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How Do Assemblages Of Epigeal Araneae And Coleoptera Respond To Changes In Habitat Structure Caused By Sugar Cane Crops In Northern Argentina?, Hb Macagno, Ax González-Reyes, Ja Corronca, Sm Rodríguez-Artigas, Ge Flores

Neotropical Biodiversity

In Northwest Argentina, nothing is known about the relationship of Araneae and Coleoptera with sugar cane crops. Using pitfall traps in three continuous native forest sites (N) and three native forest windbreaks surrounded by sugar cane crops (W) in the province of Salta, we assessed a)- whether the native diversity of epigeal Araneae and Coleoptera in the Chaco Serrano forest changes as a result of the fragmentation of the habitat caused by the sugar cane plots, and b)- whether the diversity of predatory species increases in native forest windbreaks as a consequence of the contribution of species that come from …

On The Presence Of Alsodes Coppingeri (Anura, Alsodidae) In Argentina, With Comments On Other Southern Alsodes, Diego A. Barrasso, Carmen A. Úbeda, Leonardo Cotichelli, Néstor G. Basso

Neotropical Biodiversity

The occurrence of Alsodes coppingeri is confirmed in Argentina for the first time, from Santa Cruz Province, close to the Lago del Desierto. Specimens of this species were identified according to external morphology and DNA sequences. These new records in Argentina are at the same latitude than the type locality (Puerto Río Frío, Chile) about 100 km eastwards in a straight-line, but at the opposite side of the Andes mountain range and the Southern Continental Ice Fields. Five localities from Chile (Caleta Tortel, Canal Michel, Laguna Caiquenes, Puerto Yungay, and Villa O’Higgins) are around 100 km north from our records, …

Kecubung Intoxication: A Case Report On A 16-Year-Old Male At Kuningan District, Monica Djaja Saputera, Jessica Djaja Saputera

Jurnal Penyakit Dalam Indonesia

Kecubung (angel’s trumpet) is a plant with hallucinogen effect which contain a tropane alkaloid, which are widely grown in Indonesia and is widely abused by several groups of adolescents aged 18 years in East Nusa Tenggara. Kecubung intoxication is a common case in Indonesia, but rarely reported and hard to make a definitive diagnosis due to lack of the toxicology screening assessment. Besides, an antidote of this case also not available in this country. We present a case of 16-years old male who visited the emergency room with fluctuating level of consciousness accompanied by anxiety, anger, and a visual hallucination. …

Monitoring And Controlling Temperature Egg Incubator Prototype Based Lora Communication, Mas Aly Afandi, Fadhila Karin Purnomo, Raditya Artha Rochmanto, Sevia Indah Purnama

Elinvo (Electronics, Informatics, and Vocational Education)

Poultry industries encounter problem in produce day old chicken (DOC). Poultry industries usually produce DOC using egg incubator. Egg incubator must have high accuracy in reading environment temperature inside the machine. The temperature environment inside the egg incubator machine needs to keep in range 36°C - 40°C. On the other hand, hatcheries and chicken coop usually not in one place. Poultry industries require applied technology to solve this problem. This problem can be solved by using internet of things. But internet of things can be so expensive. This research is aim to implement monitoring and controlling temperature inside egg incubator …

Development Of Adaptive Moocs To Support Personalized Learning: Mixed Method Analysis, P. Priyanto, Ahmad Chafid Alwi, Siti Irene Astuti Dwiningrum, Amrih Setyo Raharjo, Akhsin Nurlayli

Elinvo (Electronics, Informatics, and Vocational Education)

This study aims to explain the development of adaptive MOOCs that support personalized learning. This study was designed with a mixed method design of sequential explanatory type at the association level. Quantitative analysis used confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) (n = 110) and was deepened with qualitative analysis of the Miles and Huberman model. Quantitatively measured domains include accessibility, learning curriculum, competence, motivation, satisfaction, efficacy, and self-study. The domain was used as a reference for qualitative data mining through focus group discussions (FGD) involving lecturers and doctoral students (n = 25). The analysis results show that the curriculum domain and one …

