bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Consulta de enfermagem gerontológica associada à escala de adesão terapêutica
Authors: Alencar Tâmara Dias de , Aquino Raísa Gonçalves , Santos Luiza Rodrigues , Lobato Hanna Araújo , Santos George Luiz Alves , Santana Rosimere Ferreira , Sá Selma Petra Chaves
Published: September 2020

Este estudo objetivou identificar o grau de adesão ao tratamento de doenças autorreferidas segundo a Escala de AdesãoTerapêutica de Morisky de oito itens versão português da Morisky Medications Adherence Scale - MMAS-8 e identificaros principais diagnósticos e intervenções de enfermagem em um grupo para terceira idade, a partir da consulta de enfermagem gerontológica. Estudo de abordagem quantitativa, do tipo descritivo, observacional e longitudinal, de amostrapor conveniência, abrangendo 31 participantes. Os resultados totalizaram 48,39% (n= 15) de média adesão no MMAS8, e 35,48% (n= 11) de alta adesão. Destacaram-se oito diagnósticos de enfermagem mais frequentes, distribuído nosdomínios Segurança/Proteção (3), Promoção da Saúde (1), Nutrição (1), Atividade e Repouso (2), Percepção/cognição(1) e seguidos pelas intervenções correlatas. Conclui-se que o instrumento de consulta de enfermagem gerontológicafundido com outros instrumentos de avaliação de saúde e comportamento permitiu uma pluralidade de informaçõesfundamentais, as quais orientaram a tomada de decisão diagnóstica e de intervenção de enfermagem.Palavras-chave: Consulta de Enfermagem; Adesão à Medicação; Diagnósticos de Enfermagem; Questionário.This study aimed to identify the degree of adherence to the treatment of self-reported diseases according to the Morisky Medications Adherence Scale - MMAS-8 and to identify the main nursing diagnoses and interventions in a groupfor the elderly, From the gerontological nursing consultation. A quantitative, descriptive, observational and longitudinalstudy of a sample of convenience, covering 31 participants. The results were 48.39% (n = 15) of medium adhesion inMMAS-8, and 35.48% (n = 11) of high adhesion. Eight of the most frequent nursing diagnoses were distributed in theareas of Safety / Protection (3), Health Promotion (1), Nutrition (1), Activity and Rest (2), Perception / cognition (1) andfollowed by related interventions. It was concluded that the gerontological nursing consultation instrument mergedwith other health and behavior assessment instruments allowed a plurality of fundamental information, which guidedthe decision-making process and nursing intervention.Keywords: Office Nursing; Medication Adherence; Nursing Diagnosis; Questionnaires
Unha cirúrgica de biopolímero de cana de açúcar para preservação do leito ungueal após avulsão
Authors: Pinto Flavia Cristina Morone , Oliveira Márcia
Published: September 2020

Objetivo: Desenvolver uma unha cirúrgica de BPCA com o propósito de produzir uma cobertura para o leito unguealimediatamente exposto após avulsão da lâmina ungueal. Método: A unha cirúrgica de BPCA foi produzida a partir dogel de BPCA, que tem propriedades viscoelásticas e é estável em concentrações de 0,6% e 0,8%. Resultados: A comprovada biocompatibilidade e a baixa toxicidade do polissacarídeo celulósico permitem idealizar a sua utilização comoum dispositivo médico, servindo como barreira mecânica, proteção do leito ungueal e remodelação da lâmina ungueal.As características físico-químicas do polissacarídeo permitem a produção de um modelo ungueal autoaderente e resistente, servindo temporariamente como substituto da lâmina ungueal. Além disso, o custo da unha cirúrgica de BPCA éacessível. Conclusão: A unha cirúrgica de BPCA parece ser uma alternativa promissora para manutenção e cicatrizaçãodo leito ungueal.Palavras-chave: Doenças da Unha; Biopolímeros; Saccharum; Curativos Oclusivos; Cicatrização.

 

ABSTRACTObjective: Develop a surgical nail of BPCA with the purpose of producing a cover for the nail bed immediately exposedafter avulsion of the nail plate. Method: The surgical nail of BPCA was produced from the BPCA gel, which has viscoelastic properties and is stable at concentrations of 0.6% and 0.8%. Results: The biocompatibility and low toxicity of thecellulosic polysaccharide allow to idealize its use as a medical device, serving as a mechanical barrier, protection of thenail bed and remodeling of the nail plate. The physico-chemical characteristics of the polysaccharide allow the production of a self-adhesive and resistant nail model, serving temporarily as a substitute for the nail plate. In addition, the costof the surgical nail of BPCA is affordable. Conclusion: The surgical nail of BPCA appears to be a promising alternativefor maintenance and healing of the nail bed.Keywords: Nail Diseases; Biopolymers; Saccharum; Occlusive Dressings; Wound Healing.
Sürdürülebilir Bir Kentleşme Yaklaşımı Olarak, Ekolojik Planlama ve Eko-Kentler
Authors: KAYA Hayriye Eylül , TAYLAN SUSAN Arzu
Published: September 2020

