bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
State Succession
Authors: Etinski Rodoljub
Published: January 2023

State succession has a variety of aspects. Some general rules on State succession exist but these are colored by specific circumstances and there are international customary rules also. All relevant documents define the term “succession” identically as “the replacement of one State by another in the responsibility for the international relations of territory.” Replacement regarding responsibil- ity for the international relations of a territory occurs between a predecessor State and a successor State. Succession has different types or categories such as the cession, decolonization, unification, secession, and dissolution of a State. The rules on succession of States to treaties reconcile freedom of contracting with the general interests of continuity and certainty of treaty relations. One basic principle is the freedom of contracting. In this context it means that new successor States choose the treaties of the predecessor State to which they will enter. The 1978 Convention governs succession by two basic rules (the automatic succession and clean slate rules), and it also governs the case of transfer of a part of territory and the case of unification. The State property, debts, archives, and private rights and the effect of State succession to nationality are fundamental issues.
International Law in the Service of Minority Protection : Hard Law, Soft Law, and a Little Practice
Authors: Sándor-Szalay Elisabeth
Published: January 2023

With the increase in the number of international organizations directly or indirectly involved in the protection of human rights on the European continent, a kind of competition has developed in recent decades in the field of fundamental rights: By widening the scope of the rights to be protected on the one hand, and by expanding the forms of legal remedies for their protection on the other, the organizations concerned are becoming increasingly integrated into the internal legal systems of the European states. This is why the shortcomings in the effective, systematic protection of minority rights in Europe are quite obvious. It is therefore a contradictory area of law, which must be exam- ined in the light of the potential and the obvious weaknesses of the existing norms and monitoring systems of minority rights. There are tensions and contradictions at many points between the typi- cally individualistic constitutional systems of our time and the concept of minority rights today. It is also clear, however, that it is precisely the highly developed fundamental rights systems that are expected to protect the rights of minorities. The history of the development of minority rights protec- tion, which has its roots in the distant past, provides ample examples of mistakes to be avoided and of the details to which particular attention should be paid in the course of regulation.
Serbia: Criminal Law of the Republic of Serbia
Authors: Bugarski Tatjana
Published: January 2023

The criminal legislation of the Republic of Serbia has a legal tradition of nearly a century. Moving through its development, today, it is at the level of modern criminal justice systems, which is largely in line with generally accepted international legal standards that ensure effective legislation while protecting and ensuring basic human rights. Intensive reforms of criminal legislation in the Repub- lic of Serbia started at the beginning of the 21st century. Although legislative interventions in the field of criminal law have been highly intensive both quantitatively and qualitatively over the last two decades, it must be stated that the same trend is noticeable in other European countries, even those that traditionally have stable criminal legislation. The development of criminal legislation is, on the one hand, conditioned by the harmonization of criminal legislation with the law and standards of the European Union, while, on the other hand, the legislature is guided by other reasons because regardless of how much one strives for stable criminal legislation, one cannot deny the dynamic character of crime, the intensity of which is accompanied by social, political, economic, and other changes that have accelerated in the modern world. The paper presents an overview of the criminal legislation of the Republic of Serbia regarding the following issues: a brief history of its development, the primary legal sources, relevant institutions, and a comparison with relevant EU documents and key international trends.
Viability and vigor of soybean seeds as a result of industrial seed treatment and stored in different environments
Authors: Camargo Fernando Ribeiro Teles , Teixeira Itamar Rosa , Silva Isneider Luiz , Sousa Westefann Santos , Araújo Marcos Eduardo Viana de , Corrêa Paulo César
Published: January 2023

The industrial seed treatment (IST) of soybeans is an economically recommended technique in agricultural production, providing protection against pests and initial pathogens. However, the real effects of pesticides about the quality of soybean seeds are still little known, since the adoption of the system is still recent by soybean farmers. The objective of this work was to evaluate the physiological quality of soybean seeds, treated or not, with insecticide/ fungicide new mixtures and stored for 240 days in a non-controlled and controlled environment. The completely randomized design was used, distributed in a 5 x 2 x 6 factorial scheme with four replications. The plot treatments consisted of soybean seeds belonging to the cultivar M - 7739 IPRO, treated with six different insecticide/ fungicide mixtures {(Cruiser®); (Amulet®); (MaximAdvanced®); (Cruiser®+ MaximAdvanced®); (MaximAdvanced® + Amulet®); (untreated control)}, stored in two environments {(laboratory – without control and cold room – with control (10 ± 2 ºC,45± 2% UR)} for eight months of storage with five evaluation times (0; 60; 120; 180 and 240days). The following tests were carried out: water content, germination, first count, seedling length and seedling dry mass. It was found that the chemical treatments negatively affect the germination potential of seeds, especially after 120 days of storage, regardless of the environment.Thiamethoxamand Thiamethoxam + Metalaxil; Tabendazole; Fludioxonil after storage provided the biggest reductions in seed viability and vigor after 240 days of storage. The cold room environment provides better conditions for the conservation of the germinative potential of soybean seeds.
Soroprevalência de Toxoplasma gondii, Neospora caninum e Brucella abortus em ovinos de Toledo, Paraná, Brasil
Authors: Bertuzzi Cristian André , Weschenfelder Evaldo Alan , Webber Douglas Adriano , Martins Thais Agostinho , Nino Beatriz Souza Lima , Frigotto Tiago André , Garcia João Luis , Zulpo Dauton Luiz
Published: January 2023

