bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Runoff-associated nitrogen and phosphorus losses under natural rainfall events in purple soil area: the role of land disturbance and slope length
Authors: Liang Ke , He Xiaorong , He Binghui , Guo Xiaomeng , Li Tianyang
Published: September 2021

Land disturbance and slope length play key roles in affecting runoff-associated nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) losses in different forms under natural rainfall. Field monitoring was conducted in nine plots located parallel on a 15° purple slope in southwest China. Three slope lengths (20-, 40-, 60-m) combined with measures of artificial disturbance and natural restoration were implemented. The highest N concentration was observed in soft rainfall events across all plots. The highest P concentration was recorded in heavy rainfall events for the artificially disturbed plots and in soft rainfall events for the naturally restored plots. Land disturbance caused orthophosphate concentration to differ in the 20-m plot, and affected N and P loss amounts in different forms. Slope length caused total dissolved phosphorus concentration to differ in naturally restored plots, and also caused the loss amounts of total dissolved nitrogen and orthophosphate to differ in artificially disturbed plots. Natural restoration reduced loss amounts of total nitrogen and total phosphorus by 62.14–79.05% and 79.28–83.43% relative to artificial disturbance, respectively. Concentrations of nitrate-nitrogen, total phosphorus and dissolved phosphorus were closely correlated with rainfall and runoff variables, respectively, in artificially disturbed plots. Our results highlight the dominant role of natural restoration in reducing erosion and nutrient loss in sloping land.
Water quality analysis and health risk assessment of the Lanzhou section of the Yellow River
Authors: Ma Kai , Ren Hao , Zhou Tianhong , Wu Fuping , Zhang Guozhen
Published: September 2021

The Yellow River flows through Lanzhou city and is the only drinking water source for 3.6 million people. However, people are not clear about the water environmental quality and safety in Lanzhou. To address this problem. Water samples were collected from different sites within this section during the high water period, normal water period and dry water period, and the environmental quality and health risk of the surface water were evaluated using the Nemerow index and health risk assessment method. The results are as follows: first, none of the pollutants exceeded the standard, except for total nitrogen; second, the highest comprehensive evaluation score was 1.04, so the water quality level was good; third, the health risk assessment showed that health risk value of water quality in the Lanzhou section of the Yellow River is on the high side, which is mainly caused by Chromium(Cr); fourth, the carcinogenic risk is five orders of magnitude higher than the non-carcinogenic risk, and the total carcinogenic risk is higher than the maximum acceptable risk level (10−5 a−1), while the total non-carcinogenic risk is lower than the acceptable health risk level (10−6 a−1). Therefore, to ensure the safety of its drinking water, Cr pollutants in the Lanzhou section of the Yellow River should be properly treated and controlled.
Polyvictimization and social well-being in Colombian university students
Authors: Espitia-Correa Joseph Luciano , Caballero-Domínguez Carmen Cecilia
Published: September 2021

Multiple violent events in the same individual is a frequent phenomenon and negatively affects the way in which people perceive their functioning in society. The present study aims to evaluate the relationship between Polyvictimization (PV) and Social Welfare (BS). An analytical observational study was designed. First semester students from a public university in the city of Santa Marta, Colombia, participated, who filled out the Trauma Symptoms Verification List (LVST) and the Keyes Social Well-being Scales. 590 students participated, aged between 18 to 57 years (M = 19.83 years; SD = 3.48), 55.3% male and 95.6% residing in socioeconomic stratum 1, 2 and 3. The multivariate analysis was estimated using opportunity ratios (OR) with a 95% confidence interval (95% CI). The PV was related to the dimensions of BS integration (OR = 1,832 95% CI 1,221-2,747), acceptance (OR = 1,663 95% CI 1,125-2,460) and social contribution OR = 1,715 95% CI 1,055-2,789). It is concluded that multiple violence is linked to the components of integration, acceptance and social contribution. Studies are needed to identify the impact of PV on other indicators of social welfare and on social capital in university students.
Trombosis bilateral del seno cavernoso en un paciente con enfermedad periodontal y diabetes mellitus. descripción de un caso
Authors: Patiño Arboleda Marcela , Muñoz Juan Felipe , Ocampo José Mauricio , Calzada María Teresa , Cárdenas Prieto José Mauricio
Published: September 2021

La trombosis de los senos cavernosos (TSC) corresponde a una entidad vascular poco usual, asociada con alta morbimortalidad y secuelas neurológicas. La etiología más frecuente son los procesos infecciosos a nivel de cabeza y cuello, que sirven como puerta de entrada para diferentes microorganismos, generando una respuesta inflamatoria que desencadena el evento trombótico. La enfermedad periodontal caracterizada por inflamación gingival, pérdida de tejido conectivo circundante y eventual del diente está asociada con el desarrollo de enfermedades sistémicas secundarias a los patógenos periodontales y mediadores inflamatorios producidos en la cavidad oral. Estos pueden diseminarse y producir complicaciones por contigüidad como eventos trombóticos a nivel del sistema nervioso central. A continuación, se presenta el caso clínico de un paciente que desarrolló una TSC bilateral después de ser sometido a un procedimiento periodontal.
Manual de pruebas rápidas en laboratorios lácteos
Authors:   Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria (Agrosavia), Navarrete Fernández Andrea
Published: September 2021

