultural appeal and Yogyakarta prioritizing environmental sustainability. Influencers play an important role in disseminating tourism information, especially through social media, underscoring their power in shaping traveler perceptions.

Research Implications: The practical implications of this research suggest that stakeholders should tailor their tourism management and branding strategies to each destination's unique attributes to ensure sustainable growth and development. Insights from this research can inform the formulation of effective approaches that resonate with tourists and support long-term sustainability.

Originality/Value: This study contributes to the literature by offering a comparative analysis of two leading destinations in Indonesia, highlighting the role of technology and social media in tourism management. Its value lies in providing actionable insights for stakeholders to improve destination branding and achieve sustainable tourism development.