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Integration of numerical models to simulate 2D hydrodynamic/water quality model of contaminant concentration in Shatt Al-Arab River with WRDB calibration tools
Authors: Mawat Mohammed Jabbar , Hamdan Ahmed Naseh Ahmed 
Published: June 2023

AbstractThe hydrodynamic model is essential for building a water quality model for rivers, lakes, estuaries, and other water systems. Most model software, such as HEC-RAS, can perform a complex hydrodynamic surface water body and limitations to represent water quality for the corresponding area. In contrast, other models, like WASP, can simulate a wide range of contaminants in a multidimensional geometry of rivers, estuaries, lakes, and reservoirs. Still, it requires flow information from separate hydrodynamic models. This article aims to develop a comprehensive water quality model of the Shatt Al Arab River south of Iraq by linking HEC-RAS with WASP. A variety of software techniques has sequentially been used. This software includes GIS for DEM modification, HEC-RAS for the hydrodynamic model, Python code with PyCharm to run the external coupler, WASP software for advective and dispersive contaminant transport, and finally, WRDB software for full calibration process and results display. The results showed successful transportation of flow information had been achieved. Moreover, the article described an effective calibration process by plotting comparison graphs and statistical summaries to make the appropriate decision. Another goal of this work is to collect the equations and associated reaction rates of source/sink kinetic for eutrophication’s state variables.
Institutional Environment, Executive Equity Incentive, and Enterprise Innovation: The Case of China
Authors: Yu Haijie , Li Hong 
Published: June 2023

Abstract
The increase in national-level innovation driven by corporate innovation is an inherent requirement for the current shift from high-speed growth to high-quality development in China’s economy. In this study, we empirically analysed the influence of the institutional environment on corporate innovation and its underlying mechanism based on panel data of Chinese A-share listed companies from 2008 to 2016. The empirical results demonstrated that the institutional environment is conducive to the improvement of corporate innovation, and this result is validated by further robustness tests. The analysis of the companies’ subsamples showed that the stimulation effect of the institutional environment on corporate innovation is more significant in Central and Western China than in Eastern China. The role of the institutional environment is also more evident in non-state-owned small and medium-sized enterprises. Further analysis demonstrated that investment in R&D plays a mediator role in the context where the institutional environment promotes corporate innovation, and the executive equity incentives in this process have a moderating effect.
Convergence and integrability of rational and double rational trigonometric series with coefficients of bounded variation of higher order
Authors: Khachar Hardeepbhai J. , Vyas Rajendra G. 
Published: June 2023

Abstract
We prove that a rational trigonometric series with its coefficients

c
⁢

(
n
)

=

o
⁢

(
1
)

{c(n)=o(1)}

satisfying the condition

∑

n
∈
ℤ

|

Δ
m

⁢
c
⁢

(
n
)

|

<
∞

{\sum_{n\in\mathbb{Z}}|\Delta^{m}c(n)|<\infty}

,

m
∈
ℕ

{m\in\mathbb{N}}

, converges pointwise to some

f
⁢

(
x
)

{f(x)}

for every

x
∈

(
0
,

2
⁢
π

)

{x\in(0,2\pi)}

and also converges in

L
p

⁢

[
0
,

2
⁢
π

)

{L^{p}[0,2\pi)}

-metric to f for

0
<
p
<

1
m

{0<p<\frac{1}{m}}

. This result is further extended to a double rational trigonometric series.
Convergence of a conjugate function in Zygmund space by almost Nörlund transform
Authors: Sharma Kusum , Dumka Diksha 
Published: June 2023

Abstract
The proposed work aims to study the degree of convergence of a function

h
~

{\widetilde{h}}

, conjugate to a Lebesgue integrable

2
⁢
π

{2\pi}

-periodic function h, in the Zygmund class

Z
r

(
ν
)

{Z^{(\nu)}_{r}}

,

r
≥
1

{r\geq 1}

, by almost Nörlund transform. Our results give sharper estimates than the previous existing results.
Tackling Corruption in Foreign Investment: Insights from Investment Arbitration Cases
Authors: Chaisse Julien 
Published: June 2023