Este manual tiene como objetivos contribuir a que los ganaderos, asociaciones y extensionistas: 1. Amplíen los conocimientos sobre indicadores de calidad de leche en finca como elementos que contribuyen al mejoramiento de su producción. 2. Conozcan el fundamento de las pruebas tamiz realizadas para determinar la calidad de leche cruda. 3. Implementen pruebas rápidas de calidad de leche cruda en centros de acopio o fincas.
A Web-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Mindfulness Meditation, and Yoga Intervention for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Single-Arm Experimental Clinical Trial
Authors: Kirk Megan A , Taha Bilal , Dang Kevin , McCague Hugh , Hatzinakos Dimitrios , Katz Joel , Ritvo Paul
Published: September 2021

Background

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a debilitating, undertreated condition. The web-based delivery of cognitive behavioral therapy supplemented with mindfulness meditation and yoga is a viable treatment that emphasizes self-directed daily practice.

Objective

This study aims to examine the effectiveness of a web-based cognitive behavioral therapy, mindfulness, and yoga (CBT-MY) program designed for daily use.

Methods

We conducted an 8-week, single-arm, experimental, registered clinical trial on adults reporting PTSD symptoms (n=22; aged 18-35 years). Each participant received web-based CBT-MY content and an hour of web-based counseling each week. Pre-post outcomes included self-reported PTSD symptom severity, depression, anxiety, chronic pain, and mindfulness. Pre-post psychophysiological outcomes included peak pupil dilation (PPD) and heart rate variability (HRV). HRV and PPD were also compared with cross-sectional data from a non-PTSD comparison group without a history of clinical mental health diagnoses and CBT-MY exposure (n=46).

Results

Pre-post intention-to-treat analyses revealed substantial improvements in PTSD severity (d=1.60), depression (d=0.83), anxiety (d=0.99), and mindfulness (d=0.88). Linear multilevel mixed models demonstrated a significant pre-post reduction in PPD (B=−0.06; SE=0.01; P<.001; d=0.90) but no significant pre-post change in HRV (P=.87). Overall, participants spent an average of 11.53 (SD 22.76) min/day on self-directed mindfulness practice.

Conclusions

Web-based CBT-MY was associated with clinically significant symptom reductions and significant PPD changes, suggesting healthier autonomic functioning. Future randomized controlled trials are needed to further examine the gains apparent in this single-arm study.

Trial Registration

ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03684473; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03684473
Initial Outcomes of CardioClick, a Telehealth Program for Preventive Cardiac Care: Observational Study
Authors: Kalwani Neil M , Johnson Austin N , Parameswaran Vijaya , Dash Rajesh , Rodriguez Fatima
Published: September 2021

Background

Telehealth use has increased in specialty clinics, but there is limited evidence on the outcomes of telehealth in primary cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention.

Objective

The objective of this study was to evaluate the initial outcomes of CardioClick, a telehealth primary CVD prevention program.

Methods

In 2017, the Stanford South Asian Translational Heart Initiative (a preventive cardiology clinic focused on high-risk South Asian patients) introduced CardioClick, which is a clinical pathway replacing in-person follow-up visits with video visits. We assessed patient engagement and changes in CVD risk factors in CardioClick patients and in a historical in-person cohort from the same clinic.

Results

In this study, 118 CardioClick patients and 441 patients who received in-person care were included. CardioClick patients were more likely to complete the clinic’s CVD prevention program (76/118, 64.4% vs 173/441, 39.2%, respectively; P<.001) and they did so in lesser time (mean, 250 days vs 307 days, respectively; P<.001) than the patients in the historical in-person cohort. Patients who completed the CardioClick program achieved reductions in CVD risk factors, including blood pressure, lipid concentrations, and BMI, which matched or exceeded those observed in the historical in-person cohort.

Conclusions

Telehealth can be used to deliver care effectively in a preventive cardiology clinic setting and may result in increased patient engagement. Further studies on telehealth outcomes are needed to determine the optimal role of virtual care models across diverse preventive medicine clinics.
Problems in Coordinating and Accessing Primary Care for Attached and Unattached Patients Exacerbated During the COVID-19 Pandemic Year (the PUPPY Study): Protocol for a Longitudinal Mixed Methods Study
Authors: Marshall Emily Gard , Breton Mylaine , Cossette Benoit , Isenor Jennifer , Mathews Maria , Ayn Caitlyn , Smithman Mélanie Ann , Stock David , Frymire Eliot , Edwards Lynn , Green Michael
Published: September 2021

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly disrupted primary care in Canada, with many walk-in clinics and family practices initially closing or being perceived as inaccessible; pharmacies remaining open with restrictions on patient interactions; rapid uptake of virtual care; and reduced referrals for lab tests, diagnostics, and specialist care.

Objective

The PUPPY Study (Problems in Coordinating and Accessing Primary Care for Attached and Unattached Patients Exacerbated During the COVID-19 Pandemic Year) seeks to understand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic across the quadruple aims of primary care, with particular focus on the effects on patients without attachment to a regular provider and those with chronic health conditions.

