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THE INFLUENCE OF INDICATORS OF SCALE ON THE FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY OF THE UNIVERSITY: METHODOLOGICAL AND PRACTICAL ASPECTS
Authors: Yurchyshena Liudmyla 
Published: February 2023

The uncertainty of the functioning of higher education institutions in Ukraine in the conditions of Russian aggression, the consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic, actualized the problems of financial stability violations in higher education institutions, which is caused by the following factors: fluctuations in the number of students, their concentration in central universities, outflow from regional universities, changes in their structure , loss of income from foreign students, prioritization of defense expenditures, delay and reduction of budget funding, decrease in the solvency of the population, price competition between higher education institutions, destruction of the material and technical base, migration of applicants and teachers abroad, etc.
The purpose of the article is the methodological substantiation and practical approbation of the assessment of the impact of the change in the contingent on the financial stability of the university, proving the hypothesis that the stability and balance of the contingent has a positive effect on the university's income.
It is substantiated that the change in the contingent of students, their structure by degrees of education, forms of education and sources of funding is one of the indicators of the financial stability of the university. A group of scale indicators is proposed, which includes indicators of the growth of the contingent, in terms of budget and private financing, the average level of university income per student, the average level of university budget allocations per 1st budget student / contract student. The method of calculating scale indicators is defined and their recommended values are proposed to determine the level of their influence on the financial stability of the university.
Based on a sample of thirty-five higher education institutions of Ukraine, which include classical, technical, pedagogical, economic, and other universities, a practical test of the proposed approach was carried out, the obtained results were graphically presented, the main patterns and factors of violation of the financial stability of higher educational institutions were identified.
Lessons from the Framing Contest over UK Shale Development
Authors: Williams Laurence 
Published: February 2023

Abstract
The framing of shale gas development has received widespread attention, especially in the UK, United States, and throughout Europe. However, little has been said about what lessons can be learned from the shale development case about the role of language in use in the construction, contestation and closure of environmental problems. This article teases out and clarifies the subtle variations in the way the concept of the “frame” has been interpreted and operationalized; puts forward an analysis of the difficulty of achieving discursive closure in the UK shale development policy debate; and identifies possible implications of the failure of the “bridging fuel” argument for environmental discourse more broadly, asking in particular if this failure represents a challenge to ecological modernization or its continuation.
MODEL PENERAPAN SISTEM OTOMASI DALAM MENINGKATKAN SISTEM LAYANAN SIRKULASI DI PERPUSTAKAAN STAIN MAJENE
Authors: Abidin Saenal , Sudirman Sulfakhmi 
Published: February 2023

Penelitian ini membahas tentang model penerapan sistem otomasi dalam meningkatkan sistem layanan sirkulasi di Perpustakaan STAIN Majene. Tujuan penelitian ini yaitu untuk mengetahui bagaimana model penerapan sistem otomasi di Perpustakaan STAIN Majene, untuk mengetahui bagaimana peningkatan sistem layanan sirkulasi melalui otomasi dan untuk mengetahui kendala yang dihadapi dalam proses otomasi layanan sirkulasi. Dalam penelitian ini, menggunakan jenis penelitian bersifat deskriptif dengan pendekatan kualitatif. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa model penerapan sistem otomasi di Perpustakaan STAIN Majene menggunakan aplikasi SLiMS (Senayan Library Management System) dengan Versi 8.3.1. Adapun peningkatan dalam layanan sirklasi melalui sistem otomasi seperti kecepatan dalam pelayanan, informasi peminjaman tercatat dengan baik, dan kemudahan dalam kinerja pustakawan dan pemustaka.
Análisis de tiempos hasta que se produce un error de concordancia en cuatro estudiantes italianos de ELE
Authors: Marafioti Pablo Ezequiel 
Published: February 2023