AbstractOver the last ten years, international investment tribunals have imported anti-corruption principles into the bilateral investment treaties (“BIT”) regime through the use of the doctrine of “unclean hands” and the requirement of “legality of the investment.” These principles have been invoked as a “trump card” defense by responding parties. In light of the rising case laws, the Article focuses on the success of the “trump card” defense of corruption invoked by host States. The Article makes several important findings. First, it shows that tribunals use the standard of a reasonable level of certainty to establish corruption – a standard below the “beyond reasonable doubt” standard employed in domestic criminal courts. At the same time, tribunals have discouraged mere insinuations of corruption without evidence. The Article also explains that this “trump card” defense is rarely successful owing to the minimal evidence offered by States in making allegations of corruption. Further, such a defense might place the entire burden of proof in rebutting corruption allegations on the investor even though the host State may have been complicit in the act. Fundamentally, the Article demonstrates that investment tribunals have not been able to effectively engage with corruption claims, due to the lack of enforceability of both the OECD Convention and the United Nations Convention against Corruption. However, this has not stopped the increasing use of the “trump card” defense. A separate mechanism such as introducing a corruption court could be a better alternative to deal with such claims.
Noise pollution and associated health impacts at Ganeshpeth Bus Terminus in Nagpur, India
Authors: Kumari Supriya , Sharma Anjali , Ghosh Ashok Kumar 
Published: June 2023

Abstract
Noise pollution, a man-made disaster in the present times, is becoming more severe and pervasive than ever before due to rapid urbanization, affecting quality of life in urban areas in India. Transit areas generate excessive noise which proves disastrous to human health. However, very few studies have mapped noise levels of transit terminals in India. The objectives of this study are (i) assessment of noise levels in Ganeshpeth Bus Terminus, the major interstate bus terminus in Nagpur and generation of noise contour map in ArcGIS and (ii) a qualitative assessment of the impact of traffic-related noise on the health of the people working in the terminus with prolonged exposure to noisy environment, by conducting a health perception survey based on a questionnaire comprising indicators of health parameters. This is a first-of-its-kind study on noise mapping at an interstate bus terminus in India. The results indicate that the noise levels all over the bus terminus site are much higher than the prescribed standards and the source of noise is not only the plying of vehicles but also the misuse of the public address system. Solutions have been suggested to achieve a drastic reduction in noise levels through simple planning-oriented measures.
Hybrid optimization to enhance power system reliability using GA, GWO, and PSO
Authors: Sireesha Rachapalli , Coppisetty Srinivasa Rao , Vijay Kumar Mallapu 
Published: June 2023

Abstract
An optimization approach is described in the research study that deals with the issue of reconfiguration networks built with certain conditions of power loss reduction and reliability. Furthermore, the reconfigured networking system seeks optimization based on criteria affecting the limitations. This study optimises specific network faults subjecting resources with no supply during reconfiguration to avoid the effect and possess through active power losses. These goals were met using the mathematical method of the optimisation process. The mathematical formulation is generated first in the system development process. As a result, a comprehensive methodology using genetic algorithm, Grey Wolf optimization (GWO), and particle swarm optimization (PSO) was developed. Finally, intended methodologies were estimated. Based on the results, it is clear that the proposed hybrid GWO-PSO approach outperforms all other methods in terms of node voltage, reliability, line currents, and computational duration. Furthermore, when optimally sized distributed generations are placed in optimal locations, total loss is reduced by up to 63% and voltage profiles improve.
The Desire for Lawlessness
Authors: Parra Jamie Luis 
Published: June 2023

Jamie Luis Parra, “The Desire for Lawlessness: Law, Freedom, and the Aesthetic in The Bondwoman’s Narrative” (pp. 1–41)
This essay begins by discussing Hannah Crafts’s engagement with the debates of the 1850s over the relationship between civic law and moral philosophy. In her novel The Bondwoman’s Narrative (2002), a work probably completed in 1858, Crafts repudiates written language for its capacity to enforce and define slavery in the form of law, which snakes morality into itself by virtue of seeming to represent the people’s will when it actually contributes to also producing that will. Crafts indicates the necessity for a belief in a higher law, something beyond the written. She positively defines that something in her stunning reworking of ekphrasis. Presenting evidence for her familiarity with English language translations of writings on aesthetics by Immanuel Kant and Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, and close reading the novel’s depictions of visual aesthetic experience, the essay argues that Crafts theorizes a freedom disentangled from the law’s implicit definition of freedom as always dialectically opposed to enslavement. The novel’s narrator-protagonist, Hannah, reconceives freedom as the lawlessness expressed by her own speculative thinking, by her imaginative, creative response to visual representations.
Postnatal expression of CD38 in astrocytes regulates synapse formation and adult social memory
Authors: Hattori Tsuyoshi , Cherepanov Stanislav M , Sakaga Ryo , Roboon Jureepon , Nguyen Dinh Thi , Ishii Hiroshi , Takarada‐Iemata Mika , Nishiuchi Takumi , Kannon Takayuki , Hosomichi Kazuyoshi , Tajima Atsushi , Yamamoto Yasuhiko , Okamoto Hiroshi , Sugawara Akira , Higashida Haruhiro , Hori Osamu 
Published: June 2023