Methods

The PUPPY study builds on an existing research program exploring patients’ access and attachment to a primary care practice, pivoted to adapt to the emerging COVID-19 context. We intend to undertake a longitudinal mixed methods study to understand critical gaps in primary care access and coordination, as well as compare prepandemic and postpandemic data across 3 Canadian provinces (Quebec, Ontario, and Nova Scotia). Multiple data sources will be used such as a policy review; qualitative interviews with primary care policymakers, providers (ie, family physicians, nurse practitioners, and pharmacists), and patients (N=120); and medication prescriptions and health care billing data.

Results

This study has received funding by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research COVID-19 Rapid Funding Opportunity Grant. Ethical approval to conduct this study was granted in Ontario (Queens Health Sciences & Affiliated Teaching Hospitals Research Ethics Board, file 6028052; Western University Health Sciences Research Ethics Board, project 116591; University of Toronto Health Sciences Research Ethics Board, protocol 40335) in November 2020, Québec (Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux de l'Estrie, project 2020-3446) in December 2020, and Nova Scotia (Nova Scotia Health Research Ethics Board, file 1024979) in August 2020.

Conclusions

To our knowledge, this is the first study of its kind to explore the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on primary care systems, with particular focus on the issues of patient’s attachment and access to primary care. Through a multistakeholder, cross-jurisdictional approach, the findings of the PUPPY study will inform the strengthening of primary care during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as have implications for future policy and practice.

International Registered Report Identifier (IRRID)

DERR1-10.2196/29984
Greatly Exaggerated in Canada: Diverging Data and Media Bailouts
Authors: Edge Marc
Published: September 2021

Background: The Canadian government allocated $595 million in subsidies over five years to news media in 2019, but the bailout was based on questionable data. Financial losses were exaggerated; a think tank report was criticized for using data selectively; data from a university research project differed sharply from annual industry counts; and job loss figures were disputed.

Analysis: Hard data can diverge markedly from soft data accepted in pursuit of policy outcomes.

Conclusions and implications: A second campaign under way on behalf of entertainment industries could yield a bailout several times larger than the first. Closer scrutiny should be exercised of media narratives and offered data. An independent media research centre should collect and verify data for policy purposes.
Illocutionary Performance and Objective Assessment in the Speech Act of Arguing
Authors: Corredor Cristina
Published: September 2021

This paper endorses a view of argumentation and arguments that relates both to a special type of speech action, namely, the performance of speech acts of arguing. Its aim is to advance an analysis of those acts that takes into account two kinds of norms related to their correct performance, namely, felicity conditions and objective requirements related to the “correspondence with the facts.” It assumes that the requirement that certain objective conditions be satisfied is among the set of felicity conditions of speech acts of arguing. Taking this into account helps clarify the position and role of warrants in the performance and assessment of these acts.
Speech Act Pluralism in Argumentative Polylogues
Authors: Lewinski Marcin
Published: September 2021

I challenge two key assumptions of speech act theory, as applied to argumentation: illocutionary monism, grounded in the idea each utterance has only one (primary) illocutionary force, and the dyadic reduction, which models interaction as a dyadic affair between only two agents (speaker-hearer, proponentopponent). I show how major contributions to speech act inspired study of argumentation adhere to these assumptions even as illocutionary pluralism in argumentative polylogues is a significant empirical fact in need of theoretical attention. I demonstrate this with two examples where arguers interacting with multiple persons convey plural, argumentatively relevant illocutionary forces. Understanding illocutionary pluralism in argumentative polylogues also affords a better account of fallacious and manipulative discourse.
AVALIAÇÃO DA CULTURA ORGANIZACIONAL ENTRE AS ÁREAS DE DESENVOLVIMENTO DE SOFTWARE E OPERAÇÕES
Authors: Barros André Roriz Coelho , Souza Neto João , Orlandi Tomás Roberto Cotta
Published: September 2021

A metodologia DevOps é um paradigma que visa a aproximação das áreas de desenvolvimento (Dev) de software e operação (Ops). Lacunas culturais impõem às equipes de Dev e Ops uma relação distante, divergindo em relação ao direcionamento e perspectiva. Por meio de fatores culturais, há um incentivo latente para o aumento de interação entre as áreas, com finalidade de diminuir a complexidade e barreiras no processo de construção e entrega de soluções. O objetivo da pesquisa é avaliar os fatores culturais que podem promover a implantação de DevOps. Metodologicamente, são identificados os fatores culturais relacionados ao DevOps e os valores culturais de DevOps. Também são avaliados os tipos da cultura organizacional, por meio do Instrumento de Avaliação da Cultura Organizacional proposto por Cameron e Quinn (2011). Como resultados, três empresas privadas no ramo de TI são avaliadas com a finalidade de identificar a predominância dos tipos da cultura organizacional. A pesquisa demonstra, de forma preliminar, o surgimento de valores culturais de DevOps nas empresas pesquisadas. Conclusão: a pesquisa atende ao objetivo proposto e o instrumento de avaliação mostra-se adequado para obtenção dos resultados.
MODELOS DE GESTÃO E A MEMÓRIA ORGANIZACIONAL NA INDÚSTRIA CERVEJEIRA ARTESANAL DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL
Authors: Jacques Leonardo , Schreiber Dusan , Nunes Moema Pereira , Theis Vanessa
Published: September 2021

