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UMBU TREE (Spondias tuberosa Arr. Cam. - Anacardiaceae): FROM EXTRACTIVE TO PLANTED CULTURE IN BRAZIL

Umbu tree (Spondias tuberosa Arr. Cam.) is botanical species native to the Caatinga that plays significant cultural and economic role in Northeast Brazil. The aims of this study to evaluate the trend in umbu fruit production over a period of 21 years and to discuss the cultivation of the species, associated with its socioeconomic and environmental advantages in the semiarid region of Northeast Brazil. Data on extractive production and the monetary value of umbu fruit were obtained from the official platform of the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. Silvicultural aspects cultivation, management, and its market was obtained from specialized literature. Descriptive statistics on the data set and a trend analysis through regression model fitting was carried out using JMP® software. A downward trend in umbu tree fruit was estimated for most states, except for Alagoas, Paraíba, and Rio Grande do Norte. Alagoas was the only one with the best average variation (74.6%) in production and price (US$ 0.83) per kg of production via extractivism. The cultivating through plantations for commercial fruit umbu production is an alternative to overcome the declining trend in extractivism, ensuring continuation of family income and environmental protection of umbu tree populations in their natural habitats.

Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Chikungunya Incidence in Brazil and the Impact of Social Vulnerability: A Population-Based and Ecological Study.

To assess the temporal and spatial dynamics of chikungunya incidence and its association with social vulnerability indicators in Brazil, an ecological and population-based study was conducted herein, with confirmed cases of chikungunya and based on clinical and clinical-epidemiological criteria from 2017 to 2023. Data were obtained from the Notifiable Diseases Information System and social vulnerability indicators were extracted from the official platform of the United Nations Development Program and the Social Vulnerability Atlas. Temporal, spatial, and global spatial regression models were employed. The temporal trend showed that in 2017, the incidence increased by 1.9%, and this trend decreased from 2020 to 2021 (-0.93%). The spatial distribution showed heterogeneity and positive spatial autocorrelation (I: 0.71; p < 0.001) in chikungunya cases in Brazil. Also, the high-risk areas for the disease were concentrated in the northeast and north regions. The social vulnerability indicators associated with the outcome were those related to income, education, and housing conditions. Our analyses demonstrate that chikungunya continues to be a serious health concern in Brazil, but specially in the northeast and north regions. Lastly, mapping risk areas can provide evidence for the development of public health strategies and disease control in endemic regions.

The Effect of E-WOM (Electronic - Word of Mouth) Lifestyle on Purchasing Decisions with Brand Image as a Mediating Variable

This research aims to explore how electronic word of mouth (E-WOM) and lifestyle impact buying choices, with brand image playing a role as a mediator. The study surveyed 140 individuals residing in Ciayumajakuning, selected using a purposive sampling method, and employed quantitative analysis. The target population comprised the Ciayumajakuning community who had purchased official Shopee compass shoes. The findings show that E-WOM and lifestyle significantly influence brand image and purchasing decisions. Additionally, brand image was identified as a mediator between E-WOM, lifestyle, and purchasing decisions. This investigation enhances comprehension of the factors influencing purchasing decisions regarding compass shoe products on Shopee's official platform, thus contributing significantly to understanding the interplay among E-WOM, lifestyle, brand image, and purchasing decisions in the context of compass shoes.

The Analysis of Earth and Life Sciences Educational Videos in TelmidTice Platform (Morocco): Technical Quality, Pedagogical and Didactic Considerations

In recent years, the development of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) had a considerable impact on the teaching-learning process, both in terms of quantity and quality. Despite the appearance of many innovative teaching resources, video remains the preferred teaching tool for teachers and learners. Currently, this resource medium is widely used in face-to-face, hybrid and distance learning courses due to its numerous advantages in promoting active learning and motivating learners. For this reason, several platforms such as TelmidTice offer free access to educational video clips for learners of all levels and subjects in secondary school in Morocco. This study aims to evaluate the video sequences designed by the Ministry of National Education, Reschool and Sports, and made available online on the official platform of the Ministry called TelmidTice. The analysis concerned a sample of educational videos composed of 10 videos selected among those delivering life and earth science courses. For this purpose, a grid was developed. It comprised several criteria designed for the analysis of the various pedagogical, didactic, visual, and auditory aspects of the educational videos. Findings showed that the majority of the videos analyzed do not meet the different pedagogical and didactic criteria. This also applies to the visual criteria, and the auditory criteria. Based on the results, recommendations have been formulated for the design of high-quality educational videos before being published online and made accessible to learners on distance learning platforms.

