bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Travel-Related Behaviors and Health Outcomes of Adolescents Compared with Adults on Short-Term International Service Missions
Authors: Pupaibool Jakrapun , Walaliyadda Hemantha , Tasevac Benjamin , Brintz Ben J. , Park In Kyu , Graves Michael , Benson L. Scott , Hale Peter , Powell Justin , Leung Daniel T.
Published: September 2021

With an increasing number of adolescents participating in international travel, little is known about travel-related behaviors and health risks in this age group. In the years 2015–2016, we conducted an anonymous, posttravel, questionnaire-based survey with the aim to compare self-reported practices and travel-related symptoms between adolescents (< 18 years old, N = 87) and adults (≥ 18 years old, N = 149) who came to our travel clinic before their humanitarian missions. They had the same pretravel health education, and traveled together to perform similar activities. In univariate analysis, compared with adults, we found that adolescents reported less prior international travel (P < 0.001), more often wore long-sleeved clothing for malaria prevention (P < 0.001) but less often for sun protection (P = 0.009), more often used insect repellents (P = 0.011), and less often had diarrhea (P = 0.024). All other practices and health outcomes were similar between the groups. Multivariate analyses using Bayesian network show strong associations between adults and prior travel experience, and not wearing long-sleeve clothing for malaria prevention. We also found strong associations between prior international travel and sustaining an injury, and having jet lag, as well as between taking malaria prophylaxis and not having diarrhea. Overall, most practices and health outcomes were similar between age groups. Adolescent age and lack of prior international travel experience did not have significant impacts on practices and health outcomes. Our findings highlight the need for more effective strategies to improve the behaviors and health outcomes in both adolescents and adults.
Case Report: Short-Term Application of Topical Imiquimod Is Practical for Chromoblastomycosis
Authors: Huang Xiao-wen , Xu Mei-nian , Dai Si-qi , Zeng Kang , Li Li
Published: September 2021

Chromoblastomycosis is a chronic cutaneous fungal infection caused by dematiaceous fungi. It is a therapeutic challenge because of the lack of specific treatments. We describe a refractory case of chromoblastomycosis in which the lesion did not respond to initial treatment, but then use of topical imiquimod cured the lesion successfully.
Fuel Effects on Advanced Compression Ignition Load Limits
Authors: Powell Tommy , Szybist James
Published: September 2021

In order to maximize the efficiency of light-duty gasoline engines, the Co-Optimization of Fuels and Engines (Co-Optima) initiative from the U.S. Department of Energy is investigating multi-mode combustion strategies. Multi-mode combustion can be describe as using conventional spark-ignited combustion at high loads, and at the part-load operating conditions, various advanced compression ignition (ACI) strategies are being investigated to increase efficiency. Of particular interest to the Co-Optima initiative is the extent to which optimal fuel properties and compositions can enable higher efficiency ACI combustion over larger portions of the operating map. Extending the speed-load range of these ACI modes can enable greater part-load efficiency improvements for multi-mode combustion strategies. In this manuscript, we investigate fuel effects for six different fuels, including four with a research octane number (RON) of 98 and differing fuel chemistries, iso-octane, and a market representative E10 fuel, on the load limits for two different ACI strategies: spark-assisted compression ignition (SACI) and partial fuel stratification-gasoline compression ignition (PFS-GCI) operation. Experimental results show that limits to intake boosting limit high load operation for most fuels, but high smoke emissions for high particulate matter index (PMI) fuels under SACI conditions could also be a limitation. Contrastingly, low load is limited by combustion efficiency, but these effects have more pronounced variation with fuel chemistry for PFS-GCI than with SACI. Additional, distinct effects affecting autoignition timing and peak heat release at higher speeds were identified for fuels having different low temperature heat release (LTHR) propensities for both ACI modes.
Common Fixed Point Theorems for Six Self Maps in FM-Spaces Using Common Limit in Range Concerning Two Pairs of Products of Two Different Self-maps
Authors: Sharma Praveen Kumar , Sharma Shivram
Published: September 2021

In this article, we do a study of common fixed point theorems for six self-maps in FM-Spaces using common limit in range property concerning two pairs of products of two different self-maps. We use the properties (CLRTH) and (CLRSR) along with contractive type implicit relations to prove our results. In support of our result, an example has been provided. Our findings are like those of Kumar and Chouhan [12]. Kumar and Chauhan demonstrated their primary result in [12] by improving and generalizing Aalam, Kumar, and Pants' [1] results. In past, many authors have done study of common fixed point using (E-A) property (like Aalam et. al. [1] proved results using this property), and then these results were improved and generalized by using common (E-A) property as this property is superior to (E-A) property, as the closeness of subspace is required to prove a required result on common fixed point by using these properties, which is a drawback. We improve and generalize all results on these properties using common limit in range property. The goal of this note is to refine and generalize Kumar and Chauhan's [12] results on a common fixed point, as well as some earlier comparable results.
Male and Female Students’ Discourse Competence at Kalamansig National High School
Authors: Aranego Reynaldo B. , Aliman Bai Donna S. , Ulangkaya Zaida K.
Published: September 2021

