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Increase of movement activity on the physical fitness of students in basketball classes
Authors: Arefieva L. , Pliushchakova О. 
Published: May 2023

The purpose of the work: to determine the impact of basketball classes on the level of motor activity and physical fitness of students. Methodology: during the study of the issues of the scientific article, we used theoretical research methods, in particular, the analysis and generalization of methodological, psychological-pedagogical and educational-methodical literature, which gave an opportunity to study the specifics of the influence of basketball classes on increasing motor activity and physical fitness of students. Framеngham technique for determining the level of motor activity. Scientific novelty: it has been proven that systematic basketball lessons have a positive effect on the level of motor activity and improve the physical fitness of students of higher education.
Conclusions: thus, one of the most important tasks of the educational process in institutions of higher education is the education of student youth's need for daily physical exercises and increasing the level of motor activity and physical fitness. Among the large number of means of physical education, one of the leading places is occupied by sports games. One of the most popular sports among students is basketball. This sport is often used both for mass physical and recreational work and for achieving high sportsmanship. As a result of the conducted research, we found that during systematic basketball classes of students, there is a significant increase in indicators of physical fitness and motor activity. In addition, playing basketball helps to form perseverance, courage, determination, honesty, and self-confidence. Basketball is also important in learning to work as a team, coordinate your actions with your partners. Therefore, basketball is an important means of physical education, as it increases the level of physical fitness and motor activity, contributes to the harmonious development of the personality, helps students to form theoretical knowledge and practical skills, the ability to rationally perform movements in all types of activities.
Morphofunctional characteristics of qualified Deaflympic orienteering athletes
Authors: Berezovskyi V. , Podgaietskyi A. 
Published: May 2023

The article systematizes the achievements of Ukrainian Deaflympic athletes in competitions in orienteering at the international events (European Championships, World Championships, Deaflympic Games). For the first time a study of morphofunctional indicators of qualified athletes in orienteering. The results are given in a table showing individual morphofunctional indicators (weight, height, heart rate, VO2 Max, etc.) of qualified athletes who have hearing impairments. In addition to individual indicators, the average morphfunctional indicators for candidates and members of the Deaf orienteering national team are presented. The authors point out that men have significant differences in VO2 max unlike women. Thus, the highest indicator among men was 66 and the lowest 48. At the same time, no direct dependence of the level of sports achievements on the level of VO2 max was found. It is noted that men with the highest and lowest VO2 max have reached the same in sports results – became champions of the Deaflympic Games. The proposed research is the basis for the development and identification of model characteristics of qualified orienteering athletes in the deafsport.
Acceptability, Helpfulness, and Utility of the Healthy Lunch Box Booklet (HLBB) for Parents and School-Age Children
Authors: Petresin Tamara , Battram Danielle S. 
Published: May 2023

Purpose: School lunches are of poor nutritional quality in Canada. Parents play an important role in the preparation of school lunches for young children. This study aimed to evaluate the acceptability and helpfulness of the Healthy Lunch Box Booklet (HLBB) to support parents in packing healthy school lunches for their children. Methods: The HLBB was distributed at four schools in London, Ontario to students in full-day Kindergarten to Grade three. Parents were asked to complete an online survey from April to November 2019. Results: Parents (n = 58) reported the HLBB to be helpful (96.3%) and found the sections on new school lunch and snack ideas and nutritional information (e.g., label reading) particularly useful. Some parents also stated that the HLBB created opportunities to interact with their children regarding school lunch preparation. In terms of perceived impacts, parents reported increased confidence (68.6%) and learning something new (79.6%) about school lunch preparation and felt that their children’s diet was impacted accordingly. Conclusions: The HLBB was found to be an acceptable and useful nutrition resource that supports parents in packing healthy school lunches for their children and therefore warrants further study.
PENGARUH TERAPI BEKAM BASAH (AL-HIJAMAH) TERHADAP KELUHAN ARTIKULAR PADA PASIEN MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS DI KLINIK BEKAM KOTA MEDAN
Authors: Al Hakim Muhammad Taufiq , Sutysna Hendra 
Published: May 2023

Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDs) atau Gangguan Muskuloskeletal merupakan masalah yang terjadi terutama pada bagian otot dan sendi yang dapat mengganggu aktivitas sehari-hari. Salah satu pilihan terapi pada keluhan MSDs yang saat ini berkembang adalah Terapi Bekam. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh dari terapi bekam terhadap keluhan artikular kronik pada pasien penderita MSDs. Penelitian ini menggunakan jenis kuasi eksperimen dengan rancangan pre-test post-test without control group design. Jumlah subjek penelitian adalah 22 orang. Analisis data menggunakan uji T-berpasangan atau uji Wilcoxon sign rank dan uji McNemar. Hasil uji memperlihatkan bahwa terdapat pengaruh yang signifikan pada skala nyeri (p<0,001). Pada domain kualitas hidup fungsi fisik (p=0,003), nyeri (p=0,019), dan kesehatan umum (p=0,001) yang menunjukkan perubahan yang bermakna. Pada variabel batasan lingkup gerak sendi (p<0,001) dan kaku sendi (p=0,016) juga menunjukkan perubahan yang bermakna. Kesimpulan penelitian ini adalah terapi bekam basah memiliki pengaruh yang signifikan terhadap perubahan skala nyeri, Batasan lingkup gerak sendi, kaku sendi, namun tidak pada kualitas hidup secara keseluruhan.
MENINGKATKAN HASIL BELAJAR SISWA PADA PELAJARAN BAHASA INGGRIS MELALUI METODE PEMBELAJARAN ROLE PLAYING
Authors: Tetty Hutabarat  
Published: May 2023

Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk: Meningkatkan hasil belajar siswa kelas IX-1 melalui Metode Pembelajaran Role Playing di SMP Negeri 12 Medan pada tahun Pelajaran 2019/2020. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian adalah Metode Penelitian Tindakan Kelas dengan menggunakan 2 siklus. Subjek penelitian ini adalah siswa Kelas IX-1 SMP Negeri 12 Medan sebanyak 30 orang. Instrumen yang digunakan untuk memperoleh data adalah menggunakan test, angket dan observasi. Rentang nilai untuk tes adalah 1-100. Teknik analisis data yang digunakan adalah menggunakan jumlah nilai rata rata siswa, persentase jumlah siswa yang tuntas dan persentase jumlah siswa yang belum tuntas. Hasil Penelitian ini menunjukkan terdapat peningkatan hasil belajar dengan menerapkan Metode Pembelajaran Role Playing dengan hasil sebagai berikut: (1) Terdapat peningkatan rata-rata hasil belajar siswa, dimana pada tes awal rata-rata hasil belajar siswa adalah 39,33pada siklus I meningkatkan menjadi 67,33 kemudian pada siklus II meningkat lagi menjadi 79,8, (2).Terdapat peningkatan jumlah siswa yang tuntas, dimana pada tes awal jumlah siswa yang tuntas hanya 0%, meningkat menjadi 76,67% pada siklus I kemudian meningkat lagi menjadi 86,67% pada siklus II,(3). Terdapat penurunan jumlah siswa yang tidak tuntas, dimana pada tes awal jumlah siswa yang tidak tuntas mencapai 100%, pada siklus I menurun menjadi 23,33% kemudian pada siklus II menurun lagi menjadi 13,33% dengan kata lain hanya siswa saja yang memperoleh nilai dibawah 60 dan 60 dan selebihnya (26) siswa memperoleh nilai 70 dan di atas 70.
A Portrait of Artificial Intelligence (AI): A Trend Analysis of the Visual Representation of AI in Media
Authors: Hack Nicole 
Published: May 2023

<p>What does artificial intelligence (AI) look like? A robot with red eyes, a white, plastic line worker, a cybernetic brain, a line of code? Or does it manifest through social and cultural occurrences that illustrate the complex relationships people have to emerging technologies? This article identifies themes in how AI is represented and visualized in news, and participatory media. The study uses science communication theory as well as case studies that identify visual communication as paramount in establishing inclusivity, collaboration, and education for socially driven technology. With visual media as the focus, this study analyzed two hundred media articles over a ten-year period from publications varying in size, nature, and geography. The goal of this study was to identify whether there existed a disconnect in AI literacy between text-based information and visual media that is designed for non-expert audiences. More so, how visual form is assigned to AI as an intangible, and highly representative concept and technology. The results contribute to a larger discourse on how AI is portrayed in, and by science fiction narratives. Lastly, this study adds a modern perspective to science communication research by considering participatory media, economies of attention, and emerging technologies as nuanced factors driving AI discourse, and thus its direction. </p>
Unfair & Not So Lovely: Exploring the Darker Side of Globalization, the Media & Indian Beauty Standards
Authors: Morris Ridhima 
Published: May 2023

