bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Sustainable consumption in macroeconomic approach in Poland
Authors: Grzega Urszula
Published: January 2022

Motivation: The studies on sustainable consumption are conducted in Poland and worldwide on the basis of various source data. Macroeconomic perspective is one of research approaches. The data obtained from the system of national accounts are especially important for the assessment of the situation in Poland. As a result of research specific indicators are obtained which express changes in various areas of functioning of consumption entities in the perspective of sustainable consumption.

Aim: to indicate the main trends of research on sustainable consumption in macroeconomic approach in Poland and to recognise the changes in the area of sustainable consumption on the basis of indicators adopted in the research on sustainable development conducted by Central Statistical Office.

Results: In Polish official statistics, the process of tracing sustainable development which includes sustainable consumption as an integral part, can be conducted with the use of the set of indicators monitoring four main orders, i.e. social, economic, environmental and institutional, as well as political order. Indicators related to the patterns of sustainable consumption are located in the group of indicators of social order and include such measures as the structure of average monthly expenditure per capita in households by type, the structure of passenger cars by age groups and electricity consumption in households per capita. Conducted research shows that in the years 2004–2019 favourable changes were reported in Poland in the structure of individual consumption in the household sector. They were related to the decrease in the value of the food index and the increase in the expenditures free choice indicator. At the same time, the data from Central Statistical Office shows that a regression was observed in the other two research areas, i.e. the structure of passenger cars by age and energy consumption in households.
Revenues from agricultural tax in the context of the principle of financial independence of municipalities
Authors: Życzkowska Elżbieta , Dziuba Jarosław
Published: January 2022

Motivation: The presented study addresses the important and current problem of agricultural tax and the resulting revenues in the context of financial independence of local government units. The scope of financial independence held by a municipality is significantly influenced by the right to exercise limited fiscal power. It means that the state provides municipalities with a number of powers to shape the local tax system, to set tax rates, to introduce individual tax exemptions, allowances and amortizations.

Aim: The main purpose of the article is to present the importance of agricultural tax as the source of generating own revenues by municipalities in Poland, in the years 2015–2019, in the context of the principle of financial independence of municipalities. The supplementary purpose is to analyse and assess exercising the rights in terms of shaping revenues from agricultural tax in municipalities.

Results: The analysis covers the level and share of revenues from agricultural tax in total revenues and municipal own revenues as well as the amount of revenues lost on its account. The conducted research has shown that agricultural tax plays the greatest role as the source of own revenues in managing the budgets of rural municipalities. However, it can be noticed that the fiscal function of the tax under study is increasingly smaller in each municipal category. It should be indicated that the structure of agricultural tax, which is basically unrelated to profitability and the volume of production in agriculture, in turn, translates into a low level of own revenues potential in municipalities. The system of taxing agriculture with agricultural tax, from the perspective of financial independence of municipalities, remains ineffective and the degree of independence presented by municipalities in this respect is far from a satisfactory level. The conducted analysis addressing correlations resulting from various types of reductions in agricultural tax against revenues from this tax showed that the scale of reductions, as the effect of using various tools by municipalities, was minimal and did not exceed 1% (which makes approx. 0.5%). The exception is the possibility of reducing the upper tax rates by a municipality.
Krzemieniecka Szkoła Mechaniki Praktycznej przy Gimnazjum/Liceum Wołyńskim – zarys problemu
Authors: Buczek Katarzyna
Published: January 2022

Tekst poświęcony został Szkole Mechaniki Praktycznej zorganizowanej przy Gimnazjum/Liceum Wołyńskim w Krzemieńcu. Szkoła miała charakter praktyczny i była jedną z pierwszych zawodowych szkół na ziemiach dawnej Rzeczypospolitej.
Działalność rosyjskiej cenzury wojskowej w czasie I wojny światowej
Authors: Kulik Mariusz
Published: January 2022

Tekst przedstawia strukturę i przybliża zasady działania rosyjskiej cenzury wojskowej w czasie I wojny światowej. Struktury cenzury istniały oddzielnie w armii lądowej i marynarce wojennej. Działała w dwóch obszarach: kontroli listów (korespondencji) i kontroli druków (głównie prasa). Jej zadaniem było odszukanie w treści listu informacji o znaczeniu wojskowym i usunięcie ich. Miało to przeciwdziałać możliwości szpiegowania na rzecz wroga oraz niezamierzonego ujawnienia ważnych informacji. Starano się także poznać nastroje panujące w armii oraz nastawienie społeczeństwa do toczącej się wojny. W dokumentach pozostałych po cenzurze wojskowej można odnaleźć także informacje dotyczące ziem polskich i Polaków. Najwięcej było opisów działań bojowych oraz nastrojów panujących w armii rosyjskiej, lecz znajdowały się także wzmianki o polskich formacjach wojskowych.
Art Therapy Workshop as an Offer for a Young Educator: From the Perspective of an Art Therapist/Theater Therapist
Authors: Stefańska Anita
Published: January 2022

Today’s educators experience more anxiety, stress and burnout than ever before, which is why there is growing interest of this professional group in art therapy projects that focus on supporting the development of personal and interpersonal skills. Art workshops are in demand in particular among education students, who experience a certain range of emotional stress when they encounter things that astonish them and cause an invigorating shock. Thus, they can understand how to deal with various emotions, both their own and other people’s especially when they have deficiencies in this field and they are seeking improvement. As a result, students—future teachers—become more aware of their own strengths and weaknesses and more actively manage their well-being and commitment to self development.
Uzdrawianie obecności w arteterapii
Authors: Gisman-Stoch Jolanta
Published: January 2022

