bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The Impact of Intellectual Capital on Firm Value: Empirical Evidence From Vietnam
Authors: Nguyen Anh Huu , Doan Duong Thuy
Published: June 2020

The paper aims to investigate the impact of intellectual capital on firm value in the context of Vietnam. The research sample includes 61 manufacturing companies listed on Vietnam stock market for the period from 2013 to 2018. Three statistical methods approaches are employed to address econometric issues and to improve the accuracy of the regression coefficients include Ordinary Least Square (OLS), Random Effects Model (REM) and Fixed Effects Model (FEM). This research uses value-added intellectual capital (VAIC) to measure the intellectual capital of a firm. Value-added intellectual capital (VAIC) is considered as an effective measure by which a company uses material, financial, and intellectual capital to increase. The VAIC includes the sum of three components: Human Capital Efficiency (HCE), Structure Capital Efficiency (SCE) and Capital Employed Efficiency (CEE, including physical and financial capital). In this paper, firm value is measured by Tobin’s Q ratio. Some control variables such as leverage, firm size, growth rate, and state capital are used in the regression model that pointed out the impact of intellectual capital on a firm value. The empirical results show a statistically significant positive impact of value-added intellectual capital (VAIC) on a firm’s profitability. This evidence provides a new insight to managers on how to improve the value of manufacturing companies listed on Vietnam stock market.
Organizational Commitments in Financial Service Audit With Antecedents of Organizational Justice and Job Satisfaction
Authors: Ridaryanto Petrus
Published: June 2020

Public trust in a profession is determined by the reliability, accuracy, timeliness, and quality of services or services that can be provided by the auditor profession. Although the auditor's work and performance procedures have tended to be supervised and determined strictly and formally by external institutions, studies have shown that the context of the internal environment has an effect on improving auditor performance. This study seeks to analyze the effect of organizational justice and job satisfaction in the auditor's environment on organizational commitment. It focuses more on behavioral accounting, specifically relating to the auditor's work environment, by taking the object of the treatment's influence in the organization's internal participation and involvement of auditors that is reflected by organizational commitment. By using the Structural Equation Model (SEM), the findings show that procedural justice and interactional justice are empirically proven to influence organizational commitment. On the other hand, distributive justice has no effect on organizational commitment, and job satisfaction has also been proven empirically to have no effect on organizational commitment. These results provide input for public accounting firms so as not to overlook the fairness factor in providing rewards to auditors. In the case of fairness the awarding of rewards / awards to the auditor is not only limited to the amount of reward, but also the process for determining the amount of the reward.
CA-informed Interactional Feature Analysis of Conversations in Textbooks Used for Teaching English Speaking in Thai Secondary Schools
Authors: Pitaksuksan Nasree , Sinwongsuwat Kemtong
Published: June 2020

With Conversation Analysis (CA) insights, this paper examines the textbooks used to teach oral English communication to Thai EFL learners in secondary schools. In an attempt to raise the awareness of features of naturally-occurring conversation and help increase the learners’ exposure to these features, two textbook series, hereafter A and B, were purposively sampled for a close examination of their model conversations and related exercises. Six textbooks, three from each series, were obtained from secondary school teachers voluntarily joining a CA-informed English conversation-teaching workshop in lower southern Thailand. The findings showed that textbook series A contains action-driven, function-based communicative content, whereas B is theme/situation-based, being organized around topics or events likely faced by learners in daily life. Both textbook series put more focus on face-to-face dialogues, offering a significantly smaller number of phone and multi-party conversations. The model conversations in both series are presented with punctuation symbols of written language and without any representations of spoken language features such as stress and intonation. Some of the conversations in series B are sequentially incomplete, and while offering students conversations with various types of action sequences, both series can integrate more opening and closing sequences as well as sequences with dispreferred responses into their model conversations. To raise learners’ awareness of features of natural conversation, more instances of repair and overlap may also be integrated into both audio and printed materials. Finally, to achieve the communicative unit goal, more scaffolding exercises can be provided to allow students to practice not only word and sentence pronunciation in isolation, but in relation to achieving a particular interactional goal via the construction of turns in more manageable, meaningful sequences.
Overheads as a Performance Indicator in the Local Public Sector Organizations
Authors: Rainero Christian , Migliavacca Alessandro , Reano Sara
Published: June 2020

