Journal articles on the topic 'Mare Kandre'

How does a free press resist state biopower? This article studies the development and dissemination of KANERE Free Press, a refugee-run news source operating in the Kakuma Refugee Camp, that was founded to create “a more open society in refugee camps and to develop a platform for fair public debate on refugee affairs” (KANERE Vision Statement). The analysis of KANERE and its impact on the political subjectivity of refugees living in Kakuma is framed by Foucault’s theory of biopower, the state-sanctioned right to “make live or let die” in its management of human populations. The author demonstrates the force relations between KANERE, its host country of Kenya, and the UNHCR through two ongoing stories covered by KANERE: the broad rejection of the MixMe nutritional supplement and the expressed disdain for the camp’s World Refugees Day celebration. Using ethnographic and decolonizing methodologies, the author privileges the voices and perspectives of the KANERE editors and the Kakuma residents they interviewed in order to provide a ground-level view of refugee’s lived experiences in Kakuma. As KANERE records refugees’ experiences of life in the camp, they construct a narrative community that is simultaneously produced by and resistant to the regulations and control of camp administration and state sovereignty. In doing so, KANERE creates a transgressive space that reaches beyond the confines of the camp.

<p>There are many potentials in the sector of <em>silvoagriculture, silvopastura </em>and <em>silvoagrofisher</em>y at Kandri and Cepoko district as “green belt” areas of Semarang. Unfortunately, these potentials do not give a significant impact on society yet. This is due to the lack of farmer’s institution system, limited human resource, and infrastructure. The Triple Helix approach involving academician, businessman, and government is found to be less optimal. The study aims to assess the effectiveness of the model used for empowering the farmers at dry land area through the Quadruple Helix approach as the development of Triple Helix one involving academician, businessman, civil society, and government. The locus of the research area is Kandri and Cepoko district at Gunungpati subdistrict in Semarang City of Central Java Province, Indonesia. This research employed qualitative and quantitative approaches. In the qualitative approach, the data are analyzed using an interactive model. While the quantitative approach, Human Development Index (HDI) analysis is employed. The results find that farmers' empowerment program is conducted through the Quadruple Helix approach by involving academicians, businessmen, local governments and civil society groups at the villages. Then, the HDI calculation results show that the index of human development in Kandri has decreased 0.09444. Before the program, it was amounted from 0.82367 to 0.72923. Whereas, the human development index of farmers in Cepoko before the program has increased from 0.83142 to 0.84085. Its increase reaches 0.09425. This indicates that the farmer group at Cepoko district is more resistant to national economic issues such as the weak exchange rate than the farmers in Kandri disctrict. Therefore, this study makes recommendation that farmers should organize integrated farming by establishing integrated economic region so that they can make use of existing resources efficiently and effectively. </p>

Cambodia is a rabid-endemic country. However, data on dog population characteristics are lacking, and there is no national dog vaccination program. We implemented the first extensive door-to-door longitudinal survey in 2 Cambodian provinces, namely Kandal and Battambang, to estimate dog population demographic parameters, identify dog ownership determinants, analyze dog management practices and estimate the yearly cumulative bite incidence and associated factors. During the first session, more than 5000 dogs were recorded and identified. Data on families, dogs and cats characteristics, as well as the number of bites experienced the year before in the family, were recorded. One year later, a second session was performed in both provinces to record missing dogs and the reasons for missing. Age-specific survival rates of the dog populations were computed using Kaplan-Meier estimates. Ownership determinants and bite risk factors were identified using a negative binomial regression model. Dog trade and dog meat consumption were often reported. We estimated high dog-to-human ratios (1:3.8 in Kandal, and 1:3.3 in Battambang). The mean age of dog populations was 26.4 months in Kandal against 24.3 in Battambang, with a survival rate of 52% at 24 months in Kandal (34% only in Battambang). They were no feral dogs, but the large majority of recorded dogs were free roaming. In both provinces, the number of dogs significantly increased in families with children younger than 15, and when the head of the family was a male. The estimated yearly cumulative bite incidences were 2.3 and 3.1% in Kandal and Battambang provinces respectively, and are among the highest in the world. Our survey provides valuable data to focus information programs, parametrize transmission models and identify efficient vaccination strategies to control rabies in Cambodia in the future.

Contributions of Tamil Bhakti poets to the literature have been significant in the past along with the contributions that they made to the social upliftment of the society. Ramavataram, popularly referred to as Kamba Ramayanam, is a Tamil epic that was written by the Tamil poet Kambar based on sanskrit version of Valmiki Ramayanam that describes the life of King Rama of Ayodhya. In this epic Hanuman is a imporatant character. The Tamil poet Kachiyappa sivachariyar greatest composition is the Kandha puranam based on sanskrit version of Sivasankara sangithai. The great warrior Veerabagu Dhevar is close associate of Lord Muruga. This article mainly focuses on stunning similarities between the supernatural powers of the ardent devotee, dedicated Hanuman described in Kamba Ramayanam and Veerabagu Dhevar in kandha puranam.

Object tracking one of computer vision. Computer vision similar to human eye function. The difficulty is to detect presence an object and object tracking application made. Object tracking used in aircraft, track cars, human body detectors at airports, a regulator the number of vehicles pass and navigation tools on robots. This study is to identify objects that pass in frame. This research also count the number of objects that pass in one frame. Object tracking done by comparing two algorithms namely Horn-Schunck and Lucas-Kanade. Both algorithms tested using the Source Block Parameter and Function Block Parameter. The test carried out with video resolution 120x160 and the position camera is 2-4 m. The object tracking test is conducted in the duration of 110-120 seconds. Stages tracking object was thresholding, filtering and region successfully obtain object binary video. The Lucas-Kanade has faster in identifying objects compared to the Horn-Schunck algorithm.

The ability to postpone one's execution in the market without penalty in search of a better price is an important strategic advantage in high-frequency trading. To elucidate competition between traders one has to formulate to a quantitative theory of formation of the execution price from market expectations and quotes. Equilibrium theory was provided in 2005 by Foucault, Kadan and Kandel. I derive an asymptotic distribution of the bids/offers as a function of the ratio of patient and impatient traders using the dynamic version of the Foucault, Kadan and Kandel limit order book (LOB) model. Our version of the LOB model allows stylized, but sufficiently realistic representation of the trading markets. In particular, dynamic LOB allows simulation of the distribution of execution times and spreads from high-frequency quotes. Significant analytic progress is made toward framing of short-term trading as competition for immediacy of execution between traders under imperfect information. The results are qualitatively compared with empirical volume-at-price distribution of highly liquid stocks.

Information technology today, is very developed and easy to find. Especially in information on Bogor tourist attractions such as the Bogor Palace, Tugu Kujang, and Pakansari Stadium. However, the data information held is not completely valid. Because many tourists get data that is not suitable, due to the lack of information obtained. Therefore, the researchers tried to make an android-based "Tourism Object in Bogor" application using Augmented Reality (AR) technology and the Lucas Kanade Algorithm, as well as Marker Based Tracking efforts to make it easier to get the information desired by tourism. Bogor is one of the cities in West Java Province that attracts many tourists, especially domestic tourists. However, there are still many tourist attractions in Bogor that are still many tourist attractions that have not been visited and are still not widely known by tourists. Until now, researchers have tried to make an android-based "Tourism Object in Bogor" application so that tourists know the shape of objects and information such as the Bogor Palace, Tugu Kujang, and Pakansari Stadium. Using Augmented Reality (AR) technology, the technology itself has photos, sounds, and 3d objects that can bring virtual 3d objects into the real world. The "Tourism Object in Bogor" application uses Android Studio, Unity, Sketchup, Vuforia, and Visual Studio. In order to make it easier for tourists to identify data on tourist attractions they want to visit. The application "Tourism Objects in Bogor" serves to share data information for local and foreign tourists, because this is an opportunity for the Bogor Regional Government to improve services and facilities in Bogor, so that tourists feel safe arriving and visiting Bogor.

After the end of formal apartheid, a number of South African feature films have explored queer white men in conservative social settings, with a particular focus on Afrikaans-speaking gay men. These films have reflected strict heteropatriarchal values within white Afrikaner culture where homosexuality is still often seen as a taboo topic. In this article I discuss two feature films with gay white male protagonists, Kanarie (2018) by Christiaan Olwagen and Moffie (2019) by Oliver Hermanus. These films both feature young men conscripted to fight in the South African Border War in the 1980s, but differ greatly in terms of genre, plot, and style. I argue that, while many scholars discuss whiteness as a general construct that affords privilege, the films demonstrate a split whiteness that is effected through the composition of particular shots and scenes as well as through the films’ processes of production and reception. Whiteness is split into an invisibilised, assumedly critical perspective on the one hand, with transnational links to the Global North, and a hypervisibilised, reified, and criticised racial identity on the other hand, located specifically in the heteropatriarchal Afrikaner male. Queer characters in both films are able to split their identities and dissociate from uncomfortable parts of their whiteness, taking on an assumed criticality that highlights their own oppression and exclusion. The films thus dismiss the protagonists’ complicity in white supremacy, and allow audiences to dissociate from their own complicity in anti-black violence and oppression.

Abstract This paper presents a new method of detecting vehicles by using a simple and effective algorithm. The features of a vehicle are the most important aspects in detection of vehicles. The corner points are considered for the proposed algorithm. A large number of points are densely packed within the area of a vehicle, and the points are calculated by using the Harris corner detector. Making use of the fact that they are densely packed, grouping of these points is carried out. This grouping indicates that the group of corners belongs to each vehicle, and such groupings play a vital role in the algorithm. Once grouping is done, the next step is to eliminate the background noise. The Lucas-Kande algorithm is used to track the extracted corner points. Each corner point of the vehicle is tracked to make the output stable and reliable. The proposed algorithm is new, detect vehicles in multiple conditions, and also works for complex environments.

Owing to the problems of inter frame difference method cannot extract the entire target and most optical flow algorithms with computational time, poor real-time performance, a local optical flow constraint target extracting algorithm of Kalman filter based on background modeling is proposed. Firstly use Kalman filter method based on background modeling predict and update the background, then make Lucas-Kanade local optical flow algorithm search the background changing region, finally determine the gray contour, extract target. Compared with the classical algorithms, the simulation results show that new algorithm can extract the moving object quickly and accurately, and has better robustness to the environment changes and target circuitous movement.

Global influence of the wealthiest countries drives trends in crop diversity in the developing countries. In many countries, European colonization resulted in cultural disintegration and erosion of indigenous knowledge that made citizens lose interest in their own cultural heritage and adopt imperial know-how. During the same time, native biodiversity that was once maintained by the tradition it shaped declined. Alien crops prospered and finally dominated landscapes. In this paper, I looked at the apparent decline of indigenous crop diversity in Rwanda in the light of the “cultural disturbance” that occurred in the shadow of the European colonization. An integrated research methodology that combined desk-based, socioeconomic, and vegetation surveys was used. Indigenous crops now on the fringe of extinction and, thus, requiring immediate attention from conservation policy makers and managers were identified. These include Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. “inkoli” (Leguminosae), Coleus dysentericus Bak. “impombo” (Labiatae), Dioscorea alata Linn. “ibikoro” (Araceae), a sweet cultivar of Lagenaria siceraria (Mol.) Standl. “bunure” (Cucurbitaceae), white cultivar of Sorghum bicolor (Linn.) Moench “nyiragikori” (Gramineae), Amaranthus graecizans Linn. “inyabutongo” (Amaranthaceae), Eleusine coracana (Linn.) Gaertn. “uburo” (Gramineae), and traditional cultivars of Zea mays Linn. “nyakagori” (Gramineae) and Solanum tuberosum Linn. “kandore” (Solanaceae).

Abstract: The purpose of this research and development is to produce a product in the form of a contextual accounting learning model that is packaged into teacher manuals and student manuals, this model is intended for class X students. This study used a design based research (DBR) approach. The data analysis technique used is descriptive quantitative and qualitative. Based on the results of research and development, the results of the responses of students at the time of the trial at SMAN 1 Kandat, Kediri Regency were 90.5%. This means that the contextual Accounting Learning Model can understand students about economic concepts that are in accordance with contextual learning, especially can make a meaningful learning that is intended for students

Automatic emotion detection is a prime task in computerized human behaviour analysis. The proposed system is an automatic emotion detection using convolution neural network. The proposed end-to-end CNN is therefore named as ENet. Keeping in mind the computational efficiency, the deep network makes use of trained weight parameters of the MobileNet to initialize the weight parameters of ENet. On top of the last convolution layer of ENet, the authors place global average pooling layer to make it independent of the input image size. The ENet is validated for emotion detection using two benchmark datasets: Cohn-Kanade+ (CK+) and Japanese female facial expression (JAFFE). The experimental results show that the proposed ENet outperforms the other existing methods for emotion detection.

Background: Child care practices and parenting are still influenced by some habits that are considered as the basic needs of individuals or groups called cultures. An interesting phenomenon is the practice of newborn care by Bimanese by following tradition that is inherited from generation to generation. These child care practices include self-care hygiene of newborns, known as Kandeu Li, i. Kandeu Li'i is the tradition of bathing the baby for a long time, even the child gets shiver and cyanosis. Objective: to get a description of the tradition of self-care of newborns by Bimanese. Methods: data were obtained through descriptive study conducted in the working area in the Asakota Public Health Service of Bima City on 25 families who were taking care of newborns encountered in the research period. Data collection was carried out by interview and observation method. Result: Observation results showed that 80% of respondents soaked the baby more than 10 minutes when the baby was bathed, 84% of the respondents did an additional tradition after the baby was bathed. The results of the interviews revealed that the majority of respondents said they follow the tradition of bathing the baby from inherited tradition and the reason of the respondent soaked the baby and did an additional tradition after bathing is to make baby can sleep more soundly and not easily surprised. Conclusion: Tradition and beliefs of most Bimanese about the newborn's self-care hygiene has high risk and harmful for the health and safety of the baby. Suggestion: As part of a professional health worker, the nurse needs to conduct home visits for families who will have babies to prepare parenting skills.

