bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Consumers’ perception on the advantages and disadvantages of cookies and browsing history
Authors: Pelau Corina , Niculescu Miruna , Stanescu Mihaela
Published: August 2020

The new internet technologies have changed radically the communication between consumers and companies and they had an important role in changing the way consumer data is gathered. In comparison to the traditional way in which several surveys and experiments have been done, nowadays the consumer data is stored with the help of different technologies. Nowadays the consumer is online most of the time and his/her entire activity is monitored by the intelligent systems and applications installed on his mobile device. This storage of consumer data gives companies the possibility to personalize the interaction to the consumer, but in the same time it gives an insight in the private life of the consumer. In our research we investigate the attitude and awareness of consumers towards the advantages and disadvantages of the storage of cookies and browsing history. The results show that there is an average perception on the advantages and a higher awareness on the disadvantages.
Digital marketing on destination sustainability Study case: Romanian Ecotourism
Authors: Teodorov Alexandru Valentin , Muresan Manuela Liliana , Dinu Diana Mariana , Dinu Alexandra Cristina
Published: August 2020

Marketing and publicity have played a very significant role in promoting touristic destinations. Over the years, destinations promoted in papers, magazines and even movies, have become more and more crowded. This phenomenon even happened to the extent that it threatens the local environment and the wellbeing of locals. By studying recent news regarding popular tourist destinations, the article will observe the shift in the mindset of both tourists and policy makers. Therefore, should campaigns be held to raise awareness regarding different threats a destination faces, a shift of mindset will occur. This can be observed from the point of view of policy makers, locals and even tourists. The aim of this article is to study and compare both, publicity done for sustainability and publicity done for the sake of popularizing a touristic destination. Through this comparison the article wants to see if there are any changes in the behavior of tourists when reaching specifically advertised destinations but also if certain types of publicity have determined policy makers to take a stand for sustainability.
The importance of human capital and the human organization management in a crisis situation
Authors: Lazarov Alexandru-Sebastian
Published: August 2020

The main attributes of an organizations are characterized as open and dynamic social systems, able to develop individually. In essence, an organization is a social system with human capacity, beyond the means of production, essential to the formation, operation and development of an organization. Interactions between people and the connections between them are important in achieving the goal of the organization. The objectives of the organization must coincide with the goals of the organization’s leadership and meet the needs of those involved in the production system, so the level of connection between human capital and resources is essential. Human capital is the most important factor for the organization, it represents the accumulation of professional skills, combined with the creativity and initiative of each person, together generating essential resources to the organization and producing services and materials meant to generate profit. Each organization invests in forming and developing the human capital in order to create specialists in the industrial branches that the organization develops. Satisfaction with the basic needs of employees is an essential factor in the organization’s development. If this is not the case, the human capital can be destabilized slightly and can cause the state of crisis. Defeating human primordial needs can lead to an increase in the state of crisis of the organization, thus being able to evolve until the collapse of the organization.

Human capital, in the event of a crisis, regardless of its nature, is the most important factor. The human factor decides how the crisis will be perceived and the means used to end the crisis.Knowing the human capital, the needs and especially the abilities of each employee can help the organization overcome a crisis moment easily and can solve an emergency without involving all the factors at its disposal.
Performance – Based Budgeting – an option or a necessity
Authors: Manta Andreea-Mariana
Published: August 2020

The paper aims to present the concept of Performance – Based Budgeting and its importance for the economic development of a country. Performance – Based Budgeting is applied since decades ago in countries like Sweden or USA, whilst the others may learn from the good practices examples offered by the two. The present research highlights the advantages of implementing this concept, the suitable ways for implementing it, the obstacles that are often encountered and important recommendations for improving its use. The research was based on the literature review of the publications and the official data available in the studied field. The results of the paper contributes to implementing Performance – Based Budgeting in Romania but also to improving its implementation in other countries. Therefore, the paper offers solutions to stimulate a sustainable economic development of a country. The conclusion will reveal if Performance-Based Budgeting is an option among other concepts or a strong necessity for nowadays economic challenges.
Influence of concurrent capecitabine based chemoradiotherapy with bevacizumab on the survival rate, late toxicity and health-related quality of life in locally advanced rectal cancer: a prospective phase II CRAB trial
Authors: Velenik Vaneja , Zadnik Vesna , Omejc Mirko , Grosek Jan , Tuta Mojca
Published: August 2020

Background

Few studies reported early results on efficacy, toxicity of combined modality treatment for locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC) by adding bevacizumab to preoperative chemoradiotherapy, but long-term data on survival, and late complications are lacking. Further, none of the studies reported on the assessment of quality of life (QOL).

Patients and methods

After more than 5 years of follow-up, we updated the results of our previous phase II trial in 61 patients with LARC treated with neoadjuvant capecitabine, radiotherapy and bevacizumab (CRAB study) before surgery and adjuvant chemotherapy. Secondary endpoints of updated analysis were local control (LC), disease free (DFS) and overall survival (OS), late toxicity and longitudinal health related QOL (before starting the treatment and one year after the treatment) with questionnaire EORTC QLQ-C30 and EORTC QLQ-CR38.

