bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Characterizing grower performance, body conformation and morphology in crosses of RIR and Indian native chicken genotypes
Authors: DAS ANANTA KUMAR , MISHRA ANIL KUMAR , KUMAR SANJEEV , RAHIM ABDUL , KOKATE LAXMIKANT SAMBHAJI
Published: March 2023

The day-old chicks of RIRf × AseelM and RIRf × KadaknathM crosses were investigated to characterize their grower performance, body conformation and morphological characteristics. The progeny of RIRf × AseelM cross exhibited heavier body weights and greater estimates of body conformation traits throughout the age than in the RIRf × KadaknathM cross with significant sex-differences and lower to higher range of phenotypic correlations at positive direction among the traits. Both the crosses also exhibited different colours of shank, skin, beak, comb, eye, earlobe, wattle, body plumage along with its pattern, comb type and pattern within feather with sex differences for some characteristics when observed their progenies at 12th week of age. These cross specific findings might serve as the cross identification earmarks.
Genetic and non-genetic parameters of grower and layer performances in CARI-Sonali chicken
Authors: DAS ANANTA KUMAR , KUMAR SANJEEV , RAHIM ABDUL , KOKATE LAXMIKANT SAMBHAJI
Published: March 2023

CARI-Sonali day-old chicks (437) were investigated to estimate genetic and non-genetic parameters of its grower and layer performance traits. Sex and hatch-differences were significant in the least squares means of chick weight, body weights at different ages, age at first egg and egg production. The regression effects of chick weight and housing weight were significant for body weights, age at first egg and egg weights. The chick weight and housing weight had negative phenotypic correlation (rP) with age at first egg and positive rP with other layer traits. Age at first egg had positive rP with egg weights and negative rP with egg production. This information might be useful for adopting suitable breeding strategy.
Increasing area under pulses and soil quality enhancement in pulse-based cropping systems - Retrospect and prospects
Authors: KAUR RAMANJIT , SHIVAY Y S , SINGH GURIQBAL , VIRK HARPREET KAUR , SEN SUMAN , RAJNI RAJNI
Published: March 2023

India is the largest producer (25% of global production), consumer (27% of world consumption) and importer (14%) of pulses in the world (Anonymous 2016). Pulses accounted around 20% of the area under foodgrains and contribute around 7-10% of the total foodgrains production in the country. Productivity of pulses has improved by 65.07%, from 441 kg/ha in 1950-51 to 728 kg/ha in 2014-15. There is large scope to increase the area and production under pulses by utilizing existing rice fallows by growing chickpea, lentil, pea and khesari (lathyrus) after rice. But major hurdles in the successful cultivation of pulses in rice-fallows are the non-availability of quality seed, irrigation facilities, labour and other input availability. The production potential of pulses can be improved through introduction of short duration, nutrient responsive high yielding varieties and assured supply of quality seed, efficient nutrient management techniques and growth regulators, with supplemental irrigation. Declining factor productivity, depletion of soil fertility and over mining of native nutrient reserves, depletion of groundwater, increasing weed menace, and environmental pollution are major problems of rice-wheat cropping system. Introducing a legume (summer mungbean) in rice-wheat cropping system (RWCS) is one of the alternatives for overcoming some of these problems and provides additional economic returns and employment. Diversifying cropping systems with inclusion of pulse crops (mungbean or urdbean) can enhance soil water conservation, soil N availability, system productivity, soil physico-chemical properties such as aggregate stability, soil structure, bulk density and hydraulic conductivity, and soil biological activities. Moreover, levels of organic carbon, total N, available nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and micronutrients increased significantly and substantially due to inclusion of mungbean in RWCS. Simultaneously the soil microbiological properties, viz. microbial biomass carbon, microbial biomass nitrogen and enzymatic (alkaline phosphatase, acid phosphatase, dehydrogenase, glucosidase, FDA hydrolysis, etc.) activities were also significantly higher in soils of rice-wheat-mungbean cropping system (RWMCS) than in RWCS. Therefore, this paper reviewed the inclusion of short duration pulses in different cropping systems in general and rice-fallows in particular which could help the farmers for getting the additional returns, besides improving soil physical, chemical and biological properties and help to sustain the agriculture productivity in the long-term.
Modeling and forecasting of oilseed production of India through artificial intelligence techniques
Authors: RATHOD SANTOSHA , SINGH K N , PATIL S G , NAIK RAVINDRAKUMAR H , RAY MRINMOY , MEENA VIKRAM SINGH
Published: March 2023

Indian agriculture has made considerable progress in respect of principle food crops, but the performance in case of oilseed crops is so far not good as compared to food grains. Production of oilseeds and oils are not meeting the increasing demand for edible oils and this widening demand-supply gap has necessitated imports of edible oils. India is world's largest importer of oil seeds as it imports more than 50 percent of its total production. Forecasting is used to analyze the past and current behavior to forecasts the future oilseeds production which intern provide an aid to decision-making and in planning for the future effectively and efficiently. Autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) model is the most widely used model for forecasting time series. One of the main drawback of this model is the presumption of linearity. To model the series which contains nonlinear patterns, the artificial intelligence techniques like time delay neural network (TDNN) and non-linear support vector regression (NLSVR) model are commonly employed. In this paper an attempt has been made to forecast the oilseed production of India using ARIMA, TDNN and NLSVR models. Empirical results clearly reveal that the artificial intelligence techniques outperformed the ARIMA model.
Building a safer future: UK government proposals for reform of the building safety regulatory system
Authors: Soane Alastair
Published: March 2023

