bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Work-related Asthma in Crop Farmers
Authors: Stoleski Sasho , Minov Jordan , Karadzinska-Bislimovska Jovanka , Mijakoski Dragan , Atanasovska Aneta , Bislimovska Dragana
Published: December 2020

AIM: The objective of the study was to evaluate the influence of occupational exposure on asthma development among crop farmers. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was performed, comprising 87 crop farmers, and 80 office workers, matched by gender and age. Evaluation of subjects included completion of a standard questionnaire on chronic respiratory symptoms, spirometry tests, histamine challenge, serial peak expiratory flow rates (PEFR) measurements, and skin prick tests to occupational and common inhalant allergens. RESULTS: The prevalence of chronic respiratory symptoms in the past 12 months was higher, while the mean values of spirometric parameters were lower in crop farmers. Sensitization to workplace and common inhalant allergens was similar in both groups, whereas frequencies of bronchial hyperresponsiveness (BHR) and asthma were non-significantly higher in crop farmers. The prevalence of allergic was significantly higher compared to non-allergic asthma in both groups. Asthma was registered in 8% of crop farmers and was significantly associated with atopy, and positive family history of asthma. Occupational allergic asthma (OA) was registered in 2.3% of crop farmers, while the frequency of work-aggravated asthma was 5.7%. A causal relationship between workplace and asthma, suggesting allergic OA, was documented in two crop farmers with asthma, based on serial PEFR monitoring, but specific workplace agent causing asthma in the affected subjects was not identified. CONCLUSION: The obtained results can contribute in the detection of critical points for action, and serve as a predictive factor in the development of work-related asthma, indicating the need for reduction of adverse occupational exposures through adequate preventive measures, regular health examinations, obligatory use of respiratory protective equipment, and implementation of engineering controls.
Processamento analítico hierárquico no mapeamento da fragilidade ambiental à erosão do solo
Authors: Santos Lizza Adrielle Nascimento , Nascimento Paulo Sérgio de Rezende , Barros Glauber Vinicius Pinto de
Published: December 2020

Para análise espacial da vulnerabilidade à erosão do solo, as geotecnologias maximizam o tempo e minimizam os custos, dentre as quais se destacam o sensoriamento remoto e o geoprocessamento. O objetivo do presente estudo foi aplicar a análise multicriterial para determinar a fragilidade ambiental potencial e emergente e obter um diagnóstico para a tomada de decisão frente aos processos erosivos da Bacia Hidrográfica do Rio Japaratuba no estado de Sergipe. O principal procedimento técnico empregado foi o Processo Analítico Hierárquico (AHP), cujos critérios utilizados para a avaliação das fragilidades potencial e emergente foram: dissecação do relevo, precipitação, hipsometria, declividade e uso e cobertura do solo. Os resultados obtidos possibilitaram concluir que 13,44%, 71,45% e 15,11% da área de estudo apresentaram baixa, média e alta fragilidade ambiental emergente à erosão, respectivamente. A baixa fragilidade ambiental encontra-se em pequenas áreas esparsas compostas por florestas, mangues, praias e dunas e a média estende-se por toda a bacia. A alta fragilidade ambiental concentra-se na porção centro-norte das regiões semiárida e agreste em decorrência da conversão da vegetação natural em atividades agropecuárias. O produto cartográfico gerado retratou a gravidade decorrente da acentuada interferência humana quanto aos processos erosivos na área de estudo.
SIVIM Floodplain Forests – Database of riverine forests and scrubs from the Iberian Peninsula
Authors: Biurrun Idoia , Font Xavier
Published: December 2020

“SIVIM Floodplain Forests“ (GIVD ID: EU-00-024) is a thematic database focused on vegetation plots of riverine forests and scrubs from the Iberian Peninsula and the Pyrenees (Spain, Portugal and southern France). It was registered in the GIVD in February 2016. The data are available both from EVA and sPlot in semi-restricted regime. The database includes both digitized relevés from the literature and unpublished data. Many digitized relevés were derived from SIVIM (GIVD ID EU-00-004) and BIOVEG (GIVD ID EU-00-011), with which SIVIM Floodplain Forests thus partly overlaps. Currently it contains 4,736 vegetation plots of floodplain forests, alder carrs, willow scrubs, and tamarisk and oleander thickets, 99% of them classified at association level. Plot size is available for 94.6% of the relevés. Plant taxonomy is standardized to Flora Iberica. The database has been used for studies on vegetation classification at Iberian and European level, as well as studies on plant invasion, fine-grain plant diversity and macroecological analyses, most of them via EVA.

Abbreviations: BIOVEG = Vegetation-Plot Database of the University of the Basque Country; EVA = European Vegeation Archive; GIVD = Global Index of Vegetation-Plot Databases; SIVIM = Iberian and Macaronesian Vegetation Information System.
Neuro-swarms intelligent computing using Gudermannian kernel for solving a class of second order Lane-Emden singular nonlinear model
Authors: Sabir Zulqurnain ,   Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Hazara University, Mansehra, Pakistan, Raja Muhammad Asif Zahoor , Arbi Adnène , Altamirano Gilder Cieza , Cao Jinde ,   Future Research Technology Center, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, 123 University Road, Section 3, Douliou, Yunlin 64002, Taiwan, R.O.C,   Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering, COMSATS University Islamabad, Attock Campus, Attock 43600, Pakistan,   Department of Advanced Sciences and Technologies at National School of Advanced Sciences and Technologies of Borj Cedria; Laboratory of Engineering Mathematics (LR01ES13), Tunisia Polytechnic School, University of Carthage, Tunisia,   Department of General Studies, National Autonomous University of Chota, Perú,   School of Mathematics, Southeast University, Nanjing, China,   Yonsei Frontier Lab, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
Published: December 2020