A toxoplasmose é uma doença cosmopolita, causada pelo Toxoplasma gondii, com grande importância no contexto de produção animal e saúde pública como evidenciado nos dois maiores surtos da doença que ocorreram nas cidades brasileiras de em Santa Izabel do Ivai-PR e Santa Maria-RS. Enquanto o Neospora caninum é o agente causador da neosporose e a Brucella spp. causadora da brucelose, duas das principais causas de falhas reprodutivas em ruminantes, ocasionando problemas como abortamento, e responsáveis por significativas perdas econômicas na ovinocultura brasileira. Considerando a escassez de dados disponíveis sobre o tema para a região estudada, o objetivo do presente estudo foi avaliar a soroprevalência de anticorpos contra T. gondii, N. caninum e B. abortus em ovinos do município de Toledo, Paraná, Brasil. Durante o período de agosto de 2017 a julho de 2018 foram visitadas 22 propriedades e coletadas 240 amostras de sangue de fêmeas e machos em idade reprodutiva. Para a detecção de anticorpos contra o T. gondii e N. caninum foi utilizada a técnica de Imunofluorescência Indireta empregando ponto de corte ≥64 e ≥50, respectivamente. Para a detecção de anticorpos contra B. abortus foi realizada a triagem com o Antígeno Acidificado Tamponado e confirmação das amostras reagentes com o teste de Soroaglutinação Lenta e do 2-Mercaptoetanol. Das amostras analisadas, 27,08% (65/240) apresentaram anticorpos contra o T. gondii, estes se encontravam distribuídas em 81,82% (18/22) das propriedades, para N. caninum observou-se uma prevalência de 15,41% (37/240), distribuídas em 68,18% (15/22) das propriedades. Quanto ao resultado dos testes da B. abortus todas as amostras foram consideradas negativas. O presente estudo mostrou que a grande maioria das propriedades apresentaram animais positivos para os protozoários, os quais, principalmente T. gondii, poderiam estar causando problemas de abortamentos. Estes dados epidemiológicos fornecem embasamento para programas estratégicos a fim de realizar medidas de monitoramento e controle, evitando perdas econômicas na ovinocultura.
Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic On Psychological Behavior of Dental Health Care Workers in Peshawar
Authors: Yousaf Muhammad , Khan Ariffullah , Shah Farah , Kiramat Sana , Ud Din Ihtesham , Khan Farzeen
Published: January 2023

During the hard time of Covid, front line health care workers were directly involved in one way or the other to treat the patients or perform duties in Covid-wards. They were at great risk of catching the infection as well as be affected by the psychological disorders. Objective: To determine the effects of Covid pandemic on the psychological health of dental health care professionals in Peshawar. Methods: A total of 384 participants both Dentists and Dental paramedical staff and technicians were included in the study. The participants were classified as non-infected and Covid recovered participants. Two validated questionnaires (PHQ-9 scale, Scale for COVID-19 related psychological distress in healthy Dental health care workers) were used for these two types of participants respectively to assess the level of mental distress. The distress scores were analyzed and compared among various groups. Results: The results showed that non infected DHCWs generally had mild (48.98%) to moderate (31.43%) psychological distress as a result of the Covid situation. While Covid recovered DCHWs had minimal (30.86%) and moderate depression (30.07%) The particularly vulnerable groups showing more psychological distress were non-infected female DHCWs and non-infected DHCWs working at Lady Reading hospital Peshawar. Conclusion: The Covid-19 pandemic affected the mental health of DHCWs in a negative way, and most of the DHCWs had mild to moderate severity of distress or depression.
Incidence of Complications of Colostomy in Children with Hirschsprung Disease and Anorectal Malformation
Authors: Haider Naveed , Rauf Muhammad , Sulman Butt Muhammad , Shahbaz Ferheen , Bilal Afzal Muhammad , Ullah Saif , Saleem Javeria
Published: January 2023

Colostomy formation, A surgery used in the management of Hirschsprung's disease, and anorectal malformations. colostomy complications were represented both in children with Hirschsprung's disease and in those with anorectal malformation Objective: To estimate the incidence rate of major complications after colostomy formation surgery. Methods: A prospective longitudinal descriptive study was performed to calculate the incidence rates of complications following the surgical intervention of colostomy formation.  All 200 cases of consecutive young children (age 2 days to 60 days) who received a colostomy between (date January 2017 to January 2020) were included. The incidence of major colostomy-related complications was calculated. This was analyzed for colostomy formation. Non-colostomy-related complications were not included in study. Results: 200 young children were included. And a follow-up of 6 months of this study to review the complications of colostomy formation in infants and children with Hirschsprung's disease or an anorectal malformation. 80% experienced colostomy-related complications, colostomy prolapse (35% in HD more with a transverse colostomy, 20% in Anorectal malformation), colostomy stenosis (15% in HD, 35% in Anorectal malformation), Skin excoriation (40% in HD, 25% in Anorectal malformation), Revision of colostomy (15% in HD, 12% in Anorectal malformation), colostomy bleeding almost same in both conditions 30%, Parastomal herniation, 5% in both conditions, colostomy wound infection were also recorded, Same in both conditions 5%. Conclusions: Consider the risks associated with a colostomy formation before undergoing surgery in both Hirschsprung's disease and anorectal malformation. complications can be excluded with careful surgery and proper nursing care.
Effect of Growth Hormone Therapy in Children with Isolated Growth Hormone Deficiency
Authors: Awan Tanzeela , Haider Nighat
Published: January 2023

