bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
A trial-based cost-utility analysis of sugemalimab vs. placebo as consolidation therapy for unresectable stage III NSCLC in China
Authors: Li Wei , Wan Li
Published: June 2023

Objective

The effectiveness of sugemalimab vs. placebo in post-chemoradiotherapy patients with locally advanced, unresectable stage III NSCLC has been demonstrated and approved by China National Medical Products Administration. The purpose of this study was to assess the cost-effectiveness of sugemalimab vs. placebo for consolidation treatment of stage III NSCLC from the perspective of the Chinese healthcare system.

Methods

A 3-state Markov model with a 3-week cycle length was performed to appraise the incremental cost-utility ratio (ICUR) of sugemalimab consolidation therapy based on the GEMSTONE-301 clinical trial over a 10-year time horizon. Only direct medical costs, including costs of drug (maintenance and subsequent treatment), routine follow-up, best supportive care, and terminal care in end of life were considered in this model. Costs and health utilities were obtained from local databases and published articles. Sensitivity and scenario analyses were adopted to evaluate the model uncertainty. Internal and external data sources were used to justify the plausibility of the extrapolated portion of the survival model chosen.

Results

In comparison with the placebo, sugemalimab consolidation therapy was not cost-effective as it yielded an ICUR value of $90,277 and $49,692 for the concurrent chemoradiotherapy (cCRT) and the sequential chemoradiotherapy (sCRT) population at the willingness-to-pay (WTP) threshold of $37,663/QALYs, respectively. When taking the sugemalimab patient assistance program (PAP) into consideration, sugemalimab consolidation therapy was cost-effective with an ICUR dramatic decreases below the WTP. Sensitivity analyses demonstrated that the ICUR was most sensitive to the discount rate and subsequent treatment. However, none of the sensitive parameters could affect the cost-effective conclusions without or with PAP. Scenario analyses revealed that the model was particularly affected by assumptions regarding discount in sugemalimab, time horizon, mean duration of sugemalimab maintenance treatment.

Conclusions

From the perspective of Chinese healthcare system, sugemalimab consolidation therapy was not a cost-effective strategy in cCRT and sCRT patients with unresectable stage III NSCLC. Given that the sugemalimab PAP was available, sugemalimab consolidation therapy became a cost-effective option.
Museum, Magic, Memory: Curating Paul Denys Montague, Julie Adams (2021)
Authors: Renard Lisa
Published: June 2023

Review of: Museum, Magic, Memory: Curating Paul Denys Montague, Julie Adams (2021)

Leiden: Sidestone Press, 318 pp.,

ISBN 978 9 08890 636 7 (pbk), €55
Desire for Direction: The Alter Bahnof Video Walk
Authors: Takahashi Tess
Published: June 2023

This essay considers Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller’s Alter Bahnhof Video Walk (2012), a participatory guided audio-video tour through Kassel’s old train station, situated at the sprawling site of Documenta 13. Focusing on their own experience, Takahashi considers how connotative, complex, and creative thinking can emerge from one’s movements through enormous international art exhibitions, where one encounters a series of complex artworks in rapid succession. Is there potential in how physical limitations combine with too much information and too much aesthetic experience? What does it mean to lose control and objectivity, to give up the distanced, objective view, and instead be immersed, embodied, emotional, and frustrated?
Intuitive Fitness
Authors: Peacock Allison
Published: June 2023

Intuitive Fitness is a workshop designed by dance artist and scholar Allison Peacock intended to blend practices of physical training, instant composition, and site-specific creation, while inhabiting the multiple roles of a dance artist (performers, choreographers, event planner, and audience). The workshop’s format is a result of over a decade of international research in contemporary dance and cross-training practices, and the desire to support low-tech dance performance experiences that simultaneously highlight the imaginative while training the physical. This article will detail the research and development of this workshop method, including exercise examples from the first three iterations of Intuitive Fitness, outlining responsive practices that work with site and the unique constellation of participants to build a physical and conceptual readiness for dance.
Managing risk in commercial property development projects during the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from China
Authors: Li Zijing , Duong Linh Nguyen Khanh , Kumar Vikas , Kumari Archana , Binh Tu Van
Published: June 2023

The COVID-19 pandemic is the biggest global health crisis in years. China is the first market primarily affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, with unprecedented lockdown measures bringing real estate and other economic activities to a standstill. This study has two objectives: (1) to identify the risks critical to the risk management of commercial real estate (CRE) development projects based on the project life cycle stages and (2) to identify the stages most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and the risk factors at different stages. Three rounds of the Delphi study were conducted with nine experts involved in the construction project. The findings indicate that the construction, lease and sale phases are prone to significant risks. Additionally, the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) identified ‘health and safety risk’ as the most critical risk factor during the construction phase and ‘marketing and payback risk’ as the most critical risk factor during the lease and sale phase. This study enhanced the effectiveness of risk management practices for implementing CRE development projects in China.
Herpes Zoster em idosos: uma visão acerca da prevenção
Authors: Oliveira Giulia Ellen Alves de , Silva Igor Marcelo Castro e
Published: June 2023

