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Chand, Prakash, and S. Ramash Kumar. "Document Delivery at the Indian National Scientific Documentation Centre." Interlending & Document Supply 21, no. 2 (February 1993): 3–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/02641619310154340.
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Kulkarn, M., V. K. Gupta, and T. Viswanathan. "An automatic index generation and information retrieval system for bibliographic databases developed at the Indian National Scientific Documentation Centre." Program 30, no. 1 (January 1996): 65–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/eb047219.
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Weyers, Richard M. "Sudan's National Documentation Centre." African Research & Documentation 49 (1989): 10–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0305862x00009675.
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The National Documentation Centre in Khartoum was set up by the Sudanese Government in 1974 as part of the National Council for Research, which had been set up in 1973. The aims of the National Council for Research are toencourage, organise and promote scientific research in its various aspects with a view to the realisation of economic and social development within the framework of the state policy.Within the same Act there was provision forestablishing documentation centres, statistics bureaus (sic) scientific information centres, computer centres and other institutions which the Council deems necessary for the purpose of facilitating research.Thus on the face of it, the National Documentation Centre exists solely to provide research information in order to facilitate government research. In practice, the Centre has taken on and is attempting to take on far broader responsibilites in the fields of librarianship and information science.
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Weyers, Richard M. "Sudan's National Documentation Centre." African Research & Documentation 49 (1989): 10–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0305862x00009675.
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The National Documentation Centre in Khartoum was set up by the Sudanese Government in 1974 as part of the National Council for Research, which had been set up in 1973. The aims of the National Council for Research are toencourage, organise and promote scientific research in its various aspects with a view to the realisation of economic and social development within the framework of the state policy.Within the same Act there was provision forestablishing documentation centres, statistics bureaus (sic) scientific information centres, computer centres and other institutions which the Council deems necessary for the purpose of facilitating research.Thus on the face of it, the National Documentation Centre exists solely to provide research information in order to facilitate government research. In practice, the Centre has taken on and is attempting to take on far broader responsibilites in the fields of librarianship and information science.
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Subramanian, K. A. "Addition to the Documentation of Lepidoptera Fauna of Himalaya - A Book review of “Butterflies of Uttarakhand”." Journal of Threatened Taxa 10, no. 2 (February 26, 2018): 11359. http://dx.doi.org/10.11609/jott.4092.10.2.11359-11360.
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Butterflies of Uttarakhand - A Field Guide-- Sanjay Sondhi & Krushnamegh Kunte Date of publication: 2018Published: M/s Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh (Dehradun), Titli Trust (Dehradun), National Centre for Biological Sciences (Bengaluru) & Indian Foundation for Butterflies (Bengaluru). Pages: x+310pp
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Rossi, Pier Liugi. "Free Access to Scientific Publications for Developing Countries: the Research Archive of the French National Research Institute For Sustainable Development (IRD)." African Research & Documentation 131 (2017): 48–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0305862x00022524.
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The IRD (French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development) is a French research institute serving the Mediterranean and intertropical countries that make science and innovation one of the first levers of their development. It is a French public science and technology establishment (EPST) which is under the dual supervision of the Ministry of Higher Education and Research and the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs.The Decree of 1 December 1955 (ORSTOM 1955) organising the services of the Office for Scientific and Technical Research Overseas, published in the Official Journal of the French Republic of 21 December 1955, defines the existence of a documentation centre under the direction of the Institute. Article 6 of the decree states that “le Centre de documentation est charge1 d'assurer le depouillement, la conservation et la diffusion de la documentation scientifique et technique se rapportant aux activitfe de 1'O.R.S.T.O.M.”.
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Thorat, Pranalee, Trilok Bhardwaj, Preeti Kandpal, Dr Ravinder Agarwal, and Dr D. K. Aswal. "Novel Approach to Synchronize National Knowledge Network (NKN) of National Informatics Centre (NIC) Network with IST Over IoT Framework." International Journal of Engineering and Advanced Technology 12, no. 4 (April 30, 2023): 44–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.35940/ijeat.d4055.0412423.
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The successful commissioning of the proposed methodology to synchronize the NIC-NKN in Delhi and Hyderabad with Indian Standard Time (IST) maintained by NPLI over NTP protocol over IoT framework is a significant accomplishment in the field of time synchronization. The proposed methodology utilizes an IoT framework along with a unique Stratum 1 NTP architecture that is supported by a pre-calibrated Rubidium frequency source. This architecture enables the establishment of stratum 1 synchronization at the two locations, thereby ensuring that the time is accurately synchronized with the NPLI maintained Indian Standard Time (IST). The successful implementation of this methodology has several benefits. Firstly, it ensures that the time at the NIC-NKN in Delhi and Hyderabad is accurate and synchronized with the Indian Standard Time (IST) maintained by NPLI. This is crucial for various applications where precise timing is critical, such as in telecommunications, financial transactions, and scientific research. Secondly, this methodology can be extended to other locations and organizations that require accurate time synchronization. With the increasing use of IoT devices, the need for accurate time synchronization is only going to increase. This methodology provides a reliable and scalable solution that can be easily implemented in various organizations and locations. Thirdly, the use of pre-calibrated Rubidium frequency sources ensures that the time synchronization is accurate and stable over a long period. This is important as small inaccuracies in time synchronization can accumulate over time and result in significant errors. The use of pre-calibrated Rubidium frequency sources ensures that the time synchronization is accurate and stable over a long period, thereby avoiding such errors. In conclusion, the successful commissioning of the proposed methodology to synchronize the NIC-NKN in Delhi and Hyderabad with Indian Standard Time (IST) maintained by NPLI over NTP protocol over IoT framework is a significant accomplishment. This methodology provides a reliable and scalable solution that can be easily implemented in various organizations and locations to ensure accurate time synchronization.
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Podkowski, Marek. "Działalność badawczo-dokumentacyjna Okręgowej Komisji Badania Zbrodni Hitlerowskich we Wrocławiu (1965–1975)." Studia nad Autorytaryzmem i Totalitaryzmem 43, no. 4 (December 31, 2021): 303–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.19195/2300-7249.43.4.23.
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The article concerns issues related to the functioning of the Research and Documentation Team, one of several teams operating within the District Commission for the Investigation of Nazi Crimes in Wrocław. The initial turning point is the reactivation of the District Commission in Wrocław, and the final — changes in its organizational structure. Apart from scientific studies, the text is based on the available archival materials collected at the Institute of National Remembrance. The article proves that the activity of the District Commission in Wrocław was not limited only to investigations and explanatory proceedings. It also conducted vital research and documentation activities. For this purpose, cooperation with the research centre of the University of Wrocław conducting research on fascism and Nazi crimes in Lower Silesia was established. The cooperation resulted in numerous opinions and academic papers on the research areas specified in the cooperation agreement, as well as scientific conferences.
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NAIR, SAVITHRI PREETHA. "Science and the politics of colonial collecting: the case of Indian meteorites, 1856–70." British Journal for the History of Science 39, no. 1 (February 23, 2006): 97–119. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0007087405007624.
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The case of Indian meteorite collections shows how, during the production of science, knowledge-making institutions such as museums were sometimes strongly linked with coercive institutions such as the police. If geological collecting in India in the Company period was mainly geared towards satisfying the demands of metropolitan science, the period after the 1850s saw a dramatic shift in the nature of collecting and the practice of colonial science, with the emergence of public museums in India. These colonial museums, represented by the Indian Museum, Calcutta, began to compete with the British Museum for the possession of locally formed collections in an effort to form an exemplary ‘Indian’ scientific collection. This resulted in conflicts which changed the very nature of colonial science. This paper shows how the 1860s marked a break with the past. A new breed of colonial scientist arrived, prepared successfully to challenge the status of the British Museum as the ‘centre of all sciences’ and to defend scientific institutions in the land of their practice, the colony. Rather than being driven by a feeling of scientific dependence or independence, or even the patriotic aspiration to build a national collection in London, it was scientific internationalism backed by the strength of local knowledge that now determined their practice.
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Leadbetter, Adam, Ramona Carr, Sarah Flynn, Will Meaney, Siobhan Moran, Yvonne Bogan, Laura Brophy, Kieran Lyons, David Stokes, and Rob Thomas. "Implementation of a Data Management Quality Management Framework at the Marine Institute, Ireland." Earth Science Informatics 13, no. 2 (December 19, 2019): 509–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12145-019-00432-w.
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AbstractThe International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange of UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC-IODE) released a quality management framework for its National Oceanographic Data Centre (NODC) network in 2013. This document is intended, amongst other goals, to provide a means of assistance for NODCs to establish organisational data management quality management systems. The IOC-IODE’s framework also promotes the accreditation of NODCs which have implemented a Data Management Quality Management Framework adhering to the guidelines laid out in the IOC-IODE’s framework. In its submission for IOCE-IODE accreditation, Ireland’s National Marine Data Centre (hosted by the Marine Institute) included a Data Management Quality Management model; a manual detailing this model and how it is implemented across the scientific and environmental data producing areas of the Marine Institute; and, at a more practical level, an implementation pack consisting of a number of templates to assist in the compilation of the documentation required by the model and the manual.
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Joshi, Rajani, Amritanshu Shriwastav, Varun Manek, Pankaj Tiwari, Ambesh Dixit, Sumit kumar Mishra, Deepti Chung, et al. "Advancement of Research on Yagya - National Symposium Consensus." Interdisciplinary Journal of Yagya Research 4, no. 2 (April 5, 2022): 28–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.36018/ijyr.v4i2.80.
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The Philosophy and Science of Yagya (Yajóa) lies at the core of the great values, vast expanse, and universal importance of the Indian Culture and the Vedic Science of holistic wellbeing. Yagya was an integral part of the spiritual teachings and research experiments in the Gurukuls in ancient India. It was also prominent in the cultural activities and ethno practices (for the maintenance of good health, and purity and protection of the environment) in the Indian Society till the Medieval Age. Despite substantial cultural devolution and loss of original texts of wisdom in the medieval times of destructive foreign invasions, substantial information on Yagya may still be found in the Indian scriptures available today. Though in distorted form, it is also practiced as an important sacrament (as “fire-ritual”/havan) in many sections of the Indian society till date. However, the wisdom and science of Yagya is completely missing from the streams of science and education. In concordance with the noble objectives of the Dev Sanskriti Vishwavidalaya (DSVV), the “Yagyavalkya Center for Yagya Research” of this university has initiated thorough interdisciplinary research and scientific experiments on Yagya for past three years. Towards advancement and expansion of this research, the centre had organized a one-day national symposium for a brain storming session and interaction among distinguished experts and researchers in different fields of medical, biological, chemical, and mathematical sciences, and engineering/technology. The symposium was held in the DSVV campus at Haridwar on December4, 2021. The present consensus paper outlines the background, purpose, and outcome of the symposium with a focus on the promising scope of advanced research on Yagya for holistic Health and a pure Environment.
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Shaik, Rabbani, Lumeena Shaik, and Sreenivasa Prasanna P. "Pharmacovigilance: Need for Indian Pharma Industry." Future Journal of Pharmaceuticals and Health Sciences 3, no. 3 (July 26, 2023): 341–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.26452/fjphs.v3i3.490.
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Prevention and control is indeed the medicinal, scientific knowledge concerning this same error checking, evaluation, better understanding as well as preventative measures like negative impacts, significantly longer concept but also near term adverse effects like medications. The purpose of prevention and control is really to lengthen the security going to monitor as well as to identify every adrs a certain presumably received underrecognized through transformation all through medical study. Prevention and control have indeed been great at playing a major role in reasonable drug utilization related while also providing information about adverse reactions occurring throughout the patient. Indian pharmaceutical technology is indeed the third biggest on the planet when it comes to quantity but also seventeen highest when it comes to valuation. The nation has also become a centre such as medical research and drug development, as well as the advances in innovation, contaminant moieties, active ingredients, and medicines becoming revealed as well as designed and made on a wide scale. National pharmaceutical technology involves a worldwide and normalized quality management system such as improved providing a safe assessment. This helps to explain the need for that pharmaceutical technology, the initial principles connected between prevention and control, as well as the present state of both medication management inside the nation.
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Lee, Rona. "Truthing gap: imagining a relational geography of the uninhabitable." Architectural Research Quarterly 15, no. 3 (September 2011): 216–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1359135511000765.
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During 2008–10, I was the Artist in Residence of the Leverhulme Trust, at the National Oceanography Centre, (NOCS), Southampton, working with sonar geophysicist Dr Tim Le Bas, exploring methods of seabed mapping and undersea survey. During this period I documented aspects of oceanographic study, learnt processes used by my scientific colleagues, conducted performative interventions and made works in direct response to the context of NOCS. The work produced was shown at an exhibition at University of Wales Institute, Cardiff in 2009 and will be developed into a larger exhibition at the John Hansard Gallery, Southampton in 2012. This article constitutes both a re-presentation of my primary research and a reflection on the methods I adopted to address the issues raised by my inquiries. Works produced are both referred to directly and represented via supplementary documentation.
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Khan, Ghulam Dastgeer, and Himayat Ullah. "Role of Sir Sahibzada Abdul Qaiyum Khan in constitutional reforms in the North-West Frontier Province of the British India." Liberal Arts and Social Sciences International Journal (LASSIJ) 7, no. 1 (March 13, 2023): 1–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.47264/idea.lassij/7.1.1.
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This paper analyses the services of Sahibzada Abdul Qaiyum Khan in granting constitutional reform to North-West Frontier. Quaid-i-Azam of Sarhad, Sahibzada Abdul Qaiyum, after his retirement from government service in 1919, started a struggle for constitutional reforms to the North-West Frontier. The constitutional reforms introduced in British India since its inception in 1901 were not extended timely to North-West Frontier, due to which it remained a Chief Commissioner's Province till 1932. Sahibzada Abdul Qaiyum pleaded the case on all fronts, including the Bray Committee, Indian Legislative Assembly, Delhi Proposals, annual sessions of All India Muslim League, Simon Commission, Haig Committee, and Round Table Conferences held in London. After a long struggle, North-West Frontier was levelled from a Commissioner Province to a Governor Province, and a Legislative Council was formed in 1932. After the elections, Sahibzada Abdul Qaiyum was elected as the Minster of the Transferred Departments of N-W.F.P. After five years, according to the Act of 1935, the Legislative Assembly was formed, and he was elected as the first Chief Minister of N-W.F.P. in 1937. The article reviewed primary and secondary data available in the provincial archives, Peshawar, National Documentation Centre, Islamabad, British Library, London, and other libraries.