AbstractSocial behavior is essential for health, survival, and reproduction of animals; however, the role of astrocytes in social behavior remains largely unknown. The transmembrane protein CD38, which acts both as a receptor and ADP‐ribosyl cyclase to produce cyclic ADP–ribose (cADPR) regulates social behaviors by promoting oxytocin release from hypothalamic neurons. CD38 is also abundantly expressed in astrocytes in the postnatal brain and is important for astroglial development. Here, we demonstrate that the astroglial‐expressed CD38 plays an important role in social behavior during development. Selective deletion of CD38 in postnatal astrocytes, but not in adult astrocytes, impairs social memory without any other behavioral abnormalities. Morphological analysis shows that depletion of astroglial CD38 in the postnatal brain interferes with synapse formation in the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) and hippocampus. Moreover, astroglial CD38 expression promotes synaptogenesis of excitatory neurons by increasing the level of extracellular SPARCL1 (also known as Hevin), a synaptogenic protein. The release of SPARCL1 from astrocytes is regulated by CD38/cADPR/calcium signaling. These data demonstrate a novel developmental role of astrocytes in neural circuit formation and regulation of social behavior in adults.
Inhibition of DHCR24 activates LXRα to ameliorate hepatic steatosis and inflammation
Authors: Zhou Enchen , Ge Xiaoke , Nakashima Hiroyuki , Li Rumei , van der Zande Hendrik J P , Liu Cong , Li Zhuang , Müller Christoph , Bracher Franz , Mohammed Yassene , de Boer Jan Freark , Kuipers Folkert , Guigas Bruno , Glass Christopher K , Rensen Patrick C N , Giera Martin , Wang Yanan 
Published: June 2023

AbstractLiver X receptor (LXR) agonism has theoretical potential for treating NAFLD/NASH, but synthetic agonists induce hyperlipidemia in preclinical models. Desmosterol, which is converted by Δ24‐dehydrocholesterol reductase (DHCR24) into cholesterol, is a potent endogenous LXR agonist with anti‐inflammatory properties. We aimed to investigate the effects of DHCR24 inhibition on NAFLD/NASH development. Here, by using APOE*3‐Leiden. CETP mice, a well‐established translational model that develops diet‐induced human‐like NAFLD/NASH characteristics, we report that SH42, a published DHCR24 inhibitor, markedly increases desmosterol levels in liver and plasma, reduces hepatic lipid content and the steatosis score, and decreases plasma fatty acid and cholesteryl ester concentrations. Flow cytometry showed that SH42 decreases liver inflammation by preventing Kupffer cell activation and monocyte infiltration. LXRα deficiency completely abolishes these beneficial effects of SH42. Together, the inhibition of DHCR24 by SH42 prevents diet‐induced hepatic steatosis and inflammation in a strictly LXRα‐dependent manner without causing hyperlipidemia. Finally, we also showed that SH42 treatment decreased liver collagen content and plasma alanine transaminase levels in an established NAFLD model. In conclusion, we anticipate that pharmacological DHCR24 inhibition may represent a novel therapeutic strategy for treatment of NAFLD/NASH.
GDP Growth and FDI Nexus in ASEAN-5 Countries: The Role of Macroeconomic Performances
Authors: Anwar Cep Jandi , Suhendra Indra , Imansyah Taufik , Zahara Vadilla Mutia , Chendrawan Tony Santika 
Published: June 2023