The study aimed to determine the relationship between the oral and written discourse competence of the male and female students of Kalamansig National High School. Specifically, it sought to determine the level of oral and written discourse competence of male and female students in terms of informative, persuasive, and argumentative speeches; to find out if there is significant difference between male and female students’ written and oral discourse competence level in the three parameters; and to find out if there is a significant difference between the oral and written discourse competence in general when classified according to gender. This study used the descriptive-correlation method. The researcher utilized the purposive sampling in determining the seventy (70) Grade 10 performing students of Kalamansig National High School as respondents of the study. The teacher-made communicative written and speaking tests were used as instruments to gauge the male and female student’s written and oral discourse competence. Based on the findings, it was concluded that both male and female students oral and written discourse competence are good. Both group of students need equal attention from the teachers to enhance their speaking and writing skills.
Teaching English to Sanitary Students
Authors: Hashemi Akram
Published: September 2021

English Specific Course books should fulfill the real needs and objectives of the learners of special fields, actually in Corona arena. This study enjoyed a mixed method that evaluated the public textbook for the professional health, taught at Medical Branch. Two standard questionnaires administered in this research after piloting based on a Likert-scale evaluation checklist and Davoodi’s needs analysis questionnaire followed by an interview from the students. Data was analyzed via SPSS software version 22.0 and the findings revealed that the text book entitled “English for professional health students” was suitable for the related course from the students’ attitude, but it did not meet the students’ actual needs. Moreover, it provided valuable implications for students, teachers, syllabus developers and administrators.
Metal Craft Studio Development: An Idea to Prepare a Teaching Factory Education Concept Model in the Craft Education Study Program, Yogyakarta State University
Authors: Iswahyudi
Published: September 2021

This study aims to prepare a model for the development of a metal craft practice studio which includes space, equipment, maintenance and occupational safety and health. This study uses a qualitative method with research locations in the metal craft studio at P4TK, Vocational High School 5 Yogyakarta, BRTPD Bantul, and the Indonesian Institute of the Arts Surakarta. Research time March-July 2018. Research instruments are interview, observation, and documentation guidelines. The validity of the data used the validity of interview data, observation, and documentation. Data analysis of data collection, data display, data reduction, and drawing conclusions. The expected result of the research is the realization of a Craft Education studio that is representative and relevant to the world of vocational education and the world of the craft industry. The development of Kriya educational studios refers to existing studios in training institutions and vocational schools. The expected product is the formulation of the Craft Education studio as a studio learning guide. The realization of a studio arrangement that makes it easy for users to produce and manage craft studios. The results of this studio research are expected to be used for the development of the Craft Education studio, Faculty of Language and Arts, Yogyakarta State University.
Antenatal and early postnatal etiological verification of relevant congenital viral infectious diseases
Authors: Vasilyev VV , Grineva AA , Rogozina NV , Ivanova RA , Ushakova GM
Published: September 2021

Nonspecificity of clinical, laboratory and instrumental manifestations of congenital infectious diseases, including viral infections, and the diversity of methods for etiological verification of pathogens define both the need to choose the optimal approaches to the diagnosis of this pathology, and the feasibility of testing for a broad range of etiologic agents in case of suspected congenital viral infection. The analysis of current guidelines, international consensus documents issued by specialists, and published results of some studies has shown that identification of the genetic material of the pathogen with the use of amniocentesis/ cordocentesis (for cytomegalovirus and parvovirus infections) or in the birth canal (for herpes simplex infection) is the key method for antenatal etiological verification of the widespread viral infections. During the postnatal period, molecular genetic testing is combined with serological diagnosis involving determining specific immunoglobulins M and G, as well as their avidity index.
Prevention of Crimes Committed by Juveniles
Authors:   Master of Laws, Mustafa Fat
Published: September 2021

The extremely large number of criminal offenses committed by juveniles and the imposition of sanctions on them, prompted us to make a special analysis of juvenile delinquency and to prevent the commission of these criminal offenses by minors, analyzing factors and causes the filing of criminal offenses by minors, also contributing to preventive measures and their factorization to reduce penal sanctions imposed by courts against minors. Also in this paper we discussed some ideas how can we prevent crime made by minors, sectors which need to be factored and to have attention to the prevention of crime above crime prevention as three crucial factors in reducing the number of offenses criminal by minors and they are: The role of the police, the judiciary and the role of the mass media. The term prevention (prohibition), is borrowed pragmatically by vocabulary and vocabulary of medical practice. In the broadest sense, two basic contents of this notion have been profiled, the first of which has to do with intervention as a primary form, while the second form has to do with reaction and reaction before the unwanted criminal phenomenon is manifested for society. In Latin, praeventio (prae-venio, ventim paraeventus, praevenire) marks the definition and the term pass, reach forward, overcome a certain phenomenon, or as it might be said on the basis of common sense prevention, precaution, obstruction, avoidance in advance. The notion of prevention contains in itself all the measures taken in a planned, premeditated and organized manner with which an attempt will be made to eliminate or reduce the direct causes and of criminal and punishable behaviors (V. Latifi, 2013, p. 179).
Governance of the Digital Transformation in Moroccan Universities: Case Study of Cadi Ayyad University-Marrakech
Authors:   PhD Student ENCG , Cadi Ayyad University Marrakech, FEROUALI Samira EL
Published: September 2021

