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Network Pharmacology-based Prediction of Mechanism of Shenzhuo Formula for Application to DN
Authors: Wang Xin-miao , Han Lin , Zhang Li-li , Di Sha , Wei Xiu-xiu , Wu Hao-ran , Zhang Hai-yu , Yang Hao-yu , Zhao Lin-hua , Tong Xiaolin
Published: August 2020

Background: Shenzhuo formula is a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) prescription which has significant therapeutic effects on diabetic nephropathy (DN). However, its mechanism remains unknown. Therefore, this study aimed to explore the underlying anti-DN mechanism of shenzhuo formula.Methods: The active ingredients and targets of shenzhuo formula were obtained by searching TCMSP, TCMID, SwissTargetPrediction and HIT. The DN target was identified from TTD, DrugBank and DisGeNet. The potential targets were obtained and PPI network were built after mapping the disease and drug targets. The key targets were screened out by network topology and the “drugs - DN - key targets” network was constructed by Cytoscape. GO analysis and KEGG pathway enrichment analysis were performed using DAVID, and the results were visualized using the Omicshare Tools.Results: We obtained 182 potential targets and 30 key targets. Ulteriorly, “drugs - DN - key targets” network were constructed, and results showed that nodes like M51, M21, M5, M71, M28, EGFR, MMP9, MAPK8, PIK3CA and STAT3 had a higher degree. GO analysis results mainly involved in positive regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter, inflammatory response, lipopolysaccharide-mediated signalingpathway and other biological processes. The results of KEGG showed that DN-related pathways like TNF signaling pathway, PI3K-Akt signaling pathway were at the top of the list.Conclusion: This article reveals the possible mechanism of shenzhuo formula in the treatment of DN through network pharmacology research, and lays a foundation for further studies.
Adult Patients’ Motivations and Expectations of Orthodontic Treatment: A Systematic Review Protocol
Authors: Qian Yajing , Yuan Siyang , Humphris Gerald , Freeman Ruth
Published: August 2020

Background: This is a protocol for a systematic review of the motivations and expectations of adult patients who seek orthodontic treatment. With the continuous improvement of orthodontic technique and rapid innovation of orthodontic appliances, more adults begin to consider orthodontic treatment. Appropriate motivations and realistic expectations play an important role towards a desired goal that are thought to increase patients’ cooperation and achieve satisfaction with treatment outcome. This review aims to assess the motivations and expectations of adult patients who seek orthodontic treatment and investigate how their motivations and expectations affect their satisfaction with treatment outcomes.Methods: A systematic search will be undertaken to map and screen the literature on adult patients’ motivations and expectations of orthodontic treatment and their effects on satisfaction of treatment outcome. Papers written in English or Chinese with no study design restrictions will be included. The study of adolescent patients or patients’ parents, patients with craniofacial hypoplasia and orthodontic treatment combined with orthognathic surgery will be excluded. If quantitative synthesis is possible, a meta-analysis will be conducted. Discussion: This systematic review will identify and gather evidence on adult patients’ motivations and expectations of orthodontic treatment. The method orthodontists obtain and assess adult patients’ motivations and expectations will be discussed. Accurate obtaining and appropriate managing adult patients’ motivations and expectations may increase the cooperation during treatment and satisfaction of the treatment outcome.Systematic review registration: PROSPERO CRD42020185022
Health Disparities of Critically Ill Children in Poverty: A Nationwide Population-Based Study
Authors: Park Esther , Park Hyejeong , Kang Danbee , Chung Chi Ryang , Yang Jeong Hoon , Jeon Kyeongman , Guallar Eliseo , Cho Juhee , Shu Gee Young , Cho Joongbum
Published: August 2020

Background: There is a lack of nationwide studies on health disparity of critically ill patients under the National Health Insurance (NHI) System. We aim to evaluate health disparities in intensive care unit (ICU) admission, outcomes, and readmission after ICU discharge in an impoverished pediatric population.Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort study using a national database of claims submitted to the Korean NHI and Medical Aid Program (MAP). MAP provides support for the population whose household income is lower than 40% of the median Korean household income, and we defined poverty as being a MAP beneficiary. Patients between 28 days and 18 years old who were admitted to the ICU between August 1, 2010 and September 30, 2013, were included. Demographic characteristics, procedures, admission rates, and clinical outcomes were compared between the poverty and reference groups. Logistic regression model used to analyze hospital mortality and readmission with adjustment for patient characteristics, hospital type, and management procedures.Results: Out of 17,893 patients, 1,153 (6.4%) patients were in poverty. The age-standardized ICU admission rate was higher in the poverty group (126.9 vs. 80.2 per 100,000 person-years). There were more deaths among impoverished patients who were admitted to the ICU (11.8 vs. 4.3 per 100,000 person-years). Patients in the poverty group had a similar risk of adjusted in-hospital mortality to those not in the poverty group (odds ratio: 1.15, confidence interval [CI]: 0.84–1.55) but a higher readmission rate (hazard ratio 1.25, CI 1.09–1.42).Conclusion: Pediatric patients in poverty were more likely to die in association with ICU admission. A high ICU admission rate rather than the high in-hospital mortality rate may cause the disparity in deaths. Further policies and studies are required to improve the health status of pediatric patients in poverty to decrease ICU admission.Trial registration: retrospectively registered
Trends of Interventional Radiology procedures during the Covid-19 pandemic: The first 27 weeks in the eye of the storm
Authors: How Guo Yuan , Pua Uei
Published: August 2020

