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Kebijakan Transportasi Online dan Konflik Sosial
Authors: Istianto Bambang , Maulamin Taufan
Published: October 2020

This research aims at doing analysis and evaluation forward the governments Policy Concerning “ Online Transportation”. The Policy Nomenclature is in the regulation of transportation ministry No. 26 in 2017 on the implementation of public transportation which is not operating on a certain route online transportation operation has become phenomenal because of causing a social conflict. This has been going on for 2 years and it has not been settled up to now. Public transportation in the field of public administration is called public goods. The Availability and Implementation become the government's obligation. This research aims to do an evaluation on the government policy which has caused a social conflict. The Method of research used is a qualitative-descriptive research. The population in this research is transportation operators such as online taxi drivers, conventional taxi driver, vehicle owners and online taxi users. The sample taking technic done is based on random sampling, to completed the analysis forward the online transportation policy was done an in-depth interview and as “ key informants”, namely” Policymakers” -Online transportation operators. The research of the research thas found that the formulation process of the policy has not been done comprehensively and integrally. There are different perception and definition of the government’s intention and public transportation and definition between the government’s intention and public policy found that the support of an organization, human implementation of the budget suggests that the government improve the formulation and implementation through the strengthening of the support of the reliable and organization and management so that social conflicts won’t take place.
Minimal Clinically Important Difference of the Loewenstein Occupational Therapy Cognitive Assessment–Geriatric (LOTCA–G) in People With Dementia
Authors: Li Kuan-Yi , Lin Li-Jung
Published: October 2020

Importance: The Loewenstein Occupational Therapy Cognitive Assessment–Geriatric (LOTCA–G) can provide multifaceted and comprehensive measures of cognitive function with reduced literacy demands; however, its minimal clinically important difference (MCID) has not been determined for interpreting the change scores.

Objective: To establish the LOTCA–G MCID for people with dementia.

Design: Psychometric field study.

Setting: Data were collected in communities.

Participants: Forty-nine participants with mild to moderate dementia who were enrolled in previous research investigating the effects of cognitive stimulation–related interventions with equivalent training hours.

Outcomes and Measures: The Mini-Mental State Examination and LOTCA–G were used to assess cognitive function before and after the interventions. The anchor-based and distribution-based approaches were used to estimate the LOTCA–G MCID.

Results: Using the anchor-based method, we defined 16 participants as the improvement group, with a mean change score of 5.75 points (the first MCID estimate). The second MCID estimate was 6.23 points, which we calculated from the 49 participants by using the distribution-based method with the medium effect size.

Conclusions and Relevance: Current results suggest that a LOTCA–G change score greater than 5.75 points should be considered as meaningful change for people with dementia. It is important to consider the LOTCA–G MCID as one of the indexes for determining the success of interventions in people with dementia.

What This Article Adds: This study is the first to report the LOTCA–G MCID for dementia. Establishing an MCID for standardized cognitive assessment tools for the aging population can be used to support evidence-based practice in rehabilitation clinics.
Measurement report: Chemical characteristics of PM2.5 during typical biomass burning season at an agricultural site of the North China Plain
Authors: Liang Linlin , Engling Guenter , Liu Chang , Xu Wanyun , Liu Xuyan , Cheng Yuan , Du Zhenyu , Zhang Gen , Sun Junying , Zhang Xiaoye
Published: October 2020

Abstract. Biomass burning (BB) activities are ubiquitous in China, especially in North China, where there is an enormous rural population and winter heating custom. BB tracers (i.e., levoglucosan (LG), mannosan (MN) and potassium (K+)), as well as other chemical components were quantified at a rural site (Gucheng, GC) in North China from 15 October to 30 November, during a transition heating season, when the field burning of agricultural residues was becoming intense. The measured daily average concentrations of LG, MN and K+ in PM2.5 during this study were 0.79 ± 0.75 μg m−3, 0.03 ± 0.03 μg m−3 and 1.52 ± 0.62 μg m−3, respectively. Carbonaceous components and BB tracers showed higher levels at nighttime than daytime, while secondary inorganic ions were enhanced during daytime. An episode with high levels of BB tracers was encountered at the end of October, 2016, with high LG at 4.37 µg m−3. Based on the comparison of chemical components during different BB pollution periods, it appeared that biomass combustion can obviously elevate carbonaceous components levels, whereas no essentially effect on secondary inorganic aerosols in the ambient air. Moreover, the LG/MN ratios during different BB pollution periods remained at high values (in the range of 18.3–24.9), however, the LG / K+ ratio was significantly elevated during the intensive BB pollution period (1.67) when air temperatures decreasing, substantially higher than in other BB periods (averaged at 0.47).
Model of Early Diagenesis in the Upper Sediment with Adaptable complexity – MEDUSA (v. 2): a time-dependent biogeochemical sediment module for Earth System Models, process analysis and teaching
Authors: Munhoven Guy
Published: October 2020

