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Active design: breve análise em edificações no contexto brasileiro
Authors: Secchi Maurício Ribeiro , Kuhn Eugenia Aumond 
Published: September 2022

A qualidade da arquitetura e do ambiente construído esteve sempre relacionada à saúde pública. Historicamente, com a evolução das técnicas construtivas e de desenho urbano, o ambiente construído foi auxiliando a diminuição de problemas recorrentes, como a cólera. Atualmente, os problemas mais comuns nas sociedades urbanas são outros: o sobrepeso, a obesidade, e outras doenças relacionadas a pouca movimentação física da população. Sendo a sociedade norte-americana uma das quais tais problemas se manifestam de forma mais aguda, a cidade de Nova Iorque, em parceria com instituições de arquitetura locais, liderou a iniciativa de criar um guia de diretrizes que aplica o conceito active design, ou projeto ativo. O guia dá subsídios para a elaboração de projetos, na escala da edificação e urbana, com a preocupação de gerar um ambiente que estimule a atividade física dos usuários. Analisando-se dados de saúde pública brasileira, há indícios de que o sedentarismo também é responsável, cada vez mais, por doenças que afetam uma parcela significativa da população nacional. A partir dessa constatação, o objetivo deste trabalho é uma avaliação preliminar do contexto brasileiro atual, averiguando em que nível os projetos de edificações contemporâneas contemplam estratégias de projeto ativo. O método de pesquisa contemplou a estratégia Estudo de Caso. Para tanto foram selecionados projetos de edificações no Brasil, que apresentassem potencialmente estatégias de desenho ativo. Cada projeto foi analisado segundo os critérios indicados pela publicação de Nova Iorque, Active Design Guidelines. As análises foram sistematizadas utilizando o checklist de estratégias adotadas, proposto pelo material de referência, criando-se um comparativo entre os casos selecionados. Os resultados elencam e evidenciam as estratégias mais comumente aplicadas no cenário da arquitetura brasileira e apontam os principais aspectos neglicenciados.
Cryptocurrency Market and Tax Regulations in Turkey: an Analysis in the European Emerging Economy
Authors: Zengin Burcu , Kocoglu Sahnaz 
Published: September 2022

The aim of the article: The purpose of this study is to provide a thorough review of the current state of cryptocurrency market and how governments perceive and deal with the threats and opportunities brought by the block chain technology. Cryptocurrencies were certainly the most popular investment in the last decade with a skyrocketing trading volume. However, cryptocurrency abilities in money laundering, financing terrorism and tax evasion overshadow the great opportunities and potential of this new technology. Therefore, the major economies in the world have been working on an efficient and effective strategy to control and tax the cryptocurrency market. In this study, the current state in Turkey regarding cryptocurrency taxation is analysed and a tax system is proposed. The authors claim that the Tobin tax, or in other words, low tax rates would be the best tax system to be applied in Turkey.
Methodology: The study is based on a detailed literature review on the subject, academic papers, news releases and legal acts of the USA, Europe and Turkey. Different attitudes of varied groups are discussed and proposed solutions in the subject are being considered.
Results of the research: Cryptocurrency market has a great potential and block-chain technology is full of opportunities. However, it is essential to control this market without harming the appeal of cryptocurrencies, yet this is not an easy task. Therefore, we argue that Turkey should extend the usage of cryptocurrencies, create a tax strategy with low tax rates and we claim that a regulation similar to the Tobin tax application would be effective here.
​Study of the Relationship between the Levels of L-carnitine and NO Metabolites in Blood Plasma and Seminal Plasma in Stallions
Authors: Atroschenko Mikhail M. , Zvyagina Valentina I. , Shitikova Anna M. , Gareski Irina V. 
Published: September 2022