Critical assessment of protein intrinsic disorder prediction (CAID) - Results of round 2.

Protein intrinsic disorder (ID) is a complex and context-dependent phenomenon that covers a continuum between fully disordered states and folded states with long dynamic regions. The lack of a ground truth that fits all ID flavors and the potential for order-to-disorder transitions depending on specific conditions makes ID prediction challenging. The CAID2 challenge aimed to evaluate the performance of different prediction methods across different benchmarks, leveraging the annotation provided by the DisProt database, which stores the coordinates of ID regions when there is experimental evidence in the literature. The CAID2 challenge demonstrated varying performance of different prediction methods across different benchmarks, highlighting the need for continued development of more versatile and efficient prediction software. Depending on the application, researchers may need to balance performance with execution time when selecting a predictor. Methods based on AlphaFold2 seem to be good ID predictors but they are better at detecting absence of order rather than ID regions as defined in DisProt. The CAID2 predictors can be freely used through the CAID Prediction Portal, and CAID has been integrated into OpenEBench, which will become the official platform for running future CAID challenges.

Karisma Gus Azmi di Kalangan Jamaah Milenial dalam Shalawat Syubbanul Muslimin Perspektif Max Weber

The emergence and spread of takfiri ideology can be traced back to the historical interpretations of the Khawārij and Wahhabis, leading individuals towards radicalization. This phenomenon has resulted in detrimental consequences, including the disruption of religious harmony, erosion of fundamental religious values and exacerbation of intra-Muslim conflicts culminating in violence. Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), as a proponent of the Aswaja sect, has actively undertaken measures to counteract Takfiri influence. This study analyzes NU’s efforts to combat takfiri ideology through its official platform, i.e., NU Online. Utilizing qualitative and library research methods, this investigation employs Charles Sanders Peirce’s semiotic framework to scrutinize the counter-takfiri discourse on NU Online. Central to Peirce’s semiotics are the concepts of representamen (sign), object, and interpretant. The findings reveal that the counter-takfiri contents on the NU Islamic portal predominantly promote moderate Islamic principles, aiming to foster critical thinking and moderation among Muslims to resist radical ideologies like takfiri beliefs. NU, characterized as a peaceful, tolerant, and nationalist mass organization, actively advocates for moderation within Islam, aiming to inoculate its followers against extremist interpretations.

Analisis Artikel Populer Kontrapaham Takfiri dalam Portal Keislaman NU: Perspektif Semiotika Charles Sanders Peirce

The emergence and spread of takfiri ideology can be traced back to the historical interpretations of the Khawārij and Wahhabis, leading individuals towards radicalization. This phenomenon has resulted in detrimental consequences, including the disruption of religious harmony, erosion of fundamental religious values and exacerbation of intra-Muslim conflicts culminating in violence. Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), as a proponent of the Aswaja sect, has actively undertaken measures to counteract Takfiri influence. This study analyzes NU’s efforts to combat takfiri ideology through its official platform, i.e., NU Online. Utilizing qualitative and library research methods, this investigation employs Charles Sanders Peirce’s semiotic framework to scrutinize the counter-takfiri discourse on NU Online. Central to Peirce’s semiotics are the concepts of representamen (sign), object, and interpretant. The findings reveal that the counter-takfiri contents on the NU Islamic portal predominantly promote moderate Islamic principles, aiming to foster critical thinking and moderation among Muslims to resist radical ideologies like takfiri beliefs. NU, characterized as a peaceful, tolerant, and nationalist mass organization, actively advocates for moderation within Islam, aiming to inoculate its followers against extremist interpretations.

