bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Investigating the effects of oral expression in enhancing self-efficacy of second-year students at Saida University
Authors: Ali Rabah Nouria 
Published: January 2023

This research paper aims at investigating the correlation between students’ self-esteem and their verbal performance at the Dr. Moulay Tahar University of Saida. The objective of the study is to focus on useful activities to avoid speaking anxiety and enhance EFL students’ communicative abilities taking into consideration the hindrances that may face them. To reach the goal of the study a questionnaire was used as a research tool with 100 second-year students of Saida University. Results reveal that learning speaking through presentations is not the ultimate and best strategy, students appreciate the integration of other activities such as games, gap activities, dialogues, storytelling, and role-play as they show a great achievement, unlike the presentation. Oral practice breaks the feeling of fear of failure in students and makes them stop being afraid of public speaking. Hence, it nurtures the process of socialization by facilitating new friendships and this in turn supports the learning process and educational fulfillment.
Keywords: Self-esteem, speaking ability, confidence, socialization
Escrituras digitales de lo común: prácticas subversivas en la literatura digital latinoamericana del siglo XXI
Authors: Gordillo Lizana Emilio 
Published: January 2023

Este artículo busca abrir un espacio analítico para abordar obras digitales producidas en América Latina desde una perspectiva común. En él se propone que, al abordar las obras digitales desde las políticas de lo común es posible reconocer una serie de prácticas subversivas que involucran agencias, cosmotécnicas y valores de uso alternativos al norte global, en el marco de un mundo digital cada vez más normativizado por el capitalismo de vigilancia, el neoextractivismo y la primacía del valor de cambio.
A través de análisis de obras reunidas en archivos de literatura digital latinoamericana se busca reconocer los patrones relativos a prácticas comunes, a fin de comprender qué diferencias y aportes proponen estas obras en tanto propuestas latinoamericanas, sobre todo respecto a los despliegues de reapropiación de bienes comunes contenidos en el lenguaje, disputando concepciones de tiempos alternativos al capital mediante ejercicios colaborativos de producción, fomento de valor de uso por sobre valor de cambio y desnaturalización de lenguajes del despojo y sus contradicciones y violencias modernas históricas.
ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ZAKAT LITERACY, OPERATING PROFIT, AND THE INTEREST OF MSMES IN PAYING ZAKAT THROUGH ZAKAT MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION
Authors: Anggraini Dahlia Tri , Hartinah Siti , Lestari Rindu Ferdina 
Published: January 2023

Zakat is the key to poverty alleviation efforts, tackling social problems to empowering micro-economics in addition to funds from the APBN. It is hoped that there will be a joint movement including from MSME actors. The purpose of this study was to examine and analyze the effect of accountability on the relationship between literacy, operating profit, and the interest of MSMEs in paying zakat through Zakat Management Organization (ZMO). With the stages of research; survey in the form of distributing questionnaires and interviews to the respondents (MSME entrepreneurs); processing data on the distribution of questionnaires using the SmartPLS 3 software; and data analysis. The results of this study are that zakat literacy has no significant positive effect, operating profit and accountability has a significant positive effect. This research has an implication by this research, MSME in Cipadu Market have a good zakat literacy, but they aren't familiar with ZMO. Accordingly, ZMO must be active in socializing their program to muzakki, especially MSMEs. The expectations are that MSMEs will become muzakki and will pay their zakat from their operating income through ZMO. So that it can increase the realization of zakat funds collected through ZMO in Indonesia.Keywords: Accountability, Literacy, Net Income, MSMEs, ZMO
ABSTRAKZakat menjadi kunci upaya pengentasan kemiskinan, penanggulangan masalah sosial hingga pemberdayaan ekonomi mikro selain dana dari APBN. Melalui zakat, diharapkan terdapat gerakan bersama termasuk dari para pelaku UMKM. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk menguji dan menganalisis pengaruh akuntabilitas terhadap hubungan literasi, laba usaha, dan minat UMKM membayar zakat melalui Zakat Management Organization (ZMO). Dengan tahapan penelitian; survei berupa penyebaran kuesioner dan wawancara kepada responden (pengusaha UMKM); pengolahan data penyebaran kuesioner menggunakan software Smart PLS 3; dan analisis data. Hasil dari penelitian ini adalah literasi zakat berpengaruh positif tidak signifikan, laba usaha dan akuntabilitas berpengaruh positif signifikan. Penelitian ini memiliki implikasi praktis bahwa meskipun UMKM di Pasar Cipadu memiliki literasi zakat yang baik, tetapi mereka tidak mengenal ZMO. Oleh karena itu, ZMO harus aktif mensosialisasikan programnya kepada para muzakki, khususnya UMKM. Harapannya, UMKM akan menjadi muzakki dan akan membayar zakat dari hasil usaha mereka melalui ZMO. Sehingga dapat meningkatkan realisasi dana zakat yang terkumpul melalui ZMO di Indonesia.Kata Kunci: Akuntabilitas, Laba Bersih, Literasi, UMKM, ZMO
The Legality of Israel’s Self-Defense Claim of the Strikes on Hamas
Authors: Sefriani Sefriani , Erlangga Vania Lutfi Safira 
Published: January 2023

