bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Geo-information Technology-Based Suitability Site Selection for Temperate Fruits of Apple, Peach, and Plum in Tigray Region, Northern Ethiopia
Authors: Meresa Esayas , Gebrewhid Yikunoamlak , Berhe Gebremedhin , Abadi Tadesse , Tsehaye Gebrezgabher , Eyasu Gebru 
Published: December 2023

Introduction: Growing temperate fruits in its appropriate region is important for growers and is used as a means of improving agricultural production, helps to improve livelihood of the community and source of income. The land needs to careful and appropriate use that is vital to achieve optimum production and productivity, and to guarantee environmental sustainability for the future generation. This requires an effective and up to date land information for effective utilization, management, and for decision making purpose. All agricultural crops, needs their ecological requirements for modelling the spatiotemporal distribution of land suitability potential and for performing agricultural activities effectively and accurately. There is a problem related to proper site selection for growing temperate fruits in the Tigray region and to solve this problem GIS-based suitability site selection for growing temperate fruit trees is important for getting better production and to help in improving the livelihood of the community.
Methods: To identify the ecological requirements, for growing temperate fruits considers the physical, meteorological, and landscape environmental factors. To come up with the best suitability regions, physical, meteorological, and landscape spatial layers of the study area were collected from different primary and secondary data sources and stored in a personal geodatabase with the same resolution, cell size, and projection system. After collecting the important parameters, reclassification of these factors and using their influences, overlay analysis was performed to get the potential suitability sites for apple, plum, and peach fruits, and the model result was validated using ground control points.
The Results: According to the overlay-based suitability modeling approach, suitability sites of these low chilling temperate fruits were identified and mapped. Apple has a potential of 21% as suitable land and 79% as an unsuitable area of the total area of 54,573km2, peach has a potential of 17% as suitable land and 83% as unsuitable land and plum has a potential of 27% as suitable land and 73% as unsuitable land in Tigray region. Around 50 ground control points (GCP) was collected from the ground, and 80% of the ground data were fitted with the suitability sites found from the overlay analysis modeling.
Conclusion: This information was used as a baseline information for different agricultural experts, stakeholders, research organizations, NGO’s and policy makers for growing of low-chilling temperate fruits and getting a good production in the region.
EU Solidarity in the Face of External Security Threats: The example of the Crimea Platform Initiative
Authors: Stonis Danylo 
Published: December 2023

CEEOL: https://www.ceeol.com/search/article-detail?id=1197958 The Crimea Platform is a diplomatic initiative of Ukraine, designed as an international coordination mechanism to reverse the 2014 annexation of the Crimean Peninsula by the Russian Federation. The initiative attracted the attention of EU member states, due to the very nature of the annexation – a result of Russia’s aggressive and assertive foreign policy. However, attitudes to the issue of the annexation and the perception of its impact on the security of the EU vary greatly from one Crimea Platform participant to another, which leads to numerous discussions on the level of the security threat to the EU and the support to be provided to its eastern neighbours. For this article, I have used process tracing to track the formation of the attitudes to the annexation of EU members participating in the Crimea Platform, which is an essential step in conducting a comprehensive analysis of European solidarity in the face of external security threats
Diversifikasi Hasil Perikanan menjadi Berbagai Olahan Pangan Bagi Kelompok PKK Kampung Enam, Kota Tarakan
Authors: Kartina Kartina , Nurhikma Nurhikma , Dyta Nugraeni Christine , Alawiyah Tuty , Gandri Haryono M. , Sanda Lembang Miska , Sumarlin Sumarlin , Gaffar Syamsidar , Pramita Dewi Dena , Rahayu Yane 
Published: December 2023

Tarakan City is one of the cities which is famous for its fishery potential. Utilization of fishery products in an efficient and integrated manner is necessary, because fishery products are very susceptible to damage or deterioration of quality so that proper handling is needed, for example through diversification into various processed products. This activity is intended to provide knowledge and skills to PKK group as motivators in the community. This activity was held on Friday, February 7, 2020 which was attended by 40 participants. Activities consist of delivering materials and demonstrations of the manufacture of processed fish and shrimp products. The result of the activity is an increase in the skills and knowledge of the participants in the diversification of various fishery products into nutritious food. Given the great benefits of this activity, it is necessary to conduct similar training to the PKK group regarding packaging techniques so that the products produced can be marketed
A Application of Industrial Revolution 4.0 Technology on Agricultural Land to Support Community Agricultural Productivity in Tolnaku Village, Fatuleu District, Kupang Regency …
Authors: Chr. Mauko Imanuel , A. Wadu Robinson , Nicodemus Nicodemus , Abdullah Yulian 
Published: December 2023

