bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
A Long Term (2005–2019) Eddy Covariance Data Set of CO2 and H2O Fluxes from the Tibetan Alpine Steppe
Authors: Nieberding Felix , Wille Cristian , Fratini Gerardo , Asmussen Magnus O. , Wang Yuyang , Ma Yaoming , Sachs Torsten
Published: June 2020

Abstract. The Tibetan alpine steppe ecosystem covers an area of roughly 800,000 km2, containing up to 3.3 % soil organic carbon in the uppermost 30 cm, summing up to 1.93 PgvC for the Tibet Autonomous Region only (472,037 km2). With temperatures rising two to three times faster than the global average, these carbon stocks are at risk of loss due to enhanced soil respiration. The remote location and the harsh environmental conditions on the Tibetan Plateau (TP) make it challenging to derive accurate data on ecosystem-atmosphere exchange of carbon dioxide (CO2) and water vapor (H2O). Here, we provide the first multi-year data set of CO2 and H2O fluxes from the central Tibetan alpine steppe ecosystem, measured in situ using the eddy covariance technique. The calculated fluxes were rigorously quality checked and carefully corrected for a drift in concentration measurements and gas analyzer self heating during cold conditions. A wind field analysis was conducted to identify influences of adjacent buildings on the turbulence regime and to exclude the disturbed fluxes from subsequent computations. The presented CO2 fluxes were additionally gap filled using a standardized approach. The very low net carbon uptake across the 15-year data set highlights the special vulnerability of the Tibetan alpine steppe ecosystem to become a source of CO2 due to global warming. The data is freely available (https://www.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3733203, Nieberding et al., 2020b) and may help to better understand the role of the Tibetan alpine steppe in the global carbon-climate feedback.
Good Vibrations: Living with the Motions of our Unsettled Planet
Authors: Badcoe Tamsin , George Ophelia Ann , Donkin Lucy , Pegna Shirley , Kendall John Michael
Published: June 2020

Abstract. Historical commentary in the aftermath of large earthquakes has frequently noted unscheduled ringing of church bells excited by the shaking around them. These purported unscheduled bell ringing events were caused not only by near earthquakes but also by distant incidents. To investigate this phenomenon, as part of the Brigstow Institute funded Unsettled Planet Project, we installed a state-of-the-art broadband seismometer in the Wills Memorial Building tower to record how Great George (the tower bell) responds to the restless world around him. The installed seismometer has been recording activity around and within the tower on a near continuous basis since 23 March 2018. Here, we present the signals recorded by the seismometer as Great George overlooks the hustle and bustle of the city around him and investigate how connected we are to our unsettled planet, even from our tectonically quiet setting in Bristol. We find that the seismometer not only shows the hem and haw of activity in and around Bristol, but also brings to light earthquakes from as nearby as Lincolnshire, UK, or as far away as Fiji ~ halfway around the world. In order to contextualise our findings, our project also considers what determines how people have responded to earth shaking events, drawing on both historical and recent examples, and looks to contemporary art practice in order to consider how an awareness of our unsettled planet can be communicated in new ways.
Cover Crops Management in the Soybean-Wheat Offseason
Authors: Link Lucas , Batista Vanderson Vieira , Adami Paulo Fernando , Pereira Luara Silva , Oligini Karine Fuschter , Conceição Paulo Cesar
Published: June 2020

More than 2 million hectare of soil at the soybean-wheat offseason remains on fallow in Brazil. Therefore, this research studied a suitable cover crop and its herbicide management to be adopted is this period as well as its influence on wheat yield at the 2017/18 and 2018/19 growing season. Experiment was laid out as a randomized block design in a factorial scheme composed of four cover crops (Fagopyrum esculentum, Crotalaria juncea, Pennisetum glaucum and Urochloa brizantha) and two herbicide management [Anticipated Desiccation (17 days before) and Desiccation at the wheat Sowing day] with four replications. Fallow without cover crops was used as a control. The tradeoff between the additional biomass produced by millet and brachiaria between herbicide desiccation periods does not pay the wheat grain yield reduction, suggesting that its herbicide management should be anticipated. In the other hand, C. juncea showed a linear increase in biomass along the periods without wheat yield effects and its herbicide dissection at the wheat sowing day appears to be the best management. F. esculentum showed the fastest development cycle and can be recommended for shorter offseason periods. P. glaucum showed rapid growth and the highest biomass yield at both years, standing out as the best option for offseason periods from 70 to 80 days, although, anticipated herbicide management before wheat sowing resulted in higher grain yield at the second year of study. Further studies should consider other cover crop benefits as weed suppression, physical and chemical soil traits improvements and erosion reduction.
Your Kingdom Come, Your Will Be Done: A Study of Matthew 6:10
Authors: Mitchell Andrew
Published: June 2020

One of the most quoted and important verses today, Matt 6:10, is generally misunderstood. The second petition of the Lord’s Prayer is a prayer for the eschatological ushering in of the kingdom. It cannot have the sense of a gradual coming of the kingdom. The third petition is a prayer that God’s purposes come to pass. It is not, as is often suggested, a prayer for the increase in obedience to God’s will. These petitions are not synonymous.
Bipolar vs. monopolar transurethral resection of the prostate for lower urinary tract symptoms secondary to benign prostatic obstruction: A Cochrane review
Authors: Alexander Cameron Edwin , Scullion Malo M.F. , Omar Muhammad Imran , Yuan Yuhong , Mamoulakis Charalampos , N'Dow James M.O. , Chen Changhao , Lam Thomas B.L.
Published: June 2020

Introduction: There remains uncertainty regarding the differences in patient outcomes between monopolar transurethral resection of the prostate (MTURP) and bipolar TURP (BTURP) in the management of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) secondary to benign prostatic obstruction (BPO).