<p>As the world continues to be more global and accessible, ideologies, values and thoughts can easily be transferred to different parts of the world. This is particularly done through the media and other related mediums. The concept of beauty is greatly influenced by the media and the media impacts a society greatly especially if a specific set of standards are deemed as “beautiful”. As the media utilizes different mediums to showcase the “ideal” standards of beauty for Indian women, we began to see a problem arise for those who don’t “fit” the standards. This paper seeks to examine what influence this globalization through media has on its audience and in particular, on their perspective of beauty. Additionally, through the use of an auto ethnographic lense, this paper deconstructs topics such as identity formation, culture and beauty. </p>
Dealing With Death: The Gamification of Social Prescription in the Health Industry
Authors: Yoo Julian 
Published: May 2023

<p>Social prescribing is a way to support patients with holistic, non-clinical services aimed to improve their overall health and well-being. It is a relatively new concept, adopted in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and the Netherlands, where doctors prescribe or refer patients to non-clinical tools or activities. United Kingdom’s National Health Service is implementing a pilot project that seeks to facilitate meaningful conversations between palliative care patients and their loved ones in regards to their final wishes. The tool used to facilitate conversations was a physical card game. This study documents the design and application development involved in reconstructing the card game into digital format, from wireframing to final software compilation. This research may be applied to further the digitization of social prescribing tools or the digitization of other areas of health care. </p>
Conservation and improvement of native chicken: performance of fourth generation
Authors: Faruque S , Bhuiyan AKFH , Ali Md Yousuf , Joy ZF , Rashid MA 
Published: May 2023

Study was conducted at Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute, Savar, Dhaka with the objectives (i) to assess the performances of three Indigenous Chicken genotypes under intensive management, (ii) to select parental birds (males and females) and breed them in an assortative design for the production of fourth generation birds, and (iii) to estimate realized responses to selection to improve 3 Indigenous Chicken genotypes. A total of 1050-day-old chicks comprising of 3 types of chicken namely Naked Neck (NN), Hilly (H) and Non-descript Deshi (ND) were hatched in one batch for this study. In fourth generation (G4), selection was practiced at 40-week of age on the basis of an index comprising the parameters of age at first egg (AFE), body weight (BW), egg production (EP) and egg weight (EW). Improvement target of egg weight was to increase by 1g, egg production rate was to increase by 2 % per generation. The data were analyzed by factorial arrangement in a CRD by General Linear Model (GLM) Univariate Procedure in SPSS Computer Program. Day old chick weight was significantly (p<0.001) highest in H (32.73±0.60 g). Significant (p<0.001) body weight differences among the genotypes were observed at 4th , 8th and 12th weeks of age , with the highest body weight observed for H genotype (252.66±2.05, 674.68±6.41 and 1193.74±36.34g) than other two genotypes in all stages of age. H genotype (4.05 %) had non-significantly (χ2 = 0.775; p > 0.05) higher chick mortality than ND (3.10 %) and NN (2.92 %) genotypes at 0-8 weeks of age. The egg production up to 280 days was expected to increase by 3.34% for ND, 4.25% for H and 1.93% for NN, respectively. From the values obtained it was obvious that selection was effective in improving the percentage of egg production in three genotypes of chicken. The realized responses in terms of changes in breeding values in egg production and egg weight over generations were 0.722% and 5.349g, respectively. The negative genetic changes in age at first egg (-0.531 days) was in the expected direction. The realized response in age at first egg was found to decrease 0.531 days over two generations of selection. The realized response in the body weight at 40 weeks of age was found to be -0.001g due to selection over three generations. However, the results indicated that the genetic improvement for egg production in Indigenous Chicken will be effective through selection and breeding program. It may be concluded that the economic traits of Indigenous chicken could be improved in future generations through proper selection and planned mating.
Asian Australas. J. Biosci. Biotechnol. 2017, 2 (1), 37-44
High yielding dairy cattle husbandry and their production performance at Baghabari Milk Vita areas of Bangladesh
Authors: Shahjahan Md 
Published: May 2023

