bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Renal Tubular Damage Marker, Urinary N-acetyl-β-D-Glucosaminidase, as a Predictive Marker of Hepatic Fibrosis in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Authors: Kim Hae Kyung , Lee Minyoung , Lee Yong-ho , Kang Eun Seok , Cha Bong-Soo , Lee Byung-Wan
Published: July 2021

Background: Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis is closely associated with the progression of diabetic kidney disease (DKD) in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). We investigated whether urinary N-acetyl-β-D-glucosaminidase (u-NAG), an early renal tubular damage biomarker in DKD, could be related to the degree of hepatic fibrosis in patients with T2DM.Methods: A total of 300 patients with T2DM were enrolled in this study. Hepatic steatosis and fibrosis were determined using transient elastography. The levels of urinary biomarkers, including u-NAG, albumin, protein, and creatinine, and glucometabolic parameters were measured.Results: Based on the median value of the u-NAG to creatinine ratio (u-NCR), subjects were divided into low and high u-NCR groups. The high u-NCR group showed a significantly longer duration of diabetes, worsened hyperglycemia, and a more enhanced hepatic fibrosis index. A higher u-NCR was associated with a greater odds ratio for the risk of higher hepatic fibrosis stage (F2: odds ratio, 1.99; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.04 to 3.82). Also, u-NCR was an independent predictive marker for more advanced hepatic fibrosis, even after adjusting for several confounding factors (β=1.58, P<0.01).Conclusion: The elevation of u-NAG was independently associated with a higher degree of hepatic fibrosis in patients with T2DM. Considering the common metabolic milieu of renal and hepatic fibrosis in T2DM, the potential use of u-NAG as an effective urinary biomarker reflecting hepatic fibrosis in T2DM needs to be validated in the future.
Comparison of effectiveness of metered dose inhaler with spacer and jet nebulizer in children aged 5–14 years with acute exacerbation of asthma
Authors: Mittal Kundan , Batra Rishabh , Khanna Alok
Published: July 2021

Background:

Asthma is a common and potentially serious chronic disease that imposes a substantial burden on patients, their families, and community. The main treatment of an acute exacerbation includes inhaled short-acting β2-agonists (SABA). The aim of this of study was to compare the effectiveness of metered dose inhaler (MDI) with spacer and jet nebulizer for delivering SABA in children aged 5-14 years presenting to the emergency department with acute asthma.

Subjects and Methods:

One hundred subjects were randomly assigned to receive salbutamol by an MDI with spacer or a nebulizer at fixed intervals. The parameters such as respiratory rate, heart rate, use of accessory muscles, auscultatory findings, peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR), development of tremor, pCO2 on venous blood gas, need for hospital admission, and duration of stay in the emergency department were compared between two groups. Statistical tests used were Student's t-test, Chi-square test, and Fisher's exact test.

Results:

Clinical improvement in the form reduction of respiratory rate, use of accessary muscles, wheeze, and PEFR was comparable between two groups. Increase in heart rate in children with MDI with spacer group was significantly lower (P < 0.001) than that of nebulizer group at all time intervals during the study period. No significant difference was observed for the need of pediatric intensive care unit admission, duration of stay in emergency department, and adverse events between two groups.

Conclusions:

In children aged 5-14 years presenting to the emergency department with acute exacerbation of asthma, the efficacy of MDI with spacer for delivering SABA was comparable with that of nebulizer.
Spontaneous pneumomediastinum and pneumopericardium in a child with severe diabetic ketoacidosis
Authors: Walimbe Ajay , Shankar Guruprasad Hassan , Sarangi Bhakti U. , Sharma Varsha
Published: July 2021

Apart from being the most common endocrine emergency in the pediatric intensive care unit, some clinical manifestations of diabetic ketoacidosis such as vomiting and continued acidotic breathing may, on the rare occasion, lead to unexpected complications such as pneumomediastinum, pneumopericardium, pneumothorax, and subcutaneous emphysema. The differentials for the same include Hamman's syndrome secondary to forceful coughing or Valsalva maneuver, Boerhaave syndrome resulting from forceful vomiting, and even spontaneous air leaks due to severe swings in intrathoracic pressure during Kussmaul breathing, leading to alveolar rupture causing air leak. These complications may have subtle signs as well as a significant overlap in presentation and require a high index of suspicion to diagnose and careful evaluation to differentiate. We hereby report a 3-year-old child with new-onset type 1 diabetes mellitus in severe DKA, leading to pneumomediastinum and pneumopericardium where computed tomography of the thorax helped rule out differentials and the air leak resolved spontaneously with the resolution of acidosis.
PKM MANAJEMEN SUMBER DAYA MANUSIA DAN EDUKASI INTERAKSI LEKSIKAL SADAR WISATA DI DESA DENAI LAMA
Authors: Nasution Sarah , Maysarah Andi , Zulkarnain Mierna , Siregar Lukman Hakim
Published: July 2021

