bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Traceability and certification of seed potato by blockchain technology
Authors: Sharma Kapil Kumar , Singh Paramjeet , Dua Vijay kumar , Sharma Jagdev
Published: November 2021

The use of blockchain technology for the seed supply chain will bring a real change to seed management. It provides the ability to track the purity of the seed. The unique digital identity created for every batch of seeds provides a complete history of the seed supply chain providing transparency and visibility to the buyer.

Potato is designated as “
Future Food” for food and nutritional security to the developing world by FAO in 2008 In Indian Agri-scenario potato’s is the fourth most important food crop after Rice, wheat, and maize. Potato, a vegetatively propagated crop, and its yield is affected by several factors. Among them, quality seed is one of the most important factors. Input cost for seed purchase goes upto 40 to 50 percent of the total input cost of the crop. The average yield increase from 30 to 50 percent by the use of good quality seed as compared to farmers’ seeds was reported by FAO in a document on potato in the Asia Pacific (https://www.fao.org/3/i0200e/I0200E05.htm). Punjab has earned the status of
“Seed Bowl of Potato” which meets 90% of the total disease-free potato requirement of the country (Status report Department of Horticulture, Punjab). It stands 6th in total potato production of 2.87 million tonnes, recording productivity (28.70 t/ha) from an area of 1.06 lakh ha in 2019-20 (Horticulture Statistics Division, Department of Agri. & Cooperation).

The government of Punjab (Department of Agri &farmers welfare) in the Year 2019 initiated the certification and traceability of seed potato to ensure optimum transparency. This task was entrusted to
Punjab Agri Export Corporation (PAGREXCO) along with a Bangalore based company-
Cropin Technology Solutions as the technology partner. Blockchain technology will be used to undertake certification and traceability of seed potato right from nucleus to seed level (harvest). In the crop season, 2019-20 a group of 23 farmers/seed producing agencies come under the umbrella with 1809.80 acres of seed potato of different varieties registered for certification. In the years 2020-21, the area under different stages of certification stands at 1499.63 acres.
Multidimensional Factor Structure of the Modified Child Rearing Practices Report questionnaire (CRPR-Q) in a sample of Portuguese mothers: A bifactor approach
Authors: Ribeiro Olívia , Guedes Maryse , Veríssimo Manuela , Rubin Kenneth H. , Santos António J.
Published: November 2021

Parental attitudes toward child socialization influence their child-rearing practices, the quality of parent-child relationships, and children’s developmental outcomes. The Modified Child Rearing Practices Questionnaire (CRPR-Q) has been widely used to assess parenting practices across children’s development. However, the few studies investigating its two-factorial structure (nurturance and restrictiveness) have shown inconsistent findings and have not explored measurement invariance across children’s sex and age groups. The aims of this study were to (1) further investigate the factorial structure of the CRPR-Q, by using bifactor solutions (b-confirmatory factor analysis [B-CFA] and b-exploratory structural equation modeling [B-ESEM]) and (2) examine the measurement invariance of CRPR-Q across children’s sex and age groups. A community sample of 589 Portuguese mothers of children aged 3 to 15 years completed the CRPR-Q. Our findings revealed that the B-ESEM model best fit the data. A clear differentiation between the two a priori factors (nurturance and restrictiveness) was found. However, our findings suggest the need to control for content specificity and rely on a broader perspective regarding the nurturance factor. Measurement invariance was observed across children’s sex but not across children’s age groups. These findings contribute to a more in-depth understanding of the underlying relationships among the CRPR-Q items.
Dark Triad: Associations with juvenile delinquency, conduct disorder and trauma
Authors: Palma Victor Hugo Gregório , Pechorro Pedro , Prather Joseph , Matavelli Rafaela , Correia Adriana , Jesus Saúl Neves
Published: November 2021

The Dark Triad (DT) consists of three personality traits (machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy). This is considered relevant for understanding the development of undesirable characteristics for society, frequently observed in young people and adults with antisocial and delinquent behaviours. Aversive personality traits have only recently aroused interest in researchers as a cohesive set of factors. The aim of this study was to analyse the associations of the DT (machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy) with juvenile delinquency, conduct disorder (CD), and trauma. For this, a total sample of Portuguese adolescents (n=601; Mage=15.95 years, SD=1.05 years, range=13-18 years) was used, subdivided into a male forensic group, male school group, and female school group. After the elaboration of multiple linear regression models, the results indicated that the psychopathy dimension was the one with the greatest association with juvenile delinquency and CD, while the narcissism dimension was the one with the greatest association with trauma. In future studies, the associations of the DT with juvenile delinquency, CD, and trauma in Portuguese adolescents should continue to be explored in the forensic and school contexts, to further clarify these relationships and contribute to the development and implementation of prevention and intervention programs for Youth with these characteristics.
Invented spelling intervention programmes: Comparing explicit and implicit instructions
Authors: Almeida Tiago , Silva Ana Cristina , Rosa João
Published: November 2021

This study aims to compare the effectiveness of two invented spelling intervention programs, one with explicit instruction of graph-phonetics matches and another based on questioning and reflection on the graph-phonetic correspondences (implicit instructions). Ninety pre-school children, whose invented spellings use conventional letters unconventionally to represent sounds, were allocated to three groups, two experimental and one control. All groups were equivalent in age, intelligence, letter knowledge, and phonological awareness. We manipulated the type of instructions (implicit vs. explicit) between the pre- and post-tests in two experimental groups where children participated in an intervention programme of invented spelling. Children who participated in the implicit intervention programme showed a significant improvement in the number of correct letters mobilized in their spelling and phonemic awareness compared with children of control and explicit instruction group. Children from explicit instruction group showed significant more improvements than the children from the control group. These results suggest that questioning and reflection applied to invented spelling programmes seems to enhance a more significant knowledge about the relations between the oral and written code.
Parenting and child well-being during the COVID-19 outbreak: The importance of marital adjustment and parental self-efficacy
Authors: Diniz Eva , Brandão Tânia , Monteiro Lígia , Veríssimo Manuela
Published: November 2021