Ekonomi ve teknolojinin gelişmesi, kentlere göçü arttırmış ve kentlerin hızlı bir şekilde büyümelerine neden olarak büyüme şekillerinde değişiklik yaratmıştır. Artan nüfusun ihtiyaçlarını karşılamak üzere, yayılarak ve saçaklanarak büyüyen kentler, bir yandan çevrelerindeki tarım topraklarının yitirilmesine, diğer yandan ise bireysel araç kullanımının yaygınlaşarak karbon ayak izinin artmasına ve iklim değişikliğine neden olmaktadır. Bu bağlamda, sınırlı doğal kaynakların korunması ve gelecek nesillere aktarılmasının giderek daha fazla hayati önem taşıdığı görülmekte, kentlerin kontrolsüz ve hızlı gelişmesinin önüne geçmek için sürdürülebilir kentleşme yaklaşımlarına ihtiyaç duyulmaktadır. Sürdürülebilir kentler, aynı zamanda, gelecek nesillerin sağlıklı yaşam çevreleriyle karşılaşacağı yaşanabilirliği yüksek yerlerdir. Bu nedenle, çeşitli ülkelerde ortaya çıkan Akıllı Büyüme, Yeşil Kentleşme, Yeni Şehircilik ve Ekolojik Planlama gibi sürdürebilirliği merkezine alan yeni kentleşme akımları ve yaklaşımları tüm dünyada yayılmaktadır. Bu yaklaşımların kentsel büyümeye ve biçime ilişkin geliştirdiği ilkeleri gözden geçiren bu makale, bunların ortak noktasını oluşturan ve uygulama politikalarını da içeren ekolojik planlama yaklaşımına odaklanmaktadır. Makale, ekolojik planlamada kullanılan kavramlar, ilkeler ve modelleri tarihsel süreçte gelişimiyle beraber irdelemektedir. Makalede sürdürülebilir ve ekolojik kentlerin planlamasına yönelik ilkeleri ve modelleri içeren bulguların, Türkiye’de eko-kent projelerinin uygulanması ve mevcut kentsel alanların ekolojik ve sürdürülebilir yönde değişimi için planlama süreçlerine ve politika yapıcılara katkıda bulunacaktır.
Tarihçilikte “Mekânın Yeniden Keşfi”: Osmanlı Şehir Çalışmaları İçin Öneriler
Authors: UĞUR Yunus
Published: September 2020

XX. yüzyılın başlarına yani daha yüz yıl öncesine kadar insanoğlunun zihni, mekân odaklı düşünmeye alışık idi. Şehirler, yollar ve her türlü yapı inşa edilirken yerin mekânsal-topografik uygunluğuna bakılır; her türlü gündelik işte mesafeler ve mekânsal imkanlar öncelikle dikkate alınırdı. XX. yüzyılda mekân, tarihî, sosyo-politik ve iktisadi analizlerde bu ana belirleyiciliğini kaybetti ve hatta ihmal edilebilecek bir faktör olarak görüldü. 1960’lardan itibaren ise mekânın yeniden keşfi (spatial turn) olarak adlandırılan bir dönem başladı. Mekânın sembolik değeri, mekân üzerindeki politika biçimleri, mekânın tarihsel süreçlerde sosyal olarak üretimi ve yeniden üretimi gibi kavramsallaştırma ve sorular tartışıldı, mekân odaklı olarak gündelik tarih pratikleri çalışıldı ve sosyo-ekonomik yapı ve eğilimlerle mekânın ilişkileri araştırıldı. Bu süreç, bir mekân olarak şehir çalışmalarını, tarihçilikte mekân odaklı değerlendirmeleri ve özellikle şehir tarihi, sanat ve mimarlık tarihi ve tarihsel coğrafya çalışmalarını yakından etkilemiştir. Makalede mekânın değişen algısı ve bu sürecin Osmanlı şehir tarihçiliğine yansıması üzerinde durulacaktır. 1990 sonrası Osmanlı şehir tarihi çalışmalarının ivmesi değerlendirilerek mekân ve şehir odağında sosyal bilim, tarih ve coğrafya alanındaki kesişmelere dikkat çekilecektir. Osmanlı şehir kaynaklarından (vakıf, sicil, avarız ve kefalet kayıtları) verilecek örneklerle yeni dönem şehir tarihçiliğinin diğer ilim sahaları ile etkileşiminin verimli sonuçlarına vurgu yapılacak ve Osmanlı şehirleri için sosyal-mekansal tarih yaklaşımı önerisinde bulunulacaktır.
Analisis Faktor-Faktor Yang Menyebabkan Keterlambatan Pelaporan Pertanggungjawaban Keuangan Pemerintah Desa Paron Kecamatan Ngasem Kabupaten Kediri
Authors: Jatmiko Udik
Published: September 2020

The problems that are the focus of this study are the factors that cause delays in reporting financial accountability by the Paron Village Government. The aspect of late reporting in this study regarding factors such as human resources, the Accountability Principle and aspects of village financial management facilities. The method used in this study is qualitative with interviews and studies of financial documents and reporting.Based on the analysis conducted, the results of the study are obtained: Factors that influence the delay in the financial accountability of the Village Government are that the human resources that manage the Paron Village are not maximized, still considering overlapping tasks and authority. From the aspect of accountability in financial management, there is still a lack of maximum administration carried out by the Village Treasurer and PTPKD in completing documents, completing documents. The factor of choosing a system that is easy to error and the availability of facilities such as computers and printers is limited, so that the performance of the Paron Village Government always increases delays in reporting financial accountability of the Village that must adjust Permendagri No. 113 of 2014.
The interplay of emotional and social conceptual processes during moral reasoning in frontotemporal dementia – a role for the uncinate fasciculus
Authors: Strikwerda-Brown Cherie , Ramanan Siddharth , Goldberg Zoe-Lee , Mothakunnel Annu , Hodges John , Ahmed Rebekah , Piguet Olivier , Irish Muireann
Published: September 2020

