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English Fricative Rendition of Educated Speakers of English from a North-Central City of Nigeria
Authors: Fajobi Eunice
Published: September 2020

This paper examines the influence of ethnicity on the realization of the English fricatives articulated by selected educated speakers of English from four ethnic groups of Ebira, Igala, Hausa and Okun-Yoruba residing in Lokoja, a North-Central city of Nigeria. Data for the study consist of 1080 tokens elicited from 120 informants. Guided by a synthesis of the theoretical frameworks of Honey’s (1997) Sociophonology and Azevedo’s (1981) Contrastive Phonology, perceptual and acoustic analyses of the data reveal that, although speakers have a tendency to not articulate sounds absent in their phonemic inventory with the dexterity expected of their level of education, co-habitation seems a factor that has robbed off on the speakers’ level of performance in this study: 80% overcame their linguistic challenges to correctly articulate the test items while 30% generally found it difficult to articulate the interdental fricatives /P/ and /D/ and the voiced palato-alveolar fricative /Z/; perhaps, because these sounds are absent in their respective phonemic inventories. The paper submits additionally that, phonology is still resistant to input (cf. Fajobi, 2013), level of education notwithstanding. However, positive social relations could impact positively on language use and competence in any pluralinguistic English as a second language (ESL) environment.
Becoming an English Teacher: Voices from Nepal
Authors: Pandey Gopal Prasad
Published: September 2020

Motivations for choosing English teacher as a career have attracted considerable attention in recent years, and a number of research studies have been conducted to gain insights into pre-service and in-service teachers’ reasons for entering teacher education programmes. This study aimed at investigating motivating factors to choose English language teaching as a career. It also aimed at exploring the job satisfaction level of the participants, and the professional development activities they adopt to develop their professional competence. Five teachers of English who have been teaching English at different levels of education in Nepal for ten years now participated in this study. The narrative inquiry approach was adopted as a research design for this study. Interview was used as a tool for data collection. The study contains qualitative data only. The data were described and analyzed descriptively. The study revealed that the participants chose English teacher as career due to the influence of their role model English teachers; the love for the subject, the social prestige the English teachers deserved and the passion for teaching. The participants are satisfied with positions they hold as they have been able to help the adults to learn. Their motives for selecting job are guided by intrinsic motives such as interest, personal experience, intellectual fulfillment, and altruistic ones. The findings also indicated that they adopt different activities to develop their professional competence such as taking part in workshops, seminars, becoming members of professional community, attending ELT and applied linguistics conferences
POLITICAL DISCOURSE AS AN ACADEMIC DISCIPLINE IN PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
Authors: Korosteleva L. V.
Published: September 2020

The article argues the relevance of such aca-demic subject as Political Discourse within the framework of philological disciplines of the main educational programs for some bachelor’s degrees. The object of study was Political Dis-course as an area of research in political linguis-tics. The subject of study was the communica-tive components of political discourse, which, if mastered, can contribute to the formation of necessary competencies for the confident navi-gation of the communicative environment. Analysis, synthesis, and historical approach were the main theoretical research methods that helped study different approaches to the study of political discourse and its functions. To de-velop the methodological part (the academic program of the proposed discipline), we used structural analysis, which makes it possible to study the structure of elements constituting po-litical discourse; discourse analysis, which al-lows focusing on both the individual character-istics of the addressant and the contextual analysis; comparative analysis, which com-pares various examples of political discourse, identifies their similarities and differences; modeling, to develop the training program of the Political Discourse discipline. The result of the study was training program ‘Fundamentals of Political Discourse,’ recommended for the Journalism major in institutions of higher edu-cation.
Implication of Nondestructive Test NDT for Evaluation of Crack Healing in Asphalt Concret
Authors: Sarsam Saad Issa
Published: September 2020

Asphalt concrete practices heavy loading and environmental impacts through the service life of the pavement. Micro cracks usually initiate and accumulate to form various types of distresses. However, asphalt concrete has the ability of self-healing under rest period and environment conditioning. Asphalt concrete is a composite material consisting of aggregates, bitumen, and air voids. Its mechanical behavior is complex due to its dependency of temperature, loading frequency, and strain level. In this investigation, asphalt concrete specimens of wearing course have been prepared in the laboratory and subjected to repeated indirect tensile stresses to initiate the micro-cracks. The test was stopped after 1200 load repetitions, and the specimens were stored in an oven at 60°C for 120 minutes to allow the crack healing process by external heating to start. Specimens were returned to the testing chamber and were subjected to another round of load repetitions. Specimens were tested before and after load repetitions and crack healing with the aid of ultrasonic pulse velocity traversing the specimen using pundit instrument. The healing indicator was the change in pulse velocity before and after the repeated load test and before and after healing process. It was concluded that the velocity decreases as the loading cycles proceeds indicating the start of damage, while the ultrasonic pulse velocity increases after the micro-crack healing process.
PEMANFAATAN URINE KERBAU MENJADI PUPUK DAN PESTISIDA ORGANIK CAIR DI DESA SEJARO SAKTI KECAMATAN INDRALAYA KABUPATEN OGAN ILIR
Authors: Sulistiani Dwi Probowati
Published: September 2020