INTRODUÇÃO: O vírus varicela-zoster é um herpesvírus que causa a varicela como infecção primária. Este permanece latente durante a vida e pode ser reativado na forma de herpes zóster, o que mais comumente ocorre em pessoas idosas. O objetivo deste artigo é revisar aspectos relacionados a prevenção do herpes zoster em idosos. MÉTODOS: O estudo foi realizado por levantamento bibliográfico utilizando as palavras-chave “ Herpes Zoster”, “Idosos”, “Vacina” nos bancos de dados MEDLINE, SciELO, BIREME, sendo selecionados artigos publicados na língua portuguesa e inglesa. A busca se deu no período de março a novembro de 2022. Para a profilaxia do herpes zoster atualmente estão disponíveis duas vacinas, a vacina viva atenuada e a vacina recombinante inativada. Maior eficácia, declínio mais lento da imunidade e a possibilidade de uso em imunocomprometidos justificam a superioridade da vacina inativada em relação a vacina atenuada. CONCLUSÃO: Considerando que o herpes zoster e suas complicações tem grande impacto na qualidade de vida dos idosos no que se refere a dor crônica e redução da funcionalidade, faz- se necessária a instalação de políticas públicas de saúde para garantir o acesso da pessoa idosa às vacinas disponíveis.
Depressão em gestantes e aderência às prescrições médicas e às recomendações de profissionais de saúde.
Authors: Nascimento Maria Isabel do , Lucas Maira Gonçalves de Oliveira , Giordani Thalys Gabriel Rabelo Silva
Published: June 2023

O antecedente de depressão está associado a desfechos maternos desfavoráveis. O objetivo foi analisar a aderência às prescrições médicas e às recomendações de profissionais de saúde relatadas por gestantes com história prévia de depressão, no Brasil, 2019. Os dados foram extraídos da Pesquisa Nacional de Saúde-2019, um inquérito domiciliar coordenado pelo Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estátística. Quase 90% das mulheres responderam ter recebido prescrições médicas para tratamento de depressão, mas quase 70% não usaram os medicamentos prescritos. O encaminhamento para profissional especializado foi indicado para 42% (N=24.733) das gestantes. Dentre as mulheres que receberam encaminhamento, quase 20% não conseguiram ir às consultas com o especialista.  Tendo em mente as consequências não negligenciáveis da falta de aderência aos cuidados de saúde mental é crucial incluir o tema na agenda de saúde, criando alternativas para enfrentar os motivos que obrigam as mulheres a renunciar ao tratamento desse importante problema de saúde.
A Governança Empresarial e o Processo de Sucessão em Empresas Familiares da Área da Saúde
Authors: Chaves Gicelli da Silva , Tomaz Jailza de Andrade Nascimento
Published: June 2023

As mudanças no mundo corporativo requerem constante aprimoramento das organizações, e as empresas familiares não seriam uma exceção, a começar pelo modelo de governança, que influencia diretamente na sucessão empresarial. Tendo em vista isso, o presente estudo analisou como a governança corporativa contribui para que o processo de sucessão familiar nas empresas da área de saúde, especificamente nas clínicas médicas, identificando eventuais problemas que possam dificultar o processo sucessório e demonstrando como a governança pode facilitar este processo. A metodologia do estudo se baseou em revisão bibliográfica de caráter qualitativo e exploratório, buscando referenciais teóricos de autores conceituados da área, por meio de artigos, livros e revistas especializadas no tema. Os resultados demonstraram que a governança é uma ferramenta que permite maior transparência e credibilidade no ambiente de trabalho e que auxilia a gestão das empresas familiares também, podendo ser uma ferramenta que colabore no planejamento transparente da sucessão familiar em clínicas médicas. Obviamente, apenas a governança não será suficiente para garantir uma sucessão tranquila, mas já é um pilar que traz mais confiança e credibilidade para a tomada de decisões.
Navigating old and new terrains of academic practice in higher education: indelible and invisible marks left from the Covid-19 lockdown
Authors: Wood Margaret , Belluigi Dina Zoe , Su Feng , Seidl Eva
Published: June 2023

Higher education has been (re)shaped by the Covid-19 pandemic in ways which have left both indelible and invisible marks of that period. Drawing on relevant literature, and informed by an exchange catalysed through a visual narrative method, authors from four European universities engage with two reflective questions in this article: As academics, what were our experiences of our practice during the lockdown periods of the Covid-19 pandemic? What might we carry forward, resist or reimagine in landscapes of academic practice emerging in the post-Covid future? The article explores how academics experienced and demonstrated resilience and ingenuity in their academic practice during that turbulent time. Particular insights include entanglements of the personal and professional, and the importance, affordances and limitations of technology. In addition, the authors reflect on some of the ongoing challenges exacerbated by the pandemic, such as education inequalities. The article concludes by reprising the key points about what marks are left behind in the post-Covid present, and how these relate to the future in which relational pedagogy and reflexivity are entangled in the ways in which we cohabit virtual and physical academic spaces.
Potencial de mineralización de nitrógeno en suelos con aplicación de cáscara de semilla de girasol
Authors: Martínez Juan Manuel , Moisés Juliana , Duval Matías Ezequiel , García Ramiro Javier , Postemsky Pablo
Published: June 2023