Co-operative social behaviour in humans hinges upon our unique ability to make appropriate moral decisions in accordance with our ethical values. The complexity of the neurocognitive mechanisms underlying moral reasoning is revealed when this capacity breaks down. Patients with the behavioural variant of frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD) display striking moral transgressions in the context of atrophy to frontotemporal regions supporting affective and social conceptual processing. Developmental studies have highlighted the importance of social knowledge to moral decision making in children, yet the role of social knowledge in relation to moral reasoning impairments in neurodegeneration has largely been overlooked. Here, we sought to examine the role of affective and social conceptual processes in personal moral reasoning in bvFTD, and their relationship to the integrity and structural connectivity of frontotemporal brain regions. Personal moral reasoning across varying degrees of conflict was assessed in 26 bvFTD patients and compared with demographically matched Alzheimer’s disease (AD) patients (n = 14), and healthy older adults (n = 22). Following each moral decision, we directly probed participants’ subjective emotional experience as an index of their affective response, while social norm knowledge was assessed via an independent task. While groups did not differ significantly in terms of their moral decisions, bvFTD patients reported feeling better about their decisions than healthy Controls. In other words, although bvFTD patients could adjudicate between different courses of action in the moral scenarios, their affective responses to these decisions were highly irregular. This blunted emotional reaction was exclusive to the personal high-conflict condition, with 61.5% of bvFTD patients reporting feeling ‘extremely good’ about their decisions, and was correlated with reduced knowledge of socially acceptable behaviour. Voxel-based morphometry analyses revealed a distributed network of frontal, subcortical, and lateral temporal grey matter regions involved in the attenuated affective response to moral conflict in bvFTD. Crucially, diffusion-tensor imaging implicated the uncinate fasciculus as the pathway by which social conceptual knowledge may influence emotional reactions to personal high-conflict moral dilemmas in bvFTD. Our findings suggest that altered moral behaviour in bvFTD reflects the dynamic interplay between degraded social conceptual knowledge and blunted affective responsiveness, attributable to atrophy of, and impaired information transfer between, frontal and temporal cortices. Delineating the mechanisms of impaired morality in bvFTD provides crucial clinical information for understanding and treating this challenging symptom, which may help pave the way for targeted behavioural interventions.
Nurtured and sorrowful: Positive and negative emotional appeals in COVID-19 themed brand communications
Authors: Mensa Marta , Vargas-Bianchi Lizardo
Published: September 2020

This study aims to analyze emotional appeals in brand advertisements themed in COVID-19 during the immediate months after the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus outbreak as a pandemic. The study focused on the frequencies of use of positive and negative emotional appeals in ad contents, and on the concurrent combinations of those appeals. Researchers conducted a content analysis among ads included in an online archive, selected by industry professionals for their creative quality. The results reveal a preference for positive emotions, as nurturance and affiliation show the highest frequency of use. These appeals, along with sorrow, nostalgia, and excitement, were preferred to be used concurrently. Research findings are consistent with the literature and lead to future examination of emotional appeals in advertising under stressful and uncertain circumstances.
Uji Kandungan Boraks pada Makanan Berbahan Dasar Daging dengan Menggunakan Ekstrak Kunyit dan Ekstrak Bawang Merah yang Dijajakan di Sekolah Dasar di Kecamatan Percut Sei Tuan
Authors: Larasati Putri , Karim Abdul , Fauziah Ida
Published: September 2020

The research was conducted to investigate the existeme of borax in food producte which were made from meat. The research was carried descriptively by collecting 60 samples consists of 20 meatball samples, 20 sausage samples and 20 nugget samples from food seller in 20 elementary school in Percut Sei Tuan. The result showed that none of samples contained borax.
Pengaruh Kepemimpinan dan Lingkungan Kerja Terhadap Kinerja Karyawan Pada PT. Sinar Sosro Tanjung Morawa Medan
Authors: Rahman Ahmad Aji , Lubis Yusniar , Saleh Khairul
Published: September 2020

This study aims to determine the effect of leadership and work environment affect the performance of employees. The proposed hypothesis is the influence of leadership on the performance of the employee, the work environment influence on employee performance and simultaneously also in his second test as well. Samples were production employees at PT.Sinar Sosro Tajung Morawa Medan totaling 30 respondents. The sampling technique was random method. Methods of data collection using random methods, questionnaires, and interviews. Data analysis using Multiple Linear Regression and also using some test that is test validitas, realibity test, t test and f. Based on test results obtained Data Regression that that leadership and work environment greatly affect the performance of the employee, his great influence up to 86% to show that leadership and work environment in Tanjung Morawa at PT.Sinar Sosro very positive effect.
Aktivitas Komunikasi Pemasaran Dinas Pariwisata Dan Kebudayaan Kabupaten Karo Dalam Meningkatkan Kunjungan Wisatawan (Studi Deskriptif Kualitatif Wisata Bukit Gundaling Berastagi)
Authors: Sinuhaji Virginia Verby , Siregar Nina Siti Salmaniah , Jamil Bahrum
Published: September 2020