The present work is to design a novel Neuro swarm computing standards using artificial intelligence scheme to exploit the Gudermannian neural networks (GNN)accomplished with global and local search ability of particle swarm optimization (PSO) and sequential quadratic programming scheme (SQPS), called as GNN-PSO-SQPS to solve a class of the second order Lane-Emden singular nonlinear model (SO-LES-NM). The suggested intelligent computing solver GNN-PSO-SQPS using the Gudermannian kernel are unified with the configuration of the hidden layers of GNN of differential operators for solving the SO-LES-NM. An error based fitness function (FF) applying the differential form of the differential model and corresponding boundary conditions. The FF is optimized together with the combined heuristics of PSO-SQPS. Three problems of the SO-LES-NM are solved to validate the correctness, effectiveness and competence of the designed GNN-PSO-SQPS. The performance of the GNN-PSO-SQPS through statistical operators is tested to check the constancy, convergence and precision.
Juan Bautista Alberdi, a Guerra do Paraguai e os Revisionismos Históricos
Authors: Pires Junior Arnaldo Lucas , Izecksohn Vitor
Published: December 2020

O presente artigo discutirá as origens e os desdobramentos do revisionismo no pensamento historiográfico sobre a Guerra do Paraguai, ressaltando a posição do político e escritor argentino Juan Bautista Alberdi como peça chave na gênese desse movimento de interpretação da guerra. Sem desvalorizar o papel de revisionistas históricos como O’Leary e Baéz, argumentamos que é nos escritos de Alberdi que encontramos a gênese mais bem definida do pensamento revisionista que iria assumir diversas cores político argumentativas ao longo dos séculos XIX e XX. Concluímos que, ao interpretar a Guerra do Paraguai como uma continuidade das guerras intestinas argentinas, Alberdi inaugura um modelo interpretativo que, explorado à exaustão, definirá o Paraguai como vítima de uma agressão desmedida e baluarte da causa americana.
CARACTERIZACION DE ACCIONES OBJETALES Y LA PRODUCCIÓN VERBAL EN LA EDAD PREESCOLAR MENOR
Authors: Solovieva Yulia , Garcia-Flores Marco Antonio , Moreno-Agundis Martha Saraí , Quintanar-Rojas Luis
Published: December 2020

El tema de las condiciones óptimas para el desarrollo verbal del niño preescolar menor aún sigue abierto en psicología, y surge la pregunta acerca de la naturaleza de dichas condiciones. Desde la teoría de la actividad se plantea la posibilidad de análisis de fenómenos del desarrollo no como procesos aislados, sino como elementos de la actividad que predomina en el desarrollo del niño en una u otra etapa. El objetivo de este estudio fue establecer una relación entre la adquisición de las acciones objetales y la producción verbal en niños preescolares menores.En el estudio se valoraron los niveles de adquisición de la acción objetal, comunicación verbal en el juego y la forma de interacción entre niño y adultos que predomina en familia. Para las interacciones con los niños se utilizó el Protocolo para Evaluación del desarrollo para niños preescolares menores (Solovieva & Quintanar, 2014), mientras que con los cuidadores se aplicó una entrevista para precisar el tipo de acciones y orientaciones predominantes en familia. Se identificó una relación entre ambos fenómenos estudiados y una correlación significativa entre el nivel de adquisición de las acciones con objetos, expresiones verbales y orientación parental. Se precisaron las etapas de adquisición de acciones con objetos y el paso al inicio de la adquisición de la función simbólica con el rol específico de uso de juguetes animados. Se discute la utilidad del protocolo para diagnóstico e interacción con niños preescolares, así como para la formulación de programas de intervención y desarrollo en esta edad.
Cadeia Meios-Fim: Um Elo Entre Valores Pessoais e Identidade
Authors: Castro Álvaro Leonel de Oliveira , Vilas Boas Luiz Henrique de Barros , Rezende Daniel Carvalho de , Pimenta Márcio Lopes
Published: December 2020

O marketing exerce influência no comportamento de consumo das pessoas, e reflete sob os aspectos que guiam as motivações e formam a personalidade humana. Este raciocínio considera que as decisões de consumo seguem uma estrutura cognitiva de conhecimento, que abrange desde a funcionalidade de um produto até o autoconhecimento do indivíduo. Em face ao exposto, este artigo tem como objetivo apresentar e discutir a relação entre às teorias de valores pessoais, identidade baseada em motivação e cadeia meios-fim, as quais contribuem para o entendimento da interioridade da mente humana, frente ao comportamento de consumo. A iminente possibilidade de concatenar estas três perspectivas teóricas poderia resultar em avanços para este campo de estudo, sendo um novo caminho de pesquisa em marketing. No que tange às implicações práticas desta frente de investigação em comportamento de consumo, os achados poderiam auxiliar os gestores no desenvolvimento de estratégias mercadológicas, tais como segmentação, posicionamento, elaboração de campanhas publicitárias e novos produtos. Sugere-se enquanto agenda de pesquisas futuras, a utilização desta perspectiva teórica em contextos de consumo em que o objeto de estudo, tenha forte ligação com o estilo de vida do consumidor, visando abstrair a relação dos valores pessoais com os seus traços identitários.
Informações Editoriais e Nominata de Avaliadores - Ano 2018
Authors: RIMAR .
Published: December 2020

