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Medidas alternativas al proceso penal y a la privación de libertad en la justicia penal juvenil: el caso argentino
Authors: García Mejía Mauricio , Perez-Vincent Santiago M.
Published: December 2021

Este artículo analiza el uso de recursos interdisciplinarios y la aplicación de medidas alternativas al proceso penal y a la privación de libertad en la justicia penal juvenil en seis jurisdicciones argentinas. Se desarrolla un análisis cuali-cuantitativo a partir de documentos institucionales y de entrevistas semiestructuradas con agentes del sistema. El estudio encuentra que, a pesar de que existe cierto consenso sobre los beneficios de desjudicializar la conflictividad sociopenal adolescente, el uso de medidas alternativas es generalmente bajo. La intervención interdisciplinaria en el trata-miento del delito adolescente también es un desafío. La falta de formación específica en enfoques restaurativos de los operadores del sistema penal juvenil, la persistencia de rasgos inquisitivos en el abordaje penal, las debilidades en la gestión y en la disponibilidad de información sistematizada y la ausencia de políticas, previsiones legales y protocolos efectivos son las condiciones más usuales que limitan la utilización de medidas alternativas. A pesar de estos obstáculos, el análisis destaca algunas buenas prácticas y experiencias en la implementación de medidas alternativas al proceso penal y propone una serie de recomendaciones para promover su fortalecimiento y expansión.
Embriogeneza u Crassulaceae: strukturalny aspekt rozwoju wieszadełka
Authors: Kozieradzka-Kiszkurno Małgorzata
Published: December 2021

Wieszadełko u większości roślin okrytozalążkowych to zachowany ewolucyjnie organ zarodkowy pełniący funkcję kanału łączącego tkanki zalążka z zarodkiem właściwym dla przepływu składników odżywczych i regulatorów wzrostu. W artykule opisano aktualną wiedzę na temat ultrastruktury i funkcji wieszadełka zarodkowego u reprezentantów rodzajów Crassulaceae: Sedum, Jovibarba, Sempervivum, Aeonium, Monanthes, Aichryson i Echeveria. Rolę wieszadełka w transporcie substancji z tkanek zalążka do zarodka właściwego potwierdza struktura komórki bazalnej, a szczególnie charakter mikropylarnej części jej ściany „ściana transferowa”. Komórka bazalna wieszadełka jest miejscem intensywnych procesów metabolicznych. Specjalną uwagę zwrócono na plazmodesmy. Prześledzono korelację między typami wieszadełek a budową plazmodesm. Wysunięto wnioski końcowe i podsumowano przedstawione wiadomości.
Többlethalandóság a koronavírus-járvány miatt Magyarországon 2020-ban
Authors: Tóth G. Csaba
Published: December 2021

A koronavírus-járvány 2020 elején jelent meg Európában, és azóta egymást követő hullámokban koncentrálódik az egyes országokban és régiókban. Bár a vakcina megjelenése belátható távolságba hozta a járvány végét, több évnek kell még eltelnie, amíg viszonylag pontos képet kaphatunk arról, hogy az epidemiológiai válság miként befolyásolta a magyar halandósági folyamatokat rövid, illetve hosszú távon. Jelen cikk első lépésként a 2020-as magyarországi halálozási folyamatokat elemzi, ezen belül pedig a koronavírus hatásainak azonosítását tűzi ki célul.
Transformacja cyfrowa procesu badania sprawozdań finansowych
Authors: Kalińska Edyta , Gabrusewicz Tomasz
Published: December 2021

The chapter demonstrates the digital transformation process in financial audit. Digitization improves the audit quality and increases the added value for stakeholders. The use of information is more efficient and auditors could focus on significant risks. The use of new technologies in the audit of financial statements helps to obtain more relevant audit evidence.
Initial coin offering jako nowa forma finansowania i inwestycji
Authors: Włosik Katarzyna
Published: December 2021

This part of the monograph is related to initial coin offering – a mechanism that allows blockchain-based companies or projects to obtain financing. In return for financial support, ICO participants are offered different types of digital tokens – payment, utility or investment tokens. The chapter contains the systematization of issues related to ICO and tokens as well as a description of stages of initial coin offering. The SWOT analysis of ICO highlights the strengths and opportunities related to ICO – inter alia the possibility of portfolio diversification and the limited access for individual investors to early-stage investments (apart from ICO). Also the weaknesses of initial coin offering (e.g. the need to prepare a due diligence by an investor) and associated risks (e.g. regulatory uncertainty) are considered. Moreover, the author identifies research areas related to ICO. They include, among others, the identification of ICO success factors and the identification of factors affecting the rates of return on tokens.
Aplikacje PFM jako FinTech w finansach osobistych
Authors: Waliszewski Krzysztof , Warchlewska Anna
Published: December 2021

Modern technologies play an increasingly important role in everyday life and, consequently, in planning and managing personal finances. The aim of the study is to assess the advantages and disadvantages as well as the opportunities and threats of using modern financial technologies in the process of managing personal finances. The chapter seeks to answer the research question whether the further development of the FinTech industry will influence the greater diversification of PFM applications in terms of functionality. The chapter consists of three main parts. The first presents the characteristics of PFM applications as a personal finance management tool. The second part provides a SWOT analysis of PFM. The chapter ends with a presentation of the results of primary and secondary research on the use of PFM applications and a conclusion.
Cultures and Local Practices of Sustainability. ROUTES Towards Sustainability Network
Authors: Builes Ana Elena , Casals Andrea , Valdivieso Gonzalo
Published: December 2021

