bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
A spatiotemporal weighted regression model (STWR v1.0) for analyzing local nonstationarity in space and time
Authors: Que Xiang , Ma Xiaogang , Ma Chao , Chen Qiyu
Published: December 2020

Abstract. Local spatiotemporal nonstationarity occurs in various natural
and socioeconomic processes. Many studies have attempted to introduce time
as a new dimension into a geographically weighted regression (GWR) model,
but the actual results are sometimes not satisfying or even worse than the
original GWR model. The core issue here is a mechanism for weighting the effects
of both temporal variation and spatial variation. In many geographical and
temporal weighted regression (GTWR) models, the concept of time distance has
been inappropriately treated as a time interval. Consequently, the combined
effect of temporal and spatial variation is often inaccurate in the
resulting spatiotemporal kernel function. This limitation restricts the
configuration and performance of spatiotemporal weights in many existing
GTWR models. To address this issue, we propose a new spatiotemporal weighted
regression (STWR) model and the calibration method for it. A highlight of
STWR is a new temporal kernel function, wherein the method for temporal
weighting is based on the degree of impact from each observed point to a
regression point. The degree of impact, in turn, is based on the rate of
value variation of the nearby observed point during the time interval. The
updated spatiotemporal kernel function is based on a weighted combination of
the temporal kernel with a commonly used spatial kernel (Gaussian or
bi-square) by specifying a linear function of spatial bandwidth versus time.
Three simulated datasets of spatiotemporal processes were used to test the
performance of GWR, GTWR, and STWR. Results show that STWR significantly
improves the quality of fit and accuracy. Similar results were obtained by
using real-world data for precipitation hydrogen isotopes (δ2H) in the northeastern United States. The leave-one-out cross-validation
(LOOCV) test demonstrates that, compared with GWR, the total prediction
error of STWR is reduced by using recent observed points. Prediction
surfaces of models in this case study show that STWR is more localized than
GWR. Our research validates the ability of STWR to take full advantage of
all the value variation of past observed points. We hope STWR can bring
fresh ideas and new capabilities for analyzing and interpreting local
spatiotemporal nonstationarity in many disciplines.
The value of citizen science for flood risk reduction: cost–benefit analysis of a citizen observatory in the Brenta-Bacchiglione catchment
Authors: Ferri Michele , Wehn Uta , See Linda , Monego Martina , Fritz Steffen
Published: December 2020

Abstract. Citizen observatories are a relatively recent form of citizen science. As part of the flood risk management strategy of the Brenta-Bacchiglione catchment, a citizen observatory for flood risk management has been proposed and is currently being implemented. Citizens are involved through monitoring water levels and obstructions and providing other relevant information through mobile apps, where the data are assimilated with other sensor data in a hydrological–hydraulic model used in early warning. A cost–benefit analysis of the citizen observatory was undertaken to demonstrate the value of this approach in monetary terms. Although not yet fully operational, the citizen observatory is assumed to decrease the social vulnerability of the flood risk. By calculating the hazard, exposure and vulnerability of three flood scenarios (required for flood risk management planning by the EU Directive on Flood Risk Management) with and without the proposed citizen observatory, it is possible to evaluate the benefits in terms of the average annual avoided damage costs. Although currently a hypothetical exercise, the results showed a reduction in avoided damage of 45 % compared to a business as usual scenario. Thus, linking citizen science and citizen observatories with hydrological modelling to raise awareness of flood hazards and to facilitate two-way communication between citizens and local authorities has great potential in reducing future flood risk in the Brenta-Bacchiglione catchment. Moreover, such approaches are easily transferable to other catchments.
Residential flood loss estimated from Bayesian multilevel models
Authors: Mohor Guilherme S. , Thieken Annegret H. , Korup Oliver
Published: December 2020