This study aims to determine the marketing communication activities of the Karo District Tourism and Culture Office in increasing tourist visits and to find out the supporting and inhibiting factors of the Karo District Tourism and Culture marketing communication activities. This research is a qualitative descriptive study, a technique that describes, describes and interprets the object under study systematically so that researchers can find out how marketing communication activities through observation and in-depth interviews with informants. The results of this study are marketing communication activities carried out by the Karo Regency Tourism and Culture Office, namely Advertising, Sales Promotion, and Personal Selling. This activity is carried out to increase tourist arrivals, especially Bukit Gundaling. Supporting factors to attract tourist visits are the potential of Bukit Gundaling attractions such as the natural beauty and the cool air and the visible peak of Mount Sinabung. And also social media that are currently in demand by young people which facilitates the dissemination of information about the Bukit Gundaling tourist attraction. Barriers from the marketing communication activities of the Karo Regency Tourism and Culture Office are minimal budget, lack of coordination with other agencies, and infrastructure that must be improved.
The Power of Silence
Authors: Gilsing Sterre
Published: September 2020

This article examines the sonic dimension of police operations and occupations by tracing how the everyday life changed sonically in favelas in Rio de Janeiro during their occupation by Pacifying Police Units. I tune into the silencing practices of these security policies and conclude that a moral silencing of a racialized and gendered class of people takes place. A focus on silence helps us to understand sound as a technology of power, which enables the Brazilian state to operate along a gendered sonic color line. The cases I discuss are two instances of silencing that are a product of the operations and occupations: first, the silencing of the soundscape of the favela during police operations, and second, the silencing of funk parties. These ethnographic instances elucidate how racialized processes of negation of black subjectivity and black cultural expressions take place in the Olympic city.
Analysis of Pakistan's Policy Towards Afghan Refugees: A Legal Perspective
Authors: Zubair Muhammad , Khan Muhammad Aqeel , Shah Muzamil
Published: September 2020

This article explores Pakistan’s policy towards Afghan refugees since their arrival into Pakistan in 1979. As Pakistan has no refugee related law at national level nor is a signatory to the 1951 Refugee Convention or its Protocol of 1967; but despite of all these obstacles it has welcomed the refugees from Afghanistan after the Russian aggression. During their stay here in Pakistan, these refugees have faced various problems due to the non-existence of the relevant laws and have been treated under the Foreigner’s Act of 1946, which did not apply to them. What impact this absence of law has made on the lives of these Afghan refugees? Here various phases of their arrival into Pakistan as well as the shift in policies of the government of Pakistan have been also discussed in brief. This article explores all these obstacles along with possible legal remedies.
Role of Technology in Developing Oral Fluency among Intermediate Students
Authors: Zahra Mahnoor , Hussain Tanveer , Shahwar Deeba
Published: September 2020

Use of technology develops learner oral fluency, as well as their other learning skills. The recent research is on the role of modern technology in developing oral fluency of English among the students of intermediate level. The objective of the paper is to answer the question, what role technology plays in developing the oral fluency of learners? This study has been built on the hypothesis that technology has a positive influence on oral fluency, as by using technology learners enhance their oral fluency. In order to check our hypothesis this study used the quantitative data through questionnaire from 200 students (both male and female) aged between 17-19 years, at intermediate level from Government Emerson College Multan and Government Degree College Multan. The framework employed in this study is the input hypothesis by Stephen Krashen (1977). The hypothesis that technology plays positive role in developing oral fluency among students is proved in conclusion.
QTL mapping for heat tolerance related traits using backcross inbred lines in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)
Authors: . Harikrishna , . Sunil , Upadhyay Deepali , Gajghate Rahul , Shashikumara P. , Chouhan Divya , Singh Swetha , Sunilkumar V. P. , Manu B. , Sinha Nivedita , Singh Sanjay
Published: September 2020

Heat stress is one of the most limiting factors for the production of wheat. Global warming and consequent changes in climate adversely affect wheat plant growth and yield. To elucidate genetic basis and map heat tolerance traits, a set of 134 backcross inbred lines (BILs) derived from the cross between WH730/*2 HD2733 was used. The population was evaluated under late sown (LS) and very late sown (VLS) conditions, by exposing to heat stress during rabi season. Positive association of normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI), thousand grain weight (TGW), grain weight per spike (GWS), biomass and grain yield (GY) under both production conditions was observed. However, canopy temperature (CT) and days to heading (DH) showed negative correlation with GY under heat stress. A total of 9 Quantitative trait loci (QTL) were discovered on 7 chromosomes, which includes 4 QTLs in LS and 5 QTLs under VLS condition. Combining the results of these QTLs revealed a major stable QTL for DH (qDH_iari_5A) on chromosome 5A with 23% and 26% explaining phenotypic variance under both sowing conditions. QTL for NDVI was detected on chromosome 1B while QTL for SL and GY on chromosome 2A. The identified QTLs in the genomic regions could be targeted for genetic improvement and marker assisted selection for heat tolerance in wheat.
Haplotype network analysis of wild banana relatives Ensete glaucum, Musa acuminata and Musa balbisiana based on cpDNA rbcL sequences in ex-situ collection
Authors: Hapsari Lia , Lestari Dewi Ayu , Probojati Rasyadan Taufiq
Published: September 2020