The book Cultures and Local Practices of Sustainability is the result of a collaborative and interdisciplinary academic effort developed in the context of the ROUTES Toward Sustainability ROUTES Toward Sustainability University Network. The ROUTES Toward Sustainability University Network Sustainability, born in 2012, is a partnership of twenty association of twenty universities from different continents that hosts symposia, conferences, lectures, talks, study programs conferences, lectures, study programs and projects and projects from an interdisciplinary vision on sustainability. This book is based on a multidisciplinary multidisciplinary approach, which integrates cultural cultural elements of the humanities, environmental environmental humanities, design, economics, urbanism and urbanism and innovation, to understand to understand conceptions of sustainability from a complex from a complex and systemic perspective, addressing different areas of knowledge
Populismo y nativismo en las derechas radicales de Polonia: entre el pasado y el presente
Authors: Goldstein Ariel
Published: December 2021

La propuesta consistió en explicar el éxito de las derechas populistas radicales en Polonia desde dos perspectivas. La primera considera aspectos históricos y culturales, el desarrollo del antisemitismo y la constitución del Estado nacional luego de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. La segunda estriba en el análisis del ecosistema de derechas radicales actual, para comprender sus ideas, programas y liderazgos. El artículo se nutrió de entrevistas a académicos y del análisis de los programas de los principales partidos de la derecha populista radical en Polonia. Los conceptos de populismo y nativismo son utilizados para el análisis.
Impacto social y tecnológico del Régimen de Tributación Simple en la formalización empresarial
Authors: Hernández Avella Sally , Gómez Buitrago Johana , Quezada Malaver Sandra , Prada Segura Jasleidy Astrid
Published: December 2021

El régimen simple tiene la finalidad de reducir las cargas tributarias e impulsar el emprendimiento y las nuevas tecnologías para formalizar empresas garantizando el cumplimiento establecido en el Estatuto Tributario (Barberan, 2019), y los retos que imponen los avances tecnológicos. Este artículo tiene como objetivo determinar los factores del nuevo régimen de tributación simple, y su influencia en la creación y formalización de empresa, así como en el desarrollo del emprendimiento a través de las nuevas tecnologías en Colombia, por medio de una investigación mixta, con un enfoque triangular que reúne la revisión documental y la aplicación de encuestas como instrumento de recolección de la información, tomando como muestras comerciantes de la localidad de Engativá en el barrio Quirigüa de la ciudad de Bogotá. De acuerdo con los resultados obtenidos se puede evidenciar que algunos de los comerciantes entrevistados desconocen los beneficios que tendrían al acogerse al régimen simple, no se han formalizado por temor a los costos que se puedan presentar, como los impuestos y el tiempo que puedan emplear para la realización de trámites. Adicionalmente, y teniendo en cuenta que uno de los requisitos para pertenecer a este régimen es el de facturación electrónica, muchos aún no lo llevan a cabo, de igual manera porque implica costos que no tienen contemplados.
Responsabilidad y evidencia en la Crisis
Authors: Alarcón Vania
Published: December 2021

El presente texto vincula el concepto de responsabilidad descrito por Husserl en la Crisis al tercer sentido de evidencia, correspondiente, a su vez, al tercer momento de la delimitación de lo inmanente y lo trascendente. En la primera parte del trabajo se revisa el concepto de evidencia; en la segunda, el de intencionalidad; y, en la tercera, el de responsabilidad, para lo cual se esbozan aquellos de la libertad, la idea de la humanidad, la historia y la tarea de la filosofía.
An Overview of Applications of Electronic Nose and Electronic Tongue in Food and Dairy Industry
Authors: Heema R. , Gnanalakshmi K.S.
Published: December 2021

The dairy and food industries aims to achieve targeted productivity and very keen on product quality and consumer demand. Due to increasing technological advances, these food and dairy industries gained numerous technological support. Among the diverse development, the usages of e-nose and e-tongue paved the way to handle the production without any kind of deviation. In the food industries product perfection, uniform taste and aroma plays a supreme role because these parameters determine the marketing strategy. The electronic nose (e-nose) is a non-destructive intelligent electronic sensing instrument, which mimics the human olfactory system to detect, discriminate and classify odour samples. e-nose and e-tongue is an electronic tool used as a fast screening method to provide information about the product quality which is not easily done by manual methods as it is a time-consuming process. In this paper, the principle of e-nose and e-tongue and their applications in the dairy and food industries are explained.
Editorial
Authors: Vanz Samile Andréa de Souza
Published: December 2021

Comissão Editorial Em Questão
Tendências em pesquisas sobre bibliotecas universitárias
Authors: Nascimento Mateus Rebouças , Inomata Danielly Oliveira , Barbalho Célia Regina Simonetti , Souza Cleiton Mota de
Published: December 2021