Kegiatan Pengabdian  kepada Masyarakat ini dilaksanakan di Desa Sejaro Sakti Kecamatan Indralaya Kabupaten Ogan Ilir Sumatera Selatan. Tujuan dari kegiatan ini adalah mengupayakan masyarakat  di   Desa Sejaro Sakti memanfaatkan  urine ternak kerbau  sebagai  salah satu sumber alternatif pupuk organik dan pestisida, sehingga kekurangan pupuk  selama ini dapat diatasi. Bahan yang digunakan adalah urine ternak kerbau dan rempah, EM4, dengan teknologi fermentasi. Karakteristik peserta menunjukkan bahwa  peserta  partisipasi aktif  tidak hanya dalam bentuk kehadiran waktu penyuluhan dan pelatihan, tetapi aktif berkomunikasi atau berdialog mengenai  cara pembuatan pupuk organik yang berasal dari urine kerbau. Peserta  merasa tertarik dengan teknik fermentasi urine ternak kerbau sebagai pupuk organik dan pestisida. Hal demikian dapat dimengerti karena pada saat sekarang harga pupuk yang sangat mahal. Dengan ditemukannya inovasi tersebut diharapkan dapat menekan biaya produksi tanaman sehingga dapat meningkatkan pendapatan masyarakat. Kesimpulan dari kegiatan ini adalah  minat peternak  Desa Sejaro Sakti  dalam pemanfaatan kotoran ternak kerbau sebagai pupuk organik  dan pestisida  cukup tinggi dan dapat meningkatkan produktivitas tanaman.
Determinants of Tourism Arrivals to Uzbekistan: Evidence from Dyadic Data
Authors: Salahodjaev Raufhon , Safarova Nilufar , Usmanova Nigina
Published: September 2020

This research note aims to offer novel evidence on the factors predicting tourism flows to Uzbekistan. We estimate the gravity model for the tourism arrivals to Uzbekistan from 169 nations that span from 2005 to 2018. In line with extant research, the results suggest that market size
and common borders positively impact tourism arrivals. In contrast, transportation cost is a significant barrier to international tourism flows to Uzbekistan.
Employment of Generalized Receiver in DS-CDMA with STBC over Fading Channels: Capacity and Error Probability
Authors: Tuzlukov Vyacheslav
Published: September 2020

The capacity and error probability of orthogonal space-time block codes (STBCs) are considered for the pulse-amplitude modulation (PAM), phase shift keying (PSK), quadrature-amplitude modulation (QAM) in fading channels. The suggested approach is based on employment of the generalized approach to signal processing in noise over the equivalent scalar additive white Gaussian noise channel with a channel gain proportional to the Frobenius norm of the matrix channel for the STBC. Using this effective channel, the capacity and probability of error expressions are derived for the PSK, PAM, and QAM modulation with space-time block coding. The Rayleigh, Rician and Nakagami fading channels are considered. As an application, these results are extended to obtain the capacity and probability of error for a multiuser direct sequence code-division multiple-access (CDMA) system constructed on the basis of the generalized approach to signal processing in noise employing the space-time block coding.
Location Planning of Fire Service Fleet Based on Forest Fire Susceptibility
Authors: Sakellariou Stavros , Sfougaris Athanassios , Christopoulou Olga
Published: September 2020

Forest fires constitute one of the greatest risks for certain ecosystems services. Hence, the location planning of firefighting units based on forest fire hazard is a key point for the immediate containment of fire incidents before they become uncontrollable. The primary aim of the paper is the estimation and finding of the required number and positions (i.e. the exact geographical locations and the respective type of installation – fire hydrant etc.) of fire fleet to fully cover (in terms of travel time) the districts of fire services in Chalkidiki (Greece), taking into account the scalable fire susceptibility. The proposed location plans revealed the fact that most of the regions may adequately respond to the fire vulnerability with the current forces, whereas a few regions clearly need a reinforcement in order to sufficiently cover their territories. A future perspective may be related with the exploration of best locations through the entire study area, merging the current administrative boundaries. One more asset of the project constitutes the flexibility and applicability of the sub-modules to other geographic regions after the necessary adjustments to local conditions.
Nemigos diagnostikos ir gydymo aktualijos
Authors: Pajėdienė Evelina , Jurkevičienė Giedrė
Published: September 2020

Nemiga yra vienas dažniausių miego sutrikimų, pasireiškiantis pakartotiniu sunkumu užmigti, miego trukmės, vientisumo arba kokybės pablogėjimu, kuris kartojasi nepaisant adekvačių miego sąlygų ir blogina dienos savijautą. Nemigos diagnostikai reikalinga išsami paciento apklausa, specializuoti klausimynai, miego dienoraščio pildymas, objektyvus ir instrumentinis tyrimas dėl gretutinių ligų. Polisomnografiją rekomenduojama atlikti įtariant gretutinius miego sutrikimus, tokius kaip miego apnėja, periodinių galūnių judesių sutrikimas, narkolepsija, esant sunkiai bei vaistams atspariai nemigai arba įtariant aiškų nesutapimą tarp subjektyviai paciento išreiškiamų skundų ir objektyvių polisomnografijos metu nustatomų miego parametrų. Remiantis 2017 m. Europos nemigos diagnostikos ir gydymo gairėmis, pirmojo pasirinkimo lėtinės nemigos gydymo metodu laikoma kognityvinė elgesio psichoterapija, kuomet benzodiazepinų arba benzodiazepinų antagonistų grupės vaistus rekomenduojama skirti tik trumpam simptominio gydymo laikotarpiui.
Do estimates of numerosity really adhere to Weber’s law? A reexamination of two case studies
Authors: Testolin Alberto , McClelland James L.
Published: September 2020