Abstract. Model predictions of monetary losses from floods mainly use physical metrics like inundation depth or building characteristics but largely ignore indicators of preparedness. The role of such predictors may vary between regions and events, challenging the transferability of flood loss models. We use a flood loss database of 1812 German flood-affected households to explore how Bayesian multilevel models can estimate normalised flood damage stratified by event, region, or flood process type. Multilevel models acknowledge natural groups in the data and allow each group to learn from others. We obtain posterior estimates that differ between flood types, with credibly varying influences of water depth, contamination, duration, implementation of property-level precautionary measures, insurance, and previous flood experience; these influences overlap across most events or regions, however. We infer that the underlying damaging processes of distinct flood types deserve further attention. Each reported flood loss and affected region involved mixed flood types, likely explaining the uncertainty in the coefficients. Our results emphasise the need to consider flood types as an important step towards applying flood loss models elsewhere. We argue that failing to do so may complicate reliable loss estimation from empirical data.
The Urbanization of Labor and Its Struggle for Unionism in Turkish Cinema
Authors: Yüksel Hasan
Published: December 2020

The main purpose of the study is to investigate the emergence of labor and its struggle for unionism in Turkey in parallel to the process of urbanization on the basis of a particular Turkish employee film named after The Blood Money (Diyet). What I am trying to argue is that labor has become a labor and unionism has converted into a professional and institutional background in the aftermath of the announcement of Republican period despite some ups and downs. In 1950s, the capital was urbanized which was the case for labor in the 1960s and hereafter.
Review of The Mummy on Screen: Orientalism and Monstrosity in Horror Cinema
Authors: Maydana Sebastián Francisco
Published: December 2020

Basil Glynn, The Mummy on Screen: Orientalism and Monstrosity in Horror Cinema. International Library of the Moving Image. Bloomsbury, 2019. 216 pp. ISBN 9781788314084 (hardcover). $115.00.
Books Received 2020
Authors: Akser Murat
Published: December 2020

In 2020 we have received a variety of books on cinema and media from these publishers: Amsterdam University Press., Bloomsbury Academic, Columbia University Press, Edinburgh University Press, Intellect, Nordicom, Peter Lang, Routledge, University of Illinois Press, and Wayne State University Press.
Violencias, simulaciones y abusos en materia de exposición: Galicia en el siglo XVIII
Authors: Bouzada Gil Mª Teresa
Published: December 2020

La desafortunada situación de los expósitos en la Edad Moderna española es bien conocida. En una sociedad donde, en general, la mortalidad infantil era tan alta, las posibilidades de supervivencia de estos menores se redujeron considerablemente. En el caso gallego, las instituciones públicas no fueron suficientes para lidiar con el problema del creciente abandono de niños, particularmente, en el siglo XVIII, y se hizo esencial acudir a las familias a quienes, de una forma u otra, se les impone el deber, la carga, de criarlos. Esta imposición generó niveles significativos de rechazo hacia estos niños. A través de la documentación, tenemos la intención de presentar en este trabajo las simulaciones en las causas de la remoción de la carga; los fraudes para obtener ventajas monetarias con estos menores; las violencias físicas incluso hasta la muerte de los niños. Las feligresías y parroquias luchan con la única intención de «liberarse» de la carga. Al rechazo social, a la escasez de medios y al desconocimiento médico se une un sistema judicial que tampoco ayudó a mejorar la situación de los expósitos.
Bandole versus Justine: el sistema del alma del mundo en La Nouvelle Justine de Sade
Authors: Zorrilla Natalia
Published: December 2020

Este artículo se propone examinar la apropiación irónica que realiza Donatien Alphonse François de Sade del llamado “sistema del alma del mundo” en La Nouvelle Justine. Nuestro objetivo es mostrar cómo Sade subvierte tal sistema filosófico, originalmente asociado a posiciones inmaterialistas pitagórico-platónicas, para así transformarlo en una cosmovisión inmanentista-materialista. A fin de lograrlo, nos concentraremos en la composición del personaje libertino Bandole y su diálogo con la protagonista de la novela. Estudiaremos la reconstrucción de estas ideas acerca del alma del mundo que realizan autores frecuentemente leídos por Sade como Pierre Bayle y Nicolas Fréret, atendiendo asimismo a su vinculación con el pensamiento de Baruch Spinoza. A través de este artículo, nos proponemos ofrecer nuevas perspectivas desde donde revisar y evaluar el polémico compromiso (o ausencia de él) que exhibiría la obra libertina de Sade con la difusión de las ideas y proclamas del movimiento ilustrado.
An Unnameable Love
Authors: Lazali Lazali Karima
Published: December 2020