Results

Median follow-up was 67 months. During the follow-up period, 16 patients (26.7%) died. The 5-year OS, DFS and LC rate were 72.2%, 70% and 92.4%. Patients with pathological positive nodes or pathological T3–4 tumors had significantly worse survival than patients with pathological negative nodes or T0–2 tumors. Nine patients (14.8%) developed grade 33 late complications of combined modality treatment, first event 12 months and last 87 months after operation (median time 48 months). Based on EORTC QLQ-C30 scores one year after treatment there were no significant changes in global QOL and three symptoms (pain, insomnia and diarrhea), but physical and social functioning significantly decreased. Based on QLQ-CR38 scores body image scores significantly increase, problems with weight loss significantly decrease, but sexual dysfunction in men and chemotherapy side effects significantly increase.

Conclusions

Patients with LARC and high risk factors, such as positive pathological lymph nodes and high pathological T stage, deserve more aggressive treatment in the light of improving long-term survival results. Patients after multimodality treatment should be given greater attention to the regulation of individual aspects of quality of life and the occurrence of late side effects.
Key Metallurgical Parameters of Fe-Ni Production During 1984–1997 and 2007–2017 at the Ferronickel Smelter in Drenas
Authors: Bajraktari-Gashi Zarife , Zabeli Muharrem , Halilaj Behram
Published: August 2020

During 1984–1997, the ferronickel plant in Drenas used iron-nickel ore from the mines of the Republic of Kosovo: Glavica and Çikatove (Dushkaje and Suke) mines. However, during the years 2007–2017, when the plant started operating from the cessation of production, which was from 1998 to 2007, some types of iron-nickel ores from different countries began to be used, starting from iron-nickel ores from Kosovo, iron-nickel ores from Albania, ores from Indonesia, ores from the Philippines, ores from Guatemala, ores from Turkey and ores from Macedonia. The ore composition, however, is mainly oxide-laterite ore. Iron-nickel ores in the plant are characterised by high moisture content, a very important factor influencing the process of scraping the charge in rotary kilns and presenting in general. Among the iron-nickel ore used in the ferronickel plant, the ores from Albania are characterised due to their low moisture content when compared with the other ores as well as the high content of iron oxides, which affect the temperature rise inside the furnaces, as the iron ores play an important role in the pre-casting process in rotary kilns.
Metabolomic biomarkers of polycystic ovary syndrome related-obesity: a review of the literature
Authors: Vonica Camelia Larisa , Farcas Anca Daniela , Roman Gabriela , Muresan Andrada Alina , Fodor Adriana , Cernea Simona , Georgescu Carmen Emanuela
Published: August 2020

Background and objectives: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) displays a phenotype-dependent cardio-metabolic risk. By performing a systematic search of the literature, we aimed to summarize metabolomic signatures associated with obesity in PCOS women.

Data sources and study eligibility criteria: We conducted a comprehensive search including: Embase, PubMed, and Web of Science until 31st of May 2019. We used the terms: metabolomics and polycystic ovary syndrome. We excluded the following papers: animal studies, studies that included only lean PCOS women, reviews, meta-analyses, results of interventional studies, those that did not apply metabolomic techniques.

Results: The lipid signature in obese women with PCOS showed increased levels of free fatty acids (carnitine, adipic acid, linoleic acid, oleic acid) and lower levels of lysophosphatidylcholines and glycerolphosphocholine compared with non-obese PCOS women. Regarding carbohydrate metabolism, a decrease in citric and lactic acid levels characterized obese PCOS women. Decreased lactic acid in obese PCOS women suggests augmented insulin stimulated glucose muscle use in lean, but not in obese women. Considering amino acid metabolomic markers, valine, glycine, serine, threonine, isoleucine and lysine were higher in obese PCOS women. Patients with visceral obesity presented a diminished uptake of essential amino acids, BCAA, leucine and serine in the skeletal muscle. α-ketoglutarate was significantly higher in obese women with PCOS in comparison with lean women with PCOS, distinguishing these 2 subgroups of PCOS with high ‘predictive accuracy’.

Limitations: Overall, a small number of studies have focused on the impact of obesity on the metabolic fingerprints of PCOS women. There is need for properly controlled, high-quality studies.

Conclusions: There is compelling evidence of significant alterations in carbohydrate, lipid, and amino acid metabolism in women with PCOS and obesity. Metabolomics may identify new metabolic pathways involved in PCOS and improve our understanding of the complex relation between PCOS and obesity in order to personalize PCOS therapy.
Characterization of antibiotic resistance integrons harbored by Romanian Escherichia coli uropathogenic strains
Authors: Oprea Mihaela , Militaru Madalina Cornelia , Ciontea Adriana Simona , Cristea Daniela , Cristea Violeta , Usein Codruta Romanita
Published: August 2020