Apresenta informações editoriais e nominata de avaliadores da RIMAR para o ano de 2018.
Adoção ou Rejeição de Consumidores a Reclamações Fraudulentas: Um Estudo Qualitativo com Base na Técnica Projetiva
Authors: Ferrer Carolina , Hemais Marcus Wilcox , Baptista Thuanne
Published: December 2020

Apesar de a maior parte das reclamações de consumidores a empresas serem originadas de episódios negativo de consumo, há uma parcela de indivíduos que realizam reclamações sem que necessariamente estejam insatisfeitos. A esse tipo de comportamento, dá-se o nome de reclamação fraudulenta, que ocorre quando o objetivo do reclamante é obter ganho monetário ou social à custa da empresa. Apesar de sua importância, há pouca literatura sobre reclamações fraudulentas em marketing, principalmente no Brasil, de forma que conhecimento a respeito desse fenômeno é escasso. Diante desse contexto, o presente estudo tem como objetivo entender se consumidores brasileiros concordam ou discordam de reclamações fraudulentas feitas a varejistas online e quais motivos os levam a tais pensamentos. Para isso, foi realizada uma pesquisa qualitativa com 82 consumidores, pautada pelo uso da técnica projetiva. A análise dos dados indica diferentes reações dos entrevistados a reclamações fraudulentas, havendo casos nos quais aceitam o comportamento oportunístico, enquanto outros são claramente condenados. Considera-se que o fator preponderante para consumidores se engajarem com reclamações fraudulentas está relacionado a suas intenções a priori de obter ganhos sobre a empresa ou se um episódio inesperado gerou a reclamação fraudulenta.
Primitive small cell carcinoma of the prostate. Case report and revision of the literature
Authors: Pepe Pietro , Pepe Ludovica , Curdman Mara , Pennisi Michele , Fraggetta Filippo
Published: December 2020

A Caucasian man 84 years old was admitted to our Department for acute renal failure secondary to severe bilateral hydronephrosis; moreover, the patient referred chronic fatigue and was anuric from two days. Serum creatinine and PSA values were equal to 9.6 mg/dl and 4.8 ng/ml and digital rectal examination was highly suspicious for prostate cancer. In emergency, the patient underwent bilateral application of percutaneous renal nephrostomies to restore kidney function and, after three days, was submitted to ultrasound-guided extended transperineal biopsy; the histology showed the presence of a prostatic small cell carcinoma (SCC) fulfilling the World Health Organization criteria. The patient underwent clinical staging including chest and abdominal computed tomography evaluation and total body scan that did not demonstrated distant metastases and/or others primitive tumors; in addition, cystoscopy and urinary cytology were negative. The patient underwent multidisciplinary evaluation, but he died 20 days from the diagnosis for progressive clinical worsening (physical and cognitive impairments) before beginning oncological treatment. In conclusion, primitive SCC represents a very rare cancer provided of poor prognosis; only the execution of prostate biopsy combined with an accurate specimen analysis allow to make the correct diagnosis and therapeutic treatment.
Management of mild brain trauma in the elderly: Literature review
Authors: Marrone Federica , Zavatto Luca , Allevi Mario , Di Vitantonio Hambra , Millimaggi Daniele , Dehcordi Soheila , Ricci Alessandro , Taddei Graziano
Published: December 2020

Purpose: The world population is aging. As direct consequence, geriatric trauma is increasing both in absolute number and in the proportion of annual admissions causing a challenge for the health-care system worldwide. The aim of this review is to delineate the specific and practice rules for the management of mild brain trauma in the elderly. Methods: Systematic review of the last 15 years literature on mild traumatic brain injury (nTBI) in elderly patients. Results: A total of 68 articles met all eligibility criteria and were selected for the systematic review. We collected 29% high-quality studies and 71% low-quality studies. Conclusion: Clinical advices for a comprehensive management are provided. Current outcome data from mTBIs in the elderly show a condition that cannot be sustained in the future by families, society, and health-care systems. There is a strong need for more research on geriatric mild brain trauma addressed to prevent falls, to reduce the impact of polypharmacy, and to define specific management strategies.
Threat perception in online anti-migrant speech: a Slovene case study
Authors: Chitrakar Rok
Published: December 2020

The aim of this article is to describe the perception of refugees as a threat in Slovene online discourse, based on a critical analysis of commenters’ re­sponses to popular media posts at the height of the European migrant crisis. The proposition of the study is that the perception of migration as a threat is at the core of socially unacceptable discourse (SUD), portraying refugees and migrants as an undesirable and potentially dangerous presence. Within the framework of a comprehensive project examining public responses to media coverage of the arrival of migrants to Slovenia, online comments classified as SUD targeting refugees were extracted and annotated to reveal the recur­ring themes of threat perception. The analysis focused on describing the main categories of threat, as well as the various discursive features and strategies employed. Although the approach to observing this subject is essentially qual­itative, a general case-specific overview of the frequency and distribution of identifiable categories is also given.
High CMRR Voltage Mode Instrumentation Amplifier Using a New CMOS Differential Difference Current Conveyor Realization
Authors: Ettaghzouti T. , Hassen N.
Published: December 2020