Este artigo objetiva analisar o modelo de gestão e as evidências de memória organizacional em cervejarias pertencentes à Rota das Cervejarias Artesanais no estado do Rio Grande do Sul. A pesquisa caracteriza-se como qualitativa e descritiva, adotando-se como procedimentos o estudo de casos múltiplos. Os dados empíricos foram coletados por meio de entrevistas narrativas com profissionais de empresas produtoras de cerveja artesanal, como mestres cervejeiros e sommeliers. A pesquisa foi complementada com a observação não participante in loco e a pesquisa documental. Os dados foram submetidos à análise de conteúdo, no sentido de evidenciar como ocorre a Gestão e as particularidades referentes à memória organizacional das referidas empresas. Como principais resultados, destaca-se que em termos de gestão, o padrão mais observado é aquele em que a sociedade é composta pelos membros de família ou por indivíduos de elevado grau de afetividade e confiança mútua. Ademais, foram identificadas evidências de memória organizacional, representando não só o início da história das cervejarias, mas servindo, também, como referência para manutenção dos valores do presente e para projeção de estratégias futuras.
GESTÃO DO CONHECIMENTO EM EMPRESA PÚBLICA: PRÁTICAS E INICIATIVAS ADOTADAS PELO POUPATEMPO
Authors: Ruggieri Ruggero , Gaspar Marcos Antonio , Aihara Celia Hatsumi , Olivero Simone Martins
Published: September 2021

O objetivo desta pesquisa é verificar quais práticas e iniciativas de Gestão do Conhecimento (GC) mais contribuíram para a efetivação da adoção, operacionalização e gestão da política de Gestão do Conhecimento e Inovação do Decreto n. 53.963/2009 (SÃO PAULO, 2009), que instituiu a Política de Gestão do Conhecimento e Inovação para as organizações públicas paulistas. Esta é uma pesquisa descritiva qualitativa que empregou como instrumentos de pesquisa roteiro de entrevista semiestruturada, observação direta e análise documental de registros públicos. Foram obtidas 32 respostas de gestores e 70 respostas de funcionários técnicos no Poupatempo. As principais práticas e iniciativas efetivadas pelo Poupatempo foram: a) alta prioridade dada à iniciativa no nível mais alto da hierarquia; b) comprometimento da alta administração e das chefias intermediárias; c) alocação de recursos financeiros suficientes; d) disseminação de exemplos de casos reais de implementação da GC que demonstrassem visibilidade e ajudassem a convencer os colaboradores; e) sinalização de que a GC e da informação são prioritários para a qualidade do programa; f) emprego de metodologias que guiassem o processo de implantação do modelo de GC e, por fim; g) concentração de esforços em tecnologia da informação e comunicações, em vez de questões gerenciais ou ligadas às pessoas. Além disso, ressalta-se a importância da implementação de uma política de gestão do conhecimento com diretrizes e estratégias claramente definidas, visando assim agilizar o processo de institucionalização da GC na Administração Pública do Poupatempo.
A TRANSFORMAÇÃO DIGITAL NAS ORGANIZAÇÕES: REFLEXÕES SOBRE AS COMPETÊNCIAS DE UM GESTOR DO CONHECIMENTO
Authors: Macedo Valeria , Thurler Larriza , Dias Elaine Ferreira , Cavalcanti Marcos
Published: September 2021

Este artigo apresenta a relevância da formação profissional em gestão do conhecimento (GC) no Brasil, em um momento atípico de pandemia quando a aceleração na transformação digital pelas empresas está provocando rápidas mudanças e demandas de novas competências humanas. Com o resgate de conceitos de gestão do conhecimento e do papel do trabalhador do conhecimento na abordagem teórica, este estudo exploratório e descritivo utilizou-se de dados secundários capturados no site do Ministério da Educação e de uma pesquisa online com 35 ex-alunos do primeiro curso ofertado em GC – o programa lato sensu Gestão do Conhecimento e Inteligência Empresarial oferecido pela Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) por meio do seu laboratório de pesquisa – Centro de Referência em Inteligência Empresarial (CRIE). Os resultados demonstraram que a maioria dos alunos atuam em áreas que possibilitam as novas formas de trabalho (home office) e que a especialização em gestão do conhecimento, além de ser multidisciplinar, pode ser transversal a várias áreas que demandam deste gestor. As principais competências deste gestor são ter visão estratégica, comunicação, conhecer as ferramentas de GC, organização, flexibilidade e solucionar problemas além de reforçar sua atuação como linker e networker segundo a tipologia do trabalhador do conhecimento.
‘FAÇA O QUE EU DIGO E FAÇA O QUE EU FAÇO’: COMO PEQUENOS EMPREENDEDORES DE SOFTWARE PERCEBEM A INOVAÇÃO EM SUAS EMPRESAS.
Authors: Machado Hilka Pelizza Vier , Tenório Nelson
Published: September 2021