ObjectivesWhile the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic looks to persist, institutions promote delaying procedures. Understanding trends and demands of interventional radiology (IR) procedures in the infected and COVID-free populations are needed in long-term planning. We detail IR procedure trends in the first 27 weeks of the pandemic and compare with the pre-pandemic era. MethodsIn this IRB approved retrospective electronic case review, all IR patients in our institution from 1 January to 9 July 2020, the same period in 2019 pre-pandemic and the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS-CoV) outbreak were included. IR procedures were classified using Interventional Radiology – Procedure Acuity Scale (IR-PAS) and category of IR procedures. Along with descriptive frequencies, the Mann-Whitney U test and Chi-square test of independence were performed.ResultsDuring the pandemic, 3655 IR procedures were performed compared to 3851 procedures pre-pandemic. No statistically significant difference in weekly IR caseloads across IR-PAS tiers between both periods (p = .088) and category of procedure (p = .054) were noted. General intervention procedures remained the largest proportion and musculoskeletal procedures the minority, in both periods. More general intervention radiology and oncology procedures were performed during the Covid-19 pandemic compared to the SARS-CoV outbreak. Thirty-four (0.93%) IR procedures were performed on 30 COVID-19 patients. There was no IR procedure-related COVID-19 cross-transmission. ConclusionsDemand for IR procedures among COVID-free patients remains high, and IR procedures involving COVID-19 represents a fraction of the IR caseload. A sustainable model in providing timely IR services to COVID-free patients needs to be considered.
Italian University Museums at Time of Covid-19 Lockdown: How to Restore a “Sense of Normalcy”
Authors: Magliacani Michela , Sorrentino Daniela
Published: August 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a dramatic impact on the normal conditions within which Higher Education systems are used to operate. This regards not only teaching and research, but also public engagement activities as a university Third Mission. As for the latter, there is scant literature on University Museums as subjects that transfer cultural knowledge to the community, so providing a relevant public service. Addressing this research gap, this study focuses on the critical Italian context, exploring how University Museums have responded to the COVID-19 lockdown. To this aim, the social science notion of resilience is adopted for interpreting the evidence on their ability to cope with the emergency. Data from legislative and statistical sources are complemented by a questionnaire administered to 34 University Museums. Findings show the ability of Italian University Museums to handle the ongoing emergency by carrying out digital and non-digital activities that prevent it to become worse. A conceptual model that highlights how University Museums contribute to transfer cultural knowledge also at a time of emergency is finally proposed.
Gender Difference in Predisposing Factors of Overdose
Authors: Tan Sheng-Teck , Lo Chih-Hung , Liao Chen-Hao , Su Yu-Jang
Published: August 2020

Background Drug overdose is a one of common situations in emergency department (ED). We investigate gender difference and predisposing factors of overdose in emergency department (ED).Materials and Methods We retrospectively analyzed overdose reports from January 2018 to August 2019. We selected study cases by the ICD-10 coding system which include T36 to T50. A total of 299 overdose reports were collected during this period. Data were collected including Glasgow coma scale and vital signs on arrival (including body temperature, heart rate, systolic blood pressure, and diastolic blood pressure, gender, age, marital status, arrival time, season on admission, previous suicide attempts, psychiatric history, related comorbidities, recent argues, categories of overdose with or without concurrent ethanol use, length of hospital stay and survival to discharge were analyzed.Results The 196 enrolled patients ranged in age from 14 to 92 years (mean ± standard deviation (S.D.): 39.2 ± 18.3). Of them, male intentional overdose patients were 8.1 years older than female ones (45.3 ± 19.5 vs. 37.2 ± 17.5, respectively; p < 0.05)Conclusion The most top three kinds of substance overdose are benzodiazepine (42.9%), mixed medications (32.1%) and acetaminophen (6.1%). Physicians should notify the centers of suicide prevention to pay concern about who are middle-aged male, facing conflicts, especially in the spring.
Espacialização da mortalidade por transtornos mentais e comportamentais atribuível ao uso de substâncias psicoativas no Brasil, de 2012 a 2016
Authors: Marques Marilane Vilela , Silva Jadna Kelly da , Galvão Moura Lillian Batista Palhano , Almeida Harinson Carpegeano Câmara de , Filho Alcebíades de Sousa , Amador Ana Edimilda
Published: August 2020