Discute as tendências em pesquisas sobre bibliotecas universitárias por meio da análise bibliométrica dos anais do Seminário Nacional de Bibliotecas Universitárias (SNBU). Justifica-se a pesquisa a partir da necessidade de dimensionar as temáticas expostas no maior evento sobre bibliotecas universitárias, que despontam para as tendências das pesquisas, no Brasil. Foram utilizados como fonte de informação os anais do SNBU disponibilizados na rede em meio eletrônico, cuja extração dos metadados permitiu a análise das palavras-chave indexadas pelos autores nos artigos, padronizados em seguida de acordo com as especificações do software métrico VOSviewer. Conclui-se que os temas mais tratados no seminário são relacionados às tecnologias emergentes nas bibliotecas, assim como a produção científica e suas vertentes, envolvendo a questão da comunicação e os repositórios que permeiam esse processo, inferindo que as discussões sobre bibliotecas universitárias evoluem conforme o advento das tecnologias de informação e comunicação.
Traços identitários e memorialísticos materializados na fotografia de Ivo Tavares da periferia de Salvador, Bahia
Authors: Sousa Ana Claudia Medeiros de , Santos Raquel do Rosário , Oliveira Bernardina Maria Juvenal Freire de
Published: December 2021

O estudo teve como objetivo evidenciar os traços identitários e memorialísticos materializados na fotografia de Ivo Tavares, que demonstram uma ressignificação da periferia de Salvador, Bahia. Quanto ao delineamento metodológico, a pesquisa se configura como qualitativa e descritiva, associada aos métodos documental e indiciário, os quais possibilitaram identificar vestígios presentes na fotografia de Ivo Tavares que estão disponíveis por meio do perfil no instagram desse fotógrafo. Para ampliar as possibilidades investigativas e interpretativas, aplicou-se questionário com perguntas abertas direcionadas ao fotógrafo. Com base nos resultados alcançados, pode-se afirmar que a fotografia produzida por Ivo Tavares é um documento que materializa informações que tanto desmitificam o conceito de periferia quanto favorecem a produção de novas informações sobre as práticas socioculturais dos sujeitos que integram esse lugar, que podem se sentir representados nesse documento, que materializa traços de memória e identidade. Concluiu-se que o sujeito também constitui sua identidade e sua memória na materialização e na produção de documentos, que se perpetuam para além do seu tempo e espaço geográfico. Assim, o documento possibilita que o sujeito registre o que para ele é representativo, tanto em sua individualidade quanto na coletividade.
Museu Etno-Arqueológico de Itajaí
Authors: Ignácio Carlos Eduardo , Pizarro Daniella Câmara , Unglaub Tânia Regina da Rocha
Published: December 2021

O artigo propõe algumas reflexões sobre o espaço do Museu EtnoArqueológico de Itajaí, que ocupou a edificação da antiga estação ferroviária e hoje apresenta-se como um espaço comunitário, ressignificando as memórias coletivas da época, preservando, assim, a história da Estrada de Ferro Santa Catarina, considerada sua importância no Vale do Itajaí. O museu oportuniza partilhar a etnografia rural e local do bairro Itaipava e, por meio dos sambaquis, sua arqueologia. Ao enaltecer sua história, descreve um passado não tão distante e apresenta memórias coletivas daquele espaço-tempo. O objetivo desta pesquisa consiste na reflexão sobre a ética da criação do museu, na história do patrimônio edificado e das memórias internalizadas naquele espaço comunitário que foi a Estação Ferroviária Engenheiro Vereza e, atualmente, o Museu EtnoArqueológico. Na fundamentação conceitual aprofunda-se as apreciações de Le Goff (2013) e Pierre Nora (1993) para abordar a história e memória, bem como o conceito de Halbwachs (2006) sobre memória coletiva. Também são utilizadas as considerações de Vázquez (2014) sobre ética e de Besterman (2006) na relação da ética com o museu e sua história com a comunidade, concentrando-se na abordagem qualitativa e nos preceitos do método fenomenológico de Moreira (2002) para analisar as experiências dos indivíduos que viveram e vivem em torno daquele espaço comunitário.
Grammatical gender and stereotypical gender associations with inanimate nouns in the ‘Germanic sandwich’
Authors: Czerwonka-Wajda Zuzanna , Klimek-Jankowska Dorota , Błachut Edyta , Błaszczak Joanna , Borkowska Anna
Published: December 2021

This pilot study is a contribution to the theoretical debate on the impact language has on general cognition. More specifically, we applied a Word Sketch collocator (an innovative NLP tool operating on large-scale corpora) to collect human adjective collocations of masculine, feminine, and neuter inanimate nouns in German, Dutch, and English to see whether there is a correlation between the grammatical genders of inanimate nouns and the adjective collocations most frequently used to describe those nouns. Later, in a series of online questionnaires, we examined the impact of grammatical gender and stereotypical gender associations on the perception of inanimate nouns (e.g., street, lamp, bottle) by testing the gender associations of their human adjective collocations obtained from the Word Sketch collocator in German (a grammatical gender language), Dutch (a language with a combination of grammatical gender and natural gender), and English (a natural gender language). In German, the results show that grammatical gender alone is not a decisive factor in causing masculine or feminine gender associations of inanimate nouns. Rather, it is the combination of grammatical gender and stereotypical gender associations of nouns that plays a role. In English, nouns associated with neutral, masculine and even feminine gender had significantly more neutral adjectival associations. In Dutch, nouns with common and neuter gender resulted in a higher proportion of masculine adjectival associations because these nouns are mostly referred to with common and masculine pronouns. We observed a special role played by stereotypical feminine associations of nouns in German, Dutch, and English.
The devil in the human form and related matters: A handful of remarks
Authors: Wolf Magdalena
Published: December 2021