Religious Intolerance, America, and the World: A History of Forgetting and Remembering

Religious Intolerance, America, and the World: A History of Forgetting and Remembering

Matching Fund "Kedai Reka" 2022: Link and Match Support Model for Higher Education and Industry or Productive Communities in Indonesia

The condition of the absence or lack of synergy between the world of work and higher education (broken link) is a phenomenon that inhibits the accelerated progress of the nation. As is the case in Indonesia, this phenomenon needs to be responded to immediately with real and appropriate concrete efforts. One of the concrete and massive efforts developed and implemented by the Indonesian government starting at the end of 2020 is the "Kedaireka" Matching Fund program. "Kedaireka" is the latest solution in realizing the convenience of synergizing the contribution of higher education institutions with the commercialization of partners for the advancement of the Indonesian nation, which is in line with the vision of the Indonesian Ministry of Education and Culture's Independent Campus. The "Kedaireka" Matching Fund program is expected to be able to break the chain of disconnection of campus research results that should be developed and produced by industry. The "Kedaireka" program can reconnect campus relations with industry in realizing innovation. "Kedai Reka" can make the world of business and education go hand in hand. For this purpose, the "Kedaireka" platform was developed to bridge the industry's concrete needs and higher education innovation ideas. In addition, "Kedaireka" is also one of the foundations for the creation of freedom to learn – independent campus which creates autonomous, flexible and innovative learning. The Kedaireka Platform is an official platform from the Ministry of Education and Culture in Indonesia to build optimism between the industry which has various problems or needs to meet the higher education capability which has various solutions to these problems. As a contribution to the development of link and match literacy efforts that have been processed through the "Kedai Reka" program, the research problem is stated as follows: How is the implementation of "Kedaireka"?; What are the results and evaluations in the development of innovation in Indonesia?; How is the self-reflection of the implementers of the "Kedaireka" program from case studies at universities contextually? Keywords: Matching Fund, Kedaireka, Link and Match.

Analysis of the digital platforms developed by the Romanian Authorities during the COVID-19 pandemic

Abstract The pandemic caused an increase in the use of, and demand for digital public services, accelerating the digital transformation, which necessitated rapid development and deployment of various ICT systems. The Authority for the Digitalization of Romania in partnership with Code for Romania developed a number of six digital platforms for better management of the COVID-19 pandemic. They firstly created stirioficiale.ro, a platform that was used by the Romanian government to give Romanian residents trustworthy, up-to-date information about pandemic measures, guidance, and other important information. Following that, another 5 platforms were developed with the help of over 420 volunteers in order for the government to better manage the COVID-19 pandemic, with a total of six platforms forming an ecosystem that would be used by over ten million citizens across the country to access reliable information. The main objective of the article is to observe and interpret the analytics of the official platform datelazi.ro. After a formal request to the Authority for the Digitalization of Romania, the official recorded data was received and analyzed by the authors. The main results of the study show us that the visibility of the platform is low compared to the country’s population. However, due to the consistency of users in the fifth wave of the pandemic, it is reasonable to assume that there is a core use of roughly 10,000 residents who find this platform beneficial for information at this time.

Current status and trend of clinical development of orphan drugs in China

BackgroundRare diseases have been increasingly recognized as unmet medical and health needs worldwide; a growing demand for the development of orphan drugs emerges subsequently. Therefore, it is of great interest for both the Chinese regulatory agency and pharmaceutical companies to keep tract on the clinical development of orphan drugs in China.Objective and methodThis study aims to reveal the current situation and trend of the clinical development of orphan drugs in China, based on the data collected from the Chinese official platform, dating from January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2021.ResultsA total of 331 clinical trials for orphan drugs were extracted from the platform, covering 31 rare diseases and 124 drugs. Increases were seen in the annual number of clinical trials and drugs being tested, with a sharp increase after 2018. About the disease types of the 331 trials, Parkinson disease (young-onset, early-onset) (86, 26%), hemophilia (70, 21%), homozygote hypercholesterolemia (60, 18%) were the most common. Furthermore, it was also observed that the largest number of clinical trial units for rare disease in east China (90, 41%) and the smallest number located in northwest China (18, 6%) and northeast China (18, 6%).ConclusionsThe growth trends illustrate the progress in clinical trial and drug development of rare diseases from 2013 to 2021. However, promoting orphan drugs development still is an important issue in China; at the same time, further efforts should be made for meet the unmet needs of disease types and balance the uneven distribution of medical resources for clinical trial on rare diseases.