For the past few years, digital transformation, digital revolution, and technological upheaval have become the main keywords in the management of all types of organizations. The current crisis of the Covid-19 has increased the interest of managers and decision makers for digital transformation, especially in public administrations and institutions. This strategic and operational dimension of digital requires good governance to ensure this transition achieves the desired objectives. At this point, we would like to remind you that governance is the set of best practices to be implemented by all the stakeholders of a company to ensure that the company's information system complies with regulations and, above all, that it performs well in terms of value creation. This paper aims to understand the governance of the digital transformation of Moroccan universities by relying on the results of a qualitative study conducted among the actors of Cadi Ayyad University as a unit of our analysis. By relying on an inductive approach through semi-structured interviews with decision-makers at the university and institutions, managers of operational user centers, researcher-teachers, and of course students, who are the focus of interest and the reason for the university's existence. This exploratory work aims to highlight the challenges of digitalization; It also shows, the expected objectives; the current results and the associated risks. It is a preliminary step for future work on the determining factors of the digital transition within Moroccan universities, based on a quantitative approach with 12 universities.
Pedagogía y prácticas educativas
Authors: Fernández Rincón Héctor H. , Ubaldo Pérez Samuel , García Pelayo Olivia
Published: September 2021

Luzuriaga nos dice que la pedagogía tiene corrientes, las cuales no son más que aspectos de la totalidad pedagógica que necesita la educación para su realización cabal. Es en esta perspectiva, de ver la pedagogía como un debate de discursos diversos, donde se quiere situar el contenido de este libro. Se trata de asumir una postura amplia y plural que posibilite abrir la mirada ante diversas construcciones interpretativas que buscan elaborar una visión crítica hacia y desde lo educativo.
La configuración de la formación de ciudadanía en la escuela: Análisis de un caso en educación secundaria
Authors: Rodríguez Mc Keon Lucía Elena
Published: September 2021

Esta obra se coloca en la perspectiva del análisis del discurso para reconstruir el entramado en el que se articulan elementos que, aunque tienen un soporte material diverso (la voz, las acciones, los gestos, los documentos), constituyen una totalidad dinámica significativa
La construcción de los estereotipos del género femenino en la escuela secundaria
Authors: Parga Romero Lucila
Published: September 2021

El propósito de esta investigación es analizar la práctica docente en tres escuelas de la Ciudad de México que tiene como actores sociales al profesorado y a l alumnado en la asignatura de formación cívica y ética. La premisa de la cual se parte es que más allá de las políticas educativas, cada escuela representa una dinámica propia que la constituye y le da identidad
Sujetos de la educación: identidad, ideología y medio ambiente
Authors: Fuentes Amaya Silvia
Published: September 2021

Cómo se constituye un sujeto educativo, concepto que conlleva diversos cuestionamientos y que permite llevar a cabo un proyecto de construcción teórica sobre el proceso de constitución de sujetos e identidades; en este libro se presentan las elaboraciones que se produjeron durante la tercera fase y que se inscriben fundamentalmente en el ámbito de la investigación básica, pues pretenden contribuir en el plano teórico-metodológico, con una lectura del proceso de constitución de identidades educativas que permita aproximarse a su complejidad. Dicha propuesta se despliega tanto en un plano conceptual como en uno empírico, a partir de la reconstrucción histórica del entorno de la profesionalización de los educadores ambientales en México.
Assessment of risk of falls and internal risk factors in elderly patients who need heart pacemarkers
Authors: Burneikaitė Guoda , Spirgienė Lina
Published: September 2021

Abstract. The aim is to assess the frequency of falls and intrinsic fall risk factors in patients requiring pacemakers.

Methodology. The research was conducted from November 2020 to February 2021. Participated patients were hospitalized at the LUHS hospital Kauno Klinikos Department of Cardiology and required heart pacemaker implantation. Total 82 patients participated in the study. The questionnaire was composed by the authors of the research. The study was obtained by the Bioethics Permit of the Medical Academy of LUHS (No. BEC-SL (B) -42).

Results. Almost half of the patients fell (45.1%) at least once a year. Elderly patients (65 years and older) are more likely to experience falls than patients under 65 years of age p=0,006. Elderly patients are more often exposed to various internal risk factors of falls: urination at night (82,9 %), weakness (82,9 %), dizziness (76,8 %). Perceived decreased leg muscle strength was found in both women and men (69.6% and 52.8%, respectively, p = 0.002). Patients older than 65 years and therefore <65 years experienced leg pain (54,9% and 7,2%, respectively, p = 0.002), urination at night (68,4% and 14,6%, respectively, p = 0.009), and experienced fatigue (63,0% and 13,6%, p = 0.028).