The aim of the article is to present the book by Małgorzata Dowlaszewicz Diabeł w legendzie. Wyobrażenie diabła antropomorficznego w średniowiecznej literaturze niderlandzkiej, published in 2020. The researcher analyzed the anthropomorphic devil figure on the basis of two collections of exemplars and legends Gulden legende and Der Byen Boeck, translated into Middle Dutch from Latin. The research results were presented in the broad context of medieval Dutch literature.
Op reis met “Elckerlijc” en Stefan Mrożewski
Authors: Dowlaszewicz Małgorzata , Patała Agnieszka
Published: December 2021

This article deals with modern illustrations accompanying medieval text, with special attention to one publication – the modern edition of Middle Dutch Elckerlijc and the woodcuts made by Stefan Mrożewski. The article introduces the circumstances in which the book was published and in which the Polish artist prepared his prints. The main analysis discusses the choices made by Mrożewski and the many different ways in which he refers to the historic past in his work. In order to show a broader framework of the subject, the article also briefly sketches the Polish literary reception of the medieval morality play.
Literaire dynamiek, anders bekeken. De heropstanding van de poëzie in Vlaanderen na de Tweede Wereldoorlog
Authors: De Geest Dirk
Published: December 2021

This article discusses the ongoing crisis in the field of literary studies, relating these problems and challenges to the problem of writing literary histories. It advocates a functionalist approach to literary phenomena, taking into account institutional frames and discursive strategies which are developed in order to structure and legitimize literary practices and literary evolution. These theoretical and methodological premises are applied to the very complex years immediately after the Second World War in Flanders (the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium). In particular, it is demonstrated how the very notion of ‘classicist poetry’ as a defensive practice clearly reveals an intricate variety of conceptions aimed at tackling the problems poets are confronted with in a new era.
Andrey A. Winius (1641–1716), vertaler van fabels
Authors: Michajlova Irina , Yakovleva Alexandra
Published: December 2021

Andrey A. Winius (1641–1716) was born in Moscow in the family of Andrey D. Winius (1605–1662), Dutch merchant and manufacturer who lived in Russia from 1632 until his death. Winius junior was a high-ranking statesman who contributed a lot to Peter the Great’s reforms, which made Russia a Europe-oriented power. In 1674 he translated Vondel’s Vorsteliicke warande der dieren (1617) into Russian, supplementing this collection of fables with several texts from the Theatrum Morum by Aegidius Sadeler (1608). The Russian text, entitled The Theatre of Human Life, was distributed in handwritten form. In 1712, The Theatre was published in Moscow. In this article we analyze the Russian version of four fables in order to identify similarities with the sources and the changes Winius made. Besides shortening the original, he also sometimes supplemented the fables with his own moralistic thoughts. In these additions he urged readers to live honestly, respect each other, and not drink too much alcohol. In this way he tried to transfer humanistic ethical values that were common in Western Europe to the Russian society of the 17th century.
A decolonidade do corpo e das artes de Aleta Valente
Authors: Amaral Muriel Emídio Pessoa
Published: December 2021

A partir das obras produzidas pela artista e performance carioca Aleta Valente, esse artigo pretende discorrer como suas produções podem ser consideradas e analisadas segundo o ponto de vista epistemológico da decolonidade, sugerida por Walter Mignolo, e de contemporaneidade pensada por Giorgio Agamben. Pensar a partir da decolonidade é reconhecer novas propostas epistemológicas e políticas para além do pensamento eurocêntrico ou fundamentalmente cristalizado sob a perspectiva de poder. O conceito de contemporaneidade de Agamben, de alguma forma, dialoga com a proposta decolonial ao reconhecê-lo como libertário das condições sociais que circulam o presente. Em face a esses conceitos, Aleta Valente faz da aridez do subúrbio, dos pelos e da menstruação argumentos para a sua arte em discursos feministas, empoderamento e deboche.
Optimization of Additional Composition Variations ZnO Nanoparticles on The Characteristics of Porous Hydroxypatite as Bone Filler
Authors: Azkiyah Fardatul , Rudyardjo, M.Si. Drs. Djony Izak , Ady Jan
Published: December 2021

Research on the synthesis and characterization of porous hydroxyapatite with the addition of ZnO nanoparticles has been carried out through a combination of foam immersion and injection methods. This research was conducted to optimize the previous research by increasing the variation of ZnO composition and adding the injection method to the research process. The materials used in this research include hydroxyapatite nanoparticles, ZnO nanoparticles, Aquades, PVA and polyurethane foam. Manufacturing is done by immersing polyurethane foam into a slurry. Slurry is a mixture of PVA and hydroxyapatite solutions with variations in the addition of ZnO nanoparticles (8 wt%, 10 wt%, 12 wt%, and 14 wt%). Then inject the remaining slurry into the foam. After that the sample was dried and heated at a temperature of 650ºC to remove foam and PVA, then the sample was sintered at a temperature of 1200ºC for 3 hours. Based on SEM analysis, porosity test, and compressive strength test, the best results were shown by sample IV because it had a pore diameter of 142.9 – 371.4 m with a porosity of 69.983%, a compressive strength value of 1.8653 MPa and non-toxic. The best results have not met the standard for bone filler application. In further research, improvements need to be made by using other additives such as ZrO2, so that it can improve the mechanical properties of porous hydroxyapatite to meet standard bone filler applications.
Alumni Reflection To The Experience Of Writing Thesis: Case Study Of Alumni Program In Library And Information Studies Brawijaya University
Authors: Septiono Trimo
Published: December 2021