Abstract. MEDUSA is a time-dependent one-dimensional numerical model of coupled early diagenetic processes in the surface seafloor sediment. In the vertical, the sediment is subdivided into two different zones. Solids (biogenic, mineral, etc.) raining down from the surface of the ocean are collected by the reactive mixed layer at the top. This is where chemical reactions take place. Solids are transported by bioturbation and advection, solutes by diffusion and bioirrigation. The classical coupled time-dependent early diagenesis equations (advection-diffusion reaction equations) are used to describe the evolutions of the solid and solute components here. Solids that get transported deeper than the bottom boundary of the reactive mixed layer enter the second zone underneath, where reactions and mixing are neglected. Gradually as solid material gets transferred here from the overlying reactive layer, it is buried and preserved in a stack of layers that make up a synthetic sediment core. MEDUSA has been extensively modified since its first release from 2007. The composition of the two phases, the processes (chemical reactions) and chemical equilibria between solutes are not fixed any more, but get assembled from a set of XML based description files that are processed by a code generator to produce the required Fortran code. 1D, 2D and 2D × 2D interfaces have been introduced to facilitate the coupling to common grid configurations and material compositions used in biogeochemical models. MEDUSA can also be run in parallel computing environments using the Message Passing Interface (MPI).
Interactive Spatial Visualization of Aggregated Non-spatial Coronavirus Data
Authors: Netek Rostislav , Konicek Jakub
Published: October 2020

Abstract. The article describes the process of aggregation of media-based data about coronavirus pandemic in the Olomouc region, Czech Republic. Originally non-spatially located news from different sources and various platforms (government, social media, news portals) were automatically aggregated into a centralized database. The application “COVID-map” is an interactive web map solution which visualizes records from the database in a spatial way. COVID-map has been developed within Ad hoc online hackathon as an academic project at the Department of Geoinformatics, Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic. Alongside spatially localized data, map application collects statistical data from official sources e.g. from the governmental crisis management office.Our approach focuses on cartographical aspects of COVID-map solution. It respects current trends in both development of cartographic oriented outputs and web-based interactive map application. It is fully responsive. Originally, nonspatial data were aggregated, verified, geo-located, and finally visualized in the map environment. The layout combines three main parts: interactive map with spatial data; information panel with updated statistical data; and a sidebar with a filterable list of verified and geo-located news. The main cartographic method used for the visualisation is the choropleth map. It shows the distribution of positively tested people per 10 000 inhabitants for each sub-region. In comparison with similar coronavirus visualisation made during the current pandemic, our solution respects fundamental cartographical rules.Following cartographical topics are discussed in the article: the correct choice of cartographic method and its implementation; determination of a colour scale; recalculation statistics data into relative units by choropleths map method; design of map symbols and legend; searching for a suitable visualization of spatial and non-spatial sources into map layout; discussion on the suitability of using a clustering method.The motivation for this project was both social responsibility and dissatisfaction with the wrong implementation of basic cartographic methods in a variety of alternative solutions. The impact was immediate. Within a few days after the launch, tens of thousands users per day visited the COVID-map. It has been published by regional and national media. The COVID-map solution could be considered as a suitable ad-hoc implementation of the correctly used cartographical method on the example of coronavirus pandemic. The application “COVID-map” is available online at URL: https://gis.upol.cz/covid/mapa/.
Visualization of spatiotemporal data with different topology
Authors: Vondráková Alena , Pászto Vít
Published: October 2020

Abstract. The availability of advanced technologies, the time of information society, and also the development of geographic information systems, have brought a lot of spatial data in most disciplines, which are carefully stored in recent decades and allow us spatiotemporal analysis and visualization. However, for long-term analyses and the synthesis of analysed data, including cartographic synthesis processes, it is a big problem when spatiotemporal data have different topologies at different times. And this does not only mean the correction of borders in the sense of clarification or other distinction. The problem is when, for example, the small administrative units is subject to significant temporal changes. Municipalities are divided and merged, while data are always stored for the topology of a particular year or period.The contribution presents a way to solve such a situation on the example of the Czech Republic. Data from 25 years’ period are adjusted so that it is possible to calculate and visualize long-term trends and analyses. In the case of the case study, these are spatial data of more than 6,000 municipalities, with changes in more than 200 cases during the observed period. In addition to the spatial component, there were also changes in identifiers, which are a common means of joining data. For example, when the name of the municipality was changed and the newly "created" municipality also received new identification code. All these problems are solved by the so-called "super layer", which represents aggregation to the smallest possible extent so that the analyses performed are carried out on the most detailed possible scale without missing data in partial periods.The project goal is to explore various geodemographic processes at a very detailed level, specifically at NUTS (Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics) local administrative units 2 (LAU2) commonly used in European Union for statistical purposes. Our presented dataset/approach unified municipal administrative units allowing analyses of data as they change over time. We used a principle of "common spatial denominator", i.e. we used data aggregation into larger units with stable boundary.
Reference frame and map projection for irregular shaped celestial bodies
Authors: Kerkovits Krisztián , Takáts Tünde
Published: October 2020

