bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Impacto de la estrategia de diversificación en el desempeño financiero en empresas de la Bolsa Mexicana de Valores
Authors: Arango Herrera Eduardo , García Fernández Francisco , Serna Hinojosa José Antonio
Published: December 2019

El presente trabajo de investigación tiene como objetivo analizar el impacto de la diversificación mediante las métricas Herfindahl y Entropía en el desempeño financiero (EBITDA y Q-Tobins). La información fue obtenida a través de fuentes secundaras correspondientes a 133 empresas de la Bolsa Mexicana de Valores durante el periodo 2011 – 2016, sometiéndose a un análisis cuantitativo mediante la técnica de datos de panel. Los resultados muestran que las métricas de diversificación utilizadas resultan significativas cuando el desempeño es medido a través del EBITDA. El EBITDA puede ser una métrica utilizada para medir el desempeño de la estrategia en las empresas. Siendo la principal limitación es el acceso a la información financiera de los productos ofertados. Esta investigación propone el EBITDA como métrica de medición del desempeño financiero en un contexto de diversificación en países emergentes. Finalmente, se concluye con el efecto positivo y significativo de la métrica Herfindahl, mostrando que el EBITDA tiene mejor resultado al medir el desempeño de la diversificación que la Q-Tobins.
Development and Field Evaluation of the INTER-ACT App, a Pregnancy and Interpregnancy Coaching App to Reduce Maternal Overweight and Obesity: Mixed Methods Design
Authors: Bogaerts Annick , Bijlholt Margriet , Mertens Lotte , Braeken Marijke , Jacobs Bart , Vandenberghe Bert , Ameye Lieveke , Devlieger Roland
Published: December 2019

Background

The interpregnancy and pregnancy periods are important windows of opportunity to prevent excessive gestational weight retention. Despite an overwhelming number of existing health apps, validated apps to support a healthy lifestyle between and during pregnancies are lacking.

Objective

To describe the development and evaluation of the INTER-ACT app, which is part of an interpregnancy and pregnancy lifestyle coaching module, to prevent excessive weight gain in pregnancy and enhance optimal weight and a healthy lifestyle in the interpregnancy period.

Methods

A mixed methods design was used to identify the needs of health care providers and end users, according to 15 semistructured interviews, two focus groups, and two surveys. The user interface was evaluated in a pilot study (N=9).

Results

Health care providers indicated that a mobile app can enhance a healthy lifestyle in pregnant and postpartum women. Pregnant women preferred graphic displays in the app, weekly notifications, and support messages according to their own goals. Both mothers and health care providers reported increased awareness and valued the combination of the app with face-to-face coaching.

Conclusions

The INTER-ACT app was valued by its end users because it was offered in combination with face-to-face contact with a caregiver.
Importance of Nanocarriers and Probiotics in the Treatment of Ulcerative Colitis
Authors: Singh Amandeep , Kaur Kirandeep , Kaur Veerpal , Singh Gurmeet , Mandal Uttam Kumar , Mishra Neeraj , Narnag Raj Kumar
Published: December 2019

Ulcerative colitis (UC) is an inflammatory chronic disease primarily affecting the colonic mucosa; the extent and severity of colon involvement are variable. In its most limited form, it may be restricted to the distal rectum, while in its most extended form the entire colon is involved. Ulcerative colitis is identified by mucus diarrhea, tenesmus, bowel distension, and anemia. 5-aminosalicylic acid drugs, steroids, and immunosuppressant are used for therapy of ulcerative colitis. The annual occurrence of disease in Asia, America, and Europe was estimated to be 6.3, 19.2 and 24.3 per 100,000 people-years. The main challenges in the management of the diseaseare drug-related side-effects and local targeting. To overcome these challenges probiotics and micro and Nano particulate system auspicious approaches to overcome drug-related adverse side effect and local targeting. Upon ingestion, the probiotics can result in health beneficial effects. Probiotics are mainly used as gut modulators but are also now days explored for their use in ulcerative colitis. Micro and Nano particulate drug delivery system have been achieving huge importance for targeting of the drug to colon locally at a controlled and sustained rate. The main objective of this article is to explore probiotics and micro and nano particulate approaches for the suitable targeting and overcome the drug-associated side effect.

Keywords: Inflammatory chronic disease, probiotics, micro and Nano particulate.
Prevalence and Pattern of Adverse Drug Reactions among HIV Infected Patients on Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) in Imo State, Nigeria: A Hospital Based Survey
Authors: Chioma A. Duru , Chukwuma B. Duru , Chinomnso C. Nnebue
Published: December 2019

Introduction:  It is a proven fact that almost all drugs carry the potential to produce undesirable effects in addition to the desired ones.

Aim:  The aim of this study is to determine the prevalence, pattern and socio-demographic determinants of adverse drug reactions among patients on HAART attending clinics in hospitals in Imo State Nigeria.

Methodology:  This was a hospital-based cross-sectional study carried out among HIV patients attending clinics in hospitals in Imo State.  The 400 participants were selected using a multistage sampling technique.  Data was collected using an interviewer administered, semi-structured questionnaire and analyzed using EPI Info version 3:2:1. Chi-square and regression analysis was used to test association between variables. P-value was set at ≤ 0.05.