The study aims to describe and identify aspects during the thesis writing process. This study uses a qualitative approach with the type of case study research on alumni of the Library and Information Science Study Program Universitas Brawijaya. Then the selection of alumni as informants considers the impact after writing the thesis is completed. The results showed that the reflection of alumni there is a learning process in each stage of thesis writing. The learning process that occurs is quite complex because it is not only done independently but also involves other parties. Independent learning focuses on the process of applying information literacy skills possessed by alumni. Where there is an information management process which is the most important part, because the process affects the decision making for each action. Meanwhile, the involvement of other parties is another role of the thesis as a forum for collaborative learning. Not only that, the whole process forms a new understanding that can be useful across generations.Keywords: Thesis, Reflection, Information Literacy, Knowledge Sharing Practice, Collaborative LearningABSTRAKRefleksi pengalaman alumni merupakan kajian yang bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan dan mengidentifikasi aspek-aspek selama proses penulisan skripsi. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif dengan jenis penelitian studi kasus pada alumni Program Studi Ilmu Perpustakaan dan Informasi Universitas Brawijaya. Kemudian pemilihan alumni sebagai informan mempertimbangkan dampak yang ditimbulkan pasca penulisan skripsi selesai. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa refleksi alumni terdapat proses pembelajaran dalam setiap tahapan penulisan skripsi. Proses pembelajaran yang terjadi tergolong kompleks karena tidak hanya dilakukan mandiri tetapi juga melibatkan pihak lain. Pembelajaran secara mandiri menitikberatkan pada proses penerapan kemampuan literasi informasi yang dimiliki oleh alumni. Dimana terdapat proses pengelolaan informasi yang merupakan bagian terpenting, karena proses tersebut berpengaruh pada penentuan keputusan untuk setiap tindakan. Sedangkan untuk pelibatan pihak lain merupakan peran lain dari skripsi sebagai wadah kolaborasi pembelajaran. Tidak hanya itu, secara menyeluruh proses tersebut membentuk pemahaman baru yang dapat bermanfaat lintas generasi.
A mentális zavarok reprezentációja a videó-játékokban II.
Authors: Pólya Tamás , Werner Luca
Published: December 2021

Korábbi írásunkban (Werner és Pólya 2021) bemutattunk néhány, mentális problémák (főként a depresszió) kezelésére létrehozott klinikai terápiás videojátékot. E tanulmányban két, nem terápiás célra fejlesztett játékot elemzünk, melyek egyszerre rendelkeznek szórakoztató, ismeretterjesztő és segítségnyújtó funkcióval (Depression Quest és Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice). Bemutatjuk, hogy a videojátékok szórakoztató funkciója nem zárja ki a pszichiátriai ismeretekre alapozott, nem-sztereotipikus ábrázolásmódot. Megvizsgáljuk a két játékban felvonultatott hagyományos reprezentáló elemeket (kép, hang, narratíva) és azokat a játékmechanikai megoldásokat (pl. a cselekvési lehetőség korlátozása), amelyek révén a két játék érzékeltetni igyekszik azt, ahogyan egy mentális zavarral élő személy észleli a világot, illetve ahogyan próbál cselekedni benne. Végül a kultivációs elemzés alapelveit követve igyekszünk feltárni a két elemzett játék reprezentáló és irányításos mozzanataiból kirajzolódó, a fogyasztók felé közvetített értékösszefüggéseket.
Effect of Working Capital Management Decisions on Financial Performance
Authors: Yegon Charles Kiprotich , Muturi Willy , Oluoch Oluoch
Published: December 2021

Collapse of companies in Kenya has been on the rise in the recent past. Far reaching endeavors to resuscitate these liquidating and ailing firms have generally been attributed on their corporate financial management decisions.  Multinationals and KTDA managed tea firms in Kenya have been performing poorly in the recent past where audited financial statements and reports revealed a warning signal on its financial performance. Specific objectives of the study were to determine the effect of the accounts receivables period, accounts payables period, inventory conversion period, cash conversion cycle, financing policy, investing policy and moderating effect of ownership structure on financial performance. The study illustrated that accounts receivables collection period is negatively related to return on assets (? = -0.1299, p=0.0160),  accounts payables payment period is negatively related to return on assets (? = -0.0843, p = 0.0070), inventory conversion period is negatively related to return on assets (?= -0.0623, p=0.0180), cash conversion cycle is negatively related to return on assets (? = -0.1107, p = 0.0030), financing policy is positively related to return on assets (? = 0.1589, p = 0.0000), investing policy is positively related to return on assets (? = 0.0291, p = 0.0000).
Performance Study of Absorption Tower and Adsorption Reactor to Eliminate Ammonia Gas as Pollutant
Authors: Sari Ikha Rasti Julia , Fatkhurrahman Januar Arif , Andriani Yose
Published: December 2021

