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ANALISIS KINERJA PEGAWAI DALAM PENYELENGARAAN PELAYANAN PUBLIK DI SEKRETARIAT DPRD KOTA SUNGAI PENUH
Authors: Septiani Eka
Published: December 2020

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Prospects and Evaluation of an Integrated Extension Model designed for Anthrax-free
Area Development
Authors: Sarker Shahjahan , samin Ajran , Mahmud Muket , Hoque Nazmul , Islam SK Shaheenur , Sarker Asaduzzaman , Rahman Bahanur , Nazir Nazmul Hussain
Published: December 2020

The main purpose of this study wasto assess and evaluate anIntegrated Extension Modelto improve the overall knowledge, attitude and practice habits of community people over a sustained period.The survey questionnaire results have indicated that the various sources of anthrax message dissemination had played a significant role in the study. Among those responsible for disseminating the information, it was realized that studentsserving in the role of message disseminators played the most significant role (15%) indelivering the anthrax-related key information to the community. Majority community members (97.5%) were made aware of the nature, occurrence, public health importance, and management of the disease. Theirdangerous habits and attitudes toward slaughtering of sick animals were reduced (<30%) the issue of animal slaughter. Vaccination and clinical records reveal that the percentage of vaccination coverage was increased from 40% to 85% andthe percentage of farmers who can diagnose anthrax has been increased from 30% to 40%.On the other hand, their poor economic background together with the dispersed settlement nature of the farmers was the main gaps identified that continued to force them to slaughter infected animals, sell their products and to consequently concealthat information, all issues that are required to be addressed in the future. Based on the research findings, it can be concluded that this modelis an efficient, effective and suitable method to raise awareness levels in a large communitywith regards to a zoonotic disease like anthrax.

Keywords: anthrax, One Health, awareness, Integrated Extension Model, community
Piloting of the Concerns-based Adoption Model: Farmer Concerns About the Participatory Guarantee System in Cambodia
Authors: Mize Meghan , Trexler Cary , Crump Amanda , Young Glenn , Buntong Borarin , LeGrand Karen
Published: December 2020

While there is a large body of adoption and agricultural extension literature on the process of introducing a new technology, agricultural development projects are often expected to produce immediate results that do not always allow for the integration of these theories into practice. The Concerns-based Adoption Model (CBAM) is a framework that places participants at the center of the change process to identify their concerns and challenges, providing a roadmap for projects to guide individuals with the correct support for their particular stage of adoption. CBAM has typically been used for the introduction of new curriculum in formal education. But this study assessed the potential for CBAM to be applied to agriculture innovations. In this study, we adapted and piloted the CBAM “Stages of Concern” model to assess adoption of an agriculture innovation. The innovation is the Participatory Guarantee System (PGS) for Cambodian vegetable farmers. We assessed the potential for CBAM as a tool for agricultural development project management. We found that the adapted survey consistently placed farmers in the anticipated Stage of Concern. Identifying users’ Stages of Concern can inform program designers and practitioners, assisting in tailoring support across the adoption process. CBAM has the potential to inform participatory project design and give project administrators an evidence-based, systematic protocol for assessing the adoption process, adding another tool to the development practitioners’ toolbox.

Keywords: Diffusion of Innovations, adoption, project design
A Typology of University Agriculture Students’ Projected Motivations to Study Abroad: An Application of Q Methodology
Authors: Roberts Richie , Rampold Shelli , Ramage Raegan , Komunjeru Benita
Published: December 2020

The study’s purpose was to understand Louisiana State University freshman agriculture students’ projected motivations to study abroad. To achieve this, we used a Q methodological approach. When viewed through the lens of the expectancy-value model of achievement motivation, findings suggested students’ motivations could be interpreted through three typologies: (1) Goal-Oriented Students, (2) Social-Oriented Students, and (3) Learning-Oriented Students. In particular, the Goal-Oriented Students expressed they were motivated to enroll in a study abroad course because they perceived it could enhance their educational and careerrelated ambitions through personal growth. Meanwhile, Social-Oriented Students articulated that the social dimensions of study abroad courses, i.e., networking, relationship building, and opportunities to experience a new culture, served as their primary motivation. Finally, the Learning-Oriented Students reported their desire to gain more agricultural knowledge, experience an alternative method of instruction, and learn to work with diverse populations provided intrinsic value and encouraged them to study abroad in the future. As a consequence, this study’s findings not only broaden the study abroad literature but also provide implications for university administrators and faculty to better accommodate students through recruitment and programming tailored to their motivational needs. Keywords: motivation; Q methodology; study abroad; university agriculture students
Observations of Solar Type III radio bursts by Cassini/RPWS experiment
Authors: Boudjada Mohammed Y. , Abou el-Fadl Ahmed , Galopeau Patrick H. M. , Al-Haddad Eimad , Lammer Helmut
Published: December 2020