If we consider business forms from the point of view of satisfying needs, public companies are consumer companies that satisfy collective needs with the aim of redistributing income. They differ from production companies in that they do not have direct access to the market, so that the sources of financing derive from the taxes imposed by law, while the uses concern management costs, capital investments and debt repayments. Maintaining this interpretation, another category belonging to consumer companies is that of non-profit companies, which can be equated partially to public companies precisely because of the absence of a real market of reference and the finding of sources of funding for the performance of the activity mainly from external contributions without consideration. The only difference is inherent in the fact that such contributions cannot be imposed by law and are aimed at assisting and providing services and benefits to the community of reference, in the absence of profit and capital distribution. Therefore, if in the public sector performance is mainly and historically linked to the management of financial resources and public debt, in the field of nonprofit there is a different literature focused more on the control of economic aspects (and in particular the costs of the activity) as performance indicators of the company's activity. At the international level, and in particular in the United States, the use of the incidence of overheads is an element of examination to assess the performance of the non-profit sector. In this article, the subject of analysis is the possibility of using the overhead level to assess the performance of a public body. The analysis is carried out by comparing the incidence of overheads on the revenues of Italian municipalities in the years 2015-2017 with the performance indicators given by the deficit parameters established by current administrative legislation. From this analysis, it is possible to identify the presence of a correlation between the performance indicators and the incidence of overheads, in which the likelihood of the presence of “good”, “excellent” or “excellent” indicators is given by levels of overhead in the region of 10% of the total revenue assessed, with a margin of tolerance of 3% in positive for smaller entities (up to 5,000 inhabitants), and 3% in negative for larger entities.
La forja de la “nación de Franco”: nacionalismo, catolicismo y violencia en la zona rebelde durante la Guerra Civil española (1936-1939)
Authors: Hernández Burgos Claudio
Published: June 2020

El golpe de Estado de julio de 1936 dio lugar a una guerra que dejó una huella duradera en la sociedad española, pero también puso los primeros cimientos sobre los que se sostuvo una dictadura de cuarenta años. El estallido de la violencia abrió, además, el contexto propicio para el desmontaje de la experiencia republicana y la consolidación de los componentes fundamentales del incipiente régimen franquista. Este texto examina el proceso de formación de la España de Franco y a su incidencia sobre la movilización social. En concreto, se centra en la interrelación entre tres variables esenciales para entender el nacimiento del franquismo: la nación, la violencia y el catolicismo. Este artículo prioriza una mirada desde abajo y se basa en fuentes de diversa procedencia: bibliografía, prensa, testimonios y documentación archivística. El objetivo final es examinar la construcción de la Cruzada franquista, evaluando el alcance de los discursos y políticas renacionalizadoras y recatolizadoras impulsadas por las autoridades, pero coproducidas por una parte de la población situada en zona sublevada.
Estimating Mass Concentration Using a Low-cost Portable Particle Counter Based on Full-year Observations: Issues to Obtain Reliable Atmospheric PM2.5 Data
Authors: Ueda Sayako , Osada Kazuo , Yamagami Makiko , Ikemori Fumikazu , Hisatsune Kunihiro
Published: June 2020

Expanding the use of a recently introduced low-cost particle monitor (DC1700 Dylos Air Quality Monitor) for sensing atmospheric PM2.5 requires comparison with data obtained using a certified method for PM2.5 based on appropriate atmospheric observations. Full-year measurements of atmospheric aerosols were taken in Nagoya, Japan during March 2017-March 2018 using the DC1700 to measure the particle number concentrations of >0.5 and >2.5 μm diameter particles and to measure the PM2.5 mass concentration (M
dry, PM2.5) using an automated β attenuation mass monitor (PM712). The number-size distribution was measured using an optical particle counter (KC01D). The dried mass concentration of 0.5–2.5 μm particles (M
dry, 0.5–2.5) was estimated from the ambient relative humidity and the DC1700 number concentration. The values of M
dry, 0.5–2.5 were invariably less than those of M
dry, PM2.5. The coefficient of determination and slope of M
dry, 0.5–2.5 to M
dry, PM2.5 for the year were, respectively, 0.68 and 0.40. Slope values changed seasonally from 0.24 in July and August 2017 to 0.55 in May and April 2017. Light absorbing particles, smaller-fine particles, and the estimation method of M
dry, 0.5–2.5 were inferred as causes of the difference between M
dry, 0.5–2.5 and M
dry, PM2.5. Especially, we estimated a large contribution (ca. 54% underestimation of M
dry, 0.5–2.5 into M
dry, PM2.5) of particles smaller than the minimum detection diameter of DC1700. The seasonal variation of M
dry, 0.5–2.5/M
dry, PM2.5 was related to the volume fraction of particles smaller than 0.5 μm. Good correlation of M
dry, 0.5–2.5 to M
dry, PM2.5 suggests that data obtained using DC1700 with a correction factor are useful as a rough proxy of atmospheric PM2.5 within a season. However, precise estimation of PM2.5 from the DC1700 number concentrations should include appropriate corrections of the size distribution, not only hygroscopicity.
Theoretical and Methodological Basics Teaching Ukrainian in a Foreign-Language Environment: Comparative Aspect
Authors: Romaniuk Svitlana Zakharivna
Published: June 2020