Background: Artificial insemination with chilled sperm is a reproductive biotechnology often used in horse breeding. However, maintaining the acceptable sperm quality after cooling, which affects the frequency of pregnancy, remains an urgent problem at the present time. Therefore, clarifying the role of important physiological metabolites, such as L-carnitine and nitric oxide, is a significant aspect in terms of possible improvement of the quality of cryopreserved sperm. Methods: The study included 35 breeding stallions, 27 of which were stallions of the Arabian breed and 8 were of the Soviet heavy draft breed. The content of total, free and bound carnitine and NO metabolites was determined by photometric method in the samples of seminal plasma and blood plasma. The correlation coefficient between the content of L-carnitine and the level of NO metabolites was also determined. Result: We have found a direct moderate correlation between the level of total and free L-carnitine in the seminal plasma and blood plasma. The study has also revealed a positive correlation between the level of all L-carnitine fractions and NO metabolites in seminal plasma. In addition, there was a positive correlation between the total L-carnitine of blood plasma and NO metabolites in seminal plasma.
Performance of Cluster Bean (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba) under Varying Levels of Irrigation and Nitrogen
Authors: Kumar Rakesh , Pareek N.K. , Rathore V.S. , Nangia Vinay , Kumawat Amit , Kumar Arvind , Pareek Bheem , Meena Mamta 
Published: September 2022

Background: Clusterbean (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba L.) is important commercial crop which belongs to family Leguminosae and has capacity to fix the atmospheric nitrogen. The nitrogen fixed by the legume crop is not enough to meet the demand of short duration crop like clusterbean. Besides, the experimental site falls under arid region where drought stress and poor distribution of rain during the crop growing cycle is common which affects the crop growth and productivity. Drawing on these insights, the study was planned to assess the performance of cluster bean with objectives to quantify water balance and to calculate suitable levels of irrigation and nitrogen. Methods: The experiment was conducted at research farm, Agricultural research sub-station, Hanumangarh, Swami Keshwanand Rajasthan Agricultural University, Bikaner during Kharif, 2016. Cluster bean variety RGC-1055 with seed rate of 16 kg ha-1 was planted with 3 levels of irrigation (100, 200 and 300 mm) and 4 levels of nitrogen (0, 20, 40 and 60 kg ha-1) and analyzed in split plot design with three replications. Result: Results showed by that the irrigation and nitrogen application rates significantly influenced the growth parameters, yield, nitrogen content and uptake by cluster bean. Irrigation level 200 mm significantly increased leaf area index at 60 DAS (2.62), dry matter accumulation (DMA) at 60 DAS and harvest (16.51 and 42.62 g plant-1), crop growth rate at 30-60 DAS and at harvest (0.36 and 0.62 g m-2 day-1), relative growth rate at 60- at harvest (1.59 g g-1 day-1), grain yield (1624 kg ha-1), straw yield (3645 kg ha-1) and biological yield (5270 kg ha-1) over irrigation level 100 mm, but statistically at par with irrigation level 300 mm. However, leaf area index at harvest (1.24) was highest at 300 mm irrigation level. Nitrogen level at 40 kg ha-1 significantly increased leaf area index at 30, 60 DAS and at harvest (0.19, 2.65 and 1.16), dry matter accumulation at 60 DAS and at harvest (19.62 and 49.58 g plant-1), crop growth rate at 30-60 DAS and 60- harvest (0.46 and 0.71 g m-2 day-1), relative growth rate at 30-60 DAS and 60-harvest (1.26 and 1.66 g g-1 day-1), grain yield (1668 kg ha-1), straw yield (3696 kg ha-1) and biological yield (5364 kg ha-1) over control. The highest nitrogen content and uptake in grain and straw was obtained with irrigation level at 300 mm and nitrogen level @ 60 kg ha-1.
The ‘Hidden’ curriculum in higher education in Ghana: The perception of language students in the college of education
Authors: Fenyi Daniel Arkoh , Sapaty Georgina Afeafa 
Published: September 2022

