bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Revision of the javanicus species group of the millipede genus Glyphiulus Gervais, 1847, with descriptions of five new species from China (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida, Cambalopsidae)
Authors: Zhao Yi , Guo Wan-Ru , Golovatch Sergei I. , Liu Wei-Xin
Published: June 2022

The javanicus-group of Glyphiulus is re-assessed and its Chinese component species are presently divided between the following two newly-circumscribed species groups, i.e. the formosus- and the sinensis-group. The two can be differentiated, based on the diagnostic characters of the first pair of legs in the male. In addition, metatergal crests being complete and the carinotaxy formula on the collum being I–III+P+M are only characteristic of the formosus-group. A molecular phylogeny of the genus, based on DNA sequencing of four gene fragments of four genes, allows for Glyphiulus to be recovered as a monophyletic group, the phylogenetic relationship being ((Clade A, Clade B), Clade C). Molecular evidence is fully congruent with the morphological one. In addition, based on barcoding data, interspecific p-distances between Glyphiulus species amount to 11.2–24.9%, vs. 0–8.2% for intraspecific p-distances. Five new species of Glyphiulus, all cavernicolous, are described from China: G. sinuatoprocessus Zhao & Liu, sp. nov., G. conuliformis Zhao & Liu, sp. nov. (both from Guangdong Province), G. xiniudong Zhao & Liu, sp. nov., G. scutatus Zhao & Liu, sp. nov. and G. portaliformis Zhao & Liu, sp. nov. (all three from Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region). The known Chinese species of the formosus-group appear to mainly be confined to the South China region.
Diplômés de master et d’écoles : quand les compétences s’emmêlent
Authors: Beaupère Nathalie , Blanchard Marianne , Lemistre Philippe , Ménard Boris
Published: June 2022

Une enquête quantitative et qualitative auprès de diplômés à bac+5 et en emploi remet en cause l’hypothèse d’un déficit d’apport en compétences spécifiques en cours de formation initiale. En revanche, elle révèle la transversalité perçue par les jeunes en emploi de l’ensemble des compétences acquises, ainsi que leur rôle fondamental pour développer l’adaptabilité à l’emploi, bien plus que pour s’assurer une différenciation à l’embauche
La formation des adultes : entre accélération et résonance
Authors: Albarello Luc , Salmon Arnaud
Published: June 2022

Dans la société accélérée, la formation continuée des adultes s’est fortement développée en remplissant deux fonctions essentielles : répondre aux besoins économiques de la société ; permettre aux personnes qui n’en n’avaient pas eu la possibilité de poursuivre un cycle d’étude. Dans la modernité avancée, ces deux fonctions ont été maintenues, mais une nouvelle dimension s’y est adjointe, celle de l’aspiration à la résonance. C’est à travers ces référents théoriques d’accélération, de modernité et de résonance que la formation des adultes est ici analysée.
À contrepied de l’employabilité : insérer pour former
Authors: Foschia Olivier
Published: June 2022

Les stratégies d’insertion professionnelle de l’association Transfer en direction des publics en situation précaire interrogent le fonctionnement du marché du travail et de ses intermédiaires autant qu’elles ouvrent la « boîte noire » de l’entreprise et de son organisation. Prenant distance avec la notion d’employabilité et les normes de jugement qui en découlent, la démarche précise sa cible d’intervention : le milieu de travail, les conditions par lesquelles on y accède et s’y maintient. En replaçant l’analyse du travail et de ses conditions d’exercice au cœur des transactions, elle rappelle le caractère situé des compétences et alerte sur la tentation de les évaluer ex nihilo.
Explorer l’inconscient rythmique dans les pratiques d’histoires de vie en formation
Authors: Alhadeff-Jones Michel
Published: June 2022

Reconnaissant la valeur formative d’une démarche biographique portant sur la réinterprétation des événements marquants de l’existence, cette réflexion propose de se centrer sur l’analyse des continuités vécues, et plus spécifiquement des patterns et des répétitions à travers lesquels individus et collectifs se développent. Dans une perspective rythmanalytique, la notion d’inconscient rythmique est introduite de manière à conce-voir l’explicitation et la remise en question des motifs de dualités autour desquels s’organisent l’existence et la formation.
Écrire l’expérience professionnelle
Authors: Delory-Momberger Christine
Published: June 2022

L’auteure interroge les types et les formes de savoir auxquels on prétend atteindre, que l’on mobilise et sur lesquels on vise à agir lorsqu’on invite des professionnels en formation à écrire leur expérience. Pour ce faire, elle tente d’examiner le rôle donné à l’écriture, et spécialement à l’écriture narrative, dans la manifestation/production de cette expérience et dans les formes de savoirs qu’elle donne à connaître.
Quelles intentions et quelles méthodes pour les AFEST ?
Authors: Santelmann Paul
Published: June 2022

Les actions de formation en situation de travail s’inscrivent dans un contexte global de réinter-nalisation des fonctions formatives au sein du système productif, qui requiert un investissement dans l’émergence d’organisations du travail apprenantes. Elles soulèvent également la nécessité d’un équilibre vertueux entre les apports des organismes de formation et les fonctions formatives des entreprises. Enfin, elles ont vocation à pallier les insuffisances de notre système de formation professionnelle à l’égard des moins qualifiés. Pour toutes ces raisons, la mise en œuvre des AFEST nécessite un réinvestissement méthodologique et didactique de l’ingénierie de formation, et un engagement des collectifs de travail et de leurs représentants.
Les transpositions à l’œuvre pour apprendre à réduire les pesticides
Authors: Chrétien Fanny
Published: June 2022