Praktyka w obszarze arteterapii wymaga namysłu nad jej fundamentami: rozumieniem zdrowia oraz rozumieniem sztuki, które uzasadnia jej miejsce w podejmowanych procesach terapeutycznych. Pojęcie zdrowia obecnie podlega dyskusji, a pojęcie sztuki jest z natury otwarte. W każdych działaniach terapeutycznych rozumianych jako towarzyszenie w procesie zdrowienia obowiązuje zasada: primum non nocere. Bezrefleksyjne angażowanie sztuki w działania terapeutyczne jest potencjalnie szkodliwe. Rozumiem zdrowie jako dynamiczny stan równowagi, który zawdzięczamy żywotności procesów homeostazy i allostazy, a zdrowienie jako skuteczny wysiłek podejmowany przez organizm w celu zarządzania tymi procesami. Zdrowie jest zarówno byciem w dobrej formie, jak i zdolnością dążenia do dobrej formy. Żywotność i efektywność procesów homeostazy łączę z ludzką zdolnością do bycia obecnym. Podobnie sztukę rozumiem jako specyficzne ludzkie doświadczenie trudnego, często bolesnego procesu dążenia do dobrej formy, jak i samą formę, którą za Robertem Plantem Armstrongiem (1971) nazywam „poruszającą obecnością”. Twórcze procesy ekspresyjne, w wyniku których takie formy powstają, widzę jako kierowane potrzebą adaptacji i transcendencji, a obecność jako warunek, który pozwala nam bezpośrednio spotkać zarówno to, co tożsame, jak i inne. Poświecenie równej uwagi procesowi i formie uważam za kluczowe w arteterapii.
Un breve esbozo de la filosofía de la tecnología y los estudios de Ciencia, Tecnología y Sociedad en España / A brief sketch of the philosophy of technology and the studies of Science, Technology and Society in Spain.
Authors: Alonso Andoni , D’Antonio Sergio
Published: January 2022

La historia de la filosofía de la tecnología y los estudios CTS (Ciencia, Tecnología y Sociedad) se remontan al menos hasta principios del siglo XX. Ortega es, sin duda, el inaugurador de una tradición que todavía se desarrolla. A pesar de que ciertamente sufrió un desarrollo un tanto marginal como especialidad filosófica, ha habido una muy variada producción de textos sobre estos temas, tal como Carl Mitcham ha descrito en varios artículos y libros. En este artículo se trata de proponer así un esbozo para una posible recapitulación de lo que ha significado este siglo de pensamiento español al respecto.
La filosofía de la tecnología de Cornelius Castoriadis / Cornelius Castoriadis’ Philosophy of Technology.
Authors: Almazán Gómez Adrián
Published: January 2022

En este artículo se presenta una introducción general a la filosofía de la técnica y la tecnología del filósofo greco-francés Cornelius Castoriadis (1922- 1997). Al ser ésta relativamente desconocida para los lectores del mundo iberoamericano, se procede a abordarla en sus cuatro dimensiones más relevantes: ontológica, histórica, política e imaginaria. Además, y como cierre, se evalúa la pertinencia y actualidad del pensamiento de Castoriadis para hacer frente a desafíos contemporáneos como la crisis socioecológica o la crisis democrática de las sociedades occidentales.
El lugar de la automatización en el capitalismo actual y sus proyecciones emancipatorias
Authors: G. Padura Nicolás
Published: January 2022

El propósito de este artículo es contribuir al análisis del proceso de automatización considerando, en primer lugar, su lugar en la dinámica del capitalismo actual y, en segundo lugar, su posible articulación con un proyecto postcapitalista. Para esto, se recupera en particular el análisis de Marx, según el cual el desarrollo tecnológico está en el núcleo de la dinámica contradictoria de este sistema, vinculada tanto con el aumento del desempleo como con la baja tendencial de la tasa de ganancia. Si bien sus proyecciones parecieron ser refutadas en el siglo XX, particularmente en el período keynesiano-fordista de auge del pleno empleo, las mismas adquieren renovada actualidad hoy: en economías de bajo crecimiento, con sobrecapacidad industrial a nivel mundial y una distribución regresiva del ingreso que resiente la demanda, han dejado de funcionar muchos de los mecanismos que en el pasado contuvieron las tendencias contradictorias del capitalismo. El sistema, a pesar de sus efectos negativos en el entramado social, tiene la capacidad de seguir funcionando mientras no emerja un proyecto político alternativo. Por esto, urge reflexionar sobre la posibilidad de un proyecto postcapitalista articulado en torno de la automatización de la producción. Con este fin, en la última parte de este artículo se realiza una revisión crítica de las propuestas de Srnicek y Williams – emblemas del llamado “Aceleracionismo de izquierda”– que plantean la necesidad de impulsar la automatización en vistas de la construcción de una sociedad postcapitalista.
La forja de una estrella. Configuración del repertorio y la personalidad artística de Amalia Molina en la primera etapa del género de variedades
Authors: Cruzado Rodríguez Ángeles
Published: January 2022

Este artículo analiza las claves del triunfo de la cantaora, bailaora y cupletista sevillana Amalia Molina en los teatros de variedades desde su irrupción en la escena madrileña, en 1904, hasta el año 1910, coincidiendo con la que Álvaro Retana define como etapa inicial del género.
Rosa María Suárez Muñoz y María del Mar Ortiz Camacho, La regeneración de la indumentaria flamenca del Ballet Nacional de España. Los arquetipos decimonónicos de Zaguán
Authors: Cruzado Rodríguez Ángeles
Published: January 2022

