Contribution To Community Research Articles

Identification of methodological issues regarding direct impact indicators of COVID-19: a rapid scoping review on morbidity, severity and mortality.

During the first epidemic wave, COVID-19 surveillance focused on quantifying the magnitude and the escalation of a growing global health crisis. The scientific community first assessed risk through basic indicators, such as the number of cases or rates of new cases and deaths, and later began using other direct impact indicators to conduct more detailed analyses. We aimed at synthesizing the scientific community's contribution to assessing the direct impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on population health through indicators reported in research papers. We conducted a rapid scoping review to identify and describe health indicators included in articles published between January 2020 and June 2021, using one strategy to search PubMed, EMBASE and WHO COVID-19 databases. Sixteen experts from European public health institutions screened papers and retrieved indicator characteristics. We also asked in an online survey how the health indicators were added to and used in policy documents in Europe. After reviewing 3891 records, we selected a final sample of 67 articles and 233 indicators. We identified 52 (22.3%) morbidity indicators from 33 articles, 105 severity indicators (45.1%, 27 articles) and 68 mortality indicators (29.2%, 51). Respondents from 22 countries completed 31 questionnaires, and the majority reported morbidity indicators (29, 93.5%), followed by mortality indicators (26, 83.9%). The indicators collated here might be useful to assess the impact of future pandemics. Therefore, their measurement should be standardized to allow for comparisons between settings, countries and different populations.

Potential Use of Tomato Peel, a Rich Source of Lycopene, for Cancer Treatment.

Tomatoes are well known for their impressive nutritional value among vegetables. However, the industrial processing of tomatoes generates a significant amount of waste. Specifically, 10% to 18% of the raw materials used in tomato processing become waste. This waste can seriously affect ecosystems, such as freshwater bodies, wetlands, rivers, and other natural environments, if not properly managed. Interestingly, tomato waste, specifically the skin, contains lycopene, a potent antioxidant and antimutagenic that offers a range of health benefits. This makes it a valuable ingredient in industries such as food and cosmetics. In addition, researchers are exploring the potential of lycopene in the treatment of various types of cancer. This systematic review, guided by the PRISMA 2020 methodology, examined studies exploring the possibility of tomato peel as a source of lycopene and carotenoids for cancer treatment. The findings suggest that tomato peel extracts exhibit promising anticancer properties, underscoring the need for further investigation of possible therapeutic applications. The compiled literature reveals significant potential for using tomato peel to create new cancer treatments, which could potentially revolutionize the field of oncology. This underscores the importance of continued research and exploration, emphasizing the urgency and importance of the scientific community's contribution to this promising area of study.

Organic matter content and source is associated with the depth‐dependent distribution of prokaryotes in lake sediments

Abstract Aquatic sediments harbour a diverse array of microorganisms that drive organic matter recycling, carbon sequestration and greenhouse gases (e.g., CO2, CH4, N2O) emissions. Although largely studied in water columns, vertical profiles of the diversity and composition of prokaryotic communities (i.e., Bacteria and Archaea) in aquatic sediments are still rare. More specifically, much remains to be learnt about their vertical distribution in lake sediments and how environmental conditions at the time of burial have impacted their diversity and composition. We investigated the vertical distribution of prokaryotic community with 16S rRNA gene quantitative (q)PCR and metabarcoding approaches applied to 93 sediment layers collected in a 2‐m‐long sediment core from the eutrophic alkaline Lake Chenghai in subtropical China. We aimed to study the diversity, composition and structure distribution of the prokaryotic community as well as environmental factors influencing it. Bacterial abundance was found to decrease with sediment depth although the richness of both bacterial and archaeal assemblages slightly increased with sediment depth. In terms of composition, a strongly stratified sediment–depth pattern was observed in which Proteobacteria, Desulfobacterota, Bacteroidota and Verrucomicrobiota dominated the inventories in the surface sediment layers, whereas Chloroflexi, Spirochaetota, Planctomycetota, Crenarchaeota were more abundant in the deep sediment layers. Organic matter contents and sources were identified as major factors shaping the structure of the prokaryotic community. Overall, our study provides new evidence about how lake sediment's prokaryotic community are linked to external sources of energy. This complement existing data from other lake systems towards a better understanding of sediment prokaryotic community's contribution to biogeochemical cycle in lakes.

