bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Inactivation of Salmonella enterica and shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli on desiccated shredded coconut by high voltage atmospheric cold plasma
Authors: Durand Tonia S. , Mendonca Aubrey , Fortes-Da-Silva Paulo , Brehm-Stecher Byron , Boylston Terri , Thomas-Popo Emalie , Wan Zifan , White Shecoya 
Published: August 2023

The main objective of the present study was to determine the efficacy of dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) high voltage atmospheric cold plasma (HVACP) at 70 kV for inactivating Salmonella enterica and shiga-toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) on desiccated shredded coconut. Additional objectives were to evaluate sub-lethal injury in pathogen survivors, and selected quality characteristics of the coconut as affected by HVACP. Shredded coconut inoculated with ∼7.74 log10 CFU/g S. enterica or STEC, was exposed to HVACP (70 kV) for 3–15 min (S. enterica) and up to 5 min (E. coli). Non-HVACP-treated, inoculated coconut served as control. Samples were held at 23 ± 1°C for 24 h after HVACP treatment, and analyzed for survivors via the plate count method using thin agar layer (TAL) media and selective (SEL) agar. For each pathogen, differences in numbers of survivors on TAL medium and selective agar were used to evaluate sub-lethal injury. Color and texture of the coconut were determined using a ColorFlex EZ Spectrophotometer and a TA. XT Plus C Texture Analyzer, respectively. HVACP treatments significantly decreased the initial numbers of viable S. enterica and STEC (p &lt; 0.05) with more survivors consistently recovered on TAL media compared to selective agar. Reductions (log10 CFU/g) of STEC and S. enterica after 3 min of HVACP treatment were 1.97 and 1.56, respectively (p &lt; 0.05) based on survivors on TAL medium. A greater extent of sub-lethal injury was observed in STEC survivors compared to S. enterica (p &lt; 0.05). The TAL method allowed detection of sub-lethally injured pathogens in HVACP-treated coconut that would have otherwise remained undetected if only selective agar media were used. There were minimal changes in color and texture of the coconut after HVACP (70 kV) treatment for 12 min. Based on these results, HVACP (70 kV) has good potential for inactivating enteric pathogens in desiccated shredded coconut to improve the microbial safety of this popular food ingredient with minimal effect on product color and texture.
Brown-out of policy ideas? A bibliometric review and computational text analysis of research on energy access
Authors: Goyal Nihit , Howlett Michael 
Published: August 2023

IntroductionThe target of universal access to affordable, reliable, and modern energy services—key for individual, social, and economic well-being—is unlikely to be achieved by 2030 based on the current trend. Public policy will likely need to play a key role in accelerating progress in this regard. Although perspectives from the field of policy studies can support this effort, to what extent they have been employed in the literature on energy access remains unclear.MethodsThis study analyzed nearly 7,500 publications on energy access through a combination of bibliometric review and computational text analysis of their titles and abstracts to examine whether and how they have engaged with public policy perspectives, specifically, policy process research, policy design studies, and the literature on policy evaluation.ResultsWe discovered 27 themes in the literature on energy access, but public policy was not among them. Subsequently, we identified 23 themes in a new analysis of the 1,751 publications in our original dataset, mentioning “policy” in their title or abstract. However, few of them engaged with public policy, and even those that did comprised a rather small share of the literature. Finally, we extracted phrases pertaining to public policy in this reduced dataset, but found limited mention of terms related to the policy process, policy design, or policy evaluation.DiscussionWhile to some extent this might reflect the multidisciplinary nature of the research on energy access, a manual review of the abstracts of select publications corroborated this finding. Also, it shed light on how the literature has engaged with public policy and helped identify opportunities for broadening and deepening policy relevant research on energy access. We conclude that, despite their relevance to energy access, public policy perspectives have infrequently and unevenly informed existing research on the topic, and call on scholars in both communities to address this gap in the future.
Can rural cooperatives reduce poverty vulnerability of smallholder households? Evidence from rural Western China
Authors: Liu Jianzhong , Yang Mingwei , Zhang Zhiyong 
Published: August 2023

