bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Defective FXR-SHP Regulation in Obesity Aberrantly Increases miR-802 Expression, Promoting Insulin Resistance and Fatty Liver
Authors: Seok Sunmi , Sun Hao , Kim Young-Chae , Kemper Byron , Kemper Jongsook Kim
Published: February 2021

Aberrantly
elevated expression in obesity of microRNAs (miRs), including miR-802,
contributes to obesity-associated metabolic complications but the mechanisms
underlying the elevated expression are unclear. Farnesoid-X-Receptor (FXR), a
key regulator of hepatic energy metabolism, has great potential for treatment
of obesity-related diseases. We examined whether a nuclear receptor cascade
involving FXR and FXR-induced Small Heterodimer Partner (SHP) regulates
expression of miR-802 to maintain
glucose and lipid homeostasis. Hepatic miR-802 levels are increased in
FXR-knockout (KO) or SHP-KO mice and are decreased by activation of FXR in a
SHP-dependent manner. Mechanistically, transactivation of miR-802 by Aromatic
Hydrocarbon Receptor (AHR) is inhibited by SHP. In obese mice, activation of
FXR by obeticholic acid treatment reduced miR-802 levels and improved insulin
resistance and hepatosteatosis, but these beneficial effects were largely
abolished by overexpression of miR-802. In non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
patients and obese mice, occupancy of SHP is reduced and that of AHR is
modestly increased at the miR-802
promoter, consistent with elevated hepatic miR-802 expression. These results
demonstrate that normal inhibition of miR-802
by FXR-SHP is defective in obesity, resulting in increased miR-802 levels, insulin resistance and fatty liver. This
FXR-SHP-miR-802 pathway may present novel targets for treating type 2 diabetes
and NAFLD.
Social Marketing and Non-Communicable Diseases Prevention and Risk Behaviour Reduction Among the Youth of Tamale
Authors: M Wombeogo
Published: February 2021

Objectives: The study aims at ascertaining the contribution of social marketing in the prevention of NCDs towards risk related behaviours reduction among the youth of Tamale. Methods: A quantitative cross-sectional survey was employed in the study. A semi-structured questionnaire was used to collect primary data from the youth of Tamale, selected by convenient sampling. Simple random sampling technique was employed in the selection of respondents. A sample size of 273 was used and data analysed using SPSS version 21. Results: The results revealed that all respondents had heard about NCDs. 72.9% knew exactly what they are; 82.4% of respondents perceived lifestyle modification was possible while 254 (93%) of the respondents see rather challenges. Conclusions: The authors recommend that the Ministry of Health and Ghana Health Service adopt social marketing concept in combating NCDs in Ghana and formulate specific social marketing interventions that will translate increased awareness into behaviour change towards NCDs prevention in Ghana.
Pengaruh Penyuluhan Terhadap Pengetahuan Demam Berdarah Warga Desa Potronayan, Nogosari, Boyolali
Authors: Karuniawati Hidayah , Maryati Maryati , Setiyadi Gunawan , Suprapto Suprapto , Permana Andika , Fatmawati Septi , Aji Ashari Wahyu Budi , Kumalasari Hevi Mifta , Pratiwi Yunika Isnanda , Hayati Sakinatul
Published: February 2021

Secara Nasional, kasus Demam Berdarah Dengue terus meningkat dikalangan masyarakat. Kasus terbanyak ada di wilayah Jawa Timur, Jawa Tengah, Nusa Tenggara Timur, dan Kupang. Pengetahuan masyarakat mengenai demam berdarah terutama cara pencegahan dan pengobatan belum sepenuhnya mengerti sehingga diperlukan pengabdian untuk membantu masyarakat dalam mencegah dan memberantas kasus demam berdarah dengan memberikan sosialisasi penyuluhan. Kegiatan penyuluhan yang dilakukan adalah dengan memberikan materi kesehatan berupa upaya pencegahan, menjaga kebersihan lingkungan dan penanganan pertama yang dilakukan jika terkena Demam berdarah. Kegiatan pengabdian masyarakat diikuti 43 peserta. Sebelum dan sesudah pemberian materi tentang demam berdarah, peserta diberi soal sebagai pretest dan post-test. Hasil analisis statistik menunjukkan adanya pengaruh peningkatan pengetahuan yang signifikan sebelum dan setelah penyuluhan dengan nilai P 0,005.
PKM Penanganan Stunting Desa Kawunganten Lor Kecamatan Kawunganten Kabupaten Cilacap: Sasaran Keluarga Dengan Anak Stunting
Authors: Kasron Kasron , Susilawati Susilawati , Subroto Wishnu
Published: February 2021