Both humans and nonhuman animals can exhibit sensitivity to the approximate number of items in a visual array or events in a sequence, and across various paradigms, uncertainty in numerosity judgments increases with the number estimated or produced. The pattern of increase is usually described as exhibiting approximate adherence to Weber’s law, such that uncertainty increases proportionally to the mean estimate, resulting in a constant coefficient of variation. Such a pattern has been proposed to be a signature characteristic of an innate “number sense.” We reexamine published behavioral data from two studies that have been cited as prototypical evidence of adherence to Weber’s law and observe that in both cases variability increases less than this account would predict, as indicated by a decreasing coefficient of variation with an increase in number. We also consider evidence from numerosity discrimination studies that show deviations from the constant coefficient of variation pattern. Though behavioral data can sometimes exhibit approximate adherence to Weber’s law, our findings suggest that such adherence is not a fixed characteristic of the mechanisms whereby humans and animals estimate numerosity. We suggest instead that the observed pattern of increase in variability with number depends on the circumstances of the task and stimuli, and reflects an adaptive ensemble of mechanisms composed to optimize performance under these circumstances.
KEBERAGAMAN MOTIF DALAM CERITA RAKYAT ULAR RENGGIONG DAN PUTRI GUNUNG LABU DARI BELITUNG TIMUR: ANALISIS MOTIF MODEL STITH THOMPSON
Authors: Oktarina Dwi
Published: September 2020

Kabupaten Belitung Timur yang masuk ke wilayah Provinsi Kepulauan Bangka Belitung me miliki kekayaan budaya sastra lisan, khususnya cerita rakyat yang belum banyak dikaji. Selain cerita rakyat, wilayah ini juga kaya akan pantun, syair, mantra, juga peribahasa. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan keberagaman motif cerita rakyat dalam dua legenda, yakni “Ular Renggiong” dan “Putri Gunung Labu” berdasarkan klasifikasi Motif Indeks Stith Thompson. Kajian ini termasuk ke dalam jenis penelitian kualitatif. Metode yang digunakan adalah metode deskriptif analisis. Kedua cerita menggambarkan kondisi sosial budaya masyarakat Melayu Belitung yang masih sangat kental menjaga tradisi dan adat dalam kehidupan. Setelah dianalisis, didapatkan hasil cerita “Ular Renggiong” memiliki sembilan motif, sementara “Putri Gunung Labu” memiliki 15 motif. Hal ini menandakan keberagaman motif cerita rakyat yang ada di wilayah Belitung Timur. East Belitung Regency in Bangka Belitung Province has it cultural richness includes diversity in anything that has to do with how people live. This region has it oral literary culture, especially folklore like folktale, pantun, syair, mantras, as well as proverbs. This study is focused on the motifs in the folktale. This research aimed to describe the motifs of the folktale "Ular Renggiong" and "Putri Gunung Labu" based on Thompson motif index classification. This research is a qualitative research using descriptive analysis method. Both folktale showed the socio-cultural conditions of the Belitung’s people who are still very strong in maintaining traditions and customs in life. The story of "Ular Renggiong" has 9 motives while "Putri Gunung Labu" has 15 motifs based on the Thompson Index Motif theory. This indicates the diversity of folktale motifs in the East Belitung region.
Office wall color influence on subjective response in patients with chronic heart failure
Authors: Botonjic Karahusic Aida , Begic Nedim , Begic Edin , Kusljugic Sabina , Secic Damir
Published: September 2020

Heart failure is defined as a clinical state, which occurs as a result of structural or functional damage of ventricle with consequential blood hypo perfusion of organs (reduced stroke volume of heart muscle and/or increased intracardial pressure in rest or during work activity). Therapeutical monitoring of patient is imperative, and it includes assessment of objective and subjective state of patient, which is often guide for optimizing of pharmacological treatment. The aim of paper is assessment of the room wall color influence as one of the factor for optimizing the therapeutic modality of patients with diagnosis of heart failure. Findings suggest that the influence of color in environment can be neutral, enabling or disabling, and this is the aspect of treatment that needs to be investigated further in future.
The Family of Amide Molecules toward NGC 6334I
Authors: Ligterink Niels F. W. , El-Abd Samer J. , Brogan Crystal L. , Hunter Todd R. , Remijan Anthony J. , Garrod Robin T. , McGuire Brett M.
Published: September 2020

