bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
GENETIC DIVERSITY OF SABAH RICE CULTIVARS USING RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA (RAPD) MARKERS
Authors: Simon Alvina , Subbiah Vijay Kumar , Chee Fong Tyng  , Md Yusuf Noor Hydayaty
Published: December 2020

Rice is the most important staple crop in Malaysia and is cultivated all over the country, including the state of Sabah. The uniqueness of rice cultivation in Sabah lies in the type of rice itself, deriving mainly from local or non-commercial cultivars but with distinctive characteristics including long grains, aromatic properties, and drought tolerance. However, despite having these important agricultural traits, information on the genetic diversity of Sabah rice remains limited. Hence, the purpose of this study was to determine the genetic polymorphisms of Sabah rice using random amplification of polymorphic DNA (RAPD) markers. A total of 101 alleles were profiled, from which 94% were identified as polymorphic. Phylogenetic analysis grouped the rice samples into three clusters, with two clusters classifying the ability of rice to grow under different planting conditions, suitable for growth irrigate and upland condition. The first cluster was dominated by cultivars that could survive in wet (irrigated) areas, while the other featured those that were found in dry (upland) areas. Furthermore, two alleles, OPA-05-B2 and OPA-01-B11, were found to be unique to cultivars within the upland cluster and were thus proposed to be involved in dry environmental adaptation. The results of the present study provide an insight into the genetic relationships and diversity of Sabah rice.
REASSESSMENT OF THE CATALYTIC ACTIVITY AND SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY OF FKBP35 FROM Plasmodium knowlesi USING PROTEASE-FREE ASSAY
Authors: Budiman Cahyo , Goh Kah Wun Carlmond , Lee Ping Chin  , Razali Rafida , Thean Chor Leow
Published: December 2020

FK506-binding protein35 of Plasmodium knowlesi (Pk-FKBP35) is a member of peptidyl prolyl cis-trans isomerase (PPIase) and is considered as a promising avenue of antimalarial drug target development. This protein is organized into the N-terminal domain responsible for PPIase catalytic activity followed and the tetratricopeptide repeat domain for its dimerization. The protease-coupling and protease-free assays are known to be the common methods for investigating the catalytic properties of PPIase. Earlier, the protease-coupling assay was used to confirm the catalytic activity of Pk-FKBP35 in accelerating cis-trans isomerization of the peptide substrate. This report is aimed to re-assess the catalytic and substrate specificity of Pk-FKBP35 using an alternative method of a protease-free assay. The result indicated that while Pk-FKBP35 theoretically contained many possible cleavage sites of chymotrypsin, experimentally, the catalytic domain was relatively stable from chymotrypsin. Furthermore, under protease-free assay, Pk-FKBP35 also demonstrated remarkable PPIase catalytic activity with kcat/KM of 4.5 + 0.13 × 105 M−1 s−1, while the kcat/KM of active site mutant of D55A is 0.81 + 0.05 × 105 M−1 s−1. These values were considered comparable to kcat/KM obtained from the protease-coupling assay. Interestingly, the substrate specificities of Pk-FKBP35 obtained from both methods are also similar, with the preference of Pk-FKBP35 towards Xaa at P1 position was Leu>Phe>Lys>Trp>Val>Ile>His>Asp>Ala>Gln>Glu. Altogether, we proposed that protease-free and protease-coupling assays arereliable for Pk-FKBP35.
A GLANCE AT MOLECULAR IDENTIFICATION OF BAMBOO (Poaceae: Bambusoideae)
Authors: Mohamad Khairi Nabilah , Thau Lym Yong Wilson , Kulip Julius , Rodrigues Kenneth Francis
Published: December 2020

Conservation of plant species plays a vital role in preventing the loss of valuable plant resources. The success of conservation depends on the correct identification and characterization of plant species. Bamboo is one of the most important plants with multiple uses that have contributed to the economy and socio-economy of many people in rural areas. It is under the subfamily of Bambusoideae that includes both woody and herbaceous bamboo. Conventionally, like other plants, bamboo has been classified dependently based on morphological characteristics. However, morphological identification leads to difficulties and misclassification of bamboo species due to their infrequent flowering behaviour and peculiar reproductive biology. Since then, molecular markers have been introduced to overcome the problems associated with bamboo taxonomy and phylogeny. This paper provides an overview of the diverse, predominantly molecular techniques used to assess and determine the genetic diversity of bamboo species.
Prediction and Estimation of Electroplating Characteristics, Corrosion Rate of Zinc Coated Mild Steel Coupling
Authors:   Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Manufacturing, Institute of Technology, Hawassa University, Hawassa, Ethiopia., S Dr.RAJKUMAR , M LIJALEM , T AKLILU ,   Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Manufacturing, Institute of Technology, Hawassa University, Hawassa, Ethiopia., V Dr.MOHANAVEL ,   Department of Mechanical Engineering, Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India.
Published: December 2020

