bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Towards an Enterprise Business Architecture Readiness Assessment Model
Authors: Zondani Tandokazi , Iyamu Tiko
Published: August 2020

Often at times many organisations fail to achieve the objectives of their enterprise business architecture (EBA). This can be attributed to lack of assessment of readiness. This is also because there are no models specific to EBA readiness assessment. The lack of readiness assessment before deployment often results to challenges such as uncoordinated business designs, lack of flow in processes, derailment of activities, which make cost of operations prohibitive, increase complexity in managing potential risks, and service stagnancy. These challenges led to this study whose aim was to propose a solution that can be used to assess the readiness of EBA in an organisation. From the interpretivist perspective, the case study approach was employed to gain better understanding of the factors that influence the readiness of EBA in an organisation. The hermeneutics approach was applied in the analysis of the data. The sudy reveals the factors that influence the deployment of business architecture in organisations.
Prediction of Menstrual Cycle Phase by Wearable Heart Rate Sensor
Authors: Hayano Junichiro , Yuda Emi
Published: August 2020

The prediction of the menstrual cycle phase and fertility window by easily measurable bio-signals is an unmet need and such technological development will greatly contribute to women's QoL. Although many studies have reported differences in autonomic indices of heart rate variability (HRV) between follicular and luteal phases, they have not yet reached the level that can predict the menstrual cycle phases. The recent development of wearable sensors-enabled heart rate monitoring during daily life. The long-term heart rate data obtained by them carry plenty of information, and the information that can be extracted by conventional HRV analysis is only a limited part of it. This chapter introduces comprehensive analyses of long-term heart rate data that may be useful for revealing their associations with the menstrual cycle phase.
Short and Long-Term Follow-Up of Women After Treatment for Primary Gynecological and Breast Cancer
Authors: Vosnakis Christos , Pratilas Georgios-Chrysostomos , Mavromatidis George
Published: August 2020

More than 100,000 cases of gynecologic cancer are diagnosed every year in the USA. Women who survived primary treatment for gynecologic cancer are estimated at more than 8 million and are likely to increase at about 10 million in the coming decade. It is obvious that there is a growing population group that needs a proper care by a team of health professionals. Post-treatment monitoring of gynecologic cancer survivors ideally has to achieve three major objectives: 1) tο diagnose, as early as possible, the recurrence of the disease, either local or distant; 2) to improve the quality of life of cancer survivors; and 3) to achieve all the above goals with a reasonable cost for the Health Providing Systems. In this report, the authors refer to post-treatment monitoring of women with all kinds of gynecologic cancers (endometrial, ovarian, vulvar, vaginal, and cervical) and the follow up of women after primary treatment for breast cancer.
Early-Stage Cervical Cancer
Authors: Fais Maria Luisa , Candotti Giorgio , Carboni Giulia , Anedda Speranza Luisa , Mais Valerio , Angioni Stefano , Peiretti Michele
Published: August 2020

Recent advances in screening and early diagnosis have decreased cervical cancer incidence and mortality rate in high-resource settings. The postponement of childbearing and the young age of women at diagnosis produced new challenges in the management of this disease. In recent years, attention has been directed to assessing more conservative procedures that can reduce treatment-related morbidity, without compromising oncologic safety and reproductive potential. Fertility sparing surgery (FSS) procedures, including cervical conization, simple or radical trachelectomy with pelvic nodes dissection or sentinel lymph node assessment, and neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by conization, have shown encouraging results. In this chapter, the authors discuss the role of conservative surgery in the management of early-stage cervical cancer focusing on obstetrical and oncological outcomes.
A CONVblock for Convolutional Neural Networks
Authors: Alaeddine Hmidi , Jihene Malek
Published: August 2020

The reduction in the size of convolution filters has been shown to be effective in image classification models. They make it possible to reduce the calculation and the number of parameters used in the operations of the convolution layer while increasing the efficiency of the representation. The authors present a deep architecture for classification with improved performance. The main objective of this architecture is to improve the main performances of the network thanks to a new design based on CONVblock. The proposal is evaluated on a classification database: CIFAR-10 and MNIST. The experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method. This architecture offers an error of 1.4% on CIFAR-10 and 0.055% on MNIST.
Blogging for Collaborative Learning in the Writing Classroom
Authors: Pham Vu Phi Ho , Nguyen Ngoc Hoang Vy
Published: August 2020

The primarily qualitative analysis reported in this paper is to investigate how the students, in a student-centered pedagogical focus, perceive their own learning progress in e-peer feedback activities, including the effectiveness of the use of blogs for e-peer responses in an L2 writing class. Thirty-two second year Vietnamese students at a university in Ho Chi Minh City participated in a 15-week writing course. Data collection was from the 20-item questionnaire and eight semi-structured interviews. Results of the study revealed that when students perceived good progression in their writing skills when they got involved in e-peer feedback on the blog and their writing was longer after revisions. In addition, the students highly evaluated the use of blogs for e-peer feedback activities because of its usefulness and effectiveness.
Energy Consumption Optimization in Agriculture and Development Perspectives
Authors: Tikhomirov Dmitry , Izmailov Andrey , Lobachevsky Yakov , Tikhomirov Anatoly
Published: August 2020