In this article, we take as a starting point the novel Le sommeil d'Eve (Eve's Sleep) in order to examine Mohammed Dib's thoughts on femininity and love. His input on those issues is remarkable and pervades all his work. The novel Le sommeil d'Eve reveals how some romantic encounters entail such trauma that the perceived love pushes the protagonists over into another universe, one where irrational phenomena reign: oddness, strangeness, hallucinations, loss of the sense of reality. This transition from one universe to another intertwines mystical with traumatic insanity, couples loss with devastation, and links birth to death.
Human resources development assessment planning program and bureaucratic reform management on the performance of government organization
Authors: Nugroho Sukmo Hadi , Bandono Adi , Suharyo Okol Sri
Published: December 2020

The purpose of this study is to analyze the assessment of Human Resources Development (HRD) Planning on the Government Organization Performance through Bureaucratic Reform Management. The Government Organization tasked with preparing public goods/services must be able to provide certainty of their performance capacity as an organization that is professionally organized and is non-excludability in providing an adequate level of service. This research is based on the performance of Government Organization that have not been maximized. The method used is the Second Order Structural Equation Modeling analysis method. The research results showed that HRD Planning had a significant influence on Organization performance through Bureaucratic Reform Management. Tests on the research model simultaneously proved that the model was fit with the fulfillment of all model fitting sizes indicated by the value of GFI = 0.925, CFI = 0.927, RMSEA = 0.075, and CMIN / DF = 1.995. The findings of this study prove that HRD Planning has a significant effect on Organization performance through Bureaucratic Reform Management. Based on these findings, the right strategy to strengthen Organization performance can be done by improving aspects of HRD Planning. Also, there is a need to pay attention to the management of strategic change by being more responsive and adaptive to environmental changes and HRD Planning.
Marketing performance of bread and cake small and medium business with competitive advantage as moderating variable
Authors: Salim Muhartini , Saputra Fachri Eka , Hayu Rina Suthia , Febliansa Muhammad Rahman
Published: December 2020

Small and Medium Business (UKM) of bread and cake can develop and encounter business competition if they are concerned greatly with their marketing performance. The purpose of this study was to determine: 1. The effect of market orientation and product innovation on marketing performance of Bread and Cake UKMs. 2.The moderating effect of competitive ad-vantage, strengthens or weakens, of market orientation and product innovation on the marketing performance of Bread and Cake UKMs partially. Data were obtained through offline questionnaire distribution to 80 respondents. The respondents were the business owners and employees of Bread and Cake UKMs in Bengkulu, Indonesia. The data analysis used in this research was Structural Equation Model (SEM) which was operated through the Partial Least Square (PLS) program, SmartPLS 3.2.9. The result indicated that market orientation and product innovation partially influenced marketing performance. Competitive advantage partially moderated (strengthens) the effect of market orientation and product innovation on marketing performance. This research contributes to the theoretical development of competitive advantage which moderates the effect of market orientation and product innovation partially on marketing performance. The study also helps to find the strategy to increase the marketing performance of Bread and Cake UKMs in Bengkulu, Indonesia.
The effects of customer perceived value and perceived innovation on green products
Authors: Alamsyah Doni Purnama , Othman Norfaridatul Akmaliah , Setiadi Ahmad , Mazia Lia , Hanafiah Rudiah Md
Published: December 2020

Customer behavior of environmentally friendly products becomes marketing attention by implementing a green marketing strategy to improve customer’ green trust. The study concentrates on the correlation of eco-label attribute, perceived innovation, perceived quality, and green trust of a customer. The study was conducted in 2020 with a survey of supermarket’s customers who were familiar with green products. There were 200 customers who were selected randomly; data from a customer was taken by questionnaire. Then, data from the questionnaire was processed by using SEM approach through SmartPLS. The research finding determined that the implementation of an eco-label attribute may influence on customer’ green trust directly through customer perceived quality. Furthermore, it was determined that customer perceived quality could play the mediation role between eco-label attributes and green trust. Besides, it has known that the value of innovation of green products could not be affected by eco-label attributes and it could not affect customer’s green trust. The study provides a recommendation from the model of green customer behavior with mediation focuses on customer perceived quality. The finding can provide important information for marketers and producers who use the environmental issue, and it is implemented to green marketing strategy.
Empirical analysis of intellectual capital, potential absorptive capacity, realized absorptive capacity and cultural intelligence on innovation
Authors: Yuwono Wisnu
Published: December 2020

