Background: The study aimed to compare factors influencing social adaptation of children from families at risk of social exclusion versus their peers with higher socioeconomic status. The analysis applied to coping strategies in difficult social situations as well as intrapersonal and interpersonal attitudes, and attitudes towards the world.
Participants and procedure: The study involved 169 children (girls n = 85, boys n = 84) aged 13-14 years. Children were included in the criterion group based on a statutory minimum subsistence level applicable for a given year in Poland.
Results: Children with higher levels of resilience scored high in cognitive-intellectual and physical spheres as well as in personality, pro-social, socio-moral and support spheres and the sense of efficacy. Factors such as socioeconomic status and family structure were found to differentiate children in terms of coping mechanisms and attitudes towards themselves, other people and the world.
Conclusions: The study revealed that the child's psychological resilience is of particular importance for social adaptation.
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Pub Date : 2021-09-01DOI: 10.11118/ACTAUN.2021.045
I. Mikajlo, B. Pourrut, B. Louvel, J. Hynšt, J. Záhora
Addition of biochar is often proposed as an improving agent of soil properties. The combination of biochar (BCH) with mineral or biological amendments in order to improve its influence on soil-plant properties compared to the unamended BCH was vastly studied. Bacterial inoculums as a promising additive to BCH amendment are highly dependent on BCH quantity, its feedstock and soil state. Luvisol from a protection zone of water sources was used in pot experiment set-up. The changes in physicochemical properties (pH, cation-exchange capacity - CEC) and biological soil activities (soil enzymes: urease, phosphatase and laccase activity and total bacteria content) after the addition of beech wood biochar combined with the addition of bacterial inoculums (Bacofil and Novarefm) and nitrogen fertilizer after two growing cycles of Lactuca sativa var. capitata were studied using spectrophotometry methods. Increased pH and CEC values were detected in biochar amended treatments. The increase of laccase activity claimed on BCH additives promoting effect, especially in a case of Bactofil inoculum amendment. Nevertheless, BCH suppressed acid phosphatase activity in all the BCH additives equally. Whereas urease activity and total soil bacteria extraction remained unchanged in BCH amended treatments compared to control.
{"title":"Soil Microbial and Physicochemical Changes After the Addition of Biochar, Bacterial Inoculums and Nitrogen Fertilizer","authors":"I. Mikajlo, B. Pourrut, B. Louvel, J. Hynšt, J. Záhora","doi":"10.11118/ACTAUN.2021.045","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11118/ACTAUN.2021.045","url":null,"abstract":"Addition of biochar is often proposed as an improving agent of soil properties. The combination of biochar (BCH) with mineral or biological amendments in order to improve its influence on soil-plant properties compared to the unamended BCH was vastly studied. Bacterial inoculums as a promising additive to BCH amendment are highly dependent on BCH quantity, its feedstock and soil state. Luvisol from a protection zone of water sources was used in pot experiment set-up. The changes in physicochemical properties (pH, cation-exchange capacity - CEC) and biological soil activities (soil enzymes: urease, phosphatase and laccase activity and total bacteria content) after the addition of beech wood biochar combined with the addition of bacterial inoculums (Bacofil and Novarefm) and nitrogen fertilizer after two growing cycles of Lactuca sativa var. capitata were studied using spectrophotometry methods. Increased pH and CEC values were detected in biochar amended treatments. The increase of laccase activity claimed on BCH additives promoting effect, especially in a case of Bactofil inoculum amendment. Nevertheless, BCH suppressed acid phosphatase activity in all the BCH additives equally. Whereas urease activity and total soil bacteria extraction remained unchanged in BCH amended treatments compared to control.","PeriodicalId":7174,"journal":{"name":"Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis","volume":"69 1","pages":"501-510"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47686501","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-09-01DOI: 10.11118/ACTAUN.2021.047
Mahyuddin, A. Karim, Sugianto, A. Anhar
Production forest is a forestry area used to produce forest products through Business Permit for Timber Forest Products Utilization (locally known as IUPHHK). Today, the main problems in the production forest industry management system are that the developed silvicultural system is still high in cost, and the mechanism of forest supervision and maintenance does not involve the forest communities. Therefore, it is necessary to make an effective and efficient design of a low-cost silvicultural model for production forests to be implemented in Aceh Province. This research aims to generate a low- cost silvicultural model for production forest in Aceh Province with a system approach using soft systems methodology (SSM). This research resulted in a low-cost silvicultural conceptual model for production forest and intervention strategies to be implemented by stakeholders to achieve the goals. Generally, the implementable intervention form is to develop synergy and partnership between the forest community and the IUPHHK-holder company in production forest management to run some production activities such as plantation process, security, and supervision. Moreover, participatory enhancement is necessary from the main actors: the government, the IUPHHK holder company, and the community by carrying out their duties and responsibilities according to their respective proportions.