Denai Lama adalah sebuah desa di Kabupaten Deli Serdang yang mempunyai kekayaan alam berupa sawah. Hal tersebut menjadi geliat warga desa untuk membuat suatu kelompok sadar wisata (Pokdarwis) berbasis agrowisata untuk membangun sektor pariwisata yang ada di daerah ini. Pokdarwis ini mempunyai program diantaranya, program pengembangan, penyadaran, dan pembinaan. Program yang berbentuk pengembangan desa wisata yang dilakukan oleh Pokdarwis meliputi Sanggar Lingkaran, Rumah Produksi Oleh-Oleh dan Wisata Paloh Naga. Persoalannya adalah kurangnya minat masyarakat dalam membangun Manajemen Sumber Daya Manusia (MSDM) di bidang soft skill dan service excellent, minimnya komunikasi secara leksikal dengan tutur bahasa dan diksi lokal di Desa Denai Lama dan kurangnya kesadaran hukum masyarakat untuk menciptakan rasa aman di desa wisata. Kegiatan Pengabdian kepada Masyarakat (PkM) ini dilaksanakan dengan metode penyuluhan terkait dengan manajemen Sumber Daya Manusia (SDM), selain itu juga masyarakat diberikan juga pemahaman terkait dengan peningkatan kesadaran hukum masyarakat untuk menciptakan rasa aman bagi wisatawan di daerah wisata dan pelatihan interaksi yang bersifat leksis sebagai wujud mempertahankan budaya Desa Denai Lama. Harapan dari kegiatan PkM ini adalah Pokdarwis Desa Denai Lama dapat mengubah pola pikir masyarakat dan kemandirian masyarakat bahwa melalui ketiga elemen yaitu hukum, manajemen dan bahasa dapat menjadi solusi yang bermanfaat untuk mengembangkan desa wisata, sehingga masyarakat di sekitar desa wisata mampu meningkat secara perekonomian, selalu menjaga dan melestarikan daya tarik wisata di kawasan desa wisata serta merasa memiliki dalam arti pelestarian menuju pariwisata berkelanjutan
PROFIL KEMAMPUAN KETRAMPILAN PROSES SAINS DASAR SISWA MADRASAH ALIYAH AL-FIRDAUS SAMARINDA SETELAH PELATIHAN PENGGUNAAN ALAT UKUR
Authors: Yatnikasari Santi , Asnan Muhammad Noor , Zulkarnain Isnaini
Published: July 2021

Keterampilan proses sains dikembangkan dengan tujuan untuk melatih kreativitas siswa agar dapat berpikir dan menemukan konsep secara mandiri, terampil dan ilmiah dalam memecahkan berbagai masalah. Penerapan keterampilan proses sains dasar adalah upaya untuk mengurangi kesulitan belajar khususnya di bidang sains dengan menggunakan praktikum dalam menggunakan alat ukur. Kegiatan pengabdian masyarakat dilaksanakan di Madrasah Aliyah (MA) Al-Firdaus Samarinda dengan tujuan sebagai sumbangsih ilmu pengetahuan terhadap peningkatan kualitas pendidikan masyarakat. Selain itu untuk melatih siswa menggunakan alat ukur sebagai penerapan keterampilan proses sains dasar. Kegiatan tersebut diikuti oleh 30 siswa, dimulai dengan presentasi, kemudian tim memberikan pendampingan kepada siswa untuk melakukan pengukuran dan pengisian LKS yang telah disediakan, kemudian diberikan angket. Respon siswa menyatakan bahwa materi pelatihan menambah pengetahuan, mudah dipahami dan diterapkan dengan persentase 84,64% dengan kriteria baik. Respon siswa terhadap pelatih dari tim Pengabdian Masyarakat adalah pelatih yang memberikan perhatian, pendampingan dan mempresentasikan materi dengan baik dengan persentase 86,21 dengan kriteria baik. Hasil evaluasi siswa menunjukkan nilai rata-rata 75,2% dengan kriteria cukup baik. Hal tersebut menjadi indikator ketercapaian pada kegiatan pengabdian ini dalam kemampuan penggunaan alat ukur
PELATIHAN BISNIS PENJUALAN ONLINE BAGI ORANG MUDA KATOLIK PAROKI ST. MARIA TUGUMULYO MUSIRAWAS
Authors: Setiawan Antonius Singgih , Chen Ming , Gunawan Andrew , Ratnasari Agatha Septiana Sri , Wijaya Antonny
Published: July 2021

Digitalisasi bisnis penjualan ini merupakan sebuah transformasi bisnis yang signifikan dari yang awalnya bersifat konvensional menjadi virtual. Tujuan besar dari digitalisasi bisnis penjualan ini adalah untuk memberikan kinerja penjualan yang lebih cepat, semakin mendekatkan jarak antara penjual dan pembeli secara virtual dan dapat diakses secara global karena basis utama dalam implementasi digitalisasi bisnis penjualan adalah dengan memanfaatkan teknologi internet. Revolusi industri 4.0 telah membawa dampak pada munculnya praktik digitalisasi ekonomi dan mendorong  berkembangnya praktik bisnis penjualan secara online. Namun demikian, belum semua orang tahu dan paham bagaimana menekuni bisnis penjualan secara online. Oleh karena itu, perlu adanya kegiatan yang mampu memfasilitasi masyarakat guna mendapatkan literasi mengenai usaha bisnis penjualan secara online. Kegiatan ini bertujuan memberikan peningkatan wawasan dan keterampilan Orang Muda Katolik (OMK) St. Maria Tugumulyo mengenai potensi penjualan secara online. Dengan memiliki literasi yang baik tentang bisnis penjualan online, anggota OMK St. Maria Tugumulyo bisa meningkatkan jiwa kewirausahaan mereka dengan memanfaatkan bisnis penjualan secara online.  Metode kegiatan pengabdian dilakukan dengan memberikan pelatihan dan simulasi dalam membuat online shop melalui platform Tokopedia, cara mempromosikan produk, dan cara mengidentifikasi pemasok. Hasil pengabdian menunjukkan dampak positif atas pikiran dan pandangan para peserta dalam hal pilihan bisnis pada masa kini. Peserta mulai memiliki pikiran terbuka untuk memanfaatkan teknolgi internet dalam membuat bisnis yang dapat memberikan tambahan penghasilan
SOSIALISASI SISTEM INFORMASI BERBASIS WEB DALAM MENINGKATKAN PENGELOLAAN DATA AKADEMIK SEKOLAH MENENGAH KEJURUAN MADANI MARENDAL I
Authors: Wulandari Heni , Suherman Suherman , Razali Razali
Published: July 2021

