bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Scientific Approach to Teach English Vocabulary For Mentally Retarded Students
Authors: Sholeh Agus , Ayu Shofi 
Published: January 2025

Abstract. For mentally retarded children, a structured and careful teaching method is needed to facilitate students’ understanding of learning English vocabulary. This study aims to: (1). Describe the application of a scientific approach to English vocabulary subjects; (2). Describe the obstacles to applying a scientific approach to learning English vocabulary for mentally retarded children; (3). Describe the benefits of applying a scientific approach to learning English vocabulary for mentally retarded children. The research method used is descriptive qualitative. The subject in this study was 3 teachers with 5 students for each of class VII of State Special Needs Junior High School Pembina . Data collection techniques used are observation techniques, interviews, and documentation. Data analysis is done by organizing the data, breaking it down into units, synthesizing it, arranging it into a pattern, choosing what is important and what be studied, and making conclusions that can be told to others. The results shows that many benefits for both teachers and students, especially for mentally retarded students, including improving students' thinking skills, making it easier for students to understand the learning materials taught by teachers, and being more meaningful for students and this approach has obstacles and shortcomings when applied to mentally retarded children in a different class and should be simplified and adapted to the abilities of these students. The findings of this study highlight the importance of adapting teaching methods to better meet the needs of mentally retarded children, which can lead to more inclusive and effective educational practices. Socially, the research emphasizes the value of equal educational opportunities, contributing to a more inclusive and supportive learning environment for all studentsKeywords: Mentally Retarded, Scientific Approach English Vocabulary
PELATIHAN IDENTIFIKASI RESEARCH GAP DALAM PENELITIAN DENGAN MENGGUNAKAN PUBLISH OR PERISH DAN VOSVIEWER
Authors: Juliansyah Hijri , Sari Cut Putri Mellita , Nailufar Fanny , Trisniarti Noviami 
Published: January 2025

ABSTRAKKegiatan pengabdian ini bertujuan untuk memberikan wawasan keilmuan bagi mahasiswa sebagai calon peneliti, khususnya peneliti pemula, dalam menemukan gap penelitian secara efektif dengan menggunakan aplikasi Publish or Perish dan VOSviewer. Proses menemukan gap penelitian merupakan salah satu langkah krusial dalam memastikan bahwa penelitian yang dilakukan memiliki kontribusi signifikan terhadap perkembangan ilmu pengetahuan. Melalui kegiatan pengabdian ini, diharapkan para mahasiswa sebagai calon peneliti dapat lebih memahami dan mengaplikasikan teknik ini untuk mempercepat proses identifikasi gap penelitian. Hasil kegiatan ini menunjukkan bahwa aplikasi Publish or Perish dapat memfasilitasi penelusuran literatur dengan hasil yang lebih relevan, sedangkan VOSviewer memungkinkan visualisasi peta topik untuk analisis yang lebih mendalam terhadap perkembangan riset. Kegiatan pengabdian ini menghasilkan pemahaman bagi mahasiswa dan menunjukkan bahwa Publish or Perish dan VOSviewer adalah alat yang sangat berguna dalam proses identifikasi research gap bagi peneliti dalam hal ini para mahasiswa. Publish or Perish mempermudah penelusuran literatur yang relevan, sedangkan VOSviewer memberikan visualisasi hubungan antar topik, sehingga memudahkan identifikasi area yang masih kurang dijelajahi. Kata kunci: Research Gap, Publish or Perish , VOSviewer
Genetic diversity of kaffir sorghum accessions from the VIR collection in kafirin-encoding loci
Authors: Alpatieva N. V. , Anisimova I. N. , Ryazanova M. K. , Vasipov V. V. , Abdullaev R. A. , Romanova O. I. , Radchenko E. E. 
Published: January 2025