In our earlier studies on CCl4 induced acute toxicity model (CCl4 3ml/kg body wt). Abhrak bhasma protects fatty degeneration of liver and associated nephrotoxicity in male albino rats. It had shown to function through production and management of free radicals (Teli and Kanase, 2020a, b). To study further the paths of Abhrak Bhasma mediated protection of acute hepatotoxicity and associated nephrotoxicity, liver, kidney and serum lipid contents were studied in present work. It shows no lipid accumulation in liver or kidney of normal rats by Abhrak Bhasma (10, 20, 30 and 40mg doses). But a same dose of silica in pure form (SiO2) is hepato and nephrotoxic in high doses in normal male albino rat. In acutely intoxicated rat also all the doses of Abhrak Bhasma influenced lipid contents of liver, kidney and serum show the protection of liver from fatty degeneration and also associated nephrotoxicity. Doses 30 and 40mg normalized the contents from liver, kidney and serum. The results are discussed to reveals the probable mode of action of Abhrak Bhasma.

This study aims to uncover and find out the meaning behind traditional retailer's marketing patterns, customer attitudes toward the application of these patterns and more in analyzing the interactions between traditional retailers and their customers and to learn the subjective norms that occur in these marketing patterns.This research is a qualitative research with ethnometodology approach. The study was conducted by direct observation and in-depth interviews with traditional retailers and their customers. Informants were selected with criteria 5 R occupying rural areas of Kediri, the chosen ones were Blabak village, Kandat district, Kediri district and Blabak village, Pesantren district, Kediri city. The observations themselves were made during the sale and purchase transactions at each traditional store, which then conducted open interviews to reveal the subjective norms that occur in the marketing pattern. The results of observations and in-depth interviews in this study indicate that the four dimensions of Hofstade's culture, namely Power Distance, Collectivism, Femininity, Uncertainty Avoidance develop positively where retailers place and make themselves as partners, brothers who empathize with customers by using a basic attitude of mutual trust for fluency fulfillment of each other's needs. The noble values of the culture of the people of Kediri in buying and selling "nya nggowo, podho mlakune" based on high trust give birth to stronger customer loyalty, especially when traditional retailers also practice the service quality dimension of reliability, assurance, tangibles, empathy and responsiveness.Keywords: cultural dimensions, traditional retailers, siding marketing patterns

Quality of learning in the classroom is influenced by many factors. One of them is the academic emotions of the students. The emotion detection in the classroom cannot be done by using sensors attached to the body of the students, because it would disturb the concentration of the students. The proposed solution is by using unobtrusive emotion detection, e.g. by placing video capture equipment, which is not visible at the front of the student's desk. In this study, an RGB - Depth Microsoft Kinect camera is used to record facial expressions by considering the convenience factor of the students, speed of response time, and cost efficiency. A combination of Cohn-Kanade dataset and EURECOM dataset is used as the training set in machine learning with Adaptive-Network-Based Fuzzy Inference System (ANFIS) algorithm, with 8 sample of Asian race students (4 male and 4 female students).

In his autobiography allusive of Marcel Proust’s literary autobiography À la recherche du temps perdu, Kandel describes and explores his own development as a molecular scientist who started out as a student of history and psychoanalysis with more than just a penchant for literature. Despite his conversion to neuroscience, which is told in great detail, Kandel’s motives in studying the brain are informed mainly by humanist ideals and episodes from his personal past. The author creates an image of himself as a scientist who is guided in his molecular research by both his good intuitions and received theories from the humanities. Hence, the aim of the present paper is to show how the author succeeds in modelling his scientific ethos at the interface of the humanities and the natural sciences and in what ways he generates a public image of himself as a ‘self-made man’ or, rather, scientist.

Current asset pricing models require mean-variance efficient benchmarks, which are generally unavailable because of partial securitization and free float restrictions. We provide a pricing model that uses inefficient benchmarks, a two-beta model, one induced by the benchmark and one adjusting for its inefficiency. While efficient benchmarks induce zero-beta portfolios of the same expected return, any inefficient benchmark induces infinitely many zero-beta portfolios at all expected returns. These make market risk premiums empirically unidentifiable and explain empirically found dead betas and negative market risk premiums. We characterize other misspecifications that arise when using inefficient benchmarks with models that require efficient ones. We provide a space geometry description and analysis of the specifications and misspecifications. We enhance Roll (1980), Roll and Ross's (1994), and Kandel and Stambaugh's (1995) results by offering a "Two Fund Theorem," and by showing the existence of strict theoretical "zero relations" everywhere inside the portfolio frontier.

AbstractNambara Shigeru was a rara avis of Japanese liberal academics at hard times in that he survived difficult times without being punished by the oppressive government in the pre-war Japan and the occupation authorities in the immediate post-war Japan. He specialized in Western political philosophy especially in Immanuel Kant and Johann Gottlieb Fichte, known as proponents of German idealism and nationalism. His magnum opus was published, without being punished, in 1944, arguing that the Nazi politics was totally against the Western political tradition. In 1945–46, he made clear his opposition to the draft new Constitution in which the emperor be symbolic and the armed forces be abolished. In 1949–1950, he made clear his view that Japan, once Japan admitted to the United Nations, what would become Japanese Self-Defense Forces should donate portions to what would become United Nations Peace Keeping Operations. On the basis of his writings in the war period and the occupation period, comparisons of his positions with Roger Scruton, Vladislav Surkov, Yanaihara Tadao, Akamatsu Kaname, Nitobe Inazo, and Yanagida Kunio on such concepts as democracy promotion, national self-determination, peace keeping are attempted to see the extent to which the pent-up Wilsonian moment burst in the immediate post-war period.

The experience and lessons learnt from the underutilized backyards of landless women make it imperative to create alternate livelihood options. Among them horticultural practices with strict adherence to sustainable technologies will be an everlasting solution. It ensures balanced household consumption of vegetables and fruits in their daily food habits and prevents nutritional maladies. 2552 farm families of Bhumia, Paroja, Kandha and Penthia tribal women of the Kundra Block, Koraput district, Odisha are involved in an organic Annadata Kitchen Garden model in their backyards. It ranges from 5-20 cents covering three seasons in a year. Multiple nutri-crops are grown with an initial investment of Rs 1200 to 2000/-. Till date, 329 such units have been established. It was observed through research that use of organic manure, botanical preparations and Integrated Pest Management tactics could enhance the crop productivity. The landless women not only serve the entire family with nutritious food but also get a reasonable income from the surplus produce. This paper analyzes dietary habits, diversity and household consumption.

There were various ways of raising cattle between capital and calves. There were 4 (four) types of capital sharing between cattle owners and custodians, while the calf paring method consists of 2 (two) types. The transfer of capital (cows) does not mention the amount of capital (cow price). There was no written agreement regarding the agreement in raising cattle, everything was done orally. In addition, there was no time limit in the practice of raising cattle in Purworejo Village and there was no specific benchmark regarding the percentage of Paronan. Second, the sociological perspective of Islamic law on the practice of raising cattle in Purworejo Village, Kandat District, Kediri Regency can be seen from several aspects. There were factors behind the community doing Paronan namely economic factors, educational factors, socio-cultural factors. All agreements were made orally, if there was a written agreement it was considered unreasonable. The function of AGIL (Adaption, Goal Attainment, Integration and Latency) can run properly so that it caused a balance in the social system that occurs in Purworejo Village

The study investigates the use of letter cards to help children with special needs (mental retardation) in learning to read and write Koran. This is action research with three cycles. Each cycle is intended to make students active and creative. Education is for all citizens, including children with special needs (mental retardation. The difficulties of children with special needs (mental retardation) in learning to read and write the Koran is because they do not have the ability to read and write like normal children in general. Therefore, teachers should be skillful at picking strategies, methods and media appropriate to apply to children with special needs, in this case the teachers use letter cards in increasing the literacy of the Koran. This is intended to facilitate the children to read and write the Koran. Students are trained to understand their own ability to establish independence, so that their action is more effective and enjoyable so that optimal learning results.Key word: Learning, mental retardation, Letter Card

This article mentions the issue of an application of the anti-accumulation clause in criminal procedure to public-law liabilities. The author’s view is critical to the argumentation presented by the Supreme Court. The assumption made in this resolution can lead to double punishment for the same behaviour and does not distinguish the situation between perpetrators, depending on the character of commited injury not the forbidden act. The statement presented in the sentence also raises doubts form the civil law perspective and does not see the position of the victim.

This paper presents the design and construction of a robotic arm that plays chess against a human opponent, based on an artificial vision system. The mechanical design was an adaptation of the robotic arm proposed by the rapid prototyping laboratory FabLab RUC (Fabrication Laboratory of the University of Roskilde). Using the software Solidworks, a gripper with 4 joints was designed. An artificial vision system was developed for detecting the corners of the squares on a chessboard and performing image segmentation. Then, an image recognition model was trained using convolutional neural networks to detect the movements of pieces on the board. An image-based visual servoing system was designed using the Kanade–Lucas–Tomasi method, in order to locate the manipulator. Additionally, an Arduino development board was programmed to control and receive information from the robotic arm using Gcode commands. Results show that with the Stockfish chess game engine, the system is able to make game decisions and manipulate the pieces on the board. In this way, it was possible to implement a didactic robotic arm as a relevant application in data processing and decision-making for programmable automatons.

Karnataka has rich epigraphical sources. The entire edifice of Karnataka history from the 3rd century B.C. down to the end of Vijayanagara rests on epigraphical records. A volume of information concerning the political conditions, government and administration, political geography, the social structure and the life of the people, the religious faiths, economic conditions and many other topics, can be derived from a critical study of the inscriptions.The inscription under discussion is a copper plate from the village of Pejavar, Mangalore Taluka, South Kanara District, Karnataka State. The copper plate is now in the possession of K. Venkatraya Achar, Suratkal. It belongs to the period of the Vijayanagara emperor Immadi Devarāya (1424–1446 A.D.). The copper plate is in the Kannada language and script. The script seems to belong to a later period. The epigraphic department of the Government of India noticed this inscription in its annual report in the year 1967–68. Sri Venkatraya Achar, the discoverer of the inscription, made a few observations in the year 1957. This paper seeks to provide fresh information on political, religious and land transaction procedures on the basis of the contents of the copper plate.

Recognition of human expression from facial image is an interesting research area, which has received increasing attention in the recent years. A robust and effective facial feature descriptor is the key to designing a successful expression recognition system. Although much progress has been made, deriving a face feature descriptor that can perform consistently under changing environment is still a difficult and challenging task. In this paper, we present the gradient local ternary pattern (GLTP)—a discriminative local texture feature for representing facial expression. The proposed GLTP operator encodes the local texture of an image by computing the gradient magnitudes of the local neighborhood and quantizing those values in three discrimination levels. The location and occurrence information of the resulting micropatterns is then used as the face feature descriptor. The performance of the proposed method has been evaluated for the person-independent face expression recognition task. Experiments with prototypic expression images from the Cohn-Kanade (CK) face expression database validate that the GLTP feature descriptor can effectively encode the facial texture and thus achieves improved recognition performance than some well-known appearance-based facial features.

<p>Cardiac wall motions classification on 2-dimensional (2D) echocardiographic images is an important issue for quantitative diagnosiing of heart disease. Unfortunately, the bad quality of echocardiogram cause computationally classification on cardiac wall motions is still become a big homework for many researchers to provide the best result. Echocardiogram is produced by soundwaves which absolutely make its images have speckle noise in different intensity. Therefore, this research improves a set of methodology to classify cardiac wall motion semi-automatically. Raw echocardiogram will be enhanced and segmented to take the boundary of endocardium of left ventricular in PSAX cardiac images. New improvement of Semi-automatically methodology is approach on detecting the contour of endocardium and will be inputed as good features in Lucas-Kanade Optical Flow in all sequential echocargraphic images. On classifying cardiac wall motions, this research proposes two important features including length of displacement and flow direction. New proprosed flow determination algorithm and Euclidean distance is used to calculate those features. All the features will be trained by Neural Network (NN) and validated by Leave One Out (LOO) to get accurate result. NN method, which is validated by LOO, has the best result of 81.82% correctness than the other compared methods.</p>

Expressions of facial expressions in addition to providing important emotional indicators, are very important objects in our daily lives too. Real-time video processing on mobile devices is a hot topic and has a very broad application. Photos that have used the filter have 21% more possibilities to be seen and 45% more likely to be commented on by photo consumers. The use of the Fisher-Yates algorithm is used as a filter scrambler for each facial expression emotion. The application is made for the iOS operating system with the Swift programming language that utilizes the Core ML and Vision framework. Custom Vision is used as a tool for creating and training models. In making a model, this study uses a dataset from Cohn-Kanade AU-Coded Facial Expression Database and Karolinska Directed Emotional Faces. Custom Vision can provide performance result training and provide precision and recall values ​​for data that has been trained. The facial expression match with the model is determined by the confidence level value. The results of trials with Hedonic Motivation System Adoption Model method produce a percentage of pleasure in using the application (joy) of 79.39% of the users agree that the application provides joy.

Real-time vehicle monitoring in highways, roads, and streets may provide useful data both for infrastructure planning and for traffic management in general. Even though it is a classic research area in computer vision, advances in neural networks for object detection and classification, especially in the last years, made this area even more appealing due to the effectiveness of these methods. This study presents TrafficSensor, a system that employs deep learning techniques for automatic vehicle tracking and classification on highways using a calibrated and fixed camera. A new traffic image dataset was created to train the models, which includes real traffic images in poor lightning or weather conditions and low-resolution images. The proposed system consists mainly of two modules, first one responsible of vehicle detection and classification and a second one for vehicle tracking. For the first module, several neural models were tested and objectively compared, and finally, the YOLOv3 and YOLOv4-based network trained on the new traffic dataset were selected. The second module combines a simple spatial association algorithm with a more sophisticated KLT (Kanade–Lucas–Tomasi) tracker to follow the vehicles on the road. Several experiments have been conducted on challenging traffic videos in order to validate the system with real data. Experimental results show that the proposed system is able to successfully detect, track, and classify vehicles traveling on a highway on real time.