The most frequent reason of short stature is Idiopathic short stature (ISS). If this condition is left untreated, the person's final height will be below the normal height range. Objective: To determine the efficacy of growth hormone treatment in short-stature children with isolated growth hormone deficiency. Methods: This was a retrospective cross-sectional study conducted in the department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Children Hospital, PIMS after approval from ethical review board. Epidemiological characteristics and response to therapies were noted and frequencies and Means were calculated. SPSS version 22 was used for statistical analysis. Results: Out of 87 study participants, there were 47 males and 40 female patients. The mean age was 10.04 + 1.89. The mean height and weight of study participants was 105.13 + 16.98cm and 21.55 + 7.63kg respectively. The mean isolated growth hormone value was noted as 5.40 + 1.43. The majority of the study participants were consanguineous i.e., 77%. Almost 48.3% study participants had growth hormone deficiency. The mean growth hormone velocity at 6th and 12th month was 6.52 + 2.08 and 7.89 + 2.54 respectively. In the end majority of the participants (82.8%) showed improvement. At 6th and 12th month both time points the results depicts a statistically significant difference among both groups (Improved Vs. Consistent) (p-value < 0.001). Conclusions: Recombinant growth hormone (GH) is an effective treatment for patients with GH deficiency to improve their growth. It was concluded that the children with ISS showed improvement after receiving GH therapy.
Comparison of Intracoronary and Intravenous Administration of High Dose Bolus Tirofiban in Patients of St Elevation Myocardial Infarction Undergoing Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
Authors: Abbas Khan Muhamad , Salman Muhammad , Ullah Saleem , Ul Hassan Mahmood , Abdul Wahab Muhammad , Ali Shah Hamid
Published: January 2023

Acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is a condition in which transmural myocardial ischemia causes myocardial necrosis and is the leading cause of death. Objectives: To compare the efficacy of tirofiban bolus administration via percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and intravenous route (IV) in STEMI patients for restoration of myocardial perfusion. Methods: A retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted at Cardiology Department, Hayatabad Medical Complex, Peshawar, during 2021-22. The study comprised 168 STEMI patients divided into Group A and B (n=84), treated with tirofiban PCI and IV route, respectively. Results: Incidence of STEMI was three folds higher in males than females, and the mean age of the patients was 55 years. Smoking and obesity were the potential risk factors. Patients in Group A had a better clinical outcome and prognosis than Group B. In comparison to the IV treatment group (91.66%), the ST-segment resolution time was considerably lower (P<0.05) in the PCI group (48.80%). In both groups, the observational parameters for TIMI flow grade, TIMI major and minor bleeding, MBG, and MACE were not-significantly different (P≥0.05), comprising percentages 94, 3.57, 9.52, 71.42, 5.95%, and 84.52, 2.38, 13.09, 75, 15.47%, respectively. In comparison to IV therapy group, the LVEF percentage in PCI group was statistically significant (P<0.05) after 24 hours and 30 days (57, 63 and 52, 58%, respectively). Conclusions: It was concluded that STEMI patients treated with PCI tirofiban bolus had significantly greater (p<0.05) recovery rates, left ventricular ejection fractions and better clinical outcomes than IV-treated group
Advancing Youth Ministry in the Church towards Transforming Lives, Spiritual and Social Being
Authors: Dela Cruz Sam Rhoy B , Leon Renedict B De
Published: January 2023

The purpose of this study is to discover how spiritual formation in Bocaue transforms the lives of the youth and how it strengthens their faith in God. Anchored in this study are John Fisher’s Four Domains of Spirituality, Health, and Well-Being and Soren Kierkegaard’s Three Stages of Life. The study was qualitative-phenomenological research with semi-structured interviews and purposive sampling. The interviews were transcribed verbatim and significant statements were chosen. These were categorized into theme clusters in order to get the emergent themes. The emergent themes reflected in the interviews were: Assimilation of Spiritual Formation, Justification of Spiritual Engagement, Before-and-After of Spiritual Engagement, and the Experiences in the Youth Ministry. The significant statements were carefully analyzed and categorized into themes. The following conclusions were drawn: (1) The youth sees the youth ministry and the spiritual formation as a platform for them to change for the better; (2) There are different reasons why the youth are joining the youth ministry by the influence of others, trained by the school, overcoming problems and personal growth; (3) The lives of the youth became better when they started their service in the church and; (4) The youth ministry truly transforms the lives of the young people in many aspects.
Trading and Clearing in Fast-Paced Markets
Authors:   , Yu Shihao
Published: January 2023

This dissertation empirically studies the implications of today's fast-paced markets for securities trading and clearing. Chapter 2 proposes an approach that not only tracks the risk exposure of a central counterparty (CCP), but also offers a decomposition. Implementing the approach on real-world data from a large equity CCP, we find that extreme CCP exposure changes are disproportionately due to crowded trades and extreme CCP exposures are highly concentrated in a few clearing members and risk factors. Chapter 3 utilizes a granular regulatory dataset to contrast the roles of dealer banks and high-frequency traders (HFTs) in liquidity provision and price discovery in the foreign exchange (FX) market. On liquidity provision, we find while order-book liquidity provided by HFTs is less sensitive to large market-wide volatility spikes, that by dealer banks is more resilient ahead of scheduled macroeconomic news announcements. On price discovery, HFTs contribute the dominant share through their high-frequency quote updates which incorporate public information. In contrast, dealer banks contribute to price discovery more through their trades, impounding private information. Chapter 4 examines the role of the public data feed in the US equities market. Using exogenous events affecting the speed and availability of the public data feed as an identification, we find that a faster public data feed has an adverse, albeit mild, impact on market liquidity, possibly as a result of more non-high-frequency algorithmic trading activities from informed institutional traders. However, when the public feed becomes corrupted or unavailable due to a technical glitch, market liquidity significantly worsens.
المسؤولية الناشئة عن عمل الغير من منظور المشرع المدني العراقي
Authors:   كلية بلاد الرافدين الجامعة/ قسم القانون، ديالى، 32001، العراق, أحمد هادي السعيدي مشعان
Published: January 2023