L’agronomie est une discipline d’enseignement et de recherche étroitement liée aux évolutions des métiers de la production agricole puisqu’elle se place en analyseur des relations entre environnement, alimentation et production, selon des angles et des échelles très variés. Dans le contexte d’un renouvellement des pratiques agricoles encadré par des politiques incitatives, l’enseignement technique agricole doit, lui aussi, explorer des façons d’« enseigner à produire autrement », intégrant nécessairement l’acte technique et l’acteur dans les raisonnements. Cet article rend compte des enjeux, difficultés et voies d’apprentissage possibles concernant la conception de systèmes de cultures réduisant l’usage de pesticides. Il explore la notion de transposition didactique professionnelle et l’illustre à travers l’analyse d’une séance d’utilisation d’un jeu de plateau, les éléments didactiques favorables ou défavorables au développement de l’activité de modélisation. Il conclut sur l’importance de construire avec les futurs professionnels agricoles, des débats sur le domaine de validité des scénarios imaginés.
Formation aux gestes médico-chirurgicaux et transposition didactique
Authors: Meurger Céline
Published: June 2022

Utiliser le concept de transposition didactique pour la caractérisation didactique d’un simulateur destiné à la formation médico-chirurgicale des internes en rhumatologie s’avère fécond dès lors que sont prises certaines précautions méthodologiques telle que la considération du domaine de validité épistémologique dans lequel s’effectue le travail de transposition et d’exploitation didactique des situations.
Caractériser la temporalité didactique en formation professionnelle
Authors: Métral Jean-François
Published: June 2022

Ce texte examine l’intérêt des notions de temps didactique et de chronogénèse, élaborées par les didactiques disciplinaires pour considérer les problématiques de temporalité dans l’apprentissage du travail par le travail. À partir d’une proposition méthodologique, il analyse des séances de formation en atelier technologique pour des élèves de BTS « sciences et technologies des aliments ». Il montre quelques spécificités du temps didactique et de la chronogénèse dans de telles situations.
Étude des pratiques didactiques en formation professionnelle avec la TACD
Authors: Veillard Laurent
Published: June 2022

Cet article a pour objectif de montrer l’intérêt que peut avoir la « théorie de l’action conjointe en didactique » (TACD), initialement développée dans le champ de didactique comparée et disciplinaire, pour analyser des pratiques de transmission et d’apprentissage en formation professionnelle. Il mobilise plus particulièrement les notions d’action conjointe, sémiose et milieu pour étudier une situation de travaux pratiques dans un atelier d’école, au sein d’une classe de CAP dans le domaine de la réparation automobile.
A solution to the transportation hazard problem in a supply chain with an unreliable manufacturer
Authors: Hota Soumya Kanti , Ghosh Santanu Kumar , Sarkar Biswajit
Published: June 2022

The current study focuses on a two-echelon supply chain for a reliable retailer, an unreliable manufacturer, and selling price-dependent demand. Due to an unreliable manufacturer and transportation hazards, shortages arise, which negatively impact the reputation of the retailer. Moreover, customers are more conscious of the environment, as a result, most of the industry focuses on the production of green products. To reduce the holding cost of the retailer, a fuel consumption-based single-setup-multi-unequal-increasing-delivery policy was utilized in this current study. With this transportation policy, the number of shipments increases, which directly increases carbon emissions and transportation hazards. To protect the environment, the green level of the product is enhanced through some investments. The demand varies with the price of the product as well as with the level of the greenness of the product. Due to uncertain demand, the rate of the production is treated as controllable. A classical optimization technique and distribution-free approach have been utilized to obtain the optimum solution and the optimized system profit. To prove the applicability, the study is illustrated numerically and graphically via a well-explained analysis of sensitivity. The study proves that single-setup-multi-unequal-increasing delivery policy is $ 0.62 \% $ beneficial compared to single-setup-single-delivery policy and $ 0.35 \% $ better than the single-setup-multi-delivery policy.
Effect of time delay on flocking dynamics
Authors: Bae Hyeong-Ohk , Cho Seung Yeon , Yoo Jane , Yun Seok-Bae
Published: June 2022

We propose a time-delayed Cucker-Smale type model(CS model), which can be applied to modeling (1) collective dynamics of self-propelling agents and (2) the dynamical system of stock return volatility in a financial market. For both models, we assume that it takes a certain amount of time to collect/process information about the current position/return configuration until velocity/volatility adjustment is made. We provide a sufficient condition under which flocking phenomena occur. We also identify the initial configuration for a two-agent case, in which collective behaviors are accelerated by changes in the delay parameter. Numerical illustrations and financial simulations are carried out to verify the validity of the model.
Smooth Transonic Flows Around Cones
Authors: Lien Wen-Ching , Liu Yu-Yu , Peng Chen-Chang
Published: June 2022

We consider a conical body facing a supersonic stream of air at a uniform velocity. When the opening angle of the obstacle cone is small, the conical shock wave is attached to the vertex. Under the assumption of self-similarity for irrotational motions, the Euler system is transformed into the nonlinear ODE system. We reformulate the problem in a non-dimensional form and analyze the corresponding ODE system. The initial data is given on the obstacle cone and the solution is integrated until the Rankine-Hugoniot condition is satisfied on the shock cone. By applying the fundamental theory of ODE systems and technical estimates, we construct supersonic solutions and also show that no matter how small the opening angle is, a smooth transonic solution always exists as long as the speed of the incoming flow is suitably chosen for this given angle.
Phytosociological description of dwarf shrub communities with dominant Rhododendron hirsutum and Juniperus alpina in the Julian Alps and Trnovski Gozd Plataeu / Fitocenološki opis grmišč s prevladujočima vrstama Rhododendron hirsutum in Juniperus (...)
Authors: Dakskobler Igor
Published: June 2022