Kostryukova AM, Mashkova V, Krupnova TG, Egorov NO. 2018. Phytoplankton biodiversity and its relationship with aquatic environmental factors in Lake Uvildy, South Urals, Russia. Biodiversitas 19: 1422-1428. Lake Uvildy is one of the largest and the most unique of the South Ural region lakes. This mountain deep lake, which has the status of a natural monument. The purpose of this paper was to study the phytoplankton community structure and the aquatic environmental factors in Lake Uvildy. The phytoplankton samples were collected from 5 sites of Lake Uvildy, then filtered through the plankton net and were preserved in 5% formalin. Species were identified using the handbooks by Sladecek, Yarushina, and Al-Kandari. Water samples were taken for water quality analysis. The several physicochemical parameters were measured in situ by a Portable Meters (Multitest IPL-513 and Multitest KSL-111, Semico Ltd, Russia, Novosibirsk). The others parameters were measured in the laboratory of the Department of Chemistry of the South Ural State University according to the standard methods. The sampling was made during the vegetation period in June-July 2014. The water quality was evaluated using the Shannon biodiversity index. A total of 38 species (11 phyla, 31 genera), including 9 species of Chlorophyta, 13 species of Bacillariophyta, 9 species of Cyanophyta, 4 species of Euglenophyta, 2 species of Chrysophyta, 1 species of Dinophyta, were identified. The phytoplankton species in the lake were mainly represented by Cyanophyta and Bacillariophyta. There were 5 dominant species: Fragilaria crotonensis, Asterionella formosa, Dolichospermum lemmermannii, Microcystis aeruginosa, and Coenococcus planktonicus. The Shannon index value comprised 1.27-2.21. According to the saprobity index values (1.63-2.35), the water in the late is evaluated as satisfactorily clean. Physico-chemical parameters were factors driving the change in phytoplankton community composition in Lake Uvildy.

The current vs. voltage dependences of YBa2Cu3O7-x superconducting microbridges containing laser–written (LW) -shaped channel for easy vortex motion have been investigated in a narrow range of temperatures ranging from 87.3 to 88.6 K that are still below the critical temperature Tc of the material. In the range of the before mentioned temperatures the current-self magnetic field produced, Abrikosov magnetic vortices/anti-vortices appear in the partially deoxygenated (x ~ 0.2) channel and move coherently identifying itself as Josephson–like voltage “steps” in nonlinear current–voltage dependences. Bias current creates Lorentz force FL, pushing vortices along the LW-channel from its edges towards the centre. As follows from current-voltage dependences, vortices start moving at I = Ic. This current satisfies condition FL >> Fp (where Fp – is pinning force in the film). Our results confirm that oxygen vacancies in the channel area decrease the pinning force of screw-dislocations and make the channel of uniform pinning. Then, even at I = Ic, Abrikosov magnetic vortices create a spontaneous channel in the deoxygenated channel of the superconducting microbridge and start moving coherently. Santrauka Darbe nagrinėjami silpnai tarpusavyje sąveikaujančių Abrikosovo magnetinių sūkurių judėjimo ypatumai 0,3 mm storio, 100 mm ilgio ir 50 mm pločio YBa2Cu3O7–xsuperlaidžiuosiuose dariniuose, turinčiuose iš dalies deguonimi nuskurdintą Π formos Abrikosovo magnetinių sūkurių kanalą. Sūkurių kanalas superlaidžiajame darinyje sudarytas sufokusuotu į 5 mm skersmens dėmę lazerio spinduliu. Šviesos poveikiu modifikuotame superlaidžiojo darinio kanale (x < 0,2) atsirado papildomi sūkurių prieraišos centrai (deguonies vakansijos), kurių kuriama sūkurių prieraišos jėga Fp sumažino stiprių prieraišos centrų kuriamą prieraišos jėgą ir sukūrė palankias sąlygas Abrikosovo magnetinių sūkurių judėjimui, dariniu tekant srovei, kurios tankis keliomis eilėmis mažesnis už šviesa nemodifikuoto superlaidininko dalies kritinį srovės tankį. Atliktų tyrimų rezultatai rodo, kad koherentinis Abrikosovo magnetinių sūkurių judėjimas superlaidininke, eksperimentuose pasireiškiantis įtampos laipteliais voltamperinėje darinio charakteristikoje, gali atsirasti esant FL >> Fp netgi tuomet, kai sūkurių kanalas nėra visiškai užpildytas Abrikosovo magnetiniais sūkuriais, dėl ko sūkuriai silpnai sąveikauja tarpusavyje.

Background:AAV is an autoimmune disease characterized by systemic vasculitis and pauci-immune-type crescentic glomerulonephritis (CGN) with ANCA production1). Several authors have reported cases of ANCA-associated CGN with definite IC deposits2)3), however, the clinical significance of IC in patients with ANCA-associated CGN remains unclear.Objectives:To investigate the clinical relevance of serum immune complexes (ICs) in ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) patients.Methods:We developed a novel proteomic strategy for identifying and profiling antigens in immune complexes in the serum of microscopic polyangiitis (MPA) and granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) patients. The serum was collected from the cohort of Japan Research Committee of the Ministry of Health Labour, Welfare for Intractable Vasculitis (JPVAS) before treatment and 6 months after initiation of treatment. The serum from healthy individuals was used for control samples. The Baseline data of each patient was collected with demographic information, laboratory data, disease activity according to the Birmingham Vasculitis Activity Score (BVAS) 2003, disease severity, and imaging data.Results:We were able to examine 91 AAV patients (52 MPA patients and 39 GPA patients) with 82.4% for MPO-ANCA positive and 20.9% for PR3-ANCA positive. Almost half of the patients was female (56.0%). The median age was 70 years [interquartile range (IQR): 64-77]. The median BVAS was 17 (IQR: 12-23). We identified autoantigen of EGF-containing fibulin-like extracellular matrix protein 1 (EFEMP1) in 43 of MPA (82.6%) and 16 of GPA (41.0%) at baseline. After 6 months of treatment, no cases of EFEMP1 were identified in MPA and GPA. The clinical features of EFEMP1 positive in AAV patients were higher age at onset (p <0.01), less ear, nose and throat symptoms at initiation of treatment (p <0.05), higher serum Cr at initiation of treatment (p <0.01), higher vasculitis damage index (VDI) renal component at 12 months and 24 months after initiation of treatment (both p <0.05).Conclusion:Our findings indicate that an autoantigen as immune complexes of EFEMP1 were involved in the pathogenesis of AAV patients and may predict renal prognosis.References:[1]Wilde B et.al, Kidney Int. 2011 Mar;79(6):599-612.[2]Falk RJ et.al, J Am Soc Nephrol. 1997 Feb;8(2):314-22.[3]Haas M et.al, Kidney Int. 2004 Jun;65(6):2145-52.Table.Comparison with and without EFEMP1 (all cases)groupEFEMP1 positive (n=59)EFEMP1 negative (n=32)**p-valueSex(%male)27/59 (45.8%)13/32 (40.6%)0.665Age, years74 (66-78)68 (60-71)0.003WBC(/ml)8270 (7325-12725)9150 (7325-11700)0.280Cr(mg/dl)1.4 (0.9-3.8)0.8 (0.6-1.5)0.005CRP(mg/dl)7.0 (2.3-12.5)7.6 (4.0-11.0)0.566MPA(%)43/59 (72.9%)9/32 (28.1%)<0.001GPA(%)16/59 (27.1%)23/32 (71.9%)<0.001MPO-ANCA positive54/59 (91.5%)24/32 (65.6%)0.003PR3-ANCA positive*7/56 (12.5%)12/32 (37.5%)0.012BVAS total15 (12-20)20 (12-25)0.087BVAS renal positive53/59 (89.8%)26/32 (81.3%)0.332BVAS chest positive16/59 (27.1%)14/32 (43.4%)0.161BVAS ENT positive17/59 (28.8%)18/32 (56.3%)0.014BVAS systemic positive40/59 (67.8%)24/32 (75.0%)0.631VDI renal 6 months1 (0-2)0 (0-1)0.053VDI renal 12 months1 (0-2)0 (0-1)0.007VDI renal 24 months1 (0-2)0 (0-1)0.012IQR interquartile range. Values are median(IQR) or n(%), *missing data, **Wilcoxon signed-rank test/Fisher’s exact testDisclosure of Interests:Momoko Okamoto: None declared, Kunihiro Ichinose: None declared, Kaname Oyama: None declared, Ken-Ei Sada: None declared, Shin-ya Kaname: None declared, masayoshi harigai Grant/research support from: AbbVie Japan GK, Ayumi Pharmaceutical Co., Bristol Myers Squibb Co., Ltd., Eisai Co., Ltd., Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Co., Nippon Kayaku Co., Ltd., and Teijin Pharma Ltd. MH has received speaker’s fee from AbbVie Japan GK, Ayumi Pharmaceutical Co., Boehringer Ingelheim Japan, Inc., Bristol Myers Squibb Co., Ltd., Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Eisai Co., Ltd., Eli Lilly Japan K.K., GlaxoSmithKline K.K., Kissei Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Oxford Immuotec, Pfizer Japan Inc., and Teijin Pharma Ltd. MH is a consultant for AbbVie, Boehringer-ingelheim, Kissei Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. and Teijin Pharma., Atsushi Kawakami: None declared

Background:The use of Alcohol has become an important public health concern with a variety of negative consequences, it is important to understand the variables that may be risk factors for this phenomenon. Further, university students represent a group of individuals who have unique drinking patterns and different risk factors and concerns related to problematic drinking than the population in general. Legal substances like alcohol accounts for the vast majority of negative medical, economic, and social impact. Although alcohol use occurs across many age groups, young adults aged 18–24 years show the highest rates of alcohol use and have the greatest percentage of problems drinkers (Kandel & Logan, 1984). Namibia is ranked fifth on the African continent in terms of annual alcohol consumption with the average Namibian consuming 9.62 liters of alcohol per year (WHO 2011). This review addresses problematic drinking and the variables associated with it for medical students. The purpose of this systematic review is to compare the perception and attitude of alcohol consumption among medical students and weigh the factors associated with drinking habits. Methods:A qualitative and quantitative systematic review of article from multiple search engines. Five articles were within the inclusion criteria thus appraised and reviewed for this paper. The common study method used was cross sectional, with varying sample sizes. Commonly, the use of self-assessment questionnaires and objective AUDIT C and CAGE score evaluation were used frequently between these articles. Results:The review showed that there are multiple factors that influence the use of alcohol among medical students. Personal factors such as a new found sense of independence, peer pressure, inability to handle academic stressors. Socio-economic factors include high tolerance of alcohol use in the communities and monthly expenses. It was also noted that the use of alcohol in medical students is higher than the average university student. A highlighted noted is that the use of alcohol is much higher among male than female medical students. Conclusion:Findings suggested that the perceptions of alcohol use is depended on multiple factors majority being academic perceived stress. It is also noted that continuation of these maladaptive coping mechanisms may lead to dysfunction in the future. The findings of systematic review are limited by the number of articles appraised and reliant on the information provided by the authors.

<p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;" lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;" lang="EN-US">Mitral valve movement is essential to be identified in order to monitor the abnormality of blood flow in right side of heart. The estimation and tracking of mitral valve has seldom been investigated since it required high temporal rate to scan the echocardiography images and it depends on the operator to capture the low-speckle and-noise images. This study presents the validation experiment performed on heart phantom made of t</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;" lang="EN-US">hermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) filament which the objective is to validate the previous </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;" lang="EN-US">features tracking technique implemented in mitral valve locating in video frames using Kanade-Lucas-Tomasi (KLT) algorithm. The outcome was able to automatically detect the edge of mitral valve and thus in future, it manages to predict the flowing of blood pattern. An in-vitro experiment was conducted which involved a valve phantom scanning in water tank that connected to water pump. It was found in this study that the technique capable to detect and visualize the mitral valve up to 59 frames in 2.36 secondsby tracking the features of minimum eigenvalue within the selected region. It was also produced a good agreement of valve distance between the true value and the measured one, which achieved the minimum of 88% similarity. This yielded the validation of the proposed technique to track and visualize the mitral valves. </span></span></p>