In this article, indicators of energy consumption in agriculture for Russian Federation are discussed, starting from the year 1990, and their forecast values for the period up to 2030 with the analysis of the decay in the period from 1991 to 2010 and gradual growth of energy resources consumption started in 2010 and continued to the present day has been analyzed. The outlines of the strategy of rural energy base development and optimization have been considered. Demand, development, and implementation conditions of decentralized energy supply systems have been substantiated, and their features, composition, and application field have been specified. It has been shown that the major energy resource of standalone energy systems is local and renewable energy sources and of agricultural production wastes. Methods and technologies for the conversion of renewable energy sources (RES), biomass, and waste of agricultural production into heat and power have been characterized.
The Processing osf Irrigation Water and Artificial Fertilizer Solutions in Magnetic Field
Authors: Kozyrskyi Volodymyr , Savchenko Vitaliy , Sinyavsky Oleksandr
Published: August 2020

The reclamation of new territories which are limited in energy and materials needs resource- and energy-saving techniques. One of such technique is the processing of water and artificial fertilizer solutions in a magnetic field. The aim of this research is to work out the impact of a magnetic field on water and solutions of artificial fertilizer and to find out the most effective way to process. The authors have figured out that a magnetic field enhances the speed of chemical reactions, the solvability of salts and fertilizers, and increases the concentration of oxygen in a water solution. The most effective processing of water solutions in magnetic field is when magnetic induction is 0,065 Тl, a four-time back magnetization takes place, and the velocity of a solution is 0.4 m/s. These parameters of the processing increase crop yield by 15-20%, decrease the consumption of artificial fertilizer by 10-15%, and enhances the product quality.
Job Satisfaction and Motivation Study of Distinct Gender Perspective in IT Sector
Authors: Sinha Vinita , Bhatt Shashi
Published: August 2020

Organizations function as social systems where human resources are the most vital factors for performance and success. They have realized the need for a motivated and diverse set of employees to achieve milestones at an accelerated pace. At the same time, women in the male-dominated information technology industry are perceived to face unique challenges and use distinct coping strategies affecting their motivation and retention. Both primary and secondary data was collected for the research work. Secondary data was collected from journals, newspapers, magazines on the subject and the internet sources. Primary data was collected from the IT professionals of both genders. The primary instrument for data collection was a survey through structured questionnaire (see Appendix). The method used in the study was random sampling. Collected data was processed, analyzed, and interpreted to draw the valid inferences. Gender perspectives on motivating factors, changes in HR policies for IT professionals, strategy and tactics are suggested to address the situation.
About Technology-Based “Sociology” Software for Knowledge Development
Authors: Mkrttchian Vardan , Rozhkova Lilya , Belashov Vladimir , Vlazneva Svetlana , Salnikova Olga
Published: August 2020

To analyze data sets, sociologists use various methods of mathematical and statistical data processing, which allows comprehensive analysis of the collected social information. A specialized software application is used in sociology. However, there are not many tools for carrying out a sociological research through all its stages. Sociologists often use different software or several software products. However, these programs are quite complex, and therefore their application is possible with special knowledge after a thorough study of the software product or with the involvement of the relevant specialists. Analysis of the possibilities of various programs for creating and processing sociological data shows that their choice is made by researchers on the basis of the ease of learning the program, the convenience of data management, the speed of computation, and graphic capabilities. In 2014, Belashov developed the Russian program for the input and processing of sociological research data “Sociology,” which allows for complete automation of the process of creating sociological data.
Success Factors of the Implementation of Crowdfunding for Start-Ups
Authors: Gunawardana Kennedy D.
Published: August 2020

There are number of challenges which are faced in implementing crowdfunding in Sri Lanka. Crowdfunding platforms in Sri Lanka are being used to gather funds, mainly for charities and to find seed money for startups. This study focuses on finding success factors affecting the implementation of the crowdfunding projects which are hosted to gather capital for startups. The study contains a proposed conceptual framework developed by reading recent literature with the facts contributing to the success of startups through crowdfunding and analyzing information gathered from experts in Sri Lanka. Variables namely web presence, investors, crowdfunding team, goal and rewards were analyzed together with the success of funding startups via crowdfunding Finally, all the variables except web presence indicated significant towards the success of funding startups via crowdfunding.
Functional and radiological outcomes in displaced heel fractures: Open reduction and internal fixation versus external fixation
Authors: Ortu Sebastiano , Brusoni Matteo , Pisanu Francesco , Caggiari Gianfilippo , Ciurlia Emanuele , Bienati Fabrizio , Manunta Andrea Fabio , Doria Carlo , Manca Mario
Published: August 2020

Management of intra-articular heel fractures is controversial. The main goals of surgical treatment are restoring subtalar articular congruence and width, height, form and alignment of the heel. The gold standard is considered Open Reduction and Internal Fixation (ORIF), a complex technique with a high rate of complications. External Fixation (EF) could be a good alternative. In this study were identified 37 fractures in 35 patients (24 patients underwent ORIF and EF was performed in 13 cases) and the outcomes of the two techniques were compared. The mean surgical time for ORIF was 107.8 minutes, while for EF was 88.61 minutes and the ORIF group presented a higher rate of complications, despite of similar results in the mean postoperative AOFAS Ankle and Hindfoot Scale scores (73.31/100 points in the ORIF group and 75.40/100 points in the EF group). Fast learning curve, short surgery time and low complications rate make EF an alternative to ORIF in treating intraarticular heel fractures.
Beyond Beatty sequences: Complementary lattices
Authors: Vandervelde Sam
Published: August 2020

By taking square lattices as a two-dimensional analogue to Beatty sequences, we are motivated to define and explore the notion of complementary lattices. In particular, we present a continuous one-parameter family of complementary lattices. This main result then yields several novel examples of complementary sequences, along with a geometric proof of the fundamental property of Beatty sequences.
In vitro suppression of pathogenic fungi by Streptomyces spp.
Authors: Goredema N. , Ndowora T. , Shoko R. , Ngadze E.
Published: August 2020