Because little is known about the integrons which constitute an important means of spreading resistance in bacteria circulating in Romania, this study aimed to detect antibiotic resistance gene cassettes embedded in integrons in a convenient collection of 60 ciprofloxacin-resistant Escherichia coli isolates of various phylogroups, associated with community-acquired urinary tract infections. Characterization of the integrons was accomplished by PCR, restriction fragment length polymorphism typing, and DNA sequencing of each identified type. More than half of the tested E. coli strains were positive for integrons of class 1 (31 strains) or 2 (1 strain). These strains derived more frequently from phylogenetic groups A (15 of 21 strains), B1 (10 of 14 strains), and F (3 of 4 strains), respectively. While 20 strains carried class 1 integrons which could be assigned to nine types, eleven strains carried integrons that lacked the 3’-end conserved segment. The attempts made to characterize the gene cassettes located within the variable region of the various integrons identified in this study revealed the presence of genes encoding resistance to trimethoprim, aminoglycosides, beta-lactams or chloramphenicol. The evidence of transferable resistance determinants already established in the autochthonous E. coli strains highlights the need for improved control of resistance-carrying bacteria.
Comparative Evaluation of RNAlater Solution and Snap Frozen Methods for Gene Expression Studies in Different Tissues
Authors: Ozkan Huseyin , Kerman Enes
Published: August 2020

Introduction: Freezing of tissues with liquid nitrogen is the most common method in studies performed at the RNA level. However, the use of RNA stabilization solutions has become a popular alternative method. The aim of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of RNAlater on RNA stabilization in different tissues.

Material and Methods: In this study, RNA were isolated from the lung, heart, liver and skeletal muscle tissues of rats that were frozen with liquid nitrogen (snap frozen, SF group) or stored in RNAlater solution (RL group), and the changes in concentration, purity, reference genes expression, and fold-change levels between groups were analyzed.

Results: In the RL group, the concentration of RNA isolated from the liver tissues was higher (P<0.05), whereas the A260/280 ratio was lower in the heart and liver tissues (P<0.05). PPIA and SRP72 genes were found to have lower Ct values in the heart tissues of rats in the RL group (P<0.05 and P<0.001, respectively) than the SF group. Expression levels of PPIA, ACTB, and SRP72 genes across the tissues were found to be different between the groups (P<0.05). The gene expression level examined in terms of fold-change was significantly different in the RL group (upregulated up to 4 folds and downregulated about 0.5 fold) (P< 0.05).

Conclusions: The results showed that RNAlater can maintain the RNA integrity and can also change the results of gene expression because it does not inhibit biological activity. The snap freezing method is more reliable because gene expression is more stable in tissues frozen with liquid nitrogen.
Carbapenemase Producing Enterobacterales in Romania: Investigating the Origins
Authors: Molnár Szabolcs , Vas Krisztina Eszter , Székely Edit
Published: August 2020

Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales (CPE) have emerged and spread in Romania since 2010. According to the reports of the EuSPACE (European survey of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae) the epidemio-logical stage of the CPE expansion in Romania has shifted from sporadic occurrence in 2013 directly to inter-regional spread in 2014-2015. In this study we aimed to provide data from the timeframe when the dissemination of the carbapenemase genes in Romania began, by retrospectively analyzing CPE strains in a tertiary care university hospital. During the period of November 2012 – October 2013 we found 107 CPE (8.78%) out of 1219 non-duplicate Enterobacterales strains. 26 isolates of various Enterobacterales species carried blaNDM-1, 83 Klebsiella pneumoniae strains were positive for blaOXA-48-like and 2 of these co-harboured blaNDM-1. The increased incidence of OXA-48 producing K. pneumoniae was linked to a two-peaked hospital outbreak during February and May 2013. The percentage of 24.3% of NDM-1 producers was alarming due to the diversity of involved species and the higher resistance levels to carbapenems compared with blaOXA-48-like gene carriers. Plasmid replicon typing revealed a great diversity of plasmids in NDM-1-positive strains, belonging to incompatibility groups A/C, FII, FIIk, HI2, L and M. The strong connection between certain plasmid groups and host species suggests that the transfer of broad host-range plasmids through conjugation does not play the main role in the successful spread of blaNDM-1 among Enterobacterales species.
Successful Aging in Small Enterprises: Entrepreneurship, Job Demands-Resources, and Health
Authors: Miao Chao , Qian Shanshan , Humphrey Ronald
Published: August 2020

Successful aging at work is an important topic which is pertinent to everyone who works to make a living because getting older is unavoidable. The objective of this paper is to draw on Job Demands-Resources (JD-R) model to explore successful aging in the field of entrepreneurship. A conceptual approach was used to examine the successful aging in the field of entrepreneurship. Building on JD-R model, older workers who pursue entrepreneurship may have improved mental and physical health and obtain successful aging at work. The current study developed a theoretical foundation to explore successful aging in the field of entrepreneurship and offered suggestions for future research.
A Grammar of the Distinctive Competence Development at the Firm for the Solution of Systemic Problems
Authors: Braga Bruno da Rocha
Published: August 2020