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Background:Clinical characteristics of nonradiographic axial spondyloarthritis (nr-ax-SpA) are highly variable across patients, and may potentially vary across patient populations, particularly due to differing distributions of human leukocyte antigens (HLA) and other genetic factors. The majority of nr-ax-SpA studies have been conducted in Europe, the United States, and small studies are reported from Asia [1].Objectives:To delineate clinical characteristics of patients with nr-ax-SpA in Asian countries in comparison to other areas of the world.Methods:Utilizing the ASAS-COMOSPA data, an international cross-sectional observational study of SpA patients, we analyzed information on demographics, disease characteristics, comorbidities, and risk factors. Patients were classified by region: Asia (China, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan), and non-Asian countries (Europe, Americas, and Africa); patient characteristics, including diagnosis and treatment, were compared.Results:Among 3984 SpA patients included in the study, 1094 were from centers in Asian countries, and 2890 from other regions. 112/780 (14.4%) of axial SpA patients in Asian countries were nr-ax-SpA, substantially less than in other countries (486/1997, 24.3%). Nr-ax-SpA patients in Asian countries compared to nr-ax-SpA in other countries were more likely male (75.9 vs 47.1%), have onset (22.8 vs 27.8 years) and diagnosis (27.2 vs 34.5 years) at younger age, and experience less diagnostic delay (1.88 vs 2.92 years) (Table 1). Nr-ax-SpA patients in Asian countries have higher prevalence of positive HLA-B27 (90.6% vs 61.9%) and fewer peripheral signs such as arthritis, enthesitis, or dactylitis (53.6% vs 66.3%) but have similar rate of extra-articular manifestations (psoriasis, IBD, or uveitis) and co-morbidities. Disease activity, functional impairment, and inflammation on MRI were less in nr-ax-SpA patients in Asian countries. NSAIDs response was higher and use of methotrexate and b-DMARDs were lower among nr-ax-SpA in Asian countries.Conclusion:Among axial SpA patients, substantially lower frequency of nr-ax-SpA was observed in Asian countries compared to other regions of the world. Nr-ax-SpA patients in Asian countries were predominantly male, and had younger disease onset with higher HLA-B27 positivity rate and less peripheral signs, and better response to NSAIDs. These results offer an opportunity to improve both early diagnosis and treatment of nr-ax-SpA patients in Asian countries.Table 1.Characteristics of nonradiographic axial SpA in Asia versus non-Asian regionsVariablesAsianon-Asian regionsp valueN112486Age at disease diagnosis, yrs27.2 [21.1, 39.6]34.5 [27.7, 41.7]<0.001Diagnostic delay, yrs1.88 [0.27, 5.56]2.92 [0.59, 9.58]0.011Male (%)85 (75.9)229 (47.1)<0.001Sacroiliitis on MRI among tested (%)49 (67.1)341 (82.2)0.005HLA B27 positivity among measured (%)96 (90.6)273 (61.9)<0.001Inflammatory Back Pain (%)107 (95.5)478 (98.4)0.076Arthritis, enthesitis, or dactylitis (%)60 (53.6)322 (66.3)0.016Psoriasis (%)12 (10.7)82 (16.9)0.142Uveitis (%)20 (17.9)81 (16.7)0.870Inflammatory bowel disease (%)5 (4.5)27 (5.6)0.817Elevated CRP (%)37 (33.0)213 (43.8)0.048Physician global assessment (0-10)2.0 [1.0, 5.0]2.0 [1.0, 4.0]0.741Patient global assessment (0-10)3.0 [1.0, 6.0]4.0 [2.0, 6.0]0.012ASDAS-CRP1.40 [0.95, 2.08]1.97 [1.21, 2.78]<0.001BASFI0.8 [0.05, 2.65]2.9 [0.8, 5.6]<0.001Good response to NSAIDs (%)80 (71.4)272 (56.0)0.004Methotrexate use (%)18 (16.1)134 (27.6)0.016Biological DMARDs use (%)27 (24.1)191 (39.3)0.004References:[1]López-Medina C, Ramiro S, van der Heijde D, et al. Characteristics and burden of disease in patients with radiographic and non-radiographic axial Spondyloarthritis: a comparison by systematic literature review and meta-analysis. RMD Open. 2019 Nov 21;5(2): e001108.Acknowledgements:This study was conducted under the umbrella of the International Society for Spondyloarthritis Assessment (ASAS) and COMOSPA study was supported by unrestricted grants from Pfizer, AbbVie and UCB.Disclosure of Interests:Keisuke Ono: None declared, Mitsumasa Kishimoto Speakers bureau: AbbVie, Amgen-Astellas BioPharma, Asahi-Kasei Pharma, Astellas, Ayumi Pharma, BMS, Chugai, Daiichi-Sankyo, Eisai, Eli Lilly, Gilead, Janssen, Kyowa Kirin, Novartis, Ono Pharma, Pfizer, Tanabe-Mitsubishi, Teijin Pharma, and UCB Pharma, Consultant of: AbbVie, Amgen-Astellas BioPharma, Asahi-Kasei Pharma, Astellas, Ayumi Pharma, BMS, Chugai, Daiichi-Sankyo, Eisai, Eli Lilly, Gilead, Janssen, Kyowa Kirin, Novartis, Ono Pharma, Pfizer, Tanabe-Mitsubishi, Teijin Pharma, and UCB Pharma, Sho Fukui: None declared, Satoshi Kawaai: None declared, Gautam A. Deshpande: None declared, Kazuki Yoshida Consultant of: OM1, Inc., Grant/research support from: Corrona, LLC, Naomi Ichikawa: None declared, Yuko Kaneko Speakers bureau: AbbVie, Astellas, Ayumi, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Chugai, Eisai, Eli Lilly, Hisamitsu, Jansen, Kissei, Pfizer, Sanofi, Takeda, Tanabe-Mitsubishi, and UCB, Taku Kawasaki: None declared, Kazuo Matsui: None declared, Mitsuhiro Morita: None declared, Kurisu Tada: None declared, Naoho Takizawa: None declared, Naoto Tamura: None declared, Atsuo Taniguchi: None declared, Yoshinori Taniguchi: None declared, Shigeyoshi Tsuji: None declared, Shigeto Kobayashi: None declared, Masato Okada: None declared, Clementina López-Medina: None declared, Anna Moltó Consultant of: AbbVie, Pfizer, MSD, Novartis, Gilead, Lilly and UCB, Grant/research support from: AbbVie, Pfizer, MSD, Novartis, Gilead, Lilly and UCB, Désirée van der Heijde Consultant of: AbbVie, Amgen, Astellas, AstraZeneca, Bayer, BMS, Boehringer Ingelheim, Celgene, Cyxone, Daiichi, Eisai, Eli-Lilly, Galapagos, Gilead, Glaxo-Smith-Kline, Janssen, Merck, Novartis, Pfizer, Regeneron, Roche, Sanofi, Takeda, UCB Pharma, Employee of: Imaging Rheumatology bv. (Director), Maxime Dougados: None declared, Yoshinori Komagata: None declared, Tetsuya Tomita: None declared, Shinya Kaname: None declared.