We surveyed shrub communities with dominant Rhododendron hirsutum and Juniperus alpina in the subalpine and lower alpine belt of the Julian Alps. Based on comparison with similar communities in the Southeastern Alps and northwestern Dinaric Alps we classified them into the association Rhodothamno chamaecisti-Juniperetum alpinae and a new subassociation laserpitietosum peucedanoidis. Similar stands in the altimontane-subalpine belt of the Trnovski Gozd Plateau (Kozja Stena under Mt. Javorški Vrh) and the Snežnik Mountains (Ždroclje) are classified into the association Rhododendro hirsuti-Juniperetum alpinae. On some sites, stands of the association Rhodothamno chamaecisti-Juniperetum alpinae are a successional stage on former or still active alpine pastures, but they also have a strong protective function and play an important role as biotopes.
 
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V podvisokogorskem in spodnjem visokogorskem pasu Julijskih Alp smo popisali grmišča s prevladujočima vrstama Rhododendron hirsutum in Juniperus alpina in jih na podlagi primerjave s podobnimi združbami v Jugovzhodnih Alpah in v severozahodnem delu Dinarskega gorstva uvrstili v asociacijo Rhodothamno chamaecisti-Juniperetum alpinae in v novo subasociacijo laserpitietosum peucedanoidis. Podobne sestoje v zgornjegorsko-podvisokogorskem pasu Trnovskega gozda (Kozja stena južno pod Javorškim vrhom) in Snežniškega pogorja (Ždroclje) uvrščamo v asociacijo Rhododendro hirsuti-Juniperetum alpinae. Sestoji asociacije Rhodothamno chamaecisti-Juniperetum alpinae so ponekod sukcesijski stadij na nekdanjih ali še dejavnih podvisokogorskih pašnikih, a imajo tudi pomembno varovalno in biotopsko vlogo.
Care et genre. L’aide familiale en cas de handicap
Authors: Banens Maks
Published: June 2022

Le care familial est une réalité genrée, les femmes étant à la fois actrices et bénéficiaires principales. Si cette situation est bien documentée pour l’aide aux personnes vieillissantes, elle l’est moins pour l’aide aux adultes en situation de handicap. Cet article étudie une forme spécifique de celle-ci : l’aide entre conjoints. L’enquête Handicap, Santé, Ménages (INSEE 2008) indique que l’aide conjugale va majoritairement des hommes aux femmes. D’une part, parce que les femmes déclarent plus souvent une incapacité et une aide. D’autre part, parce qu’à incapacité égale, les femmes vivent davantage en couple. De surcroît, l’enquête Handicap, Santé, Aidants (INSEE 2008) constate que les hommes aidants se déclarent moins souvent insatisfaits de la relation conjugale que les femmes aidantes. Tout semble indiquer que le care conjugal se passe mieux quand il va de l’homme à la femme qu’en sens inverse.Des entretiens ont permis de formuler une hypothèse explicative. Le care masculin pourrait renforcer le rapport de « domination consentie » (Bozon et Héran, 1987). L’homme aidant ne perdrait rien de sa position hors domicile et gagnerait en statut et en pouvoir à domicile. La femme aidante, en revanche, ne gagnerait ni à domicile ni en dehors. La perte d’autonomie physique ou psychologique du conjoint va à l’encontre de l’image du « dominant consenti » qui a pu inspirer son choix de conjoint.
Appréhender le devenir des jeunes adultes handicapés à l’issue de l’enseignement secondaire : enjeux et difficultés de mesure de la marge dans l’ordinaire
Authors: Cordazzo Philippe , Rick Olivia
Published: June 2022

La loi du 11 février 2005 « pour l’égalité des droits et des chances, la participation et la citoyenneté des personnes handicapées » affirme le droit pour chacun à une scolarisation en milieu ordinaire et à un parcours scolaire continu et adapté. Néanmoins, le manque d’informations et de données, voire l’hétérogénéité même des données existantes, sont autant d’éléments qui participent de la méconnaissance des conditions de scolarisation, d’accès à l’enseignement supérieur ou à l’emploi à l’issue du lycée, quand on sait par ailleurs que la période qui prolonge le second cycle de l’enseignement secondaire se confond avec – en même temps qu’elle consacre – le passage à l’âge adulte. Période de changement plus ou moins marquée et marquante pour l’ensemble des jeunes adultes, elle semble l’être d’une manière toute particulière pour les jeunes adultes handicapés.S’inscrivant dans le cadre d’une enquête internationale, notre propos ne se fonde que sur les données recueillies en France auprès de jeunes adultes handicapés inscrits en terminale en 2006-2007 et ayant bénéficié d’aménagements. Se voulant dans un premier temps être un retour sur certains aspects méthodologiques d’une enquête construite par et pour cinq pays, et plus particulièrement sur ce que cerner, définir et mesurer le devenir d’une population qui passe de la marge à l’ordinaire peut vouloir dire, ce texte présente, d’autre part, certains résultats et pistes de réflexion issus des trajectoires observées auprès des jeunes adultes interrogés.
Les Africains subsahariens face au VIH-SIDA en France métropolitaine
Authors: Bergouignan Christophe
Published: June 2022