This paper describes a new CMOS realization of differential difference current conveyor circuit. The proposed design offers enhanced characteristics compared to DDCC circuits previously exhibited in the literature. It is characterized by a wide dynamic range with good accuracy thanks to use of adaptive biasing circuit instead of a constant bias current source as well as a wide bandwidth (560 MHz) and a low parasitic resistance at terminal X about 6.86 Ω. A voltage mode instrumentation amplifier circuit (VMIA) composed of a DDCC circuit and two active grounded resistances is shown as application. The proposed VMIA circuit is intended for high frequency applications. This configuration offers significant improvement in accuracy as compared to the state of the art. It is characterized by a controllable gain, a large dynamic range with THD less than 0.27 %, a low noise density (22 nV/Hz1/2) with a power consumption about 0.492 mW and a wide bandwidth nearly 83 MHz. All proposed circuits are simulated by TSPICE using CMOS 0.18 μm TSMC technology with ± 0.8 V supply voltage to verify the theoretical results.
SWOT and AHP Analysis in Determining the Strategy of Product Marketing Excellence in Companies
Authors: Sumantri Siswo Hadi , Thamrin Suyono , Apriyanto I. Nengah Putra , Suhardono Edi , Rudiawan Beny , Susanto Arica Dwi
Published: December 2020

The development of companies in the digital era especially product business in Indonesia is now increasingly prominent in complexity, competition, change, and uncertainty so that the company's marketing and sales systems have not reached a maximal capacity due to the lack of superior and appropriate strategy. The researcher considered several alternatives using SWOT analysis and the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) method to overcome these problems. The results showed that using the SWOT-AHP Analysis, it was found that the Strength parameter got the highest score by 53% and Opportunity parameter by 21%. Through the SWOT sub-criteria, it was found that the Strenghts priority were S2 (Registered patent) with a score of 0.53, S1 (New product) with a score of 0.29, S3 (Mechanical technology) with a score of 0.28, respectively. While weaknesses priority were W2 (inoptimal product promotion) with a score of 0.63, W1 (product not widely known) with a score of 0.37. In addition, the Opportunities Priority were the order of O2 (market share's openness) with a score of 0.52, O3 (More efficient products) with a score of 0.29, and O1 (Switching products from manual to automatic) with a score 0.19. And finally, the Threats priority were T1 (raw material) with a score of 0.53, T2 (price competition) with a score of 0.26 and T3 (product fraud) with a score of 0.21. The top priority of leading marketing strategy are by increasing product quality by 39.3%, while the second priority is marketing cooperation by 21.4%, the third is the pricing strategy by 20.5% and the last is promotion by 14.8%.
Development of a Single Screw Extruder For The Production of Wood-Plastic Composite
Authors: Omoniyi T. E. , Adesanya D. E.
Published: December 2020

A wood-plastic composite extruder (single screw extruder) was designed, fabricated and evaluated to recycle and produce a product for non-structural purposes. The extruder is separated into four units: The feeding, conveying, heating and forming unit. The material is fed by gravity into a hopper and conveyed by a screw conveyor at a predetermined speed through a heated barrel and the extrudate is metered through the breaker plate and the die. The output rate is directly related to the screw speed. Test samples were produced with the machine and experimental tests were conducted to determine its suitability for non-structural purposes and applications. The performance evaluation test on the machine shows that at speeds of 4rpm and 50.25rpm, the machine performs at 87% and 82% efficiency respectively which makes it effective for production. The machine takes a maximum of 5mins to recycle a batch with an average capacity of 14.04kg/hr at 4rpm and 17.55kg/hr at 50.25rpm. The machine conserves cost and energy due to low specific mechanical energy consumption of 191.21kJ/kg
Study of the Discrete Wavelet Transform based Designed System under Different Simulation Conditions
Authors: Garg Simmi , Sharma Anuj Kumar , Tyagi Anand Kumar
Published: December 2020

Wavelet Transforms is an Important Part of, Systems Theory and Signal Processing and finds numerous important applications in Science and Engineering. In this paper, we investigated the performance of proposed scheme coded Discrete wavelet transform based Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing scheme over Additive white Gaussian noise channel using Pulse Amplitude Modulation in terms of Energy bits per noise ratio values. The simulation has been done using MATLAB software and results are compared with ½ rate convolution coded Discrete wavelet transform based Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing system. It is found by MATLAB simulations that the performance of proposed scheme coded Discrete wavelet transform based Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing outperforms than that of ½ rate convolution encoded Discrete wavelet transform based Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing with 16-Pulse Amplitude Modulation. Along with this, different orders of reverse biorthogonal and biorthogonal wavelets are implemented to simulate the proposed system with 16-Pulse Amplitude Modulation scheme. The performance of proposed system is compared and it is found that proposed system performs better than conventional system under all different simulation conditions. This study finds important applications in Signal Processing.
Archipelago of Possibilities: Facilitator Guide
Authors: Mahat Marian , Imms Wesley
Published: December 2020

