bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
International Women’s Day and its role in the consolidation of the female socialist worker’s movement in Moravia before 1914
Authors:   Mgr., Ph. D., Moravian Museum, History department, Brno, Czech Republic, Krutílková Hana
Published: November 2021

During the last years before WW1 the gender strategy of Moravian socialists started to follow the concept of new socialist woman. This effort was realized in several specific measures, first of all the introduction of International Women’s Day, the re-establishment of women’s party conferences and establishment of women’s political organizations. The new holiday helped revive the fading working-women’s socialist movement in Moravia during the years before WWI. It became an effective tool which helped both competing socialist parties – autonomists and centralists – to keep pace with growing competition of women’s interest associations of Catholics and The People’s Progressive Party. Thanks to the revival of women’s suffrage demands the Social Democracy could partly present itself as a protesting party again. The introduction of International Women’s Day led to the consolidation of disrupted women’s campaigning centres and partly also to spreading to new regions. However, the new holiday did not solve all the problems. Just as in previous years, especially women from the countryside remained resistant to socialist activities, due both to the lasting gender prejudices within their own party and the different political orientation of potential sympathisers.
“I couldn't live without my factory now” The recruitment of women into the workforce in Communist Czechoslovakia in the 1950s
Authors:   Department of History, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic, Nečasová Denisa
Published: November 2021

This paper provides a gender analysis of the recruitment campaigns aimed at bringing women into the workforce in Czechoslovakia in the 1950s. This period was noteworthy for the intensity of the recruitment campaigns and for the image of the female worker, which contrasted markedly with traditional ideas of femininity. In later years as the campaign lost its intensity the discourse construction more often reflected other images of the new socialist woman, particularly in terms of their private lives. Methodologically, this is a cultural-historical study based on gender analysis and critical discourse analysis. The sources are largely made up of periodicals from the time and instructional pamphlets for women, as well as archive material from the Central Committee of the Czechoslovak Communist Party and mass organizations for women.
Tourism. Retrotopian Time-Travel (part one)
Authors:   Mgr., postgraduate, University of Ostrava, Faculty of Arts, Department of History, Czech Republic, Pezda Jan
Published: November 2021

The study historicizes the phenomenon of the tourism as a purely modern variety of the mobility of which inner morphology began to take form at the turn of the 19th century. First, the study draws on the innovative approach of Hasso Spode, historian of mentality, who has a profound influence over contemporary research of the history of tourism in German historiography. Using his theoretical framing, the study discloses how a travel that, from the late 18th century, had a diverse set of motives, experiences, ideas and practices, started to be cemented by a psychomental foundation: the tourist gaze. Then, the study interprets tourism as the product of spatialization of time and temporalization of space. Finally, the article, using Zygmunt Bauman´s theoretical conception of “retrotopia“, clips today´s form of tourism together with its primordial form and leads to the conclusion that tourism as a controversial phenomenon of modern times is endowed with human nostalgia, romance, a never-ending desire for authenticity as well as an eternal obsession with the idea of “progress” encompassing also utopian notions.
IRMÃO VOTA EM PASTOR: Eleições de 2012 a 2020 em Recife
Authors: Brandão Rafael Ribeiro
Published: November 2021

A expressão “irmão vota em irmão” é famosa no meio dos cristãos evangélicos e, conforme reportagem do website do G1 da Globo, em 2020 houve um crescimento no número de candidatos que concorreram às eleições daquele ano usando títulos religiosos. Na disputa para prefeitura de Recife existiram algumas polêmicas envolvendo o campo religioso, entretanto, foi na disputa para vereadores que vimos que os irmãos perderam espaço para pastor na cadeira da Câmara Municipal.  A importância deste estudo reside, principalmente, na compreensão dos conceitos de laicidade e quanto isso pode influenciar nas decisões políticas de uma cidade ou mesmo de um país. Sendo nosso objetivo problematizar o avanço evangélico na disputa eleitoral municipal de Recife, refletir e aprofundar a relação religião, republicanismo e esfera pública em termos históricos e conceituais e analisar a relação dos candidatos com títulos religiosos e quanto isso se reverteu em conquista eleitoral.
The importance of physical and social activity in the process of positive aging
Authors: Rokicki Andrzej
Published: November 2021

The article aims to draw attention to the importance of physical and social activity in the elderly. It emphasizes the need for the care of one’s physical and intellectual condition. It also accentuates the fact that being needed in the family and maintaining a social life is crucial for each senior. The article also stresses the important role that Pope John Paul II fulfilled in intergenerational relations. Peaceful and happy aging is largely dependent on making young people and seniors aware that we must take care of our health in ­advance, and that it is never too late to be active
Accessing the Political Press of the Second Polish Republic on the Internet
Authors: Kristanova Evelina
Published: November 2021

Digital libraries provide an easy and convenient source of data for journalistic academic research. In this paper, the author answers the question of whether the most well-known socio-political Polish press titles published between 1918 and 1939 are available online and to what extent they are fully digitised and accessible in digital libraries. Through media content analysis and the press content analysis methods of Walery Pisarek, all the digital resources available for an ordinary Internet user were browsed. The main role of the analysis was to establish which journals and periodicals were published weekly and as daily newspapers. Also, the nature and political leanings of press publications were taken into consideration (each press title was usually associated with a particular party). At the same time, the texts were profiled as regional, national, Catholic, etc. ­Finally, an attempt to develop a typology of the given titles is made.
Jewish thinkers of the 20th century. In search of identity – Franz Kafka
Authors: Urban Marek
Published: November 2021