Conservation and genetic assessment of wild banana relatives is important for future breeding purposes. Haplotype network analysis was conducted to wild banana relatives comprised Ensete glaucum, Musa acuminata and Musa balbisianausing rbcL gene sequences. Sequences characterization showed high conservation level (91%), low indels (1.83%), and low parsimony informatives (3.51%). However, it was powerfull to separate the dataset at families, genera and species level; and moderately to separate at intraspecies level of wild bananas. Haplotype and nucleotide diversity of wild bananas were high. At intraspecies level, both M. acuminata and M. balbisiana showed high haplotype diversity but low nucelotide diversity among haplotypes; M. acuminata has higher value than M. balbisiana. No haplotype and nucleotide diversity in E. glaucum. Wild bananas were separated into seven haplotypes, with four haplogroups. Mutational pathway revealed that E. glaucum haplotype became root; and was closely related to M. balbisiana than M. acuminata. M. acuminata var. malaccensis haplotype became root within all M. acuminata varieties, and each haplotype differed by single point mutation.
AESTHETICS OF MODERNITY AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY: MODERN – POSTMODERN – HYPERMODERN – METAMODERN
Authors: Babii Nadiia
Published: September 2020

The purpose of the article is to analyse the interpretations and transformational processes of the definition of “aesthetics of modernity” in the culturological thought at the end of the 20th – early 21st centuries. To this end, the study applies methods of critical analysis, contextualism, as well as a methodology relevant to the systematic culturological approach, including the method of synthesis and the system method. The scientific novelty of the work lies in the fact that the transformation of the aesthetic images of modernity in the applied culturological science has been analysed. Conclusions. It has been demonstrated that new postulates of aesthetic values are formed in the cultural and artistic environment and only later are comprehended and institutionalized by the rest of the society. The main characteristic of the “modernity” of the turn of the century is its accelerated variability. The study demonstrates the transformation of aesthetic values, which occurs between the creation of original modifications, the social purpose of art (modern), quoting, general pluralism, asociality, chaotic or transitivity (postmodern), the loss of corporeality, the total acceleration, consumption culture (hypermodern), ultimately returning to normal practices, but in the conditions of hyper-accelerated time. Metamodern is considered as the boldest attempt to comprehend modernity, using the concept of “structure of feeling” as a state of being here and now before its comprehension. It should be noted that the number of non-traditional approaches to the system of knowledge, practising the use of chaos theory is growing. It is proved that the understanding of the artistic direction precedes the definition of the time period, used as a colourful definition of modernity, which has not yet become a historical epoch. In each of the periods, understanding of novelty has no total characteristics, and is determined by diffusion, invasiveness, combining simultaneously the features of old and new, but each time in a new capacity. Before being legalized in scientific theories, each of the variants of modernity was structured primarily in artistic practices and, having reached an agreement with the general public opinion, lost its relevance in the sense of aesthetic newness. Each time we use a new prefix, we agree with the statement that society, along with the idea of modernity, has changed.
WELLNESS CULTURE AS A FACTOR OF FORMATION OF WELLNESS-INDUSTRY
Authors: Ustymenko Lesia
Published: September 2020

Purpose of the article is an impact analysis of wellness culture on the formation of the wellness industry. The methodological basis of the study is a critical analysis of the basic definitions of cultural and tourism sources for the research of the wellness culture and the wellness industry, an interdisciplinary synthesis of the basic principles of the formation of the wellness culture and the corresponding transformation of the wellness industry, induction and deduction methods, as well as content analysis. Scientific novelty. We have defined and introduced the notions of “wellness culture” and “wellness industry”. The essential structural components of the wellness culture and wellness industry in the modern world are determined. Conclusions. The basic social level of the wellness culture and the crucial philosophical principles regarding relations with society and its traditional culture are analysed. The main social functions of the wellness culture are determined. The notions of “wellness industry” and “wellness product” were introduced within the theory of tourism study. The foreign experience usage in the integration of tourism and the “wellness industry”, the search for innovative forms of organisation of recreational activities focused on the comprehensive development of the individual is practice-based. It has been found out that the stable functioning of the wellness industry and the development of wellness tourism require a significant transformation of national recreational establishments, effective integration of the tourism and wellness industry, thorough scientific research, expansion and segmentation of the wellness tourism market, taking into account national traditions and economic development of the country, adopting an appropriate range of government programs for its development, raising funding for the wellness industry and modernisation of existing recreational facilities, promotion of wellness tourism to improve the quality of life of the population.
CULTURAL INDUSTRIES AS A METHOD OF SELF-EXPRESSION
Authors: Yatsko Kateryna
Published: September 2020