Methods: A systematic literature search was carried out up to March 19, 2019. Methods in the Cochrane Handbook were followed. Certainty of evidence (CoE) was assessed using the GRADE approach.

Results: A total of 59 randomized controlled trials (RCTs) with 8924 participants were included. BTURP probably results in little to no difference in International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS) at 12 months (MD -0.24, 95% confidence internal [CI] -0.39–-0.09; participants=2531; RCTs=16; moderate CoE) or health-related quality of life (HRQOL) at 12 months (MD -0.12, 95% CI -0.25–0.02; participants=2004, RCTs=11; moderate CoE), compared to MTURP. BTURP probably reduces TUR syndrome (relative risk [RR] 0.17, 95% CI 0.09–0.30; participants=6,745, RCTs=44; moderate CoE) and blood transfusions (RR 0.42, 95% CI 0.30–0.59; participants=5727, RCTs=38; moderate CoE), compared to MTURP. BTURP may carry similar risk of urinary incontinence at 12 months (RR 0.20, 95% CI 0.01–4.06; participants=751; RCTs=4; low CoE), re-TURP (RR 1.02, 95% CI 0.44–2.40; participants=652, RCTs=6, I2=0%; low CoE) and erectile dysfunction (International Index of Erectile Function [IIEF-5]) at 12 months (MD 0.88, 95% CI -0.56–2.32; RCTs=3; moderate CoE), compared to MTURP.

Conclusions: BTURP and MTURP probably improve urological symptoms to a similar degree. BTURP probably reduces TUR syndrome and blood transfusion slightly postoperatively. The moderate certainty of evidence available for primary outcomes suggests no need for further RCTs comparing BTURP and MTURP.
Health Promotion Model for Improvement of the Nutritional Status of Children Under Five Years
Authors: Sari Fatimah , Murti Bhisma , Sutisna S. Endang , Kusnandar Kusnandar
Published: June 2020

OBJECTIVE: Nutrition problems in Indonesia are multidimensional problems that are influenced by several factors including economic, education, social culture, agriculture, and health. Nutrition problems reflect economic, political, and social crises as the root causes of malnutrition. This study formulates a health promotion model to improve the nutritional status of children under five years old.

METHOD: This type of research is quantitative with survey design and cross-sectional approach.

RESULT: This study produced a risk of children under five yearsexperiencing poor nutritional status with a history of illness.The risk of children under five yearsexperiencing undernourished nutritional status with strong health workers-cadre-family partnerships and strong family support. The risk of children under five years experiencing wasting nutritional status increases with a history of diarrheal disease. The risk of children under five yearsexperiencing wasting nutritional status decreases with strong health workers-cadre-family partnerships and strong family support. The risk of a child under five yearsexperiencing a stunting nutritional status increases with a history of diarrheal disease. The risk of children under five years old experiencing stunting nutritional status decreases with strong health workers-cadre-family partnerships and strong family support.

CONCLUSION: Nutritional status of children under five years (malnutrition, wasting and stunting) is affected directly and indirectly through the variables of family income, mother's knowledge, attitudes towards nutrition problems, environmental sanitation, social capital, health workers-cadre-family partnerships, family support, history of diarrhea disease and mother'seducation.
Testing of the Granulation Process for the Preparation of a Mixture with the Chemical Composition of a Heavy Tungsten Alloy
Authors: GOROCH Olgierd Janusz , GULBINOWICZ Zbigniew , BARCZ Katarzyna , SKOCZYLAS Paweł , KACZOROWSKI Mieczysław
Published: June 2020

The subject of this paper are the results of testing the process of preparation of a granulate made of a mixture of powders with the chemical composition of a heavy tungsten alloy. Different methods of granulation are discussed which reveal how widely they vary in physical and chemical phenomena. It is a testament to how vast the research field of granulation of matter is. The importance and significance of granulation methods were proven with the distinguishing features of the granulated form of the stock materials and products compared to their powdered (dusty) form. Granulation is applied to produce convenient forms of products or intermediates which are acceptable to end users, and to facilitate or even enable the application of products and intermediates in appropriate technologies.
Legal Aspects of Production and Operation of Autonomous Combat Robots
Authors: SIWEK Michał , WACŁAWIK Kamil
Published: June 2020

Mobile robots are increasingly replacing people in particularly dangerous situations and those at risk of losing their lives or health. One of such applications are military and preventive activities, where mobile robots are not only used for reconnaissance and patrol operations and the development trend is focused on the increasing use of mobile robots on the battlefield. Therefore, this type of equipment must meet the requirements and standards guaranteeing safety for the user and the environment. The paper presents a set of requirements for the production and use of autonomous combat vehicles put up by organizations such as the Defence Department, the European Union and NATO.
Identidad y cuerpo en "Autobiografía del general Franco"
Authors: Battaglia Silvio
Published: June 2020

En la Autobiografía del General Franco Manuel Vázquez Montalbán  fragua una estética post-ideológica a partir del cuerpo y de su relación con el mundo. El cuerpo, en cuanto eje tanto epistemológico como ético, le permite al narrador abordar al personaje de Franco para elaborar una biografía in absentia en la que inserta fragmentos de su propia autobiografía. La mirada que explora el cuerpo revela más que el enfoque retrospectivo o  mirada metafórica sobre el pasado, con una comunicación abocada al discurso poético, que para Manuel Vázquez Montalbán recogía en forma de collage lo que no podía caber en el discurso regido por la razón. De manera análoga actúa el narrador de la Autobiografía, esgrimiendo la dialéctica interna al discurso franquista para iluminar sus propios móviles callados más allá de la estruendosa propaganda del régimen. Comento algunos fragmentos de la Autobiografía centrándome en la fenomenología de la carne como dispositivo ético del individuo y como testimonio impensado del totalitarismo. En particular me centro sobre el alcance cognitivo de los ojos del dictador y la función del espejo, relacionados con la doble figura femenina de la madre y la esposa, aquí figuras claves en el aprendizaje del poder.
Los textos de Manuel Vázquez Montalbán en Escandinavia. El caso noruego
Authors: Izquierdo José María
Published: June 2020