Abstract Introduction Transformation of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) into Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) is a rare, but recognized complication of CLL. The prognosis of CLL with HL Transformation (HT) appears significantly worse than de novo HL, but most series are small and there are limited published data. These reports have prompted several groups to recommend aggressive therapy with stem cell transplantation (SCT) in first complete remission (CR1). We describe the largest reported series of HT patients (pts) with analyses of the clinicobiologic characteristics, treatment patterns, and clinical outcomes based upon our multi-institutional clinical experience. Methods Pts diagnosed with HT from 01/2000 - 01/2018 were retrospectively identified in 13 tertiary cancer centers. Clinicobiologic characteristics, treatment type, and survival outcomes for each pt were analyzed. Overall survival (OS) was measured from the time of HT diagnosis until time of death. OS estimates were calculated using the Kaplan-Meier method. The log-rank test was used to calculate differences in survival. Results Ninety-four pts with HT were identified. Median age at HT was 67 years (yrs; range, 38-85) and 81% of the pts were male. Median time from CLL diagnosis to HT was 5.5 yrs (range, 0-20.2; 7 pts with simultaneous diagnosis of CLL and HL). At initial CLL diagnosis, 31%, 34%, 21%, 10%, and 4% were Rai Stage 0, 1, 2, 3, and 4, respectively. At CLL diagnosis, 67% (25/37) had an un-mutated IgVH gene, 36% (21/59) had del(13q), 32% (14/44) had trisomy 12, 24% (14/59) had del(11q), and 15% (9/61) had del(17p). Prior to HT diagnosis, pts had a median of 2 (range, 0-12) therapies for CLL. Seventeen (18%) had no prior CLL treatments. Forty-three (46%) and 25 (27%) patients had received purine analogue- and ibrutinib-based therapy prior to HT, respectively. Baseline characteristics at HT are described in Table 1. As initial therapy for HL, the majority of pts (61%, n = 62) received ABVD-based regimens (adriamycin, bleomycin, vinblastine, and dacarbazine) at full (n = 48) or reduced (n = 14) doses. Of these, CD20 monoclonal antibody was added in 6 and Bruton-tyrosine kinase inhibitor was added in 2. Ten (11%) received a brentuximab-based regimen. Seven (7%) received an RCHOP-based regimen (rituximab, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, prednisone). Six patients (6%) received no therapy for HT due to frailty. Subsequent therapy included autologous SCT and allogeneic SCT in 7 (7%) and 11 (12%) of patients, respectively. Two (2%) and 5 (5%) pts received their autologous and allogeneic SCT while in CR1, respectively. The median number of treatments for HT per pt was 1 (range, 0-5) with 59 (61%) pts only receiving one line of therapy. After HT diagnosis, pts had a median follow-up of 1.6 yrs (range, 0.0 - 15.1). Two-yr OS after HT diagnosis was 72% (95%CI 62 - 83%). The pts who received any CLL directed therapy (n = 80) prior to HT had a significantly lower estimated 2-yr OS of 69% (95%CI 58 - 82%) compared with pts who did not receive any prior CLL-directed therapy (n = 17; 93%; 95%CI 82-100%; p 0.02; Figure 1). Pts who received purine-analogue-based therapy for their CLL prior to HT had a significantly lower estimated 2-yr OS of 60% (95%CI 46 - 79%) compared with pts who did not receive purine-analogue-based CLL-directed therapy prior to HT (n = 51; 83%; 95%CI 73 - 96%; p 0.009; Figure 2). Although limited by small sample size, the pts who underwent SCT for HT in CR1 had a similar 2-yr OS (n = 7; 67%; 95%CI 38-100%) to pts who did not undergo SCT for HT in CR1 (n = 87; 72%; 95%CI 63 - 84%; p 0.46; Figure 3). Conclusions In this retrospective analysis, we describe the largest reported series of pts with HT from CLL. Two-yr survival in pts with HT was shorter than what is historically expected in patients with de novo HL, but longer than what is expected in CLL pts who transform to diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Pts with HT who have received prior CLL-directed therapies (specifically purine-analogue-based treatments) are estimated to have a shorter 2-yr OS, likely due to underlying immunosuppression. The majority of pts (61%) only received 1 line of HL therapy and only 20% went on to receive SCT (7% while in CR1), indicating that these patients can have prolonged OS after achieving response to first-line therapy for HT and may not require SCT in CR1. Further study of this rare population is required to determine optimum management. Disclosures Kander: AstraZeneca: Consultancy. Parikh:Gilead: Honoraria; AstraZeneca: Honoraria, Research Funding; Abbvie: Honoraria, Research Funding; Janssen: Research Funding; MorphoSys: Research Funding; Pharmacyclics: Honoraria, Research Funding. Shadman:Acerta Pharma: Research Funding; Verastem: Consultancy; Celgene: Research Funding; Gilead Sciences: Research Funding; Mustang Biopharma: Research Funding; Pharmacyclics: Research Funding; AstraZeneca: Consultancy; Beigene: Research Funding; Genentech: Research Funding; Qilu Puget Sound Biotherapeutics: Consultancy; AbbVie: Consultancy; TG Therapeutics: Research Funding; Genentech: Consultancy. Pagel:Pharmacyclics, an AbbVie Company: Consultancy; Gilead: Consultancy. Mato:Portola: Research Funding; AstraZeneca: Consultancy; Acerta: Research Funding; Prime Oncology: Honoraria; Regeneron: Research Funding; Celgene: Consultancy; Pharmacyclics, an AbbVie Company: Consultancy, Research Funding; Medscape: Honoraria; TG Therapeutics: Consultancy, Research Funding; Johnson & Johnson: Consultancy; AbbVie: Consultancy, Research Funding. 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Mirjana POLIĆ BOBIĆ: Kalifornijski zapisi oca Ferdinanda Konšćaka iz Družbe Isusove, Hrvatska sveučilišna naklada, Zagreb, 2015.U ovoj knjizi autorica je iscrpno i kompetentno, kao ponajbolji prevodilac pisane ostavštine Ferdinanda Konšćaka, analitički i metodološki kvalitetno, uz podrobna objašnjenja i popratna razmišljanja, na tristo stranica predstavila bogatu i vrijednu pisanu ostavštinu kao i relevantne spise o njegovom radu i o njemu. To je do sada najsveobuhvatniji pristup obradi spisa ovoga pripadnika Družbe Isusove u nas, koji uvelike pridonosi spoznaji o veličini i značenju njegovih znanstvenih i istraživačkih dosega, ne samo za geografiju nego za pojedine druge znanosti. Opsežni uvod čine četiri poglavlja autoričine sveobuhvatne rasprave 1. o Konšćakovim zapisima i životu s popisom i opisom rukopisa i izdanja Konšćakovih tekstova o Novom svijetu i o njegovu životu, 2. o tome kako je Konšćak mogao dospjeti u Donju Kaliforniju, 3. o Kaliforniji od mita do utopijskog projekta te 4. o kraljevskim i misionarskim interesima, utopijskim obrascima i svakodnevnici sa zaključnim razmatranjima. Spisateljičina rasprava o navedenim aspektima, opservacije i razmatrani predlošci brojnih prethodnika, suvremenika i kasnijih istraživača i promicatelja Konšćakova rada i djela odaju vrsnu poznavateljicu brojnih predložaka i dokumentacije, neobjavljene i objavljene, dostupne i manje dostupne o našem isusovcu istraživaču. Drugi dio, može se slobodno istaknuti, krucijalni su prijevodi petnaestak autentičnih zapisa, dakle pisama, izvješća, dnevnika, opisa, Ferdinanda Konšćaka iz kojih se neposredno saznaje o njegovim putovanjima, otkrićima, spoznajama, poslanju, sukobljavanjima pa sve do intimnijih razmišljanja u prepisci ili izviješćima kroz koja izbija mnoštvo dokaza o njemu kao o izrazitom isusovačkom humanistu, entuzijastu, misionaru i istraživaču. To su pisma subraći, nadređenima, meksičkom provincijalu, superiorima, vizitatorima, prijateljima, dnevnici i dr., te također dva prijevoda drugih autora Miguela del Barca i oca Francisca Zevallosa koji se tiču Ferdinanda Konšćaka. Djelo prate i zahvala, popis izvora uz prevedene Konšćakove tekstove, literatura, sažetci na španjolskom i engleskom jeziku i kratki opis života i rada autorice. Otac Ferdinand Konšćak, poznat u svjetskoj literaturi i kao Ferdinando Consag (španj.) utemeljitelj Donje Kalifornije (Baja California), rođen je u Varaždinu 2. prosinca 1703., a umro je u misiji Santa Gertrudis u Donjoj Kaliforniji (Meksiko) 10. rujna 1759. Pristupio je isusovačkom redu 1719. u Trenčinu u Slovačkoj. Filozofiju je završio u Grazu, zatim radio na kolegijima u Zagrebu, pa Budimu. Prije završetka studija teologije u Grazu, odobren mu je odlazak u Novi svijet pa je 1729. otišao u Španjolsku, odakle je iz Cadiza 1731. krenuo u jednom od jedrenjaka flote za Indije. Preko Havane, stigao je u Veracruz te u Meksiko gdje je 1731. završio započeti studij teologije. Na poluotok Donje Kalifornije stigao je 1732. u redukciju Loreto gdje je najprije boravio, pa 1733. prešao u San Ignacio, zatim na sam jug poluotoka, pa ponovno u San Ignacio odakle je opsluživao velik dio izoliranih krajeva, dajući posebno velik doprinos osnivanju misija Santa Gertrudis i San Francisco de Borja. Kao isusovački misionar postao je jedan od najslavnijih istraživača meksičkoga poluotoka Kalifornije, koji je dokazao da je Kalifornija poluotok. Naime, poslije ranijih spoznaja (još od 30-ih godina 16. st.) da je Donja Kalifornija poluotok (v. Planciusov zemljovid svijeta 1592., i Meteliusov Kalifornije 1598.), u 17. i početkom 18. stoljeća počeli su se u Europi pojavljivati pogrješni, dosta tvrdokorni stavovi da je riječ o otoku kao i zemljovidi na kojima je tako i prikazivana. Stoga je trebalo ponovno, a iz sasvim pragmatičnih razloga, podastrijeti nove dokaze o poluotoku. Premda se već subrat Francisco E. Kino u četiri svoja putovanja 1697. – 1702. uvjerio da je Kalifornija poluotok, to otkriće nije bilo prihvaćeno pa su se tražili novi dokazi. Konšćakovo istraživanje dokazalo je drugi put poluotočnost Donje Kalifornije. Čak je i kasnije bilo dvojbi o poluotočnosti pa je 1766. tamo poslan otac Wenceslao Linck da provjeri Konšćakovu tvrdnju. Priznati su mu znanstveni doprinosi u matematici, astronomiji, prirodoslovlju, etnologiji, geografiji i geologiji. Bio je graditelj cesta, vodoopskrbnih objekata i obrambenih nasipa te nadzornik svih isusovačkih misija u Meksiku, a njegovo ime nosi otočić Roca Consag (Consag Rocks na sjeveru Kalifornijskog zaljeva 17 milja od grada San Felipe). Miguel del Barco, kojeg je kasnije iščitavao i Alexander von Humboldt, navodio je Konšćaka kao važnog izvora opisa ratničkih običaja, društvenog ustroja tamošnjih indijanskih zajednica, njihovih jezika, vjerovanja, načina odijevanja, prehrambenih navika, obreda uvođenja u zrelo doba života. Uz brojne pohode, poduzeo je i tri veće ekspedicije (1746., 1751. i 1753.) u kojima je sustavno istraživao neznana područja poluotoka. U prvoj do ušća Rio Colorada, razriješio je više od dva stoljeća podržavanu dvojbu o Donjoj Kaliforniji, dokazavši da nije otok nego poluotok. Oko 1748. izradio je precizan zemljovid Donje Kalifornije, a oko 1750. i zemljovid Kalifornijskog zaljeva, ucrtavši u njih brojna naselja, misije, imena zaljeva, rtova, otoka, pojave vode (na njegovu zemljovidu Aguage) itd. kao i imena plemena. Zanimljivi su prikazi reljefa, posebice vulkanskog područja Las Virgenes (en los quales sehàn de scubierto Volcanes d Fuego. Año 1746), zaljeva, rtova, otoka i otočića u Kalifornijskom zaljevu itd. U svim ekspedicijama bilježio je podatke o terenu, prirodnim bogatstvima i starosjediocima. Osnovao je nove misije, gradio akvadukte, nasipe, kanale za odvodnju, sudjelovao pri otvaranju prvih rudnika srebra na poluotoku. Još za života objavljeni su njegovi dnevnici ekspedicijâ, prevedeni na nekoliko jezika, u više izdanja, a njegovi zemljovidi poluotokâ i zaljevâ bili su poznati u to doba i nerijetko precrtavani. U prvom pohodu 1746. Konšćak je s posadama i pratnjom na četiri jedrenjaka, počevši od luke San Carlos (daje opširan opis luke, voda, rtova), najbliže misiji San Ignacio, uz istočnu obalu poluotoka istražio najprije širi prostor zaljeva Santisima Trinidad (lovište bisernica s hridinastim dnom, opasnim za ronioce, San Bernabé i otočić s tuljanima). Nastavili su do područja rta San Juan de Bauptista, niske obale s glinenim nanosima, pojavom vode i priobalnim hridima što opširnije opisuje, zatim do rta San Miguel, koji sa sljedećim rtom zatvara zaljev, s barom, vrelom vode, lovištem bisernica, gdje za nevremena more izbacuje mnoštvo školjaka tvoreći nasip koji već kršteni domoroci nazivaju Pepena. U mjestu San Miguel de la Peña održali su poduku domorocima poganima, od kojih su neke i krstili. Dalje opširno opisuje obalu, vrste dna, odvaljene litice, pojave ilovasta tla uz obalu s kaktusom cardón i čičkom, brojnim pticama, pojavama mramora. U blizini rta San Gabriel de las Almeja ili Salsipuedes (prema imenu susjednog otočja) spominje otočić Tortuguilla (tj. Kornjačica) koji Kalifornijci nazivaju Serro Blanco, obližnja naselja u kojima je bilo ponešto krštenika. Domoroci skupljaju vodu, pa makar i slankastu jer su izvori rijetkost. Dno je opasno, hridinasto, spominje neku žutu pećinu, s opisom obale. Skupine domorodaca dovodile su djecu na krštenje, ali bilo je i onih, na koje su bili upozoreni da spremaju napad na ekspediciju, pa su nastavili prema zaljevu San Rafael gdje su na ušću rijeke Kada Koaman u razgovorima s gostoljubivim domorocima, koji su ih vodili do brzaca vode i zdenca, saznali da njih i ronioce napadaju gorštaci. Posebno je važan opis toplih vrela koja su vidljiva za oseke, a za plime su poplavljena morem, priobalnih dijelova s konkavnim stijenama s izvorima vode, šljunčanim i pješčanim nanosima, drvećem mezquite. Pohod je nastavljen prema rtu San Antonio. Tamošnjem malom zaljevu dali su ime Purgatorio (Čistilište). Zatim su obišli stjenoviti i hridinasti rt Las Animas i stigli u duboku i pogodnu uvalu Los Angeles zaštićenu ulančenim otocima na ulazu s pojavom vode koja teče sa strmih padina. Ovdje su bili izloženi prijetnjama okupljenih domorodaca sa sjevera koji su brodove pratili nekoliko dana. Nastavili su do dijela Los Remedios s uvalom Nostra Señora de los Remedios, s nasuprotnim otokom Angel Santo de la Guarda. Za njega navodi da je dosta izdužen, širi na sjeverozapadu i da se od rta San Rafael proteže sve do otočića San Juan i San Pablo, a i dijelu obale su dali isto ime. Svugdje ima dosta bisernica. Kanal između otoka i obale poluotoka pun je kitova pa ga zovi Kitovim tjesnacem (Canal de Ballenas). Skromne, guste i bljutave vode našli su i na dijelu obale koji su nazvali po danu dolaska, San Pedro e Pablo. Nastavili su do zaljeva San Luis Gonzaga i njegova otoka okruženog rtovima, povoljnog za sidrenje, s više slanih lokava na kopnu i bogat ribom, a na zemljovidu je ovdje označeno ime na kopnu San Stanislao (sv. Stanislav; poljski isusovac iz 16. st.). Tu se nalazi i voda San Estanislao. Stalno su susretali negostoljubive, preplašene domoroce, a u moru posvuda sedefaste školjke. Sljedećem dijelu obale nadjenuli su ime San Sebastian, a zatim dio obale zvan Visitación završava na sjeveru istoimenim visokim rtom. Dalje je obala niska, ravna, blatna i kamenita, s dosta antilopa, divljih koza i ovnova, a naišli su i na ključalo sumporno vrelo s dimom (zacijelo solfatar). Sljedeća zona, nazvana Santa Ysabel, zadnje je nalazište školjaka bisernica, jer ih dalje nije bilo, a u blizini, na dijelu dosta teško pristupačne obale s pješčanim prudovima s dražicom San Fermin našli su pitku vodu. Nastavili su prema uvali San Felipe de Jesús, a prošavši San Buonaventuru, obala je postala niska, pješčana, močvarna (Marismas na zemljovidu) s planinama udaljenima tri do četiri lige, bez uvala i izvora, s plitkim morem (Pantanas), zamuljeno. Stigavši do ušća Crvene rijeke, vode su postale obojene, opore, nezdrave. Unatoč vrlo teškim uvjetima, naišli su na pitku vodu pri ušću, na kojem rukavci rijeke odvajaju tri niska močvarna otoka. Nanos rijeke prostire se miljama, a snaga plimnih valova, kao i same rijeke, dovodila je do havarija pa je jedan od brodova stradao. Istražili su područje oko ušća, ustanovivši da s kalifornijske strane rijeka vijuga i među planinama. Nakon dvadeset pet dana istraživačkog pohoda, Konšćak prvi put spominje zemljovid koji je izrađivao navodeći: „Petnaestorica naših kretala se jedno vrijeme kopnom, pa su nam donijeli vijesti o stanju u močvari koja se nalazi na samom rtu toga podvodnoga područja i mi to ucrtasmo u zemljovid“ na kojem je bila označena sjeverna širina. Ovaj Konšćakov dnevnik otac Miguel de la Barca kasnije je popratio podrobnim objašnjenjima i komentarima. U drugoj ekspediciji Konšćak je putovao kopnom poluotoka prema sjeveru i do Tihog oceana. Taj pohod o kojem piše u pismu prijatelju i posebno opširno u dnevniku, odvijao se 1751. iz misije San Ignacio, zapravo iz La Piedad (kasnije nazvana Santa Gertrudis) prema San Everardu kroz Sierra Madre na drugu stranu poluotoka do Oceana. Pohod se odvijao uz pomoć konja, najprije u bezvodnom kraju s bodljikavim stablima milapa, gdje su domoroci već bili pokršteni. Zatim su stigli do korita Kalmayia, koje je pripadalo oselju Nuestra Señora dela Visitación, zatim do Nuestra Señora dela Desponsación de Pui te potoka Kanjaikamána, Nakon nekoliko dana došli su do Ajavaiamina, tekućice s vodom, potom do Anguma, potoka Ziénage u Mezcalu, nešto sjevernije. U dnevniku spominje otoke u tjesnacu Santa Barbara i otok Cerros (Cedros) ili Santisima Trinidad, koji domoroci zovu Vamalgua ili (G)Uamalgua (tj. kuća magle) te rt Mendocino i otok Cenizas na Oceanu. Došavši do mjesta Kalvalaga pogled im se pružio na mali, ali visok otok „koji pomorci koji putuju za Filipine zovu Guadalupe“. Odatle su se vratili natrag do potoka Ziénage i potoka Kanjaikamána, te se zadržali kod vrela Medakal. Slijedi opis obale nasuprot otoku Cedros, gdje ima u moru mnoštvo kitova, gdje su pronašli ostatke brodoloma nekog broda, a spominje i Zaljev (očito Vizcaíno). Uskoro su stigli u indijanski Laboakal, odakle su se ponovno vratili u La Piedad i San Everardo, odakle su i krenuli. Svugdje opisuje život, vjerovanja, ponašanja i običaje domorodaca. Iz vremena između drugog i trećeg pohoda, posebno je važan opis otkrivenih dijelova Kalifornije i dijelova Meksika. Najprije za Donju Kaliforniju kaže da je siromašna, bezvodna, s nešto ruda i bisernicama, u nju misionari dolaze iz svojih misija u Sinaloi, na koju se kratko osvrće. Misije su geografski razmještene od najjužnije San Lucas do najsjevernije Santa Gertrudis. Plodnog zemljišta ima samo na jugu, i tamo žive u bolestima i međusobnim sukobima vrlo razrijeđeni Perikujci i Vajkurci te Guajkurci. Tri misije Perikujaca, Santa Rosa, Santiago i San José del Cabo, svedene su na Santiago i seoce San José, a vajkurske su misije Nuestra Señora de Pilar na jugu i Nuestra Señora de los Dolores i San Luis Gonzaga nešto sjevernije s oceanske strane. Ishodište misijskog rada i kraljevskih snaga je Loreto, nekad Concho, u području malobrojnog naroda Monkujaca, jezikom različitog od drugih, a okružuje ga prostorno istaknut narod Kočimaca ili Lajmona. Tamo je sedam misija (od juga prema sjeveru: San Javier, San José de Comondú, Purísima Concepción, Santa Rosalia, Nuestra Señora de Guadelupe, San Ignacio i Santa Gertrudis). Opisuje različitost narječja plemena, njihovih običaja te napose način jedenja (s uzicom uz dvostruko žvakanje). Poluotokom se pruža bezvodno sredogorje Sierra Madre, a priobalje je još bezvodnije pa su samo tri misije na obali. Otvoreni su i rudnici (Santa Anna i dr.). Ima nešto srebra, dosta naslaga soli i salitre. Uz poluotok su i otoci, s oceanske strane su važniji Santa Magdalena, La Navidad de Nuestra Señora i Cerros (Uamalgua). S ovoga posljednjeg domoroci su prešli na kopno i dio ih se naselio u San Estanislau. Bave se i lovom na morske dabrove (nutrije). S istočne strane poluotoka ima više pogodnih luka (Concepción, Los Angeles i dr.), zaljeva te otoka, od kojih su za pristajanje pogodna tri: Espíritu Santo (za plime dva otoka, vrelo vode), San José (domoroci tamo love divljač koja u želudcima ima bezoar, kamen koji stvaraju preživači i ima ljekovita svojstva) i onaj posvećen Gospi Karmelskoj na kojem je solana. Navodi da su svi otoci Kalifornijskog zaljeva nenaseljeni, premda je na nekima prije bilo stanovnika, ali su prešli na kopno u misije. Opisuje različitost školjki bisernica i samih bisera prema boji (na jugu su bijeli, sjevernije u raznim bojama) s kojima se trguje, purpurnu školjku, a ističe da su brojne i zmije te morske kornjače s obje strane poluotoka, ali onih s prozirnim oklopom koje daju skupu kornjačevinu ima samo na jugu. Bavi se i različitim biljkama (medesa, agave, tedá, gorka smokva, kaktusi, razni sukulenti, garambulla, pitahaye, cardón, portulak, šćir) od kojih su neke jestive, ljekovite, a za prehranu su važni i zečevi, kunići, šišmiši pa i štakori. Česti su leopardi, rjeđi jaguari, divlje mačke, vukovi, ima kojota, a lisice su brojne, i sve ih domoroci jedu. Otrovnice čegrtuše su posvuda kao i brojne druge, većinom neotrovne zmije. Spominje i guštere i crve koje domoroci sve jedu osim daždevnjaka i nekoga crvenog crva, te pojedine kukce (stjenice, skakavce, razne pauke pa i tarantule i dr.). Od ptica spominje brojne grabljivice, orlove, gavrane te golubove, neke vrste nalik na fazane i prepelice. Srebro se vadi u rudnicima na jugu, bakra ima po kamenju, željeza također u grumenima, sumpora u izobilju, galice, različitih mramora i prozirca nalik na dijamant. Daje opširne opise običaja i životnih navika domorodaca, muškaraca i žena, nošnje, ženidbe, vjerovanja, idola, vračeva, glazbe, plesova, mnogoženstva (naročito kod stasitih i svijetloputih Perikujaca), vještina lova, prehrane, pogrebnih običaja, inicijacije itd. Vrlo pojednostavnjeno daje opise pojedinih stijena, ruda, okamina, konglomerata i breča pokušavajući objasniti njihov postanak. Na kraju u bilješci navodi luke s oceanske strane kad se od otoka Cerros putuje na sjever: San Hipólito i San Damián prije otoka Cenizas, a zatim San Francisco (de Borja, op. p.), Las Vírgenes, San Simón i Judas te San Diego, koji je razmjerno blizu misije San Borja. Treći pohod 1753. godine, čiji izvorni opis (dnevnik) do sada nije poznat, ali se ponešto saznaje iz drugih napisa, ostvaren je kroz unutrašnjost poluotoka na sjever do 30. stupnja sjeverne širine. Ovaj je put prošao u puno gostoljubivijem okruženju domorodaca, kopnom od Santa Gertrudis preko naselja uz zaljev Los Angeles, do naselja u sredogorju nedaleko od zaljeva San Luis Gonzaga. Osim što je brojnim pothvatima osnivao sigurna naselja, vodoopskrbne sustave, smirivao sukobe među plemenima, onemogućavao pljačke s različitih strana, počeo opismenjavati i liječiti domoroce od zaraza i epidemija, otvarajući im tako put u civilizirani način života, za geografe su značajni i njegovi pisani doprinosi. Uz manje opservacije o Havani, Veracruzu, otocima Alacranes u Meksičkom zaljevu, otkrio je svjetskoj geografskoj spoznaji oblik i zemljopisna obilježja istočne obale Donje Kalifornije, duljinu otoka Angel de la Guarda, mjesto za misiju San Francisco de Borja, izvor rijeke Adac. Istražujući terene oko misija San Ignacio, koji je na granici prema sjeveru (frontera del Norte), Santa Gertrudis, te velik dio Kalifornijskog zaljeva (ili Crvenog mora), u njegovim se zapisima ističu misija Guadelupe, oblast Primeria (današnje Sonora i Sinaloa), ušće Crvene rijeke, temeljit opis zaljeva Los Angeles, vrlo pogodne prirodne luke s vrelima vode i više otočića u blizini (južno od Kanala kitova Canal de Ballenas na njegovoj karti) s pogodnim pristupom iz luka Caborce i Tepoce, koji, s obzirom na povoljne vjetrove, omogućuje prolaz kroz „zastrašujuće otoke Salsipuedes“, Laogiú, tj. planine San Rafael i mnoge druge u ovom tekstu navedene. Geografi, ali i svi drugi koje ova problematika zanima, u ovom će zanimljivom štivu zahvaljujući trudu autorice, pronaći poticaje za saznanja o Ferdinandu Konšćaku i njegovim otkrićima i zapisima, a možda i za daljnje pronalaženje drugih, do danas još nepoznatih rukopisa, bilo njegovih ili o njemu. Autorica Polić Bobić je za knjigu o ocu Ferdinandu Konšćaku dobila nagradu Hrvatske akademije znanosti i umjetnosti za najviša znanstvena i umjetnička dostignuća u Republici Hrvatskoj za 2015. godinu za područje društvenih znanosti Mirjana POLIĆ BOBIĆ, Mijo KORADE: Paragvajska pisma: Ivan Marchesetti i Nikola Plantić, isusovci u Paragvajskoj provinciji Družbe Isusove, Matica hrvatska, Zagreb, 2015. Iz pera vrsne hispanistice, urednice i književne prevoditeljice, redovite profesorice španjolske i hispanoameričke književnosti na Filozofskom fakultetu Sveučilišta u Zagrebu te koautora, crkvenog povjesničara i povjesničara kulture, suradnika Hrvatskog instituta za povijest u Zagrebu i nasl. redovitog profesora na Hrvatskim studijima Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, dostupno je široj javnosti kulturološko ostvarenje koje ima i brojne sastavnice povijesno-zemljopisne naravi, pa je stoga zanimljivo ne samo za povjesničare, hispaniste i druge, nego posebice i za geografe. Prof. Polić Bobić inače se bavi istraživanjem književnosti i kulturne povijesti kolonijalne Amerike te hrvatsko-hispanskim kulturnim vezama, a prof. Mijo Korade hrvatskom latinističkom historiografijom, historiografijom hrvatskoga redovništva, odnosima Crkve i države, poviješću školstva u Hrvata i hrvatskim putnicima i putopiscima. Knjiga se u prvom dijelu bavi Paragvajskom provincijom Družbe Isusove i njezinim misijama u kojima su srednjoeuropski isusovci, među kojima i hrvatski, u okviru opće i kulturne povijesti kolonijalne Amerike dali istaknut doprinos ne samo zemljopisnom širenju misijskih projekata, nego i sveukupnom udjelu Družbe Isusove u kulturi, povijesti, geografiji, književnosti itd. kolonijalnih posjeda. Razmatranim spisima te redovničke pokrajine, u kojoj su o nastanku tzv. redukcija, tj. naseobina u kojima se obavljala evangelizacija indijanskih plemena Guarani i drugih, omogućen je odgovarajući pristup poznavanju onovremenih procesa, uz ostalo i sociogeografskih, u prostoru južnoameričkoga geopolitičkog sraza dvaju katoličkih kolonijalnih imperija, španjolskog i portugalskog. U porječjima Parane, Paragvaja, Urugvaja s njihovim brojnim pritokama, u okviru većeg broja (više od četrdeset) misija na teritoriju današnje Argentine, Paragvaja, Bolivije i Brazila, između 1585. (1604.) i 1767. ostvarivani su suživot i društveno-gospodarsko uređenje potaknuti djelovanjem požrtvovnih isusovaca, među kojima se ističu i oni iz hrvatskoga prostora tadašnje Austrijske provincije Družbe Isusove, Ivan Krstitelj Marchesetti iz Rijeke i Nikola Plantić iz Zagreba, čija su pisma predmet ove knjige. Red kojem su pripadali zacrtao je stvaranje kršćanskog društva, ustrojstveno i gospodarski izvan utega tadašnjih europskih kasnofeudalnih odnosa, bližeg pravednim novozavjetnim učenjima o ravnopravnosti i vrijednosti svih ljudskih bića. Taj „jedinstveni socijalni eksperiment u povijesti čovječanstva“, koji je imao i svoje političko-geografsko naličje, premda je doživio mnoge poticaje, priznanja i podršku mnogih suvremenika, ugašen je, na štetu posebice brazilskih guaranskih misija. Tome su uzrok bila međudržavna i unutarcrkvena nesuglasja, agresivnost odmetnika i pojedinih kolonizatora te posebice objede i optužbe da misionari zlorabe zasnovane redukcije za svoje bogaćenje i širenje nekoga svojeg zamišljenog kraljevstva. Otuda i kasnije neosnovane i izmišljene reinterpretacije o Plantiću kao „paragvajskom kralju“, kao „komunističkom kralju“ i sl. Od 1585. do 1767. Družba je provela dvadesetpet istraživačkih pohoda, ostavivši o tome brojna pismena svjedočanstva. Epilog gotovo dvostoljetnih nastojanja isusovaca, u vrtlogu dinastičkih interesa i prekrajanja i u sukobu portugalskih i španjolskih geopolitičkih prisezanja, bio je, nažalost, porazan, posebice za stotine tisuća domorodaca koji su pristali na pokrštavanje i novi način života ostvaren kroz misionarske redukcije. Pojam redukcija (lat. reducere – natrag dovesti) ovdje označava misijska naselja, tzv. Paragvajske redukcije u koje su iz divljih krajeva i prašuma okupljani Indijanci da žive sigurni u organiziranoj kršćanskoj zajednici. Prostirale su se na području dugačkom više od 1000 km i širokom oko 300 km, površine više od 400 tisuća četvornih kilometara. Prva je bila Loreto (1609.), u pokrajini Guayara. Najsjevernija redukcija, San Ignacio del Norte, bila je na 16. usporednici, a najjužnija, Yapeyu, između 29. i 30. usporednice južne zemljopisne širine. U početku su bile izrazito ugrožene od neprijatelja kraljevske kuće i guvernera, raznih španjolskih upravitelja i veleposjednika, portugalskih trupa i posebice odmetnika, a kasnije su konsolidirane u tzv. Kršćansku Republiku Paragvaj koja je uživala visoku autonomiju unutar Španjolskog Kraljevstva. U vrijeme procvata redukcija, ustrojenih po načelu „zajednički posjed, zajednički rad, zajednički plodovi“ 30-ih i 40-ih godina 18. stoljeća živjelo je u njima i više od 140 000 osoba. Uređenje naseobina i zemljišnih imanja svakako je bitno utjecalo na stvaranje novoga oblika kulturnog krajobraza u divljim predjelima južnoameričkog kontinenta. U drugom dijelu knjige predstavljena su do sada neobjavljena pisma navedene dvojice hrvatskih isusovaca u izvorniku na španjolskom i u hrvatskom prijevodu, pisma iz njihove prepiske i druga pisma u kojima se spominje Ivan Marchesetti (Rijeka, 10. prosinca 1704. – Candelaria, Paragvaj, 5. veljače 1767.). Ivan Marchesetti umro je u Novom svijetu prije protjerivanja Družbe Isusove 1767. godine. U Argentinu je stigao 1734. i ondje, poslije priprema u Córdobi, od 1738. do smrti djelovao kao misionar i upravitelj u sedam misija. U Nuestra Señora de Fe uveo je plantažni uzgoj štitastih uši – košenila za proizvodnju grimiznih boja te priređivanje lijekova i začina te ustrojio samoobranu grada. Uspješno je pokrenuo proizvodnju i trgovinu poljoprivrednim kulturama u redukcijama (maté, duhan, trska, sukno i dr.). Nikola Plantić (Zagreb, 2. prosinca 1720. – Varaždin, 15. lipnja 1777.), koji je bio u Paragvaju, ali nije poslan u misije, nego je kao profesor filozofije i teologije boravio u Cordobi, vratio se u Hrvatsku gdje je i umro. Prije odlaska u Južnu Ameriku 1748. studirao je filozofiju u Zagrebu i Grazu, a teologiju u Trnavi te 1747. zaređen. Bio je i rektor isusovačkoga kolegija u Buenos Airesu te superior u Montevideu. Nakon izgona isusovaca na temelju patenta Karla III., vratio se 1768. u Zagreb. Od 1771. bio je rektor isusovačkoga kolegija u Varaždinu, gdje je ostao i nakon ukinuća reda 1773. Popraćena opsežnim bilješkama, pisma Marchesettija i Plantića subraći pohranjena u argentinskom državnom arhivu, svjedoče o misijama, tegobama, gospodarskom i društvenom ustroju, svakodnevnom životu, dvojbama i borbama misionara, kolonizatora i domorodačkih plemena. Prepisku je pronašao pok. Milan Blažeković te ju je predao 1992. godine drugom autoru knjige dr. Koradeu. Ova pisma, kao izvorna svjedočanstva, važna su potka u izučavanju povijesno-zemljopisnih okolnosti tristogodišnjega kolonijalnog razdoblja i nastanka južnoameričkih društava. Autori su ih popratili znanstvenim studioznim razmatranjima o životu i radu dvojice misionara te njihovu utjecaju na subraću redovnike, druge suvremenike i naraštaje koji su slijedili. Posebno je obrađena i legenda o kralju Nikoli, tj. intriga o Plantiću kao kralju paragvajskih Indijanaca, izmišljena i proširena za potrebe pristalica sramotno rigidne reakcije na jednu humanu, gospodarski uspješnu misionarsku stečevinu i koliko je bilo moguće, ostvarenje pravednog suživota domorodaca i kolonizatora. Svakoga geografa, kao i brojne druge čitatelje, zanimat će ovo štivo kao dokumentacija i svjedočanstvo jednog vremena i geopolitičkih zbivanja unutar kojih je, unatoč brojnim poteškoćama, ostvarena jedna od najhumanijih do sada poznatih ljudskih zajednica. Kada su godine 1750. Španjolska i Portugal provele bestidnu trgovinu s gradovima-misijama zamjenom sedam redukcija na istočnoj obali Urugvaja za bogatu koloniju San Sacramento na ušću rijeke La Plate, u mjesec dana moralo se iseliti 30 tisuća ljudi sa svom pokretnom imovinom iz sedam misijskih župa. Guarani su morali prepustiti sav svoj 150-godišnji trud svojim neprijateljima. Brojni prosvjedi civilnih i crkvenih vlasti u Americi i u Španjolskoj nisu, nažalost, bili od pomoći. Unatoč kasnijem povratu na prijašnje stanje, protjerivanjem isusovačkog reda u Portugalu, ubrzo i u Španjolskoj, te geopolitičkim previranjima u 19. stoljeću, baština prosvjetiteljskih i vjerskih misija ubrzano se gasila. Ipak, ostale su brojne potvrde, uz ostalo i pisma naših redovnika, veličanstvenog postignuća jednoga crkvenog reda, doprinosa općem boljitku svijeta. Isusovci su svojim redukcijama u Paragvaju ispisali zasigurno jednu od najljepših stranica socijalne povijesti kao i povijesnog zemljopisa na karti svijeta. Knjiga je izašla u izdanju Matice hrvatske, kao prva knjiga u sklopu edicije Biblioteka Historia. Glavna urednica je Romana Horvat, a recenzenti su dr. sc. Marino Manin iz Instituta za migracije i narodnosti u Zagrebu i dr. sc. Damir Zorić, etnolog i povjesničar iz Matice hrvatske. Knjiga ima dvjesto četrdeset šest stranica s osamnaest slika (dvanaest u bojama), bibliografijom i kazalom osobnih imena. Kao što je s uspjehom i suosjećanjem za Guaranske redukcije svojevremeno prihvaćen filmski oskarovac Misija na ovu temu, tako i ova knjiga ne ostavlja ravnodušnima sve one koji teže pravednijim i humanijim odnosima među ljudskim zajednicama.