Amide molecules produced in space could play a key role in the formation of biomolecules on a young planetary object. However, the formation and chemical network of amide molecules in space is not well understood. In this work, Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array observations are used to study a number of amide(-like) molecules toward the high-mass star-forming region NGC 6334I. The first detections of cyanamide (NH2CN), acetamide (CH3C(O)NH2), and N-methylformamide (CH3NHCHO) are presented for this source. These are combined with analyses of isocyanic acid (HNCO) and formamide (NH2CHO), and a tentative detection of urea (carbamide; NH2C(O)NH2). Abundance correlations show that most amides are likely formed in related reactions occurring in ices on interstellar dust grains in NGC 6334I. However, in an expanded sample of sources, large abundance variations are seen for NH2CN that seem to depend on the source type, which suggests that the physical conditions within the source heavily influence the production of this species. The rich amide inventory of NGC 6334I strengthens the case that interstellar molecules can contribute to the emergence of biomolecules on planets.
Calibrating Mg ii-based Black Hole Mass Estimators Using Low-to-high-luminosity Active Galactic Nuclei
Authors: Le Huynh Anh N. , Woo Jong-Hak , Xue Yongquan
Published: September 2020

We present single-epoch black hole mass (M
BH) estimators based on the rest-frame ultraviolet (UV) Mg ii 2798 Å and optical Hβ 4861 Å emission lines. To enlarge the luminosity range of active galactic nuclei (AGNs), we combine the 31 reverberation-mapped AGNs with relatively low luminosities from Bahk et al., 47 moderate-luminosity AGNs from Woo et al., and 425 high-luminosity AGNs from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. The combined sample has a monochromatic luminosity at 5100 Å in the range

erg s−1, over the range 5.5 < log(M
BH/M
⊙) < 9.5. Based on the fiducial mass from the line dispersion or FWHM of Hβ paired with the continuum luminosity at 5100 Å, we calibrate the best-fit parameters in the black hole mass estimators using the Mg ii line. We find that the differences in the line profiles between Mg ii and Hβ have significant effects on calibrating the UV M
BH estimators. By exploring the systematic discrepancy between the UV and optical M
BH estimators as a function of AGN properties, we suggest adding a correction term

in the equation for the UV mass estimator. We also find a ∼0.1 dex bias in the M
BH estimation due to the difference in the spectral slope in the range 2800–5200 Å. Depending on whether the selection of M
BH estimator is based on either line dispersion or FWHM and either continuum or line luminosity, the derived UV mass estimators show ≳0.1 dex intrinsic scatter with respect to the fiducial Hβ-based M
BH.
Chemistry of Protostellar Clumps in the High-mass, Star-forming Filamentary Infrared Dark Cloud G034.43+00.24*
Authors: Liu Hong-Li , Sanhueza Patricio , Liu Tie , Zavagno Annie , Tang Xin-Di , Wu Yuefang , Zhang Siju
Published: September 2020

To search for the potential chemical dependence on physical conditions, we have carried out the study of chemistry on the nine protostellar clumps of the high-mass star-forming infrared dark cloud G034.43+00.24, with observations of several ∼1 mm lines by the Atacama Pathfinder EXperiment telescope. They include CO/13CO/C18O (2−1), HCO+/H13CO+ (3−2), HCN/H13CN (3−2), HNC (3−2), CS/C34S (5−4), SiO (6−5), SO (6−5), p-H2CO (3−2), and CH3OH (5−4). All the clumps are simply grouped into two classes: high-luminosity protostellar clumps (MM1–MM4,

L
⊙) and low-luminosity protostellar clumps (MM5–MM9,

L
⊙). Our observations indicate that 13CO suffers either no or low depletion in the clump environment of G034.43+00.24 as characterized by a nearly constant level of the 13CO abundance distribution. For the remaining relatively dense gas tracers, we find that their abundances tend to get enhanced in the high-luminosity protostellar clumps as opposed to the low-luminosity counterparts. We suggest that for most, if not all, of the dense gas tracers the high abundance mainly arises from both the high luminosities and associated outflows of the high-luminosity protostellar clumps while the low abundance could be due to the lack of such active star-forming activities in the low-luminosity protostellar clumps.
Dynamics of Plasma Turbulence at Earth’s Bow Shock and through the Magnetosheath
Authors: Rakhmanova Liudmila , Riazantseva Maria , Zastenker Georgy , Yermolaev Yuri , Lodkina Irina
Published: September 2020

Earth’s magnetosheath can be treated as a natural laboratory to study turbulence development in confined space. The present study focuses on the characteristics of turbulent cascade downstream of the bow shock, where properties of turbulence are known to differ from those in the upstream solar wind. Characteristics of the turbulent spectrum are considered in two distinct points of the magnetosheath for two case studies. The analysis is based on high-resolution measurements of plasma parameters by the Spektr-R spacecraft and magnetic field data by the Themis/Arthemis mission. The measurements are performed for two distinct cases: in the dayside magnetosheath behind the quasi-perpendicular bow shock and in the nightside flank of the magnetosheath behind the quasi-parallel bow shock. The study focuses on the scales at which kinetic effects in plasma become significant and the turbulent spectrum is known to break. The analysis reveals that modification of the fluctuation spectrum at the bow shock is controlled by the distance of the measurement point from the bow shock’s nose. Also, performed statistical results suggest the influence of the large-scale parameters of the upstream solar wind and the type of the bow shock on the turbulent spectrum’s modification in the downstream region.
Simulations of Early Kilonova Emission from Neutron Star Mergers
Authors: Banerjee Smaranika , Tanaka Masaomi , Kawaguchi Kyohei , Kato Daiji , Gaigalas Gediminas
Published: September 2020