Este artículo versa sobre el vestuario flamenco contemporáneo en el Ballet Nacional de España (BNE), partiendo de la revisión que se realiza del mismo en la obra Zaguán, bajo la dirección de Antonio Najarro (2015). Se trata de un ballet flamenco que conforma una suite de coreografías de diferentes referentes del flamenco actual y que incluye un testimonial legado de la emblemática «Soleá del Mantón» de Blanca del Rey. Desde el particular prisma de la diseñadora de referencia de vestuario escénico Yaiza Pinillos, se percibe una transmutación en la estética flamenca actual en su diseño, elaboración, tratamiento de tejidos, investigación, etc. Esta producción supuso un complejo proceso de metabolización que devolvió la vestimenta flamenca a los albores del XIX, en una síntesis estilística desde una perspectiva nueva. Se realiza un breve recorrido por las aportaciones más significativas de diferentes diseñadores a lo largo de la historia del BNE, teniendo en cuenta la trascendencia y repercusión de sus propuestas y poniendo en valor el complejo proceso que conlleva el diseño de vestuario escénico para una compañía de danza de gran formato. Se ha realizado una revisión documental y utilizado datos cualitativos de entrevistas semiestructuradas y validadas realizadas a seis personalidades relacionadas con la danza española y el BNE, de reconocido prestigio, que han sido analizadas mediante una codificación abierta en el software NVIVO10. Se concluye que el traje escénico flamenco, en la trayectoria del BNE, sufre una evolución fruto de las transformaciones experimentadas en la estética flamenca, influenciada por los designios de la moda como expresión de su tiempo, así como por el desarrollo en los procesos de investigación y producción del vestuario, y la variación en la forma de bailar en los últimos cincuenta años, siendo Zaguán un claro exponente de esta revolución no veleidosa en los imaginarios escénicos nacionales.
Lorca y su flamenco: una aproximación etno-performativa al proceso de creación y recepción de un espectáculo
Authors: Bethencourt Llobet Francisco Javier
Published: January 2022

Federico García Lorca y su relación con el flamenco ha sido investigada infinidad de veces por flamencólogos, poetas, antropólogos, etnomusicólogos, sociólogos, etc. Sin embargo, no ha sido estudiada en profundidad desde un punto de vista de la producción musical. Teniendo como referentes los discos y espectáculos de Enrique Morente, Eva Yerbabuena, etc., jóvenes bailaoras, músicos y musicólogos de diversas procedencias coincidimos en un contexto cultural bastante alejado de Granada, el nordeste de Reino Unido, y creamos un espectáculo llamado Lorca y su Flamenco que giraría por Leeds, North Tyneside y York. Al igual que otras producciones flamencas multiculturales, esta fue concebida como un proceso colaborativo con ensayos realizados en un contexto, Newcastle upon Tyne, y puesta en escenas en otros. Tras un nuevo trabajo de campo realizado con los informantes-participantes de aquel proyecto, analizaremos en este artículo el proceso de creación y recepción que tuvo especialmente para el público británico.
Isabel Bayón Gamero, De la literatura a la escena. Descripción de un proceso creativo personal a partir del espectáculo La mujer y el pelele de la Compañía Isabel Bayón
Authors: Bethencourt Llobet Francisco Javier
Published: January 2022

Este texto tiene la intención de mostrar, siempre bajo el prisma de la investigación artística, las diferentes etapas, los procesos de elaboración, la vinculación y la justificación entre elementos que pueden constituir el propósito de llevar una obra literaria al escenario; en este caso, utilizando el flamenco como lenguaje escénico. Es una ventana donde se muestran los ingredientes que pueden estar presentes dentro de un proceso creativo. El planteamiento se conforma como una propuesta de análisis, donde se refiere cómo fue el proceso de creación de un espectáculo en cuanto a la justificación y adaptación argumental, el planteamiento coreográfico, la propuesta musical y la dirección escénica. Se pretende contar qué elementos fueron necesarios y cómo estos van marcando y delimitando las distintas vías que confluyen en el camino de la creación. Así pues, este estudio radica en un trabajo basado en el análisis y la observación de un proceso personal, dentro de un marco particular. Para ello, he tomado como ejemplo práctico el espectáculo La mujer y el pelele, título homónimo de la novela del escritor francés Pierre Louÿs, en la que está basado. La adaptación de la novela se desarrolla en clave flamenca, mostrando un modelo particular del arquetipo, ya mitémico, de la femme fatale. La obra fue estrenada en el 2004 por la compañía de Isabel Bayón en la XIII Bienal de Flamenco de Sevilla, con la dramaturgia de Antonio Álamo y bajo la dirección escénica de Pepa Gamboa.
El manzano entiende de botánica: genealogía del proceso de creación de “¿Y después?”, una conferencia bailada
Authors: López Rodríguez Fernando , Maya Belén
Published: January 2022