The pandemic situation of COVID-19 has introduced new challenges on family routines, affecting interpersonal relationships, which may have detrimental consequences to child well-being. The current study aimed to examine the direct effects of marital adjustment on child socioemotional adjustment and to test if parental self-efficacy mediated this association during home confinement due to COVID-19. A final sample of 163 caregivers was recruited online during home confinement period. On average children were 6 years-old (SD=2.92; 44.8% girls). Caregivers and their child were in home confinement for an average of 31 days (SD=12.08). Most of the couples had been married or living together for an average of 14 years (SD=5.77) and had a university degree, mostly living in metropolitan areas. Caregivers answer to a set of measures assessing marital adjustment, parental self-efficacy, and child socioemotional competence and behavior. Findings depicted a direct effect on the positive association between marital satisfaction and parental self-efficacy, and negatively associated with anger-aggression. Parental self-efficacy was positively associated with child’s: social competence, negatively associated with anger-aggression, and anxiety-withdrawal. Indirect effects depicted that marital satisfaction was associated with child’s social competence, anger-aggression and anxiety-withdrawal through parental self-efficacy. Thus, higher marital satisfaction was associated with more parental self-efficacy which in turn was associated with more child’s social competence. Findings are relevant to the current state of the art, given the lack of information regarding imposed isolation due to COVID-19 and the consequences it may have to child’s well-being.
The formal structure of practical rationality
Authors: Tienda Palop Lydia de
Published: November 2021

The concept of rationality is strongly normative. Indeed, qualifying an action as rational implies demarcating spaces of inclusion and exclusion that have a practical impact. However, the notion of rationality is not fully explained. In this article I intend to clarify the constitutive elements of the formal structure of practical rationality in order to facilitate its conceptualisation.
The dual process model of moral judgement
Authors: Pérez Zafrilla Pedro Jesús
Published: November 2021

In this article I analyse the dual process model of moral judgement. First, I set out Joshua Greene’s and Jonathan Haidt’s propositions, which represent two schools of thought on this theory. Next, I conduct a number of methodological reviews. On the one hand, I argue that the method used is tautological, while on the other, I show that the use of dilemmas is not an adequate tool with which to account for moral deliberation.
«Homo reciprocans» from the neuroscientific literature
Authors: González-Esteban Elsa , Calvo Patrici
Published: November 2021

The present work has a twofold objective: firstly, to critically trace the concept of reciprocity used in neuroscientific studies, particularly from the domain of neuroeconomics; and secondly, to specify the normative frame from which human reciprocity can be defined, from which philosophical neuroethics can develop, and to identify plausible ways to promote it through brain stimulation in order to impact the epigenetic footprint by reinforcing cordial reciprocity.
Scholars and Literati at the Academy of Sciences of Turin (1757–1800)
Authors: De la Croix David , Zanardello Chiara
Published: November 2021

This note is a summary description of the set of scholars and literati who were members or associates of the Academy of Sciences of Turin from its inception in 1757 to the eve of the Industrial Revolution (1800).
Kajian Kualitas Air Berdasarkan Keanekaragaman Meiofauna dan Parameter Fisika-Kimia di Pesisir Losari, Makassar
Authors: Yusal Muh Sri , Hasyim Ahmad
Published: November 2021

Pesisir merupakan kawasan yang rentan mengalami penurunan kualitas perairan akibat masuknya bahan-bahan pencemar hasil aktivitas antropogenik dari daratan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk untuk mengkaji kualitas perairan berdasarkan keanekaragaman meiofauna dan parameter fisika-kimia di pesisir Losari, Makassar. Selain itu penelitian ini dilakukan untuk menganalisis pengaruh parameter fisika-kimia terhadap keanekaragaman meiofauna di dasar perairan. Penelitian ini bersifat kuantitatif dengan teknik pengambilan data secara purposive sampling. Status kualitas perairan di pesisir Losari dikategorikan sebagai perairan yang tercemar berat, hal ini didasarkan pada tingkat keanekaragaman spesies meiofauna yang sangat rendah dan sebagian besar parameter fisika-kimia perairan yang tidak memenuhi baku mutu yang telah ditentukan oleh pemerintah RI melalui Kep. MLH. No. 51 Tahun 2004. Kecerahan, DO, Suhu, kedalaman, salinitas, dan nitrat sedimen merupakan parameter fisika-kimia yang berkorelasi positif atau berpengaruh terhadap tingkat keanekaragaman meiofauna. Adapun parameter lingkungan perairan yang berkorelasi negatif terhadap tingkat keanekaragaman meiofauna di pesisir Losari, diartikan sebagai hubungan yang tidak menguntungkan. Kondisi ini terjadi akibat meiofauna merasa terganggu atas sebaran fosfat sedimen, nitrat air laut, fosfat air laut, dan pH yang tidak memenuhi baku mutu air laut.ABSTRACTThe Coastal zone are susceptible to decreasing water quality due entry of pollutants from anthropogenic activities in the mainland. This study assessed water quality based on meiofauna diversity and physical-chemical parameters in the Losari coast, Makassar. Furthermore, this study was to analyze the physical-chemical parameters effect on the diversity of meiofauna at the seabed. It employed a quantitative approach with purposive sampling technique. Water quality status on the Losari coast categorized as heavily polluted waters, this based on low level of meiofauna species diversity and most of the physical-chemical parameters does not meet the quality standards determined by Indonesian government through Kep. MLH. No. 51 of 2004. Brightness, DO, temperature, depth, salinity, and sediment nitrate are physical-chemical parameters positively correlated or influenced of meiofauna diversity level. The aquatic environmental parameters negatively correlated with meiofauna diversity level in the Losari coast are interpreted as an unfavorable relationship. This condition occurs because the meiofauna feel disturbed by distribution of sedimentary phosphate, seawater nitrate, seawater phosphate, and pH that does not meet seawater quality regulations.
Gompf connected sum for orbifolds and K-contact Smale–Barden manifolds
Authors: Muñoz Vicente
Published: November 2021