Pentingnya pengabdian masyarakat ini karena angka prevalensi kejadian stunting masih sangat tinggi di Desa Kawunganten Lor Kecamatan Kawunganten Kabupaten Cilacap. Maka dari itulah perlu dilakukan penanganan stunting dengan penyuluhan dan pelatihan pembuatan makanan tambahan olahan berbahan dasar lokal pada anak dan balita. Tujuan pengabdian masyarakat ini adalah untuk meningkatkan derajat kesehatan anak dengan stunting di Desa Kawunganten Lor. Metode pengabdian dilakukan dengan pelatihan, demonstrasi dan kampanye pembuatan olahan makanan tambahan berbahan makanan lokal. Pada pengabdian ini telah berhasil dilakukan penyuluhan pentingnya gizi anak, pelatihan pembuatan olahan makanan berbahan dasar lokal, pemberian makanan tambahan, pelaksanaan pengabdian masyarakat dilakukan diawali dengan pendataan jenis tanaman lokal sumber gizi, kegiatan memperbanyak jumlah tanaman, pelatihan pembuatan olahan makanan tambahan berbahan dasar lokal, pemberian makanan tambahan pabrikan, dan pencatatan konsumsi makanan. Hasil yang diperoleh adalah mitra keluarga dengan anak stunting mampu mengidentifikasi bahan lokal untuk bahan makanan tambahan, mitra mampu memproduksi makanan tambahan. Derajat kesehatan keluarga dengan anak stunting meningkat. Setelah pengabdian ini dilakukan, masyarakat mitra mulai tergerak akan pentingnya kesehatan dan upaya penanganan stunting pada anak.
PEMBELAJARAN DAN PENDAMPINGAN PEMANFAATAN SPSS UNTUK MENINGKATKAN KOMPETENSI OLAH DATA STATISTIK BAGI GURU DI SMA NEGERI 1 KEMUSU BOYOLALI
Authors: Wiharto  , Suryani Esti , Salamah Umi , PTP Nurcahya , Setyawan Sigit
Published: February 2021

Penulisan karya tulis ilmiah bagi guru merupakan salah satu Persyaratan kenaikan pangkat yang harus dilakukan. Hal ini menyebabkan banyak guru yang kemudian berlomba-lomba dalam membuat karya ilmiah. Akibatnya adalah guru kesulitan dalam rangka naik jabatan fungsionalnya karena beberapa karya ilmiah kurang memenuhi standar, dimana data yang disajikan tidak dapat merepresentasikan keseluruhan isi tulisan. Kemampuan pengolahan dan penyajian data penelitian merupakan faktor penting dalam menciptakan karya ilmiah yang baik. Guru di beberapa SMA di Kabupaten Boyolali antara lain adalah SMA Negeri 1 Kemusu merupakan salah satu potret yang mengalami masalah tersebut. Hal inilah yang melatarbelakangi pengabdian menganai pemanfaatan SPPS untuk meningkatkan kompetensi guru dalam mengolah data statistic, khisusnya di SMA Negeri 1 Kemusu Boyolali. SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) merupakan salah satu aplikasi perangkat lunak komputer yang digunakan untuk analisis statistik. Tujuan dari aplikasi ini adalah mempermudah tugas guru dalam mengolah data untuk artikel dan publikasi ilmiah sedangkan tujuan dari kegiatan pengabdian kepada masyarakat ini adalah untuk meningkatkan kemampuan guru -guru di SMA Negeri 1 Kemusu dalam melakukan pengolahan data penelitian sebagai data pendukung karya ilmiah. Kegiatan pengabdian ini dilakukan dalam empat tahapan. Tahap pertama adalah identifikasi kemampuan pengolahan data statistik dan identifikasi penentuan materi utama praktik yang perlu ditonjolkan. Tahap kedua adalah tahap pelaksanaan workshop yang diisi dengan turorial penggunaan SPSS hingga pemanfaatan SPSS dalam menyelesaikan masalah statistik. Tahap ketiga adalah tahap simulasi penggunaan SPSS yang dilakukan langsung oleh seluruh peserta workshop. Tahap keempat adalah evaluasi dan tindak lanjut. Pendampingan dan pelatihan SPSS bagi para guru khususnya guru SMU 1 Kemusu Boyolali secara umum dapat meningkatkan pengetahuan dan kekampuan peserta dalam melakukan olah data statistik. Sebelumnya dilakukan pelatihan telah ada peserta yang mengetahui adanya aplikasi olah data statistik sebanyak 30% dan setelah diadakan pelatihan SPSS 100% dari peserta mengetahui dan dapat meningkatkan kemampuan peserta dalam melakukan analisis data statistik dengan menggunakan SPSS, ini berarti secara umum ada 70% peningkatan kemampuan dalam olah data statistiK dengan menggunakan SPSS, meskipun masih banyak kendala yang dihadapi oleh peserta, terutama masih kurang terbiasa dan kurang latihan 85%.
PELATIHAN SERVICE RUTIN KENDARAAN BERMOTOR UNTUK PERKUMPULAN OJEK MERJOSARI KECAMATAN LOWOKWARU KOTA MALANG
Authors: Purkuncoro Aladin Eko , Subardi Anang
Published: February 2021

Dengan penerapan pembelajaran service yang dikembangkan ini diharapkan bisa membantu tukang ojek dalam menjalankan usahanya secara baik dan menguntungkan. Demikian pula dari segi ekonomi diharapkan  membawa dampak pada peningkatan penghasilan sebagai konsekuensi. Dengan demikian maka  secara tidak langsung  ikut mendorong pertumbuhan ekonomi dan pembangunan secara nasional. Pasaran tukang ojek  selama ini berjalan sangat baik karena  tukang ojek sangat digemari oleh masayarakat baik lokal maupun wisatawan. Usaha ini  cukup potensial   karena tukang ojek  dapat memperoleh hasil dengan harga cukup tinggi  berkisar dari Rp 40.000, sampai dengan Rp 50.000,-  per hari (sumber : mitra tukang ojek POPMI). Keuntungan yang diperoleh selama ini meskipun tidak tinggi tetapi  cukup  memadai, selain untuk biaya kebutuhan sehari-hari juga untuk  kelanjutan perkembangan usaha ini dari hari ke hari.
The Impact of Sugar Particles Size and Natural Substitutes for the Replacement of Sucrose and Fat in Chocolate Brownies: Sensory and Physicochemical Analysis
Authors: Richardson Aislinn M. , Tyuftin Andrey A. , O’ Sullivan Maurice G. , Kilcawley Kieran N. , Gallagher Eimear , Kerry Joseph P.
Published: February 2021

