bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The Development of a Group Counseling Burnout Program for Elementary School Teacher’s Interpersonal Competence with Colleagues and Managers
Authors:   Center For Educational Research, Moon Ga-Ram , Yu Hyung-Keun
Published: August 2023

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to develop a group counseling program to improve theinterpersonal skills of colleagues and managers of elementary school teachers who were psychologicallyexhausted and to verify its effects.
Methods: To this end, 350 elementary school teachers nationwide were tested for psychologicalburnout(TBI) and ten out of 75 students who showed intermediate risk (T 65) or higher in the area ≥of crisis over teaching rights were selected as experimental and control groups. The results wereanalyzed with Mixed ANOVA.
Results: As a result of the analysis, this group counseling program was effective in improving theinterpersonal skills of colleagues and managers of elementary school teachers who were psychologicallyexhausted, and as a result of the content analysis, participants in the experiment responded positivelyto the effectiveness of the program. In addition, among the sub-areas of peer and manager interpersonalskills, there was a significant difference in the areas of first relationship, claim of rights, self-openness,and emotional support, except for the areas of interpersonal conflict.
Conclusion: It was found that the program developed in this study is effective in improving theinterpersonal skills of colleagues and managers of elementary school teachers who are psychologicallyexhausted.
Development of a Special Class Curriculum Operation Model for Students with Special Needs in General Schools According to the High School Credit System
Authors:   Center For Educational Research, Kang Eun Young , Park Youn Jung , Seo Hyo Jeong
Published: August 2023

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to develop a special class curriculum operation model forstudents with special needs in general schools according to the implementation of the high schoolcredit system policy.
Methods: A Delphi survey was conducted targeting a total of eight secondary special teachers andsupervisors who had experience about the credit system to review the validity of the model.
Results: Based on the results of a preliminary survey to collect expert opinions on the directionof model construction, first, the core elements to be considered when promoting the high school creditsystem, including career guidance, were included as a propulsion system. Second, regarding the typeof operation, discussions were conducted on the appropriateness of the name depending on the overallmeaning, the clarification of the distinction between subject support type and cooperative teachingtype, and the possibility of opening open type courses that reflect the demand of students withoutdisabilities. The compositions of the model are an overview of the model, presenting the vision,operation goal, and promotion strategy. Moreover, the operation type is inclusion implementation type(subject support type, cooperative teaching type, open type) and special class independent type(independent type, visiting type, association type). As for the propulsion system, content elementsrelated to curriculum organization and operation, career and study design guidance, classes andevaluation, school culture and operation innovation, and credit system creation were developed.
Conclusion: Based on the results of the feasibility review of this operation model, implications oforganizing and operating the special class credit system curriculum for students who need specialeducation in general schools were discussed.
Expansion of Urban Impervious Surfaces in Lahore (1993–2022) Based on Gee and Remote Sensing Data
Authors: Shao Zhenfeng , Ahmad Muhammad Nasar , Javed Akib , Islam Fakhrul , Jahangir Zahid , Ahmad Israr
Published: August 2023

Impervious surfaces are an essential component of our environment and are mainly triggered by human developments. Rapid urbanization and population expansion have increased Lahore's urban impervious surface area. This research is based on estimating the urban imper- vious surface area
( uisa ) growth from 1993 to 2022. Therefore, we aimed to generate an accurate urban impervious surfaces area map based on Landsat time series data on Google Earth Engine ( gee ). We have used a novel global impervious surface area index ( gisai ) for impervious surface area ( uisa ) extraction.
The gisai accomplished significant results, with an average overall accuracy of 90.93% and an average kappa coefficient of 0.78. We also compared the results of gisai with Global Human Settlement Layer-Built and harmonized nighttime light ( ntl ) isa data products. The accuracy assessment
and cross-validation of uisa results were performed using ground truth data on ArcGIS and gee. Our research findings revealed that the spatial extent of uisa increased by 198.69 km2 from 1993 to 2022 in Lahore. Additionally, the uisa has increased at an average growth rate of 39.74
km2. The gisai index was highly accurate at extract- ing uisa and can be used for other cities to map impervious surface area growth. This research can help urban planners and policymak- ers to delineate urban development boundaries. Also, there should be controlled urban expansion
policies for sustainable metropolis and should use less impermeable materials for future city developments.
The influence of zinc on the accumulation of cadmium and copper in the terrestrial isopod Porcellio scaber (Crustacea, Isopoda)
Authors: Zidar Primož
Published: August 2023

Relative to data derived from single-metal exposure not much is known about metal kinetics in terrestrial isopods exposed to a mixture of metals. In the work presented the accumulation pattern of Zn, Cd and Cu were studied in Porcellio scaber, one of the most investigated isopods. Animals were fed with hazel leaves dosed with single metals or their binary mixtures. After twenty-one days of exposure, food consumption and metal accumulation were measured. Results revealed that the accumulation of Zn is not affected by a decreased food consumption rate or by possible interactions between the mixture constituents. In contrast, the accumulation of Cd and Cu is significantly reduced when food is also contam- inated with Zn. The lower accumulation of Cd and Cu can be ascribed to interactions with Zn that affect uptake and/or loss of metals.
Status and distribution of the Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx L.) in Slovenia in 2000–2004 and comparison with the years 1995–1999
Authors: Koren Iztok , Jonozovič Marko , Kos Ivan , Skrbinšek Tomaž
Published: August 2023

We have analysed recorded signs of lynx presence in Slovenia for the period 2000 – 2004 and compared them with the 1995 – 1999 period to determine population status, trends and range.