Sistem Informasi Berbasis Website dapat menjadi sebuah revolusi publikasi dalam membuka jangkauan informasi yang lebih luas lagi untuk menyampaikan berbagai jenis informasi mengenai sekolah sebagai upaya untuk meningkatkan efektifitas dan efisisensi dan dikembangkan untuk memecahkan permasalahan yang dihadapi pihak administrasi dan guru khususnya dalam mengelola data akademik sekolah. Sekolah Menengah Kejuruan (SMK) Madani Marendal I sudah memiliki sarana dan prasarana yang memadai, hanya saja belum memanfaatkan Sistem Informasi Berbasis Web, sehingga sekolah tersebut sulit untuk meningkatkan produktivitas pelayanan sekolah yaitu dalam mengelola data sekolah Sistem Informasi Akademik Berbasis Web merupakan solusi yang tepat untuk mewujudkan sebuah sistem informasi yang efektif dan efisien Sistem Informasi..Akademik Berbasis Web sangat berguna dalam memberikan kemudahan baik kepada pengajar ataupun pelajar. Berdasarkan manfaat yang dapat diperoleh dari Sistem Informasi Akademik Berbasis Web ini, maka perlu diadakan sosialisasi di Sekolah Menengah Kejuruan (SMK) Madani Marendal I untuk memberikan pemahaman pentingnya Sistem Informasi Berbasis Web ini dalam upaya meningkatkan pengelolaan data akademik pada Sekolah Menengah Kejuruan (SMK) Madani Marendal I
PELATIHAN KOMUNIKASI YANG EFEKTIF UNTUK MENINGKATKAN KETERAMPILAN IBU PKK RW 20 BUNULREJO MALANG
Authors: Novitasari Ane Fany , Adisaksana Helmy , Batubulan Kadek Suarjuna , Nurtjahjani Fullchis , Agustina Hiqma Nur
Published: July 2021

Banyaknya isu kesalahpahaman dalam penyampaian informasi pada perkembangan teknologi yang semakin meningkat menyebabkan terjadi kesalahpahaman dan berujung pada perselisihan membuat perlunya pedoman pergaulan untuk menjaga kepentingan masing-masing pribadi yang berbeda-beda supaya pihak yang berkepentingan senang, tenang, tentram, terlindungi serta tidak merugikan masyarakat yanga lain. Tujuan dari pengabdian ini adalah memberikan pelatihan komunikasi yang efektif untuk mengembangkan keterampilan berkomunikasi agar tidak terjadi kesalahpahaman dalam berorganisasi. Mitra dalam pengabdian ini adalah ibu-ibu anggota PKK RW 20 Kelurahan Bunulrejo kota Malang. Metode yang digunakan dengan transfer pengetahuan, diskusi dan pembahasan permasalahan yang terjadi. Berdasarkan evaluasi selama kegiatan pengabdian, telah terlihat perkembangan pada ibu-ibu PKK RW 20 dalam berkomunikasi, ibu-ibu mulai teliti dan cermat dalam menyampaikan informasi dalam organisas
Industrial Protection System using Arduino and IoT
Authors: Parvathi A. , Basha S. Imran , Kumar M. Jayanth , Bhagavan B. Chandra Sekhara , Reddy P. Dinesh
Published: July 2021

The Industrial protection system designed using Arduino and IOT mainly focuses on the protection of industries from various losses occurring due to accidents caused due to improper conditions and maintenance. Gas leaks can cause fires that cause huge industrial losses; Instant fire detection is also required in the event of a furnace explosion or other conditions. Additionally, poor lighting in industries can create unsuitable working conditions, increasing the likelihood of accidents. The system uses Arduino to achieve this functionality. The system uses temperature sensors in combination with gas light sensors to detect fires, gas leaks, and low light to prevent industrial accidents and avoid leaks. These setups also work as an anti-theft security system where it utilizes the IR sensor to detect the objects coming in its path. So this IR sensor works with the help of direct incidence of radiation on the photodiode. This IR LED which is placed on one side of the board and the photodiode is placed on the other helps to detect any obstacle or object which comes closer to contact with it. This object detection is indicated with the help of an alarm to notify us. The system consists of light, gas, and temperature sensors interconnected with Arduino and LCD screens. Sensor data is constantly scanned to record values and check for fire, gas leaks, or poor lighting, and then this data is transmitted online. The Wi-fi module is used to achieve internet functionality. The Blynk server then displays this information online, to achieve the desired result.
O atendimento educacional domiciliar como ferramenta de inclusão da criança e do adolescente
Authors: Silva Cleverson Ramom Carvalho , Santos Alessandra Alves Mendonça dos
Published: July 2021