Franz Kafka’s life and work have been the subject of many research papers. While the interpreters of his works knew that he was a Jew, they did not always fully realize the significance of this fact. Some would treat this issue as a marginal one, failing to see that it was the pivot of his existence and work. Kafka kept wandering about in search of his own identity. As a lost agnostic who “lapsed” from the hand of God, lived without Him in the darkness of atheism and tried to discern His light, Franz Kafka was not really dependent on any specific religious denomination. However, Judaism is so strongly related to the Mosaic revelation – like Christianity is related to Christ’s Revelation – that it cannot be here omitted or forgotten, as this would result in some misunderstandings. In a sense it is impossible to separate the fact of being Jewish from the religion. Kafka’s life, as well as his writing, resulted from his continual reference to the Absolute. There are two worlds far removed from each other: the world of spirit and the world of man. Kafka believed that there is a world of that which is spiritual, absolute, pure, true, unchanging and indestructible – the world devoid of sin, but full of perfection; therefore, there exists that which man tends to encapsulate in the concept of God.
“DO POVO, PARA O POVO E PELO POVO”: ORIGEM E EXERCÍCIO DA SOBERANIA POPULAR NA TEORIA POLÍTICA CONTEMPORÂNEA
Authors: Rosa Gabriela Rodrigues da Guia
Published: November 2021

Resumo Este artigo aponta as influências do conceito de soberania popular formulado por Rousseau na teoria política contemporânea. Partindo da ideia de que democracia e soberania do povo não estão necessariamente vinculadas, pretendemos mostrar como essa sobreposição está fundamentada em uma concepção de povo próxima da formulação rousseauniana. Além disso, a distinção entre a origem e o exercício do poder político continua produzindo efeitos no modo como pensamos a democracia e a soberania do povo. Mostramos, então, que essa distinção afastou a teoria política das discussões sobre a democracia, a soberania e o poder constituinte do povo.
TECNOLOGIAS DE SABER-PODER SOBRE AS ÁGUAS: A EXPERIÊNCIA DO CONSELHO MUNDIAL DA ÁGUA
Authors: Espinoza Rodrigo de Freitas , Martins Rodrigo Constante
Published: November 2021

Resumo Este trabalho visa caracterizar a produção discursiva do Conselho Mundial da Água, criado em 1996 com o objetivo de debater e mobilizar ações internacionais sobre a água. Para tal tarefa, o artigo desenvolve a análise de documentos e relatórios publicados pelo Conselho e da organização dos Fóruns Mundiais da Água realizados no período, articulando o referencial dos estudos pós-coloniais com a analítica do poder de Michel Foucault, além de utilizar a noção de justificação moral da sociologia pragmática, para compreender os imperativos de discurso no debate internacional sobre meio ambiente.
Punica granatum and amygdalin extracts plus cobalamin combined with albendazole reduce larval burden and myositis in experimental trichinosis
Authors: Esmat Marwa , Abdel-Aal Amany Ahmed , Shalaby Maisa Ahmed , Fahmy Mennat-Elrahman Ahmed , Badawi Manal Abdel Magid , Elmallawany Marwa Adel , Magdy Mona , Afife Adam Ashraf , Shafi Iman Raafat Abdel
Published: November 2021

Abstract Trichinellosis is a zoonosis results from eating raw or semi-cooked meat of infected animals. Medicinal plants have been used lately as alternatives and/or combined therapies to resolve some drawbacks of the current regimens. This work analyzed the effect of albendazole monotherapy on Trichinella spiralis experimental infection (group A), in comparison to P. granatum and amygdalin extracts +cobalamin (group B), plus its combination with albendazole (group C). The study revealed that the extracts alone or combined with albendazole had an inferior effect to albendazole monotherapy regarding number of adult worms (40.83 ±3.82, 18.67 ±1.86 and 16.83 ±2.32, respectively). However, their effect was more obvious in muscle phase combined with albendazole, achieving the lower number of larvae/mL tissue homogenate (22.33 ±3.27 in comparison to 39.67 ±2.58 achieved by albendazole monotherapy). The extracts exerted a significant immunomodulatory effect by reducing the local CD4+ expression in the intestine as well as in muscle phase (1.15 ±0.25 and 3.80 ±0.65 in comparison to 4.97 ±0.37 and 12.20 ±0.87 with albendazole monotherapy, respectively). So, these extracts improved the therapeutic efficacy of albendazole, specifically in muscle phase and counteracted the inflammatory reaction caused by albendazole monotherapy, thus extensively alleviating the resulting myositis.
JUDICIALIZAÇÃO DE MEDICAMENTOS PARA TRATAMENTO DA HEPATITE C NO ESTADO DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL, BRASIL
Authors: Acosta Vinholes Bonnia , Thomasi Jahnke Botton Letícia , Hirdes Alice
Published: November 2021