The analysis included 908 recorded signs of lynx presence, which is an 80% increase compared to the previous ﬁve-year period. The lynx monitoring has improved, both in the total number of acquired data, as well as in the share of the higher-reliability data. With regard to lynx presence, Slovenia can be divided into four areas: (1) the southern part, the area south of the Trieste–Ljubljana–Zagreb motorway (Kočevska and Notranjska regions), the area to which the lynx was ﬁrst reintroduced and where the majority of the lynx in Slovenia are still present today, (2) the north-western part of the country with Julian Alps, the area that the lynx started to colonize in the mid eighties of the previous century, (3) Kamnik–Savinja Alps and some other, isolated areas with occasional lynx presence, (4) other areas (North-eastern and Eastern Slovenia), where lynx are not present. Based on the collected data we estimate there are 30 – 50 animals of this species present in Slovenia, 15 of which live in the western part of the country. The size of the lynx range has not decreased over the last ﬁve years, and the number of damage cases has increased. Compared to the previous period the status of the lynx population remained unchanged during the 2000 – 2004 period, and so the Slovenian population still remains one of the most vital populations in the Alps.
The lynx in Liechtenstein
Authors: Fasel Michael
Published: August 2023

The only observation of Lynx lynx in the last decade in Liechtenstein was reported.
Quantitative analysis of the macroinvertebrate community in the river Temenica (SE Slovenia)
Authors: Pust Mojca , Toman Mihael J.
Published: August 2023

Macroinvertebrate community of the river Temenica was investigated in order to asses the ecological quality of the stream. Different approaches were used in order to compare their usefulness. Surber sampler methodology was used and all together 16 quantitative samples were taken at four stream reaches every three months from October 2003 until July 2004. Saprobic and diversity indices showed severe deterioration of water quality longitudinally and a strong negative inﬂuence of the town Trebnje on the ecological state of the river Temenica. Multivariate methods DCA and CCA conﬁrmed those results, but also showed greater differences in community structure at sampling site 1 compared to sites 2 and 3 which was not detected using the indices.
Biokemija na Oddelku za biologijo – dobrodošli v svetu toksinov
Authors: Turk Tom
Published: August 2023

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Razvoj rastlinske ekologije v Sloveniji: Rastline skrajnih rastišč
Authors: Gaberščik Alenka , Martinčič Andrej
Published: August 2023

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First report of cyanobacterial bloom of Microcystis viridis (A. Braun) Lemmermann in Slovenia
Authors: Eleršek Tina
Published: August 2023

The presence of the cyanobacterial bloom of Microcystis viridis (A. Braun) Lemmermann is reported for the first time in Slovenia. After field sampling, and detailed microscopic observations, species analysis, chlorophyll content analysis, and cyanobacterial cyclicpeptides were determined, the latter by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Cells were found in colonies with limited amounts of more or less refractive mucilage. The average diameter of a cell was 4–7 µm. Three microcystins, two anabaenopeptins and planktopeptin BL 1125, were identified. The content of cyclic peptides in the bloom was in the range of 2.3–6.6 mg g–1 of cellular dry weight. M. viridis was dominant in the cyanobacterial bloom, other species being Micorcystis wesenbergii, Microcystis aeruginosa, Anabaena flos-aque, Anabaena spiralis, Aulacoseira granulata, Closterium sp., Euglena sp., Pediastrum duplex, Scenedesmus quadricauda, Staurastrum gracile, Trachelomonas volvocina, Trachelomonas hispida and Tetraedron limneticum. In keeping with previous studies the content of cyclic peptides in the cyanobacterial bloom was high enough to cause bloom lysis. This fact was also confirmed by field observation; not only bloom composition change, but after 8 days there was no visible cyanobacterial bloom on the Boreci reservoir surface, although no heavy rain or wind was observed during this period. The discovery of M. viridis bloom in Slovenia is very important, since toxic bloom constitutes a threat all over the World.
Bibliografija revije Acta Biologica Slovenica (1997– ) prej Biološki vestnik (1952–1995)
Authors: Janžekovič Boža
Published: August 2023

Predstavljena je strokovna bibliografija revije Acta Biologica Slovenica prej Biološki vestnik. V bibliografski pregled je vključenih vseh 918 znanstvenih in strokovnih člankov, ki so bili objavljeni v obdobju od 1952 do 2008. Članke je napisalo 642 avtorjev iz 29 držav, pisali so v 6 jezikih. Citiranih je 15.584 enot virov uporabljene literature.
Botanični vrt Univerze v Ljubljani – 200 let
Authors: Bavcon Jože
Published: August 2023

V delu je obravnavana zgodovina botaničnega vrta v Ljubljani. Predstavljeno je nekaj novo odkritih arhivskih dokumentov. Osvetljene in primerjalno so podane Paulinove in Vossove ocene vrta za obdobje po F. Hladniku (1834) do prihoda A. Paulina (1886), ki so primerjane še z zapisi iz arhivskih dokumentov vrta za to obdobje, ki do sedaj še niso bili predstavljeni. Po teh primerjavah se kaže, da je vrt kljub vsemu preko celotnega svojega obdobja delovanja, ohranjal kontinuiteto dela, kot je potrebna za botanični vrt. V zadnjem delu je opisano še novejše obdobje vrta.
Nephroprotective Effect of Methanol Extract of Crassocephalum Crepidioides (Benth.) S. Moore (Ebolo) during Paracetamol- Induced toxicity in Wistar Rats
Authors: Ola- Mudathir Fausat  Kikelomo , Ajekevwoda Ighorhiowhoaro , Jeje Sikirullai , Onoharigho Ogheneoruese , Adikaesieme Kelechi
Published: August 2023