The Tamnau Tetus Farmers Group and the Hidup Baru Farmers Group are partners in the implementation of the Technology Application Grant Program Disseminated to the Community in Tolnaku Village, Fatuleu District, Kupang Regency, NTT. The partner problem is the issue of land irrigation, in which both groups of partners, difficult to irrigate agricultural land because the springs are at a lower altitude than agricultural land. In addition, during the dry season, many springs become dry, so that gardening activities are carried out more during the rainy season.Through this community service program, a technology based on the industrial revolution 4.0 will be applied, namely an automatic plant watering control system that distributes water to partner farms through a piping system using an energy-efficient Solar Power Plant (PLTS).As a result, it can be seen that the application of PLTS-based Automatic Plant Watering System technology can provide benefits including, the availability of a good clean water distribution system equipped with a piping system, water use is more efficient because it uses an automatic garden watering control system based on soil dryness and uses a water-saving sprinkler system and faster land watering time. There is also the availability of land that will be managed to become an agro-tourism location on the plantation land of the two partner groups
Stability Study of a Compounded Sublingual Buprenorphine Solution for Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome
Authors: Ahmadi Arash , Cutaia Dina R. , Perkins Jarred R. , Zhao Fang , Gawronski Kristen M. , Austin Daniel L. 
Published: December 2023

OBJECTIVE
Sublingual (SL) buprenorphine is a cornerstone of care in the treatment of adult opioid use disorder. Recent studies have demonstrated its advantages in the management of neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome (NOWS). Commercially available SL tablets and transdermal patches are not amenable to neonatal use, and published compounding formulas of SL solutions contained undesirable excipients, including ethanol, sugars, and preservatives. The objective of this research is to explore the stability of a novel SL buprenorphine formulation free of alcohol, sugars, and preservatives.

METHODS
A 0.075 mg/mL buprenorphine solution was prepared by diluting the commercial injectable solution with normal saline and packaged into polyethylene terephthalate amber prescription bottles and polypropylene amber oral syringes and stored in refrigeration. Quality assessments were conducted by visual, pH, and high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) analysis immediately after preparation, and at 7 and 14 days of storage.

RESULTS
There were neither visual nor pH changes detected through 14 days. HPLC analysis indicated that all samples retained &gt;99% initial buprenorphine concentration. Drug concentration increased slightly in the oral syringe after day 7, probably due to moisture loss. No degradation peaks were observed in chromatograms.

CONCLUSIONS
This novel buprenorphine is free of alcohol, sugar, and preservatives, and it may offer a significant safety advantage for NOWS patients. Additional clinical studies are recommended to verify the bioavailability and efficacy of this formulation.
Pharmacist Metrics in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit: an Exploration of the Medication Regimen Complexity-Intensive Care Unit (MRC-ICU) Score
Authors: Kandaswamy Swaminathan , Dawson Thomas E , Moore Whitney H. , Howell Katherine , Beus Jonathan , Adu Olutola , Sikora Andrea 
Published: December 2023

INTRODUCTION
The medication regimen complexity-intensive care unit (MRC-ICU) score has been developed and validated as an objective predictive metric for patient outcomes and pharmacist workload in the adult critically ill population. The purpose of this study was to explore the MRC-ICU and other workload metrics in the pediatric ICU (PICU).

METHODS
This study was a retrospective cohort of pediatric ICU patients admitted to a single institution ­between February 2, 2022 – August 2, 2022. Two scores were calculated, including the MRC-ICU and the pediatric Daily Monitoring System (pDMS). Data were extracted from the electronic health record. The primary outcome was the correlation of the MRC-ICU to mortality, as measured by Pearson ­correlation ­coefficient. Additionally, the correlation of MRC-ICU to number of orders was evaluated. Secondary ­analyses explored the correlation of the MRC-ICU with pDMS and with hospital and ICU length of stay.