Development Of Virtual Learning Using Problem-Based Learning Models For Vocational Education Students, Doni Tri Putra Yanto, Maryatun Kabatiah, Hermi Zaswita, Giatman Giatman, Hansi Effendi

Elinvo (Electronics, Informatics, and Vocational Education)

This study discusses efforts to improve the implementation of remote learning that is not optimal through the development of Virtual Learning using the Problem-Based Learning Model for vocational education students in the learning process of Electrical Lighting Installation at Vocational High School (SMKN) 2 Lubuk Basung, Sumatera Barat Province. The emergence of the Covid-19 pandemic demands a rapid change in the implementation of learning from face-to-face learning in the classroom to remote learning. This change requires innovations in implementing learning such as media and learning models to ensure optimal learning implementation even though it is carried out remotely. The 4-D …

Analysis Of Body Type, Dietary Intake, And Cardiorespiratory Function In College Soccer Players, Desty Ervira Puspaningtyas, Yuni Afriani, Silvi Lailatul Mahfida, Arta Farmawati, Wara Kushartanti

Jurnal Keolahragaan

This study aims to analyze body type, dietary intake, and cardiorespiratory function of college soccer players. A total of 32 players (20 players from Yogyakarta State University and 12 players from Gadjah Mada University) were involved in this study. The study was carried out in April - June 2014. Body type, or somatotype, was calculated based on anthropometric measurements (weight, height, epicondylar humerus and epicondylar femur width, arm and calf circumference, and subcutaneous fat thickness). 24-hour food recall was used to measure the athlete's dietary intake. VO₂max was used to describe the athlete's cardiorespiratory function, and it was …

Flipped Learning As A Learning Method For Students Of Sports Coaching Education During The Covid-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Literature Review, Abdul Alim, Risti Nurfadhila, Wahyu Dwi Yulianto

Jurnal Keolahragaan

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in the inability to carry out face-to-face lectures in all universities, including courses for sports science students. It results in less than optimal learning outcomes during the pandemic. Since the closing of face-to-face lectures, most universities in Indonesia have used virtual classrooms in the implementation of learning. However, the data shows that lessons in virtual classrooms without appropriate learning methods can result in a learning loss. This literature review study aims to analyze the effectiveness of flipped learning as a learning solution during the pandemic. The technique used in this study was a literature …

Physical Exercise As Cytokine Modulator In Inflammatory Immune Response: A Systematic Review, Kartika Ratna Pertiwi, Evy Yulianti, Ukhti Jamil Rustiasari

Jurnal Keolahragaan

Physical exercise contributes to maintain our health, through its role in inflammatory immune response. Cytokines are proteins that mediate communication between immune cells, either as pro- or anti-inflammation agents. Nonetheless, the dominance of pro- over anti-inflammatory cytokines during a workout, is harmful to health. This systematic review aimed at determining the effect of physical activity in modulating pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines during immune response. Following Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews (PRISMA) guideline, literature searching was conducted in 3 databases which were PUBMED/MEDLINE, DOAJ and GARUDA, using keywords, citation tracking and snowballing. Inclusion and exclusion criterias were used to screen, …

Schooling With Racial Equity At The Center: A Case Study Exploration Of One Elementary School-Based Leadership Team, Michael L. Baulier

Graduate Doctoral Dissertations

Pre-K–12 schooling in the United States has historically and systemically promoted ideas of Black inferiority while safeguarding the characteristics of white supremacy culture embedded in all aspects of the education system. The notion of white dominance is evident throughout studies, policies, and reports from district, state, and federal officials who have been tasked with closing the achievement gap but instead have assigned blame to BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) students and families. An analysis of the history of U.S. public education reveals not a single achievement gap but multiple opportunity gaps that perpetuate the subjugation of Black students …

Lead Acid Battery Recycling In The Current Tanzania Industrialization Drive: Challenges And Opportunities, Divina D. Kaombe