<div class="WordSection1"><p>The attacks by Israel against Palestine, which took place from 10th to 12th May in the Gaza Strip caused massive losses of civilians. Israel claims that the strikes are forms of self-defense in response to previous attacks by Hamas. This study has two objectives: (1) to analyze the arrangements of self-defense in international law and (2) to find out the legality of Israel’s self-defense claim of the strikes on Hamas on May 10-12, 2021. The study was a juridical-normative legal study with a conceptual, historical, and statutory approaches. The results of the study reveal that (1) self-defense is customary international law contains in Article 51 of the United Nations Charter; (2) Israel’s self-defense claim is invalid since it does not comply with Article 51 of the United Nations Charter and elements contained in International Customary Law, such as necessary, proportionality, immediacy, and imminence.</p></div><em><br clear="all" /></em>
Relationship of the White Coat Effect with Endpoints and Several Prognostic Indicators in Hypertensive Patients Treated with Regular Antihypertensive Therapy
Authors: Andreeva G. F. , Smirnova M. I. , Gorbunov V. M. , Kurekhyan A. S. , Koshelyaevskaya Y. N. 
Published: January 2023

Aim of the study was to evaluate in a prospective cohort study the relationship between the severity of the white coat effect (WHE) in patients with hypertension, who treated with regular antihypertensive therapy, and the composite endpoint, several prognostic indicators, in a routine clinical practice.Material and Methods. We analyzed the data of a prospective cohort study, which included 125 patients with hypertension who received regular antihypertensive therapy. The study consisted of three visits (baseline, 6 and 12 months) and an outcome data collection period (30.1±7.6 months of follow-up after the third visit). This study included three visits every 3 months: 1 visit – screening, ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) session, Echo; 2 – assessment of the patient’s status and the therapy effectiveness; 3- assessment of the patient’s status, ABPM session, Echo (the total number of ABPM was 239, Echo - 240). The primary composite endpoint included death for any reason angina pectoris, transient ischemic attack, development of chronic heart failure, arterial revascularization, frequent ventricular extrasystoles, atrial fibrillation, secondary - deterioration of the cardiovascular diseases course and tertiary endpoint – deterioration of the arterial hypertension, concomitant diseases course.Results. The study involved 125 patients: 28 men (22%), 97 women (78%), mean age was 62.6±0.8 years, duration of hypertension 11.6±0.8 years, height 163.6±0.7 cm, body weight 83.1±1.4 kg. The baseline mean daytime systolic BP (SBP) was 125.1±9.8 and diastolic (DBP) – 76.1±7.0 mm Hg, age was 62.8±9.0 years, the WCE level for SBP was 16.5±1.4, for DBP 10.9±0.7 mm Hg. We identified a positive correlation between tertiary composite endpoint data and WCE: for systolic WCE (SWCE) (F = 4.7, p<0.031). We found correlations between WCE and Echo parameters: 1) SWCE level had with LVMI (r = 0.16. p<0.017); 2) diastolic WCE (DWCE) had negative relationship with LV contractility parameters.Conclusions. Thus, only systolic WCE level had correlation with composite endpoint data and LVMI. DWCE level had negative associations with echocardiography LV contractility parameters.
Natriuresis as a Way to Assess the Effectiveness of Diuretic Therapy for Acute Decompensated Heart Failure: Data from a Pilot Study
Authors: Charaya K. V. , Shchekochikhin D. Yu. , Tarasenko S. N. , Ananicheva N. A. , Sovetova S. A. , Soboleva T. V. , Dikur O. N. , Borenstein A. I. , Andreev D. A. 
Published: January 2023