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N, Renugadevi, and Swethapari K. "An exploratory study on evolution & implementation of gst in india." Journal of Management and Science 7, no. 2 (June 30, 2017): 344–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.26524/jms.2017.52.
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This paper is a brief description of the historical scenario of Indian taxation and its taxstructure. Then why there is a need for the change in tax structure from traditional system toGST model. Goods and service tax is a new story of VAT which gives a widespread setofffor input tax credit and subsuming many indirect taxes from state and national level.Evolution of GST has be detailed discuss in this paper as the background, silent features,Problems, efforts of government etc. The implementation of a comprehensive GST in India isexpected to lead to efficient allocation of factors of production thus leading to gains in GDPand exports. Though a number of initiatives by the various machineries at the Centre, thepresent taxation regime is marked as cumbersome, complicated and unfriendly. It is in thisperspective, the Central government has entrusted Dr.Vijay Kelkar, Chairman of 13thFinance Commission to suggest a rational, scientific and modern but unified system oftaxation in tune with developed nations form the base behind the introduction of Goods andService Tax (GST) in India.
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Gooding, Philip. "David Livingstone, UNESCO, and Nation-Building in 19th-21st-Century Scotland and East and Central Africa." Journal of Indian Ocean World Studies 5, no. 2 (January 20, 2022): 243–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.26443/jiows.v5i2.117.
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This article assesses the role of David Livingstone (1813-73), a Scottish missionary, in nation-building efforts in Scotland and parts of the western Indian Ocean World. It begins by establishing the ways in which he became central to Scottish national, British imperial, Christian missionary, and abolitionist movements in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. It then examines why, despite these ‘colonialist’ associations, he remains central to some aspects of nation-building in present-day Tanzania and Malawi. The key focus in this context are these two nations’ respective applications to the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to have museums and landmarks that centre Livingstone in their histories recognised as World Heritage sites. In so doing, it draws on regional concerns within the nations themselves, the prerogatives behind UNESCO’s activities on the African continent, and ongoing relationships between Scotland and (especially) Malawi. Despite current social movements that are increasingly vocal and critical of figures associated with colonialism, Livingstone remains revered and central to the nation among many in Scotland and East and Central Africa.
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Bhattacharjee, Partha, and Priyanka Tripathi. "Interview with Argha Manna." Studies in Comics 11, no. 2 (November 1, 2020): 405–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1386/stic_00038_7.
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Argha Manna is a cancer-researcher-turned cartoonist. He worked as a research fellow at Bose Institute, India. After leaving academic research, he joined a media-house and started operating as an independent comics artist. He loves to tell stories from the history of science, social history and lab-based science through visual narratives. His blog, Drawing History of Science (<uri xlink:href="https://drawinghistoryofscience.wordpress.com">https://drawinghistoryofscience.wordpress.com</uri>), has been featured by Nature India. Argha has been collaborating with various scientific institutes and science communicator groups from India and abroad. His collaborators are from National Centre for Biological Science (NCBS, Bangalore), Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB, Hyderabad), Jadavpur University (Kolkata), Heidelberg Center for Transcultural Studies (University of Heidelberg, Germany) and a few others. Last year, he received STEMPeers Fellowship for creating comics on the history of vaccination and other aspects of medical histories, published in Club SciWri, a digital publication wing of STEMPeers Group. Currently, Argha is collaborating in a project, ‘Famine Tales from India and Britain’ as a graphic artist. This is a UK-based project, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, led by Dr Ayesha Mukherjee, University of Exeter. In this interview, Partha Bhattacharjee and Priyanka Tripathi speak with Indian ‘alternative’ cartoonist Argha Manna to trace his journey from a cancer researcher to a cartoonist. Manna is a storyteller of history of science, in visuals. Recently, his works reflect social problems under the light of historical and scientific theories. Bhattacharjee and Tripathi trace Manna’s shift from a science-storyteller in a visual medium to a medical-cartoonist who is working on issues related to a global pandemic, its impact on life and literature vis-à-vis social intervention. They also focus on Manna’s latest comics on COVID-19.
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Levchenko, Yuriy, and Lyudmila Steblina. "Style of the American Psychological Association (APA Style): practical experience in preparing methodical recommendations." Вісник Книжкової палати, no. 10 (October 28, 2019): 14–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.36273/2076-9555.2020.10(291).14-20.
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The article is devoted to the disclosure of practical experience in compiling methodological recommendations "Style of the American Psychological Association", prepared by the Scientific Library for scientists, teachers, graduate students and students of the National Pedagogical Dragomanov University who want to design their research papers. A comparative analysis of APA Style with DSTU GOST 7.1:2006 "Bibliographic record. Bibliographic description. General requirements and rules of compilation" and DSTU 8302:2015 "Information and documentation. Bibliographic link. General requirements and rules of assembly". APA Styleis an independent style of design of scientific publications, created for use in the English-speaking scientific environment, elements of which (bibliographic description, citations, references) since 2017 began to be actively implemented in the design of scientific papers. Accordingly, he has his own rules for compiling bibliographic descriptions, citations and references, and compiling a list of references. Comparison of elements of bibliographic description of APA Style and zones and their elements of bibliographic record of DSTU GOST 7.1:2006 allows to reveal their structural similarity which differs in an arrangement of these elements. Comparison of elements of bibliographic description of APA Styleand zones and elements of DSTU GOST 7.1:2006 allows to create an unmistakable Cyrillic (Ukrainian) version of bibliographic record according to this style. The design of citations and references in the text of scientific work is almost no different from the generally accepted in Ukrainian science. The only difference is their design in the text. The list of used literature in APA Styleis compiled exclusively in alphabetical order, and has a specific name — "List of references". The problem of including in the list of literature written in Cyrillic, Arabic, Chinese or Indian font was solved through transliteration into Latin.
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Clarke, Amy. "Scotland's Heritage Investments in India: Acts of Cultural Diplomacy and Identity Building." Scottish Affairs 23, no. 2 (May 2014): 234–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/scot.2014.0019.
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Since 2008 the Scottish government and heritage authorities have been engaged in several projects and partnerships in India aimed at conserving colonial-era heritage and providing assistance to Indian authorities in the preservation of Indian heritage. These projects range from the recording and rejuvenation of the Scottish Cemetery in Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) to the documentation of Rani Ki Vav, a significant Hindu stepwell, as part of the ‘Scottish 10’ project. These investments are notable for two reasons: typically, international involvement in a country's heritage would come in the form of a non-state actor such as the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) rather than another nation-state. Furthermore, as many of the sites in India of interest to the Scots were established during the colonial period and exist as a direct result of British rule, the Scottish involvement in their preservation runs the risk of attracting claims of cultural colonialism. These challenges have been effectively neutralised through the selection of projects that emphasise the positive contributions made by Scots in India, and through the positioning of these projects as acts of altruism and of the celebration of shared collective histories. This article will discuss the motives behind Scottish investment in heritage sites in India, demonstrating both the way that heritage can be engaged with at a bi-lateral level as an act of cultural diplomacy as well as the way heritage can be used to promote the perception of a specific version of national identity.
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Johnson, Claire, Sailesh Mohan, Deversetty Praveen, Mark Woodward, Pallab K. Maulik, Roopa Shivashankar, Ritvik Amarchand, et al. "Protocol for developing the evidence base for a national salt reduction programme for India." BMJ Open 4, no. 10 (October 2014): e006629. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006629.
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IntroductionThe scientific evidence base in support of salt reduction is strong but the data required to translate these insights into reduced population salt intake are mostly absent. The aim of this research project is to develop the evidence base required to formulate and implement a national salt reduction programme for India.Methods and analysisThe research will comprise three components: a stakeholder analysis involving government, industry, consumers and civil society organisations; a population survey using an age-stratified and sex-stratified random samples drawn from urban (slum and non-slum) and rural areas of North and South India; and a systematic quantitative evaluation of the nutritional components of processed and restaurant foods. The stakeholder interviews will be analysed using qualitative methods to summarise the main themes and define the broad range of factors influencing the food environment in India. The population survey will estimate the mean daily salt consumption through the collection of 24 h urine samples with concurrent dietary surveys identifying the main sources of dietary sodium/salt. The survey of foods will record the nutritional composition of the chief elements of food supply. The findings from this research will be synthesised and proposals for a national salt reduction strategy for India will be developed in collaboration with key stakeholders.Ethics and disseminationThis study has been approved by the Human Research Ethics Committees of the University of Sydney and the Centre for Chronic Disease Control in New Delhi, and also by the Indian Health Ministry's Screening Committee. The project began fieldwork in February 2014 and will report the main results in 2016. The findings will be targeted primarily at public health policymakers and advocates, but will be disseminated widely through other mechanisms including conference presentations and peer-reviewed publications, as well as to the participating communities.
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Samarasinghe, Kamani. "Keeping the Tradition Alive: Analysing the Work of C. De S. Kulatillake." ASIAN-EUROPEAN MUSIC RESEARCH JOURNAL 11 (June 23, 2023): 39–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.30819/aemr.11-3.
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The present review focuses on the vision, philosophy, and methodology of C. de S. Kulatillake’s exemplary contribution to the subject. The methodology of this study is based on a qualitative approach narrative method, and information was collected through interviews, records, autobiographies, and various reports and books written by Kulatillake. Seven in-depth semistructured interviews were carried out at the University of the Visual and Performing Arts, Colombo 07, Sri Lanka, in September and November 2022. The participants were senior academic members and a scientific officer at C. de S. Kulatillake Research Centre. As a sampling method, nonprobability purposive sampling was used. The data were evaluated using content analysis. Kulatillake has always approached folk music from a scientific standpoint, linking it to ethnomusicology. He discovered 36 indigenous singing styles unique to Sri Lanka. According to Kulatillake, the Sri Lankan double-read instrument horanewa is a West Asian migrant. The individuality of Sinhala drum music, its peculiar rhythms that do not match the Indian “tal” systems, and Sinhala drum music is an incredibly remarkable performance style incomplete sentence. He discovered that the strange aspect of the visama nadi (irregular pulse) movement in Sri Lankan drum music is a unique style and should be accepted as a great feature inherited from the folk music of this country. Kulatillake traced cultural identity and pride; documented, taught, and presented it to national and international audiences; and preserved it for future generations, according to the study. A separate study focusing on trailblazers who used music education as a safeguarding measure would be a worthwhile investigation that would both enrich and broaden the findings of this study.
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Setiawan, F., R. L. Toruan, L. Subehi, and A. Rahmat. "The 5th Indonesian Society of Limnology (MLI) Congress and International Conference 2021." IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 1062, no. 1 (July 1, 2022): 011001. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/1062/1/011001.
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The 5th Indonesian Society of Limnology (MLI) Congress and International Conference 2021 is a biannual conference organized by the Indonesian Society of Limnology, with the theme is “Building synergies towards sustainable use of inland waters.” This year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we hold the event virtually from 2nd to 3rd December. The objectives of this event are to (1) Connect, discuss, share and create a mutual network among communities from different backgrounds who are interested in inland waters ecosystem; (2) Disseminate science & technology and lessen the gap between scientific and common communities through fruitful discussion settings; (3) Underpin sustainable use and management of inland aquatic ecosystems. There were four keynotes speakers, four invited speakers, and 66 general presenters in the conference sessions. In total, 116 participants were registered and joined the conference. The first keynote speaker was Prof. Dr. Gadis Sri Haryani from the Research Center for Limnology and Water Resources, National Research and Innovation Agency of the Republic of Indonesia (BRIN), Indonesia, who presented research about Migratory freshwater fish in Indonesia: Threats and conservation efforts. The second presenter was Dr. Robert Walsh from the Australian Water Life, Australia, who presented research about Discover the world of Micro-invertebrates. The third keynote speaker was Dr. Khamla Inkhavilay from the National University of Laos, Lao PDR, who presented Persistent Organic Pollutants in Wetland of Mekong Basin. The fourth speaker was Dr. Kwanraree Joy Sirikanchana from the Chulabhorn Research Institute, Thailand, who presented Microbial Source Tracking and Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment for Sustainable Water Pollution Management. In addition, the four invited speakers and 66 general presenters split into four rooms for parallel discussions which covered the latest research on inland water ecosystems, including; (1) Biotic resources, biodiversity, and conservation; (2) System Dynamic of inland waters; (3) Applied technology for the management and pollution control; (4) Modelling, system information, decision support tool, disaster risk reduction; (5) Management, policies, regulation, education, social, economy, and culture. We highly appreciate the generous support from Research Centre for Limnology-BRIN (Indonesia), Australian Water Life (Australia), Chulabhorn Research Institute (Thailand), National University of Laos (Lao PDR), Southeast Asian Limnological Network (SEALnet), Advisory Board, Steering and Organizing committee and all presenters and participants. List of Committees, Advisory Board, Steering Committee, Scientific Committee, Organizing Committee, Documentation, all photos are available in this pdf.
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Hansen, Ole Thirup Kastholm. "Forfalsket forhistorie – Arkæologisk svindel og selvbedrag." Kuml 52, no. 52 (December 14, 2003): 7–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.7146/kuml.v52i52.102636.