El objetivo de este estudio fue evaluar el potencial de mineralización de nitrógeno (N) de suelos contrastantes luego del aporte de diferentes dosis de cascaras de semillas de girasol (CG) (Helianthus annuus L.), residuo abundante del sudoeste bonaerense (SOB). Se realizaron incubaciones aeróbicas de largo plazo (37 semanas), utilizando tres suelos diferentes (0-20 cm) y distintas dosis de CG calculadas con base en su contenido de N orgánico: 100 (D1), 200 (D2) y 400 (D3) kg N ha-1. Los suelos contrastaron en el contenido de fracciones granulométricas (S1: arena 509 g kg-1; limo 320 g kg-1 y arcilla 171 g kg-1; S2: arena 351 g kg-1; limo 448 g kg-1 y arcilla 201 g kg-1; S3: arena 827 g kg-1, limo 107 g kg-1 y arcilla 66 g kg-1). Las características químicas de CG: conductividad eléctrica= 1,6 dS m-1; pH= 5,6; materia orgánica (MO) = 958 g kg-1; N total= 7,8 g kg-1, relación C:N= 79. Los suelos demostraron diferencias significativas en el N potencialmente mineralizable (N0) con valores que fueron S1>S2>S3, al igual que en la tasa de mineralización (k) (S1 y S3= 0,0036 semana-1, S2=0,0056 semana-1). Se halló una interacción significativa en los aportes de CG y suelos, por lo que se analizó la incorporación en cada suelo. Cuando se aplicó CG, se observó una respuesta positiva sobre S3 con D1 y D2. Para S1 y S2, la aplicación de CG no aumentó el N0, aunque tampoco produjo un detrimento. La dinámica de la mineralización de N acumulada demostró efectos diferentes al aporte de CG con respecto al tipo de suelo. El aporte de CG al suelo incrementó el potencial de mineralización de N en el suelo arenoso-franco, sin disminuir el potencial en los suelos restantes, por lo que podría ser utilizada como enmienda orgánica bajo estas condiciones.
Estimación del factor de cobertura vegetal en la Cuña Boscosa Santafesina utilizando índices espectrales
Authors: Micheloud Elisabet Noelí , Bocco Joaquín , Marano Roberto Paulo
Published: June 2023

La Cuña Boscosa Santafesina ha sufrido desmontes que causaron fragmentación y deterioro. Los suelos se destinaron a la actividad ganadera y agrícola, con labranza tradicional, favoreciendo procesos de erosión hídrica. La Ecuación Universal de Pérdida de Suelo es ampliamente utilizada para predecir la pérdida de suelo, siendo el Factor C de cobertura vegetal uno de los principales componentes. Para su determinación pueden utilizarse imágenes satelitales, siendo el objetivo de este trabajo obtenerlo en un sitio de la Cuña Boscosa. Para lograrlo, se delimitó una microcuenca con Sistemas de Información Geográfica e información satelital. Se identificaron sectores según el uso del suelo y se obtuvo el Factor C utilizando Índices de Vegetación Diferencial Normalizada a partir de doce imágenes del período de julio de 2020 a mayo de 2021. Los valores obtenidos también fueron comparados con las precipitaciones diarias de la zona. Como resultados se generaron mapas del Factor C en cada fecha y de los valores promedios para el total de las imágenes. Aunque el Factor C promedio en sectores de vegetación natural fue similar al del sector cultivado, este último presentó una mayor variación que acompañó al desarrollo de los cultivos. Además, las tierras cultivadas presentaron menor cobertura vegetal en los períodos de mayores precipitaciones, dejando al suelo expuesto al efecto erosivo de la lluvia. Esta metodología es promisoria para cuantificar el Factor C durante el ciclo de un cultivo y evaluar su dinamismo espacio-temporal, pero deberá validarse con datos de campo.
Reconfiguraciones suburbanas contemporáneas y turismo poscovid. ¿Nuevos desafíos?
Authors: Gómez Néstor Javier , Demarchi Mariela
Published: June 2023

En las últimas décadas, en Latinoamérica las tendencias hacia la urbanización extendida se han acrecentado y parecen no restringirse únicamente a las grandes ciudades. En Argentina, la dinámica expansiva de la ciudad y sus pautas difusoras usualmente se han apreciado a partir de un elemento físico como es la extensión de la urbanización y la idea de ‘aglomeración’. Sin embargo, la dilatación física del espacio construido hace cada vez más complejo delimitar las ciudades y, por eso, es cada vez más frecuente encontrar caracteres específicamente urbanos en zonas rurales, cada vez más alejadas de los grandes centros urbanos. A partir de la exploración de datos poblacionales, se aborda la dinámica expansiva del Área Metropolitana de Santa Fe (AMSF) la cual se viene registrando desde hace un tiempo, pero que luego de la pandemia de COVID 19 y en el contexto de rasgos de revalorización turística del área de estudio a partir de una práctica de ‘turismo de cercanía’, es posible pensar en un aceleramiento o diversificación de dicha expansión. En el caso de las ciudades, las prácticas turísticas posteriores a la pandemia podrían constituirse como un rasgo que retroalimenta la desconcentración urbana.
Motivación y deliberación: ¿cómo se expresa esta relación en la transformación de las opiniones deliberativas?
Authors: Flores María Fernanda
Published: June 2023