Aim. To analyze the clinical significance of the sodium level in a single urine test obtained 2 hours after the first dose of a loop diuretic was administered in patients with acute decompensation of chronic heart failure (ADHF).Material and methods. An observational study was conducted on the basis of a rapid-care hospital. The concentration of sodium in urine analysis obtained 2 hours after intravenous administration of the first dose of loop diuretic and natriuresis for the first day of hospitalization were evaluated. The development of resistance to diuretics was taken as the primary endpoint (the need to increase the daily dose of furosemide by more than 2 times compared to the initial one or the addition of another class of diuretic drugs).Results. 25 patients with ADHF were included. The average age of patients was 69.0±14.8 years, 16 (64%) of them were men. The average left ventricular ejection fraction was 49.0±13.5%. The level of the N‐terminal fragment of the brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) was 3416 (2128; 5781) pg/ml. The average sodium concentration in the urine analysis obtained 2 hours after the start of treatment was 100.6±41.0 mmol / l. The concentration of sodium in urine for the first day was 102.2±39.0 mmol/l. 2 hours after the start of treatment, the sodium concentration in a single urine test was less than 50 mmol/l in 5 (20%) patients. Upon further observation, oligoanuria (defined as diuresis of less than 400 ml within 24 hours) developed in 2 of them. Oligoanuria was not detected among patients whose sodium concentration was more than 50 mmol/l. The need for escalation (any increase in the dose of a loop diuretic and/or the addition of another class of diuretic drugs) arose in 7 (28%) patients; at the same time, we diagnosed the development of resistance to diuretics in 5 (20%) of them. Resistance to diuretics was more common among patients with a sodium concentration in a single urine test obtained 2 hours after the start of furosemide administration, less than 50 mmol/l (p=0.037); when dividing the recruited patient population into subgroups with a sodium concentration in a single urine test ≥50 mmol/l and <50 mmol/l there was no significant difference in the need for any escalation of diuretic therapy [3 (60%) vs 4 (20%), p=0.07].Conclusion. Resistance to diuretics is more common among patients with a sodium concentration in a single urine test obtained 2 hours after the first dose of furosemide, less than 50 mmol / l. Evaluation of natriuresis allows to identify insufficient effectiveness of diuretic therapy already at the beginning of treatment.
Equity Crowdfunding in Indonesia: Complying with Regulations and Legal Consequences for Investors
Authors: Ningrum Hesti , Multazam M Tanzil 
Published: January 2023

This research aims to understand the equity crowdfunding scheme that has been adjusted to the existing regulations and the legal consequences for investors who invest in unregistered equity crowdfunding in Indonesia. Normative research method with the approach of applying the law was used, and primary and secondary legal materials were utilized. The findings show that there is an equity crowdfunding scheme that complies with the applicable regulations. As for the legal consequences, investors who invest in unregistered equity crowdfunding in Indonesia may face legal sanctions. The research contributes to the understanding of equity crowdfunding in Indonesia and provides insights for regulators, investors, and startups/UMKM seeking alternative funding sources.
Highlights:

Equity crowdfunding scheme in Indonesia complying with regulations.
Legal consequences for investors investing in unregistered equity crowdfunding.
Contribution to understanding equity crowdfunding and providing insights for stakeholders.
The Influence of Corporate Social Responsibility on Word of Mouth and Company Value, with Company Reputation as a Mediation Variable
Authors: Anggraini Titania , Fitriyah Hadiah 
Published: January 2023