Enfermidades frequentemente impedem crianças e adolescentes de manter a regularidade da aprendizagem escolar, o que pode comprometer o rendimento nos estudos. Diante disso, o Atendimento Educacional Domiciliar (AED), promovido em escolas de educação básica, busca atender alunos que encontram-se impossibilitados de se deslocar até a instituição de ensino. Nesse contexto, o objetivo geral deste trabalho é analisar como o AED é efetivado em uma Escola Municipal de Belo Horizonte, MG, enfatizando as barreiras, dificuldades e possíveis propostas à implementação desta política pública. Para a realização do estudo, foram conduzidas entrevistas semi-estruturadas com gestoras e professoras responsáveis por esse atendimento. Os principais resultados apontam para as barreiras e desafios à plena execução do AED na escola analisada, quais sejam: desintegração entre os profissionais da saúde e da educação, falta de divulgação do serviço, capacitação dos docentes envolvidos, dentre outros.
Infância e aprendizagem: reflexões sobre o se-movimentar em tempos de pandemia
Authors: Basei Andréia Paula
Published: July 2021

O objetivo deste texto é refletir sobre as potencialidades da educação pelo se-movimentar no âmbito da infância na complexidade do mundo atual, tendo como referência a importância da experiência e do saber da experiência para a aprendizagem e desenvolvimento das crianças presente na literatura da área. Deste contexto emergem as considerações que são organizadas em três partes. A primeira faz uma abordagem revisitando conceitos que fundamentam o campo educacional em sentido amplo, relacionados aos direitos à educação das crianças. A segunda retoma os conceitos de experiência e saber da experiência aproximando-os a área de estudo da educação física, o movimento humano. E a terceira, fundamentada nestas perspectivas busca refletir sobre o se-movimentar das crianças em um momento ímpar da história da sociedade contemporânea: a pandemia da COVID-19 em 2020. Destacam-se momentos que a crise tem gerado, caminhos e ações do processo em andamento e a necessidade de respeitar as especificidades e necessidades da infância, identificando as potencialidades existentes no contexto atual.
A dimensão da técnica no processo de ensino do balé clássico
Authors: Gaspar Leticia Junqueira da Silva , Oliveira Rogério Cruz de
Published: July 2021

O estudo objetivou a análise da compreensão de professores de Balé Clássico sobre a dimensão da técnica nos processos de ensino do balé. Para isso, desenvolveu-se uma pesquisa descritiva de abordagem qualitativa, na qual participaram 5 professores de Balé Clássico. Como instrumento de coleta de dados foi utilizada a entrevista semiestruturada e a análise de dados se deu por categorias não apriorísticas. Através disso, identificaram-se conceitos sobre a técnica e o ensino, sendo caracterizados por serem aliados do Balé Clássico para melhor desenvolvimento dos bailarinos. Dessa maneira, a técnica é expressa como elemento essencial no contexto de alta exigência da modalidade.
Gestión emocional del desempeño de los jugadores de baloncesto
Authors: Soria Maldonado Juan Francisco , Visñay Casillas Luis Stalin , Yepez Herrera Emerson Roberto
Published: July 2021

La situación actual de emergencia sanitaria, ocasionada por la pandemia del COVID-19, obligó a un cambio de hábitos particularmente en la disciplina del baloncesto, en donde el riesgo de contagio resulta inminente. Esta situación, incide en niveles elevados de exigencia a escala emocional en los deportistas. Se estudió la relación entre la inteligencia emocional y el rendimiento deportivo de los jugadores de baloncesto, que entrenan en la Concentración Deportiva de Pichincha. La investigación es mixta, de corte transversal. La recolección de datos se realizó a través del Cuestionario de Inteligencia Emocional en el Deporte, de Salovey y Mayer, que muestra un valor de consistencia interna de Alpha de Cronbach de 0,86. Para valorar el rendimiento deportivo se utilizó una escala cuantitativa, que considera la efectividad en términos de balones encestados, técnica, táctica y tiempo de juego. Con la finalidad de facilitar el procesamiento de datos, se calcularon índices de inteligencia emocional a través del análisis de componentes principales no lineales, que cuantifica las variables categóricas. En las condiciones actuales de pandemia, no existe relación significativa entre las dos variables. Sin embargo, la gestión emocional del desempeño en los jugadores de baloncesto, contempla una serie de variables antes, durante y después de una competición, que deben ser tomadas en cuenta en la planificación del macrociclo para lograr incrementos progresivos y sostenidos de rendimiento, durante los entrenamientos y las competencias.
El animus de Francesco Petrarca: Materiales para una reconstrucción del vínculo de lo humano con el mundo [The animus of Francesco Petrarca: Materials for a reconstruction of the relation between the human and the world]
Authors: Jiménez Vargas Alvaro Patricio
Published: July 2021