Quelle que soit la méthode de mesure utilisée (taux d’entrée dans le SIDA avant la généralisation de la prescription des multithérapies anti-VIH, taux de découverte de séropositivité au VIH depuis 2003), les niveaux observés pour les Africains subsahariens résidant en France dépassent très largement ce qui pourrait être attendu en se basant sur leur distribution selon la prévalence du VIH dans leurs pays d’origine. Il existe donc très vraisemblablement une vulnérabilité particulière des Africains subsahariens venus s’installer en France face à l’infection par le VIH, qui résulte de leur parcours migratoire et de leurs situations et comportements après la migration.Cette vulnérabilité face à l’exposition au VIH se combine avec un moindre recours au dépistage précoce de l’infection par le VIH, ce qui accroît les risques de contamination de leurs partenaires sexuels et réduit par ailleurs les marges d’optimisation des stratégies thérapeutiques au cours de l’infection. Ce recours plus tardif au dépistage répercute la situation des personnes infectées dans leur pays d’origine, pour lesquelles il y a plusieurs arguments pour considérer qu’elles attendent de se trouver en France pour y être testées. Il traduit aussi les parcours et les représentations des risques des migrants contaminés après leur départ d’Afrique subsaharienne.Enfin, on observe une évolution vers le stade SIDA, moins rare chez les Africains subsahariens dont la séropositivité au VIH a été découverte que chez les Français affrontant le même diagnostic. Cette moindre rareté des évolutions vers le stade SIDA résulte en partie de la réduction des marges d’optimisation des stratégies thérapeutiques liées à la plus faible fréquence des dépistages précoces précédemment décrite, mais elle se constate aussi à évolution de l’infection égale au moment de la découverte de la séropositivité au VIH. Là encore, on peut imaginer que cette plus grande vulnérabilité peut être rapprochée des conditions de vie des Africains subsahariens après leur migration.
Combating COVID
Authors: Malik Muhammad Abid , Akkaya Bulent , Jumani Nabi Bux
Published: June 2022

This study investigates Pakistani universities' responses during COVID-19. Permanent faculty members from eight different universities were interviewed for data collection. The participants reported six different strategies that were employed to continue the teaching-learning process during COVID-19: from well-developed LMS to virtually no classes. They also pointed out five main issues and challenges during COVID-19 (i.e., infrastructure and internet-related issues, students' participation and engagement issues, teachers' training and attitudinal issues, quality assurance issues, and lack of uniform policy by HEC). They also feared increased educational disparities due to the digital divide. Although this pandemic has adversely affected the higher education sector in Pakistan, if the policymakers and institutions are willing to learn and innovate, this crisis can be turned into an opportunity.
Teaching During COVID-19
Authors: Karaduman Güray
Published: June 2022

Distance education has been gaining importance, especially as a result of the rapid and continuing developments in the internet and information and communications technologies. However, its being beneficial and effective has been discussed by educational researchers. Due to their lack of practice or experiences in distance teaching, a great number of teachers feel prejudiced toward distance learning. This study aims to have a deeper understanding of how novice distance teachers, who have just begun to teach English at a distance during the breakout of the COVID-19 pandemic, experienced distance teaching. The study was conducted at a state university in Turkey in the 2019-2020 spring term. The participants of the study were two English language instructors with a teaching experience of 10+ years. Descriptive analysis of semi-structured interviews and the researcher's affiliation with the cases as an insider helped to reveal the personal, teaching, and technical/technological issues which affect the participants' experiences of distance teaching.
Síndrome metabólica em profissionais de enfermagem que atuam na assistência oncológica: prevalência e fatores associados / Metabolic syndrome in nursing professionals working in oncology care: prevalence and associated factors
Authors: Santos Juliano dos , Porciuncula Thamyris Cândida , Meira Karina Cardoso , Silva Pedro Gilson Beserra da , Pierin Angela Maria Geraldo
Published: June 2022

Objetivo: avaliar a prevalência da síndrome metabólica e os fatores associados em profissionais de enfermagem que atuam em oncologia. Método: estudo transversal com 231 profissionais de enfermagem, de um centro de alta complexidade em oncologia do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, entre junho de 2013 e junho de 2015. Realizou-se entrevista para coleta de dados sociodemográficos, profissionais, antecedentes pessoais, hábitos e estilos de vida e condições de saúde. Foram realizadas medida da circunferência da cintura, peso, altura, pressão arterial casual e Monitorização Ambulatorial da Pressão Arterial, além da glicemia plasmática de jejum, triglicerídeos e lipoproteína de alta densidade. Avaliou-se a síndrome metabólica de acordo com a I Diretriz Brasileira de Diagnóstico e Tratamento da Síndrome Metabólica. Regressão de Poisson com variância robusta foi realizada, sendo a presença da síndrome metabólica ou não o desfecho. Resultados: a prevalência da síndrome metabólica foi de 25,1% e esta condição se associou ao maior tempo de formação profissional (4,0%; IC95%:1,05-1,07), à maior pressão diastólica na Monitorização Ambulatorial da Pressão Arterial do período de sono (3,0%; IC95%:1,01-1,05), presença de sobrepeso (2,84%; IC95%:1,93-6,70) e obesidade (4,94%; IC95%:2,08-11,77). Conclusões: observou-se alta prevalência da síndrome metabólica nos profissionais avaliados, e associação com excesso de peso e alteração da pressão no período de sono. Os resultados apontam para necessidade de intervenções para controle de fatores de risco para doenças crônicas não transmissíveis na população estudada.
Clinicopathological assessment of cancer/testis antigens NY‑ESO‑1 and MAGE‑A4 in osteosarcoma
Authors: Hashimoto Kazuhiko , Nishimura Shunji , Ito Tomohiko , Oka Naohiro , Kakinoki Ryosuke , Akagi Masao
Published: June 2022