As fat contributes important textural properties such as lubricity and tenderness to cakes, it is plausible to focus on ways to increase the perception of these properties with the aim of creating the illusion of a higher fat. The utilisation of small sugar particles has been shown to increase the moist and soft texture of Chocolate Brownies. The present study assessed three different sugar particle sizes in their ability to create the illusion of fat content and therefore their ability to permit fat replacement (FR) in this product. The unground commercial sugar (200-5181 µm) was used as the control (UC) and two of its sieved sugar separates, Large (L924-1877 µm) and Small (S459-972 µm) were investigated. For each, fat was replaced using pureed black beans. The most accepted sample was used for sucrose replacement (SR) using inulin and Rebaudioside A. (Reb A.). Samples containing the smallest sugar fraction with 25% FR were most significantly associated overall acceptability (OA) (p<0.01). The application of small sugar particles did not significantly negatively affect OA or liking of samples at a level of 75% FR compared to the other two sugar fractions. The utilisation of small sugar particles (459-972 µm) in the preparation of baked goods could aid baking & industry professionals in reducing the fat content of cake-like products.
Upaya UPT Perpustakaan Universitas Muhammadiyah Mataram dalam Meningkatkan Kunjungan Pemustaka
Authors: Ardyawin Iwin , Hidayat Rahmad , Vitra Diana
Published: February 2021

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui upaya UPT Perpustakaan dalam meningkatkan kunjungan pemustaka, dan untuk mengidentifikasi faktor pendukung dan penghambat upaya UPT Perpustakaan dalam meningkatkan kunjungan pemustaka tahun 2019.Jenis penelitian ini ialah penelitian deskriptif kualitatif.Informan dalam penelitian ini adalah kepala perpustakaan,staf perpustakaan, dan pengunjung perpustakaan.Metode pengumpulan data yang digunakan ialah pengamatan, wawancara, dan dokumentasi.Analisis data yang digunakan ialah reduksi, penyajian, penarikan kesimpulan dan verifikasi.Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa UPT Perpustakaan UMMAT sudah melakukan berbagai upaya  yang cukup baik, yaitu pembenahan sistem tata ruang dan sistem operasional yang berbasis digital, promosi perpustakaan, perbaikan semua sarana dan prasarana, koleksi dan layanan perpustakan.Faktor penghambat UPT Perpustakaan dalam meningkatkan kunjungan pemustaka yaitu kurangnya anggaran dan ketidakpahaman pemustaka yang berkunjung terhadap sistem yang diberlakukan.
Tingkat Penerimaan Pengguna Terhadap Aplikasi Perpustakaan Digital IJOGJA
Authors: Fathurrahman Muslih
Published: February 2021

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui tingkat penerimaan aplikasi perpustakaan digital iJogja oleh pengguna menggunakan teori pendekatan Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) dengan melakukan analisis terhadap faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhinya. Semakin besar faktor-faktor tersebut berpengaruh, maka akan semakin tinggi pula penerimaan pengguna terhadap aplikasi iJogja.Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kuantitatif dengan menggunakan metode survei. Data yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini sebanyak 288 kuesioner yang disebar kepada responden. Analisis data dalam penelitian ini menggunakan Structural Equation Model (SEM) dengan contoh permodelan Partial Least Square (PLS). Analisis data dengan melakukan uji validitas, uji reliabilitas, dan uji hipotesis menggunakan program SmartPLS versi 3.0.Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa tingkat penerimaan pengguna terhadap aplikasi iJogja cukup baik. Hal ini berdasarkan dari 8 (delapan) hipotesis yang diajukan dalam penelitian ini terdapat 7 (tujuh) hipotesis yang diterima dan hanya satu hipotesis yang ditolak. Hipotesis yang diterima yaitu: Pengaruh Relevance Terhadap Perceived Usefulness, Pengaruh Screen Design Terhadap Perceived Easy of Use, Pengaruh Mobility Terhadap Perceived Easy of Use, Pengaruh Perceived Easy of Use Terhadap Perceived Usefulness, Pengaruh Perceived Usefulness Terhadap Intention to Use, Pengaruh Perceived Easy of Use Terhadap Intention to Use, dan Pengaruh Intention to Use Terhadap Actual System Use. Sementara hipotesis yang ditolak yaitu Pengaruh Subjective Norms Terhadap Perceived Usefulness yang menunjukkan hasil tidak signifikan.
Avaliação sob medida para governar o processo de alfabetização
Authors: Sperrhake Renata
Published: February 2021

Resenha da tese  de MELLO, Darlize Teixeira de. Provinha Brasil (ou “Provinha de Leitura”?): mais uma “avaliação sob medida” no processo de alfabetização e “letramento inicial”? 2012. 432 f. Tese(Doutorado em Educação) – Faculdade de Educação, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, 2012.
A proposta de ensino e avaliação da alfabetização em Lagoa Santa, Minas Gerais
Authors: Becker Soares Magda , Ferraz Leal Telma , Morais Artur Gomes de
Published: February 2021

Entrevista com a pesquisadora Magda Becker Soares sobre a experiência em Lagoa Santa.
Relatório do “National Reading Panel” dos EUA (2000)
Authors: Gomes de Morais Artur
Published: February 2021