Introdução: Os transtornos mentais e de comportamento atribuíveis ao uso de substâncias psicoativas consistem em importante problema de saúde pública, dada a sua prevalência e o risco de promoverem incapacidade e morte. Objetivo: Analisar a distribuição espacial da mortalidade por transtornos mentais e comportamentais atribuível ao uso de substâncias psicoativas no Brasil. Métodos: Estudo ecológico em municípios do Brasil, no período de 2012 a 2016. Analisou-se a distribuição espacial, a intensidade e a significância através do índice de Moran Global, MoranMap e BoxMap. Resultados: A maioria dos óbitos foi atribuível ao uso do álcool (n = 33.177; 77,36%) , seguido do fumo (n = 7.262; 16%) e do uso de múltiplas drogas (n = 1.409; 3,29%), sendo que a maioria (n = 36.861; 85,97%) era do sexo masculino e 46.31% solteiros. Nas faixas de idade entre 40 a 59 anos houve 21.712 óbitos (50,63%), e entre 60 anos e mais, 13.445 óbitos (31,35%). Os municípios que apresentaram as maiores taxas médias de mortalidade padronizadas (óbitos/100 mil hab.) foram: Charrua–RS (43,60), Uru–SP (43,19), Riacho da Cruz–RN (42,21), Senhora do Porto–MG (42,19), Mata–RS (36,81), Pendências–RN (35,26) e Catuji–MG (35,19). O valor do Índice Global de Moran foi de 0,216 (p = 0,01). No MoranMap observou-se formação de cluster de alto/alto nas regiões Nordeste e Sudeste. Conclusão: Existe no Brasil um padrão de dependência espacial na distribuição das taxas de mortalidade atribuíveis ao uso de substâncias psicoativas.
Why We Are Losing the War Against COVID-19 on the Data Front and How to Reverse the Situation (Preprint)
Authors: Prieto-Merino David , Bebiano Da Providencia E Costa Rui , Bacallao Gallestey Jorge , Sofat Reecha , Chung Sheng-Chia , Potts Henry
Published: August 2020

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With over 117 million COVID-19–positive cases declared and the death count approaching 3 million, we would expect that the highly digitalized health systems of high-income countries would have collected, processed, and analyzed large quantities of clinical data from patients with COVID-19. Those data should have served to answer important clinical questions such as: what are the risk factors for becoming infected? What are good clinical variables to predict prognosis? What kinds of patients are more likely to survive mechanical ventilation? Are there clinical subphenotypes of the disease? All these, and many more, are crucial questions to improve our clinical strategies against the epidemic and save as many lives as possible. One might assume that in the era of big data and machine learning, there would be an army of scientists crunching petabytes of clinical data to answer these questions. However, nothing could be further from the truth. Our health systems have proven to be completely unprepared to generate, in a timely manner, a flow of clinical data that could feed these analyses. Despite gigabytes of data being generated every day, the vast quantity is locked in secure hospital data servers and is not being made available for analysis. Routinely collected clinical data are, by and large, regarded as a tool to inform decisions about individual patients, and not as a key resource to answer clinical questions through statistical analysis. The initiatives to extract COVID-19 clinical data are often promoted by private groups of individuals and not by health systems, and are uncoordinated and inefficient. The consequence is that we have more clinical data on COVID-19 than on any other epidemic in history, but we have failed to analyze this information quickly enough to make a difference. In this viewpoint, we expose this situation and suggest concrete ideas that health systems could implement to dynamically analyze their routine clinical data, becoming learning health systems and reversing the current situation.
Research on the Mode of “Combination of Medical Care and Pension” from the Perspective of Population Aging
Authors: Li Na Luo , Cui Wang , Xin Peng Xu
Published: August 2020

With the deepening of aging in China, the dependency ratio of the elderly is rising, the shortage of medical resources, the burden of family and national pension is increasing, the elderly pension and medical needs can not be effectively responded to, and the single pension mode based on society and family is difficult to meet the current needs of pension and medical treatment. The mode of “combination of medical care and nursing” can effectively solve the above problems. Based on the background of population aging, this paper puts forward countermeasures and suggestions from the aspects of strengthening publicity and promotion, promoting demand assessment, improving policies and regulations, sorting out the functions of management institutions, strengthening the construction of elderly care talent team, and learning from foreign advanced experience.
Novos arranjos familiares e os múltiplos sentidos da adoção
Authors: Rinaldi Alessandra De Andrade
Published: August 2020

O presente trabalho tem por objetivo apreender o que move indivíduos ou casais a ingressarem com uma ação de adoção. Busca-se compreender como as prescrições de gêneros impõem a reprodução como imperativo, levando homens e mulheres inférteis à busca pela filiação socioafetiva. Objetiva-se, entretanto, problematizar a exclusividade destas prescrições na escolha por uma paternidade/maternidade adotiva. Em termos empíricos, o artigo, apoiado FAPERJ, versa sobre pesquisa em habilitações e em processos de adoção de crianças e adolescentes, que tramitaram, entre 2000 até 2009 nas Varas da Infância, Juventude e do Idoso da comarca do Rio de Janeiro.
Entre o Neo-Liberalismo e a Identidade Nacional: A produção da subjetividade entre a juventude japonesa.
Authors: Munia Rafael
Published: August 2020

O presente artigo trata da produção de subjetividade, fugindo do conceito de “identidade”, entre a juventude japonesa no contexto do neo-liberalismo. A partir das narrativas coletadas por meio de entrevistas ao autor, à mídia japonesa, e a outros pesquisadores, foi possível constatar que a produção da subjetividade se dá no meio de duas máquinas de produção de japonesidade distintas: o neo-liberalismo, representado pelo mercado e pelo ideário empreendedor, e a identidade nacional, representada pelas instituições de ensino e os discursos herdados do nihonnjinron. Percebeu-se no decorrer da pesquisa que o aparato neo-liberal, apesar de servir como ferramenta de escape para uma juventude que se ve limitada por um rígido discurso de identidade nacional, também funciona como um mecanismo de captura, reterritorializando os jovens em uma série de novos discursos sobre japonesidade, sem que os discursos identitários abandonem o imaginário japonês.
Esforços de (I)Legibilidade: práticas de coprodução das margens e do Estado a partir do camelódromo porto-alegrense
Authors: Nunes Soilo Andressa
Published: August 2020