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Faking prehistoryForgery and self-deception in archaeologyThe object of this essay is to explain the significance of archaeological frauds in the perception of prehistory. The motives and consequences of the frauds concerned are illustrated by a series of case stories. These case stories span from quite harmless banal frauds, through unscrupulous ideological falsification of history, to the borderland between forgery and self-deception. It turns out that only a few archaeological frauds have been produced in order to make money or for similar purposes, while the majority are side products of nationalistic and patriotic conceptions. This implies that archaeology in a societal context is a powerful science even though this is hardly ever reflected in the size of economic provision for the discipline.The Cardiff Giant (fig. 1) emerged in 1869 in the State of New York. It was claimed by the finder, together with the owner of the land where the Giant was found, to be a fossil man, or maybe a statue of an ancient deity. Although it was denounced by most scientists as a hoax, people flocked to the sight. And the finder made large quantities of money by selling tickets and snacks to the visitors. After three months of financial success he admitted that the Giant was made of gypsum, and that he had buried it himself at dead of night.In the case of the Davenport Conspiracy (Iowa, 1877) the successful amateur archaeologist Jacob Gass excavated a number of slates covered with mysterious engravings. At first the local scientists were impressed, but it soon turned out that the slates were a hoax. It was later revealed that the hoax had not been perpetrated by Gass himself. Envious amateur scientists seeking to give him an untrustworthy image had planted the slates.The tale of the notorious Piltdown hoax began in 1908-15 in Sussex, England, when amateur archaeologist Charles Dawson found what seemed to be human fossil remains – pieces of a human skull, an ape-like jawbone and a number of teeth. Due to geological circumstances the remains were dated as late Pliocene or early Pleistocene and were claimed to represent the “missing link” (figs. 2-3). But in 1954 fluorine, uranium and nitrogen dating exposed the human skull as of relatively recent age and the jawbone as being that of a recent orang-utan. Both had been treated with pigment to make them look old and alike. The forger has never been identified, though many speculations have circulated. Thus the motives for the hoax are still unclear. The original motive might have been a quest for personal glory within the scientific elite. But the timing of the hoax (in the same period as that when the human fossils of Java and Heidelberg were found) was perfect for the promotion of the British Isles. Prior to Piltdown Man almost all British archaeological finds on the isles were Neolithic, or even later. But now the evidence for human presence there was suddenly parallel to the Continent.Ever since the “discovery” of the Kensington rune stone, in Minnesota, USA, in 1898, it has been debated whether the stone is genuine or not. Most reputable scientists, however, think of the stone as a falsification produced by Scandinavian immigrants (fig. 4). This stone is just one example of several archaeological frauds in North America, concerning “Viking” artefacts in particular, but there are also frauds relating to Indian cultural and religious relics. A certain group of frauds relates to the geology and fauna of America, as well as early human presence, motivated by desire to construct a picture of this part of the world being older than Europe (fig. 5). The majority of the North American frauds seem to be an attempt to redress an inferiority complex in relation to Europe (The Old World). Furthermore these frauds often seem to feature a layman rising against the scientific elite. It was even at one stage proposed that the authenticity of the Kensington Rune Stone should be put to the vote (!).The anarchy which characterises the North American frauds was not at all at present in the historical falsifications of Nazi-Germany. Though the purpose was roughly the same: to promote the nation’s ancient glory. At the launch of The Third Reich in 1933 the young archaeologist Hans Reinerth (fig. 7) was appointed to lead Reichsbund für Deutsche Vorgeschichte (The National Federation for German Prehistory), which was established under Albert Rosenberg’s Amt Rosenberg – the cultural department of Nazi-Germany. The aim of the Reichsbund was to promote the prehistory of Germanic culture and the idea of its superiority. The means were – among others – the monthly popular journal Germanen-Erbe (The Germanic Legacy) and the creation of museums of local archaeology and folk-lore. The journal contained articles and essays on excavations, research etc., deeply pervaded by nationalism and racism. And the museums had reconstructions on display that were far distant from the archaeological truth (fig. 6). All archaeologists, not just those who personally believed in the national-socialistic ideology, found that it was a good bargain – and almost a necessity – to support Nazi archaeology. The public funding of prehistoric archaeology was multiplied after 1933. In the period 1933-35 eight professorships in the discipline were established; archaeological departments were established at 25 universities; huge amounts were used on excavations and increases in wages. Before that prehistoric archaeology (i. e. North European archaeology) had been a low-status discipline compared with Classical and Near Oriental archaeology.On the rock of Runamo in Blekinge, Sweden, strange characters in rows have been known for ages (figs. 8-9). They were first mentioned by Saxo Grammaticus. Since then many attempts have been made to uncover whether this phenomenon was caused by Nature or by Man and – if the latter was the case – what the message might be. In 1832 the antiquarian Finnur Magnússon led an expedition to Runamo to expose the secret once and for all. Magnússon’s romantic mind and almost blind faith in the Norse sagas, along with the influence of the expedition’s unreliable geologist, J. G. Forchhammer, led him (after months of research) to the conclusion that the characters were runes referring to the epic battle of Bråvalla. This resulted in publication of a 700-page paper in 1841. But as early as 1844 the young Danish pioneer archaeologist J.J.A. Worsaae systematically rejected the thesis: the “runes” were in fact a natural phenomenon and Magnússon’s faith in Norse sagas as a historical source was outdated; furthermore his naive confidence in the geologist’s conclusions was unprofessional. The hitherto honoured antiquarian was subjected to public ridicule, became sick and died in debt three years later. This case is of course not a traditional forgery. But an individual’s subjective, romantic conception of his “national” prehistory – leading to self-deception – takes on the same nature as the majority of the forgeries and frauds mentioned here.The majority of archaeological frauds have ideological or patriotic undertones even though the motives may be selfish. The persistent character of the frauds – e.g. the North American hoaxes and the prehistory propaganda of Nazi-Germany – shows that archaeology is a mighty societal and political force. It is part of an ongoing battle over what is the truth about our prehistory.But what about today – is archaeological forgery a thing of the past? Of course in some totalitarian states falsification of history occurs, but in our world traditional forgery is probably a rare occurrence, primarily because of the high level of documentation and verification of archaeological material and its context. The “truth” about our prehistory is today mostly determined by the large – and still growing – number of experimental centres, open air museums etc., which are more or less trustworthy. In this popular dissemination of prehistory – live – stereotyped prejudices are often promoted. Thus, for example, the countless number of “Viking re-enactment museums” display too many identical replicas of the Oseberg tent; too many Hedeby houses; too many Ribe lots – all populated by souvenir selling Vikings and upper-class Vikings, dressed as if no common people and slaves ever existed in the Viking Age.Producing and displaying stereotyped prehistory to please the masses and to make money. This is perhaps the fashionable form of faking prehistory today.Ole Thirup Kastholm HansenInstitute of Archaeology and EthnologyUniversity of Copenhagen
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Rybakov, D. А., O. Yu Аntonova, I. G. Chukhina, N. А. Fomina, N. S. Klimenko, V. V. Zheltova, А. А. Meleshin, et al. "Nomenclatural standards and genetic passports of potato cultivars bred in the A.G. Lorkh All-Russian Research Institute of Potato Farming." Plant Biotechnology and Breeding 3, no. 4 (September 2, 2021): 5–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.30901/2658-6266-2020-4-o1.
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In order to preserve the genetic diversity of cultivars, it is recommended to develop documentation approaches through the registration of cultivar nomenclatural standards in accordance with the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants. The N.I Vavilov Institute of Plant Genetic Resources keeps developing this approach along with the DNA marker technologies: SSR genotyping and molecular screening with DNA markers of genes controlling valuable traits. In 2018, VIR, together with the leading national centre for potato breeding – the A.G. Lorkh All-Russian Scientific-Research Institute of Potato Farming (now the A.G. Lorkh Russian Potato Research Center), initiated the preparation of nomenclatural standards for potato cultivars bred both at the A.G. Lorkh institute and in co-authorship with other breeding institutions. This paper presents 30 nomenclatural standards which are maintained in the Nomenclature standard fund of the Herbarium of cultivated plants and their wild relatives and weeds (VIR Herbarium, WIR). Also, the paper presents genetic passports of the mentioned 30 cultivars, developed using DNA samples extracted from the plant material of nomenclatural standards. Genetic passports include information about the polymorphism of the 8 chromosome-specific microsatellites and data on the results of molecular screening with 15 markers of 11 genes conferring resistance to the most dangerous pathogens and pests: potato viruses Y and X, late blight and potato cyst nematodes. A comparison of SSR-profiles of nomenclatural standards with those of 66 cultivar samples obtained from various sources made it possible to verify authenticity and homogeneity of the latter.
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Zinnatullin, D. А. "Arctic Cooperation between Russia and India in the Wake of Climate Change." EURASIAN INTEGRATION: economics, law, politics 18, no. 2 (July 14, 2024): 127–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.22394/2073-2929-2024-02-127-136.
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Global climate change has placed the region at the centre of geopolitics, as melting Arctic sea ice transforms it from a predominantly scientific interest to a contest of national security claims, commercial interests and environmental concerns, with profound implications for both the international legal and political systems. The Arctic environment is an area of common concern requiring collective behaviour by all, including Russia and India.Aim. Examine environmental issues in the Arctic policies of Russia and India, and find common ground in Arctic cooperation on climate change.Tasks. Identify existing problems and propose recommendations to address them.Methods. To solve the problems set in the study, the author uses such methods as statistical analysis, method of document analysis, discourse analysis of speeches of political leaders of Russia and India. Results. The issues of the climate agenda of Russia and India are considered. Unlike Russia, the Indian side has problems in implementing its state policy on climate change. Sharing experience in effective financing of environmental programmes, disaster risk management and information exchange are areas of potential cooperation in the context of climate change. Despite the geopolitical changes taking place around the world, Russia-India cooperation has not been interrupted, but has remained at the same level and has great potential.Conclusions. Ensuring the environmental security of Russia and India is an integral part of the policies of the two states. As the data presented in this paper show, the states have similar interests in developing measures to prevent climate change deterioration in the Arctic region.
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Ustinnikova, O. B., R. A. Volkova, A. A. Movsesyants, V. A. Merkulov, and V. P. Bondarev. "Recommendations on the certification of reference standards for structure identification of recombinant therapeutic proteins." Biological Products. Prevention, Diagnosis, Treatment 22, no. 2 (June 2, 2022): 218–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.30895/2221-996x-2022-22-2-218-225.
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Reference standards for structure identification of recombinant therapeutic proteins are essential for quality assessment of recombinant protein-based biotechnological medicinal products. The development and certification of such reference standards hold special relevance because of, firstly, the absence of international, national or compendial reference standards for a number of new or recently approved proteins and, secondly, the disruption of supply chains providing the biopharmaceutical industry of the Russian Federation with international reference standards. Moreover, international and national regulatory documents contain only general requirements for the procedure of reference standards certification but not the considerations specific to the standards for biotechnologicals’ structure identification, which vary with the production technologies for each individual active moiety. The aim of this work was to provide recommendations on the procedure for the development and certification of reference standards used to identify the structure of recombinant therapeutic proteins. These recommendations define 4 main stages of the procedure: stage 1 covers the development of requirements for the reference standard, including the justification of material and formulation choices, the elaboration of quality specifications, and the assessment of quality; stage 2 comprises the selection of analytical procedures and the establishment of the values for the certified parameters; stage 3 includes stability studies and shelf-life setting; and stage 4 involves the development of documentation for the reference standard. The paper dwells upon the scope of the stages, taking into account the specific considerations for recombinant therapeutic proteins and the use of reference standards. The recommendations are based upon the extensive experience in biotechnologicals testing and standardisation of the employees of the Scientific Centre for Expert Evaluation of Medicinal Products. These recommendations can provide a base for the establishment of protein-specific certification programmes for reference standards used in structure identification. This approach will allow for systematisation of the process for standards development and ensure the traceability of information and the validity of results. The reference standards certified in accordance with these recommendations can be considered primary standards, if necessary.
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Müller, Sebastian, Linda Bühl, Corina Nüesch, Geert Pagenstert, Annegret Mündermann, and Christian Egloff. "RetroBRACE: clinical, socioeconomic and functional–biomechanical outcomes 2 years after ACL repair and InternalBrace augmentation in comparison to ACL reconstruction and healthy controls—experimental protocol of a non-randomised single-centre comparative study." BMJ Open 12, no. 2 (February 2022): e054709. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-054709.
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IntroductionDespite good clinical outcomes reported in the literature, to date, scientific evidence for the functional and biomechanical benefit of primary anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) repair with augmentation is scarce. We present an experimental protocol for a detailed multimodal (clinical, socioeconomic, functional and biomechanical) comparative study in patients after primary ACL repair and InternalBrace augmentation, patients after ACL reconstruction and healthy controls.Methods and analysisIn this non-randomised single-centre comparative study with prospective data collection with three arms (patients 2 years after ACL repair and InternalBrace augmentation; patients 2 years after ACL reconstruction using hamstring autografts; and healthy controls), 30 participants per study arm will be included. The study is designed as non-inferiority study with three arms. Required sample size was estimated based on data reported in the literature on muscle strength, proprioception and balance parameters, resulting in at least 28 participants per group. Outcome parameters include patient-reported outcome measures (EQ-5D-5L, Tegner Activity Scale, Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS), International Knee Documentation Committee and ACL-Return to Sports Injury Scale), socio-economic parameters, anterior tibial translation, range of motion and functional-biomechanical data of the lower extremities. Functional–biomechanical parameters include proprioception, isokinetic muscle strength, single-leg balance, walking, running and single-leg hops with additional lower extremity 3D joint kinematics and kinetics and muscle activity. These parameters will be compared between limbs in patients, between groups and to the current literature.Ethics and disseminationThe results of this study will be disseminated through peer-reviewed publications and presentations at national and international conferences. Ethical approval was obtained by the regional ethics board (Ethics Committee Northwest Switzerland EKNZ 2020–00551), and the study is registered at clinicaltrials.gov.Trial registration numberNCT04429165.
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Teh, Su Yean, Hock Lye Koh, and Yong Hui Lim. "High-Resolution Digital Elevation and Bathymetry Model for Tsunami Run-Up and Inundation Simulation in Penang." Journal of Earthquake and Tsunami 13, no. 05n06 (September 26, 2019): 1941001. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s179343111941001x.
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Many beaches in Penang island were severely inundated by the 26 December 2004 Indian Ocean mega tsunami with 57 deaths recorded. It is anticipated that the next big tsunami will cause even more damages to beaches in Penang. Hence, developing community resilience against the risks of the next tsunami is essential. Resilience entails many interlinked components, beginning with a good understanding of the inundation scenarios critical to community evacuation and resilience preparation. Inundation scenarios are developed from tsunami simulations involving all three phases of tsunami generation, propagation and run-up. Accurate and high-resolution bathymetric–topographic maps are essential for simulations of tsunami wave inundation along beaches. Bathymetric maps contain information on the depths of landforms below sea level while topographic maps reveal the elevation of landforms above sea level. Bathymetric and topographic datasets for Malaysia are, however, currently not integrated and are available separately and in different formats, not suitable for inundation simulations. Bathymetric data are controlled by the National Hydrographic Centre (NHC) of the Royal Malaysian Navy while topographic data are serviced by the Department of Survey and Mapping Malaysia (JUPEM). It is highly desirable to have seamless integration of high-resolution bathymetric and topographic data for tsunami simulations and for other scientific studies. In this paper, we develop a robust method for integrating the NHC bathymetric and JUPEM topographic data into a regularly-spaced grid system essential for tsunami simulation. A primary objective of this paper is to develop the best Digital Elevation and Bathymetry Model (DEBM) for Penang based upon the most suitable and accurate interpolation method for integrating bathymetric and topographic data with minimal interpolation errors. We analyze four commonly used interpolation methods for generating gridded topographic and bathymetric surfaces, namely (i) Kriging, (ii) Multiquadric (MQ), (iii) Thin Plate Spline (TPS) and (iv) Inverse Distance to Power (IDP). The study illustrated that the Kriging interpolation method produces an integrated bathymetric and topographic surface that best approximates the admiralty nautical chart of Penang essential for tsunami run-up and inundation simulations. Tsunami inundation scenarios critical to risk analysis and mitigation could then be developed using this DEBM for various earthquake scenarios, as presented in this paper for the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami.