We present radiative transfer simulations for blue kilonovae hours after neutron star (NS) mergers by performing detailed opacity calculations for the first time. We calculate atomic structures and opacities of highly ionized elements (up to the 10th ionization) with atomic number Z = 20–56. We find that the bound–bound transitions of heavy elements are the dominant source of the opacities in the early phase (t < 1 day after the merger) and that the ions with a half-closed electron shell provide the highest contributions. The Planck mean opacity for lanthanide-free ejecta (with electron fraction of Y
e = 0.30–0.40) can only reach around

at t = 0.1 days, whereas that increases up to

at t = 1 day. The spherical ejecta model with an ejecta mass of M
ej = 0.05 M
⊙ gives the bolometric luminosity of

at t ∼ 0.1 days. We confirm that the existing bolometric and multicolor data of GW170817 can be naturally explained by the purely radioactive model. The expected early UV signals reach 20.5 mag at t ∼ 4.3 hr for sources even at 200 Mpc, which is detectable by the facilities such as Swift and the Ultraviolet Transient Astronomy Satellite (ULTRASAT). The early-phase luminosity is sensitive to the structure of the outer ejecta, as also pointed out by Kasen et al. Therefore, the early UV observations give strong constraints on the structure of the outer ejecta and the presence of a heating source besides r-process nuclei.
The EXPRES Stellar-signals Project. I. Description of Data
Authors: Zhao Lily , Fischer Debra A. , Ford Eric B. , Henry Gregory W. , Roettenbacher Rachael M. , Brewer John M.
Published: September 2020

The EXPRES Stellar-Signals Project is providing sets of high-fidelity, spectroscopic and photometric observations to enable direct comparisons of various approaches for disentangling stellar signals and true radial velocities (RVs). We will provide all EXPRES RVs, meta data, and activity indicators as well as high-precision photometric data from the Fairborn Automatic Photoelectric Telescopes (APTs) for HD 101501, HD 34411, HD 217014, and HD 10700. Intrinsic stellar variability and the resulting apparent RVs are widely believed to dominate the error budget for extremely precise radial-velocity (EPRV) measurements. Several new methods to disentangle photospheric velocities from Keplerian velocities are being developed throughout the EPRV community. In addition to releasing data sets for testing these methods, the EXPRES Stellar-Signals Project will publish a summary of the current state of the field circa 2020 to guide next steps toward mitigating photospheric velocities in EPRV data. More information can be found on http://exoplanets.astro.yale.edu/science/activity.php.
La dette écologique en questions : propos introductifs
Authors: Michelot Agnès
Published: September 2020

Cette introduction éclaire le signifié du concept de dette écologique, à travers une mise en perspective de ses définitions et de ses implications. Quel est « pouvoir » du concept la dette écologique ? Quels en sont les objets (dette matérielle ou immatérielle) et les conséquences ? Ce concept peut-il soutenir un travail de reconnexion du monde sous l’angle de l’acceptation d’une dette infinie ?
Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Media and Entertainment
Authors: Lachman Richard , Joffe Michael
Published: September 2020

Emerging developments in AI will have a tremendous impact on the world of media and entertainment. While the general public is focused on entertainment-related technology such as virtual reality and augmented reality, perhaps more significant is the technological transformation of how media experiences are created. Many of the signals about how and where these technologies will affect our lives are below the surface, deeper inside the pre-production and post-production process. This chapter will survey some of the ways in which AI affects the stories we consume, issues of ethics and equity surrounding the use of the AI in media, and early signals that presage a tectonic shift in the business of content production.
Estimating Visual Saliency for Omnidirectional HDR Images
Authors: Hara Kenji
Published: September 2020

A unified decomposition-and-integration-based framework is presented herein for the visual saliency estimation of omnidirectional high dynamic range (HDR) images, which allows straightforward reuse of existing saliency estimation method for typical images with narrow field-of-view and low dynamic range (LDR). First, the proposed method decomposes a given omnidirectional HDR image into multiple partially overlapping LDR images with quasi-uniform spatial resolution and without polar singularities, both spatially and in intensity using a spherical overset grid and a tone-mapping-based synthesis of imaginary multiexposure images. For each decomposed image, a standard saliency estimation method is then applied for typical images. Finally, the saliency map of each decomposed image is optimally integrated from the coordinate system of the overset grid and LDR back to the representation of the coordinate system and HDR of the original image. The proposed method is applied to actual omnidirectional HDR images and its effectiveness is demonstrated.
Feminist Co-Mentoring as Advocacy
Authors: Berger Alyssa , Gustavsen Nicole R. , Wood Penelope
Published: September 2020