يقصد بها تلك المسؤولية التي يتحملها الولي أو المسؤول عن رعاية أي شخصٍ عن الأعمال التي يقوم بها من هم تحت رعايته نتيجة للأعمال المخالفة للقانون أو الاتفاق والتي تسبب ضرراً للغير، إذ تناولت هذه الدراسة مفهوم المسؤولية وتعريفها وأركانها ونطاقها وشروطها وأساسها، كما وتناولت المسؤولية القانونية للمتبوع عن أعمال تابعه مع التطرق الى الشروط والأساس الذي تقوم عليه والكيفية التي يتم بموجبها تحديدها ومن هو المسؤول عليها، وكيف يمكن لهذا المسؤول تجنبها والخلاص منها وتناولت بشكلٍ موجز بعض النظريات التي تكلمت بهذا الشأن ثم خاتمة قصيرة تضمنت أهم النتائج والمقترحات والتوصيات
ضمانات الموظف السابقة واللاحقة على جزاء الإقصاء
Authors:   قسم القانون / كلية بلاد الرافدين الجامعة، ديالى, خليفة خزعل التميمي شداد
Published: January 2023

مصطلح الاقصاء كثيرا ما يتطرق اليه في ،الآونة الأخيرة لاسـيما بعد أحداث عام 2003 ، وقد كثرت حالات وقوعه بسبب الوضع الذي يمر به العراق وانتشار الفـساد الإداري فيه ،وضعف الرقابة الإدارية في بحث توفر شروط التعيين في المرشح للوظيفة العامة اضافة الى اسباب اخرى ازدادت أهمية الإقصاء في جميع دوائر الدولة العراقية نتيجة ازدياد حالاته ، وقد رافق ذلك التباس واضـح في اللجوء إلى الإقصاء من الوظيفة إذ قد تلجأ الإدارة احيانا إليه بدلا من الـعزل على الرغم من عدم انـطباق النص الخاص بالأقصاء الوارد في نص المادة (62) من قانون الخدمة المدنية رقم 24 لسنة 1960 المعدل، وهذا ما تبين لنا من خلال قرارات محكمة قضاء الموظفين الخاصة بالإقصاء.
انعكاس التوافق الاستراتيجي للإدارة العليا في نجاح تطبيق مواصفة (ISO 21001 :2018) في المؤسسات التربوية
Authors:   وزارة التربية, هادي خميس لمى
Published: January 2023

تتجسد فكرة البحث الرئيسة في التعرف على طبيعة الانعكاس المترتب على نجاح التوافق الاستراتيجي للإدارة العليا في نجاح تطبيق المواصفة الدولية (21001:2018)، إذ أنّ معظم المنظمات تعمل اليوم في بيئة ديناميكية ذات حركة مستمرة تحتاج تحقيق التوافق بين متغيرات البيئتين؛ من أجل الحفاظ على موقعها في القطاع الخاص بها، وتحقيق جودة عالية في الخدمات التي تقدمها على المواصفات (21001:2018)، هي الأداة التي تمكن المنظمات التعليمية من الارتقاء بمستوى الخدمات التي تقدمها وبما يتراصف مع توقعات المستفيدين منها، وقد أشارت مشكلة البحث إلى وجود قصور في إدراك اهمية التوافق الاستراتيجي وتوظيفه في تحقيق متطلبات المواصفة (21001:2018) من قبل المنظمات التعليمية؛ لذا تبرز اهمية البحث في التوصيات المقدمة كآليات؛ لمعالجة هذه المشكلة، ومن اجل تحقيق ترجمة فكرة البحث إلى نتائج تطبيقية اعتمد المنهج الوصفي، إذ تم تصميم استبانة؛ لغرض جمع البيانات، والتي تم توزيعها على عينة من العاملين في مديرية التطوير المؤسسي والتنسيق الحكومي والبالغ عددهم (15) فرداً، ولمعالجة البيانات استعملت عدداً من الأدوات الاحصائية المتاحة في البرنامج (SPSS-V23)، وبعد تفسير ومناقشة هذه النتائج تم قبول الفرضيات الرئيسة والفرعية للبحث، والتي أكدت معنوية الدور الذي يمارسه التوافق الاستراتيجي من خلال ابعاده الاربعة (الامكانيات، الالتزام، التوازن، والرقابة) في تلبية متطلبات المواصفة (21001:2018) من خلال استيفاء متطلباتها؛ لذا تمت التوصية بضرورة الاطلاع على التجارب المنظمات التعليمية في الدول المتقدمة الحائزة على شهادة المواصفة (21001:2018)، ومحاولة نقل نتائج نجاحها للمنظمات العراقية.
ROBÓTICA SUSTENTÁVEL: UMA ALTERNATIVA AO DESENVOLVIMENTO INTEGRADO À CONSCIÊNCIA AMBIENTAL COM ALUNOS DO ENSINO FUNDAMENTAL I NO MUNICÍPIO DE ITACOATIARA-AM
Authors: Nogueira Valéria Grana , Do Nascimento Felipe Martins , Barbosa Luiz Sérgio de Oliveira , De Souza Dayane Rosas
Published: January 2023