The purpose of this research is to reveal the influence of intellectual capital, potential absorptive capacity, realized absorptive capacity, and cultural intelligence on innovation in the tourism sector in Batam City. Batam has geopolitical and geographic advantages, located in the Malacca Strait, adjacent to and directly facing Singapore and Malaysia. It has not been optimal in exploring the potential for innovation in the tourism sector. Thus, this sector does not yet have a significant contribution to economic development. The research was conducted on the management of companies that are members of the Association of the Indonesian Tours and Travel Agencies in Batam City, totaling 54 people. By using the analysis of Structural Equation Model (SEM) with SmartPLS version 3.0, the results show that 1) intellectual capital has no effect on innovation; 2) potential absorptive capacity has no effect on innovation; 3) Realized absorptive capacity has a significant positive effect on innovation, and 4) Cultural Intelligence has a significant positive effect on innovation. The results of this study will give some insight to company managers in the tourism sector for developing innovation to maintain business continuity.
The influence of leadership styles on employees' job satisfaction in public sector organizations in Indonesia
Authors: Holbert Jonny , Madhakomala R. , Saparuddin Saparuddin , Timotius Elkana
Published: December 2020

A good performance potentially creates competitive advantage for any organization. Performance is determined by the role of leaders who influence all members of organizations through clear directions. Likewise, employee satisfaction in improving the performance of an organization also depends on the leader. This study investigates the role of leadership and job satisfaction on employee’s performance. Sample of this research includes 160 employees in a public organization in Indonesia. They are analyzed by descriptive and inference statistics for the linearity and regression analysis. The results of the study show that leadership had a significant impact on employee’s performance and job satisfaction. They are recommended to be considered when performance needs to be improved.
The role of high performance work practices, work-family conflict, job stress and personality in affecting work life balance
Authors: Zahoor Nida , Abdullah Nor Azimah Chew , Zakaria Nazlina
Published: December 2020

The purpose of this research was to identify the role of high performance work practices of banks, work-family conflict, job stress, and personality of bank employees in affecting their work-life balance. To accomplish this goal, self-administered structured questionnaires were distributed to those bank employees who were either married, divorced, or separated, had children, and at least one year working experience in that bank. Final sample was comprised of 726 employees from 277 banks of South Punjab. The results revealed that high performance work practices of banks, family to work conflict, and personality type B behavioral patterns of bank employees increase their work-life balance, and work to family conflict of bank employees decreased their work-life balance. However, job stress and personality type A behavioral patterns of bank employees did not affect their work-life balance. Contrary to previous studies, these results suggest that moderate family to work conflict is actually good for work-life balance, and job stress and personality type A behavioral patterns are inherently not bad for work-life balance. Hence, State Bank of Pakistan should consider developing policies to enhance employee friendly high performance work practices in banks. Banks should also consider taking personality tests prior to recruiting and selecting employees for hectic posts.
Factors influencing the usage of XBRL tools
Authors: Rawashdeh Badi Salem , Rawashdeh Awni
Published: December 2020