Ammonia known as harmful gas that could impact on health and environment. Typically, ammonia gas emitted by fertilizer industry, rubber factory, etc. There are many options for advance industry to control ammonia gas pollution, absorption tower using water scrubber and using activated carbon as adsorption reaction could be an option. But for middle- and lower-class industry, it is common in Indonesia, as seen on many rubber factories, ammonia gas pollution is serious problem to control, actually they have used wet scrubber but eficiency is lower about 47%. This study measure performance for ammonia elimination as gas pollutant using absorption tower and adsorption tower in laboratory scale. Using electrochemical gas sensor, we measure both ammonia concentration for inlet and outlet simultaneously to settle saturation point of these two types of ammonia emission control. In conclusion, Ammonia absorbed in water proportional to saturation time and absorbent volume. Highest absorbed ammonia concentration 1.538 mg/L on 4000 mL absorbent. For Adsorption system, saturation time proportional and correlated to adsorbent weight and Adsorption capacity reverse correlated to adsorbent weight. Optimum adsorption point can be achieved from intersection curve between saturation time and adsorption capacity which is 1200 grams adsorbent
Kemampuan Daya Saing Kacang Hijau di Tingkat Usahatani pada Lahan Salin (Studi Kasus di Desa Gesik Harjo, Kecamatan Palang, Kabupaten Tuban)
Authors: Elisabeth Dian Adi Anggraeni , Sutrisno Sutrisno , Riyanto Salam Agus , Kuntyastuti Henny , Rozi Fachrur
Published: December 2021

Di Indonesia, kacang hijau umumnya dibudidayakan setelah kedelai dan kacang tanah. Kacang hijau memiliki peran strategis karena memiliki keunggulan agronomis dan ekonomis. Budidaya kacang hijau di lahan salin dengan karakteristik salinitas tinggi dapat berpengaruh  terhadap pertumbuhan tanaman dan produksi kacang hijau serta pendapatan usahatani. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengevaluasi kemampuan daya saing dan dampak ekonomi usahatani kacang hijau di lahan salin. Penelitian dilaksanakan di Desa Gesik Harjo, Kecamatan Palang, Kabupaten Tuban pada bulan Maret 2020. Data yang dikumpulkan meliputi deskripsi usahatani kacang hijau, pendapatan serta daya saing usahatani kacang hijau dan tanaman pangan lain di lokasi penelitian. Salinitas lahan di Desa Gesik Harjo berdampak terhadap produktivitas lahan sehingga menyebabkan penurunan hasil panen kacang hijau sebesar 55-61%. Hal ini berakibat pada penurunan pendapatan usahatani kacang hijau sampai 50% bila dibandingkan dengan usahatani kacang tanah, dengan B/C ratio 0,9 dan daya saing lebih rendah. Namun, dengan B/C ratio mendekati 1 dan harga kacang hijau di pasaran cukup tinggi, daya saing kacang hijau di Gesik Harjo berpeluang untuk ditingkatkan apabila produksinya meningkat. Beberapa upaya yang dapat dilakukan, antara lain peningkatan kapasitas petani dalam pengelolaan lahan salin, penggunaan varietas unggul toleran salin dan penerapan perbaikan teknik budidaya kacang hijau.
Risk Factors for Musculoskeletal Complaints in Female Musicians: A Systematic Review and Exploration for Future Studies
Authors: Borger Tamara , Nel Elsa J , Kok Laura M , Marinelli Florine E , Woldendorp Kees H
Published: December 2021

BACKGROUND: Female musicians are prone to the development of musculoskeletal complaints (MSC). The etiology of this increased risk is poorly understood. As the number of professional female musicians increases, so does the importance of understanding female-specific risk factors for
MSC in musicians. OBJECTIVE: To provide an overview of current literature of proven and possible risk factors/etiology of MSC in female musicians, and to identify topics for future studies. METHODS: Systematic review performed according to international guidelines. A database search was performed
in MEDLINE (PubMed), Embase, CINAHL, Cochrane, PsycINFO, clinicaltrials.gov, and gray literature. Studies were independently selected and rated by two reviewers. QUIPS and STROBE guidelines were used for assessing quality and risk of bias. Risk factors were categorized by means of the theoretical
framework of the International Classification of Functioning (ICF) and evaluated using the Bradford Hill criteria for causality. RESULTS: Out of 1,924 records, 10 eligible studies were included. A low to moderate level of methodological quality was present in the studies. Fifteen risk factors
could be identified from the included studies, which were positioned in the ICF model. The two most frequently mentioned female-specific risk factors were hand size and joint laxity. None of the risk factors fulfilled Bradford Hill’s criteria for causality. Many other risk factors were
suggested, while a number of expected causes were not encountered. CONCLUSION: At this moment, no evidence-based deductions can be made about female-specific risk factors for MSC in musicians. There is a lack of high-quality studies in this field and a need for studies with a different focus
and a prospective study design.
Investigations on the Directional Propagation of Hydraulic Fracture in Hard Roof of Mine: Utilizing a Set of Fractures and the Stress Disturbance of Hydraulic Fracture
Authors: Xing Yuekun , Huang Bingxiang , Li Binghong , Liu Jiangfeng , Cai Qingwang , Hou Mingxiao
Published: December 2021