La novela policiaca escandinava experimenta un enorme éxito de ediciones y lectores en el mundo hispánico en general y en España en particular. Este éxito contrasta con la falta de interés que despierta la denominada novela negra del Mediterráneo europeo en Escandinavia en general y en Noruega en particular.Hay de resaltar que los escandinavos son clientes habituales en los centros turísticos mediterráneos y que en países como Noruega y Suecia el español es la primera lengua extranjera en las escuelas. Ambos datos permiten suponer la existencia de un conocimiento de las culturas mediterráneas que –aunque sea superficial- debería facilitar la constitución de un lector proclive a la lectura de las novelas de los autores citados. Novelas que por sus características realistas permiten la complicidad de un lector supuestamente conocedor de tales de realidades socio-culturales. Además en Escandinavia existe un gran mercado editorial para el subgénero policiaco que se traduce en extensas nóminas nacionales de escritores y una importante producción literaria que ya traspasa las fronteras nacionales.En este artículo se comenta la recepción de la obra de Manuel Vázquez Montalbán en Escandinavia haciendo hincapié en Noruega.En el mundo académico noruego se ha escrito poco acerca de la obra montalbaniana, pero paradójicamente en los medios de comunicación se ha mencionado muchas veces sus opiniones a pesar de ser un autor cuya obra es poco conocida en los países escandinavos en general y en Noruega en particular.
Construcción de la conciencia crítica e hibridación: Dos constantes en la obra de Manuel Vázquez Montalbán
Authors: Izquierdo José María
Published: June 2020

En este artículo se presentan algunas ideas de Manuel Vázquez Montalbán relacionadas con el compromiso social, ético y estético puesto en relación con fenómenos como la hibridación narrativa, el uso de subgéneros, los desdoblamientos de las voces del autor, narrador y personajes o las novelas del “yo” que actualmente dominan en la llamada narrativa de la memoria.
"Un delitto per Pepe Carvalho": referencias culturales y traducción
Authors: Rodríguez Abella Rosa María
Published: June 2020

En este artículo se analiza la traslación al italiano de "Los mares del sur" (1979), diacrónicamente primera obra de la serie Carvalho traducida a esta lengua. El trabajo se inscribe en la rama de los estudios de tipo descriptivo orientados al resultado de la traducción. Por tanto, se ilustran las soluciones adoptadas en cada caso por el traductor para trasladar los numerosos referentes culturales presentes en el texto origen.
Memoria, ideología y heterodoxia: Contra el pensamiento hegemónico
Authors: Colmeiro José
Published: June 2020

Estudio de toda la obra montalbaniana, haciendo una clara síntesis de la posición política e ideológica de Manuel Vázquez Montalbán a lo largo de su extensa carrera que insiste en su coherencia y antidogmatismo.
A modo de introducción
Authors: Saval José Vicente
Published: June 2020

Introducción descriptiva de los materiales publicados
Sección bibliográfica. Reseñas
Authors: Autores Varios
Published: June 2020

Cuatro revisiones bibliográficas de seis textos sobre Manuel Vázquez Montalbán de tres autores diferentes (Colmeiro, Saval y Tyras) escritos por diversos especialistas en la materia procedentes de diversos confines del mundo, desde la India a México, pasando por la Gran Bretaña
El señor de los bonsáis, de Manuel Vázquez Montalbán: un caso de crítica política juvenil
Authors: Tyras Georges
Published: June 2020

Estudio de Georges Tyras sobre El señor de los bonsais, una obra encuadrada dentro de la literatura juvenil y que no ha sido motivo de atención para la crítica
La soledad del manager como definición de la serie Carvalho
Authors: Saval José Vicente
Published: June 2020

Artículo sobre La soledad del manager, una obra que cuenta ya con más de cuarenta años desde su primera edición.
La reflexión sobre Latinoamérica de Manuel Vázquez Montalbán en la prensa (1989-2003). Pensamiento único, disidencias y globalización
Authors: Salgado Francesc
Published: June 2020

Este artículo examina el pensamiento político que Manuel Vázquez Montalbán elaboró sobre Latinoamérica en la última etapa de su dedicación periodística, a partir de la caída del Muro de Berlín, en 1989, hasta su muerte en el año 2003. El declive de las ideas socialistas que significó dicho acontecimiento se convirtió en un reto que le llevó a trabajar con denuedo en una intensa pugna ideológica contra el “pensamiento único” que promovía el triunfo definitivo de las ideas capitalistas, neoliberales, e incluso el llamado “fin de la Historia”, además de la globalización, entendida esta como un proceso económico a escala mundial en el que el ser humano pasó a ser un simple instrumento de la producción, más allá de sus necesidades vitales.

Para Vázquez Montalbán, en el subcontinente latinoamericano se expresaba perfectamente esta pugna. Por un lado, los apoyos que recibieron las dictaduras latinoamericanas, en especial Chile y Argentina, cuando tuvieron que transformarse en transiciones a la democracia asistidas por los EEUU. Por otro, las maniobras para derrotar a los restos de la izquierda y, como contraposición, el resurgir de nuevas formas revolucionarias, pacíficas y contraglobalizadoras como la zapatista, supusieron el contexto en el que el escritor realiza un renovado trabajo de opinión tanto en la prensa española (Interviú, El País, Avui) como en la internacional (La Jornada, La Repubblica, Le Monde Diplomatique, Il Manifesto) en un esfuerzo que supuso su último gran empeño intelectual.