Background. Sorghum is a universal, highly drought-resistant crop, widely cultivated throughout the world. Sorghum grain has a valuable biochemical composition and is utilized in both food and feed production. Due to the unique structure of endosperm storage proteins, kafirins, adding sorghum flour to dough is promising for producing dietetic nutrition components. Employing polymorphic DNA markers to study the diversity of kaffir sorghum accessions from the VIR collection as potential donors of biological and morphological traits in their grain is relevant for the development of sterile lines and sterility maintainers.Materials and methods. Sixteen kaffir sorghum accessions were phenotyped according to morphological features and kafirin electrophoretic banding patterns in their grain, and genotyped using PCR markers specific for kafirin-encoding genes. The phenotype of mature grains was assessed by seed coat color as well as by the thickness ratio between the vitreous and farinaceous endosperm layers on grain cuts. Proteins were fractionated by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The SSR markers linked to the genes for β- and γ-kafirins, and the STS marker of the coding region of the δ-kafirin gene were used in the PCR analysis.Results and conclusions. The studied accessions differed in grain color and endosperm structure. Three accessions demonstrated a significant thickness of the vitreous layer, while the others had a farinaceous or partially vitreous endosperm. No differences were found among the accessions in the kafirin electrophoretic banding patterns. Meanwhile, the accessions manifested highly polymorphic fragments amplified with primers flanking microsatellite sequences linked to the β- and γ-kafirin genes. Two different versions of the STS marker were detected after amplification with the primers specific to the δ-kafirincoding gene region. The studied accessions were differentiated using the principal coordinates analysis (PCoA).
Analysis of genetic relationships in the breeding material of Prunus armeniaca L. from the collection of the Mountain Botanical Garden, Dagestan
Authors: Anatov D. M. , Suprun I. I. , Stepanov I. V. , Osmanov R. M. , Tokmakov S. V. 
Published: January 2025

Background. Dagestan boasts a long tradition of apricot cultivation that resulted in a unique gene pool of this fruit tree. However, the potential of local apricot cultivars for breeding still remains poorly investigated. This fact validates the need for further research into apricot genetic resources in Dagestan.Materials and methods. The local breeding material of apricot (23 forms and 5 cultivars) underwent genetic evaluation. For convenience, all accessions were divided into 4 groups according to the origin of cvs. ‘Krasnoshchekiy’, ‘Krymskiy Medunets’, ‘Shalakh’, and ‘Bukhara’. Their genetic diversity was analyzed using 11 SSR markers. Polymorphism of SSR markers varied 2 to 10 alleles per locus (on average, 5 alleles per locus). The effective number of alleles (Ne) and the Shannon Diversity Index (I) showed low values for the set of accessions, which is typical for seedlings with shared parental forms in their pedigrees. The differences in Ne and I values between the most contrasting groups were insignificant: Ne = 2.719 and I = 1.085 for the Shalakh group versus Ne = 2.014 and I = 0.782 for the Krasnoshchekiy group.Results. A comprehensive study of the apricot collection showed greater numbers of heterozygotes in hybrid seedlings than the expected values, attesting to large genetic distances between the pairs of parents selected for crosses. The highest heterozygosity was observed in the seedlings from the crosses ‘Krymskiy Medunets’ × ‘Krasnoshchekiy’, ‘Krasnoshchekiy’ × ‘Krymskiy Medunets’, and ‘Krymskiy Medunets’ × ‘Khonobakh’.Conclusion. Clustering the accessions with the principal coordinates analysis and Bayesian analysis on the basis of their genotyping data made it possible to identify general patterns in the distribution of cultivars and seedlings, namely the concentration of seedlings next to their maternal parents. Two genotypes attributed to cv. ‘Bukhara’ were found to have different genetic origin.
Diversity of VIr’s collection of Lupinus angustifolius L. in the inf lorescence color
Authors: Vlasova E. V. , Egorova G. P. 
Published: January 2025

Background. The phenotypic structure of Lupinus angustifolius L. is dynamically expanding due to genetic recombinations and mutagenesis. Therefore, the existing concepts of the inflorescence color diversity in narrowleaf lupine need regular updating.Materials and methods. Research materials consisted of 887 narrowleaf lupine accessions from the VIR collection. Their morphological descriptions were made in 2009–2023 during field trials under the conditions of Moscow Province, Russia. Longterm observations made it possible to evaluate probable color modifications in inflorescences under varying weather conditions.Results. The lupine gene pool was divided into 15 biotypes differing in the anthocyanin pigmentation of separate inflorescence parts, such as the vexillum, wings, and keel, as well as the inflorescence axis. Individual color features of cotyledons, leaves, stem, and seeds also characterized the biotypes. Phenotypic characteristics of lupine biotypes were compared with diagnostic traits of intraspecific taxa and known genes for flower color.Conclusion. Three new varieties and six new subvarieties were marked out for narrowleaf lupine. Probable carriers of genes responsible for the flower’s basic color: roseus (fco 1), violaceus (fco 3), albus (fco 4), and leucospermus (fco 21, fco 22), and its modifications: Supercoeruleus, dispersus, discolor, and albiflorus, were identified. Descriptions of some biotypes failed to agree with the data on any known gene’s phenotypic expression, which attested to the presence of new mutations, recombinations, or unstudied gene associations.
Nomenclatural standards for the spring oat cultivars (Avena sativa L.) developed in the Urals and Siberia
Authors: Varganova I. V. , Kardashina V. Е. , Bessonova L. V. , Vyatkina R. I. , Lebedeva N. V. 
Published: January 2025