<p><em>Cities with various activities have a rapid change in every part of them. This change slowly began to threaten the value of local wisdom in society. It getting worst by globalization that will change the value of society and make them individualistic in this digital era. The revitalization for original culture through make a tourist village that will be the place for development local wisdom which is getting fade between village society in this globalization era is the right thought to solve this problem. The one of tourist village that elevate local wisdom is Kandri Tourist Village. Qualitative method has been selected by researchers to get data through interview an obsevation in research location. Social capital theory used by researches is the theory that was coined by Putnam</em><em>.</em><em> The goal of this research to give the knowledge to reader that tourist village notonly empowering society, but tourist village can elevate local wisdom that left out by this generation. The result in the process to realize culture revitalization and empowering other, have the different caracter is must that is local wisdom and have a leader as the developer to develop Kandri tourist village.</em><em></em></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong><em>Keywords:</em></strong><strong> <em>Tourist Village, Local Wisdom, Social Capital. </em></strong><strong><em></em></strong></p><p><strong><em> </em></strong></p><p><strong>Abstrak</strong></p><p>Kota dengan berbagai hiruk pikuk yang ada di dalamnya mengalami perubahan pesat. Perkembangan ini secara perlahan mulai mengancam nilai kearifan lokal yang ada di masyarakat. Kondisi seperti ini diperparah dengan munculnya serbuan globalisasi yang semakin hari mulai mengubah tatanan masyarakat yang lebih individualis di era digital seperti sekarang ini. Dalam upaya untuk merevitalisasi budaya luhur yang telah ada, salah satu cara yang tepat dengan menggunakan desa wisata sebagai wadah guna merevitalisasi kearifan yang mulai luntur di masyarakat. Salah satu desa wisata yang mengangkat kearifan lokal yaitu Desa Wisata Kandri. Penelitian menggunakan metode kualitatif dengan pengambilan data menggunakan wawancara dan observasi. Teori modal sosial yang digunakan adalah teori yang dicetuskan oleh Putnam. Tujuan penelitian ini digunakan untuk memberikan pemahaman bahwa dengan adanya Desa Wisata Kandri tidak hanya memberikan pemberdayaan tetapi ikut merevitalisasi kearifan lokal yang mulai ditinggal generasi sekarang. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan dalam mewujudkan revitalisasi budaya dan pemberdayaan harus memiliki karakter yang membedakan yaitu kearifan lokal serta memiliki pemimpin sebagai pelaksana segala wujud pengembangan Desa Wisata Kandri.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Kata kunci : Desa Wisata, Kearifan Lokal, Modal Sosial</strong><strong>.</strong><strong></strong></p>