Results: The mean age of the participants was 41.7±3.0 years with a male to female ration of 1:2. The adherence level to HIV treatment was 85.0%. The prevalence of ADRs in the last 1 year preceding the study was 13.7% and the common forms of ADR experienced by patients was Hematological symptoms (34%), GIT symptoms (21.8%) and skin manifestation (20.0%). Socio-demographic determinants of the occurrence of ADR among the participants were: age 50 years and above (OR: 9.28), female gender (OR: 2.55) and living in a rural area (OR: 4.47).

Conclusion:  Though the prevalence of ADR reported in this study was low, there is need to increase the depth of knowledge among HIV patients in the State, monitor patients closely by care givers and find possible ways to increase adherence to HIV drugs which was not optimal among participants.

Keywords: Prevalence, Pattern, Adverse Drug reactions, HAART, HIV, Patients, Imo State.
Solid Lipid Nanoparticles for Brain Targeting
Authors: Hangargekar Sachin Raosaheb , Mohanty Pradeepkumar , Jain Ashish
Published: December 2019

Brain is considered to be highly impermeable barrier, possessing different obstacles like presence of enzymes, presence of tight junctions that limit the entry for most of the drugs. The presence of these obstacles, possess a challenge for administration of the drugs. The conventional means of drug delivery in form of emulsions, fail to overcome these obstacles, and hence there is a need for newer drug delivery approach, that will cross these barriers of the brain. So, these nanoparticles can be an alternative to other conventional systems. They offer several advantages such as improved bioavailability and solubility that are composed of macromolecular materials like lipids and polymers possess low cytotoxicity, high drug loading capability, and good scalability these are the most effective colloidal carriers that have the ability to incorporate drugs into nanocarriers and used as drug targeting to specific area. Thus, this article will emphasise on properties of Blood Brain Barrier, strategies to overcome the blood–brain barrier, literature regarding the use of SLNs in various neurological disease states, production methods of SLN and its evaluation. Hence, these solid lipid formulations can be a new form and one of the promising approach for drug delivery system in future, that have remarkable possibility to cross the BBB.
Keywords: Solid lipid nanoparticles, Nanocarriers, Blood–brain barrier
Offentligt lederskab som interaktioner og relationer
Authors: Larsson Magnus , Meier Frank
Published: December 2019

Interessen for ledelse, lederskab og lederskabsteori i offentlig sektor er steget betydeligt de seneste 20 år. I artiklen argumenteres fo, at den måde vi tænker om og taler om lederskab, kan have stor betydning for hvordan det kan udøves i praksis. Lederskab er en lille, men vigtig del af det at være leder, og handler dybest set om at skabe indflydelse, bevægelse og om at mobilisere mennesker. I såvel forskningslitteraturen som i mere populære tekster bliver begrebet lederskab brugt i mange forskellige betydninger. Oftest handler det dog om en enkelt person, det vil sige lederen. Ikke mindst i offentlige organisationer, som typisk tilbyder en kompleks og mangfoldig kontekst, er værdien af fokus på en enkeltperson dog begrænset. I stedet kan vi søge inspiration i den del af lederskabsforskningen, som mere fokuserer på elementer som delt lederskab og som lægger vægt på relationer og interaktioner, og som opfatter lederskab som en proces. I denne artikel gennemgår vi nogle af de centrale teoretiske retninger indenfor feltet, og illustrerer brugbarheden i at italesætte lederskab mere i termer af interaktioner og relationer, end i termer af personer.
Capital social e desempenho institucional no SUAS das cidades de Caxias do Sul e Novo Hamburgo
Authors: Marques Douglas , Santos Everton Rodrigo , Ribeiro Duarte Scarleth Gabriela
Published: December 2019

O presente artigo baseia-se na teoria de Putnam, buscando verificar o impacto do capital social no desempenho institucional do Sistema Único de Assistência Social (SUAS) no Rio Grande do Sul, em especial nas cidades de Caxias do Sul e de Novo Hamburgo. Desta forma, pretendemos demonstrar, comparativamente, a relação entre o acúmulo do capital social e a qualidade do desempenho institucional nas políticas públicas. Utilizamo-nos de pesquisa de opinião pública, tipo survey, por meio de duas baterias de testes nas cidades em tela, totalizando 382 questionários aplicados diretamente aos usuários do SUAS. Neste sentido, estatisticamente foi possível afirmar nossa hipótese, qual seja, que existe relação positiva entre capital social e a qualidade do desempenho institucional nas políticas públicas, assim, na medida em que cresce o estoque de capital social, melhor a população avalia as políticas públicas.
O BAILARINO NO BRASIL É UM PROFISSIONAL OU UMA MICROEMPRESA?
Authors: Trindade Ana Lígia , Mangan Patrícia Kayser Vargas
Published: December 2019

A criação da lei complementar nº 128/2008 fez surgir, no Brasil, a figura do Microempreendedor Individual (MEI), com o propósito de possibilitar que diversos profissionais pudessem sair da ilegalidade, adequando-se às legislações federal, estadual e municipal, sobretudo tributária; além de permitir o exercício regular da profissão de diversos trabalhadores autônomos. Este estudo tem como propósito problematizar acerca da necessidade de registro de MEI para exercer atividades profissionais de arte. Discutiremos sobre implicações do registro de MEI para os profissionais das artes, tendo como foco principal o bailarino profissional. Visamos neste artigo iniciar uma análise dos aspectos profissionais importantes para pesquisadores da temática e para os próprios bailarinos profissionais.
MEMÓRIA, NARRATIVA E O TRÁGICO MODERNO
Authors: Medeiros Elen de
Published: December 2019