El presente trabajo tiene como objetivo analizar el fenómeno de la motivación en la deliberación, retomando la idea del artículo “Razón práctica y motivaciones para la deliberación pública” (Vidiella, 2017) que sostiene que la teoría deliberativa clásica presenta un “déficit motivacional”. Para ello me centraré en la transformación de las opiniones. Tendré en cuenta cómo se conciben las opiniones desde un punto de vista racionalista, mostrando una alternativa que otorga relevancia al aspecto emocional. Luego argumentaré a favor de la posibilidad de transformación de las opiniones, y por último haré referencia a la idea de que el racionalismo puede llegar a incluir el aspecto motivacional. Para ello a diferencia Vidiella que remite a los avances en psicología moral y a los estudios sobre el papel cognitivo de las emociones, me basaré principalmente en algunas críticas a los presupuestos del racionalismo que proponen flexibilizar ciertas condiciones que funcionan como principios de la deliberación.
Una defensa de la importancia de la neurociencia para la ética
Authors: Daguerre Martín
Published: June 2023

El presente trabajo ofrece argumentos a favor de la relevancia de los estudios neurocientíficos para la filosofía práctica, partiendo de las críticas a la misma desarrolladas por Vidiella. Para Vidiella, la neurociencia no tiene importantes aportes que hacer a la ética, y su consideración puede incluso ser contraproducente, en la medida que implica una defensa del determinismo, un retroceso en relación con logros morales actuales y una caída en la falacia naturalista. Contra lo sostenido por Vidiella, en el trabajo se afirma que los estudios neurocientíficos nos permiten dejar atrás la contraposición entre libertad y determinismo (a la vez que pueden ayudarnos a entender el lugar que ocupan la responsabilidad y el castigo), ofrecen modos de superar problemas éticos contemporáneos sin exigir una reivindicación de todo rasgo paleolítico seleccionado por la naturaleza, y su consideración y aplicación a los problemas normativos no tienen por qué llevar a cometer la falacia naturalista.
Respuesta a los comentarios
Authors: Vidiella Graciela
Published: June 2023

Los trabajos que aquí se comentan fueron confeccionados en diferentes períodos, algunos bastante alejados entre sí. Volver a leerlos para responder a las observaciones que integran este dossier me permitió revisar mi producción y examinarla a la luz de la distancia. Confirmé que siempre me han preocupado los mismos temas: las condiciones de la justicia y las causas de las injusticias, la calidad de la democracia y el compromiso ciudadano. Dividí el artículo en tres secciones, procurando reunir mis respuestas en cierta unidad temática: Democracia deliberativa y razón pública (I), Felicidad, virtud y razón práctica (II) y Algo de neuroética (III). Las observaciones y críticas que realizaron los colegas me posibilitó mejorar algunos argumentos y aclarar ciertos puntos oscuros; confío en haberlo logrado.
CRYPTOLAUNDERING: ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING REGULATION OF VIRTUAL CURRENCY EXCHANGES
Authors: Mbiyavanga Stefan
Published: June 2023

Ten years on since their invention, virtual currencies are here to stay. However, virtual currencies come with money laundering risks. This paper discusses anti-money laundering regulation for virtual currency intermediaries, by showcasing and comparing regulatory models at the national and international levels.It is found that the anti-money laundering regulation for virtual currencies — more than being merely “nice to have” — carries considerable potential in the fight economic crime. Where financial intermediaries engaged in virtual currencies are required to gather the full spectrum of information needed to identify their customers and the source of funds, virtual currencies become much less attractive to money launderers than traditional fiat money systems. Furthermore, anti-money laundering regulation means that supervisory and investigatory authorities can identify and act against money launderers and other delinquents.
New Technologies and the Effectiveness of the Environment Management System
Authors: JOPKIEWICZ Szymon
Published: June 2023

The goal of this study is to determine how well new technologies can help organizations' environment management systems (EMS). In order to collect and evaluate data from 60 individuals working for different firms who have implemented new technology in their EMS, the study uses a quantitative research approach. The study's findings imply that EMS efficacy in businesses is significantly enhanced by the deployment of modern technology. The study's conclusion urges organizations to adopt new EMS technologies in order to increase their environmental performance. Significant progress has been made in the area of environmental management thanks to new technologies. The purpose of the study was to look at how new technology could affect how successful the system for environmental management is (EMS). Data were gathered through a survey and were analyzed quantitatively. According to the study, emerging innovations have a beneficial effect on how well the EMS functions. The results imply that incorporating new technology into the EMS can result in environmental management practices that are more effective and efficient.
Penal Liability for the Oil Leak Incident "Heavy Fuel" in the Jordanian Port of Aqaba and Its Impact on the Environment
Authors: AL-KHAWALDAH Moayd Husni Ahmad , RSHDAN Abd Alhade Mossa Hasan , AL MAKHMARI Mohammed Rashid Ahmed , Al MAMARI Said Ali Hassan , AL HAF Radwan Ahmad , ALSHARQAWI Ahmad Hussein
Published: June 2023

Pollution by oil "heavy fuel" poses an environmental problem. Therefore, there must be legal protection through civil and penal liability to combat this. Still, in this research, we will address the penal protection relating to preserving the marine environment in the Aqaba Special Economic Zone, Jordan's only water crossing and a source of economic and tourism income for Jordan.