Green synthesis trends and potential applications of bimetallic nanoparticles towards the sustainable development goals 2030.

The world faces threats that the United Nations has classified into 17 categories with different objectives as solutions for each challenge that are enclosed in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). These actions involved the widespread use of science and technology as pathways to ensure their implementation. In this regard, sustainability science seeks the research community's contribution to addressing sustainable development challenges. Specifically, nanotechnology has been recognized as a key tool to provide disruptive and effective strategies to reach the SDGs. This review proposes the application of bimetallic nanoparticle substances capable of providing possible solutions to achieve target SDG 3: good health and well-being, SDG 6: clean water and sanitation, and SDG 12: responsible consumption and production. Furthermore, the term green nanotechnology is introduced in each section to exemplify how green synthesized bimetallic nanoparticles have been used to resolve each target SDG. This review also outlines the current scenario regarding the utilization of metallic nanomaterials in the market, together with the upscaling challenges and the lack of understanding of the long-term effects and hazards to the environment regarding bimetallic nanoparticles.

How R4D projects interact with the SDGs: an analysis of the links between sustainable land use projects across the Global South and the SDG targets

Abstract Non-technical summary Research for development (R4D) projects are designed to enhance the research community's contribution to implementation of the 2030 Agenda of the United Nations. We studied seven R4D projects that specifically addressed Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 15 (life on land) in 14 contexts across Asia, Africa, and South America. We then analyzed how these projects interacted with other SDGs. Our findings reveal that the positive and negative interactions between project objectives and SDG targets vary significantly across contexts, highlighting the importance of considering local conditions when designing and implementing R4D initiatives. Technical summary We analyze how the objectives of research for development (R4D) projects that focus on a particular Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) – SDG 15 (life on land) – interact with the targets of other SDGs. We studied seven R4D projects in 14 contexts across Asia, Africa, and Latin America, comparing expert judgement of interactions between project objectives and SDG targets. Our findings indicate that the success of these projects depends largely on whether they are also working toward SDG targets other than those contained in SDG 15. In particular, working toward targets contained within SDGs on poverty, hunger, water, energy, production and consumption, and global partnerships – was often considered indivisible from the project objectives. Further, while all of the projects focused on SDG 15, our findings suggest that addressing only this goal is not sufficient. A range of other targets that were a priori not the immediate focus of the projects were revealed as ‘crucial’ to the project objectives across contexts. Finally, we list several implications, such as the need for policies to integrate local realities and the need for environmental R4D projects to adopt a holistic scope, particularly in terms of (a) securing social foundations, (b) building enabling institutions, and (c) negotiating competing claims on land. Social media summary What can we learn from land-related research for development projects and their links to the SDGs in concrete contexts?

Implementing an Inclusive-Collaborative Development Model to Create Prosperity for the Poor

Objective: According to data from the Central Statistics Agency (Badan Pusat Statistik/BPS) of Lampung Province, Republic of Indonesia, the poverty rate has reached 11.57%. The high poverty rate shows that the government's current development treatment is still ineffective. In addition, development that is not on target increases the exclusion of people's lives, especially those with low incomes, so poor people are seen as not enjoying total prosperity. Based on this, research regarding applying a collaborative, inclusive development model to create prosperity for people experiencing poverty must be carried out to alleviate poverty and increase prosperity. The aim is to find a formulation to create sustainable prosperity and reduce poverty. Method: This research will use a qualitative approach with a case study method. Data collection techniques were carried out using interviews, observation, and documentation. The data obtained is in the form of primary data and secondary data. Primary data was taken from interviews and direct observation, while secondary data was obtained from books and journals related to the research context. This research was conducted for poor communities in Kota Agung Barat District, Tanggamus Regency. Results: This research shows that the government implemented an inclusive-collaborative model to create prosperity for poor communities. The community remains involved in development aspects. The community's contribution to development involves providing ideas, suggestions, and energy in executing development. Thus, the Kota Agung Barat District development, Tanggamus Regency, helps create community welfare. Conclusion: The implementation of collaborative, inclusive development in Kota Agung Barat District, Tanggamus Regency, has been carried out. Local communities are sufficiently involved in the development process. Community involvement starts from planning, preparation, and execution to evaluation.