Abstract. In this study, we report on the occurrence of solar Type III radio bursts recorded by radio and plasma wave experiment (RPWS) experiment onboard Cassini spacecraft. This instrument is designed to investigate the Saturn's plasma environment and sub-auroral radio missions. RPWS/Cassini experiment allows to measure electric field over a frequency range from 1 Hz to 16 MHz (Gurnett et al., 2004). The essential observed emission is associated to the Saturnian Kilometric Radiation (SKR) which is generated in the sub-auroral regions of the magnetosphere. The capability of this experiment leads to detect Solar Type III radio bursts recorded during the increase phase of the solar activity, i.e. January 2008 to December 2014. Hence we have found more than 300 Type III solar bursts when the distance of Cassini to the Sun was about 10 AU. Observational parameters like the time occurrence, the emission frequency and the relative intensity are considered in this analysis. Those features lead us to characterize the detection conditions and to estimate the occurrence variabilities of Type III bursts.
Low Z Elements of High Grade Metamorphic Rocks by PIXE Analysis – A Comprehensive Review
Authors: Venkata Surya Satyanarayana Avupati , Jagannadha Rao Mokka , Seetharami Reddy Byreddy
Published: December 2020

Abstract. The majority of PIXE analytical study on geosciences has used 3 MeV proton beams for excitation and these studies generally uses the K-X-rays for low Z elements and L-X-rays for high Z elements. The present study of resulting spectra of metamorphic high grade rocks like charnockite can require striping techniques to resolve interference problems between low and high Z elements on the applications of light energy-PIXE using Si (Li) detector. In all forms of X-ray analysis, including thick-target light energy-PIXE, the X-ray signal is a dependent of the ionization cross section and for low-energy protons, the cross section is high for the K shells of light elements and the L shells of heavy elements in charnockite rock providing sufficient fluorescent yield for analytical purposes. For Z > 55, 3 MeV protons cannot ionize K-shell electrons and analysis depends on the use of L-X-ray lines in charnockite rock. Such L-X-ray spectra are complicated and can be affected by interferences K-X-rays from low Z elements. The low Z elements present in the charnockite were identified by previous complementary analytical techniques, but not identified in this study due to the above PIXE experiment limitations, and also particularly due to the dimensions of Si (Li) detector because of low energy K-X-rays of the elements absorbed by the detector window. Both interferences complexity and detector efficiency can lead to difficulties and ambiguity in the interpretation of spectra of low Z charnockite composition, a problem that is exacerbated by uncertainty in relative K-X-ray line intensities of low Z elements. From this investigation, the light energy-PIXE is ideal for the analysis of low Z
Three-dimensional transient flow to a partially penetrated well with variable discharge in a general three-layer aquifer system
Authors: Feng Qinggao , Feng Xiaola , Zhan Hongbin
Published: December 2020

Abstract. A general analytical model for three-dimensional flow in a three-layered aquifer system with a partial penetration well having a variable discharge of pumping is developed by taking account of the interface flow on the adjacent layers. This general three-layer system includes the conventional aquitard-aquifer-aquitard system as a subset and does not require that the permeability contrasts of different layers must be greater than a few orders of magnitude, and does not ignore any flow components (either vertical or horizontal) in any particular layer. The pumping well of infinitesimal radius is screened at any portion of the middle layer. Three widely used top and bottom boundary conditions are considered that can be specified as a constant-head boundary (Case1) or a no-flux boundary (Case 2), and a constant-head boundary at the top in combination with a no-flux boundary at the bottom (Case 3). Laplace domain solutions for dimensionless drawdown are obtained by the use of Hankel transformation, and associated time-domain solutions are evaluated numerically. The newly obtained solutions include some available solutions for two- or single-layer aquifer systems as subsets. The drawdowns for individual layers caused by a well with an exponentially decreased discharge are explored as an example of illustration. The results indicate that the pumped layer drawdown close to the partially penetrated well is mainly influenced by the variable pumping rate. The late-time drawdowns for all layers are remarkably affected by the chosen types of top and bottom boundary conditions, and the drawdown for Case 3 is greater than that for Case 1 and smaller than that for Case 2. Additionally, the effect of the pumped layer anisotropy on drawdowns in the three-layer system is significant, and the anisotropy of the unpumped layers significantly affects the drawdown in the whole aquifer system without large contrast of hydraulic conductivity between the unpumped layers and the pumped layer. The drawdowns in all three layers are greatly affected by the location and length of well screen, and a larger drawdown can be seen at the position that is closer to the middle point of the screen of the partially penetrating pumping well.
A review of Nyoongar responses to severe climate change and the threat of epidemic disease—Lessons from their past
Authors: Robertson Francesca , Barrow Jason
Published: December 2020