Archipelago of Possibilities is a strategy and professional development workshop created specifically to help teachers and educators uncover what they hold dear in their teaching practice and discover what they consider most important for a successful practice. This workshop uses travel as a metaphor to guide participants in reflecting on their practice, identifying successful factors for success, examining what is holding them back from achieving their ideal practice, and developing steps to create a future ideal teaching and learning space.
Eine altuigurische Gedichtsammlung von buddhistischen Grundsätzen und Ermahnungen
Authors: ZIEME Peter
Published: December 2020

Es werden einige altuigurische Fragmente, Blockdrucke von einer oder mehreren Edition(en) sowie zwei Manuskripte, aus der Berliner Turfansammlung sowie aus der Serindia-Sammlung des Instituts für Orientalische Manuskripte in St. Petertsburg zu-sammengestellt, die sich als ein buddhistisches Gedicht zu Grundsätzen der buddhistischen Lehre und Ermahnungen inter-pretieren lassen. Auf dem buddhistischen Grundwissen basierend hat der unbekannte Autor ein originales Werk geschaffen, das fast komplett aus Stanzen mit strophischer Alliteration besteht. Trotz einiger an Mönche gerichtete Zwischeneinlagen ist es möglich, daß auch Laien den Text gehört oder gelesen haben.
Eski Uygurca Sonrası Orta Asya Türkçesinin Söz Varlığı İçerisinde Hayvan Adları
Authors: ÖZCAN DEVREZ Ceyda
Published: December 2020

Bu çalışmada, Eski Türk yazıtları ve Eski Uygurca metinler sonrasında İslamî dönem Türkçe metinlerde görülen Türkçe hayvan adlarının söz varlığı ortaya konulmuştur. Arapça, Farsça kökenli kelimeler bu söz varlığı çalışması dışında tutulmaktadır. Mümkün olduğunca ulaşabildiğimiz 11- 17. yüzyıl Orta Asya Türkçesine ait eserler taranarak söz varlığı çalışması tamamlanmaya çalışılmıştır. Bahsi geçen yüzyılları kapsayan süreç içerisinde söz konusu edilecek olan kelimeler için metinlere dönem dönem bakılmış, her döneme ait eserler taranmış ve sonrasında ayrıntılı bir incelemeye yer verilmiştir. Çalışma, sırasıyla Karahanlı Türkçesi (11-13. yüzyıllar); Harezm Türkçesi (14. yüzyıl); Çağatay Türkçesi (15-17. yüzyıllar) ve Kıpçakça (13-17. yüzyıllar) çerçevesi içerisinde ele alınmaktadır. Değerlendirilen kelimeler, ilk şeklinden itibaren diğer dönemlerde geçirmiş olduğu değişimlerle birlikte verilmiş olup varsa örneklerle desteklenmiştir.
El Buen vivir y el Sumak Kawsay: dos filosofías en disputa. Aproximaciones al caso ecuatoriano y al caso colombiano / Buen vivir and SumaK Kawsay: two disputed philosophies. Approaches to the Ecuadorian case and the Colombian case
Authors: Barragán Luis Alfonso
Published: December 2020

Esta reflexión busca analizar la relación/tensión que se estableció entre el “Buen vivir” y el Sumak Kawsay como consecuencia de la legitimación jurídica que realizó el gobierno ecuatoriano, con el objetivo de resituar y recuperar sus lugares de enunciación, sus singularidades y sus potencialidades como propuestas políticas comunitarias frente al discurso del desarrollo en América Latina.
Epistemologias do Sul, História do Tempo Presente e a teoria alter-nativa Zapatista / Epistemologies of the South, History of the Present Time and the Zapatist alter-native theory
Authors: Guerra Rodrigo
Published: December 2020

O presente artigo reflete sobre as bases históricas que fundaram uma hegemonia no campo epistemológico da produção de saberes válidos e, concomitantemente, suprimiram um vasto universo de saberes tradicionais, evidenciando a colonização como um evento histórico que, para além das expropriações físicas, também promoveu uma expropriação no campo epistemológico do saber. Assim, percebe-se a fragilidade do dito paradigma científico moderno para compreender as complexidades do mundo, fomentando discussões referentes a um novo paradigma científico insurgente, atrelado às Epistemologias do Sul e ao pensamento zapatista, como caminhos a serem trilhados na busca de um paradigma emergente, que compreenda de forma mais profunda as relações entre os homens, entre os homens e a natureza e com à própria temporalidade na qual está inserido. Finalmente, conclui-se que esta emergência de novas percepções científicas para o conhecimento suscita novas contribuições para as construções e desconstruções das fronteiras da ciência e do cientista, além de questões sobre o seu papel prático no mundo.
El maíz como fuerza productiva civilizatoria: ecología y comunidad en Mesoamérica / Corn as a civilizing productive force: ecology and community in Mesoamerica
Authors: Gouttefanjat Fleur
Published: December 2020