This study aims to analyze test empirically : 1) Effect of Corporate Social Responsibility 2) Effect of Corporate Social Responsibility, Word of Mouth (WOM), Company Value with Corporate Reputation as Moderating Variables.This study shows that Corporate Social Responsibility (X1) as independent variables, with and Word of Mouth (Y1) and Company Value (Y2) as dependent variable (Y), and Corporate Reputation as a moderating variables (Z). The population of this study are Aqua consumers Pasuruan region. Sampling technique used in this research is purposive sampling with data is compiled with distribute questionareto Aqua comsumers in Pasuruan region. Analysis technique data used that includes the outer model, inner model and path analysis with Smart PLS 3.2.8 for windows program.The results of this research showed that Corporate Social Responsibility has significant-positively effect on Word of Mouth , and Company Value with Corporate Reputation be able to mediate relationship.
Coastal switching of dominant depositional processes driven by decreasing rates of Holocene sea-level rise along the macrotidal coast of Gochang, SW Korea
Authors: Yoon Hyun Ho , Ryang Woo Hun , Chun Seung Soo , Simms Alexander R. , Kim Jin Cheul , Chang Tae Soo , Yoo Dong-Geun , Hong Seok-Hwi 
Published: January 2023

ABSTRACTDecreasing rates of eustatic sea-level rise during the Holocene accompanied the deposition of transgressive coastal deposits worldwide. However, unraveling how transgressive deposition varies in response to different rates of relative sea-level (RSL) rise is limited by the scarcity of long (10+ m) well-dated cores spanning the entire middle to late Holocene record along macrotidal coasts. To investigate the sedimentary response of this macrotidal coast to decreasing rates of RSL rise, we acquired four cores up to 32 m in length and Chirp seismic profiles along the west coast of Korea. Core sediments were analyzed in terms of sedimentary texture, structure, and facies. Nineteen optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) and fourteen 14C accelerated mass spectrometry (AMS) ages constrain the timing of deposition of the sandy sediments. This relatively dense distribution of ages is used to determine how deposition rates changed through time. We also use a compilation of previously published RSL indices for the southwestern Korean coast in order to better constrain RSL changes through time. Results show that the evolution of the Gochang coastline switched from a tide-dominated environment to a wave-dominated environment during the latter stage of transgression as the rate of the sea-level rise decreased. Rugged antecedent topography likely led to the development of tidal currents and the formation of a tide-dominated tidal flat during rapid RSL rise from 10 to 6 ka. As the tidal channels filled with fine-grained sediments from 6 to 1 ka, tidal amplification likely waned leading to a greater role of wave energy in shaping the formation of the sandy open-coast tidal flat. Since 1 ka, wave-dominated environments formed sand-rich tidal beaches and flats. Decreasing changes in rates of the RSL rise resulted in changes in depositional environments from a tide-dominated intertidal flat to an open-coast tidal flat and finally a wave-dominated tidal beach. This study highlights the important role that rates of RSL rise play on not only sedimentation rates in a shelf setting but also playing a role in the switch from a tide-dominated to a wave-dominated setting.
Sonic Drilling on Embankment Dams and Levees
Authors: Elson Mark S. , Widincamp Steven D. 
Published: January 2023

Abstract
Sonic drilling, auger drilling, and cable-tool drilling are the preferred methods utilized to drill through le-vees and embankment dams. Sonic drilling is the most recently developed of the three and has distinct advantages over the other methods. Notably, sonic drilling offers a high rate of advance through most materials while still protecting embankments from erosion and hydrofracturing. The method is not without limitations, as cost and space constraints prevent it from being the most effective choice in some circumstances.
Efficient Reconfigurable Architecture to Extract Image Features using Local Binary Pattern for Face recognition
Authors: Bhavikatti Sumangala , Bhairannawar Satish 
Published: January 2023

Abstract

Recognition of the face is a widely held method to detect human features. In various claims, like detecting criminals over video surveillance, face recognition is the most practical and computable recognition technique for humans. In this paper, we propose Efficient Reconfigurable architecture to extract image features using Local Binary pattern (LBP) for Face Recognition. The face image is preprocessed using Gaussian filter to remove high frequency components. The preprocessed image is then applied to optimized LBP block to obtain the LBP features followed by Histogram. The counter and comparators are used along with moving window architecture which leads to less complex LBP architecture. The Histogram LBP features obtained for both database sample and test sample are further compared to make the decision for recognition. The simulation is performed for Olivetti Research Laboratory (ORL) dataset using MATLAB by showing FAR, FRR and TSR values. Further, the proposed architecture is synthesized on Spartan 6-xc651x4c-3csg432 Digilent FPGA board. It is observed that the recognition time of our architecture is 1.05 µS which is better compared to existing methods.
Apomixis beyond trees in the Brazilian savanna: new insights from the orchid Zygopetalum mackayi
Authors: Costa Gleicyanne Vieira da , Alves Mariana Ferreira , Duarte Mariana Oliveira , Caetano Ana Paula Souza , Koehler Samantha , Mayer Juliana Lischka Sampaio 
Published: January 2023