O artigo tem por objetivo identificar quais motivos levaram as pessoas a buscarem o Poder Judiciário, a fim de obter medicamentos para tratamento da hepatite C. Trata-se de um estudo descritivo transversal, de natureza quantitativa, no qual foram analisados 235 acórdãos e decisões monocráticas proferidas pelo Tribunal de Justiça do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul entre os anos de 2010 e 2020.  Os resultados evidenciam que o principal motivo pelo qual as pessoas recorrem ao Judiciário a fim de obter medicamentos para tratamento da hepatite C é a insuficiência de renda, seguido pelo não atendimento aos requisitos do Protocolo Clínico e Diretrizes Terapêuticas para Hepatite C e Coinfecções, ausência de previsão em lista pública de medicamentos, estoque zerado e medicamento requerido sem registro na ANVISA. Os resultados também apontaram que a judicialização da saúde não é um fenômeno adstrito às pessoas de baixa renda; os medicamentos mais requeridos são a Ribavirina, o Interferon, o Sofosbuvir e o Daclatasvir; o percentual de concessão judicial de medicamentos é de 93,6%. Os dados obtidos levam à conclusão de que há necessidade de reavaliação do Protocolo Clínico e Diretrizes Terapêuticas para Hepatite C e Coinfecções, do Plano Nacional de Hepatites Virais e do Plano para Eliminação da hepatite C.
Weighing up weighted filters
Authors: Eddleston Malcolm
Published: November 2021

In recent years, the understanding of the mechanisms leading to internal erosion in existing embankment dams and advancement in risk assessments have indicated that a number of UK dams have an intolerable risk of internal erosion. A popular risk-reduction approach is to incorporate a retrofit weighted filter to the downstream slope, which improves both internal erosion resistance and slope stability. In developing such designs, great emphasis is rightly placed on the selection of the correct filter grading to resist erosion; however, a variety of factors need to be considered in parallel, which are sometimes not reported and may affect the effectiveness of the filter in providing sufficient risk reduction. This paper highlights some of these factors to ensure that they are fully considered in risk mitigation and designs.
Foundation cutoffs for flood-detention reservoirs
Authors: Pryce Simon , Brown Alan , Rivers Liz
Published: November 2021

In design and periodic safety reviews of flood-detention reservoirs one of the key issues, in terms of sustainability, affordability and safety, is the need for a positive cutoff through foundation strata to prevent internal erosion. Such strata often involve alluvial or terrace deposits, which are of variable composition and lithology. The authors will describe the considerations that affect the decision as to when a positive cutoff such as sheet piles, or a bentonite cutoff wall is required, and conversely when it can be omitted, with the potential consequences of such an omission. The latter is likely to include additional requirements for surveillance and monitoring. The paper will describe the investigations that are necessary to inform that decision, including desk study, understanding geological context, site-specific intrusive investigations and arrangements for inspections and so on during construction. The paper will conclude with key issues to be evaluated in deciding when a positive cutoff is necessary.
Introduction: The Period Products (Free Provision) (Scotland) Act 2021 in the Context of Menstrual Politics and History
Authors: Bildhauer Bettina , Røstvik Camilla Mork , Vostral Sharra L
Published: November 2021

In January 2021, Scotland became the first country in the world to make universal access to free period products a legal right, an initiative which attracted extraordinary international attention. This introduction outlines what is indeed new and ground-breaking about this law from the perspective of the history of menstruation, and what merely continues traditional and widespread conceptions, policies and practices surrounding menstruation. On the basis of an analysis of the parliamentary debates of the Act, we show that it gained broad political support by satisfying a combination of ten different political agendas: (1) promoting gender equality for women, while also (2) acknowledging broader gender diversity; (3) taking practical steps to alleviate one high-profile aspect of poverty at a relatively low overall cost to the state, while also (4) stimulating the production of menstrual products; (5) tackling menstrual stigma; (6) improving access to education; (7) working with grassroots campaigners; (8) improving public health; and (9) accommodating sustainability concerns; as well as (10) the desire to pass world-leading legislation in itself. In each case, we explore the extent to which the political aim is typical of, or departs from, wider trajectories in the history and politics of menstruation, and, where pertinent, trajectories in Scottish political history. The ten agendas in their international context provide kaleidoscopic insight into the current state of menstrual politics and history in Scotland and beyond. This introduction also situates this Special Collection as a whole in relation to the field of Critical Menstruation Studies and provides background information about the legislative process and key terminology in Scottish politics and in the history of menstruation.
Fertilización Fertilización con magnesio en plátano ‘Barraganete’ (Musa AAB) Ecuador
Authors: Cedeño Zambrano José Randy , García Párraga José Vicente , Solórzano Cobeña Cruz Maribel , Jiménez-Flores Luis Alfonso Javier , Ulloa Cortazar Santiago Miguel , López-Mejía Francel Xavier , Avellán Vásquez Leonardo Enrique , Bracho Bravo Belkys Yasmín , Sánchez Urdaneta Adriana Beatriz
Published: November 2021

