bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Comparison of personality profile of prison criminals in the Yasooj Central Penitentiary and noncriminals based on 16 personality factors
Authors: Moghanloo Mahnaz
Published: October 2021

Aims:

The study was conducted to examine the personality profile of prisoners in the Yasooj Central Penitentiary (YCP) according to Cattell's 16 Personality Factors (PFs) Model.

Settings and Design:

In doing so, 50 prisoners were selected from among all 20–35-year-old male prisoners at YCP. Moreover, 50 people were selected from the nonprison community to match with the prisoner group.

Subjects and Methods:

In a causal–comparative study, both groups were matched and were evaluated using two questionnaires: demographic information and Cattell's 16-PF questionnaires.

Statistical Analysis Used:

The statistical method used to predict the distinguishing personality traits of the two groups, prisoners and nonprisoners, was discriminant analysis.

Results:

The results indicated that from among Cattell's 16 factors, only 7 factors in the two groups were discriminant and predicting crime: Conservative, sober, expedient, self-control, imaginative, reserved, and tough mindedness.

Conclusions:

According to the results, 16 main factors of personality have the ability to predict crime.
A review of presentations and outcome of severe malaria in a tertiary hospital in northwestern Nigeria
Authors: Aliyu Ibrahim , Ibrahim Halima Umar , Idris Umma , Akhiwu Helen , Ibrahim Umma Abdulsalam , Mohammed Ismail Inuwa , Michael Godpower Chinedu
Published: October 2021

Background:

Severe malaria is a major public health challenge and a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in tropical countries. Severe malaria is defined as life-threatening manifestation in the presence of asexual forms of Plasmodium falciparum in the peripheral blood; it is also caused by Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium knowlesi.

Materials and Methods:

This was a 2-year point retrospective review of cases of severe malaria seen in the Emergency Pediatric Unit of Federal Medical Centre, Birnin Kudu, Jigawa state, between August and November, for each of the years 2016 and 2017.

Results:

Two hundred and fifty-seven cases of severe malaria were recorded during the study period: 106 (41.2%) cases in 2016 and 151 (58.8%) cases in 2017. There were 156 (60.7%) males and 101 (39.3%) females with a male-to-female ratio of 1.5:1. Their ages ranged from 0.3 to 14.0 years, with a mean age of 4.4 ± 3.6 years. Prostration was the most common form of severe disease; this was followed by multiple convulsion and severe malarial anemia. The year 2017 recorded more cases of severe malaria in all the age groups and majority of the cases were 5 years and below; and these observations were statistically significant for those with hypoglycemia (χ
2 = 9.834, df = 2, P = 0.007) and hyperparasitemia (χ
2 = 6.226, df = 2, P = 0.044). Majority of the subjects fitted with more than one form of severe malaria; most had two to three combinations. This observation was also statistically significant (χ
2 = 12.950, df = 6, P = 0.042).

Conclusion:

Severe malaria remains a huge strain on the health system; prostration, multiple convulsion, and severe malaria anemia are the most common forms.
Foreste a tavola:i consumi alimentari inducono la crescente deforestazione tropicale e sub-tropicale anche in Italia
Authors: Salbitano Fabio , Marchetti Livia , Da Silveira Bueno Rafael , Chirici Gherardo , Marchetti Marco
Published: October 2021

L’agricoltura costituisce da sempre una grande minaccia per gli ecosistemi naturali del nostro pianeta,e non solo in quanto attività umana essenziale per la produzione di cibo. Attualmente, in particolarenella regione tropicale e sub-tropicale, le attività agricole sono fattori di pressione cruciali per il mantenimentodei cicli di vita di ecosistemi essenziali per la biosfera, complessi e resilienti, come le foreste. Lesocietà contemporanee, essenzialmente urbane e sempre più disconnesse dai processi naturali ed ecologici,tendono a dimenticare, o semplicemente non considerare, le responsabilità di queste pressioni insostenibili.Tra le maggiori cause di deforestazione, quattro commodities rivestono un ruolo centrale:allevamento di bovini da carne, coltivazione della soia, produzione di olio di palma ed estrazione dilegname. I processi di produzione, trasformazione, trasporto e consumo di questi prodotti sono causa didegrado forestale e deforestazione come conseguenza diretta dell’espansione della frontiera agricola. Laletteratura scientifica recente dà sempre maggiore importanza al ruolo della deforestazione come unodei principali drivers del superamento dei planetary boundaries e alle connessioni economico-commercialie geo-ecologiche esistenti tra luoghi distanti del pianeta rispetto alla produzione, al consumoalimentare e al loro impatto ambientale e sociale. Il presente lavoro, basato su una ricerca bibliograficacondotta attraverso parole chiave inerenti i lavori scientifici sviluppati sull’argomento nell’ultimo ventennio,vuole contribuire all’approfondimento di tali connessioni e delle loro conseguenze, per far crescere laconsapevolezza dei cittadini e della stessa comunità scientifica. La revisione sistematica della letteraturarealizzata contribuisce a inquadrare le responsabilità “nascoste” nel consumo di molti prodotti alimentariche sono causa di scomparsa o degrado di ecosistemi naturali importantissimi per il pianeta, rafforzandola necessità di un cambiamento di paradigma per interrompere il circolo vizioso delle dinamicheurbano-rurale e nord-sud, ormai consolidate a livello globale.
Middle Miocene marine flooding: New 40Ar/39Ar age constraints with integrated biostratigraphy on tuffs from the North Croatian Basin
Authors:   Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Croatia, Marković Frane , Kuiper Klaudia ,   Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Faculty of Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Ćorić Stjepan ,   Geological Survey of Austria, Vienna, Hajek-Tadesse Valentina ,   Croatian Geological Survey, Zagreb, Croatia, Hernitz Kučenjak Morana ,   INA – Industrija nafte, d.d., Bakrač Koraljka ,   Croatian Geological Survey, Zagreb, Croatia, Pezelj Đurđica ,   Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Croatia, Kovačić Marijan ,   Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Published: October 2021