Resenha do NATIONAL READING PANEL (NRP). Teaching children to read: an evidence-based assessment of the scientific research literature on reading and its implications for reading instruction – reports of the subgroups. Washington, D. C.: U. S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institute of ChildHealth and Human Development, 2000. Available in: . Access in: 26 abr. 2020.
Qualidade da educação e formação docente no estado do Acre: uma análise do período 1990-2010
Authors: Assen de Carvalho Mark Clark , Abreu Damasceno Ednaceli
Published: February 2021

A análise das políticas de formação implantadas no estado do Acre, do final da década de 1990 até o ano de 2010, tem como objetivo analisar o contexto, os propósitos e as finalidades dessas ações e seus efeitos na qualidade da educação básica. Apresentam-se dados da rede pública de ensino estadual que denotam os investimentos feitos. A abordagem metodológica inclui cotejamento de textos legais, levantamento analítico de programas e políticas de formação, além de indicadores quantitativos da educação básica. Conclui-se que alguns fatores, como a política de formação de professores em nível superior e a reestruturação do trabalho docente, contribuíram significativamente para superar os indicadores críticos de qualidade da educação no estado, alcançando e/ou ultrapassando as metas projetadas pelo sistema nacional de avaliação.
A valorização do magistério como uma dimensão da qualidade da educação: uma mirada sobre o debate sindical
Authors: Barbosa Gouveia Andréa , Dos Santos Ferraz Marcos Alexandre
Published: February 2021

A definição da valorização docente como princípio constitucional pode ser considerada uma conquista do movimento sindical docente e, desde então, a disputa pelo conteúdo da valorização é um desafio para a política pública, a construção teórica do campo de políticas educacionais e os debates sobre a qualidade do ensino. A pauta corporativa e classista, que está na gênese do movimento sindical, impõe desafios à forma de tematizar as políticas de valorização e as discussões sobre qualidade. Para olhar esse fenômeno, o presente artigo apresenta uma análise documental das posições da Confederação Nacional de Trabalhadores da Educação (CNTE) expressas nas resoluções dos Congressos de 1991 e 2017. A partir das discussões sobre a ambiguidade entre profissionalização, proletarização e semiprofissão, conclui-se que o debate sindical reorganiza a disputa ao redor das políticas de valorização como uma dimensão da qualidade da educação e impõe novos debates ao campo científico.
KEPUASAN HIDUP: TINJAUAN DARI KONDISI KEUANGAN DAN GAYA PENGGUNAAN UANG
Authors: Adiati Rosatyani Puspita
Published: February 2021

Kepuasan hidup masyarakat Indonesia pada saat ini sangat dipengaruhi oleh faktor pendapatan dan kondisi keuangannya. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis pengaruh jumlah pendapatan, pengeluaran, tabungan, dan gaya penggunaan uang terhadap kepuasan hidup. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kuantitatif dan melibatkan 831 responden yang dipilih menggunakan teknik convenient sampling. Analisis data dilakukan dengan software G*Power untuk melihat effect size dan menggunakan teknik analisis regresi linear berganda dengan menggunakan software JASP versi 0.8.6. Hasil analisis data menunjukkan bahwa jumlah pendapatan, jumlah pengeluaran konsumtif, dan jumlah aset memiliki pengaruh yang signifikan terhadap kepuasan hidup. Gaya penggunaan uang dengan hemat dan berhati-hati memiliki pengaruh yang signifikan terhadap kepuasan hidup, sementara gaya menghabiskan uang dan menggunakan uang secara sia-sia tidak memiiki pengaruh signifikan terhadap kepuasan hidup. Penelitian ini membuktikan bahwa penggunaan uang secara terkontrol, baik untuk kebutuhan konsumtif maupun menabung untuk kebutuhan di masa depan, dapat meningkatkan kepuasan hidup seseorang. Hasil dari penelitian ini dapat menjadi rujukan untuk meningkatkan kualitas hidup manusia dengan berfokus pada cara dan gayanya di dalam memanfaatkan uang.
FAKTOR-FAKTOR OBJEKTIF DAN SUBJEKTIF YANG MEMPREDIKSI MINDFUL PARENTING PADA IBU DI INDONESIA
Authors: Kumalasari Dewi , Fourianalistyawati Endang
Published: February 2021

Studi terdahulu menemukan sejumlah faktor yang memengaruhi mindful parenting secara terpisah. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis pengaruh faktor objektif dan subjektif terhadap mindful parenting pada ibu di Indonesia. Kognisi pengasuhan dalam penelitian ini terdiri atas kognisi pengasuhan positif yang diwakili oleh rasa kompeten pengasuhan dan kognisi pengasuhan negatif yang diwakili oleh atribusi berpusat pada orang tua. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kuantitatif dengan desain cross-sectional. Penelitian ini melibatkan 171 ibu yang memiliki anak usia 3-12 tahun dan dipilih melalui teknik insidental sampling. Berdasarkan analisis regresi berganda, didapatkan hasil bahwa kognisi pengasuhan yang positif dalam bentuk rasa kompeten pengasuhan dan kognisi pengasuhan negatif dalam bentuk atribusi berpusat pada orang tua dapat memprediksi mindful parenting pada ibu di Indonesia. Sementara itu, faktor-faktor objektif yang meliputi usia ibu, tingkat pendidikan, dan pengetahuan tentang pengasuhan efektif ditemukan tidak berpengaruh signifikan terhadap mindful parenting. Hal ini mengindikasikan bahwa pembentukan kognisi pengasuhan yang positif dan menghindari kognisi pengasuhan yang negatif dapat meningkatkan keterampilan mindful parenting. Untuk itu, orang-orang di sekeliling ibu juga diharapkan dapat memberikan dukungan bagi para ibu agar merasa kompeten di dalam mengasuh anak.
APAKAH KONSUMEN RESTO HOTEL MENGETAHUI ISU FOOD WASTE?
Authors: Ramadhita Airana Nafira , Ekayani Meti , Suharti Sri
Published: February 2021