Research on Optimization and Application of University Student Development and Management Strategy Driven by Multidimensional Big Data

The purpose of education is to enable students to develop fully, freely, comprehensively, and harmoniously. The development of college students is a social problem that must be focused on in higher education under the background of China’s powerful human resources. It is an important subject that higher education must attach great importance to and solve to find out the way and method to solve and avoid the development of college students to help them face risks correctly, meet challenges, and grow healthily. Under the background in the era of big data, Internet and mobile intelligent terminal has great popularity in colleges and universities, especially in the digital library, the official platform construction, and is widely used in Internet multimedia technology in college classroom, although for college students and the teacher provides vast amounts of information data, exploring the college students’ horizons, enriching the students’ knowledge structure. But the explosive growth of data and information security threat to the development of college students management work still bring the severe test of this; education workers in colleges and universities should comply with the development of The Times, the big data organic blend in the current education system, and the specific practice of education, for modern education practice and college students’ all-round development’s age characteristic new development mode and effective way. In order to adapt to the new form of the development of The Times, the management of colleges and universities should keep pace with The Times, and integrate the concept of big data and advanced technology into the education management work, so as to realize the national deployment of the education system innovation development strategy, explore teaching rules, students’ growth and development tasks, and other realistic needs of the times. In addition, making big data the most powerful internal driving force for educational development helps colleges and universities to realize the frontier, timeliness, interactivity, and individuation of educational management. Colleges and universities should actively apply the idea of big data, improve the data resource integration and use ability of the staff in the field of education management through diversified means, improve the management level in multiple dimensions, and promote the updating and upgrading of the management structure of higher education and teaching. By analyzing the background of big data era, this paper analyzes the challenges of college students’ management in the era of big data and puts forward the strategies of college students’ management in the era of big data, so as to improve the quality and efficiency of college students’ management.

Application of The Nearest Neighbor Algorithm for Classification of Online Taxibike Sentiments In Indonesia In The Google Playstore Application

Google playstore is an official platform that provides applications to services, and not only that, user can perform assessments and reviews after using the Google playstore. One of the applications and services provided by Google playstore is online transportation. There's a couple of online transports available but at this time's research just scanned the official transport account of gojek and grab online. The data used in this study were application review data and service review data from the two online transportations which are processed using the K-Nearest Neighbor and Improved K-Nearest Neighbor algorithms by comparing the accuracy values. An experiment was conducted to divide the data with 5 K on the K-Fold Cross-Validation. The results of the comparison of the KNN application data were that Grab had a higher accuracy of 77.77% compared to Gojek which had an accuracy value of 66.24%. In terms of the Data Services using the IKNN algorithm, Grab had a higher accuracy value of 78.23% while Gojek had an accuracy value of 48.19%. Meanwhile, from the time complexity of the process, the IK-NN algorithm is better than the K-NN.

Using Discord to Facilitate Students in Teaching Learning Process during COVID-19 Outbreak

During the COVID-19 outbreak declared by WHO in the end of 2019, classroom activity has been changed into online learning. University has become the institution that is capable of performing online learning for teaching-learning process. In University of Muhammadiyah Gresik, online learning has been performed by its official online learning platform called SPADA UMG. However, students sometimes experience technical issues in using the platform. Therefore, the university allows lecturers to use other kinds of online platforms during the situation of COVID-19 outbreak to make the teaching-learning process more effective. One of the platforms used in online process is Discord. This research focused on analyzing online learning activity by using “Discord” application to facilitate students in online learning process. The writer applied qualitative research design and used questionnaire and interview techniques. The result showed the advantages of using Discord in online learning process provided students with meaningful learning experience. Students were satisfied with the use of Discord in online learning process. It was described into 6 indicators; (1) contents or features, (2) interface, (3) feedback & interaction, (4) students’ performance, (5) communication process, and (6) interactivity. In the other hand, few students also reported disadvantages in using Discord concerning the unstable internet connection and low-end device capability