El signo de los tiempos indica una crisis existencial en la cultura occidental que se presenta, primero, hay una discontinuidad entre la experiencia subjetiva y el mundo, que a su vez se despliega en el mundo, específicamente en las problemáticas descritas en su dimensión ecológica y productiva. Por otro parte, hemos sido testigos del desplome de las narrativas que pretendieron cohesionar el mundo en un relato universal. En ese estado de cosas, este texto plantea la necesidad de incorporar narrativas capaces de actuar en todos los niveles de profundidad en los que opera el problema que aqueja a la humanidad contemporánea. Por ese motivo se revisarán los alcances ontológicos descritos en un soneto del poeta italiano Francesco Petrarca para conocer el estatuto de la humanidad en la cosmovisión del Renacimiento, gracias a la comprensión de su órgano primordial que es el corazón, el hegemonikon. Gracias a esto Occidente tiene la oportunidad de incorporar esta pieza perdida en la historia, lo cual proveerá nuevos materiales que provienen de una cosmovisión en la que lo humano estuvo arraigado al cosmos, todo para responder a un problema que es primeramente ontológico, es decir, que interroga la naturaleza y los alcances de la humanidad.
memoria diasporizada
Authors: Alvarez Gila Oscar
Published: July 2021

Este artículo pretende establecer una clasificación y cronología de las diferentes iniciativas llevadas a cabo desde inicios de la década de 1990 en favor de la localización, conservación y difusión del patrimonio documental relativo a la diáspora vasca, y muy especialmente a la producida en torno a las grandes migraciones desde mediados del siglo XIX, una de cuyas principales evidencias se vincula a la creación de una red de entidades asociativas de todo tipo, que han dejado un patrimonio material y documental de difícil localización y peor conservación. El trabajo aborda las sucesivas acciones puestas en marcha por diversos agentes políticos, culturales y sociales en el propio País Vasco y en su diáspora, que culminaron en 2019 con la inauguración del Archivo de la Diáspora Vasca, así como las posibilidades que esta iniciativa ofrece para el conocimiento, investigación y difusión de dicho patrimonio.
The Ellison Unitary Model in Conflict Resolution Training
Authors: Rice Claire , Hunt Deryl
Published: July 2021

The Ellison Model Executive Mentoring Inclusive Community Building Model (The Ellison Model) is used in training people to initiate and implement inclusive community building (ICB) projects using executives and professionals from a variety of fields and industries to mentor university and pre-college students, all serving as mentors at each succeeding level of function. The model promotes ethical values and inclusion in community development. Participants at ICB conferences receive conflict resolution, relationship management and cultural sensitivity/diversity training through interactive and dramatic techniques. This essay examines the theoretical premises upon which The Model bases its philosophies. Theories examining the nexus between culture and conflict are also explored. Conflict resolution as a unitary process (from the individual perspective) is also discussed within the context of relationship management.
The Role of Silence and Avoidance in Interpersonal Conflict
Authors: Georgakopoulos Alexia
Published: July 2021

Conflict is an inevitable process in relationships. Effective strategies must be used to manage conflict accordingly. If one is to understand how to incorporate effective strategies when dealing with conflict, the emotional experience related to conflict must be understood. The expression of anger is the emotion most associated with conflict; therefore, anger is an important emotion in the assessment of conflict. Anger is associated with arousal that may be traced to have its roots in the evolution of humankind. The emotion of anger is in part biological which links it to dispositional properties and to another extent largely communicative as it has expressive properties. From a communication perspective, fight and flight responses can be modified to contribute to more productive forms of conflict management. This paper argues that avoidance and silence are strategies that are viewed negatively in Western Cultures; however, these strategies can in fact be effective strategies in promoting peace in relationships when conflict arises. Peace and Conflict Studies - 85
Editor’s Reflections: Developing New Programs in Peace and Conflict Studies
Authors: Yang Honggang
Published: July 2021

The field of peace and conflict studies has grown remarkably around the globe over the past few decades. In this new millennium, there will be a greater number of educational offerings being considered or launched in various higher education institutions, for the community and the world are in need of such interdisciplinary inquiries and multi-professional applications. As a long-time academic facilitator and administrator, I would like to take this opportunity to share with the PCS readers some of my experiences and observations in this arena, from an administrative and financial perspective. My hope is to assist colleagues and students in initiating more programs in peace and conflict studies across campuses.
Culture, Rhetoric, and Reconciliation: The Place of Language in the Northern Irish Conflict and Peace Process (1998-2002)
Authors: Dougherty Jennifer
Published: July 2021

Alterations in public discourse towards multiculturalism, reconciliation and liberal democracy at the national level in Northern Ireland are evident from 1998 - 2002, but to what end? To what extent did language play a positive role in the Northern Ireland peace process? Recognizing that language does not tell the whole story of the Northern Irish experience of the Troubles or current peace process, the author highlights how language, as a transmitter and constitutor of culture, has played a role as a signifier of potential conflict, peace and progress (or lack thereof). In particular, the author considers several texts including excerpts from speeches given by Noble Prize Winners—the former First Minister David Trimble and former SDLP leader, John Hume; an IRA apology, Bloody Sunday Inquiry and the Belfast Agreement; and several selections from the work of Northern Irish poets Seamus Heaney and Eavan Boland.
How Do We Educate for Peace? Study of narratives of Jewish and Palestinian peace activists
Authors: Bekerman Zvi , Maoz Ifat , Sheftel Mara
Published: July 2021