O ponto central do artigo é a memória e o que dela se projeta como narrativa na construção dramatúrgica de Nelson Rodrigues, Carlos Alberto Soffredini e Luís Alberto de Abreu. Por meio do processo de reconstrução fabular, uma certa ideia de tragicidade que se alinha à noção sustentada na modernidade será consolidada. Os três autores e as peças aqui dispostas estão ligados a um processo memorialístico fragmentado de constituição da narrativa e, nesses casos, representação de um aspecto trágico do homem moderno.
O papel das mulheres no sistema creditício da freguesia de Guarapiranga: o caso de Dona Francisca Januária de Paula Carneiro
Authors: Costa Rodrigo Paulinelli de Almeida
Published: December 2019

O objetivo desse trabalho é investigar a formação do espaço nas vertentes dos rios Piranga e Pomba, a partir de uma análise braudelianadessa região, assim como do papel das mulheres no sistema creditício. Para fazer essa investigação, énecessário atentar-se para as dinâmicas sociais, econômicas, familiares que norteiam a construção desse espaço, analisando, conjuntamente, as relações humanas que contribuem para a sua formação. Segundo Rogério Haesbaert, “O papel do espaço, pode ser interpretado tanto como rugosidades ou constrangimentos, que redirecionam os processos sociais e econômicos, quanto como referenciais inseridos na vida cotidiana e que perpassam nossas identidades coletivas” (HAESBAERT, 2002, p.81/82). Após entender de que forma o espaço mineiro e principalmente da freguesia de Guarapiranga foi se constituindo, buscará conhecer de que forma o sistema de crédito influenciava a economia da região. Assim como perceber a importância da Dona Francisca Januária de Paula Carneiro, umaproeminente mulher, vinda de uma família sem muito prestígio social, que se casa com um membro de uma das mais importantes famílias da região e após ficar viúva, por méritos próprios consegue expandir os negócios da família e multiplicar a sua riqueza.
Práticas discursivas acerca do “menor delinquente” – Sergipe (1927-1942)
Authors: Costa Freire Kátia Regina Lopes
Published: December 2019

O presente artigo tem como objeto de estudo os dispositivos discursivos acerca do “menor delinquente” sergipano no período de 1927 a 1942 e consiste em recorte de pesquisa feita para o doutorado em Educação. Esta, foi de caráter sócio histórico, embasada na abordagem foucaultiana. Dessa forma, conjuga as asserções de Michel Foucault a partir dos conceitos: dispositivo e discurso. Apresenta como objetivo geral analisar os dispositivos discursivos e disciplinares em relação ao “menor delinquente” em Sergipe no período de 1927 a 1942. Com seus avanços e retrocessos, os discursos apresentavam certa homogeneidade, uma vez que para se constituírem discursos de verdade e compor o campo discursivo do objeto “menor delinquente” tinham que atender a alguns critérios, como a adoção dos saberes das áreas médica e jurídica.
De passivas a heroínas, de órfãs a cangaceiras eróticas: um breve debate teórico sobre as mulheres sertanejas na pornochanchada
Authors: Lima Caroline de Araújo
Published: December 2019

As representações das cangaceiras no cinema nacional é o centro desse artigo. O objetivo do trabalho é a partir da teoria feminista do cinema problematizar a imagem feminina como objeto passivo para o olhar do sujeito masculino. Tal problematização e as contribuições da teoria feminista do cinema serão utilizados para a breve análise do filme As Cangaceiras Eróticas (1974), que na sua narrativa trouxe uma contraposição ao modelo hegemônico cinematográfico em relação a definição dos personagens masculinos como o ego ideal do espectador, a expressão da virilidade e das mulheres como as reguladoras das tensões, aquela que se apaixona pelo mocinho e torna-se propriedade do mesmo. O filme a ser analisado é uma pornochanchada: As Cangaceiras Eróticas. A obra é considerada uma comédia e um thriller de aventura, onde o enredo gira entorno do cotidiano de um bando de cangaceiros ambientados com alguns elementos da cultura nordestina. A história se passa no ambiente inóspito do sertão, no qual, um grupo de mulheres decidem entrar para o Cangaço motivadas por vingança e para não se tornarem escravas de “empresários ou de marido”. Estas personagens (a cangaceiras, os(as) sertanejos(as)) são o objeto de análise do trabalho. A breve discussão teórica que pautará a análise fílmica partiu dos questionamentos do movimento feminista a esse modelo de cinema, que produziu uma disputa entorno das relações de gênero nas produções cinematográficas. O artigo fará uma breve exposição do contexto histórico que tais questionamentos ganham destaque, pós maio de 1968, onde o ceticismo em relação as teorias totalizantes colocou a produção cinematográfica ao lado de questões alinhadas aos direitos sexuais e reprodutivos, de combate ao racismo e a defesa do amor livre.
Reduto de travestis: das origens fabris ao repositório de imaginários de um bairro amazônico
Authors: Vasconcelos Osvaldo
Published: December 2019