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Gianguzzi, Lorenzo, Orazio Caldarella, Patrizia Campisi, Sonia Ravera, Riccardo Scalenghe, and Giuseppe Venturella. "Plant diversity in old-growth woods: the case of the forest edges of the Favorita Park in Palermo (north-western Sicily, Italy)." Plant Sociology 61, no. 1 (May 28, 2024): 1–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/pls2024611/01.
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This article presents the results of a study on plant diversity at different levels in residual forest stands, located in the historical Favorita Park in Palermo, Italy (established and named in 1799 by King Ferdinand IV of the House of Bourbon). These forest aspects have naturally evolved for over two centuries, under minimal conditions of anthropogenic disturbance (e.g. deforestation, fires, grazing activities, etc.). This is especially true in the area known as “Bosco Niscemi”, spread over about 8.5 hectares, in the centre of the park. Bosco Niscemi is characterized by the widespread presence of old trees, abundant necromass and litter. In this study, four different soil profiles were analysed, and classified as follows: (i) Solimovic Regosol (Arenic); ii) Eutric Arenosol (Chromic); (iii) and (iv) Skeletic Regosol (Ochric). From a phytosociological point of view, four forest communities have been identified, two of which are described as new associations (Viburno tini-Phillyreetum latifoliae ass. nova and Teucrio flavi-Phillyreetum latifoliae ass. nova). The species richness was also found to be noteworthy, with the co-occurrence of several taxa (phanerogams and cryptogams) that are of biogeographic interest or rare in Sicily, including: i) vascular flora (e.g. Viburnum tinus and Arbutus unedo, both very rare throughout the western sector of Sicily); ii) bryophytes [Cryphaea heteromalla (new record of a very rare species in Sicily) as well as Hypnum cupressiforme and Leptodon smithii, also never previously found at such low altitudes]; iii) lichens (e.g. Bacidia rosella, Gyalecta derivata, Ramalina roesleri and Waynea stoechadiana); iv) mushrooms (e.g. Eichleriella leucophaea, only known location in Italy). Based on the scientific documentation produced in this study, these woods can be reported as “old-growth forests” to be included in the “National Network” that has been recently established in Italy (Ministerial Decree of 23 June 2023). This area might serve as an ideal control for urban environmental studies, given its pristine ecological setting.
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Kotlukova, N. P., T. S. Belysheva, L. I. Shats, V. A. Fochenkova, E. D. Chavpetsova, M. B. Belogurova, Yu K. Toshina, et al. "Possibilities of medical treatment of infantile hemangiomas in Russia." Russian Journal of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology 9, no. 2 (August 12, 2022): 22–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.21682/2311-1267-2022-9-2-22-28.
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Introduction. Infantile hemangiomas (IH) are the most common benign vascular tumor of children of the first year and are an interdisciplinary problem of neonatologists, pediatricians, pediatric cardiologists, oncologists, pediatric surgeons, dermatologists. Depending on the age of child, phase of pathological process, size, and localization of the IH, the management tactics of such children can be conservative (pharmaceuticals therapy) or invasive (laser therapy, surgical methods). Laser therapy with a pulsed dye laser has proven itself well to correct and minimize residual phenomena because of spontaneous involution and after the completion of pharmaceuticals treatment.The purpose of the study is to analyze the experience of using Hemangiol® (oral solution) for the treatment of children with IH, obtained in 10 medical hospitals in 6 cities of Russia.Materials and methods. Treatment with Hemangiol® was carried out in 6 cities of Russia on the basis of 10 medical hospitals (Children’s CityClinical Hospital named after Z.A. Bashlyaeva of Moscow City Health Department, Research Institute of Pediatric Oncology and Hematology of N.N. Blokhin National Medical Research Center of Oncology, Ministry of Health of Russia (Moscow), Russian Children’s Clinical Hospital of the N.I. Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Ministry of Health of Russia (Moscow), Children’s City Clinical Hospital named after N.F. Filatov of Moscow City Health Department, Saint Petersburg Clinical Scientific and Practical Center of Specialized Medical Assistance (Oncological) (S.-Petersburg), Almazov National Medical Research Centre, Ministry of Health of Russia (S.-Petersburg), Rostov Regional Clinical Hospital (Rostov-on-Don), Stavropol Regional Children’s Clinical Hospital (Stavropol), Samara Regional Clinical Hospital named after V.D. Seredavin, Children’s Republican Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Tatarstan (Kazan) in the Departments of Pediatric Cardiology, Surgery, Oncology, Pediatrics from January 2020 to December 2021. Therapy with Hemangiol® was received by 49 children with IH for at least 3 months. Before the start of treatment, the patients’ heart rate and blood pressure were measured, general and biochemical blood tests were performed, electrocardiography and ultrasound IH were performed. According to the indications, ultrasound of the liver and thyroid gland was performed to determine the parameters of the thyroid status. Before the start of therapy and during dynamic observation, photo documentation was performed against the background of treatment. In the absence of contraindications to treatment, Hemangiol® was prescribed. During a six-month course of treatment with Hemangiol®, effectiveness was evaluated based on the results of a clinical examination and based on photographs. The appearance of possible adverse reactions was monitored.Results. In 33 (67.3 %) children with IH, therapy with Hemangiol® was completed within 6 months. The effect of treatment in the form of a pronounced regression of vascular tumor was achieved in 25 (75.8 %) of 33 patients. In 16 (32.7 %) of 49 children, treatment with Hemangiol® was continued for more than 6 months. The first symptoms of improvement were observed from the second to 10 days after the start of Hemangiol® therapy in 45 patients, which was (91.8 %). Rebound syndrome (recurrence of IH) was detected in 2 (6.0 %) of 33 children who completed therapy. Transit adverse reactions (decreased heart rate, increased excitability, lethargy) on therapy of Hemangiol® were observed in 8 (16.3 %) children. The duration of therapy with Hemangiol® depended on the prevalence, the depth of the IH lesion, as well as on the presence of prematurity in a child with IH (r = 0.533, p < 0.05). Successful laser treatment with a pulsed laser on a dye after the completion of systemic Hemangiol® therapy, were on 5 children of Research Institute of Pediatric Oncology and Hematology at N.N. Blokhin National Medical Research Centre of Oncology, Ministry of Health of Russia.Conclusion. The results of the using of Hemangiol® as a modern means of systemic pharmacotherapy of IH therapy in 10 medical hospitals in 6 cities of Russia have demonstrated its high efficiency and safety.
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Volkova, R. A., O. V. Fadeikina, O. B. Ustinnikova, K. A. Sarkisyan, A. A. Movsesyants, V. A. Merkulov, and V. V. Kosenko. "Requirements for the information on reference standards submitted in the dossier for biologicals." Biological Products. Prevention, Diagnosis, Treatment 24, no. 1 (March 1, 2024): 7–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.30895/2221-996x-2024-24-1-7-20.
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SCIENTIFIC RELEVANCE. The use of appropriately certified reference standards (RSs) is a necessary element of analytical procedure standardisation that ensures comparability of results across different laboratories assessing the quality of medicines, which is important for the quality control of biologicals. Marketing authorisation involves providing information on RSs, but no specific requirements are given for the relevant section of the dossier. Therefore, it is necessary to develop the requirements for the appropriate guidelines.AIM. This study aimed to develop specific requirements for the materials that should be included in the Reference Standards section of the dossier for a biological product.DISCUSSION. The authors analysed national and international regulatory frameworks governing RSs for biologicals, including documents by the World Health Organisation (WHO), the Eurasian Economic Union, the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO), and the Russian Federal Agency for Technical Regulation and Metrology. Additionally, the authors analysed the experience of RS certification and use at the Scientific Centre for Expert Evaluation of Medicinal Products. This article covers specific aspects of biological RS certification, considering the differences between measurement techniques and analytical procedures. The authors formulated the key requirements for the documents submitted in the dossier section on RSs for biologicals (biological reference materials). The methods (analytical procedures) used for RS certification should be described in accordance with the requirements for standard operating procedures. Adequate validation studies should establish the necessary validation characteristics of these analytical procedures. Additionally, this article presents the requirements developed to certify primary RSs for structure confirmation of proteins in novel biologicals. The values of certified characteristics and critical quality indicators should be established, and the RS production technology should be described and in compliance with WHO recommendations and/or Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) standards. The basic certification stages are common to all types of RSs. The RS shelf life should be established in real-time stability studies, whereas accelerated stability testing may be useful for studying degradation mechanisms and the effects of short-term deviations from the specified storage conditions. In accordance with WHO recommendations, the Reference Standards section of the registration dossier should specify changes to the RS that require regulatory approval.CONCLUSIONS. The authors believe that the requirements for the materials in the Reference Standards section of the dossier for a biological product, as systematised in this study for inclusion in the relevant guidelines, will provide a unified approach to RS development, certification, and documentation for applicants, developers, and competent authority experts and will streamline RS consideration during marketing authorisation.
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Rembierz, Marek. "Face of the Child as an Icon of the Victims of Dehumanization and Bestiality. At the Root of Pedagogical Concern for the Fate of the Child and the Endangered Identity of Children in a Situation of Wartime Aggression and Confrontation of Ethno-Cultural..." Journal of Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University 10, no. 3 (September 30, 2023): 61–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.15330/jpnu.10.3.61-74.
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The word “child” and the images depicting children and childhood in the context of acts of aggression, war and crime, in a situation of immense suffering, vividly show the processes of dehumanisation taking place and the acts of bestiality of wartime. For pedagogy, the wartime experience of children poses a particular challenge. Pedagogy is burdened with the duty to care especially for the fate of the child experiencing the horrors of war. It is never enough to emphasise that although the issue of concern for the fate of the child in a situation of wartime aggression is imposed by reality itself, it is a reality that, as ethical sensitivity suggests, should not be. One cannot succumb to stupefaction or indifference in reading the great numbers and the ever-increasing number of children experiencing the dangers and sufferings of war. It is necessary – in a pedagogical perspective saturated with axiology and ethics – to see the Face of the Child as an icon of the victims of dehumanisation and bestiality, which appeals to the consciences of people of good will to concretise and intensify pedagogical concern for the fate of the child and for the endangered identity of children in a situation of wartime aggression and confrontation of ethno-cultural differences. The current pedagogical challenge is to move towards a pedagogically deepened reading of what is written in the wounded or scarred Face of the Child as an icon of the victims of the brutality, dehumanisation and bestiality of wartime. It is important to draw attention to the features of children as the smallest, weakest and most vulnerable people – people who are quite defenceless – in the confrontation imposed on them with the barbarity and bestiality of wartime, which is unfortunately being experienced today by Ukrainian children, and it is their faces that are becoming the icons of the victims of dehumanisation and bestiality. The fate of the children of the war poses a current research and practical challenge also in the research field of history (including the history of education and the history of care institutions). Past – but not fully researched and described – crimes against children are also repeated in the 20th and 21st centuries. Therefore, the historical recognition of, among others, the Nazi genocide of children is essential for a better understanding of the current dramatic situation of the children of war. Special attention in the article is given to Ukrainian children of war who are migrants or deported. If a National Day for Polish Children of War has been established in Poland (as a state holiday “in tribute to the Polish Children of War”), an initiative should also be taken in Ukraine to establish a “National Day for Ukrainian Children of War”. This could be a joint Ukrainian-Polish initiative of academic circles, especially educators. The second postulate includes the creation of a “Virtual Network (Centre) for Children of War Documentation and Research” as a “space” for interdisciplinary and systematic scientific debate and information exchange in cooperation between Polish, Ukrainian and other countries’ academic centres, organising cyclical scientific seminars also in connection with the National Day of Polish Children of War, seminars with both theoretical and practical orientation (e.g. on education and readaptation of children of war).
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Koleva, Donka. "Project "Digital Presentation and Preservation of the Cultural Heritage of the Old-print Fund and the Historical Theatre Salon of Community Center "Nadejda 1869", Veliko Tarnovo"." Cultural and Historical Heritage: Preservation, Representation, Digitalization 6, no. 1 (2020): 32–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.26615/issn.2367-8038.2020_1_003.
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The topic is dedicated to the joint project between „Nadejda 1869” community Center and Regional Library „P.R.Slaveykov”. The objectives of the project are preservation and popularization of the Bulgarian cultural heritage in the European context of cultural and creative industries, cultural exchange and cultural diversity through: (1) Presentation and popularization of the value of the cultural wealth of the Community centre; Popularization of the theme of the book Treasures of the Community Library and innovative online presentation of the old Printing fund, storing it in electronic form to facilitate access to it and its preservation for future generations; (2)Popularization of the historical cultural hall, connected with statehood and the first inscription „Unity makes Power” by digitization of archival documentation; (3) Stimulating sustainable partnerships, exchanging experience and knowledge, bringing together scientific and practical experience in the preservation of cultural heritage and volunteering. The community Center „Nadezhda 1869” is associated with historical events important for the Bulgarian statehood. Three great folk assemblies were sitting in his theater hall. It starts the library and museum work, the theater, the cinema and the Art Gallery in the city. The library has a fund of 48 787 units, and the old-print collection consists of 446 books, newspapers and magazines from the period 16th -19th century. The oldest is the book „The Work Miney”, printed in Venice in 1588 and containing religious texts in Greek. For digitization is selected the topic „Bulgarian education to Liberation”, consisting of teaching aids in linguistics, natural sciences, mathematics and history – a total of 78 titles. Digitization is carried out in the specialised Digital center „North +” of Regional Library “P.R.Slaveykov", created under the program BG08 „Cultural Heritage and contemporary arts”. The successful realization of the project activities will help to protect and promote knowledge, improve access through digital technologies to the specialized collections of the old Printing fund and popularization of the Historical Theatre Hall -National value, through their inclusion in the cultural treasury „North +”, the rubric „Old print Fund” and the website of the Community Center. Keywords: Preservation of Cultural Heritage, Old-print Fund, Historical Theatre Salon "Nadejda"
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Bergmann, Jeannine, Marion Egger, Friedemann Müller, and Klaus Jahn. "Outcome, predictors and longitudinal trajectories of subjects with critical illness polyneuropathy and myopathy (CINAMOPS): study protocol of an observational cohort study in a clinical and post-clinical setting." BMJ Open 14, no. 4 (April 2024): e083553. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-083553.