Nyoongar people have lived in the South West of Western Australia for at least 50,000 years. During that time, they experienced significant climate change, including wide variations in temperature and rainfall, and hundreds of metres’ difference in sea levels. Nyoongar people have a long memory, and climate change is described in their stories and in the knowledge they hold about how life was lived in earlier times. There are artifacts and places that have been manipulated to be productive despite severe drought. COVID-19 disrupted the writing of this article, and the authors felt it appropriate to include Nyoongar responses to the threat of epidemic disease brought by Europeans early in their settlement of the area. This review collates existing material generated through Koodjal Jinnung (two-way seeing), a research method that incorporates traditional knowledge and contemporary social and natural sciences about Nyoongar history, to create a description of the resiliency of Nyoongar people under threat from climate change. The article identifies key values and resilience factors underpinning the successful implementation of behavioural and technological mechanisms to negotiate severe climate change and the threat of epidemic disease.
Employer Control of Employee Behaviour Through Social Media
Authors: Hook Sarah , Noakes Sandy
Published: December 2020

When once individuals could ‘clock off’ for the day and retreat into private spaces, these private activities are increasingly prone to being recorded, tagged and shared and brought to the attention of an individual’s employer. The unavoidable necessity for people to engage with each other online has blurred the boundaries between work life and private life and has meant that, increasingly, employers seek to control what employees do and say online, which requires individuals to carefully modify their behaviour in once private domains. As individuals become inured to the realities of being tracked and mined, the resigned cynicism of the situation is creating a culture where freedom to ‘be yourself’ is undermined. This paper will explore examples of individuals who have faced consequences at work for their online behaviour in what once would have been thought of as their private domain. Using surveillance theory, it will seek to ask whether such a gap in the legal and regulatory sphere is at risk of submerging the individual into a docile workforce which is never ‘off the clock’.
Al encuentro con Platón: los primeros pasos de Gadamer en Marburgo (1919-1928)
Authors: Bey Facundo
Published: December 2020

El presente artículo se propone reconstruir el primer encuentro de Hans-Georg Gadamer con la filosofía de Platón a través de su recorrido académico más temprano, la influencia directa e indirecta ejercida por sus célebres mentores en la Universidad de Marburgo y sus primeras publicaciones. Para ello, se recurrirá no sólo a su biografía intelectual, sino a textos poco analizados hasta el momento, como su tesis doctoral de 1922, publicaciones realizadas durante el período, correspondencia, tanto editada como inédita, entrevistas filosóficas, así como a material de archivo. Se buscará demarcar el papel de sus primeros mentores en torno a Platón a través de la evolución de las posturas teóricas de Gadamer para así elucidar sus reelaboraciones críticas. En las conclusiones, se intentará reponer brevemente el proceso de recepción, ruptura y emancipación de Gadamer en torno a las interpretaciones dominantes del neokantismo marburgués sobre el vínculo entre la filosofía de Platón y Aristóteles, así como sobre el carácter transformador de su acercamiento a la fenomenología de Scheler y Heidegger y de su incursión en la filología clásica.
Assessment of Blood Clot Composition by Spectral Optical Coherence Tomography: An In Vitro Study
Authors: Ding Yonghong , Abbasi Mehdi , Eltanahy Ahmed M. , Jakaitis Daniel R. , Dai Daying , Kadirvel Ramanathan , Kallmes David F. , Brinjikji Waleed
Published: December 2020

Purpose: Optical coherence tomography (OCT) has the potential for in vivo clot composition characterization in difficult mechanical embolectomy cases. We performed an in vitro study to determine the OCT characteristics of red blood cells (RBCs) and fibrin rich clots.Materials and Methods: Analogues of 5 compositions of clots (5% to 95% RBCs from Group A to E) were created from human blood. The blood mixture was injected into the bifurcation of a 3D printed bifurcated silicone tube. The OPTISTM Integrated System (St. Jude Medical Inc.) was used to identify the magnitude of OCT signals from different compositions of clots. Martius Scarlett Blue trichrome (MSB) staining was performed to confirm the composition of RBCs and fibrin in each clot.Results: Group A and B showed less signal attenuation (less than 30%) from its surface to the inside, which indicated high penetration (low-back scattering). Group C indicated intermediate signal attenuation (60%) from its surface to inside the clots, in which signals were found even at the periphery of the clot. Group D and E were superficially signal rich with more signal attenuation (more than 80%) from its surface to the inside indicating low penetration (high-back scattering). Signal-free shadowing was shown in 3 clots in Group E. MSB staining indicated color change (from red in fibrin-rich clots to yellow in RBC-rich clots).Conclusion: Different compositions of clots can be assessed using OCT. Fibrin-rich clots have homogeneous signals with high penetration, while RBC-rich clots can be recognized as superficially signal rich with low penetration.
Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) in Kuwait: from the Ideal to Real
Authors: Sadeq Taiba , Akbar Rahima , Wazzan Fatma Al
Published: December 2020