Abstract
A holistic curriculum or education seeks to develop all three domains of learning: cognitive, psychomotor and affective. While the cognitive domain focuses on the mental and psychological fortitude of learners, the psychomotor focuses on the use and development of muscular or motor skills and the affective domain deals with the feelings, emotions and attitudes of students. Interestingly, not all these domains are sufficiently written or documented as guidelines or curricula for classroom practice. It is for such reasons that the ‘hidden’ curriculum becomes needful, as it not only complements the official curriculum but plays a significant role in shaping the values of learners. This qualitative study engages 52 language students in a college of education in Ghana to reveal their views on their experiences with the ‘hidden’ curriculum. Questionnaires and semi-structured interviews were the data collection instruments. The inductive content analysis technique is used to analyse the collected data. The outcome of the study reveals that gender and sexuality, religion, politics, hard work and confidence are values ‘taught’ through the hidden curriculum. The findings of the study create awareness, especially for teachers that, beyond ‘what’ they teach in the classroom, ‘how’ they teach also unconsciously transmits lessons. This means that teachers should be mindful of how they dress, walk, talk and behave in the classroom since all these virtues contribute to the overall teaching and learning process.

Keywords: Curriculum, cognitive skills, psychomotor skills, affective skills, classroom practice;
Shifts in functional traits and interactions patterns of soil methane-cycling 2 communities following forest-to-pasture conversion in the Amazon Basin
Authors: Alvarez Dasiel Obregon , de Souza Leandro Fonseca , Mendes Lucas William , de Moraes Moacir Tuzzin , Tosi Micaela , Venturini Andressa Monteiro , Meyer Kyle M. , de Camargo Plínio Barbosa , Bohannan Brendan J.M. , Rodrigues Jorge L. Mazza , Dunfield Kari E. , Tsai Siu Mui 
Published: September 2022

Abstract
Deforestation threatens the integrity of the Amazon biome and the ecosystem services it provides, including greenhouse gas mitigation. Forest-to-pasture conversion has been shown to alter the flux of methane gas (CH4) in Amazonian soils, driving a switch from acting as a sink to a source of atmospheric CH4. This study aimed to better understand this phenomenon by investigating soil microbial metagenomes, focusing on the taxonomic and functional structure of methane-cycling communities. Metagenomic data from forest and pasture soils were combined with in situ CH4 fluxes and soil edaphic factors measurements and analysed using multivariate statistical approaches. We found a significantly higher abundance and diversity of methanogens in pasture soils. As inferred by co-occurrence networks, these microorganisms seem to be less interconnected within the soil microbiota in pasture soils. Metabolic traits were also different between land uses, with increased hydrogenotrophic and methylotrophic pathways of methanogenesis in pasture soils. Land-use change also induced shifts in taxonomic and functional traits of methanotrophs, with bacteria harboring genes encoding the soluble form of methane monooxygenase enzyme (sMMO) depleted in pasture soils. Redundancy analysis and multimodel inference revealed that the shift in methane-cycling communities was associated with high pH, organic matter, soil porosity, and micronutrients in pasture soils. These results comprehensively characterize the effect of forest-to-pasture conversion on the microbial communities driving the methane-cycling microorganisms in the Amazon rainforest, which will contribute to the efforts to preserve this important biome.
Technological Impact on Profitability of Banks With Relation to Employee Cost-a Mediation Analysis
Authors: J Sai Sudha , Kandi Venkata Siva Prasad 
Published: September 2022

Abstract
This study aims to know the technological impact on the profitability of banks in relation with employee cost. The study considered the quantitative research approach. The study examined the relationship and the impact of the operating profit on employee cost with the mediator has Banking technological index. The study has analyzed the relationship through Vector Error Correction Estimates (VECM) in E-views software and the Mediation analysis through SPSS software. It is concluded that the public banks technological impact is maximum than the private banks when compared with each other.
Practical Implication:
Majority of the banks are technology driven and utilizing the technology to serve the customers not only to improve the service quality but also to reduce the operational cost. In the present era it is notably identified that in the banking industry, especially in public sector banks in the financial performance of the company technology plays a vital role. It has been found that in public sector banks, there is a long run association between operational cost and financial performance, whereas in private sector banks it is very negligible. The public sector banks have significantly improved the financial performance with the banking technology by reducing the operational cost compared with the private sector banks.
Originality/Value:
This study described the analysis is considered public sector and private sector banks five each. Public banks that were used in this study were: SBI, Bank of Baroda, Bank of India, Canara and Punjab national bank while Private banks considered for this study were: ICICI, IndusInd, HDFC, Kotak Mahindra and Axis bank. This study has evaluated the impact of the use of technology services such as ATM, Mobile banking, Net banking, RTGS, Debit cards, Credit cards transactions (BTI) on the financial performance.
Mapping Potential Health Risk Vulnerability in Relation to Nitrate Pollution of Water in Gaza, Palestine
Authors: Shomar Reem T Abu , Qrenawi Luay I. 
Published: September 2022