El cultivo de plátano, es importante por el aporte que genera en la socio-economía y seguridad alimentaria de Ecuador, suministrar alimentos ricos en energía a la mayor parte de la población. Además, se hace necesario realizar manejos de la fertilización que permitan una mejor utilización de este recurso e incrementar los rendimientos. Por ello, se evaluó la fertilización con magnesio en plátano ‘Barraganete’ (Musa AAB), en El Carmen, Manabí, Ecuador. La investigación se condujo en la Granja Experimental ¨Rio Suma¨, Universidad Laica Eloy Alfaro de Manabí, Extensión en El Carmen, ubicada a 260 msnm, temperatura promedio de 24 ºC, precipitación anual de 2.600 mm. Se aplicaron seis niveles de MgO (0, 25, 50, 75, 100, 125 kg·ha-1) para conocer su efecto sobre la morfo-fisiología y el rendimiento de las plantas. Se utilizó un diseño de bloques completamente al azar con seis tratamientos y tres repeticiones; la siembra se realizó con un distanciamiento de 2,50 m x 1,80 m (2.222 plantas·ha-1), evaluadas como medidas repetidas en el tiempo las variables de crecimiento vegetativo. Los resultados demostraron diferencias en todas las variables morfo-fisiológicas lo que demostró que la fertilización con 30% de MgO afectó el crecimiento de las plantas; no obstante, las variables reproductivas no fueron afectadas por las dosis aplicadas; la dosis de 25 kg·ha-1 generaron los mejores rendimientos, eficiencia agronómica y factor parcial de productividad.
The characterisation of sleep and circadian rhythm in neuromyelitis optica
Authors: Elhadd Kariem , Healy Sarah , Gibbons Emily , Kelly Patricia , Linaker Samantha , Manuel Ari , Huda Saif
Published: November 2021

Around a third of a human lifespan is spent in the essential life process of sleep. Disordered sleep is present in 15-35% of adults and is frequently underrecognized and underreported. Sleep disorders are associated with an elevated risk of hypertension, diabetes, obesity, depression, heart attack and stroke. The burden to health care associated with sleep disorders is significant and likely underestimated. Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) is a relapsing autoimmune disorder of the central nervous system characterised by devastating relapses which can result in blindness, disability, and death. Symptomatic narcolepsy is a core feature of the disease and though sleep disruption is common, it has not been systemically studied in large NMOSD cohorts. We present a literature review concerning sleep and circadian rhythm in NMOSD and offer a conceptual model of possible underlying pathophysiological mechanisms with suggestions for future research.
Relationship between plasma free amino acid profiles and changes in Crohn’s disease activity index after administration of an elemental diet in patients with Crohn’s disease
Authors: Chiba Toshimi
Published: November 2021

Purpose: We aimed to elucidate the relationship between plasma free amino acid profiles and changes in the Crohn’s disease activity index (CDAI) among patients with Crohn’s disease (CD) after administration of an elemental diet (ED). Patients and methods: We measured fasting plasma concentrations of free amino acids in 5 patients with CD and evaluated the relationship between amino acid concentration and disease activity at 4 weeks after administration of an ED. Results: Concentrations of valine, lysine, tyrosine, and glutamic acid were significantly increased after administration of an ED. Significant correlations were noted between changes in CDAI scores and valine concentrations. Tryptophan concentrations also exhibited a strong correlation with CDAI scores. Conclusion: In patients with CD, plasma concentrations of valine and tryptophan appear to be associated with disease activity following treatment with an ED.
Effect of Age and Life Characteristics on Variations of the Heart Rate Variability Parameters among Active Manual Workers
Authors: Varga J. , Kardos K. , Nagy I. , Kudasz F. , Szirtes L.
Published: November 2021

Objectives: Due to innovation developments new methods can be applied also in the field of occupational health. Results of physiological measurements carried out in the workplace during work support the observation that age and life characteristics of the examined persons, work environment, working system, the working process significantly influence the changes of heart rate variability (HRV) parameters. These sources of information may be useful in developing health-oriented prevention programs. Methods: The physiological measurements were performed in the workplace in lying (resting) position, during the working process their results (HR, TP, VLF, LH, HF) were processed by correlation and regression analysis and statistically evaluated as a function of age and life characteristics (hypertension, smoking, body mass) and metabolism-syndrome parameters. Results: Evaluation of the results of nearly 4000 physiological measurements carried out in the workplace of more than 1000 participants showed that age had a close positive correlation with heart rate and close negative correlation with the HRV parameters (TP, VLF, LF, and HF). Considering also life characteristics (hypertension, smoking, body mass index, cholesterol, and triglyceride) beside age, can provide useful information which can be beneficial to develop health-oriented prevention programs. Conclusions: The results call attention to the possibilities of applying new methods (like HRV analysis) in the field of occupational health and work safety which can be used in the future in education, research, or organization of work, and for interest the health and safety of workers. The developments are multidisciplinary, complex and require the collaboration of physicians, engineers, computer scientists, and mathematicians.
The Case for Umbilical Cord Screening Via Ultrasound at 18–20 Weeks
Authors: Collins Jason
Published: November 2021