Conclusions. Almost half of the patients who were in need of heart pacemaker implantation experienced falls. ≥ 65 years old patients experienced falls more than once a year. It has been found that these patients often experience weakness, fatigue, and dizziness. A common intrinsic fall risk factor is urination at night. ≥ 65 years old patients have more internal falls risk factors than patients under 65 years old.
PENGARUH CASH TURNOVER DAN RECEIVABLE TURNOVER TERHADAP RETURN ON ASSET PADA PT PERKEBUNAN NUSANTARA VIII
Authors: Selviani Dewi , Octarena Rahmayani
Published: September 2021

Kondisi Return On Asset dari PT Perkebunan Nusantara VIII dari tahun 2016-2018 mengalami penurunan dan nilainya negatif. Hal tersebut menunjukkan bahwa kinerja keuangan perusahaan tidak baik karena tingkat pengembalian investasinya kecil dan perusahaan tidak efisien dalam menggunakan asetnya dalam kegiatan operasi untuk memperoleh keuntungan atau laba. Return On Asset digunakan untuk mengukur kemampuan manajemen perusahaan dalam menggunakan asetnya untuk memperoleh keuntungan secara keseluruhan, semakin besar Return On Asset suatu perusahaan semakin besar pula tingkat keuntungan yang dicapai dan semakin baik pula penggunaan asetnya. Teknik analisis data yang digunakan dalam penelitian adalah uji asumsi klasik, regresi berganda, koefisien determinasi, dan uji hipotesis. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa secara parsial, cash turnover tidak berpengaruh terhadap return on asset dan receivable turnover tidak berpengaruh terhadap return on asset pada PT Perkebunan Nusantara VIII. Secara simultan, cash turnover dan receivable turnover tidak berpengaruh terhadap return on asset pada PT Perkebunan Nusantara VIII.
PENGARUH PERPUTARAN PERSEDIAAN TERHADAP LABA SEBELUM PAJAK (STUDI KASUS PADA PD. BUMI BERKAH)
Authors: Casmadi Y , Rubhani Ginardi
Published: September 2021

Pengelolaan persediaan berpengaruh terhadap efektivitas operasional, karena persediaan merupakan hal terpenting untuk memperoleh keuntungan. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah melihat perputaran persediaan, melihat laba sebelum pajak, dan melihat bagaimana pengaruh perputaran persediaan terhadap laba sebelum pajak perusahaan. Jenis penelitian ini menggunakan metode deskriptif dan asosiatif. Jenis data yang digunakan adalah data primer. Teknik analisis yang digunakan adalah analisis kuantitatif dengan perhitungan analisis regresi sederhana, analisis korelasi product moment, analisis koefisien determinasi dan pengujian hipotesis. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian yang dilakukan dapat disimpulakan bahwa: pertama, perputaran persediaan mengalami kenaikan dan penurunan. Kedua, laba sebelum pajak mengalami kenaikan dan penurunan. Ketiga hasil hipotesis uji t menunjukkan bahwa thitung < ttabel maka Ho diterima dan Ha ditolak, artinya tidak ada pengaruh yang signifikan antara perputaran persediaan terhadap laba sebelum pajak perusahaan.
PENGARUH FAKTOR DEMOGRAFIS DAN PRODUK DOMESTIK REGIONAL BRUTO (PDRB) TERHADAP REALISASI PAJAK BUMI DAN BANGUNAN PERKOTAAN DAN PEDESAAN (PBB-P2) DAN DAMPAKNYA PADA PENERIMAAN PAJAK DAERAH DI 18 KABUPATEN DI JAWA BARAT
Authors: Lisnawati Lisna
Published: September 2021

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis Pengaruh faktor Demografis dan Produk Domestik Regional Bruto (PDRB) terhadap Pajak Bumi dan Bangunan Perkotaan dan Pedesaan (PBB-P2) dan Dampaknya terhadap Penerimaan Pajak Daerah di 18 Kabupaten/ Kota di Jawa Barat tahun 2014 sampai dengan 2018. Data yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini diperoleh dari Laporan Realisasi Anggaran Pajak Daerah, Laporan Produk Domestik Regional Bruto Jawa Barat, Laporan Jumlah penduduk  pada masing-masing Kabupaten/ Kota di Jawa Barat. Adapun sumber data berasal dari Direktorat Jendral Perimbangan Keuangan (DJPK Kementrian Keuangan RI dan data dari Badan Pusat Statistik Jawa Barat. Metode penelitian yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode penelitian deskriftif yang menggunakan path analysis untuk mengidentifikasi pengaruh antar variabel baik secara parsial maupun simultan. Instrument yang digunakan adalah regresi berganda. Hasil penelitian dan pengujian hipotesis menunjukan bahwa faktor demografis dan produk domestik reginoal bruto berpengaruh terhadap pajak bumi dan bangunan perkotaan dan pedesaan serta berpengaruh terhadap penerimaan pajak daerah baik secara parsial maupun simultan.
INVISIBILIDADE, PERCALÇOS E NUANCES DA HOMOSSEXUALIDADE FEMININA
Authors: Oliveira Marilene de , Santos Julia Bomfim Felippe dos , Ramos Marta Calil Nascimento , Oliveira Thelma Mary Araújo de
Published: September 2021