The article substantiates and characterizes the role of the native lan-guage in formation and development of the ethnocultural community of immigrants and their descendants in the country of settlement/birth and in its foreign environment. Theoretical and methodological principles of teaching Ukrainian as a foreign/second language by ethnic Ukrainian in the western diaspora in the second half of the XX-early XXI century. It has been found out that this process takes place under the influence of the official/state language). It has been established that in these coun-tries, ethnic Ukrainians have formed a system of teaching the Ukrainian language, starting with kindergarten/room and finishing with universi-ties. Language acquisition begins with the development of oral speech (preference is given to formation of communicative competencies of pupils/students), then pupils learn to read and write and gradually ac-quire a knowledge of its basic linguistic concepts and categories and master the skills of their practical use. The main goal of the native lan-guage education of Ukrainians in the diaspora is to ensure free posses-sion of the younger generations of foreign Ukrainians in all vital situa-tions, in communication with Ukrainians on all continents of the planet.
It is established that the foundations of Ukrainian lingvodidactics in the mid-40's of the twentieth century was laid by the Canadian teacher Illia Shklianka. His ideas found continuation in scientific works, text-books and pedagogical activity of Maria Deiko, Yar Slavutych, Roma Franko, Bohdan Shkandrii and other educators of the Western Ukra-inian diaspora. Today they are fruitfully developed by Romana Bedriy, Olenka Bilash, Maria Savdyk, employees of the Ukrainian Language Center of Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies at the University of Alberta, other educational and scientific institutions and establishments where Ukrainian language is studied. The main goal of their activity is to create an appropriate language environment for children, pupils and students who learn Ukrainian by means of modern methods and tech-nologies, innovative educational resources, including those made in Ukraine.
Integrated Safety of Polish Sea Fishermen
Authors: Sommer Hanna , Sommer Hubert , Zakrzewski Grzegorz
Published: June 2020

The article attempts to bring closer the dangers faced by people working as sea fishermen. Every profession has its own specific threats. The safety of sea fishermen is an interdisciplinary issue. It deals not only with health and safety issues, but also with the role and tasks of the State on international territories. This article also includes self-assessment of the integrated safety among sea fishermen.
Use of the Territorial Defence Forces (TDF) in counter-subversive operations
Authors: Pytel Marek , Cieśla Mariusz
Published: June 2020

The Territorial Defence Forces (TDF, Polish abbrev. WOT) are to participate in combat counter-subversive operations, alone or in cooperation with other security actors. Using both offensive and protective-defensive forms and methods, they will create freedom of action for operational troops. Precise reconnaissance of the area, infrastructure knowledge in permanent areas of responsibility (Polish abbrev. SRO), cooperation with the non-military system (Polish abbrev. UPM), and cooperation with the local population in combination with the training of the TDF commanders and soldiers equipped with modern weaponry, reconnaissance and object monitoring systems will ensure good quality of protection while reducing the number of human resources involved.
All forms and methods of conducting combat counter-subversive activities presented in the article are a compilation of the content contained in the literature on the subject and the practical conduct of training classes with cadets and officers at the Military University of Land Forces.
Conditions determining decisions on the announcement, change and revocation of alert levels and CRP alert levels
Authors: Wróbel Rafał
Published: June 2020

The issue of announcing, changing and revoking alert levels and CRP alert levels for threats in the Polish cyberspace (CRP alert levels) is inseparably connected with anti-terrorist actions taken by public administration bodies. The Counter-Terrorism Act of 10 June 2016 sets out the principles of conducting counter-terrorism activities and the principles of cooperation between authorities in the scope of such activities. It specifies the bodies which are entitled to announce change and revoke alert levels and CRP alert levels. Until recently, alarm levels associated mainly with the protection of military command, agencies and institutions play an increasingly important role in the area of protection of the civilian population. The proof of this is the extension of the existing formula for the use of alarm levels in the civil (non-military) environment and the cyberspace of the Republic of Poland. The decision to announce, change and revoke an alert level and a CRP alert level depends on a number of factors, including the following: the reasons for their announcement, the division of competences of the bodies responsible with respect to their announcement, change and revocation, and the execution of projects required to be carried out for the introduction of particular alert levels or CRP alert levels.
Financial Statement according to National or International Financial Reporting Standards? A Decision Analysis Case Study from the Czech Republic at Industrial Companies
Authors: Krajňák Michal
Published: June 2020

Financial statements bring information about financial position, performance and changes in financial performance. These statements could be prepared in accordance with national accounting standards or in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards. The scientific problem is to assess whether it is more beneficial to prepare financial statements according to national, transnational or both national and transnational accounting standards. Results show that it is more convenient to prepare financial statements only according to the legislation of national accounting standards. The advantage of this option is lower costs. However, the second best option, based on preparing financial statements according to International Financial Reporting standards, leads to higher quality, credibility and comparison of these statements. Options based on the gradual convergence of transnational and national accounting standards also do not represent an ideal situation. The utility of options is influenced by many criteria. The most important criterion according to the questionnaire survey is costs. The questionnaire survey was carried out in the year 2018 among 28 industrial companies in the selected region of the Czech Republic. The methods of description, analysis, synthesis, comparison and selected methods of multi-criteria decision-making are used in the article.
Single Conversion Stage Three Port High Gain Converter for PV Integration with DC Microgrid
Authors: Arif Muhammad , Shahzad Mohsin , Saleem Jawad , Malik Waheed , Majid Abdul
Published: June 2020

A high gain three port converter with a unidirectional port for photovoltaic (PV) side and two bidirectional ports one each for the battery and the DC bus for PV integration to DC microgrid is presented. High gain is achieved by a coupled inductor with switched capacitor, whereas single stage conversion is used between the ports to achieve high efficiency. The proposed converter is modelled in PLECS/MATLAB and the simulated results for various operational modes are validated using a 500 W prototype. For main operating mode, i.e., single input single output (SISO), the efficiency is calculated to be as high as 96 %. Similarly, owing to the reduced number of components, the losses are reduced considerably for different operation modes.
Tumulte - Excesse - Pogrome
Authors: Bergmann Werner
Published: June 2020

Die erste umfassende Darstellung der gegen Juden gerichteten kollektiven Gewalt in Europa im 19. Jahrhundert.