The purpose of the study is to identify the features of the cultural industries’ concept formation and potential. The research methodology is based on a comprehensive approach. The research applied general scientific and cultural methods, which promoted the detailed reading of the “culture industries”, “creative economy”, and “cultural industries” concepts, in particular, the method of structural and functional analysis, to consider their organisational components; a systematic method that, by incorporating elements of interdisciplinary analysis, has helped to determine the specificity of the development of creative industries as a holistic phenomenon. The scientific novelty is that contemporary approaches to the study of cultural industries have been considered; the results of foreign practice in cultural studies of cultural (creative) industries are generalised. Conclusions. Thus, the publication of Chris Smith’s book, Creative Britain, in 1998, was the catalyst for the transformation of the name from “cultural industries” to “creative industries”, when the term “culture” was replaced by “creativity”. The concept of “cultural industry”, which was associated with the arts rather than economic and profit, was expanded to include the production of software and information content. At the same time (1998), the concept of the creative industries came to an official definition, according to which they are those which have a potential for wealth and job creation based on individual creative initiatives, skill or talent. Thus, the cultural industry is an interdisciplinary, complex, ambiguous and contradictory system that explains the existence in the research tradition, along with the notion of “cultural industries”, alternative terms: “information industries”, “leisure industries”, “the arts sectors”, “creative sectors”, “media industries”, “the arts sector of the economy”, etc., and most often –“cultural industries” and “creative industries”. Whereas the “creative industry” is based on the creative abilities of a person who, together with managers and technologists, creates cultural goods and services.
BACHATA AS A DANCE FORM: PERFORMANCE AND PECULIARITIES OF ARTISTIC IMAGE
Authors: Hrytseniuk Roman
Published: September 2020

The purpose of the article is to identify the features of the bachata social dance as a popular modern dance form; to analyse the stylistic features and the specifics of the technique of performance. Through the research, the historical method is to study the origin and popularisation of the dance; the typological approach is to identify the factors of dance formation and evolution, the features of transformative processes. In order to provide the background to the leading recent trends in social dance forms, the method of artistic and stylistic analysis is used; the method of artistic analysis is aimed at identifying the specific stylistic elements of bachata as a social and competitive dance. In Ukrainian art studies, the bachata dance is studied as a social, cultural and artistic phenomenon for the first time ever; the process of formation and development of this dance form in retrospect is considered; the stylistic features of Dominican bachata, Western “traditional” bachata, modern bachata, sensual bachata and the specifics of its performance technique in the world-class competitions (“Sobre Todo 2019”, “BachataStars Italy 2019”, “Paris Bachata Festival Contest 2019”, Bachatastars International Champions, etc.) are defined. Specific features of bachata as a social dance form are shown in the specifics of the dance symbolism, the extreme flexibility and plasticity of performance. The study revealed the characteristic features of modern bachata styles: the quick tempos of performance, number of footwork, lack of lifts and rotations (authentic style); closed position, a close tie between dance couple, soft hip movements, wise set of turns and figures, borrowing movements and elements of ballroom dance styling (Western style); a combination of elements of Western bachata, salsa, tango and ballroom dancing, the dominance of body and hip movements (modern style); improvisation, a large variety of figures, the presence of lifts and elements of the show, elegant dress (sensual style).
PRESENTATION ACTIVITIES OF THE LVIV LITERARY AND ART ASSOCIATIONS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 1920s
Authors: Syrota Liliia
Published: September 2020

The purpose of the article is to reveal the peculiarities of the presentation activities of the Ukrainian centres of Lviv in the early 1920s, to promote understanding of the Ukrainian cultural life of this city. Periodical publications of that period were used for the analysis. The defining methodological principle of this study has been the principle of historicism, which allowed us to determine the meaning, place and consequences of the presentation activities as a new form of communication of creative associations. A systematic approach made it possible to determine the interaction of creative groups in Galicia in the 1920s, and methods of analysis and synthesis were used to study the creation of conditions for effective communication with the audience in order to restore cultural life. The scientific novelty of the article lies in the fact that specific literary and artistic events and their significance for successful creative activity have been comprehensively studied. The presentation activities became possible due to the constant demand for creative innovations, which had been increasing in Galicia since the National Liberation Competitions. Conclusions. It has been demonstrated that the presentation activity in the 1920s became a new and for that time sensational form of communication with the supporters of the creative associations, and was aimed at the recovery of the cultural life of Galicia. At the same time, the presentations mostly corresponded to the social and cultural requirements and brought great success to their organizers because they receive extended reviews in the press, as well as due to the ability of the “Mytusa” group to concentrate around themselves not only the Ukrainian literary forces of Galicia, but also emigration formed in Poland, Czecho-Slovakia, Germany, Austria in the 1920s. It has been shown that the initiators of cultural events – the groups “Mytusa” and “Bohemia”, the authors of the magazine “Budiak” – managed to maintain connections by gaining the support of others, instilling their thoughts and forms of behaviour and to offer to the public the avant-garde ideology and world view through the imposition on the supporters the desired ideas and behaviour during the literary events and through their own adherence to these ideas. Thus, creative presentation occupies a prominent place in modern art. Thanks to it, the mass movement for “new ways”, which developed in the interwar period, was directed to the traditions and realities of the Ukrainian life.
An ultrasonographic and electromyographic evaluation of jumping stump possibly due to a neuroma in a patient with transradial amputation: A case report
Authors: Giray Esra , Atalay Kardelen Gencer , Şirazi Serdar , Alp Mehmet , Yagci Ilker
Published: September 2020