Background. According to the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants (ICNCP), a cultivar is regarded as documented when its nomenclatural standard has been formalized and published. This procedure attaches a cultivar name to a herbarium specimen, and makes it possible to refer to such specimens when the taxonomic affiliation of a cultivar is being disputed. It also helps to maintain a national catalogue of crops and protect breeders’ rights.Materials and methods. The nomenclatural standards are presented, along with morphological, biological, ecological and agronomic descriptions, for spring oat cvs. ‘Uralets’ and ‘Kross’ released by the Ural Research Institute of Agriculture, as well as those of collective authorship: ‘Blits’ (with Perm Federal Research Center) and ‘Ural 2’ (with the Siberian Research Institute of Feed). The herbarium material for nomenclatural standards was collected in the fields of Pushkin and Pavlovsk Laboratories of VIR. All specimens of one cultivar are the plants grown from a single seed sample. Each herbarium sheet contains the entire plant in the state of milky ripeness, as well as mature spikes and grains.Results and conclusion. The nomenclatural standards for the four spring oat cultivars were formatted in line with the ICNCP recommendations and registered in the VIR Herbarium Database. The items are deposited in the Herbarium of Cultivated Plants of the World, Their Wild Relatives and Weeds (WIR), and are made part of the collections of the National Center for Plant Genetic Resources. The nomenclatural standard of each cultivar is presented on one herbarium sheet and has three duplicate sheets, except for cv. ‘Blits’ with its four duplicate standards.
Nomenclatural standards of oat (Avena sativa L.) cultivars released by the Research Institute of Agriculture for the Northern Trans-Ural Region
Authors: Fomina M. N. , Ivanova Yu. S. , Lebedeva N. V. , Varganova I. V. 
Published: January 2025

Background. Preparation and publication of the nomenclatural standard is an important step in a cultivar’s documenting. Development of nomenclatural standards for cultivars of domestic breeding helps to make and maintain a national catalog of valuable crop genetic resources.Materials and methods. Biomorphological and agronomic plant characters are described for the spring oat cultivars ‘Foma’, ‘Tobolyak’ and ‘Raduzhny’ developed at the Research Institute of Agriculture for the Northern Trans-Ural Region, branch of the Tyumen Scientific Center, Tyumen Province, Russia. Nomenclatural standards for these cultivars are presented. The plant material for the nomenclatural standards was collected at the experimental plots of Pushkin and Pavlovsk Laboratories of VIR. All plants of each cultivar were grown for the herbarium from a single seed sample. Each herbarium sheet contains an entire plant in the milk-ripeness stage, mature spikes, and grains samples.Results and conclusion. The nomenclatural standards were made in accordance with the recommendations of the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants (ICNCP) and registered in the VIR Herbarium Database. The herbarium specimens are deposited with the Herbarium of Cultivated Plants of the World, Their Wild Relatives, and Weeds (WIR) at the National Center for Plant Genetic Resources. The nomenclatural standard for each cultivar is presented on one herbarium sheet, with three (‘Tobolyak’ and ‘Raduzhny’) or four (‘Foma’) duplicate sheets.
Comparative assessment of the photosynthetic pigment content among representatives of intraspecific taxa in Pisum sativum L.
Authors: Bobkov S. V. , Bashkirova K. A. , Semenova E. V. , Vishnyakova M. A. 
Published: January 2025