Pogrome werden heute in erster Linie mit dem Mittelalter, Osteuropa oder der Zeit des Nationalsozialismus in Verbindung gebracht. Doch auch im aufgeklärten 19. Jahrhundert blieben Juden in kaum einem Land Europas von Übergriffen verschont. Teile der Bevölkerung reagierten auf die im Zuge der Entwicklung zur modernen Gesellschaft zunehmende Integration der Juden und ihren sozioökonomischen Aufstieg mit gewaltsamer Abwehr. Dies geschah vermehrt in Zeiten sozialer und politischer Umbrüche und Krisen und wurde noch angefacht durch die Agitation der aufkommenden antisemitischen Bewegung. Werner Bergmann bietet erstmals eine umfassende Darstellung dieser Ausschreitungen, die von geringfügigen Tumulten bis hin zu schweren Pogromen reichten. Zur Fundierung der Analyse der Ursachen und der Gewaltdynamik von Pogromen dient ihm dabei ein theoretisches Modell der Interaktionen der zentralen Akteure, zu denen die gewalttätige Menge, die angegriffenen Opfer, die Regierungen und Ordnungskräfte sowie die Zuschauer zählen. Eingebettet in ihre jeweiligen historischen lokalen wie nationalen Kontexte werden auf dieser Basis die Gemeinsamkeiten und Unterschiede der einzelnen Pogromfälle und -wellen in europäisch-vergleichender Perspektive herausgearbeitet.
Gemein und ungleich
Authors: Hübner Jonas
Published: June 2020

Die erste Gesellschaftsgeschichte der Essener Mark bei Osnabrück von der Reformation bis in den Vormärz.

Für die Geschichte der ländlichen Gesellschaft Nordwestdeutschlands spielten die gemeinen Marken über Jahrhunderte hinweg eine prägende Rolle. Dabei handelte es sich um ländliche Gemeingüter, in denen die Aneignung natürlicher Ressourcen von sozialen Kollektiven organisiert wurde. In den Osnabrücker Marken wirkten Akteure aus Landesherrschaft, Grundherrschaft und Bauernschaft an der gemeinschaftlichen Verwaltung und Nutzung von Wald, Weide und Heide mit. Die Fallstudie zur Essener Mark untersucht anhand archivalischer Quellen den kollektiven Umgang dieser ungleichen Akteure mit land- und waldwirtschaftlichen Ressourcen.
Jonas Hübner liefert damit erstmals eine Gesamtdarstellung ländlicher Gemeingüterverwaltung und -nutzung in einem frühneuzeitlichen Markenverband vom späten 16. bis ins frühe 19. Jahrhundert. Gegenstand der Analyse sind die Kooperationen und Konflikte im Spannungsfeld von Landesherrschaft, Gutsherren und bäuerlicher Selbstverwaltung. Dabei geht es auch um die Positionierung der ständischen Akteure im Prozess der Agrarreformen, die schließlich zur Auflösung der gemeinen Marken führten.
The Effect of Team-Based Learning on the Performance of Medical Students in the Medical Physics Course
Authors: Tabibi Maryam , Shafiei Seyed Ali , Hamta Amir , Amaniyan Sara
Published: June 2020

Background: Team-based learning (TBL) is an active and participatory learning process, which is used to train students on health topics. Objectives: The present study aimed to assess the effect of TBL in teaching a medical physics course on the poor performance of the students. Methods: This quasi-experimental study was conducted on 28 medical students at Qom University of Medical Sciences, Iran who were unable to pass the medical physics course in the past semesters. At the beginning the 10-session course, eight questions with four options were provided to the students, and the students had to answer the questions individually within a specified time. After collecting the questionnaire responses, participants were divided into six groups and completed the same test as a team. Afterwards, each question was displayed on a smart board and discussed. Results: After the procedures of the study, all the participants successfully completed the medical physics course. At the end of the course, 90% of the students reported that the TBL method was more appropriate than lecture, and 80% of the students believed that the TBL method encouraged them to participate in the learning process. In the final exam, the scores of the students in the medical physics course increased by 3.95 ± 2.09 units with the TBL method compared to the prior course, and the difference was considered significant (P < 0.01). Conclusions: According to the results, the implementation of TBL in the medical physics course improved the learning motivation, satisfaction, and mean scores of the students with poor performance.
Impact of Severity of Chronic Liver Disease on Health-Related Economics
Authors: Qazi Arisar Fakhar Ali , Kamran Muhammad , Nadeem Ramlah , Jafri Wasim
Published: June 2020