The effect of Crassocephalum crepidioides (Benth.) S. Moore against Paracetamol (PCM)-induced oxidative stress was investigated. Wistar rats were divided into five groups of six rats. The control was group 1, Groups 2 and 3 were administered 250 mg/kg/bwt PCM and 300 mg/kg/bwt methanol extract of C. crepidioides leaves (MECL) respectively, group 4 and 5 were co-administered with 250 mg/kg/bwt PCM + 300 mg/kg/bwt MECL and 250 mg/kg/bwt PCM + 50 mg acetylcysteine (NAC) respectively for 2 weeks, following 1week pre-administration with 300 mg/kg/bwt MECL and 50mg NAC respectively. Kidney damage was measured by evaluating serum urea and creatinine, while antioxidant status was assessed by evaluating glutathione (GSH) level, glutathione-S-transferase (GST), superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase activities. Lipid peroxidation (LPO) was determined from malondialdehyde (MDA) levels. PCM had no significant effect on serum urea and creatinine levels, but significantly decreased glutathione levels, SOD and catalase activities, while the activity of glutathione-S-transferase and level of malondialdehyde (MDA) was increased significantly. Co-administration with MECL or NAC reversed these effects. In conclusion, C. crepidioides. protects against PCM-induced oxidative stress in the Kidneys of Wistar rats.
La sobreexpresión de FoxO1 en el hígado esta positivamente asociada al grado de daño hepático en pacientes cirróticos
Authors: Fernández-Galán Esther , Sandalinas Silvia , Macias-Muñoz Laura , Portolés Irene , Ribera Jordi , Morales-Romero Blai , Pauta Montse , Casals Gregori , Boix Loreto , Jiménez Wladimiro , Morales-Ruiz Manuel
Published: August 2023

Objetivos

La enfermedad hepática crónica y sus complicaciones, la cirrosis y el carcinoma hepatocelular, presentan una elevada mortalidad. Los tratamientos curativos, como la hepatectomía parcial o el trasplante hepático, tienen una aplicación limitada en pacientes con cirrosis, por su escasa capacidad de regeneración hepática. Son necesarias otras alternativas diagnósticas y terapéuticas para prevenir la progresión de la enfermedad y mejorar la supervivencia. Diversos estudios preclínicos demuestran el importante papel de la proteína quinasa B(Akt) en la disfunción hepática, aunque aún se desconoce el estado de Akt y sus dianas en las patologías hepáticas crónicas. El principal objetivo es determinar el estado de activación de la vía Akt y su relación con la función hepática en pacientes cirróticos.

Métodos

Estudio retrospectivo con muestras de tejido hepático de 36 pacientes hepatectomizados con (n=27) y sin (n=9) cirrosis. Se realizó un análisis Multiplex de las proteínas de la vía Akt/mTOR empleando un panel Luminex y Western blot. Previamente a la resección, se realizaron las pruebas habituales de función hepática en suero.

Resultados

Akt y la proteína FoxO1 están sobreexpresadas en el hígado cirrótico: 1.0 unidades densitométricas relativas (UDR); p<0,01, y 9,5 vs. 4,4 DRU; p<0,01, respectivamente). FoxO1 mostró una fuerte correlación con los marcadores de daño hepático (aspartato aminotransferasa (ASAT): r=0,51, p<0,05; alanina aminotransferasa (ALAT): r=0,49, p<0,05), y fue la única enzima de la vía Akt identificada como predictor independiente de los niveles de ASAT y ALAT.

Conclusiones

La expresión intrahepática de FoxO1 podría tener utilidad clínica como marcador pronóstico en la enfermedad hepática avanzada.
Present perfect and preterit variation in the Spanish of Lima and Mexico city: findings from a corpus analysis
Authors: Mastrantuono Anna , Regan Brendan
Published: August 2023

In many languages, the present perfect has grammaticalized, gradually displacing the preterit. Within Spanish, this has been documented with the grammaticalization of the present perfect in Peninsular Spanish. To examine this possibility in two Latin American varieties, this study examined present perfect/preterit variation of 36 speakers from Lima and Mexico City from the PRESEEA corpus. While Lima Spanish presented overall more present perfect than Mexico City Spanish, a similar internal constraint hierarchy is predictive of present perfect use in both speech communities. However, Lima Spanish demonstrated a change in progress toward an expansion of the preterit among younger speakers with the indeterminate temporal reference as locus of change. The findings suggest that present perfect grammaticalization may not always be the most common cross-linguistic pathway but rather is subject to source constraints, which may lead to another pathway in which the preterit expands at the expense of the present perfect.
Fit-free analysis of fluorescence lifetime imaging data using chemometrics approach for rapid and nondestructive wood species classification
Authors: Ma Te , Inagaki Tetsuya , Tsuchikawa Satoru
Published: August 2023