The present analysis focuses on the personal narratives of peace activists, the facilitators of reconciliation-aimed dialogues between two ethno-national groups in a situation of asymmetrical conflict: Jews and Palestinians. It puts forward the idea that these peace activists bring a wealth of knowledge from their personal and professional narratives to bear on their strategies and practices of social transformation. We posit that foregrounding this knowledge through the analysis of these narratives not only affords a better understanding of their theoretical perspectives, their practices, aims and goals of social change but also can greatly contribute to our better understanding of peace education processes in general and in particular to a consideration of the ways peace activists experience and creatively deal with the dilemmas and challenges they confront in their transformational work.
The History of the Professionalization of Social Work: Lesson for the Field of Conflict Resolution
Authors: Hansen Toran
Published: July 2021

The disciplines of conflict resolution and social work are similar in a variety of ways. Both fields are established on a tradition of altruistic volunteers and professionals, who in seek flexible solutions to complex social problems, and both have an interdisciplinary knowledge base that is grounded in practice as well as academic theory. From 1900 to 1930, the field of social work underwent a transition from a loosely organized, volunteer-driven, disconnected group of dedicated individuals to a cohesive network of paid professionals with standards for practice and education. This paper explores that transition in social work and draws lessons from it for the field of conflict resolution, to project how the process of professionalization could affect conflict resolution.
“Faith, Crown and State”: Contemporary Discourses within the Orange Order in Northern Ireland
Authors: McAuley James , Tonge Jonathan
Published: July 2021

Despite a decline in membership in recent decades the Orange Order remains one of the largest and most significant organisations within civil society in Northern Ireland, representing a significant proportion of the Protestant population. The Orange Order claims a moral and political rationale to opposition to the 1998 Good Friday Agreement and many of the political consequences that have followed. Drawing upon a large membership survey of the Orange institution (the first such survey ever undertaken), and abetted by in-depth semi-structured interviews, this paper examines core political and social attitudes of Orange Order members in a post-conflict environment. It identifies core discourses on offer within Orangeism, and how these structure responses to contemporary events. It concludes that the maintenance of “traditional” discourses within the Orange Order (seen by its critics as a barrier to the modernisation of unionism) may be key to its endurance against the odds in a changing political context and increasingly secularized world.
Our Day in Their Shadow: Critical Remembrance, Feminist Science and the Women of the Manhattan Project
Authors: Broadhead Lee-Anne
Published: July 2021

Inspired by the publication of a book celebrating the role of the women in the Manhattan Project, this paper seeks to demonstrate that such an effort – to the extent it accepts and endorses the historical, political and scientific legitimacy of the Project – is both misguided and dangerous. An alternative feminist critique is presented: one respecting the views of those scientists (men and women) who refused to participate or who have sought to challenge the reductionist Western scientific paradigm from which the Bomb emerged. Illumination of the repressive and hierarchal structures requisite for the “birth” of the nuclear age is undertaken and views excised by the official narrative – the voices of wives, daughters and victims – are recalled. In constructing this “counter-narrative”, critical stress is laid on the multiple negative legacies of the Project and the positive requirement for humane, sustainable alternatives to the poisonous technologies often spawned by current forms of scientific inquiry.
The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia: The Promise and Reality of Reconciliation in Croatia
Authors: Parker Sara
Published: July 2021

The international community is increasingly interested in promoting post-conflict reconciliation in a variety of forms, with trials and truth commissions featured most prominently. The contemporary academic discussion over transitional justice (and the practice of transitional justice itself) is largely focused on whether and how these types of large-scale national transitional justice mechanisms contribute to reconciliation. This article examines the promise and reality of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) to contribute to national reconciliation. Ultimately, the ability of state-wide policies to contribute to reconciliation rests on the active participation of local level actors. This requires political backing at the state and local level beyond that of just the international community. More attention needs to be paid to domestic cultural factors in the initial decision to implement state-wide transitional justice procedures, and bottom-up mechanisms must be built into any large scale approach to reconciliation.
The IFI and EU Peace II Fund: Respondents’ Perceptions of Funded Project Success in Promoting Peacebuilding and Community Development in Northern Ireland
Authors: Byrne Sean , Thiessen Chuck , Fissuh Eyob , Irvin Cynthia
Published: July 2021

This article examines the views of ninety-eight study participants on community development and peacebuilding supported by the European Union (EU) Peace II Fund and the International Fund for Ireland (IFI). We elaborate the perceptions of community group leaders, funding agency civil servants and development officers regarding the role of both funds in Northern Ireland. Their experiences of the EU Peace II Fund and the IFI are discussed in the wider context of peacebuilding and reconciliation in Northern Ireland and the Border Counties. Furthermore, this article explores the importance of community development and cross-community contact through joint economic and social development projects.
Daoist Harmony as a Chinese Philosophy and Psychology
Authors: Lee Yueh-Ting , Yang Honggany , Wang Min
Published: July 2021

Based on Lee’s prior research on Daoism (Lee, 2003; Lee, 2004; Lee, Han, Byron and Fan, 2008; Lee and Hu, 1993; Lee, Norasakkunkit, Liu, Zhang and Zhou, 2008), this article first introduces Laozi, Dao, De and Daoism in relation to harmony. Then, Daoist harmony is elaborated in the following areas: (1) the yin-yang oneness, (2) the way it is (natural), (3) wei-wu-wei (or nonintervention), (4) water-like characteristics, (5) love for peace, and (6) tolerance and appreciation of differences. The article concludes with a suggestion for harmony with the external world as well as with fellow human beings.
Triumph after Catastrophe: Church, State and Society in Post-Boxer China, 1900-1937
Authors: Shan Patrick
Published: July 2021