Competitiveness results from factors beyond the structural conditions and organizational boundaries, such as interorganizational cooperation. Evidence gathered in Brazilian credit unions suggests there is a social process in the firm for generating organizational capabilities and economic goods to satisfy needs defined by social structures in charge of solving market failures and structural deficiencies in the productive system. An exploratory and descriptive multiple case study with longitudinal qualitative data implemented using a systematic, computer-supported Process Tracing technique can refine a mathematical model of social phenomenon relying on a sequence of decision-making events of deterministic nature. Two case studies revealed that firms maintain relationships of cooperation and contribution with partners and structures in their organizational and environmental surroundings whenever their economic performance is constrained by competitive problems of systemic nature, for which there is no solution based on the mechanisms of market price and state intervention.
Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic School Close Down on the Research Programme of Higher Institutions
Authors: Jacob Ogunode Niyi
Published: August 2020

The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of covid-19 pandemic school close down on the research programme of higher institutions in Abuja, Nigeria. Descriptive survey design was used for the study and 4 research questions was developed for the study. Random sampling method was used to select 120 researchers in the four sampled institutions. The instrument used for collection of data was a structured questionnaire. Result collected revealed that 100% of the respondents agreed that Covid-19 pandemic school closure have impact on research program of higher institutions in FCT, 100% of the respondents agreed that Covid-19 pandemic will affects the flow of international research grants into higher institutions in FCT, 92% of the respondents agreed that Covid-19 pandemic will affects government funding of research higher institutions in FCT and 100% agreed that higher institutions as part of their community services by creating awereness to the general public on prevention of covid-19.The study also showed that 100% of the respondents agreed that higher institutions in Federal Capital Territory are collaborating with other institutions on the research for covid-19 vaccine while 69.17% of the respondents agreed that higher institutions in FCT are producing face masks for free distributions for the people to protect them from containing the covid-19 in Abuja. Based on this finding, this paper thereby recommends that government should increase the funding of research programme in Abuja and other higher institutions in the country.
Caracterización y análisis del aprovechamiento de residuos vegetales generados en la central de abastos Merca-Neiva
Authors: Valderrama Lopez Christian Felipe , Férnandez Montealegre Adriana María , Duque Andrade Yineth
Published: August 2020

La falta de gestión y educación ambiental dentro de las centrales de abastos de frutas y verduras en   ciudades intermedias de Colombia, está generando volúmenes de residuos innecesarios que terminan dispuestos en rellenos sanitarios, desaprovechando su potencial de recuperación y reciclaje.  El propósito de esta investigación fue determinar los factores que ocasionan los problemas en la separación y disposición de residuos, a partir de un estudio de caso dentro del establecimiento comercial de expendio de frutas y verduras más grande de la ciudad de Neiva – Colombia con un área de 80.049 m2. Para su desarrollo se determinó la periodicidad y frecuencia de recolección y transporte de los residuos a diario, se realizó una caracterización de estos y se aplicó una herramienta de recolección a 107 establecimientos. Se encontró un problema cultural, un 72% de la comunidad comerciante envejecida, un 54% de residuos orgánicos desaprovechados, 42% de otros residuos recuperables.
THE EFFECT OF EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATION CULTURE ON COMPANY INNOVATION CAPABILITY
Authors: Kohir Aman Mohamad
Published: August 2020

Innovation Capability is incredibly important for companies to survive and gain competitive advantages. Some researchers examined the influence of corporate culture on Innovation Capability and revealed that the culture of the adhocracy had a positive effect on the company's Innovation Capability (Ahmad, 1998; Barlow 1999). Besides, the ability of innovation was also influenced by how strong employee engagement in the company is (Gichohi, 2014). To see the influence of adhocracy organization culture and employee engagement towards innovation capability in Indonesia, research was conducted with State-Owned Enterprises (SOE) employees as the subjects, as their role in shifting the Indonesian economic sector. The research questionnaires were distributed to 300 SOE’s employees in some sectors with a rate of return of 69.3% or 208. Of the total questionnaires entered, 178 questionnaires were completed and could be processed. With 5% degree of accuracy and 95% significance level, the results of data processing showed that employee engagement has a positive effect on Innovation Capability proved to be significant with t count 6.942 at α = 0.001 while the research hypothesis of adhocracy culture had a positive effect on Innovation Capability was shown to be significant with t count 2.144 and α = 0.032.
The Effect of Financial Conditions, Growth, and Debt to Equity Ratio on Company Sustainability with Corporate Governance as a Moderating Variable
Authors: Verawati Verawati
Published: August 2020

The purpose of this study is to get an empirical evidence whether financial condition, growth, and debt to equity ratio have a significant effect on company sustainability. Sample consists of companies that listed on Indonesian Stock Exchange since 2014 to 2017 and participating in the CGPI survey conducted by Indonesian Institute for Corporate Governance. Using multiple regression and moderated regression, the empirical results show that financial condition and debt to equity ratio has a significant positive effect on company sustainability, meanwhile growth does not have a significant effect in company sustainability. This study also try to get an empirical evidence whether corporate governance has a moderating effect to the relationship between financial condition and company sustainability, debt to equity ratio and company sustainability, growth and company sustainability. The result show that corporate governance does not have a moderating effect to the relationship between financial condition and company sustainability, debt to equity ratio and company sustainability, growth and company sustainability. Further study can use ASEAN CG Scorecard to obtain corporate governance scores and make a comparisons between industries.
INFLUENCE OF CUSTOMIZATION STRATEGY AGAINST COMPANY PERFORMANCE WITH MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING INFORMATION SYSTEM AS INTERVENING VARIABLE
Authors: Sariwulan Taty
Published: August 2020