Conventional fluorescence spectroscopy has been suggested as a valuable tool for classifying wood species rapidly and non-destructively. However, because it is challenging to conduct absolute emission intensity measurements, fluorescence analysis statistics are difficult to obtain. In this study, another dimension of fluorescence, that is, fluorescence lifetime, was further evaluated to address this issue. A time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopic measurement system was first designed, mainly using a streak camera, picosecond pulsed laser at 403 nm, and a spectroscope, to collect the fluorescence time-delay (FTD) profiles and steady-state fluorescence intensity (FI) spectra simultaneously from 15 wood species. For data analysis, principal component analysis was used to “compress” the mean-centered FTD and FI spectra. Then, support vector machine classification analysis was utilized to train the wood species classification model based on their principal component scores. To avoid overfitting, ten-fold cross-validation was used to train the calibration model using 70 % of the total samples, and the remaining 30 % hold-out validation was used to test its reproducibility. The cross-validation accuracies were 100 % (5 softwoods) and 96 % (10 hardwoods), with test-validation accuracies of 96 % and 89 %.
Influence of different influence parameters on mixing characteristics of silicon particles in cassette
Authors: Fang Haifeng , Sun Hanlin , Wang Mingqiang , Liu Rui , Rong Zheng
Published: August 2023

The numerical simulation length of the cassette model is determined by studying the effects of the cassette frame rotated alone and the rotated together with the agitator on mixing under different cassette lengths. The effects of different rotating speed, filling ratio of silicon particles, shape and number of agitators on the mixing characteristics of silicon particles in the cassette are studied when the outer frame of the cassette rotated alone and the cassette rotated together with the agitator. The mixing degree is quantitatively analyzed by particle trajectory, mixing index and rate, and the optimum working conditions of each influencing parameter are obtained. The results show that considering the computation time and the influence of the two motion modes on the mixing index and rate, the numerical simulation length of the cassette model is 115 mm. In order to obtain the best mixing effect and mixing speed, it is recommended that the rotating speed of the cassette is 8.91 rad/s, the filling rate is 23.60 %, and the shape of the agitator is rectangular and the number is 6. When the cassette and agitator rotate together, the filling rate has little effect on particle mixing. Considering the production efficiency, mixing effect and rate, as well as the stability of mixing, the recommended speed is 4.08 rad/s, the filling rate is 41.40 %, and the rectangular shape and number of six agitators are ideal choices.
On Moving Past the ABCs
Authors: Deng Natalja
Published: August 2023

Craig Callender’s What Makes Time Special? (OUP 2017) advocates and practices an innovative, thoroughly interdisciplinary approach to philosophical questions about time and temporal features of our lives. Grappling with it is of intrinsic philosophical interest; it is also part of responding to the methodological invitation the book issues to philosophers of time. This paper is motivated by the wish to clarify WMTS’s philosophical underpinnings. The main claim of the paper is that WMTS relies on an ambiguity between rejecting the A-theory versus B-theory debate, and endorsing a position within that debate. This ambiguity leads to a somewhat unstable position on how a key feature of manifest time, namely our sense of time as flowing, arises from physical time. The paper ends with a suggestion for how to resolve the ambiguity, in a way that is in line with the gist of Callender’s overall vision for the field.
The crystal structure of 3-nitrobenzene-1,2-dicarboxylic acid–2-ethoxybenzamide (1/1), C17H16N2O8
Authors: Lin Shu-Ting , Huang Shen-Yang , Zou Jing , Jiang Cheng-Jun
Published: August 2023

C17H16N2O8, monoclinic, P21/c (no. 14), a = 7.0825(4) Å, b = 15.6168(9) Å, c = 15.1086(9) Å, β = 93.3830(10)°, V = 1668.19(17) Å3, Z = 4, R
gt(F) = 0.0543, wR

ref
(F
2) = 0.1443, T = 170.15 K.
Tailoring business models for small-medium food enterprises in Eastern Africa can drive the commercialization and utilization of vitamin A rich orange-fleshed sweet potato puree
Authors: Annette Nyangaresi M. , Makeda Tsegaye , Mukani Moyo , Tawanda Muzhingi
Published: August 2023

Orange-fleshed sweet potato (OFSP), a promising crop for alleviating vitamin A deficiency (VAD), can be utilized at home and in commercial food processing as a basic and functional ingredient. The root can be processed into puree that is incorporated in baked and fried products and other products, with a high acceptability rate. When used as a wheat substitute in a bakery, the OFSP puree significantly cuts the production cost. In the last few years and with the intensified promotion of OFSP and OFSP puree products as a sustainable food-based strategy to tackling VAD at the population level, many small-medium food enterprises (SMEs) in the Eastern Africa Region (EAR) have shown great interest in utilizing the OFSP puree in their commercial product lines. However, the OFSP and OFSP puree value chain for commercial usage is still underdeveloped poising raw material supply challenges. In addition, the SMEs are early-stage businesses lacking the capacity and proper business models to propel them to sustainably venture into OFSP processing. As such, there is a need to engage and support SMEs in tailoring business models suitable for their scaling needs along the OFSP value chain to make available in the market, affordable nutrient-dense OFSP-puree products. This article presents the approach that was used to offer tailored Business Development Services (BDS) for selected SMEs in EAR to scale up their capacity to commercialize OFSP puree and puree-based products. The BDS designed and supported six integrated modules: business profile development, business model canvas, understanding the numbers/finances, OFSP value chain analysis, SWOT analysis, and growth plan, to develop and document individual business capacities and aspirations. The SMEs identified numerous opportunities and entry points for OFSP value chain development and expansion through the BDS depending on their business needs.
Impedance spectroscopy of enlarged cochlear implant stimulation electrodes – FEM simulations considering the perilymph
Authors: Sehlmeyer Merle , Bhavsar Mit B. , Biebighaeuser Julian , Hitzemann Moritz , Maier Hannes , Lippmann Martin , Schaefer Christoph , Zimmermann Stefan
Published: August 2023