«La creación artística es, en lo que tiene de tal, misteriosa labor inconsciente. El pintor da cuadros como el manzano da manzanas. Generalmente [sustituir por: “a veces”] el artista entiende muy poco de arte en general y, en consecuencia, del suyo en particular. Entiende, claro está, de la técnica de su oficio, pero la técnica del arte no es el arte y, además, de esa técnica él entiende solo prácticamente. Mejor que la entiende fuera decir que la sabe. La definición de un estilo es una faena analítica, que exige gran rigor de conceptos, una técnica especial nada pareja a la de los pinceles. Entender de pintura no es saber pintar, es saber otra porción de cosas. El manzano no entiende de botánica [añadir: “… ¿ o tal vez sí?”]». (Ortega y Gasset 200). 1
PASSIO. Composición musical para marimba, danza, captación de movimiento y electrónica en vivo producida en IRCAMCentre Pompidou, París
Authors: Carretero Aguado Alberto
Published: January 2022

Este proyecto interdisciplinar se llevó a cabo en el IRCAM-Centre Pompidou de París como una colaboración entre dos creadores: la coreógrafa Christine Gérard y el compositor Alberto Carretero; así como dos intérpretes: la bailarina Aurélie Berland y la percusionista Linda Edsjö. Se trata de un proceso basado en la escritura coreográfica y musical conjunta, tomando como inspiración la notación Laban para danza. A partir del concepto de «pasión», se buscaron materiales sonoros y gestuales que fueran apropiados para representar y dramatizar de forma abstracta este concepto a través de un itinerario temporal y espacial basado en la geometría de un cubo. Se creó un espacio lumínico en el escenario y un espacio sonoro en la sala mediante un sistema envolvente de altavoces, de acuerdo a la arquitectura de la pieza. Además, existe un trabajo interactivo mediante tecnologías de captación y reconocimiento del movimiento a través de una cámara con sensores infrarrojos, capaz de capturar una imagen 3D y realizar un seguimiento en la oscuridad. El procesamiento electrónico utiliza técnicas de síntesis y transformación del sonido en tiempo real, tales como modelos físicos, Super phase vocoder (SuperVP), modelos de espacialización y reverberación basados en convolución, armonizadores, sampling, filtros y resonadores, granuladores, líneas de retardo de tiempo variable o flanger.
Why Bitcoin Will Fail to Scale?
Authors: Malik Nikhil , Aseri Manmohan , Singh Param Vir , Srinivasan Kannan
Published: January 2022

Bitcoin falls dramatically short of the scale provided by banks for payments. Currently, its ledger grows by the addition of blocks of ∼2,000 transactions every 10 minutes. Intuitively, one would expect that increasing the block capacity would solve this scaling problem. However, we show that increasing the block capacity would be futile. We analyze strategic interactions of miners, who are heterogeneous in their power over block addition, and users, who are heterogeneous in the value of their transactions, using a game-theoretic model. We show that a capacity increase can facilitate large miners to tacitly collude—artificially reversing back the capacity via strategically adding partially filled blocks in order to extract economic rents. This strategic partial filling crowds out low-value payments. Collusion is sustained if the smallest colluding miner has a share of block addition power above a lower bound. We provide empirical evidence of such strategic partial filling of blocks by large miners of Bitcoin. We show that a protocol design intervention can breach the lower bound and eliminate collusion. However, this also makes the system less secure. On the one hand, collusion crowds out low-value payments; on the other hand, if collusion is suppressed, security threatens high-value payments. As a result, it is untenable to include a range of payments with vastly different outside options, willingness to bear security risk, and delay onto a single chain. Thus, we show economic limits to the scalability of Bitcoin. Under these economic limits, collusive rent extraction acts as an effective mechanism to invest in platform security and build responsiveness to demand shocks. These traits are otherwise hard to attain in a disintermediated setting owing to the high cost of consensus.

This paper was accepted by Kartik Hosanagar, information systems.
Simultaneous bilateral total knee arthroplasty
Authors: Sheridan Gerard A. , Moshkovitz Rotem , Masri Bassam A.
Published: January 2022

Aims

Simultaneous bilateral total knee arthroplasty (TKA) has been used due to its financial advantages, overall resource usage, and convenience for the patient. The training model where a trainee performs the first TKA, followed by the trainer surgeon performing the second TKA, is a unique model to our institution. This study aims to analyze the functional and clinical outcomes of bilateral simultaneous TKA when performed by a trainee or a supervising surgeon, and also to assess these outcomes based on which side was done by the trainee or by the surgeon.

Methods

This was a retrospective cohort study of all simultaneous bilateral TKAs performed by a single surgeon in an academic institution between May 2003 and November 2017. Exclusion criteria were the use of partial knee arthroplasty procedures, staged bilateral procedures, and procedures not performed by the senior author on one side and the trainee on another. Primary clinical outcomes of interest included revision and re-revision. Primary functional outcomes included the Oxford Knee Score (OKS) and patient satisfaction scores.

Results

In total, 315 patients (630 knees) were included for analysis. Of these, functional scores were available for 189 patients (378 knees). There was a 1.9% (n = 12) all-cause revision rate for all knees. Overall, 12 knees in ten patients were revised, and both right and left knees were revised in two patients. The OKS and patient satisfaction scores were comparable for trainees and supervising surgeons. A majority of patients (88%, n = 166) were either highly likely (67%, n = 127) or likely (21%, n = 39) to recommend bilateral TKAs to a friend.