This research aims to examine and analyze the influence of customization strategy on company performance with management accounting information systems as an intervening variable. In this research, the target population was the umrah travel agency registered at the Ministry of Religion in Bandung. Data obtained through the distribution of questionnaires addressed to the Director / Manager / Division Head of the company. Data analysis consists of descriptive and verification analysis. The results showed that the customization strategy, management accounting information systems and customization strategies that are intervening by management accounting information system have a positive effect on company performance. Based on the evaluation of structural models, the customization strategy in intervening management accounting system information gives a positive effect better than the direct effect with value 0.216. Management accounting information systems is needed to overcome uncertainties in determining and assessing the causal relationships that occur due to product customization that is undergoing constant changes to the product design and process. This research is also expected to contribute conceptually to the company in determining further policies regarding the performance of a company to be more effective in its implementation.
Identification of the Flip Folder Folding Machine Using Artificial Neuro Network Method with NARX (Nonlinear Auto Regressive Exogenous) Structure
Authors: Prabowo Yuliyanto Agung , Pambudi Wahyu Setyo , Imaduddin Ilmi Rizki
Published: August 2020

Folding machine is a tool that is needed in the small and medium scale laundry industry that has a goal for the efficiency of production time. The flip folder is the main component of this tool, which functions to fold the clothes by moving to form a certain deflection angle where the movement process is controlled by the controller. The system modeling process is the first step to study the characteristics of the system. In a dynamic system, the form of linear modeling is approved difficult to obtain a model that represents the actual physical model. Selecting the structure of the NARX (Nonlinear Autoregressive eXogenous) model was chosen to obtain the dynamic nature of the system. An estimation method to obtain parameter values from the system used Artificial Neural Networks (ANN), which is a trading scheme to be able to predict the output of a system that uses input data and output. Based on the offline assessment process using measurement data obtained by the NARX ANN model on the variation of the number of layers in 30 with a value of MSE 0,38641.
Text-Description as “Zero Degree of a Story”
Authors: Kuznetsov I. V.
Published: August 2020

Narration and reasoning as varieties of speech and text are two parallel ways to deploy the pre-predicative content of internal speech. The am- biguity of these paths is due to the nature of their reference to the two attributes of substance: extension and thought, correspondingly. However, traditional sci- entific and applied classifications distinguish three types of speech and text: narrative, reasoning, and description. In this regard, the system position of the text-description remains unclear, although the importance of it is especially obvious when studying works of fiction. Literary typology usually opposes description to narrative by the criterion of statics or dynamics, correspondingly.

The article proposes to consider the description as an eventless kind of speech, in this capacity opposing both eventual narrative and mentative. In addition, it is noted that the description is eidetic, as opposed to the logical narrative and the mentative. So the threefold opposition of speech and text varieties is asymmetric. In this approach, the description constitute itself as a “zero degree of the story”, as a “different”, relative to which other ways of constructing speech and text insist themselves.

The recognition of eventlessness as the most important characteristic of a description makes it possible to distinguish it from ecphrasis, which always carries an element of eventuality. A pure description is a linguistic construct rather than an empirical datum. It occurs only in a very narrow thematic and syntactic range of statements. These are nominatives and similar structures that point to the phenomena of the natural series. Every description of an artifact tends to be ecphrastic, as evidenced by the multiplication of the revealed varie- ties of ecphrasis in recent studies. In addition, in practice, description is usually inseparable from narrative or reasoning. Therefore, the barthesian formula of “zero degree” corresponds to both abstract conditionality and theoretical prima- cy of the description as a simple substance of speech.
To the Study of Visual Poetics in the Old Believer Literature of the 18th Century
Authors: Zhuravel O. D.
Published: August 2020

The article raises the problem of visual poetics in the Old Believer literature. The author analyzes the texts of Baroque rhetoric and sermons created on the Vyg during the 18 th century, including the works written by the Vyg leaders Andrei Denisov and Andrei Borisov. The author argues that focalization in the Old Believer literary culture is linked to general poetic attitudes. The Baroque Poetics implied the intensive inclusion of the illustrative material in the texts. Visual metaphors were meant to clarify the writer's idea, and simultaneously execute a didactic function. The author shows that visual images and metaphors used in the texts written at the beginning of the 18 th century helped to create an idealized image of the world, which itself was based on the structure- forming constants of the Baroque worldview. The excerpts from baroque rhetoric reflected the ideas common for the Baroque culture, such as the contrasting nature of the world, the world as a labyrinth, “vanitas vanitatum”, “life is a dream” etc. The usage of emblem is considered to be an example of the implementation of conceptual metaphors. The author displays how through the visualization techniques Andrei Denisov constructs the ideal image of Vyg as a place of spiritual asceticism. Details of the real-life and landscape are included in the utopian discourse, which encompasses the topic of paradise as well. Different symbols such as honey, bees, gold, sunshine, rose and others are used. The article discusses the first detailed description of the elephant in Russian literature, included in the allegorical context of Andrei Denisov’s preaching. At the end of the 18 th century, Andrei Borisov started emphasizing the author’s personality. Naturalistically accurate descriptions of the author’s condition focus attention on his viewpoint and also serve as an expression of the didactic thoughts. The detailed analysis of the unique example of ekphrasis from Andrei Borisov’s work, a description of the portrait of Catherine the Second by D. Levitsky, is provided.
Alien Creativity of Russian Macaronic Poetry
Authors: Demyankov V. Z.
Published: August 2020