In the North Croatian Basin which is located in the southwestern part of the Pannonian Basin System, Miocene tuff deposits have been observed at several localities in the area of Banovina, Medvednica Mt. and Slavonia. Here we present new 40Ar/39Ar age results obtained from volcanic glass from the Laz tuff (15.42 ± 0.15 Ma) intercalated with lacustrine freshwater/brackish deposits, the Jovac tuff (15.10 ± 0.06 Ma) intercalated with lacustrine freshwater deposits, the Čučerje tuff (14.81 ± 0.08 Ma) and the Nježić tuff (14.40 ± 0.03 Ma) both deposited in a marine environment. Fossil data (calcareous nannofossils/foraminifera) from the underlying and overlying beds of the tuffs from Čučerje and Nježić match the geochronological data i.e. NN5 zone and M6 zone were determined. Integration of biostratigraphic and geochronological data enable a better understanding of the NCB sedimentary evolution and constrain the Middle Miocene marine flooding event in the marginal areas of the western part of the NCB at ~15 Ma i.e. early/middle Badenian boundary. These results together with the existence of lower Badenian marine sediments in the Sava depression (in the southern part of NCB) suggest it is possible to conclude that during the early Badenian in the NCB, freshwater lacustrine and marine environments coexisted.
Spatio-temporal variations of cave-air CO2 concentrations in two Croatian show caves: Natural vs. anthropogenic controls
Authors:   University of Zadar, Department of Geography, Zadar, Croatia, Surić Maša , Lončarić Robert ,   University of Zadar, Department of Geography, Zadar, Croatia, Kulišić Matea ,   University of Zadar, Department of Geography, Zadar, Croatia, Sršen Lukrecija ,   University of Zadar, Department of Geography, Zadar, Croatia
Published: October 2021

Carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration (CDC) plays an important role in karst processes, governing both carbonate deposition and dissolution, affecting not only natural processes, but also human activities in caves adapted for tourism. Its variations due to various controlling parameters was observed from 2017 to 2021 in two Croatian show caves (Manita peć and Modrič) where we examined inter- and within-cave correlation of internal aerology regarding the sources, sinks and transport mechanism of CDC in a karst conduit setting. In both caves, the main sources of CO2 are: i) plant and microbial activity i.e. root respiration and organic matter decay within soil horizons and fractured epikarst, and ii) degassing from CO2-rich percolation water. The main sink of CO2 is dilution with outside air due to cave ventilation. Chimney-effect driven ventilation controlled by seasonal differences between surface and cave air temperatures shows winter (ToutTcave ) ventilation regime, which are modulated by the geometry of cave passages, the transmissivity of the overlying epikarst, and occasionally by the external winds, especially the gusty north-eastern bora wind. In these terms, the Modrič Cave appears to be more confined and less ventilated, with a substantial CDC difference between the left (550-7200 ppm) and right (1475- >10,000 ppm) passages. The Manita peć Cave is, in contrast, ventilated almost year-round, having 7 months of CDC equilibrated with the outside atmosphere and the highest summer CDC values of ~1410 ppm. In both caves, at the current level of tourist use, anthropogenic CO2 flux is not a matter of concern for cave conservation. In turn, in the innermost part of the right Modrič Cave passage visitors’ health might be compromised, but the tourists are allowed only in the left passage. Speleothem growth rate, recognized as a useful palaeoenvironmental proxy for speleothem-based palaeoclimate studies, strongly depends on CDC variations, so the high CDCs recorded in the Modrič Cave indicate the potential periods with no speleothem deposition due to the hampered degassing of CO2 from the dripping groundwater. The opposite effect i.e. enhanced ventilation (that supports calcite precipitation) during the windy glacials/stadials, as well as substantial vegetational changes must also be taken into consideration when interpreting environmental records from spelean calcite.
Implementing fingerprint authentication in computer-based tests
Authors: Evwiekpaefe A.E. , Eyinla V.O.
Published: October 2021