Alastair Soane summarises the UK government's proposals for reform of the building safety regulatory system, which are open for consultation until 31 July 2019.
A novel intrusion detection system based on deep learning and random forest for digital twin on IOT platform
Authors: Swati Lipsa  , Ranjan Kumar Dash
Published: March 2023

Digital Twin (DT) has bright prospects for a broad spectrum of applications, such as supply chain, healthcare, predictive maintenance, etc. On one hand, the intrinsic properties of DT make it highly relevant to real-world applications, while on the other hand, they render it vulnerable to cyber threats. So, the security of DT is of utmost importance for the security of the communication and computational infrastructure underneath it. As cybercriminals are always coming up with new attack techniques, it is essential to safeguard the digital twin against malicious attacks. This can be accomplished by putting in place an efficient security mechanism, one of which is an intrusion detection system (IDS). The work done in this paper introduces a novel hybrid model for IDS in digital twins that integrates deep learning (DL) and random forest (RF). The effectiveness of the developed model is evaluated in comparison to that of k-Nearest Neighbors (KNN), Naive Bayes, Logistic Regression (LR), Support Vector Machine (SVM), Random Forest (RF), and Long Short Term Memory (LSTM), and it’s evident from the outcome that the proposed method has higher accuracy than the competing models by at least 5%. In addition to its high accuracy, our proposed model also promises impressively low computing time requirements when compared to other competing models.
THE MEDIATING ROLE OF PSYCHOLOGICAL RESILIENCE BETWEEN DOMESTIC PSYCHOLOGICAL ABUSE AGAINST WORKING WOMEN AND BURNOUT
Authors: Munir Farhat , Shuja Aleena , Saeed Iqra
Published: March 2023

Psychological abuse as a form of domestic violence against working women is prevalent but underreported almost all over the world. The present study was conducted to examine the relationship between domestic psychological abuse and burnout, and how psychological resilience mediates between them. One thousand married teachers from private secondary schools were selected through purposive sampling. Study results demonstrated that there is a relationship between domestic psychological abuse against working women and burnout, and that psychological resilience has a positive supportive effect in overcoming depersonalization among these women, yet the study also showed a lack of significant intervention in the relationship between psychological abuse and depersonalization of working women. This study confirms the absence of total or partial mediation to address psychological abuse and depersonalization of working women.
SPECTROSCOPIC INVESTIGATION OF ARGON DC GLOW DISCHARGE IN PLASMA MEDIUM
Authors: OKUMUŞ Esra
Published: March 2023

In this study, UV-VIS-NIR (Ultraviolet Visible Near-Infrared) spectra emitted from Argon Glow discharge plasma in a low vacuum were recorded with a high-resolution Czerny-Turner type spectrometer. Argon plasma was produced at a pressure of 5mTorr and with a voltage of 584 V. Argon plasma was produced between two parallel stainless steel plates anode and cathode with a diameter of 15 cm, a thickness of 0.8 cm, and a distance of 13 cm between them. The radiative and collisional processes of the Argon plasma medium were modeled by the PrismSPECT atomic physics software (Software). The distributions of ion densities were calculated using the Saha-Boltzmann equation. The intensity of the excited energy levels of Ar(I) and Ar (II) ions were calculated in the electron temperature range of (0.4-3.5eV) and the mass density of (10-4-10-1gr/cm3). The UV-Visible-NIR spectra were simulated and compared with experimental spectra. The ratios of the intensities of the ArII/ArI (1s22s22p63s23p44f1/1s22s22p63s23p54p1) spectral lines were obtained for different plasma temperatures and densities. The temperature of the argon plasma was obtained from the spectral line intensity ratios.
Penyuluhan kesehatan pentingnya menjaga kesehatan alat reproduksi
Authors: Wardiyah Aryanti , Aryanti Lidya , Marliyana Marliyana , Oktaliana Oktaliana , Khoirudin Parid , Dea Mutia Ade
Published: March 2023

Pendahuluan: Sistem Reroduksi Pria meliputi organ-organ reproduksi, spermatogenesis dan hormon pada pria, Sistem reproduksi wanita meliputi organ reproduksi, oogenesis, hormon pada wanita, fertilisasi, kehamilan, persalinan dan laktasi. Kesehatan reproduksi merupakan suatu keadaan sejahtera fisik, mental dan sosial secara utuh, tidak semata-mata bebas dari penyakit atau kecacatan dalam semua hal yang berkaitan dengan sistim reproduksi, serta fungsi dan prosesnya. - Remaja atau adolescence, berasal dari bahasa latin adolescere yang berarti tumbuh ka arah kematangan. Kematangan yang dimaksud adalah bukan hanya kematangan fisik saja, tetapi juga kematangan sosial dan psikologis
Tujuan: Responden dapat mengetahui dan memahami tentang pentingnya menjaga kesehatan alat reproduksi
Metode: Pelaksanaan metode      yang      digunakan      dalam pengabdian     masyarakat     ini     dilakukan dengan 2 tahap, yaitu pertama mahasiswa profesi ners menjelaskan tentang pentingnya menjaga kesehatan alat reproduksi dan ke dua setelah diberikan penyuluhan manajemen nyeri menggunakan lembar bolak balik, responden diberikan Tanya jawab tentang pentingnya menjaga kesehatan alat reproduksi
Hasil: Responden memahami tentang pentingnya menjaga kesehatan alat reproduksi
Simpulan: responden dapat mengetahui tentang pentingnya menjaga kesehatan alat reproduksi
Penyuluhan kesehatan senam rematik lansia
Authors: Desmonika Cindy , Liasari Deny Eka , Prasetyo Renggo
Published: March 2023