The Boxer Rebellion of 1900, originally a regional anti-Christian and anti-foreign movement in Western Shandong, turned to be a sensational international event, prompting eight great powers to dispatch a large number of troops for its suppression. Ironically, soon after the catastrophe, Christianity entered into a golden age as the number of Chinese converts skyrocketed while the religion enjoyed an unprecedented growth. It was only temporarily halted by the Japanese invasion in 1937. This paper probes the complicated relationship among church, state and society during this historical era. It tries to figure out factors leading to the booming enterprise as it argues that a number of reasons had contributed to the new phenomenon, such as governmental preferential policies, liberal political and social milieu, missionaries’ new strategies, indigenous Christian efforts, and tenacious accommodations by Chinese believers.
On the Cusp of Water War: A Diagnostic Account of the Volatile Geopolitics of the Middle East
Authors: Abukhater Ahmed
Published: July 2021

This paper provides a diagnostic account of the nature and severity of the trans-boundary water resources conflict in the Middle East and how it is intertwined with issues of high politics. The concepts and analytical framework provided in this paper represent universal principles that, while applying to the Middle East water conflict, are also reflective of and applicable to many other disputes over natural resources around the world. This aspect about the research is particularly of great interest to the quest and scope of many other researches, considering the Palestinian-Israeli conflict is regarded as the sine qua non from which many troubling aspects emanate in different part of the Middle East and beyond. By outlining the problem and the root causes and nature of the water crisis in arid regions, this paper seeks to provide evidence of lack of equitable water sharing in the status quo water allocation and ample justification for the need to apply equitable principles to promote cooperation and peace. More precisely, this research will reflect on the way in which conflicting representations of hydrological resources have created tension, conflict, and injustice in general, with particular emphasis on the Middle East water conflict issues of the occupied territories, namely the Palestinian territories and the Golan Heights.
Nigeria’s Niger Delta: Militia Violence, Amnesty, and Energy Security
Authors: Ibaba Ibaba
Published: July 2021

This paper discusses the interface between violence in the Niger Delta, global energy security and amnesty granted to armed groups by the Nigerian government. The author notes the impact of the violence on energy infrastructure and brings to the fore how the violence endangers energy security. Thus far, a major concern is that the amnesty program will fail because it was not preceded by negotiations between the government and combatants. The author questions this view and points outs that before the amnesty proclamation, several negotiations through committees and commissions involving stakeholders had been done. The paper thus argues that it cannot be entirely correct to conclude that there were no negotiations before the amnesty program was proclaimed. Further, it argues that the issue of negotiation cannot be as important as the failure of government to tackle the fundamental issues which triggered the conflict. The deepening of the country’s democracy to ensure that votes count at elections is seen as the most likely option to guarantee the success of the amnesty program and secure the region and energy security.
Asymmetry in Cross-Conflict Collaboration: Is There a Gender Factor?
Authors: Golan Galia
Published: July 2021

Asymmetry of power is an acknowledged phenomenon in negotiation, and there are a number of devices for dealing with it. Similarly, alternative dispute resolution seeks to neutralize asymmetry of power by using an interest-based model of cross-conflict collaboration, but research has indicated that asymmetry persists nonetheless. The role of gender in negotiation has been researched, and to a far lesser degree, also with regard to alternative dispute resolution. Some of the gender in negotiation research has introduced the element of asymmetry of power as well. Prompted by the highlighting of asymmetry in Israeli-Palestinian all-women alternative dispute resolution (cross-conflict collaboration), the present article seeks to determine the role of gender, comparing asymmetry in mixed groups with all-women’s groups. A qualitative analysis, based on observations over decades of personal experience, finds only differences of degree rather than essence between predominantly-male mixed and all-women’s groups regarding the effects of asymmetry. The major exception to this lies in the centrality accorded the phenomenon by women but not by men, possibly attributable to gender differences in group relations and also the feminist character of the all-female groups.
The Israeli-Palestinian Oslo Process: A Prenegotiation Perspective
Authors: Schiff Amira
Published: July 2021

In this paper, I explore the prenegotiation process between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), which extended over eight months in 1993 and ended with the signing of the Declaration of Principles (DOP) in September of that year. During this period, the parties committed to recognize each other and conduct future negotiations with the aim of ending a century of conflict. The DOP was considered a significant breakthrough in Israeli-Palestinian relations. Scholars of Conflict Resolution typically view the discussions that led to the DOP as a positive example of how antagonists in ethno-national conflicts begin a course of constructive dialogue and conciliation. Applying prenegotiation theory, I question this assumption and argue that the prenegotiation process that took place between January and August 1993 leading the parties to commit to official negotiations and sign the DOP was in fact no more than a means of conflict management adjusting to contemporary circumstances. The research will uncover the factors that brought the leaders of both parties to consider negotiation and move towards accepting it as the best option at their disposal. I explore the functions that the prenegotiation performed and discuss how both parties failed to ensure that the necessary prenegotiation functions of the process were exhausted. Thus, my analysis indicates that the failure of the Oslo process, which began with the signing of the DOP, was inherent in the process's flawed basis.
Linking Process to Outcome: Implicit Norms in a Cross-Cultural Dialogue Program
Authors: Ross Karen
Published: July 2021