The study reached several conclusions and recommendations, the most important of which was: The Jordanian legislator provides in article 54/b of the Aqaba Special Economic Zone Act and article 54 ter for penalties applicable to those responsible for pollution of the marine environment, in particular concerning the issue of the oil leak, such responsible must have criminal intent according to the general rules of the Criminal Code. Regarding the recommendations, articles 54/b and 54 make it clear that a penalty must be imposed whether or not there is criminal intent. Also, there must be a gradation of penalty; therefore, I wish the Jordanian legislator to amend article 54/b of the Aqaba Special Economic Zone Act and the proposed provision as follows: "If there is pollution in the seawater or the marine environment, whether the criminal intent is available or not, the penalty must be imprisonment for a period of not less than one year and not more than three years or a fine from (2000) JD to (20,000) JD or both penalties if they are for the first time. If they are for the second time or have devastating and persistent effects on the environment, article 54 ter of the same code must be applied and determined by a specialized committee to be determined by the competent court”.
Waste Management Strategy of Agricultural Enterprises to Improve the Efficiency of Rural Development
Authors: MAKHMETOVA Dana , TLESSOVA Elvira , NURKENOVA Makpal , AUELBEKOVA Aigul , ISSAYEVA Bibigul
Published: June 2023

In the context of modern trends in the greening of the economy, sustainable development, changes in the structure of agricultural production, and the situation that has developed in Kazakhstan with the accumulation, utilization, and disposal of waste, the issues of agricultural waste management remain relevant and require further scientific research and sound practical solutions. The purpose of the article is to form strategic directions for waste management of agricultural enterprises, where the main place is occupied by effective waste management in the context of crop production, animal husbandry, animal tissue, and agrochemical waste. The article presents the principles of a Waste Management Strategy of agricultural enterprises, and a tree of objectives of the Strategy of agricultural enterprises is formed. The features of effective management of agricultural waste, including plant and animal waste, and directions for effective management of agrochemical waste are determined. Reduction of soil and groundwater pollution in the implementation of effective waste management of agricultural enterprises, as well as measures to minimize the formation of agricultural waste, are summarized. The main measures in state incentives for the effective management of agricultural waste are identified.
Management of Business Activity of Territorial Communities: Case of Ukraine
Authors: VASKIVSKA Katerуna , LYNDYUK Andriy , DANYLIUK Olena , KUCHER Anatolii , VASKIVSKYY Yuriy
Published: June 2023

The article analyzes challenges and prospects of development of business activity of territorial communities (hereinafter – TC) in terms of decentralization. Particular attention is paid to the extension of the opportunities for entrepreneurs due to the establishment of TC and in the context of implementation of the European Green Deal. The principal powers concerning support of economic development, solving environmental problems and supply of social services on the territory are delegated to the local bodies. It is a positive aspect, but it requires improvement of human resources of the local governmental bodies to secure efficient use of the provided opportunities. The research substantiates directions of business activation in TC, particularly creation of favorable environment for enterprises development at the state level, supply of broader access to financing for small and medium-size enterprises, simplification of tax administrating for small and medium-size enterprises, promotion of business culture and development of business skills and sustainable thinking, support for internationalization and greening of small and medium-size business, improvement of competitive capacity and innovative potential of enterprises. The work suggests a model of efficient management of business activity of territorial communities. The authors define the principal criteria for setting local taxes and charges at the level of community. The research also marks the problems that have a negative impact on business development of TC, particularly, restraints for business running, development of local infrastructure, and employment of population. The article specifies the reasons and factors of the obstacles appearance and proposes the ways for them overcoming.
Organization of the System of Internal Marketing and Marketing of Interaction of Agricultural Enterprises for the Production of Biodiesel Based on Value Chain Analysis
Authors: LOHOSHA Roman , PRYLUTSKYI Anatolii , PRONKO Lyudmila , KOLESNYK Tetiana
Published: June 2023

The aim of the study was to analyze and evaluate the organization of the system of internal marketing and marketing interaction of agricultural enterprises for the production of biodiesel based on value chain analysis.

The authors conducted aresearch on the formation of a marketing model and the corresponding marketing policy of the enterprise, where it is methodologically important is the formation of effective value chains as a basis for competition in the market. The theoretical approach to the formation of the value chain within the marketing model of an individual agricultural enterprise is substantiated. At the same time, value chains are seen as production networks in which businesses use competitive resources and operate in an institutional environment, and form network of horizontally and vertically connected enterprises united by a partnership model of interaction. The objectives of the study were solved using such methods as: historical, systematic, inductive and deductive, analysis and synthesis, modeling and comparative analysis.