Pendahuluan: Senam rematik merupakan salah satu metode yang praktis dan  efektif  dalam memelihara kesehatan tubuh. Gerakan yang terkandung dalam senam rematik adalah gerakan yang sangat efektif, efisien, dan logis karena rangkaian  gerakannya dilakukan secara teratur dan terorganisasi bagi  penderita rematik
Tujuan: Responden dapat mengetahui dan memahami tentang senam rematik pada lansia
Metode: Pelaksanaan metode      yang      digunakan      dalam pengabdian     masyarakat     ini     dilakukan dengan 2 tahap, yaitu pertama mahasiswa profesi ners menjelaskan tentang senam rematik pada lansia dan ke dua setelah diberikan penyuluhan, responden diberikan Tanya jawab tentang senam rematik pada lansia
Hasil: responden dapat mengetahui tentang senam rematik lansia
Simpulan: responden dapat memahami tentang senam rematik pada lansia
Comparison of Epidural Bupivacaine and Buprenorphine to Bupivacaine and Butorphanol for Postoperative Analgesia in Lower Limb Orthopedic Surgery
Authors: JN Sujay , BC Prakash , Savitha Likhitha Mohan , Kalaburgi Riyaj Ahmad
Published: March 2023

Background: Postoperative analgesia is of utmost importance in the treatment of patients undergoing surgery. Good postoperative pain management reduces hospital stay and improves early ambulation. This study compared the efficacy of epidural bupivacaine with buprenorphine to butorphanol in lower limb orthopedic surgery. Objectives: This study was carried out to investigate the onset of analgesia, the extent of analgesia, sedation score, and side effects of butorphanol with bupivacaine versus buprenorphine with bupivacaine. Methods: In a clinical trial study, 100 patients who underwent elective orthopedic lower limb surgery were randomly allocated to two groups. A total of 100 patients with American Society of anesthesiologists grades I and II posted for lower limb orthopedic surgery were enrolled in this randomized, double-blind study. The patients were divided into groups A and B. Subarachnoid block was achieved with 3.4 mL of 0.5% bupivacaine. The pain was monitored by the visual analog scale postoperatively. The patients in group A received bupivacaine with buprenorphine, and group B received bupivacaine with butorphanol when they complained of pain in the postoperative period. The onset of analgesia, duration of analgesia, sedation score, and side effects were compared between the two groups. Results: The onset of analgesia was observed earlier in group A than in group B (7.7 ± 1.6 vs. 12.6 ± 1.7 minutes, P < 0.001). The duration of analgesia was longer in group A than in group B (590 ± 40 vs. 480 ± 54 minutes, P < 0.001). Pulse rates and mean arterial pressures were significantly different (P < 0.001). Side effects were common in both groups. Conclusions: Buprenorphine added to bupivacaine provides earlier onset and longer postoperative epidural analgesia than epidural butorphanol with bupivacaine.
Cambrian cephalopods
Authors: Flower Rousseau H.
Published: March 2023

The description and classification of new material from the Upper Cambrian of the Llano uplift in Texas has provided the basis for a review of the whole problem of the oldest cephalopods. In the light of these discoveries it is possible to evaluate more critically the Cambrian fossils that have formerly been assigned to the cephalopods. These fossils may be grouped as follows:

The new genus and species Palaeoceras mutabile exhibits siphuncular bulbs, previously reported only in material from eastern Asia. From this new evidence, the bulbs are accepted as a feature of the family Plectronoceratidae, which is redefined accordingly. The other genera, Plectronoceras of the Cambrian and Multicameroceras and Sinoeremoceras of the early Ordovician, are briefly reviewed.

Data concerning three Cambrian genera which are certainly cephalopods, but whose extant descriptions and illustrations are insufficient to determine their precise morphology and taxonomic position, are analyzed in detail. Shantungendoceras, which has been reviewed elsewhere, is probably Ordovician and not Cambrian in age. Angaroceras is regarded as a synonym of Ruthenoceras. What can be learned concerning the genera in this group is sufficient to determine that they may belong either to the Ellesmeroceratidae or Plectronoceratidae, but could not be members of any more advanced families.

New material of Shelbyoceras shows clear septa, but no siphuncle, and an aperture with a sinus on the convex side. If a siphuncle is present, it is tiny and close to the same side. Either Shelbyoceras is an exogastric cephalopod without close relatives, or it is a septate shell without a siphuncle, and therefore not a cephalopod. The second interpretation is regarded as probably the correct one.

Some Cambrian shells formerly assigned to the cephalopods have proved to be aseptate. One such form is described as Kygmaeoceras perplexum. Such fossils, which include the Hyolithidae and Tentaculitidae, are of uncertain position, because the shell offers no good evidence of the nature of the animal of which it was once a part.

A stratigraphic survey shows that as cephalopods are traced from the Chazyan to older strata, the uniformity of form and structure increases. It is evident that a general structural pattern, based upon the combined features of the oldest families, the Ellesmeroceratidae, and Plectronoceratidae, can be accepted as archaic. Within this general pattern it is possible to select more specific features as reasonable primitive ones. The siphuncular bulbs of the Plectronoceratidae are regarded as truly archaic cephalopod features.