Voices of the Gatekeepers: Examining the Olympic Channel Production Through a Gendered Lens

ABSTRACT This study aims to explore the content production at the Olympic Channel through a lens of gender. The eleven interviews with the Olympic Channel professionals suggest that (a) sports media professionals claimed considerable agency, with individual personality and perspectives heavily influencing their journalism practice; (b) regarding content selection, the Olympic Channel seeks to strike a balance between Olympic values and commercial pursuits; and (c) the considerable proportion of female employees play an important role in facilitating a female-friendly workplace in sports newsrooms. This study illustrates the degree to which employees at an International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) official sports media platform value gender equality in their journalism practice.

AUTHORITATIVE CARTOGRAPHY IN BRAZIL AND COLLABORATIVE MAPPING PLATFORMS: CHALLENGES AND PROPOSALS FOR DATA INTEGRATION

Abstract: Brazil has a large area with missing or outdated mapping on the largest scales of its authoritative mapping. The use of data from collaborative mapping platforms appears as an alternative that may contribute to minimizing this problem, either by updating or completing the mapping coverage in Brazil, as proposed or performed by some National Mapping Agencies abroad. The present work aims to analyze a methodology to provide accurate and documented integration of volunteered geographic information and the Brazilian authoritative mapping. The proposal starts with the semantic compatibility between the conceptual models adopted in both official cartography and OpenStreetMap platform. The research continues with the identification of object classes with the most significant potential for integration. Finally, we developed some experiments to evaluate and validate the OSM data integration process in a 1:25,000 scale cartographic database. Even in regions with a recent mapping, the results of the preliminary assessment indicate the potential for an increase of about 52% and 16% of features in the ‘road system’ category, which suggests a very promising method for use in areas with missing or outdated mapping, and its applicability to other categories.

Canine corona virus in Nigeria: a missed diagnosis or an under reported panzootics?

In Nigeria, dogs are kept as a companion animal, or a source of protein,[1], with an estimated dog population of about 2-5million based on the population density of 1;13 households,[2,3]. Canine Corona Virus,(CCoV) is a viral disease enzootic in dog worldwide,[4]. Two distinct genera are known, CCoV-I, CCoV-II, [5,6], they are responsible for mild, self-limiting gastrointestinal infections in dogs,[5]. CCoV-II has two subgenera CCoV-IIa and CCoV-IIb based on its genetic relatedness to transmissible gastroenteritis virus of Swine,(TGEV),[5]. However, in May 2005, the outbreak of a fetal, systemic disease in 3 miniature pinschers and a cocker spaniel, characterized by lethargy, vomiting, pyrexia, hematuria and neurological symptom initially taught to be caused by Parvovirus was identified as a pantropic coronavirus variant (CCoV-IIa),[5]. Curiously, CCoV is rarely reported or listed as a differential diagnosis, during clinical diagnosis and management of Canine diseases in Nigeria. Similarly, a retrospective review of the animal disease line list from the Federal department of Veterinary services in Nigeria between, 2000- 2010, showed that no case of CCoVs was reported across the 36 States of Nigeria and the Federal capital territory (FCT), neither was it listed as a reportable animal disease on the Animal disease information system server 2(ARIS 2), the official platform for reporting animal diseases in Nigeria during the period in view. Consequently, we conducted a cross-sectional survey involving 69 Veterinarian in small animal practices in Nigeria, a structured pre-tested questionnaire was purposively administered to clinicians to determine the availability of laboratory services as an integral component of Veterinary diagnostics, the basis on which management of suspected cases of CCoV, Canine Parvo viral enteritis, and Canine Adenovirus was made by a veterinarian. On the availability of laboratory services, 20(28.6%) of respondents has no laboratory facilities,(LF) as part of their clinical practice. Thirty-nine (57%) relied solely on a clinical symptom alone to make a diagnosis of Canine diseases, 3(11.4%) of Veterinary hospital,(VH) with LF conducts the virological test. Fifteen (22.9%) of clinician-reported managing suspected cases of CCoV, however, 8(54.6%) of them posited that management was based on clinical symptoms alone. We reported that only 14(20.6%) of dogs presenting symptoms similar to canine Parvo viral enteritis, Adenoviruses were screened for Canine coronavirus.