The cancer/testis antigens (CTAs), New York esophageal squamous cell carcinoma-1 (NY-ESO-1) and melanoma antigen gene (MAGE)-A4 are normally restricted to male germ cells but are aberrantly expressed in several cancers. Considering the limited information regarding their significance in osteosarcoma (OS), the purpose of this study was to determine the clinical significance of NY-ESO-1 and MAGE-A4 expression in OS. Nine patients with OS treated at Kindai University Hospital were included in the study. The median age was 27 years, and median follow-up period was 40 months. The specimens obtained at the time of biopsy were used to perform immunostaining for NY-ESO, MAGE-A4, p53, and Ki-67. The positive cell rates and positive case rates of NY-ESO, MAGE-A4, p53, and Ki-67 were calculated. The correlation between the positive cell rate of immunohistochemical markers was also calculated. The correlation between the positive cell rate of NY-ESO-1 or MAGE-A4 and tumor size or maximum standardized uptake (SUV-max) was also determined. The positive cell rates of NY-ESO-1 or MAGE-A4 in continuous disease-free (CDF) cases were also compared with those in alive with disease (AWD) or dead of disease (DOD) cases. The average positive cell rates of NY-ESO, MAGEA4, p53, and Ki-67 were 71.7%, 85.1%, 16.2%, and 14.7%, and their positive case rates were 33.3%, 100%, 44.4%, and 100%, respectively. The positivity rates of NY-ESO-1 and p53 were strongly correlated, whereas those of NY-ESO-1 and Ki-67 were moderately correlated. The MAGE-A4 and p53 positivity rates and the MAGE-A4 and Ki-67 positive cell rates were both strongly correlated. The NY-ESO-1 and MAGE-A4 positivity rates were moderately correlated. The positive correlation between the NY-ESO-1 positive cell rate and tumor size was medium, and that between the MAGE-A4 positivity rate and SUV-max was very strong. There was no significant difference in the positive cell rates of NY-ESO-1 or MAGE-A4 between CDF cases and AWD or DOD cases. Overall, our results suggest that NY-ESO-1 and MAGE-A4 may be involved in the aggressiveness of OS.
Rural treatment of COVID-19 patients with pirfenidone, nitazoxanide and colchicine. Case series
Authors: Iturbe Esquivel Brandon , Meneses Calderón José , Concepción Carrillo Luis Edgar , Mendieta Zeron Hugo
Published: June 2022

Combined treatments against SARS-CoV-2 are emerging and some have taken into account the post-COVID-19 fibrosis. The aim of this survey was to report the experience of treating COVID-19 patients with pirfenidone, nitazoxanide (NTZ) and colchicine. It was a case series report of COVID-19 patients treated from December 2020 to March 2021, in a rural health center located in the State of Mexico, Mexico. 23 patients were included (mean age 44.5 ± 17.1 years), 12 women (mean age 45.9 ± 17.9 years) and 11 men (mean age 43 ± 16.9 years) with four deaths (17.39%). The evolution time was of 17.3 ± 6.7 days being the main symptoms fever (82.6%), myalgia (69.6%) and cough (65.2%). The main comorbidities were overweight/obesity 18 (78.26%), type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) 4 (17.39%), Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) 5 (21.73%) and systemic hypertension 2 (8.69%). Two patients were intubated and both died; in these cases, they refused to take NTZ until after three days the medical doctor had prescribed it for the first time. It can be concluded that implementing a mixed treatment with pirfenidone, NTZ and colchicine could improve the survival rate in ambulatory patients of low socioeconomic status.
Management of bronchial asthma in 2021
Authors: Gupta Nitesh , Malhotra Nipun , Kunal Shekhar , Ish Pranav
Published: June 2022

To The Editor,
The Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) 2021 update was published on the 28th of April, 2021. There are significant changes, including treatment of mild asthma, the role of azithromycin, treatment of asthma in COVID-19 times, and role of biologics...
Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency and asthma
Authors: Stirpe Emanuele , Bardaro Floriana
Published: June 2022

α1-antitrypsin deficiency (AATD) is a genetically inherited autosomal-codominant disease with a variable clinical spectrum of lung-related diseases. Pulmonary involvement of α1-antitrypsin deficiency may also include emphysema with variable functional and radiological abnormalities, asthma, and bronchiectasis. Asthma and AATD are mutually exclusive disease entities, but the commonality of neutrophil inflammation across the diseases might suggest common underlying mechanisms of effect. The diseases share many clinical and functional features: patients with AATD commonly first present with asthma-like symptoms; functional alterations may be common to both, such as bronchial hyperresponsiveness or fixed obstruction after bronchial remodeling.  It has been recognized that allergy and asthma often coexist with AATD, but the relationship between allergy, asthma and AATD is not clear. Distinguishing AATD from asthma based on presentation and clinical evaluation is not possible. The clinician must assess each of the elements in the context of the whole patient, any patient with difficult-to-manage asthma should be screened for AATD. From the clinician’s point of view, improving diagnosis in this population is fundamental to optimize clinical management. Genetic studies will probably be needed in the future to unequivocally establish the causal link between AATD and asthma.
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder among Secondary School Students during the COVID-19 Lockdown in Enugu
Authors: Aronu Ann E. , Chinawa Awoere T. , Ossai Edmund Ndudi , Chinawa Josephat Maduabuchi , Odinka Paul C. , Odinka Jaclyn Ifeoma , Onukwuli Vivian Ozoemena
Published: June 2022