Following the steps of countries known for their rigorous education systems, and under the supervision and recommendations of the World Bank in 2015/2016, Kuwait placed a considerable budget to instigate a curriculum reform, via the implementation of Competence-Based Curriculum (CBC), which was adapted three years ago. However, the relatively modest outcome was controversial and did not meet the expectations of both policymakers and teachers. This study investigated the factors that hindered progression of CBC in the English curriculum as expressed by ESL teachers in the field. The study utilized a mixed-method design whereby both quantitative and qualitative data were used to fulfill the research objectives. Findings indicate that ESL teachers generally held positive views on CBC, yet several obstacles hindered CBC efficacy in the schools of Kuwait. The study also listed a number of pros and cons of CBC practice in Kuwait. Interviews with stakeholders brought a number of issues of misconduct, if not contained, no curriculum reform would gain the anticipated positive outcomes. Research objectives were addressed as a recommendation for future planning of curriculum change, contributing to the field of study.
EFL Female Students’ Perceptions towards Cheating in Distance Learning Programmes
Authors: Saleh Alaa Mamoun , Meccawy Zilal
Published: December 2020

Distance education is becoming more demanding at universities all around the world in general and in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) in particular, than ever before. This study aimed at highlighting the students’ perceptions of cheating on distance learning at King Abdulaziz University (KAU). The study will further explore the ways they use to cheat, causes for cheating, and some solutions to minimize cheating. This study was conducted at the end of the second semester in 2019. Data was collected from 57 female distance learning students who graduated from the English Language Department (ELD) at KAU. A mixed-methods research design was adopted in this study via a custom designed, fifteen closed ended and one, open ended item questionnaire. The quantitative section was analysed by frequency and percentages and the open-ended questions were analysed thematically. The results indicated that the majority of female students cheated by helping each other, obtain the correct answers from another student or send the correct responses to all their classmates. Another way which some students admitted they used was using electronic websites to copy and paste the answers in the test’s screen. The study further concluded that reasons for cheating in distance learning programs were due to technical problems, frequent absence of virtual classes, and wanting grades, not necessarily knowledge. Recommendations for the possible solutions to eliminate cheating, the participants recommended increasing the students’ awareness of cheating policy and finding solutions to technological issues.
Mechanisms for Correcting Judicial Errors in Germany
Authors: Lindemann Michael , Lienau Fabienne
Published: December 2020

Mechanisms for Correcting Judicial Errors in Germany

The article presents the status quo of the law of retrial in Germany and gives an overview of the law and practice of the latter in favour of the convicted and to the disadvantage of the defendant. Particularly, the formal and material prerequisites for a successful petition to retry the criminal case are subject to a detailed presentation and evaluation. Because no official statistics are kept regarding successful retrial processes in Germany, the actual number of judicial errors is primarily the subject of more or less well-founded estimates by legal practitioners and journalists. However, there are a few newer empirical studies devoted to different facets of the subject. These studies will be discussed in this article in order to outline the state of empirical research on the legal reality of the retrial procedure. Against this background, the article will ultimately highlight currently discussed reforms and subject these to a critical evaluation as well. The aim of the recent reform efforts is to add a ground for retrial to the disadvantage of the defendant for cases in which new facts or evidence indicate that the acquitted person was guilty. After detailed discussion, the proposal in question is rejected, inter alia for constitutional reasons.
Detailhandel & Dienstenrichtlijn
Authors: Heutink G.H.J. (Gijs)
Published: December 2020

Detailhandel & Dienstenrichtlijn. De pakketbenadering: toverwoord of hellend vlak?

In dit artikel gaat auteur in op een aantal uitspraken van de Afdeling bestuursrechtspraak in navolging op de zaak Appingedam. Auteur bespreekt hoe de Afdeling de ‘pakketbenadering’ toepast in deze jurisprudentie.
O Supremo Tribunal Federal e o desenvolvimento nacional
Authors: Carvalho Márcia Haydée Porto de
Published: December 2020

Tem-se como objetivo analisar em que medida o Supremo Tribunal Federal - STF vem levando em conta o desenvolvimento nacional, ao apreciar grandes decisões políticas do Estado brasileiro, quando esse objetivo fundamental colide com outros interesses constitucionalmente protegidos, no período pós-Constituição de 1988. Como resultado, obteve-se que a Corte Suprema realizou implícita e corretamente a ponderação entre o desenvolvimento nacional e o outro bem colidente em um dos casos estudados, mas não o fez em relação aos outros dois, bem como, em todas essas demandas, não abordou os princípios geopolíticos informadores da sociedade internacional pós-bipolar. Concluiu-se que o Supremo Tribunal precisa utilizar a máxima da proporcionalidade de forma expressa e promover a oitiva prévia de especialistas em geopolítica, em audiências públicas, para resolver tais lides. Utilizou-se como método de procedimento o estudo de casos, como método de abordagem o descritivo-exploratório e como técnicas de pesquisa a revisão bibliográfica e jurisprudencial.
Uma análise da política do reconhecimento nas relações conjugais pela literatura de Jane Austen
Authors: Nascimento Zanon Pedro Henrique
Published: December 2020