We develop the Gompf fiber connected sum operation for symplectic orbifolds. We use it
to construct a symplectic 4-orbifold with

b
1

=
0

{b_{1}=0}

and containing symplectic surfaces
of genus 1 and 2 that are disjoint and span the rational homology. This is used
in turn to construct a K-contact Smale–Barden manifold with specified 2-homology that
satisfies the known topological constraints with sharper estimates than the examples
constructed previously. The manifold can be chosen spin or non-spin.
On the variance of the nodal volume of arithmetic random waves
Authors: Cherubini Giacomo , Laaksonen Niko
Published: November 2021

Rudnick and Wigman (2008) conjectured that the
variance of the volume of
the nodal set of arithmetic random waves on the d-dimensional torus is

O
⁢

(

E
/
𝒩

)

{O(E/\mathcal{N})}

, as

E
→
∞

{E\to\infty}

, where E is the energy and

𝒩

{\mathcal{N}}

is the dimension of the eigenspace corresponding to E. Previous results
have established this with
stronger asymptotics when

d
=
2

{d=2}

and

d
=
3

{d=3}

. In this brief note we prove
an upper bound of the form

O
⁢

(

E
/

𝒩

1
+

α
⁢

(
d
)

-
ϵ

)

{O(E/\mathcal{N}^{1+\alpha(d)-\epsilon})}

,
for any

ϵ
>
0

{\epsilon>0}

and

d
≥
4

{d\geq 4}

,
where

α
⁢

(
d
)

{\alpha(d)}

is positive and tends to zero with d.
The power saving is the best possible with the current
method (up to ϵ)
when

d
≥
5

{d\geq 5}

due to the proof of the

ℓ
2

{\ell^{2}}

-decoupling conjecture by
Bourgain and Demeter.
Particular solutions of equations with multiple characteristics expressed through hypergeometric functions
Authors: Irgashev Bahrom Y.
Published: November 2021

In the paper, similarity solutions are constructed for a model equation with multiple characteristics of an arbitrary integer order. It is shown that the structure of similarity solutions depends on the mutual simplicity of the orders of derivatives with respect to the variable x and y, respectively. Frequent cases are considered in which they are shown as fundamental solutions of well-known equations, expressed in a linear way through the constructed similarity solutions.
Luminescence properties of Eu2+ and Sm3+ co-doped in KBaPO4
Authors: Xu Yingwei , Zhang Tingting , Zheng Li , Zou Ailing
Published: November 2021

KBaPO4:Eu2+/Sm3+ phosphor was synthesized via the high-temperature solid-phase reaction method. The structural properties, surface morphology, and optical properties of the synthesized samples were obtained by the X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and fluorescence measurements. The XRD patterns indicate that the crystal structure of KBaPO4 has not been changed by co-doped with two rare-earth ions. Under the excitation of 400 nm, the Eu2+ and Sm3+ co-doped KBaPO4 phosphors showed typical emission peaks at 430 (blue), 562 (yellow), and 600 nm (red). Meanwhile, with the increase of the Sm3+ content, the photoluminescent (PL) emission intensity of Sm3+ increased until the content reaches 0.12. However, the PL intensity of Eu2+ ions gradually decreased, which indicated that there was a possible energy transfer between the two ions. Therefore, the obtained results indicated that Eu2+/Sm3+ co-doped KBaPO4 is a promising phosphor for the use in white light-emitting diodes with near ultraviolet chips.
Gravity modulation effect on weakly nonlinear thermal convection in a fluid layer bounded by rigid boundaries
Authors: Kiran Palle
Published: November 2021

This paper investigates the effect of gravity modulation on Rayleigh–Bénard convection using the rigid isothermal boundary conditions. We calculate heat transfer results using the Nusselt and mean Nusselt numbers through the finite-amplitude of convection, which we got from the Ginzburg–Landau equation (GLE). The Ginzburg–Landau equation is derived analytically from the Fredholm solvability condition at third order. The finite amplitude equation (GLE) is a function of system parameters and solved numerically. The gravity modulation considered in terms of steady and sinusoidal parts. The sinusoidal part defines gravity modulation in terms of amplitude and frequency. Our study shows that gravity modulation controls the heat transfer results. The amplitude of modulation enhances heat transfer for low frequencies and diminishes for high frequencies. Further, we found that rigid isothermal boundary conditions are diminishing heat transfer than free and isothermal boundaries. Finally, we concluded that rigid isothermal boundary conditions and gravity modulation controls heat transfer results.
Strategien der pädagogischen Fachkräfte im Umgang mit Mehrsprachigkeit im Elementarbereich
Authors: Blaschitz Verena , Weichselbaum Maria , Tsonev Sevil Çelik , Grond Agnes
Published: November 2021