Este trabalho de pesquisa pautado em experiências vivenciadas em um projeto de extensão denominado Robótica Sustentável, tem como escopo trazer ao conhecimento público, informações contextualizadas que viabilizem uma conscientização mais abrangente acerca do uso consciente dos chamados lixos eletrônicos, a partir de um projeto voltado à robótica sustentável, da idealização e prática com estudantes do ensino fundamental I, no município de Itacoatiara-AM.  Este projeto de pesquisa destaca atividades realizadas com crianças, a questão da conscientização em relação ao meio ambiente, almejando despertar e   aumentar em cada um dos envolvidos uma visão mais crítica a respeito dos lixos eletrônicos e seus descartes, pretendendo com tal assertiva, a ampliação dessa temática no cotidiano de cada uma delas.
CONCEPÇÕES, PRINCÍPIOS E VALORES DA JUSTIÇA RESTAURATIVA
Authors: De Carvalho Robson Augusto Mata , Rodrigues Mayara Mara Teixeira , Souza Kariny Anselmo
Published: January 2023

O presente artigo analisa as concepções, os princípios e os valores da Justiça Restaurativa. A Justiça Restaurativa é um conceito aberto e permanentemente renovado com base nas experiências práticas. Seus objetivos podem ser compreendidos a partir de três concepções: a concepção do encontro; a concepção da reparação e a concepção da transformação. Vários princípios norteiam as práticas restaurativas. Entre eles, os seguintes: co-responsabilidade, empoderamento, voluntariedade, sigilo etc. Além dos princípios, a Justiça Restaurativa se fundamenta e busca concretizar determinados valores. Para diversos autores, o processo restaurativo cria oportunidades de aprendizados e amadurecimentos para todos os envolvidos, direta e indiretamente, na experiência de um evento. A compreensão dos valores auxilia a investigação sobre as origens dos conflitos, e o desenvolvimento de soluções conforme os interesses e as necessidades dos envolvidos. Entre os valores mencionados com frequência pelos participantes estão os seguintes: respeito, confiança, empatia, compartilhamento etc.
DESORDENS DO EIXO CARDIOVASCULAR-RENAL SECUNDÁRIO A CARDIOPATIA EM CANINO: RELATO DE CASO
Authors: de Souza Letícia Machado , Wirth Igor Machado
Published: January 2023

O objetivo deste trabalho foi relatar o caso de um canino de 15 anos diagnosticado com desordem do eixo cardiovascular-renal (DECR) secundário a cardiopatia graduada em estágio C do Colégio Americano de Medicina Interna Veterinária. A DECR é identificada como uma disfunção bidirecional, funcional e morfológica que envolve os sistemas cardiovascular e renal, em que uma alteração aguda ou crônica do coração pode induzir e prolongar uma alteração aguda ou crônica dos rins. Um canino anteriormente internado com edema pulmonar cardiogênico, com histórico de inapetência, vômito e emagrecimento progressivo foi encaminhado para avaliação nefrológica. Diante das avaliações laboratoriais sanguíneas, foi evidenciado azotemia, hiperfosfatemia, leve acidemia e alterações eletrolíticas; a urinálise revelou proteinúria branda e densidade urinária (DU) baixa; e a ultasssonografia abdominal apontou alterações na morfologia renal como perda de definição cortico-medular. Desta forma, foi diagnosticada a DECRC, pela presença da insuficiência cardíaca congestiva e da doença renal crônica. O tratamento instituído foi a base de nutracêuticos, antioxidantes, antiemético, protetor gástrico, prebiótico, estimulante de apetite, como também a suspensão temporária do benazepril, furosemida e espironolactona, bem como a internação da paciente para fluidoterapia com cristaloide ringer com lactato acrescidos de 19ml de KCl a 10%. Após 4 dias internada, a paciente recebeu alta médica por apresentar melhora clínica e laboratorial. Conclui-se que mesmo com o tratamento instituído, as taxas bioquímicas de ureia e creatinina, bem como a RPC não tiveram regressão satisfatória, contudo, houve melhora clínica da paciente, assim como normalização do fósforo e da DU.
Is something happening to our supply of Supercooled Clouds?
Authors: Schaefer Vincent J.
Published: January 2023

On October 19, 1977, on a flight from Albany, New York to Reno, Nevada, I spent most of the trip on the sunny side of the jet aircraft watching the world go by....  The flight route from Chicago to Reno went past Cheyenne, Elk Mountain, Flaming Gorge Reservoir, just north of the Bingham Copper Pit, and then across the Bonneville Salt Flats into Nevada. Much of the region west of Chicago was cloudless but shortly afterwe crossed the Nevada state line,the first batch of cumulus clouds appeared as we approached the Ruby Mountains. Proceeding west southwest, convective clouds increased in concentration until they obscured the ground. The sky above our plane was cloudless and therewere no middle clouds.....
National Cloud-Seeding Operation 1976-77
Authors: Stevens J. S.
Published: January 2023

The 1976-77 operattio was the fourth consecutive planned National Cloud-Seeding Operation. In many respects it was the most useful and efficientto  date. The main rains were late starting. Many areas were without useful rain until the end of January. From a cloud seeding point of view, December and January were notable. There was an anxious demand for rainfall augmentation, and fortunately at the same time the atmospheric conditions were suitable for worthwhile seeding. Accordingly, 90% of the seeding and 84% of the sorties for the season were achieved during these two months.
Hail-Precipitation Ratios from three projects
Authors: Miller Jr. James R.
Published: January 2023