Este artigo tem como objetivo a análise das relações conjugais atrelada à matriz teórica da política de reconhecimento. Com inspirações no romance de Jane Austen, Orgulho e preconceito (OP), a problemática neste trabalho gira em torno de como as políticas de igualdade de gênero nas relações conjugais são moldadas no século XXI. O movimento feminista e a luta por igualdade de gênero ganharam espaço na agenda política internacional do século XX e XXI, porém, a despeito dos avanços alcançados, a desigualdade de gênero ainda possui severas disparidades no cenário político e jurídico. O objetivo é analisar a igualdade de gênero pela política do reconhecimento de Charles Taylor enquanto base teórica associando-a aos apontamentos de Austen. Trata-se de um trabalho jurídico de aporte literário e sociológico, com utilização do instrumental teórico e metodológico da Literatura justaposta com o Direito. Propomos então uma metódica do surrealismo jurídico da epistemologia carnavalizada do Direito, defendida por Luis Alberto Warat. A análise de OP pela interdisciplinaridade entre a Literatura e o Direito promove um aprofundamento de reflexões sobre nossas instituições jurídicas.
Hegel Person, property and contract: legal conceptual structure of the modern will
Authors: Bavaresco Agemir , Iber Christian
Published: December 2020

Na teoria do Direito Abstrato, Hegel apresenta os conceitos estruturais do direito civil e penal. Os conceitos fundamentais do direito civil abstrato são a pessoa, a propriedade e o contrato. O artigo defende a tese de que o Estado, ao reconhecer esses conceitos normativos estruturais como lei estabelecida, põe em ação a sociedade burguesa. Em primeiro lugar, trata-se da discussão dos conceitos de pessoa e propriedade; depois, a relação entre os dois conceitos; e, por fim, é considerado o fundamento da doutrina hegeliana do contrato e suas peculiaridades. Os conceitos jurídicos de direito civil acima mencionados são reconstruídos como momentos estruturais da vontade livre na sociedade burguesa. A metodologia utilizada é a análise de texto no contexto de debates teóricos críticos para a atualização temática contemporânea.
Professional activity of the elderly on the labour market in the shadow of the coronavirus pandemic .
Authors: Zych Adam A.
Published: December 2020

Demographic aging has an impact on the labor market, because human resources on the labor market are also aging, which in the process of professional deactivation are becoming a major socio-economic problem of the state. They lead to a widening difference between revenues and expenses for retirement benefits as well as narrowing the labor market. The author discusses basic determinants of professional deactivation on the labor market and barriers to professional activation of older people. The main topic of this article however it was done the impact of a coronavirus pandemic on situation of ‘outgoing generation’ on the contemporary labor market.
The implementation of the Act on supporting the family and foster care system in the scope of adjusting educational institutions to new standards
Authors: Ruszkowska Marzena
Published: December 2020

In accordance with the Act on supporting the family and the foster care system, up to 14 children may be placed in the educational care facility at the same time. The facilities that opened before 2012 and were able to offer 30 places to their pupils until then, were given an 9-year transition period to adjust to the new requirements. The deadline for adjusting to these transformations expires on January 1, 2021. What seems significant is the question of what the process of adaptation to these changes looks like in the facilities that have not met these requirements yet, especially in the current situation of coronavirus pandemic, which significantly impedes any activities. Legal regulations, statistical data were analysed, and articles regarding the institutional care transformation published on websites were reviewed. It turns out that many local authorities have left to carry out organizational changes to adjust to new standards at the last moment, while the family ministry does not plan to extend the transition period which is due to expire in December this year.
Prison service employee’s empathy and professional burnout
Authors: Lewicka-Zelent Agnieszka , Pytka Agnieszka
Published: December 2020

Prison service employees belong to a professional group that is susceptible to a quick professional burnout. They spend a few hours per day in a limited space with the same individuals – the co-workers and the prisoners. While providing support to the latter ones, they frequently do not see the results of their own work. Moreover, when staying in a close contact, especially the direct one, with the socially maladjusted persons – the so-called challenging client, the process of their desensitization is triggered. Thus, the aim of the author’s own research was to define the level of emotional and cognitive empathy as well as the severity of the occupational burnout of penitentiary educators and security officers in penal institutions. Therefore the author’s own research was conducted by applying a diagnostic survey method using the Oldenburg Burnout Inventory (OLBI) in order to determine the extent to which the surveyed individuals are professionally burned out.. Moreover, the Polish version of the Interpersonal Reactivity Index was used to provide the answer to the question regarding the level of empathy of the respondents. The study involved seventy (70) officers of the Prison Service from four penitentiary units of the District Inspectorate of Prison Service in Bialystok and Lublin, half of whom were penitentiary educators.
The concept and example of assistance aid as a form of support in the social reintegration of prisoners in the context of the activity of the Roman Catholic parish
Authors: Marczak Łukasz
Published: December 2020