Conclusion

Simultaneous bilateral TKA can be used as an effective teaching model for trainees without any significant impact on patient clinical or functional outcomes. Excellent functional and clinical outcomes in both knees, regardless of whether the performing surgeon is a trainee or supervising surgeon, can be achieved with simultaneous bilateral TKA. Cite this article: Bone Jt Open 2022;3(1):29–34.
A CULTURA DA ORGANIZAÇÃO E A RESPONSABILIDADE SOCIAL EMPRESARIAL
Authors: Ruffatto Juliane , Pauli Jandir , Silber Cláudia , Guadagnin Alana
Published: January 2022

A cultura organizacional (CO) como preditor de ações estratégicas é um tema emergente na análise organizacional. Entre as ações estratégicas, a decisão de implementar ações de Responsabilidade Social Empresarial (RSE) tem se mostrado um importante objeto de estudos.  O objetivo desta pesquisa é descrever a influência de diferentes tipos de cultura organizacional na adoção de práticas de RSE. Com base no Competing Value Model (KIMBERLY; QUINN, 1984), este estudo discute a influência destes traços culturais específicos na adoção de práticas de RSE. Foi realizada uma survey, de corte transversal, com 187 empregados de diferentes organizações localizadas no norte do Rio Grande do Sul. Entre as conclusões, o estudo mostrou que entre os tipos culturais, o da cultura hierárquica é o que mais favorece a adoção de práticas de RSE. As características desse modelo são discutidas no artigo, indicando sua relação com o desenvolvimento destas organizações e sua relação com o contexto em que estão inseridas.
DESIGUALDADE DE RENDA E CRESCIMENTO ECONÔMICO: UMA ANÁLISE PARA O BRASIL E SUAS REGIÕES
Authors: Farias Eliene de Sá , Teixeira Evandro Camargos
Published: January 2022

O presente estudo tem como objetivo analisar a relação entre crescimento econômico e desigualdade de renda no Brasil e para dois grupos de seus estados, mais desenvolvidos e menos desenvolvidos, entre os anos de 1997 e 2017, através da estimação de um painel dinâmico. Considerando o país como um todo, os principais resultados apontam que existe uma relação bicausal entre desigualdade de renda e crescimento econômico. Essa relação se mantém para os estados menos desenvolvidos, mas para os estados mais desenvolvidos apenas a desigualdade de renda precede o crescimento econômico. A partir dos resultados, sugere-se a formulação e implementação de políticas públicas que diminuam a desigualdade de renda no país, particularmente nos estados menos desenvolvidos.
UMA PROPOSIÇÃO DE MODELOS DE PREVISÃO DE RISCO DE CRÉDITO PARA PEQUENAS E MÉDIAS EMPRESAS POR MEIO DA REGRESSÃO LOGÍSTICA
Authors: Führ Flávio , Lima José Donizetti de , Santos Gilson Ditzel , Mazzioni Sady
Published: January 2022

RESUMO A busca por padrões que contribuam na predição de risco, é crescente nas organizações. A utilização de modelos de credit scoring busca auxiliar o analista de crédito na tomada de decisão. Este trabalho objetiva elaborar procedimentos metodológicos, para estruturar e melhorar os modelos de credit scoring direcionados a análise de pequenas e médias empresas. Com a utilização da técnica estatística da regressão logística, por meio das melhorias elaboradas nos procedimentos metodológicos, como exemplo: divisão da base de dados em classes conforme enquadramento das empresas, foi possível o desenvolvimento de 5 modelos de credit scoring, sendo um modelo para cada classe de empresas e outro para a base geral de dados. Os modelos foram direcionados às entidades de fomento e concessão de crédito para pequenas e médias empresas. As acurácias dos modelos apresentaram percentuais expressivos para base de dados com variáveis não contábeis e não auditáveis, atingindo percentuais satisfatórios.
REGIONALIZAÇÃO DA SAÚDE NO BRASIL: Desigualdades socioeconômicas e na performance em saúde
Authors: Catussi Paschoalotto Marco Antonio , Passador João Luiz , Passador Claudia Souza , Endo Gustavo Yuho
Published: January 2022

Este artigo visa compreender os padrões das regiões de saúde no Brasil quanto à performance em saúde e às condições socioeconômicas. Para atingi-lo, utilizou-se de 2 análises de clusters das 438 regiões de saúde, composta de indicadores de condicionantes estruturais e dimensões de saúde. A primeira análise de clusters empregou os 3 indicadores que compõem os condicionantes estruturais, e a segunda análise de clusters as 6 dimensões de saúde. Os resultados demonstram que as regiões de saúde com os piores valores de condicionantes estruturais e performance em financiamento, recursos humanos, infraestrutura e qualidade, estão localizadas em grande parte nas macrorregiões Norte e Nordeste. Além disso, 25% das regiões de saúde no Brasil possuem melhor performance em cobertura e qualidade, e estão localizadas no Sudeste e Nordeste. Portanto, pode-se afirmar que as regiões de saúde no Brasil ainda possuem grandes desigualdades regionais quanto às condições socioeconômicas e performances na saúde.
RELAÇÃO ENTRE TAXA DE FALÊNCIAS DE EMPRESAS BRASILEIRAS E VARIÁVEIS MACROECONÔMICAS NO PERÍODO DE 2010 a 2020: um estudo econométrico utilizando vetores autorregressivos
Authors: Bortoluzzo Adriana Bruscato , Rodriguez Rodrigo Zalli , Bortoluzzo Maurício Mesquita , Monteiro Guiherme Fowler de Avila
Published: January 2022