Numerous papers have examined the effect of national income on FDI using cross-country data, including in developing countries. However, few papers focus on one specific region, particularly in ASEAN developing countries. This study analyzes the effect of GDP growth on FDI in ASEAN-5 countries from 2004 to 2019. Panel data regression with fixed effect estimation was performed to document the relationship between GDP growth and FDI. Using some macroeconomic control variables, the findings demonstrated that GDP growth has a positive and significant impact on the FDI. Additionally, the effects of the currency rate, trade openness, and inflation on FDI are positive. Therefore, macroeconomic performances such as GDP growth, exchange rate, trade openness, and inflation are the main factors attracting FDI in ASEAN-5 countries.
Evaluation of National Financial Inclusion Strategies in Non-Profit Institution: SME Center UI
Authors: Samputra Palupi Lindiasari , Soesilo Nining Indroyono 
Published: June 2023

This study analyzes the factors and the level of success of the national financial inclusion strategy implemented by non-profit institution SME Center UI or SMEC (Small Medium Enterprises Centre, Universitas Indonesia) using the perceptions of the assisted MSMEs (Mikro Small Medium Enterprises). This research was conducted in 2018 using a quantitative survey with a questionnaire as a data collection method. A sample of 73 respondents came from MSMEs assisted by SMEC, which selects by purposive sampling. The questions in the questionnaire are arranged based on the services provided by SMEC to its MSMEs. Factor analysis uses to identify the factors of the national financial inclusion strategy implemented by SMEC. Then the results will be calculated using a composite index to see the level of success of the national financial inclusion strategy. NFISPI in the moderate category, with a score of 76.37%. The success of financial inclusion strategy depend on kinship and cooperation, financial education, financial responsibility, welfare support, central regulation, benefits of access to finance, and wisdom financial leadership. There needs to be more for SMEC in realizing the goals of NFIS, which see from the gap in access to finance between male entrepreneurs (58%) and women (42%). Empirical results have proven that kinship and cooperative strategies are important factors in the success of financial inclusion for MSMEs. Collaboration between the education sector and the ministry of cooperatives and SMEs is needed to strengthen MSME businesses through kinship and mutual assistance.
Delphi Method in Analyzing of Minimum Wage Setting in Indonesia: Formula vs. Negotiation Model
Authors: Nugroho Mohamad Anis Agung , Gultom Yohanna M.L 
Published: June 2023

Many countries set their minimum wages based on two models, through negotiation or mathematical formulas. In Indonesia, the negotiation model has been used to determine the minimum wages since 2003. In 2015, the law introduced the simple formula model that was further revised in 2016 with additional variables. Using the Delphi method, this study aims to find experts’ consensus regarding whether the governance of the formula model is superior to that of the negotiation model in terms of transaction cost minimization. Using the transaction cost economics approach, the two governances were compared in their performance in facilitating the negotiation, coordination, and dispute prevention between employ-ers and workers. This study finds that most experts reached a consensus, claiming that the mathematical formula model is more efficient than the negotiation model. In addition, most of the experts argue that data from the Central Statistic Agency (BPS) and the elimination of the role of regional heads increase the efficiency of the formula model. However, no consensus was reached regarding whether the mathematical formula can outperform the negotiation model in minimizing the risk of future disputes.
Innovative Instruction of Law Teaching and Learning: Using Visual Art, Creative Methods, and Technology to Improve Learning
Authors: Khatib Abdullah al , Shaban Mohamad Sadeg 
Published: June 2023

This study mainly focuses on the need for innovative instruction of law teaching and learning practices at the present time and how the law subject communicates to the students innovatively and learning from various innovative instruction with the help of advanced technologies. This study will examine several innovative instructions used at the college of law at United Arab Emirates University (UAEU) and their effect on students’ achievements. The methodology used in this study was collected from the course evaluation by students in various classes. This was exhibited the students’ opinions in a form of a survey that follows Likert scale. This survey was developed by the UAEU Office of Institutional Effectiveness. In addition to the five open-ended questions which are a part of the survey too. The data analyzed using the means and the percentage of the responses to the questions. In addition, the use of quotations of the student’s narrative response to the open-ended question. The participants for this study were 85 students studying/various courses at the college of law at UAEU University. The study included both genders. The results of the innovative instructions transferred the teaching and learning at the college of law at UAEU from the traditional curriculum to innovative instructions based on simulation, application, critical thinking, and logical reasoning. This transformation represented an important point in the change of law education from the classical school of law education to the applied school that relies on the idea of ??application as principles for evaluating legal theory.
Steady-state simulation of groundwater flow in Khartoum state, Sudan
Authors: Mohammed Musaab A. A. , Kovács Balázs , Szabó Norbert P. , Szűcs Péter 
Published: June 2023