Konsep prasmanan pada restoran hotel merupakan salah satu faktor penyebab timbulnya food waste, hal ini didasarkan karena adanya perbedaan preferensi konsumen dalam menentukan jenis dan porsi makanan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis karakteristik dan pengetahuan objektif konsumen resto hotel terhadap isu food waste. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan eksploratori kuantitatif dengan desain cross sectional study. Penelitian ini melibatkan 363 mahasiswa dan pekerja yang pernah mengunjungi restoran hotel berkonsep prasmanan yang dipilih menggunakan teknik snowball sampling. Lokasi penelitian dilakukan di Hotel Amaris, Kota Bandung.  Sampel limbah dan komposisi makanan diambil dengan menggunakan metode pengumpulan dan analisis berdasarkan SNI 1903964-1994. Kuesioner dalam bentuk Google Form didiseminasi melalui WhatsApp Group. Selanjutnya, data penelitian dianalisis secara deskriptif menggunakan tabulasi dan grafik. Hasil kajian menunjukkan, hanya sebagian responden yang mengetahui isu food waste. Hasil penelitian ini dapat menjadi dasar pertimbangan pihak pemangku kebijakan serta penelitian lanjutan dalam meningkatkan pengetahuan terkait food waste kepada konsumen untuk mencegah timbulnya food waste di resto hotel.
The enlightened minds of the pastoral land of Mărginimea Sibiului
Authors: Piț Teodora Maria
Published: February 2021

This project aims to configure a map of the most important personalities in the Mărginimea Sibiului. The present research presents practically the methodology of all the stages completed. Starting with the selection of information, its organization in tables and up to the geographical representation of the information gathered about intellectuals. The career path of each one is not a complex one, but the idea started from the fact that we wanted to demonstrate how a rural, agrarian area, restricted from a geographical point of view, offered to the national culture several paramount intellectuals such as Ioan Lupaș, Octavian Goga, Emil Cioran, Samuel Micu.

Keywords: digital humanities, Airtable, Qgis, database, maps, Google Maps, Transylvania
Network analyses of foreign travellers through Wallachia, Moldavia and Transylvania between 1831-1840
Authors: Petruș Andrei
Published: February 2021

"Foreign travelers backgrounds alongside journey routes followed into Romanian Lands between 1831-1840 were placed into a database and mapped into different geographical, social or chronological visualizations in a unique approach for Romanian historiography. Making use of Nodegoat, a platform that allows researchers to compile large databases and to analyze these data, relying on network-type connections, I created various easy-readable and modellable graphs which shows differences and similarities between travelers. Less effort is now needed for complex analysis which could have taken weeks or months back then, because all of these were made by the platform within few clicks with the help of various filters. Building profiles and comparing them, analyses traveler’s studies according to professions and seeking for their motivation behind journey and travel path followed are just some of the analyses made by this project. Even though it comprehend only 46 travelers from a decade this project have a great potential in near future by integrating all of the volumes coordinated by Paul Cernovodeanu into a single database.

Keywords: foreign travelers, network analyses, geographical visualizations, social visualisations, Nodegoat
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NON-PLACES OF MEMORY: SPACE, MATERIALITY AND FALSE CEMETERIES
Authors: POSŁUSZNY Łukasz
Published: February 2021

The article deals with the concept of non-place of memory (NPM). Author defines NPM broadly as entity which once created by people lost its perceptive properties as man-made, but at the same time kept it material basis. In the narrower sense of the definition NPM are places of murder and bodies deposition sites which are either unrecognized as such or haven’t been yet changed into places of memory. The analysis is based mostly on cases of Roma massacres in Poland which took place during II World War and compared with the history of burials and concept of cemetery. Transitions of NMP is then explained by using the Mary Douglas’ concept of anomaly.
WATER CONFWATER CONFLICTS: THE CASE OF THE NILE RIVER AND THE GRAND ETHIOPIAN RENAISSANCE DAMLICTS: THE CASE OF THE NILE RIVER AND THE GRAND ETHIOPIAN RENAISSANCE DAM
Authors: BADEA Cătălin
Published: February 2021

The most crucial element of every life form on our planet, water has always been a source of potential animosity between clans, tribes and even states. With the advent of modern technology we have devoted less and less of our attention to this all-needed resource, but pollution, large-scale industrialization and agriculture, the population boom of the last centuries and crucially the climate calamity that it threatens to unleash, forces us to reconsider the key role played by water in the delicate and fragile ecosystem of our planet. This article takes a look at how water is, and will increasingly be, a source of contention and even conflicts between states, as climate changes and increasingly larger populations will be forced to fight over more and more depleted resources. With a focus on the case of the Nile river and the potential conflict over its water resources between Egypt and Ethiopia, this article examines how the mainstream state of water conflict thinking fails to explain the case of the Nile River Basis and the newly built Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) and why the alternative ideas that are based on the notions of cooperation and justice might ultimately provide a better way of understanding the complex problem of the delicate management and use of water resources.
PETIT REQUIEM POUR LA DEMOCRATIE CONGOLAISE
Authors: URS Andreea Bianca
Published: February 2021