Abstract. Recent advancements of technology resulted in greater knowledge of the Solar System and the need for mapping small celestial bodies significantly increased. However, creating a good map of such small objects is a big challenge for the cartographer: they are usually irregular shaped, the usual reference frames like the ellipsoid of revolution is inappropriate for their approximation.A method is presented to develop best-fitting irregular surfaces of revolution that can approximate any irregular celestial body. (Fig. 1.) Then a simple equal-area map projection is calculated to map this reference frame onto a plane. The shape of the resulting map in this projection resembles the shape of the original celestial body.The usefulness of the method is demonstrated on the example of the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. This comet has a highly irregular shape, which is hard to map. Previously used map projections for this comet include the simple cylindrical, which greatly distorts the surface and cannot depict the depressions of the object. Other maps used the combination of two triaxial ellipsoids as the reference frame, and the gained mapping had low distortion but at the expense of showing the tiny surface divided into 11 maps in different complicated map projections (Nyrtsov et. al., 2018). On the other hand, our mapping displays the comet in one single map with moderate distortion and the shape of the map frame suggests the original shape of the celestial body (Fig. 2. and 3.).
Graphic map load comparison of two Czech school atlases using edge detection
Authors: Barvir Radek , Vozenilek Vit
Published: October 2020

Abstract. Map complexity has been studied by cartographers for decades. Unfortunately, it is not being systematically measured as an essential map property and used to optimize cartographic products during the map-making process. Therefore, the appropriate load of map content in a map usually remains dependent only on the subjective assessment of the cartographer designing the map.The paper aims to describe and examine newly developed easy-to-use metric for graphic map load evaluation. A plugin for an open-source software Gimp was developed to provide an accessible tool to measure graphic map load of various geospatial visualizations in an image file format. This tool was then used to compare two Czech school atlases produced by Kartografie PRAHA, a.s. publisher in terms of their graphic map load. The examined atlases include: the latest World School Atlas (in Czech Školní atlas světa) and the new equivalent called Pupil’s Atlas (originally Školní atlas světa) intended to fit especially to younger pupils. Both the atlases are captured in Figure 1.The equivalent maps (the same or very similar map extents, scales, captured regions and map types) in both atlases were compared to investigate differences in graphic map load. For this, a developed metric implemented in the form of an extension to well-known image processing software Gimp was used. The extension advances an edge detection filter to identify both sharp and smooth edges in order to estimate the graphic map load of map samples. Also, a distribution of map load across the map layout is shown. Subsequently, measured values were compared and used to estimate the differences in the potential readability of those products.
Reproducing pyroclastic density currents deposits of the AD 79 eruption of the Somma-Vesuvius volcano using the box-model approach
Authors: Tadini Alessandro , Bevilacqua Andrea , Neri Augusto , Cioni Raffaello , Biagioli Giovanni , de'Michieli Vitturi Mattia , Esposti Ongaro Tomaso
Published: October 2020

Abstract. In this study we use PyBox, a new numerical implementation of the box-model approach, to reproduce pyroclastic density current (PDC) deposits from the Somma-Vesuvius volcano (Italy). Our simplified model assumes inertial flow front dynamics and mass deposition equations, and axisymmetric conditions inside circular sectors. Tephra volume and density, and Total Grain Size Distribution of EU3pf and EU4b/c, two well-studied PDC units from different phases of the AD 79 Pompeii eruption of Somma-Vesuvius (Italy) are used as input parameters. Such units correspond to the deposits from variably dilute, turbulent PDCs. We perform a quantitative comparison and uncertainty quantification of numerical model outputs with respect to the observed data of unit thickness, inundation areas, and grain size distribution as a function of the radial distance to the source. The simulations that we performed with PyBox were done considering: (i) polydisperse conditions, given by the total grain size distribution of the deposit, or monodisperse conditions, given by the mean Sauter diameter of the deposit; (ii) round-angle axisymmetrical collapses or divided in two circular sectors. We obtain a range of plausible initial volume concentrations of solid particles from 2.5 % to 6 %, depending on the unit and the circular sector. Optimal modelling results of flow extent and deposit thickness are reached on the EU4b/c unit in a polydisperse and sectorialized situation, indicating that using total grain size distribution and particle densities as close as possible to the real conditions significantly improve the performance of the PyBox code. The study findings suggest that the box model simplified approaches adopted have promising applications in constraining the plausible range of the input parameters of more computationally expensive models.
The Structural Creation of Virtual Power in a Large Network
Authors: PETERSON Douglas K , XING YuanYuan
Published: October 2020

Our conventional wisdom indicates that because of their spread-out nature, performance networks for large projects are bound to experience perfect power diffusion where no one player is likely to gain hegemony over others. We might be wrong about that. It is possible that oligarchic network positioning and influence may emerge (Ansell, Bicher, Zhou, 2016) as political considerations and dominate the more traditional bureaucratic ones. These are applicable for decisions that involve an allocation of resources, adoption of technology, design of control systems, and methods of project appraisal (among others). While considerations for these seem to be dedicated to the limited set, there is a large shortage of work on the application of power in the larger context of networks and very large initiatives (VLI) that may be found in customs, trade, economic, and political unions. This can also be found in any political integration or economic integration projects, for example in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The contention is that exchanges of power in formal regulated structures may be predictable, it is the informal and unregulated condition that influence performance of integration. This paper focuses on the structures for minority control and suggests these strategies to influence a network come from the influence of nodes and edges of the network, and not from top down control.
Assessing the Pedagogical Approaches of Social Studies Tutors Instructional Delivery in the Colleges of Education in the Eastern and Greater Accra Regions of Ghana
Authors: Babah Pearl Adiza , Odumah Lawrence , Mensah Ronald Osei , Yalley Clarke Ebow , Sakyi-Darko Michael
Published: October 2020