Directional fracturing is fundamental to weakening the hard roof in the mine. However, due to the significant stress disturbance in the mine, principal stresses present complicated and unmeasurable. Consequently, the designed hydraulic fracture (HF) extension path is always oblique to principal stresses. Then, the HF will present deflecting propagation, which will restrict the weakness of the hard roof. In this work, we proposed an approach to drive the HF to propagate directionally in the hard roof, utilizing a set of hydraulic fractures and their stress disturbance. In this approach, directional fracturing in the hard roof is conducted via the sequential fracturing of three linear distribution slots. The disturbed stresses produced by the first fracturing (in the middle) are utilized to restrict the HF deflecting extension of the subsequent fracturing. Then, the combined hydraulic fractures constitute a roughly directional fracturing trajectory in rock, i.e., the directional fracturing. To validate the directional fracturing approach, the cohesive crack (representing rock fracture process zone (FPZ)) model coupled with the extended finite element method (XFEM) was employed to simulate the 2D hydraulic fracturing process. The benchmark of the above fracturing simulation method was firstly conducted, which presents the high consistency between simulation results and the fracturing experiments. Then, the published geological data of the hard roof in Datong coal mine (in Shanxi, China) was employed in the fracturing simulation model, with various principal stress differences (2~6 MPa) and designed fracturing directions (30°~60°). The simulation results show that the disturbing stress of the first fracturing significantly inhibits the deflecting propagation of the subsequent fractures. More specifically, along the direction parallel to the initial minimum principal stress, the extension distance of the subsequent hydraulic fractures is 2~3 times higher than that of the deflecting HF in the first fracturing. The fracturing trajectory of the proposed direction fracturing method deviates from the designed fracturing path by only 2°~14°, reduced by 76%~93% compared with the traditional fracturing method utilizing a single hydraulic fracture. This newly proposed method can enhance the HF directional propagation ability more effectively and conveniently in the complex and unmeasurable stress field. Besides, this directional fracturing method can also provide references for the directional fracturing in the oil-gas and geothermal reservoir.
Complete Equation of State Thermal Formulation for Simulation of CO2 Storage
Authors: Moncorgé Arthur , Petitfrère Martin , Thibeau Sylvain
Published: December 2021

Storage of carbon dioxide (CO2) in depleted gas reservoirs or large aquifers is one of the available solutions to reduce anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. Numerical modeling of these processes requires the use of large geological models with several orders of magnitude of variations in the porous media properties. Moreover, modeling the injection of highly concentrated and cold CO2 in large reservoirs with the correct physics introduces numerical challenges that conventional reservoir simulators cannot handle. We propose a thermal formulation based on a full equation of state (EoS) formalism to model pure CO2 and CO2 mixtures with the residual gas of depleted reservoirs. Most of the reservoir simulators model the phase equilibriums with a pressure-temperature-based formulation. With this usual framework, it is not possible to exhibit two phases with pure CO2 contents. Moreover, in this classical framework, the crossing of the phase envelope is associated with a large discontinuity in the enthalpy computation, which can prevent the convergence of the energy conservation equation. In this work, accurate and continuous phase properties are obtained, basing our formulation on enthalpy as a primary variable. We first implement a new phase-split algorithm with input variables as pressure and enthalpy instead of the usual pressure and temperature, and we validate it on several test cases. This algorithm can model situations in which the mixture can change rapidly from one phase to the other at constant pressure and temperature. Then, treating enthalpy instead of temperature as a primary variable in both the reservoir and the well modeling algorithms, our reservoir simulator can model situations with pure or near pure components, as well as crossing of the phase envelope that usual formulations implemented in reservoir simulators cannot handle. We first validate our new formulation against the usual formulation on a problem in which both formulations can correctly represent the physics. Then, we show situations in which the usual formulations fail to represent the correct physics and that are simulated well with our new formulation. Finally, we apply our new model for the simulation of pure and cold CO2 injection in a real depleted gas reservoir from the Netherlands.
Deep learning based multi-batch calibration for classification in various omics
Authors: Wang Qian , Niu Jingyang , Xu Wei , Wei Dongming , Qian Kun
Published: December 2021

Background: The amount of available biological data has exploded since the emergence of high-throughput technologies, which is not only revolting the way we recognize molecules and diseases but also bringing novel analytical challenges to bioinformatics analysis. In the last decade, deep learning has become a dominant technique in data science. However, classification accuracy is plagued with domain discrepancy. Notably, in the presence of multiple batches, domain discrepancy typically happens between individual batches. The recently proposed pair-wise adaptation approach may be suboptimal as it fails to eliminate the external factors across multiple batches and takes the classification task into account simultaneously. Results: We propose a joint deep learning framework for integrating batch effect removal and classification upon various omics data. To this end, we validate it on two private metabolomics (MALDI MS) datasets and one public transcriptomics (scRNA-seq) dataset. Especially for the former, we have achieved the highest diagnostic accuracy (ACC), with notable ~10% improvement than over state-of-the-art methods. Overall, these results indicate that our approach removes batch effect more effectively than conventional methods and yields more accurate classification results for smart diagnosis.
Preparation of Modified PVA Copolymer by DAAM/ADH and Cross-Linking Mechanism for Paper
Authors: Li Kaibin , Li Xiaorui , Wang Dan , Yang Baoping , Liu Yihe , Wang Haihua , Shen Yiding
Published: December 2021

Herein, a novel modified polyvinyl alcohol(DA-IPVA) used as sizing agent was prepared by using diacetone acrylamide(DAAM) as graft monomer and N-(isobutoxymethyl)acrylamide(IBMA) as self-cross-linking monomer. The effect of the amount of DAAM on the properties of emulsion, film and sizing paper was discussed. The surface micro-structure of the sizing paper was characterized by SEM and AFM. The addition of DAAM/ADH and IBMA endowed DA-IPVA with cross-linked active group and increased cross-linking density and hydrophobicity after ADH was added into the emulsion and the cross-linking structure was formed. The enhancing mechanism of surface sizing agent for paper was revealed. The DA-IPVA can be cross-linked on the surface and inside of the paper to form a dense network structure, which improves the bonding force between the fibers. When the mole fraction of DAAM of the cross-linking monomer is 8%, the surface sizing performance of the paper is obviously improved compared with the base paper. The dry and wet strength is increased by 266.5% and 334.3% respectively, and the folding resistance is increased 2946.67%. This study can have a profound impact on the development of the technology of cross-linking surface sizing agent for paper.
The Cytotoxicity of PM2.5 and its Effect on the Secretome of Normal Human Bronchial Epithelial Cells
Authors: Sui Zhigang , Song Xiaoyao , Wu Yujie , Hou Rui , Liu Jianhui , Zhao Baofeng , Liang Zhen , Chen Jiping , Zhang Lihua , Zhang Yukui
Published: December 2021