O objetivo deste estudo foi compreender como pequenas empresas de software lidam com a questão do conhecimento e da inovação e qual o apoio que recebem para buscar inovação. Metodologia: para atingir esse objetivo, foi realizado um estudo exploratório, qualitativo, junto a quatro pequenas empresas de software. Os dados foram coletados por meio de entrevistas e dados secundários. Os resultados mostraram que os empresários atribuem importância à inovação. Como variáveis internas para inovação foram apontadas: redes, projetos e prêmios, retenção de pessoal e cultura de inovação. Como variável externa foi mencionada a necessidade de políticas de apoio ao setor.  Eles mencionaram também dificuldade para inovar, principalmente quanto ao tempo necessário para desenvolver os produtos. Conclusão: os resultados apresentam uma compreensão dos desafios e limitações de pequenas empresas de software em relação à gestão interna da inovação e do conhecimento, importante para produzir inovação para o mercado.
DIAGNÓSTICO DA GESTÃO DO CONHECIMENTO NO SETOR PÚBLICO: ESTUDO DE CASO NO CORPO DE BOMBEIROS MILITAR DE ALAGOAS
Authors: Lira Luiz Augusto de Medeiros , Pinto Ibsen Mateus Bittencourt Santana
Published: September 2021

A Gestão do Conhecimento (GC) se mostra como alternativa para as organizações públicas, auxiliando-as no enfrentamento dos desafios da era do conhecimento. Seu conjunto de práticas e abordagens colabora para o aprimoramento dos processos, produtos e serviços prestados à sociedade, manifestando-se através da inovação e da aprendizagem continuada. A presente pesquisa teve por objetivo diagnosticar o grau de maturidade em GC do Corpo de Bombeiros Militar de Alagoas (CBMAL), identificando pontos fortes e oportunidades de melhoria. Para tanto, utilizou-se do instrumento de avaliação que integra o Modelo de Gestão do Conhecimento para a Administração Pública Brasileira (MGCAPB). O diagnóstico do grau de maturidade em GC do CBMAL ratificou a hipótese da pesquisa, no que tange ao estágio inicial da GC na corporação, evidenciando uma lacuna de desenvolvimento até o mais elevado nível de maturidade em GC, que corresponde à institucionalização. Ademais, este processo de autoavaliação colaborou na identificação de pontos fortes e oportunidades de melhoria da GC na organização, dando base para a consolidação das demais etapas do processo de institucionalização. A contribuição acadêmica do presente estudo se atesta pela originalidade da abordagem conferida ao tema em uma organização bombeiro militar, que poderá ser estendida a instituições de natureza similar, nas áreas de defesa e segurança pública do Brasil e do exterior. Trata-se de uma aplicação prática do MGCAPB, reafirmando sua viabilidade e colaborando para o retrato do atual estado do setor público brasileiro em termos de GC. Inicia o processo de institucionalização, ao cumprir a etapa de diagnóstico.
Enhanced Realizability Interpretation for Program Extraction
Authors:   , Petrovska Olga
Published: September 2021

This thesis presents Intuitionistic Fixed Point Logic (IFP), a schema for formal systems aimed to work with program extraction from proofs. IFP in its basic form allows proof construction based on natural deduction inference rules, extended by induction and coinduction. The corresponding system RIFP (IFP with realiz-ers) enables transforming logical proofs into programs utilizing the enhanced re-alizability interpretation. The theoretical research is put into practice in PRAWF1, a Haskell-based proof assistant for program extraction.
The influence of sports education on students: contemporary challenges
Authors: Snihur Ludmyla , Sarafaniuk Eduard , Rozmaznin Oleksandr , Lukhanin Volodymyr , Yakobchuk Larysa
Published: September 2021

The article is devoted to the substantiation of the relevance of the use of modern sports in general and general physical training in particular in the training system of students. The paper considers the actual problems of improving the physical fitness of students who study at higher military educational institutions during the period of primary sports training. The possibilities of increasing the effectiveness of the training process have been investigated. The analysis of modern scientific and literary sources gives grounds to assert that the system of sports training has a significant positive effect on the general level of well-being, facilitating the learning process and maintaining a healthy lifestyle. The purpose of the article is to form and implement innovative forms of sports education for students and further experimental verification of the developed program.
Digital transformation barriers for small and medium enterprises in Vietnam today
Authors: Hai Nguyen Thanh
Published: September 2021

This article studies the digital transformation barriers for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Vietnam today. To carry out the study, we conducts a survey on small and medium-sized enterprises in Vietnam, then uses the SEM model to analyze the collected data. Our research results show that three main resources (including IT, human resources and business strategy) have a positive impact on the digital transformation of SMEs; however, these factors are the barriers to the digital transformation of these enterprises. In addition, digital transformation has a positive impact on the business results of SMEs. From there, the article proposes some recommendations to small and medium enterprises, business associations and state agencies for the success of the digital transformation.
The ambiguities of surveillance as care and control: Struggles in the domestication of location-tracking applications by Danish parents
Authors: Widmer Sarah , Albrechtslund Anders
Published: September 2021