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IntroductionCritical illness polyneuropathy and myopathy (CIP/CIM) are frequent complications in the intensive care unit (ICU) with major consequences for the progress and outcome of subjects. CIP/CIM delays the weaning process, prolongs the hospital stay and increases the mortality rate. Additionally, it may have long-term consequences beyond the hospitalisation phase with prolonged disability. Even though there is growing interest in CIP/CIM, research about the clinical and post-clinical course as well as the middle-term and long-term outcomes of subjects with CIP/CIM is scarce. A large prospective study of critically ill subjects is needed with accurate diagnosis during the acute stage and comprehensive assessment during long-term follow-up.Methods and analysisThis prospective observational cohort study aims to compare the clinical and post-clinical course of chronically critically ill subjects with and without the diagnosis of CIP/CIM and to determine predictors for the middle-term and long-term outcomes of subjects with CIP/CIM. In addition, the influence of the preclinical health status and the preclinical frailty on the long-term outcome of subjects with CIP/CIM will be investigated.This single-centre study will include 250 critically ill patients who were invasively ventilated for at least 5 days at the ICU and show reduced motor strength. At five study visits at admission and discharge to neurological rehabilitation, and 12, 18 and 24 months after disease onset, a comprehensive test battery will be applied including assessments of functioning and impairment, independence, health-related quality of life, activity and participation, cognition, gait and balance, fatigue, mental health and frailty.Secondary objectives are the documentation of therapy goals, therapy content and achieved milestones during the rehabilitation, to evaluate the clinimetric properties of the Mini-BESTest in critically ill patients, and to evaluate the time course and outcome of subjects with CIP/CIM after SARS-CoV-2 infection.Ethics and disseminationThe study was approved by the ethical committee of the Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich. Participants will be included in the study after having signed informed consent.Results will be published in scientific, peer-reviewed journals and at national and international conferences.Trial registration numberGerman Clinical Trial Register (DRKS00021753).
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Cruz, Isabel Cristina Fonseca da. "5th European conference of ACENDIO - association for common european nursing diagnoses, interventions and outcomes." Online Brazilian Journal of Nursing 3, no. 2 (October 20, 2004): 80–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.17665/1676-4285.20044936.
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Documenting Nursing Care Enhancing patient care through nursing documentation: new directions for novices and experts7-9 April 2005, Festival Hall – Convention Centre Bled - Bled – Slovenia ACENDIO has great pleasure in inviting you toBled,Slovenia, for the fifth biennial European Conference of the Association for Common European Nursing Diagnoses, Interventions and Outcomes (ACENDIO). Our theme for this conference is ‘Documenting Nursing Care – Enhancing patient care through nursing documentation: new directions for novices and experts’. The focus of the Bled conference is to demonstrate the practical and political use of nursing documentation for the enhancement of patient care. Also to communicate the usefulness of terminologies and classifications, and the results of nursing data collection for nursing practice. We would therefore like to invite you to submit your work in this field in the form of an abstract to the chair of the scientific committee.Submission of abstractsThe official language of the pre-conference is Slovenian, and for the main conference English. Simultaneous translation in English, French, German and Slovenian will be provided for the pre-conference and all plenary sessions in the main hall. For the main conference we invite you to submit abstracts according the following instructions / information:1. Submit your abstract before 15 August2004 inan electronic way, either by e-mail or by diskette.2. Abstracts can be submitted in one of the following three languages: English, French or German. However, if accepted, the presentation needs to be presented in English.3. The following format should be used:Font Arial, Times New Roman or equivalent, size 11 point and one line spacingType the title of presentation in CAPITAL LETTERSIndicate the preferred form of presentation: oral presentation / poster presentation / workshop or seminarType name(s) of author(s) preceded by initials: omit titles, degrees, etc..Underline the name of the main presenterType private post-mail address, e-mail address, and phone-fax number of main presenter, orType name of institution, post-mail address, e-mail address, and phone-fax number where the main presenter is working (only one contact address)4. The abstract should contain:· (1) A summary and keywords of the abstract content in English of not more than 50 words. Please also indicate which conference theme your abstract relates to.· (2) The main abstract, which should not exceed more than 500 words·State specific objective(s) of study or project, methods and results, but avoid tables, diagrams and footnotes if possible.·Submissions may report original research, project development / evaluation, practice applications or position papers, but should always relate to the theme(s) of the conference.·All submissions will be acknowledged on receipt5. Theme(s) of the conference:Enhancing patient care through nursing documentationImplementing nursing diagnoses, interventions and outcomesExamples of using nursing diagnoses, interventions and outcomes in practiceDevelopment of specific nursing diagnoses, interventions and outcomesTeaching the use of nursing diagnoses, interventions and outcomesDevelopment of nursing terminology / classification systems.Examples of nursing languages within electronic patient documentationFrom nursing data collection to information / policy, examples of nursing data sets, and of integration of nursing data into (inter)national health data sets6. The scientific committee will recommend abstracts for acceptance either as oral or poster presentation, workshop or seminar to the board of ACENDIO. Authors will be notified by 4 October 2004 of time, date and method and allocation of presentation. Submission of an abstract implies registration for the conference, and acceptance of the final decision about method and allocation of presentation by the board of ACENDIO, and therefore no further correspondence will be entered into. You are also required to register before 31st of December 2004. Providing you register before this date, the main presenter will be eligible for a 10%deduction on the registration fee.7. If the abstract is accepted for an oral presentation you will be required to send in a fuller version of the paper presentation with adequate reference to the literature by 15 November 2004 for printing in the proceedings of the conference. The full paper should not exceed 6 pages, A4 size, 1,5 line spacing, including possible tables, diagrams, footnotes, and literature references.8. Please submit your abstract before 15 August 2004 => 1 September !!!! to:Prof. Dr. Walter Sermeus, chair ACENDIO scientific committeeACENDIO Conference Managementc/o Oud Consultancy & Conference ManagementHakfort 6211102 LAAmsterdamTheNetherlandsE-Mail: conference.management@freeler.nl9. Schedule :Submission deadline 15 August 2004 => 1 September !!!Notification of acceptance 4 October 2004Submission full paper for conference proceedings 15 November 2004Registration for conference before 31 December 2004 For further information about the programme, please look at www.oudconsultancy.nlOud Consultancy & Conference ManagementHakfort 6211102 LAAmsterdamTheNetherlandsTel: ++ 31 (0)20 409 0368Mob: ++ 31 (0)653941506Fax: ++ 31 (0)20 409 0550E-mail: conference.management@freeler.nl
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Normandeau, André, and Denis Szabo. "Synthèse des travaux." Acta Criminologica 3, no. 1 (January 19, 2006): 143–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.7202/017013ar.
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Abstract SYNTHESIS OF THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM FOR RESEARCH IN COMPARATIVE CRIMINOLOGY Introduction At the beginning of the development of the social sciences there was a considerable vogue for comparative research. A long period of empirical studies and almost total preoccupation with methodological problems followed. Once again, however, psychology, political science, sociology, and above all anthropology, have taken up the thread of this tradition, and the bibliography in these fields is becoming ever more abundant. The study of deviance, of various manifestations of criminality, and of social reaction against crime are, however, noticeably missing in the picture, even though there is nothing in the nature of criminology which precludes the development of comparative research. To many research workers in criminology, the time seemed ripe to take up the comparative tradition once again. Two imperatives were considered : the generalization of norms of deviance which are tied to the standard of living set by industrial civilization, thus putting the problem of criminality in a global light ; and, second, the development and standardization of methods of studying these phenomena, drawing on the experience of allied disciplines. The response of the participants in this Symposium and the results of their discussions were not unexpected. A consensus was arrived as to the problems it was thought important to study, and agreement was reached about the strategies of research to be undertaken. Priorities, however, were not established since too much depends on the availability of research teams, funds, etc. But the broad, overall look at the main problems in comparative criminology will, hopefully, open a new chapter in the history of crimino-logical research and in our continuing search for knowledge of man and society. The brief resume which follows should give the reader an idea of the extent of the problems tackled. The detailed proceedings of the Symposium will be published at a later date, in mimeographed form. Sectors of research proposed In a sense, this Symposium was prepared by all the participants. The organizers had requested that each person invited prepare a memorandum setting out the problems in comparative criminology which he considered to be most important. The compilation of their replies, reported to the plenary session at the opening of the Symposium, produced the following results : Summary of suggestions for research activities Note : In all that follows, it should be understood that all of these topics should be studied in a cross-cultural or international context. 1) Definitions and concepts : a) Social vs legal concept of deviance ; b) Distinction between political and criminal crimes ; c) The law : a moral imperative or a simple norm ; d) The concepts used in penal law : how adequate ? e.g. personality of criminal ; e) Who are the sinners in different cultures and at different times. 2) Procedures : a) Working concepts of criminal law and procedure ; b) Differentiating between factors relating to the liability-finding process and the sentencing process ; c) Behavioural manifestations of the administration of criminal justice ; d) Judicial decisions as related to the personality of the judges and of the accused ; e) Sentencing in the cross-national context (2 proposals) ; f) In developing countries, the gap between development of the legal apparatus and social behaviour ; g) Determination of liability ; h) The problem of definition and handling of dangerous offenders ; i) Decision-making by the sentencing judges, etc. (2 proposals) ; ;) Medical vs penal committals ; k) Law-enforcement, policing. 3) Personnel : a) Professionalization in career patterns ; b) Criteria for personnel selection ; c) Greater use of female personnel. 4) Causation. Situations related to criminality : a) How international relations and other external factors affect crime ; 6) Hierarchy of causes of crime ; c) Migrants. Minorities in general ; d) Relation to socio-economic development in different countries ; e) A biological approach to criminal subcultures, constitutional types, twin studies, etc. ; f) Cultural and social approach : norms of moral judgment, ideals presented to the young, etc. ; g) Effect of social change : crime in developing countries, etc. (6 proposals) ; h) Effects of mass media, rapid dissemination of patterns of deviant behaviour (2 proposals). 5) Varieties of crime and criminals : a) Traffic in drugs ; b) Prison riots ; c) Violence particularly in youth (7 proposals) ; d) Dangerousness ; e) Relation to the rights of man (including rights of deviants); f) Female crime (2 proposals) ; g) Prostitution ; i) The mentally ill offender ; ;) Cultural variations in types of crime ; k) Organized crime ; /) Use of firearms ; m) Gambling ; n) Victims and victimology. 6) Treatment : evaluation : a) Social re-adaptation of offenders ; b) Statistical research on corrections, with possible computerization of data ; c) Comparisons between prisons and other closed environments ; d) Extra-legal consequences of deprivation of liberty ; e) Rehabilitation in developing countries ; f ) Criteria for evaluation of programs of correction ; g) Biochemical treatment (2 proposals) ; i) Differential treatment of different types of offense. Evaluation ; /) Prisons as agencies of treatment ; k) Effects of different degrees of restriction of liberty ; /) Environments of correctional institutions ; m) Study of prison societies ; n) Crime as related to the total social system. 7) Research methodology : a) Publication of what is known regarding methodology ; b) Methods of research ; c) Culturally-comparable vs culturally-contrasting situations ; d) Development of a new clearer terminology to facilitate communication ; e) Actual social validity of the penal law. 8) Statistics : epidemiology : a) Need for comparable international statistics ; standardized criteria (3 proposals) ; b) Difficulties. Criminologists must collect the data themselves. 9) Training of research workers : Recruiting and training of « com-paratists ». 10) Machinery : Committee of co-ordination. Discussions The discussions at the Symposium were based on these suggestions, the main concentration falling on problems of manifestations of violence in the world today, the phenomenon of student contestation, and on human rights and the corresponding responsibilities attached thereto. Although the participants did not come to definite conclusions as to the respective merits of the problems submitted for consideration, they did discuss the conditions under which comparative studies of these problems should be approached, the techniques appropriate to obtaining valid results, and the limitations on this type or work. Four workshops were established and studied the various problems. The first tackled the problems of the definition of the criteria of « danger » represented by different type of criminals ; the problem of discovering whether the value system which underlies the Human Rights Declaration corresponds to the value system of today's youth; the problem of the treatment of criminals ; of female criminality ; and, finally, of violence in the form of individual and group manifestations. The second workshop devoted its main consideration to the revolt of youth and to organized crime, also proposing that an international instrument bank of documentation and information be established. The third workshop considered problems of theory : how the police and the public view the criminal ; the opportunity of making trans-cultural comparisons on such subjects as arrest, prison, etc. ; and the role of the media of information in the construction of value systems. The fourth workshop blazed a trail in the matter of methodology appropriate to research in comparative criminology. The period of discussions which followed the report of the four workshops gave rise to a confrontation between two schools of thought within the group of specialists. The question arose as to whether the problem of student contestation falls within the scope of the science of criminology. Several experts expressed the opinion that criminologists ought not to concern themselves with a question which really belongs in the realm of political science. On the other hand, the majority of the participants appeared to feel that the phenomenon of student contestation did indeed belong in the framework of criminological research. One of the experts in particular took it upon himself to be the spokesman of this school of thought. There are those, he said, who feel that criminology should confine itself and its research to known criminality, to hold-ups, rape, etc. However, one should not forget that penal law rests on political foundations, the legality of power, a certain moral consensus of the population. Today, it is exactly this « legitimate » authority that is being contested. Is it not to be expected, therefore, that criminology should show interest in all sociological phenomena which have legal and criminal implications ? Contestation and violence have consequences for the political foundations of penal law, and therefore are fit subjects for the research of the criminologist. International Centre {or Comparative Criminology The First International Symposium for Research in Comparative Criminology situated itself and its discussions within the framework and in the perspectives opened by the founding of the International Centre for Comparative Criminology. The Centre is sponsored jointly by the University of Montreal and the International Society for Criminology, with headquarters at the University of Montreal. As one of the participants emphasized, criminologists need a place to retreat from the daily struggle, to meditate, to seek out and propose instruments of research valid for the study of problems common to several societies. Viewing the facts as scientists, we are looking for operational concepts. Theoreticians and research workers will rough out the material and, hopefully, this will inspire conferences and symposiums of practitioners, jurists, sociologists, penologists, and other specialists. Above all, it will give common access to international experience, something which is lacking at present both at the level of documentation and of action. A bank of instruments of method- ology in the field of comparative criminology does not exist at the present time. The Centre will undertake to compile and analyse research methods used in scientific surveys, and it will establish such an instrument bank. It will also gather and analyse information pertaining to legislative reforms now in progress or being contemplated in the field of criminal justice. Through the use of computers, the Centre will be able to put these two projects into effect and make the results easily accessible to research workers, and to all those concerned in this field. The participants at the Symposium were given a view of the extent of the problems envisaged for research by the future Centre. It is hoped that this initiative will be of concrete use to research workers, private organizations, public services and governments at many levels, and in many countries.