IntroductionPoverty eradication is one of the global challenges, and rural cooperatives provide an effective path to address smallholder households’ poverty. However, the effect of poverty reduction can show heterogeneity depending on the economic capital, human capital, and social capital of households.MethodsBased on comprehensive research data on the poverty status of 1,622 smallholder households in four provinces in the less developed regions of western China, using OLS and PSM models, this paper empirically analyzes the impact and heterogeneous characteristics of rural cooperatives on the poverty vulnerability of smallholder households.Results/DiscussionThe results show that rural cooperatives have a significant dampening effect on the poverty vulnerability of smallholder farmers, and the findings hold true after robustness tests using multiple methods. The impact of rural cooperatives on the poverty vulnerability of farming households differed significantly across smallholder households with different characteristics. Specifically, participation in cooperatives had a more pronounced effect on reducing poverty vulnerability among non-poor, higher human capital and higher income farm households compared to poor, lower human capital and lower income farm households. The results of the study can provide a useful reference for policy-making on rural mutual assistance and poverty reduction among farmers.
Asthma, Airflow Obstruction, and Eosinophilic Airway Inflammation Prevalence in Western Kenya: A Population-Based Cross-Sectional Study
Authors: Navuluri Neelima , Lagat David , Egger Joseph R. , Birgen Elcy , Diero Lameck , Murdoch David M. , Thielman Nathan , Kussin Peter S. , Que Loretta G. , Paul Devon 
Published: August 2023

Objectives: Determine the prevalence of airway disease (e.g., asthma, airflow obstruction, and eosinophilic airway inflammation) in Kenya, as well as related correlates of airway disease and health-related quality of life.Methods: A three-stage, cluster-randomized cross-sectional study in Uasin Gishu County, Kenya was conducted. Individuals 12 years and older completed questionnaires (including St. George’s Respiratory Questionnaire for COPD, SGRQ-C), spirometry, and fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) testing. Prevalence ratios with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated. Multivariable models were used to assess correlates of airflow obstruction and high FeNO.Results: Three hundred ninety-two participants completed questionnaires, 369 completed FeNO testing, and 305 completed spirometry. Mean age was 37.5 years; 64% were women. The prevalence of asthma, airflow obstruction on spirometry, and eosinophilic airway inflammation was 21.7%, 12.3% and 15.7% respectively in the population. Women had significantly higher SGRQ-C scores compared to men (15.0 vs. 7.7). Wheezing or whistling in the last year and SGRQ-C scores were strongly associated with FeNO levels &gt;50 ppb after adjusting for age, gender, BMI, and tobacco use.Conclusion: Airway disease is a significant health problem in Kenya affecting a young population who lack a significant tobacco use history.
KONTEKSTUALISASI DAN RELEVANSI UZLAH DI ERA GLOBALISASI DALAM PANDANGAN ULAMA’
Authors: Budiyanto Budiyanto , Hasan Moh 
Published: August 2023

Dizaman modern sekarang ini, seiring dengan semakin majunya zaman, semakin banyak produk-produk elektronik yang canggih. Dengan semakin cangginya teknologi tersebut dunia serasa sempit, semua yang kita inginkan bisa terpenuhi dengan hitungan jam, menit, bahkan hitungan detik. Manusia semakin terbuai dengan kenikmatan duniawi, sehingga tak jarang jika kita temukan kemaksiatan-kemaksiatan diera modern sekarang ini. Seiring dengan semakin majunya zaman, pergaulan juga semakin bebas, tak pandang pria atau wanita yang bukan mahrom bercampur aduk. Dengan semakin bebasnya pergaulan yang tidak dibatasi oleh syariat (agama islam) maka akan menimbulkan rusaknya pergaulan dan meraja lelanya kemaksiatan. Jika kita lihat di era modern sekarang ini, sangat minim sekali orang-orang yang mau menjaga agamanya , serta keimanannya dengan baik dan serius. Dalam mengatasi hal tersebut, satu-satunya cara yang baik dalam menghadapi era globalisasi sekarang ini ialah dengan melakukan uzlah (menyendiri, menyepi, menghindari, menjauhi serta mengasingkan diri dari pergaulan umumm yang tercela.), karena kualitas keimanan kita menengah kebawah, maka satu-satunya cara untuk menyelamatkan keimanan kita ialah dengan ber’uzlah.
Penelitian ini bersifat kepustakaan (library research), sementara metode yang digunakan adalah studi maudhu’iy/tematik. Proses pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan cara mengumpulkan data-data yang terkait dengan penelitian ini melalui penelitian pustaka. Serta dalam menganalisis kajian ini menggunakan metode tematik, yaitu menghimpun ayat-ayat serta dalil yang berkenaan dengan uzlah dalam pandangan Ulama’ Klasik Hingga kontemporer. Seseorang dalam keadaan ini tidak seperti ber uzlah mengasingkan diri, tetapi membiasakan diri dengan menjaga agar hatinya tidak mengalami kehampaan spritual dan zikir kepada Allah Swt. Hatinya hidup dan mengingat Allah diberbagai kondisi, suasana, waktu dan aktivitasnya berorientasi pada kekhusukannya kepada Allah.
Inilah memang tuntutan relevansi uzlah dalam tatanan dunia modern, dimana benturan zaman dan peradaban menjadikan seseorang dapat tergoyahkan jika terlena, namun malah sebaliknya jika benturan itu dapat diatasi dengan baik malah menjadi contoh dan konsep yang dapat terintegrasikan dengan baik. Layaknya seperti air dan minyak yang tidak pernah menyatu, tetapi dapat bergandengan, maka seseorang dalam hal ini harus dapat menggandeng peradaban dan nilai uzlah sebagai ajaran spritual Islam.
ISLAM DAN KRITISASI KEBERADAAN PANCASILA DALAM PEMBENTUKAN PERATURAN PERUNDANG-UNDANGAN
Authors: Adri Adri Yanto 
Published: August 2023