Die Analyse von Video- und Audioaufnahmen spontaner Alltagsszenen im Elementarbereich exemplifiziert und bestätigt bereits bekannte Strategien von pädagogischen Fachkräften im Umgang mit kindlicher Mehrsprachigkeit und bewertet diese aus linguistischer und pädagogischer Sicht. Die dokumentierten Interaktionen wurden auf Deutsch und Türkisch transkribiert, übersetzt und analysiert, wodurch der Artikel die vielfach konstatierte Black Box Kindergarten zumindest sprachlich etwas aufbricht.
Assessment basaler literaler Kompetenzen in Alphabetisierungskursen: Spelling Inventory Deutsch
Authors: Do Manh Gina , Edeleva Julia , Neef Martin
Published: November 2021

Schreiben ist ein komplexer Prozess, da die Beziehung von Formen der gesprochenen Sprache zu Formen der geschriebenen Sprache weitaus weniger regelmäßig ist, als dies zunächst den Anschein erweckt. Der Schreiberwerb umfasst einerseits das Erlernen von Korrespondenzregeln und bestimmten Teilregularitäten, andererseits das Auswendiglernen von unregelmäßigen Formen. Wenn Schreibfähigkeiten im DaZ-Lehr-/Lernkontext bewertet werden, geht es allerdings oft eher darum zu prüfen, ob alle Einzelfälle auswendig gelernt wurden, und nicht, inwiefern ein Wissen über (Teil-)Regularitäten vorliegt, das für das orthographisch korrekte Schreiben hilfreich ist. Im vorliegenden Beitrag stellen wir das Spelling Inventory Deutsch vor, das eine Adaption des englischsprachigen Spelling Inventory nach Bear et al. (2020) darstellt. Erfasst wird das Wissen zu transparenten Korrespondenzregeln, die zu einem eindeutigen Ergebnis führen können, sowie auch das Wissen zu Silben, Morphemen und einzelnen Phänomenen wie Dehnung und Schärfung, die regelhafte Aspekte umfassen und daher Schreibenden bewusst sein sollten. Das Spelling Inventory ist dabei progressiv angelegt und berücksichtigt die Kernphasen, die im Zuge der entwicklungspsychologischen Forschung ermittelt wurden.
„Ich brauch da dringend ein passendes Beispiel ...“: Sprachdidaktisch orientierte Zugriffsmöglichkeiten auf Korpora der ge-sprochenen Sprache aus dem Projekt ZuMult
Authors: Fandrych Christian , Schwendemann Matthias , Wallner Franziska
Published: November 2021

Im vorliegenden Beitrag werden die im Projekt ZuMult – „Zugänge zu multimodalen Korpora gesprochener Sprache“; Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache (IDS) Mannheim / Herder-Institut, Univ. Leipzig / Hamburger Zentrum für Sprachkorpora (HZSK), Univ. Hamburg – entwickelten Zugangswege zu Korpora der gesprochenen Sprache vorgestellt. Es handelt sich dabei um digitale Anwendungen, die gezielt für Sprachdidaktiker/-innen geschaffen wurden, um ihnen einen möglichst bedarfsgerechten Zugriff auf authentische gesprochensprachliche Daten zu ermöglichen. Die neu geschaffenen Zugriffsmöglichkeiten sind besonders auf Bedürfnisse der Sprachvermittlung zugeschnitten. So können nunmehr Gesprächsbeispiele aus den mündlichen Korpora FOLK und GWSS1 anhand schwierigkeitsbezogener Parameter (wie etwa Wortschatzniveau, Standardnähe/-ferne, Sprechgeschwindigkeit, Anteil typisch mündlicher Phänomene) für die Thematisierung im Unterricht ausgewählt werden. Zudem werden an sprachdidaktischen Nutzungsszenarien orientierte Arbeitsmöglichkeiten mit dem jeweiligen Einzeltranskript angeboten. Der Beitrag zeigt anhand eines sprachdidaktischen Anwendungsszenarios konkret auf, wie die in ZuMult entwickelten digitalen Anwendungen genutzt werden können.
Schreibprozesse und Schreibstrategien mehrsprachiger Schüler*innen der Sekundarstufe I
Authors: Peschel Corinna , Sulimova Maria
Published: November 2021

Der Beitrag untersucht die Nutzung mehrsprachiger Kompetenzen und Ressourcen beim Schreiben. Der Fokus liegt auf Schreibprozessen, deren Reflexion und Schreibstrategien mehrsprachiger Schüler*innen der frühen Sek I. Dabei werden Schreibprozesse beschrieben, konkrete Schreibstrategien herausgearbeitet und in ein heuristisches Konzept von Schreibbewusstheit integriert. Es werden Potenziale der Mehrsprachigkeit im Bereich Schreiben thematisiert und didaktische Konsequenzen angedeutet.
Die Verwendung von Modalpartikeln in Gesprächen – korpusbedingte Unterschiede, häufige Muster und didaktische Zugänge
Authors: Silberstein Dagmar
Published: November 2021

Modalpartikeln (MPn) stellen trotz ihrer intensiven Erforschung ein Lehr- und Lernproblem dar, was auch in aktuellen DaF-Lehrwerken zu Defiziten bei ihrer Behandlung führt. Um diese Defizite zu beheben, ist es notwendig, aktuelle Forschungsergebnisse besser für den Vermittlungskontext aufzuarbeiten. Der Artikel zeigt, wie ein Abgleich der Ergebnisse aus verschiedenen Korpusstudien dazu beiträgt, ein umfassenderes Bild über Funktionsweisen und Muster – hier illustriert anhand der MP mal – zu erhalten, und wie diese Ergebnisse für die Vermittlung genutzt werden können.
Radiography image analysis using cat swarm optimized deep belief networks
Authors: Elameer Amer S. , Jaber Mustafa Musa , Abd Sura Khalil
Published: November 2021