{"title":"Formulation for Development of Low- Cost Silvicultural Model for Production Forest in Aceh Province, Indonesia","authors":"Mahyuddin, A. Karim, Sugianto, A. Anhar","doi":"10.11118/ACTAUN.2021.047","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11118/ACTAUN.2021.047","url":null,"abstract":"Production forest is a forestry area used to produce forest products through Business Permit for Timber Forest Products Utilization (locally known as IUPHHK). Today, the main problems in the production forest industry management system are that the developed silvicultural system is still high in cost, and the mechanism of forest supervision and maintenance does not involve the forest communities. Therefore, it is necessary to make an effective and efficient design of a low-cost silvicultural model for production forests to be implemented in Aceh Province. This research aims to generate a low- cost silvicultural model for production forest in Aceh Province with a system approach using soft systems methodology (SSM). This research resulted in a low-cost silvicultural conceptual model for production forest and intervention strategies to be implemented by stakeholders to achieve the goals. Generally, the implementable intervention form is to develop synergy and partnership between the forest community and the IUPHHK-holder company in production forest management to run some production activities such as plantation process, security, and supervision. Moreover, participatory enhancement is necessary from the main actors: the government, the IUPHHK holder company, and the community by carrying out their duties and responsibilities according to their respective proportions.","PeriodicalId":7174,"journal":{"name":"Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis","volume":"69 1","pages":"519-531"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46605837","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-09-01DOI: 10.11118/ACTAUN.2021.044
A. Vasylchenko, S. Derevianko
The aim of this study was to investigate antifungal properties of the composition of Se and I nanoparticles (NPs) against strains of phytopathogenic fungi Acremonium cucurbitacearum 502, Acremonium strictum 048 and Fusarium sp. 072. It has been found that the composition of Se and I NPs has antifungal properties against these strains. The highest antifungal activity was against strain A. cucurbitacearum 502, manifesting as the decrease in the number of colonies (by 60.00- 86.67%) and the decrease of the diameter of colonies (by 78.95-94.22%). Antifungal activity against strain A. strictum 048 manifested as the decrease in the diameter of colonies by 52.67-75.00%. The diameter of colonies the strain Fusarium sp. 072 decreased by 25.26-51.75%. Changes in the morphology of the colonies of the strain A. strictum 048 were also noticed. Thus, the composition of Se and I nanoparticles has antifungal activity against fungal strains A. cucurbitacearum 502, A. strictum 048 and Fusarium sp. 072, which are valuable plant pathogens. The composition of Se and I NPs can be recommended for the development of the measures for the control of phytopathogenic fungi.
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Pub Date : 2021-09-01DOI: 10.11118/ACTAUN.2021.046
Afsaneh Badalzadeh, A. D. Shahraki
In order to evaluate the effect of hydropriming and Salinity stress on germination indices of Niger, a factorial experiment was conducted in a randomized complete block design with four replications at seed research laboratory of Shahrekord University. Salinity treatments were applied at five levels (0, 25, 50, 100 and 150 mM NaCl). Hydropriming treatments were applied at two levels (control and 6-hour hydropriming with distilled water). Results showed that the effects of hydropriming with distilled water and salinity stress on all the studied traits were significant at P ≤ 0.01. However, the interaction effects of hydropriming and salinity stress were only significant for the mean germination time, root and shoot lengths, and the allometric coefficient. The hydro prime of Niger seed resulted in the germination percentage, speed and mean germination time to be decreased significantly compared to the control treatment. The germination percentage, the time to 50% of germination, mean germination time and germination energy decreased significantly with the increasing salinity level. Hydropriming positively affected the allometric coefficient and improved its value compared to the control (non-hydropriming conditions).