El presente articulo examinó la significación y las condiciones históricas de posibilidad del carácter civilizatorio del maíz nativo en Mesoamérica. Mediante un análisis cualitativo de tipo flexible en el cual se articuló el concepto de fuerzas productivas de la humanidad – desarrollado por Jorge Veraza a partir del trabajo de Karl Marx – con estudios geográficos, históricos y etnográficos realizados en México, se pretendió investigar las dimensiones subjetivas y objetivas que hicieron de tal planta uno de los pilares del despliegue de la civilización en Mesoamérica. Los datos fueron obtenidos mediante el análisis documental a partir de distintas bases de datos científicos. Además de establecer un criterio para pensar la función del maíz nativo para los pueblos que lo produjeron y lo consumieron, este trabajo esperaba también ofrecer elementos para calificar el sentido que tuvo esta planta en el proceso de reproducción social en el cual estaba inserta. Se resaltó que el maíz nativo articuló y pautó el desarrollo del resto de las fuerzas productivas agrícolas en un sentido comunitario y ecológico holístico. Con ello, se dio una clave de entendimiento de la magnitud de la amenaza sobre la cultura material que representa su degradación, así como de las luchas en curso para su defensa. Asimismo, se subrayó su potencial para un futuro en el cual la afirmación de la vida natural en general y humana en particular sean objetivos esenciales de la producción de alimentos.
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF IMPACT OF DOMESTIC DEBT AND NIGERIAN GDP FROM 1981 TO 2019
Authors: Ebipre Pullah , Ayibanua Michael
Published: December 2020

The study is focused on comparative analysis of impact of domestic dept and Nigerian GDP from 1981 to 2019. Three research questions were used in the study. The study is limited to domestic debt incurred by Nigeria from 1981 to 2016. The study employed the ex-post factor research design. This design is employed as already existing data source obtained from Central Bank of Nigeria Statistical Bulletin from 1981-2016 was employed in the study. The study also used Keynesian Theory of Public Debtand employed the service of mean in analyzing the research questions. Table 1 research question 1 revealed that domestic debt incurred from 1981 to 1990 is 34.544. Mean Value of domestic debt incurred from 1991 to 2000 is 462.891. This resulted to a mean difference of 428.347. This shows that from 1991 to 2000 reveals a significant increase on debt level in Nigeria. The findings from table 1 research question 1 revealed that domestic depth incurred from 1981 to 1990 is 34.544. Mean Value of domestic debt incurred from 1991 to 2000 is 462.891. This resulted to a mean difference of 428.347. This shows that from 1991 to 2000 reveals a significant increase on debt level in Nigeria. The findings from table 2, research question 2 revealed that domestic debtincurred from 2001 to 2008 is 1581.51. Mean Value of domestic debt incurred from 2009 to 2016 is 6,857.31. This resulted to a mean difference of 5275.8. This shows that from 2009 to 2016 reveals a significant increase on debt level in Nigeria. Finally, table 3 research question 3 revealed that RGDPG from 2001 to 2008 is 9.63. Mean Value of RGDPG from 2009 to 2016 is 4.87. This resulted to a mean difference of 4.76. This shows that from 2009 to 2016 reveals a significant decrease on RGDPG based on CBN report. It was recommended from the study that Government should expand economic activities by funding small and medium enterprise through the issuance of soft loans to encourage business growth and development.
MENJADI ARSIPARIS KOLABORATIF MELALUI PENDIRIAN iSchool
Authors: Safitri Aida
Published: December 2020

Among others, archivist should be able to provide access to information over time. But it is impossible to do so all alone. By applying literature study to several journals and books, this article aims to urge collaboration among many other recordkeeping professionals, not only archivists, through an establishment of School of Information (iSchool). Due to the growing problems of digital transformation iSchool would become a scientific hub for knowledge and insight sharing.
CINCIN ARSIP: PENANGGULANGAN BENCANA DAN PENGELOLAAN ARSIP
Authors: Pratama Raistiwar
Published: December 2020

Disaster mitigation consists of three sequential processes, similar to functional approach towards disaster. The two puts concern that series system able to capture disaster function each of related governmental bodies. Despite the various structures and names of government bodies, it is their single function that creates records. Function defines activity and transaction. Align to it, life cycle approach is considered fail to capture the series system. Thus, records continuum contemporarily suitable. Preserving collective memory and providing access over time are main requirements. Structurism might lower the tense between structure and function.
KHAZANAH ARSIP PARIWISATA KOLONIAL DI INDONESIA
Authors: Sunjayadi Achmad
Published: December 2020

In doing research of Indonesian historiography in the colonial period, primary sources in the form of colonial archives are important. That includes historiography of tourism in Indonesia. This article describes archival collection of the National Archives of Indonesia related to tourism in the colonial period of Indonesia and attempts to determine the related keywords. The results are information about the tourism activities was the history of the institution, namely Vereeniging Toeristenverkeer and the keywords that used, were 'Vereeniging toeristenverkeer' and 'toerisme'. The archival sources are mainly from the collection of Algemene Secretarie. There are many other collections, it is possible, considering that tourism activities are not only the concern of single institution. Tourism activities are also includes tourist attractions, infrastructure, transportation, accommodation and security.
Extraction of Some New Solutions of Linear Differential Equations by Dual Space
Authors: KORU YÜCEKAYA Gülay
Published: December 2020

In this study, the solutions of second order linear homogeneous ordinary differential equations being variable and constant coefficients have been obtained by using power series method which is used frequently in dual space. The solutions of second order homogeneous ordinary differential equations being constant and variable coefficients in dual space by using power series have given and some applications have implemented.
THE NATIONAL PROBLEM AND THE PROBLEM OF WOMEN’S MOVEMENT ACTIVATION IN THE CHUVASH AUTONOMOUS REGION ON THE EXAMPLE OF LIFE OF TATAR WOMEN OF BATYREVSKY UYEZD IN THE FIRST YEARS OF THE SOVIET POWER
Authors: Sokolova Valentina I. , Galosheva Olga N. , Kallin Igor V.
Published: December 2020