AbstractThe multi-aquifer system of the Nubian aquifer in central Sudan hydrogeological system was simulated using a three-dimensional steady-state model. The goal of the study is to detect the effect of pumping on the groundwater flow and thus, the aquifer productivity. The conceptual model of the study area was built based on the available geological and hydrogeological data guided by geophysical survey. Processing MODFLOW numerical code was used to calculate the hydraulic head and water balance under the existing boundary conditions. The model accurately simulated the hydraulic head with a determination coefficient of 0.88. The calibrated model indicated that the change in storage is 0.56 m3/day indicating the study area constitutes highly productive zone and is recommended for groundwater developments.
Isolated tinnitus – premonitory symptom of an evolving auditory dysfunction: a retrospective analysis
Authors: Stephen Marie C. S. , P. N. Bhanuprakash , Venugopalan Anju , Thimmasettiah Nagaraj B. 
Published: June 2023

Background: Tinnitus manifests frequently with hearing loss. Isolated tinnitus in patients with self-professed normal hearing may have underlying auditory dysfunction.
Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the audiometry record of our department from January 2019 to October 2021. Pure tone audiometry thresholds of patients with isolated tinnitus were analyzed along with the demographics, degree and type of hearing loss.
Results: Of 255 (132 males/123 females) patients, mean age 39.7±15.2 years (range: 10-80 years), tinnitus was maximum (49%) prevalent among 20-40 years group, 5.8% among the pediatric population and 8.6% amidst ≥60 years populace. Males predominated (52%) throughout except at 21-30 years age. 83% exhibited some degree of hearing loss (42% bilateral minimal loss, 11% bilateral mild hearing loss). 7% right ears (mostly >50 years age group) and 11% left ears showed greater than mild hearing loss. Bilateral tinnitus presented more (52%) followed by left tinnitus (29%) than right (19%). Mild hearing loss predominated right tinnitus presentation while minimal loss was recorded in left and bilateral tinnitus. However, greater than mild degree of hearing loss was clustered among bilateral tinnitus (14%) followed by left tinnitus (11%) than right tinnitus (6%). 18% had sensorineural deafness and all these patients had bilateral tinnitus. 30% had high frequency hearing loss and 39% among these had 4 kHz dip.
Conclusions: Isolated tinnitus may be a premonitory symptom of an underlying or an evolving auditory dysfunction. Bilateral tinnitus followed by left tinnitus presentation warrant higher index of suspicion.
Association of metabolic syndrome and insulin resistance in papulosquamous diseases
Authors: Hosthota Abhineetha , U. Ishwarya , Thampi Anila Sara , R. Supriya , Kavya Chaganam , B. C. Chandan , Venumbaka Bhavana 
Published: June 2023

Background: Metabolic syndrome (MetS), insulin resistance (IR) and papulosquamous diseases with shared pathophysiology leads to conglomeration of risk factors of non-communicable diseases like cardiovascular disease (CVD) and type 2 diabetes (T2D) causing high mortality worldwide. The objective is to study the association of MetS and IR in papulosquamous diseases.
Methods: It is a hospital-based case-control study conducted on 200 age-sex matched cases and controls with consent. Subjects were administered a pre-validated questionnaire, diagnosis of papulosquamous diseases was based on clinical examination and skin biopsy. MetS was diagnosed based on national cholesterol education program's- adult treatment plan iii with Asian modification for abdominal circumference criteria. Fasting serum insulin levels (FI) was used as a surrogate marker of IR.
Results: Mean serum HDL- C level was low and statistically significant (p=0.017). Mean fasting plasma glucose level was significantly higher in patients (p=0.008). Mean FI level was significant between cases and controls (p=0.013). IR was found in 76% of cases which was significantly higher than in controls (p<0.05). IR was highest in psoriasis 29% followed by LP 22%, PRP 19%, and LS 6% which was statistically significant (p<0.05). MetS was mostly found in psoriasis (17%), LP (9%) and least in PRP, LS.
Conclusions: This study intends clinicians to do periodic MetS and IR evaluation in papulosquamous diseases. Thus, subclinical cases of non-communicable diseases can be detected and potential co-morbidities can be prevented.