为评价加氢和盐胁迫对尼日尔种子萌发指标的影响,在沙赫里科德大学种子研究实验室采用4个重复的完全随机区组设计进行了因子试验。5个盐度处理(0、25、50、100和150 mM NaCl)。加氢处理分为两个水平(对照和用蒸馏水加氢6小时)。结果表明,蒸馏水加氢和盐度胁迫对各性状的影响均极显著(P≤0.01)。而水淹和盐胁迫的交互作用仅对平均发芽时间、根冠长和异速生长系数有显著影响。与对照处理相比,加水处理使尼日尔种子的发芽率、发芽率和平均发芽时间显著降低。随着盐度的升高,种子的发芽率、萌发至50%的时间、平均萌发时间和萌发能均显著降低。与对照(未加水处理)相比,加水处理显著提高了异速生长系数。
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Pub Date : 2021-09-01DOI: 10.11118/ACTAUN.2021.043
A. Adeleye, M. Yerima, M. E. Nkereuwem, I. Sadiq, G. P. Shiaka, V. Onokebhagbe, A. O. Amoo
The advent of bioremediation technology has helped scientists to proffer sustainable solutions to problems associated with environmental pollution. This study was staged to assess the growth of Amaranthus cruentus L. on spent engine oil (SEO) contaminated soil that had been subjected to bioremediation. Two bacterial co-cultures; Pseudomonas aeruginosa+Alcaligenes faecalis and Streptococcus pyogenes + Enterococcus faecalis were bio-enhanced with organic amendments; powdered cow dung (PCD), powdered cocoa pod husk (PCPH) and compost made from cow dung (CD) and cocoa pod husk (CPH) with a view to reclaiming SEO soil at three levels of contamination. It was a factorial experiment laid out with completely randomized design (CRD). Subsequently, amaranth seeds were sown on the experimental pots in the screen house. Results indicated that at two weeks after sowing (2WAS), compost produced significant (P < 0.05) and the highest plant heights (6.5, 7.5 and 6.1 cm) on all the SEO contamination levels studied compared with other organic amendments. Compost produced the highest (6.0) number of leaves compared with other organic amendments on 10% SEO contamination level while all the other organic amendments produced the same number of leaves (4.0) on 15% SEO contamination level. In respect of the stem girths measured in this study, significant performance was recorded at 2WAS, four weeks after sowing (4WAS) and six weeks after sowing (6WAS) (P < 0.05). The significant feat that the bioremediation agents utilized in this study recorded has further confirmed these agents as good candidates that can be adopted in ensuring the reclamation and restoration of SEO ravaged agricultural land.
{"title":"Growth Performance of Grain Amaranth (Amaranthus Cruentus L.) on Spent Engine Oil Contaminated Soil Bioremediated With Two Bacterial Co-Cultures and Organic Amendments","authors":"A. Adeleye, M. Yerima, M. E. Nkereuwem, I. Sadiq, G. P. Shiaka, V. Onokebhagbe, A. O. Amoo","doi":"10.11118/ACTAUN.2021.043","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11118/ACTAUN.2021.043","url":null,"abstract":"The advent of bioremediation technology has helped scientists to proffer sustainable solutions to problems associated with environmental pollution. This study was staged to assess the growth of Amaranthus cruentus L. on spent engine oil (SEO) contaminated soil that had been subjected to bioremediation. Two bacterial co-cultures; Pseudomonas aeruginosa+Alcaligenes faecalis and Streptococcus pyogenes + Enterococcus faecalis were bio-enhanced with organic amendments; powdered cow dung (PCD), powdered cocoa pod husk (PCPH) and compost made from cow dung (CD) and cocoa pod husk (CPH) with a view to reclaiming SEO soil at three levels of contamination. It was a factorial experiment laid out with completely randomized design (CRD). Subsequently, amaranth seeds were sown on the experimental pots in the screen house. Results indicated that at two weeks after sowing (2WAS), compost produced significant (P < 0.05) and the highest plant heights (6.5, 7.5 and 6.1 cm) on all the SEO contamination levels studied compared with other organic amendments. Compost produced the highest (6.0) number of leaves compared with other organic amendments on 10% SEO contamination level while all the other organic amendments produced the same number of leaves (4.0) on 15% SEO contamination level. In respect of the stem girths measured in this study, significant performance was recorded at 2WAS, four weeks after sowing (4WAS) and six weeks after sowing (6WAS) (P < 0.05). The significant feat that the bioremediation agents utilized in this study recorded has further confirmed these agents as good candidates that can be adopted in ensuring the reclamation and restoration of SEO ravaged agricultural land.","PeriodicalId":7174,"journal":{"name":"Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis","volume":"69 1","pages":"481-490"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45651881","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-09-01DOI: 10.11118/ACTAUN.2021.040
Martin Pech, P. Řehoř
The development of entrepreneurship competencies is not the primary objective of the management education system. Given the lack of student competencies required to start a new enterprise, the importance of entrepreneurship and economic education is increasing. There are new intentions from the Czech Republic's state politics that early business can be positively influenced and supported. The paper discusses entrepreneurship and its educational role. The research relies on a 214 questionnaire survey administered in 2018-2019 on students of the University of South Bohemia in Ceske Budějovice. The paper focuses on the assessment of gender differences of management students in entrepreneurship education. We reduced 19 variables to three decisive factors - attitudes, knowledge, and entrepreneurship competence using factor analysis. Differences were found in the personal attitudes to entrepreneurship within gender, while the difference was not confirmed in the required entrepreneurial competencies and preferred knowledge. The study deals with a vital gender topic, and its results can be beneficial for the fields of management and education, especially for their overlap.