A proposta deste estudo, apontamentos da tese em andamento, é analisar os diversos imaginários criados acerca da travestilidade, da cidade de Belém e do bairro do Reduto, local onde as travestis, sujeitos desta pesquisa, se prostituem. Refletiremos sobre a territorialidade, produzida e pensada enquanto processo históricoe sobre as identidades criadas no interior da cidade partindo da urbanização e do imaginário que cria e recria a realidade a partir das experiências do passado e também dos indivíduos. Nesse sentido, este trabalho abordará a cidade, o bairro e as vidas que internamente tecem o viver cotidiano e de que maneira tais vidas são limitas por interesses vários.
Mulher rendeira: re-tecendo afetos e identidades de gênero nos sertões contemporâneos
Authors: Moreira Gislene
Published: December 2019

A colonização dos sertões do Brasil foi conduzida pelo gado. Boiadas e vaqueiros deixaram rastros e fixaram limites de identidades de gênero muito rígidos, marcados pelo patriarcado. Nos anos 2000, novos cenários econômicos, políticos e culturais parecem permitir a emergência de outras configurações possíveis para as tradicionais definições de homens e mulheres sertanejos. Este artigo trata das mudanças provocadas pela globalização periférica que impactaram na divisão sexual do trabalho, nos modos de vida e nas representações de gênero na zona semiárida da Bahia. Ele faz um recorte feminista sobre as representações femininas expressas a partir das inovações sociais e sexuais nos sertões. Para entender este cenário, o estudo mescla aportes da Nova História, da Sociologia Simbólica e do Ecofeminismo, com a macro-narrativa da Economia Política. A iniciativa faz uma revisão histórico-bibliográfica integrada com análise de produtos audiovisuais das últimas décadas. Em síntese, este estudo dedica-se a perceber quem são esses homens e mulheres híbridos, entrincheirados entre a tradição e a pós-modernidade, entre o passado e as novas tecnologias da informação, entre o de-sertão e o mundo globalizado, entre os “cabra machos” e “bois neons”. As respostas apresentadas são pistas para entender esta nova geração de sertanejos e sertanejas, que em um acelerado processo de mutações, estão re-tecendo seus modos de vida.
Entre a norma e a rebeldia: rastros de feminismos no sertão baiano
Authors: Pereira Vasconcelos Vânia Nara
Published: December 2019

Pensando os sertões brasileiros como um espaço plural, diverso e potente, embora historicamente associadoà fome, seca, a masculinidades dominantes e feminilidades submissas, neste artigo analiso as diversas formas de rebeldia feminina nesseterritório a partir de um estudo biográfico de uma mulher afro-indígena, não escolarizada, pertencente às camadas populares e moradora do sertão baiano.Sua narrativame levou a refletir sobre as possibilidadesde invenções de feminismos, considerando que estes foram construídos historicamente através do enfrentamento direto das mulheres à ordem androcêntrica, bem como porsuas sutis formas de rebeldia. Apartir de uma perspectiva decolonial, pretendo analisar as várias táticas utilizadas por esta mulher para subverter construções sociais de gênero, fazendo emergir “invenções de subjetividades” potentes e paradoxais.
A szerző halott, az olvasó megszületett
Authors: Harvay Anna
Published: December 2019

Recenzió David Harris: Society of signs (London, Routledge 1996, 256

pages, ISBN 9780415111294) c. művéről.

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The author is dead, the reader is born

Book review on David Harris: Society of signs (London, Routledge 1996, 256 pages, ISBN 9780415111294).
Diplomatski sporovi oko transbalkanskih željezničkih projekata od 1900. do 1912. u kontekstu albanskoga pitanja
Authors: Rizaj Gazmend
Published: December 2019

Članak donosi pogled iz diplomatskoga ugla na suparništvo i nesuglasice velikih sila i novih balkanskih država u vezi s projektima transbalkanskih željeznica. Temelji se uglavnom na arhivskoj građi diplomatske provenijencije. Od 1900. do 1912. razvio se diplomatski diskurs o balkanskim željeznicama, prije svega između Austro-Ugarske i Srbije (1906. – 1912.). Međutim, ti će projekti ostati samo na papiru zbog političkih prevrata na Balkanu od 1908. do 1912., a osobito zbog diplomatske krize koja je 1912. zavladala između Austro-Ugarske i Srbije
zbog izlaska Srbije na Jadran preko albanskoga primorja.
Identities for Dirichlet and Lambert-type series arising from the numbers of a certain special word
Authors: Kucukoglu Irem , Simsek Yilmaz
Published: December 2019

The goal of this paper is to give several new Dirichlet-type series
associated with the Riemann zeta function, the polylogarithm function, and
also the numbers of necklaces and Lyndon words. By applying Dirichlet
convolution formula to number-theoretic functions related to these series,
various novel identities and relations are derived. Moreover, some new
formulas related to Bernoulli-type numbers and polynomials obtain from
generating functions and these Dirichlet-type series. Finally, several
relations among the Fourier expansion of Eisenstein series, the Lambert
series and the number-theoretic functions are given.
Computing tail areas for a high-dimensional Gaussian mixture
Authors: Simsek Burcin , Iyengar Satish
Published: December 2019

We consider the problem of computing tail probabilities - that is, probabilities of regions with low density - for high-dimensional Gaussian mixtures.
We consider three approaches: the first is a bound based on the central and
non-central ?2 distributions; the second uses Pearson curves with the first
three moments of the criterion random variable U; the third embeds the distribution of U in an exponential family, and uses exponential tilting, which
in turn suggests an importance sampling distribution. We illustrate each
method with examples and assess their relative merits.
Gradimir V. Milovanovic - A master in approximation and computation: Part I
Authors: Rassias Themistocles , Spalevic Miodrag
Published: December 2019