The purpose of the study is to assessing the pedagogical approaches of Social Studies Tutors instruction delivery in the Colleges of Education in the Eastern and Greater Accra regions of Ghana. The research design that was used for the study was a blend of quantitative and qualitative methods in a descriptive survey manner. The stratified sampling technique was used in this study. In all, a sample size of four hundred and eighty (480) Social Studies teacher trainees were chosen for the study. The data collection tools used were semi-structured interview guide and questionnaire. The study revealed that most of the tutors used appropriate pedagogical approaches to the effective teaching and learning of Social Studies. Again, the study revealed that majority of respondents agreed that the pedagogical content knowledge of Social Studies teachers and teachers’ teaching-learning strategies significantly enhanced the Social Studies instructional process in the classroom. It is recommended that Teacher training institutions, teacher education division, and universities in Ghana should give appropriate training to teachers in their subject areas to improve upon their pedagogical skills and knowledge.
The Value of the Suffering Child in Cormac McCarthy's The Road
Authors: Caradec Julian
Published: October 2020

This article seeks to explore how the suffering of the child in Cormac McCarthy's The Road is used to make the social and political dynamics obfuscated by the apocalypse re-emerge. By considering the narrative through the prism of the larger sociological history of the value of children in the United States, the author brings into view how the taboo of child death and suffering forces the father and the narrative at large to confront ethical subjects around parenthood, economics and consumerism, even at the last moments of humanity.
The Sea as a Hyperobject: Moving beyond Maritime Cultural Landscapes
Authors: Campbell Peter B.
Published: October 2020

An understanding of human mobility and cultural connectivity requires an accurate conception of that which facilitates maritime movement: the sea. The theory of “maritime cultural landscapes” has sought to address these questions from a landscape approach, and it is perhaps the most influential theory in maritime archaeology over the last thirty years. However, recent developments in philosophy challenge the cognitive-landscape theory underpinning the paradigm. This article examines these philosophies, the “flat ontologies” of Speculative Realism and Object-Oriented Ontology (OOO) and argues that they can be used to understand the sea as a new type of entity—a hyperobject. In this approach, the sea is not a landscape or facilitator of human activity but an entity of vast geographical and temporal scale that possesses agency. It argues for moving beyond idealist philosophies, such as cultural landscapes, toward the realist philosophy of OOO, including understanding the sea as a hyperobject.
The Maritime and Riverine Networks of the Eurotas River Valley in Lakonia
Authors: Hitchcock Louise A. , Chapin Anne P. , Reynolds James H.
Published: October 2020

Lakonia is remembered in Homeric epic as the locale where Queen Helen was abducted to Troy, becoming the face that launched 1,000 ships. In Bronze Age reality (ca. 3000–1200 BCE), Lakonia was one of the earliest areas on the Greek mainland to be influenced by Minoan civilization, achieve social complexity, and progress toward Mycenaean statehood. We examine how these cultural developments were supported by Lakonia's riverine topography. The perennial Eurotas River connected intervisible Bronze Age sites in the Spartan Plain with coastal port cities, thereby facilitating flows of ideas, people, and trade, particularly with Minoan Crete via the island of Kythera. We argue that Minoan interest in Lakonian raw materials resulted in the acquisition of finished prestige goods and specialized knowledge by Lakonian elites and contributed to emerging Lakonian social complexity. We conclude that Lakonia's riverine landscape was an important factor in its early development toward Mycenaean statehood.
Standardization vs. Individualization in the Pylian Painted Argonaut
Authors: Egan Emily Catherine
Published: October 2020

In 2015, Hariclia Brecoulaki and I published an article examining the emblematic use of the argonaut motif in wall paintings from the so-called Palace of Nestor at Pylos. This study serves as a brief follow-up to that investigation, and offers some preliminary thoughts on the opposing forces of standardization and individualization manifest in the motif's depictions. Through close investigation of the marine creature's anatomy as rendered across different band friezes at the palace, it is demonstrated that while the design of certain body parts was “fixed,” that of others was “flexible,” resulting in repetitive compositions that were, in fact, subtly nuanced. Based on this evidence, some preliminary practical and intellectual explanations for this perceived “artistic freedom” enjoyed by the Pylian painters are presented, as are thoughts about composition in Mycenaean art at large.
A viagem herderiana: o horizonte e o círculo
Authors: Ferreira Neto Orlando Marcondes
Published: October 2020