The aim of the article is to present the assistance aid and forms of support for prisoners undergoing the process of social reintegration in a religious community. A special area of values is the inclusion of the sustainable development principle in the scope of activities aimed at the reintegration process, organized mainly based on the applied subsidiarity principle. The article uses sociological qualitative methods, mainly the case study method based on the sociological observation of the convict and the person supervising him/her, which is included in the category of assistance support. The employment contract of the convicted person in charity work in the parish and spontaneous interviews conducted in the context of the activities of the supervisors were analysed. The result of the conducted observations and analyses is the determination of the purposefulness of the sustainable development principle in the reintegration process. This detailed social principium in the perspective of moderate anthropocentrism strengthens the reintegration process the most by optimizing the working time that a convict in the parish can perform for the environment. The working time saving index, which is the conclusion of the analyses, allows to expand the functionality of the parish as a social institution and improves the chain of goals pursued by the convict. The value of the natural environment does not play a significant role in these activities, because in the perspective of moderate anthropocentrism, the most important value is the person and activities aimed at reintegration in social life. The main form of support for an assistant is accompanying and enabling responsible use of parish resources.
Electrodeposition of Nanoporous Gold Thin Films
Authors: Sondhi Palak , J. Stine Keith
Published: December 2020

Nanoporous gold (NPG) films have attracted increasing interest over the last ten years due to their unique properties of high surface area, high selectivity, and electrochemical activity along with enhanced electrical conductivity, and chemical stability. A variety of fabrication techniques to synthesize NPG thin films have been explored so far including dealloying, templating, sputtering, self-assembling, and electrodeposition. In this review, the progress in the synthetic techniques over the last ten years to prepare porous gold films has been discussed with emphasis given on the technique of electrodeposition. Such films have wide-ranging applications in the fields of drug delivery, energy storage, heterogeneous catalysis, and optical sensing.
Composting of Pig Effluent as a Proposal for the Treatment of Veterinary Drugs
Authors: Evaldo Gehlen Bohrer Robson , Enivar Lanzanova Mastrângello , Pereira Bisognin Ramiro , Redin Marciel , Lorensi de Souza Eduardo , Mueller de Lara Daniela , Guerra Divanilde , Maisa da Silva Danni , Figueiredo Ramires Maiara , Armando Amaro Da Silva Diego
Published: December 2020

Pig farming currently occupies a prominent place in the southern states of the Brazil, owning approximately 50% of the national squad, estimated at 42 million pig heads. However, the swine activity contributes significantly to the generation of environmental impacts on the environment. Recently, the greatest need for animal protein has exerted pressures on the current animal production system and one of the alternatives has been to the use of veterinary medicines, which have several uses ranging from therapeutic use, preventive in the treatment of various diseases and as growth promoters. Its indiscriminate and uncontrolled use is currently endangering the environmental balance of producing sites through effluent contamination. Many producers have been using contaminated slurry as a biofertilizer. In this sense, further studies on techniques and processes of treatment of organic effluents contaminated by veterinary drugs are necessary. Alternative low-cost and environmentally viable treatment systems are needs to minimize the entry into the environment of these contaminants. Therefore, the composting process that can defined as a process of aerobic microbial decomposition of organic matter and nutrient recycling can be an alternative for the treatment of effluents contaminated by veterinary drugs.
Emerging Therapeutic Options in Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Authors: Brown Patrick A.
Published: December 2020

Immunotherapies have dramatically increased response rates in the relapsed/refractory setting of acute lymphoblastic leukemia. These emerging therapeutic options include blinatumomab, a bispecific T-cell engager construct; inotuzumab, an antibody–drug conjugate; and CAR T cells. Despite significantly improved rates of response, however, CAR T-cell therapy is the only approach associated with durable survival in a significant proportion of patients. Immunotherapies come with characteristic toxicity profiles. Inotuzumab is associated with hepatotoxicity, and blinatumomab and CAR T cells are associated with both cytokine release syndrome and neurotoxicity. Furthermore, immunotherapy is not always successful. Several mechanisms of failure exist, including failure to manufacture the CAR product, failure to engraft or lack of persistence of CAR T cells, endogenous T cell or CAR T-cell exhaustion, and antigen escape.
Myeloproliferative Neoplasms: Emerging Treatment Options for Myelofibrosis
Authors: Gerds Aaron T.
Published: December 2020

Myelofibrosis (MF) is a symptom-forward disease, and its treatment focuses on alleviating those symptoms, as well as improving survival. An initial disease risk assessment is critical for deciding on a course of therapy (and a number of models can be used depending on the available patient information), and anemia can be considered a special case within the treatment algorithms for MF. JAK-STAT inhibition is currently the cornerstone of treatment for MF, but these inhibitors are not perfect. Future research will focus on the microenvironment in reversing fibrosis, immunotherapies, proliferative signaling pathways, epigenetic regulators, and stem cells.
Constantin Hansens politiske motiv
Authors: Schlosser Schmidt Sally
Published: December 2020

Constantin Hansens enorme maleri af den grundlovgivende rigsforsamling er blevet en ikonisk illustration på den danske overgang fra enevælde til konstitutionelt monarki i 1849. Derfor har maleriet også løbende haft forskningsinteresse – men kunstnerens eget politiske engagement og hans afgørende indflydelse på bestillingsmotivets endelige komposition er kun blevet overfladisk behandlet. Constantin Hansen var dog en meget engageret samfundsborger, der var levende optaget af politik og som deltog aktivt i den politiske samtale – også med sin kunst. Artiklen fortæller derfor ikke bare historien om et enkelt billedes indlejrede politiske budskab men også om den faglige opmærksomhed vi som historikere må tildele det billedmateriale, som vi så ofte lader illustrere vores historiefremstillinger.
Los Centros Especiales de Empleo: configuración legal e incidencia y valoración de las últimas actuaciones normativas
Authors: Sánchez Pachón Luis Ángel
Published: December 2020