The purpose of this short paper is to review hail-precipitation ratios from three weather modification projects and to discuss some implications of these data.... Whether or not one accepts this simple comparison as representing a seeding effect probably depends upon one’s concept of what cloud seeding is expected to do in hail suppression.....
On the concentration of Silver in precipitation from storms seeded with Silver Iodide
Authors: Norman Jack C.
Published: January 2023

At the Wisconsin State Assembly Agriculture Committee hearing on 11 January 1978 it was reported that samples of precipitation were collected within the target area for cloud seeding with silver iodide by Shower Power, Inc.  Subsequent analyses of these samples were claimed to indicate silver concentrations ranging from several tenths parts per million to greater than three parts per million.  Examination of the literature shows that these values are extraordinarily high.... The highest value reported... here... is a factor 10 to 100 smaller than the silver concentrations claimed for seeded precipitation in Wisconsin.
Seven Years of Weather Modification in Central and Southern Utah
Authors: Thompson John R. , Griffith Don A.
Published: January 2023

A post-hoc statistical evaluation of an operational cloud seeding project, designed to enhance winter snowfall in the mountainous sections of central and southern Utah, was based on comparison between several control areas and multiple target areas. Linear regression equations were developed for each control-target area combination based on average January-March precipitation, 1956-1973; from 1974 through 1980 the target was seeded consistently during these months. Ratios of observed to calculated precipitation are presented for the target areas and several sub-target areas based on the predictions using the control area precipitation as predictor for the seeded years. Significance of the results was determined using a one-tailed Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney ranking test.     On the basis of this evaluation it is concluded that seeding has been successful in increasing the January-March precipitation within the intended target areas over the seven year seeded period. The results vary depending on the control area, but all are positive. Indicated increases range from about eight percent to twenty-eight percent within the various target sub-sectors. Over the total Primary Target precipitation increases of between 13 and 20 percent are indicated. These results appear to be highly significant in most of the target areas. Some evidence of positive extra-area effects are noted "downwind" from the target, but with less statistical significance than the target area.
Weather Modification Potential During Utah Drought
Authors: Sutherland J.
Published: January 2023

An investigation of the meteorological characteristics of wintertime Utah drought has shown that drought periods are characterized more by a reduction in the number of precipitation episodes than by differences in the episodes. As a result, precipitation episodes during drought should be no more or less amenable to weather modification than their non-drought counterparts.
Cloud Seeding with the TG-10 Rockets
Authors: Horvat V. , Lipovscak B.
Published: January 2023

Efficiency of a hail suppression (HS) system is strongly affected technical devices in use, and the way they are used. In case of antihail actions, it is necessary to inject the meteorological reagent into the proper seeding area, as soon as possible. A technical description for the rocket TG-IO is given, together with theomethodology whichoi s base~ upon investigations of rocket operating in beams 25 wide, between -5 to -10 C isotherms on the front part of the Cb clouds.
Sunset and Sunrise of the Illinois Weather Modification Act
Authors: Changnon Stanley A.
Published: January 2023

Illinois, which had enacted a regulatory and monitoring act for planned weather modification activities in 1973, recently saw its model act sunset (repealed), as a part of a State’s sunsetting act for all lllinois regulatory activities. This paper describes the original Illinois Control Act, the process of sunsetting, and the subsequent reformulation of a new control act in lllinois. A review of the history of these sunsetting and then sunrise activities, as represented by the new 1981 Weather Modification Act in ~llinois, may help others facing similar sunsetting of regulatory activities, specifically those relating to weather modification, why the 1973 Weather Modification Control Act in lllinois, considered by many to be a model statute (Weather Modification Advisory Board, 1978) was revised, with parts eliminated, during the sunsetting and sunrising is discussed.
The New Alberta Hail Suppression Project
Authors: Krauss Terry W , Renick Jim
Published: January 2023

A new hail suppression project was started in Alberta in 1996. Weather Modification Inc. (WMI) of Fargo, North Dakota was awarded a five year contract by the Alberta Severe Weather Management Society of Calgary, Alberta to conduct cloud seeding to reduce urban property damage from hail, particularly for the Calgary and Red Deer areas. The operational program runs from June 15th to September15th. This project is rather unique because it is funded entirely by private insurance companies with the sole intent to mitigate the damage of property by hail storms. The seeding program is based upon the hailstorm conceptual model, seeding methods, and storm forecasting techniques of the previous long-term hail research project conducted by the Alberta Research Council from the late 1960’s through 1985. In 1996, a C-band weather radar with computer recording and communications systems and three cloud seeding aircraft were dedicated to the project. The aircraft and radar crews provided 24 hr coverage, seven days a week throughout the period. The program has been welcomed by the local communities and has rekindled much interest in cloud seeding.
The Monterey County Weather Modification Program in California 1991-1995
Authors: Henderson Thomas J , Mims Dartanion , Stremel John R , Goodridge James D
Published: January 2023

A precipitation enhancement cloud seeding program was funded by the Monterey County Water Resources Agency, Salinas, Caiifomia during the winter seasons of 1991 through 1995. The operations were designed and conducted by Atmospherics Incorporated, Fresno, California. The target-control precipitation analyses show highly suggestive positive results on the order of 41% more rain in the target area than the control areas during the cloud seeding episodes. Since only a part of the rain seasons were seeded, this represents a 23% increase in annual precipitation over the target area. However, statistical tests did not provide conclusive evidence to support these initial findings.
Evaluation about the Stimulation of Rainfall Program
Authors: Mendez Nicolás Garciá , Cuadrado Felipe Martin , Acevedo Jaime Yáñez , Bueno Mónica Rodriguez , Yao Zhanyu , Madariaga Alex , Noranbuena Daniela , Venezian Francesco , Donoso Mauricio
Published: January 2023

