The influence of physical activity, specialized exercises and diet on pregnancy and delivery according to pregnant women attending a childbirth school

The aim of the study was to show whether pregnant women are physically active and what their eating habits look like during pregnancy. To obtain a satisfactory answer, the questions were asked, the diagnostic survey method was used, and the technique was a questionnaire consisting of 18 questions. The first theoretical part shows the issues related to physical activity and the diet of a pregnant woman. The second-research part presents the entire research methodology - techniques, methods, hypotheses, theses, research tools and research area. In the final part, the results of the research, summary and conclusions are presented.

A Satisfactory Answer? The Enrica Lexie Award and the Jurisdiction Over Incidental Questions

This article situates the Enrica Lexie award’s stance on the Tribunal’s jurisdiction over the marines’ immunity within the broader debate on the scope of the jurisdiction of international courts and tribunals over incidental questions. After illustrating the Tribunal’s approach to the question at hand, the paper appraises those instances where an international tribunal with limited jurisdiction can decide issues and apply rules that are “external” to its principal jurisdiction. It then focuses on the question of the jurisdiction over incidental issues, which is the most debated avenue for an international tribunal to engage with substantive matters falling outside the scope of the tribunal’s ratione materiae jurisdiction. Finally, the Tribunal’s approach in the Enrica Lexie award is critically assessed against the above debate. It is submitted that, although the award arguably put an end to the longstanding dispute between India and Italy, the Tribunal’s reasoning does not seem to be in line with the conditions for the exercise of jurisdiction over incidental questions as roughly sketched in relevant case law.

N. A. Berdyaev’te Kötülük Problemi ve Teodise

Max Weber argues that the metaphysical conception of God creates "an ineradicable demand for theodicy." Similarly, Augustine asked, "What is the source of evil?" He writes that the question worried him from an early age, that it was the problem that wore him down and dragged him into the community of heretics. Augustine returns to the Catholic Church only when he has a satisfactory answer to this, in Christian Platonic terms. The suffering of Augustine's experience and Weber's insight intersect in Berdiaev's thought. Berdiaev, like Augustine, is deeply concerned with the emergence of evil and, like Weber, believes that a Christian theist position should address the issue of evil and suffering. Berdyaev calls this task “the defense of God”. In this study, Berdyaev's views on God, the source of evil, and God's Defense are discussed. Keywords: Theodicy, God, Ungrund, Freedom, Jesus Christ, Grand Inquisitor, Dostoevsky, Berdyaev

Evaluating the sufficiency of proposed security measures in favour of building objects

Security is understood as one of the basic life needs of people. However, it is necessary to realize that security is a natural quality of the environment where people live and is designated as a security environment. The need for sacurity is part of implementing sacurity measures that are created in compliance with a certain level of knowledge and needs. The content of this process can be characterized as a set of answers to primary questions (What is to be protected? – protected interest, Why to protect?, What to protect from? – threats) and secondary questions (Who will provide the protection?, How will the protection be provided?, When will the protection be provided?, By means of what will the protection be provided?, What price will the protection be provided for? etc.). From this viewpoint it is necessary to pay attention primarily to the problems concerning property protection from intentional actions focusing on protecting a particular building onject. In case of building objects it is primarily about the protection of tangible and intangible properties that are part of a particular limited area (mostly a building object) that is in possession or administration of a particular state or a private subject. The issues are dealt with by legal regulations, technical standards and various technical books. These usually concentrate on a particular area, kind of a building object and/or environment. However, none of them focuses on the property protection in a complex way and does not provide a satisfactory answer to the question "How to create protection systems in view of their sufficiency, complexity and balance in the technical and economic spheres?" That is why it is a social interest to search for new standardized procedures based on exact methods by means of which it will be possible, in empiric or intuitive ways, to exactly evaluate the effectivness of the existing or proposed property protection systems, including the formal desposition of results in project solutions Keywords: Project, Project documentation, Attack, Intervention and Detection time, Resistance of a building object, Modeling, Simulating