El reconocimiento legal de los Centros Especiales de Empleo (CEE) se produjo en la Ley 13/1982, de 7 de abril. La Ley 5/2011, de Economía Social, incluyó a los CEE dentro de las entidades de economía social. El Real Decreto Legislativo 1/2013 dio una nueva definición de los CEE. La Ley 9/2017, de 8 de noviembre, de contratos del sector público, produjo un cambio significativo en la tipificación de los CEE, repercutiendo en las reservas de contrataciones del sector público. En el trabajo repasamos esta evolución normativa, nos centramos en la caracterización actual de los CEE y en el cambio significativo producido en la Ley de 2017. El cambio no deja de ser polémico. En los pocos años de vigencia de la reforma surgen conflictos en su aplicación, discrepancias interpretativas, desajustes o colisiones con otras instituciones de nuestro sistema jurídico y no faltan, tampoco, voces críticas que cuestionan sus objetivos.
Las empresas de inserción en España en 2019
Authors: García Calavia Miguel Ángel
Published: December 2020

En el presente artículo, se ofrecen los resultados de una radiografía que se ha llevado a cabo de las empresas sociales de integración laboral en España, cinco años después de dada por finalizada la gran recesión de este siglo (2009-2014). Se trata de iniciativas ya consolidadas que han evidenciado su capacidad de innovación en la búsqueda de soluciones adecuadas tanto en lo que se refiere al entorno territorial como a los distintos grupos destinatarios.Además, en la investigación empírica se quiere profundizar en una de las funciones sociales básicas de este tipo de empresas: la de intermediarias de transición de grupos sociales desfavorecidos en el mercado de trabajo.Las fuentes de información para la radiografía provienen de documentación de FAEDEI y de entrevistas en profundidad a informantes cualificados, mediadores laborales de las WISE. Los resultados han permitido profundizar en el conocimiento de los procesos de inserción de las personas con serias dificultades para encontrar empleo y en riesgo de exclusión social.
A hyperchaotic Lorenz attractor and its circuit implementation
Authors: Wang Guang-Yi  , Zheng Yan  , Liu Jing-Biao  ,   杭州电子科技大学电子信息学院，杭州  310018
Published: December 2020

In this paper, a new hyperchaotic system is constructed by introducing an additional state variable into the third-order Lorenz system. Some basic properties, including dissipativity, equlibria, stability and Hopf bifurcation, of this hyperchaotic system are analyzed in detail, and the bifurcation routes to hyperchaos from periodic, chaotic evolutions are observed. The existence of hyperchaos is verified with Lyapunov exponent spectrum. Moreover, an analog electronic circuit is designed, and various hyperchaotic attractors of this system are observed from the circuit experiments.
Robust guaranteed cost H∞ control for uncertain time-varying delay system
Authors: Ma Yue-Chao  , Huang Li-Fang  , Zhang Qing-Ling  ,   (1)东北大学系统科学研究所,沈阳 110004; (2)燕山大学理学院,秦皇岛 066004
Published: December 2020

This paper studies the problem of robust H∞ guaranteed cost control for a class of time-varying uncertain continuous systems with both state and input delays. Suppose that the time-varying uncertain parameters are norm-bounded, but the matched conditions are not required to satisfy. A new sufficient condition of H∞ robust stabilization which satisfies guaranteed cost index is given for the systems by constructing the generalized Lyapunov function and taking the linear matrix inequality approach. Robust H∞ guaranteed cost controllers can be realized simply by solving the corresponding linear matrix inequalities so that a guaranteed cost function for the closed-loop systems has an upper bound irrespective of all admissible parameter uncertainties. Then, by iterative approach, the optimal robust H∞ guaranteed cost controllers can be obtained through the corresponding convex optimization. A numerical example is given to show the potential of the proposed technique.
First principles study of optical properties of wurtzite ZnO with Mn-doping
Authors: Chen Kun  , Fan Guang-Han  , Zhang Yong  ,   华南师范大学光电子材料与技术研究所，广州  510631
Published: December 2020

The electronic structures of pure and Mn-doped wurtzite ZnO have been calculated by first-principles ultra-soft pseudo-potential approach of the plane wave based upon the density functional theory, and the structure change, bandstructure, density of state and the difference charge density were studied. The calculated results were revealed that Mn-doping changed the band gap of the films, which increased with the increase of the Mn content. Moreover, the absorbence in strong UV absorption band of ZnO increased too.
Ab initio structural simulation and electronic structure of amorphous carbon
Authors: Gao Wei  , Zhu Jia-Qi  , Niu Li  , Han Jie-Cai  , Dai Bao-Chang  ,   (1)大庆油田建设集团安装公司，大庆  163416; (2)哈尔滨工业大学复合材料研究所，哈尔滨  150080
Published: December 2020