A Small Requiem for Congolese Democracy. The reader's interest in the substrates of Congolese democracy is deeply revived through the writing of Jean Bofane, the place where reality and fiction become one. The start of 2019 has been a historic moment for the DRC as it is the first time that a former president has peacefully handed over power. Outgoing President Joseph Kabila cedes power to Félix Tshisekedi while maintaining the mystery of his deep and future intentions. The new President, Felix Tshilombo Tshisekedi, operates literally like the character Tshilombo in the novel Mathematiques congolaises. Starting from this resemblance, we’ve created a political-literary analysis around the events that took place both in the book and reality.
MULTILINGUALISM AND THE IDEAL OF UNITY IN DIVERSITY IN THE EUROPEAN UNION. KEY CONCEPTS AND CONTEXT
Authors: NISTOR-GÂZ Roxana-Maria , POP-FLANJA Delia
Published: February 2021

In a world challenged by cultural diversity, this article aims to look at the great diversity of languages and cultures that coexist within the European Union. Building on the story of the Tower of Babel that explains, from a religious point of view, the cultural and linguistic diversity existing in the European Union, the authors tried to contextualize EU’s motto of unity in diversity, interpreted as an ideal involving a lot of effort and sometimes even many conflicts, but one that we should all fight for and strive to maintain.
POPULISM OR THE BROKEN PROMISES OF DEMOCRACY. CONCEPTS, CAUSES AND SOLUTIONS
Authors: AVRAM Răzvan-Samir
Published: February 2021

Europe's response to the consequences of the Two World Wars was the need for joint association in a European project. Later on, the communist revolutions have sparked hopes on the European continent in creating a much-dreamed prosperity. One by one, the Eastern European Countries have joined the European project, the last country being Croatia in 2013. Time has passed, but not all problems seem to be resolved, on the contrary, we could say, extremism is on the rise, intolerance of migrants and foreigners it’s a topic on any internal debate. And s as if it weren't enough, Brexit, in conjunction with the rise in the voting intentions for the populist leaders like Marine Le Pen with The National Front in France, Matteo Salvini with Lega Nord in Italy and Nigel Farage with UKIP and later on with Reform Part. This Article aims to provide some clarifications in relation with the conceptual nature of populism, in order to define the concept and identifying and analyzing the main key messages within the populist speech, and also to identify why such messages have success, using as a starting point the idea that populism is only the result of stagnation of the current political class, as well as of the shortcomings of the democratic system.
IDENTITY-BUILDING IN KAZAKHSTAN
Authors: ROMAN Alin
Published: February 2021

As a young nation that came into existence following the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Republic of Kazakhstan undergoes a gradual transformation within its demographics. The issue of national identity within what was once an important and well-integrated part of the USSR continues to draw the involvement of its administrative apparatus that has to find the equilibrium between, on one hand, maintaining national integrity through various mechanisms and, on the other, managing the level of external and internal factors that may lead to the fate of its fellow Central-Asian republics.
IL TEMA DEL (TEMIBILE) GIUDIZIO NELLA LITURGIA DI UNA CHIESA CATTOLICA ORIENTALE. UN TENTATIVO DI LETTURA DELL’INNOGRAFIA PROPRIA ALLA DOMENICA DI CARNEVALE NELLA PROSPETTIVA DELLA RICEZIONE DEL CONCILIO VATICANO II NELLA CHIESA RUMENA UNITA
Authors: ZETEA Simona Ștefana
Published: February 2021

Tema judecăţii (înfricoşătoare) în liturgia unei biserici catolice orientale. Încercare de lectură a imnografiei proprii duminicii lăsatului sec de carne din perspectiva receptării conciliului Vatican II în Biserica română unită. Abordarea temei judecăţii în duminica lăsatului sec de carne în ritul bizantin presupune o viziune în general negativă dacă nu de-a dreptul înfricoşătoare asupra realităţilor ultime şi asupra lui Dumnezeu însuşi. Autoarea propune o reflecţie asupra oportunităţii aducerii sale la zi în dinamica receptării conciliului Vatican II în contextul Bisericii greco-catolice din România, ţinând seama de progresul studiilor biblice, dezvoltarea teologică, evoluţia viziunilor pedagogice etc.
RÉSUMÉ: Le thème du (terrible) jugement dans la liturgie d’une église catholique orientale. Essai d’une lecture de l’imnographie propre au dimanche gras dans la prospective de la réception du concile Vatican II dans l’Église roumaine unie. L’approchement au thème du jugement lors du dimanche gras dans le rite byzantin suppose une vision négative si non épouvantable sur les réalités ultimes et sur Dieu-même. L’autrice propose une réflexion sur l’opportunité de son aggiornamento dans la dynamique de la réception du concile Vatican II dans le contexte de l’Église gréco-catholique de Roumanie, en tenant compte du progrès des études bibliques, du développement théologique, de l’évolution des visions pédagogiques, etc.
Paroles clés : eschatologie, Église roumaine unie gréco-catholique, réception du concile Vatican II, liturgie, jugement final, peur, espérance
Construir comunicación en una radio indígena del norte argentino
Authors: Hirsch Silvia , Diz Agustín
Published: February 2021

Sebastián Reyes fue un indígena chané que a partir de su formación en comunicación comunitaria y periodismo creó programas en Radio Nacional (Tartagal), conformó la Red de Comunicadores Indígenas y creó una radio en la comunidad rural Yacuy, para brindar información y transmitir el acervo cultural, histórico y musical de los pueblos indígenas.
Political Conflict on the Results of Recapitulation in Regional Head Elections in North Borneo Province in 2015
Authors: Saputra Herdin Arie , Setiawan Anang
Published: February 2021