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Pub Date : 2021-09-01DOI: 10.11118/ACTAUN.2021.048
E. Lembong, M. Djali, G. L. Utama
Cocoa shell is a waste of the cocoa processing industry, containing vitamin D, protein, fat, carbohydrates, and fiber as well as antioxidant compounds such as polyphenols. Fermentation and immersion processes are needed in post-harvest cocoa to create the distinctive taste and flavor of chocolate, as well as to produce cocoa bean shell powder, which is also good quality as a waste utilization. This study aims to determine the effect of fermentation and immersion processes on the antioxidant activity and characteristics of the cocoa bean shell powder (CBS). The research method used a completely randomized design (CRD) method with four treatments e.g. NFNI (Non Fermentation Non Immersion), NFI (Non Fermentation Immersion), FNI (Fermentation Non Immersion) and FI (Fermentation Immersion) with three replications. The results of the color parameters show that CBS has a yellow-red color with significantly different L* values following the order FNI > NFNI > FI > NFI and the a* and b* values following the order FNI < FI < NFNI < NFI. NFNI has the highest antioxidant activity with IC50 values of 12.93 ppm and total phenolic 4.33 g/100 g followed by NFI, FNI, and FI. The best treatment for texture, aroma and color parameters was FI with an average value above 7, and it also had overall appearance characteristics that were not significantly different from commercial cocoa powder.
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Pub Date : 2021-09-01DOI: 10.11118/ACTAUN.2021.041
Vlastimil Skoták, J. Kamler, Václav Klein
Damage caused by free living herbivores to field crops has been a significant and long lasting, culminating problem which has not been solved yet. One of the reasons is missing methodologies and lack of precise data. The aim of our study was to estimate a total extent of damage caused by free living herbivores to field crops in the Czech Republic. We carried out a field research, determined the extent of the damage to main crops, and calculated the total extent of damage. Maize was the most damaged crop with a total of 8.8% of damaged area followed by oat with 6.4%. A significant gap occurred between awned and awnless wheat. While 6% of awnless wheat was damaged on average, it was only 1.5% for awned wheat. The least damaged crop was rape plant but due to its large sowing area and a relatively high market value, the loss cannot be considered low. The damage were affected by the distance of field from forests. Awned cereals seem to be suitable crops for places with a higher potential risk of damage. We estimated the damage in the Czech Republic in 2019 as high as 58 433 thousand EUR.
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Pub Date : 2021-09-01DOI: 10.11118/ACTAUN.2021.042
O. Fabiyi, G. Olatunji
Field studies were conducted on the application of Leucaena leucocephala leaf extracts as an alternative to carbofuran a synthetic nematicide, while possible residues of carbofuran in tomato fruits were also analysed. Acetone, methanol and petroleum ether fractions of the leaves of L. leucocephala were applied at 200 mg/mL in variants of 100 mL, 150 mL and 200 mL to a naturally nematode infested field. Comparison was made with carbofuran a synthetic insecticide and nematicide. Samples of tomato fruits from carbofuran treated and untreated beds were extracted with ethyl acetate for residual pesticide analysis to ascertain the exceedance of the maximum residue limit (MRL). Results revealed that pesticide residue was significantly (p = 0.05) higher in plots treated with carbofuran compared with standard MRL for carbofuran in tomatoes. Crude extracts of L. leucocephala were as effective as carbofuran, while the fraction was however significantly better in producing higher numbers of fruits and reduced nematode population in root and soil of tomato plants.
{"title":"Environmental Sustainability: Bioactivity of Leucaena leucocephala Leaves and Pesticide Residue Analysis in Tomato Fruits","authors":"O. Fabiyi, G. Olatunji","doi":"10.11118/ACTAUN.2021.042","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11118/ACTAUN.2021.042","url":null,"abstract":"Field studies were conducted on the application of Leucaena leucocephala leaf extracts as an alternative to carbofuran a synthetic nematicide, while possible residues of carbofuran in tomato fruits were also analysed. Acetone, methanol and petroleum ether fractions of the leaves of L. leucocephala were applied at 200 mg/mL in variants of 100 mL, 150 mL and 200 mL to a naturally nematode infested field. Comparison was made with carbofuran a synthetic insecticide and nematicide. Samples of tomato fruits from carbofuran treated and untreated beds were extracted with ethyl acetate for residual pesticide analysis to ascertain the exceedance of the maximum residue limit (MRL). Results revealed that pesticide residue was significantly (p = 0.05) higher in plots treated with carbofuran compared with standard MRL for carbofuran in tomatoes. Crude extracts of L. leucocephala were as effective as carbofuran, while the fraction was however significantly better in producing higher numbers of fruits and reduced nematode population in root and soil of tomato plants.","PeriodicalId":7174,"journal":{"name":"Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis","volume":"69 1","pages":"473-480"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41508555","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}