Abstract
Contamination of water resources with nitrate is an increasing worldwide phenomenon that requires attention, particularly in areas with high vulnerability such as Gaza, Palestine.
The study presented the areas where nitrate concentrations are expected to impose health risks using Geographic Information System (GIS) application to present the most at risk areas.
The highest risk areas, located in the North and Khan Younis governorates of Gaza Strip, were shown on maps based on a proposed vulnerability criteria that consider the potential health risk (hazard quotient for nitrate >1), the level of poverty (>50%), and the level of water salinity (TDS<1000 mg/l). Residents of those areas, particularly infants, are more prone to health risks due to their higher vulnerabilities, and therefore, special advisory need to address them by the designated municipality. In addition, more strategic interventions to ensure the provision of alternative safe water supply need to be undertaken.
Ginsenoside Rg1 attenuates neurogenesis disorder and neuronal apoptosis in the rat hippocampus after spinal cord injury may involve BDNF/ERK signaling
Authors: Xie Zhiping , Xi Bin , Fu Jieping , Wan Dengfeng 
Published: September 2022

Abstract
Objective: Our previous results have demonstrated that spinal cord injury(SCI) can induce hippocampus injury and depression in rodents. Ginsenoside Rg1 is efficient to prevent neurodegenerative disorders. This study aim to investigate the effects of ginsenoside Rg1 in hippocampus after SCI.
Method:We used a rat compression SCI model. Western blotting and morphological assays were used to investigate protective effects of Ginsenoside Rg1 in the hippocampus.
Results: The results demonstrated that BDNF/ERK signaling is altered in the hippocampus at 5 weeks after SCI. SCI attenuates neurogenesis and enhances the expression of cleaved caspase-3 in the hippocampus. Moreover, ginsenoside Rg1 can attenuate the expression of cleaved caspase-3 and improve the number of neurogenesis and the expression of BDNF/ERK signaling in the rat hippocampus. The results thus suggest that SCI affects BDNF/ERK signaling, and ginsenoside Rg1 can attenuate the damage of hippocampus after SCI.
Conclusion:We speculate that the protective effects of ginsenoside Rg1 in hippocampal pathophysiological after SCI may involve BDNF/ERK signaling. Ginsenoside Rg1 may serve as a therapeutic pharmaceutical product in the futurewhen seeking to counter SCI-induced hippocampal damage.
Insight into the evolution characteristics on molecular weight of compost dissolved organic matters using high-performance size exclusion chromatography combined with a two-dimensional correlation analysis
Authors: Yu Xufang , Cheng Ao , Chen Dan , Li Ting , Fan Xing-Jun , Wang Xiang , Ji Wenchao , Wang Jianfei , Ren Lantian 
Published: September 2022

Abstract
The information on molecular weight (MW) characteristics of DOM and relevant evolution behaviors during composting are limited. In this study, DOM extracted from co-composting of chicken manure and rice husks were comprehensively analyzed by using high-performance size exclusion chromatography (HPSEC) combined with a two-dimensional correlation spectroscopy (2D COS) to explore the evolution characteristics of MW of compost DOM. The HPSEC detected at UV of 254 nm and at fluorescence (FL) Ex/Em wavelengths (315/410, 270/455 nm) all showed a gradual increase in both weight-average and number-average MW for DOM, suggesting that the large MW fractions were continuously generated and polymerized during composting. The 2D COS applied on HPSEC-UV and -FL further identified the key active MW chromophoric (i.e., 0.5, 7.2. 9.5, 26.3, 30.7, and 83.9 kDa) and fluorophoric (i.e., 0.55 and 3.5 kDa) molecules that mainly participated in the transformation processes of compost DOM. Moreover, these active MW species were preferentially formed by the order of small to large molecules. A hetero-2D COS analysis disclosed the change sequence in the order of 0.5 and 7.2 kDa chromophores → 3.5 kDa fluorophores, and the 0.55 and 3.5 kDa fluorophores → 26.3 and 83.9 kDa chromophores.
Fatigue, sleep quality and mental health symptoms in Brazilian women during the COVID-19 pandemic – longitudinal study
Authors: Santos Gabriel Bernardi dos , Beleza Ana Carolina Sartorato , Sato Tatiana de Oliveira , Carvalho Cristiano , Serrão Paula Regina Mendes da Silva 
Published: September 2022