Tanzania Journal of Engineering and Technology (TJET)

ABSTRACT Advancements in automotive technologies, Information and Communications Technology and renewable energy technologies have increased the use of lead acid batteries as a source of portable and rechargeable energy. This has considerably increased the number of spent batteries with adverse effects on the environment and human health; which calls for recycling of spent batteries. This work was conducted to investigate challenges facing the formal business of recycling spent batteries and potential manufacturers of new lead-acid batteries in Tanzania. The work involved collection of information from key stakeholders such as collectors, dealers, Tanzania Revenue Authority and recyclers. It was found out …

Feasibility Of Audio-Visual Teaching Materials To Support Tennis Learning, Septian Raibowo, Abi Fajar Fathoni, Sapto Adi

Jurnal Keolahragaan

This study aims to produce court tennis audio-visual teaching materials and determine the effectiveness of audio-visual teaching materials to support court tennis learning. This research is development research with stages: needs analysis, data collection, product development, expert validation, product testing, product revision, and evaluation. The subjects of this study were taken using a random sampling method, amounting to 47 people. The instruments used to collect data were questionnaire sheets, expert validation sheets and further tests were analyzed using descriptive statistics. Seeing the effectiveness of the product using an experimental design with the format "one group pretest-posttest design", which does not …

Mga Literaturang Oral Ng Mga Caramoranon Sa Rehiyong Bikol Bilang Repositoryo Ng Kulturang Pilipino, Jovert Balunsay, Susan M. Tindugan

Malay Journal

Hitik sa yamang kultural ang lalawigan ng Catanduanes. Maliban sa naggagandahang mga tanawin ay umiiral pa rin sa isla ang mga akdang pampanitikang halos hindi pa naisasapapel. Kabilang sa mga ito ang mga panitikang oral ng mga Caramoranon o mga mamamayan ng Caramoran, Catanduanes. Sinaliksik sa papel na ito ang iba’t ibang panitikang oral ng mga Caramoranon na may layuning masuri at maisapapel upang mabasa at magamit bilang kagamitang instruksiyonal sa Filipino at Panitikan. Sa pamamagitan ng pakikipanayam sa matatanda at may mga alam ng mga panitikang oral ay nalikom ng mga mananaliksik ang samot-saring kuwentong kababalaghan, mga tula, tigsik, …

“Hindi Ako Isang Kabayo. Ako’Y Isang Tao.”: Squid Game, Kapitalismo At Etikang Pangnegosyo, Napoleon M. Mabaquiao Jr.

Malay Journal

Pangunahing nilalayon ng sanaysay na matukoy at maipaliwanag sa isang tematikong pamamaraan ang mga elementong bumubuo sa mensahe ng kuwento ng seryeng pantelebisyon sa Netflix na pinamagatang Squid Game. Ang mensaheng ito, na may kinalaman sa masasamang epekto ng matinding kompetisyong umiiral sa sistemang pang-ekonomiya ng kapitalismo sa buhay ng mga ordinaryong miyembro ng lipunan, ay sinusuri gamit ang balangkas ng etikang pangnegosyo. Ipinakikita na ang pangunahing nilalayong iparating na mensahe ng kuwento ay ang pangangailangang maitaguyod ang etika sa sistema ng kapitalismo upang maibsan kung hindi man tuluyang maiwasan ang mga negatibong epekto nito sa buhay ng mga tao. …

Mga Kontribyutor Sa Isyu At Panawagan Sa Kontribusyon, Malay Journal

Malay Journal

Ipinakikilala rito ang mga awtor ng mga artikulong nakapaloob sa isyu. Inilalahad din ang mga mahahalagang detalye para sa mga interesadong magsumite ng pananaliksik sa journal.