Radiography images are widely utilized in the health sector to recognize the patient health condition. The noise and irrelevant region information minimize the entire disease detection accuracy and computation complexity. Therefore, in this study, statistical Kolmogorov–Smirnov test has been integrated with wavelet transform to overcome the de-noising issues. Then the cat swarm-optimized deep belief network is applied to extract the features from the affected region. The optimized deep learning model reduces the feature training cost and time and improves the overall disease detection accuracy. The network learning process is enhanced according to the AdaDelta learning process, which replaces the learning parameter with a delta value. This process minimizes the error rate while recognizing the disease. The efficiency of the system evaluated using image retrieval in medical application dataset. This process helps to determine the various diseases such as breast, lung, and pediatric studies.
Crystal structure of 2-(3-((carbamimidoylthio)methyl)benzyl)isothiouronium hexafluorophosphate monohydrate, C10H17F6N4OPS2
Authors: Eigner Václav , Holakovský Roman
Published: November 2021

C10H17F6N4OPS2, orthorhombic, P212121 (no. 19), a = 8.7848(9) Å, b = 9.8894(11) Å, c = 18.8020(19) Å, V = 1633.4(3) Å3, Z = 4, R

gt
(F) = 0.0348, wR

ref
(F
2) = 0.0943, T = 150 K.
Trans*formative Thinking Through Sound: Artistic Research in Gender and Sound Beyond the Human
Authors: Soudant Luca
Published: November 2021

This article reflects on an ongoing artistic research practice that deals with sound, gender, power, spatiality, and human–nonhuman entanglement. Sparked by a sound design for a less crunchy “lady-friendly” crisp, the research inquires the relationship between gender and sound at human–nonhuman encounter through making and thinking. Drawing on queer theory, sound studies, and posthumanism, it aims to transcend essentialist, vision-focused, and anthropocentric conceptualisations of gender and, as an insight gained from working with low-frequency sound waves, it reflects on sound as material-philosophically demonstrating human–nonhuman interconnectedness. The latter, as this article proposes, may encourage us to horizontalise hierarchies between the human and nonhuman. Finally, this text situates sonic thinking as a mode of trans*formative thinking: a process-oriented philosophy that aims to embrace the messy, queer ways of human–nonhuman relationality, which characterises a vibrant space from which this artistic research will further develop.
Ernährungsbezogener Lebensstil bei Diabetes
Authors: Heinze Nicole R.
Published: November 2021

Ein wesentlicher Punkt, der sowohl bei Typ-1- als auch bei Typ-2-Diabetes eine Rolle spielt, ist die Anpassung des Lebensstils. Diese betrifft insbesondere die Ernährung. Dabei liegt der Fokus beider Erkrankungen jedoch unterschiedlich. Während bei Typ-1-Diabetes das Wissen über die aufgenommene Nahrung und deren Auswirkungen auf den Insulinspiegel wesentlich zum Umgang mit der Erkrankung beiträgt, liegt das Hauptaugenmerk beim Typ-2 auf einer Verbesserung der Ernährungsgewohnheiten.
Rauchen und Alkoholkonsum als Risikofaktoren für Typ-2-Diabetes – Konsequenzen für die Prävention
Authors: Goecke Michaela , Baumeister Katrin
Published: November 2021

Rauchen und riskanter Alkoholkonsum sind Risikofaktoren für die Entstehung eines Typ-2-Diabetes und für einen negativen Krankheitsverlauf bei bestehender Typ-2-Diabetes-Diagnose. Der Konsum von psychoaktiven Substanzen wie Nikotin und Alkohol ist gleichzeitig mit dem Risiko einer Abhängigkeitsentwicklung verbunden. Für die mit Rauchen und Alkoholkonsum verbundenen zahlreichen gesundheitlichen Risiken ist im Kontext der Prävention von Typ-2-Diabetes noch stärker zu sensibilisieren. Ziel muss dabei die Konsumreduzierung oder der Konsumstopp sein. Hierzu ist eine bedarfsgerechte Verzahnung von Informations- und Kommunikationsangeboten im Sinne weiterer Synergien sinnvoll.
„Mein Wissen über Diabetes ist eigentlich, dass es gar nicht so schlimm ist.“ – Wissen und Awareness für das Typ-2-Diabetes-Risiko unter jungen Erwachsenen
Authors: Meyer Antje , Saßmann Heike , Haack Marius , Lange Karin , Dierks Marie-Luise
Published: November 2021

Die steigende Prävalenz von Typ-2-Diabetes mellitus (T2D) erfordert effektive primärpräventive Maßnahmen, auch bei jungen Erwachsenen. In Fokusgruppen wurden Menschen zwischen 18–41 Jahren mit erhöhtem T2D-Risiko nach ihrem Wissen, Risikobewusstsein hinsichtlich T2D sowie bevorzugten Informationsquellen befragt. Das eigene T2D Risiko wird gering eingeschätzt und als Alterserkrankung mit guter Prognose eingeordnet. Informationen zum T2D sollten an die Lebenswelt junger Erwachsener gekoppelt werden, z.B. an Informationen zu Ernährung und Bewegung.
A novel strategy for driving car brain–computer interfaces: Discrimination of EEG-based visual-motor imagery
Authors: Zhou Zhouzhou , Gong Anmin , Qian Qian , Su Lei , Zhao Lei , Fu Yunfa
Published: November 2021