The use of computers to conduct examinations is more effective than traditional paper-based examinations in terms of immediate availability of results and long term cost effectiveness. This however is faced with identifying and authenticating the real identities of the examinees so as to reduce impersonation. The study examined the existing authentication method available on the Computer-based test system of Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT), Kaduna, Nigeria and proposed the fingerprint biometric technique as an additional method to authenticate the examinees. The fingerprint biometric authentication was developed using FlexCode SDK and implemented on DigitalPersona 4500 fingerprint reader – the recommended scanner by JAMB for fingerprint enrollment. The system was developed using PHP scripting language on XAMPP local server and MySQL database system. The results obtained showed that there is no need for a middleware to link the authentication module with the CBT because of the Single Sign-On technique implemented. This result thus improved the level of authentication and access to the CBT. This will therefore reduce impersonation and increase the level of awareness of CBT by academic stakeholders.
Optimal microgrid power supply system for Nigerian detached communities: Environmental impact and energy cost criteria
Authors: Akinbomi J.G. , Ezeilo L.C. , Fagbuyi O. , Onyebueke L.
Published: October 2021

Climate change is a major contemporary global challenge. For developing countries like Nigeria, further challenge is poor power supply. Traditional power supply strategy has been through fossil-fuel based macrogrids. While most developed countries are replacing some macrogrids with renewable energy based microgrids, developing countries like Nigeria still maintain the status quo. This study intends to contribute to knowledge in the management of climate change and power supply in Nigeria through the adoption of microgrids as power supply strategy. In the study, data collected from a detached energy consuming community in Nigeria was used in a simulation using HOMER software for five different scenarios of energy resources combination, based on environmental impact and energy cost criteria. Results indicate that microgrids combining solar photovoltaic (SPV) and grid connection with battery energy storage (BES) are best in on-grid detached communities while microgrids combining diesel generators and SPV with BESare good for off-grid communities.
Analysis of the electronic circuits of 11 W and 15 W compact fluorescent lamps
Authors: Adelabu M.A. , Imoize A.L. , Ughegbe G.U.
Published: October 2021

The introduction of electronic ballast in lighting systems design has dramatically revolutionized the lighting space. This is orchestrated by the entrance of the Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs) and Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) into the lighting market. The CFLs currently being used in domestic and industrial lighting systems provide highly competitive alternatives to conventional incandescent lamps. The electronic ballast incorporated into the CFLs helps eliminate the flickering and slow starting flaws prevalent in traditional fluorescent lamps. To properly evaluate the performance characteristics and limitations of the CFLs, a critical analysis of its electronic circuit becomes imperative. To this end, this paper presents experimental and simulation analyses of the CFL circuits. To achieve this, two Futina CFL bulbs of 11W and 15W model YPZ220/11-BMSP RR/RDD and YPZ220/15-BMSP RR/RDD, respectively, were analyzed and experimentally verified. A function-based programming paradigm was applied to develop a graphical user interface (GUI) used for the circuits analyses. The GUI is designed using MATLAB graphical user interface development environment (GUIDE). Experiments were conducted to obtain the performance characteristics of the CFLs, and measurements show that the 11W lamp has a higher amplitude than the 15W lamp. However, both lamps show similar waveforms after 300 seconds. The maximum voltage amplitudes for both CFLs are the same, with a peak value of 218V. The current waveforms in the spectral domain gave a maximum amplitude of 0.3 A for the 11W CFL and 0.2 A for the 15W. The voltage frequency (0.00196) of both CFLs are the same, whereas the current frequencies are different. This indicates that the wattage of a CFL does not affect the frequency of its voltage waveform. The frequency of the 11W CFL current (0.00157) is higher than that of the 15W CFL current (0.00784). This implies that the higher the CFL wattage, the lower the frequency of its current waveform. Additionally, simulation results revealed that the key difference between the CFLs is the current total harmonic distortion (THDI), which increases with an increasing rated power of the CFL or the aggregation of a number of the smaller rated CFLs.
Assessment of African Blackwood (Dalbergia melanoxylon) Population Structure in Kilwa District, Tanzania
Authors: Nyomora Agnes M.S. , Washa Washa B. , Nnungu Stephen I.
Published: October 2021

Overharvesting and limited conservation efforts have posed a serious threat to future availability of Dalbergia melanoxylon in Tanzania in recent years. The study was conducted between 2018 and 2020 covering Mitarure Forest Reserve (MFR) and 2 surrounding community forests of Ngea and Nambawala in Kilwa District. The purpose of the study was to assess the existing population status of the species in Tanzania. A total of 36 circular plots in Mitarure and 15 plots in each community forest were laid down. Data were recorded for the number of stems per plot, and then converted on per hectare basis where the basal area and densities per hectare were calculated. Data was disaggregated into 5 Diameter at Breast Height (DBH) generated distribution classes ranging from DBH 0 to more than 45 cm. The results revealed that, there was a contrast between the Mitarure Forest Reserve and community forests in terms of individual number of trees per unit area, basal area and densities. The numbers of stems per hectare for the species were found to be 16, 10 and 8 stems/ha in Mitarure, Ngea and Nambawala forest, respectively. Dalbergia melanoxylon in Mitarure forest was normally distributed. The respective basal area was over 80 m2 per ha in Nambawala against over 60 in MFR and Ngea. The results suggest success of the communities in conserving the species after previous overharvest. Authorities should frequently visit forests to increase the population of the species and reduce unauthorised harvesting.