This present research work is taken to estimate the corrosion rate of zinc coated mild steel coupling with using of Design of Experiments (DOE). Now a day’s mild steel materials are simply corroded in the all medium including atmospheric conditions. Overcome of this planed to applying the zinc coating on the mild steel material. In this study considered of normal use of mild steel coupling for the industrial applications. Main goal of this study to evaluate the Coating thickness (µm), Change of mass (g) and Corrosion rate (mm/y) of the coupling after coating. The L16 Orthogonal array of Taguchi analysis is engaged to find the response values. The different process parameters are considered for to analysis of electroplating characteristics, corrosion rate. Process parameters are namely current density (0.3 amps/ dm2,0.5 amps/ dm2,0.7 amps/ dm2 and 0.9 amps/ dm2), concentration of Zinc (10 g/L, 12 g/L, 14 g/L and 16 g/L), coating time (45 min, 60 min, 75 min and 90 min) and temperature (20 oC, 30 oC, 40 oC and 50 oC).
Augmenting Resource Allocation Techniques for the Management of ICU Beds During COVID-19 Pandemic
Authors: Ghafari Seyed Mohssen , Nichol Richard , A. George Richard
Published: December 2020

At the time of writing, more than seventy million people have been infected by COVID19 and more than one and a half million have died from the infection. A major challenge for health systems around the world is to supply ventilators and Intensive Care Unit (ICU) beds for those patients with the most severe symptoms of the infection. Unfortunately, during the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries face ICU bed shortages. In situations of peak-demand, healthcare providers follow predefined strategies to allocate the available ICU beds in the most efficient way. On these occasions, physicians and healthcare workers, who swore an oath to treat the ill to the best of their ability, would have to choose not to save some patients to ensure others survive. This decision puts healthcare professionals in an ethically and emotionally challenging situation in an already stressful environment. In this paper, we propose an automatic approach for managing ICU beds in hospitals to i) create the most effective ICU resource allocation, and ii) relieve physicians of having to make decisions in this regard. The experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness of our approach.
Quality Model based on Playability for the Understandability and Usability Components in Serious Video Games
Authors: Fuentes Chab Iván Humberto , Castellanos Damián Uriel Rosado , Fragoso Diaz Olivia Graciela , Pacheco Farfán Ivette Stephany
Published: December 2020

A serious video game is an easy and practical way to get the player to learn about a complex subject, such as performing integrals, applying first aid, or even getting children to learn to read and write in their native language or another language. Therefore, to develop a serious video game, you must have a guide containing the basic or necessary elements of its software components to be considered. This research presents a quality model to evaluate the playability, taking the attributes of usability and understandability at the level of software components. This model can serve as parameters to measure the quality of the software product of the serious video games before and during its development, providing a margin with the primordial elements that a serious video game must have so that the players reach the desired objective of learning while playing. The experimental results show that 88.045% is obtained concerning for to the quality model proposed for the serious video game used in the test case, margin that can vary according to the needs of the implemented video game.
Biometric Foetal Contour Extraction using Hybrid Level Set
Authors: Jaiswal Rachana , Satarkar Srikant
Published: December 2020

In medical imaging, accurate anatomical structure extraction is important for diagnosis and therapeutic interventional planning. So, for easier, quicker and accurate diagnosis of medical images, image processing technologies may be employed in analysis and feature extraction of medical images. In this paper, some modifications to level set algorithm are made and modified algorithm is used for extracting contour of foetal objects in an image. The proposed approach is applied on foetal ultrasound images. In traditional approach, foetal parameters are extracted manually from ultrasound images. Due to lack of consistency and accuracy of manual measurements, an automatic technique is highly desirable to obtain foetal biometric measurements. This proposed approach is based on global & local region information for foetal contour extraction from ultrasonic images. The primary goal of this research is to provide a new methodology to aid the analysis and feature extraction from foetal images.
Geomagnetic field mapping
Authors: Jurica Jan
Published: December 2020

This work focuses on creating maps of the geomagnetic field and areas of increased cosmic radiation surrounding the Earth. Data were measured by Proba-V satellite at Low-Earth orbit 820 kilometres above the Earth during 2015. The actual measured data were compared with the calculated magnetic values. The created maps serve to a better understanding of the shape of the geomagnetic field and show magnetic equator, north magnetic pole and more. The map confirms that the area of the South Atlantic Anomaly corresponds with the weakest area of the geomagnetic field. Maps of different time periods of 2015 show small changes in the shape of the geomagnetic field during a year. Increased attention was paid to June 2015, when solar flares were passing near the Earth. The observation confirms that solar flares have a significant effect on the shape of the geomagnetic field.
Optimizing length of planar curves
Authors: Kloud Vojtech , Bednarik Dusan
Published: December 2020

This article focuses on the problem of finding a shortest path in plane with obstacles. Problems of such nature occur for instance in robotics or transport and are of great importance. The problem is analyzed using the methods of mathematical analysis and calculus of variations. Definitions of basic concepts of the problem are given. From these definitions, useful properties, such as convexity of the length functional, are proven. These properties are used to show the existence of a solution in one of the considered cases of the problem. Other case of the problem was considered, where it is established under which conditions does a shortest path attain its general form and what this form looks like.
Ready for the future? Then, Teach and Think Critically Teaching Botany Using RWCT Methods
Authors: Babyradova Veronika , Hrežová Jitka
Published: December 2020