The aim of this study was to identify the recent husbandry practices of high yielding dairy cows including their production performances surrounding the Baghabari Milk Vita areas of Bangladesh. The survey was conducted on 15 households of Pabna (Santhia) and Sirajgonj (Shahjadpur) districts. Data were also collected from six bathans at Sahajadpur of Sirajgonj district. Medium scale farming (67%) observed more compared to small (27%) and large (7%) in the studied areas with maximum 20 milch cows. Highest average milk production recorded 213 liters per day in few households and the milk price varied between 31 to 35 BDT per liter. Most of the farmers (80%) used the semen of Milk Vita because of its excellence (73%) for better productivity in their progenies. About 73% farmers directly depended on Milk Vita for selling their cows’ milk while 27% on contract persons (Ghos). Two feeding systems were available in the surveyed areas based on the availability of greed grass/fodder: stall feeding (July to November) and bathan feeding (December to June). Total number of AI services (1.62) differed according to crossbreeds (P< 0.05) and rearing system (P< 0.01) with peak milk production 17.57 liters per day. Breeding of the high yielding cows was conducted through artificial insemination (80%) and mainly by the free semen of Milk Vita (80%). Hybrid fodder production, ensuring quality feed/ingredients and milk price, and recorded breeding based on predominant breed could strengthen the overall dairying at Baghabari Milk Vita regions of Bangladesh.
Asian Australas. J. Biosci. Biotechnol. 2017, 2 (1), 60-67
Carps polyculture technique in Mohanpur, Rajshahi region of Bangladesh
Authors: Kobir Md Humaun , Hossain Md Rayhan , Hossain Md Akhtar , Dey Shishir Kumar , Sultana Sayeeda 
Published: May 2023

The present study was undertaken with a view to finding out the carps poly-culture technique, pond management and cost analysis in Mohanpur, Rajshahi region of Bangladesh. The study was conducted for a period of four months (October 2010 to February 2011). It provides an overview on the guiding principles, aspects and tasks, and presents the applicable production techniques and patterns of carp polyculture. It is expected that this publication will help identify resources and contribute to the successful planning and realization of fish production by those fish pond owners and operators who need to strengthen and improve their knowledge on the subject.
Asian Australas. J. Biosci. Biotechnol. 2017, 2 (1), 100-105
Agroecological management of fall armyworm using soil and botanical treatments reduces crop damage and increases maize yield
Authors: Chawanda Gift , Tembo Yolice L. B. , Donga Trust Kasambala , Kabambe Vernon H. , Stevenson Philip C. , Belmain Steven R. 
Published: May 2023

IntroductionFall armyworm continues to disrupt smallholder farming systems across sub-Saharan Africa, with sporadic outbreaks and chronic cereal crop losses. Smallholders have been adapting to the pest by increasing crop surveillance for targeted control measures and developing low-cost solutions. For example, some report placing soil or ash in maize whorls where the mechanism of pest control may be suffocation, abrasion leading to desiccation, or through the introduction of soil-borne entomopathogens.MethodsTo verify the efficacy of this approach we evaluated different soil types on maize infested with fall armyworm to assess their efficacy. We also evaluated the efficacy of pesticidal plant species, powdered and placed in leaf whorls to control fall armyworm. Results and discussionDifferent United States Department of Agriculture-characterised soil types (sand, loam, clay) and wood ash were effective in reducing the number of larvae and maize leaf damage by approximately 50%. Maize yield with the synthetic control (chlorpyriphos) was 13,700 kg/ha, which was 42% higher than the untreated control (7,900 kg/ha). Soil and ash treatments yields between 10,400 to 12,400 kg/ha were 24-36% higher than the untreated control. Dry soil applied after watering was most effective regardless of soil type. However, wet soil treatments applied before watering were also highly effective in reducing the number of fall armyworm larvae and reducing insect damage to maize leaves. Botanical powders from Azadirachta indica, Nicotiana tabacum, Cymbopogon citratus and Lippia javanica were also effective when applied to maize leaf whorls. Plant powder treatments and water extracts were significantly effective in reducing the number of larvae and leaf damage. The highest yield obtained with botanicals was observed with A. indica powder (5,600 kg/ha), C. citratus extract (5,800 kg/ha) and N. tabacum extract (5,800 kg/ha), where the synthetic treatment yield was 6,900 kg/ha and the untreated yield was 1,700 kg/ha. We conclude that smallholder farmer innovations in managing fall armyworm are effective low-cost options. Scientific validation of soil treatments and botanicals should help increase the confidence of policy makers and allow knowledge extension services to recommend their use to smallholder farmers, which in turn may reduce reliance on imported synthetic pesticides and improve farmer resilience, circular economies and human and environmental health.
Causal effects of gut microbiota on the risk of periodontitis: a two-sample Mendelian randomization study
Authors: Luo Shulu , Li Weiran , Li Qianqian , Zhang Mengqi , Wang Xun , Wu Shuyi , Li Yan 
Published: May 2023