In the light of this summary, it is evident that the cephalopods converge in the lower Canadian and Upper Cambrian to a reasonable uniform structural pattern. This pattern is so remote from that of the Lower Cambrian genera Volborthella and Salterella, that it is quite evident that these tiny shells have no close relationship with the oldest fossils which can be called cephalopods with certainty. They well may be included with the invertebrates of uncertain position.
What Effects Does the Ukrainian Conflict Have on Ties Between the United States, Saudi Arabia, and Russia?
Authors: Jabarova Shovkat
Published: March 2023

This article analyzes the influenced relations in the U.S.-Saudi Arabia-Russia triangle by the Ukraine war from both the U.S. and Saudi perspectives. The analysis of how Saudi Arabia responded to the Russian invasion and how the U.S. officials reacted it is followed by the main historical, and strategic developments and reasons that created recent political shifts in this triangle. One of the article’s main targets is to show a line between political and economic behaviors or just the opposite, to show how politics, economy, and energy are highly interdependent. In the end, despite of these shifts, the importance of U.S.-Saudi Arabia relations is stated in terms of realpolitik.
The Impact of the Ukrainian-Russian War on Rwanda
Authors: Beloff Jonathan R.
Published: March 2023

The current Ukrainian-Russian war has far greater-reaching effects than what is typically reported in much of the international news media. The war has significantly impacted African development, which was already harmed during the global Covid-19 pandemic. With the pandemic seemingly over, African nations such as Rwanda hoped for increased economic development. However, the current war in Ukraine sparked increased fuel and food prices throughout the continent, which has impacted expected growth rates. This article reviews the war’s impact on the central African nation of Rwanda. It illustrates Rwandan anger about the economic implications of the war and the frustration from the nation’s inability to stop its effects.
Concerns for Food Security in the Mediterranean and Türkiye
Authors: Ünal Gün
Published: March 2023

When Russia’s invasion of Ukraine resumed after a hiatus of many months, it prompted the European Union and 17 other countries to cut off relations with Russia and Belarus. Most of the goods and food that people in the West use now come from foreign plantations and factories. The length of the war will significantly affect the extent to which it disrupts global food supplies and the intensity of the resulting food crisis. A symptom of this movement, and a warning against over- reliance on Russian energy supplies, is the European Political Community. While the article’s focus is on the potential impact of the war between Russia and Ukraine on food supplies throughout the world, it also serves to remind readers that there is more to a crisis than a shortage of Russian oil and gas.
The Role of Democracy Discourse in the Emerging "New Cold War"
Authors: Demir Emre , Altun Sırma
Published: March 2023

In the first three decades after China initiated reform and opening-up policies in 1978, its relations with the United States (U.S.) improved steadily. However, in the post-2007/2008 global financial crisis period, both countries’ attitudes toward each other began to change. Particularly since the Trump administration, as the U.S. started to define China as its main competitor, their bilateral relations deteriorated further. As a result, scholars, diplomats, and politicians worldwide began to talk about the emergence of a new Cold War between China and the U.S., encompassing economic, ideological, military, and political aspects. The ideological aspect of this emerging “new Cold War” revolves around the discourse of democracy.
Transdisciplinaridade e narrativas transmídia: uma articulação viável para propósitos formativos
Authors: Freire Maximina Maria
Published: March 2023

O objetivo deste artigo é situar a narrativa transmídia como uma pertinente produção transdisciplinar com potencial formativo, direcionada tanto ao ensino-aprendizagem como ao desenvolvimento de professores. Para atingir esse propósito, os conceitos de transdisciplinaridade (NICOLESCU, 2000; MORAES, 2008; D’AMBROSIO, 2012) e narrativa transmídia (JENKINS, 2006; FREIRE, 2020), como noções centrais, são inicialmente detalhados. Partindo desse panorama teórico individualizado, e destacando a identidade conceitual de cada construto, esses são articulados sob o foco da epistemologia da complexidade (MORIN, 2005ab, 2015), enfatizando o potencial que dessa conexão emerge para a formação discente e docente, bem como refletindo sobre as implicações teórico-práticas dessa possível correlação.
Jóvenes y la vida digital
Authors: Gómez Vargas Héctor
Published: March 2023

Con el presente trabajo se reflexiona que parte de lo que sucede en la relación de los jóvenes con los nuevos medios de comunicación tiene sus antecedentes cuando emerge la modernidad y los medios de comunicación han tenido un papel importante en la constitución de un sujeto moderno. Lo que se vive ahora es en parte la extensión de ese proyecto pero bajo los entornos de la hipermodernidad, por ello lo que viven los jóvenes son las experiencias de hacer una vida más allá de los planteamientos de la primera modernidad y del trabajo de los medios de comunicación tradicionales.
El mito del nativo digital
Authors: Vázquez Atochero Alfonso
Published: March 2023

Marc Prensky, en su ensayo publicado en 2004, “The death of command and control” (La muerte del mando y control) nos presentó un escenario donde convivían los nativos e inmigrantes digitales. Los primeros son aquellos que han nacido en un entorno ya tecnificado, mientras que los segundos son quienes han conocido la época previa y se han ido introduciendo en la sociedad red a medida que las TIC iban llegando a sus vidas. Sin embargo, diez años después, tenemos la perspectiva suficiente para determinar si el nativo digital existe o es un mito. Tras entrevistar en presencia a casi un mil adolescentes y analizar digitalmente los comportamientos de casi 3000, esta tesis afirma que el nativo digital no existe.
Perspectiva actual de los polifenoles en México
Authors: Delgado Bautista Melisa Kenneth
Published: March 2023