Este artigo aborda as relações de coprodução entre Estado e margem, mais especificamente as relações entre as práticas estatais e o comércio popular da cidade de Porto Alegre/Brasil. A partir de etnografia realizada entre os anos de 2009 e 2017 junto ao camelódromo da capital gaúcha e junto a representantes estatais de órgãos fiscalizadores, sugiro que o Estado e o comércio popular em questão não apenas estabelecem relações de conflitos e disputas, mas também relações criativas que os produzem e os reforçam.
POLICARPO, Frederico. O consumo de drogas e seus controles: uma perspectiva comparada entre as cidades do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, e de San Francisco, EUA.
Authors: Zanatto Rafael Morato
Published: August 2020

Este trabalho discute alguns aspectos do consumo de drogas na cidade do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, em perspectiva comparada com a cidade de San Francisco, EUA. De modo geral, o objetivo é observar como diferentes discursos sobre as drogas se relacionam entre si. Para construir o problema de pesquisa, esses múltiplos discursos foram simplificados. Dois diferentes tipos de conhecimentos sobre as drogas surgem com base nos contextos em que foram produzidos: de um lado, o conhecimento produzido através da experiência; e, de outro lado, o conhecimento produzido sobre a experiência. O primeiro tipo está relacionado ao conhecimento que todo consumidor de drogas tem que aprender, por exemplo, para conseguir as drogas, para identificar locais de compra, controlar a dose, e como reconhecer diferentes tipos e qualidades de drogas. O segundo tipo de conhecimento está relacionado ao conhecimento que é produzido, por exemplo, por médicos que tentam entender os efeitos das drogas no corpo humano, ou psicólogos que tentam descrever o comportamento dos consumidores, ou por policiais e políticos que tentam controlá-los. O interesse é observar como esses dois diferentes tipos de conhecimento coexistem e como eles se relacionam. Para discutir essa questão, o trabalho de campo foi focado em lugares que favoreciam o encontro desses dois tipos de conhecimento: em programas judiciais e serviços de saúde dirigidos aos consumidores de drogas.
Sensibilidade cívica e cidadania no Brasil
Authors: Oliveira Luís Roberto Cardoso de
Published: August 2020

O artigo desenvolve o conceito de sensibilidade cívica para discutir a ideia de igualdade cidadã com foco no Brasil. Tendo como referência demandas por respeito e consideração ou reconhecimento, o texto propõe que a igualdade cidadã, onde quer que ela se realize, seja sempre modulada pela relação entre direitos, status e dignidade, configurando sensibilidades cívicas locais, caracterizadas por um determinado senso de tratamento digno, que não inferioriza o interlocutor no plano da dignidade.
As indenizações como política de direitos humanos e de justiça social no Brasil contemporâneo
Authors: Lacerda Paula
Published: August 2020

Este artigo propõe analisar as indenizações: práticas recorrentes no campo contemporâneo dos direitos humanos que implicam no pagamento de uma quantia em dinheiro em situações de violações de direitos. Para a presente análise, foram selecionados “casos” de violação de direitos em que a indenização colocou em interação sujeitos que se apresentam como “familiares de vítimas” e gestores públicos representantes do “Estado” – ainda que as violações não tenham sido cometidas, necessariamente, por agentes públicos. Ao compreender as práticas de compensação econômica no cenário mais amplo das políticas de reparação, pôde-se observar que as indenizações são práticas ambivalentes que – apesar de convergirem com os anseios dos sujeitos violados e até mesmo de organismos internacionais de relevância no cenário dos direitos humanos – podem ser instrumentalizadas de forma dissociativa e não comprometida com a promoção da justiça e da reparação.
Ropa tendida: Gestos de la experiencia cotidiana de la ciudad
Authors: Silva Roquefort Rebeca , Campos Medina Luis , Jaureguiberry Mondion Josefina
Published: August 2020

Por obvia e insignificante, la ropa tendida pasa la mayor parte del tiempo desapercibida en nuestro deambular cotidiano. Sin embargo, asomada por las ventanas o flotando con el viento, es parte del paisaje urbano de nuestras ciudades. Más aún, en su supuesta insignificancia, la ropa tendida sugiere múltiples aspectos de la vida actual: restricciones e inadecuaciones del espacio; rutinas laborales y de descanso; identidades sociales y coordinaciones comunitarias. ¿Qué vemos cuando vemos la ropa tendida? ¿Seguimos viendo nuestra vestimenta? ¿O comenzamos a ver colores, formas, historias, intimidades? Des-guardar y exponer nuestra vestimenta puede interpelarnos en varios registros: ¿qué es lo que decidimos exponer? ¿Qué es legítimo hacer visible? ¿Qué cosas escondemos del escrutinio de los otros? En este texto, indagamos sobre cómo la presencia de la ropa tendida puede procesarse como una serie de gestos, las cuales remiten a diferentes acercamientos a las materialidades que conforman nuestra experiencia cotidiana de la ciudad. Estos vinculan lo funcional con lo poético y lo expuesto con lo íntimo. Inspirados en la noción de “lo infraordinario” de Perec, y apoyándonos en la comprensión de la importancia de los gestos cotidianos y la sociología de los objetos, exploramos la potencia sensible, pública y política de la ropa tendida en entornos urbanos.
Construcción de conocimiento en alumnos universitarios a partir de la modelización matemática
Authors: Arias Montoya Leonel , Deulofeu Piquet Jordi
Published: August 2020