The implicit ambiguity of surveillance as both care and control has been a key theoretical issue in social science research on surveillance practices and technologies. This article addresses this ambiguity empirically by examining how parents using – or not using – location-tracking apps to monitor their children negotiate this tension. Drawing on 17 semistructured interviews conducted with parents in different regions of Denmark, we examine the struggles of these parents to fit this technology into their world and to reconcile their uses with ideals of trust, privacy, and good parenting. By highlighting how users and non-users perceive and negotiate the controlling affordances of tracking apps, we emphasise the potential for negotiation, contestation, and resistance raised by this technology, and the contingent nature of its appropriation and effects. Thereby, it brings nuances to techno-pessimistic accounts of child tracking and calls for further empirical studies examining how these technologies are experienced in practice.
Move, eat, sleep, repeat: Living by rhythm with proactive self-tracking technologies
Authors: Vigren Minna , Bergroth Harley
Published: September 2021

Proactive self-tracking is a proliferating digital media practice that involves gathering data about the body and the self outside a clinical healthcare setting. Various studies have noted that self-tracking technologies affect people's everyday modes of thought and action and stick to their lifeworlds because these technologies seek to promote “improved” modes of behaviour. We investigate how the specific devices and interfaces involved in self-tracking attract and prescribe rhythmicity into everyday lives and elaborate on how human bodies and technical systems of self-tracking interact rhythmically. We draw from new materialist ontology, combining it with Henri Lefebvre's method of rhythmanalysis and his notion of dressage. We employ a collaborative autoethnographical approach and engage with both of our personal fieldwork experiences in living with self-tracking devices. We argue that rhythmicity and dressage are fruitful analytical tools to use in understanding human–technology attachments as well as a variety of everyday struggles inherent in self-tracking practices.
Going cold turkey!: An autoethnographic exploration of digital disengagement
Authors: Ghita Cristina , Thorén Claes
Published: September 2021

As the dust of society-wide digitalisation settles, the search for meaningful technological encounters is becoming more urgent. While the Nordic countries embrace digitalisation, recent concerns regarding technology overuse have been gaining increased attention. This tendency is exemplified in practices of limiting digital use, called digital disengagement – an apparent paradox in Nordic societies where digital is the dominant paradigm. In this article, we explore the emergence of disconnection-centred devices called “dumbphones”, which cater to individuals wishing to escape hyperconnected lifestyles. Drawing on a new materialist perspective, we present a content analysis of dumbphones’ advertising material, followed by a collaborative autoethnographic study in which we replace our smartphones with dumbphones. We critically weigh the promises of the dumbphones against the actual experience of digital disengagement in Sweden. Our findings illustrate a struggle with digital technologies, even despite their absence, due to emerging workarounds and societal expectations of use.
Existential vulnerability and transition: Struggling with involuntary childlessness on Instagram
Authors: Stenström Kristina , Pargman Teresa Cerratto
Published: September 2021

In their efforts to find others who share their experiential reality and existential struggle, many involuntarily childless women turn to Instagram to engage and participate in the practice of trying-to-conceive (TTC) communication. Through the conceptual lens of digital existence, where the digital and online are regarded as constitutive of existential transition, we draw on ten interviews and an online ethnography to explore some of the struggles that involuntarily childless women experience with and through technology. We find that TTC communication can be constitutive of coming to terms with the status of involuntary childlessness. In particular, this study illustrates that TTC communication, for involuntarily childless women, is both a site of struggle and a safe space as they transition to nonmotherhood in an existential terrain where they share an intimate journey.
Co-Workers Support and Job Performance
Authors: Pelin Irina Ioana , Osoian Codruta
Published: September 2021

In the context of a global pandemic affecting businesses worldwide, management focus is oriented to what would enhance the employees’ work performance even in crisis situations. This paper aims to identify, explore and explain the relationships between social support, task performance and organizational citizenship behaviour as well as different demographic data which might influence these variables. The final goal is to propose relevant solutions and recommendations for managers and practitioners in human resources which could be easily applied and have a major impact on individual performance as well as on the overall performance of the organization. The quantitative research is based on a sociological survey consisting of two standardized questionnaires based on tested Likert scales measuring co-workers perceived support, employees’ task performance and organizational citizenship behaviour. The sample consists of 300 pairs of employees and their direct supervisors working in services companies based in Romania. The survey’s results are analysed by performing correlation and regression analyses in JASP 0.14.1.0 free software. The results show positive relationships between the variables yet it proves that co-workers’ support is not relevant for task performance. Valuable information regarding OCB and task performance can be added to the previous job performance research. Statistically significant relationships with demographic data could not be obtained. Further studies might consider a larger sample consisting of Europeans in more than one country as well as comparative analyses between countries and companies’ fields of activity.
VERNAKULARITAS ARSITEKTUR PENINGGALAN PERADABAN ISLAM
Authors: Anisa Anisa
Published: September 2021