Sosialisasi Stunting Sebagai Wujud Menciptakan Generasi Yang Sehat, Cerdas Dan Unggul Di Dusun Nyama

Stunting outreach activities among the community and mothers in Nyama Hamlet were carried out by KKN students at Pattimura University-PSDKU Southwest Maluku as a form of community service. Socialization activities are one of the activities that aim to provide understanding and knowledge to the community and mothers that the problem of stunting is a very important problem for the health of toddlers and children. This socialization was carried out in the form of lectures and questions and answers, this activity was held on August 20 2022, involving the community and specifically mothers in Nyama Hamlet, lasting 1 hour 30 minutes (11:00 – 01:00 WIT). With the aim of providing enlightenment and understanding to the public about the problem of stunting, the causes of stunting and how to prevent stunting in toddlers and children. This activity, carried out by lecturers and several students as a KKN Team, is expected to build awareness and provide a good perspective on preventing stunting which can start from the family itself and the community's contribution in supporting the government to prevent stunting which affects the next generation of Indonesians. This is deemed necessary to create a healthy, intelligent and superior generation in Nyama Hamlet.

Tracing Bong Lie Phin’s ceramic artistry in Singkawang: unveiling cultural heritage and technological advancements (1989-2020)

Ceramics by artist Bong Lie Phin has a historical record in the world of art by bringing social change to form a new culture through ceramic works. Another thing about ceramic development technology. This research is important in order to provide renewal through ceramic works. As for the research question, namely, how are inductive empiricism, reconstruction, and humanism related to ideas, society, and technology? This research process used qualitative methods with historical, social, and technological approaches and data collection techniques through interviews, literature studies, notes, and documentation documents. In the process of collecting data, researchers will gather information from artists and other supporting data. The data needed is in accordance with the research questions and then tested by involving experts and artists. There are several findings that the artist Bong Lie Phin created works from 1989 to 2020 with the concept of Chinese mythology and interpreted Chinese cultural symbols. This is also supported by the exploration of materials and technologies that develop in making ceramics, but without reducing the value and meaning, it was found that there were financial support factors carried out by the management of these ceramic artists in influencing understanding. Work so that the presence of work continues. Occurs, the work is considered capable of providing transformation of spiritual values; another discussion is the community's contribution in providing understanding in the creation of ceramic art so that the process of reconstruction in the work occurs continuously.

PENGAYOMAN PEMERINTAH PADA MASYARAKAT DALAM MEWUJUDKAN DESA TANGGUH BENCANA

This activity has a focus on strengthening the community's role in creating a disaster-resilient village in Dayakan Village, Badegan District, Ponorogo Regency. The main benefit of this activity is to rebuild the community's contribution in the context of disaster management in Dayakan Village. Desa Dayakan is one of the villages which is affected by natural disasters every year such as landslides, flash floods, forest fires, and droughts. The entire Dayakan Village is located on the contours of mountainous land and most of it is forest. The implementation of this service is carried out through several activities including: (1) Socialization of program activities, (2) Strengthening the existence of disaster risk reduction (DRR) forums, (3) Disaster and emergency mitigation training, (4) Establishment of disaster posts in each hamlet, and (5) Establishment of disaster communication and information posts. In practice, the community has been very supportive of this activity through their participation in every activity held, besides that the role of the village government, DRR groups, and external institutions has also continued to be developed. The advice given in this activity is that the village government must be the motor in giving enthusiasm to the community to make the area a disaster resilient village.Keywords: Disaster Resilient Area, Community, Role