RESULTS
A total of 2,232 patients were included comprising 2,405 encounters. The average age was 6.9 years (standard deviation [SD] 6.3 years). The average MRC-ICU score was 3.0 (SD 3.8). For the primary outcome, MRC-ICU was significantly positively correlated to mortality (0.22 95% confidence interval [CI 0.18 – 0.26]), p&lt;0.05. Additionally, MRC-ICU was significantly positively correlated to ICU length of stay (0.38 [CI 0.34 – 0.41]), p&lt;0.05. The correlation between the MRC-ICU and pDMS was (0.72 [CI 0.70 – 0.73]), p&lt;0.05.

CONCLUSION
In this pilot study, MRC-ICU demonstrated an association with existing prioritization metrics and with mortality and length of ICU stay in PICU population. Further, larger scale studies are required.
Evaluation of Dexamethasone Dosing Strategies in Pediatric Asthma Exacerbations
Authors: Kelly Irene R. , Laudone Thomas , Lichenstein Richard , Parbuoni Kristine A. 
Published: December 2023

OBJECTIVES
This study aimed to determine if there is a difference in health care use in pediatric asthma exacerbations with dexamethasone at a standardized dose compared with a weight-based approach.

METHODS
This was a single-center, retrospective study of patients ages 2 to 17 years presenting to the pediatric emergency department (ED) with an asthma exacerbation between July 1, 2018, and June 30, 2021. Patients who received at least 1 dose of dexamethasone and had an International Classification of Diseases, 10th revision (ICD-10) code for asthma were included. The primary end point was the rate of return visits to the ED within 30 days and 31 to 90 days. Secondary end points included incidence of hospitalization and intubation, length of stay, dexamethasone dosing discrepancies, other corticosteroids or adjunctive therapies used, and medication escalation at discharge. The incidences of vomiting, hyperglycemia, and hypertension were also evaluated. Descriptive statistics were used for categoric variables and a Kaplan-Meier survival curve and Cox regression evaluated the primary outcome.

RESULTS
A total of 252 patients were included, 162 in the standardized dosing group and 90 in the weight-based group. There was no difference in return visits at 30 days and 31 to 90 days (3.1 vs 4.4, p = 0.58; and 3.7 vs 7.8, p = 0.16). The standardized group had a statistically significant shorter length of stay and lower ipratropium and magnesium use compared with the weight-based group. However, hospitalization rates were lower overall in the weight-based group. The incidences of vomiting, hyperglycemia, and hypertension were similar.

CONCLUSIONS
A standardized dosing strategy for dexamethasone in pediatric asthma exacerbations showed favorable outcomes and may lead to improved adherence.
Marihuana y fertilidad masculina
Authors: Gutiérrez-Alejandro Brigitte Esmeralda , Flores Martínez Rebeca Marlen , Hernández Rueda Yadira Libertad , Torres-Flores Víctor M. 
Published: December 2023

Objetivos: Realizar una búsqueda de información sobre los efectos negativos de la marihuana en la fertilidad masculina y determinar cómo esto afecta la reproducción humana.
Métodos: Se realizó una búsqueda electrónica mediante MEDLINE, PUBMED, Embase, ClinicalKey, LILACS, UpToDate y la Biblioteca Cochrane, en toda la literatura publicada hasta julio de 2021.
Resultados: El cannabis, usualmente conocido como marihuana, es la droga de mayor consumo, cultivo y tráfico de todo el mundo; si bien esta droga se consume inhalada o ingerida en alimentos o bebidas debido a sus efectos psicoactivos en el organismo (euforia y relajación), hay que considerar que tiene otros efectos sobre el organismo, una preocupación que ha surgido en los últimos años es el efecto de esta droga sobre el sistema reproductor masculino y cómo esto afectará en la reproducción humana. Se ha demostrado que el uso episódico de marihuana se ha asociado a una disminución de la liberación de hormonas sexuales, reducción del recuento de espermatozoides, movilidad, viabilidad, morfología e inhibición de la reacción acrosómica.
Conclusiones: se ha concluido que el THC como droga puede afectar las funciones cruciales de los espermatozoides y afectar negativamente a la fertilidad masculina. Dado que el consumo de la marihuana está en aumento y esto continuará progresivamente en años futuros es imperativo observar y analizar su implicación en la fertilidad y reproducción humana.
CAMINHOS PARA APRENDIZAGEM MUSICAL NO PROJETO PERCUSSIVO BATUQUE DA VILA
Authors: Calixto Silva Emanuel Calixto , Dantas Leandro Campos , Ferreira João Victor Olliver de Jesus , Almeida Cassiana Mendes dos Santos , Cunha Eudes Oliveira 
Published: December 2023