Keywords: Dalbegia melanoxylon, Population structure, Mitarure forest reserve, Ngea and Nambawala community forests.
Alternative Procedures for Settling Tax Disputes
Authors: Arzumanova Lana
Published: October 2021

The article discusses an alternative way to settle a tax dispute through mediation. For the Russian law enforcement practice, this format of interaction is new, since the current law on mediation only since 2019 has established the possibility of its implementation in the public sphere of activity. At the end of 2020, the first precedent for considering a tax dispute through mediation appeared, which gave a positive result. The author discusses the pros and cons of using mediation in public legal relations and gives his vision of this process.
Legal Status of the Financial Ombudsman in the European Union – Risks and Challenges
Authors: Derc Ewa
Published: October 2021

This contribution deals with the protection of consumer rights which must be clear and certain. At the same time, it is not possible to protect the important interests of the stability of the financial market and its actors and, at the same time, to protect those who use the services of these actors. After all, the interests of the parties in a contract are not entirely compatible, the client wants to receive the lowest possible price of capital and the borrower the highest possible price. A body that will protect one party will not be independent with regard to the other interest being protected. The idea of all the Financial Ombudsmen created after 2008 is precisely that of protecting one party, the consumer/customer, who, in his or her own way, is the guarantor of the banks' liquidity security. This idea prevails where the consumer of financial services is effectively protected. The Ombudsman is, in a way, a consequence, but also a guarantor of financial stability and the financing system, and not speculation on consumers.
EXPERIÊNCIAS INTERGERACIONAIS DE MÃES E FILHAS COM A AMAMENTAÇÃO
Authors: Silva Ernestina Maria Batoca , Rodrigues Cláudia Filipa , Ferreira Cláudia Sofia , Silva Daniel Marques , Galvão Dulce Maria
Published: October 2021

Enquadramento: A experiência com a amamentação envolve ações de promoção, incentivo e apoio desde o período pré-natal, na maternidade e domicílio. A intergeracionalidade também exerce influência na experiência da amamentação.Objetivo: Identificar as experiências de duas gerações de mulheres sobre a amamentação do(s) seu(s) filho(s).Metodologia: Estudo qualitativo, exploratório-descritivo, numa amostra não probabilística constituída por 7 mães e 7 filhas que amamentaram ou amamentavam. Utilizamos a entrevista semiestruturada e efetuamos análise de conteúdo.Resultados: Emergiram cinco categorias: o processo de amamentação do filho; contributos dos enfermeiros na promoção; incentivo e apoio à amamentação; transmissão intergeracional de conhecimentos e aprendizagens sobre a amamentação; acontecimentos marcantes com o processo de amamentação.Conclusão: Os resultados ajudaram-nos a identificar as experiências com a amamentação e constatamos que as filhas atribuem significados mais positivos relativamente à geração anterior, o que releva a evolução favorável na promoção, apoio e incentivo da amamentação.
NOS TRILHOS DA DEMOCRACIA:
Authors: Jordão Diogo
Published: October 2021

O presente trabalho tem como objetivo analisar o papel do ensino de Geografia na formação cidadã. Inicialmente, por meio de pesquisa bibliográfica, foram discutidas as contribuições da ciência geográfica e do seu ensino para o debate em torno da efetivação da cidadania. Posteriormente, foi apresentado e discutido o projeto de ensino “Nos trilhos da Democracia”, que objetivou analisar e solucionar os problemas urbanos locais mediante a participação política dos alunos do C.E. Nelson Pereira Rebel, localizado em Campos dos Goytacazes/RJ. A pesquisa evidencia o potencial da escola como espaço de formação cidadã e a importância da Geografia Escolar nesse processo. O território se apresenta como um componente central - não como uma ilustração do conteúdo, mas um princípio para o desenvolvimento de práticas de educação para a democracia. Muito mais do que aprender sobre direitos e deveres, ou ainda sobre o funcionamento da organização político-administrativa do Brasil, é essencial que os alunos protagonizem ações de investigação e intervenção no território, compreendendo que a participação é a base de uma democracia efetiva. 
Palavras-chave
Geografia, Ensino, Cidadania, Território.
 
IN THE TRACKS OF DEMOCRACY: geography teaching in citizen's formation
Abstract
This paper has the objective of analyzing the role of Geography in citizen's formation. Firstly, through bibliographical research, we discussed the contributions of geographical science and its teaching to debate about the establishment of citizenship. After that, we presented and discussed the teaching project "In the tracks of Democracy", which aimed to analyze and solve local urban problems, by the political participation of the students from C.E. Nelson Pereira Rebel, located at the Campos dos Goytacazes/RJ. The research confirms the school's potential as a local to form citizens and confirms the importance of School Geography in this process. The territory presents itself as a main character - it would not be an illustration of content, but a principle to develop educational practices for democracy. Much more than learn about rights and duties, or the political-administrative organization, it is crucial that the students create and star investigation and intervention actions in the territory, understanding that the participation is the key to an effective democracy. 
Keywords
Geography, Teaching, Citizenship, Territory.
Financing Climate Action and the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Analysis of 17 Developing Countries
Authors: Alayza Natalia , Caldwell Molly
Published: October 2021