A brain–computer interface (BCI) based on kinesthetic motor imagery has a potential of becoming a groundbreaking technology in a clinical setting. However, few studies focus on a visual-motor imagery (VMI) paradigm driving BCI. The VMI-BCI feature extraction methods are yet to be explored in depth. In this study, a novel VMI-BCI paradigm is proposed to execute four VMI tasks: imagining a car moving forward, reversing, turning left, and turning right. These mental strategies can naturally control a car or robot to move forward, backward, left, and right. Electroencephalogram (EEG) data from 25 subjects were collected. After the raw EEG signal baseline was corrected, the alpha band was extracted using bandpass filtering. The artifacts were removed by independent component analysis. Then, the EEG average instantaneous energy induced by VMI (VMI-EEG) was calculated using the Hilbert–Huang transform (HHT). The autoregressive model was extracted to construct a 12-dimensional feature vector to a support vector machine suitable for small sample classification. This was classified into two-class tasks: visual imagination of driving the car forward versus reversing, driving forward versus turning left, driving forward versus turning right, reversing versus turning left, reversing versus turning right, and turning left versus turning right. The results showed that the average classification accuracy of these two-class tasks was 62.68 ± 5.08%, and the highest classification accuracy was 73.66 ± 6.80%. The study showed that EEG features of O1 and O2 electrodes in the occipital region extracted by HHT were separable for these VMI tasks.
On The Origin of the Milky Way by Peter Paul Rubens: Astronomy, Astrology and Mythology in Early Modern Europe*
Authors: Pointon Marcia
Published: November 2021

Painted in the final decade of his life, Rubens’s autograph work The Origin of the Milky Way defies interpretation. The artist was a contemporary of Galileo though attempts to evidence a meeting have so far failed. He had already painted a series of night skies and had many recent books on astronomy/astrology, as well as ancient texts, in his library. This is a painting full of plausible stellar bodies none of which quite fits into a recognised constellation. Nor does the image accurately accord with any mythological narrative. So, is the Milky Way here simply a pretext to depict Juno as Queen of the heavens? I propose that Rubens was a learned eclectic for whom Aristotelian views of the cosmos could meld both with contemporary earth-centred arguments about a providential universe and with new Copernican theories. Uniting his interest in pictorial space with newfound possibilities for understanding the cosmos, Rubens draws on the ancient Roman concept of sparsio, or abundance, with which he would have been familiar through his friendship with Hugo Grotius. Executed a few years after the fifty-three-year-old artist had married his fecund second wife, then aged sixteen, The Origin of the Milky Way constitutes a witty and profound meditation on female generosity within a framework of universal laws.
FAO hallgatói mobilitások makrogazdasági mutatókkal való összefüggései Afrikában
Authors: Janik Henrietta
Published: November 2021

The internationalization and internationalization of higher education is one of the most actual topics related to education today. The number of foreign students in major higher education institutions is increasing, and international collaborations in the field of education and research are becoming more frequent. However, despite the fact that the topic is so tangible in proximity, we still know a small fragment about the process of internationalization of higher education, the factors that support and hinder the phenomenon. The theoretical significance of the present study is the analysis of the revealed literature and statistical data, while the practical significance is the comparative study of the research carried out in the international context depending on the number of FAO scholarship students coming to Hungary from African countries. Examining the territorial location of the sending countries within Africa, the question arises as to why these countries send students to developed countries, in this case Hungary. Is there a correlation between certain macroeconomic indicators and the mobility tendencies or territorial orientation of students who have received an FAO scholarship?
Acoustic Emission of Sand during Creep under Oedometric Compression
Authors: Bock Belinda Anna-Maria , Levin Friedrich , Vogt Stefan , Cudmani Roberto
Published: November 2021

Creep of sand is a consequence of micromechanical processes within the granular soil skeleton. These processes are known sources of acoustic emissions. Therefore, acoustic emission analysis provides additional information about the time-dependent mechanisms, even if conventional deformation measurements reach their limit of applicability (i.e., resolution, accuracy). The present study investigates the relationship between acoustic emission events and creep deformation. For this purpose, multistage creep tests at axial stresses up to 6,000 kPa are conducted on loose and dense quartz sand under oedometric conditions. During creep acoustic emission are recorded and processed and the results are compared to conventional displacement measurements. The deformations during creep are measured using a highly accurate displacement transducer. The creep behavior is characterized by the creep-coefficient C relating the change of the strains with the logarithmic increment of time. The experimental results show that the time-evolution of the acoustic emissions and the evolution of strain during creep are qualitatively similar. In analogy to the coefficient of C, a coefficient CAE relating the cumulated number of acoustic emissions with the logarithm of time is defined. In the conducted experiments, we observe that both the coefficients of C and CAE show a dependence on stress, the initial density, and the strain rate at the beginning of creep. Nevertheless, the influence of the initial strain rate on C and CAE reduces over time and both quantities approach constant values for increasing time.
The Extended Family
Authors: Smoczyński Rafał , Zarycki Tomasz
Published: November 2021

After World War II, Polish nobility was commonly considered an obsolete social group because of the post-1945 confiscation of their properties and the decline of their legal and political privileges. From a formal point of view, the Polish nobility had ceased to exist. However, this group did not simply vanish. For this reason, we should not speak of the disintegration of the former noble milieu but rather its reorganization. To expand deliberation on these “reorganization strategies” with the use of appropriate sociological tools, this article analyzes major social actors in contemporary Poland who use their noble legacies in their collective identity-building practices.
Self-Criticism in Post-Communist Times
Authors: Nowicka-Franczak Magdalena
Published: November 2021