The article examines the national policy of the Soviet state in the early years of the Soviet power. It shows as well the importance of this issue for the state, the attention paid to it by supreme management bodies. The basic principles and directions of activity carried out by the Communist Party of Bolsheviks for implementing the national policy in the regions of the country are noted; successes and failures in implementing the Communist ideology are shown. The authors of the article indicate that the leadership of the state understood that success in building a new world can be achieved only due to the rise of the culture among the representatives of national minorities to the level of Russian regions inhabitants. It pursued this goal, structuring the policy in the sphere of national-state building. The authors examine the issues of improving tolerant ideas in the international relations on the example of women and youth movement activation in the Chuvash autonomous region in the first half of the 1920s. The analysis of the final materials of the report made by the RC of the ACP (b) representative, Bikchantaev, seconded to Batyrevsky uyezd to establish women’s social movement, shows the efforts of the party apparatus to promote the ideas of equality and freedom among Tatar women. It shows as well the importance of this issue for the state, the attention paid to it by supreme management bodies.
The problematic fields, the scientific and aplicative topics in special education in compliance with national and European policies and strategies regarding disabilities (II)
Authors: Crețu Verginia
Published: December 2020

In the second part of article the identified problematic fields, the scientific and applicative topics in Special Education in compliance with national and European policies and strategies regarding disabilities are: positive approach in education that require to focus on the evolving capacities, gifts, abilities and competencies of the child; conditions of real inclusion in teaching-learning process; the support for children with severe and profound handicap through augmentative and alternative communication; psycho­pedagogy of Individualized Education Program" (IEP); multidisciplinary research programs on assistive and access technology, early education , vocational education and support for employment. The article analyse too the dynamic of paradigms and theories in Special education
Criterii de evaluare a tezelor de doctorat
Authors: Rozorea Anca
Published: December 2020

In the article are presented research work carried out under the project POSDRU „The innovation and the development of doctoral curriculum from the perspective of training and assessment of research competences; correlations with the mechanisms of quality assurance” (Contract: POSDRUV1.5V21VGV36046), in order to design and validation of criteria for evaluation of Doctoral Theses.

A cross-check of the results obtained enabled the achievement of Grid for assessment of Doctoral Thesis, synthetic and operational tool, that can contribute to the theoretical and conceptual unity of the evaluation of the Doctoral Thesis and for increase its objectivity degree.
Dominante motivaționale pentru performanță și satisfacție în muncă în mediul militar
Authors: Ionică Cristina
Published: December 2020

The aims of this study is to capture the relationship between motivational sources (typology proposed by Leonard, Beauvais and Scholl, 1999), achievement motivation (Schuler, Thornton and Frintrup, 2000) and job satisfaction (Spector and Lamond, 2002) in order to identify those motivational features that can help to improve job performance and job satisfaction in an organizational environment affected by nowadays economic crisis. There are some general rules which apply to everyone, but most people are usually motivated by what they perceive as rewards and there are different ways to get them committed and motivated. An evolving socio-economic context creates prerequisites for continuous readjustments of strategies to motivate employees in order to obtain job performance and job satisfaction. The results of this study, based on data collected from JOO subjects who work in the Romanian public institution allowed us to approach motivation as a process and to diagnose and plan a new organizational strategy for improving job performance, job satisfaction and commitment in this particular organizational sector.
Analiza percepției cadrelor didactice asupra educației dincolo de școală - Studiu comparativ
Authors: Rotaru Carmen
Published: December 2020

In the context of the educational system in Romania, analysis of teacher perceptions on outdoor education becomes a crucial factor, as the role of teachers in this process involves a change in methodology, approach, organizational fonns, student- teacher relationship, evaluation.
The comparative study of outdoor education has continued the results of European research project "Outdoor Education: Authentic Learning in the context of landscapes" financed by European Union Comenius 2.1 action, developed by a partnership of educational institutions in five European countries: Austria, Czech Republic. Germany, Sweden and UK over three years. The overall objective of the analysis focused national and European perspectives on outdoor education to promote a uniform approach to Jhis form of education.
Convergent validation of cognitive and metacognitive self regulation MSLQ scales
Authors: Cazan Ana-Maria
Published: December 2020

One of the most known instruments for the evaluation of self regulated learning strategies is the Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire. The aspect of self regulation investigated in this research is cognitive self regulation. The purpose of this research is to estimate the convergent validity of the cognitive and metacognitive MSLQ scales, after their translation in Romanian. Our main hypothesis is that there is high level of overlapping between self regulation measured by MSLQ (The Motivated Strategies of Learning Questionnaire) and self regulation measured by ILS (Inventory of Learning Styles). The analysis of the two revealed moderately positive inter­correlation. Convergent validity showed that cognitive and metacognitive self regulation scales from MSLQ are able to measure students' learning strategies in a reliable and valid fashion.
Violența școlară: O abordare teoretică
Authors: Monir Nasser Saed
Published: December 2020