Abstract

Knowledge on the biology of apomictic tropical plants is still fragmentary. Studies on trees from the Brazilian savanna show apomixis is mainly sporophytic, facultative and associated with polyploidy and polyembryony. Here we show, for the first time, how reproduction mode is associated with chromosome numbers and polyembryony in an herbaceous plant from the Brazilian savanna, the orchid Zygopetalum mackayi. We described megasporogenesis and megagametogenesis in all three cytotypes of this species and clarify apomixis is strictly sporophytic, facultative and restricted to triploids and tetrapoloids, while seed formation is strictly sexual in diploids. Polyembryony is mainly a result of apomixis, but also a consequence of the occurrence of multiple archesporium in all cytotypes. Fruit set is higher in tetraploids compared to other cytotypes and suggest the occurrence of a late-acting self-incompatibility system in diploids. Contrary to other Brazilian savanna species, apomixis in Z. mackayi does not allow for reproductive assurance. We hypothesize range expansion of tetraploids as a consequence of higher fruit set compared to diploids and polyembryony associated with putative physiological plasticity increased by polyploidy. Biological consequences of apomixis may be more diverse in tropical biomes than previously described for temperate species.
Reactivation of an Endogenous retrovirus in Drosophila ovarian somatic tissue: from germline invasion to taming
Authors: Yoth Marianne , Gueguen Nathalie , Maupetit-Méhouas Stephanie , Bertin Benjamin , Jensen Silke , Brasset Emilie 
Published: January 2023

Abstract
Endogenous retroviruses (ERVs) are transposable elements (TEs) related to infectious retroviruses. In eukaryotes, ERV-related TEs occupy large parts of the genome, but it is unclear what led to such successful genome invasion. We created conditions where control of the Drosophila ZAM ERV through the piRNA pathway was abolished leading to its reactivation in real time in somatic gonadal cells. We show that ZAM may remain active in these cells indicating that ERVs may hide from the efficient germline piRNA pathway by being expressed exclusively in somatic cells. After reactivation, ZAM invaded the oocytes resulting in severe fertility defects. The germline then set up its own adaptive genomic immune response against the constantly invading ERV, restricting invasion and restoring fertility. Our results not only highlight how ERVs and their host adapt to each other but also reveal a time window during oogenesis that may be favourable for viral germline invasion and endogenization.
Cephalometric Landmark Detection Without X-Rays Combining Coordinate Regression and Heatmap Regression
Authors: Takahashi Kaisei , Shimamura Yui , Tachiki Chie , Nishii Yasushi , Hagiwara Masafumi 
Published: January 2023

Abstract
Fully automated techniques using convolutional neural networks for cephalometric landmark detection have recently advanced. However, all existing studies have adopted X-rays. The problem of direct exposure of patients to X-ray radiation remains unsolved. We propose a model for detecting cephalometric landmarks using only facial profile images without X-rays. First, the model estimates the landmark coordinates using the features of facial profile images through high-resolution representation learning. Second, considering the spatial relationship of the landmarks, the model refines the estimated coordinates. The estimated coordinates are input into fully connected networks to improve the accuracy. During the experiment, a total of 2000 facial profile images collected from 2000 female patients were used. Experiments results demonstrated that the proposed method exhibits a better performance than advanced methods trained with X-rays. We obtained an MRE of 0.61 mm for the test data and a mean detection rate of 98.20% within 2 mm. Our proposed two-stage learning method enables a highly accurate estimation of the landmark positions using only facial profile images. The results indicate that X-rays may not be required when detecting cephalometric landmarks.