La enseñanza en el aula de clase universitaria es una construcción pedagógica que tiene en cuenta al individuo, su formación y su interacción con el medio. Ese es el planteamiento que se pretende desarrollar y validar a lo largo del presente artículo de investigación, a partir de la interacción con estudiantes de ingeniería industrial de la Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira. El primer acercamiento práctico de la presente investigación se da a partir del encuentro inicial del investigador con los estudiantes de la asignatura ingeniería económica del programa de Ingeniería Industrial (séptimo semestre) de la Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira, espacio que permitió conocer y comprender algunas de las facetas vivenciadas por los estudiantes durante su formación profesional, haciendo de la cotidianidad del aula el escenario propicio para determinar el grado de aprendizaje real de los estudiantes. El estudio es de carácter descriptivo, con una estructura metodológica que responde al estudio de caso, que recurre a la entrevista de estudiantes como el principal instrumento de obtención de información primaria. Para la lectura de los datos se emplea el software ATLAS.ti (versión 8.1), herramienta que facilita la gestión de los conceptos que participan de esta experiencia investigativa, al tiempo que favorece la labor de interpretación de los aprendizajes adquiridos por los estudiantes durante su proceso de formación académica. Posteriormente se aplica una unidad didáctica, diseñada para valorar la práctica educativa en la que participan [1]el profesor y los estudiantes. De esta experiencia de aula se analizan los factores pedagógicos que median el proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje, a la luz de los fundamentos conceptuales sobre la construcción de conocimiento y modelización matemática (en forma de narrativa sobre las experiencias construidas centradas en las entrevistas) tomados de diversos autores y de la ingeniería industrial. Con la creación y puesta en marcha de la unidad didáctica al igual que con la ayuda de la fundamentación conceptual, surge, se desarrolla e implementa esta propuesta investigativa, a través de la comprensión y percepción del individuo dentro de su entorno.
Un algoritmo híbrido para resolver el problema de los valores propios cuadrático
Authors: Pérez Mera Rosana , Macías Caicedo Eduard Mauricio , Arenas Aparicio Favián Enrique
Published: August 2020

El problema de los valores propios cuadráticos ha captado el interés de muchos investigadores debido a sus numerosas aplicaciones en áreas tales como mecánica de fluidos, Acústica e Ingeniería, entre otras.  En este artículo se presenta un algoritmo híbrido para resolver este problema, el cual combina un algoritmo para el cálculo de soluciones de la ecuación cuadrática matricial con uno tradicional para el cálculo de valores propios. Se seleccionaron doce problemas de aplicación, en diversas áreas, para hacer un análisis comparativo del desempeño del algoritmo propuesto con el  tradicional método de Newton-Schur. Como conclusión se determinó que la propuesta algorítmica es competitiva frente al método de Newton-Schur y más eficiente.
TRANSFORMAÇÕES NO MERCADO DE  TELEFONIA MÓVEL DE CLASSES POPULARES
Authors: Abreu Leonardo Marques de
Published: August 2020

Em 2018 completa 20 anos do surgimento dos planos pré-pagos de celular no Brasil, tipo de plano que ajudou na popularização do uso dos celulares. Nesse período pode-se observar, ano a ano, expressivas altas de adoção dessa tecnologia em todas as camadas sociais brasileiras, apesar de nos últimos anos haver registro de quedas de utilização do celular no país.
PENENTUAN FAKTOR-FAKTOR PENERIMAAN PENGGUNA SISTEM RESERVASI ONLINE PT. XYZ MENGGUNAKAN TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE MODEL
Authors: Putra Rangga Arief , Salisah Febi Nur , Permana Inggih
Published: August 2020

PT. XYZ adalah perusahaan tour dan travel yang telah menggunakan sistem reservasi online (SRO) sejak tahun 2012. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui penerimaan SRO menggunakan metode Technology Acceptance Model (TAM). Faktor yang dinilai adalah pengaruh dari perceived usefulness (PU) dan perceived ease of use (PEU) terhadap acceptance of IT (ACC). Penelitian ini melibatkan 68 responden. Metode statistik yang digunakan adalah Uji T dan Uji F. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan faktor PU dan PEU berpengaruh terhadap penerimaan sistem. Penelitian ini juga telah mengidentifikasi permasalahan yang terjadi pada faktor PU dan PEU, permasalahan yang terjadi adalah: (1) pengguna sistem belum paham cara penggunaan sistem; (2) fitur sistem yang kurang lengkap; (3) load sistem yang lambat; dan (4) seringnya terjadi error pada sistem.
SISTEM INFORMASI PENGAMANAN SKCK MENGGUNAKAN BARCODE PADA DIT INTELKAM POLDA RIAU
Authors: Saputra Eki , Fitri Desi
Published: August 2020