Los polifenoles son compuestos fitoquímicos secundarios al metabolismo de las plantas. Se les han atribuido diversos beneficios para la salud como antioxidantes, antiinflamatorios, vasodilatadores, etc. Las actividades biológicas de los polifenoles han sido asociadas a la prevención de enfermedades crónicas. En México, contamos con una amplia variedad de alimentos de origen vegetal fuentes de compuestos fenólicos. Es necesario conocer las propiedades funcionales de alimentos mexicanos para aprovechar sus efectos benéficos en la salud y su potencial como ingredientes alimentarios con propiedades bioactivas que favorecen al organismo. Esta revisión se enfoca en los conocimientos actuales acerca de los compuestos polifenólicos y los estudios realizados en México para evaluar la capacidad antioxidante y el contenido de polifenoles en alimentos del país con la intención que se conozca el panorama presente de este grupo de sustancias y ampliar la perspectiva para futuras investigaciones sobre el tema.
derecho a la ciudad en el gobierno de la Ciudad de México, avances y desafíos
Authors: García Ochoa Juan José
Published: March 2023

Este artículo presenta brevemente los antecedentes de la reflexión y construcción colectiva del Derecho a la Ciudad, a partir de la experiencia en la capital del país para realizar la “Carta de la Ciudad de México por el Derecho a la Ciudad”. Asimismo, se identifican las principales acciones y retos para el gobierno, a fin de incorporar y materializar en las políticas públicas los principios y ejes rectores que integran este nuevo derecho humano.
alumno universitario ante el reto de emprender nuevos bionegocios
Authors: Contreras Lobato Roxana
Published: March 2023

El objetivo de este documento es promover una conciencia crítica sobre la necesidad actual de impulsar el espíritu emprendedor entre los jóvenes universitarios, ante el reto de crear nuevos modelos de negocio que participen en la generación del desarrollo sostenible, a partir del conocimiento experto que debe de guiar a todo bionegocio. Por lo que este texto invita a la comunidad a reflexionar en cuanto al nuevo rol de las universidades, así como en su corresponsabilidad para fomentar el desarrollo de un perfil emprendedor entre sus estudiantes, desde una perspectiva que se fundamente en los principios de la sostenibilidad ambiental, el desarrollo social y el crecimiento económico. Todo esto como una vía para tomar acciones contundentes ante los retos que los futuros empresarios deberán afrontar derivados del deterioro actual de la biodiversidad en México y en el resto del mundo.
Aprendiendo sostenibilidad mediante trabajo comunitario
Authors: Pearce Annie R. , Manion Will
Published: March 2023

El aprendizaje de servicio basado en la comunidad se utiliza en los planes de estudio de ingeniería y construcción para involucrar a los estudiantes en problemas interesantes y complejos que benefician a la comunidad, al tiempo que desarrollan competencias esenciales para la práctica profesional. Los proyectos de aprendizaje servicio exponen eficazmente a los estudiantes a cuestiones que de otro modo serían difíciles de enseñar, como las limitaciones críticas de recursos, las tácticas para superarlas, las compensaciones entre las posibles soluciones, la integración de sistemas y los retos organizativos de la implementación. Sin embargo, a menudo se infrautilizan debido a los riesgos y desafíos que supone su integración en las clases y la gestión de la participación de los estudiantes. Este artículo explora las cuestiones que hacen que los proyectos CBSL tengan éxito y los retos a los que se enfrentan tanto el profesorado como los estudiantes que participan en ellos. Las conclusiones se basan en un análisis bibliográfico de los retos y en una revisión de dos proyectos de aprendizaje servicio llevados a cabo por una clase conjunta de nivel superior/grado sobre sistemas de instalaciones sostenibles en Virginia Tech. Las lecciones aprendidas se identifican en tres áreas clave: el diseño como escucha frente al diseño como inspiración, los objetivos conflictivos y tácitos, y las realidades de la construcción. Los proyectos de aprendizaje de servicio ofrecen un entorno seguro en el que aprender sobre los retos de la construcción, donde lo inesperado es una parte esperada y valorada del aprendizaje. A través de estas experiencias, los estudiantes pueden comprender mejor las compensaciones necesarias para perseguir la sostenibilidad en los proyectos de capital y pueden situar mejor los objetivos de sostenibilidad como "minimizar los residuos" y "reutilizar los materiales de construcción" en el contexto de lo que estos objetivos requieren en la práctica. Estos proyectos también benefician a los clientes de la comunidad y brindan la oportunidad de que los estudiantes se comprometan cívicamente, lo que les permitirá continuar con su vida después de graduarse.
Reaprovechamiento de residuos de demolición y construcción en la infraestructura de caminos
Authors: López Domínguez María Guadalupe , Pérez Salazar Alfonso , Garnica Anguas Paul , Granel Covarrubias Enrique
Published: March 2023