Pancasila merupakan salah satu media pemersatu dalam kehidupan bernegara di Indonesia. Dalam konteks hukum, khususnya dalam pembentukan peraturan perundang-undangan, Pancasila semestinya diletakkan dalam wilayah sumber hukum materil dari pembentukkan peraturan undang-undang. Di sisi lain, dalam perkembangan hukum nasional masih ditemui undang-undang yang tidak sesuai dengan nilai-nilai Pancasila. Terjadinya ketidakpastian, disharmonisasi dan dikotomi dalam regulasi terhadap nilai-nilai Pancasila yang akan berimplikasi terhadap implementasinya. Maka diperlukan penambahan pasal atau pencantuman Pancasila secara rinci dan jelas sebagai hierarki tertinggi dalam undang-undang pembentukan peraturan perundang-undangan. Memang secara dasar antara Pancasila dengan Al-Quran tidak bisa disamakan karena berbeda sumber. Akan tetapi dalam Siyāsah dustūriyyah memegang prinsip keadilan, persamaan, toleransi, hak asasi manusia dan musyawarah sehingga memiliki korelasi dan relevansi yang erat dengan sistem pembentukan peraturan di Indonesia. Dengan demikian, setiap hal dalam konteks penyelenggaraan negara, peraturan perundang-undangan, pemerintahan, sistem demokrasi dan lainya harus selaras dan terintegrasi dengan nilai-nilai Pancasila.
The Role of Sitting Balance Exercises in Minimizing the Risk of Fall among Patients with Stroke
Authors: Ibrahim Suror Khalil , Hassan Abdullah Athbi  
Published: August 2023

Background: Cerebrovascular accident (stroke) frequently results in problems with balance, which increase the risk of falling. Patients with stroke might improve their balance skills and reduce the occurrence of falls by engaging in sitting balance training exercises.
Objectives: The current study aims to examine the effect of sitting balance exercises on the risk of fall in patients with stroke.
Methodology: A quasi-experimental design was performed on sixty patients with acute stroke by using a purposive sampling method. The recruited patients were divided to experimental and control groups with 30 patients each. Patients in the experimental group were followed to perform sitting balance exercises two sessions per day for 14th days, whereas the patients enrolled in the control group received a routine conventional care.
Results: More than half of patients participating in the experimental group were within the age groups of 60-69 years old and accounted for 53.3%, 56.7% of the experimental group were female while 46.7% of the control group were males. Before applying sitting balance exercises, the experimental group's overall mean score for the level of falling incidences risk level was 1.2±0.40 and 2.1 ±0.86 after implementing the intervention. There is a significant statistical difference in the level of falling risk between the two groups after implementing the interventional protocol at a P<0.001.
Conclusion: Performing of sitting balance exercises immediately after diagnosis with stroke was significantly improved stetting balance and decreased the incidence of falling in patients with stroke
Cultural Fluency as a Guide to Effective Intercultural Communication: The Case of Japan and the U.S.
Authors: Inoue Yukiko 
Published: August 2023