The main aim of this work was to create a complex educational kit for learning about poisonous plants growing in the Czech Republic. This set is intended especially for juniors at grammar schools, where it may be utilized in biology seminars. The kit aims to showcase interdisciplinary connections between biology and other natural as well as social sciences, which is a way of positively impacting students’ interests in the sciences through topics that are not strictly related to biology. Using the RWCT (Reading and Writing for Critical Thinking) method allows the students to connect what they already know with new knowledge, develop a complex opinion thanks to that connection and understand issues that overlap to different fields, which may not be necessarily related. The main contribution of this work lies in the educational set consisting of four parts: the teaching brochure, a board game, a matching game, and several worksheets. The whole set is designed to make the students actively think about the subject, its overlaps, and connections to other fields of study, and then to lead them towards creating a complex opinion on the given topic. Another important feature of the set is that it leads the students to make use of their textbook, rather than any digital sources of information (e.g.\ slides from a teacher, to which they are accustomed nowadays in classes). The teaching set was tested in a sample biology seminar classes attended by 18 students. Following the lesson, the usefulness of the set was evaluated through semi-structured interviews with three respondents, who had taken part in the class. However, more testing lessons and more similar interviews with attending students would be needed to conclusively prove the effectiveness of this teaching set.
MEDIATING ROLE OF EMPLOYEES JOB ENGAGEMENT FOR RELATION OF EMOTIONAL LABOR WITH LIFE SATISFACTION
Authors: Akhter Nadeem , Kayani Safdar Umar , Tahir Muhammad
Published: December 2020

Considering the role of life satisfaction of an employee’s as vital factor for employees' performance which directly affects the firms' success, this study explores the role of emotional labor as an antecedent of life satisfaction via mediating role of the job engagement of bank officers working in private and public banks of Pakistan. The sample of 314 employees of officer rank 314 employees of banking sector are selected randomly for data collection. Results of cross-sectional data of 314 employees working in both private and public sector banks of Pakistan predict that employees having higher emotional labor have lesser job engagements, reducing overall life satisfaction of an employee. For genializing the result this kind of research may include the broad sample i.e., Islamabad, Bahawalpur, Faisalabad, Multan, and Karachi. In future this type of research will also be conducted on the telecom, education, textile sector and education sector.
PAKISTAN-TURKEY RELATIONS DURING COLD WAR DECADES: BEYOND RELIGION AND CULTURAL DIMENSIONS
Authors: Shah Rahat
Published: December 2020

This study explores the bilateral relationship between Pakistan and Turkey during the Cold War, in which the bilateral relationship had developed gradually. To understand why it had developed? We must transcend cultural and religious factors. The study argues that the development of bilateral relations was mainly due to the interest of the Western Allies and the strategic consensus between Islamabad and Ankara. Although the Cold War was dominated by bipolarity, in which two superpowers pursued their power and influence globally including the Middle East, it is by no means that other regional powers acted nothing role. Turkey had played a central role in getting Pakistan to join the regional pact, which was in West's strategic interest. Besides, Pakistan and Turkey stood out prominently in terms of the strategic consensus since 1965. Strategic consensus between them has helped to forge cooperation on key issues such as Kashmir and Cyprus. Our analysis shows that relationship between the two countries was caused by these two factors, in which cultural and religious factors are either ineffective or have little impact.
Pyrocumulonimbus Events over British Columbia in 2017: The
Long-term Transport and Radiative Impacts of Smoke Aerosols
in the Stratosphere
Authors: Das Sampa , Colarco Peter R. , Oman Luke D. , Taha Ghassan , Torres Omar
Published: December 2020

Abstract. Interactions of meteorology with wildfires in British Columbia, Canada during August 2017 led to three major pyrocumulonimbus (pyroCb) events that resulted in the injection of large amounts of smoke aerosols and other combustion products at the local upper troposphere and lower stratosphere (UTLS). These plumes of UTLS smoke with elevated values of aerosol extinction and backscatter compared to the background state were readily tracked by multiple satellite-based instruments as they spread across the Northern Hemisphere (NH). The plumes resided in the lower stratosphere for about 8–10 months following the fire injections. To investigate the radiative impacts of these events on the Earth system, we performed a number of simulations with the Goddard Earth Observing System (GEOS) atmospheric general circulation model (AGCM). Observations from multiple remote-sensing instruments were used to calibrate the injection parameters (location, amount, composition, and heights) and optical properties of the smoke aerosols in the model. The resulting simulations of three-dimensional smoke transport were evaluated for a year from the day of injections using daily observations from OMPS-LP (Ozone Mapping Profiler Suite Limb Profiler). The model simulated rate of ascent, hemispheric spread, and residence time of the smoke aerosols in the stratosphere are in close agreement with OMPS-LP observations. We found that both aerosol self-lofting and the large-scale atmospheric motion play important roles in lifting the smoke plumes from near the tropopause altitudes (~12 km) to about 22–23 km into the atmosphere. Further, our estimations of the radiative impacts of the pyroCb-emitted smoke aerosols showed that the smoke caused additional warming of the atmosphere by about 0.6–1 W/m2 (zonal mean) that persisted for about 2–3 months after the injections in regions north of 40° N. The surface experienced a comparable magnitude of cooling. The atmospheric warming is mainly located in the stratosphere, coincident with the location of the smoke plumes, leading to an increase in zonal mean shortwave (SW) heating rates of 0.02–0.04 K/day during September 2017.
Ambiguous agricultural drought: characterising soil moisture and
vegetation droughts in Europe from earth observation
Authors: van Hateren Theresa C. , Chini Marco , Matgen Patrick , Teuling Adriaan J.
Published: December 2020