În ultima vreme violenţa este unul dintre cele mai răspândite fenomene sociale, una dintre cele mai dificile probleme, ale căror consecinţe negative au un impact semnificativ , atât în sfera individuală şi de grup, cât, mai ales, asupra componentelor socialului-educaţie, şcoală, sănătate, well being şi comunitate. Studiile pe această temă evidenţiază o largă varietate de forme de manifestare ale violenţei. Mai grav este faptul că efectele cele mai puternice ca gravitate sunt legate de însăşi viaţa oamenilor. Cele mai frecvente dintre formele şi consecinţele acesteia sunt vizibile la nivelul planurilor fizic, emoţional, relaţional, sănătăţii, spiritualităţii, vieţii de grup, stilului de viaţă. Studiul de faţă se centrează asupra semnificaţiilor conceptelor de bază, asociate perspectivelor de tip epistemologic- reflexiv şi analitic- investigativ, cu identitate şi punct de plecare în diversitatea teoriilor, metodologiilor şi concepţiilor de autor evidenţiate de multitudinea definiţiilor alterrnative.
Direcții de modernizare a autoevaluării și evaluării continue a rezultatelor elevilor.: De la tehnologia informatică la sisteme ICT.
Authors: Stoian Aida Cornelia
Published: December 2020

It requires major changes in the processes of self-assessment and continuous assessment of pupils’ achievements in order to meet the challenges of contemporary society. In this research study we presented the current approaches of the evaluative issue in its transition from the informatics technology to evaluative information systems and technology communication (ITC). When conducting the research, we have studied teachers’ references on the role of the ITC systems in pupils’ self-assessment, as well as the contribution of the automated continuous assessment to the improvement of pupils’ learning activity. The general hypothesis of the research project aimed to demonstrate that if secondary school teachers are aware of the role of the self-assessment ICT systems and of continuous digital assessment, then there is obtained their adherence for implementating and developing such systems of assessment. In order to study the relationship between research variables we applied a questionnaire, with teachers as target group. The conducted study has had a positive impact on the respondent teachers, who adhered to the proposed idea, being confident in the role of transition from the self-assessment of informatics refurbishment and continuous assessment of pupils’ achievement in implementing the ITC systems in the educational assessment.
Comunicarea în educație și în didactica studiului matematicii la elevi
Authors: Isofache Anca Cătălina
Published: December 2020

The dynamics of social, economic, public and cultural politics implies the need for innovative behavior in the school environment, in the educational process, in the management of the school organization in general. Innovation in school institutions addresses the quality of education policy projects and the continuous reconstruction of all the factors that ensure their consistency, competencies and personality of the teacher, their training, culture and successful professionals, foundations and curricular experiences of educational actors, medium- and long school managers. The qualitative evolution of a school is also determined by the quality of innovation present in curricular design, in the set of values of democratization of education, in strategies for equalizing the chances of social, professional and personal success of quality implications.
Agresivitatea, trăsăturile accentuate de personalitate, depresia și locul controlului la deținuții cu abuz de substanțe.
Authors: Okros Norberth-Ioan
Published: December 2020

The purpose of this research is to highlight and analyze the psychological and judicial characteristics of inmates with substance abuse. The prisoners were divided into three groups: inmates with alcohol abuse (n= 30), inmates with drug abuse (n= 30) and inmates without substance abuse (n= 30). They were also divided into two categories: inmates convicted for offenses with violence against persons (n= 48) and inmates convicted for non-violent offenses (n= 42). They completed a structured interview for diagnosing the major depressive episode and a series of psychometric tests for assessing aggression, personality traits, and locus of control. No significant differences between inmates with substance abuse and those without abuse in terms of aggression, nor between those convicted for crimes with violence against the person and those without violence against the person. It was found that there is a positive significant relationship between aggression and feature "Unrestrained" and between Locus of Control and the feature "Unrestrained". Finally, it has been found that there are differences between prisoners without depression regarding the type of offense, namely: prisoners with alcohol and without depression are prone to commit crimes with violence against persons and those with drug abuse, crimes without violence against persons.
STUDIU PRIVIND AGRESIVITATEA ȘI AUTONOMIA PERSONALĂ LA MILITARI ȘI PERSOANE CIVILE
Authors: Burzo Tudor
Published: December 2020

This study aims to analyze the possible differences between the level of aggression and of personal autonomy among samples of civilian and military personnel from Romania. This study was attended by 103 people, including a group of 50 active militaries and a second group of 53 civilians working in different sectors of the civilian environment. The data obtained were quantitatively and qualitatively processed to accurately capture any identified differences. There were no statistically significant differences between the level of aggression and of personal autonomy in terms of military and civilians. However, differences have been identified in terms of a single dimension of personal autonomy, behavioral autonomy. Contrary to the stated hypothesis, the results indicate a higher level of behavioral autonomy in the military, compared to the civilians who participated to this study.
STUDIU PRIVIND PREDICTORII ASOCIAȚI MOTIVAȚIEI ÎN DOMENIUL PUBLIC LA FORȚELE DE ORDINE
Authors: Vasile Nicu
Published: December 2020

This paper brings in atention a concept emerging in the United States of America in the 1980s, which is then defined and developed as a theory in the 1990s, namely Public Service Motivation. Based on self-determination theory, the objective of this study was to analyze the relationship between the public service motivation variable and organizational commitment, abusive supervision and salary satisfaction. We have used multiple linear regression analysis as well as linear hierarchical analysis to test these relationships and to control two individual variables, the age and seniority of the participants. Results suggest that the organizational commitment is positively associated, and abusive supervision and satisfaction with salary are negatively associated with public service motivation. Age and seniority variables did not have a statistically significant relationship with the independent variable. Theoretical and practical implications will be discussed.