Intercultural communication serves a vital role in that it can forestall miscommunication and misunderstanding. Because of increased intercultural contact and interdependence, people in the world are forced to "rethink" intercultural communication in order to acquire effective intercultural communication competence. The present paper provides a critical discussion of the conceptualization of intercultural communication and the commonly acknowledged challenge of intercultural communication. With a focus on Japan and the U.S. (since both countries have remarkably different forms of communication in terms of nonverbal communication particularly), the paper defines culture and explores the following: (1) origin of intercultural communication research; (2) cultural fluency and willingness to communicate; and (3) words versus haragei (a Japanese concept), touching upon intercultural (business) communication.
A Mobile Application for Domestic Violence Victims Support and Evidence Recorder
Authors: Hasim Nurdatillah , Abu Haris Norhaidah , Amaluddin Nur Nisa Adliena , Mohd Faizal Hazirah 
Published: August 2023

ccording to a study conducted in 2014 by Pusat Penyelidikan Wanita dan Jantina (KANITA) at Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), 9% of women who have ever had a partner in Peninsular Malaysia had domestic violence at one compilation in their lives. In 2010, there were 3,173 cases of domestic violence reported. However, this number increased to 5,014 cases in 2015. According to the Corporate Communication division of Kementerian Pembangunan Wanita, Keluarga dan Masyarakat, calls to Talian Kasih have increased by 57 percent since Perintah Kawalan Pergerakan (PKP). However, calls and WhatsApp messages to the Women’s Aid Organization (WAO) helpline were reduced to 73% of calls a week during the PKP. Before PKP were enforced, WAO received an average of 77.5% of calls and message via WhatsApp in a week. This reduction does not mean that there is a reduction in cases because it is feared that the victim will not be able to make calls due to the situation where they are always with the abuser during the period of PKP. This study aims to develop a mobile application to aid and guide people facing domestic violence. The primary function of this application is to help the victim; 1) to record their evidence in audio/video recording, 2) to help the victim to alert the polis in case of emergency, 3) to get help and find the nearest shelter whenever needed. This mobile application is developed using the Flutter framework. Firebase is used as the back-end component to store all the records. The result of this study is the improvement of the existing mobile application for domestic violence in Malaysia.
Aplicación de las 5S de calidad como propuesta de mejora en el área de producción de industrias textiles
Authors: Gómez Fretes Marcos Moisés 
Published: August 2023

La metodología 5’S sigue un proceso establecido en cinco pasos, que implica para su avance asignación de recursos, mejorar la cultura de la empresa y la consideración de aspectos humanos. Esta herramienta es de origen japonés y cuenta con una serie de principios básicos forma de cinco pasos o fases, se componen con palabras cuya fonética empieza por “s”: seiri, seiton, seiso, seiketsu y shitsuke; que significan, respectivamente: eliminar lo innecesario, ordenar (cada cosa en su sitio y un sitio para cada cosa), limpiar e inspeccionar, estandarizar (fijar la norma de trabajo para respetarla) y disciplina (construir autodisciplina y forjar el hábito de comprometerse) (Carreras, Manuel & GARCÍA, José, 2010). El trabajo de investigación se titula “Aplicación de las 5S de calidad como propuesta de mejora en el área de producción de industrias textiles”, cuyo objetivo centra su interés en la aplicación de la metodología de las 5S en busca de la mejora en el área de producción, atendiendo que en mucho de los casos que se presentan en las industrias se ven reflejados por la carencia de estándares de limpieza, seguridad en el puesto de trabajo, y desmotivación en los operarios. Por ende, se ve la necesidad de realizar un estudio de investigación en este sector y analizar los procesos críticos y los métodos que se emplean actualmente. El trabajo se encuadra dentro de la modalidad de artículo científico. Corresponde a un tipo de estudio descriptivo, utilizando el método cualitativo- cuantitativo y de corte transversal. Como técnica de recolección de datos se implementará la entrevista, el análisis documental y el cuestionario. Los resultados permitirán establecer un área de trabajo completamente organizada que es significado de una cultura laboral respetable, por tanto, el uso de herramientas administrativas dentro del sector de producción industrial no solo implica una perfecta organización sino también de una productividad eficiente
Ecologies of sustainable development goals: a mid-term perspective
Authors: Mustafa Daanish , Matson Perdita , Roberts Erin , Sharpe Justin 
Published: August 2023

This article was published open access under a CC BY licence: https://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0/
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are in trouble half-way towards their target date of 2030. With increasing global inequalities, and reversal in developmental gains because of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as financial and political instability, achieving the goals in the next seven years seems difficult. We undertake an exercise in defining an ecological system of the SDGs to argue that focusing on two sentinel goals of SDGs 5 & 12 (‘gender equality’ and ‘responsible consumption and production’) could be key to achieving the other goals. The linkages posited in the SDG ecosystem are based upon our reading of the literature from a political economic and political ecological perspective. Prioritising SDGs 5 and 12 requires more of political rather than a financial commitment. The paper proposes a pathway to achieving some success in realising SDGs during their remaining half-life.
CLX років від дня народження академіка Д. О. Ґраве
Authors: Герасименко Віктор , Максименко Сергій 
Published: August 2023