Stigma Pekerja Terhadap Penyandang Disabilitas Di Tempat Kerja, Ella Ayu Septia Mustika, Ella N. Hadi, Anharudin Anharudin, Aziz Rofi’I, Siti Nurmala Dewi

Perilaku dan Promosi Kesehatan : Indonesian Journal of Health Promotion and Behavior

Background: Inclusiveness in the workplace for workers with disabilities is required and regulated by the government. However, workers with disabilities face challenges in fulfilling their right to obtain decent work and the stigma from colleagues. This situation affects the performance of workers with disabilities, which in the long run will affect company performance. Objective: This study aims to describe the stigma of workers against workers with disabilities in the workplace. Method: The study was a descriptive study with a cross-sectional study design. The population was workers working for at least three months. The sampling technique was accidental sampling by filling …

Operating Fund Budget/ Expenditure Summary Report 2022-23, Csusb Budget Office

University Budget Office records

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Integration Of Urban Farming Into City Infrastructure Development, Ayobami Popoola, Bolanle Wahab, Hangwelani Magidimisha Chipungu, Lovemore Chipungu

CSID Journal of Infrastructure Development

The ability to respond to the need for food is threatened by the scarcity of urban farmers (UF) in the elevation of the urban population. This shows that the availability of food is a cultivated land function, indicating that agriculture is only a mirage when sites are unavailable for farming. Irrespective of these conditions, the sustainability of food production within the city spaces is still the complimentary urban infrastructure enhancing the movement of goods and farmers. Therefore, this study aims to determine the patterns of integrating urban farming into city infrastructure development. In this case, a mixed methods approach was …

Sialylation And Fucosylation Modulate Inflammasome-Activating Eif2 Signaling And Microbial Translocation During Hiv Infection, Leila B. Giron, Ceylan E. Tanes, Mariane H. Schleimann, Phillip A. Engen, Lisa M. Mattei, Altizel Anzurez, Mohammad Damra, Huanjia Zhang, Kyle Bittinger, Frederic Bushman, Andrew Kossenkov, Paul Denton, Hiroaki Tateno, Ali Keshavarizian, Mohamed Abdel-Mohsen, Alan L. Landay

Biology Faculty Publications

An emerging paradigm suggests that gut glycosylation is a key force in maintaining the homeostatic relationship between the gut and its microbiota. Nevertheless, it is unclear how gut glycosylation contributes to the HIV-associated microbial translocation and inflammation that persist despite viral suppression and contribute to the development of several comorbidities. We examined terminal ileum, right colon, and sigmoid colon biopsies from HIV-infected virally-suppressed individuals and found that gut glycomic patterns are associated with distinct microbial compositions and differential levels of chronic inflammation and HIV persistence. In particular, high levels of the pro-inflammatory hypo-sialylated T-antigen glycans and low levels of the …

The Function Of A Nail: An Archaeological Examination Of Three 18th- And 19th-Century Eastern Pequot Reservation Homes In Southeastern Connecticut, Salvatore A. Ciccone

Graduate Masters Theses

This thesis examines three indigenous households excavated on the Eastern Pequot reservation in North Stonington, Connecticut. Architectural artifact and spatial analyses, combined with historical documents, are utilized to understand reservation building practices of Native Americans navigating colonialism in the 18th and 19th century. The homes are small in design with at least one window and one stone chimney each. They all possessed cellars, but not all are stone-lined. Nails and window glass serve as the primary architectural artifact classes in this work, with an emphasis on their manufacture and modification. Examining nail and glass type, quantity, modification, and spatial patterns …

Northeastern Pennsylvania's Forgotten Labor Massacre: Analysis Pf The English Language Record Of The Lattimer Massacre, Jamie C. Costello

Graduate Masters Theses

The Lattimer Massacre occurred on September 10, 1897, in a small anthracite mining town in northeastern Pennsylvania. The bloody conflict erupted when an unarmed group of mostly Eastern European immigrant mine workers lethally clashed with militantly armed sheriff’s deputies who acted on behalf of private coal companies. Nineteen strikers died at the scene and dozens more were horrifically wounded. Despite the outraged shock of the community clamoring for justice which led to a murder trial that made international headlines, the Lattimer Massacre faded from local and national memory in the following decades. A combination of lingering nativist prejudice curated by …