Abstract. Climate change will likely lead to more regular and more severe drought events in the near future, with large impacts on agriculture, especially during long-lasting precipitation deficits or heat waves. This study focuses on agricultural droughts, which are generally defined as soil moisture deficits so severe, that vegetation is negatively impacted. However, during short soil moisture drought events, vegetation is not always negatively affected, and sometimes even thrives under these conditions. Because of this duality in agricultural drought impacts, the use of the term agricultural droughts is ambiguous. Here we show that, in major European droughts over the past two decades, clear asynchronies and discrepancies occur between soil moisture and vegetation anomalies. A clear delay is visible between the onset of soil moisture drought and vegetation drought, and correlation between the two types of drought generally peaks at the end of the growing season. This behaviour seems to be different in droughts at lower latitudes, where correlations peak earlier in the season, likely due to water limited conditions occurring much earlier there. Moreover, results indicate that in some cases, vegetation can show a positive anomaly, even when soil moisture anomalies are negative. As a result, the use of the term agricultural drought could lead to misclassification of drought events and false drought alarms depending on whether vegetation or soil moisture is used to quantify the drought. We argue that it is necessary to make a distinction between soil moisture drought and anomalies in vegetation.
The Language of Facebook Comments on Political Articles in Jordan
Authors: Bader Yousef F. , Obeidat Hala H.
Published: December 2020

The present study aims to investigate the types of impoliteness strategies used by Jordanian Facebookers when commenting on some local political posts. To achieve this goal, one hundred comments were collected from ten political posts in Jordan. The types of impoliteness strategies were analyzed according to super and sub-strategies following the model of Culpeper (1996). The findings showed that most strategies were used by Jordanian Facebookers in political posts, including the following: bald on record, positive impoliteness, negative impoliteness, and sarcasm impoliteness. In addition, due to the religious orientation of most people, Jordanians often use supplications, a new strategy not mentioned in Culpeper (1996). Negative and sarcasm impoliteness are the most frequent super-strategies, while bald on record is the least frequently used super-strategy. Each negative and positive impoliteness has sub-strategies. Positive impoliteness is expressed into disassociating from the other, being disinterested, seeking disagreement, and using taboo words. Using taboo words is the most dominant type in positive impoliteness. Negative impoliteness is expressed into frightening, condescending, putting the other’s indebtedness on record, and associating the other with a negative aspect. Associating the other with a negative aspect is the most dominant type in negative impoliteness used by Jordanian Facebookers.
O psicólogo escolar em políticas públicas no Piauí: mapeamento e demandas
Authors: Candeira Bruna Saraiva , Carvalho Leilanir De Sousa , Negreiros Fauston
Published: December 2020

A presente pesquisa versa acerca da atuação do psicólogo escolar nas políticas públicas no contexto histórico-cultural piauiense. Essas norteiam a relação entre Estado e sociedade, tendo em vista as demandas sociais que emergem e que, assim, requerem intervenções a fim de manter o estado de sociabilidade e de garantia de direitos, como o direito à educação. Nessa perspectiva, a pesquisa aqui descrita teve como objetivo identificar psicólogos inseridos nas políticas públicas educacionais no estado do Piauí e caracterizar sua atuação profissional. Utilizou-se a abordagem qualitativa de pesquisa, e foram entrevistados 42 psicólogos que atuam em políticas públicas educacionais no estado do Piauí. Foram utilizados os instrumentos: formulário de identificação de políticas públicas; entrevista semiestruturada; e questionário sociodemográfico. Foram analisados pelo procedimento de análise de conteúdo. Identificaram-se, sobretudo, os eixos de políticas nos quais estão inseridos, assim como as demandas educacionais e limitações recorrentes na referida realidade. Espera-se que o levantamento aqui realizado possa ser utilizado a fim de delinear práticas futuras em políticas públicas educacionais acerca das demandas levantadas, sobretudo com relação àquelas que são recorrentes, mas que não vêm sendo contempladas nas práticas e nos modos de atuação.
Technological Innovations in Brazil - Public Contract Legislation - A New Dimension of Sustainable Development
Authors: Fabiano Luciana , Arenas Marlene Valerio dos Santos , Reis Rafael Vicente Martins dos , Neves Lucas Rommel de Souza
Published: December 2020