TERJEMAHAN AL-QURAN KEMENAG 2018 DAN IMPLIKASI IDEOLOGI: ANALISIS TENTANG AYAT-AYAT JIHAD

This thesis aims to reveal how the 2018 Ministry of Religion Al-Quran Translation and Ideological Implications: Analysis of the verses of Jihad. This study uses library research research methods. In its operation, this research is more on the study and assessment of the 2018 Ministry of Religion Al-Quran translation and Ideological Implications. This study aims to describe the implications of ideology.The research method of library research is to examine books related to existing problems and related to the problems discussed in this thesis. This study aims to describe the ideological implications that occurred in Indonesia before and after the publication of the 2018 Ministry of Religion's translation of the Al-Quran. And the typology of radical jihad is also different which has an excessive understanding of the meaning of jihad only as a form of war. This is, of course, different from the liberal typology of reducing the means that are not used as a tool of war should not be destroyed. Acts of terrorism in Indonesian society in the year prior to 2018 were very widespread because preventing acts of terrorism were dominantly only carried out by the government after 2018 until now the community's contribution was felt especially for the role of religious leaders who contributed to preventing acts of terrorism through the translation guidelines. The 2018 Al-Qur'an by the Ministry of Religion became one of the aspects that took part in overcoming all forms of acts of radicalism and terrorism after the government involved all elements of society and coincided with the publication of the 2018 edition of the Ministry of Religion's translation of the Qur'an.

How does the research community contribute to corporate climate‐related risk disclosures? The gap between ideals and reality

AbstractSince the inception of the Task Force on Climate Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) and its publication of a series of guidelines to instruct companies how to respond to climate change, physical and transition risks have become must‐know terms for businesses around the world. The development of various physical and transition risk assessment tools has become an urgent task for not only climate service companies but also for the scientific research community. Nevertheless, there is still an obvious gap between the contribution of the scientific research community and enterprise needs for clarification of the TCFD requirements. This article draws on interviews from representatives of more than a dozen related corporations and institutions in Taiwan, including private firms, research units, and industry associations, to understand and summarize their experience and expectations for the research community's contributions to TCFD alignment. The interview findings point out that physical risk assessment, transition risk assessment, data/information disclosure and integration, and policies and systems are the most concerned aspects of the interviewees. Based on these findings, the paper then provides suggestions for improvement by the research community, policy makers, and decision makers, including appropriate policies and systems, localized high‐quality climate services, and international competition, helping to effectively bridge the gap between daily research work and external expectations for the research results.

Partisipasi Masyarakat untuk Penguatan Wisata Sungai Berbasis Kewirausahaan Kreatif dalam Disain Kawasan Sungai Jawi Pontianak

As part of the city of Pontianak, Sungai Jawi Village is a settlement that grows along the river flowing into the Kapuas River. The potential as a growth path in the past has caused the settlement of Sungai Jawi Village to develop quite rapidly. Physical and socio-economic problems in the Sungai Jawi Settlement Area are commonly found as urban villages. Participation in the community's contribution is actively involved in problem-solving discussions and identification of potentials in obtaining the formulation of the spatial concept of creative entrepreneurship in Sungai Jawi Village. The formulation of this spatial concept is used in the design to accommodate the economic activities of the local population. The program's sustainability in creative entrepreneurship by empowering local communities is essential through collaboration in improvement and assistance with related parties, including the Pontianak city government and the private sector. In implementing the design of the spatial concept of creative entrepreneurship, Sungai Jawi Village is expected to become a river tourism destination by offering the community's potential in creative entrepreneurship. This action can inspire people in these settlements and other areas located by the river to start a similar settlement concept. This program has produced several planning documents by turning the Jawi River into a binding element for tourism areas to foster creative entrepreneurship.

Living Hadist dan Qur’an dalam membentuk Religiusitas Anak Sejak Dini Dalam Bingkai Moderasi Beragama Di Purworejo

Religious moderation is one of the most popular religious discussions today. Various religious groups interpret their religious doctrines very differently, sometimes with extreme, moderate or mediocre views. Some groups who interpret it in an extreme way lead to acts of violence and intolerance. To anticipate the occurrence of such misunderstandings and misunderstandings, it is important for us to instill good knowledge and not to interpret religious doctrines in an extreme way. One of our efforts is to provide assistance to the community's religious studies from an early age, through this activity the community can gradually change their perspective on religious doctrines that seem firm in their implementation. The community's contribution gave a positive response to the activities of living hadith and the Koran in shaping community religiosity in a sustainable manner.