Cochlear implants are hearing prostheses for patients with severe to total hearing loss but intact auditory nerve. An external speech processor captures sound from the environment, which is subsequently converted into electrical signals and transmitted to an electrode array in the patient’s inner ear. The metallic stimulation electrodes of the electrode array electrically stimulate the spiral ganglion cells of the auditory nerve. The functionality of cochlear implants strongly depends on the possible maximum current stimulating the spiral ganglion cells, which can be affected by, e.g., cell growth around the stimulation electrodes. This in turn decreases the stimulation efficiency leading to decreased hearing. Cell growth, implant position and other changes in the surrounding medium are reflected in a change of the impedance of the stimulation electrodes. The impedance measurement of the stimulation electrodes is already implemented in all common cochlear implant systems to check functionality of the stimulation electrodes after implantation, but the frequency spectrum is normally not analyzed. Although this method can detect cell growth on the stimulation electrodes, it faces limitations when other interfering effects, such as changes in the perilymph and implant position, influence the impedance. This work shows impedance spectroscopic measurements using enlarged cochlear implant models to electrically analyze the surrounding medium, the perilymph, to understand changes in electrode impedance and to later monitor the stimulation efficiency of cochlear implants and to identify possible reasons for decreased hearing ability by impedance spectroscopy. In addition, we use FEM simulations to numerically model the influence of the perilymph composition on the impedance measurement. As shown by a final validation, this model can serve as a basis for an extended simulation model including implant position and cell growth monitoring to predict hearing deterioration in cochlear implant patients. In this context, this work serves as a basis for the development of a holistic prediction model and considers in the first step exclusively the influence of the perilymph composition on the impedance between two stimulation electrodes.
Effect of deposition potential and saccharin addition on structural, magnetic and magnetoresistance characteristics of NiCoFeCu films
Authors: Kuru Hilal , Köçkar Hakan , Alper Mürsel
Published: August 2023

NiCoFeCu films were electrodeposited on Ti substrates at different deposition potentials and different concentrations of saccharin added to solution. Compositional analysis showed that although Ni was the highest concentration in solution at low potentials of −1.0 V and −1.5 V, the Ni content was lower than the Co content in the films. Anomalous co-deposition behaviour of iron group metals was observed. When the deposition potential increased to −2.0 V and −2.5 V, the Ni content of films increased while the Co, Fe and Cu content decreased. In the case of saccharin addition to the solution, there is a slight change in the film content. All films have face-centred cubic structure. Structural analysis clearly showed that the potential has a significant effect on the texture degree of the films, since the crystal texture changed from (111) to (220) with increasing potential. The surface morphology of the films was observed to be affected by the deposition potential and saccharin concentration. For the magnetic analysis, saturation magnetisation, M
s value gradually decreased from 905 to 715 emu/cm3 with the variation of film content caused by the increase of the potential from −1.0 V to −2.5 V. And, a slight increase in M
s was detected with the addition of saccharin. Besides, the longitudinal and transverse magnetoresistance magnitudes increased from ∼2.5 % to 7.0 % with increasing deposition potential and all films exhibit anisotropic magnetoresistance. Films with desired magnetic properties can be obtained for potential use as magnetic materials in electronics such as magnetoresistive devices.
Review of Science and Sensibilia
Authors: Nunez Tyke
Published: August 2023

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Political and cultural complexity in north-west China during the Western Zhou Period (1045–771 BC): new evidence from Yaoheyuan
Authors: Luo Feng
Published: August 2023

During the early first millennium BC, having deposed the Shang dynasty, the Western Zhou exerted power over large parts of China. Archaeologically, however, the Western Zhou are less well known than their predecessors in terms of north-west China. The site of Yaoheyuan is one of the most important recent discoveries of the Western Zhou period in north-west China. Investigations have revealed a walled urban centre, with high-status cemeteries and sacrificial pits, a palace complex, a bronze-casting foundry, pottery workshops and inscribed oracle bones. These unparalleled finds provide significant new evidence with which to examine the political and cultural landscape of north-west China and, more broadly, to reassess the relationships between centres and peripheries during the Chinese late Bronze Age.
Considerations for PrEP Implementation at Federally Qualified Health Centers in Mississippi: Perspectives From Staff and Patients
Authors: Barnett Andrew P. , Arnold Trisha , Elwy A. Rani , Brock James B. , Giorlando Kayla K. , Sims-Gomillia Courtney , Leigland Avery , Whiteley Laura , Brown Larry K.
Published: August 2023

Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) uptake remains low in the southeastern United States (“the South”), likely owing to overlapping structural barriers, including the lack of nearby PrEP providers. Federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) are potential sites through which to expand PrEP availability in the South, and telemedicine is promising for these services. This study investigated considerations for PrEP implementation at FQHCs and the use of telemedicine through qualitative interviews with 19 FQHC staff and 17 PrEP-eligible patients in Mississippi. Results indicated that existing infrastructure and policies at FQHCs can support PrEP implementation and that additional needed resources include more education for providers and strategies to advertise PrEP services. Findings suggest that using telemedicine for PrEP can address some regional implementation barriers (e.g., transportation problems and confidentiality concerns) but may present new ones (e.g., concerns about patients performing home HIV/STI testing procedures). Results can inform future PrEP implementation efforts in the South.
Uma Revolução Copernicana no Patrimônio: Considerações sobre a Teoria dos Valores na obra de Alois Riegl
Authors: Paz Daniel Mellado
Published: August 2023

O livro de Alois Riegl (1858-1905) Der moderne Denkmalkultus, sein Wesen und seine Entsehung (O Culto Moderno dos Monumentos: sua essência e sua gênese), de 1903, é uma das obras capitais nas Teorias da Conservação & Restauro. A principal contribuição da obra estava na sua teoria das Valores, onde realizava um giro copernicano e reconhecia no sujeito a fonte do significado sobre o patrimônio. O artigo rastreia a procedência da idéia dos valores historicamente mutáveis, conferidas pelo sujeito, na tradição germânica e, dentro da obra de Riegl, como os Valores têm como contraparte os Propósitos que orientam na História a manufatura dos artefatos e o necessário estudo da intencionalidade na História da Arte. Depois investiga-se as tensões entre as intenções, os seus conflitos lógicos e aqueles decorrentes de sua origem e difusão pela sociedade, como as tangências entre as vontades de épocas diferentes e seu papel central nas teorias rieglianas.
Comércio e fabrico de alimentos nos reclames do Álbum de Pelotas (1922): análise textual e iconográfica
Authors: Cerqueira Fabio Vergara
Published: August 2023

Este texto consiste em um artigo sobre os estabelecimentos que fabricavam e comerciavam alimentos em Pelotas, ativos na terceira década do séc. XX, com base nos anúncios publicados em 1922 no Álbum de Pelotas, de Clodomiro Carriconde, obra comemorativa ao centenário da Independência do Brasil. Estes anúncios apresentam um recorte representativo da atividade econômica local, na esfera urbana, mas também em menor grau, na esfera rural, e são indicadores das transformações em curso na cidade, em seus aspectos sociais e culturais. Nosso estudo se baseia na análise textual e iconográfica destes anúncios, então conhecidos como “reclames”. As fotografias mostram-se uma fonte bastante reveladora sobre vários aspectos relativos a estes empreendimentos, apontando dados muito significativos que o registro textual destes anúncios não informa. A análise de conjunto surpreende pelo fato de o editor do Álbum querer dar visibilidade não somente aos negócios destinados aos grupos mais abastados das elites e setores médios, visto que o Álbum divulga também estabelecimentos mais populares, e aponta também a integração entre a economia urbana e a rural (“colonial”). Em uma cidade que econômica e culturalmente se destaca pela alimentação, tendo sua doçaria reconhecida como Patrimônio Cultural Imaterial nacional, a análise atenta destafonte traz um conjunto de aspectos reveladores para se compreender a densidade histórica do patrimônio alimentar.
O “silêncio” dos erveiros: patrimônio cultural e turismo no mercado Ver-o-Peso/Pa
Authors: Tupinambá Khalla Ribeiro , Alves Maria Lúcia Bastos , Brussio Josenildo Campos
Published: August 2023

Este estudo versa sobre os erveiros do Mercado Ver-o-Peso, em Belém/PA, que dominam o saber das ervas,produzindo os produtos para cura dos males do corpo e da alma. Entretanto, o ofício das ervas tem seu valor enquanto alteridade local subjulgada, ao ser esse ofício representado como atrativo exótico autêntico, palatável ao fluxo turístico, visitado como uma vitrine do Ver-o-Peso, enquanto cartão postal. Portanto, este trabalho  visa a rastrear a memória oral  dos erveiros, bem como seus desdobramentos enquanto legado de resistência ao discurso hegemônico patrimonial e turístico do mercado. Metodologicamente, a pesquisa foi realizada antes e pós pandemia. Na primeira fase foi realizada análise qualitativa da natureza da arte dos erveiros, enquanto na segunda foi realizado um estudo  etnográfico, concatenado com a história oral. Entre os resultados, foi possível discutir uma proposta alternativa de patrimônio, germinada pelos constructos antropológicos, em que o olhar dos erveiros enquanto “outros” é trazido para o centro do debate.
A Cápsula do Tempo do Museu Nacional/UFRJ: uma iniciativa para a preservação da memória acadêmica, cultural e científica
Authors: Silva Maria Gabriela Evangelista Soares da , Martins Mariáh dos Santos , Dantas Regina Maria Macedo Costa , Kellner Alexander Wilhelm Armin
Published: August 2023