To ensure the efficiency of energy production from biomass, the optimality of the logistics factor should be ensured. Applied models based on tools such as operations research and mathematical optimization using computer algorithms have been developed to plan and manage biomass supply chains.

It is proposed to model supply chains and / or create value by types of resource flows with the possibility of their modular connection to the overall model, which, in our opinion, can increase the reliability of the results.

To study the value chain of biodiesel in Ukraine, an appropriate model was developed to simulate the flow of raw sunflower and rapeseed, as the use of both crops was identified as the most common for biodiesel production in Ukraine. The model differs from the existing ones in that it takes into account different scenarios to determine the total cost of biodiesel production, as well as the cost of individual activities in the value chain formation.
Complex Language Analysis as One of the Methods in Teaching Czech as a Foreign Language
Authors: Klímová Květoslava , Kurowski Martina , Svobodová Hana
Published: June 2023

As the number of foreigners in the Czech Republic keeps rising, teachers are faced with the novel task of teaching Czech as a foreign language. Approaching this issue, the authors here discuss the method of ‘complex language analysis’, which supports the learning process by reconnecting abstract language expressions with the real world. Three functions are particular to this method: motivation, repetition, and practising of the curriculum, deepening the understanding of the new schoolwork.
On the Social Desirability of Centralized Wage Setting when Firms are Run by Biased Managers
Authors: Meccheri Nicola
Published: June 2023

This paper compares the welfare outcomes obtained under alternative unionization regimes (decentralized vs. centralized wage setting) in a duopoly market in which shareholders delegate strategic decisions to biased (overconfident or underconfident) managers. In such a framework, the common tenet that consumer surplus and overall welfare are always higher under decentralized wage setting is completely overturned. Indeed, in the presence of centralized unionization (industry-wide union), firm shareholders always prefer to hire more aggressive or less conservative managers and, as a result, output (consumer surplus) and overall welfare are larger than in a decentralized wage setting structure.
Using Google Docs for guided Academic Writing assessments: students’ perspectives
Authors: Screti Francesco
Published: June 2023

This paper studies undergraduate students’ perceptions about using Google Docs® for guided writing of the final assessment in an Academic Writing course at a Higher Education level. Qualitative data have been collected through a Moodle survey and analysed employing Thematic Analysis. The aim is to see if students’ perceptions matched with their teacher’s aims, which were to reduce assessment anxiety toward a new and complex writing assignment such as a Literature Review; help working more effectively and reduce procrastination; and possibly enhance success rate. Results show that overall, students liked the technical features (autosaving, accessibility), the guidelines and examples contained in the template shared, and the role of the teacher as controller and provider of feedback and feedforward. Yet some few divergences between the teacher’s aim and students’ perceptions emerged: some students did not like working on-line, expressed preference for Microsoft Word®, found the procedure time-consuming or constraining, or even too easy. Most importantly, some students felt stressed about being watched. Therefore, if teachers want to adopt the same procedure, they should make sure they explain as clearly as possible the aims of the use of technology to maximize effectiveness and minimize students’ resistance.
Investigating syntactic complexity and language-related error patterns in EFL students’ writing: corpus-based and epistemic network analyses
Authors: Thi Nang Kham , Vo De Van , Nikolov Marianne
Published: June 2023

Students’ writing proficiency is measured through holistic and analytical ratings in writing assessment; however, recent studies suggest that measurement of syntactic complexity in second language writing research has become an effective measure of writing proficiency. Within this paradigm, we investigated how automated measurement of syntactic complexity helped distinguish the writing proficiency of students from two Higher Education institutions. In addition, we also examined language-related errors in students’ writing to further indicate the differences in the error patterns of the two groups. Data was drawn from a corpus of 1,391 sentences, comprising 58 texts produced by first-year undergraduate students from Myanmar and Hungary. Automated tools were used to measure the syntactic complexity of students’ writing. We performed a corpus-based analysis, focusing on syntactic complexity, while language-related error patterns in writing were investigated through an epistemic network approach. Findings suggested that the Myanmar students tended to write longer essays comprising simpler sentences, whereas the Hungarian students preferred shorter texts with more complex sentences. Most complexity measures were also found to distinguish the texts produced by the two groups: length of production units, sentence complexity, and subordination indices. An examination of the language-related error patterns revealed statistically significant differences in the error patterns in student writing: errors were found to be more prevalent in Myanmar students’ essays. Implications for enhancing teaching L2 writing in educational contexts are discussed.
Dialogic co-creation in English language teaching and learning: a personal experience
Authors: Finch Henry
Published: June 2023