Los nuevos retos a los que se enfrenta la ingeniería de caminos se encuentran estrechamente ligados a la optimización y ahorro de recursos materiales. El correcto reaprovechamiento de residuos nos dirige a lograr una construcción sustentable. Los residuos de demolición y construcción (RDC) son materiales que presentan un potencial a ser reciclados como materiales de construcción, principalmente en la infraestructura carretera. Los RDC son el conjunto de fragmentos o restos de material proveniente de cualquier obra civil, constituidos principalmente por concreto, morteros, tabique, piedra y tierra, entre otros elementos. Los RDC han demostrado ser materiales con agregados bien graduados, fáciles de manejar y compactar; con alta resistencia al desgaste y a la abrasión, con un alto módulo y una baja deformación permanente. Sin embargo, al hacer uso de estos materiales tenemos que determinar aspectos adicionales a los considerados en los materiales nuevos. El hecho de emplear RDC nunca debe comprometer la calidad y seguridad de un proyecto de caminos. Dentro de los aspectos fundamentales a considerar se encuentran tanto sus evaluaciones geotécnicas como ambientales. En su reaprovechamiento, debemos considerar las interacciones que estos tendrán con el ambiente (transferencia de contaminantes por infiltración de lluvia, deformaciones debidas al clima o tránsito, etc.) y evaluar los potenciales de solubilizar o la reacción de algún componente en el residuo. Se han llevado a cabo con éxito proyectos en nuestro país con estos materiales, principalmente usados en bases hidráulicas o como material de restauración, sin embargo son casos que reflejan la milésima parte de los proyectos en los que los RDC pueden formar parte y minimizar el uso de materiales nuevos.
ZOOMING INTO THE LANGUAGE OF EU DOCUMENTS
Authors:   University of Craiova, Florică Dragotă Teodora
Published: March 2023

Translation is a process which has been in a continuous evolution and change of paradigm ever since the Tower of Babel and up to Google translate means. It has made its steps forward in accordance with the evolution of society and culture. Nowadays, European institutions are producing multiple documents: legislation, political speeches, declarations, directives, administration forms. This paper is zooming into the progress of translation and its present state in European documents texts, how challenging or more trouble-free than other types of translation it is and the difficulties encountered by the translator in the process of translating from the source language into the target language.
E-LEARNING IN THE UNIVERSITY ENVIRONMENT
Authors:   Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Condruz-Bacescu Monica
Published: March 2023

The paper focuses on the issue of e-learning in the university environment. Developments in IT have led to the emergence of new ways of working and training for students. Thus, in recent years, in order to increase the recruitment of students, the academic environment has implemented in educational offers online teaching and learning methodologies, less expensive. Distance learning has gained a special rise in the university environment, through the prism of new technologies, being approached the notions of e-learning, virtual library or virtual university. In recent years, an educational boom has been launched through Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs), a concept that offers anyone the opportunity to study anywhere and anytime. MOOCs are essentially an online phenomenon, integrating the connectivity offered by social networking, with facilitating access to recognized experts in a field of study, as well as to collections of online resources with free access.
"PRÜFUNGSINHALTE UND -FORMATE IM WANDEL. KOMPETENZORIENTIERTES PRÜFEN IM DAF-BEREICH OFF-/ONLINE. EINE FALLSTUDIE "
Authors:   Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara, Kohn Daniela
Published: March 2023

Die letzten Jahre brachten Änderungen im DaF-Bereich mit sich, die sowohl im Lehren und Lernen der Fremdsprache sichtbar wurden, als auch im Bereich des Testens und Bewertens der Sprachkompetenzen. Einerseits brachte die Erweiterung des GeR im Jahre 2020 die Einführung der Deskriptoren für die Mediation, als auch eine Erweiterung der Deskriptoren für andere Kompetenzen mit sich. Diese finden langsam ihren Platz auch in den neuen Prüfungsformaten. Andererseits hat die Corona-Pandemie 2020/21 auch den Bildungsbereich grundsätzlich beeinflusst. So wurde z.B. das Lehr- und Prüfungsbetrieb für lange Zeit auf Distance-Modus umgestellt. Zu diesen Faktoren kommt beim Testdesign das Spezifische an jeder Universität hinzu, in unserem Fall die Gestaltung der Prüfungen im DaF-Bereich an der Medizinischen und Pharmazeutischen Universität „Victor Babeș” Timișoara.
DYNAMICS OF QUANTIFYING EXPRESSIONS, A ROMANIANENGLISH CONTRASTIVE ANALYSIS
Authors:   University of Pitești, Ionică Laura
Published: March 2023

Quantity can be expressed through a series of specific structures both in Romanian and English. Apart from their standard connotations, they include a rich register of stylistic nuances which can be found in verbal and written language alike. Whether they refer to small, medium or large quantity, the expressions acquire suggestive value, giving expressiveness to the language. Their main role is to enrich communication through their metaphorical variety. The present work aims at a comparative analysis of the quantifying structures and their role in shaping Romanian and English language.
Passenger car units for different midblock sections in Sri Lanka under mixed traffic condition
Authors: Dhananjaya D.D. , Madushan Fernando , de Silva , Sivakumar T.
Published: March 2023

Traffic-related analyses are essential to implementing traffic management approaches to create mobility more convenient. In this context, Passenger Car Unit (PCU) values as a uniform measure of vehicles are instrumental in analysis such as traffic capacity estimation, traffic flow model development, level of service determination, etc. These studies always demand a recently calculated set of PCU values since the traffic conditions in arterials often change. PCU values for expressway and three-lane (one-way) road types have not been calculated in the Sri Lankan context, and the available set of values has become somewhat outdated. Hence, this study used Chandra's method to assess the PCU values of ten vehicle categories for four different mid-block road sections in the Colombo district, Sri Lanka. The data relating to the two main variables of this method, categorical speed, and area of vehicles, were collected from field surveys. The results of four-lane arterials were aggregated and compared with the existing PCU values, intending to propose an updated set for general transportation studies in Sri Lanka.
Social invisibility and discrimination of Roma people in Italy and Brazil
Authors: Melotti Giannino , Bonomo Mariana , Brasil Julia Alves , Villano Paola
Published: March 2023