ABSTRAK. Peninggalan dari sebuah peradaban dapat dilihat dari karya yang ditinggalkan. Arsitektur merupakan salah satu wujud karya yang dapat digunakan untuk melihat dan menelusuri peninggalan dari sebuah peradaban. Peninggalan peradaban di satu wilayah dengan wilayah lain akan dipengaruhi oleh kondisi lingkungan setempat. Hal inilah latar belakang pentingnya dilakukan penelitian berkaitan dengan vernakularitas arsitektur. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian yang bertujuan untuk mengidentifikasi, mendeskripsikan dan memahami vernakularitas peninggalan peradaban Islam. Metode yang digunakan pada penelitian ini adalah metode deskriptif kualitatif dengan pengambilan data dilakukan secara purposif sampling. Alat analisis pada penelitian ini adalah aspek vernakularitas yang dikemukakan oleh Mentayani (2017). Aspek vernakularitas dapat dilihat dari 3 hal yaitu aspek teknis, aspek budaya, dan aspek lingkungan yang ketiganya bisa dibahas secara bersamaan karena saling terkait pada ranah unsur dan abstrak. Kesimpulan yang didapatkan dari penelitian ini adalah : (1) vernakularitas pada arsitektur peradaban Islam dapat dilihat pada bentuk massa dan denah bangunan, yang tidak selalu mengikuti bentuk awal (tipologi) peninggalan peradaban Islam yaitu hypostyle; (2) vernakularitas ditunjukkan pada penggunaan material setempat dengan teknologi setempat, misalnya di Afrika Barat menggunakan bata tanah liat yang dikeringkan tanpa dibakar dan penguat dinding dari batang kayu. Kata kunci: vernakularitas, arsitektur, peninggalan peradaban Islam ABSTRACT. The legacy of a civilization can be seen from the work left behind. Architecture is a form of work that can be used to view and trace the relics of a civilization. The legacy of civilization from one region to another will be influenced by local environmental conditions. This is the background of the importance of conducting research related to architectural vernacularity. This research is a research that aims to identify, describe and understand the vernacularity of Islamic civilization heritage. The method used in this study is a qualitative descriptive method with data collection carried out by purposive sampling. The analytical tool in this study is the aspect of vernacularity proposed by Mentayani (2017). Aspects of vernacularity can be seen from 3 things, namely technical aspects, cultural aspects, and environmental aspects, all three of which can be discussed simultaneously because they are interrelated in the elemental and abstract realms. The conclusions obtained from this study are: (1) vernacularity in Islamic civilization architecture can be seen in the shape of the mass and building plans, which do not always follow the initial form (typology) of Islamic civilization heritage, namely hypostyle; (2) vernacularity is shown in the use of local materials with local technology, for example in West Africa using clay bricks that are dried without being burned and wall reinforcement from logs. Keywords: vernacularity, architecture, heritage of Islamic civilization
The evaluation of cTnT/CK-MB ratio is as a predictor of change in cardiac function after myocardial infarction
Authors: Eyyupkoca Ferhat , Felekoglu Mehmet Ali , Karakus Gultekin , Kocak Ajar , Yildirim Onur , Altintas Mehmet Sait , Sabanoglu Cengiz , Kiziltunc Emrullah , Karabekir Ercan , Ozkan Can
Published: September 2021

Objective: Cardiac enzymes that are released during acute myocardial infarction (AMI) are of prognostic importance. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between cardiac troponin T (cTnT) and creatine kinase myocardial band (CK-MB) release during AMI and 6-month post-AMI left ventricular (LV) function, as assessed by magnetic resonance imaging.

Methods: This prospective cohort observational study included 131 adult patients (113 males, 18 females, mean age 53.8 (8.6) years) who had been diagnosed with a new ST-segment elevation AMI (STEMI) in the emergency department. Cardiac enzymes were assessed by serial measurements. Blood samples obtained at 12 h post-AMI were included in the analysis. The reference value for CK-MB was 2–25 U/L, while for troponin it was - 0.1 ng/mL. Values above the reference limit were accepted as positive. Patients underwent cardiovascular magnetic resonance at 2 weeks and 6 months post-AMI. LV stroke volume was quantified as LV EDV – LV ESV, and ejection fraction (EF) was determined with the following equation: EF = [(LV EDV – LV ESV)/LV EDV] × 100. Adverse remodeling was defined based on the threshold values that are commonly accepted for changes in the LV end-diastolic volume (∆LV-EDV, &qt;10%) and LV end-systolic volume (∆LV-ESV, &qt;12%).

Results: All of the patients were cTnT- and CK-MB-positive at 12 h. There was no found significant difference between both groups regarding the risk factors of coronary artery disease (including diabetes mellitus, hypertension, hyperlipidemia and smoking).  Adverse cardiac remodeling was observed in 32.1% (n = 42) of the patients. cTnT/CK-MB was determined to be an independent predictor of the ΔLV-EDV (β ( SE = 0.55 ( 0.08, p<0.001), ΔLV-ESV (β ( SE = 1.12 ( 0.28, p<0.001), and adverse remodeling (OR = 1.13, p<0.001). The cTnT/CK-MB ratio was able to predict adverse remodeling with 85.7% sensitivity and 74.2% specificity (area under the ROC curve (AUC) = 0.856, p<0.001). The cTnT levels were able to predict adverse remodeling with 73.8% sensitivity and 78.7% specificity (AUC = 0.796, p<0.001). CK-MB did not significantly predict adverse remodeling (AUC = 0.516, (p=0.758).