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Characterizations of uniform convexity for differentiable functions
Authors: Alabdali Osama , Guessab Allal , Schmeisser Gerhard
Published: December 2019

We consider convex functions in d real variables. For applications, for example in optimization, various strengthened forms of convexity have been
introduced. Among them, uniform convexity is one of the most general,
defined by involving a so-called modulus ?. Inspired by three classical
characterizations of ordinary convexity, we aim at characterizations of
uniform convexity by conditions in terms of the gradient or the Hessian
matrix of the considered function for certain classes of moduli ?.
Formulas derived from moment generating functions and Bernstein polynomials
Authors: Simsek Buket
Published: December 2019

The purpose of this paper is to provide some identities derived by moment
generating functions and characteristics functions. By using functional
equations of the generating functions for the combinatorial numbers y1
(m,n,?), defined in [12, p. 8, Theorem 1], we obtain some new formulas for
moments of discrete random variable that follows binomial (Newton)
distribution with an application of the Bernstein polynomials. Finally, we
present partial derivative formulas for moment generating functions which
involve derivative formula of the Bernstein polynomials.
Influence of the effective parameters on the quality of laser micro-cutting process: Experimental analysis, modeling and optimization
Authors: Bachy Bassim , Al-Dunainawi Yousif
Published: December 2019

Surface roughness (Ra) after the laser micro-cutting process plays an important role in the quality of the final product. On the other hand, this surface roughness depends on complex laser process parameters such as laser power, laser repetition rate, and laser scanning speed. Therefore, it is important to propose a reliable model to predict the surface roughness as well as to correlate it with important process parameters. This helps to achieve the highest required quality, reduce the effort, and save material wastage and cost for the required experimental tests. In this paper, mathematical models have been developed using Artificial Neural Network (ANN) and theoretical calculations to predicate the surface roughness for the substrate surface after laser micro-cutting. Moreover, these models can be used to find the importance of each process parameter and finally to propose the optimum process parameters. Experimental tests have been carried out to find out the relationship between the investigated process parameters and surface roughness. Moreover, these experiments are used to validate the developed ANN and theoretical models. The result of the theoretical and the proposed ANN models shows good agreement with the experimental values. The average of the recorded errors was 4.01% and 6.32% for the ANN and the theoretical models, respectively.
Penerapan Model Group Investigation Dalam Meningkatkan Kemampuan Kerjasama Siswa Kelas XI IPS di SMAN 6 Padang
Authors: Yulia Vermana Dilla , Sylvia Ike
Published: December 2019

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui apakah penerapan model Group Investigation dapat meningkatkan kerjasama siswa pada mata pelajaran sosiologi di SMA Negeri 6 Padang. Penelitian ini dilatarbelakangi oleh rendahnya kemampuan kerjasama siswa . Hal tersebut dirasakan oleh guru mata pelajaran Sosiologi di kelas XI IPS 1 SMA Negeri6 Padang. Oleh karena itu upaya yang cocok untukmeningkatkan kerjasama siswa dengan pemilihan model pembelajaran yang tepat yaitu denganmenggunakan model Group Investigation. Jenis Penelitian ini adalah Penelitian Tindakan Kelas (PTK). Penelitian ini dilaksanakan dalam 2 siklus. Masing-masing siklus terdiri dari 2 pertemuan dan setiap siklus terdiri dari 4 tahapan perencanaan, tindakan, pengamatan dan refleksi. Subyek penelitian ini adalah siswa kelas XI IPS 1 SMA Negeri 6 Padang yang berjumlah 34 orang. Instrumen penelitian ini menggunakan lembar observasi yang memuat indikator kerjasama siswa. Pada penelitian ini peneliti menetapkan batasan keberhasilan peningkatan kerjasama pada kategori baik yaitu pada interval 61% keatas. Hasil penelitian terhadap kerjasama siswa dalam pembelajaran sosiologi dengan rumus persentase P=(F/N)X100%. Hasil penelitian menunjukan terdapatnya peningkatan dan penurunan kerjasama siswa dengan penerapan model Group Investigation. Secara keseluruhan tingkat kerjasama siswa dari siklus I sebesar 46% meningkat menjadi 72% pada siklus II dengan besar peningkatan 26%.
Penerapan Rencana Pelaksanaan Pembelajaran Dalam Pembelajaran Sosiologi (Studi Kasus SMAN 3 Painan dan SMAN 2 Bayang)
Authors: Yora Marwa Yorisa , Fernandes Reno
Published: December 2019