The conflict that occurred amid the people of North Borneo Province in the Regional Head Election for the first time in 2015 was the non-acceptance of one of the candidate's supporters after the recapitulation of the vote count. Demonstrations of facilities damage conflicts include burning the Governor's office, burning of the Regional Election Commission (KPUD) office, banners, burning tires, and burning cars. This study uses qualitative research methods with a phenomenological approach, in data collection with in-depth interviews with resource persons including Chairperson of Regional Election Commission (KPUD), Commissioner of Regional Election Commission (KPUD), Members of Regional Election Commission (KPUD), and Regency Communities Bulungan. This research is also inseparable by collecting books, journals, reputable websites, and the like related to research. Furthermore, the data is managed using the Nvivo 12 Plus software, with Crosstab Analysis feature in common sentences, then concluded. The results showed that the trigger for the reaction that resulted in the conflict was due to regional sentiment, indicating that there was an indication of money politics, the state civil apparatus (ASN), and the lack of C6 forms.
Inmortalidad y eternidad. ¿Qué pretende demostrar Platón en el Argumento Final de Fedón?
Authors: Rivadeneyra Quinones Roberto Alfonso
Published: February 2021

En Fedón, Platón pretende demostrar la inmortalidad del alma haciendo uso de diversos argumentos que buscan probar la hipótesis de que el alma nunca muere. Sin embargo, en el Argumento Final (AF), Platón realiza un salto lógico cuando en su búsqueda por concederle la inmortalidad al alma también le concede la eternidad. ¿A qué se debe la asociación que Platón establece entre ἀθάνατον y ἀίδιον? La solución a este problema parece radicar en una demostración por el efecto.
Econometric Estimates of Russia's Turn to the East
Authors: Baykov A. A. , Gnevasheva V. A.
Published: February 2021

The emerging trend in Russia’s foreign policy is its reorientation from active interstate and socio-economic interaction with the states of the "collective West" to the countries that make up the Asian macroregion. The article presents the qualitative and quantitative assessment of the emerging relations between Russia and the countries of the East, namely the ASEAN countries, Northeast Asia and the Indo-Pacific region. Assuming that the prerequisites for the strengthening of such relationships between countries should be reflected in changes in trade relations, increased migration flows, and changes in policy in terms of countries' military spending, the study attempts to evaluate such changes econometrically. We use the method of constructing multiple linear regression, as well as indicators for assessing country-by-country correlation and cluster analysis. The object of the research is the countries of Northeast Asia (China, Japan, Republic of Korea); ASEAN countries (Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore); India; Australia and Oceania. The empirical base of the study is the official statistics of World Bank, SIPRI, FSGS. The findings indicate the emerging conditions for Russia's turn to the East. The analysis reveals a number of stable features indicating the possibility of modeling a reasonable predictive scenario. The proposed estimates can also be used for further study of the directions of interaction between Russia and the East, methodological and empirical clarification of the emerging relationships, determination of significant factors strengthening the noted interactions.
U.S. plans to internationalize the containment of the USSR in the Balkans in the first half of the 1950s
Authors: Kalinin A. A.
Published: February 2021

The article examines the actions of the US diplomacy aimed at strengthening the US military and political presence in the Balkans and the Eastern Mediterranean in the first half of the 1950s. The United States began creating mechanisms for mobilizing its allies to contain possible Soviet aggression in the event of a new local conflict on the Balkan Peninsula. This policy led to the need to develop plans for internationalization of alleged conflict. The author uses materials from the US National Archives, the State Archive of the Russian Federation, the electronic archives of the Central Intelligence Agency, North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the US National Security Council, as well as published sources. Special attention is paid to the position of the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff on military strategy in the Eastern Mediterranean. The outbreak of the Korean War became an important milestone in American politics not only for the Far East, but also for other regions of the world. In the Balkans, the Americans were mostly afraid of the aggression of Soviet “satellites” against Greece and Yugoslavia. In response, in the early 1950s the United States formed a new security model in the Balkans, which based on a differentiated approach: Greece became a member of NATO, while Yugoslavia entered the anti-Soviet Balkan Pact affiliated with NATO. Yugoslavia became a bridge between the NATO countries – Italy and Greece. Documents held in the US National Archives show that American military leaders spoke out in favor of Yugoslavia’s membership in NATO and insisted on coordinating the military plans of Italy, Yugoslavia, Greece and Turkey. The author concludes that the rapprochement of Yugoslavia, Greece and Turkey was situational. The improvement of the situation in the Balkans after the death of Joseph Stalin led to the collapse of the Balkan Pact. The analysis of American policy in the Balkans made it possible to contribute to the study of the means and methods used by the United States to internationalize military conflicts in various regions of the world in the mid-twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.
Innovation Mirage: The Role of Technological Uncertainty in Military Instability
Authors: Istomin I. A.
Published: February 2021