Destination Management Systems: Key Distinctive Functionalities Aimed at Visitors and Destination Suppliers

ABSTRACT Destination Management Organizations (DMOs) have been taking advantage of technologies in order to manage destinations in a more successful way. Previous research on tourism destination online platforms has proclaimed Destination Management Systems (DMSs) as their most advanced version, mostly by giving visitors the ability to accomplish most of their travel arrangements through a reliable official platform integrating several destination components. However, most of the academic research on DMSs is conceptual and/or lacks a holistic perspective of the functionalities that characterize such systems and does not provide an overview of the functionalities that differentiate these systems from more traditional DMOs’ web platforms. The present paper intends to contribute to fill these gaps, namely to identify the functionalities that differentiate these systems by confronting previous research that focuses on potential DMS functionalities with the results of an empirical study encompassing a content analysis of 23 DMS and interviews with both DMS’s developers and DMO officials. The findings suggest a considerable mismatch between the functionalities conveyed by existing DMSs and previous research either theoretical or empirical that rely on the analysis of few DMSs. The paper ends with conclusions and suggestions regarding the development of DMSs.

ИНТЕГРАТИВНЫЕ ХАРАКТЕРИСТИКИ СОВРЕМЕННОГО ПРОТЕСТА (НА МАТЕРИАЛЕ НЕМЕЦКОЯЗЫЧНОЙ ПОЛИТИЧЕСКОЙ БЛОГОСФЕРЫ)

Цель. Статья посвящена анализу характеристик немецкоязычной политической блогосферы на официальной платформе https://www.cision.de/top-10-blogs-politik/, определяющих пространственно-временное, предметное, коллективно-личностное системно-коммуникативные измерения протеста; актуальных выражений Net-мышления и электронной демократии как новых особенных форм современной политической коммуникации в исследуемых практиках протеста. Раскрывается комплексная сущность политических блогов, детерминируемая их полифункциональностью, дискурсивной гибридностью и стилистическим синкретизмом. Описывается совокупность компонентов, характеризующих политический блог как комплексный жанр онлайн-коммуникации; релевантные коммуникативные стратегии и тактики массового адресата, индивидуального адресанта и со-адресантов. Определяются параметры среды интернет-коммуникации, обусловливающие способ организации коммуникативного взаимодействия блогера и потенциального адресата и выбор языковых средств, необходимых для реализации интенциональности блогера. Основное внимание сосредоточено на совокупности классифицирующих признаков, которые находят свое проявление в стилистическом синкретизме политических блогов.Метод или методология проведения работы. Эмпирический материал был отобран методом сплошной выборки на официальной платформе https://www.cision.de/top-10-blogs-politik. Методы исследования включают в себя общенаучные методы анализа и синтеза, интерпретативный метод, контент-анализ, стилистический метод, применяемый для анализа фрагментов политических блогов.Результаты. Выделены проявления медиатизации как инструмента общественного взаимодействия в анализируемых протестных практиках, воздействующих на сознание и жизнедеятельность индивида. Результаты исследования позволяют по – новому переосмыслить взаимосвязь между сетевой коммуникацией и социокультурными изменениями.Область применения результатов. Результаты исследования могут быть использованы в базовом курсе прикладной лингвистики, лингвокультурологии и социолингвистике.

Ebbs and flows: the determinants of local currency bond market liquidity in Poland

ABSTRACT Liquidity facilitates price discovery, improves market efficiency and lowers transaction costs. We make use of a novel dataset of daily bond fixings on Warsaw Stock Exchange’s official bond trading platform (2005–2018 period). Using bid-ask spreads as a proxy for market liquidity, we investigate its determinants in Poland. We find that liquidity tends to fluctuate, but has generally increased. There is robust evidence of seasonal effects, differences between security types as well as maturity and coupon size impacts. In addition, liquidity is found to be highly correlated with global factors. Findings are relevant for policymakers, public debt management and financial stability.