Background: Chronic liver disease (CLD) is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. It is accountable for a multifaceted disease encumbrance upsetting the psychological, physical, and economic health of not only the patients but also their caregivers. Objectives: The study purposes to cover the economic aspect of CLD to comprehend the financial burden imposed on the patients. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted at a tertiary care hospital in Karachi, Pakistan. The CLD patients presenting in gastroenterology clinics were recruited, and their socio-demographic, financial, and disease-related information including Model for End-stage Liver Disease (MELD) score and Child Turcotte Pugh (CTP) scores were collected. Out of 190 CLD patients enrolled, 127 (67.2%) were males. The mean age was 50.09 years. Variables assessed include self-perceived social/economic status, self-perception of disease responsibility for worsening of social/economic situation, the impact of the disease on economic status due to medical expense, the impact of economic status on treatment compliance due to medical expenses, impact of severity of disease on socioeconomic status and treatment compliance, and impact of gender on disease status and treatment compliance. Results: Regardless of the disease duration, CLD significantly impacted a patient’s life, as 81% and 69% of the patients blamed their disease responsible for the worsening of social and economic conditions, respectively. In our study, 85% of patients had consumed all savings during their course of illness, and 67% had to borrow money for medical expenses. Nearly half of the patients had to leave or cut short their medicines, skip the physician's appointment, or defer their children's education. One-third of patients had unpaid medical and utility bills or even skipped their meals. The severity of disease affected the socioeconomic status significantly (89% in CTP class C vs. 40% in CTP class A). Patients with worsening socioeconomic status had significantly higher MELD scores as compared to those with stable socioeconomic status. Conclusions: Chronic liver disease imposes incredible socioeconomic encumbrance on patients and the family unit, and CLD associated expenditures influence the family unit’s everyday working and therapeutic compliance, which is directly linked to the severity of disease expressed in terms of CTP and MELD scores.
Kultura a tradice: rekapitulace vztahu dvou alternativních pojmů
Authors: Erban Vít
Published: June 2020

Článek se věnuje teorii tradice jako jednomu z ústředních teoreticko-terminologických problémů kulturní antropologie, který má současně vliv na její metodologii, rejstřík témat, které řeší, ale způsob a směr kladení otázek. Snaží se prostřednictvím excerpce základní encyklopedické a slovníkové literatury, vybraných děl a autorů z oblasti antropologie a jiných příbuzných oborů, se kterými během svého vývoje antropologie vstupovala do dialogu (především sociologie a folkloristiky), postihnout, shrnout a rekapitulovat obecný „příběh“ pojmu tradice za posledních 150 let – od počátků antropologického myšlení v druhé polovině 19. století přes témata akulturace, modernizace a kulturní změny v polovině 20. století až po současné výzvy, které přináší interdisciplinární spolupráce s obory z oblasti přírodních věd. Důraz je přitom kladen na přirozenou konkurenci s ústředním pojmem kulturní antropologie, kterým se stala kultura. Oba pojmy se občas považují za v jistém smyslu alternativní (vzájemně zaměnitelné), a proto se nabízejí otázky, proč v antropologické teorii dostal přednost pojem kultura před pojmem tradice, zatímco ve folkloristice došlo k opaku, jak antropologie explicitně i implicitně pojem tradice během svého vývoje chápala a jak se toto pojetí tradice v antropologickém diskurzu postupně proměňovalo v závislosti na aktuálních výzkumných tématech a průnicích s jinými vědními obory. V neposlední řadě se lze ptát po budoucnosti tohoto pojmu, který prodělává návrat nejen v rovině odborně-teoretické, ale stává se praktickým, doslova žitým ohniskem identity v současném proměňujícím se a globalizujícím se světě.
Multiple Dentigerous Cysts in a Child: A Case Report and Radiographic Follow-up
Authors: OLİVEİRA Bruna Carolyne , FİSCHBORN Amanda , PEDROSO Caique , ANDREİS Jéssica , SİLVEİRA Camila , GUZZONİ Luís Felipe , BORTOLUZZİ Marcelo , FRANCO Gilson Cesar
Published: June 2020

The aim of this study is to describe
a case of dentigerous cysts of a young patient successfully

treated as well as
clinical and radiographic follow-up. A 10-year-old female patient was referred to
the Buccomaxillofacial Surgery and Traumatology Service of the Regional University
Hospital of Campos Gerais. The patient’s panoramic radiograph revealed a
well-defined radiolucent unilocular area associated to the crown of the second
permanent right lower molar, which was impacted. In addition, the permanent
upper canines were enclosed, suggesting a dentigerous cyst. A conservative
treatment was determined, through marsupialization of the lesions. The
histopathology examination confirmed the clinical diagnosis of dentigerous
cysts. Longitudinal clinical and radiographic monitoring was essential to certify
the regression of the lesion, as well as bone neoformation, thus promoting the
eruption and maintenance of the affected permanent teeth.
La puesta en escena contemporánea del teatro áureo: iluminación y espacio sonoro en El Caballero de Olmedo
Authors: Bernardi Amy
Published: June 2020