No Diário de viagem de 1769, a jornada marítima que J. G. Herder empreende de Riga a Nantes representa a saída em busca de novos horizontes, de novos modos de ver o mundo, em favor de um projeto reformista tipicamente esclarecido. Coerente com a ótica cosmopolita do Esclarecimento, a viagem herderiana evoca uma temporalidade aberta e grandes expectativas em relação ao futuro. Contudo, poucos anos depois, no ensaio Mais uma filosofia da história para a formação da humanidade, esse projeto é submetido a uma crítica contundente, de modo que o horizonte de expectativa de 1769 recua em favor de um espaço de experiência tradicionalmente formado: o círculo da cultura. Isso se evidencia na afirmação emblemática, aparentemente paradoxal de Herder em 1774, de que as viagens ao estrangeiro são sinal de “doença, de flatulência, de riqueza malsã, de pressentimento de morte”, apontando para uma tensão dialética típica de seu pensamento de juventude.
INFLUENCE OF Urochloa brizantha ON THE GROWTH AND NUTRITIONAL ABSORPTION OF TREE SPECIES
Authors: Santana João Elves da Silva , Leles Paulo Sergio dos Santos , Resende Alexander Silva de , Dias Monique Muniz Monteiro , Carvalho Daniel Fonseca de , Lima Thales Costa de
Published: October 2020

Influence of Urochloa brizantha on the growth and nutritional absorption of tree species. The objective of this study was to evaluate the influence of Urochloa brizantha var. Marandu on the growth and accumulation of macronutrients in the leaves of Cordia trichotoma and Guarea guidonia. Seedlings of tree species were transplanted to 18-liter pots and kept free of U. brizantha for three months. After that period, three treatments were adopted that consisted of the control (T0), two plants of U. brizantha per pot (T2) and four plants of U. brizantha per pot (T4). Growth and nutrient accumulation of tree species were evaluated after 84 days of coexistence with U. brizantha. The increment in diameter, of both tree species, leaf area and shoot dry matter of G. guidonia were significantly affected by the presence of U. brizantha, compared to the control. Significant differences were observed for the accumulation of potassium and magnesium in the leaves of C. trichotoma.
Resposta de Handroanthus heptaphyllus Mattos em diferentes volumes de substrato e adubação de base.
Authors: TONETTO Thaise Da Silva , Araujo Maristela Machado , Berghetti Álvaro Luís Pasquetti , Navroski Márcio Carlos
Published: October 2020

Handroanthus heptaphyllus (Martius) Mattos response in different volumes of substrate and base fertilization. The native forest species require the adoption of appropriate practices in the nursery, such as the definition of the container volume and base fertilizer, to develop seedlings at lower cost. Thus, this study aimed to verify the performance of Handroanthus heptaphyllus seedlings grown in nurseries in different sizes of containers and different dosage of controlled release fertilizer (CRF). There was interaction between the volume of container and the fertilization for the height (H), stem diameter (SD), and H/SD relation. The shoot dry mass variable (SDM), root dry mass (RDM), total dry mass (TDM), SDM/RDM relation, Dickson quality index (DCI) and leaf area (LA) were influenced only by the base fertilizer. The highest values for these variables were, respectively, 15.68 cm; 6.55 mm, 2.58 cm mm-1; 2.05 g; 2.03 g; 3.84 g; 1.46; 1.15 and 246.97 cm². The H. heptaphyllus species is nutritionally demanding, positively responding to the high dose of CRF. Seedlings of H. heptaphyllus produced in tubes of 180 cm³ with 7.0 g L-1 of CRF present adequate growth.
EUCALYPTUS INICIAL GROWTH ON HUMIC CAMBISOL WITH APPLICATION OF LIMESTONE, GYPSUM, AND LIME MUD
Authors: Pfleger Priscylla , Cassol Paulo Cezar , Simonete Marcia Aparecida
Published: October 2020

The high demand for forest products in Brazil estimates a 2 million hectares increase in reforestation areas over the next 10 years, highlighting Eucalyptus species. However, these crops usually occur in acid soils that need correction to achieve high productivity. Besides limestone, lime mud, a residue from the cellulose industry, and gypsum can also be used as correctives, but there are doubts about doses and ways of application with the best results. Thus, were evaluated the soil chemical attributes, foliar nutrient content, and initial growth of a Eucalyptus dunnii Maiden crop in response to the application of limestone, lime mud, and gypsum in different doses and ways of applications, on a Humic Cambisol from Santa Catarina Plateau. The experiment was carried out with nine treatments in four replicates, where the evaluated parameters were determined up to 24 months after planting. In general, both limestone, lime mud, and gypsum, in different doses and ways of application, affected the chemical attributes of the soil but did not affect the foliar nutrient content at 12 months, height, and diameter at breast high (DBH) from trees and timber volume at 24 months. Gypsum do not correct soil acidity but lime mud provides similar results to limestone indicating that can substitute this corrective without damage to nutritional status and initial development of Eucalyptus dunnii.
FOREST FIRE RISK ZONING FOR THE VILA VELHA STATE PARK AND ITS SURROUNDINGS (PONTA GROSSA, PARANÁ)
Authors: Kovalsyki Bruna , França Tetto Alexandre , Batista Antonio Carlos , Sousa Nilton José , Barrotto do Carmo Marta Regina , Viana Soares Ronaldo
Published: October 2020