The use of living organisms or natural enemies of pathogens to control their populations is called biological disease control. It involves harnessing and introduction of exotic species of microorganism in a natural form, with the intention of controlling pathogens that may exist naturally in the same ecosystem. Prospects for biological control of Aspergillus flavus, Fusarium oxysporum and Penicillium italicum were investigated using Streptomyces spp. isolated from Chinhoyi University of Technology Farm soils in Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe. Twenty seven Streptomyces spp were obtained from the soil, and screened for antimicrobial activity and antagonism in in vitro pathogen inhibition assays, replicated thrice. Although majority of the isolates tested elicited no effect on test pathogens, 22% of the Streptomyces isolates were able to effectively suppress A. flavus, F. oxysporum and P. italicum by at least 55%. There was a significant interaction between Streptomyces isolates and pathogen (A. flavus, F. oxysporum and P. italicum) (P<0.05) on fungal radial growth at days 7, 10 and 14 after pathogen-Streptomyces incubation. Antimicrobial potential against individual and multiple test pathogens was observed, with CUT-Streptomyces 4, CUT-Streptomyces 10, CUT-Streptomyces 11, CUT-Streptomyces 20 and CUT-Streptomyces 23 showing the greatest antimicrobial activity. CUT-Streptomyces isolates have the potential to suppress A. flavus, F. oxysporum and P. italicum in vitro.

Key words:  Aspergillus flavus, Fusarium oxysporum, Penicillium italicum
Antibacterial activity of Acanthus sennii extracts against Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli pathogens
Authors: Geta Kindu , Kibret Mulugeta
Published: August 2020

Medicinal plants offer a major and accessible source of health care to people living in developing countries. Increasing drug resistant microbial infections intensified the search for new, safer, and more efficacious agents against microbial infections. Acanthus sennii is one of the medicinal plants used traditionally for the treatment of different infectious diseases in Ethiopia. Therefore, this study was carried out to evaluate antibacterial activity of A. sennii against pathogenic bacteria. Plant materials were extracted by maceration technique with chloroform, ethanol and water solvents. The antibacterial activities of the crude extracts of the plant were carried out by the agar well diffusion method. Broth dilution method was used to determine minimum inhibitory and streak plate bactericidal concentration of extracts. The results revealed that ethanol extracts of leaves revealed high antibacterial activity against standard strains of Staphylococcus aureus with inhibition zone of 14±0.6 mm at 25 mg/ml and 17±0.7 mm at 50 mg/ml. Ethanol extracts of buds showed high antibacterial activity against standard strains of S. aureus with inhibition zone of 25.7±0.7 mm at 100 mg/ml, also against standard strains of E. coli with inhibition zone of 16 mm at 50 mg/ml and 23.7 mm at 100 mg/ml. The mean minimum inhibitory concentration of 5.2±1.8 and 2.6±0.5 mg/ml was recorded for ethanol extract of leaves against standard strains of E. coli and clinical isolates of S. aureus; the mean minimum bactericidal concentration of 4.2±1.0 mg/ml with ethanol extract of leaves against standard strains of S. aureus; and the mean minimum bactericidal concentration of 12.5 mg/ml against standard strains and clinical isolates of E. coli. The result showed that A. sennii could be a candidate in the search for new antibacterial agents against these bacteria and its use in ethnomedicinal treatment of infectious diseases used by local communities may be validated. Isolating bio-active components and determining toxicity are future agenda.

Keywords: Acanthus sennii, Antibacterial activity, E. coli, Minimum inhibition concentration, Minimum bactericidal concentration, S. aureus
Gender analysis of agricultural financing in cocoa-based farming system in Oyo and Osun States of South Western Nigeria
Authors: Alao T.B. , Bamire A.S. , Kehinde A.D.
Published: August 2020

This paper aimed to study the gender differentials in agricultural financing in cocoa-based farming systems in Southwestern Nigeria. A multi stage sampling procedure was employed to select 200 cocoa farmers for the study. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and logit regression model. The results revealed that cooperative societies are dominant sources of finance for both male and female cocoa farmers. The findings also revealed that male cocoa farmers have more sources of finance than their female counterparts in the study area. The determinant of access to finance for both male and female cocoa farmers was age; specific to male cocoa farmers were average income, household size and membership in cooperative societies while level of education and possession of collateral were specific to female cocoa famers. It was concluded that policy strategies aimed at improving access to finance must consider education and ownership of certain resources among female cocoa farmers and formation of cooperative societies among male cocoa farmers.
Modelling catchment area of economic activity using GIS-based Huff Gravity Model: A case of Edo State, Nigeria
Authors: Lawal Olanrewaju , Onuchuku Okey
Published: August 2020

The need for rapid economic development to match increasing population in Nigeria cannot be overemphasised. For this need to be met, it is pertinent that resources in each state and region of the country are efficiently and effectively utilised to maximise return on investments. Thus, it is necessary to identify the catchment area of the current markets to provide an understanding of the market structure which exists at different scales. This study utilised a Geographic Information System (GIS) -based Huff Gravity model to identify the economic catchment areas of major centres. Results show that 13 out of the 14 centres attracted nearby subregions (SRs). The top 7 centres identified accounted for 86% of the potential economic activities. There is a tendency for limited spatial interaction for some SRs in the south in contrast to northern SRs. In conclusion, there is more competition for economic activities among centres in the northern part with the potential to create some winners and losers. Therefore, place-based policies which can enhance economic development across all regions are necessary.
Cost-Benefit Analysis of On-Farm Climate Change Adaptation Strategies in Ghana
Authors: Azumah Shaibu Baanni , Adzawla William , Osman Aminu , Anani Paul Yao
Published: August 2020