O objetivo do artigo é investigar como a taxa de falência de empresas brasileiras, segregadas por porte (pequenas, médias e grandes), se comporta frente a mudanças em variáveis macroeconômicas como PIB, câmbio, oferta de moeda, taxa de juros, comportamento do mercado acionário, abertura de novas empresas e taxa de inflação. Utilizando modelos de vetores auto regressivos (VAR) para uma amostra de janeiro de 2010 a dezembro de 2015, encontram-se evidências de que, para empresas médias e grandes, as medidas que promovem uma melhor saúde econômica, com crescimento do PIB e baixas taxas de câmbio, estão associadas a uma menor taxa de falência. Por outro lado, a taxa de falência das firmas de pequeno porte não possui sinergia com os demais portes, sugerindo uma dinâmica própria. Ainda, a falência das empresas brasileiras apenas passa a depender de fatores macroeconômicos depois que a firma superou uma barreira de tamanho.
Growth of harmonic functions on biregular trees
Authors: GONZALEZ VİELİ Francisco Javier
Published: January 2022

On a biregular tree of degrees $q+1$ and $r+1$, we study the growth of two classes of harmonic functions. First, we prove that if $f$ is a bounded harmonic function on the tree and $x$, $y$ are two adjacent vertices, then $|f(x)-f(y)|\leq 2 (qr-1)\|f\|_\infty/((q+1)(r+1))$, thus generalizing a result of Cohen and Colonna for regular trees. Next, we prove that if $f$ is a positive harmonic function on the tree and $x$, $y$ are two vertices with $d(x,y)=2$, then $f(x)/(qr)\leq f(y)\leq qr\cdot f(x)$.
The application of integrated multi-trophic aquaculture (IMTA) using floating net cages on Tilapia fish with native fish (Peres, Lemeduk, and Depik)
Authors: Nurfadillah Nurfadillah , Hasri Iwan , Purnama Muhammad Reza , Damora Adrian , Mellisa Siska
Published: January 2022

Environmental problems due to aquaculture occur along with the increase in aquaculture production. IMTA is one system used as a solution in dealing with environmental problems. The objective of this study was to analyze the growth performance, survival rate, and production of the main commodity (tilapia) and the supporting commodities (Peres, Lemeduk, and Depik) which are applied through the application of integrated multi-trophic aquaculture (IMTA) using floating net cages. This research was conducted at the Lukup Badak Fish Seed Center, Central Aceh from July to August 2020. The experimental design used was a completely randomized design (CRD) with 4 treatments and 3 replications, namely: A (tilapia), B (tilapia and peres), C (tilapia and lemeduk), and D (tilapia and depik). ANOVA test results showed that the IMTA system had a significant effect on absolute length growth, absolute weight growth, specific growth rate (SGR), survival rate, and biomass production of tilapia (P0.05). The results showed that maintenance for 42 days produced the highest value in treatment B with the increase in absolute length growth (4.26cm±0.24); absolute weight growth (5.47g±0.45), specific daily growth rate (2.28%/day±0.13) and the highest tilapia biomass production (480g/0.5m2±19.25). The highest survival rate was found in treatment C (82.42%±2.28). It was concluded that the treatment using the IMTA system was better than without the IMTA system.Keywords:IMTAWater qualityGrowth performanceTrophic interactionBiomass production
Profile of ectoparasites and biometric condition of snakehead (Channa striata Bloch 1793) collected from different habitats
Authors: Zulfahmi Ilham , Huslina Feizia , Nanda Rizki , Nur Firman M , Djuanda Rian , Nazlia Suraiya , Perdana Adli Waliul
Published: January 2022

Studies related to the comparison of ectoparasites that infect snakehead from different habitats and their relationship to biometric conditions have not been widely studied. Thus, present study aimed to investigate the prevalence, intensity, dominance, and predilection of ectoparasites on snakehead collected from ditches, paddy fields, and swamps and correlate them with biometric conditions. In total of 90 snakehead fish were collected from ditches, paddy fields, and swamps. The observation of ectoparasites was performed on the gills, fins, and skin. The parameters measured in this study were ectoparasite profiles and biometric condition of fish. Specifically, the parameters of the ectoparasite profile included prevalence, intensity, dominance, and predilection. Meanwhile, the parameters of the biometric conditions were the length-weight relationship, the distribution of length and weight classes, and condition factors. Five species of ectoparasites that have been identified as Tetrahymena sp., Epistylis sp., Trichodina sp., Dactylogyrus sp., and Gyrodactylus sp. Tetrahymena sp. infection in snakehead was reported for the first time. The ditch habitat had the highest prevalence and intensity, which were 76.7% and 15.4 ectoparasites/fish, respectively. Tetrahymena sp. and Epistylis sp. were detected in sneakhead from all habitats, Trichodina sp. was detected at ditch and paddy field habitats, whereas, Gyrodactylus sp. and Dactylogyrus sp. were only found in swamp habitats. The gill was the predilection organ that most vulnerable to ectoparasite infection. Infected Snakehead tend to have lower average weight and length than healthy snakehead. Snakehead with a weight range of 115.2-145.2 g and a length range of 258.5-268.5 mm tend to be more vulnerable to ectoparasite infection compared to other sizes.Keywords:Tetrahymena sp.PrevalenceIntensityPredilectionLength-weight relationship
Assessment of water quality based on biological indices of macrobenthos: a river under pressure from tourism activities
Authors: Sahidin Asep , Zahidah Zahidah , Hamdani Herman , Herawati Heti , Arief Mochamad Candra Wirawan , Syawal M. Suhaemi , Ibrahim Aiman , Sewiko Roni , Octavina Chitra
Published: January 2022