Abstract
Purposes: To assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the variables of sleep quality, fatigue, anxiety, and depression in healthy Brazilian women.
Methods: Longitudinal observational study conducted through an online questionnaire with women in 2020 and 2021. The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, the Fatigue Severity Scale and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale were used. The data were analyzed descriptively and the comparison between the data obtained in the first and second evaluation was performed using the McNemar test. A logistic regression was applied to test the association between the variables that showed a significant difference.
Results: A total of 235 women responded to the questionnaires. There was a significant increase in fatigue between the two moments (p < 0.05). In the first assessment, depression (OR: 2.39; 95% CI: 1.14–4.99), anxiety (OR: 2.68; 95% CI: 1.37–5.22) and sleep quality (OR: 4.01; 95% CI: 1.71–9.67) were associated with fatigue. In the second assessment, depression (OR: 2.93; 95% CI: 1.19–7.18) and anxiety (OR: 2.69; 95% CI: 1.27–5.71) were associated with fatigue.
Conclusion: There was an impact on biopsychosocial aspects during the COVID-19 pandemic, with worsening of fatigue symptoms within a 6-month interval. In addition, fatigue was associated with symptoms of depression and anxiety, and worse sleep quality in the first year of the pandemic, remaining associated with symptoms of depression and anxiety in the second year of the pandemic in the country.
Hepatology-led alcohol treatment discussions and clinical outcomes among patients with alcohol-related cirrhosis
Authors: Alexandre Wheytnie , Muhammad Haseeb , Agbalajobi Olufunso , Zhang Grace , Gmelin Theresa , Adejumo Adeyinka , Noll Alan , Jonassaint Naudia , DiMartini Andrea , Bataller Ramon , Rogal Shari 
Published: September 2022

Abstract
Background. Alcohol cessation is the cornerstone of treatment for alcohol-related cirrhosis. This study evaluated associations between hepatology-led conversations about alcohol use disorder (AUD) treatment, AUD treatment engagement, and mortality.
Methods. This retrospective cohort study included all patients with ICD-10 diagnosis codes for cirrhosis and AUD who were engaged in hepatology care in a single healthcare system in 2015. Baseline demographic, medical, liver disease, and AUD treatment data were assessed. AUD treatment discussions and initiation, alcohol cessation, and subsequent 5-year mortality were collected. Regression models were used to assess the factors associated with treatment initiation and 5-year mortality.
Results. Among 496 patients with alcohol-related cirrhosis, 65 patients (13%) were receiving AUD treatment at baseline, including 48 (11%) receiving behavioral therapy alone, 11 (4%) receiving pharmacotherapy alone, and 6 (1%) receiving both. Over the first year after the baseline hepatology visit, 37 patients engaged in AUD treatment, 51 were retained in treatment, and 14 stopped treatment. One third of patients had documentation of AUD treatment discussions in their hepatology notes, in which behavioral treatment was the commonly recommended treatment modality (86%). Among patients not receiving baseline AUD treatment, treatment initiation was significantly associated with treatment discussion with a hepatologist (AOR:4.04, 95% CI:1.88-9.09) and having compensated cirrhosis (AOR:3.15 95% CI:1.04-8.62). Over 5-year follow-up, 152 patients died (35%), and ongoing alcohol use, age, hepatic decompensation, and HCC were significantly associated with mortality in the final survival model.
Conclusion. AUD treatment discussions were documented in less than half of hepatology encounters in patients with alcohol-related cirrhosis, though such discussions were strongly associated with AUD treatment initiation.