Umbilical cord pathology accounts for 20–25% of stillbirths worldwide. Recent publications suggest that stillbirths could be prevented by routine 18 – 20-week ultrasound evaluations that include the full anatomy of the umbilical cord from the placenta to the fetal umbilicus. This manuscript reviews our current understanding of this field and includes suggestions for the future.
Successful System Implementation of a Communication and Resolution Program
Authors: Pearlman Stephen , Campbell Michele , Lodato Peter
Published: November 2021

Communication and Resolution Programs (CRP) are becoming more commonplace in the United States. ChristianaCare adopted this approach after participating in a demonstration project through the US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality in 2014-5. This paper documents our successful implementation of our CRP and the first five years of our results. Our organization saw increased reporting of medical events, improved patient safety, mitigation of medico-legal risks and improved patient and caregiver experience. The path to implementation is challenging and represents a major shift in how organizations deal with unexpected medical outcomes. The process is complex involving individuals from patient relations, risk management and patient safety. But the benefits are satisfying. Keys to success include strong leadership support and engagement of a multidisciplinary team.
Desempeño de responsabilidad social empresarial divulgado en medios virtuales por el impacto del COVID-19
Authors: Hernández Pajares Julio , Yagui Nishii Valeria
Published: November 2021

La economía de las empresas ha sido afectada por la contingencia generada por la pandemia del COVID-19.Esto ha provocado varias acciones por parte de la Responsabilidad Social Empresarial (RSE) con sus grupos de interés,que son promovidas por organizaciones no gubernamentales y gobiernos. En este contexto, las empresas peruanastambién participaron prontamente de estas actividades de RSE, que fueron informadas a sus grupos de interés en distintos medios de comunicación. Por este motivo, esta investigación se planteó como objetivo un análisis del desempeño de RSE divulgado en medios virtuales por el impacto de la pandemia por el COVID-19. Para cumplir este objetivo, se llevó a cabo un estudio cualitativo mediante un análisis de contenido de las actuaciones de RSE, que empresas peruanas divulgaron en sus páginas web y redes sociales en el primer semestre de 2020. Los resultados del estudio señalan que se presentó un importante desempeño de sostenibilidad corporativa con la comunidad en ayudas sociales. En cuanto a las acciones con trabajadores y clientes, estas presentaron una menor divulgación y estuvieron enfocadas en aspectos que les permitieron mantener sus operaciones. Estas prácticas, en la mayor parte de los casos, presentan un enfoque reactivo de actuación de responsabilidad social y, en otras situaciones, se convierten en respuestas proactivas destinadas a contribuir al desarrollo sostenible de los grupos de interés.
balanza comercial de América Latina con China y Estados Unidos en el contexto de la guerra comercial entre Trump y Xi Jinping
Authors: Barrera Rafael , Suarez Galeano LLanet , Ospina Leonel
Published: November 2021

El rápido ascenso de China en la esfera económica mundial y los esfuerzos de Estados Unidos para mantener surol hegemónico en el sistema internacional ha tenido consecuencias adversas como la más reciente guerra comercial entre las dos mayores economías del mundo y la consecuente disminución de los intercambios comerciales. Este documento muestra el marco reciente en que se desarrolla la relación comercial de Latinoamérica con Estados Unidos y China, y luego analiza los indicadores de comercio de América Latina con estos dos países. El método de estudio consistió en un análisis de las cifras de las relaciones comerciales en términos de los valores de las importaciones y exportaciones entre los países. Los datos señalan que la participación de China en las exportaciones e importaciones de los países de la región se ha venido incrementando a un ritmo que parece no estar influenciado por la pugna reciente con Estados Unidos por la hegemonía.
Assessment of COVID-19-Related Genes Through Associative Classification Techniques
Authors: BALIKÇI ÇİÇEK İpek , KAYA Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Mehmet Onur , ÇOLAK Cemil
Published: November 2021

Objective: This study aims to classify COVID-19 by applying the associative classification method on the gene data set consisting of open access COVID-19 negative and positive patients and revealing the disease relationship with these genes by identifying the genes that cause COVID-19.

Method: In the study, an associative classification model was applied to the gene data set of patients with and without open access COVID-19. In this open-access data set used, 15979 genes are belonging to 234 individuals. Out of 234 people, 141 (60.3%) were COVID-19 negative and 93 (39.7%) were COVID-19 positives. In this study, LASSO, one of the feature selection methods, was performed to choose the relevant predictors. The models' performance was evaluated with accuracy, balanced accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, and F1-score.

Results: According to the study findings, the performance metrics from the associative classification model were accuracy of 92.70%, balanced accuracy of 91.80%, the sensitivity of 87.10%, the specificity of 96.50%, the positive predictive value of 94.20%, the negative predictive value of 91.90%, and F1-score of 90.50%.