IntroductionThe oral cavity and the gut tract are interconnected, and both contain abundant natural microbiota. Gut microbiota may interact with oral flora and participate in the development of periodontitis. However, the specific role of certain gut microbiota taxa for periodontitis has not been investigated. Mendelian Randomization is an ideal method to explore causal relationships avoiding reverse causality and potential confounding factors. Thus, we conducted a two-sample Mendelian Randomization study to comprehensively reveal the potential genetic causal effect of gut microbiota on periodontitis.MethodsSNPs strongly associated with 196 gut microbiota taxa (18,340 individuals) were selected as instrument variables, and periodontitis (17,353 periodontitis cases and 28,210 controls) was used as the outcome. The causal effect was analyzed via random effect inverse variance-weighted, weighted median, and MR-Egger. The sensitivity analyses were conducted using Cochran’s Q tests, funnel plots, leave-one-out analyses, and MR-Egger intercept tests.ResultsNine gut microbiota taxa (Prevotella 7, Lachnospiraceae UCG-008, Enterobacteriales, Pasteurellales, Enterobacteriaceae, Pasteurellaceae, Bacteroidales S24.7 group, Alistipes, and Eisenbergiella) are predicted to play a causal role in enhancing the risk of periodontitis (p&lt; 0.05). Besides, two gut microbiota taxa (Butyricicoccus and Ruminiclostridium 6) have potentially inhibitive causal effects on the risk of periodontitis (p&lt; 0.05). No significant estimation of heterogeneity or pleiotropy is detected.ConclusionOur study demonstrates the genetic causal effect of 196 gut microbiota taxa on periodontitis and provides guidance for the clinical intervention of periodontitis.
Bibliometric analysis of 100 top cited articles of heart failure–associated diseases in combination with machine learning
Authors: Kuang Xuyuan , Zhong Zihao , Liang Wei , Huang Suzhen , Luo Renji , Luo Hui , Li Yongheng 
Published: May 2023

ObjectiveThe aim of this paper is to analyze the application of machine learning in heart failure-associated diseases using bibliometric methods and to provide a dynamic and longitudinal bibliometric analysis of heart failure–related machine learning publications.Materials and methodsWeb of Science was screened to gather the articles for the study. Based on bibliometric indicators, a search strategy was developed to screen the title for eligibility. Intuitive data analysis was employed to analyze the top-100 cited articles and VOSViewer was used to analyze the relevance and impact of all articles. The two analysis methods were then compared to get conclusions.ResultsThe search identified 3,312 articles. In the end, 2,392 papers were included in the study, which were published between 1985 and 2023. All articles were analyzed using VOSViewer. Key points of the analysis included the co-authorship map of authors, countries and organizations, the citation map of journal and documents and a visualization of keyword co-occurrence analysis. Among these 100 top-cited papers, with a mean of 122.9 citations, the most-cited article had 1,189, and the least cited article had 47. Harvard University and the University of California topped the list among all institutes with 10 papers each. More than one-ninth of the authors of these 100 top-cited papers wrote three or more articles. The 100 articles came from 49 journals. The articles were divided into seven areas according to the type of machine learning approach employed: Support Vector Machines, Convolutional Neural Networks, Logistic Regression, Recurrent Neural Networks, Random Forest, Naive Bayes, and Decision Tree. Support Vector Machines were the most popular method.ConclusionsThis analysis provides a comprehensive overview of the artificial intelligence (AI)-related research conducted in the field of heart failure, which helps healthcare institutions and researchers better understand the prospects of AI in heart failure and formulate more scientific and effective research plans. In addition, our bibliometric evaluation can assist healthcare institutions and researchers in determining the advantages, sustainability, risks, and potential impacts of AI technology in heart failure.