In a private/ public work was allowed to put in motion the program of cloud seeding, multiregional and multispectral program, created by the common need to face the drought. In this sense and because of the emergency,tThe regions of Atacama, Coquimbo, Valparaiso and O’Higgins, decided to establish programs to increase the level of rainfalls. The present study has the aim, the evaluation of the program of cloud seeding, to this, an interrelationship analysis was used to compare the performance of rainfalls and the water level (volume of flow) of a control basin, in this case, Maipo River, with the basin where the plan was implemented, then two methods were used, the first defined a rate between the improved and the control basin, the second corresponds to a creation of a model of rainfalls where the dependent variable is the rainfall of basin encouraged as a function to the control basin. Subsequently, was done a test of average hypothesis to the estimate factor (rate) and another to the effects of the model with the effectively precipitated.  The data which were observed allow concluding that there is an interrelationship between daily rains of the metropolitan region within the regions of Valparaiso, O’Higgins and Maule. The same is observed in daily middle flow of Copiapó, Elqui, Choapa, Aconcagua, Cachapoal, Tinguiririca and Teno with the flow of Maipo. In relation to the test of the hypothesis of the model, the results show a meaningful difference with respect to a normal year does not exist, for the Regions of Valparaiso and O’Higgins, noticed an increase in rainfalls.
Results from a Winter Cloud Seeding Feasibility Study Conducted for the Lopez Lake and Salinas Reservoir Drainage Basins in Southern San Luis Obispo County, California
Authors: Griffith Don
Published: January 2023

ABSTRACTThe San Luis Obispo County Flood Control and Water Conservation District (District) to conduct a feasibility/design study for a winter cloud seeding program to target the Lopez Lake and Salinas Reservoir (LLSR) drainage basins located in southern San Luis Obispo County, California contracted north American Weather Consultants (NAWC) in 2016.  Recommendations from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE 2016) publication entitled “Guidelines for Cloud Seeding to Augment Precipitation” were followed in determining that the proposed project was both technically and economically feasible. NAWC reviewed available information, compiled and analyzed data, and then developed a proposed program design.  Regression relationships were established between November through April precipitation and annual runoff into the two target reservoirs.  Estimated increases in precipitation of 9% or 17%, from an analysis of the long-term effects of an operational cloud seeding program conducted by the Santa Barbara County Water Agency in an adjacent drainage were inserted into the regression equations to estimate average increases in inflow to the two target drainages.  The District provided NAWC with estimates of the value of this augmented runoff. The costs of conducting a seasonal cloud seeding program were estimated.  These steps provided data that could be used to estimate benefit to cost ratios.  NAWC concluded that the proposed program was both technically and economically feasible based upon ASCE 2016 criteria.
Stakeholders Management in Rainfall Enhancement Project of Oman
Authors: Al Harrasi Mohsin , Ashraf Labib
Published: January 2023

Stakeholder management is instrumental in the success of a project and thus in the present study, different dimensions of stakeholder management were critically evaluated in the context of the rainfall enhancement project in Oman. The rainfall enhancement project, using the ionization technique, is among the major national projects recently undertaken by the Omani government to confront the country’s scarcity of water resources. Oman showed an interest in artificial rainfall in 2013, setting up an ambitious project that includes 12 ionization stations. The government decided to implement the Australian experience in artificial rainfall. This method is used by experts in the field to enhance the amount of rain by emitting ions with favourable climatic conditions.
Oman appointed a local enterprise to establish the artificial rainfall project by implementing the Australian method, using the ATLANT system (Figure 1), which has proven to be statistically successful. Although ATLANT technology has only recently come to light, attempts at rainfall manipulation have been ongoing for decades. Rain enhancement technology was introduced as far back as the Second World War. The government has started to make the 12 potential stations operational, either by appointing the same company to manage them or by managing the project themselves through the Ministry of Regional Municipalities and Water Resources. Five years into the project, there had been a noticeable increase in rainfall. It rose by 18% between 2013 and 2017, a result that encouraged the state to carry the project forward to completion.
The work done has considered the view of relevant literature, and data has been collected through a structured questionnaire passed to 332 participants who are considered to be stakeholders. The study hypotheses have been formulated on the basis of study propositions, and a conceptual model has been proposed to be tested in this study. It also details the key concepts in project management success and stakeholder satisfaction.
The study focuses on critical success factors in project management and their impact on project management success and on stakeholder satisfaction. The work aims to identify the critical success factors contributing to project management success and to ascertain their applicability to and suitability for rainfall enhancement projects of the kind used here as a case study.
Estudio Craneométrico en Abrothrix hirta (Thomas, 1895) (Rodentia: Cricetidae): una Aproximación desde la Morfometría Geométrica
Authors: Canto H. Jhoann , Saldarriaga Mónica , Yáñez V. José
Published: January 2023

El estudio de 107 cráneos de Abrothrix hirta procedentes de las áreas geográficas de Osorno y Aysén mediante la utilización de la morfometría craneal tradicional y la morfometría geométrica, indicó la existencia de diferencias entre los especímenes de ambas localidades. Los contrastes entre ambos grupos para la categoría origen geográfico evidenciaron una diferencia significativa, en que las mayores diferencias en la morfometría craneal están representadas por el tamaño y luego por la forma, las que se localizan en la zona postero medial del cráneo. Mientras que los análisis de diferencias intersexuales no revelaron diferencias significativas.
Presencia de la especie exótica Cnesterodon decemmaculatus (Jenyns 1842) (poeciliidae: cyprinodontiformes) en el Embalse Machicura, cuenca del Río Maule, Chile.
Authors: Reyes Pablo R.
Published: January 2023