Climate change continues to hamper crop-based systems across sub-Sahara Africa. Adaptation strategies prove to be effective at improving production and enhancing livelihoods of farm households. This study employs Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) to assess the perceived economic profitability of adopting various on-farm climate change adaptation strategies among farmers in Zabzugu and South Tongu districts in the north and south of Ghana. A simple random sampling approach was used to select 300 farmers who had previously benefited from climate change projects. Major strategies adopted in both districts were: changing of planting dates, planting early maturing varieties, row planting, seed refilling and planting drought tolerant varieties. Adoption intensity was high in Zabzugu district compared to the South Tongu District. Generally, the adoption of each strategy was perceived to be profitable since the estimated average benefits outweighed the average costs. However, the most profitable strategies were strip cropping, repeated sowing, refilling, zero tillage and row planting. Less profitable strategies included land rotation, mixed farming, early planting, tractor ploughing and “A-frame” contour farming. Among others, drought tolerant varieties of rice, maize and soybeans, as well as zero tillage, repeated sowing and strip cropping, should be promoted and farmers encouraged to adopt these practices for enhanced benefits.
A santidade da vida oculta de Jesus: reflexos na vida cotidiana do jovem leigo Marcelo Câmara
Authors: Bellani Lyra Espindola Maria Zoê
Published: August 2020

O estudo apresenta uma reflexão sobre a vida de santidade de um jovem leigo da sociedade moderna. Em um primeiro momento aborda-se o escondimento e a normalidade que envolviam os anos vividos pelo Senhor junto à sua família em Nazaré. Em seguida reflete-se acerca do chamado universal à santidade que contempla a santidade da vida cotidiana, onde o extraordinário pode ser encontrado no cumprimento dos deveres ordinários na perfeição da caridade. Prossegue-se analisando o testemunho cristão deixado pelo jovem leigo Marcelo Câmara, a riqueza de sua vida interior e seu apostolado do cotidiano. Finalmente, conclui-se com a convicção de que o Servo de Deus Marcelo Câmara representa um significativo modelo cristão para os tempos atuais, especialmente para os jovens.
EFFECT OF STRETCHING TO RELIEVE SPASTICITY IN NEUROLOGICAL CONDITIONS- A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW
Authors: Bhilwade Aditi Hari , Ganvir Suvarna
Published: August 2020

Background- Stretching is most commonly used technique to reduce spasticity. There are various techniques in reducing spasticity in neurological conditions. Objective- To investigate the literature evidence for the effect of stretching on spasticity in neurological conditions. Data sources- A systematic review of all literature found in last 20 years are related to the different techniques of stretching to reduce spasticity (keywords: stretching, spasticity) from PubMed, Google scholar, Science direct and Cochrane database of systematic reviews. Electronic searching was used to find the source literature using definitive keywords. Conclusion- There are the wide variety of the studies investigating the effect of stretching to relieve spasticity in neurological conditions. The further studies can be done to investigate the long-term effects of stretching to reduce spasticity.
Character Building in Education: A Proposed Theory for STAI’s Economic Syari’ah Program
Authors: Ratnasari Weni
Published: August 2020

Character building in education is a program that has been socialized by the government since 2010. Character building can be integrated in teaching and learning process, it means that every subject must be connected with the norm or value and also improving and application with the daily life. So, the value of character not only shows in cognitive aspect, but they must be internalized as a real accomplishment in social life. Education has responsibility on developing human character, by the effort can be done by planting of local or national culture, changing curriculum, teaching and learning, assessment or evaluation, and habits of all the educators. It is important for educators, staff members and school or university counselors, to promote character building to create an optimal learning environment, create a school, college or university culture welcoming of diversity, and provide safety for all.

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Peran Strategis Amil Zakat dalam Memastikan Efektifitas Ibadah Zakat yang Berorientasi Kesejahteraan Sosial
Authors: Nasrullah Nasrullah
Published: August 2020

Perubahan dan perkembangan kesimpulan hukum harus didahului dengan kajian-kajian yang menghargai metode-metode dan kaidah-kaidah penalaran hukum yang sah. Demikian pula halnya ‘Amil Zakat. Eksistensi konseptual dan dasar-dasar aplikasi ‘Amil Zakat, pada dasarnya, telah disediakan teks-teks Syari’at, baik dalam al-qur’an maupun melalui transmisi Hadits dan Atsar. Dalam kondisi normal, perbuatan hukum pengelolaan zakat melalui ‘amil telah dapat diterapkan secara langsung. Namun perkembangan teori zakat, pertambahan bidang penghasilan dan usaha, perubahan kualitas makna ‘kaya’, perbedaan tempat dan waktu, kuantitas potensi penerimaan dan distribusi, juga berakibat pada perubahan kajian seputar ‘Amil Zakat. Gagasan ideal al-Qur’an agar “harta tidak berputar pada orang-orang kaya saja”, atau proklamasi yang ditegaskan Nabi SAW “diambil dari yang kaya untuk dikembalikan kepada yang miskin”, mengisyaratkan peran yang mesti dimainkan dalam ibadah zakat. Dalam hal ini, ‘Amil Zakat adalah faktor penentunya. Dengan demikian, memapankan konsep aplikatif ‘amil zakat merupakan keniscayaan teoritis untuk memastikan peran sosial dan kemasyarakatan yang bisa dilaksanakan oleh ‘Amil Zakat sebagai bagian dari pelaksanaan ide syari’at. Artikel ini berusaha mengeksplorasi teori-teori ‘amil zakat dengan memanfaatkan metodologi penalaran hukum yang tersedia untuk memprediksi aspek-aspek pengelolaan zakat oleh ‘Amil Zakat yang berorientasi kesejahteraan sosial.
"Estamos em casa"! Narrativas do cotidiano remoto da educação infantil em tempo de pandemia
Authors: Castro Mayara Alves de , Vasconcelos José Gerardo , Alves Maria Marly
Published: August 2020