Se consideran diferentes factores intervinientes en la producción de concordancia plural en cuatro aprendices italianos de ELE, en un estudio de caso longitudinal, utilizando un análisis de tiempo hasta el evento “error de concordancia”. Se aplicó un modelo de eventos de errores múltiples y otro de riesgos competitivos. Se categorizaron cuatro tipos de errores: género, -e- epentética, plural, mixto. Se hallaron efectos significativos para los siguientes factores: (i) ‘determinantes’ (adjetivos posesivos, indefinidos, demostrativos, interrogativos, exclamativos) y ‘adjetivos’ (calificativos, numerales, ordinales); (ii) sustantivos animados; (iii) concordancias en donde se podía aplicar la estrategia de poner plural en “-os” en plurales italianos terminados en “-i”; (iv) en aquellas donde se podía aplicar la estrategia de poner plural en “-es” con palabras italianas singulares terminados en “-e”; (v) con palabras cuyas desinencias tenían similitud media o baja con las del italiano; (vi) con sustantivos familiares y/o frecuentes; (vii) instancias con TYPES más frecuentes.
„Песни от катуна“: Дебютът на Усин Керим като легитимация на „ромското присъствие“ в българската литература от епохата на НРБ
Authors: Dojnov Plamen 
Published: February 2023

Статията разглежда дебютната стихосбирка на Усин Керим „Песни от катуна” (1955) като пример за литературна легитимация на ромския етнос в българската тоталитарна среда през 50-те години на ХХ век. Разгледан е успехът на този дебют сред критиката и сред читателите, съпътстван от институционалното порицание на поета като „пияница“ и „скандалджия“. В контекста на асимилационната политика на БКП спрямо „циганското малцинство“ Усин Керим е избран за една от културните емблеми на своя етнос – млад автор на ромска поезия, създавана на български език, вписваща се в новата социалистическа култура. Подчертан е образният фундамент на Усин-Керимовата лирика (легендарният свят на ромските приказки, възпяването на ромската романтична виталност и на циганската чест), но вече в перспективата на модернизационния скок чрез преодоляването на изостаналостта на циганите-чергари и включването им в организирани трудови делници в името на „единната социалистическа народност“ и Родина. Книгата „Песни от катуна“ превръща лирическия герой на Усин Керим във фигура на успеха – еталон за ромската общност в НРБ, неин лирически говорител, утвърждаващ идеите за нов интегритет под егидата на „социалистическия патриотизъм“.
DETERMINATION OF THE PHYSICOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS, SATURATION AND UNSATURATION OF SOME BRANDED AND UNBRANDED VEGETABLE OILS SOLD IN SABO MARKET, KADUNA STATE BY FOURIER TRANSFORMED INFRARED (FTIR) ANALYSIS
Authors: Babatunde O. A. , Umoru P. E. 
Published: February 2023

The present study determined the physicochemical parameters, saturation and unsaturation of twenty-four branded and unbranded vegetable oils sold in Sabo Market, Kaduna State by Fourier Transformed Infrared Analysis (FTIR) analysis. The branded vegetable oils were (U1 - U13), U14- U17 = unbranded vegetable oils; U18- U19 = branded palm oils; U20- U24 = unbranded palm oils. Percentage moisture content, colour, odour and rancidity were the physicochemical parameters analysed. The percentage moisture content was found to be within the ranges of 0.00 – 0. 33%. Higher moisture content was observed in samples U13 and U24. The colours and odour are in line with the standard of SON except for sample U22 which had an objectionable odour. There were records of rancidity in four (4) vegetable oils U1, U5, U16 and U17 and two (2) palm oils, U20 and U22 analyzed. The FTIR analysis indicated that there is unsaturated C-H stretching vibration peak of carbon chain at 3006 and 3648 cm-1 for the unheated samples. In comparison, peaks attributable to the presence of an aromatic group was not identified in samples U5 and U15 but was identified in H5 and H15 respectively. There was an increase in the peaks of sample U5 from 3008 and 2925 cm-1 to 3853 and 3646 cm-1 in sample H5. Heating of edible oils at smoke point changes the composition of the oil slightly by the formation of new additional compounds.
PREVALENCE OF URINAR SCHISTOSOMIASIS AMONG PUPILS ATTENDING ANGWAN LAMBU PRIMARY SCHOOL, KEFFI, NASARAWA STATE, NIGERIA
Authors: Abdullahi Mairiga , Ramatu M. A. 
Published: February 2023