In everyday debates on topics such as cultural differences, it seems relevant to analyze not only institutional conversations or speeches, but also mass-media communications. The way the media portray social events contributes to the construction of our categories of explanation of the world. The main purpose of this research is to analyze the representations of ‘gypsies’ in news articles published in some of the most important national newspapers in Italy and Brazil. Results show that Italian news focuses on the living conditions of Roma people, stereotypes, crimes suffered or attributed to them, and political and cultural debates on the Roma question in Italian cities. Brazilian news indicated themes associated with Roma in the context of artistic-cultural productions (films, soap operas, songs, dances and opera and theatre plays), mentioned with other Brazilian traditional peoples and communities, as well as the death of gypsies during the Nazi period. The paper discusses the processes of social invisibility and the social production of the (re)presentation of cliché images of Roma as a social problem, marginalized in the sphere of public policies and of their fundamental rights.
Are we really going to get out of COVID-19 together? Secured legal status and trust among refugees and migrants
Authors: Politi Emanuele , Roblain Antoine , Licata Laurent
Published: March 2023

Building up on pre-existing vulnerabilities and social exclusions, refugees and migrants are disproportionately suffering from the negative effects of the COVID-19 outbreak. Insecure legal status is an additional stressor that may accentuate social cleavages and ultimately impair their trust in host society and institutions. Based on a diverse sample of refugees and migrants in Belgium (N = 355), the present study investigates direct and indirect effects of legal status—measured as the type of residence permit held by participants—on social and political trust during the COVID-19 outbreak. Secured legal status was positively associated with social and political trust directly, and indirectly via a serial mediation composed by two cumulative stages. First, participants with a more secured legal status experienced less material difficulties to cope with the pandemic (i.e., first material stage). Second, participant who experienced less material difficulties identified more with the host society (i.e., second symbolic stage). In turn, reduced material difficulties and increased identification with the host society were both positively associated with social and political trust. Our findings advocate for securing legal status of refugees and migrants to help societies cope cohesively with the long-lasting effects of the COVID-19 outbreak.
Le numérique, la lecture et l’analyse de textes philosophiques
Authors: Meunier Jean-Guy
Published: March 2023

L’ordinateur est introduit dans toutes les sciences. La philosophie n’y échappe pas. On voit naître de nouvelles pratiques philosophiques : philosophie de l’ordinateur, philosophie computationnelle, expérimentale, numérique, etc. Quelle relation peut-il exister entre deux pratiques épistémiques aussi différentes que celle de la philosophie et celle de l’informatique ?

La philosophie contemporaine des sciences invite à voir cette situation sous l’angle de la construction de modélisations. Pour des projets de recherche qui incluent l’informatique, un de ces modèles sera de type conceptuel. Il permettra à la philosophie de jouer un rôle fécond par rapport aux modèles formels, computationnels et technologiques. Cette hypothèse est explorée dans des projets de lecture et d’analyse de textes assistées par ordinateur (LATAO) qui sont appliqués à des textes de haut niveau théorique, comme le sont les textes philosophiques.
Wittgenstein, les règles et les accords1
Authors: Ianni Segatto Antonio
Published: March 2023

Dans cet article, je veux montrer quel est le malentendu commun aux lectures opposées des remarques wittgensteiniennes sur « suivre une règle », notamment la lecture sceptique de Kripke et la lecture de Baker et Hacker. Je crois que caractériser correctement le malentendu de ces dernières nous permet de voir la bonne façon de lire ces remarques, dans la mesure où ces lectures sont toujours soumises à une confusion philosophique que Wittgenstein veut dissoudre. Ensuite, je présente un commentaire des §§239-242 des Recherches philosophiques inspiré de la lecture dite résolue, en attirant l’attention sur un des aspects souvent négligés par les commentateurs, en particulier la dimension temporelle du langage. L’examen de la relation entre celle-ci et l’activité de suivre des règles entend présenter de nouveaux arguments en faveur d’une lecture résolue.
Quand le prophète revient dans la cité pour ramener la paix : le « retour du religieux » à l’épreuve d’un terrain africain. Le cas de l’Église tokoïste en Angola
Authors: Carducci Federico
Published: March 2023

Mobilisé souvent à partir du paradigme de la sécularisation et imprégné de sa vision normative, le concept de « retour du religieux » n’a jamais fait l’objet d’une mise à l’épreuve par le bas, qui en vérifie l’opérationnalité. À partir du cas d’une Église prophétique en Angola, l’Église tokoïste, et du retour de son prophète sur la scène politique nationale de l’après-guerre, ce travail propose de déconstruire les biais ethnocentriques et méthodologiques et de faire du concept de retour du religieux une notion opératoire. Pour ce faire, il met en avant une perspective qui rejette toute relation de causalité entre religion et modernité, et qui se focalise sur l’historicité du religieux, sur les formes hétérogènes d’autorité spirituelle et institutionnelle et sur les pratiques quotidiennes. Enfin, l’imbrication entre retour du religieux et fin de la guerre permet de comprendre la reconfiguration des rapports de pouvoir en Angola.
Vous avez dit « relation » ?
Authors: Vautier Claude
Published: March 2023