Dit Intelkam Polda Riau menyelenggarakan fungsi untuk memberikan pelayanan kepada masyarakat yaitu pelayanan pengurusan Surat Keterangan Catatan Kepolisian (SKCK). Pengurusan SKCK ini dilakukan dengan mendatangi langsung kantor Dit Intelkam Polda Riau. Proses pembuatan SKCK pada Dit Intelkam Polda Riau, saat ini telah menggunakan database dalam penyimpanan datanya. Namun kelemahannya yaitu data lama pemohon akan hilang apabila belum dilakukannya perpanjangan oleh pemohon sebelum masa berlakunya habis. Hal ini disebabkan karena data lama yang tertimpa oleh data baru yang di-input-kan ke database.Selain itu SKCK yang lama juga tidak mempunyai sistem keamanan sehingga data SKCK tersebut dapat disalahgunakan oleh pihak yang tidak bertanggung jawab. Permohonan penerbitan SKCK pada Dit Intelkam Polda Riau bisa mencapai 200 penerbitan perharinya dengan kategori high section yaitu jumlah bagian dengan penerbitan tertinggi dalam satu hari. Sedangkan untuk pengurusan dalam pertahun dari Tahun 2016 pengurusan bisa mencapai sebanyak 30.000 lembar.Sistem ini menggunakan keamanan barcode, dimana barcode tersebut mempunyai informasi didalamnya yaitu: nama, nomor NIK, tujuan dan masa berlaku SKCK. Metode pengembangan yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini yaitu System Development Life Cycle Model Waterfall yang menggunakan tiga buah diagram Unified Modeling Language (UML), yaitu: usecasediagram, activity diagram dan sequence diagramserta memanfaatkan penggunaan ERD dalam pembuatan database. Pembangunan sistem dilakukan menggunakan beberapa aplikasi pendukung yaitu: PHP dan MySQL,Sublime Text 3, Javascript, dan HTML.Hasil dari penelitian ini dapat memberikan keamanan terhadap data SKCK pemohon dan dapat mempermudah Admin Kepolisian Daerah dalam proses pembuatan surat SKCK
Penerapan Metode Simple Multi-Attribute Rating Technique untuk Pemilihan Lokasi Kos Terbaik di Kawasan UIN Suska Riau
Authors: Fadillah Riszki , Anglenia Putri , Syaputri Astia Weni , Mustakim Mustakim
Published: August 2020

Information needs against boarding houses and the current location are important, to find the location of the boarding houses that fit the desires and confused to its decision because of the many boarding houses that are available. This research will be conducted on the application of the method of a decision support system to select the location of the area's finest boarding houses UIN Suska Riau using a few street names as alternative and criteria that have been tailored to their needs. To help someone chose the location of the boarding houses, then built the expected decision support systems can help a person to choose the location of the boarding houses. The methods used in decision support system is a method of Simple Multi-Attribute Rating Technique (SMART) to select or specify the location of the boarding houses the best there is in the region of UIN Suska Riau. From the results of the completion of a method using SMART obtained the rank of 20 alternatives with rank one in the street Mustamindo with a value of utilities 0.64, in the alley of Iman value utilities is 0.63, and so on until the 20th rank. After the implemented decision support system, further Testing is performed by using the user Acceptance Testing results obtained then the average response i.e. 97%, in accordance with the reality of the expected response. Kata kunci: Boarding House, Decision Support System, Simple Multi-Attribute Rating Technique, SMART.
SISTEM INFORMASI PERPUSTAKAAN SMP MUHAMMADIYAH 1 PEKANBARU
Authors: Novita Rice , Azhari Wahyunur , Anzir Qumfa
Published: August 2020

Perpustakaan merupakan bagian dari sumber belajar yang harus dimiliki oleh setiap sekolah atau perguruan tinggi. Agar peserta didik dengan mudah mencari informasi dan ilmu pengetahuan melalui perpustakaan.Dengan adanya perkembangan teknologi manusia berfikir untuk dapat bekerja lebih efektif dan efisien. Salahsatunya yaitu menjadikan sistem konvensional ke sistem yang terkomputerisasi. Dengan memanfaatkan fasilitas,perpustakaan dapat lebih efektif dan efisien dalam pencarian, peminjaman, dan pengembalian buku. Pada penelitianini dirancang suatu sistem informasi berbasis web menggunakan bahasa pemrograman PHP MySQL. Dengan sistemini, diharapkan mampu mengatasi berbagai kebutuhan dari user untuk mencari buku dan melakukan transaksiseperti peminjaman dan pengembalian serta memudahkan pembuatan laporan. Dari hasil penelitian yang telah dilaksanakan penulis mengimplementasikan hasil penelitian tersebut kedalam Rancang Bangun Sistem InformasiPerpustakaan di SMP Muhammadiyah 1 Pekanbaru.
Afinal, o quão coerente é a fala nas comunidades linguísticas?
Authors: Freitas Ismael C. , Dos Santos Bruna S.
Published: August 2020

Fundamentado nos trabalhos de Labov (2006), Becker (2016), Oushiro (2015, 2019), Mendes (2016; 2019) e Eckert (2008), Gregory Guy promove em sua fala uma discussão acerca da coerência dialetal nas comunidades de fala. Em primeiro lugar, Guy procura evidenciar como a experiência linguística individual é usada para construir e performar identidades sociais. Em segundo, partindo dos trabalhos de Labov e de Becker, o conferencista toma como premissa a heterogeneidade social e individual da língua, para, por meio das pesquisas de Guy, de Mendes e de Oushiro, discutir a noção de coerência dialetal. Dessa forma, calcado em análises de dados empíricos, o palestrante prevê uma diminuição da coerência impulsionada pelo contato entre línguas e pela simplificação das complexidades linguísticas promovidos pela globalização.
The Great Awakening - Digitalization in Dental Healthcare during the pandemic COVID-19
Authors: Priyanka Paul Madhu  , Yojana Patil  , Aishwarya Rajesh Shinde  , Sangeeta Kumar  , Pratik Phansopkar
Published: August 2020