El presente análisis pretende estudiar el papel desempeñado por la luz y la música en las representaciones teatrales contemporáneas mediante el ejemplo concreto de algunas adaptaciones de El Caballero de Olmedo de Lope de Vega, representadas en ámbito peninsular entre 1982 y 2014. En el estudio se destaca la estrecha vinculación de la acción representada en las tablas y el verso con la iluminación y los efectos de sonido. Lejos de ser elementos de estorbo en un teatro de palabra como el del Siglo de Oro, de hecho, iluminación y el espacio sonoro, cuando bien empleados, logran exaltar el verso de Lope sin quitarle brillo.
Amos y putos amos: nuevos lenguajes escénicos para nuevos Lazarillos
Authors: Monzó Clara
Published: June 2020

Con su particular Lázaro (Leam?k, 2019), Roberto Hoyo saca a escena el clásico narrativo del XVI como un pequeño canto en clave metadramática al oficio del teatro. Impulsora de un diálogo con las problemáticas sociales enraizadas en la generación Z, la obra constituye un camino de indagación hacia otros lenguajes. Las convenciones tradicionales abren paso a una inquietud por el ritmo que encuentra su cauce en la cultura hip hop, donde música y verso ofrecen nuevos vínculos con el patrimonio vivo de los Siglos de Oro.
Teaching Latin medical anatomy terminology in a multilingual group: main difficulties and ways of overcoming them
Authors: Uvarova Maria , Provotorova Elena , Rybakova Irina
Published: June 2020

This article analyzes the methods of teaching Latin medical anatomical terminology in multilingual groups of students, where the language of teaching is Russian. The analysis is carried out on the example of multilingual groups of the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (RUDN), peculiarity of which is joint training of foreign students and students with Russian as a native language. In such groups, it is difficult for the teacher to rely on the native language of the students (there are too many such languages) or on the language of teaching, which is poorly spoken by the foreign part of the group. The common languages spoken in multilingual groups of the Medical Institute of RUDN University are indicated. The main problematic aspects in the study of Latin terminology for both students speaking different foreign languages and for the teacher conducting lessons in a multilingual group are discussed; the methods of overcoming these problematic aspects are suggested. The relevance of this problematic is substantiated by the increasing number of multilingual groups in Russian universities, including those where the teaching language is Russian. Our methodological recommendations can be used by teachers for preparation of the program and for development of test materials for multilingual groups.
Learning of English language by the area studies students: from the motive to motivation
Authors: Smirnova Galina Evgen'evna , Karelina Nataliya Aleksandrovna
Published: June 2020

The subject of this research is the learning of English language by students of the department of Foreign Languages and Area Studies of M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University in the context of the basic course curriculum “Foreign Language I (English)”. The object of this research is the motives for learning English language and their impact upon motivation in the educational process. Based on results of survey carried out among students, analysis is conducted on the motives for learning English language and their transformation during the educational process. The acquire data present new relevant information that allows determining the forms of motivation contributing to successful acquisition of the curriculum, formation of professional and general cultural competencies of students, and improvement of educational process. The conclusion is made on the prevalence in students of inner motive for learning aimed at development of communication skills and overcoming language barrier. Implementation of classes in form of discussions into the educational process enhances positive motivation, and involvement of the specifically developed textbooks contribute to successful learning of foreign language within the framework of educational standard.
Qualimetric monitoring of professional competences of a teacher in the conditions of digitalization of education: problems and solutions
Authors: Grebennikova Veronika Mikhailovna , Leus Ol'ga Viktorovna
Published: June 2020

This article is supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (project No. 19-013-00163 А “Methodology and Technology of Socio-Pedagogical Research of Family as a Subject of Creation of Individual Educational Trajectory of a Child”). The author examines the problem of monitoring of professional competences of a teacher in the conditions of digital environment. The authors propose a new technique for development of a method for assessing professional competences of a teacher based on latent variables theory, where private criteria manifest as integral with regards to indexes and indicators of professional competencies of a teacher. Qualimetric monitoring of professional competences contributes to the growth of personal growth of a teacher and improvement of the quality of his work in digital environment. The authors outline the scientific basis for qualimetric monitoring of professional competences of a teacher using the RUUM 2020 software (Rasch Unidimensional Measurement Models). The suggested approach proves that in the school digital environment can be resolved the issue of accessibility and automation of assessing professional competences of a teachers, apply Qualimetric monitoring for motivation of personal growth and self-improvement of a teacher. The new approach allows presenting the qualitative indicators in quantitative dimension. Such solution of the problem corresponds to the current level of requirements of digital environment for monitoring and scientific organization aimed at improvement of teacher’s competences.
Sister Mary Joseph Nodule in a Patient With Advanced Prostate Cancer
Authors: Chahin Michael , Kogler William , Stack Anthony , Lyons Brittany
Published: June 2020

Prostate cancer is the second most common cause of cancer death among US men. Metastasis typically occurs in the bone, lymph nodes, liver, and thorax. This case highlights a patient who was suspected of having prostate cancer several years before presenting to the emergency department with back pain and an umbilical hernia of increasing size. Gross examination revealed fixed masses on the abdominal wall that appeared malignant on computed tomographic imaging. The umbilical mass was a Sister Mary Joseph nodule (SMJN), which is sometimes found in patients with advanced, metastatic abdominal cancer. An SMJN is most commonly suggestive of gastrointestinal or gynecologic cancer, but it is a rarely reported finding in the context of prostate cancer. SMJN is a frequently missed finding that may delay further investigation for malignant neoplasms. This case reinforces the importance of this physical examination finding and provides evidence for adding prostate cancer to the list of possible diagnoses for patients who have an SMJN.
A new species of freshwater crab genusFrediusPretzmann, 1967 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Pseudothelphusidae) from a naturally isolated orographic forest enclave within the semiarid Caatinga in Ceará, northeastern Brazil
Authors: Santos Livanio C. , Tavares Marcos , Silva José R.F. , Cervini Marcelo , Pinheiro Allysson P. , Santana William
Published: June 2020