Se entrega el primer reporte documentado de la “Gambusia Manchada” (Cnesterodon decemmaculatus (Jenyns 1842)) en la cuenca hidrográfica del río Maule, específicamente en el embalse Machicura, donde se capturó un espécimen macho, maduro. El trabajo entrega información geográfica y de calidad del agua asociada al registro, además se entrega información la merística y morfométrica del espécimen.
Atys ukulele Too, Carlson, Hoff & Malaquias, 2014 y Phanerophthalmus olivaceus (Ehrenberg, 1828) dos nuevos registros para Rapa Nui, Isla de Pascua. (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia: Haminoeidae)
Authors: Gálvez Herrera Oscar
Published: January 2023

Se documenta por primera vez la presencia en Rapa Nui, Isla de Pascua, de Atys ukulele Too, Carlson, Hoff & Malaquias, 2014 y Phanerophthalmus olivaceus (Ehrenberg, 1828), ambas especies pertenecientes a la Familia Haminoeidae Pilsbry, 1895. Estos nuevos registros extienden la distribución de estas especies a la Provincia Rapanui.
Liolaemus aureum, una nueva especie andina del sur de Chile (Sauria: Liolaemidae)
Authors: Díaz-Vega Raúl Ignacio , Maldonado Paula , Demangel Diego
Published: January 2023

En Sudamérica se encuentra ampliamente distribuido el género Liolaemus, siendo uno de los másdiversos dentro de Iguania, cuyo número de especies crece anualmente. Dentro de este género se haobservado una amplia variabilidad de caracteres morfológicos, entre los que destaca la ausencia totalde poros cloacales y precloacales. En el presente estudio se describe una nueva especie para la cienciaLiolaemus aureum sp. nov perteneciente al clado chiliensis. Este reptil habita la Cordillera de losAndes de la Región del Biobío, específicamente en la vertiente noroccidental del Volcán Copahue. Sediferencia de las otras especies principalmente por su morfología y escamación; por la ausencia de unpatrón de coloración en el dorso, el color amarillo brillante en la parte baja de los flancos y la ausenciade poros cloacales y precloacales en machos y hembras.
HELPING FAMILIES WITH TEENAGERS PROGRAM IN PARIGI MOUTONG DISTRICT
Authors: Nuraisyah  , Asima  , Cahyani Ni Luh Rati
Published: January 2023

This study aims to determine the effectiveness of the Helping Families with Teenagers program Ganongolsari Village, Bolano Lambunu Sub-district, Parigi Moutong District. This study used a qualitative approach. The population of this study was government officials and the community of Ganongolsari Village, Bolano Lambunu Sub-district. The sample of this study was five informants. Data were collected from observation and in-depth interviews. Data were analyzed using interactive analysis covering data reduction, data presentation, and conclusion drawing. The results of the study showed that the program has not been effective, especially in the aspect of achieving goals because of some obstacles including limited funds in providing facilities and infrastructure in Ganongolsari Village, Bolano Lambunu Sub-district and the lack of initiative from the program implementers in proposing funds to the village government.
Utilización transversal de la asignatura de música para el aprendizaje de las matemáticas
Authors: Calvo de Celis Gema
Published: January 2023

Numerosos músicos y científicos han investigado sobre la estrecha relación existente entre la música y las matemáticas. Por lo contrario, apenas existen recursos didácticos, aportaciones o experiencias sobre el efecto de su relación en el rendimiento académico del alumnado. En el presente estudio se busca como objetivo principal señalar las cualidades más favorables de cada una de las materias mencionadas con respecto al aprendizaje. Es por ello, por lo que se lleva a cabo una investigación “cuasi-experimental”, específicamente con alumnado de 3º de e.Primaria. Se realiza una comparativa entre un grupo control y un grupo experimental el cual tiene la oportunidad de aprender contenidos matemáticos ligados a contenidos musicales mediante una metodología fundamentada en la cooperación, aprendizaje basado en problemas y aprendizaje basado en el pensamiento. Una vez terminado nuestro estudio y observando los resultados obtenidos, finalizamos corroborando nuestro objetivo principal de la investigación, sabiendo que la utilización de la asignatura de música de manera transversal influye de manera positiva para el aprendizaje de las matemáticas en un aula de 3º de Educación Primaria.
THE IMPACT OF HUMAN RESOURCE PLANNING ON PRODUCTIVITY
Authors:   Department of Information technology, SCSVMV, Kanchipuram, GOMATHY Dr. C. K
Published: January 2023

This research is designed to cover Human Resources Planning in relation to Productivity in Private Sector. As a Human Resource Manager, Human Resources Planning are relevant function of management in an organization for the purpose of actualizing set goals and objectives. Human Resources Planning is a process of analyzing an organization Human Resources needs under changing condition and developing the activities necessary to satisfy these needs. Human Resources Planning to aid to find out actual problem affecting management of Nigerian Sonar System Social Business Management Limited using primary and secondary data as a source of information. Good human resources planning is responsible for higher productivity in the private section. There should be regular and adequate personnel planning in organization to cater for lapses or inadequacies where they exist. Keywords: planning, productivity