This research aims to investigate the prevalence of urinary tract schistosomiasis among pupils of Angwan Lambu Primary School in Keffi Local Government Area of Nasarawa State conducted from June to September 2021. One hundred and fifty (150) urine samples were collected from the pupils and brought to the laboratory for parasitological examination of schistosome eggs using sedimentation method. The overall prevalence of schistosomiasis was 23(15.33%). The prevalence of urinary schistosomiasis was significantly higher (P > 0.05) in male 15(10%) than the female 8(5%). There was no significant association (P > 0.05) in the prevalence of urinary infection between genders and age. The results of the study showed highest prevalence in age group 7-9 (6%) followed by age group 10-12 (5%) while the lowest prevalence was observed among age group 4-6 (2%) which revealed the prevalence of S. haematobium in the study area. Therefore, periodic chemotherapy of the affected populations with praziquantel, improved health education, provision of portable water, adequate sanitation and control of fresh water snails will reduce the risk of morbidity and disease transmission in the area
Relative instability ratios of bone wall defects in trochanteric hip fractures: A finite element analysis
Authors: Yang Ao-Lei , Mao Wei , Chang Shi-Min , Dong You-Hai 
Published: February 2023

Background: For decades, medial and lateral wall fragments of trochanteric hip fractures were considered two pivotal factors that could influence the stability of postoperative femur-implant complex. However, most studies seemed to misunderstand the concept of the posteromedial fragment and equated it with the medial wall, which overlooked vital roles of the anteromedial wall. Roles of the posterior coronal bone fragment were also highlighted in some research. However, influences of the bone walls above the trochanteric fracture instability are yet to be investigated and quantified by means of finite element analysis.Methods: Eight trochanteric fracture fixation models with different wall defects were constructed. Outcome indicators were the von Mises stress of the implant models, the maximum/minimum principal strain, the risky tensile/compressive volume and the volume ratios of the bone models, the femoral head vertex displacement, and the fracture surface gap. Based on these indicator values, the relative instability ratios were computed.Results: Outcome indicators, absolute values, and nephograms of all models showed the same upward and concentrating trends with exerted hip contact loads shifting from static walking to dynamic climbing. Similarly, these indicators also exhibited the same trends when the eight models were solved in sequence. Moreover, the relative instability ratio of the medial wall (100%), particularly the anteromedial part (78.7%), was higher than the figure for the lateral wall (36.6%).Conclusion: The anteromedial wall played relatively pivotal stabilizing roles in trochanteric hip fractures compared with the posteromedial wall and the lateral wall, which indicated that orthopedic surgeons should attach more importance to the anteromedial cortex support in an operating theatre.
Environmentally benign silver bio-nanomaterials as potent antioxidant, antibacterial, and antidiabetic agents: Green synthesis using Salacia oblonga root extract
Authors: Dugganaboyana Guru Kumar , Kumar Mukunda Chethan , Jain Anisha , Kantharaju Raghavendra Mandya , Nithya Rani R. , Ninganna Divya , Ahalliya Rathi Muthaiyan , Shati Ali A. , Alfaifi Mohammad Y. , Elbehairi Serag Eldin I. , Silina Ekaterina , Stupin Victor , Velliyur Kanniappan Gopalakrishnan , Achar Raghu Ram , Shivamallu Chandan , Kollur Shiva Prasad 
Published: February 2023

Introduction: The use of plant extracts in the green synthesis of metallic nanoparticles is one of the simplest, most practical, economical, and ecologically friendly methods for avoiding the use of toxic chemicals.Method: Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) were synthesized, employing a high-efficiency, non- toxic, cost-effective, green, and simple technique that included the use of Salacia oblonga root extract (SOR) as a capping agent compared to synthetic nanoparticles. The use of S. oblonga can be seen in traditional medicines for treating diabetes, obesity, rheumatism, gonorrhea, asthma, and hyperglycemia. The objectives of the current study were to green synthesize S. oblonga root extract silver nanoparticles (SOR-AgNPs), characterize them, and study their antioxidant, antibacterial, and antidiabetic activities.Result: The shape of SOR-AgNPs was spherical, at less than 99.8 nm in size, and exhibited a crystalline peak at XRD. The green synthesized SOR-AgNPs showed significant antioxidant properties like DPPH (80.64 μg/mL), reducing power capacity (81.09 ± SEM μg/mL), nitric oxide (96.58 μg/mL), and hydroxyl (58.38 μg/mL) radical scavenging activities. The MIC of SOR-AgNPs was lower in gram-positive bacteria. The SOR-AgNPs have displayed efficient inhibitory activity against α-amylase, with an EC50 of 58.38 μg/mL. Analysis of capping protein around the SOR-AgNPs showed a molecular weight of 30 kDa.Discussion: These SOR-AgNPs could be used as antibacterial and antidiabetic drugs in the future as it is cheap, non-toxic, and environmentally friendly. Bio-fabricated AgNPs had a significant impact on bacterial strains and could be used as a starting point for future antibacterial drug development.
Association of serum N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide levels with survival and renal outcomes among elderly patients with acute kidney injury in chronic heart failure
Authors: Hou Jiebin , Zhang Xin , Wu Zhen , Liu Yang , Zhang Yabin , Zhao Jiahui , Wang Xiaohua , Chen Hongyu , Yang Guang , Ma Qiang , Cheng Qingli , Ao Qiangguo 
Published: February 2023