Background. Higher content of photosynthetic pigments (PP) and longer time of their functioning increase the yield and resistance to abiotic stressors in plants. It is especially relevant for pea (Pisum sativum L.), since more and more leafless cultivars are introduced into production. Homologs of the STAY-GREEN gene (SGR), with mutations enabling leaves to photosynthesize longer, have been described for a number of crops, including pea. Therefore, searching for sources of higher PP levels throughout the entire pea growing season is promising for the crop’s yield increase.Materials and methods. The analysis included 21 accessions of five P. sativum subspecies from the VIR collection. The content of chlorophyll (Chl a and Chl b), carotenoids, and chlorophyllide (Chlide a) in stipules was assessed on the first productive node at the start and the end of the seed-filling period.Results. The analyzed accessions showed significant polymorphism in their PP content. Principal component analysis divided the material into two categories: with high and low PP content. Both included representatives of different intraspecific taxa. Wild pea accession k-3370 (subsp. elatius) had the highest PP content both at the start and the end of its seed-filling period, along with a significantly higher ratio of chlorophyll to chlorophyllide, a chlorophyll degradation product. The latter indicator attested to the resistance of chlorophyll to degradation during the completion of seed filling.Conclusion. Accessions with high PP content, comparable with the highest values in wild accession k-3370 and exceeding the values in contemporary pea cultivars, can serve as sources of this trait for the development of new high-yielding genotypes. Primitive cultivated forms of subspp. transcaucasicum and asiaticum are especially valuable in this context. Since all the studied accessions represented the primary genepool of P. sativum, the trait can be transferred to the cultivars under development.
Adaptive characteristics of promising soybean cultivars under the conditions of the south of the Russian Far East
Authors: Butovets E. S. , Lukyanchuk L. M. 
Published: January 2025

Background. Promising soybean breeding material was evaluated for a number of agronomic traits and adaptability to the conditions of Primorsky Territory. The effect of local weather and climate factors on the accumulation of protein and oil in soybean seeds is discussed.Materials and methods. Thirty-two promising soybean cultivars were tested at the Federal Scientific Center of Agricultural Biotechnology of the Far East named after A.K. Chaika in 2021–2023. Cv. ‘Primorskaya 4’ served as the reference.Results. The best soybean cultivars were selected on the basis of the trials for high yields, high protein and oil content in seeds, and resistance to unfavorable growing conditions. Soybean cvs. Primorskaya 1690 and Primorskaya 1693 exceeded the reference in yield by 32.4% and 38.6%, respectively. The highest oil content in seeds (24.8–25.2%) was observed in Primorskaya 1674, Primorskaya 1685, Primorskaya 1687, and Primorskaya 1690. The highest protein content (over 40.0%) was found in the seeds of Primorskaya 1659, Primorskaya 1675, and Primorskaya 1691. Resistance to stressful growing conditions was demonstrated by Primorskaya 1674, Primorskaya 1679, Primorskaya 1684, Primorskaya 1692, Primorskaya 1702, and Primorskaya 1705. Low environmental plasticity was manifested by 40.6% of the genotypes. Primorskaya 1697, Primorskaya 1698, Primorskaya 1690, and Primorskaya 1693 stood out for their high adaptability. The effect of local weather and climate factors on the accumulation of nutrients in soybean seeds was confirmed. Short-term precipitation combined with high temperatures resulted in higher protein content. Oil accumulation was facilitated by high temperatures accompanied by either deficient or excessive moisture content in soil.
Crop wild relatives in Adygea: inventorying and conservation
Authors: Bagmet L. V. 
Published: January 2025

Background. Searching for new sources of valuable agronomic traits is becoming ever more urgent in the context of the development of modern crop cultivars. With this in view, crop wild relatives (CWR) are of special importance as carriers of resistance to unfavorable stressors. Evaluation of their status is an essential part of plant genetic resources (PGR) management with the aim of their further conservation.Materials and methods. Herbarium holdings (WIR, LE, MW, and MAY), our own plant explorations (2006, 2009, 2014, 2016, 2019, 2020, and 2022), and published sources served as the materials for this study.Results. The study resulted in identifying 388 CWR species, belonging to 116 genera of 35 families, within the natural plant communities in Adygea. Those species were classified into groups (ranks) according to their breeding value: 125 species into the first group, 104 into the second, 42 into the third, 109 into the fourth, and 9 into the fifth. Ranking according to economic uses showed that forage (207 spp.), melliferous (158) and food species (141) prevailed, followed by medicinal (128), ornamental (86), green manure (86), industrial (48), and revegetation (26) species. The CWR flora included 43 endemic species of various levels, and 12 relict species.Conclusions. As a result of the study, 28 CWR species were prioritized as subject to conservation. Maps were made on the basis of herbarium data to show the localities of those species in Adygea. A combination of in situ and ex situ approaches was recommended for their effective conservation.
“Comment penser notre pratique?”
Authors: Bauer Christian 
Published: January 2025