Cijulang River is one of the leading ecotourism objects in Pangandaran, West Java Province, Indonesia. However, the river has a variety of activities that can increase the water pollution in the river such as Green Canyon cliffs tourism, ecotourism of mangrove conservation, housing, and industrial siting. Macrobenthos is one of the bio-indicators that can assess the rate of water pollution in rivers, especially their organic pollutants. Therefore, this research aims to determine water pollution status in Cijulang River Tourism by comparing various biotic indices. The study was conducted at four site sampling locations from upstream to downstream in the rainy season period and dry season period using different methods namely, line transect model, water quality assessment by biological indexing (diversity, species dominant, and family biotic), species deficit, and organic measurement. The research showed 5873 macrobenthos and divided into 27 species with an average abundance of 167 ind.m-2 and are mainly dominated by gastropod species Faunus ater (40%). They are extreme species that can live in high organic pollution and water salinity. This divided the research of quality water assessment of Cijulang River into three categories as follows: slightly polluted (score 36-46) at Green Canyon site, moderately polluted (score 50-60) at Boat Shelter and Muara Cijulang location, and highly polluted (score 66) at Nusawiru site.Keywords:RiverBio-indicatorOrganicAquatic pollution
Axial gradient excitation accelerates volumetric imaging of two-photon microscopy
Authors: Gao Yufeng , Xia Xianyuan , Liu Lina , Wu Ting , Chen Tingai , Yu Jia , Xu Zhili , Wang Liang , Yan Fei , Du Zhuo , Chu Jun , Zhan Yang , Peng Bo , Li Hui , Zheng Wei
Published: January 2022

Two-photon excitation fluorescence microscopy (TPM), owing to its capacity for subcellular resolution, intrinsic optical sectioning, and superior penetration depth in turbid samples, has revolutionized biomedical research. However, its layer-by-layer scanning to form a three-dimensional image inherently limits the volumetric imaging speed and increases phototoxicity significantly. In this study, we develop a gradient excitation technique to accelerate TPM volumetric imaging. The axial positions of the fluorophores can be decoded from the intensity ratio of the paired images obtained by sequentially exciting the specimen with two axially elongated two-photon beams of complementary gradient intensities. We achieved a 0.63 μm axial localization precision and demonstrate the flexibility of the gradient TPM on various sparsely labeled samples, including bead phantoms, mouse brain tissues, and live macrophages. Compared with traditional TPM, our technique improves volumetric imaging speed (by at least sixfold), decreases photobleaching (i.e., less than

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Stimulated Brillouin scattering in chiral photonic crystal fiber
Authors: Zeng Xinglin , He Wenbin , Frosz Michael H. , Geilen Andreas , Roth Paul , Wong Gordon K. L. , Russell Philip St.J. , Stiller Birgit
Published: January 2022

Stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) has many applications; for example, in sensing, microwave photonics, and signal processing. Here, we report the first experimental study of SBS in chiral photonic crystal fiber (PCF), which displays optical activity and robustly maintains circular polarization states against external perturbations. As a result, circularly polarized pump light is cleanly backscattered into a Stokes signal with the orthogonal circular polarization state, as is required by angular momentum conservation. By comparison, untwisted PCF generates a Stokes signal with an unpredictable polarization state, owing to its high sensitivity to external perturbations. We use chiral PCF to realize a circularly polarized continuous-wave Brillouin laser. The results pave the way for a new generation of stable circularly polarized SBS systems with applications in quantum manipulation, optical tweezers, optical gyroscopes, and fiber sensors.
Similarities and differences between bone quality parameters, trabecular bone score and femur geometry
Authors: Kim Kyong Young , Kim Kyoung Min
Published: January 2022

Bone quality is a critical factor that, along with bone quantity, determines bone strength. Image-based parameters are used for assessing bone quality non-invasively. The trabecular bone score (TBS) is used to assess quality of trabecular bone and femur geometry for cortical bone. Little is known about the associations between these two bone quality parameters and whether they show differences in the relationships with age and body mass index (BMI). We investigated the associations between the trabecular bone score (TBS) and femur cortical geometry. Areal bone mineral density (BMD) was assessed using dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) and the TBS was assessed using iNsight software and, femur geometry using APEX (Hologic). A total of 452 men and 517 women aged 50 years and older with no medical history of a condition affecting bone metabolism were included. Z-scores for TBS and cortical thickness were calculated using the age-specific mean and SD for each parameter. A ‘discrepancy group’ was defined as patients whose absolute Z-score difference between TBS and cortical thickness was > 1 point. TBS and cortical thickness correlated negatively with age both in men and women, but the associations were stronger in women. Regarding the associations with BMI, TBS provided significant negative correlation with BMI in the range of BMI > 25 kg/m2. By contrast, cortical thickness correlated positively with BMI for all BMI ranges. These bone quality-related parameters, TBS and cortical thickness, significantly correlated, but discordance between these two parameters was observed in about one-third of the men and women (32.7% and 33.4%, respectively). Conclusively, image-based bone quality parameters for trabecular and cortical bone exhibit both similarities and differences in terms of their associations with age and BMI. These different profiles in TBS and FN cortical thickness might results in different risk profiles for the vertebral fractures or hip fractures in a certain percentage of people.
Overexpression of ultraconserved region 83- induces lung cancer tumorigenesis
Authors: Vannini Ivan , Ferracin Manuela , Fabbri Francesco , Fabbri Muller
Published: January 2022