La sociologie contemporaine est le siège de discussions nourries autour du terme « relation ». Ces discussions ne datent pas d’aujourd’hui et, déjà, voici plus d’un siècle, on en trouve les traces (quoiqu’à bas bruit, la querelle n’étant pas identifiée comme telle) chez des auteurs comme Georg Simmel ou ceux des Écoles de Chicago, vers 1890. La querelle a rebondi depuis que l’individualisme méthodologique s’est quelque peu retiré du devant de la scène après le décès de Raymond Boudon, en 2013. Cette querelle oppose ceux pour qui la sociologie relationnelle est essentiellement un interactionnisme qui se ramène le plus souvent à une posture individualiste et actionniste et ceux pour qui cette approche ne peut être vraiment conçue comme relationnelle et considèrent qu’il faut « partir de la relation » et non se ramener à l’individu. Cet article veut apporter quelques précisions sur cette dispute et proposer une voie de résolution de celle-ci.
Nutrigenomic regulation of sensory plasticity
Authors: Sung Hayeon , Vaziri Anoumid , Wilinski Daniel , Woerner Riley KR , Freddolino Lydia , Dus Monica
Published: March 2023

Diet profoundly influences brain physiology, but how metabolic information is transmuted into neural activity and behavior changes remains elusive. Here, we show that the metabolic enzyme O-GlcNAc Transferase (OGT) moonlights on the chromatin of the D. melanogaster gustatory neurons to instruct changes in chromatin accessibility and transcription that underlie sensory adaptations to a high-sugar diet. OGT works synergistically with the Mitogen Activated Kinase/Extracellular signal Regulated Kinase (MAPK/ERK) rolled and its effector stripe (also known as EGR2 or Krox20) to integrate activity information. OGT also cooperates with the epigenetic silencer Polycomb Repressive Complex 2.1 (PRC2.1) to decrease chromatin accessibility and repress transcription in the high-sugar diet. This integration of nutritional and activity information changes the taste neurons’ responses to sugar and the flies’ ability to sense sweetness. Our findings reveal how nutrigenomic signaling generates neural activity and behavior in response to dietary changes in the sensory neurons.
Resting mitochondrial complex I from Drosophila melanogaster adopts a helix-locked state
Authors: Padavannil Abhilash , Murari Anjaneyulu , Rhooms Shauna-Kay , Owusu-Ansah Edward , Letts James A
Published: March 2023

Respiratory complex I is a proton-pumping oxidoreductase key to bioenergetic metabolism. Biochemical studies have found a divide in the behavior of complex I in metazoans that aligns with the evolutionary split between Protostomia and Deuterostomia. Complex I from Deuterostomia including mammals can adopt a biochemically defined off-pathway ‘deactive’ state, whereas complex I from Protostomia cannot. The presence of off-pathway states complicates the interpretation of structural results and has led to considerable mechanistic debate. Here, we report the structure of mitochondrial complex I from the thoracic muscles of the model protostome Drosophila melanogaster. We show that although D. melanogaster complex I (Dm-CI) does not have a NEM-sensitive deactive state, it does show slow activation kinetics indicative of an off-pathway resting state. The resting-state structure of Dm-CI from the thoracic muscle reveals multiple conformations. We identify a helix-locked state in which an N-terminal α-helix on the NDUFS4 subunit wedges between the peripheral and membrane arms. Comparison of the Dm-CI structure and conformational states to those observed in bacteria, yeast, and mammals provides insight into the roles of subunits across organisms, explains why the Dm-CI off-pathway resting state is NEM insensitive, and raises questions regarding current mechanistic models of complex I turnover.
The photosystem I supercomplex from a primordial green alga Ostreococcus tauri harbors three light-harvesting complex trimers
Authors: Ishii Asako , Shan Jianyu , Sheng Xin , Kim Eunchul , Watanabe Akimasa , Yokono Makio , Noda Chiyo , Song Chihong , Murata Kazuyoshi , Liu Zhenfeng , Minagawa Jun
Published: March 2023

As a ubiquitous picophytoplankton in the ocean and an early-branching green alga, Ostreococcus tauri is a model prasinophyte species for studying the functional evolution of the light-harvesting systems in photosynthesis. Here, we report the structure and function of the O. tauri photosystem I (PSI) supercomplex in low light conditions, where it expands its photon-absorbing capacity by assembling with the light-harvesting complexes I (LHCI) and a prasinophyte-specific light-harvesting complex (Lhcp). The architecture of the supercomplex exhibits hybrid features of the plant-type and the green algal-type PSI supercomplexes, consisting of a PSI core, an Lhca1-Lhca4-Lhca2-Lhca3 belt attached on one side and an Lhca5-Lhca6 heterodimer associated on the other side between PsaG and PsaH. Interestingly, nine Lhcp subunits, including one Lhcp1 monomer with a phosphorylated amino-terminal threonine and eight Lhcp2 monomers, oligomerize into three trimers and associate with PSI on the third side between Lhca6 and PsaK. The Lhcp1 phosphorylation and the light-harvesting capacity of PSI were subjected to reversible photoacclimation, suggesting that the formation of OtPSI-LHCI-Lhcp supercomplex is likely due to a phosphorylation-dependent mechanism induced by changes in light intensity. Notably, this supercomplex did not exhibit far-red peaks in the 77 K fluorescence spectra, which is possibly due to the weak coupling of the chlorophyll a603-a609 pair in OtLhca1-4.