Economic Implications Of International Energy Trade : A Comparative Analysis Across Developed, Developing, And Least Developed Nations, Mmaduabuchi Chigozie Emeghebo, Bintou K.B. Janneh, Semeria Youlo Maurice

World Maritime University Dissertations

Energy trade and consumption constitute vital components of international trade, a significance that has been amplified by escalating global industrialization and globalization. Nonetheless, the patterns of demand, trade, and utilization of energy differ markedly across various categories of economies, as delineated by the United Nations into Developed, Developing, and Least Developed Nations.

This study endeavors to elucidate the influence of international energy trade and consumption on the economic development trajectories of these three distinct categories of nations. Employing linear panel regression methodologies on panel data sets spanning the period from 1995 to 2021 for each category, the analysis reveals that …

Spatial And Seasonal Variation In Polychaete Communities According To Their Trophic Categories In Southwest Tobago, West Indies, Attish Kanhai

Neotropical Biodiversity

Bon Accord Lagoon (BAL), Tobago is home to a Thalassia testudinum (K.D. Koenig, 1805) dominated seagrass community and polychaetes usually show an affinity to seagrass beds compared to other environments. The objectives of this study were to investigate the polychaete community associated with the Thalassia beds in BAL, determine seasonal variation, and compare with the neighbouring hard bottom polychaete community in Mt. Irvine Bay (MIB). Benthic macroinvertebrates were sampled using a 15 cm diameter corer at a depth of 10 cm. Six stations were sampled during the wet and dry seasons of 2018. Samples were sieved in the field using …

Use Of Artificial Nest Boxes By Two Species Of Small, Arboreal Mammals In Ecuadorian Tropical Dry Forest, Gabriel A. Brito Vera, Jaime A. Salas, George E. Heimpel, Mariana Bulgarella

Neotropical Biodiversity

The nest structure of two species of small mammals, Marmosa simonsi and Rhipidomys latimanus were recorded for the first time. Nests were found inside artificial nest boxes in a tropical dry forest remnant ecosystem in Western Ecuador. We described the nests and categorized them as rearing nest, permanent resting nest and transient refuge, depending on their intended use. Artificial nest boxes provide an optimal place for pup rearing and resting for these small mammals. These nest sites can be useful for ecological studies of behavior and habits of elusive, poorly-known mammalian species.

Home Range And Movement Patterns Of Male Dwarf Caimans (Paleosuchus Palpebrosus And Paleosuchus Trigonatus) Living In Sympatry In Amazonian Floodplain Streams, Boris Marioni, William Ernest Magnusson, Richard Carl Vogt, Francisco Villamarín

Neotropical Biodiversity

Dwarf caimans (Alligatoridae: Paleosuchus palpebrosus and Paleosuchus trigonatus), are small crocodilians exhibiting cryptic behaviour and complex habitat use that occur throughout the Amazon region. Our goals were to evaluate individual home range, habitat occupancy and movement patterns where they occur in sympatry in relation to seasonal water-level variation. We tracked five P. palpebrosus and seven P. trigonatus using VHS radio transmitters along the shores of two streams directly influenced by the flooding pulse of the Purus River. Paleosuchus palpebrosus individuals moved greater distances on a daily basis and had larger home ranges than P. trigonatus, and the species had different …

Ichthyofaunal Diversity In The Upper Jejuí River Watershed In Eastern Paraguay, Gerald L. Zuercher, Lee Jackson, David R. Edds, Jeffrey C. Miller, S. Andrew Satterlee, Alan Butler, Fredy Ramirez Pinto, Sixto Fernandez, Myriam C. Velazquez, David E. Koch, Phylicia Schwartz