O propósito do artigo é analisar a educação infantil de maneira remota, na qual buscou garantir os direitos das crianças e a proteção da infância, todavia com o isolamento social constituiu um novo fazer pedagógico. Para tanto, percebemos que é imprescindível considerarmos a legitimidade dos fazeres e saberes que permeiam os acontecimentos cotidianos vivenciados pelas crianças nos grupos de interações e ferramentas tecnológicas utilizadas no processo educativo. Os dados analisados no artigo é constituído por narrativas geradas em observação de um grupo de WhatsApp Messenger, composto por crianças de 4 anos de idade e suas famílias, de um creche da Prefeitura Municipal de Fortaleza sobre as vivências e as práxis pedagógicas neste tempo tão único. A partir das análises, sugerimos que os eixos estruturantes das práticas pedagógicas, que compõe as Diretrizes Curriculares Nacional para Educação Infantil, que são as interações e brincadeiras, como suporte para acolher o cotidiano e as relações entre os adultos, crianças, ensino e aprendizagem no contexto pandêmico.
Elucidating the role of extracellular vesicles in the Barley-Fusarium interaction
Authors: Koch Aline , Schlemmer Timo , Lischka Richard
Published: August 2020

Fusarium graminearum (Fg) is a necrotrophic fungal pathogen that causes devastating diseases on its crop hosts barley and wheat. Recently, small RNAs (sRNAs) were identified as mobile communication signals between eukaryotes and their pathogens, symbionts or parasites. It has been shown that pathogens secrete sRNAs as effectors to suppress plant immunity and plants use endogenous sRNAs to resist infection, a phenomenon termed cross-kingdom RNAi; ckRNAi. However, little is known about the transport of fungus- or plant produced sRNAs to silence genes that contribute to immunity. Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are predicted playing a key role in the bidirectional transfer of sRNAs that mediate ckRNAi. To address this knowledge gap, we investigated the effects of EVs isolated from barley and Fg on their counterparts during plant-fungal interaction. Towards this, we developed a protocol for the isolation of EVs from Fg liquid cultures and assessed how Fg EVs contribute to fungal pathogenesis in barley using infiltration assays. To test the interdependence of EVs during Barley-Fg interaction, we treated Fg cultures with barley EVs. We found that infiltration of Fg EVs caused host specific phytotoxic effects in barley and barley EVs impaired Fg growth. Of note, Fg cultures showed an increase in purple pigmentation upon inoculation with barley EVs, suggesting a stress-induced premature formation of fruiting bodies. Together, our results demonstrate that EVs contribute to the Barley-Fg interaction, however, further studies are needed to unravel the nature of EV cargoes (e.g. protein and/or sRNA) responsible for affecting its plant/fungus counterpart.
Extracellular vesicle-derived microRNA biomarkers: goals and pitfalls
Authors: Hermann Stefanie , Grätz Christian , Kirchner Benedikt , Pfaffl Michael W.
Published: August 2020

Liquid biopsy-derived extracellular vesicles (EVs) are an auspicious source for transcriptomic biomarker studies. Here, we review the potential of EV microRNAs (miRNAs) biomarkers, exemplary outline commonly used methods to elucidate new biomarker signatures, and pivotally discuss their applicability at present.
Keywords: extracellular vesicles, liquid biopsies, transcriptomic biomarkers, microRNAs
ÉRTELMET AZ ÉVEKNEK – GONDOLATOK A TÁRSADALOM- ÉS HUMÁNTUDOMÁNYI GERONTOLÓGIÁRÓL
Authors: Simigné Fenyő Sarolta
Published: August 2020

A tanulmány egy elméleti és egy gyakorlati részből áll. Az elméleti rész a relevánsszakirodalomra és a világ fejlett országainak gyakorlatára támaszkodva mutatja be azátlagéletkor növekedése következtében fellépő társadalmi problémákat és azokmegoldásainak lehetőségeit. Kitér az idősödés és a nyugdíjkorhatár fogalmának tisztázására,az élethosszig tartó tanulásra, ezen belül az időskori nyelvtanulás jótékony hatásának és azidős korban hasznos, értelmes tevékenységi formáknak a bemutatására. Az empirikus részegy, a Miskolcon 2017 novemberében megrendezett gerontológiai konferencia előtt készültkérdőíves felmérés eredményeit ismerteti.
PREVENTÍV GERIÁTRIA – A XXI. SZÁZADI TÁRSADALOM ÚJ LEHETŐSÉGE
Authors: Szalkai Iván
Published: August 2020