To meet the Paris Agreement’s long-term goals, it is crucial that developed countries support developing countries in achieving their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and mobilizing the required climate finance. For this paper, we analyzed the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on climate finance and climate action implementation in 17 developing countries, drawing on available information from climate-finance tracking tools, reports, and climate needs assessments. Our analysis shows a decrease in climate finance flowing to developing countries. Most of this funding took the form of loans, and developing countries have reallocated or decreased their domestic climate flows because of the high costs of responding to the pandemic. As a result, climate-related projects have been delayed. Compounding the challenge, some developing countries have had to deal with major natural disasters amid the pandemic. Improved transparency through climate-finance tracking tools could help countries more easily identify their conditional and unconditional climate needs and mobilize and deploy resources more effectively. Climate-finance availability continues to fall short of the required amount of resources to implement developing countries’ NDCs and meet the Paris Agreement goals. The COVID-19 pandemic is widening this gap. Developed countries need to strengthen their commitment to close it by increasing climate finance.
LEGAL ANALYSIS OF Default Indemnity DUE TO "FORCE MAJEURE" ON BANKING CREDIT PROVIDERS IN THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Authors:   Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Universitas Khairun Ternate, Imam Wahda Zainal
Published: October 2021

This study examines default due to the covid-19 pandemic, which is a force major that can cancel a banking credit agreement and to analyze the conditions for a force major to cancel a banking credit agreement made by the parties. The study was conducted using the case approach used in this paper, aiming to examine and analyze the application of norms or rules carried out in legal practice, especially cases related to working capital credit agreements that experienced bad credit due to force majoure circumstances. The results show that the cancellation of the agreement on banking credit due to the Pandemic -19 is a relative "force majaure" which means that this relative "force majaure" the debtor is considered capable of returning to its original state or in other words the debtor is considered to still have the ability to fulfill the contents agreement when the Pandemic-19 situation has ended. As for the condition that a force majeure can cancel the banking credit agreement made by the Parties, that is, if the parties in the agreement clause specify using any event that is included as "force majaure" if the Pandemic-19 is stated in the agreement as "force majaure" then one of the parties can postpone or cancel the agreement.
Hubungan Kreativitas Guru dengan Minat Belajar Bahasa Arab Peserta Didik
Authors: Nurmiati  , Takdir  , Sardiyanah  , Laeli Qadrianti
Published: October 2021

Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kualitatif, yaitu mencari informasi melalui penelitian lapangan. Pendekatan yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah pendekatan fenomenologis. Subjek dari penelitian ini adalah Guru Bahasa Arab dan siswa kelas VIII di MTs. Negeri 1 Panreng Kec. Sinjai Utara dan yang menjadi objek dalam penelitian ini adalah Kreativitas Guru Guru Bahasa Arab dalam meningkatkan minat belajar peserta didik kelas VIII di MTs. Negeri 1 Panreng Kec. Sinjai Utara. Teknik pengumpulan data yang dilakukan adalah observasi, wawancara dan dokumentasi sedangkan teknik analisis data adalah reduksi data, display data, dan verifikasi data. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa Guru Bahasa Arab di MTs Negeri 1 Panreng Kec. Sinjai Utara kreatif di dalam kelas, Siswa kelas VIII di MTs Negeri 1 Panreng Kec. Sinjai Utara memiliki minat dalam belajar bahasa Arab melihat dari kesiapan siswa, kehadiran siswa setiap pertemuan, ketika siswa menemukan hal-hal baru dalam proses pembelajaran seperti metode atau media yang digunakan serta siswa antusias dalam menjawab pertanyaan-pertanyaan yang diberikan oleh guru terkait materi yang telah diajarkan.
Resistencia Bacteriana a Desinfectantes en áreas comunes de oficinas
Authors: Monsalve A Neyel Gabriela , Moscoso Gama Johanna Marcela
Published: October 2021

Introduction. The use of different chemical agents for the attenuation, treatment and control of microorganisms has been increasing, the lack of control and knowledge of these products is generating a change in the genome in microorganisms, causing resistance to normal concentrations of biocides. Objective: To carry out a systematic review on bacterial resistance to disinfectants in common office areas. Methods: Systematic review of databases; Scielo, Elsevier, Pubmed and ACS Publications research, and secondary sources such as PAHO (Pan American Health Organization) and WHO (World Health Organization), among others, using terms such as; Bacterial resistance, disinfection, occupational or professional diseases and resistance to disinfectants. Results: Enterobacter sp.: resistant to Quaternary Ammonium (QAC), halogen-based disinfectants and 37% formaldehyde; Pseudomonas aeruginosa: 71% of isolates multiresistant to antibiotics, 43% reduced susceptibility to QAC, triclosan (TC) and Benzalkonium (BAC), and 24 isolates resistant to antimicrobial agents. M. massiliense BRA 100 susceptible to orthophthaldehyde (OPA), peracetic acid (PA), and high concentrations of glutaraldehyde. Clinical isolates of multiresistant strains to antibiotics such as: MRSA, Enterococcus sp. and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, 52% and 38% strains were resistant to quaternary ammonium and phenol compounds, respectively. Conclusions: The presence of resistant microorganisms in common places such as; floors, light switches, door handles, desks and chairs, among others, enunciates a public health problem that must begin to be addressed, changing the methodologies used for disinfection, and other control and prevention measures.
An Unforgettable Ordeal: Chinese ‘Comfort Women’ in World War II
Authors: Xie Yuting , Kraeck Emily
Published: October 2021