The study discusses the elements of technological innovation present in Law 8.666/1993 that can be considered promoters of sustainable development through public procurement. The research aims to identify elements related to “technological innovation” present in Law 8.666/1993, a public administration bidding law in Brazil, in comparison with its elements of “sustainability”, which can be considered propellants of sustainable development. Based on the contribution of the bibliographic references that deal with sustainability and technological innovations, it analyzes the importance of technology in bidding as a promoter of sustainable development. It is an exploratory study; the research is bibliographic, and the method of analysis is documentary, with content analysis. The results show an elevated index of elements regarding “technological innovations” present in the text of the current legal basis, when compared to the number of elements on “sustainable development” present in the same legislation. This study proposes the consideration of technological innovation as a dimension of sustainable development, driven by Law 8.666/1993, in view of the high content of referents to technological innovation present in its text.
The Lived Experiences in English Language Learning of the Thai Visually Impaired Students in the Inclusive Classroom
Authors: Attachoo Buarattana , Sitthitikul Pragasit
Published: December 2020

Under the light of educational equality, visually impaired students (VIS) have the right to improve their quality of life through educational achievement. Fortunately, policies and regulations encourage inclusive education to support all types of students including students with visual impairment. This means that the VIS are required to complete a compulsory educational system including studying English language in school and university levels. However, the mismatch between the objectives of the support policies and the practicality towards English Language Learning (ELL) among these students still exists in Thailand, and the difficulties in the ELL of the VIS remain uninvestigated. Hence, this study aims to explore the essence and meaning of ELL in an inclusive classroom derived from the perceptions of the VIS. To elicit the experiences from the participants, the phenomenological methodology was employed as the research design. The findings were drawn from nine students with visual impairment studying in an inclusive classroom setting. The data was collected from in-depth interviews and grouped into units of meaning or themes. The results showed that the essence of this study was shaped from both negative and positive aspects of ELL in an inclusive classroom, which can contribute to the VIS, practitioners, and administrative levels as guidance for future practices.
Higher Education’s Marketization Impact on EFL Instructor Moral Stress, Identity, and Agency
Authors: Scott Timothy
Published: December 2020

Higher educational institutions (HEIs) have experienced a dramatic reconceptualization as academia strives to align its organizational design and civic mission with the societal notion that education is obliged to prioritize quantifiable results. The traditionalistic ethos that knowledge is acquired through reason and the pursuit of critical inquiry has been supplanted by a marketized ideology that education is a transactional process. The latter notion fails to foster the development of students’ core competencies. The resulting commodification of education has repurposed HEIs from serving a public good to serving a private good and has impacted institutional policies, program offerings, curriculum design, pedagogy, and instructor and student assessment. English foreign language (EFL) programs face immense pressure to conform to external idealized beliefs concerning appropriate course design and implementation. Such pressure limits instructors’ ability to perform their tasks efficiently. The burden of cultural and institutional constraints and unmanageable expectations has led to myriads of professional and moral stresses that negatively affect EFL instructors’ identity and agency in their occupation. This article explores the marketization of universities and its subsequent impact on EFL instructors. Demands from various stakeholders create moral stress for instructors; influence instructor identity through shaping the perceived, actual, and external ought self; and produce damaging consequences related to diminished instructor agency in the classroom.
Assessing Ethno-Ecology of Women in Nepal: Practices and Perspectives
Authors: Gurung Gem Prasad , Koirala Kamal Prasad
Published: December 2020

Women mostly involve in raring and caring natural resources in their daily life. This paper intends to explore the practices and perspectives of Nepali women on ecology conservation in relation to ecological, socio-cultural and religious perspectives. For environmental degradation, women's resource management plays a vital role in ecology conservation. As a qualitative research approach, field observation, focus group discussion, and in-depth interviews with women in the community were the methods of collecting necessary information. Nepali women involve in the collection and management of plant resources inappropriately. Therefore, their perspective and practice can play an important role to minimize the rapid degradation of the environment regarding with management of plant resources. The theoretical literature review consists of movements on environment conservation in the world and in Nepal. No doubt, the message of their contribution will be the lesson to the world for the protection of environment as well as to support and meet the slogan of “local act global think” to save the nature.
Vampiros en Madrid. Juan Carretero y las adaptaciones de The Vampyre
Authors: Lucendo Santiago
Published: December 2020

A partir de la publicación del relato «The Vampyre» de John William Polidori en The New Monthly Magazine, y como consecuencia de su atribución a Lord Byron, se llevaron a cabo numerosas adaptaciones teatrales del mismo. Primero en París, después en Londres y finalmente en Madrid, el público de la época visualizó por primera vez al vampiro encarnado. El presente artículo trata de destacar el papel del teatro en la formación pionera de la imagen del vampiro decimonónico, y recoger cómo llegó al teatro de la Cruz en 1821, donde el actor Juan Carretero se convirtió en el primer vampiro que se pudo ver en Madrid.
El movimiento en el umbral. La suspensión de lo fantástico en Maborosi (1995), de Hirokazu Koreeda
Authors: Iturregui-Motiloa Víctor
Published: December 2020