Conclusion: The proposed associative classification model achieved very high performances in classifying COVID-19. The extracted association rules related to the genes can help diagnose and treat the disease.
Bridging the Gap Between Theory and Empirical Research in Evaluative Judgment
Authors: Khosravi Hassan , Gyamfi George , Hanna Barbara E. , Lodge Jason , Abdi Solmaz
Published: November 2021

The value of students developing the capacity to accurately judge the quality of their work and that of others has been widely studied and recognized in higher education literature. To date, much of the research and commentary on evaluative judgment has been theoretical and speculative in nature, focusing on perceived benefits and proposing strategies seen to hold the potential to foster evaluative judgment. The efficacy of the strategies remains largely untested. The rise of educational tools and technologies that generate data on learning activities at an unprecedented scale, alongside insights from the learning sciences and learning analytics communities, provides new opportunities for fostering and supporting empirical research on evaluative judgment. Accordingly, this paper offers a conceptual framework and an instantiation of that framework in the form of an educational tool called RiPPLE for data-driven approaches to investigating the enhancement of evaluative judgment. Two case studies, demonstrating how RiPPLE can foster and support empirical research on evaluative judgment, are presented.
Intelligent Learning Analytics Dashboards: Automated Drill-Down Recommendations to Support Teacher Data Exploration
Authors: Khosravi Hassan , Shabaninejad Shiva , Bakharia Aneesha , Sadiq Shazia , Indulska Marta , Gašević Dragan
Published: November 2021

Learning analytics dashboards commonly visualize data about students with the aim of helping students and educators understand and make informed decisions about the learning process. To assist with making sense of complex and multidimensional data, many learning analytics systems and dashboards have relied strongly on AI algorithms based on predictive analytics. While predictive models have been successful in many domains, there is an increasing realization of the inadequacies of using predictive models in decision-making tasks that affect individuals without human oversight. In this paper, we employ a suite of state-of-the-art algorithms, from the online analytics processing, data mining, and process mining domains, to present an alternative human-in-the-loop AI method to enable educators to identify, explore, and use appropriate interventions for subpopulations of students with the highest deviation in performance or learning process compared to the rest of the class. We demonstrate an application of our proposed approach in an existing learning analytics dashboard (LAD) and explore the recommended drill-downs in a course with 875 students. The demonstration provides an example of the recommendations from real course data and shows how recommendations can lead the user to interesting insights. Furthermore, we demonstrate how our approach can be employed to develop intelligent LADs.
Nowe przepisy dotyczące faktur korygujących in minus – uproszczenie rozliczania VAT dla podatników?
Authors: Majszczyk Hanna
Published: November 2021

Główną tezą artykułu jest wskazanie, że wprowadzone z dniem 1 stycznia 2021 r. zmiany w przepisach o podatku od towarów i usług w zakresie obniżenia podstawy opodatkowania i wystawiania faktur korygujących in minus, wbrew przyjętym założeniom nie prowadzą do uproszczenia rozliczania podatku od towarów i usług – zwłaszcza po stronie nabywcy towarów i usług.

Nieprecyzyjność niektórych przepisów może prowadzić do zaburzenia pewności prawa i jego spójnej wykładni. Nowe rozwiązania mogą też prowadzić do zaburzenia symetryczności obciążenia podatkiem obu stron transakcji – termin dokonania korekty podstawy opodatkowania przez sprzedawcę nie jest skorelowany z obowiązkiem korekty podatku naliczonego przez nabywcę.
Hedging of price elements – regulatory and tax considerations
Authors: Knawa Katarzyna , Stolarski Konrad
Published: November 2021

Due to the fact that the market price of raw materials has indirect or even direct impact on goods and services’ price, hedging of price elements play a key role in a successful business. The purpose of this article is to present available instruments to address or even eliminate raw material price level insecurity, in particular through the acquisition off financial instrument, like derivatives. The purpose of this article is also to present the theoretical tax implications of hedging of price elements, and to analyse cash flows as a price adjustment mechanism.
Factors associated with decision-making of replacing the temporary coronal restoration after endodontic treatment
Authors: Fornari Bárbara Scarton , Solda Caroline , Dotto Lara , Rigo Lilian
Published: November 2021

Aim: This study aimed to evaluate the decision-making by patients to replace temporary restorations with permanent restorations after endodontic treatment and to verify the associated factors and evaluate the quality/integrity of the temporary restorative material within one month. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study using non-probabilistic sampling which analyzed patients after one month of endodontic treatment. The self-administered questionnaire contained sociodemographic, treatment decision-making and endodontic treatment questions. The restoration present in the mouth was evaluated in the clinical oral examination. The Poisson Regression test was used to verify the prevalence ratio. Results: The prevalence failure to perform permanent restorations was 61.1% of patients, and 42.7% reported not having adhered. The reasons are lack of time and not knowing the importance of replacing the restoration with a definitive one. The glass ionomer temporary restorative frequency was higher among those who chose not to replace the temporary restoration with a permanent one (PR=5.19; 95%CI 2.10-12.33). In addition, there was an association between the quality of the restorative material and the type of material, and the best clinical quality of the restoration was statistically associated with glass ionomer and composite resin. Conclusions: The findings show the importance of guidance by the dental surgeon in helping patients decide to replace their temporary restoration.
La formación de la Universidad: Francisco Rubio Royo y Manuel Lobo Cabrera dialogan con Yaya Hernández Guerra
Authors: Rubio Royo Francisco , Lobo Cabrera Manuel , Hernández Guerra Yaya
Published: November 2021