ANALISIS PROSES EKSTERNALISASI, OBJEKTIVASI, INTERNALISASI DAN MAKNA SIMBOLIK UPACARA ADAT KARO SUKU TENGGER

Karo Traditional Ceremony is one of the traditional ceremonies symbolized by the origin of human birth, so that the Karo traditional ceremony is legally obligatory to Tengger Tribe. The objective of study is to analyze the processes of externalization, objectivation, and internalization in the social construction of traditional Karo ceremony Tengger tribe and the meaning of symbols in the Karo traditional ceremony in Ngadisari Village, Probolinggo Regency. This research used a descriptive qualitative method, with a case study approach. Informants of study were the village apparatuses and the heads of Tengger tribal families in Ngadisari village, Probolinggo Regency. Data collection techniques used were interview, observation, and documentation. The results of study indicated that Karo traditional ceremony plays an important role in establishing and maintaining social relations. Social construction in the implementation of Karo traditional ceremony takes place in three processes. It started with the externalization stage, in which parents undertake a process of influencing their descendants. Next is the objectivation stage, in which the community's contribution can be seen from the process of organizing Karo traditional ceremony. The last stage is internalization, in which the Tenggerese people begin to believe in and preserve Karo traditional ceremonial ritual. In a series of processions the Karo Traditional ceremony has the meaning of symbols in a series of events that make the Tengger people tolerant, and obey values ​​and norms applying. The implication of research is that Karo traditional ceremony represents public awareness as indigenous people and can be known widely, especially to the younger generation, so that it can be preserved.

From ML models to intelligent applications

The last 5+ years in ML have focused on building the best models, hyperparameter optimization, parallel training, massive neural networks, etc. Now that the building of models has become easy, models are being integrated into every piece of software and device - from smart kitchens to radiology to detecting performance of turbines. This shift from training ML models to building intelligent, ML-driven applications has highlighted a variety of problems going from "a model" to a whole application or business process running on ML. These challenges range from operational challenges (how to package and deploy different types of models using existing SDLC tools and practices), rethinking what existing abstractions mean for ML (e.g., testing, monitoring, warehouses for ML), and collaboration challenges arising from disparate skill sets involved in ML product development (DS vs. SWE), and brand-new problems unique to ML (e.g., explainability, fairness, retraining, etc.) In this talk, I will discuss the slew of challenges that still exist in operationalizing ML to build intelligent applications, some solutions that the community has adopted, and highlight various open problems that would benefit from the research community's contributions.

Re-conceiving territory in Eastern Crimea: the impact of the Italian community on Kerch's urban and rural transformation

This article deals with the impact that Italian migrants, both individually and as a community, had on the rural and urban environment of Kerch, in Eastern Crimea (Russian Empire), during the1820s and 1920s. Occupying a strategic position in the Black Sea for Russia's geopolitics and for the whole European commercial system, this territory's transformation was activated by Russia's imperial re-visioning of the Crimea and by spontaneous foreign immigration. Within this context, the Italian community's contribution to the transformation of the local environment had an important economic impact, relevant also on a wider scale. Some of these changes would have a long-lasting effect but none of them would ever be officially recognised. The aim of this article is to shed light on these processes.

President's Page: Supercharging the future: Joint SEG–AAPG annual meetings signal new level of collaboration

Applied geoscience is at a critical juncture as the world's environmental challenges and changing energy landscape bring fresh opportunities to embrace a broader, more complex, and interrelated scope. SEG's six strategic pillars — innovation, digitalization, preservation, collaboration, representation, and contribution — are focusing our Society on advancing our community's contribution amid these dynamics and the new dimensions of organizations that advance sciences and their practices.

Bacterial community composition under long-term reduced tillage and no till management.