disease in 2019, also called COVID-19, which has been widely spread worldwide had given rise to a pandemic situation. The public health emergency of international concern declared the agent as the (SARS-CoV-2) the severe acute respiratory syndrome and the World Health Organization had activated significant surveillance to prevent the spread of this infection across the world. Taking into the account about the rigorousness of COVID-19, and in the spark of the enormous dedication of several dental associations, it is essential to be enlightened with the recommendations to supervise dental patients and prevent any of education to the dental graduates due to institutional closure. One of the approaching expertise that combines technology, communications and health care facilities are to refine patient care, it’s at the cutting edge of the present technological switch in medicine and applied sciences. Dentistry has been improved by cloud technology which has refined and implemented various methods to upgrade electronic health record system, educational projects, social network and patient communication. Technology has immensely saved the world. Economically and has created an institutional task force to uplift the health care service during the COVID 19 pandemic crisis. Hence, the pandemic has struck an awakening of the practice of informatics in a health care facility which should be implemented and updated at the highest priority.
International assessment of food security: global values and rating positions of Belarus
Authors: Gusakov G. V. , Karpovich N. V. , Yonchik L. T. , Lobanova L. A. , Gusakova I. V.
Published: August 2020

Food security largely determines stability of the entire economic system. Belarus is one of the states with self-sufficient production of food resources, and has also arranged a significant export potential in agri-food sector of economy. Experts from various international organizations, as well as thematic divisions of media companies, analyze the global food situation, including the one in Belarus. In this regard, third parties’ views on the Belarusian model of food security, its position in global rating, identification of strengths and weaknesses, comparison with the most successful states are of particular interest, which determined the study relevance. The article presents systematic analysis of the main international food safety ratings. A range of international assessments of efficiency of ensuring food security in the Republic of Belarus, as well as its structural elements are analyzed. Results and findings of foreign experts are compared with own techniques and methodological approaches to assessing the national food security of the Republic of Belarus. It has been determined that the Republic of Belarus was in the 36th place in the world or 20th place in the European region according to the GFSI index. At the same time, over the past two years, the country’s global position has increased by 12 points due to a significant improvement in terms of physical availability of food, as well as high indicators previously achieved in terms of economic accessibility, quality and safety of agricultural raw materials and finished foodstuffs. It has been noted that approaches to ensuring food security of the Republic of Belarus were highly appreciated by foreign experts. Use of the proposed results and proposals in practice will determine the prospects for increasing efficiency of ensuring the country’s food security, in particular, via improvement of economic and physical accessibility, as well as achieving the goal of the Doctrine of National Food Security of the Republic of Belarus until 2030. Acknowledgments. The research was carried out as part of the state program of scientific research “Quality and Efficiency of Agroindustrial Production” for 2016-2020, subprogram 1 “AIC Economy”, as well as in accordance with the provisions, criteria and parameters of the Doctrine of National Food Security of the Republic of Belarus until 2030, approved by the Resolution of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus dated December 15, 2017 No. 962.
Methodology for assessment of competitive potential of functional purpose confectionery in the context of global market trends
Authors: Lovkis Z. V. , Marhunova A. M. , Tamashevich S. E. , Kandratsenka S. A. , Marhunov A. N.
Published: August 2020

The confectionery industry in the world belongs to dynamically developing sectors of the economy and fast-growing segments of the consumer market, due to the accelerated transformation of demand under influence of healthy nutrition and safety trends, as well as ability of the industry to adapt and develop considering consumer preferences through innovations and development of sustainable competitive strategies. New products with original consumer properties of functional purpose with a low sugar content and healthy fats are constantly appearing in the confectionery market. In this regard, assessment of products competitiveness should take into account the new qualities and availability to the consumer, which will allow commodity producers to form an efficient competitive strategy based on the analysis, plan innovative initiatives, and achieve success in promoting in the domestic and foreign markets. The paper presents the results of studying the trends in the world confectionery market, as well as marketing analysis of quality price parameters of products of domestic and foreign producers in the domestic market. An efficient methodology for assessing competitiveness of functional purpose confectionery products in terms of chocolate has been substantiated, and its testing results made it possible to identify the competitive advantages of domestic products in the field of organoleptic properties, nutritional value, functional efficiency and information content of packaging for the consumer. Use of the development in practice will make it possible to successfully position Belarusian chocolate as an original product of high quality, increase the added value of products for export, as well as form a stable consumer demand for healthy foods in the domestic market. Acknowledgments. The research was carried out as part of the Branch Scientific and Technical Program “Child Nutrition. Quality and safety” for 2016-2020, as well as the state program of scientific research “Quality and Efficiency of Agroindustrial Production” for 2016-2020, subprogram 1 “AIC Economy”.
Efficiency of pelleting of sugar beet seeds in centrifugal pelleting machine
Authors: Petrovets V. R. , Mikheyeu D. A. , Gnilozub V. P.
Published: August 2020