"Diálogo vivo ULPGC" es un proyecto editorial del Servicio de Publicaciones y Difusión Científica de la Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC) que pretende conservar, en distintos formatos textuales y audiovisuales, la memoria de la ULPGC a través de las palabras y el relato de sus protagonistas. En este primer volumen de la colección los dos primeros rectores de la Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Francisco Rubio Royo y Manuel Lobo Cabrera, dialogan con la responsable de relaciones con los medios de la ULPGC, Yaya Hernández Guerra. La sesión fue grabada el 21 de junio de 2021 en el Paraninfo de la ULPGC y en ella ambos rectores realizan un recorrido por su vida como estudiantes, profesores y gestores universitarios, y por la propia historia de la ULPGC, ya que jugaron un papel fundamental en su creación y en su consolidación durante las dos primeras décadas de su existencia.
ISOLAMENTO E IDENTIFICAÇÃO DE LACTOBACILLUS SP. E SACCHAROMYCES SP. DA FERMENTAÇÃO ESPONTÂNEA DO FRUTO AMAZÔNICO (PUPUNHA) COM POTENCIAL PROBIÓTICO E BIOTECNOLÓGICO PARA O DESENVOLVIMENTO DE NOVOS PRODUTOS ALIMENTÍCIOS
Authors: Silva Juliana Fonseca Moreira , Miranda Wilson Lopes , Leão Geovanka Marcelle Aguiar
Published: November 2021

A Amazônia detém enormes reservas nativas, ricas em frutas que apresentam grande importância social e econômica, dentre as quais destaca-se a Pupunha (Bactris gasipaes). Por meio da biotecnologia pode-se fazer uso de microrganismos com potencial probiótico associados a esses frutos regionais e disponíveis nessa região. Assim, o trabalho teve como objetivo isolar linhagens microbianas (Lactobacillus sp. e Saccharomyces sp.) com potencial probiótico e biotecnológico, obtidas da fermentação espontânea do fruto Pupunha. Os frutos, obtidos em feiras livres de Manaus, foram submetidos a fermentação espontânea durante 15 dias. Após este período isolou-se 185 microrganismos que foram caracterizados quanto a sua morfologia, teste de catalase, coloração de gram, e alguns testes de potencial probiótico como o antagonismo frente a enteropatógenos e teste de temperatura. Os isolados foram agrupados em 4 morfotipos diferentes apresentando coloração de gram +, catalase – e micromorfologia de cocobacilos sendo sugestivos de Lactobacillus sp.. Todos apresentaram resistência a altas temperaturas e os morfotipos I e II apresentaram maior potencial antagonista frente as cepas patogênicas. Durante todo o processo de fermentação espontânea da Pupunha não foram observados isolados das leveduras do gênero Saccharomyces sp..
Resistensi Musisi Independen terhadap Komodifikasi dan Industrialisasi Musik di Indonesia
Authors:   , , ,, Meilinda Nurly , Giovanni Caesar , Triana Nunik , Lutfina Syanaz
Published: November 2021

This paper will review the development of the music industry in Indonesia by holding Theodor Adorno's criticism of the culture industry, especially the music industry. This paper tries to analyse whether Adorno's criticism of the popular music is still relevant to describe the current condition of the Indonesian music industry and explain how the existing political and economic conditions affected it. This paper began with explanatory approach which explained the development of the Indonesian music industry. Data collected from the articles in mass and online media, we also conduct an interview with one group of musician called orchest stamboel. The results showed that Adorno's critics about how music becomes a commodity are still relevant to be used in understanding most of the case in Indonesian music industry, but cannot represent the characteristics of all Indonesian musician. This is because although most music in Indonesia is used as the main tool of capitalism in gaining profit, on the other hand, there is also a variety of music with unique genres performed by the musicians that are not following the logics and characteristics of popular music that presented by Adorno, which is: standardization, interchangeable, and pseudoindividualism. Keywords: Adorno, commodity, critic, popular music, standardization.
Autumn–winter breeding by the Spotted Harrier Circus assimilis in southern Victoria
Authors: Morley Craig
Published: November 2021

The breeding cycle of a pair of Spotted Harriers Circus assimilis was observed in southern Victoria, at 38°S, in autumn–winter 2017 for 42 hours over 22 days from incubation to the post-fledging period. From hatching on 10 June and fledging on 19 July, laying was inferred to have commenced on c. 8 May. Three chicks fledged from an initial brood of four; the nestling period was 38 days for the first-hatched chick. Rodents dominated a small sample of identified prey during a plague of House Mice Mus musculus. The male prey-delivery rate to the incubating female was 0.32 item/h, whereas during the nestling period the male brought 0.71 item/h and the female 0.11 item/h for a combined effective delivery rate of 0.64 item/h to nestlings. The combined parental feeding rate to new fledglings was 0.65 item/h. Parental behaviour is described. Juveniles were dependent for 6 weeks after fledging.
Solution of Fractional Autonomous Ordinary Differential Equations
Authors: AlAhmad Rami , AlAhmad Qusai , Abdelhadi Ahmad
Published: November 2021

Autonomous differential equations of fractional order and non-singular kernel are solved. While solutions can be obtained through numerical, graphical, or analytical solutions, we seek an implicit analytical solution.
Using the Data Quality Dashboard to Improve the EHDEN Network
Authors: Blacketer Clair , Voss Erica A , DeFalco Frank , Hughes Nigel , Schuemie Martijn J , Moinat Maxim , Rijnbeek Peter
Published: November 2021