Este artigo tem como objetivo problematizar a iniciativa de uma instituição museológica bicentenária – o Museu Nacional, em relação à idealização e confecção de sua Primeira Cápsula do Tempo. O Museu Nacional sofreu um incêndio de fortes proporções em 02 de setembro de 2018. Posteriormente, foi dado início a um processo de ações para a reconstrução de sua edificação, a recomposição de seu acervo e a reestruturação acadêmico-científica. Motivados pelo momento das comemorações do Bicentenário da Independência do Brasil, elaborou-se uma Cápsula do Tempo que merece ser registrada (com apresentação de seu processo de constituição e seu conteúdo). A Cápsula representa a preocupação com a preservação das principais ações realizadas pela instituição, assim como os sentimentos e expectativas das instituições parceiras e dos incentivadores, trazendo suas reflexões para o futuro, com base na experiência do passado. As ações objetivaram salvaguardar a memória acadêmica, cultural e científica do Museu Nacional/UFRJ.
Preserved Metacognition for Undetected Visuomotor Deviations
Authors: Pereira Michael , Skiba Rafal , Cojan Yann , Vuilleumier Patrik , Bègue Indrit
Published: August 2023

Humans can successfully correct deviations of movements without conscious detection of such deviations, suggesting limited awareness of movement details. We ask whether such limited awareness impairs confidence (metacognition). We recorded functional magnetic resonance imaging data while 31 human female and male participants detected cursor deviations during a visuomotor reaching task and rated their confidence retrospectively. We show that participants monitor a summary statistic of the unfolding visual feedback (the peak cursor error) to detect visuomotor deviations and adjust their confidence ratings, even when they report being unaware of a deviation. Crucially, confidence ratings were as metacognitively efficient for aware and unaware deviations. At the neural level, activity in the ventral striatum tracks high confidence, whereas a broad network encodes cursor error but not confidence. These findings challenge the notion of limited conscious action monitoring and uncover how humans monitor their movements as they unfold, even when unaware of ongoing deviations.

SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENTWe are unaware of the small corrections we apply to our movements as long as our goals are achieved. Here, although we replicate the finding that participants deny perceiving small deviations they correct, we show that their confidence reliably reflects the presence or absence of a deviation. This observation shows they can metacognitively monitor the presence of a deviation, even when they deny perceiving it. We also describe the hemodynamic correlates of confidence ratings. Our study questions the extent to which humans are unaware of the details of their movements; describes a plausible mechanism for metacognition in a visuomotor task, along with its neural correlates; and has important implications for the construction of the sense of self.
Aging language and language typology, or why we should pay attention to cross-linguistic features when studying aging
Authors: Ivanova Olga
Published: August 2023

Studies of language and aging have generally found similar patterns across users of different languages. However, there have been a few studies that have found differences, and these merit more attention. These differences can provide insight into the ways that the experience of aging differs among users of these languages, which can be useful information for practitioners. It can also uncover underlying differences in the target languages that researchers might not otherwise recognize, which could prove useful for theoretical investigations of language as well as provide ways to better inform directions for future research into language and aging.
On diffeological principal bundles of non-formal pseudo-differential operators over formal ones
Authors: Magnot Jean-Pierre
Published: August 2023

We describe the structure of diffeological bundle of non formal classical pseudo-differential operators over formal ones, and its structure group. For this, we give results on diffeological principal bundles with (a priori) no local trivialization including an Ambrose-Singer theorem, use the smoothing connections alrealy exhibited by the author in previous works, and finish with open questions.
Anglų kalbos rizominio mokymosi kartografija: einant mokinių nomadiškų klajonių takais
Authors: Kairienė Aida , Mažeikienė Natalija
Published: August 2023

Vyresniųjų klasių mokinių anglų kalbos rizominis mokymasis apima savaiminio mokymosi ir iš dalies neformaliojo mokymosi veiklas, kurios analizuojamos taikant Deleuze ir Guattari (2004) rizomos principus: jungimosi ir heterogeniškumo, daugialypumo ir pertrūkio, kartografijos ir dekalkomanijos. Šiame straipsnyje atskleidžiamas mokinių daugialypis mokymosi kelias, kurį galima pavaizduoti grafiškai bei išskirti veiklas, kurios būdingos sėkmingam anglų kalbos mokymuisi.
Students’ Responses to the Realistic Word Problems and Their Mathematics-Related Beliefs in Primary Education
Authors: Hidayatullah Achmad , Csíkos Csaba
Published: August 2023

The main purpose of this study is to investigate students’ reactions when doing realistic word problems based on their implicit beliefs and based on their personal factors. Our study revealed that students tended to choose non-realistic responses by ignoring real-world knowledge and excluding realistic considerations when doing realistic mathematics tasks. There were no significant differences in students’ reactions to word problems according to their attitude, grade, and gender.
História oral e sociedade digital
Authors: Seawright Leandro , Sales Lucas Maceno
Published: August 2023

Neste artigo, refletiu-se sobre a inscrição da história oral na sociedade digital. Para tanto, analisou-se a mudança da ambiência analógica para a digital a fim de localizar novos problemas teóricos e empíricos. Desse modo, as operações em projetos de história oral no tempo presente ganharam relevo. Consagrando as diferenças teóricas, procedimentais e empíricas, referenciou-se, portanto, parte dos autores de diferentes gerações e concepções que se ocuparam com a história oral implicada na sociedade digital. Ademais, foram mencionados argumentos provenientes de autores das humanidades digitais, da história digital e da história pública digital. O artigo foi organizado em duas seções: “História oral na Sociedade Digital”, em que se desenvolveu o enlace entre tecnologias e a institucionalização da história oral desde o mundo analógico para o digital, além de “Comunidades no Mundo Digital” que respondeu, pois, aos desafios da história oral feita na sociedade digital.
Antifungal Activity of Medicinal Mushrooms and Optimization of Submerged Culture Conditions for Schizophyllum commune (Agaricomycetes)
Authors: Berikashvili Violeta , Khardziani Tamar , Kobakhidze Aza , Kulp Maria , Kuhtinskaja Maria , Lukk Tiit  , Gargano Maria Letizia , Venturella Giuseppe , Kachlishvili Eva , Metreveli Eka , Elisashvili Vladimir I. , Asatiani Mikheil
Published: August 2023