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Tsorlini, Angeliki. "Documenting, organizing and demonstrating the cartographic wealth of a library, through an information system, to the public." Abstracts of the ICA 1 (July 15, 2019): 1–2. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/ica-abs-1-370-2019.
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<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> Historical maps consist an important source of information and a research tool for several researchers of various scientific fields, especially the humanities (Michev 2016), who are working on the geographic analysis of the environment. For them, the digital comparative analysis of historical and modern maps offers a variety of benefits. It expands the scope of their research, providing them the opportunity to study the geometric and thematic properties of the maps, or they use maps constructed on different periods to detect and determine changes in the physical environment, border changes, or changes on the toponyms (e.g. Boutoura & Livieratos, 1986, 2006; Livieratos, 2006; Tsorlini et al, 2010). This is really essential, especially when these changes are only apparent through maps and no other written source exists (Tsorlini et al, 2017).</p><p>Historical maps in different forms, independent or embedded in books, atlases or map series, are located in map collections mainly in libraries worldwide. These cartographic materials abroad are stored in specific departments in the libraries, where specialized personnel deals with them and is responsible for their management, preservation and demonstration to the public. This is not the case for our country, since many historical maps and other related cartographic material in libraries, remain almost unknown to researchers and generally to the public. Sometimes, there are difficulties even to detect historical maps in the library’s system, because they are documented and recorded following specific rules related mainly to traditional descriptive methods applied in book-keeping and book-archiving (Boutoura, 2014). As a consequence, there are important maps, who haven’t been studied or analysed until today and their important value has not been exploited yet in library’s environment.</p><p>One of the most important libraries in Greece and the second in size after the National Library, is the Library and Information Centre of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH Library). The cartographic material located in AUTH Library has not been documented and studied properly in all its size and the cartographic wealth has not been exploited in Library’s environment, until its cooperation with the Laboratory of Cartography and Geographical Analysis which was realized recently. In the frame of this cooperation, a research project was developed focusing on one of the AUTH Library’s collections, the very important Ioannis Tricoglou Library, with the aim to collect, document and organize the cartographic material found in this collection, in an information system, which will give the opportunity to researchers and to the general public to search for maps, independent or embedded in books, and to find relevant information for them through an easy and user-friendly digital environment. In this way, historical maps and other cartographic material located in Library’s collections will be demonstrated to researchers and the general public, presenting and promoting also the cartographic wealth of the library.</p><p>The main stages of this project are: a) the collection and documentation of the maps found in Ioannis Tricoglou Library, b)the proper transformation of these data to provide information through a database, c) the connection of the maps in thedatabase with other related textual and pictorial sources, in order to enrich the information provided for the maps not onlyfor researchers and students, but also for the library’s staff, simplifying in this way the searching procedure and finally(Tsorlini et al, 2018a), and finally, d) the development of a user-friendly digital environment, which will provide accessto historical maps and relevant cartographic material located in Ioannis Tricoglou Library. Emphasis on this project isgiven to the maps which were found inside the books, since they were not recorded and documented correctly, they werenot digitized in the proper way, thus it was impossible to detect them through the existing library’s system (Tsorlini et al,2018b).</p><p>In this paper, we will analyse shortly the main stages of the project and we will discuss the problems appeared during the whole procedure. Moreover, we will present its results, which can assist to the improvement of the library’s searching system and to the demonstration of the unknown cartographic wealth of the library to the academic community and general public.</p>
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Pray, C., N. Narula, E. C. Wong, J. K. Marshall, S. Rangarajan, S. Islam, A. Bahonar, et al. "A176 ASSOCIATIONS OF ANTIBIOTICS, HORMONAL THERAPIES, ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES, AND LONG-TERM NSAIDS WITH INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE: RESULTS FROM THE PROSPECTIVE URBAN RURAL EPIDEMIOLOGY (PURE) STUDY." Journal of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology 6, Supplement_1 (March 1, 2023): 20–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jcag/gwac036.176.
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Abstract Background The pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) which includes Crohn’s disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC), is believed to involve activation of the intestinal immune system in response to the gut microbiome among genetically susceptible hosts. IBD has been historically regarded as a disease of developed nations, though in the past two decades there has been a reported shift in the epidemiological pattern of disease. High-income nations with known high prevalence of disease are seeing a stabilization of incident cases, while a rapid rise of incident IBD is being observed in developing nations. This suggests that environmental exposures may play a role in mediating the risk of developing IBD. The potential environmental determinants of IBD across various regions is vast, though medications have been increasingly recognized as one broad category of risk factors. Purpose Several medications have been considered to contribute to the etiology of IBD. This study assessed the association between medication use and risk of developing IBD using the Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (PURE) cohort. Method This was a prospective cohort study of 133,137 individuals between the ages of 20-80 from 24 countries. Country-specific validated questionnaires documented baseline and follow-up medication use. Participants were followed prospectively at least every 3 years. The main outcome was development of IBD, including CD and UC. Short-term (baseline but not follow-up use) and long-term use (baseline and subsequent follow-up use) was evaluated. Results are presented as adjusted odds ratios (aOR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI). Result(s) During the median follow-up of 11.0 years [interquartile range (IQR) 9.2-12.2], we recorded 571 incident cases of IBD (143 CD and 428 UC). Higher risk of incident IBD was associated with baseline antibiotic use [aOR: 2.81 (95% CI: 1.67-4.73), p=0.0001] and hormonal medication use [aOR: 4.43 (95% CI: 1.78-11.01), p=0.001]. Among females, previous or current oral contraceptive use was also associated with IBD development [aOR: 2.17 (95% CI: 1.70-2.77), p=5.02E-10]. NSAID users were also observed to have increased risk of IBD [aOR: 1.80 (95% CI: 1.23-2.64), p=0.002], which was driven by long-term users [aOR: 5.58 (95% CI: 2.26-13.80), p<0.001]. All significant results were consistent in direction for CD and UC with low heterogeneity. Conclusion(s) Antibiotics, hormonal medications, oral contraceptives, and long-term NSAID use were associated with increased odds of incident IBD after adjustment for covariates. Please acknowledge all funding agencies by checking the applicable boxes below Other Please indicate your source of funding below: Salim Yusuf is supported by the Heart & Stroke Foundation/Marion W. Burke Chair in Cardiovascular Disease. The PURE Study is an investigator-initiated study funded by the Population Health Research Institute, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario, support from CIHR’s Strategy for Patient Oriented Research (SPOR) through the Ontario SPOR Support Unit, as well as the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care and through unrestricted grants from several pharmaceutical companies, with major contributions from AstraZeneca (Canada), Sanofi-Aventis (France and Canada), Boehringer Ingelheim (Germany and Canada), Servier, and GlaxoSmithkline, and additional contributions from Novartis and King Pharma and from various national or local organisations in participating countries; these include: Argentina: Fundacion ECLA; Bangladesh: Independent University, Bangladesh and Mitra and Associates; Brazil: Unilever Health Institute, Brazil; Canada: Public Health Agency of Canada and Champlain Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Network; Chile: Universidad de la Frontera; China: National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases; Colombia: Colciencias, grant number 6566-04-18062; India: Indian Council of Medical Research; Malaysia: Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation of Malaysia, grant numbers 100 -IRDC/BIOTEK 16/6/21 (13/2007) and 07-05-IFN-BPH 010, Ministry of Higher Education of Malaysia grant number 600 -RMI/LRGS/5/3 (2/2011), Universiti Teknologi MARA, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM-Hejim-Komuniti-15-2010); occupied Palestinian territory: the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, occupied Palestinian territory; International Development Research Centre, Canada; Philippines: Philippine Council for Health Research & Development; Poland: Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education grant number 290/W-PURE/2008/0, Wroclaw Medical University; Saudi Arabia: the Deanship of Scientific Research at King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (research group number RG -1436-013); South Africa: the North-West University, SANPAD (SA and Netherlands Programme for Alternative Development), National Research Foundation, Medical Research Council of SA, The SA Sugar Association (SASA), Faculty of Community and Health Sciences (UWC); Sweden: grants from the Swedish state under the Agreement concerning research and education of doctors; the Swedish Heart and Lung Foundation; the Swedish Research Council; the Swedish Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare, King Gustaf V’s and Queen Victoria Freemasons Foundation, AFA Insurance, Swedish Council for Working Life and Social Research, Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning, grant from the Swedish State under the Läkar Utbildnings Avtalet agreement, and grant from the Västra Götaland Region; Turkey: Metabolic Syndrome Society, AstraZeneca, Turkey, Sanofi Aventis, Turkey; United Arab Emirates (UAE): Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Award For Medical Sciences and Dubai Health Authority, Dubai UAE. Disclosure of Interest C. Pray: None Declared, N. Narula Grant / Research support from: Neeraj Narula holds a McMaster University Department of Medicine Internal Career Award. Neeraj Narula has received honoraria from Janssen, Abbvie, Takeda, Pfizer, Merck, and Ferring, E. C. Wong: None Declared, J. K. Marshall Grant / Research support from: John K. Marshall has received honoraria from Janssen, AbbVie, Allergan, Bristol-Meyer-Squibb, Ferring, Janssen, Lilly, Lupin, Merck, Pfizer, Pharmascience, Roche, Shire, Takeda and Teva., S. Rangarajan: None Declared, S. Islam: None Declared, A. Bahonar: None Declared, K. F. Alhabib: None Declared, A. Kontsevaya: None Declared, F. Ariffin: None Declared, H. U. Co: None Declared, W. Al Sharief: None Declared, A. Szuba: None Declared, A. Wielgosz: None Declared, M. L. Diaz: None Declared, R. Yusuf: None Declared, L. Kruger: None Declared, B. Soman: None Declared, Y. Li: None Declared, C. Wang: None Declared, L. Yin: None Declared, M. Erkin: None Declared, F. Lanas: None Declared, K. Davletov: None Declared, A. Rosengren: None Declared, P. Lopez-Jaramillo: None Declared, R. Khatib: None Declared, A. Oguz: None Declared, R. Iqbal: None Declared, K. Yeates: None Declared, Á. Avezum: None Declared, W. Reinisch Consultant of: Speaker for Abbott Laboratories, Abbvie, Aesca, Aptalis, Astellas, Centocor, Celltrion, Danone Austria, Elan, Falk Pharma GmbH, Ferring, Immundiagnostik, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation, MSD, Otsuka, PDL, Pharmacosmos, PLS Education, Schering-Plough, Shire, Takeda, Therakos, Vifor, Yakult, Consultant for Abbott Laboratories, Abbvie, Aesca, Algernon, Amgen, AM Pharma, AMT, AOP Orphan, Arena Pharmaceuticals, Astellas, Astra Zeneca, Avaxia, Roland Berger GmBH, Bioclinica, Biogen IDEC, Boehringer-Ingelheim, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Cellerix, Chemocentryx, Celgene, Centocor, Celltrion, Covance, Danone Austria, DSM, Elan, Eli Lilly, Ernest & Young, Falk Pharma GmbH, Ferring, Galapagos, Genentech, Gilead, Grünenthal, ICON, Index Pharma, Inova, Janssen, Johnson & Johnson, Kyowa Hakko Kirin Pharma, Lipid Therapeutics, LivaNova, Mallinckrodt, Medahead, MedImmune, Millenium, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation, MSD, Nash Pharmaceuticals, Nestle, Nippon Kayaku, Novartis, Ocera, Omass, Otsuka, Parexel, PDL, Periconsulting, Pharmacosmos, Philip Morris Institute, Pfizer, Procter & Gamble, Prometheus, Protagonist, Provention, Robarts Clinical Trial, Sandoz, Schering-Plough, Second Genome, Seres Therapeutics, Setpointmedical, Sigmoid, Sublimity, Takeda, Therakos, Theravance, Tigenix, UCB, Vifor, Zealand, Zyngenia, and 4SC, Advisory board member for Abbott Laboratories, Abbvie, Aesca, Amgen, AM Pharma, Astellas, Astra Zeneca, Avaxia, Biogen IDEC, Boehringer-Ingelheim, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Cellerix, Chemocentryx, Celgene, Centocor, Celltrion, Danone Austria, DSM, Elan, Ferring, Galapagos, Genentech, Grünenthal, Inova, Janssen, Johnson & Johnson, Kyowa Hakko Kirin Pharma, Lipid Therapeutics, MedImmune, Millenium, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation, MSD, Nestle, Novartis, Ocera, Otsuka, PDL, Pharmacosmos, Pfizer, Procter & Gamble, Prometheus, Sandoz, Schering-Plough, Second Genome, Setpointmedical, Takeda, Therakos, Tigenix, UCB, Zealand, Zyngenia, and 4SC, P. 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DASH, SAMIR RANJAN. "A Comparative study on Yield performance of Finger Millet Varieties under rainfed conditions in South Eastern Ghat Zone of Odisha." Journal of Advanced Agriculture & Horticulture Research 1, no. 1 (June 28, 2021): 17–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.55124/jahr.v1i1.63.