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui bagaimana penerapan rencana pelaksanaan pembelajaran dan kendala dalam penerapan rencana pelaksanaan pembelajaran di SMAN 3 Painan dan SMAN 2 Bayang. Dalam menganalisis penelitian ini, peneliti menggunakan teori Talcott Parson yaitu AGIL. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif deskriptif dan pemilihan informan purposive sampling. Data dikumpulkan dengan cara observasi, wawancaradan dokumentasi dengan teknik analisis data dari Miles dan Huberman. Penelitian ini menunjukkan berbagai permasalahan dalam penerapan dan kendala rencana pelaksanaan pembelajaran yaitu, (1). Kesiapan guru; (2).Karakteristik peserta didik; (3). Kendala guru; (4).Upaya kepala sekolah dan; (5).Hubungan peserta didik, guru dan kepala sekolah. Penerapan rencana pelaksanaan pembelajaran berdasarkan kurikulum 2013 pada mata pembelajaran sosiologi sudah di implementasikan tapi belum optimal.
Penerapan Model Pmbelajaran Think Pair Share Untuk Meningkatkan Motivasi Belajar Sosiologi Siswa Kelas XI IPS SMA N 2 Batang Anai
Authors: Delviani Indah , Junaidi Junaidi
Published: December 2019

Penelitian ini dilatarbelakangi oleh rendahnya motivasi belajar siswa di SMA Negeri 2 Batang Anai khususnya pada kelas XI IPS 2. Berdasarkan hal tersebut upaya yang cocok untuk meningkatkan motivasi belajar siswa dengan adanya rancangan pembelajaran yang tepat, yaitu dengan  menggunakan model Think Pair Share. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah mendiskripsikan penerapan model pembelajaran Think Pair Share dalam meningkatkan motivasi belajar kelas XI IPS SMA Negeri 2 Batang Anai.  Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian tindakan kelas yang dilaksanakan dengan dua siklus. Siklus pertama dilakukan dua kali pertemuan dan siklus kedua dilakukan dua kali pertemuan. Setiap siklus terdiri dari 4 tahap kegiatan yaitu perencanaan, tindakan, pengamatan dan refleksi. Subjek penelitian adalah siswa kelas XI IPS 2 SMA Negeri 2 Batang Anai yang berjumlah 32 orang. Pada penelitian ini peneliti menetapkan batasan keberhasilan pemahaman kosep siswa pada kategori baik level tengah yaitu 70%. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa Penerapan Model Pembelajaran Think Pair Share dapat meningkatkan Motivasi Belajar Sosiologi siswa kelas XI IPS 2 SMA Negeri 2 Batang Anai tahun ajaran 2019/2020 yang dibuktikan dengan adanya peningkatan persentase skor Observasi Motivasi Belajar sosiologi dilakukan tindakan pada siklus I skor rata-rata mengalami peningkatan sebesar 12,3% menjadi 41,98%. Peningkatan juga terjadi pada siklus I ke siklus II yaitu sebesar 34,64 % menjadi 76,62 % pada siklus II.
Holistic view on corporate bankruptcy causes: systematization of causes and requirements to building bankruptcy prediction models
Authors: Kliestik Tomas
Published: December 2019

The article presents the research of bbusinesses’ life cycle as complex organisms that do not exist in isolation, but in mutual interaction with other subjects operating in the national economy, other businesses, non-financial or financial corporations, government agencies or customers and households. The essence of the crisis as the motive force of any market economy is revealed. The causes of bankruptcy of enterprises are considered. It has been stated that bankruptcy of the enterprise can result in a chain reaction with negative consequences for all economic entities. Every economy in the world (not only market economy) is confronted with failures or bankruptcy of business entities. There exist a variety of forms, manifestations and consequences of business failures. There has been substantiated the importance of the research, the essentiality of a detailed analysis of methods of bankruptcy prediction models, i.e. determining probable development of the corporate principles in the coming years. In the centrally planned economies, the state is responsible for all the consequences; in the market economy they directly affect all entities interrelated with the enterprise. Each group involved applies a wide range of tools, algorithms and methods, but their aim is identical: to predict the future development of the corporate financial health. There appear questions about termination of activity of a particular enterprise due to its future bankruptcy, shutting down because of bad decisions, or the impact of endogenous and exogenous factors. Development of the algorithms and methods is not possible without a detailed, almost holistic knowledge

of the causes of corporate bankruptcies. A methodological toolkit based on numerous studies

of specialists has been developed for building bankruptcy models.
Agent model for multi-agent organizational system: economic aspect
Authors: Dobrynin Alexey Sergeyevich , Koynov Alexander Sergeyevich , Purgina Marina Vladimirovna
Published: December 2019

Modeling the behavior of social and economic systems plays an important role in various fields of knowledge. An important task is the prediction of the behavior of such systems and their states in the future, for the adoption of proactive and corrective management decisions. Despite the constant development of game theory and other disciplines of a socio-economic (cybernetic) profile, the issue of a generalized formalized description of such systems consisting of active elements remains relevant. Significant difficulties arise with the formal description of any systems that contain active elements (people), due to the human factor and the lack of reliable knowledge about the features of the human brain. Many theories, in particular the theory of management of organizational systems, use the idea of an “economic” person as a hypothesis, whose preferences can be described by the objective cost and effect functions, which is typical for “western” scientific trends. In most cases, the developers of such theories do not propose anything concrete, but merely shift the responsibility to decision makers who are invited to build all the models on their own. It has been stated that so far many social and economic processes are considered as strategic games and zero-sum games, which leaves its mark on the decision-making process. An agent model for multi-agent organizational systems has been formed, which can be used to develop planning, incentive mechanisms that are focused on the needs and wishes of work performers. Elements of the agent model under consideration are implemented in the system for monitoring the effectiveness of the activity of the Siberian State Industrial University.
Technologies of digital economy as tools for improving quality of life, business efficiency and public administration
Authors: Shendo Maria Vladimirovna , Sviridova Elena Viktorovna
Published: December 2019