Traditionally, the status of foreigners in Russia, especially of West-Europeans, is fairly high. My linguistic analysis of Russian literary sources of the 18 th to the 21 st centuries aims at eliciting presumptions (i. e. indirectly expressed opinions) and/or stereotypes of foreigners disclosed in occurrences of Russian lexical items such as ‘inostranets’ (“foreigner”). This procedure yields a list of typical culturally relevant “parameters of aliens” in Russian culture. Stereotypes of alien behaviour and alien appearance, for short, stereotypes of “Russian aliens” are specific for Russian culture and include a privileged social status and extraterritoriality. Foreigners are typically expected to be both intellectually superior in issues of civilization and utterly ignorant of virtually all Russian peculiarities of everyday life and of Russian customs.

Russian macaronic verses combining Russian with West-European expressions used to be popular in Russia, but they are much less frequent nowadays, i. a. because of certain shifts which the concept of “alien” underwent in the last decades of Russian history. The humor of Russian macaronic poetry is based on a sort of travesty, when a person held to be a foreigner because of admixture of foreign expressions (and therefore automatically occupying a privileged position) proves to be a pretender. “Alien creativity” of Russian macaronic verses may be looked at as a by-product of cultural adaptation of Russian culture to Western civilization.
Agroturismo una nueva alternativa para impulsar el desarrollo económico en el municipio de Ocaña
Authors: Hoyos-Patiño Johann Fernando , Hernández-Villamizar Daniel Antonio , Velásquez-Carrascal Blanca Liliana
Published: August 2020

El agroturismo funciona como motor económico en las regiones, generando impactos positivos, convirtiéndose en instrumento de difusión cultural y desarrollo. Con adecuada capacitación y organización, los productores pueden encontrar en esta actividad nuevas alternativas de diversificación para sus procesos productivos. La finalidad de esta investigación, fue elaborar una propuesta agroturística en el municipio de Ocaña-Norte de Santander, para impulsar el potencial paisajístico y productivo de la zona, bajo las condiciones de pequeños y medianos productores. Caracterizando la posible ruta agroturística con la ayuda de una matriz DOFA. En los resultados se proyecta una propuesta agroturística, que consiste en describir los procesos productivos y de servicios que pueden prestar los sistemas de producción, enfocados a turistas regionales, nacionales e internacionales. Por otra parte, se contemplan una serie de rutas turísticas adicionales que complementan los atractivos de la zona. Igualmente, se plantean algunas estrategias que faciliten el montaje del modelo agroturístico en el municipio de Ocaña, modelo de capacitación a los productores en aspectos como: gastronomía, contabilidad y servicio al turista. Se finaliza el estudio, resaltando el potencial de esta actividad económica, para la generación de ingresos no convencionales para los productores.
Comparación entre tecnologías emergentes y tradicionales en automatización e instrumentación industrial
Authors: De La Espriella-Babiloni Alfredy
Published: August 2020

El Objeto primordial de este trabajo es demostrar posibilidades con datos reales, y de especificaciones técnicas de los sistemas comerciales de automatización, (tradicionales y emergentes) al microempresario para que pueda actualizar los procesos automatizables, de maquinarias no automatizadas, para ampliar su vida útil y bajar sus costos, e incluir en estas actualizaciones tecnológicas capital humano local, para no tener que adquirir maquinaria nueva usando las tecnologías más adecuadas para cada proceso y para cada situación económica en particular, el carácter emergente de las tecnología conlleva a la búsqueda de la mejor herramienta tecnológica, que permita el usufructo de recurso como lo es el factor tiempo, la economía y la mano de obra profesional, las constante búsqueda de las empresas para ser líderes en su ramo hace que las de carácter obligatorio que las mismas innoven en las herramientas informáticas aprovechando las bondades de las mismas; consiguiente, este artículo esta seccionado de la siguiente manera; en la primera sección se hace una revisión de los mercados y las tecnologías tradicionales y las emergentes para seleccionar unas tecnologías que representen la comparación objeto de este articulo; en la segunda sesión se revisan los datos técnicos más representativos de dichas tecnologías.
Antropología criminal en Colombia: Análisis de sus principales obstáculos
Authors: Ramírez-Llerena Elizabeth
Published: August 2020