This chapter serves as a case study describing three science, technology, engineering, and mathematics librarians' processes, reflections, and growth through co-mentorship. The authors discuss the processes and limitations of traditional, hierarchical mentorship structures in academic libraries and outline their work moving beyond this model to create and maintain a feminist co-mentorship community. The peer mentorship model is intentionally non-hierarchical and works as a complementary support system alongside formal mentorship relationships. They outline the benefits of this model, which include the provision of support around the emotional labor inherent in working in higher education, balancing professional and personal growth, and navigating the academic landscape. This chapter lays the foundational work the authors undertook to develop their co-mentorship group and community of care and addresses the practical benefits of this work in each of their lives.
An Integrated SEM-Neural Network Approach for Predicting Mobile Banking Determinants of Adoption in Turkey
Authors: Akgül Yakup
Published: September 2020

Higher penetration of the most widely used mobile technology applications and 3G and 4G mobile networks have led to the higher usage of smartphones for mobile banking activities in recent times. Data were collected from 395 mobile banking users and analyzed using an innovative two-staged regression and neural network (NN) model. In the first stage, structural equation modeling was employed to test the research hypotheses and identify significant antecedents influencing mobile banking acceptance. In the second stage, the significant antecedents obtained from the first stage were input to a neural network model for ranking. The results revealed that autonomous motivation and perceived ease of use are the two main predictors influencing mobile banking acceptance. Theoretical and practical implications of findings are discussed. Policy makers can find significant results in this chapter for implementing future service design. Limitations and future research scope are also discussed.
A Systematic Study of New Age Consumer Engagement and Exploration for Digital Entertainment for Over-the-Top Platforms in Various Digital Media
Authors: Mondal Subhra
Published: September 2020

In this chapter, the accentuation is given on the way that websites are the main impetus for any online content and notice. Here, the author tries to give insight regarding different sites, web over the top platforms, and some very important guidelines for website planning. Likewise, the principles for viable responsive website improvement is discussed about. The accomplishment of the site and holistic success rely upon how successfully web traffic is managed and the simplicity of standard operating procedures. It also aims at providing a broad theoretical perspective on the various applications of consumer engagement and how it differs across different platforms. The analysis and discussion in the second part of the chapter broadly applies the above framework while the concluding part discusses significant digital entertainment formats and options in consumer engagement.
Succession Planning as a Developmental Tool for Sustainability
Authors: Bakare Abiodun
Published: September 2020

The chapter present a practical guidance based on four simple-to-use models of developing a succession plan. It also highlights current best practices of succession planning based on literature. Succession planning is a critical leadership tool for organizational growth and sustainability; it alleviates substantial gaps in organizational knowledge and leadership through strategic replacement of key personnel. Using succession planning as a developmental tool will allow the organization to determine what and whose knowledge is most important to capture and help them to identify critical positions. It is very important for organizations to grasp the meaning of succession planning before implementing a succession plan as a developmental tool for organizational sustainability. Based on the definitions of succession planning, this chapter defines succession planning as a proactive approach to managing talent, and the development of a leadership pipeline to meet an organization's need-based demand for sustainability.
Green Recruitment Practices
Authors: Abiwu Lawrence , Nunoo Grace Nketiaba
Published: September 2020

Today, scholars, governments, organisations, and practitioners from a variety of fields such as business, politics, and public policy have begun to show much interest in environmental issues. There exist different green HRM practices, but this chapter focuses on green recruitment practices. Green recruitment is the procedure of hiring people having behaviour, knowledge, and skills of environment management systems in the organisation. An important rationale behind green recruitment practices in most organisations is to reduce recruitment costs by automating the process and also make a green difference starting at the online career site. Green recruitment practices minimise energy use and pollution associated with manufacturing, transporting, and recycling paper products. Therefore, green recruitment practices should be supported by organisational policies and government regulatory frameworks.
Developing Managerial Quotient for Sustainable Client Servicing in Insurance Sector
Authors: Baporikar Neeta
Published: September 2020

The insurance sector consists of two branches: life and non-life. Non-life is commonly referred to as general insurance. Insurance is a service industry and client retention influences growth and business sustainability. Being a service industry managerial skills for client servicing is essential for effectiveness in the insurance sector. Further, middle-level management directly deals with clients. So, to mitigate the challenges of privatization, competition, stakeholder's expectations, etc., appropriate managerial skills for middle management is critical. A mixed-methods approach was adopted, primary data collected through questionnaires and secondary data from published records. The sample consists of middle-level managers of the general insurance industry from the Pune region, India. The analysis was done using descriptive statistics. Findings reflect that higher managerial quotient is associated with client servicing quotient.
Green Health and Safety Management System
Authors: Kalitanyi Vivence
Published: September 2020

The objective of this chapter is to fulfill the aim of the book by developing two of its major topics, green health and safety management, and to show their positive impact on the business success and sustainability. A number of factors, including environmental consideration, as well as the well-being of the human capital at workplace, must guide the current business practices. Today, business centers are becoming spaces where people spend most of their times as either managers, employees, shoppers, bankers, or eaters, as well as many other different activities that push people to visit the shopping malls. For these reasons and many others, businesses are becoming more complex, multicultural, and multifaceted resulting in green business practices more imperative today than ever before.
An Integrative Approach to Play Therapy Supervision Using Sandtray Therapy
Authors: Niles Elisa A.
Published: September 2020