The world gets quickly covered by networks that enable connectivity and data transfer between digital devices. More than 40% of the world's population has access to the Internet. As digital networks spread around the world and the economic benefits of digitalization increase, we are witnessing a digital transformation. The application of digital technologies supports innovations in business and industry, improves the life standards of citizens and efficiency of public administra-tion. Russia has certain prospects in the development of the national digital economy for develop-ing the information infrastructure, finalizing the regulatory framework and providing this process with the appropriate personnel. The role of IT-technologies in the economy of the Russian Federa-tion is indicated, the rating of the digital economies of the world is presented, in which Russia takes 39th place. There have been considered the basic concepts of the digital economy, defined and classified areas of application of its technologies, identified categories of their application with ex-amples of existing projects of the digital economy. A statistical analysis of the prospects of the Russian digital economy has been conducted; the categories of new jobs in the changing labor market are singled out in the framework of digitalization, as well as of the scope of their application.

A particular attention is paid to analysis of the Internet of things technology, which has an impact on the surrounding world, including the labor market. Specialties in the IT industry include various disciplines: computer science, computer engineering, and software development. Vacancies in the changing digital world are conditionally classified: “implementers”, “developers”, “improvers”. Conclusions are drawn as a result of the expansion and widespread introduction of digital technol-ogies on the prospects for the development of the economies of each individual state, the estab-lishment of cooperation between countries and solving of many global problems.
A imigração e a questão "étnica", ganhos ou perda de identidade?
Authors: Taibo Sérgio de Melo Doce
Published: December 2019

Since the existence of humanity, individuals have moved from one place to another for various reasons and in search of better living conditions. This is the case of the Hútus and Tutsis of Rwanda and Burundi who, because of the ethnic and political conflicts in which they are immersed, have moved to places where they enjoyed relative stability, as in the case of Mozambique. In this perspective, the text aims to reflect on immigration taking into account the ethnic issue, starting from the assumption that immigrants can lose or gain a new identity in the place of arrival. For the analysis of the text, it will be based on the push-pull individualist theory defended by Ernest Ravenstein, and later by Everett Lee and the structuralist theory of the transnationalist approach. However, there are many difficulties faced by immigrants, even if they are of a different ethnic origin, who feel obliged to assimilate part of the Mozambican culture in order to feel integrated within the welcoming society.
Sob o signo da travessia:
Authors: Esteves Marcelo Rodrigues
Published: December 2019

At becoming worldly known, in 2016, thanks to the success of his documentary I Am Not Your Negro, the Haitian Raoul Peck already possessed an extensive career as a filmmaker, with a first fiction film, Haitian Corner, released in 1987. The movie tells the story of na haitian poet, immigrant, who lives in Brooklyn, New York, tormented by the ghosts of torture suffered in Haiti in the Duvalier era. Himself marked by the sign of displacement – Peck lived in Haiti, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, in Germany, in the United States and France – the filmmaker starts with Haitian Corner a long list of characters displaced or on transit that would thematically shape many of your works. This article intends to revise the image of the refugee/immigrant in this inaugural piece by Peck, with enfasis on the approach of the director to subjects of memory and the trauma caused in the sphere of asylum.
ENSAIO: Abrigos campos:
Authors: Vasconcelos Ângela Magalhães
Published: December 2019

The article uses the photographic image as a resource and one of the byproducts of the in loco ongoing research in the state of Roraima, northern Brazil. Investigates the impact of the intense migrational Venezuelan fluxus, specially in the border-city of Pacaraima and in the city of Boa Vista, the state’s capital, considering the life specially of the women in the humanitarian shelters of the Operação Acolhida. The investigation uses a ethnographic and visual narrative. The photo shoot exposed in this article comprehends the time period from May 2018 till October 2018.
Pensar contra el género
Authors: Palermo Zulma
Published: December 2019

Se propone reflexionar acerca de la cuestión de género desde una perspectiva decolonial, buscando comprender la dimensión del poder del patriarcado en el funcionamiento de nuestras sociedades atravesadas por la colonialidad. A partir de algunas proposiciones precedentes sobre la relación género-raza, acá se pone el acento en la colonialidad del lenguaje, actualizando los posicionamientos de los últimos feminismos enriquecidos por los aportes de estudioses no occidentales.
Factors related to adverse mental health condition of demented family caregivers: A study in West Bengal, India
Authors: Basu Ipsita , Mukhopadhyay Susmita
Published: December 2019

Dementia caregiving is a unique and the caregivers faces extreme challenges which affect caregiver’s mental health adversely. Family caregiving towards elderly individuals with dementia is becoming widespread. The study aims to evaluate the mental health status of dementia family caregivers and some related factors that affect their mental health condition. Present cross sectional study includes a total of 134 family caregivers. Socio-demographic and caregiving related data were collected using pre-tested questionnaires. Standardized questionnaires were used to collect data on caregivers’ mental health traits (measured in terms of level of stress and anxiety), level of psychosocial distress, support they provided and the care recipient’s behavioural symptoms associated with dementia. Mean age of the caregivers was 61.64 years (SD 13.89) while the care recipients were above 70 years of age. Mean age of care recipients was 75.46±7.26 years. Alzheimer’s type of dementia was the most common type found among them. Higher level of stress and anxiety was prevalent among the caregivers. Level of education, being a spouse, psychological distress has strong relationship with caregivers’ mental health condition. Behavioural abnormalities of care recipients were also responsible for poor mental health conditions of caregivers. Family caregiving is becoming the most suitable option nowadays and it associated with caregivers’ psychological distress and other health issues. Present study also revealed distressed mental health conditions of caregivers. Since care recipients remain dependent mostly on their family caregivers, it is necessary that caregivers should be fit mentally as well as physically. Therefore, proper support and management is needed for caregivers in near future.
Spatio-temporal variation of scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in two oak biotopes of Ouled Bechih Forest, Souk-Ahras region (north-eastern Algeria)
Authors: Ganaoui Nawel , Maazi Mohamed Chérif , Chefrour Azzedine
Published: December 2019