Exposure to airborne fine particulate matter (PM2.5) induced various adverse health effects, such as metabolic syndrome, systemic inflammation and respiratory infection. Many works have studied the influence of PM2.5 exposure to intracellular proteome and the underlying mechanism. But the extracellular proteome changes under PM2.5 exposure, and the correlation between secretome changes and PM2.5-induced cytotoxicity remains confusing. Herein, the cytotoxicity of PM2.5 on normal human bronchial epithelia cells (BEAS-2B) was evaluated and the secretome profile of BEAS-2B cells before and after PM2.5 exposure was investigated. The secretion of 83 proteins (58 up-regulated and 25 down-regulated) was differentially expressed upon PM2.5 treatment. In addition to apoptosis, extracellular matrix (ECM) organization, complement activation and RNA splicing were also found to be involved in PM2.5 mediated cytotoxicity. These results provide an insight into the underlying mechanism of respiratory injury caused by PM2.5.
Maternal Antibiotic Use and Infections During Pregnancy and Offspring Asthma: The Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study and a Nationwide Register Cohort
Authors: Rantala Aino K. , Tapia German , Magnus Maria C , Stene Lars Christian , Jaakkola Jouni JK , Stordal Ketil , Karlstad Oystein , Nystad Wenche
Published: December 2021

Maternal antibiotic use during pregnancy has been linked to asthma risk in children, but the role of underlying infections remains unclear. We investigated the association of maternal antibiotic use and infections during pregnancy with offspring risk of asthma. We used two population-based cohorts: the Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study (MoBa) (n=53 417) and a register cohort (n=417 548). Asthma was defined based on dispensed asthma medications at 7 and 13 years from the Norwegian Prescription Database. Self-reported information on antibiotic use and infections during pregnancy was available in MoBa, while registrations of dispensed prescriptions was used to classify use of antibiotics in the register-based cohort. Maternal antibiotic use during pregnancy was associated with asthma at 7 years in both cohorts (aRR 1.23, 95% CI 1.11 - 1.37 in MoBa and aRR 1.21, 95% CI 1.16 - 1.25 in the register-based cohort) and asthma at 13 years in the register cohort (aRR 1.13, 95% CI 1.03-1.23) after adjusting for maternal characteristics. In MoBa, the estimate was attenuated after adjusting for infections during pregnancy. Maternal lower and upper respiratory tract infections (aRR 1.30, 95% CI 1.07 - 1.57 and aRR 1.19, 95% CI 1.09 - 1.30, respectively) and urinary tract infections (aRR 1.26, 95% CI 1.11 - 1.42) showed associations with asthma at 7 after adjusting for confounders, but estimates decreased after adjustment for antibiotics during pregnancy. Our findings suggest that both maternal antibiotic use and infections during pregnancy might be associated with an increased risk of asthma in childhood.
KiESEL - The Children’s Nutrition Survey to Record Food Consumption for the Youngest in Germany
Authors: Diouf Friederike , Golsong Nadine , Höpfner Tobias , Nowak Nicole , Lindtner Oliver
Published: December 2021

BackgroundWith KiESEL, the Children’s Nutrition Survey to Record Food Consumption, the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) collected representative food consumption data for children aged six months up to five years. KiESEL was one of five modules of KiGGS Wave2 (German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Children and Adolescents) conducted by the Robert Koch-Institute (RKI). The objective was to update the consumption data for children in Germany and to fill a data gap for the age group of five-year-old children. The study provides an up-to-date and comprehensive database that will be used for exposure assessment, as part of risk assessment of Germany’s youngest consumers. MethodsIn the years 2014 to 2017, more than 1000 children from all over Germany participated in KiESEL. During home visits, survey staff conducted a questionnaire-based interview including a food propensity questionnaire (FPQ) on seldom eaten foods and questions concerning consumption outside home, dietary habits and diet during first year. The interviewer measured the children’s height and weight. Families and childcare workers filled out a food record, covering three consecutive days and one independent day. Data are based on the FPQ and present consumption frequencies. Depending on the question, socioeconomic status (SES) and migration background were considered.Results 1104 participants had an interview and filled out the questionnaire on usual food intake, seldom eaten foods and consumption away from home. They were included in sample1. 1008 of these participants additionally reported food consumption of at least three days (sample2). 91.2 % of the children follow no special diet and 0.8 % are vegetarians. 7 % of the older children consuming soya-drink. For some foods differences in consumption across SES or migration status were noted. Children from families with higher SES consume more often soya-based substitute milk as families with lower SES (p<0.00005).ConclusionsKiESEL gathered up-to-date consumption data for more than 1000 children living in Germany, aged six month up to including five years. The data will be used for risk assessments of the BfR and provided to national and international partners.