El presente trabajo abordará cuáles son los principales obstáculos de la antropología criminal en Colombia. Haciendo un examen crítico y exhaustivo de la producción antropológica criminal del país, cuestionando la ausencia de aportes en esta materia, la carencia de creatividad y la poca evolución de la antropología criminal. Desde el punto de vista de la sociología del conocimiento, emprende un análisis sobre la manera como se produce el saber criminológico o, mejor, sobre la forma cómo se reproduce, al igual que estudia el rol de los antropólogos criminales del país. También evalúa los problemas que significa la ausencia de una comunidad académica y de sentido crítico frente a la poca producción.
Análisis de estructuras para la retención de cantos rodados presentes en flujos torrenciales en zonas tropicales
Authors: Cáceres-Paredes Yorly , Quintana-Ortíz Betsy Daniella , Cely-Calixto Nelson Javier
Published: August 2020

Los flujos de avalanchas son fenómenos naturales ocasionados por una erosión, un desprendimiento o la inestabilidad de un material depositado en el manto o corteza terrestre, causando grandes pérdidas debido a su poder destructivo siendo uno de los desastres naturales que más vidas ha cobrado, como en las áreas Andinas de Perú, Colombia, Ecuador, y Venezuela las cuales están entre las zonas más afectadas por esta clase de sucesos; es por esta razón, que existe la importancia de conocer los tipos de flujo que amenazan determinados sectores, y de esta manera poder implementar un sistema de disipación que se ajuste a sus características. El presente trabajo resume los tipos de flujos de avalanchas y los sistemas de mitigación y disipación de energía utilizados para contener el flujo y así alcanzar un menor impacto por parte del fenómeno, teniendo como base los resultados de búsqueda obtenidos a través de una recopilación bibliográfica extraídos de documentos investigativos como libros, proyectos de grado, artículos científicos, bases de suscripción y de libre acceso. Finalmente, s analiza cuáles son los dispositivos más eficientes e implementados a nivel internacional y nacional con respuestas favorables a los tipos de flujos más concurridos pertenecientes a las catástrofes que causan la remoción en masa de los diferentes sedimentos.
Beacon Control System within a body of water
Authors: Pérez-Márquez Fabio
Published: August 2020

This document discusses the implementation of a wireless communications system to monitor and control the buoys of the access channel, since in Colombia in the coastal part it has the blessing to have access to two oceans that control a valuable source of communication and transport with the whole world, maritime resources and transformations, in such a way that strategies have been created to convert the oceans in an optimal and sustainable way into essential sources of economic and social development, and to protect protection, integration and the national maritime progress that also allows to impact coastal areas, where some of the poorest municipalities in the country are located. In this way it is desired to implement a communications system that will keep a constant watch on the operation of the devices where the simulation of a mesh network is performed using ZigBee transmitters that has the ability to transmit and receive wireless signal at a frequency of 2.4 GHz at 1200 meters to the line of sight in ideal working conditions. Zigbee is a technology that allows the deployment of wireless networks based on solutions of low cost and consumption, the main objective is secure communications with low shipping rate and changes the life of your batteries.
Reconocimiento Digital de Señales de Voz en Colombia
Authors: Vitola-De La Rosa Fernando
Published: August 2020

El reconocimiento de voz y los avances tecnológicos sean hecho cada vez más importantes en nuestra era, una fascinación por entender el comportamiento de las mismas se hacen presente, siempre ha sido un hecho curioso el poder comprender como proceso exacto , a través de que se puede medir o distinguir la voz, la implicación de un ordenador es la clave fundamental, así habría un entendimiento de hombre-máquina, por supuesto mediante una digitalización en código binarios que el ordenador pueda comprender, mas allá de que sea curiosidad el mismo se realiza con el fin de resolución de problemas sobre todo en aquellos casos que personas puedan tener alguna discapacidad en el modulado de sus palabras, y traducir, o en su defecto la búsqueda rápida de palabras en la internet,; por lo tanto se hace fascínate conocer las diferentes tecnología o programas que permiten la síntesis del reconocimiento de voz, por consiguiente, el presente este artículo se realiza un planteamiento general del problema del procesamiento de voz, se hace un análisis de los principales avances que se han presentado a nivel mundial en reconocimiento, síntesis y codificación de voz al igual que algunos de los trabajos realizados en Colombia en esta área.
Eficacia del derecho como categoría dogmática de la norma jurídica frente a la legitimidad de la norma
Authors: Nazir-Lleneris Indy Paola
Published: August 2020

El presente trabajo es producto de ciertas reflexiones teóricas, que involucran a la eficacia del derecho como categoría dogmática, frente a la legitimidad del ordenamiento jurídico colombiano. Con este trabajo se dan elementos al lector que le permiten establecer como la ineficacia, no es de recibo en las organizaciones del orden estatal, pero el sistema jurídico colombiano no está exento de la misma; en este sentido, se enuncia como nuestro sistema jurídico sufre un deterioro por falta de legitimidad por parte de los destinatarios directos de la norma. Así mismo permite mirar a Colombia desde una arista, que le concibe como un fracaso constitucional de las instituciones, que carecen de autoridad. Finaliza con una dura aseveración de como los colombianos no confían en sus instituciones y esto no favorece a la legitimidad de un derecho positivo, por tanto el ordenamiento se debilita, por falta de un verdadero capital social y una restructuración del orden legal.
Análisis comparativo del desempeño de los ladrillos tradicionales frente a ladrillos pet
Authors: Ortiz-Castellanos Emmanuel , Cristancho-Fernández Daniel , Avellaneda Brayan
Published: August 2020