Using methods including analyzing firsthand testimonies, images, and secondary sources, this paper explores the multiple factors that resulted in the silence of Chinese comfort women survivors in both wartime and the postwar period: shame culture, patrichy, and lack of political and cultural support for comfort women. Due to both patriarchy and related shame culture and a lack of political, cultural, and international support for survivors, few Chinese women spoke up about their experience within the comfort women system prior to the redress movement beginning in 1991; in the 1990s, societal and government support for comfort women increased, leading many comfort women to not only share their experiences but seek justice in the process. To begin, this paper provides an overview of essential historical context, including Japanese colonialism, the establishment of “comfort women” systems, Chinese comfort womens’ suffering, and the post-war struggles and ongoing plight of victims and survivors. Next, this paper argues that due to shame, culture and patriarchy; the lack of political, cultural, and international support for comfort women; and the mental and physical trauma that they experienced, comfort women survivors refused to speak up or seek justice for decades during and after World War II. Finally, this paper investigates key differences between the Cultural Revolution and redress movement, analyzing why comfort women spoke out during the latter period but largely remained silent during the postwar period from 1945 to 1990.
Pregnancy REmote MOnitoring: de toegevoegde waarde van telemonitoring in de prenatale opvolging van door gestationele hypertensieve aandoeningen gecompliceerde zwangerschappen
Authors: LANSSENS D. , THIJS I.M. , GYSELAERS W. , II-CONSORTIUM PREMOM
Published: October 2021

Pregnancy REmote MOnitoring: added value of remote monitoring in the prenatal care for women at risk for gestational hypertensive disorders Worldwide, 5% to 8% of pregnancies are complicated with gestational hypertensive disorders (GHD), which are associated with a high maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality. Observational data from the retrospective, non-randomized Pregnancy REmote MOnitoring (PREMOM I) study revealed potential benefits of remote monitoring (RM) in prenatal care of women at risk for GHD. When compared to conventional care, RM pregnancies showed a significant prolongation of pregnancy, a decrease in the total number of labour inductions and a clinically less severe form of GHD. A reduction in costs, due to less need for neonatal intensive care, was in balance with the cost for organisation and technology of RM. Based on this results, PREMOM II has been initiated: a prospective, randomized multicenter study, financed by the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO) to evaluate clinical, psychological and health economic performance of prenatal blood pressure RM.
Price Discounts and Fashion Involvement to Increase Online Impulsive Buying: Study Among Teenagers at Yogyakarta
Authors: Ranto Dwi Wahyu Pril , Hariningsih Endang , Prasetyanto Wahyu Eko , Oktafiani Debby Mulya
Published: October 2021

This study aims to examine the relationship between discount prices and fashion involvement with impulse buying. The self-administrated questionnaire was developed from the literature administered to 135 female teenagers in Yogyakarta. Multiple regression analysis was used to examine the relationship between discount prices and fashion involvement in impulse buying. The results showed a significant relationship between discount prices and price involvement with impulse buying among teenagers. This study provides valuable insights into teenage impulse buying behavior in an online setting, especially Shopee marketplace, with integrated price discounts and fashion involvement as the antecedent
From ‘intercultural-washing’ to meaningful intercultural education: Revisiting higher education practice
Authors: Sommier Mélodine , Lahti Malgorzata , Roiha Anssi
Published: October 2021

This is the first special issue that JPHE hosts—and could there be a more suitable forum for an issue dedicated to exploring and encouraging a critical dialogue around transformative intercultural communication teaching practices in higher education (HE)? What has led us to engage with the theme of making intercultural education meaningful is a shared observation that there seems to be an increasing disconnect between recent developments in intercultural communication theory and practice. With so much critique published over the years, we are perplexed as to why traditional notions of culture still prevail not only in mainstream intercultural communication research but also in institutional discourses in HE and in popular discourses as articulated by the people who sit—or have once sat—in our classrooms. In this editorial and Special Issue, we approach intercultural communication from a critical angle, akin to the theorization of interculturality as a discursive and contingent, unstable and contradictory, political and ideological construct. We are thrilled to see this approach gain ground in the field of intercultural communication. However, at the same time, we are worried that the terrain of intercultural communication teaching across HE settings has become quite unruly and is characterized by pedagogical solutions that do not have a stable connection to state-of-the-art theory, and that might lead to naive, simplistic, and essentialist understandings of ‘culture’ and ‘the other’.......
Eficiencia en la reducción de materia orgánica petrolera combinando procesos de oxidación avanzada solar y el reactor biológico de una PTAR
Authors: Centeno-Bordones Guillermo , Labrador Henry , Lara Guillermo , Jiménez Ygmar
Published: October 2021