Palabras clave: Manuel Vázquez Montalbán; prensa; globalización; Latinoamérica; zapatismo

Keywords: Manuel Vázquez Montalbán; journalism; globalization; Latin America; Zapatismo

Título en inglés: Vázquez Montalbán’s journalistic reflections on Latin America (1989-2003). Monolithic thinking, disidence and globalization
Datos de los autores
Authors: Redacción
Published: June 2020

Biodatas de los autores.
Verantwortliche Mediennutzung. Wünschenswerte Selbstverpflichtungen von Rezipient_innen und Nutzer_innen
Authors: Funiok Rüdiger
Published: June 2020

Rezipienten wurden früher zur bewussten Auswahl medialer Angebote angehalten. Das Internet hat die Nutzenden nun zu Autor_innen gemacht. Inhaltlich begründen lässt sich verantwortliches Medienhandeln mit psychologischen Bedürfnissen, aber auch mit Grundfähigkeiten, wie sie die Philosophie des „guten Lebens“ benennt. Das Publikum trägt Verantwortung auf mehreren Ebenen: Beim privaten Mediengebrauch sind Privacy sowie sozial-ökologische Nachhaltigkeit bei Kauf und Nutzung von IT-Geräten wichtig. Die pädagogische Verantwortung von Eltern, Erzieher_innen und Lehrer_innen beginnt im Vorschulalter und hat einen wichtigen Zeitpunkt, wenn die 10-12jährigen ihr eigenes Smartphone bekommen. Schließlich besteht eine staatsbürgerliche Mitverantwortung für eine große Diskursöffentlichkeit - auch im Netz mit seinen oft isolierten Räumen.
Von Pfarrerstöchtern und Klosterbrüdern. Podcast-Formate im Themenspektrum Glaube/Kirche/Spiritualität
Authors: Schützeneder Jonas
Published: June 2020

Seit Jahren steigt die Beliebtheit und durchschnittliche Nutzung von Podcasts in Deutschland kontinuierlich an. Laut aktueller Bitkom-Studie hören 26 Prozent regelmäßig diese Form der Audio-Formate. Neben den besonders beliebten Themen Krimi(nalität) und Verbrechen finden sich auch zahlreiche Formate aus dem Bereich Glaube/Kirche/Spiritualität. Wie passt das zusammen? Der vorliegende Beitrag gibt einen Überblick zu aktuellen Trends, die dokumentieren, dass die eher junge Zielgruppe der Podcast-User durchaus ein offenes Ohr für diese religiösen Themenfelder besitzt.
Europa 2019 bis 2024 – Wohin trägt uns der Stier? – Sieben Thesen zu den Herausforderungen der Europäischen Union –
Authors: Blanke Hermann-J. , Pilz Stefan
Published: June 2020

Mehr als 200 Millionen Europäer haben bei der Europawahl 2019 ihre Stimme abgegeben. Die Wahlbeteiligung stieg damit gegenüber den Europawahlen 2014 um 8 Punkte auf 50,6%. Dies führte zu der höchsten Beteiligung seit 1994 und erstmals seit 1979 zu einer Umkehrung der Wahlbeteiligung. Dabei war es die Stimmabgabe junger und erstmaliger Wähler, die zu diesem Anstieg führte. Auf die Frage, welche Themen ihre Wahlentscheidung maßgeblich beeinflusst haben, wurden vor allem die Themen Wirtschaft und Wachstum sowie Klimawandel und Umweltschutz genannt. Doch schon knapp hundert Tage nach dem Amtsantritt der Europäischen Kommission breitete sich auch in Europa eine Pandemie aus, die sie vor weitere und neue Herausforderungen stellt.
Reverse Solange 2.0: Die Durchsetzung europäischer Werte und die unions- und strafrechtliche Verantwortung nationaler Richter
Authors: von Bogdandy Armin , Spieker Luke Dimitrios
Published: June 2020

Wenn die Regierung eines Mitgliedstaates beginnt mittels einer gleichgeschalteten Justiz gegen Regierungskritiker vorzugehen, sind die von Art. 2 EUV geschützten Werte auf neue Weise bedroht. Dieser Beitrag zeigt auf, wie Richter gegenüber solchen Versuchen reagieren können und müssen. Neben einer Pflicht zu wertkonformer Auslegung nationalen Rechts, schlagen wir insbesondere eine Vorlagepflicht bei mitgliedstaatlichen Wertverstößen vor. Sollten nationale Richter hingegen bewusst gegen Unionswerte verstoßen, kommt auch eine strafrechtliche Verantwortlichkeit in Betracht. Diese Vorschläge implizieren die gerichtliche Anwendbarkeit von Art. 2 EUV. Daher werden wir in einem zweiten Schritt zeigen, wie eine solche gerichtliche Anwendbarkeit von Art. 2 EUV durch das Wechselspiel mit spezifischen Bestimmungen des Unionsrechts konstruiert werden kann. Um dabei das föderale Gleichgewicht zu erhalten sind diese Vorschläge in die umgekehrte Solange-Doktrin eingebettet, die im Lichte der neueren Rechtsprechung fortgeschrieben wird.
Zum Verhältnis von Pädagogik und Politik bei Schleiermacher
Authors: Münzel Annika
Published: June 2020