This article revisits the category of self-criticism, which, as a speech act, plays a special role in the discourse of the intelligentsia, emerging from the peripheral status of Poland and from the imperative to catch up with the West. In contemporary Poland, self-criticism has revived as a discursive strategy in the context of coming to terms with the democratic transformation. For the right-wing intelligentsia, self-criticism is mainly a postulate that is addressed to political adversaries. For the left-liberal intelligentsia, self-criticism is not only a political weapon but also a strategy of introspective enunciation directed at the post-transformation society. A qualitative discourse analysis of selected acts of self-criticism performed by Polish left-liberal elites between 2013 and 2019 highlights two interconnected conflict-generating fields of debate: (1) reckoning with the neoliberal and pro-Western model of the 1989 democratic transition and (2) retribution on the post-transition intellectual elites that patronized the people and the attribution of responsibility for the Elite-People Division. The distinguished functions of self-criticism point to the political and class conflict as well as to the growing delegitimacy of the dominance of the neoliberal narrative about the Polish model of modernization.
Feminizing adrenal tumor identified by plasma steroid profiling
Authors: Vogt Elinor Chelsom , Hammerling Kathrin , Sorbye Halfdan , Heie Anette , Sulen Andre , Ueland Grethe , Husebye Eystein , Methlie Paal
Published: November 2021

Feminizing estrogen-secreting adrenocortical carcinomas (ACCs) are exceedingly rare and carry a poor prognosis. The most common presenting trait is gynecomastia, but enlarged breasts are also a frequent clinical finding in healthy men. Biochemical evaluation may be challenging. As such, there is a high risk of delayed diagnosis and treatment opportunity. Here, we present a case with an estrogen-producing ACC where the abnormal steroid profile obtained at the time of initial workup was essential for the prompt diagnosis. Wider adoption of liquid chromatography mass spectrometry-based steroid assays has potential to improve early diagnosis of feminizing estrogen-secreting ACC.

Learning points

Feminizing estrogen-secreting adrenocortical carcinomas (ACCs) are a rare, but an important differential diagnosis in men with rapidly developing gynecomastia.

Biochemical evaluation is essential for a prompt diagnosis.

Steroid hormone profiling using liquid chromatography mass spectrometry technology has the potential to improve early diagnosis of feminizing estrogen-secreting ACC.
The possibilities and impossibilities of treating acromegaly 50 years ago illustrated by the Diane Arbus photograph, A Jewish giant at home with his parents in the Bronx, N.Y. 1970
Authors: de Herder Wouter W.
Published: November 2021

The iconic photograph ‘A Jewish giant at home with his parents in the Bronx, N.Y. 1970’ by the famous American photographer Diane Arbus (1923–1971) shows the 2.34 m (7 ft. 8¼ in.) acromegalic giant Eddie Carmel (1936–1972) and his parents in the living room of their New York home. The picture is a typical example of Arbus’ style. The relationship between the artist and the tall subject is described. A growth hormone-secreting pituitary macroadenoma was unsuccessfully treated with two cycles of pituitary radiotherapy achieving a 7000 rad cumulative dose and by incomplete pituitary surgery. Hypopituitarism was treated according to medical standards in the 1960s and 1970s. The giant patient died of increased intracranial pressure and at autopsy a residual acidophil pituitary macroadenoma was found, but also a perisellar meningioma which was most probably induced by the high dose of pituitary radiotherapy. The case report illustrates the possibilities and impossibilities of treating acromegaly 50 years ago and demonstrates the potential risks of high dose pituitary radiotherapy (in acromegaly).

Learning points

Acromegaly is a very old disease.

Therapy for acromegaly has evolved over the decades.

In art museums one can come across artistic impressions of endocrine disorders.

People suffering from disfiguring endocrine disorders like acromegaly were pre-WW2 ‘exposed’ in theaters and circuses.

High dose pituitary radiotherapy can be associated with secondary brain tumor formation.
La Performance Teatral como Dispositivo Transferencial Crítico de la Violencia Micromachista en Adolescentes
Authors: Anguita-Martínez Rocío , Pradena-García Yasna , Fernández-Rodríguez Eduardo
Published: November 2021

Este artículo analiza la implementación de una performance teatral para la prevención de la violencia micromachista y la promoción de la igualdad creada por estudiantes de Formación Profesional y dirigida al alumnado de Secundaria. Partiendo de una metodología cualitativa de investigación basada en el estudio de casos, este trabajo se centra en: a) analizar los roles actanciales de los personajes que representan situaciones de micromachismos en la adolescencia; b) comprender el proceso de mediación pedagógica que realiza el alumnado de FP tras la representación de la obra para facilitar el distanciamiento cognitivo y recuperar los conocimientos tácticos de género de la audiencia; y c) describir la segunda representación de la obra modificada en la mediación pedagógica para presentar alternativas de mejora en el contenido. Los resultados nos permiten concluir sobre las ventajas de los modelos actanciales para diagnosticar la actualidad del micromachismo juvenil; las particulares características de la performance teatral como experiencia en la que la juventud se ve representada e interpelada respecto de la violencia de género; y por último, las posibilidades que ofrece el propio espacio teatral en tanto laboratorio de creación ciudadana donde ampliar la competencia espectatorial adolescente con perspectiva de género.
Museari, Educar en Arte LGTB para Superar la Homofobia y la Transfobia
Authors: Huerta Ricard
Published: November 2021