Automatic emotion detection is a key task in human machine interaction,where emotion detection makes system more natural. In this paper, we propose an emotion detection using deep learning algorithm. The proposed algorithm uses end to end CNN. To increase computational efficiency of the deep network, we make use of trained weight parameters of the MobileNet to initialize the weight parameters of our system. To make our system independent of the input image size, we place global average pooling layer On top of the last convolution layer of it. Proposed system is validated for emotion detection using two benchmark datasets viz. Cohn–Kanade+ (CK+) and Japanese female facial expression (JAFFE). The experimental results show that the proposed method outperforms the other existing methods for emotion detection.

We present in the following work a hardware implementation of the two principal optical flow methods. The work is based on the methods developed by Lucas & Kanade, and Horn & Schunck. The implementation is made by using a field programmable gate array and Hardware Description Language. To achieve a successful implementation, the algorithms were optimized. The results show the optical flow as a vector field over one frame, which enable an easy detection of the movement. The results are compared to a software implementation to insure the success of the method. The implementation is a fast implementation capable of quickly overcoming a traditional implementation in software.

In Khmer, the word prek designates a connection between things. In Kandal province in Cambodia, preks crisscross the landscape, connecting rivers with floodplains, supporting rich ecologies and a variety of livelihoods. Drawing on science and technology studies (STS) and critical water research, this paper explores prek(s) as a multiplicity. Rather than taking the prek as a passive object around which various practices occur, we examine how prek(s) are enacted as ontologically different: as irrigation infrastructure, as pathway to rice intensification, as device for Cambodian state-making, and as climate-friendly agricultural development. After analyzing interference patterns between enactments and their scale-making effects in- and outside the Mekong floodplains, we make explicit our own ontological politics. Focused on sustaining multiple uses and ecosystems, “our” prek is a socionatural mosaic landscape where many human and more-than-human actors and practices can coexist. This ontological politics, we suggest, has implications for planetary environmental knowledges and delta management far beyond Kandal’s landscape.

In this era when the whole world is in a psychotic recession, where Covid-19 feeds on human substrate unprepared for the "pandemic state", the only real salvation is listening to one's metabolism. It is not a title from Hollywood, it is a real lockdown of the human race which, once again in history, demonstrates its ineptitude which, by syllogism, would mean a lack of resilient property. A resilience not in relation to a material, but metaphorically projected to a reflection where man, the only protagonist endowed with intellect, once again makes the same mistakes by entering the usual loop that punctually repeats itself every decade. Mind and body seem to be no longer distinguishable and have lost the structuring quality that their role determined and made possible constructive actions on the world. The distance between observer and observed, between mind and matter, has faded as if to cruelly provoke a loss of consciousness and identity crisis, hindering the creation of new models, theories and correlations that allow to act in this world. Neuroscience is shedding light on crucial aspects of the nervous system, such as the modalities of neuronal growth and selection of unused synapses (Edelman 1987), as well as the effects of learning or repeated and recorded experiences, on metabolism and cellular gene transcription ( Kandel, Schartz, Jessel, 1991). Psychosomatics with a view to multifactoriality and interdependence for mind-body study are the key points for the study presented here.

Background to study: Effective management of hypertension is influenced by several factors that center on social and economic status of the patient. Identification of these factors will enable informed intervention in the management of hypertensive patients. Objective: The study aimed to determine possible association between blood pressure control and socioeconomic status of patients who are managed in community pharmacies in Rivers State. Method: A descriptive cross-sectional survey of thirty-nine community pharmacies was conducted between July and December 2018. A total of 195 respondents participated in the study. Every patient’s consent was obtained. Further information on patients’ demographics were extracted from pharmacists’ documentation files. Such include age, medication patient is on, duration of hypertension, co-morbidity, income/ social status, and habits like smoking, alcohol consumption, educational status, and mean blood pressure over the study period. The outcome measure taken as controlled blood pressure was mean BP ≤140/90 mm Hg for the general population and BP 130/80 mmHg for patients with diabetes as co-morbidity. BP >140/90 mm Hg was considered as uncontrolled blood pressure. Result: A total of 195 respondents participated in the study, of which 105(53.8%) were male and 90(46.2%) were female. Out of this number 75(38.5%) were below 40yrs of age, 105(53.8%) were between 41–50yrs of age and only 15(7.7%) were 60yrs and above. More female had BP control compared to the male (OR 1.89, 95% CI (1.16 - 3.0), P=0.009. Patients within ages 41 - 59yrs had more controlled BP compared to older age, 60yrs and above, OR 1.48, 95% CI (0.84 - 2.42) p 0.18. Uncontrolled BP was found more among employed patients and patients with highest monthly income, OR 1.05 95% CI (0.58 - 2.00); OR 1.16 95% CI (0.49 - 2.78) P, 0.36 respectively. Exercise activities have significant impact on BP control as alcohol consumption increased OR of BP control with no significant difference in OR on amount of monthly expenditure on medications. Conclusion: Male gender, employment, and high income earning have negative effect on BP control while exercise is associated with BP control. Peer Review History: Received: 4 September 2021; Revised: 10 October; Accepted: 21 October, Available online: 15 November 2021 Academic Editor: Dr. Gehan Fawzy Abdel Raoof Kandeel, Pharmacognosy Department, National Research Centre, Dokki, 12622, Giza, Egypt, gehankandeel9@yahoo.com UJPR follows the most transparent and toughest ‘Advanced OPEN peer review’ system. The identity of the authors and, reviewers will be known to each other. This transparent process will help to eradicate any possible malicious/purposeful interference by any person (publishing staff, reviewer, editor, author, etc) during peer review. As a result of this unique system, all reviewers will get their due recognition and respect, once their names are published in the papers. We expect that, by publishing peer review reports with published papers, will be helpful to many authors for drafting their article according to the specifications. Auhors will remove any error of their article and they will improve their article(s) according to the previous reports displayed with published article(s). The main purpose of it is ‘to improve the quality of a candidate manuscript’. Our reviewers check the ‘strength and weakness of a manuscript honestly’. There will increase in the perfection, and transparency. Received file: Reviewer's Comments: Average Peer review marks at initial stage: 6.0/10 Average Peer review marks at publication stage: 7.5/10 Reviewers: Dr. Muhammad Zahid Iqbal, AIMST University, Malaysia, drmmziqbal@gmail.com Dr. Vanina Doris Edo’o, University of Yaounde I, Yaounde, Cameroun, vanina_edoo@yahoo.com Similar Articles: PRESCRIPTION PATTERN OF ANTI-HYPERTENSIVE DRUGS IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL IN KERALA AND ADHERENCE TO JNC-8 GUIDELINES

A plant biostimulan made of local seaweed, Citorin, has been developed and tested increase productivity some seasonal crops such as rice, maize, soybean, chilli and onion. The research aimed to evaluate the effects of the biostimulant application on vegetative growth and productivity of sugarcane varieties PSJT-941 in polybag. The biostimulant was applied at three different stages of development of the sugarcane. With or without the addition of humic acid based biostimulan or mycorrhiza. Biostimulant-R was applied at the time the cane seedlings just before planted by by soaking in 100 ppm biostimulan for overnight, plant sugarcane leaves sprayed aged 1 month to 10 ppm Biostimulant-S much 25 ml per plant, 4 months old foliar sprayed with Biostimulant-S 10 ppm as 120 ml per plant. Of the six treatments (P2 - P7) used all showed better vegetative growths that than the control plants without biostimulan (P1). The best treatment was P3, the rise in the average height of the plants reached 13%, which is a combination of soaking and spraying Biostimulant-S 10 ppm. The following best were the treatment of P6 and P5 those were using a combination of humic acid based biostimulan plus mycorrhiza, and humic acid without mycorrhizae. Likewise, its influence on the number of tillers, P3 is the best treatment by enhancing the number of tillers on average 26% higher than the control. Next was P5 and P6. Meanwhile the influence on the average weight of harvested sugarcane, the best treatment is P7 reached 1.25 kg / per sugarcane or increased 47.1%. Next is the treatment of P4 and P6. As for the effect on the sugar content, the best treatment is P4 reached 11.2 % Bix per sugarcane or increased 13.1 %. Next is the treatment of P5 and P7. Based on the results of the assessment scoring system of three parameters the rooting, weight and sugar yield, the best treatment is the treatment of P5 and P4 P7 later, each with a total score of 13, 12, and 10. [Keywords: Plant biostimulants, productivity, sugar yield, Saccharum officinarum]AbstrakBiostimulan tanaman berbasis rumput laut lokal, Citorin, telah dikembangkan dan diuji meningkatkan produktivitas beberapa tanaman pangan semusim antara padi, jagung, kedelai, cabe, dan bawang merah. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah meneliti pengaruh aplikasi biostimulan tersebut pada pertumbuhan vegetatif dan produktivitas tanaman tebu varietas PSJT-941 di polibeg. Biostimulan diaplikasi pada tiga tingkat perkembangan yang berbeda dari tanaman tebu. Dengan atau tanpa penambahan biostimulan berbasis asam humat atau mikoriza, Biostimulan-R, diaplikasikan pada saat bibit tebu yang akan ditanam, direndam terlebih dahulu dalam dosis 100 ppm selama semalam, tanaman tebu umur 1 bulan disemprot daun dengan Biostimulant-S 10 ppm sebanyak 25 ml per tanaman, umur 4 bulan disemprot daun dengan Biostimulan-S 10 ppm sebanyak 120 ml per tanaman. Dari enam perlakuan (P2 – P7) yang digunakan semuanya menunjukkan pertumbuhan vegetatif yang lebih baik daripada tanaman kontrol tanpa biostimulan (P1). Terhadap tinggi tanaman tebu umur perlakuan terbaik adalah P3, kenaikan tinggi rata-rata tanaman mencapai 13%, yaitu kombinasi perendaman dalam Biostimulan-R 100 ppm dan penyemprotan Biostimulan-S 10 ppm. Yang berikutnya adalah perlakuan P6 dan P5 yaitu menggunakan kombinasi biostimulan berbasis asam humat plus mikoriza, dan asam humat tanpa mikoriza. Demikian juga pengaruhnya terhadap jumlah anakan, perlakuan P3 adalah yang terbaik dengan peningkat jumlah anakan rata-rata mencapai 26% lebih tinggi daripada kontrol. Berikutnya adalah P5 dan P6. Sementara itu pengaruhnya terhadap rerata bobot batang tebu dipanen, perlakuan terbaik adalah P7 mencapai 1,25 kg/per batang atau naik 47,1%. Berikutnya adalah perlakuan P4 dan P6. Adapun pengaruhnya terhadap kandar gulanya, perlakuan terbaik adalah P4 mencapai 11,2 % Brix atau naik 13,1%. Berikutnya adalah perlakuan P5 dan P7. Berdasarkan hasil penilaian dengan sistem skoring dari 3 parameter perakaran, bobot panen dan rendemen gula, maka perlakuan terbaik adalah perlakuan P7 kemudian P5 dan P4, masing-masing dengan skor total 13, 12, dan 10. [Kata kunci: Biostimulan tanaman, produktivitas, rendemen gula, Saccharum officinarum]