The article examines the impact of technological changes on the risks of military clashes between states. Currently, experts express increasing concerns about the destabilizing effect of new weapons (including anti-missile and anti-satellite weapons, hypersonic missiles, autonomous lethal systems, and artificial intelligence). These assessments are rarely based on solid theoretical foundations. The author seeks to fill this gap, arguing that the emergence of new weapons has a negative impact on international stability, and this effect is weakly related to the specific characteristics of underline technologies. The theory of technological uncertainty offers an alternative to the offense-defense balance theory. The latter developed since the 1970s, but its validity is questionable. The theory of technological uncertainty attributes the destabilizing effect of weapons to the divergence of states' perceptions of the balance of powers, to the hyped expectations regarding the ability to compensate quantitative limitations with qualitative superiority, to the alarmistic sense of closing windows of opportunities and growing vulnerabilities. The article tests the theory against the historical record of military clashes in Europe from the end of the 18th to the middle of the 20th centuries, as well as the crises between superpowers during the Cold War. The empirical cases are selected in order to cover the period marked by the intensification of qualitative arms races between states. In addition, it is also the period most often used to substantiate the offense-defense balance theory. The history of the last two and a half centuries provides a solid foundation for the theory of technological uncertainty. All instances of large-scale military clashes were preceded by significant technological changes, while peace fell on periods of technological stagnation. The author addresses the policy implications of the theory for the discussions on emerging weapons in the 2010s and 2020s. The study confirms that concerns regarding their destabilizing effect are justified, but for the different reasons from those put forward by most analysts. A somewhat optimistic caveat to its conclusions is the fact that currently emerging weapons are at various stages of development. The greatest likelihood of military clashes corresponds to the overlap of several technological uncertainties. Therefore, an increase in the time lag between introduction of various arms can mitigate destabilizing effect.
Signaling, Constraining and Coercing in US sanctions policy towards Russia in the context of the Ukraine crisis
Authors: Rebro O. I.
Published: February 2021

The development of the US foreign policy tools in the 20th century resulted in sanctions becoming one of the most convenient means for achieving administration’s goals on the international arena, as well as a useful tool in domestic politics. Institutionally established within the scope of the executive branch, buttressed by the US dominance in the world economy and viewed as a “humane” way of influencing foreign elites, it does not demand significant political capital and, as a result, can be implemented without deep strategic thinking. Current US policy towards Russia is constrained by the framework of the sanctions regime, created by Barak Obama Administration in 2014. This regime is inherently inert and is likely to determine the scope and methods of the US policy towards Russia for the foreseeable future regardless of the priorities of the country’s leadership. This article seeks to study the creation of the regime and explain the logic of decision-making process regarding this issue. Utilizing the approach of Francesco Giumelli, who developed a system of factors to explain the logic of a sanctions policy, the author shows that the US sanction policy towards Russia was framed by the desire to demonstrate the ability to mobilize international community and reaffirm its commitments to the security of the Eastern Europe. Low profile of the Ukraine issue on the US foreign policy agenda as well as low political cost of the escalation towards Russia resulted in sanctions becoming a substitute for a foreign policy strategy and were not accompanied by the analysis of the situation, determination of goals and the parameters for evaluating the success of the policy. The deficiency of such an approach is accentuated by the comparison with the European Union who paid a higher price for its sanctions and, despite a popular in Russia notion of a unified “West”, not only resisted the will of the US, but acted as a deterrent for its actions.
Intravesical fetus after second-trimester uterine rupture: a case report
Authors: Ahmed Elmezaien Mohamed Mahmoud Abdelhamid , Mostafa Ahmed Rania Hassan
Published: February 2021

Background:

Second-trimester miscarriage can be managed by surgical or medical methods, which are generally safe. However, rare but life-threatening complications like rupture of the uterus might occur; which may present atypically.

Case presentation:

A 31-year-old multigravida woman with a history of prior four cesarean deliveries presented with a missed miscarriage at 16 weeks gestation. After proper counseling, she opted to proceed with medical management with misoprostol. Six hours after the fifth dose the patient started to complain of hematuria. Ultrasound scan showed an empty uterus with the fetus inside the urinary bladder. Laparotomy was done revealing a ruptured uterus at the site of the previous scar, with the fetus and placenta inside the urinary bladder.

Conclusion:

Second-trimester uterine rupture may have atypical presentation. High index of suspicion, guided by imaging techniques, is essential for early diagnosis to reduce maternal morbidity.
Economía de Selva en la Amazonia Suramericana
Authors: Jimenez Fajardo Jarrinson Alejandro
Published: February 2021

La amazonia, es una amplia área geográfica ubicada al sur del continente Americano la cual cuenta con una extensión de aproximada de 5,514,014 Km2, en donde desde algunos años atrás ha sido denominada como el pulmón del mundo, debido a los beneficios ecosistemicos, a la multitud y amplia biodiversidad de fauna, flora, especies animales, y comunidades indígenas, los cuales han sido amenazados por la minería y la deforestación en Suramérica, y desde luego otros aspectos de menor fluctuación como la agricultura extensiva, la ganadería y el desarrollo de proyectos de plantas hidroeléctricas. Ahora bien, el objetivo de la presente investigación es describir la economía de la selva en la Amazonia Suramericana desde la perspectiva de la Minería y la Deforestación, sus aportes, impactos y desde luego proponer el turismo  como una actividad que permita el fortalecimiento e implementación de estrategias eficientes para la selva y sus pobladores. En este orden de ideas, es importante resaltar que la metodología de investigación empleada es de enfoque cualitativo, se integra al tipo de investigación descriptiva y el desarrollo de herramientas para la recolección de datos fue la entrevista y la revisión bibliográfica en diferentes bases de datos nacionales e internacionales.
CIE 243:2021 Discomfort Glare in Road Lighting and Vehicle Lighting
Authors:   CIE TC 4-33
Published: February 2021

The topic of this report is discomfort glare in the context of road and vehicle lighting. It provides an overview of the research methods, mathematical models and the variables which are considered to influence discomfort glare. The report describes the difficulties associated with the evaluation and measurement of discomfort glare and the variance in the models.-\n--\n-One aim of the report is to encourage further research on discomfort glare using methods recommended by the proposals raised in this report. Such research will generate a greater body of credible data, thus enabling the development of a more robust model. It is intended to update this report in due course with these additional data and a revised discomfort glare model. Keywords: road lighting, glare, discomfort glare, disability glare, vehicle lighting, evaluation of lighting installations, vision