The purpose of this study was to assess impacts of long-term reduced tillage and no till management on bacterial communities in agricultural field soils. Samples from surface soils were collected from field plots maintained under reduced tillage and no till conditions for 14years. No till soils had significantly higher microbial biomass, as well as β-glucosidase activity, which is linked to organic matter breakdown. Sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene revealed most variability in bacterial community composition was observed in low abundance community members. Diversity estimates (Chao 1, ACE, and Shannon indices) were lower in no till soils, and several bacterial taxa linked to organic matter breakdown were significantly higher in no till compared to tilled soils. Long-term no till management can significantly enhance the size of soil microbial communities while negatively impacting bacterial diversity, through the lack of soil disturbance and breakdown of crop residues left on soil surfaces. This study provides insights into how no till management can influence the microbial community's contribution to soil health and suggests that long-term no till field plots may benefit from occasional tillage.

INNOVATION OF ISLAMIC BANKING INDUSTRY AS AN ALTERNATIVE ISLAMIC ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN INDONESIA

One of potential exploration and manifestation of the community's contribution to the national economy, is the development of an economic system based on the value of Islamic (Sharia) by lifting its principles into the National Legal System. Shariah principles based on the values of fairness, expediency, balance, and universality (rahmatan lil 'alamin). Those values are applied in banking regulation that is based on the so-called Sharia Islamic Banking. Principles of Islamic Banking is part of Islamic teachings related to the economy. In addition, to provide assurance to the people who still doubt shariah Islamic Banking operations during this time also set of business activities that do not conflict with Sharia Principles include business activities that do not contain elements of riba, maisir gharar, haram, and zalim. A separate regulation for Islamic Banking is an urgent thing to do, to ensure compliance with Shariah principles, the principles of the Bank for Islamic Bank, and no less important is expected to mobilize funds from other countries that requires the regulation of the Islamic Bank. Problems faced, how the strategy and the constraints faced in Islamic Banking Industry Product Innovation in developing the economy in Indonesia by Islamic Banking Act. This study aims to look for and find in the practice of the ways and forms of Islamic banking product innovation, as well as the constraints that it faces.This research, analytical, descriptive and normative juridical approach, and aims to provide a complete picture of the facts and the systematic application of Sharing in Islamic banks. Furthermore, the data were analyzed through statutory provisions in force, which among one another should not be contradictory, pay attention to the hierarchy with the aim to achieve legal certainty, by searching and digging law who live in the community, whether it is written or unwritten (Islamic law).The results showed that the strategy which remove products of Islamic banking industry innovation, improve human resources SDI), and marketing of products strategically. Constraints faced in Islamic Banking Industry Product Innovation in developing the economy in Indonesia, it is very difficult to do because fixated on Islamic principles. Suggestions put forward, should disseminate innovative products to the public and the effectiveness of supervision of Islamic banks (Internal & ekstenal).

The Sharing Economy in Computing

The sharing economy has quickly become a very prominent subject of research in the broader computing literature and the in human--computer interaction (HCI) literature more specifically. When other computing research areas have experienced similarly rapid growth (e.g. human computation, eco-feedback technology), early stage literature reviews have proved useful and influential by identifying trends and gaps in the literature of interest and by providing key directions for short- and long-term future work. In this paper, we seek to provide the same benefits with respect to computing research on the sharing economy. Specifically, following the suggested approach of prior computing literature reviews, we conducted a systematic review of sharing economy articles published in the Association for Computing Machinery Digital Library to investigate the state of sharing economy research in computing. We performed this review with two simultaneous foci: a broad focus toward the computing literature more generally and a narrow focus specifically on HCI literature. We collected a total of 112 sharing economy articles published between 2008 and 2017 and through our analysis of these papers, we make two core contributions: (1) an understanding of the computing community's contributions to our knowledge about the sharing economy, and specifically the role of the HCI community in these contributions (i.e. what has been done ) and (2) a discussion of under-explored and unexplored aspects of the sharing economy that can serve as a partial research agenda moving forward (i.e. what is next to do ).