Forest fire hazard and risk mapping is an essential tool for planning and decision making regarding the prevention and suppression of forest fires,as well as fire management in general, as it allows the spatial visualization of areas with higher and lower ignition probability. This study aimed to develop a forest fire risk zoning map for the Vila Velha State Park and its surroundings (Ponta Grossa, Paraná State, Brazil), for the period of higher incidence of forest fires (from April to September) and for the period of lower incidence (from October to March). The following risk and hazard variables were identified: human presence, usage zones, topographical features, soil coverage and land use and meteorological conditions. Coefficients (0 to 5) reflecting the fire risk or hazard degree were allocated to each variable in order to construct the maps. The integration of these maps, through a weighting model, resulted in the final risk mapping. The very high and extreme risk classes represented about 38% of the area for both periods. The forest fire risk mapping spatially represented the levels of fire risk in the area, allowing the managers to identify the priority sectors for preventive actions in both fire seasons.
Dedicated Education Unit: Improving graduating nursing students’ preparedness for practice
Authors: Vargas Persephone , Dimino Kimberly , Mullen Spencer
Published: October 2020

Background and Objective: Majority of new graduate nurses are not adequately prepared to assume the dynamic and complex role of today’s professional nurse. The Dedicated Education Unit (DEU) is a clinical teaching model developed in response to the limitations of traditional clinical model (TCM). The aim of the study is to examine the readiness for practice and level of confidence in clinical decision making among graduating nursing students in the DEU and compare it with the students in the TCM.Methods: A pre-test/post-test design was used.  The Casey-Fink Readiness for Practice was utilized in the pre and post-test surveys and the Nursing Anxiety and Self-Confidence in Clinical Decision-Making was used in the post test. Data were analyzed in aggregate and pre-test scores were compared to post-test scores at the cohort level using t-test.Results: The pre-test results showed no significant difference between the DEU and TCM groups. However, the post-test results showed higher levels of readiness for practice and higher self-confidence and lower anxiety in clinical decision making among the DEU students.Conclusions: The study provides evidence on the impact of the DEU in providing graduating nursing students with high quality clinical education to better prepare them for practice.
Analysis and design methods
Authors: Patton R. N.
Published: October 2020

This paper is the result of deliberations of the Society's Study Group for the seismic design of steel structures.
Impacts of Direct Metacognitive Instructions on Self-Actualization
Authors: Dezhbankhan Fariba , Baranovich Diana Lea , Abedalaziz Nabeel
Published: October 2020

Education has a crucial role in improving opportunities for lifelong learning and helping students to move towards their self-actualizing goals. Applying metacognitive interventions facilitate conceptualization and operationalization of such holistic approach of education. This study investigated the impacts of twelve hours metacognitive intervention, ‘Direct Metacognitive Instructions’ (DMI) on self-actualization process among 31 students using quasi-experimental (pre-test-post-test) design. The large effect size (Partial η2 = .818, 95% confidence intervals) implied that DMI has a statistically significant impact in fostering student’s self-actualization. This study has implications for designing and implementing multidimensional metacognitive interventions targeting self-actualization and evaluating cognitive, behavioral and affective effects of such interventions.
Investigation of Pre-Service Teachers’ Tolerance Tendencies and Democratic Tendencies
Authors: Tican Canses
Published: October 2020

The current study aims to investigate whether pre-service teachers’ tolerance tendencies and democratic tendencies vary significantly depending on gender and mother and father’s education level and the relationship between their tolerance tendencies and democratic tendencies. A total of 417 second-year students from the departments of Turkish teaching, social studies teaching, elementary school teacher training, pre-school teacher training, science teaching, elementary school math teaching, arts, music, psychological counselling and guidance, English teaching and German teaching participated in the current study. In the analysis of the collected data, frequencies, percentages, Mann Whitney U test, Kruskall Wallis test and correlation analysis were used. As a result of the analyses, the pre-service teachers’ tolerance tendencies were found to be very high. The female pre-service teachers’ tolerance tendencies were found to be higher than those of the male pre-service teachers. The pre-service teachers’ tolerance tendencies were found to be not varying significantly depending on mother and father’s education level. The pre-service teachers’ democratic tendencies were found to be higher than the medium level. The female pre-service teachers’ democratic tendencies were found to be higher than those of the male pre-service teachers. The pre-service teachers’ democratic tendencies were found to be not varying significantly depending on mother and father’s education level. A positive, medium and significant correlation was found between the pre-service teachers’ tolerance tendencies and democratic tendencies.
Editor’s Introduction
Authors: Ostaszewska Aneta
Published: October 2020

The presented volume includes articles by authors from Czech, India, Greece, Sweden and Poland. They provide us with different aspects of social pedagogy and social issues in relation to education, law and social work. These are analytical and empirical papers conducted with a wide range of methodologies, for example, research based on surveys, legal acts analysis, ethnographic fieldwork and case studies. While discussing the issues, the authors represent the specific social and cultural backgrounds at the same time being aware of global contexts. What connects all these papers is the attitude of their authors, their pedagogical sensitivity and critical awareness in reflecting on theory and practice of social sciences. We have been collecting these articles since the beginning of 2019. With these six contributions, the Readers are offered an insight into the current state of discussion on particular topics from different perspectives. I hope you enjoy a read.
Selected problems of criminal law as an instrument of social control in relation to youth delinquency
Authors: Urbanová Martina
Published: October 2020