BackgroundElderly patients exhibit a higher incidence of chronic heart failure (CHF). Patients with CHF can develop acute kidney injury (AKI) during follow-up, which can result in poor prognosis. This relationship between kidney dysfunction and levels of N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptides (NT-proBNP), with regard to prognosis, is complicated and has rarely been analyzed in elderly patients with CHF.MethodWe conducted a retrospective cohort study involving patients with a CHF history aged ≥ 65 years, who experienced an episode of AKI. Kaplan–Meier curves and Cox or logistic proportional hazards regression models were used to evaluate the association between serum NT-proBNP concentrations and mortality or renal recovery by day 90.ResultsA total of 1,160 eligible patients with AKI were available for the study. Of this sample, 41.5% of patients died within 90 days of the onset of AKI. Patients with a decreased change in NT-proBNP accompanying the episode of AKI had a lower risk (adjusted OR = 0.56, 95% CI = 0.34−0.91) of more severe AKI (stage 2 and 3 vs. stage 1). The more severe AKI were associated with higher mortality and non-recovery of renal function in elderly patients with CHF, independent of NT-proBNP levels. Elevated levels of baseline lnNT-proBNP (adjusted HR = 1.27, 95% CI = 1.17−1.38) predicted mortality in elderly patients with CHF within 90 days of AKI onset. Patients with a decrease in NT-proBNP accompanying AKI had a lower risk of mortality (adjusted HR = 0.62, 95% CI = 0.48−0.79). However, a decrease in NT-proBNP is a risk factor (adjusted OR = 1.59, 95% CI = 1.02−2.48) for the non-recovery of renal function following AKI–especially in elderly survivors with low baseline NT-proBNP levels.ConclusionA decreased change in NT-proBNP maybe protective for elderly patients with CHF by improving survival outcomes and preventing severe AKI. However, an excessive decrease in NT-proBNP is a risk factor for the non-recovery of renal function following AKI. Avoiding excessive changes in NT-proBNP may be protective for survival and renal injury prognosis.
One-degree resolution mascon solution over Antarctic derived from GRACE Level-2 data
Authors: Wang Wei , Shen Yunzhong , Chen Qiujie , Chen Tianyi 
Published: February 2023

The mass loss of the Antarctic Ice Sheet (AIS) is an important contributor to global sea-level rise in response to the warming ocean and atmospheric temperatures as well as the changes in current systems and precipitation patterns. In this study, a regional mascon method is developed to squeeze more mass change signals, in which the pseudo-observations of the geopotential are generated from the unfiltered GRACE Level-2 data whereas the regularization matrix is constructed with the prior information derived from filtered GRACE Level-2 data. A series of mascon solutions with 1°×1° equal-area resolution over AIS is derived from the updated Tongji-Grace2018 model spanning April 2002 to December 2016. Compared to the filtering results from P4M6 decorrelation and 100 km Gaussian filtering, our mascon solutions can effectively suppress the strips, improve the spatial resolution over AIS, and get a stronger signal with an improvement of 116.86% in the Antarctic Peninsula Ice Sheet (APIS), and more coincide with the features of glaciers and ice streams, such as the most striking ice mass loss in Totten, Getz, Thwaites and Pine Island, and the ice mass gain in Kamb Ice Stream. During the period from 2002 to 2016, the mass change rates from our mascon solution are −103.6 ± 5.6 Gt/yr, 63.0 ± 4.3 Gt/yr, −143.3 ± 4.9 Gt/yr and −23.29 ± 1.2 Gt/yr in AIS, East AIS, West AIS, and APIS, respectively. The mass change signals at the basin scale are with even more distinguishing features, with the highest mass gain rates of 18.03 ± 1.88 Gt/yr and 14.55 ± 0.60 Gt/yr at Basin 7 and Basin 18, and the highest mass loss rates of −58.57 ± 2.48 Gt/yr and −44.12 ± 2.27 Gt/yr at Basin 21 and Basin 22. Relative to the cumulated surface mass balance from the regional atmospheric climate model, the correlation coefficients of our mascon solutions are 0.91, 0.94, and 0.96 in East AIS, West AIS, and APIS.
Reconstructing long-term global satellite-based soil moisture data using deep learning method
Authors: Hu Yifan , Wang Guojie , Wei Xikun , Zhou Feihong , Kattel Giri , Amankwah Solomon Obiri Yeboah , Hagan Daniel Fiifi Tawia , Duan Zheng 
Published: February 2023