Gene therapies and COVID-19 vaccines: a necessary discussion in relation with viral vector-based approaches

The COVID-19 pandemic is adding an unanticipated concern for those affected by genetic diseases. Most of the new treatment achievements for these patients are made possible as a result of advances in viral-based products. Among them, adenoviruses (AdV) and especially adeno-associated viruses (AAV) are important players. The concerns and the conversation around this issue have increased as COVID-19 vaccines approach the market. What if the viral vectors become the mainstream strategy for vaccine development? Will the immune response elicited against the vector compromise the efficacy of future gene therapies? Patients with genetic diseases and patient advocacy groups are requesting information to the medical community about the potential impact of these vaccines in future gene therapy treatments, and physicians and scientists are not able to provide satisfactory answer yet. Importantly, the frequency of cross-reactivity among different AAV serotypes can be as high as 50%. This would have potential implications for patients with genetic disorders who could benefit from gene therapies, often coming in the form of AAV-based gene therapies. As in many other aspects, this pandemic is challenging our capacity to coordinate, plan ahead and align different medical objectives. In this case, having such conversation early on might allow us to make the right choices while we are still on time.

Share Contract Revisited: A New Transaction Cost Approach

The purpose of this paper is to explore how sharecropping contracts are chosen over fixed-rent contracts. There are two concerning issues. First, theoretical explanation has been criticized for not providing a satisfactory answer to the question as to why share contracts are chosen. Second, among the existing empirical studies, there are great controversies about the impact of variance of output. Inspired by the latest insights from (Cheung, S. N. S. 2014. Economic Explanation. Hong Kong: Arcadia Press.), this paper not only provides an explanation for the choice of share contract that is suitable for empirical testing, but also solves the puzzle over variance of output.

Landing Trajectory Generation and Energy Optimization for Unmanned Lunar Mission

The moon is recognized as an important destination for space science and exploration. To find a satisfactory answer for the mystery of the universe and to make use of the lunar resources for the welfare of human beings, several space agencies are planning manned and unmanned missions on the moon. As a result, the concept of lunar vehicles has begun with an advanced descent scheme to execute a precise and safe landing on the surface of the moon. On the contrary, the energy budget is an important issue for any space mission. To reduce the cost of a space mission, it is necessary to design the vehicle trajectory based on optimized energy resources. Fuel is the main energy in a space mission. Therefore, a fuel-optimized energy generation technique is focused on this research. The design of an algorithm that generates a real-time trajectory for the descent and landing of a lunar probe is critical to ensuring a successful lunar landing mission. A scheme of dual-step trajectory generation for lunar descent is also investigated in this paper. In the algorithm developing process, the thrust-to-mass ratio is considered as a principle variable. Algorithm design along with mathematical modeling and simulation results are described in detail. In addition, the proposed method for generating reference trajectory profiles is also analyzed for fuel consumption and robustness.

The power of the people: the meaning of kratos in dēmokratia

In this paper, I reconstruct the notion of kratos as a unique and distinguishable exercise of political power. Using examples from 5th- and 4th-century Attic tragedy, Old Comedy, and forensic oratory, I show how kratos was used in Athenian cultural and political discourse to convey the irrefutability of a claim, the recognition of someone’s prevailing over another, and the sense of having the last word—all of which makes kratic power dependent upon its own continued demonstrability. I argue that the peculiarly performative character of kratos has little or no role within contemporary democratic thinking because the agency of the dēmos is largely mediated through the mechanisms of electoral success and constitutional rights. Nevertheless—and regardless of whether they are ultimately successful in achieving their stated political aims—the spontaneous, organisationally diffuse protests operating extra-institutionally under the banners of #MeToo and Black Lives Matter reveal how the attempted ‘domestication’ of kratos, and the sublimation of its peculiar power into piecemeal reform, was never a realistic or satisfactory answer for democratic discontent.