It was clear to Schleiermacher that, long before each modern democratic state, whose self-understanding is based on their citizens being able to participate in them politically, is able to develop, the provision of democratic institutions alone is not enough. Historically, the development of inner stability in modern democratic states can only occur if a public education system, which caters equally to the needs of all the people living in them, is established nationwide. As a new addition to the system of education, which was originally conceived as a purely private concept, the particular contribution of public education has been to initiate a process of political education stemming from schools.
Carbon Soot Polymer Nanocomposites (CSPNCs): Production, Surface Morphological, Glass Transition Temperature Phenomenon and Optical Properties
Authors: Tailor Rakhi , Kumar Vijay Yogesh , Bafna Minal
Published: June 2020

The present chapter covers the production and properties of carbon soot nanoparticles (CSNPCs) and their doped carbon soot polymer nanocomposites (CSPNCs). The first part of this chapter will provide a brief introduction of carbon soot, its morphology, production and synthesis methods. The second part will explain the investigation of carbon soot nanoparticles by flame deposition method and their properties. The third part will provide a short knowledge on polymer nanocomposites (PNCs) and their processing methods. The last part will illustrate the production of carbon soot polymer nanocomposites by solution casting method and their important properties. At the end, the chapter concludes with future scopes.
Procoagulant Platelets
Authors: Kholmukhamedov Andaleb
Published: June 2020

There are two well-known subpopulations of activated platelets: pro-aggregatory and procoagulant. Procoagulant platelets represent a subpopulation of activated platelets, which are morphologically and functionally distinct from pro-aggregatory ones. Although various names have been used to describe these platelets in the literature (CoaT, CoaTed, highly activated, ballooned, capped, etc.), there is a consensus on their phenotypic features including exposure of high levels of phosphatidylserine (PSer) on the surface; decreased aggregatory and adhesive properties; support of active tenase and prothrombinase complexes; maximal generation by co-stimulation of glycoprotein VI (GPVI) and protease-activated receptors (PAR). In this chapter, morphologic and functional features of procoagulant platelets, as well as the mechanisms of their formation, will be discussed.
Effective Algorithms for Detection Outliers and Cycle Slip Repair in GNSS Data Measurements
Authors: V. Bezmenov Igor
Published: June 2020

The chapter describes effective algorithms that are often used in processing data measurements in Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSSs). Existing effective algorithm was developed for detection and elimination of outliers from GNSS data measurements. It is based on searching for a so-called optimal solution for which standard deviation and maximum absolute deviation of the measured data from mean values do not exceed specified threshold values, and the number of the detected outliers is minimal. A modification of this algorithm with complexity of Nlog2N is discussed. Generalization of the existing algorithm to the case when data series included some unknown trend will be presented. The processing trend is assumed to be described by an unknown function of time. The generalized algorithm includes the outlier detection algorithm and trend searching algorithm that has been tested using simulated data. A new algorithm will be presented for cycle slip repair using Melbourne-Wübbena linear combination formed from GNSS data measurements on two carrier frequencies. Test results for repair data in the case of multiple (cascade) cycle slips in actual observation data will also be presented in this chapter.
Modeling heterogeneity of the level-1 error covariance matrix in multilevel models for single-case data
Authors: Baek Eunkyeng , Ferron John J. M.
Published: June 2020

Previous research applying multilevel models to single-case data has made a critical assumption that the level-1 error covariance matrix is constant across all participants. However, the level-1 error covariance matrix may differ across participants and ignoring these differences can have an impact on estimation and inferences. Despite the importance of this issue, the effects of modeling between-case variation in the level-1 error structure had not yet been systematically studied. The purpose of this simulation study was to identify the consequences of modeling and not modeling between-case variation in the level-1 error covariance matrices in single-case studies, using Bayesian estimation. The results of this study found that variance estimation was more sensitive to the method used to model the level-1 error structure than fixed effect estimation, with fixed effects only being impacted in the most extreme heterogeneity conditions. Implications for applied single-case researchers and methodologists are discussed.
« CONNAISSEZ-VOUS CET HOMME ?1 »
Authors: Cubeddu-Proux Stefania
Published: June 2020

« Connaissez-vous cet homme ? » demande Jack Waterman, une photo à la main, à Ferlinghetti dans Volkswagen Blues (1984). Bien que les romans de Jacques Poulin ne puissent à proprement parler être considérés comme des romans policiers, ils ne cessent de flirter avec le genre. Les enquêtes, les poursuites, les personnages-détectives, les dialogues évoquant les classiques de la littérature autant que du cinéma noir abondent dans son oeuvre. Cette relation se renforce d’ailleurs si l’on considère la démarche ludique que cette oeuvre sollicite sans cesse et qui pousse son lecteur à jouer avec elle. La poétique de l’entre-deux est lisible alors dans l’ambiance particulière qui baigne cette écriture, entourée de flou, comme d’une sorte de brouillard qui rappelle celui qui enveloppe tant de scènes au cinéma comme dans l’oeuvre de Poulin. Dans cette démarche, la ville, cadre récurrent du genre, s’impose avec le jeu des objets et des situations qu’elle offre à l’écriture. Cette ville est bien évidement la ville de Québec, si essentielle à l’oeuvre, où elle est plus qu’un simple décor, le pôle d’attraction de l’action, du mouvement des personnages. À travers cette étude, menant l’enquête à son tour, l’auteure se propose d’interroger la présence du registre policier dans cette oeuvre, afin de dévoiler — ou peut-être pour mettre à mal — l’énigme policière poulinienne.
UNE PETITE MUSIQUE DE VIE
Authors: Destrempes Hélène
Published: June 2020