Este artículo consiste en un análisis fílmico y narratológico de la película Maborosi (Hirokazu Koreeda, 1995). En su ópera prima, el cineasta japonés propone una atípica historia de fantasmas, en tanto que la vida de la protagonista se basa en una búsqueda imposible de lo sobrenatural. El relato se construye a partir de una solución formal que representa ese cuestionamiento de lo fantástico: el movimiento y el sonido distante como ruptura de la ilusión. Por ello se han escogido escenas paradigmáticas en las que esas temáticas son representadas. Más tarde se establece una relación con la obra de Yasujiro Ozu, para ilustrar la filiación de Maborosi con ese cine que transita entre lo terrenal y lo trascendental.
Las cartografías erógenas de la ciencia ficción. Sexualidad, género y regulación social en las novelas de André Carneiro
Authors: Martínez Luciana
Published: December 2020

André Carneiro, quien fuese uno de los máximos representantes de la ciencia ficción brasileña que surgiera en la década del cincuenta, escribe entre principios de la década del setenta y mediados de los años noventa dos novelas, Piscina Livre (1980) y Amorquia (1991), que se encuentran vinculadas por un mismo eje temático: la sexualidad. El presente trabajo construye entonces una genealogía de las distintas manifestaciones, funciones y resoluciones que han tenido dicha problemática dentro del género, al tiempo que analiza cómo se presenta en las novelas de Carneiro. La sexualidad funciona ligada de forma inherente a ciertos problemas genérico-identitarios, en sintonía con la denominada ciencia ficción feminista, que surgiera a fines de la década del sesenta, pero también se presenta como un instrumento de regulación social.
Delirium poeticum: transgresión lírica y perspectiva subjetiva en el drama Los ojos de la noche del grupo teatral “Manojo de Calles”
Authors: Risso Nieva José María
Published: December 2020

“Manojo de Calles” es un grupo teatral de Tucumán, provincia del noroeste de Argentina, volcado en la experimentación escénica. La etapa poética inicial (1993-1998) queda definida por la apropiación de temas de la tradición clásica. El drama Los ojos de la noche, como último eslabón del proceso, concreta la recepción del pasado grecolatino en el marco de dos condiciones: la emergencia de la transgresión lírica y la instauración de la perspectiva subjetiva. Este planteo conlleva la disolución del hipotexto e inscribe la propuesta en la tipología del “drama lírico” o “teatro estático”.
Espacios alterados: experiencias urbanas y estéticas descarnadas en la cuentística de ciencia ficción chilena del siglo XXI
Authors: Ostria Reinoso Olga
Published: December 2020

Los acelerados avances de la tecnología, la ciencia y la informática han modificado nuestra relación con el espacio, de modo que la ciudad parece devenir más que un espacio convencional una experiencia urbana alterada. En ese tenor, el siguiente texto se aboca a algunas manifestaciones de dichas experiencias mediante el análisis crítico de una selección de cuentos chilenos recientes, enmarcados en el género de la ciencia ficción. El estudio advierte una tendencia a la configuración de “ciudades descarnadas”, las que, con sus luces y sombras, expresan reeditados vínculos con la otredad, la trama urbana, la memoria y el texto literario.
¿La caída temprana del anthropos moderno?: El genio maligno y la pequeña autómata Francine como heridas del cogito cartesiano. Especulaciones poshumanas en La pasión de Descartes de Andrés Vaccari
Authors: Zalazar Belisario
Published: December 2020

En el siguiente trabajo emprenderemos una lectura posthumana (Braidotti, 2015) de la novela La pasión de Descartes de Andrés Vaccari. El relato de la relación entre Descartes y la autómata Francine significa una puesta en cuestión de conceptos nodales de la filosofía moderna occidental tales como el “sujeto”, el “alma inmaterial” y su sucedáneo secular la “conciencia”, y la noción misma de “vida”. Figuras como la autómata Francine y sus herederos posmodernos, como el cyborg (Haraway), o incluso ya en nuestro siglo XXI la fembot Sophia, desarrollada por Hanson Robotics, ingresan, desde el inicio y con la metafísica cartesiana, en la narrativa de la modernización, ya sea para desestabilizar o bien para reforzar los alcances y poderes del anthropos como principio regulador del devenir global del modo de vida occidental. Dedicaremos las siguientes páginas a recorrer una escena de esa historia, la del sujeto moderno, hoy atravesada por el anuncio de muchos “fines” y demasiados post-(humanismo/humano/biológico/natural).
Bombs, Bodies, and Ghosts: Navigating Rhetorical Legacies of Nuclear Technology in Recent Caribbean Science Fiction
Authors: Ginsburg Samuel
Published: December 2020

This article examines the rhetorical power of nuclear weapons, and how recent Caribbean science fiction has challenged popular nuclear archives. Dominican author Rey Emmanuel Andújar’s story “Gameon” (2014), speculates on the environmental, human, and geopolitical effects of nuclear war. Next, Cuban author Yasmín Silvia Portales’s story “Las extrañas decisiones de Vladimir Denísovich Jiménez” (2016), asks if there is a place for queerness within a power structure based on nuclear supremacy. Finally, Cuban author Erick Mota’s novella Trabajo Extra (2014) uses radioactive materials to discuss labor exploitation and alternative modes of development. These texts challenge colonizing nuclear rhetoric by creating spaces for proper mourning and remembrance.
Imaginarios urbanos de Valparaíso en la ciencia ficción chilena reciente: transitar y habitar la ciudad
Authors: Vera Campillay Esteban Boris
Published: December 2020