Se realizó una revisión de datos históricos del efluente de la PTAR de PDVSA en su filial de investigación y desarrollo en la Ciudad de Los Teques, Estado Miranda, durante el período 2003-2014. Se muestreo por seis semanas para calcular la eficiencia en la remoción de DQO, DBO5 y SST. La eficiencia para la DQO fue de 86.51 y 72.94% en DBO5. Se determinó la proporción de lodos biológicos y las aguas agrias tratadas con procesos de oxidación avanzada (POA), necesaria para la disminución de la DQO y la DBO5. El mejor resultado obtenido en él fue de 222 mg/L de DQO y DBO5 32.15 mg/L, satisfaciendo la norma nacional para descarga en cuerpos de agua naturales.
Diseño de una metodología para cálculo de energía hidrocinética en estuarios: ejemplo de aplicación con el software IBER
Authors: Amezqueta-García Andone , Fernández-Pacheco Víctor Manuel , Álvarez-Álvarez Eduardo
Published: October 2021

En el contexto actual de una creciente demanda energética, la energía hidrocinética provocada por la interacción de mareas y caudales de agua en estuarios de los ríos es una de las fuentes con mayor potencial por explotar. En este artículo se presenta el diseño una metodología, que incluye un código que permite automatizar la evaluación de la energía hidrocinética disponible en un estuario, así como el valor de la energía que puede ser aprovechada por turbinas hidrocinéticas de eje vertical a partir de los resultados de simulación obtenidos mediante programas de simulación hidrodinámica. Se ha realizado la integración de dicho código con el software de simulación hidrodinámica IBER, aplicándose la metodología al caso del estuario del río Nalón (Asturias, España).
2021 Frank Newman Speller Award:Corrosion Mechanisms of Steel and Copper in Engineering Applications
Authors: Bastidas Jose Maria
Published: October 2021

The main research lines of the scientific career of the author are herein, exemplified including corrosion and protection mechanisms of steel in different environments, and copper corrosion in climate systems. Stainless steel (SS) due to its high corrosion resistance is a material widely used for many engineering applications. Impedance measurements were performed on polarized specimens at the pitting region of Type 304 SS in environment containing chloride at 25°C and 60°C. The transfer function was analyzed, indicating instability system, corroborating results obtained using the Kramers-Kronig transforms. Steel reinforcement has been studied for structural applications in civil engineering and architecture using cementitious materials, alkaline-activated fly ash (AAFA), an alternative to the ordinary Portland cement (OPC). The main compounds used as corrosion inhibitors in concrete were included. Carbon steel embedded in OPC mortar was tested in the presence of phosphates as corrosion inhibitors. An organic lacquer was applied to tinplate with titanium-passivation treatment and, in general, acceptable and comparable behavior was obtained to conventional chromium-passivated lacquered tinplate. Copper is also a material used in many engineering applications. Ant-nest corrosion of copper tubing in air-conditioning systems has been reported. The copper corrosion rates occasioned by carboxylic acids, formic, acetic, propionic, and butyric, were included.
A utilização das abordagens renovadoras em concursos públicos para a Educação Física no município do Rio de Janeiro
Authors: Leal Moura Iuri , Mendes de Lima Rogerio
Published: October 2021

Procuramos compreender a relação das referências de concursos públicos para escolas que tenham unidades no município do Rio de Janeiro. Tratou-se de um estudo de tipo transversal, por analisar um ponto específico num dado momento, desenvolvido por levantamento de dados e questionário em uma perspectiva qualitativa. Apresentamos, através do levantamento bibliográfico, quais são as referências mais usadas nos últimos dez anos e relacionamos, através do questionário fechado, como os professores de Educação Física entendem a importância das abordagens e o que de fato utilizam. Para auxiliar na reflexão sobre o questionário utilizamos o tipo-ideal weberiano. Mais da metade da literatura utilizada em concursos públicos no Rio de Janeiro que tenham escolas no município, exigem que seus professores, ao fazerem o concurso, dominem as Abordagens Renovadoras. Concluímos que, ainda que confusas, as abordagens aparecem no discurso dos participantes, principalmente aquelas que se relacionam direto com os PCN e com a Psicomotricidade.
Systemic Reading in Literary Historiography: Politicisation and Instrumentalization of the Autonomy of the Aesthetic as a Strategy of Repositioning During the 90s
Authors: Moroșan Ioana
Published: October 2021

The present paper proposes to follow the evolution of the principle of the autonomy of the aesthetic during the 90’s, with a special focus on the discrepancy between its discourse and its practice, in contrast to its instantiation as a systemically challenging discourse before ’89. Starting from Mihai Iovănel’s recent landmark literary historiographical project History of Contemporary Romanian Literature: 1990-2020, put in conjunction with Gisèle Sapiro’s research on the relative nature of the autonomy in the field theory, the present study aims to show how inside of the Romanian literary field, the concept of autonomy was always instrumentalised towards certain political and ideological interests. These implicit biases are revealed as the actual function of the autonomist discourse via the contextualizing and sociological analyses performed by Iovănel which makes manifest the extra-literary facts surrounding the events within the field. Such an understanding of the autonomy of the aesthetic is also informed by Gisele Sapiro’s theoretical contributions, thus revealing the relative nature of the autonomy and its political and ideological function within the local literary field.
Tabloul prozei contemporane și valențele realismului în Istoria literaturii române contemporane: 1990-2020 de Mihai Iovănel
Authors: Cobuz Victor
Published: October 2021