O entendimento sobre o que é ser homem e mulher e os papéis atribuídos a cada ser conforme a estrutura biológica, definem os lugares na sociedade e marcam essas existências, de modo que influi sobre as concepções individuais e coletivas de ser e estar no mundo. Este trabalho busca refletir sobre o papel social da mulher construído,  a partir da representação de seu corpo e sexualidade, especificamente, a lesbianidade e seus atravessamentos. A lesbianidade é concebida e analisada dentro do crivo da relação heterossexual, que ainda regula e reflete os pensamentos, comportamentos e vivências das lésbicas, como também das pessoas que as cercam. Interpretações que geralmente tendem a deslegitimar tais relações, ao mesmo tempo em que espetacularizam e fetichizam os corpos, o sexo e o prazer lésbico. Contudo, diversas mobilizações pessoais e sociais ao longo do tempo têm forjado novas perspectivas sobre a homossexualidade feminina gerando transformações nas formas de entender e vivenciá-la.
Factors Involved in the Success of Bir-Billing (H.P.) as One of the Top-Rated Paragliding Site in the World and Learning's for Uttarakhand
Authors: Upadhyaya Sumit , Garg Dr Ram
Published: September 2021

Adventure sports such as River Rafting, Zip-Line, Paragliding and Skiing become popular in India in last few years, there are many factors which helped this trend to increase and millennials are driving this entire sector. Adventure Sports provide an unexplainable thrill and kills the stress with recreation and unforgettable life time experiences. Paragliding is one of the most popular adventure sports in India and there are more than 25 sites and still growing. Due to the increased popularity, all states are exploring the opportunities to develop sites wherever its feasible. When we talk about Paragliding in India, the first site which comes to the mind is Bir-Billing in Himachal Pradesh. These twin town are not only famous in India but in the entire world and also hosted the world cup in 2015. Now Bir-Billing emerges as the role model for other sites. There is yet another state – Uttarakhand, which has approximately 5 operational sites for paragliding however, could not become popular like Bir- Billing despite having all the necessary elevation and large landing fields. This study is based on the exploratory research and intended to draw conclusions based on expert’s opinion, on site observations and other secondary source of data and aimed in finding out the factors which played a key role in the success of Bir-Billing and how Uttarakhand can learn from it to develop Paragliding in the state. The findings can provide a substantial base for the further development and scope of improvement to attract more tourists.
Investigating a proper housing model with an urban design approach (case location: third district of Kabul city, Karteh-Mamourin)
Authors: Sekandari Safiullah , Litkoohi Sanaz , Iqbal Sayed Ali
Published: September 2021

Increasing population in cities due to various reasons such as migration from rural to urban areas, insecurity in areas, civil wars, lack of facilities and access such as health centres, technical schools, universities, industrial development and many other issues. It has caused the density and increase of population in cities to be higher than before, and this increase in population has caused a shortage of housing in the community .this is especially true in developing countries such as Afghanistan, where the war is not over .the present study based on suitable housing with emphasis on urban design approach for citizens in the third district of Kabul, includes the karteh-mamourin and has tried to examine the pros and cons of different types of housing and answer the question that these housing what facilities do they have access to from an urban point of view and what is the level of satisfaction with these houses? Quantitative research method has been used for this purpose .to examine the research hypotheses, considering the population of the statistical population and the available facilities and capacities, 150 questionnaires have been considered. Using spss statistical software, many topics of respondents and analysis of hypotheses have been examined and finally, after the analysis, the final result has been obtained. Hierarchical analysis (Ahp) method has also been used in this research. The final result of this research shows that in order to provide a suitable housing model in terms of urban design for the residents of the study area, the criteria and indicators of the physical-spatial structure of the city are the most important.
Jordi Amorós, EQUIP y las producciones infantiles y juveniles: Mofli, el último koala y Despertaferro, el grito del fuego
Authors: Gracia Lana Julio
Published: September 2021

El presente texto analiza la serie Mofli, el último koala (1987) y la película Despertaferro, el grito del fuego (1990), dos producciones dirigidas a un público infantil y juvenil, que contaron con la labor en dirección de Jordi Amorós (Barcelona, 1945) dentro de la productora EQUIP. Ambas son propuestas que contaron con un metraje apreciable y con salida comercial. La producción de ambas se desarrolló en España, contando gracias a Amorós con una composición similar en el equipo, que incluía en el diseño de escenarios y personajes a relevantes historietistas del conocido como boom del cómic adulto. Entre ellos se encontraban Enrique Ventura, Adolfo Usero o Marika Vila. Las diferencias de planteamiento entre las dos producciones muestran la adaptación de EQUIP a proyectos diversos. Además, el éxito de Mofli, el último koala pudo condicionar el abordaje de Despertaferro, el grito del fuego, tanto en lo que respecta a la ambición económica como en lo relativo a los aspectos técnicos, en los que Amorós se sintió más libre para experimentar.
Paisajes animados como remediación y premediación: ciudades cíborgs y mundos virtuales en los anime japoneses
Authors: Maselli Vincenzo
Published: September 2021