This report will discuss the development and implementation of a dialogic co-creation model for English language teaching in the Language Resource Centre at the Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany. The focus of this report will be on the impact of content co-creation and its impact on learner and teacher autonomy in English language learning and teaching. This collaborative, dialogic model draws primarily on principles of dialogism and exploratory talk (ET) and exemplifies a novel, learner-centered method for curriculum development and teaching in Higher Education. This learner-centered perspective advances an in-depth understanding of the relationship between language learner and teacher, content and language integrated learning (CLIL), language for specific purposes (LSP), their respective content boundaries, the role of content expert and the inhibition threshold. Three examples of teaching English to university professors and professional staff using this model will be discussed. The author proposes that such a model could be adapted and scaled into larger student groups, too.
Communication course for future engineers – effective data presentation and its interpretation during LSP courses
Authors: Matuszak Katarzyna , Szczuka-Dorna Liliana
Published: June 2023

This activity report describes a sample unit (Effective Data Presentation) from a communication course prepared as part of an Intellectual Output within the BADGE Project, which was carried out by 12 partner universities from 10 countries during 3 academic years (2019–2022). The article first describes the results of a survey which show that language and communication classes need to integrate more LSP competences so that students become better acquainted with both general and specific language. Moreover, the report analyses and explains the existing practical difficulties for language and subject teachers alike in maintaining a distinction between “knowledge of a subject” and “knowledge of the language of a subject.” Secondly, the report presents a sample from a communication course prepared for engineers encompassing effective data presentation and its interpretation during LSP courses. Finally, the article reflects on the future challenges for LSP teachers and the reasons why academics should integrate professional knowledge and specialist language within the same course.
Lehre am Sprachenzentrum der UZH und der ETH Zürich: Positionspapier
Authors: Schaffner Sabina
Published: June 2023

This activity report

This Activity Report is a follow up of reflections and ideas based on a paper by Sabina Schaffner. 2022. Lehre am Sprachenzentrum der UZH und ETH Zurich: Positionspapier. In Anna Maria De Bartolo & Jean M. Jimenez (eds.), Approccio Umanistico e Creativo nella Didattica Universitaria: Riflessioni e Best Practice. Studi in onore di Carmen Argondizzo. Quaderni del Dipartimento di Linguistica Università della Calabria 30, 491-508. Armadillo Editore.

is based on teachers’ experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting reflection on teaching that the Language Center of University of Zurich (UZH) and ETH Zurich initiated. Framed in the context of Higher Education, the report takes into account both the discussion on the future of teaching at UZH, which was launched by the Vice President of Education and Student Affairs for Teaching and Learning, as well as the Language Center’s teaching strategy. In addition, course evaluations at the Language Center in the 2020 Spring and Autumn Semesters, research on digital (language) teaching, recommendations on university didactics, and results of additional international surveys on language teaching in Higher Education during the pandemic are examined. The aim of the report is to strategically define the future of language teaching at the Language Center of UZH and ETH Zurich and to identify the fields of action associated therewith. With this detailed report of the activities that we implemented at the UZH Language Center throughout the years, we would like to make a contribution to the (inter)national positioning of university language centers. At a panel organized at the Language Center’s Twentieth Anniversary Conference on 10 June 2022, stakeholders shared their thoughts on the services the Center currently provides and ideas for further developing these services. The stakeholders’ feedback features prominently in this activity report, thereby adding to the impact that the report can have on potential readers.
Differential Treatment and Inequalities under the Sustainable Development Goals: Beyond Preferential Market Access
Authors: Lorenzo Johanna Aleria P.
Published: June 2023

Reducing inequality in its multiple dimensions is key to sustainability. Under the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, one way to meet the goal of narrowing gaps between and within countries is by implementing the special and differential treatment (SDT) principle. The most concrete and well-established implementation of this principle within international trade law is through the Enabling Clause, which authorizes wealthy States to grant, under specified conditions, preferential market access to select developing countries. Yet commentators, consisting primarily of economists and developing-country representatives, argue that tariff preferences are often inadequate to grow the economies of many in the Global South, much less to reduce inequalities. A legal perspective that could bolster this argument remains sparse. This article fills said gap by explaining that while international trade law operationalizes the SDT principle with a heavy emphasis on tariff preferences, the principle is additionally expressed in several other provisions under the other World Trade Organization (WTO) covered agreements: Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade; Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures; Agreement on Trade Facilitation. These under-studied provisions demonstrate crucial but overlooked aspects of the SDT principle, namely, capacity-building and international assistance and cooperation. Therefore, critically analyzing these provisions is important to ascertain whether and how implementation of the SDT principle can reduce inequalities and support sustainable development. This legal analysis contributes in two ways to the broader inquiry about the role of international trade law in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). First, on a practical level, the article suggests legal bases or sources for additional indicators needed to better measure and monitor progress in reaching the target. Second, the analysis reveals a necessity to revisit and further scrutinize assumptions underlying the legal mechanisms within the trade regime that States and other relevant actors are using to pursue valuable global objectives.
Classement sociale du conseil municipal de la ville de Pécs (1918 – 1944)
Authors: Nagy Imre Gábor
Published: June 2023