Within the framework of density-functional theory, a new and more accurate exchange correlation functional OLYP(OPTX+LYP)was used to simulate the structures of amorphous carbon at densities from 2.0 to 3.2 g/cm3. The radial distribution function and sp3 fraction of the five simulated carbon networks are in good agreement with experimental results. The calculated electronic structures indicate that the states near Fermi level are mainly contributed by sp2 carbon atoms. The states near Fermi level have a decreasing trend with increasing density and increasing sp3 content. The small ring structure increases the density of states near Fermi level. The defects will give a peak at Fermi level, which strongly reduces the band gap.
Circuit implementation and tracking control of the fractional-order hyper-chaotic Lü system
Authors: Min Fu-Hong  , Yu Yang  , Ge Cao-Jun  ,   (1)南京师范大学电气与自动化工程学院，南京  210042; (2)南京师范大学基建处，南京  210042
Published: December 2020

This paper studies the fractional-order Lü system which has been presented recently，and designed an electronic circuit to realize it. The hyper-chaotic behavior of the fractional-order Lü system is verified by numerical simulation and circuit experiment. Based on the stability theory of the fractional-order system，a simple linear feedback controller is designed to make full states of a fractional order Lü system to track control sinusoidal waves or arbitrarily fixed point. The simulation results are presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.
A stability theorem about fractional systems and synchronizing fractional unified chaotic systems based on the theorem
Authors: Hu Jian-Bing  , Han Yan  , Zhao Ling-Dong  ,   中北大学仪器科学与动态测试教育部重点实验室，电子测试技术国家重点实验室，太原  030051
Published: December 2020

A stability theorem is proposed and proved for fractional system whose order is not greater than 1 according with Lyapunov stability theorem and Lyapunov converse theorem. Using this theorem，fractional unified chaotic systems with unknown parameter are synchronized adaptively. Numerical simulation certifies effectiveness of the theorem.
A lane-changing model considering the maneuver process and its applications
Authors: Yang Xiao-Bao  ,   北京交通大学交通运输学院，北京  100044
Published: December 2020

An improved lane-changing model based on the Nagatani's method is proposed. The threshold of the safety headway in lane-changing process is calibrated. Both the lane-changing process and the impact of the lane-changing vehicle on the adjacent vehicles are incorporated into the proposed model. Therefore, simulated results using the proposed model agree with the surveyed results. The marginal decrease of lane capacity with the number of lanes is analysed and validated upon the proposed lane-changing model. We find that the vehicle velocity decreases and the lane changing probability increases with the increasing number of lanes under the congested condition of highways in cities.
Iatrogenic Lateral Plantar Nerve Injury After Endoscopic Plantar Fascia Release: A Case Report
Authors: Chiu Yen-Chun , Yang Shih-Chieh , Hsieh Yu-Hwan , Tu Yuan-Kun , Kuo Shyh-Ming , Hwang Lain-Chyr
Published: December 2020

We present a 57-year-old female patient with iatrogenic lateral plantar nerve injury caused by endoscopic surgery for plantar fasciitis. Nerve grafting surgery was recommended, but the patient refused further surgical intervention because of personal reasons. After 1-year follow-up in outpatient clinics, she achieved only slight improvement in the lateral foot symptoms and still required oral analgesics for pain control. The purpose of this case report is to remind physicians of such a rare and serious complication that can occur after endoscopic surgery for plantar fasciitis. Good knowledge of anatomy and skilled surgical technique could decrease this type of complication.
Altered N-glycan composition impacts flagella-mediated adhesion in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
Authors: Xu Nannan , Oltmanns Anne , Zhao Longsheng , Girot Antoine , Karimi Marzieh , Hoepfner Lara , Kelterborn Simon , Scholz Martin , Beißel Julia , Hegemann Peter , Bäumchen Oliver , Liu Lu-Ning , Huang Kaiyao , Hippler Michael
Published: December 2020

For the unicellular alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, the presence of N-glycosylated proteins on the surface of two flagella is crucial for both cell-cell interaction during mating and flagellar surface adhesion. However, it is not known whether only the presence or also the composition of N-glycans attached to respective proteins is important for these processes. To this end, we tested several C. reinhardtii insertional mutants and a CRISPR/Cas9 knockout mutant of xylosyltransferase 1A, all possessing altered N-glycan compositions. Taking advantage of atomic force microscopy and micropipette force measurements, our data revealed that reduction in N-glycan complexity impedes the adhesion force required for binding the flagella to surfaces. This results in impaired polystyrene bead binding and transport but not gliding of cells on solid surfaces. Notably, assembly, intraflagellar transport, and protein import into flagella are not affected by altered N-glycosylation. Thus, we conclude that proper N-glycosylation of flagellar proteins is crucial for adhering C. reinhardtii cells onto surfaces, indicating that N-glycans mediate surface adhesion via direct surface contact.