Los anime del género ciberpunk muestran un futuro post-apocalíptico e hipertecnológico. Reconociendo el poder narrativo de los paisajes animados, el artículo describe los escenarios de algunos de esos anime, en los que el espacio y la tecnología se hibridan en un único dispositivo narrativo y estético. Las escenografías examinadas están tomadas de Conan, el niño del futuro (Mirai shōnen Konan, 1978), Akira (1988), Metrópolis (Metoroporisu, 2001), Neon Genesis Evangelion (Shin seiki Evangerion, 1995), Digimon (1999) y Sword Art Online (2012). El análisis es diegético, estilístico y sintomático, y se divide en dos grandes apartados: en el primero, las ciudades tecnológicas se describen como remediación (Grusin, 2017) de las arquitecturas de los “metabolistas” japoneses de los Sesenta; en el segundo, los escenarios de la fantasía cibernética se exploran como premediación (ibídem) de mundos virtuales inmersivos. En conclusión, el artículo reconoce al anime como un medio narrativo para revelar y discutir temas sociales relacionados con la tecnología.
The effect of stereotypical music on the customer selection of wine in an online environment
Authors: Damen Marlou , Van Hest Iris , Wernaart Bart
Published: September 2021

The digital transformation of marketing leads to new forms of interaction with consumers. It has been established and well known that auditory stimuli generally affect human behavior. However, in the field of sensory marketing, only limited attention has been paid to the role and effects of audition in online marketing. In this research, we will further explore how sound influences consumer product selection in a digitalized setting. We have designed and performed an experiment in which respondents in a webshop environment were asked to select a bottle of wine from two different countries while hearing stereotypical music samples representing one of these countries. Our conclusion: In an online setting, auditory stimuli strongly influence consumer selection. In the case of constructed preferences, this effect was considerably stronger compared to well-defined preferences. These insights can help to further develop the effective use of sound stimuli in new forms of sensory marketing, such as virtual reality and other digital experiences in the marketing and sales context.
Mangrove Biophysical Condition and Community’s Socio-economic Profile as Managers of Mangrove Forest in Tagpait, Aborlan and Bacungan Puerto Princesa City, Palawan, Philippines
Authors: J. Buncag Mark Joseph
Published: September 2021

The mangrove forest in Tagpait, Aborlan, is being managed by the Indigenous Cultural Community (Tagbanua Tribe) through their organization, the Tagpait Coastal Development Association (TACDA). Bacungan Mangrove Eco-tourism Service Cooperative is managing the Bacungan mangrove forest. The area was engaged in tourism activity until now through paddle boating, floating restaurant, mangrove adventure. This study used the household interview to determine the socio-economic profile and quadrat to assess mangrove biophysical condition. Results show that Bacungan is more diverse, with a higher number of species present in the area with 13 mangrove species while eight in Tagpait. The most dominant mangrove species in Tagpait is Rhizophora apiculata (39%), while Rhizophora mucronata in Bacungan (22%). Most of the respondents in Tagpait are fishers, which about 20%, then 14% are involved in buy and sell of marine products, and 5% are engaged in the processing of marine products. In Bacungan, the majority are engaged in fishing livelihood (37%), 13% are involved in buy and sell of marine products, and 4% are engaged in the processing of marine products.
Understanding Small Business Contribution to the National Development in the Philippines
Authors: Nwosu Kosy Timothy , Lucky Umeh Azubuike
Published: September 2021

Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) have been identified as the backbone of global economy (Bloem, 2012; Dano-Luna, Canare& Francisco, 2018). This fact is true in a developing country such as the Philippines. The Philippine Senate Economic Planning Office (2012) noted that MSMEs are very essential to the economy as it is linked with the creation of jobs, innovation and wealth. Specifically, they are attributed with the boost of economic progress in rural areas, the provision of support services to large enterprises and the formation of new entrepreneurs and large corporations (Senate of the Philippines, 2012). As such, MSMEs are crucial partners for the realization of the fullest economic potential and growth of the Philippines. This is to say that MSMEs play a key role in the maintenance of the cooperative and competitive advantage of the Philippines in the ASEAN integration and in the global market.
Service Quality Assessment at the Learning Resourse Center in Can Tho University, Vietnam
Authors: Huynh Thi Trang , Nguyen Mai Huynh , Vo Bang Duy
Published: September 2021

This paper reports the findings of assessing the quality of services offered at an academic library in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam. Using the quantitative approach, 31 criteria of updated LibQual model were considered in this research. Data collected in this study include online survey of 386 students from different courses and majors in the university. Research findings indicate that students were satisfied with all library services at a high level. The findings also reveal that there were 4 groups of factors influencing students’ satisfaction. They were Service Affect, Information Control, Library as a Place and Copyright. Of the four influential factors, Service Affect was identified as the strong factor while Information Controll was found to be the minor. Some implications for administrators and librarians are also provided with particular regard to the assessment of the quality of library services.
EFL Learners’ Perceptions of Teachers’ Corrective Feedback for Pronunciation
Authors: Nguyen Ngoc Xuyen , Hung Luu Nguyen Quoc
Published: September 2021