This paper examines the link between dialogue mechanisms and potential outcomes. Using the “Soliya Connect Program” as a case study, I focus specifically on dialogue norms, distinguishing between explicit and implicit norms of dialogue, and examine how these norms shape the dialogue space. My analysis suggests that as dialogue mechanisms, these norms both enable and constrain participants’ comfort in expressing themselves, and thus can significantly affect the outcomes of the dialogue process.
The Role of Youth in Post Accord Transformation in Northern Ireland
Authors: Ellison Christine
Published: July 2021

Despite increased international interest in the contribution of education to peacebuilding, there has been a neglect of the role that non-formal youth programming can play in this process. This article examines three such youth programmes in post-accord Northern Ireland through the theoretical lens of their contribution to social, economic and political transformations. Given the sustained context of segregation and limitations of the formal education sector as a mechanism for transformation, the paper argues that the non-formal sector has played an important role in ensuring inclusion of multiple youth perspectives in a divided society. It also raises a number of critical questions regarding the politics of multiple youth representation and the strength of genuine commitment to peacebuilding in terms of conflict transformation.
Como você começou? A iniciação musical de quatro ícones da música paraense
Authors: Vicari Júlio Cesar , De Souza Filho Erasmo Borges
Published: July 2021

Para a elaboração desse artigo, a produção do documentário Música no Pará, que será um produto realizado após a conclusão da dissertação de mestrado na qual esta pesquisa faz parte, iniciou em 2013, com o registro audiovisual de várias entrevistas, sendo essas apenas uma parte, com profissionais como cantores, músicos, produtores e técnicos regionais. Essas entrevistas resultaram em um material extenso, com uma gama de informação enorme, dificultando, em primeira análise, identificar em cada resposta, o momento exato em vídeo, a frase ou a palavra que significasse a realidade e a verdade buscada para a realização do filme. Esta identificação é necessária pois seria impossível utilizar todo o conteúdo registrado que resultaria em um filme com muitas horas de duração. Em meio a essa dificuldade, encontrou-se uma forma de analisar o conteúdo de cada resposta, identificando o momento ou os momentos exatos em que o entrevistado globalize todos os significados proferidos, possível de interpretação pelo público que assistirá ao produto. Através dos estudos baseados nos conceitos semióticos proferidos por Greimas, percebeu- se a possibilidade de, através da análise discursiva, analisar e identificar as oposições semânticas definindo o discurso. Com essa possibilidade, pode-se criar um roteiro de edição e montagem para o filme. O objetivo dessa pesquisa é criar uma ferramenta que viabilize a análise discursiva de questionamentos e respostas registrados em entrevistas, onde o método utilizado será um estudo exploratório de natureza qualitativa, compreendendo entrevistas de profundidade com especialistas, buscando assim descobrir o motivo principal que possibilitou, incentivou ou permitiu o início da carreira musical dos entrevistados. A principal utilidade das entrevistas de profundidade é a pesquisa exploratória, que proporciona análise pessoal e entendimento. As entrevistas foram realizadas pelo próprio pesquisador, individualmente ou com grupos de pessoas que formam um grupo musical, seguindo um roteiro preestabelecido cujos dados foram registrados em audiovisual.
Improving patient care from the rheumatology perspective
Authors: by PANLAR Global Rheumatology
Published: July 2021

In early 2000, the Institute of Medicine of the United States published the results of an investigation carried out on medical errors in hospital patients. The report, entitled “To Err is Human”, concluded that between 44,000 and 98,000 people died annually in U.S. hospitals as a result of errors that occurred in the care process. This figure was even higher than the mortality caused by traffic accidents, breast cancer or HIV at the time. Since then, highly effective interventions have been developed and adopted to prevent these safety-related outcomes for our patients, extending beyond the hospital setting to include outpatient care and, of course, the rheumatology practice.
Instrumentos para la evaluación de la calidad de vida de adultos mayores. Un estudio de revisión bibliográfica
Authors: Lucero Juan Francisco Vélez
Published: July 2021

Introducción: Estudiar la calidad de vida de las personas adultas mayores aporta estadísticamente al desarrollo biopsicosocial en Latinoamérica; al mismo tiempo, permite evaluar la eficacia de los servicios públicos/privados, contexto económico, sociocultural y familiar. Objetivo: Realizar una revisión reflexiva de instrumentos que valoran la calidad de vida de las personas adultas mayores; mediante la abstracción de las investigaciones publicadas en los repositorios digitales. Método: A través de la revisión bibliográfica de estudios científicos, exclusivamente de población adulta mayor, que validan los instrumentos en base a su consistencia interna; en idioma inglés, portugués y español. Seis repositorios digitales fueron elegidos para realizar la búsqueda: Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed, Springer, ResearchGate y Scholar Google. Resultados: Se establecieron cinco instrumentos que demostraron tener respaldo científico y aplicabilidad en personas adultas mayores, cuestionario WHOQOL-BREF, cuestionario WHOQOL-OLD, cuestionario OPQOL-35, cuestionario SODA y cuestionario WOOP. Conclusiones: Los resultados mostraron que el WHOQOL-OLD y WHOQOL-BREF son útiles en pacientes clínicos, institucionalizados, con prevalencia de enfermedades y personas adultas mayores en general. Entre otros hallazgos, los cuestionarios (OPQOL-35, SODA y WOOP) son relativamente actuales, pero expusieron grandes aportes al establecer nuevas dimensiones de satisfacción personal que se encuentran relacionados con la calidad de vida en la población adulta mayor.