Les romans de Jacques Poulin accordent un rôle de première importance à la musique
et tout particulièrement à la chanson, notamment à la chanson française. Cette dernière est
inscrite en filigrane des principaux romans de l’auteur, de Volkswagen Blues à
Un jukebox dans la tête, en passant par Le vieux Chagrin, autant de titres
évoquant la nature profondément musicale de son oeuvre. Cette présence de la chanson n’est
d’ailleurs pas étrangère à « la petite musique » des romans de Poulin, qui lui confère une
tonalité si singulière. Dans le cadre de cette étude, il sera plus particulièrement question
du réseau de correspondances musicales traversant les romans de Jacques Poulin et de
l’importance majeure de cette dimension du texte comme relais interprétatif de l’oeuvre
poulinienne.
DIRE LE MAL
Authors: Proulx Caroline
Published: June 2020

Si on reconnaît mieux aujourd’hui l’indéniable contribution d’Arthur Buies à la littérature québécoise, jusqu’à le considérer comme « le meilleur écrivain du xixe siècle », il n’en a pas toujours été ainsi, son oeuvre ayant suscité toutes sortes de réactions négatives jusque dans les années soixante. Dissimulée derrière le personnage de l’anticlérical et du pamphlétaire, s’y révèle — en particulier dams les Lettres sur le Canada et La Lanterne — une pensée sur la nature et la condition humaines qui mérite d’être étudiée précisément dans l’angle qui a fait de Buies un maudit. En travaillant sans relâche à circonscrire un certain symptôme collectif, Buies engage le lecteur à reconnaître les effets d’un « mal » qui déborde le cadre de son époque et, comme le font d’autres écrivains et penseurs avec lesquels il dialogue, à considérer la littérature comme le lieu de la transmission d’un savoir à la fois dérangeant et essentiel.
« Auxquels ? C’est le pronom relatif » : susciter des interactions verbales pour développer la compétence métalinguistique des élèves du secondaire1
Authors: Arseneau Rosianne , Lefrançois Pascale
Published: June 2020

L’objectif au coeur de cet article est de documenter l’évolution dans les habiletés métalinguistiques d’élèves liées à l’emploi du pronom relatif à la suite d’une séquence didactique. Ancrée dans une approche syntaxique (Chartrand, Aubin, Blain et Simard, 1999) et conçue afin de susciter des interactions verbales en groupes coopératifs (Johnson et Johnson, 2009), la séquence a été expérimentée dans trois classes de 3e secondaire. 17 élèves se sont prêté⋅e⋅s à des entretiens métagraphiques au prétest et au posttest. L’analyse des entretiens a montré que les élèves expliquent l’emploi du pronom relatif en s’appuyant davantage sur des critères syntaxiques au posttest, et non plus seulement sur leur jugement. Aussi, l’analyse de l’utilisation du métalangage dans les explications indique des habiletés métalinguistiques également améliorées. Avec les résultats significatifs observés précédemment dans la réussite des pronoms relatifs à l’écrit (Arseneau, Foucambert et Lefrançois, 2018), ces résultats soulignent l’intérêt de poursuivre l’intégration d’approches coopératives à l’enseignement de la grammaire et de l’écriture.
L’évaluation sans notes : stratégies mobilisées par la direction d’un établissement pour élaborer un réseau d’acteurs potentiellement concernés par une expérimentation pédagogique
Authors: Lefeuvre Gwénaël , Savournin Florence
Published: June 2020

Malgré l’autonomie grandissante des établissements scolaires dans les systèmes scolaires des pays développés et l’accroissement des prérogatives pédagogiques des chefs d’établissement, ces derniers, notamment en France, ont une légitimité relativement faible pour réguler et transformer les pratiques pédagogiques des enseignants. Face à cette difficulté, ils sont régulièrement contraints de mettre en oeuvre des stratégies de détour pour parvenir à créer les conditions du changement pédagogique au sein de l’établissement. Dans cet article, nous montrerons, à travers une étude qualitative réalisée dans un établissement secondaire français, comment l’équipe de direction a profité de l’occasion de la marge de manoeuvre laissée par l’institution pour expérimenter un dispositif innovant d’évaluation sans note. Cette expérimentation a été l’occasion, pour le chef d’établissement, d’enrôler, d’intéresser et de stabiliser provisoirement un réseau d’acteurs de l’établissement (enseignants et autres personnels) autour de problématiques locales et de les mobiliser pour transformer les pratiques pédagogiques. Les données collectées ont été analysées à partir des caractéristiques du processus de traduction théorisé par Callon (1986).
Cognitive Progress in Artistic Research
Authors: Vilar Gerard
Published: June 2020

Traditionally, it has been understood that art is not a form of knowledge of the same kind as empirical, scientific or technological knowledge. For this reason, one cannot speak of the progress of art in any sense except in the progress of certain techniques. Nonetheless, artists who defend the idea of “artistic research” are dismantling these traditional ideas since they understand that at least some types of art projects do produce knowledge in a strong sense. So, at least of some art research projects it is possible to affirm that they represent a cognitive progress of the same sort as we find in the sciences. I propose three examples: Duty-free Art, by the German artist Hito Steyerl; a research on the chekas of Barcelona during the Spanish Civil War of 1936-39 by the Spanish artist Pedro G. Romero; and finally, in his participatory work El Camp de la Bota by the Catalan artist Francesc Abad. These projects result in contributions to knowledge in a very literal sense. They are works of art that generate propositional knowledge susceptible to being debated and refuted, like that of the social sciences or the humanities, and experiencing similar cognitive progresses. But this type of progress of art is, in any case, a minority. Progress in artistic research practices in general, excepting those stronger, resembles, from the cognitive point of view, the cognitive progress of philosophy. My thesis is that the concept of cognitive progress that we use in philosophy as an endless reflection and proliferation of perspectives and new concepts can be applied, therefore, to the practices of artistic research in general. Such progress cannot be visualized by a linear metaphor, but by a succession of concentric circles expanding in every direction.
The Impact of Galena Mining in North-Eastern Nigeria on Nearby Food Crops
Authors: Yebpella G. G. , Magomya A. M. , Odoh R. , Baba N. H. , Yakubu J.
Published: June 2020

Aims: To investigate and evaluate trace elements concentration in soils and bioaccumulation on food crops grown on agricultural fields around galena mine area, Wukari, north eastern Nigeria.