Social pedagogy is closely linked to the law as an instrument of social control where criminal law is a result of a certain effort to solve or control social problem. This problem is currently about increasing number of delinquent youths which has its own specifics. The aim of the paper is to point out, with the help of critical legal analysis, the difficulty of effectively solving (controlling) this problem with the help of criminal law, which determines what will be criminalized, what will be decriminalized or outside the interest of criminal law. It turns out that some measures lead to the rise of experts and their power, unintended results, and violation of the principle of innocent until proven guilty.
Eldre i psykiatrien:
Authors: Pileberg Silje
Published: October 2020

Eldre har høgare sjølvmordsrisiko enn unge. Ifølgje ein ny studie er det dei eldre utan tidlegare behandling i psykisk helsevern som er mest utsette.
Sterkt, men ensidig om tap
Authors: Larsen Kim
Published: October 2020

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Kjære leser
Authors: Mehlum Lars
Published: October 2020

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Aplicação foliar de prolina no crescimento e fisiologia do milho verde cultivado em solo salinizado
Authors: Silva Francisco de Assis da , Pereira Francisco Hevilásio Freire , Campos Júnior José Eustáquio , Nobrega Jackson Silva , Dias Mirandy dos Santos
Published: October 2020

Corn (Zea maysL.) is one of the most cultivated crops in the world. In Brazil, this cereal has a wide diversity of use. Most of the areas where maize production is used is irrigation, however, when performed inadequately it becomes preponderant for salinization of soils. The effect of proline foliar application on the growth and physiology of the green maize cultivated in salinized soil was evaluated. The experiment was conducted at the Center for Agro-Food Science and Technology (CCTA), belonging to the Federal University of Campina Grande (UFCG), Pombal, PB, from March to April 2015, using maize variety AG 1051.The treatments consisted of two levels of soil salinity (3.26 and 0.86 dS/m) and five concentrations of proline (0, 2.5, 5.0, 7.5 and 10 mmol L -¹) applied byleaf on corn plants. The experimental design was completely randomized, in the 2 x 5 factorial scheme, with four replications. A higher growth and mass accumulation was observed when the plants were conducted in soil of lower salinity (CE= 0.86 dS/m). Transpiration was influenced by salinity and proline concentration. The highest rate of intercellular CO2 concentration (Ci) was obtained at the concentration of 7.5 mmol L-¹ proline. Proline concentrations did not influence the growth and mass accumulation aspects of maize.
A GÊNESE DA TRANSFERÊNCIA FREUDIANA: DO MODELO FÍSICO-QUÍMICO-ENERGÉTICO A UMA LEITURA METAPSICOLÓGICA
Authors: Couto Luís Flávio Silva , Oliveira Douglas Félix de , Pimenta Ricardo Luiz Alves
Published: October 2020

O objetivo deste artigo é discorrer sobre pontos importantes da démarche de Freud na construção teórica da transferência. Busca-se, a partir do solo nativo de Freud, identificar a gênese do fenômeno da transferência, que, em seu horizonte clínico, tornou-se um de seus conceitos fundamentais. Para isso, recorreu-se à revisão bibliográfica para investigar a epistemologia do solo nativo de Freud, seus modelos bem como os referentes físico-químico-energéticos. Tais modelos e referentes compuseram as bases do fundamento metodológico de Freud na construção da metapsicologia, que, por sua vez, tornou-se uma das referências para o entendimento do fenômeno da transferência. Este artigo pode contribuir com as pesquisas que envolvem a temática da transferência, pois sua gênese, seus modelos e os referentes aqui colocados estão localizados no solo nativo de Freud, indispensáveis à sua teorização.
QUANDO CHEGA A AURORA: A RELAÇÃO MÃE E FILHA SOB A PERSPECTIVA DA CLÍNICA PSICANALÍTICA
Authors: Machado Lucienne de Almeida , Almeida Marcela Toledo França de
Published: October 2020

Este artigo é o efeito de um atendimento clínico psicanalítico realizado ao longo da disciplina de Estágio, no Curso de Psicologia da Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG), apresentado como um relato de atendimento. O estudo será composto pela apresentação do caso e, posteriormente, serão feitos alguns apontamentos teóricos pela perspectiva da psicanálise freudiana e lacaniana. A escolha do nome fictício Aurora, nomeação definida para se referir à analisante atendida, é uma aproximação metafórica do nascer do dia ao nascimento do sujeito. O objetivo principal deste relato clínico é o de promover uma discussão que aponte para como o sujeito se vê às voltas com a ascensão a seu lugar de ser desejante. Mais especificamente, a discussão se atém à problemática mãe/filha relatada pela paciente durante o atendimento. Presa à teia dos significantes maternos, Aurora se demora a acontecer como sujeito desejante. Contudo, apesar de todos os desvios, e mesmo diante da impossibilidade de se apontar para um nascimento definitivo e pontual, ao longo do trabalho de escuta, conseguimos vislumbrar ao menos os primeiros raios de uma aurora.
IMAGINÁRIO DE PROFISSIONAIS DE SAÚDE SOBRE MÃES DE BEBÊS DISPONÍVEIS PARA SEREM ADOTADOS
Authors: Ferreira-Teixeira Marcela Casacio , Visintin Carlos Del Negro , Aiello-Vaisberg Tania Maria José
Published: October 2020