Az idősödés globális jelenség, a modern társadalmak számára mind nehezebbenmegoldható financiális és szociális problémát jelen. Azt, hogy az öregedés= betegségazonosságot elfogadjuk, az a probléma megoldását nem segíti, csak a költségeket növeli. Afekvőbeteg osztályokon így is jelentős a 65 év felettiek száma. A megoldási lehetőség az,hogy az öregedést dekompenzációnak tekintjük, egy olyan folyamatnak, amelynek részeiés beavatkozási lehetőségei vannak. Amennyiben a dekompenzációs folyamathullámvölgyeiben beavatkozunk a megfelelő eszközökkel, a dekompenzáció csökkenthető,az egészségben eltöltött életévek növelhetők. A cél az önellátó képesség minél továbbimegőrzése. Ahhoz, hogy ez ne egyedi vásárolt szolgáltatás legyen, rendszert kellkialakítani. Áttekintettük azokat a jelentősebb kísérleteket, amelyek a világban zajlottak, salkalmasnak tűnnek a kérdés megfelelő kezelésére. Ahhoz, hogy eredményt érjünk el,azonban nemcsak struktúra, hanem szemléletváltozás is szükséges.
Da forma do lugar ao desígnio do ‘arruamento’, da ‘porta’, da ‘praça’
Authors: Guerreiro Filipa
Published: August 2020

Após um período inicial, onde as colónias agrícolas da Junta de Colonização Interna decorriam de um somatório de assentamentos de lavoura autónomos, sem um desígnio de estruturação territorial legível, a Junta desenvolveu, nas décadas seguintes – 1940 e 1950 –, um conjunto de assentamentos onde procurou desenvolver mecanismos de desenho que permitissem não só dotar os conjuntos de um sentido de legibilidade como de uma forte capacidade de inscrição territorial, apesar das suas reduzidas dimensões e da escassez de elementos construídos. A investigação recorre às qualidades do desenho de arquitectura para sistematizar a aparente diversidade existente nas várias colónias, e identificar e interpretar o princípio estabelecido para a implantação dos assentamentos. O princípio adquire especial densidade pelo modo como define um sistema que, permite responder a um povoamento disperso ou concentrado e garantindo uma economia de meios, explora o cruzamento de escalas – intervindo desde o desenho do território até ao desenho da casa –; recorre a dispositivos de implantação que derivam não só da leitura da génese dos assentamentos portugueses na sua relação com a topografia e condição dos lugares, como da estrutura de assentamentos agrícolas ancestrais Europeus, e incorpora temas de composição dos modelos de cidade desenvolvidos no final do século XIX – ‘Garden Cities’ e ‘Beautiful City’. A chave deste sistema prende-se com o novo papel atribuído ao ‘arruamento’. Dissipando custos de infra-estruturação, o ‘arruamento’ do assentamento dilui-se na estrada territorial estabelecendo uma continuidade de movimento que propõe um deambular contínuo, quer pela paisagem, quer pelo ‘assentamento’. Assim, a estruturação dos assentamentos baseia-se em formas impressas a uma ‘linha’, em detrimento de, por hipótese, uma ideia de ‘grelha’. Nos assentamentos dispersos, para além do ‘arruamento’, assiste-se ao resgatar de uma ideia de ‘porta’ e de ‘praça’. Estes três elementos deixam de se estruturar numa sequência contínua, cuja forma espacial decorre directamente da relação de cheio-vazio com o edificado, para se autonomizarem, assumindo-se como figuras, como ‘cheios’ que estabelecem relações à escala do grande espaço aberto do território, introduzindo, neste, elementos passíveis de garantir a sua legibilidade. Reconhecemos na flexibilidade desta estratégia um sentido operativo, e uma capacidade de debater o tema da legibilidade em condições espaciais análogas aquelas com que hoje nos debatemos, acreditamos que a experiência da JCI constitui um campo rico de aprendizagem para o exercício de projecto no território contemporâneo.
Study to Validate the Performance of Flooding Based Distributed Denial of Service Attacks
Authors: SINGH SATWINDER , BHANDARI ABHINAV , SALUJA KRISHAN KUMAR , SANGAL A.L.
Published: August 2020

Network technology has experienced explosive growth in the past decades. The generally accepted viewpoint in the security world is that no system or network is totally protected which makes network security an important concern. The work done in this paper focuses on Distributed Denial of Service Attacks (DDoS) where legitimate users are prevented from accessing network services. Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Attacks has been increasingly found to be disturbing the normal working of organizations causing billions of rupees of losses. Organizations are trying their best to reduce their losses from these systems. The focus of this paper is to providing our results of experiments in this regard for flooding based DDoS attacking in the simulation environment with NS2.35. This paper point out that the bandwidth may be more easily flooded by UDP-type attacking than by TCP-type one at different attack strength. In this paper we done the validation of DropTail and RED queue under the flooding based DDoS attack, which is better for the legitimate user under the flooding attack
Resenha da obra Entre devaneios e ilusões: educação especial e memórias inclusivas
Authors: Coquerel Patrick Ramon Stafin , Rodrigues Monica Giordana Francieli Blau , Barros Jonatas De França , Ribeiro Sidarta Tollendal Gomes
Published: August 2020

Resenhou-se o livro “Entre devaneios e ilusões: educação especial e memórias inclusivas”, resultado do Pós-doutoramento de Carlos Fernando França Mosquera. É um ensaio subdividido em dois capítulos. No primeiro, destacou-se a tentativa de reescrever a história da educação especial. No segundo, apresentou-se um ensaio sobre uma pedagogia acerca da relação do objeto de conhecimento (os conteúdos e currículo do Judô), com os aprendizes (pessoas com deficiência visual (DV)), além de relatar a experiência profissional e acadêmica do Projeto Judô, realizado em instituição para pessoas com DV. Foram analisados: 1) Estilo e correção de linguagem; 2) Qualidade das fontes utilizadas; 3) Coerência interna e com a metodologia anunciada; 4) Aprofundamento e atualização da discussão com a literatura; e 5) Contribuições e inovações. A inovação pedagógica é inegável na compreensão filosófica do “vazio” que norteia e motiva a pessoa com deficiência visual e a todos que estão envolvidos no processo inclusivo.
Fundamentals of Lighting
Authors: Winchip Susan M.
Published: August 2020