This paper presents the results of a comparative study with the objective of studying the spatio-temporal variation in the abundance and richness of scarab beetles in two oak biotopes (cork oak – Quercus suber and zeen oak – Q. canariensis) of the Ouled Bechih Forest in the Souk-Ahras region of north-eastern Algeria during 2017. Two sampling techniques were used: pitfall traps and bidirectional glass traps. During the study period 6022 individuals were collected and 17 species of the family Scarabaeidae were identified. The results of nonparametric tests (Mann-Whitney U-test and Kruskal-Wallis H-test) show that there is a significant difference in abundance and richness between the two biotopes and from March to August. These two biodiversity parameters were greater in the cork oak than in the zeen oak forests. The activity of the scarab beetles was much higher in the dry season, but lower in the rainy season. The phytophagous species were most influenced by seasonality, especially in the cork oak biotopes, whereas the coprophagous ones remained relatively constant in both habitats.
Gedanoleria eocenica – a new genus and species from Eocene Baltic amber (Diptera: Heleomyzidae), with notes on heleomyzid-like flies from African copal
Authors: Woźnica Andrzej Józef
Published: December 2019

A new genus and species of a handsome heleomyzid fly, Gedanoleria eocenica gen. nov., sp. nov. (Diptera: Heleomyzidae), is described from Baltic amber. The newly described genus is compared with similar extant and extinct genera. The heleomyzid-like flies described by Meunier from African copal are treated as nomina dubia. A checklist and a key to the genera of Heleomyzidae reported from fossil resins are also provided.
Complexity as an Anthropocultural Phenomenon
Authors: Opolev P. V.
Published: December 2019

The world is becoming more complicated, which is confirmed both in the natural and artificial spheres. Complication can be considered one of the key characteristics of the development process, and complexity – an indicator of the difference between one stage of development from another. However, if the objective complication of the material and technical culture of mankind seems obvious, the legitimacy of the statements about the complication of spiritual culture requires discussion. Scientific and technological progress reveals a number of pathological processes of complication. Man finds himself in a complex socio-cultural space, in the world of self-developing system objects, accelerating the flow of poorly understood innovations. The initial intuition of this article is the statement that a person experiences complexity throughout his socio-cultural development. The paper presents the transformation of anthropological and cultural complexity in historical perspective. It is proposed to understand the anthropological characteristics of the phenomenon of complexity, as well as the peculiarities of its unfolding in culture. Represent a summary of the issues associated with finding antropocentric nature and complexity of the humanitarian strategy for its comprehension. Culture reveals a tendency of complication, which non-linearly correlates with the complexity of human consciousness. Primitive art and the complexity of ritual practices indicate an underestimated level of cognitive complexity of primitive man. The development of philosophy and theistic religions greatly complicates the spiritual life of man. Industrial civilization is experiencing a significant round of social complexity, actualizing the practice of managing complexity. The widespread complexity of economic life, the multiplication of the number of transitional identities, cultural forms, the trend of globalization and intercultural integration indicate that post-industrial society, on the one hand, is the result of recursively increasing complexity, and, on the other hand, reveals the complexity of a qualitatively different order.
Features of Modern Legal Regulation of Multiculturalism in Germany: a View from Russia
Authors: Shestak V. A.
Published: December 2019

The author considers the peculiarities of the legal regulation of German multiculturalism. This problem seems to be particularly relevant due to the high rates of globalization that have recently affected the Federal Republic of Germany. This is due to the rapid islamization of the state and the immigration to Germany of various ethnic and religious groups, as well as the attempts of the latter to “protect themselves” from German society and live by their own rules, sometimes disregarding the laws of the host country. Interest in the topic being studied is also largely due to the desire of the state to overcome the Nazi past, the unresolved problems of the existence of ultra-right forces (parties and other organizations) aspiring to the local parliaments (landtags). Members of nationalist groups commit crimes, including on ethnic, national and religious grounds. The paper analyzes the theoretical approaches to the legal regulation of such a complex social phenomenon as multiculturalism. An attempt was made to consider the issues of legal consolidation of this phenomenon from diametrically opposite points of view. The individual causes of the collapse and failure of this policy and ideology in a number of modern European states are investigated. The research topic is revealed by the author from the position of not only doctrinal research, but also from the point of view of the settlement of the issue in international, constitutional and criminal law. The proposals were formulated on the need for a qualitative, global and targeted change in the legal regulation of multiculturalism in Germany, possible prospects for its further development, including for the purpose of criminal prosecution of perpetrators violating the rights, freedoms and legal interests of representatives of different ethnic and national groups and minorities.