Background:

School closure, lockdown, loss of jobs, and harsh economic situation during the COVID-19 are linked with a high risk of posttraumatic stress (PTS) in secondary school students. Studies have shown that in the absence of other coping strategies such as resilience and social support, adolescents and youths may adopt a negative coping style to address PTS disorder (PTSD).

Aim:

This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of PTS among secondary school students and evaluate the impact of social support and resilience on PTS in this group of students, especially during the lockdown.

Materials and Methods:

A cross-sectional study was conducted among students attending six secondary schools in Enugu. Three standardized questionnaires were used in the data collection. PTS due to COVID-19 was evaluated with Impact to Event Scale-6, the Child and Youth Resilience was used to determine the resilience of the students, and the Oslo 3-item was used to ascertain the level of social support. Data were analyzed using the IBM Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS)-Chicago, Illinois, USA; version 25.

Results:

Four hundred and ninety-six students with a mean age of 16.5 ± 1.9 years and M: F of 1:1.1 were studied. The majority of the students (62.9%) had PTS due to the effects of COVID-19. A large number of students in senior secondary three-class, 64.8%, experienced PTS due to COVID-19 compared with their counterparts in junior secondary three class, 54.7%, but the difference in proportions was not statistically significant (χ2 = 3.358, P = 0.067). A good number of fathers of the students with secondary education or less (67.6%) experienced PTS due to COVID-19 when compared with their counterparts who had tertiary education (58.4%) (χ2 = 4.497, P = 0.034). Resilience and social support had no influence on PTSD among secondary school students (χ2 = 0.381, P = 0.548) (χ2 = 0.504, P = 0.777), respectively.

Conclusion:

The prevalence of PTSD was high among secondary school students during the lockdown in the COVID-19 pandemic. Resilience and good social support did not influence this.
Development and internal validation of a nomogram for predicting outcomes in children with traumatic subdural hematoma
Authors: Kaewborisutsakul Anukoon , Tunthanathip Thara
Published: June 2022

Background: A subdural hematoma (SDH) following a traumatic brain injury (TBI) in children can lead to unexpected death or disability. The nomogram is a clinical prediction tool used by physicians to provide prognosis advice to parents for making decisions regarding treatment. In the present study, a nomogram for predicting outcomes was developed and validated. In addition, the predictors associated with outcomes in children with traumatic SDH were determined.Methods: In this retrospective study, 103 children with SDH after TBI were evaluated. According to the King’s Outcome Scale for Childhood Head Injury classification, the functional outcomes were assessed at hospital discharge and categorized into favorable and unfavorable. The predictors associated with the unfavorable outcomes were analyzed using binary logistic regression. Subsequently, a two-dimensional nomogram was developed for presentation of the predictive model.Results: The predictive model with the lowest level of Akaike information criterion consisted of hypotension (odds ratio [OR], 9.4; 95% confidence interval [CI], 2.0–42.9), Glasgow coma scale scores of 3–8 (OR, 8.2; 95% CI, 1.7–38.9), fixed pupil in one eye (OR, 4.8; 95% CI, 2.6–8.8), and fixed pupils in both eyes (OR, 3.5; 95% CI, 1.6–7.1). A midline shift ≥5 mm (OR, 1.1; 95% CI, 0.62–10.73) and co-existing intraventricular hemorrhage (OR, 6.5; 95% CI, 0.003–26.1) were also included.Conclusions: SDH in pediatric TBI can lead to mortality and disability. The predictability level of the nomogram in the present study was excellent, and external validation should be conducted to confirm the performance of the clinical prediction tool.
Thresholds and What Seems to Be: Munro’s First Sentences
Authors: Zupan Simon , Blake Jason
Published: June 2022

This paper provides an overview of Alice Munro’s first sentences from her 149 stories published in her 14 collections. Despite the epithet “Munroesque,” there is a remarkable variety to the typical Munro story and Munro’s style. Many of her stories begin with short, mundanely declarative sentences of a few words; many other first sentences stretch over several lines; many foreground time or, more accurately, time past. The variety of these first sentences might lead the cataloguer to despair or to proclaim fatuously that the Munroesque quality of her fiction lies in how different it all is …. Though generalizations are dangerous, there is one constant: for all their stylistic diversity, Munro’s first sentences tend to establish a tension between what is realistic and tangible and the seeming, what lies beneath or hidden.
Whispers and Dances: Construction of Heterochronism in Alice Munro’s “Walker Brothers Cowboy”
Authors: Oner Murat
Published: June 2022