Study Design: The studied area is situated in the northwestern part of Wukari Local Government Area of Taraba State, North-East Nigeria. The hydrology of the area is conducive for the cultivation of crops and fresh water for fishing. The soils and food crops samples were collected in the month of May, 2018.

Methodology: Edible parts of plants such as leaf, stem and seed were collected from Soybeans (Glycine max), Guinea corn (Sorghum bicolor), Millet (Penniselum typhoides), Spinach (Amaranthus) and Tomato (Lycosipinus esculentum). A 1.00 g of the finely ground soil samples were digested with 10 mL of aqua regia (a mixture of 1:3 HNO3/HCl v/v) at 70°C on hot plate for 3 hours in a fume hood and 1.00 g of each sieved plant samples were digested with 10 mL mixture of HNO3: HCIO4 in the ratio 5:1 at 90°C for 30 minutes in a fume cupboard.

Results: The concentrations (µg/g DW) of the trace elements in soil are in the order Mn > Fe > Se > Pb > Cr > Cu > Al > As. The bio-accumulation of trace elements in all food crops were in the range: Se (0.250 – 20.88 µg/g DW), Al (0.250 – 0.980 µg/g DW), As (0.070 – 0.620 µg/g DW) and Pb (0.020 – 0.090 µg/g DW). Cr, Cu, Pb, Mn concentrations in food crops were above FAO/WHO permissible limits of 2.30, 40.0, 0.30, 500 µg/g DW respectively.

Conclusion: The Health Risk Index of As, Cr and Fe in spinach and Guinea corn were > 1. The study revealed that food crops grown on farmlands around mining areas are not safe for consumption.
Software Piracy in Nigeria
Authors: Roland Andembubtob David , Iliya Apuru Jonathan , Dogo Ezra Siyani
Published: June 2020

The enormity of software piracy varies in different countries and Nigeria is not an exception. Software piracy occurs in diverse forms such as soft lifting, hard disk loading, counterfeiting and unauthorized renting. Many reasons are behind software piracy. Software piracy has many negative economic consequences: Competition distorted by pirated software at the expense of local industries, loss of tax revenue and jobs because of the lack of a legitimate market, increase in cost recovery which, overall, affects social well-being of the citizenry. Findings have revealed that Nigeria has the highest case of software piracy, intellectual property theft and other sharp practices in the IT industry in Africa. Hence, this work investigates software piracy in Nigeria; revealing the concepts, causes, effects; and proffered solutions. We adopted the descriptive survey design. The research instrument used was online questionnaire with a sample size of 3270 people drawn from a population of respondents from the six (6) Geopolitical Zones of Nigeria. The results show that software piracy has statistically significant effect on the economy of Nigeria and that high standard of living is the biggest cause of software piracy in Nigeria.
Title Assessment of the Knowledge Level of Cabbage Growers for an Enhanced Production Technology
Authors: Rashid Irfath , Peer Quadri Javeed Ahmad , Saraf S. A. , Farooq Farah , Aziz Tariq
Published: June 2020

Cabbage is one of the most popular vegetables in the world because of its adaptability to a wide range of climatic conditions and soil type, ease of production and storage, and its food value. Commercial cultivation of Cabbage is very successful due to high market demand and its medicinal importance to treat gout, deafness, headache and hangovers in the early days. The present study aimed to assess the Knowledge level of cabbage growers towards the recommended package of practices in Budgam District of Jammu and Kashmir, India during the year 2017-18. Ex- post- facto research design was adopted. The study was carried out in purposively selected Zone Chadoora of district Budgam of Jammu and Kashmir State, as having maximum area under cabbage crop. A sample of 120 cabbage growers was selected by proportionate allocation method from randomly selected six villages. The data was collected with the help of a well structured interview schedule. Data derived from the growers was analyzed by employing suitable statistical methods. Twelve independent variables were categorized and studied in relation to dependent variable i.e. knowledge   level about cabbage cultivation practices. Majority of the growers had medium knowledge level regarding the recommended package of practices for cabbage cultivation given by SKUAST-Kashmir. Correlation analysis revealed that education, occupation, operational land holding, area under cabbage, experience in cabbage cultivation, net income, mass media exposure and scientific orientation  had significant relationship with the knowledge level of cabbage growers whereas the remaining independent variables starting with age had a negative and significant relationship with the knowledge whereas, family size, innovation proneness and extension contact had no significant relationship with the knowledge level of cabbage growers. The identified gaps in farmers practices and recommended cultivation practices may help to give directions to the field level extension workers to manipulate the appropriate factors so as to increase the adoption level. The results of the study will be useful to extension personnel and administrators so that they could know the extent of knowledge and adoption behaviour of cabbage growers. The results could also be used to bridge the gap through intensive training and organizing of other extension activities.
Soil-Transmitted Helminths: Prevalence and Intensity of Some Soil Transmitted Nematodes among Pupils in Selected Primary Schools in Penka-Michel Sub-division, West-Cameroon
Authors: Joël Atiokeng Tatang Rostand , Jeannette Yondo , Arlette Nguemfo Tchankugni , Vanessa Nkouayep , Mbida Mpoame
Published: June 2020

Background: Soil transmitted helminth infections are Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) affecting mostly pupils in developing countries. They seem to lose more and more interest due to the fact that resources and research are being justifiably diverted to more recent priorities such as HIV/AIDS, cancers, tuberculosis and malaria. As a result, specific data on STH infections is often lacking.