A new species of freshwater crab,Fredius ibiapaba, is described and illustrated from a mid-altitude forested patch in Ipú (Ibiapaba plateau, Ceará, northeastern Brazil), between 635 to 782 m. The new species can be separated from its congeners by the morphology of its first gonopod: proximal half remarkably swollen, sloping abruptly downwards distally to a nearly right-angular shoulder; mesial lobe much smaller than cephalic spine; cephalic lobe moderately developed; auxiliary lobe lip, delimiting field of apical spines, protruded all the way to distal margin of auxiliary lobe. Comparative 16S rDNA sequencing used to infer the phylogenetic placement ofFredius ibiapaban. sp. revealed that it is the sister taxon ofF. reflexifrons, a species which occurs allopatrically in the Amazon and Atlantic basin’s lowlands (<100 m).Fredius ibiapaban. sp. andF. reflexifronsare highly dependent upon humidity and most probably were once part of an ancestral population living in a wide humid territory. Shrinking humid forests during several dry periods of the Tertiary and Quaternary likely have resulted in the fragmentation of the ancestral humid area and hence of the ancestral crab population.Fredius reflexifronsevolved and spread in a lowland, humid river basin (Amazon and Atlantic basins), whilstF. ibiapaban. sp. evolved isolated on the top of a humid plateau. The two species are now separated by a vast intervening area occupied by the semiarid Caatinga
Gene expression plasticity in Pocillopora corals from 2 locations on the Carrizales Reef, Pacific coast of Mexico
Authors: Delgadillo-Nuño M Alejandro , Liñán-Cabello Marco A , Delgadillo-Nuño Erick , Galindo-Sánchez Clara E , Carpizo-Ituarte Eugenio de Jesús
Published: June 2020

The greatest threat scleractinian corals face today is accelerated climate change. Assuming that most scleractinians are incapable of genetic adaptation to rapid global changes, the alternative response would be phenotypic plasticity, which is classically described as acclimatization. With the purpose of establishing a baseline for the study of acclimatization in corals of the Pacific coast of Mexico, we assessed the molecular and physiological response of 36 colonies of 3 Pocillopora morphospecies (Pocillopora cf. capitata, Pocillopora cf. damicornis, and Pocillopora cf. verrucosa) located at 2 sites (east and west) on Carrizales Reef. Our results show higher incidence of light and chlorophyll concentrations in seawater samples from the west side, suggesting the presence of at least 2 microenvironments with more and less light in the reef. In response, coral morphospecies from the west side showed higher gene expression and significant differences in pigment concentrations, endosymbiont densities, and metabolic markers (RNA, DNA, and proteins). Given the present concern about the future of coral reefs, we consider that the present study could be used as a baseline for the study of the physiological and molecular plasticity of Pocillopora corals in Mexican waters, so conservation strategies could be developed for key morphospecies in coral reefs on the Pacific coast of Mexico.
Pigeon Rearing - An Investment Analysis for Secondary Income Generation to Farm Women, Landless, Marginal and Small Farmers
Authors: Maity Biman , Das Tarun Kumar , Ganguly Bablu , Pradhan Kausik
Published: June 2020

Pigeon rearing not yet been considered in relation to the contribution of livestock sub-sector, though the pigeons rearing provide alternative source of animal protein. In India, majority of Hindu people believe that it brings happiness to their house. Female pigeons reach sexual maturity at about 5-7 months, laid eggs within 8–12 days after mating, the eggs hatch after 18 days of incubation. The breeding cycle in pigeons is about 2 months, when the cycle finished another breeding cycle begins consecutively. The body weight of mature brooding pigeon (male/female) ranges from 287 g to 290 g depends on the type of breed. Mortality rate of pigeon ranges from 5-15%. The Study was conducted in 4 villages of Cooch Behar district of West Bengal. 40 no. of respondents who were engaged in pigeon rearing are selected purposively. Data were collected through well design structure interviewed schedule and collected data was analyzed. The results revealed that pigeon rearing needs low investment, less care, low feed and low housing cost. The finding shows that benefit cost ratio is 8.72 at 10% of discounting rate for 12 years. Finding implied that it is an easy and economic husbandry practices which have short reproduction cycle and less disease occurrence. On an average, entrepreneur sale their squab at the rate of ₹ 240 per pair. Increasing the rate of pigeon farming may enhance the rate of reducing the gap of requirement of animal protein deficiency, increase income generation and may improve the socio-economic status of the rural poor community. From the findings it shows that pigeon rearing is require less initial investment and provides high income. Hence pigeon farming may be an easy, profitable, sustainable and reliable source of additional employment generation, opportunity for family labour utilization during their leisure time and way of earning quick cash income.
Influence of Edible Starch and Sodium Bi-carbonate on Postharvest Quality of Minimally Processed Carrot and Potato
Authors: Mehedi Md. Nazmul Hasan , Halder Avijit , Hasan Md. Fakhrul , Toma Nowrin Islam , Rouf Md. Abdur , Farthouse Jannatul , Islam Md. Aktarul
Published: June 2020