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ABSTRACT
Finger millet (Eleusine coracana (L) commonly known as ragi is an important crop used for food, forage and industrial products. Finger millet has a wide ecological and geographical adaptability and resilience to various agro-climatic adversities hence, it is highly suited to drought condition and marginal land and requires low external input in cultivation.. Farmers participatory field demonstrations of ragi variety Arjun and Bhairabi were conducted at two villages ie Pedawada of Malkangiri block and MPV -1 of Kalimela block of Malkangiri district, comprising 40 farmers in cluster approach in Kharif 2018 and 2019 , by Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Malkangiri , in South Eastern Ghat Zone of Odisha . Conducting front line demonstrations on farmer’s field help to identify the constraints and potential of the finger millet in the specific area as well as it helps in improving the economic and social status of the farmers. Observation on growth and yield parameters were taken and economic analysis was done. The final seed yield was recorded at the time of harvest and the gross return in (Rs ha -1) was calculated based on prevailing market prices. The results from the demonstration conclusively proved that finger millet variety Arjun (OEB-526) recorded the higher yield ( 18.8 q ha-1) , followed by Bhairabi ( 15.3 q ha-1) and farmer’s traditional variety Nali Mandia ( Dasaraberi) recorded an average yield of (8.6 q ha-1 ) . HYV Finger millet variety Arjun with proper nutrient management and plant protection measures gave 118 % higher over farmer’s practices. The technological and extension gap was 1.9 q ha-1 and 12.07 q ha-1 respectively. Similarly, technological index was 8.2 percent. The benefit cost ratio was 2.4 and 1.9 in case of Arjun and Bhairabi respectively and in case of farmer’s variety Nali Mandia it was 1.4. Hence the existing local finger millet variety can be replaced by HYV Arjun ans Bhairabi , since it fits good to the existing rainfed farming situation for higher productivity. By conducting front line demonstrations on millet on large scale in farmer’s field, yield potential of finger millet can be enhanced largely which will increase in the income level of farmers and improve the livelihood condition of the farming community.
Introduction
Among small millets, finger millet (Elusine coracana L,) locally known as Ragi/Mandia is the most important crop grown in tribal districts of Odisha and it is the staple food of the tribals. It was originated about 5000 years ago in east Africa (possibly Ethiopia) and was introduced into India, 3000 years ago (Upadhyaya et al., 2006) and it is highly suited to drought condition and marginal land and requires low external input in cultivation. Millet is a collective term referring to a number of small seeded annual grasses that are cultivated as grain crops, primarily on marginal lands in dry areas in temperate, subtropical and tropical regions (Baker, 1996). Nutritionally finger millet is superior to major cereal crops and rich source of micronutrients such as calcium, phosphorous, magnesium and iron. And it has several health benefits. Finger millet grains contain higher amount of proteins, oils and minerals than the grains of rice, maize or sorghum (Reed et al., 1976). Vadivoo and Joseph (1998) mentioned finger millet grains contain 13.24% moisture, 7.6% protein, 74.36% carbohydrate, 74.36% carbon, 1.52% dietary fiber, 2.35% minerals, 1.35% fat and energy 341.6 cal/100g. (Joshi and Katoch, 1990; Ravindran, 1991). It is a rich source of micronutrients such as calcium, phosphorus, magnesium and iron. Cysteine, tyrosine, tryptophan and methionine are the right spectrum of amino acids found in finger millet protein (Rachie, 1975). The increase in global temperature leads to climate changes that directly affect crop production and increase people's hunger and malnutrition around the world.. With regard to protein (6-8%) and fat (1-2%) it is comparable to rice and with respect to mineral and micronutrient contents it is superior to rice and wheat (Babu et al., 1987). It is also known for several health benefits such as anti-diabetic, anti-tumerogenic, atherosclerogenic effects, antioxidant, which are mainly attributed due to its polyphenol and dietary fiber contents. Being indigenous minor millet it is used in the preparation of various foods both in natural and malted forms. Grains of this millet are converted into flours for preparation of products like porridge, puddings, pancakes, biscuits, roti, bread, noodles, and other snacks. Besides this, it is also used as a nourishing food for infants when malted and is regarded as wholesome food for diabetic's patients. Diversification of food production must be encouraged both at national and household level in tandem with increasing yields. Growing of traditional food crops suitable for the area is one of the possible potential successful approaches for improving household food security. Malkangiri is one of the seven districts where a flagship programme called “Special Programme for Promotion of Millets in Tribal Areas of Odisha (hereafter, Odisha Millets Mission, (OMM)” has been launched by Department of Agriculture and Farmers Empowerment, Odisha in order to revive millets in rainfed farming systems and household consumption. It was started in kharif 2017 in four blocks of the district, namely Chitrakonda, Korkunda, Mathili and Khairiput. The Government of Odisha launched Odisha Millets Mission (OMM) also known as the Special Programme for Promotion of Millets in Tribal Areas of Odisha in 2017 to revive millets in farms and on plates. The aim was to tackle malnutrition by introducing millets in the public distribution system (PDS) and other state nutrition schemes. The focus is on reviving millets in farms and putting it on plates.”
Millet, a nutritious and climate-resilient crop, has traditionally been cultivated and consumed by tribal communities in the rainfed regions of southern Odisha. Technology gap, i.e. poor knowledge about newly released crop production and protection technologies and their management practices in the farmers’ fields is a major constraint in Ragi production. So far, no systematic approach was implemented to study the technological gap existing in various components of Ragi cultivation. Awareness of scientific production technology like HYV of ragi, seed treatment with fungicide, use of insecticide and bio-fertilizers, is lacking in Malkangiri district which were a key reason for low productivity. The production potential could be increased by adopting recommended scientific and sustainable management production practices with improved high yielding varieties and timely use of other critical inputs.
Objective
The field experiment was undertaken to study the performance of three finger millet varieties Local Mandia (Nali Mandia), Bhairabi and Arjun in rainfed upland situation in kharif season. The present investigation was undertaken to evaluate the field performance of newly released finger millet varieties Arjun and Bhairabi under rainfed condition. The demonstrations were carried out in Malkangiri district covering two villages like Pedawada and MPV-6 to find out the existing technological and extension gap along with technology index with an objective to popularize the ragi varieties having higher yield potential.
Material and methods
The study was carried out in operational area of Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), Malkangiri during Kharif season in the year 2018 and 2019. The study was under taken in Malkangiri and Kalimela blocks of Malkangiri district of Odisha and the blocks were selected purposefully as Finger millet is the major cereals crop grown in large area in Kharif season. The demonstrations were conducted in two different adopted villages Pedawada and MPV-6 in cluster approach. The Front Line Demonstration (FLD) is an applied approach to accelerate the dissemination of proven technologies at farmer’s fields in a participatory mode with an objective to explore the maximum available resources of crop production and also to bridge the productivity gaps by enhancing the production in national basket.The necessary steps for selection of site and farmers and layout of demonstrations etc were followed as suggested by Choudhary (1999). Forty numbers front line demonstrations on HYV Ragi were conducted in two clusters comprising 40 numbers of farmers. All the participating farmers were trained on various aspects of Ragi production technologies and recommended agronomic practices and certified seeds of Ragi variety Arjun and Bhairabi were used for demonstration. The soil of demonstration site was slightly acidic in reaction (pH-5.0 to 5.25) with sandy loam in texture and EC was 0.134 (dS m −1). The available nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium was between 214 .00, 22 .00, 142 .00 (Kg ha−1) respectively with 0.48 (%) Organic Carbon. The crop was sown in under rainfed condition in the first to second week of July. The crop was raised with recommended agronomic practices and harvested within 4th week of November up to 2nd week of December.
Krishi Vigyan Kendra ( KVK), Malkangiri conducted front line demonstration with HYV varieties like Bhiarabi and Arjun and farmer’ local var Dasaraberi as check Finger millet Variety Arjun (OEB-526) is having Maturity duration 110 days and average yield 20.7q/ha with moderate resistance to leaf, neck and finger blast and brown seed and Bhairabi is a HYV of Ragi with Maturity duration 110 days and average yield 17.6 q/ha. Moderate resistance to leaf, neck blast and brown seeded and protein content 81%. Local variety Dsaraberi or Nali Mandia is having 105 days duration and drought tolerant variety used as farmers variety as local check .
The technologies demonstrated were as follows: Popularization of high yielding Ragi variety, Seed treatment with Trichoderma viride @ 4g kg-1 seed , Line sowing with, soil test based fertilizer application along with need based plant protection measures. The field was ploughed two times and planking was done after each plugging, Need based plant protection measures were taken; along with soil test based fertilizer application was done with fertilizer dose 40:30:60 kg. N: P2O5: K2O kg ha -1. In case of local checks existing practices being used by farmers were followed. The observations were recorded for various parameters of the crop. The farmers’ practices were maintained in case of local checks. The field observations were taken from demonstration plot and farmer’s plot as well. Parameters like Plant height, number of fingers per plant, length of finger , no of fingers per year, 1000 seed weight and seed yield were recorded at maturity stage and the gross returns (Rs ha -1 ) were calculated on the basis of prevailing market price of the produce. The extension gap, technology gap, technology index along with B: C ratio was calculated and the data were statistically analyzed applying the statistical techniques. Statistical tools such as percentage, mean score, Standard deviation, co-efficient of variation, Fisher‘s “F” test, were employed for analysis of data. The farmer’s practices (FP) plots were maintained as local check for comparison study. The data obtained from intervention practices (IP) and famers practices (FP) were analyzed for extension gap, technological gap, technological index and benefit cost ratio study as per (Samui et al., 2000) as given below.
Technology gap = Pi (Potential yield) - Di (Demonstration yield)
Extension gap = Di (Demonstration Yield) - Fi (Farmers yield)
Technology index = X 100
Result and Discussion
The results obtained from the present investigation are summarized below. The Table 1 depicts the major differences observed between demonstration package and farmer’s practices in ragi production in the study area. The major differences were observed between demonstration package and farmer’s practices were regarding recommended varieties, seed treatment, soil test based fertilizer application, keeping optimum plant population by thinning, weed management and plant protection measures.
The data of Table 1 shows that under the demonstrated plot only recommended high yielding variety, proper weeding and optimum plant population maintaining by thinning and the farmers used herbicides and the farmers timely performed all the other package and practices. It was also observed that farmers were unaware about balanced fertilizer application, seed treatment, and use of fertilizers application and maintenance of plant population for enhancing the yield. Majority of the farmers in the study area were unaware about use of weed management practices. The findings are in corroborated with the findings of (Katar et al., 2011)
From the Table 2 it was revealed that in the district Malkangiri the productivity of finger millet was 6.38 (q ha-1) as compare to state average productivity 8.67 (q ha-1), but there exists a gap between potential yield and farmers yield, which can be minimized by adoption High yielding varieties with improved management practices. The productivity of finger millet was very low in the district as the crop is mostly grown along the hillsides on sloppy land on light textured soil. It was also coupled with negligence in adoption of improved varieties no input like fertilizers use and no plant protection measures and improper method and time of sowing. However, there is a wide gap between the Potential and the actual production realized by the farmers due to partial adoption of recommended package of practices by the growers. Several constraints contributed to yield fluctuation on Ragi production, including: unreliable rainfall; lack of high yielding variety ,disease tolerant varieties; pests and diseases incidence; low producer prices; poor agronomic practices; and lack of institutional support (Bucheyeki et al., 2008; Okoko et al., 1998). One of the central problems of ragi production and processing in this district is due to an uncertain production environment owing to rain fed cultivation, the low resource base of smallholder farmers and processors, and no scope for post harvest management and value addition facilities and poor marketing facility.
The results clearly indicated from the Table 3 that the positive effects of FLDs over the existing practices. HYV Ragi Arjun recorded higher yield 18.8(q ha-1) followed by Bhairabi 15.53 (q ha-1) which was 21 % more and the yield performance of these two HYV varieties was higher than the farmer’s variety. This is due to higher of panicle length, more number of tillers and more number of fingers per panicle in HYV of ragi as compared to local variety. The results are in conformity with the findings of (Tomar et al. , 2003). The results clearly indicated the positive effects of FLDs over the existing practices towards enhancing the productivity.
It is revealed form table 4 that, as the calculated ‘F’ value at α=0.05 level was found to be larger than table value, indicating significant difference in yield between farmer’s variety and recommended varieties. There was significant difference between average yield of ragi under Farmers practice (FP) and Recommended practice (RP) in variety Arjun under this demonstration. It was concluded that the yield of these HYV ragi varieties was significantly higher as compared to farmer’s variety.
The economics and B:C ratio of farmers practice and Demonstration practice has been presented in Table 6. From the table it was revealed that Benefit: Cost ratio (B:C) was recorded to be higher under demonstrations against control treatments during all the years of experimentation. The cost of cultivation in HYV variety was higher due to more labour cost involved in transplanting and also it included cost of fertilizers and plant protection chemicals and also net returns was higher as compared to farmer’s practice. The B: C ratio was found to be 2.4 in case of variety Arjun as compared to 1.9 in case of variety Bhairabi.
The results on economic analysis indicated that HYV ragi Arjun and Bhairabi performed better than local variety Ragi. The HYV variety Arjun recorded higher gross return upto Rs 54,332 and followed by Bhairabi Rs 44,289 per ha which was significantly higher than farmers practice and it was due to higher productivity of varieties under demonstration.
Conclusion
The results revealed that in Malkangiri district finger millet variety Arjun rerecorded highest yield followed by Variety Bhirabi with proper package and practices under rainfed upland condition. From the above study it was concluded that use of finger millet varieties like Arjun or Bhairabi with scientific methods and technological practices of can reduce the technological gap and enhance the productivity in the district. Yield improvement in Finger Millet in the demonstration was due to use of HYV seed and scientific management practices adopted by the farmers. Yield of Finger Millet can be increased to a great extent by conducting effective front line demonstrations in larger area with proven technologies. Finger millet is one of future smart food crop of India and can be grown in the drought condition. This crop is rich in nutrient for food insecurity and within few years because of increase in population of world and depletion of area of production.. The principal reasons of lower productivity of finger millet in the district Malkangiri were lack of knowledge among the farmers about cultivation of HYV finger millet varieties and improper fertilization, late season sowing and severe weed infestation in crop at critical stages. From the above findings, it can be concluded that use of scientific methods of Finger millet cultivation can reduce the technology gap to a considerable extent thus leading to increased productivity of millets in the district. Moreover, extension agencies in the district need to provide proper technical support to the farmers through different educational and extension methods to reduce the extension gap for better production.