Conclusion: The cTnT/CK-MB ratio was superior to its components in predicting changes in LV function after STEMI. The cTnT/CK-MB ratio can be used in clinical practice for risk stratification and treatment optimization.
СУЧАСНА ПАРАДИГМА УПРАВЛІННЯ ЗАКЛАДОМ ОХОРОНИ ЗДОРОВ’Я В УМОВАХ ПРОВЕДЕННЯ МЕДИЧНОЇ РЕФОРМИ
Authors: Nazarko Svitlana
Published: September 2021

The article discusses the process of moving from an administrative to an economic model of managing a healthcare facility. The possibility and specifics of the application of socio-economic and systematic approaches to the economic management of the health care institution with regard to the ownership and sphere of activity are determined. Requirements for candidates for management positions in medical institutions are considered, and new knowledge and requirements that heads of medical institutions in Ukraine must possess are highlighted. It has been found that the main criterion for marketing a health care institution in the market economy is quality competition.
El espejo deformante. Heracles en el cine del siglo XXI
Authors:   Universidad de La Laguna (España), Rodríguez Pérez Joana
Published: September 2021

This article examines how 21st-century cinema has embraced one of the most important figures in classical mythology, the Greek hero Herakles. How cinematic art has captured and adapted the events that classical sources tell of the myth of the son of Zeus. And beyond his story, how it has assumed, varied or decontextualized the personality, values and attitude of a being that was undeniably of his time. In this way, by comparing the written story with the filmed story, we examine which episodes of the hero’s life have been brought to the big screen and which of them have not, and try to explain why. This comparison will also help us to determine the interrelations between the production of the films and the literary work on which they are based.
COMPETITION LAW IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: HOW READY WE ARE FOR THE CHALLENGES OF THE MODERN AGE?
Authors: Imamović-Čizmić Kanita , Kovačević-Bajtal Elma , Ramić Lejla
Published: September 2021

Bosnia and Herzegovina, having an extremely complex state system and at the same time being a developing country and economy in transition with a commitment to membership in the European Union, faces numerous challenges in adapting national legislation to the acquis communautaire. One of the key segments of the introduction of European standards is the establishment of an effective mechanism for the protection of competition in legislative and institutional terms. With the adoption of the Competition Law in 2005, which brings new solutions and is largely in line with the acquis, Bosnia and Herzegovina has made a significant step forward from the previous state of legal irregularity in this important segment. However, sixteen years of the enforcement of the BiH Competition Law have shown certain shortcomings regarding the particular solutions contained in it. These shortcomings concern the part of the provision of the law that regulates procedural issues, but also the functioning of the authority responsible for the protection of competition in Bosnia and Herzegovina and it can be assumed that these are obstructive elements in response to the challenges of COVID-19 pandemic. In order to follow the international trends, companies in BiH have entered into a process of business digitalization, which, however, being accelerated due to COVID-19 pandemic, has created many challenges before the Council of Competition of BiH as the authority responsible for public enforcement of the competition law. The aim of this paper is to question the extent to which COVID-19 pandemic has affected the work of the Council of Competition BiH, as well as to address some of the particular issues it has faced before the pandemic, including growing market concentration, growing power of digital platforms, protectionism, consumer vulnerability and consequent loss of public confidence. In order to meet the set research goals, the first part of the paper will present an analysis of the legal solutions in the context of the legal and institutional aspect of competition protection and will provide an overview of the situation regarding the digitalization of business operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The second part of the paper will provide an analysis of the work of the Council of Competition of BiH with special reference to the period of declaring the pandemic COVID-19.
INFLUENCE OF SITUATION FACTORS ON CONSUMER BEHAVIOR
Authors:   Higher Educational Establishment of Ukoopspilka «Poltava University of Economics and Trade», Traino Viktoriia
Published: September 2021

In competitive markets, it is important for companies to identify factors that affect consumer behavior and well-timed anticipate alterations in their behavior. The probability of purchasing goods or services by the consumer depends on certain situations in which he finds himself. Understanding the characteristics of situational factors, consumer preferences, habits, the ability to predict and manage them will influence consumer behavior, especially in the buying process. At present, the issues of studying the influence of situational factors on consumer behavior in today's unique conditions are insufficiently studied. The purpose of the publication is to analyze the impact of situational factors on consumer behavior in today's special conditions and to propose appropriate measures to improve the activities of enterprises, taking into account the factors considered. The study used general scientific research methods: abstract-logical, analysis and synthesis, systematization and generalization. Consumer behavior is a person's actions under the influence of the environment, individual and psychological differences in the process of realizing the need, finding information, choosing, purchasing, using goods or services and getting rid of them. An important condition for the effective operation of the enterprise is to determine the most noteworthy factors influencing consumer behavior. One of such factors is situational. The modern period is characterized by the following situations that regulate or modification the habits of consumers: changes in social status; emergence of the latest technologies; rules and norms established by the state and society; emergencies. During the life of the same person under the influence of situations modification desires, values, habits, needs, behavior. Therefore, businesspersons and marketers should allot special attention to situational factors that influence consumer behavior. After all, the influence on customer behavior is a effective instrument for modeling consumer behavior and demand governance.