IntroductionCroquembouche, blast chillers, and plating up—these terms have become normal to ordinary Australians despite Adriano Zumbo’s croquembouche recipe taking more than two hours to complete and blast chillers costing thousands of dollars. Network Ten’s reality talent quest MasterChef Australia (MCA) has brought fine dining and “foodie” culture to a mass audience who have responded enthusiastically. Vicariously “tasting” this once niche lifestyle is empowering viewers to integrate aspects of “foodie” culture into their everyday lives. It helps them become “everyday foodies.” “Everyday foodies” are individuals who embrace and incorporate an appreciation of gourmet food culture into their existing lifestyles, but feel limited by time, money, health, or confidence. So while a croquembouche and blast chiller may be beyond a MCA viewer’s reach, these aspects of “foodie” culture can still be enjoyed via the program. The rise of the “everyday foodie” challenges criticisms of vicarious consumption and negative discourses about reality and lifestyle television. Examining the very different and specific ways in which three MCA-viewing households vicariously experience gourmet food in their adoption of the “everyday foodie” lifestyle will demonstrate the positive value of vicarious consumption through reality and lifestyle programming. A brief background on the MCA phenomenon will be provided before a review of existing literature regarding vicarious consumption and tensions in the reality and lifestyle television field. Three case studies of MCA-viewing households who use vicarious consumption to satisfy “foodie” cravings and broaden their cultural tastes will be presented. Adapted from the United Kingdom’s MasterChef, which has aired since 1990, MCA has proven to be a catalyst for the “cheffing up” of the nation’s food culture. Twenty-odd amateur cooks compete in a series of challenges, guided, and critiqued by judges George Calombaris, Gary Mehigan, and Matt Preston. Contestants are eliminated as they move through a series of challenges, until one cook remains and is crowned the Master Chef of that series. Network Ten’s launch of MCA in 2009 capitalised on the popularity of reality talent quests that grew throughout the 2000s with programs such as Popstars (2000–2002), Australian Idol (2003–2009), X Factor (2005, 2010–) and Australia’s Got Talent (2007–). MCA also captures Australian viewers’ penchant for lifestyle shows including Better Homes and Gardens (1995–), Burke’s Backyard (1987-2004), The Living Room (2012–) and The Block (2003–2004, 2010–). The popularity of these shows, however, does not match the heights of MCA, which has transformed the normal cooking show audience of 200,000 into millions (Greenwood). MCA’s 2010 finale is Australia’s highest rating non-sporting program since OzTAM ratings were introduced in 2001 (Vickery). Anticipating this episode’s popularity, the 2010 Federal Election debate was moved to 6.30pm from its traditional Sunday 7.30pm timeslot (Coorey; Malkin). As well as attracting extensive press coverage and attention in opinion pieces and blogs, the level of academic attention MCA has already received underscores the show’s significance. So far, Lewis (Labours) and Seale have critiqued the involvement of ordinary people as contestants on the show while Phillipov (Communicating, Mastering) explores tensions within the show from a public health angle. While de Solier (TV Dinners, Making the Self, Foodie Makeovers) and Rousseau’s research does not focus on MCA itself, their investigation of Australian foodies and the impact of food media respectively provide relevant discussion about audience relationships with food media and food culture. This article focuses on how audiences use MCA and related programs. Vicarious consumption is presented as a negative practice where the leisure class benefit from another’s productivity (Veblen). Belk presents the simple example that “if our friend lives in an extravagant house or drives an extravagant car, we feel just a bit more extravagant ourselves” (157). Therefore, consuming through another is viewed as a passive activity. In the context of vicariously consuming through MCA, it could be argued that audiences are gaining satisfaction from watching others develop culinary skills and produce gourmet meals. What this article will reveal is that while MCA viewers do gain this satisfaction, they use it in a productive way to discipline their own eating and spending habits, and to allow them to engage with “foodie” culture when it may not otherwise be possible. Rather than embrace the opportunity to understand a new culture or lifestyle, critics of reality and lifestyle television dismiss the empowering qualities of these programs for two reasons. The practice of “advertainment” (Deery 1)—fusing selling and entertainment—puts pressure on, or excludes, the aspirational classes who want, but lack the resources to adopt, the depicted lifestyle (Ouellette and Hay). Furthermore, such programs are criticised for forcing bourgeois consumption habits on its viewers (Lewis, Smart Living) Both arguments have been directed at British celebrity chef Jamie Oliver. Oliver’s latest cookbook Save with Jamie has been criticised as it promotes austerity cooking, but costs £26 (approx. 48AUD) and encourages readers to purchase staple ingredients and equipment that total more than £500 (approx. 919AUD) (Ellis-Petersen). Ellis-Petersen adds that the £500 cost uses the cheapest available options, not Oliver’s line of Tefal cooking equipment, “which come at a hefty premium” (7). In 2005, Oliver’s television series Jamie’s School Dinners, which follows his campaign for policy reform in the provision of food to students was met with resistance. 2008 reports claim students preferred to leave school to buy junk food rather than eat healthier fare at school (Rousseau). Parents supported this, providing money to their children rather than packing healthy lunches that would pass school inspections (Rousseau). Like the framing of vicarious consumption, these criticisms dismiss the potential benefits of engaging with different lifestyles and cultures. These arguments do not recognise audiences as active media consumers who use programs like MCA to enhance their lifestyles through the acquisition of cultural capital. Ouellette and Hay highlight that audiences take advantage of a multitude of viewing strategies. One such strategy is playing the role of “vicarious expert” (Ouellette and Hay 117) who judges participants and has their consumption practices reinforced through the show. While audiences are invited to learn, they can do this from a distance and are not obliged to feel as though they must be educated (Ouellette and Hay). Viewers are simply able to enjoy the fantasy and spectacle of food shows as escapes from everyday routines (Lewis, Smart Living). In cases like Emeril Live where the host and chef, Emeril Lagasse “favors [sic] showmanship over instruction” (Adema 115–116) the vicarious consumption of viewing a cooking show is more satisfying than cooking and eating. Another reason vicarious consumption provides pleasure for audiences is because “culinary television aestheticises food,” transforming it “into a delectable image, a form of ‘gastro-porn’ […] designed to be consumed with the eyes” (de Solier, TV Dinners 467). Audiences take advantage of these viewing strategies, using a balance of actual and vicarious consumption in order to integrate gourmet food culture into their pre-existing lifestyle, budget, and cooking ability. The following case studies emerged from research conducted to understand MCA’s impact on households. After shopping with, and interviewing, seven households, the integration of vicarious and actual food consumption habits was evident across three households. Enjoying food images onscreen or in cookbooks is a suitable substitute when actual consumption is unhealthy, too expensive, time consuming, or daunting. It is this balance between adopting consumption habits of a conventional “foodie” and using vicarious consumption in contexts where the viewer sees actual consumption as unreasonable or uncomfortable that makes the “everyday foodie.” Melanie—Health Melanie is 38 years old and works in the childcare industry. She enjoys the “gastro-porn” of MCA and other food media. Interestingly she says food media actually helps her resist eating sumptuous and rich foods: Yeah, like my house is just overrun by cookbooks, cooking magazines. I have Foxtel primarily for the Food Network […] But I know if I cooked it or baked it, I would eat it and I’ve worked too hard to get where I am physically to do that. So I just, I read about it and I watch it, I just don’t do it. This behaviour supports Boulos et al.’s finding that while the Food Network promotes irresponsible consumption habits, these programs are considered a “window into a wider social and cultural world” rather than food preparation guides (150). Using vicarious consumption in this way means Melanie feels she does not “cook as much as what a true foodie would cook,” but she will “have low fat and healthy [options] whenever I can so I can go out and try all the fancy stuff cooked by fancy people.” MCA and food media for Melanie serves a double purpose in that she uses it to restrict, but also aid in her consumption of gourmet food. In choosing a chef or restaurant for the occasions where Melanie wants to enjoy a “fancy” dining experience, she claims food media serves as an educational resource to influence her consumption of gourmet food: I looked up when I was in Sydney where Adriano Zumbo’s shop was to go and try macarons there […] It [MCA] makes me aware of chefs that I may not have been aware of and I may go and … seek that [their restaurants/establishments] out […] Would Adriano Zumbo be as big as he is without MasterChef? No. And I’m a sucker, I want to go and try, I want to know what everyone’s talking about. Melanie’s attitudes and behaviour with regards to food media and consumption illustrates audiences’ selective nature. MCA and other food media influence her to consume, but also control, her consumption. Curtis and Samantha—Broadening Horizons Time and money is a key concern for many “everyday foodies” including Curtis’ family. Along with his wife Samantha they are raising a one-year-old daughter, Amelia. Curtis expressed a fondness for food that he ate while on holiday in the United States: I guess in the last few weeks I’ve been craving the food that we had when we were in America, in particular stuff like pulled pork, ribs, stuff like that. So I’ve replicated or made our own because you can’t get it anywhere around Brisbane like from a restaurant. When talking about cooking shows more generally, Curtis speaks primarily about cooking shows he watches on Foxtel that have a food tourism angle. Curtis mentions programs including Cheese Slices, The Layover and Man v. Food. The latter of these shows follows Adam Richman around the United States attempting to conquer eating challenges set at famous local establishments. Curtis describes his reaction to the program: I say woah that looks good and then I just want to go back to America. But instead of paying thousands of dollars to go, it’s cheaper to look up a recipe and give it a go at home. Cookbooks and food television provide their viewers not only with a window through which they can escape their everyday routines but, as Curtis points out, inspiration or education to cook new dishes themselves. For money conscious “everyday foodies”, the cooking demonstration or mere introduction of a dish broadens viewers’ culinary knowledge. Curtis highlights the importance of this: Otherwise [without food media] you’d be stuck cooking the same things your mum and dad taught you, or your home economics teacher taught you in high school. You’d just be doing the same thing every day. Unless you went out to a restaurant and fell in love with something, but because you don’t go out to restaurants every day, you wouldn’t have that experience every day […] TV gives you the ability—we could flick over to the food channel right now and watch something completely amazing that we’ve never done before. His wife Samantha does not consider herself an adventurous eater. While she is interested in food, her passion lies in cakes and desserts and she jokes that ordering Nando’s with the medium basting is adventurous for her. Vicarious consumption through food media allows Samantha to experience a wider range of cuisines without consuming these foods herself: I would watch a lot more variety than I would actually try. There’s a lot of things that I would happily watch, but if it was put in front of me I probably wouldn’t eat it. Like with MasterChef, I’m quite interested in cooking and stuff, but the range of things [ingredients and cuisines] […] I wouldn’t go there. Rose and Andrew—Set in Their Ways Rose and her husband Andrew are a “basically retired” couple and the parents of Samantha. While they both enjoy MCA and feel it has given them a new insight on food, they find it easier to have a mediated engagement with gourmet food in some instances. Andrew believes MCA is: Taking food out of this sort of very conservative, meat, and three vegetables thing into […] something that is more exotic, for the want of a better word. And I guess that’s where we’ve—we follow it, I follow it. And saying, ‘Oh, geez it’d be nice to do that or to be able to do that,’ and enjoy a bit of creativity in that, but I think it’s just we’re probably pretty set in our ways probably and it’s a bit hard to put that into action sometimes. Andrew goes on to suggest that a generational gap makes their daughters, Samantha and Elle more likely to cook MCA-inspired meals than they are: See Samantha and Elle probably cook with that sort of thing [herbs] more and I always enjoy when they do it, but we probably don’t […] We don’t think about it when we go shopping. We probably shop and buy the basic things and don’t think about the nicer things. Andrew describes himself as “an extremely lazy reader” who finds following a recipe “boring.” Andrew says if he were tempted to cook an MCA-inspired dish, it is unlikely that the required ingredients would be on-hand and that he would not shop for one meal. Rose says she does buy the herbs, or “nicer things” as Andrew refers to them, but is hesitant to use them. She says the primary barrier is lacking confidence in her cooking ability, but also that she finds cooking tiring and is not used to cooking with the gas stove in her new home: Rose: I also think that I probably leave my run late and by night time I’m really tired and my feet are hurting and I tend to think ‘Oh I’ll just get something ready’ […] I know that probably sounds like a lame excuse, but yeah, it’s probably more the confidence thing I think. I often even buy the things [ingredients] to do it and then don’t make it. I’m not confident with my stovetop either. Researcher: Oh why—can you please explain more about that?Rose: Well it’s a gas stovetop and I used to have the electric. I felt like I could main—I could control the setting—the heat—better on it. Rose, in particular, does not let her lack of confidence and time stop her from engaging with gourmet food. Cookbooks and cooking shows like MCA are a valuable channel for her to appreciate “foodie” culture. Rose talks about her interest in MCA: Rose: I’m not a keen cook, but I do enjoy buying recipe books and looking at lovely food and watching—and I enjoyed watching how they did these beautiful dishes. As for the desserts, yes they probably were very fancy, but it was sort of nice to think if you had a really special occasion, you know […] and I would actually get on the computer afterwards and look for some of the recipes. I did subscribe to their magazine […] because I’m a bit of a magazine junkie.Researcher: What do you get out of the recipe books and magazines if you say you’re not a keen cook?Rose: I’d just dream about cooking them probably. That sounds terrible, doesn’t it? But, and also probably inspire my daughters […] I like to show them “oh, look at this and this” or, you know, and probably quite often they will try it or—and one day I think I will try it, but whether I ever do or not, I don’t know. Rose’s response also treats the generation gap as a perceived barrier to actual consumption. But while the couple feel unable to use the knowledge they have gained through MCA in their kitchen, they credit the show with broadening the range of cuisines they would eat when dining out: Andrew: You know, even when we’ve been to—I like Asian food in Australia, you know, Chinese, Thai, any of those sorts of foods.Rose: Indian. Andrew: Indian, yeah I like that in Australia.Rose: Which we have probably tried more of since the likes of MasterChef.Andrew: Yeah.Rose: You know, you—and even sushi, like you would never have ever […]Andrew: Gone to sushi previously. And I won’t eat sashimi, but the sushi bar is all right. Um […] but [I] did not enjoy Chinese food in places like Hong Kong or Singapore. As the couple does not seek educational information from the show in terms of cooking demonstration, they appear more invested in the progress of the contestants of the show and how they respond to challenges set by the judges. The involvement of amateur cooks makes the show relatable as they identify with contestants who they see as potential extensions of themselves. Rose identifies with season one winner, Julie Goodwin who entered the program as a 38-year-old mother of three and owner of an IT consulting business: Rose: Well Julie of course is a—I don’t like to use the word square, but she’s sort of like a bit of an old fashioned lady, but you know, more like basic grandma cooking. But […]Andrew: She did it well though.Rose: Yes, yeah. Andrew: And she, she probably—she progressed dramatically, you know, from the comments from when she first started […] to winning. In how she presented, how she did things. She must have learnt a lot in the process is the way I would look at it anyway. Rose: And I’ve seen her sort of on things since then and she is very good at like […] talking about and telling you what she’s doing and—for basic sort of cook—you know what I mean, not basic, but […] for a basic person like me. Although Rose and Andrew feel that their life stage prevents has them from changing long established consumption habits in relation to food, their choices while dining out coupled with a keen interest in food and food media still exemplifies the “everyday foodie” lifestyle. Programs like MCA, especially with its focus on the development of amateur cooks, have allowed Rose and Andrew to experience gourmet food more than they would have otherwise. Conclusion Each viewer is empowered to live their version of the “everyday foodie” lifestyle through adopting a balance of actual and vicarious consumption practices. 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