The purpose of the study. The purpose of this study is to compare the legislative authority committee of Pécs during the dualism period, before the Serbian occupation, with the legislative authority committee of Pécs between the two world wars. The study also includes an examination of Article XXX of Act 1929 on the regulation of public administration. Applied methods. The study aims to processing the documents of the Hungarian National Archives of Baranya County - the minutes of the municipal committee, committee documents - local newspapers and local history books. In addition to the analysis of narrative sources, it also analyses them statistically.Outcomes. Until 1929, the municipal committee of the city of Pécs consisted of half of the most tax-paying members (virilis) and half of elected members. The three main occupational groups of the municipal committee were intellectuals, industrialists and merchants. After the Serbian occupation in 1921, the old, incomplete municipal committee met, in which the Hungarian Social Democratic Party no longer had a representative. The city administration and the municipal committee, were sabotaged the supplementation of the municipal committee and the by-elections, because they were afraid of the Social Democrats. The social composition of the new municipal committee in 1929, was substantially changed, in 1930 45.2% of the members of the municipal committee belonged to the civil service and liberal professions and 47.4% belonged to the mining and metallurgy, industry, trade and credit, transport occupational groups.
Psychological disorders and positive mental health in gender-diverse youth
Authors: Gallagher Katherine A. S. , Axelrad Marni E.
Published: June 2023

An estimated 1.8% of U.S. adolescents identify as transgender, and when using expansive language to include diverse identities along the gender continuum (e.g., nonbinary, gender fluid), rates may be notably higher. Gender-diverse youth (GDY) experience significantly elevated rates of depression, anxiety, suicidality, and eating disorders relative to the general population. Youth with autism spectrum disorders also appear to report diverse gender identities at higher rates than neurotypical youth. Gender-minoritized stress, including distal (e.g., transgender related stigma and discrimination) and proximal (e.g., social or familial rejection due to gender-diverse identity) stressors, increase risk for mental health disorders among GDY, and gender affirmation mitigates risk. Gender-affirming medical and behavioral health care is associated with enhanced resilience and positive mental health outcomes for GDY.
Clinical Implications of Countertransference in the Treatment of Addictions
Authors: Alfonso César A.
Published: June 2023

The author provides a historical overview of the psychodynamics of addiction with particular emphasis on countertransference awareness and its relationship with treatment outcomes and prognosis. Countertransferences that frequently occur in the treatment of substance use disorders include shared helplessness, hopelessness, sadness, anxiety, fear, anger, rage, shame, and guilt. These emotional states in clinicians may lead to fatigue, avoidance, and acting out unless therapists are able to ground themselves and disidentify with the projected affective states. Positive emotions may lead to excessive enthusiasm in clinicians and deflect from the therapeutic process, resulting in deviation from established practice guidelines. Coexisting negative and positive affective states may lead to rescue fantasies and transgressions of boundaries. Contemporary psychodynamic clinicians appreciate the quantitative aspect of emotional reactions, where countertransferences accumulate exponentially over time, causing allostatic overload and compassion fatigue. Unanalyzed negative countertransferences are linked to either clinical avoidance or aggression, resulting in withdrawing care, failure of empathy, and dissolution or fragmentation of the therapeutic alliance. The negativism associated with the treatment of addictions may be rooted in unanalyzed countertransferences and psychosocial factors such as internalized negative societal attitudes and stigma. Degrading and dehumanizing attitudes toward people with substance use disorders could stem from internalized negative societal constructs against disenfranchised, minoritized, and stigmatized persons. This editorial introduces the work of Bernardine Han, an addiction psychiatrist who utilizes psychodynamic concepts to guide interventions with people with substance use disorders.
Intensive and Brief Psychodynamic Psychotherapy in Severely Depressed Inpatients: A Case Study and Thematic Analysis
Authors: Tzartzas Konstantinos , de Roten Yves , Ambresin Gilles
Published: June 2023

Introduction: Psychotherapy added to usual hospital care is beneficial. This study reports on two contrasting cases, one responder and one nonresponder, from a randomized controlled trial on the effectiveness of intensive and brief psychodynamic psychotherapy (IBPP) for depressed inpatients, in which reduction in depressive severity was maintained for up to 1 year after completion of IBPP. We aimed to explore how the psychotherapist and patient interacted to work through the themes of focalization (described in the IBPP manual) and how their work was part of a potential process of change. Methods: This case study is part of the general framework of mixed methods in psychotherapy combining quantitative analysis of data collected in a randomized controlled trial with a qualitative case study. Results: Two general categories emerged—(1) becoming the subject of one's depression and (2) regaining a sense of support—which combine specific functions. In the first, the functions relate to interactions in line with the psychoanalytic work of mourning, which aims for an appropriation of depressive symptoms. In the second, interactions have as their functions the construction of a therapeutic space and the restoration of an epistemic trust by acknowledging the patient's melancholic state and maintaining emotional contact. Work related to regaining a sense of support was observed in both cases, whereas work related to becoming the subject of one's depression was more specific to the responder case. Discussion: These results highlight the importance of interventions that help generate a sense of support and mobilize the internal processes of symbolization, understanding, and appropriation, leading patients to develop the capacity to give meaning to their symptoms and to understand the personal psychological factors related to the depressive episode.