Alice Munro stitches a patchwork of short stories in her 1968 short story collection, Dance of the Happy Shades. The collection is constructed as a rhizomatic multiplicity wherein stories relate to each other in a rhizomatic pattern, as off-shoots of the same organic body. Each story in Dance of the Happy Shades is also internally constructed in the same way as a multiplicity, where micro-narratives are assembled as pieces of a patchwork to form a whole. This paper, however, explores only the opening story “Walker Brothers Cowboy” through a geocritical and geophilosophical lens and shows how Munro builds it through the same pattern. The story comprises multiple micro-narratives of different lengths and forms, each of which functions as part of this organic growth. The essay also shows how the juxtaposition of such micro-narratives, and of smoothing and striating images, creates a heterochronian heterotopia at the climax of the story.
Female Body as a Source of Shared (Hi)stories: On Munro’s Del and Joyce’s Eveline
Authors: Penjak Ana
Published: June 2022

Every society and culture has its own social conventions that provide specific models for ways of behaving, thinking, and communicating. According to Cordelia Fine (2012), such values are shared and reflected on and by our body (through our social roles and positions, expressions, and behaviour). This paper elicits and compares shared (hi)stories told on and by the bodies of two female characters – Del Jordan in Alice Munro’s short story cycle Lives of Girls and Women (1971) and Eveline Hill from James Joyce’s short story “Eveline” from the collection Dubliners (1914). The paper approaches Del’s and Eveline’s body as a source for a broader semantic notion: a (re)source for (re)creating and understanding both characters’ sociocultural and family surroundings that, consequently, act as a (re)source for all their silenced desires, life choices and identities. Although geographically set in different spatiotemporal contexts, the stories and their characters share other elements.
The Human Geometry of Deathscapes and Homes in Alice Munro’s The View from Castle Rock
Authors: Szamosi Gertrud
Published: June 2022

In her semi-autobiographical collection, The View from Castle Rock (2006), Alice Munro claims to portray the history of her ancestors by traveling through time and space and putting her fictional self at the centre of the narrative. This paper explores a set of complex relationships between space, place, and identity formation with the help of various spatial trajectories. At the thematic and structural centre of the narrative there are two recurring spatial trajectories that most commonly manifest themselves in the form of deathscapes and homes. This paper will map the different deathscapes and homes in relation to their physical locations in Scotland, the United States, and Canada, in the timeframe of the past 400 years, but more importantly in the context of their fictional meaning and the formative role they play in the protagonist’s self-quest.
In defense of Filipino values and norms: Debunking the ambivalence theory
Authors: Jiolito Benitez Luzano
Published: June 2022

No nation has been so scorned for her values and norms by her own people, including the most educated of them, as the Philippines. This study critically peruses the ambivalence theory of Filipino values and norms to debunk its central claim that Filipino values and norms are ambivalent due to their inherent potential to be good and evil, right and wrong, virtue and vice, strength and weakness. Using as frameworks of analysis the sociological and psychological postulates of ambivalence as well as the Aristotelian notion of virtue, the perusal yields five paramount findings that sum up the errors of this theory. First, the problematic and dichotomic approach to Filipino values and norms as good and bad, right and wrong, weakness and strength, virtue and vice to warrant the forgone conclusion of ambivalence. Second, the epic confusion in which the transgressive attitudes, traits, and behaviors are deemed part of the defining features of Filipino values and norms. Third, Filipino values are blamed for or used to justify the negative attitudes, weak character traits, and misdeeds of Filipinos. Fourth, the proponents' negative and inconsistent interpretations of Filipino values and norms. Fifth, the sociological and psychological postulates of ambivalence and the Aristotelean concept of virtue do not support the claim of ambivalence. On the strengths of the findings, the ambivalence theory is effectively debunked. With the putative post-ambivalence period, comes the challenge to disabuse the minds of those who have credulously professed the ambivalence creed.
Online foreign language learning: Measuring efficacy versus traditional classroom study
Authors: Williams Clay
Published: June 2022

The Covid-19 pandemic precipitated a mass transfer of educational activity to the online space in many countries. While advances in internet communication technologies have allowed many educational activities to continue throughout periods of closure of traditional classroom environments, the change necessitated a sizeable shift in terms of actual language pedagogy and learning strategies. Simply put, Foreign Language Acquisition (FLA) through online activities is different from traditional face-to-face learning (e.g., Chun, Kern, & Smith, 2016). However, while research can point to various advantages and disadvantages of online vs. face-to-face classroom environments for foreign language study, it is an open question whether the online study has the potential to replace traditional classrooms while achieving a similar or even greater level of proficiency gains. This paper presents a longitudinal case study of an adult learner progressing from an absolute beginner level to an intermediate level of proficiency (CEFR-level B1) through purely online (one hour) weekly instruction over the course of two years, and using learning records; it will elucidate the learner’s perceived differences between online and in-person language instruction. The results suggest that the online instruction yielded more opportunity for productive conversational use of the Target Language (TL), thus enabling the faster development of basic conversational competence compared to traditional classroom instruction.
Language learning motivation of Vietnamese EFL students and their attitudes towards classroom factors
Authors: Loc Nguyen Thi Phuoc
Published: June 2022

Motivation has long been considered as a significant factor, remarkably contributing to the success of second language acquisition. The current study focuses on investigating the socio-psychological orientations of Vietnamese-speaking English learners. A survey was administered to 74 non-English majoring undergraduates in four IELTS preparation courses at the pre-intermediate and intermediate levels. The questionnaire included ten statements on the students’ integrative and instrumental motivations for language learning, as well as ten questions about their attitudes towards four classroom factors: physical conditions, teaching styles, teachers, and success. SPSS was utilized to analyse the collected data by percentage, mean of frequency, and standard deviation. The statistics revealed that participants were generally motivated at a high level with an inclination towards instrumental motivation. Additionally, the participants of the study expressed positive attitudes towards physical classroom facilities, teaching methods, teachers, and learning achievements in their classrooms, which significantly influenced their decision to enroll in English courses. The study’s findings were used to generate discussion and pedagogical implications concerning approaches for increasing students’ enthusiasm to learn a foreign language. Some recommendations were made for further research on what motivates people to learn a foreign language.
Aspects régionaux du vocabulaire de l’ancien français
Authors:   , Roques Gilles
Published: June 2022