Fundamentals of Lighting, 3rd Edition, takes an integrated approach to the study of lighting and design. Topics include lighting system basics, lighting and the design process, human factors, sustainability, global issues, regulations, business practices, and the LEED building certification program.
Georgia
Authors:   International Monetary Fund. Fiscal Affairs Dept.
Published: August 2020

Georgia’s public sector balance sheet (PSBS) is in relatively healthy shape, with assets exceeding liabilities, and is comparatively lean. Looking across all entities that the government controls, including the central government, local governments, the State-Owned Enterprise (SOE) sector and the National Bank of Georgia (NBG), total assets are worth
149 percent of GDP, made up of cash, loans, infrastructure, land and productive SOE assets. Liabilities are worth 81 percent of GDP, primarily comprising loans and debt of the government and SOEs. This leaves positive net worth of 68 percent of GDP, putting it in the top third of countries in the IMF’s database.
Cystic fibrosis gene mutations and polymorphisms in Saudi men with infertility
Authors: AlMaghamsi Talal , Iqbal Naeem , Al-Esaei Nabil Abdullrahman , Mohammed Muhsina , Eddin Kamel Zein , Ghurab Fatima , Moghrabi Nabil , Heaphy Emily , Junaid Islam
Published: August 2020

BACKGROUND:

Some mutations of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator (
CFTR
) gene may impair spermatogenesis or cause a congenital absence of the vas deferens that manifests as isolated male infertility.

OBJECTIVE:

Assess the frequency and analyze the spectrum of
CFTR
gene variations in Saudi men with primary infertility.

DESIGN:

Prospective, cross-sectional.

SETTING:

Tertiary care specialist hospital in Jeddah.

PATIENTS AND METHODS:

Genomic DNA was extracted from peripheral blood samples of Saudi men who presented with primary infertility to the outpatient andrology clinic with either azoospermia or oligoasthenoteratozoospermia. Polymerase chain reaction and direct sequencing were used to identify all variants of the
CFTR
gene.

MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES:

Proportion of the patients with a mutant
CFTR
gene and the spectrum of
CFTR
gene variations.

SAMPLE SIZE:

50 infertile Saudi men.

RESULTS:

This study identified 10 CFTR gene variants in 7 (14%) subjects (100 chromosomes). The detected variants and polymorphisms were: c.1408G>A, c.4389G>A, c.2562T>G, c.869+11C>T, c.2909-92G>A, c.3469-65C>A, c.1210-6delT, c.1210-6T>A, c.2988+1G>A, and c.1210-13GT>TG.

CONCLUSION:

We demonstrated that 14% of the study subjects had one or more
CFTR
mutations and these were compounded in most of the affected patients. The spectrum of
CFTR
gene mutations in these subjects was similar to the mutations reported in other studies throughout the world.

LIMITATIONS:

Small sample size and the lack of a control group.

CONFLICTS OF INTEREST:

None.
ASPECTOS FLORÍSTICOS E ECOLÓGICOS DO CAMPUS REGIONAL DA UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE MINAS GERAIS EM MONTES CLAROS - MG
Authors: Da Silveira Jonathan Ezequiel , Pastorello Carlos Emílio De Sant'Ana Pinter , Fonseca Rúbia Santos
Published: August 2020

Objetivou-se caracterizar a comunidade arbórea das vias e jardins do Campus Regional da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais em Montes Claros, norte de Minas Gerais, região marcada pelo ecótono Caatinga-Cerrado-Mata Atlântica. Buscou-se descrever sua riqueza, origem e grau de conservação das espécies e o potencial de interação com a fauna. Foram coletados materiais botânicos das espécies arbóreas lenhosas e não lenhosas arborescentes presentes nas vias e jardins do campus, sendo posteriormente, herborizados e identificados. A caracterização das síndromes de polinização e dispersão foi realizada por meio de atributos morfológicos (flores, frutos e sementes). Foram inventariadas 122 espécies, pertencentes a 33 famílias botânicas. A maior parte das espécies eram nativas do Brasil (57,4%), destas, 87% ocorrem naturalmente na região norte mineira. A presença de exemplares de espécies nativas e exóticas ameaçadas de extinção, além de outras protegidas pela legislação, evidenciam o papel conservacionista proposto pela silvicultura urbana. Melitofilia e zoocoria foram, respectivamente, as síndromes de polinização e dispersão mais representativas, demonstrando o potencial de interação da flora do campus com a fauna local, destacando-se as abelhas.
New Mapping of the World-Class Jinding Zn-Pb Deposit, Lanping Basin, Southwest China: Genesis of Ore Host Rocks and Records of Hydrocarbon-Rock Interaction
Authors: Song Yucai , Hou Zengqian , Xue Chuandong , Huang Shiqiang
Published: August 2020