Acknowledgments
The OUAT Bhubaneswar and ICAR-ATRI Kolkata, is acknowledged for financial support to the research program.
Conflicts of interest
The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.
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Fredriksson, Martin. "India’s Traditional Knowledge Digital Library and the Politics of Patent Classifications." Law and Critique, June 12, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10978-021-09299-7.
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AbstractThis article analyzes India’s Traditional Knowledge Digital Library (TKDL) as a potential intervention in the administration of patent law. The TKDL is a database including a vast body of traditional medical knowledge from India, aiming to prevent the patenting and misappropriation of that knowledge. This article contextualizes the TKDL in relation to documentation theory as well as to existing research on the uses of databases to protect traditional knowledge. It explores the TKDL’s potential consequences for India’s traditional medical knowledge and the wider implications that traditional knowledge databases can have for the safeguarding of traditional knowledge in general. The article concludes that on the one hand the TKDL bridges the gap between the main branches of Indian traditional medicine and the formal knowledge system of International Patent Classifications. Furthermore, it has also inspired revisions of the International Patent Classification system, which makes it better adapted to incorporate traditional medical knowledge. On the other hand, critical research on traditional knowledge documentation argues that traditional knowledge databases, like the TKDL, can decontextualize the knowledge they catalogue and dispossess its original owners. The TKDL, however, also fits into a national, Indian agenda of documenting and modernizing traditional medicine that predates the formation of the TKDL by several decades and challenges the dichotomy between traditional and scientific knowledge systems that originally motivated the formation of the TKDL.
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"RELEVANCE OF THE SPEED-AGILITY REACTION IN THE PREPARATION OF RUGBY SEVENS PLAYERS." Discobolul – Physical Education, Sport and Kinetotherapy Journal, December 2020, 554–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.35189/dpeskj.2020.59.s.7.
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The success of female rugby sevens players is largely based on their high motor potential as well as the individual and collective tactical skills. Most training programmes specific to the game of rugby sevens emphasise the development of travel speed, unwillingly neglecting the progress of the reaction speed (in specific training) and the agility, which are found in the technical and tactical actions of the game. The purpose of this research was to assess the efficiency of both specific training programmes and female players. The research was conducted throughout a training macrocycle in the first months of the competitive year 2019. The research subjects were the female players in the junior team of the “Agronomia” Sports Club of Bucharest and some players from the National Olympic Youth Centre. The research methods used are: scientific documentation, observation, measurement, statistical and mathematical method, graphical method. The experimental approach to the issue was highlighted by processing and interpreting the results obtained after applying the proposed tests. Therefore, the priority in the training programmes specific to the game of rugby sevens is to maintain and improve the execution of movements from the perspective of speed as a motor skill performed with an optimal manifestation of agility, all these aspects being reflected in the efficiency of technical and tactical actions.
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Cobo-Serrano, Silvia, Rosario Arquero-Avilés, and Gonzalo Marco-Cuenca. "Museum libraries in Spain: A case study at state level." Journal of Information Science, May 15, 2020, 016555152091765. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0165551520917652.
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Special libraries are essential information and documentation centres for university teachers and researchers due to the quality and richness of their collections. In Spain, it is estimated that there are 2456 special libraries, although many are unknown either generally or among information professionals. These include museum libraries, which are important centres with valuable collections of bibliographic heritage for the area of Humanities and Social Sciences. The aim of this research is to gain an understanding of the real state of these information units and promote the social value of museum libraries in Spain. To do this, a survey was sent to the libraries of state-owned and -managed museums under the General Directorate of Fine Arts and Cultural Property (Ministry of Culture and Sports) of the Government of Spain. This general objective will be accompanied by a review of the scientific literature on various aspects of museum libraries at national and international level. After addressing the research methodology, the results obtained will be discussed and will include the following topics: collection management, library services and staff, economic and technological resources and finally, library management. Conclusions include recommendations for museum librarians and reveal that institutional cooperation is a strategic issue to improve both museum libraries visibility and their social recognition as cultural and research centre.
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Mattioli, B., R. Bucciardini, L. Falzano, A. Bena, L. Gilardi, P. Capra, U. Falcone, and M. Marra. "A health equity focused National Prevention Plan 2020-2025 and related capacity building (CCM, 201)." European Journal of Public Health 30, Supplement_5 (September 1, 2020). http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckaa165.121.
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Abstract In Italy there are significant differences in life expectancy, morbidity and disability between different social groups: the wealthiest and educated people are better off, get sick less and live longer. The poorer Italian Regions show less favourable health indicators. However, Italy aims to reduce health inequalities (HI) among the priorities of its agenda. The 2014-2018 National Prevention Plan (NPP) had already instructed the Regions to include the fight against HI in the guiding principles of the regional prevention plans (RPP). The new NPP 2020-2025 confirms the need to strengthen the fight against HI and the reduction of the main social and geographical inequalities that are observed in our country represents a priority to all the objectives of the NPP, which requires the disclosure of scientific data, validated methods and tools to guarantee equity in the action. In this scenario, there is a project coordinated by the Istituto Superiore di Sanità with the contribution of DORS, the Documentation Centre for Health Promotion of Piedmont Region. The main objective of this project is to support the Ministry of Health (MoH) and the Regions in order to consolidate the introduction of the equity lenses approach in the new NPP, in particular the project aims at: promoting a health equity-oriented approach in priority and target setting, choice of a strategy, and in the design of the monitoring and evaluation system;investing in a capacity building process for regional officers responsible of the elaboration and implementation of the RPP in each Italian region. 20 Italian Regions participate to this two-year project (2019-2020). Two face-to-face training modules and the sharing of a web community of practice have been planned. The project involves developing support tools that provide equity-oriented practices. The main expected result is the increase of the equity-oriented actions and their dissemination across the country.
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Ransing, Ramdas, Mary Hawk, Margaret McDonald, Jacquelyn Jones, Triptish Bhatia, Vijay Verma, Gyan D. Shah, et al. "A mentored hands-on training model for scaling up implementation and intervention research in India: “connecting the dots”." Health Research Policy and Systems 21, no. 1 (May 2, 2023). http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12961-023-00980-0.
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AbstractDespite the high burden of mental disorders in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), less than 25% of those in need have access to appropriate services, in part due to a scarcity of locally relevant, evidence-based interventions and models of care. To address this gap, researchers from India and the United States and the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) collaboratively developed a “Grantathon” model to provide mentored research training to 24 new principal investigators (PIs). This included a week-long didactic training, a customized web-based data entry/analysis system and a National Coordination Unit (NCU) to support PIs and track process objectives. Outcome objectives were assessed via scholarly output including publications, awards received and subsequent grants that were leveraged. Multiple mentorship strategies including collaborative problem-solving approaches were used to foster single-centre and multicentre research. Flexible, approachable and engaged support from mentors helped PIs overcome research barriers, and the NCU addressed local policy and day-to-day challenges through informal monthly review meetings. Bi-annual formal review presentations by all PIs continued through the COVID-19 pandemic, enabling interim results reporting and scientific review, also serving to reinforce accountability. To date, more than 33 publications, 47 scientific presentations, 12 awards, two measurement tools, five intervention manuals and eight research grants have been generated in an open-access environment. The Grantathon is a successful model for building research capacity and improving mental health research in India that could be adopted for use in other LMICs.
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Sastra University, Phytocongress. "INDIAN TRADITIONAL MEDICINE - A CONGLOMERATION OF ANCIENT KNOWLEDGE AND MODERN SCIENCE (21-22 July 2016: Phytocongress | Sastra University)." Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical and Clinical Research 10, no. 2 (February 1, 2017). http://dx.doi.org/10.22159/ajpcr.2017.v10i2.17793.
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PHYTOCONGRESS – 2016 The International Conference Phytocongress – 2016 on the theme “Indian Traditional Medicine - A Conglomeration of Ancient Knowledge and Modern Science” was organized by Centre for Advanced Research in Indian System of Medicine (CARISM), SASTRA University, Thanjavur on 21 & 22 July 2016. This conference was focused on the vast, enviable traditional wealth of India, practices and usage of plant drugs, metals, minerals and animals by traditional medical practitioners during ancient times and the current status of traditional and synthetic drugs. This programme analyzed the requirements of modern times and how the same could be benefited through ancient wisdom. Sessions in the seminar covered a wide range of topics emphasizing the scientific merits involved in Ayurveda and Siddha medicines. These sessions highlighted the significance and importance of evidence based studies on traditional medicines and finding new experimental methodologies for their characterization using various sophisticated analytical techniques and their applications. The modern tools of chemistry and biology, in particular allow scientists to detail the exact nature of the biological effects of natural compounds on the human body, as well as to uncover possible synergies, which holds much promise for the discovery of new therapies against many devastating diseases. With the technology at hand today, we can validate the science behind this ancient knowledge and unravel the mysteries behind why and how traditional medicine works. The challenge today is to integrate the best of the different healing traditions to meet the healthcare needs of contemporary society. This International conference brought together leading academic scientists, researchers and research scholars to exchange and share their experiences and wisdom on all aspects of medicinal plants and natural products. It also provided an interdisciplinary platform for researchers, practitioners and educators to present and discuss the most recent innovations, trends, and concerns as well as practical challenges encountered and solutions to be adopted in the fields of medicinal plants and natural products. This conference was inaugurated by Prof. Bhushan Patvarthan, University of Pune, and this Conference was convened by Prof. P. Brindha, Associate Dean and Co-ordinator, CARISM, SATRA University. Invited international speakers from USA, Australia and Malaysia and national speakers gave scintillating lectures covering various aspects on the theme of the conference. Altogether nearly 200 Scientists, Siddha and Ayurveda Researchers, Practitioners and Industrialists participated from various parts of India.
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"Editorial." Journal of Geosciences Research 7, no. 2 (July 1, 2022). http://dx.doi.org/10.56153/g19088-022-0001-e.
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The Journal of Geosciences Research (JGSR), a bi-annually published scientific journal by the Gondwana Geological Society (GGS) has been gradually gaining popularity for its timely release and high-quality single/ double peer-reviewed articles. It has been receiving an overwhelming response from the geoscientific community across India allowing us to accommodate the articles with the high-quality scientific information and research data in the JGSR. The priority has been given to the articles with the global or regional significance for the publication in the JGSR after peer review. We are trying to provide the maximum outreach to the articles published in the JGSR by making them available on the JGSR website and through the circulation amongst readers. With the continuous support and guidance of well-wishers and readers of the JGSR, we are constantly trying to enhance the quality of the JGSR. In this connection, I am delighted to update our erudite readers that the JGSR now has been indexed /abstracted in the Indian Citation Index (ICI), New Delhi. Besides this, we are making endeavors to index/ abstract the JGSR in many other scientific agencies/organizations in near future to disseminate the scientific information/knowledge to the wide range of geoscientific fraternity. I am pleased to share exciting news that the GGS has been granted a membership of scholarly publishers of the International repute 'Crossref'. After fulfilling the documentation to 'Crossref', the JGSR has received the Digital Object Identifier (DOI) to be used for the various articles published in it. Henceforth, the every article/ document published in the JGSR will have the specific DOI number. The DOI would facilitate the articles published in the JGSR to get the wide scale National/ International recognition. The readers of the JGSR can always find out the origin of the article/document using the permanently adhered DOI to it. I am fully aware of the long-pending demand/request from the readers to get the impact factor to the JGSR. With continuous support from the ever-energetic Joint Editor and Editorial Team and the office bearers of the GGS, we are in the process to accomplish the minimum requirements set by various scientific agencies at the International level to achieve the status of 'Scientific Citation Index (SCI)' Journal for the JGSR. We are very much sure and confident with the everlasting support from all of you to fulfill this long pending dream of ours and all the well-wishers very soon. I earnestly request all the readers of the JGSR to convey their invaluable suggestions for further improvement in the content of the JGSR. I sincerely thank our Joint Editor, Editorial Board Members and most importantly our scholarly reviewers for their unstinted support to maintain the quality content of the JGSR. Finally, I really thank the official printers of the GGS, 'M/SAishwarya Graphics' for incessant co-operation and time to time support in keeping the superb quality and timely release of the publications. Sumedh Humane Editor
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Ravipati, Tanya, Nadine E. Andrew, Velandai Srikanth, and Richard Beare. "Challenges in public healthcare research data warehouse integration and operationalisation." International Journal of Population Data Science 7, no. 3 (August 25, 2022). http://dx.doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v7i3.1859.
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ObjectivesPublic health service organisations use multiple patient administration and electronic health record systems. We describe the implementation of a data warehouse automation tool within the National Centre for Healthy Ageing (NCHA) data platform to operationalise a research data warehouse to optimise data quality and data provision for health services research.
ApproachThe traditional data warehouse life cycle comprises repetitive manual tasks and dependency on specialist developers. Automation tools overcome most of these inefficiencies. We conducted an internal risk benefit analysis which was validated by published literature containing data warehouse optimisation and automation. Industry-based data warehouse automation tools were reviewed to align the NCHA requirements with the tool’s functionality. Tools were then shortlisted and evaluated over a six-week period: (1) automation of standard tasks; (2) data pipeline alignment with the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Data Quality Review Framework; and (3) resource dependency risk mitigation through a Proof of Concept (PoC).
ResultsThe priority areas identified by the risk benefit analysis included: end-to-end data warehouse automation; auto scripting; connectivity/linkage with multiple sources, reverse/forward engineering, audit trail conformance, scalability, multiple data warehouse architectures support, automated documentation; data management including data quality; and post-subscription independence. Twenty scientific publications were included in the final literature review (10% within healthcare) and supported the majority of identified priority areas. The industry-based review identified 11 suitable data warehouse/Extract-Transform-Load (ETL) automation tools. Five tools demonstrated adequate performance for task automation, data quality management, reduced dependency on specialist developers and on-premise linkage compatibility. Two automation tools were tested each for 6 weeks through PoC development. One automation tool met 8 out of the 10 automation requirements and was selected for implementation.
ConclusionData warehouse development processes are complex and time consuming. Tools that offer automation of repetitive tasks and scripting increase the consistency while reducing the dependency on specialist staff. Integrated data quality management minimises the time researchers spend in pre-processing patient level data sourced through a semi-automated data warehouse.