Thèse d’Etat
Local derivations of semisimple Leibniz algebras
Authors: Kaygorodov Ivan , Kudaybergenov Karimbergen , Yuldashev Inomjon
Published: June 2022

We prove that every local derivation on a complex semisimple
finite-dimensional Leibniz algebra is a derivation.
Chemometric Tools in the Analysis of Pharmaceutics Samples: a Comparison Among Several Multivariate Calibration Methods
Authors: Ornelas-Soto Nancy E. , Duarte-Moller José Alberto , Amador-Hernández Judith , Rivera-Gomez Alma Rocío , Contreras Rafael Pacheco , , Ochoa Rolando Flores , Villegas Ignacio Yocupicio , , López-De-Alba Pedro L.
Published: June 2022

Bivariate calibration algorithm is compared with the results obtained by the usage of high-dimensional calibration methods such as partial least squares (PLS) and multi-way partial least-squares (N-PLS) by using UV-Vis spectrophotometric data of first and second-order. The algorithms were applied to the determination of a mixture of an analgesic and a stimulant compound and their actual concentrations of them were calculated by using spectroscopic data. The direct reading of absorbance values at 227 nm and 271 nm were employed for quantification of the compounds in the case of the bivariate method. The approaches of first-order and multi-way methods were applied with a previous optimization of the calibration matrix by constructing sets of calibration and validation with 20 and 10 samples (mixtures) respectively according to a central composite design and their UV absorption spectra were recorded at 200-350 nm. All algorithms were satisfactorily applied to the simultaneous determination of these compounds in pharmaceutical formulations with mean percentage recovery of 100.5 ± 3.67, 98.7 ± 3.42, and 100.5 ± 3.74 for bivariate, PLS-1, and N-PLS, respectively. The statistical evaluation of the bivariate method showed that this procedure is comparable with those algorithms that employ high-dimensional structured information. The aim of the work is to compare the methods under study and it can be seen that there are no significant differences, so a simple spectrophotometer can be used up to a very specialized one. However, the advantage of bivariate calibration is its simplicity, due to the minimal experimental manipulation.
Did Jews inherit Zionisn from Christians?
Authors: HASANOĞLU Eldar
Published: June 2022

Zionism, the main ideology of the State of Israel, emerged as an intellectual movement and social movement at the end of the 19th century. While this development is subjectively related to the conditions in the Christian world, it is objectively related to the internal dynamics of Judaism. The exclusion of Jews by Catholics and Orthodox has prevented them from integrating into society, nurtured national consciousness and pushed them to seek salvation. On the other hand, Protestants believed that it is necessary to establish a Jewish state in Palestine for the return of Jesus Christ to the earth and endeavored for this sake since the 17th century, These views and efforts, which were fermented among Christians for two centuries, found its expression among the Jews with the concept of Zionism. Considering this fact it can be thought that Zionism passed to the Jews from the Christians. However, although Zionism emerged theoretically and socially in the late date, its intellectual foundations are found in Jewish scriptures as well as its actual examples in Jewish history. The concept of the chosen people, the idea of the promised land and the constant emphasis in liturgy on returning to Jerusalem provide the theological basis for the Zionist goal of establishing a Jewish nation-state in Palestine. It is also undeniable that throughout history Jews made many efforts to establish a Jewish state in Palestine or to create such an opportunity. Experiences such as Jesus is the expected Messiah, the Bar Kokhba revolt, attempts to the Julian The Apostate and Princess Eudoxia, provoking the Persians against Byzantium, and following false Christ figures such as David Alroy and Sabbatai Zevi, the construction of a Jewish homeland in Tiberia at the initiative of Yasef Nasi can be given as examples. The appropriate ground in Europe created by the conditions in 19th century offered the Jews the opportunity to theorize this theoretical and practical legacy in the form of Zionism.
MOTIVACIÓN Y SATISFACCIÓN CON LA CARRERA ELEGIDA EN ESTUDIANTES DE FORMACIÓN ARTÍSTICA
Authors: Alberca Carrasco Omar Nixon
Published: June 2022

El presente estudio se realizó con el objetivo de determinar la relación entre la motivación y satisfacción con la carrera elegida en estudiantes de la Escuela Superior de Formación Artística Pública Bellas Artes de la ciudad de Trujillo. Este estudio es de tipo correlacional, con diseño correlacional. La muestra del estudio, estuvo conformada por 104 estudiantes del área pedagógica de esta institución educativa superior. Se emplearon dos cuestionarios validados y altamente confiables como instrumentos de recolección de datos. Los resultados señalan que el 51.5% de los estudiantes poseen niveles altos de motivación; mientras que, el 53.8% presenta niveles medios de satisfacción. Se obtuvo un p_valor de 0,126 mayor al nivel de significancia de 0,05, concluyendo que no existe relación entre la motivación y la satisfacción con la carrera elegida en estudiantes de la Escuela Superior de Formación Artística Pública Bellas Artes de la ciudad de Trujillo.