Soil moisture is an essential component for the planetary balance between land surface water and energy. Obtaining long-term global soil moisture data is important for understanding the water cycle changes in the warming climate. To date several satellite soil moisture products are being developed with varying retrieval algorithms, however with considerable missing values. To resolve the data gaps, here we have constructed two global satellite soil moisture products, i.e., the CCI (Climate Change Initiative soil moisture, 1989–2021; CCIori hereafter) and the CM (Correlation Merging soil moisture, 2006–2019; CMori hereafter) products separately using a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) with autoencoding approach, which considers soil moisture variability in both time and space. The reconstructed datasets, namely CCIrec and CMrec, are cross-evaluated with artificial missing values, and further againt in-situ observations from 12 networks including 485 stations globally, with multiple error metrics of correlation coefficients (R), bias, root mean square errors (RMSE) and unbiased root mean square error (ubRMSE) respectively. The cross-validation results show that the reconstructed missing values have high R (0.987 and 0.974, respectively) and low RMSE (0.015 and 0.032 m3/m3, respectively) with the original ones. The in-situ validation shows that the global mean R between CCIrec (CCIori) and in-situ observations is 0.590 (0.581), RMSE is 0.093 (0.093) m3/m3, ubRMSE is 0.059 (0.058) m3/m3, bias is 0.032 (0.037) m3/m3 respectively; CMrec (CMori) shows quite similar results. The added value of this study is to provide long-term gap-free satellite soil moisture products globally, which helps studies in the fields of hydrology, meteorology, ecology and climate sciences.
Risk factors of recurrent secondary hyperparathyroidism after adequate primary surgical treatment
Authors: Kuo Yu-Chi , Wang Shang-Yu , Hung Yu-Liang , Hsu Chih-Chieh , Kou Hao-Wei , Chen Ming-Yang , Tsai Chun-Yi , Chang Chih-Hsiang , Wang Yu-Chao , Hsu Jun-Te , Yeh Ta-Sen , Lee Wei-Chen , Yeh Chun-Nan 
Published: February 2023

BackgroundSecondary hyperparathyroidism (SHPT) is a common condition in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) who are on dialysis. Parathyroidectomy is a treatment for patients when medical therapy has failed. Recurrence may occur and is indicated for further surgery in the era of improved quality of care for ESRD patients.MethodsWe identified, 1060 patients undergoing parathyroidectomy from January, 2011 to June, 2020. After excluding patients without regular check-up at our institute, primary hyperparathyroidism, or malignancy, 504 patients were enrolled. Sixty-two patients (12.3%, 62/504) were then excluded due to persistent SHPT even after the first parathyroidectomy. We aimed to identify risk factors for recurrent SHPT after the first surgery.ResultsDuring the study period, 20% of patients who underwent parathyroidectomy at our institute (in, 2019) was due to recurrence after a previous parathyroidectomy. There were 442 patients eligible for analysis of recurrence after excluding patients with the persistent disease (n = 62). While 44 patients (9.95%) had recurrence, 398 patients did not. Significant risk factors for recurrent SHPT within 5 years after the first parathyroidectomy, including dialysis start time to first operation time &lt; 3 years (p = 0.046), postoperative PTH &gt;106.5 pg/mL (p &lt; 0.001), and postoperative phosphorus&gt; 5.9 mg/dL (p = 0.016), were identified by multivariate analysis.ConclusionsThe starting time of dialysis to first operation time &lt; 3 years in the patients with dialysis, postoperative PTH&gt; 106.5 pg/mL, and postoperative phosphorus&gt; 5.9 mg/dL tended to have a higher risk for recurrent SHPT within 5 years after primary treatment.