IMPLEMENTASI APLIKASI MODEL PEMBELAJARAN “JELAJAH SITUS AIR MALANG RAYA” UNTUK MENUMBUHKAN KESADARAN SEJARAH LOKAL DAN UPAYA PELESTARIAN SITUS SEJARAH BAGI SISWA SMKN 2 SINGOSARI

Wilayah Batu, Kota Malang dan Kabupaten Malang yang dikategorikan sebagai kawasan Malang Raya menyimpan kekayaan jejak sejarah yang luar biasa. Kekayaan jejak sejarah ini sangat berpotensi untuk mendukung penghayatan dengan cara mengintegrasikan sejarah lokal pada matapelajaran sejarah. Sayangnya, sejarah lokal sebagai salah satu cabang tema dalam sejarah sering kali belum didayagunakan secara optimal pada pembelajaran sejarah, tak terkecuali di SMKN 2 Singosari. SMKN 2 Singosari merupakan sekolah kejuruan yang lokasinya tidak jauh dari beberapa situs air. Dalam pembelajaran sejarah, SMKN 2 Singosari juga memiliki problematika tidak optimalnya antusias siswa dalam pembelajaran. Berdasarkan pada data tersebut, pemanfaatan peninggalan sejarah lokal berupa situs air yang disinergikan dengan aplikasi digial JESIAMAR, menjadi upaya untuk meningkatkan ketertarikan dan penghayatan siswa terhadap sejarah yang terkemas pada agenda implementasi masyarakat. Kegiatan implementasi ini terbagi menjadi pra pelaksanaan, pelaksanaan kegiatan, dan pasca pelaksanaan. Hasil dari implementasi ini diukur dengan kuesioner yang menunjukkan jawaban yang memuaskan yaitu penilaian mengenai kesadaran sejarah lokal sebesar 85,6%. Berdasarkan hasil evaluasi ini maka dapat dinyatakan bahwa aplikasi JESIAMAR sangat efektif untuk diimplementasikan dalam pembelajaran.The Batu region, Malang City, and Malang Regency which is categorized as Malang Raya areas hold a wealth of extraordinary historical traces. The richness of historical traces has the potential to support appreciation by integrating local history into historical subjects. Unfortunately, local history as a branch of the theme in history has often not been optimally utilized in history learning, including at SMKN 2 Singosari. SMKN 2 Singosari is a vocational school which is located not far from several water sites. In history learning, SMKN 2 Singosari also has the problem of not optimal student enthusiasm in learning. Based on these data, the use of local historical relics in the form of water sites in synergy with the JESIAMAR digital application is an effort to increase students' interest and appreciation of history which is packaged in the community service agenda. This service activity is divided into pre-implementation, activity implementation, and post-implementation. The results of this service are measured by a questionnaire which shows a satisfactory answer, namely an assessment of local historical awareness of 85.6%. Based on the results of this evaluation, it can be stated that the JESIAMAR application is very effective to be implemented in learning.

Ridge regression and its applications in genetic studies

With the advancement of technology, analysis of large-scale data of gene expression is feasible and has become very popular in the era of machine learning. This paper develops an improved ridge approach for the genome regression modeling. When multicollinearity exists in the data set with outliers, we consider a robust ridge estimator, namely the rank ridge regression estimator, for parameter estimation and prediction. On the other hand, the efficiency of the rank ridge regression estimator is highly dependent on the ridge parameter. In general, it is difficult to provide a satisfactory answer about the selection for the ridge parameter. Because of the good properties of generalized cross validation (GCV) and its simplicity, we use it to choose the optimum value of the ridge parameter. The GCV function creates a balance between the precision of the estimators and the bias caused by the ridge estimation. It behaves like an improved estimator of risk and can be used when the number of explanatory variables is larger than the sample size in high-dimensional problems. Finally, some numerical illustrations are given to support our findings.