Neotropical Biodiversity

The upper Jejuí River is a major tributary of the Paraguay River in eastern Paraguay and is the principal drainage for the Mbaracayú Forest Biosphere Reserve. Despite the international significance of the biosphere reserve and detailed documentation of its terrestrial fauna and flora, the fish fauna in its streams remains relatively unknown, with 48 species previously recorded. We sampled 35 sites within the biosphere reserve over five years (2007–2011) to assess the richness of its ichthyofauna. These surveys yielded a new total of 105 known species for the biosphere reserve, including two newly-recorded orders, Gymnotiformes and Cyprinodontiformes, and 14 newly-recorded …

Una Nueva Especie De Pristimantis (Anura: Strabomantidae) De La Provincia Del Azuay, Andes Sur De Ecuador, Juan C. Sánchez-Nivicela, Eduardo Toral-Contreras, Verónica L. Urgiles

Neotropical Biodiversity

En este estudio, basándonos en evidencias morfológicas y moleculares, describimos una nueva especie del género Pristimantis que habita en las montañas y valles áridos de la provincia del Azuay, incluyendo zonas urbanas y periurbanas de la ciudad de Cuenca. La nueva especie se destaca por presentar una textura dermal externa fuertemente granulada, una papilla proyectada en la punta del hocico y un canto de advertencia que consiste en series combinadas de tres y dos notas, Morfológicamente, la nueva especie es similar con P. cajamarcensis, P. ceuthospilus, P. jimenezi, P. lojanus, P. phoxocephalus y P torresi, por presentar una quilla en …

Movement And Habitat Use Of Three High Andean Rodent Species (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) In Andean Páramos Of Ecuador, Ariatna Villarreal, Ricardo Zambrano-Cevallos, Jorge Brito, Santiago F. Burneo

Neotropical Biodiversity

The movements and habitat use of three species of Sigmodontine rodents (Akodon mollis, Phyllotis haggard and Thomasomys paramorum) from the high Andes of Ecuador were evaluated using the spool-and-line technique in four transects. The floristic composition was analyzed at sampling sites to explain how these three species of Sigmodontine rodents use the vegetation as a habitat. Rodents were captured using live Sherman traps and equipped with a spool-and-line device. Each thread trail was traced, and their nests, feeders and shelters were recorded using GPS receivers. Also, the construction materials, nest morphology and shelters used during foraging, and the food resources …

Hope In The Dark: Discovery Of A Population Related To The Presumably Extinct Micro-Endemic Blunt-Headed Salamander (Ambystoma Amblycephalum), Axel Hernandez, Christophe Dufresnes, Jean Raffaëlli, Emmanuel Jelsch, Sylvain Dubey, Ana Luisa Santiago-Pérez, Verónica Carolina Rosas-Espinoza, Pablo Berea Nuñez

Neotropical Biodiversity

We report on the discovery of a population related to the Blunt-headed Salamander (Ambystoma amblycephalum), a micro-endemic axolotl from Mexico scientifically confirmed only once since its original description in 1940, and now presumably extinct. In 2018, paedomorphic and metamorphosed adults, as well as clutches and larvae, were found in a cattle pond at Nahuatzen, Michoacán state, Mexico, ~60 km away from the type locality (Tacícuaro). Morphometric comparisons suggested high similarity with the type series of A. amblycephalum, while mitochondrial DNA barcoding (16S and control region) revealed close (but imperfect) matching to a reference sequence. We gathered data on life history …

Natural History Of Odonata Assemblages In Tropical Streams In Puerto Rico, Ashley Mariani-Ríos, Norman Maldonado-Benítez, Alonso Ramírez

Neotropical Biodiversity

Freshwater macroinvertebrates play an important role in maintaining stream food webs. Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) are important top predators in these communities and serve as indicators of stream health. Our understanding of odonate assemblages is limited in the Caribbean and the natural history of most odonate species in the region remains unknown. The focus of this research is to study the natural history of odonate species in headwater montane streams following major hurricane impacts in Puerto Rico. We monitored assemblages from August 2018 to July 2019 in two headwater streams within El Yunque National Forest, Puerto Rico. The study streams …