Background: Observational health data has the potential to be a rich resource to inform clinical practice and regulatory decision making. However, the lack of standard data quality processes makes it difficult to know if these data are research ready. The EHDEN COVID-19 Rapid Col-laboration Call presented the opportunity to assess how the newly developed open-source tool Data Quality Dashboard (DQD) informs the quality of data in a federated network. Methods: 15 Data Partners (DPs) from 10 different countries worked with the EHDEN taskforce to map their data to the OMOP CDM. Throughout the process at least two DQD results were collected and compared for each DP. Results: All DPs showed an improvement in their data quality between the first and last run of the DQD. The DQD excelled at helping DPs identify and fix conformance is-sues but showed less of an impact on completeness and plausibility checks. Conclusions: This is the first study to apply the DQD on multiple, disparate databases across a network. While study-specific checks should still be run, we recommend that all data holders converting their data to the OMOP CDM use the DQD as it ensures conformance to the model specifications and that a database meets a baseline level of completeness and plausibility for use in research.
Isochoric Specific Heat in the Dual Model of Liquids
Authors: Peluso Fabio
Published: November 2021

We continue in this paper to illustrate the implications of the Dual Model of Liquids (DML) by deriving the expression for the isochoric specific heat as function of the collective degrees of freedom available at a given temperature and analyzing its dependence on temperature. Two main tasks will be accomplished. First, we show that the expression obtained for the isochoric specific heat in the DML is in line with the experimental results. Second, the expression will be compared with the analogous one obtained in another theoretical dual model of the liquid state, the Phonon Theory of Liquid Thermodynamics. This comparison will allow to get interesting insights about the number of collective degrees of freedom available in a liquid and on the value of the isobaric thermal expansion coefficient, two quantities that are related to each other in this framework.
Botulinum Neurotoxin Type A in the Treatment of Oily Skin and Acne: Evidence and a Proposed Mechanism
Authors: Rho Nark-Kyoung , Gil Young-Chun
Published: November 2021

Intradermal injection of botulinum neurotoxin is a frequently performed procedure in aesthetic dermatology to improve facial skin tone, texture, fine wrinkles, and enlarged pores. In practice, botulinum neurotoxin type A is also used to reduce skin oiliness of the face. There is increasing evidence that acetylcholine plays specific roles in sebum production, suggesting that botulinum neurotoxin type A may reduce sebum production by interfering with cholinergic transmission between sebaceous glands and autonomic nerve terminals. Botulinum neurotoxins can also inhibit several pathogenetic components of acne development, suggesting that botulinum neurotoxins can be used as a safe and effective treatment modality for acne and other skin disorders related to the overactivity of sebaceous glands. This review aims to explore the current evidence behind the treatment of oily skin and acne with botulinum neurotoxin type A.
History-dependent Stress Relaxation of Liquids Under High-confinement: A Molecular Dynamics Study
Authors: Gao Hongyu
Published: November 2021

When liquids are confined into nanometer-scale slit, the induced layering-like film structure allows the liquid to sustain non-isotropic stresses and thus being load-bearing. Such anisotropic characteristics of liquid under confinement arise naturally from the liquids’ wave number dependent compressibility that does not need solidification to take place as a prerequisite. In other words, liquids under confinement can still remain fluidity with molecules being (sub-)diffusive. However, the extensively prolonged structural relaxation time can cause hysteresis of stress relaxation of confined molecules in response to the motions of confining walls and thereby yield the quasi-static stress tensor history-dependent. In this work, by means of molecule dynamics, the discrepancy of stress tensor of a highly confined key base-oil component, i.e. 1-decene trimer, is captured after its relaxation from being compressed and decompressed. The results indicate that among the effects (e.g. confinement, molecular structure, and film density) that can potentially affect confined stress tensor, the ordering status of the confined molecules plays a predominant role.
Simulation of Energy Consumption During Machine Tool Operations Based on NC Data
Authors: Hayashi Akio ,   Kanazawa Institute of Technology 7-1 Ohgigaoka Nonoichi, Ishikawa 924-8501, Japan, Arai Fumiya , Morimoto Yoshitaka
Published: November 2021

Recently, measures to address environmental problems and resource problems have been strongly desired. Consequently, the energy saving of machine tools has been promoted at production sites. Thus, the efficiencies of motors and coolants have been improved for the energy saving of machine tools. However, replacing machines and peripherals is time-consuming and expensive. Therefore, we focused on the power consumption by the feed drive system and spindle of a machine tool during machining. Considering of the energy conservation in the feed drive system and spindle is practical and effective to existing machine tools. In this study, we propose the simulator that calculates the energy consumption of the feed drive system and spindle using the NC program. It is possible to calculate the energy consumption without actual machining and measuring. Using the simulation result, we can change the tool path and machining conditions, leading to a reduction in machining power consumption. This study devised a method for calculating the power consumption of the feed drive system using the NC program using only the reference power consumption of the machine tool. Then, the measured and simulated power consumptions for machining were compared to verify the validity of the proposed method.