The demand for healthy and ready-to-eat products has been growing steadily over the years. However, these products are very susceptible to spoilage and have a short shelf-life. In this research, edible coatings based on edible starch (aloe vera gel) and NaHCO3 were applied on fresh-cut vegetable samples (carrot and potato), and the changes in their bio-chemical properties and microbial changes were monitored during 6 days of storage at 4ºC. Two factor experiments, Factor A; postharvest treatments (different concentration of aloe gel and NaHCO3) and Factor B; two vegetable species (Carrot and Potato) were laid out in a Completely Randomized Design (CRD) with three replications. Different concentration of aloe vera gel and NaHCO3 solutions were prepared as per treatment. The prepared slices of vegetable species were treated with different treatment combinations and stored in 200 g capacity polyethylene bags sealed under air, vacuum or modified active atmosphere and then bio-chemically (Titratable Acidity (TA), Ascorbic Acid (AA) content, Total Soluble Solids (TSS), Reducing Sugar (RS), Non-reducing Sugar (NRS), pH) and microbiologically assessed. Higher rate of edible starch (30%) + NaHCO3 (2%) treated potato (CT12) showed the superior performance on TA (1.290), TSS (5.200% Brix), NRS content (0.340) and pH (4.773% Brix) compare to control and other interaction treatments of the study at 6 days after storage while  untreated potato (T0) showed statistically lower AA (6.575 mg/25 g) TA (0.464) TSS (3.856), pH (3.827) NRS (0.133). Growth of bacterial colonies on NA media had statistically highest (14.00) in untreated potato and lowest (5.00) in T12 treated potato while fungal colonies on PDA media range of 4.00 to 11 at 6 DAS. The study may help small-scale establishments to increase the shelf-life of minimally processed vegetables.
Influence of Seed Size on Seedling Emergence, Growth and Yield of Potted Groundnut (Arachis hypogea L.)
Authors: Iledun Oyewole, Charles , Patience Aminu
Published: June 2020

Pot experiments were conducted at the Faculty of Agriculture, Kogi State University, Anyigba, Kogi State in the Southern Guinea savannah ecological zone of Nigeria to evaluate the influence of seed size on plant performance with reference to seedling emergence, seedling growth, development and yield components and yield of groundnut (Arachis hypogea). The treatment consisted of three different seed sizes: small, medium and large seeds apportioned to a Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with ten replications. For seed size, the seeds were initially graded into small, medium and large seeds based on visual assessment for length and diameter and from each group 100-seed weight was determined thus 100-seed weight became the parameter for measuring seed size as used in this experiment. The analyzed data showed no significant effect of seed size on groundnut canopy height, leaf number, leaf area, stem girth, days to first flower, number of pods / plant, pod weight, and shelling percentage, but significantly influenced mean days to seedling emergence, days to 50 percent flowering, 100-seed weight and taproot length. The significant effect of seed size on days to seedling emergence, days to 50 percent flowering, 100-seed weight and taproot length could significantly influence farmers’ opinion in the choice of seeds used in planting a field; as this could determine crop maturity, grain yield/ha while length of tap root could affect depth of root forage for nutrients and water, thus crop survival. Despite the non-significant effect of the treatment (seed size) on most parameters investigated, generally crop performance increased with seed size and vice versa, thus sowing of larger seeds is recommended for better groundnut performance.
Corporate Governance Practice, Net Income Growth and Net Profit Margin: Evidence from Selected Commercial Banks in an Emerging Economy in Sub Saharan Africa – Nigeria
Authors: Esan Benson Aisagbonbuomwan , Ananwude Amalachukwu Chijindu , Okoye John Nonso
Published: June 2020

This study presents a re-examination of how net income growth and net profit margin of selected commercial banks quoted on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) are affected by corporate governance practice for the period 2005 to 2017. The Panel Ordinary Least Square (POLS) was employed to determine the relationship between corporate governance practice, net income growth and net profit margin of commercial banks, while the granger causality technique was followed in evaluating the effect of corporate governance variables on net income growth and net profit margin. After performing the analysis, we found that it is only age of the board as a corporate governance variable that significantly affect net profit margin of selected commercial banks. With respect to the banks’ specific fundamentals, it was the debt structure that significantly influenced net profit margin. We concluded hereby that corporate governance practice has little effect in predicting net income growth and net profit margin of commercial banks quoted on the Nigerian Stock Exchange on the argument that it is only the board age that influenced net profit margin significantly. We are of the opinion and still maintain that appointment into the board should be on the bases of age and experience not on friendship or relation. A young vibrant mind with skills and required experience can bring a lot of innovative ideas that is capable of even skyrocketing profitability to the amazement of shareholders. This is not to say that elderliness is an incapacitating factor in that regard.