Supervisors are gatekeepers to the counseling profession and the same applies to safeguarding play therapy. Clinical supervision in play therapy helps play therapists master their skills when working with children, adolescents, or adults. Integrative sandtray supervision facilitates emerging play therapist developmental levels. The Integrative Developmental Model of supervision and sandtray concepts offer a different way of conducting play therapy supervision. Supervisees learn to master each stage of development. Sandtray supervision allows play therapist supervisors a new medium for emerging play therapists to process cases, discuss ethical issues, and explore professional and personal challenges. Each sandtray can mark the four developmental stages and three content areas. Supervisors monitor the development of emerging play therapists to ensure fidelity, ethical practice, and multicultural competency. Cultural sensitivity should also be applied within the supervisory relationship and reflected in the miniatures. This chapter seeks to broaden the scope of practice for play therapy supervisors.
Teleplay Therapy
Authors: Mullen Jodi Ann
Published: September 2020

In this chapter, the author discusses the emergence of teleplay and teleplay therapy. The focus is on the process and the product so practitioners, instructors, and supervisors alike can benefit from the chapter content. The author challenges readers to engage in teleplay and teleplay therapy in thought, professional, ethical, and creative ways advocating for enhancing the practice of teleplay and teleplay therapy through the process of clinical supervision. The integration of foundational understanding of teleplay therapy process, clinical skills, creativity, and professionalism are the cornerstone of the application of both teleplay therapy and the supervision of teleplay therapy.
The Role of Information Institutions in Promoting Information Literacy and Access to Information for Sustainable Development in the Post-Truth Era
Authors: Svärd Proscovia
Published: September 2020

The right to access government information has been a key element of sustainable development since the 1992 Rio Declaration. It is further recognized in the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Therefore, governments are through open government initiatives making information available to the citizens. This is based on a supposition that everyone is information literate and yet this is not the case. Information literacy is defined as the ability to be able to act on the information that is provided to us citizens. Being able to locate, evaluate, and ethically use information is an ability that is crucial to the citizens' participation in society. It requires individuals to be in possession of a set of skills that can enable them to recognize when information is needed to be able to locate, evaluate, and use it effectively. Information institutions have been the gateways to knowledge, and hence, their resources and services have been crucial to the development of information literate, creative, and innovative societies. This study sought to establish how the information institutions in Sweden were promoting information literacy in accordance with Sustainable Development Goal 16 amidst the post-truth era. The author has applied a qualitative research methodology where interviews have been used as a data collecting technique.
Chemokine Signatures of Pathogen-Specific T Cells I: Effector T Cells
Authors: Eberlein Jens , Davenport Bennett , Nguyen Tom T. , Victorino Francisco , Jhun Kevin , van der Heide Verena , Kuleshov Maxim , Ma’ayan Avi , Kedl Ross , Homann Dirk
Published: September 2020

The choreography of complex immune responses, including the priming, differentiation, and modulation of specific effector T cell populations generated in the immediate wake of an acute pathogen challenge, is in part controlled by chemokines, a large family of mostly secreted molecules involved in chemotaxis and other patho/physiological processes. T cells are both responsive to various chemokine cues and a relevant source for certain chemokines themselves; yet, the actual range, regulation, and role of effector T cell–derived chemokines remains incompletely understood. In this study, using different in vivo mouse models of viral and bacterial infection as well as protective vaccination, we have defined the entire spectrum of chemokines produced by pathogen-specific CD8+ and CD4+T effector cells and delineated several unique properties pertaining to the temporospatial organization of chemokine expression patterns, synthesis and secretion kinetics, and cooperative regulation. Collectively, our results position the “T cell chemokine response” as a notably prominent, largely invariant, yet distinctive force at the forefront of pathogen-specific effector T cell activities and establish novel practical and conceptual approaches that may serve as a foundation for future investigations into the role of T cell–produced chemokines in infectious and other diseases.
Efficient Expansion of Human Granzyme B–Expressing B Cells with Potent Regulatory Properties
Authors: Chesneau Mélanie , Mai Hoa Le , Danger Richard , Le Bot Sabine , Nguyen Thi-Van-Ha , Bernard Josselin , Poullaouec Cyrielle , Guerrif Pierrick , Conchon Sophie , Giral Magali , Charreau Béatrice , Degauque Nicolas , Brouard Sophie
Published: September 2020