The existence of inconsistencies between teachers’ practices and learners’ preferences for feedback in pronunciation arise in a not greatly effective teaching and learning environment. The current study attempts to address this gap by examining the students’ perceptions of corrective feedback (CF) and the alignments between students’ preferences and teachers’ practices on CF for pronunciation in an EFL context, namely Vietnamese high school education. To this end, a questionnaire and a semi-structured interview were used as the research tools to gather data. The study highlighted the students’ positive perceptions about the values of teachers’ CF for their pronunciation development. In addition, both teachers and students share similarities in the values of students’ responsibility for error correction and segmental features as a choice of corrected errors and teachers as a source of CF. However, the mismatches between students’ preferences and teachers’ practices far outweighed the matches indicated a big challenge for teachers to develop problem-solving strategies. The implications for practical applications of teachers’ CF strategies are also presented.
An investigation into exterior illumination of buildings
Authors:   , Wimbush J. C.
Published: September 2021

"The nature of light is only describable by enumerating its properties and founding them on the simplest possible principles. As these principles transcend our ordinary experiences, they must be cast in a purely logical, that is to say, mathematical form. But that is never enough, for, though logic tells us what deductions must be right, it does not tell us what will be interesting, and so gives no guidance as to the direction the theory will take. In choosing this direction, much help is derived from analogies and models which are often loose and incomplete but without which no proper understanding of the subject can be acquired. We shall, therefore, describe, largely by means of analogies, the behaviour of light and this is the 'real' nature of light. "
Owning protest but sharing distrust? Confidence in the political system and anti-political-establishment party choice in the Finnish 2011 parliamentary elections
Authors: Bäck Maria , Kestilä-Kekkonen Elina
Published: September 2021

In this study we explore to what extent did anti-political-establishment voting mobilized manifest political distrust in the 2011 Finnish parliamentary elections. In particular, we seek to determine whether the channels of manifest political distrust vary for different forms of political trust. Individual-level data from the Finnish National Election Study (FNES 2011, N = 1,268) is analyzed by applying multinomial logistic regressions. The results show that antipolitical-establishment voting effectively channels both specific and diffuse political distrust, but this dissatisfaction is not reflected as anti-incumbency voting. Furthermore, it seems that a significant amount of latent political distrust, which is not explicitly expressed by party preference at electoral polls, exists in the electorates of several governmental and opposition parties.
Socio-economic differences in health, income inequality, unequal access to care and spending on health: A country-level comparison of Finland and 16 other European countries
Authors: Kangas Olli , Blomgren Jenni
Published: September 2021

In all countries, there are differences in health between socio-economic groups. In Finland those health differences are comparatively large. Why there is such wide cross-national variation in relative health differences between socio-economic groups remains an unanswered question. One brand of explanations links health outcomes to income inequalities. The other brand of explanations emphasizes the role of health care systems and unequal access to health care. The latter explanation has dominated the Finnish debate, which is motivated by the fact that the OECD has classified the Finnish health care system as one of the most unequalizing in the industrial countries. A third set of explanations argues that health outcomes are related to the size of the health budget. In this article, we focus on socio-economic differences in selfassessed health. We ask how strongly socio-economic health differences are linked to income inequalities (H1), how satisfactorily the characteristics of health care systems explain these differences (H2), and what the relative role of the health budget is (H3). The comparisons show that the socio-economic health differences among 17 European countries are more strongly associated to the health budget (H3) than to the features of health care systems (H2) or income inequality (H1). However, these two explanations also get qualified support— but bigger seems to be better.
Finnish adolescents’ time use: Time spent alone and time spent computing
Authors: Ylikännö Minna , Jaakola Anne-Mari
Published: September 2021

This study examines adolescents’ alone time by utilising a Finnish time use survey from 2009-2010. In the public debate, it is feared that young people spend too much time alone in front of computers instead of being socially and physically active. This descriptive study provides answers to questions of how much time 10- to 19-year-old adolescents spend alone and how much time is devoted to computing and other activities. Finnish adolescents spend on average 4 hours and 33 minutes alone per day. Adolescents spending more time alone devote significantly more time to computing and less time to social interaction and sports. Girls spend more time alone, but boys spend more time in computing, which may have more adverse effects on their well-being. More research to better understand the relationship between computing and adolescents’ welfare is needed.
Mauno Koivisto Lecture: 2014 The Nordic welfare model and welfare services – Can we maintain acceptable standards?
Authors: Andersen Torben M.
Published: September 2021