El propósito de esta investigación fue analizar el desempeño de los ladrillos tradicionales frente a los pet, esto con el fin de establecer las diferencias que se puedan establecer con base a debilidades y fortalezas de cada uno frente a los diferentes factores establecidos para el análisis, encontró que contemplando la fabricación de ladrillos, el propósito de los ensayos de resistencia del concreto es la de determinar el cumplimiento de la especificación de resistencia y de medir su variabilidad, sin embargo estas variaciones también pueden ser el resultado de los procedimientos seguidos durante la dosificación, el mezclado, la colocación y el curado, además de estas, también se introducen variaciones en los ensayos por efecto de fabricación, por procedimiento de ensayo y por el tratamiento de las muestras de ensayo.
Propuesta de prevención del consumo de sustancias psicoactivas en los jóvenes desde un enfoque comunitario
Authors: Barroso-Carrillo Luis Oscar , Benitez-Hurtado Maria Alejandra
Published: August 2020

El objetivo del trabajo fue plantear una propuesta de gestión pública para la prevención del consumo de sustancias psicoactivas en jóvenes, teniendo en cuenta conceptos del Capital Social, Capital Intelectual y a través de un diseño metodológico de corte cuantitativo, observacional, descriptivo y documental; utilizando un instrumento ad hoc aplicado a través de una entrevista online a 341 jóvenes del municipio de Toledo. Se analizaron aspectos del entorno social y familiar, capacidad de influencia de las roscas y conductas parentales, en las decisiones de los jóvenes frente al consumo. Como resultado se encontró que existe tendencia hacia relaciones de amistad con consumidores de alcohol, alto porcentaje de consumo de bebidas alcohólicas en hogares, facilidad para acceder a sustancias psicoactivas y un rango de edad promedio de su primera experiencia de consumo entre 13 y 16 años. Lo anterior, abre discusión sobre inexistencia de programas sociales que involucren la juventud, adecuado control parental e ineficacia de las estrategias preventivas. Se concluye que la implementación de un modelo de gestión pública de prevención basado en enfoque comunitario y caracterizado por cambiar el entorno social, será una importante herramienta que ayude al fortalecimiento del capital social, generador de desarrollo integral y bienestar.
La indemnización de perjuicios inmateriales en materia de privación injusta de la libertad en la jurisprudencia de unificación del consejo de Estado
Authors: Romero-Figueroa Pedro Luis
Published: August 2020

La Privación Injusta De La Libertad, (en adelante P.I.J.D.L.), es un tema de gran relevancia en la práctica del derecho administrativo, puesto que consiste en una grave violación al derecho fundamental a la libertad personal. Es un tema que ha tenido un amplio desarrollo jurisprudencial, sobre todo a raíz de la constitución de 1991, y de la fórmula de Estado social de derecho, debiendo cumplir con procedimientos más estrictos y garantistas al momento de privar a cualquier colombiano de su libertad. Se usó el método de investigación cualitativa, hermenéutica, y será de tipo descriptiva, dado que llevaremos a cabo un estudio de la jurisprudencia del C.D.E., y especialmente la indemnización de perjuicios inmateriales. Este método permitirá abordar de una manera correcta el problema de investigación y ayudará a cumplir con los objetivos, acercando también al lector a una comprensión del problema bajo estudio. Como resultado se obtuvo una propuesta con criterios mixtos, es decir, objetivos y subjetivos, que le permitan al juez determinar de una manera precisa una indemnización similar o armónica ante casos similares, como la única posibilidad de respetar los derechos constitucionales de las víctimas de P.I.J.D.L.
La aretecracia/virtuscracia como objetivo teleológico de la sociedad civil del siglo XXI: Una sencilla y noble tarea de cada ciudadano comprometido con su propia vida política
Authors: Iriarte-Angarita Álvaro Andrés
Published: August 2020

El propósito de la investigación fue estudiar la necesidad de comenzar a examinar al mundo político desde nuevas categorías, asunto que atañe al gran número de humanistas del mundo y de Latinoamérica. La virtuscracia/aretecracia es un nuevo concepto que sirve para entender y proyectar una nueva forma de gobierno y de análisis del mundo contemporáneo. El existencialismo cristiano y el idealismo transcendental permitirá usar herramientas conceptuales para entender la importancia de una virtuscracia/aretecracia que ennoblezca el que hacer político de nuestro tiempo. La sombra del anacronismo no se posa sobre este análisis ya que la aretecracia/virtuscracia utiliza cánones del pensar para propiciar un cambio de paradigma en el pensar y quehacer político.