In an era in which literary histories are written by collective of academics trying to transcend the national paradigm in which these works were once wrote, The History of Contemporary Romanian Literature: 1990-2020 by Mihai Iovănel is an intellectual effort that may seem obsolete. Nevertheless, Mihai Iovănel’s book proposes new ways of understanding the contemporary Romanian literary field that were not taken into consideration by previous similar critical endeavours. This paper aims to investigate how The History of Contemporary Romanian Literature constructs an overview of the Romanian fiction wrote in the last three decades and the critical approaches deployed for this purpose. The main interest of this article will be how does Mihai Iovănel discusses Romanian contemporary fiction and how does he instrumentalizes the concept of realism. We will look more closely at the third part of the book, “The Evolution of Fiction,” but the discussion will not omit the relation of this chapter with others. The paper will concentrate on the concepts put forward by Mihai Iovănel to systematize the complex subfield of contemporary Romanian fiction, like capitalist realism, the famous term coined by Mark Fisher. Also, we will try to see how The History of Contemporary Romanian Literature relate to previous literary histories or books of literary criticism that resembles Mihai Iovănel’s work in some respects or that have similar goals but different methods.
Componentes estructurales del sistema de producción ovina en la Comunidad Campesina de San Pedro de Pirca, Huaral, Perú
Authors: Poma C. P. , Jiménez E. , Ordoñez N. , Maguiña R. M. , Hidalgo N.
Published: October 2021

Objetivos: Identificar los componentes sociocultural, agrícola, pecuario y económico, del sistema de producción ovina en la Comunidad Campesina de San Pedro de Pirca, Huaral, Perú; ubicada a 3293 m s. n. m. Metodología: Se obtuvo información de 33 criadores de ovinos mediante una entrevista compuesta por 30 preguntas sobre aspectos de manejo y socioeconómicos. Se obtuvieron variables cualitativas y se elaboraron esquemas de la estructura del sistema de producción. Resultados: El componente sociocultural está representado por los criadores y sus familias, en su mayoría, conformadas por 4 a 6 integrantes. El componente agrícola está conformado por las praderas naturales, pastos cultivados y praderas mixtas, en estos se realiza el pastoreo de los ovinos en 15,2; 6,1 y 78,8%, respectivamente. En el componente pecuario, se identificaron las zonas Puna y Quechua, con 2403 y 98 ovinos criollos, respectivamente; bajo un sistema de crianza extensiva. El manejo sanitario se basa en la desparasitación del rebaño, cada 6 meses (84,8%) y 3 meses (15,2%). Para el tratamiento de enfermedades, el 97% de criadores utiliza productos veterinarios y el resto plantas medicinales. En el componente económico, la agricultura aporta el 90% de los ingresos, mientras que la ganadería, sólo el 10%. El 97% de los productos ofrecidos de la crianza son los ovinos destinados como fuente de carne (79% carcasa y 21% en pie) y lana (3%), los precios por kg de carne varían entre 12 y 16 soles, mientras que el kg de lana fluctúa entre 0,25 a 0,75 soles. Conclusiones: La crianza de ovinos en esta comunidad, es de tipo extensivo y de subsistencia, posee tecnología baja, con un manejo tradicional y como una actividad económica que complementa a la agricultura. Esta investigación mostró la necesidad de una mayor participación de las instituciones públicas para fomentar el desarrollo de este sistema.
Recent ozone trends in the Chinese free troposphere: role of the local emission reductions and meteorology
Authors: Dufour Gaëlle , Hauglustaine Didier , Zhang Yunjiang , Eremenko Maxim , Cohen Yann , Gaudel Audrey , Siour Guillaume , Lachatre Mathieu , Bense Axel , Bessagnet Bertrand , Cuesta Juan , Ziemke Jerry , Thouret Valérie , Zheng Bo
Published: October 2021

Abstract. Free tropospheric ozone (O3) trends in the Central East China (CEC) and export regions are investigated for 2008–2017 using the IASI (Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer) O3 observations and the LMDZ-OR-INCA model simulations, including the most recent Chinese emission inventory. The observed and modelled
trends in the CEC region are −0.07 ± 0.02 and −0.08 ± 0.02 DU yr−1, respectively, for the lower free troposphere
(3–6 km column) and −0.05 ± 0.02 and −0.06 ± 0.02 DU yr−1, respectively, for the upper free troposphere
(6–9 km column). The statistical p value is smaller to 0.01 for all the derived trends. A good agreement between the observations and the
model is also observed in the region, including the Korean Peninsula and Japan and corresponding to the region of pollution export from China. Based on sensitivity
studies conducted with the model, we evaluate, at 60 % and 52 %, the contribution of the Chinese anthropogenic emissions to the trend in the
lower and upper free troposphere, respectively. The second main contribution to the trend is the meteorological variability (34 % and 50 %,
respectively). These results suggest that the reduction in NOx anthropogenic emissions that has occurred since 2013 in China led to
a decrease in ozone in the Chinese free troposphere, contrary to the increase in ozone at the surface. We designed some tests to compare the trends
derived by the IASI observations and the model to independent measurements, such as the In-service Aircraft for a Global Observing System (IAGOS) or other satellite measurements (Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI)/Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS)). These
comparisons do not confirm the O3 decrease and stress the difficulty in analysing short-term trends using multiple data sets with various
sampling and the risk of overinterpreting the results.