The main goal of the present study was the exploration of the antifungal properties of Agaricomycetes mushrooms. Among twenty-three tested mushrooms against A. niger, B. cinerea, F. oxysporum, and G. bidwellii, Schizophyllum commune demonstrated highest inhibition rates and showed 35.7%, 6.5%, 50.4%, and 66.0% of growth inhibition, respectively. To reveal culture conditions enhancing the antifungal potential of Sch. commune, several carbon (lignocellulosic substrates among them) and nitrogen sources and their optimal concentrations were investigated. Presence of 6% mandarin juice production waste (MJPW) and 6% of peptone in nutrient medium promoted antifungal activity of selected mushroom. It was determined that, extracts obtained in the presence of MJPW effectively inhibited the grow of pathogenic fungi. Moreover, the content of phenolic compounds in the extracts obtained from Sch. commune grown on MJPW was several times higher (0.87 ± 0.05 GAE/g to 2.38 ± 0.08 GAE/g) than the extracts obtained from the mushroom grown on the synthetic (glycerol contained) nutrient medium (0.21 ± 0.03 GAE/g to 0.88 ± 0.05 GAE/g). Flavonoid contents in the extracts from Sch. commune varied from 0.58 ± 0.03 to 27.2 ± 0.8 mg QE/g. Identification of phenolic compounds composition in water and ethanol extracts were provided by mass spectrometry analysis. Extracts demonstrate considerable free radical scavenging activities and the IC50 values were generally low for the extracts, ranging from 1.9 mg/ml to 6.7 mg/ml. All the samples displayed a positive correlation between their concentration (0.05-15.0 mg/ml) and DPPH radical scavenging activity. This investigation revealed that Sch. commune mushroom has great potential to be used as a source of antifungal and antioxidant substances.
Characterisation, remediation and valorisation of contaminated sediments: a critical review
Authors: Singh Prithvendra , Vitone Claudia , Baudet Béatrice A , Cotecchia Federica , Notarnicola Michele , Plötze Michael , Puzrin Alexander M , Goli Venkata Siva Naga Sai , Mali Matilda , Petti Rosella , Sollecito Francesca , Todaro Francesco , Muththalib Abdulla , Mohammad Arif , Bokade Mrunal S , Singh Devendra Narain
Published: August 2023

The constraints associated with the availability of huge amounts of natural resources for infrastructure and agricultural development call for the reuse and recycling of anthropogenically created geomaterials, which is in line with the UN Sustainable Development Goals. In this context, valorisation of dredged sediments (DSs), obtained from water bodies such as rivers, lakes and oceans, as a resource material is worth considering. Unfortunately, DSs might be contaminated and exhibit a higher moisture-holding capacity due to higher contents of organic matter and clay minerals/colloids. These attributes pose a serious question towards dumping of DSs in the deep sea (in the case of marine sediments), a practice that prevails presently despite endangering marine life. Hence, the way forward would be to characterise them holistically, followed by adequate treatment to make them ecologically synergetic before developing a strategy for their valorisation. In this regard, many studies have been focused on the characterisation and treatment of DSs to make them an environmentally safe man-made resource. With this in mind, a critical synthesis of the published literature pertaining to the (a) characterisation; (b) treatment, remediation and immobilisation of contaminants; and (c) utilisation of DS was conducted, and the salient findings are presented in this paper. Based on this study, it was observed that DS acts as a sink for emerging contaminants for which no remediation strategies are available. Moreover, the study emphasised the lacuna in upscaling the existing treatment and stabilisation techniques to field conditions while highlighting the concept of circular economy.
Numerical investigation on influence of dispersed rock particles on bimslope stability
Authors: Qin X. , Shao C. , Vallejo L. E. , Yuan D. , Yang L.
Published: August 2023

Analysing the stability of bimslopes (i.e. slopes made of bimrock (block-in-matrix rock)) is challenging because bimrock has a complex internal structure. In the study reported here, a stochastic finite-element analysis with the shear-strength-reduction method was conducted to elaborate how dispersed oversized rock particles influence the stability of a vertical bimslope. Numerical models with different rock compositions were generated and analysed to characterise the definiteness and randomness. The factor of safety and the failure zone were used to establish the relationship between slope stability and fractal dimension (FD) of rock-size distribution and rock spatial variability. The numerical results show that the FD and spatial locations of the rock particles influence bimslope stability indirectly, with the key indicator for the skid resistance of a bimslope being the compactness of the rock composition crossing the sliding surface with given volumetric block proportion. This finding also highlights the validity and feasibility of stochastic analysis in outperforming deterministic analysis. Overall, the present findings offer a reference for further understanding of the collapse mechanism and reinforcement measures of existing bimslopes.
La investigación y el “Efecto Mateo” Editorial
Authors:   Saludesa Ecuador, Herrera Diego
Published: August 2023

El presente trabajo reflexiona sobre el rol de la investigación científica latinoamericana y como su práctica responde a intereses administrativos y acciones reactivas que buscan complacer metas positivistas de indicadores de producción.