The expression of non–coding RNAs (ncRNAs) is dysregulated in human cancers. The transcribed ultraconserved regions (T-UCRs) express long ncRNAs involved in human carcinogenesis. T-UCRs are non-coding genomic sequence that are 100% conserved across humans, rats and mice. Conservation of genomic sequences across species intrinsically implies an essential functional role and so we considered the expression of T-UCRs in lung cancer. Using a custom microarray we analyzed the global expression of T-UCRs. Among these T-UCRs, the greatest variation was observed for antisense ultraconserved element 83 (uc.83-), which was upregulated in human lung cancer tissues compared with adjacent non cancerous tissues. Even though uc.83- is located within the long intergenic non-protein coding RNA 1876 (LINC01876) gene, we found that the transcribed uc.83- is expressed independently of LINC01876 and was cloned as a 1143-bp RNA gene. In this study, functional analysis confirmed important effects of uc.83- on genes involved in cell growth of human cells. siRNA against uc.83- decreased the growth of lung cancer cells while the upregulation through a vector overexpressing the uc.83- RNA increased cell proliferation. We also show the oncogenic function of uc.83- is mediated by the phosphorylation of AKT and ERK 1/2, two important biomarkers of lung cancer cell proliferation. Based on our findings, inhibition against uc.83- could be a future therapeutic treatment for NSCLC to achieve simultaneous blockade of pathways involved in lung carcinogenesis.
Does moral commitment predict resistance to corruption? experimental evidence from a bribery game
Authors: Tanner Carmen , Linder Stefan , Sohn Matthias
Published: January 2022

Corruption is ubiquitous in practice and has severe negative consequences for organizations and societies at large. Drawing on a laboratory experiment, we propose that individuals high in moral commitment are less likely to engage in corrupt behaviors and prefer foregoing financial benefits. Specifically, we posit that individuals refrain from corruption (i) the more they endorse integrity (incorruptibility) as a protected value and (ii) the higher their level of Honesty-Humility. The results of a two-step experiment largely support our expectations: people who treat compromises to integrity as unacceptable were less willing to accept bribes, and Honesty-Humility decreased bribe-giving. The findings are robust to demographic variables (e.g., age, gender, cultural background) and additional personal characteristics (e.g., risk tolerance, dispositional greed) and have important implications for ongoing theory-building efforts and business practice.
Superoxide dismutase 3 prevents early stage diabetic retinopathy in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rat model
Authors: Lee Ji-Yeon , Kim Mirinae , Oh Su Bin , Kim Hae-Young , Kim Chongtae , Kim Tae-Yoon , Park Young-Hoon
Published: January 2022

Purpose

To identify the effects of superoxide dismutase (SOD)3 on diabetes mellitus (DM)-induced retinal changes in a diabetic rat model.

Methods

Diabetic models were established by a single intraperitoneal injection of streptozotocin (STZ) in Sprague-Dawley rats. After purification of the recombinant SOD3, intravitreal injection of SOD3 was performed at the time of STZ injection, and 1 and 2 weeks following STZ injection. Scotopic and photopic electroretinography (ERG) were recorded. Immunofluorescence staining with ɑ-smooth muscle actin (SMA), glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), pigment epithelium-derived factor (PEDF), Flt1, recoverin, parvalbumin, extracellular superoxide dismutase (SOD3), 8-Hydroxy-2’deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG) and tumor necrosis factor-ɑ (TNF-ɑ) were evaluated.

Results

In the scotopic ERG, the diabetic group showed reduced a- and b-wave amplitudes compared with the control group. In the photopic ERG, b-wave amplitude showed significant (p < 0.0005) reduction at 8 weeks following DM induction. However, the trend of a- and b-wave reduction was not evident in the SOD3 treated group. GFAP, Flt1, 8-OHdG and TNF-ɑ immunoreactivity were increased, and ɑ-SMA, PEDF and SOD3 immunoreactivity were decreased in the diabetic retina. The immunoreactivity of these markers was partially recovered in the SOD3 treated group. Parvalbumin expression was not decreased in the SOD3 treated group. In the diabetic retinas, the immunoreactivity of recoverin was weakly detected in both of the inner nuclear layer and inner plexiform layer compared to the control group but not in the SOD3 treated group.

Conclusions

SOD3 treatment attenuated the loss of a/b-wave amplitudes in the diabetic rats, which was consistent with the immunohistochemical evaluation. We also suggest that in rod-dominant rodents, the use of blue on green photopic negative response (PhNR) is effective in measuring the inner retinal function in animal models of diabetic retinopathy. SOD3 treatment ameliorated the retinal Müller cell activation in diabetic rats and pericyte dysfunction. These results suggested that SOD3 exerted protective effects on the development of diabetic retinopathy.
Policy innovation through the application of E-government: Case of Bandung championship in assessment information system program
Authors: Alia Siti , Susanti Elisa , Wahidah Idah , Wahyu Fitri Febriani , Septiadi Muhammad Andi
Published: January 2022

One of the applications of e-government in Indonesia is the Assessment Information system implemented in the city of Bandung since 2014 where. This e-government innovation is technology-based which makes assessment instruments for leaders and the people of Bandung to assess the performance of the sub-district and village heads. It's just that the lack of community participation makes this application not work according to its function, with qualitative research methods and using the theory of the author's vision to see the readiness of the apparatus and society in implementing this program. This research shows that the performance of the SIP application has not provided the maximum expected output. The not optimal SIP application is due to several factors. There is a need for comprehensive evaluation and improvement, building intensive communication and collaboration between operators and verifiers at the city government and sub-district levels.

Keywords: Decision-making, E-Government, Policy Innovation, Readiness, Performance Information System