Granzyme B–expressing B cells have been shown to be an important regulatory B cell subset in humans. However, it is unclear which subpopulations of B cells express GZMB under normal conditions and which protocols effectively induce ex vivo expansion of GZMB+ B cells. We found that in the peripheral blood of normal individuals, plasmablasts were the major B cell subpopulation that expressed GZMB. However, when using an in vitro plasmablast differentiation protocol, we obtained only 2% GZMB+ B cells. Nevertheless, using an expansion mixture containing IL-21, anti-BCR, CpG oligodeoxynucleotide, CD40L, and IL-2, we were able to obtain more than 90% GZMB+ B cells after 3 d culture. GZMB+ B cells obtained through this protocol suppressed the proliferation of autologous and allogenic CD4+CD25− effector T cells. The suppressive effect of GZMB+ B cells was partially GZMB dependent and totally contact dependent but was not associated with an increase in effector T cell apoptosis or uptake of GZMB by effector T cells. Interestingly, we showed that GZMB produced by B cells promoted GZMB+ B cell proliferation in ERK1/2-dependent manner, facilitating GZMB+ B cell expansion. However, GZMB+ B cells tended to undergo apoptosis after prolonged stimulation, which may be considered a negative feedback mechanism to limit their uncontrolled expansion. Finally, we found that expanded GZMB+ B cells exhibited a regulatory phenotype and were enriched in CD307bhi, CD258hiCD72hi, and CD21loPD-1hi B cell subpopulations. Our study, to our knowledge, provides new insight into biology of GZMB+ B cells and an efficient method to expand GZMB+ B cells for future cell therapy applications.
Evolving concepts in disseminating medical science and the challenge of COVID-19
Authors: Angelini Annalisa , Vescovo Mariavittoria , Vescovo Giorgio
Published: September 2020

Spreading medical science to the scientific community is a must for benefitting the health of the world population. However, it represents, at the same time, an evolution in teaching, an improvement in research capability, and it promotes amelioration of experience and knowledge of doctors and scientists. When this is accomplished, our mission can be considered successful...
Empathy as core to the development of holding and recognition: the case of Garret
Authors: Knight Zelda Gillian
Published: September 2020

Heinz Kohut investigated empathy in psychoanalysis in the mid-1950s and found it to be a powerful way to connect to, and be with, his patients. Since then, relatively few recent clinical cases of empathy have emerged, while theoretical discussion of empathy seems to be the norm. Moreover, empathy has not been linked to the development of holding and recognition. The Winnicottian notion of the holding metaphor, which describes the mother holding her infant, has been controversial but continues to be used in therapy. Revised by relational theorists, holding is now viewed as co-created within the intersubjective space. Few recent clinical cases exist showing how and what holding looks like in therapy. The concept of recognition, also used in therapy, is defined as the ability to recognize and experience the other as a separate other. Clinical cases showing recognition in therapy are few in number. As far as I know, no clinical cases suggest that empathy is necessary before holding and recognition can emerge. In this paper, identifying these clinical case gaps in the literature, I describe a small verbatim section of a session with my patient, Garret, in which I attempt to; i) show the empathic process, thus adding to the scarcity of clinical cases, and, ii) show the experience of holding and recognition as they emerge in this case, and iii) suggest that empathy is a necessary core process to the development of the experience of holding and recognition.
Epidemiological patterns of patients managed for cleft lip and palate during free outreach camps at a peripheral hospital in Kenya
Authors: Mukami Gathariki , Angela Muoki , Wanjala Nang'ole Ferdinand
Published: September 2020

Context:

Clefts involving lip and palate are the most common craniofacial anomalies. The prevalence varies widely according to various factors. There is a paucity of epidemiological data on cleft deformities in African populations.

Aims:

The aim was to determine the epidemiological patterns of patients managed for cleft lip and palate during free outreach camps in Kenya and subsequently compare it with other studies done nationally, regionally, and internationally.

Design:

Prospective Cohort Study.

Subjects and Methods:

This was a prospective cohort study. Data were collected during five cleft surgery outreach camps held at Kitale County Referral Hospital in Trans-Nzoia County, Kenya, between January 2016 and January 2018.

Statistical Analysis Used:

The study was statistically analyzed by the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences Windows version 21 software for descriptive characteristics.

Results:

A total of 84 patients were reviewed, of which 74 underwent surgical management. The study population included nine different Counties in Kenya (with one patient from Uganda) and were reported to have traveled between 3 and 450 km. The age range was from 5 weeks to 35 years with patients below 2 years of age making up the majority (58.3%). There was a male preponderance (61.9%). The most common cleft deformities were cleft lip (46.4%), cleft lip and palate (34.6%), and cleft palate (15.5%). Unilateral clefts were commonly left-sided (62%). Sex distribution varied with clinical diagnosis, and familial and syndromic association was rare.

Conclusions:

More initiative programs are recommended to address the unmet medical and surgical needs of the cleft deformities in various parts of the region.
Multivariate statistical analysis applied to assess the dispersion of contaminants in a mining tailings basin in the semiarid region of Bahia – Brazil
Authors: Santos Nelize Lima , Gomes Maria Da Conceição Rabelo , Anjos José Ângelo Sebastião Araújo dos , Cunha Fernanda Gonçalves
Published: September 2020

This study employed multivariate analysis techniques to identify and evaluate the chemical variables responsible for the contamination of the urban area of Boquira, Bahia, due to the abandonment of the tailings basin of Pb-Zn mining, in order to assist in the environmental management of the area. Factor analysis was performed on main and grouping components. The factor analysis allowed grouping the variables into two main factors for street sediment samples, adding up to 72% of the total accumulated variance, and three factors for house dust samples, which explained 77% of the total variance. The variables have a strong correlation with the composition of the tailings basin. Cluster analysis classified the samples according to the concentration of metals in the area, where the influence of the tailings basin and the natural background of the region's rocks in the contamination distribution can be identified.