Abstract
The article shows that Michel de Certeau was a hidden practical theologian. Based on his epistemological article “Que’est-ce qu’un séminaire?” (1977), helpful distinctions of Certeau are elaborated as discursive tools: strategies and tactics, watchers and wanderers, maps and tours. In this way, Certeau is made practical-theologically fruitful for an opening of conventional discourses towards a heterology of alterity: How to think our practice?
Strange, Subtle Spirits in the Akbarian Cauldron. The Spiritual Recipes of Muḥyī al-Dīn Ibn ʿArabī
Authors: Rašić Dunja 
Published: January 2025

Abstract
Himma is the oft-used term for spiritual energy, charisma and a person’s ability to cause preternatural feats and bend the world to their will in the writings of the Sufi scholar, poet and philosopher Muḥyī al-Dīn Ibn ʿArabī (d. 1240). It was thought to imbue the pages of religious treatises, as well as amulets, talismans, and the graves of advanced spiritual practitioners. Ibn ʿArabī was personally convinced that any spiritual endeavor would lead to naught without himma. The present study is dedicated to Ibn ʿArabī’s proposed method of harnessing the special type of power imbuing the corporeal forms of animals, plants and minerals through food. We will examine the properties of the Akbarian spiritual cuisine and the culinary recipes Ibn ʿArabī recorded to help his readers transcend the world of gross matter and gain proximity to the Divine.
Complications of invasive surgery for trigeminal neuralgia
Authors: Fedirko V , Dubrovka A , Luzan B 
Published: January 2025

Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is a severe chronic condition characterized by acute pain that can lead to disability. For patients unresponsive to pharmacological therapy, surgical methods such as microvascular decompression (MVD), radiofrequency thermocoagulation, balloon compression, glycerol rhizotomy, or cryoablation are primary treatment options. However, each of these procedures carries specific risks of complications, including nerve damage, infections, hemorrhagic complications, pain recurrences, and method-specific side effects.
This article presents the results of a retrospective analysis of 250 patients with TN. Complications following MVD were observed in 18 % of cases, including pleocytosis, dysesthesia, localized cerebellar ischemia, and facial nerve paresis. For percutaneous procedures, the complication rate reached 37 %, encompassing pain recurrence, dysesthesia, anesthesia dolorosa, and other adverse outcomes. The study emphasizes the importance of a multidisciplinary approach to prevent complications and to select the most suitable treatment method for each patient.
Comparative study of bupivacaine and bupivacaine plus dexamethasone under ultrasound guidance for sacral erector plane block in pediatric urological surgeries
Authors: Mundrawala Esmat , Badole Usha , Sonkamble Poornima , Atram Sukriti 
Published: January 2025

BACKGROUND: sacral erecter spinae plane block is a relatively new and safe interfascial plane block for paediatric urogenital surgeries. We aimed at comparing the intraoperative and postoperative analgesic efficacy of Bupivacaine alone and Bupivacaine plus Dexamethasone in ultrasonography guided single shot sacral erecter spinae plane block for urogenital surgeries in paediatric patients under general anaesthesia.
METHODS: 30 patients, ASA 1 / 2, 12 months – 12 years undergoing urogenital surgeries were randomly divided into 2 groups. Under general anaesthesia, in prone position, with linear ultrasound probe placed longitudinally in the midline; 25 G, 90 mm spinal needle was advanced craniocaudally until its tip reached the 4th sacral crest and prepared drug was injected
Group A received 1ml/kg of 0.25% Bupivacaine with 2ml saline
Group B received 1 ml/kg of 0.25% Bupivacaine with 0.2mg/kg Dexamethasone in saline to make total volume of 2 ml.
RESULTS: All patients remained haemodynamically stable intraoperatively in both groups with comparable duration of analgesia postoperatively. Also, the difference in mean FLACC R score upto 24 hours postoperatively was not significant between the two groups and no side effects were reported.
CONCLUSION: The addition of Dexamethasone to Bupivacaine in ultrasonography guided single shot sacral erecter spinae plane block for urogenital surgeries in paediatric patients under general anaesthesia neither modified the analgesic efficacy of Bupivacaine intraoperatively nor did it significantly prolong the duration of analgesia postoperatively.