Seed pelleting is an efficient way to improve the sowing quality of seeds. Diverse positive effect of pelleting is mostly noticeable for beet seeds. Increased size and spherical shape of seeds with shell allows to use precision seeding technology, as well as fertilizers and protective agents being part of the shell, increase their sowing potential and finally increase yields. To obtain pelleted seeds, it is required to use a specialized line with a seed pelleting machine being the main equipment. An improved design of centrifugal batch-operated seed pelleting machine has been developed and manufactured in Belarusian State Agricultural Academy. To activate the process of rolling the shell in the mixing chamber of the pelleting machine, it was proposed to use separately installed blades. Based on theoretical and experimental studies, the main structural and technological parameters of the pelleting machine has been determined to ensure the highest quality of pelleted seeds. Seeds of sugar beet of the domestic variety “Polybel” obtained in a favorable climate were selected for experimental studies. Finished mixture based on bentonite clay was selected as a filler of the seed coat. After the coat formation, the insect-fungicidal dressing agent Prestige was applied to the seeds. The seeds of sugar beet of the domestic variety “Polybel” obtained on experimental pelleting machine showed high results in germination and yield. They are comparable to imported sugar beet hybrids. Pelleting of seeds of domestic varieties of sugar beet on the territory of the Republic of Belarus can become a good alternative to imported pelleted seeds, especially considering their cost, which significantly exceeds the cost of untreated seeds.
“Poetry of the Russian word”
Authors: Chesnokova E. V.
Published: August 2020

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SPATIAL DIVERSITY OF THE FINANCIAL SITUATION OF COMMUNES OF THE ŚWIĘTOKRZYSKIE VOIVODSHIP IN 2007-2017
Authors: Dziekański Paweł , Bobkiewicz Sebastian
Published: August 2020

Actions taken at the local level should aim, among others, at: supporting development initiatives aimed at improving the quality of life of local communities, supporting the local labor market, building or improving the quality of infrastructure or the state of the natural environment. The financial situation of the commune is closely correlated with the level of local development, understood as a complex of quantitative and qualitative transformations in a given commune. The aim of the article is to analyze the spatial disproportions of the financial situation using a synthetic measure. The analysis was made in the system of rural communes of the Świętokrzyskie Voivodship. As source material, data from the Regional Accounting Chamber (Kielce branch) for 2007 and 2017 were used. The division of communes into classes of units with a similar level of the financial situation allows to state that in the high (I) classes, communes with a developed industrial function dominated, with a developing labor market, with a large number of enterprises in the SME sector, with a disappearing agricultural function. Whereas in the lowlevel class (IV), there were units with a traditional agricultural function. The values of the synthetic measure indicate a similar reaction of municipalities to changes in the economy and the spatial stability of the studied phenomenon. In 2007, the measure of the financial standing (OE) of rural communes in the Świętokrzyskie Voivodship ranged from 0.64 to 0.80, while in 2017 from 0.56 to 0.80; TOPSIS measure in 2007 from 0.31 to 0.47 and in 2017 from 0.30 to 0.51 (TOPSIS). The financial situation was strongly correlated with own revenues, revenues from local taxes and transfers from the state budget, investment and current expenses, the balance of migration or the number of economic entities and natural persons conducting economic activity.
MACROECONOMIC FACTORS INFLUENCING THE DEVELOPMENT OF UKRAINE’S FOREIGN TRADE
Authors: Tkalenko Svitlana , Melnyk Tetyana , Kudyrko Liudmyla
Published: August 2020

The purpose of the study is to assess the relationship between Ukraine's foreign trade and its major macroeconomic indicators in the context of deepening globalization processes and increasing dependence of national economic development on exogenous determinants. In order to achieve this goal, the most important factors of influence of macro level on the scale of foreign trade turnover have been selected, the interval of observations has covered 1999-2018. Authors used the method of economic and mathematical modeling based on the E-Views software. A multifactor regression model has been constructed, tested for autocorrelation and heteroskedasticity; causal effects have been identified between foreign trade and the main macroeconomic indicators of combinatorial nature (both exogenous and endogenous), Ukraine’s foreign trade volumes has been forecasted up to 2023. Methodology. The study is based on the analyzed macroeconomic indicators for the period of 1999-2018, which made it possible to select those that showed up greatest impact on foreign trade. The results of the conducted modeling showed: high level achievement of foreign trade dynamics of Ukraine over the mentioned years, which exceeded similar indicators of dynamics of global trade; strong link between foreign trade, foreign direct investment and employment; revealing of a significant influence upon foreign trade of innovative activity of national business in industry as a dominant segment of the foreign sector of the country. As conclusions, the authors formulated a thesis on the need to strengthen institutional support for innovation and investment activities of national enterprises as a driver for scale-up and improvement of quality of Ukraine's trade relations with the entire world. It is determined that the multiplicative interaction of innovation and investment would diversify and complicate the commodity structure of exports, increase the level of its technological and innovative nature, and thus it is to allow to get rid of the established attitude to Ukraine on the trading map of the world as a supplier of low-tech raw materials. Practical implications. The main theoretical propositions, the authors’ conclusions presented in the article, are supposed to form a methodological basis for expert evaluation in substantiating the priorities of the state policy modernization regarding conditions and factors promoting the export-oriented sectors of the national economy. Value/originality. Prospects for further research in this sphere may be to assumed onto making an assess on risks (threats) and macroeconomic effects of foreign trade deterioration in the context of declining economic activity regarding importing countries of their domestic products, especially in the EU and the PRC, further weakening of external channels of investment and reducing the ability of businesses to innovate in deepening recessionary processes on the global and national levels.