Esta pesquisa objetiva investigar o imaginário coletivo de profissionais de saúde sobre mães biológicas de bebês disponíveis para serem adotados, justificando-se na medida em que pode produzir conhecimento clinicamente relevante na área da Psicologia. Articula-se metodologicamente por meio do uso do procedimento de desenhos-estórias com tema em dez entrevistas individuais, registradas sob a forma de narrativas transferenciais. A consideração psicanalítica do material permitiu a produção interpretativa de dois campos de sentido afetivo-emocional: “mãe vítima” e “mãe desnaturada”. O quadro indica a coexistência de imaginário conservador, baseado na condenação da mulher, com imaginário mais compreensivo e solidário, de reconhecimento das adversidades enfrentadas por pessoas que vivem em situações de precariedade social que dificultam o cuidado dos filhos. Quando comparados com outras pesquisas, os resultados encontrados podem ser pensados como indícios de que uma mudança no imaginário dos profissionais se encontra em curso.
UMA EXPERIÊNCIA CLÍNICA NO COURTIL: UMA INSTITUIÇÃO ORIENTADA PELA PRÁTICA ENTRE VÁRIOS
Authors: Azevedo Poliane Paula Ferreira
Published: October 2020

Este artigo apresenta uma reflexão baseada numa experiência clínica como estagiária em uma instituição belga, denominada Le Courtil, que acolhe crianças e jovens autistas, psicóticos e neuróticos em estado grave. O trabalho do Le Courtil consiste na prática entre vários, que tem a reunião clínica como um dispositivo para elaborar os casos, um a um, e os profissionais que ali atuam visam a abrir para o sujeito a possibilidade de inventar sua própria resposta ao seu sofrimento. Há também um compromisso dessa instituição com a transmissão, por meio de seminários, apresentação de casos e acolhimento aos estagiários. Neste artigo, será realizada a exposição do Courtil e a fundamentação teórica da prática nessa instituição, bem como uma apresentação de recortes da experiência clínica, na qual se ilustrará o trabalho realizado nesse contexto institucional.
Grand Strategy in the Age of Trump: An Optimistic View
Authors: Callahan John M.
Published: October 2020

Drawing on President Trump’s statements as a candidate, and relating the status of the world in 2017, this work discusses the origins and evolution of a Grand Strategy for the Trump administration. This work helps to fill a gap in the literature by bringing together an assessment of Trump’s mindset as a candidate with his actions as President, most notably the formulation of the National Security Strategy of the United States of America. The studies assessment is that Trump had a well-formulated Grand Strategy in mind, nested in the “America First” ideology of the campaign, and that he has learned and modified the strategy based on experience. Finally, proposals for moving forward with a Grand Strategy for the future are considered.
Maximum Pressure and Military Disengagement: The Dilemma of US Policy towards Iran*
Authors: Overhaus Marco
Published: October 2020

The Obama and Trump administrations have shared the same basic objectives towards Iran but have chosen radically different approaches to that end. While Obama was hailed - not least in Europe - for his emphasis on dialogue and negotiations, his policies still failed to contain Iran’s missile program and its use of “proxies” in other countries. The Trump administration’s emphasis on “maximum (economic) pressure”, in turn, is not per se doomed to failure. The major flaw of Trump’s approach, however, is that it is void of diplomacy. As long as the policy does not include a clearer understanding of the demands of as well as political/financial incentives towards Iran, “maximum pressure” runs the risk of dragging the United States still deeper into the Middle East’s violent conflicts.
Erbrecht
Authors: Schmoeckel Mathias
Published: October 2020

Das Erbrecht gilt unter Studenten als eine schwierige Rechtsmaterie. Das Lehrbuch erleichtert den Einstieg in das Erbrecht mit zahlreichen Beispielen und deckt die ausbildungs- und prüfungsrelevanten Bereiche so besonders einprägsam ab Wiederholungsfragen am Ende eines jeden Kapitels erleichtern die Lernkontrolle und ein Anhang mit Definitionen erlaubt die schnelle Bildung von Obersätzen in der Klausur. Die 6. Auflage berücksichtigt eine Vielzahl neuer Entscheidungen und geht weiterhin auf aktuelle Entwicklungen ein, etwa zum digitalen Nachlass.
Öffentliche Sicherheit und Freiheit
Authors: van Ooyen Robert Chr.
Published: October 2020

From ‘11th September’ to ‘the coronavirus pandemic’, public security has been subject to a rapid process of change: the separation of internal and external security is being eroded, and police and criminal law are being Europeanised and internationalised. The concepts of ‘security states’, ‘friend and foe law’ and ‘a state of emergency’ are endangering freedom. In addition to the threat posed by Islamism, right-wing extremism, which has been increasing for years, has turned into neo-Nazi terrorism. Our allegedly strong democracy is proving to be both brittle and yet, at the same time, necessary for an open (immigrant) society, and security agencies are not unimpeachable. The 3rd redesigned and expanded edition of this book addresses the following points, with special references to political theory and rulings by the Federal Constitutional Court:

Security and freedom in a ‘state of emergency’

Security and an open society

New security and ‘friend and foe law’

Security, immigration and democracy

Terrorism

(Right-wing) extremism and bans on political parties

Europeanisation of security

Out-of-area deployment of the German military and in police situations

Internationalisation of criminal justice