Este trabalho tem por intuito descrever as experiências de uma intervenção realizada no Projeto Social Percussivo Batuque da Vila, com crianças e adolescentes do Conjunto Residencial Vila Novais. O planejamento da atividade musical foi elaborado por estudantes do curso de Instrumento Musical do IF Baiano, Campus Serrinha, com base em estudos acerca do compositor brasileiro Heitor Villa-Lobos. Esse compositor criou um programa de ensino de música nas escolas do país, durante o governo de Getúlio Vargas, e propôs a musicalização por meio do canto coletivo. Os resultados sugerem que práticas de canto coletivo e o uso de repertório de música popular favoreceram a aprendizagem musical.
Effect of Dietary Protein Level on Growth Performance and Yield of Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus, L. 1758) in Cage Culture in Lake Hora- Arsedi, Ethiopia
Authors: Ayenew Mulatu , Getahun Abebe 
Published: December 2023

This study was conducted at Lake Hora-Arsedi for five months to evaluate the effect of various dietary protein levels on growth performance of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) and on water quality. Eight cages (1 m3 each) were randomly allocated to a duplicate to represent three treatments and a control (T1, T2, T3 and C). Juveniles of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) were collected from Lake Babogaya and randomly stocked at a rate of 50 fish per cage. Their initial length and weight ranged from 12.71 ± 0.07 to 12.76 ± 0.04 cm and 35.3 ± 0.46 to 36.43 ± 0.70 g, (mean ± SE), respectively. Three diets were prepared in pellet form which consisted of 25%, 35% and 45% dietary protein level from three locally available plant protein sources (wheat bran, wheat flour and niger seed cake) and one animal by product (meat bone meal as the main protein source). Fish in T1, T2 and T3 were fed on 25%, 35% and 45% crude protein, respectively, with the rate of 3% of their body weight, twice a day manually using feeding tray. Fish in control depended only on natural food from the lake. The result showed significant variation (P < 0.05) in final body weight and length, Daily growth rate (DGR), Fulton Condition Factor (FCF), and Visceral to Body Weight Ratio (VBWR). Insignificant variation was observed in Specific Growth Rate (SGR) and Food Conversion Ratio (FCR) among treatments. But, high SGR and best FCR were obtained at 35% crude protein. Over all, best growth performance was observed in fish that received 35% crude protein. The best performing fish’s final weight, final length, DGR, SGR, FCR, FCF and total % of VBWR were 185.76 ± 2.23, 18.51 ± 0.20 cm, 1.00 ± 0.34g/day, 1.079 ± 0.19%/day, 3.69 ± 0.49, 2.45 ± 0.11g/cm3 and 6.67%, respectively. On the other hand, there was no significant variation in survival rate, water quality parameters and plankton abundance. Therefore, this study recommended that a diet containing 35% dietary crude protein for juvenile Nile tilapia is optimum in terms of growth performance and profitability, and does not impact water quality and plankton abundance in cage culture system.
A Rapid Field Screening Methodology for Assessing the Health of Highland Streams and Rivers in Ethiopia
Authors: Lakew Aschalew , Moog Otto 
Published: December 2023

The present study describes the development of a macro- invertebrate-based rapid field screeningmethod for assessing the ecological status of streams and rivers in Ethiopian highlands.Abiotic and biotic data were collected from 104 sites distributed in the upper section of four major basins of Ethiopia, namely Awash, Rift-Valley, Wabi-Shebele and Genale. The method was adapted based on the screening protocol developed for assessing highland streams in the Hindu-Kush-Himalayan regions which was initially designed and a prerequisite to assess Austrian highland streams. The assessment procedure was based on sensory features, reduction phenomena and biota that can be identified in the field, with a special focus on benthic macro-invertebrates. The sensitivity of a specific benthic invertebrate (BMI) taxon to different level of degradation was derived from a multi-metric indexdeveloped for assessing same highland streamsof Ethiopia. To ensure simplicity of the protocol, only 20 BMI taxa with clear ecological quality preference were included. The sensitivity ranges from less tolerant taxa such as Perlidae, Scirtidae and Lepidostomatidae to tolerant taxa such as Psychodidae, Chironomidae and Syrphidae. The protocol is manually calculated in the field and it serves as an ‘early warning’ method to identify areas that require urgent attention or detailed investigation. The method can be considered as rapid, inexpensive but scientifically sound monitoring method to evaluate the ecological conditions of runningwaters in the highlands of Ethiopia.
Abundance and Species Composition of Gerado andDirma Rivers, South Wollo, Ethiopia
Authors: Tessem Assefa , Mohammed Adem 
Published: December 2023