La presente investigación parte de un proceso de intervención en las aulas de formación del profesorado que pretende generar un acercamiento a las posibilidades educativas del arte LGTB, cuyo objetivo consiste en reflexionar sobre la oportunidad de utilizar piezas artísticas, incorporando cuestiones como la diversidad sexual y de género, fomentando así la superación del odio, la homofobia y la transfobia. Como metodología se plantea un estudio de caso en el que se analiza un taller impartido a dos grupos de la Facultat de Magisteri de la Universitat de València, incorporando la Investigación Educativa Basada en Artes. La recogida de datos se lleva a cabo durante la práctica docente, usando instrumentos de evaluación como diagnósticos, grupos focales y observación participante, fomentando el debate como fuente de argumentación al tratar cuestiones de diversidad sexual. Como resultado destaca la buena acogida de la temática por parte del alumnado, quienes reconocen haber superado estereotipos y tabús convencionales, propiciando con ello entornos inclusivos, lo cual repercute en la formación de docentes desde el respeto a la diversidad y la educación inclusiva. Como discusión final, expresar la conveniencia de asumir la falta de atención curricular hacia estas cuestiones.
Territorios de la Mirada. Inclusión, Educación y Artes con la Comunidad Refugiada en Grecia
Authors: Escaño Carlos , Mañero Julia , Mesías-Lema José María
Published: November 2021

Este artículo presenta los resultados de la práctica e investigación pedagógicas llevadas a cabo dentro del proyecto de cooperación internacional “Artes, cultura y educación para el desarrollo. Educación y cultura para el empoderamiento personal y social de la comunidad migrante refugiada en Polykastro, Grecia”. Un proyecto realizado en Grecia, 2019, organizado por la Universidad de Sevilla y Open Cultural Center, una ONG que atiende educativamente a la comunidad migrante refugiada de la zona, incluyendo el campo de refugiados de Nea Kavala. De manera metodológica, las prácticas educativas artísticas llevadas a cabo –bajo el título Territorios de la mirada– participan de la herramienta analítica del Enfoque de Marco Lógico, con el objetivo prioritario de procurar una atención a la comunidad migrante para generar identidad, apertura cultural e inclusión social. Igualmente se proponen los objetivos específicos de corroborar y ofrecer posibilidades para elaborar un plan de trabajo educativo inclusivo en el desarrollo posterior del proyecto completo. Se han implementado estrategias de investigación basadas en las artes, logrando una mejor imbricación comunitaria y fortaleciendo la dimensión artístico-cultural, lo cual ha beneficiado a los procesos educativos de la persona migrante refugiada y su comunidad, favoreciendo su inclusión y desarrollo.
ULTRASONIC DISINTEGRATION OF LIGNOCELLULOSE RAW MATERIALS AS A PRE-TREATMENT OF A SUBSTRATE FOR MICROBIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION OF BIOBUTANOL
Authors:   SE “Institute of Food Biotechnology and Genomics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine”, Kyiv, Tigunova O. O.
Published: November 2021

Aim. The purpose of the study was to investigate the effect of ultrasonic disintegration on the lignocellulosic raw materials (biomass of the non-cereal part of rape) with its subsequent use as a substrate for the production of biobutanol. Methods. Butanol-producing strains and the biomass of the non-cereal part of rape Brassica napus were used in the present study. Ultrasonic disintegration of lignocellulosic raw materials was performed on the specially designed equipment. Results. The effect of ultrasonic disintegration on lignocellulosic raw materials was investigated for further application in biofuel production based on microbiological conversion. The possibility of using the obtained components after the pre-treatment of lignocellulose by ultrasonic disintegration as a substrate for the microbiological synthesis of butanol was shown. The highest accumulation of butanol (2.4 g/l) was obtained with the use of 5% dry matter content in the medium, 5 min treatment and the specific power of ultrasonic disintegration of 0.72 W/ml. Conclusions. The possibility of producer strains of the genus Clostridium to use cellulose in the fermentation process has been shown. When using ultrasonic disintegration for pretreatment of the non-cereal part of the biomass of rape, the accumulation of butanol increased by 3 folds.
In Memory of Gennady Mykhailovych Zinovjev (18.04.1941–19.10.2021)
Authors: Borisenko O.A. , Gorenstein M.I. , Gusynin V.P. , Zagorodny A.G. , Zasenko V.I. , Izotov Yu.I. , Kukhtin V.V. , Lev B.I. , Loktev V.M. , Martynov E.S. , Pashitskii E.A. , Perepelytsya S.M. , Petrov E.G. , Ryabchenko S.M. , Sinyukov Yu.M. , Sitenko Yu.O. , Shelest A.V. , Shul’ga M.F.
Published: November 2021

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Skyrme–Hartree–Fock–Bogoliubov Calculations of Even and Odd Neutron-Rich Mg Isotopes
Authors: Taqi A.H. , Hasan M.A.
Published: November 2021

Using the Skyrme functional with SIII, SKM*, SLy4, and UNE0 sets of parameters and the Hartree–Fock–Bogoliubov mean-field method; the ground-state properties of even-even and even-odd neutron-rich Mg isotopes have been investigated. The results of calculations of the binding energy per nucleon (B/A), the one- and two-neutron separation energies (Sn and S2n), proton and neutron rms radii, neutron pairing gap, and quadrupole deformation parameter (B2) have been compared with the available experimental data, the results of Hartree–Fock–Bogoliubov calculations based on the D1S Gogny force, and predictions of some nuclear models such as the Finite Range Droplet Model (FRDM) and Relativistic Mean-Field (RMF) model. Our results show good agreements in comparison with the experimental data and the results of the mentioned models.