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Jumping stump is an uncommon movement disorder characterized by involuntary movements and severe neuropathic pain in the stump. The pathophysiology and etiology of this phenomenon have not yet been clearly elucidated, and unfortunately, no proven treatment with successful recovery exists. This report aims to describe a severe painful jumping stump, possibly due to neuromas, in a traumatic transradial amputee. MATERIALS AND METHOD: We performed ultrasound examination of the painful stump depicted neuroma. Electromyographic evaluation of the stump revealed arrhythmic motor unit action potentials (MUAPs) with normal duration and amplitude; other movement disorders, such as myokymia and fasciculations, were excluded. Ultrasound should be preferred to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for evaluation of stumps in patients with painful stump because MRI may not be helpful due to motion artefacts. The involuntary movements ceased after surgical excision of the neuroma following failure of conservative treatments. CONCLUSION: This report confirms that neuromas are clearly associated with jumping stump. Ultrasonographic and electromyographic assessments are necessary to reveal the features of this pathology for treatment planning.
LCP1 is a prognostic biomarker correlated with immune infiltrates in gastric cancer
Authors: Zeng Qingwen , Li Leyan , Feng Zongfeng , Luo Lianghua , Xiong Jianbo , Jie Zhigang , Cao Yi , Li Zhengrong
Published: September 2020

BACKGROUND: Previous studies have identified LCP1 as a diagnostic and prognostic marker in several cancers. However, the role of LCP1 in gastric cancer (GC) and its effect on tumor immune infiltration remain unclear. OBJECTIVE: The aim was to explore the role of LCP1 in GC and its effect on tumor immune infiltration. METHODS: We explored the expression of LCP1 relative to clinicopathology in GC patients by bioinformatics analysis and immunohistochemistry. Using cBioportal database, we analyzed the characteristic genetic variations of LCP1 in GC. In addition, we evaluated the correlation between LCP1 expression and tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) using R software, TIMER and TISIDB databases. Finally, we analyzed the biological functions in which LCP1 may participate and the signaling pathways it may regulate. RESULTS: Here, we showed that LCP1 expression is significantly correlated with tumor aggressiveness and poor prognosis in GC patients. Additionally, the results indicated that LCP1 was associated with TILs, including both immunosuppressive and immunosupportive cells, and was strongly correlated with various immune marker sets in GC. GSEA analysis demonstrated that LCP1 expression played an important role in lymphocyte formation and immune reaction. CONCLUSIONS: LCP1 may be a potential prognostic biomarker for GC patients and a marker for tumor immunotherapy.
Prognostic value of circulating Bcl-2 and anti-p53 antibodies in patients with breast cancer: A long term follow-up (17.5 years)
Authors: Sirotković-Skerlev Maja , Plavetić Natalija Dedić , Sedlić Filip , Kuna Sanja Kusačić , Vrbanec Damir , Belev Borislav , Pleština Stjepko , Kovač Zdenko , Kulić Ana
Published: September 2020

BACKGROUND: Apoptosis inhibition is a major tumorigenic factor. Bcl-2 dysregulation and TP53 mutation status, which may correlate with autoantibody generation, contribute to impaired apoptosis. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to investigate the prognostic value of circulating Bcl-2 and anti-p53 antibodies (p53Abs) in a 17.5-year follow-up of breast cancer patients. We also analyzed the correlations of Bcl-2 and p53Abs with various clinicopathological parameters in order to assess their impact on tumor aggressiveness. METHODS: Serum Bcl-2 and p53Abs levels were analyzed by the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) in 82 patients with invasive breast cancer and twenty individuals without malignancy. RESULTS: Serum Bcl-2 and p53Abs levels in breast cancer patients were significantly higher than those in controls. Patients with high levels of Bcl-2 (cut-off 200 U/ml) had a poorer prognosis (17.5-year survival) than those with lower Bcl-2 values. In combined analysis the subgroup of patients with elevated p53Abs (cut-off 15 U/ml) and elevated Bcl-2 (cut-offs 124 U/ml and 200 U/ml) had the worse prognosis in 17.5-year survival. In correlation analysis p53Abs and Bcl-2 were associated with unfavorable clinicopathological parameters. CONCLUSIONS: Our results suggest that breast cancer patients with high serum levels of p53Abs and Bcl-2 present an especially unfavorable group in a long follow-up.
Pretraining and Fine-Tuning Strategies for Sentiment Analysis of Latvian Tweets
Authors: Thakkar Gaurish , Pinnis Mārcis
Published: September 2020

In this paper, we present various pre-training strategies that aid in improving the accuracy of the sentiment classification task. At first, we pre-train language representation models using these strategies and then fine-tune them on the downstream task. Experimental results on a time-balanced tweet evaluation set show the improvement over the previous technique. We achieve 76% accuracy for sentiment analysis on Latvian tweets, which is a substantial improvement over previous work.
Error Tagging in the Lithuanian Learner Corpus
Authors: Ruzaitė Jūratė , Dereškevičiūtė Sigita , Kavaliauskaitė-Vilkinienė Viktorija , Krivickaitė-Leišienė Eglė
Published: September 2020

This paper is a work-in-progress report on error annotation in the Lithuanian Learner Corpus (LLC), which has been developed using the TEITOK environment. The LLC is the first electronic corpus of learner Lithuanian that represents learners of very diverse native language backgrounds and different proficiency levels. In this paper, we have a double aim: firstly, we present the structure of the corpus in its current state; and secondly, we describe the main principles, procedures, and challenges of error annotation in the LLC. The main types of errors that are tagged in this corpus and analysed in this paper are orthographic, lexical, and syntactic.
Effects of social attachment on social media continuous usage intention: The mediating role of affective commitment
Authors: Yang Maosheng , Hu Shangui , Kpandika Bagna Essohanam , Liu Lei
Published: September 2020