З нагоди 160-річчя від дня народження академіка Д. О. Ґраве у цьому передньому слові
наведено деякі біографічні факти з життя та творчості видатного Вченого.
Загалом цей том Праць Інституту математики, періодичного видання, заснованого в 1938 р. академіком Д. О. Ґраве,
містить лекції Ґравевських читань та праці з актуальних напрямів розвитку сучасної математики в Україні.
ACA CO(J = 2–1) Mapping of the Nearest Spiral Galaxy M33. I. Initial Results and Identification of Molecular Clouds
Authors: Muraoka Kazuyuki ,   AAS Journals Data Editors, Konishi Ayu , Tokuda Kazuki , Kondo Hiroshi , Miura Rie E. , Tosaki Tomoka , Onodera Sachiko , Kuno Nario , Kobayashi Masato I. N. , Tsuge Kisetsu , Sano Hidetoshi , Kitano Naoya , Fujita Shinji , Nishimura Atsushi , Onishi Toshikazu , Saigo Kazuya , Yamada Rin I. , Demachi Fumika , Tachihara Kengo , Fukui Yasuo , Kawamura Akiko 
Published: August 2023

Abstract
We present the results of ALMA-ACA 7 m array observations in 12CO(J = 2–1), 13CO(J = 2–1), and C18O(J = 2–1) line emission toward the molecular-gas disk in the Local Group spiral galaxy M33 at an angular resolution of 7.″31 × 6.″50 (30 × 26 pc). We combined the ACA 7 m array 12CO(J = 2–1) data with the IRAM 30 m data to compensate for emission from diffuse molecular-gas components. The ACA+IRAM combined 12CO(J = 2–1) map clearly depicts the cloud-scale molecular-gas structure over the M33 disk. Based on the ACA+IRAM 12CO(J = 2–1) cube data, we cataloged 848 molecular clouds with a mass range from 103–106
M
⊙. We found that high-mass clouds (≥105
M
⊙) tend to associate with the 8 μm bright sources in the spiral arm region, while low-mass clouds (<105
M
⊙) tend to be apart from such 8 μm bright sources and to exist in the inter-arm region. We compared the cataloged clouds with GMCs observed by the IRAM 30 m telescope at 49 pc resolution (IRAM GMC), and found that a small IRAM GMC is likely to be identified as a single molecular cloud even in ACA+IRAM CO data, while a large IRAM GMC can be resolved into multiple ACA+IRAM clouds. The velocity dispersion of a large IRAM GMC is mainly dominated by the line-of-sight velocity difference between small clouds inside the GMC rather than the internal cloud velocity broadening.
Distributions and Physical Properties of Molecular Clouds in the Third Galactic Quadrant: l = [219.°75, 229.°75] and b = [−5.°25, 5.°25]
Authors: Dong Yiwei , Sun Yan , Xu Ye , Lin Zehao , Bian Shuaibo , Hao Chaojie , Liu Dejian , Li Yingjie , Yang Ji , Su Yang , Zhou Xin , Zhang Shaobo , Yan Qing-Zeng , Chen Zhiwei 
Published: August 2023

Abstract
We present the results of an unbiased 12CO/13CO/C18O (J = 1–0) survey in a portion of the third Galactic quadrant (TGQ): 219.°75 ≤ l ≤ 229.°75 and −5.°25 ≤ b ≤ 5.°25. The high-resolution and high-sensitivity data sets help to unravel the distributions and physical properties of the molecular clouds (MCs) in the mapped area. In the LSR velocity range from ∼−1 to ∼85 km s−1, the molecular material successfully traces the Local, Perseus, and Outer arms. In the TGQ, the Outer arm appears to be more prominent than that in the second Galactic quadrant (SGQ), but the Perseus arm is not as conspicuous as that in the SGQ. A total of 1,502 12CO, 570 13CO, and 53 C18O molecular structures are identified, spanning over ∼2 and ∼6 orders of magnitude in size and mass, respectively. Tight mass–radius correlations and virial parameter–mass anticorrelations are observable. Yet, it seems that no clear correlations between velocity dispersion and effective radius can be found over the full dynamic range. The vertical distribution of the MCs renders evident pictures of the Galactic warp and flare.