Jinding is the third-largest known Mississippi Valley-type (MVT) Zn-Pb deposit. It is hosted by a dome containing a suite of complex breccias and sandstones with abundant gypsum and anhydrite. This study presents the results of new geologic mapping of the Jinding open pit and discusses the geology of the deposit in detail. Our new data support a previously proposed model where the deposit is hosted in an evaporite dome created by the diapiric migration of Late Triassic evaporites during Paleocene thrust loading. Nearly all of the mineralization in the deposit is hosted by evaporite diapir-related rocks, including diapiric breccias and laterally extruded material mixed with fluvial sandy sediments (limestone clast-bearing sandstones) and overlying gypsum-sand diapiric units (mainly clast-free sandstones). The new mapping determined that the currently light gray colored sandstones within the Jinding dome were originally red, with the bleaching being a response to calcite and pyrite alteration as a result of pre-ore interaction with hydrocarbons. The bleached sandstones host sphalerite and galena that replaced calcite, and Zn-Pb sulfides also occur in limestone breccias and gypsum-rich rocks as a result of replacement and open space-filling mineralizing processes. The Jinding deposit demonstrates that MVT Zn-Pb mineralization can be hosted by a variety of evaporite diapir-related rocks and indicates that dome structures and the presence of pre-ore hydrocarbons are both important for the formation of Zn-Pb mineralization.
Building the foundations for academic success: learning from the experiences of part-time students in their first semester of study
Authors: Goodchild Allyson , Butler Cathal
Published: August 2020

This article examines the findings from a mixed methods research study exploring part- time students' perceptions of their transition into higher education. Drawing on wider research in the field of transition and utilising Gale and Parker's (2014) conceptual framework as a means of
viewing the transition process, the article identifies how one group of part-time undergraduates experienced the process of becoming an undergraduate. The results highlight the importance of offering a well-framed early learning experience for students, which enables them to learn the skills
needed for early academic success and provides continued support as they progress in their own time towards recognition of themselves as undergraduates. Furthermore, the results demonstrate that transition is not time bound, and individual students will need individual approaches. This will
require institutions to consider how the support they offer can be tailored to a student's specific needs.
Becoming not Being: using the rhizome in widening participation evaluation
Authors: Clements Naomi , Short Matthew
Published: August 2020

Evaluation of widening participation (WP) activity is becoming a core expectation within higher education. It now forms a central focus to access and participation plans: a key document to qualify as a higher education provider within England. The new regulator for English higher education
providers, the Office for Students (OfS), has placed their evaluation strategy within discourses of value for money, risk and accountability, reflecting the marketised higher education system (OfS, 2018).
 This innovative practice article extends a concept presented at the Open University's
Access, Participation and Success event 'Evaluating WP initiatives: Overcoming the Challenges' in February 2019. In this article we provide an example of how the Southern Universities Network (SUN) is developing the concept of the rhizome into evaluative practice that challenges established
evaluation methods currently celebrated by the regulator. As part of the strategically funded Uni Connect programme (OfS, 2020), our evaluation practice is expected to provide evidence of 'what works' in wid ening participation activity. As evaluators, our practice should ensure our activities
are fit for purpose and provide positive outcomes for our participants. Within this article we outline why our current evaluative practice does not allow for transformative widening participation (Jones and Thomas, 2005) and why we must think wider than linear timelines and fixed measurements
to truly understand what works.
Schulabsentismus – Ein komplexes Phänomen aus rechtlicher und pädagogischer Perspektive
Authors: Ricking Heinrich , Rothenburg Eva-Maria
Published: August 2020

Schulabsentismus - das unrechtmäßige Versäumen von Unterricht - zeigt sich unter wissenschaftlicher Perspektive in einer komplexen Gemengelage mit vielfältigen Einflussfaktoren auf sozialer, familiärer, schulischer und individueller Ebene. Der Beitrag thematisiert schulmeidende Verhaltensmuster sowie pädagogische und rechtliche Strategien, um schulischen Fehlzeiten entgegenzuwirken.
Systemsprenger – Ein Film rüttelt auf
Authors: Gravelmann Reinhold
Published: August 2020

Der Beitrag befasst sich mit sogenannten „Systemsprenger*innen“. Nach einer Begriffsklärung werden Ursachen für „schwieriges Verhalten“ aufgezeigt. Insbesondere wird auf die Rolle der Fachkräfte, potentiell hilfreicher Settings und behindernder wie stützender institutioneller Rahmenbedingungen eingegangen.
Europas Industrie- und Handelspolitik: Eine Bewertung der deutschen und europäischen Strategien aus ökonomischer Sicht
Authors: Hefeker Carsten
Published: August 2020

Der Beitrag setzt sich aus ökonomischer Sicht mit den von der deutschen Bundesregierung und der Europäischen Kommission formulierten Industriestrategien auseinander. Es wird kritisiert, dass die angesprochenen Ziele für eine bestimmte Größe des industriellen Sektors wenig sinnvoll sind. Die Identifizierung bestimmter Schlüsselindustrien und die Auswahl der vorgeschlagenen Instrumente werden ebenso kritisch gesehen. Beide Vorschläge riskieren in ihrer konfrontativen Ausrichtung außerdem die weitere Schädigung des internationalen Handelssystems
Das Erwartungskarussell als Instrument zur Klärung komplexer Situationen im Coaching – vorgestellt am Beispiel der Nachfolge in Familienunternehmen
Authors: Schlippe Arist v.
Published: August 2020

Klienten im Coaching sind nicht selten mit komplexen, widersprüchlichen oder ambivalenten Erwartungssituationen konfrontiert, die ihnen selbst nicht voll bewusst sind. Das Erwartungskarussell ist eine Technik, um diese Situationen benenn- und handhabbar zu machen. Dabei werden in einem ersten Schritt Erwartungen gesammelt, zu denen sich die Klientin in einem zweiten Schritt positionieren kann. Am Beispiel der Nachfolge in Familienunternehmen demonstrieren wir, wie das Erwartungskarussel gewinnbringend eingesetzt werden kann.