Aims: To evaluate the prevalence and intensities of STH parasites among pupils in Penka-Michel Sub-division, West-Cameroon in order to refresh information for a better management of these parasitic diseases.

Settings and Design: A cross-sectional analytic study was conducted from October to December 2018 in Penka-Michel Sub-division.

Methods and Materials: To evaluate the prevalence and intensities of STH parasites among pupils, seven hundred and twenty nine (729) stool samples were collected from pupils aged 4 to 14 years old in 23 randomly selected primary schools. The samples were analysed using the concentration method of Willis and the Mc Master technic.

Results: Out of 729 pupils enrolled, 107 (14.7%) were infected with one or more STH parasite species. The nematodes species identified were Ascaris lumbricoides (9.9%), Trichuris trichiura (5.3%) and hookworms (2.2%). Pupils aged from 8 to 11 years were the most infected (17.3%). Statistically females were more infected with hookworms (2.2%). These parasites occurred as monospecific (84.11%), bi-specific (13.0%) and tri-specific (2.80%) infections. The mean fecal eggs count was 3652.78±8715.93, 266.67±273.81 and 118.75±72.74 for A. lumbricoides, T. trichiura and hookworm respectively. According to faecal concentration of eggs, 88.18% of infections were light.

Conclusion: These results show the necessity of sustainable application of regular deworming, health education and improvements in sanitation among pupils in Penka-Michel Sub-division.
Isolated Spleen Metastasis from Lung Adenocarcinoma: A Case Report
Authors: Oz Burcu , Renklitepe Nilsu , Celik Serkan , Oven Bala Basak
Published: June 2020

Solitary splenic metastasis is extremely rare with few reported cases in literature. Current study reports the case of a 74-year-old, female patient who was diagnosed isolated spleen metastasis after lung adenocarcinoma, in the postoperative course. She presented with the incidental detection of nodular liver and central splenic lesions in a follow-up abdominal computed tomography (CT) scan after 5 years from the left lower lobectomy due to lung adenocarcinoma. By MRI examination, lesion in the liver was characterized as cystic and the central splenic lesion was found having a heterogeneous hypoechoic nodular character. Tru-cutbiopsy of spleen confirmed metastasis of lung adenocarcinoma. The patient underwent splenectomy. Although liver biopsy couldn’t detect any malignant tissue, lung cancer adenocarcinoma metastasis was diagnosed in splenectomy material. Herein, we report a case of incidentally found solitary splenic metastasis, 5 years after left lobectomy for lung adenocarcinoma.
In-vivo Anti-typhoid Activities of Ethanol Stem Bark Extract of Bridelia ferruginea (Wild) in Albino Rats Infected with Salmonella typhi
Authors: Dada Ebenezer Oluyemi , Akinyele Busayo Temitope
Published: June 2020

Aims: To study the In-vivo anti-typhoid activities of ethanol stem bark extract of Bridelia ferruginea in albino rats infected with Salmonella typhi.

Study Design: Experimental design.

Place and Duration of Study: Department of Microbiology, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria. Between January, 2019 and June, 2019.

Methodology: Fresh stem bark of Bridelia ferruginea were collected, dried, powered and extracted using 70% ethanol. Twenty – seven rats of same age between 90 -120 g in weight were selected and divided into 9 groups containing three each. The infectivity dose (ID) was determined with the clinical S. typhi. After which the rats were infected and orally administered various standard doses of the B. ferruginea stem bark extract (50-5000 mg/kg) accordingly for 7 days. During the treatment period, the fecal samples were collected to monitor the ability of the extract to reduce the fecal shedding of S. typhi. Also, the rats were weighed daily to establish the effect of treatment on their metabolism.

Results: Ethanol extract of B. ferruginea Stem bark at concentrations of 50 mg/ml – 100 mg/ml, didn’t produce any zone of inhibition but from 300-5000mg/ml produce zone of inhibition (ZI) at 2.00-18.33 mm (P< 0.05) on culture of clinical S. typhi isolate and on typed S. typhi isolate zones of inhibitions were seen at concentrations 50mg/ml-5000mg/ml, it produced ZI of 8.00 – 26.19 mm(P< 0.05). Minimum inhibitory concentration of the ethanol extract on the clinical S. typhiis 300mg/ml while on the typed isolate the minimum inhibitory concentration of the ethanol extract was 2600 mg/ml on ethanol extract respectively. The MBC for the two S. typhi isolates were 300 mg/ml and 1000 mg/ml respectively. The in-vivo investigation showed the ethanol extract of B. ferruginea stem bark on S. typhi colony forming units per ml (cfu/ml) of suspensions of faeces of infected rats and treated with the ethanol extract of B. ferruginea stem bark decreased significantly (P< 0.05) as the days of the treatment increased while the cfu/ml of the infected but untreated group significantly (P< 0.05) increased. There were no significant (P< 0.05) difference between weights of S. typhi un-infected, infected rats treated with Ciprofloxacin and ethanol extract of B. ferruginea stem bark but weight of the untreated group significantly (P< 0.05) decreased. Preliminary phytochemical screening of stem bark of Bridelia ferruginea ethanol extract revealed the presence of saponins, tannins, flavonoids, glycosides and terpenoid were pharmacological importance.

Conclusion: The in-vivo anti- typhoid activity of stem-bark ethanol extract of Bridelia ferruginea was found to be relatively safe against Salmonella typhi.