El siguiente artículo propone la idea de formación de imaginarios urbanos a partir de la ciencia ficción chilena reciente que versa sobre la ciudad de Valparaíso. Estos imaginarios serán constituidos por medio de habitar y transitar los diversos espacios urbanos que la componen. Finalmente, se establecen las proyecciones hacia la ciencia ficción chilena reciente y el rol que juega la ciudad dentro de la literatura del género en tiempos actuales y, de esta forma, situar a la ciencia ficción dentro de la discusión de la ciudad de Valparaíso en la literatura.
Hasta que los astros se alineen. Espacios, cuerpos y tecnología en la trilogía de Claudia Aboaf
Authors: Pérez Gras María Laura
Published: December 2020

Identificamos dos nuevas tendencias de la última década en la narrativa especulativa argentina: una mayor visibilidad de la escritura de mujeres dentro de la creciente presencia de la ciencia ficción en el país y una apertura temática a los problemas ecológicos. La trilogía de Aboaf logra articular la creación de espacios como escenarios de la crisis ecológica, cuerpos que experimentan en carne propia la debacle de su entorno y un sistema sociopolítico en el que la tecnología tiene un rol importante, con avances, pero también con retrocesos, en un mundo que involuciona en muchos sentidos.
New and little-known bees of the genus Sphecodes Latreille, 1804 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Halictidae) from the Himalayas
Authors: Astafurova Yulia , Proshchalykin Maxim
Published: December 2020

An annotated list of twenty species of rarely collected and little known bees of the genus Sphecodes Latreille, 1804 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Halictidae) from the Himalayas is given. Sphecodes bluethgeni sp. nov. is described from Bhutan. Three species are newly recorded from the Himalayas: S. binghami Blüthgen, 1924, S. kershawi Perkins, 1921 and S. laticeps Meyer, 1920. Based on type specimens, new synonymies have been proposed for Sphecodes cameronii (Bingham, 1897) = S. armeniacus Warncke, 1992 syn. nov.; S. gibbus (Linnaeus, 1758) = S. indicus Bingham, 1898 syn. nov.; and S. invidus (Cameron, 1897) = S. nigrobasalis Meyer, 1922 syn. nov. A lectotype is designated for Sphecodes sikkimensis Blüthgen, 1927. Illustrated keys to males and females of all species known from the Himalayas and an updated checklist of the 26 Himalayan species of Sphecodes are provided. Additionally, one new species from neighboring Uttar Pradesh (India), Sphecodes uttaricus sp. nov., is here described as new and included due to its close relationship to the Himalayan S. sikkimensis Blüthgen, 1927.
Update on Recent Developments in Communication and Swallowing in Multiple Sclerosis
Authors: De Biagi Francesca , Heikkola Leena Maria , Nordio Sara , Ruhaak Leonie
Published: December 2020

Swallowing and communication disorders are common in persons with multiple sclerosis (MS). Both disorders are extremely variable and can have a major effect on health status and quality of life. This is why it is important to provide health care professionals who are working with persons with MS with tools to signal, assess, and treat swallowing and communication disorders. This synthesis gives an update on relevant and recent literature on swallowing and communication disorders, supplemented with current practice-based evidence. Studies on swallowing and communication disorders in MS are scarce: more and higher-quality research is needed. It should be emphasized that therapists need to focus on the patient’s acquisition of skills to participate in daily life. This means that each patient requires an individual approach based on their own needs.
ON THE EXPERIENCE OF REALIZING ADVANCED EDUCATION FOR TRAINING DIGITAL SOCIETY BACHELORS
Authors:   International Institute of Design and Service, Ovsyanitskaya L.Yu.
Published: December 2020

The paper substantiates the need to create a practical technology for the implementation of advanced education for training of bachelors of digital society on the basis of modern pedagogical formats of communication between a teacher and students. Pedagogical methods and technologies are presented that implement practical implementation of two types of advancing: advancing “ from below” when the content of education is based on the current level of technology development and advancing “ from above” which involves anticipating not specific theoretical knowledge or work skills, but personality characteristics that allow the student adapt successfully in the future. The modern mathematical means and tools for the implementation of intellectual analysis of pedagogical monitoring data are proposed which allow building a scientifically grounded individual educational trajectory. All pedagogical approaches and methods used contribute to the preparation of students for future work activities in the face of rapid obsolescence of knowledge and technologies and correspond to the modern level of development of digital education, which are characterized by qualitative changes in data processing and transmission technologies and the widespread use of information and communication technologies.
Cancer-associated fibroblasts and their influence on tumor immunity and immunotherapy
Authors: Barrett Richard Lee , Puré Ellen
Published: December 2020