Abundance and fish species composition of both Gerado and Drima Rivers were studied in dry and wet seasons from February to November 2014. The objectives of the study were to assess fish species composition, relative abundance and recommend sustainable fishery management to help biodiversity conservation in aquatic ecosystem. Gillnet with mesh size of 6-10 cm were used to catch the fish species, sensitive balance was used to measure weight of the fish in gm and Ruler was used to measure total length of the fish species in cm . Shannon diversity index was used to compare species diversity in both rivers between season.Univarate analysis and t test were used to test species composition and abundance difference in both rivers between sites and season through application of SPSS Version 16.The number of fish species collected from Gerado River was more (8) than from Dirma River(6).In both rivers, abundance and fish species composition were more in dry season than wet season. The Shannon diversity index(H') value were 1.78 and 1.66 in dry and wet season respectively for Gerado river and 1.61 and 1.41 in dry and wet seasons, respectively, for Dirma River. The dominant fish species in Dirma and Gerado Rivers in dry season was Varcorhinus beso with total number of specimens of 128 and 129, respectively. The dominant fish species in wet season in Dirma River was Labeobarbus intermedius (40) whereas Varcorhinus beso was dominant in Gerado River (25). The total fish species composition of Dirma River was more (6) in dry season than wet season (5). The total fish specimens collected in Drima River was more in dry season (236) than wet season (77). The species composition of Gerado River was higher (8) in dry season than wet season (6). The total fish specimen collected in Gerado River was higher (199) in dry season than wet season (37). There was significant difference in abundance of fish specimens between season and site (P<0.05) unlike the non significant variation in Shannon diversity index value (P>0.05) between rivers.
Habilidades alfabéticas en contextos rurales
Authors: Rodríguez Cabezas Lina Xiomara 
Published: December 2023

El presente trabajo investigativo se lleva a cabo en el grado primero de la Institución Educativa Nuestra Señora del Carmen del Municipio de Coyaima – Tolima- institución de carácter rural e indígena y que trabaja el modelo de escuela nueva, en la cual se ha identificado como problema central, la alfabetización teniendo en cuenta la conciencia fonológica. Por ello, el objetivo principal es fortalecer las habilidades alfabéticas iniciales en contextos rurales, mediante la construcción de estrategias pedagógicas en el grado primero. Así, los objetivos específicos fueron en primer lugar, diseñar una apuesta pedagógica para el fortalecimiento de las habilidades alfabéticas iniciales, en segundo, aplicar la estrategia y, por último, realizar un sitio web para dar a conocer la experiencia.
La ruta metodológica fue la investigación acción mediante cuatro momentos: la contextualización, el diseño de la apuesta pedagógica, la aplicación y la reflexión. De esta manera se organizan los resultados, tomando como punto de partida una reescritura del contexto de la institución educativa.
Elaboración de Compost Orgánico (Maracuyaza) en la subregión del Urabá Antioqueño
Authors: Rentería Torres Luis Alfredo 
Published: December 2023

El cultivo de maracuyá en Colombia, constituye la principal apuesta exportadora del país. Bajo esta perspectiva actualmente se comercializa como fruta fresca o procesada, teniendo una gran acogida en el mercado nacional por su intenso sabor y acidez. (ICA, 2012). En el contexto geográfico el cultivo de las Pasiflora edulis F. en Colombia ha venido creciendo en producción y su mayor área sembrada se encuentran ubicadas en los departamentos de Huila, Valle del Cauca, Antioquia, Meta y Magdalena, siendo el departamento de Antioquia el mayor productor a nivel nacional en la actualidad. (Ministerio de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural, 2019).
Es de ahí la importancia de buscar alternativas sostenibles para el manejo de los residuos sólidos orgánicos generados en la producción, cosecha y postcosecha. En el siguiente artículo se determinó el potencial nutritivo de la cascara del Maracuyá Amarillo (Passiflora edulis f.) para la elaboración de abono o compost orgánico y alimentación de especies pecuarias existentes en la Subregión del Urabá Antioqueño, departamento de Antioquia (Colombia), teniendo en cuenta la composición bromatológica de la muestra.