A key feature of the Nordic welfare model is provision of welfare services like care, education and health. They are individual entitlements, and collectively financed. It is a prerequisite that contemporary standards of services are provided; thus the public solution is not a second rate solution used only by those who cannot afford better solutions. Can the Nordic welfare model meet this objective in the future? Increasing productivity and wealth challenge this. Services tend to have lower productivity growth and thus to become more expensive (Baumol’s cost disease), but also to have a high income elasticity, and thus demands rise alongside improved material living standards (Wagner effects). The same implies to leisure, implying that tax bases may be eroded. In short, expenditures are on an upward drift and revenues on a downward trend, challenging the financial viability of the welfare model. This seems to leave a conundrum for the welfare state in the sense that the success of the model in improving living standards tends to undermine the possibility of attaining key objectives of the welfare state. It is argued that although the welfare state will be financially strained, these challenges can be met without jeopardizing its fundamental objectives.
Exploring DMS oxidation and implications for global aerosol radiative forcing
Authors: Fung Ka Ming , Heald Colette L. , Kroll Jesse H. , Wang Siyuan , Jo Duseong S. , Gettelman Andrew , Lu Zheng , Liu Xiaohong , Zaveri Rahul A. , Apel Eric , Blake Donald R. , Jimenez Jose-Luis , Campuzano-Jost Pedro , Veres Patrick , Bates Timothy S. , Shilling John E. , Zawadowicz Maria
Published: September 2021

Abstract. Aerosol indirect radiative forcing (IRF), which characterizes how aerosols alter cloud formation and properties, is very sensitive to the preindustrial (PI) aerosol burden. Dimethyl sulfide (DMS), emitted from the ocean, is a dominant natural precursor of non-sea-salt sulfate in the PI and pristine present-day (PD) atmospheres. Here we revisit the atmospheric oxidation chemistry of DMS, particularly under pristine conditions, and its impact on aerosol IRF. Based on previous laboratory studies, we expand the simplified DMS oxidation scheme used in the Community Atmospheric Model version 6 with chemistry (CAM6-chem) to capture the OH-addition pathway as well as the H-abstraction pathway and the associated isomerization branch. These additional oxidation channels of DMS produce several stable intermediate compounds, e.g., methanesulfonic acid (MSA) and hydroperoxymethyl thioformate (HPMTF), delay the formation of sulfate, and hence, alter the spatial distribution of sulfate aerosol and radiative impacts. The expanded scheme improves the agreement between modeled and observed concentrations of DMS, MSA, HPMTF, and sulfate over most marine regions based on the NASA Atmospheric Tomography (ATom), the Aerosol and Cloud Experiments in the Eastern North Atlantic (ACE-ENA), and the VAMOS Ocean-Cloud-Atmosphere-Land Study Regional Experiment (VOCALS-REx) measurements. We find that the global HPMTF burden, as well as the burden of sulfate produced from DMS oxidation are relatively insensitive to the assumed isomerization rate, but the burden of HPMTF is very sensitive to a potential additional cloud loss. We find that global sulfate burden under PI and PD emissions increase to 412 Gg-S (+29 %) and 582 Gg-S (+8.8 %), respectively, compared to the standard simplified DMS oxidation scheme. The resulting annual mean global PD direct radiative effect of DMS-derived sulfate alone is −0.11  W m−2. The enhanced PI sulfate produced via the gas-phase chemistry updates alone dampens the aerosol IRF as anticipated (−2.2 W m−2 in standard versus −1.7 W m−2 with updated gas-phase chemistry). However, high clouds in the tropics and low clouds in the Southern Ocean appear particularly sensitive to the additional aqueous-phase pathways, counteracting this change (−2.3 W m−2). This study confirms the sensitivity of aerosol IRF to the PI aerosol loading, as well as the need to better understand the processes controlling aerosol formation in the PI atmosphere and the cloud response to these changes.
Evaluation of the contribution of new particle formation to cloud droplet number concentration in the urban atmosphere
Authors: Jiang Sihui , Zhang Fang , Ren Jingye , Chen Lu , Yan Xing , Liu Jieyao , Sun Yele , Li Zhanqing
Published: September 2021

Abstract. The effect of new particle formation (NPF) on cloud condensation nuclei (CCN)
varies widely in diverse environments. CCN or cloud droplets from NPF
sources remain highly uncertain in the urban atmosphere; they are greatly
affected by the high background aerosols and frequent local emissions. In
this study, we quantified the effect of NPF on cloud droplet number
concentration (CDNC, or Nd) at typical updraft velocities (V) in clouds
based on field observations on 25 May–18 June 2017 in urban Beijing. We
show that NPF increases the Nd by 32 %–40 % at V=0.3–3 m s−1
during the studied period. The Nd is reduced by 11.8 ± 5.0 % at
V=3 m s−1 and 19.0 ± 4.5 % at V=0.3 m s−1 compared to
that calculated from constant supersaturations due to the water vapor
competition effect, which suppresses the cloud droplet formation by decreasing
the environmental maximum supersaturation (Smax). The effect of water
vapor competition becomes smaller at larger V that can provide more
sufficient water vapor. However, under extremely high aerosol particle
number concentrations, the effect of water vapor competition becomes more
pronounced. As a result, although a larger increase of CCN-sized particles by
NPF events is derived on clean NPF days when the number concentration of
preexisting background aerosol particles is very low, no large discrepancy
is presented in the enhancement of Nd by NPF between clean and
polluted NPF days. We finally reveal a considerable impact of the primary
sources on the evaluation of the contribution of NPF to CCN number
concentration (NCCN) and Nd
based on a case study. Our study highlights the importance of full
consideration of both the environmental meteorological conditions and
multiple sources (i.e., secondary and primary) to evaluate the effect of NPF on
clouds and the associated climate effects in polluted regions.