Fibroblasts play an essential role in organogenesis and the integrity of tissue architecture and function. Growth in most solid tumors is dependent upon remodeling ‘stroma’, composed of cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) and extracellular matrix (ECM), which plays a critical role in tumor initiation, progression, metastasis, and therapeutic resistance. Recent studies have clearly established that the potent immunosuppressive activity of stroma is a major mechanism by which stroma can promote tumor progression and confer resistance to immune-based therapies. Herein, we review recent advances in identifying the stroma-dependent mechanisms that regulate cancer-associated inflammation and antitumor immunity, in particular, the interactions between fibroblasts and immune cells. We also review the potential mechanisms by which stroma can confer resistance to immune-based therapies for solid tumors and current advancements in stroma-targeted therapies.
Edith Stein’s Understanding of a People and Its Implication for Community and A Priori Law
Authors: Calcagno Antonio
Published: December 2020

La fenomenología temprana de Stein dedica considerable atención a la experiencia del estado. En sus obras posteriores, el estado desaparece como un elemento constitutivo significativo de su filosofía social. El autor sostiene la desaparición del estado como una forma de socialidad plantea un cierto desafío: la ventaja de una teoría del derecho a priori defendida y vivida por la comunidad estatal, preserva un reino de existencia personal que trasciende los deseos cambiantes y defectos de la historia humana de un pueblo. Acaso la única forma de reinsertar lo que la ley estatal a priori logra, es a través de la idea de un pueblo que también sea una comunidad humana universal, una idea que Stein desarrolla en su antropología de Münster.
¿Es la unión mística un paradigma para la relación interpersonal? Una respuesta diferenciada en Edith Stein
Authors: Betschart Christof
Published: December 2020

En su obra Ciencia de la cruz, Edith Stein presenta la analogía de las relaciones interpersonales para explicar la diferencia específica entre la experiencia vivida de la fe y la experiencia mística, caracterizada esencialmente como un sentimiento momentáneo de la presencia divina. La experiencia de la fe se puede comparar con una relación con quien se conoce de oídas, mientras que la experiencia mística correspondería al encuentro de persona a persona. El artículo explora las virtualidades y los límites de esta analogía que compara la relación divino-humana con una relación entre personas humanas. Se demostrará que Stein no se opone a la fe y a la experiencia mística fugaz, sino que busca mostrar cómo ambas convergen en la unión mística estable en la que la condición es la entrega mutua y libre.
Architecture teachers during the early days of North Korea: Between liberation from Japanese colonial rule and the establishment of a socialist state
Authors: Tanigawa Ryuichi , Seo Dongchun
Published: December 2020

In this study, we examined the career records of five teachers involved in architectural education during the early period of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. The records included materials related to the appointment of these teachers to the architecture program at Kim Il‐sung University and details related to their career histories and autobiographies. We analyzed the materials to gain insight into the lives of those in charge of architectural education in the fledgling republic while comparing and relating their histories with the social circumstances of the period.
“Majority‐Rules” Effect on Supramolecular Chirality and Optoelectronic Properties of Chiral Tetrachloro‐Perylene Diimides
Authors: Shang Xiaobo , Song Inho , Han Myeonggeun , Lee Jeong Hyeon , Ohtsu Hiroyoshi , Choi Wanuk , Kim Jin Chul , Ahn Jaeyong , Kwak Sang Kyu , Oh Joon Hak
Published: December 2020

Supramolecular chirality has attracted a great deal of attention as a platform for both fundamental study and chirality amplification in various research fields. Compared with the “sergeants‐and‐soldiers” principle, the “majority‐rules” principle, which affects chirality amplification in supramolecular systems, is rarely reported for nano/microstructures. Here, chiral tetrachloro‐substituted perylene diimides are synthesized that self‐assemble into chiral supramolecules with different degrees of enantiomeric excess (ee). Interestingly, it is found that quasi‐2D crystals are gradually transferred to 1D nanowires (NWs) with ee from 100% to 0%. In the racemic system, chiral self‐discrimination is observed due to the greater thermodynamic stability of heterochiral crystals than the homochiral counterparts, judging from the theoretical studies. Circular dichroism analysis indicates that the self‐assembled system with different ee values shows different peaks due to their unique molecular ordering for supramolecular exciton coupling. On measurement in optoelectronic devices, racemic 1D NWs show better charge transport ability than enantiomeric quasi‐2D crystals. These results provide guidelines for tuning the supramolecular chirality and optoelectronic performance of self‐assembled systems via the “majority‐rules” principle.
Silk and Paper: Progress and Prospects in Green Photonics and Electronics
Authors: Lee Chulwon , Kim Sejeong , Cho Yong‐Hoon
Published: December 2020

Photonic and electronic devices currently face challenges in terms of improved efficiency of energy harvesting and light emission, renewable energy and materials, and the development of eco‐friendly materials. Owing to the emergence of world‐wide concerns about environmental degradation and the ensuing regulations, demand for environmentally friendly technology has been increasing in recent years. As the current technology of creating electronics and photonics devices based on semiconductors heavily relies on processes that produce a series of hazardous chemicals, development of renewable and eco‐friendly materials has become immensely important. Two of the most promising materials in this respect are silk and paper, and this progress report will investigate their unique properties for both photonic and electronic applications. These two natural materials have been intensively studied in the last decades and have shown promising aspects for use in future green technologies.