BACKGROUND: Social attachment has been identified as a key antecedent motivating users’ social media involvement. However, there is a scarcity of research investigating whether and how three dimensions of social attachment exert impacts on users’ continuous usage intention of social media. OBJECTIVE: Based on structural equation model analysis, the current research clarifies the relationships between social attachment, affective commitment and social media continuous usage intention, which unveils the underlying mechanism through which three dimensions of social attachment influence users’ continuous usage intention of social media. METHODS: A survey was conducted with 536 informative responses obtained from TikTok public users for hypothesis testing analysis. RESULTS: Results indicate that three dimensions of social attachment (social connections, social dependence and social identity) are all positively related to users’ continuous usage intention of social media. Affective commitment partially mediates the relationship between social attachment and users’ continuous usage intention of social media. CONCLUSIONS: The current research makes an in-depth study about the underlying mechanism whereby social attachment exerts impacts on social media continuous usage intentionand provides several managerial and theoretical implications. Future research directions are discussed as well.
A reputation-based framework to support dynamic car-pooling1,2
Authors: Postorino Maria Nadia , Sarnè Giuseppe M.L.
Published: September 2020

In the last decades, individual urban traffic flows have increased all over the world with a consequent growth of road congestion and environmental pollution. In this context, car-pooling is an interesting car-based alternative to satisfy the individual mobility demand by optimizing the car loading factor with respect to the number of passengers, provided that all the participants share trip origin and destination in the same time slot. To make the system more appealing, this paper proposes an on-demand car-pooling service adopting variable fares, on the basis of trip length and number of participants. Multi-agent, reputation and recommender system technologies in synergy with a routing algorithm have been used to this aim. Experiments on simulated data proved the potentiality of the proposed approach.
Interval arithmetic to support effective indoor positioning of software agents
Authors: Monica Stefania , Bergenti Federico
Published: September 2020

The provision of advanced location-based services in indoor environments is based on the possibility of estimating the positions of mobile devices with sufficient accuracy and robustness. An algorithm to allow a software agent hosted on a mobile device to estimate the position of its device in a known indoor environment is proposed under the ordinary assumption that fixed beacons are installed in the environment at known locations. Rather than making use of geometric considerations to estimate the position of the device, the proposed algorithm first transforms the localization problem into a related optimization problem, which is then solved by means of interval arithmetic to provide the agent with accurate and robust position estimates. The adopted approach solves a major problem that severely limits the accuracy of the position estimates that ordinary geometric algorithms provide when the beacons are positioned to maximize line-of-sight coverage. Experimental results confirm that the proposed algorithm provides position estimates that are independent of the positions of the beacons, and they show that the algorithm outperforms a well-known geometric algorithm.
Plasma Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein Levels Differ Along the Spectra of Amyloid Burden and Clinical Disease Stage1
Authors: Asken Breton M. , Elahi Fanny M. , La Joie Renaud , Strom Amelia , Staffaroni Adam M. , Lindbergh Cutter A. , Apple Alexandra C. , You Michelle , Weiner-Light Sophia , Brathaban Nivetha , Fernandes Nicole , Karydas Anna , Wang Paul , Rojas Julio C. , Boxer Adam L. , Miller Bruce L. , Rabinovici Gil D. , Kramer Joel H. , Casaletto Kaitlin B.
Published: September 2020

Background: Measuring plasma glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) alongside cortical amyloid-β (Aβ) may shed light on astrocytic changes in aging and Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Objective: To examine associations between plasma GFAP and cortical Aβ deposition in older adults across the typical aging-to-AD dementia spectrum. Methods: We studied two independent samples from UCSF (Cohort 1, N = 50; Cohort 2, N = 37) covering the spectra of clinical severity (CDR Sum of Boxes; CDR-SB) and Aβ-PET burden. Aβ-PET was completed with either florbetapir or Pittsburgh Compound B and standardized uptake value ratios were converted to the Centiloid (CL) scale for analyses. All participants with CDR-SB > 0 were Aβ-PET positive, while clinically normal participants (CDR-SB = 0) were a mix of Aβ-PET positive and negative. Regression analyses evaluated main effect and interaction associations between plasma GFAP, Aβ-PET, and clinical severity. Results: In both cohorts, plasma GFAP increased linearly with Aβ-PET CLs in clinically normal older adults. In Cohort 2, which included participants with more severe clinical dysfunction and Aβ-PET burden, the association between Aβ and GFAP became curvilinear (inverted U-shape; quadratic model R2 change = 0.165, p = 0.009), and Aβ-PET interacted with CDR-SB (R2 change = 0.164, p = 0.007): older adults with intermediate functional impairment (CDR-SB = 0.5–4.0) showed a weak (negative) association between Aβ-PET CLs and plasma GFAP, while older adults with dementia (CDR-SB > 4.0) showed a strong, negative association of higher Aβ-PET CLs with lower plasma GFAP. Conclusion: The relationship between astrocytic integrity and cortical Aβ may be highly dynamic, with linear, positive associations early in disease that diverge in more severe disease stages.