This study established and empirically validated a model for predicting factors influencing users' behavioural intentions for using XBRL tools. This study explored the behavioural intention of using XBRL tools from the point of view of users by applying the UTAUT model with the addition of trust and satisfaction. An online survey was conducted by using the modified study model to comply with the research objectives. An online survey of 267 respondents obtained and analysed using structural equation modelling (SEM) and IBM SPSS AMOS. The findings show that trust and satisfaction influenced behavioural intent significantly and positively. In turn, the effort expectancy and performance expectancy had a significant impact on satisfaction. The results showed that in the presence of satisfaction there was no direct effect of effort expectancy and performance expectancy on the behavioural intention to use XBRL tools and the emergence of a direct effect of confidence on the behavioural intention to use XBRL tools. The findings correspond with the previous studies and provide a practical reference for XBRL tool developers and decision-makers involved in developing and using XBRL tools for tagging and analysing financial reporting.
Understanding creative, information and knowledge determinants of the economic growth of the EU regions within smart development strategies
Authors: Vasyltsiv Taras , Levytska Olha , Lupak Ruslan , Gudzovata Oksana , Kunytska-Iliash Marta , Zaychenko Volodymyr , Mulska Olha
Published: December 2020

The article substantiates the relevance and necessity of involving creativity, information and knowledge-based capital while forming and implementing the smart specialization policy of the EU regions. The scientific views on the relationship between the processes of economic growth, the use of creative, information and knowledge approaches, smart-oriented spatial and territorial planning are generalized. A new approach for assessing the creative, information and knowledge determinants of the EU regions’ economy transformations with the use of the multivariate regression analysis, a composite method, and strategic structural and functional design is developed. The scores of the sub-indices of the Global Innovation Index, the Global Talent Competitiveness Index and the World Digital Competitiveness Ranking are selected as the initial parameters of regression analysis. The relationships between these factors and the change in the GDP volume per capita, the share of GDP used for gross investment, high-tech exports, and the Global Quality of Life Index are revealed. The composite indicators of the concentration of creative and digital (ICT) industries in the EU regions are calculated (based on the level of enterprise concentration in an industry, the share of the employed in the field and the share of an industry in the regional economy in terms of wages). The priorities of smart specialization strategies of the EU’s individual regions, which are related to creative, information and knowledge factors, are identified. The calculations have confirmed sufficient closeness of the relationship between the use of creative, information and knowledge factors and the fulfillment of the tasks of smart specialization strategies in the EU regions. The sequence of the formation of tools and means for the implementation of the strategy of the regions’ smart specialization in the context of attraction and effective use of the determinants grouped by three directions (creativitization, digitalization and new knowledge) is presented.
The impact of service quality performance on destination image and destination loyalty in Saudi Arabia: An empirical investigation
Authors: Alzaydi Zyad
Published: December 2020

The interest in tourism destination loyalty has increased in recent times. Although the recent literature has shown that a tourist’s loyalty to a destination is the direct result of quality service and the type of experiences, the correlation between service quality and customer loyalty has yet to be thoroughly researched within the tourist-destination context. Since these destinations are constantly changing, it requires further analysis and research. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between service quality performance and destination loyalty, as well as the mediation impact of destination image in Saudi Arabia for local tourist destination perspectives in Albaha region, while considering the attitudes towards service quality within three, four- and five-star hotels. The partial least square to structural equation modelling was used (PLS-SEM) to examine 298 local tourists from Saudi Arabia who took part in a survey. The results show a positive relationship between service quality performance and destination image, as well as a positive relationship between service quality performance and loyalty. The results also confirm that destination image mediated the relationship between service quality performance and destination loyalty. The results of this study contribute to knowledge by informing service managers in tourism sector about the perspectives of local tourists towards destination image and loyalty.
Linking bank advertising to customer attitudes: The role of cognitive and affective trust
Authors: Bilisbekov Nursultan , Sarfo Christian , Dandis Ala’ Omar , Eid Mohammad Al-Haj
Published: December 2020

The main objective of this paper is to investigate the effect of affective and cognitive trust in bank advertising toward its potential customers. An advertising experiment was conducted by creating two bank advertisements focusing on affective and cognitive trust in bank advertising. SEM analysis is conducted with a sample of 254 customers who banked with the Central Bank of Ghana using STATA 14.1. Results showed that customers of a bank are more drawn to affective advertising than cognitive advertising. Results also showed that cognitive trust is a stronger predictor of anticipation towards future interactions with a bank than affective trust. Uncertainty and commitment had insignificant relationships with affective trust. Cognitive trust had a positive relationship with commitment, while affective trust had no significant relationship with commitment. Managerial implications and future research of the findings are discussed.
Judith Wheater's Queer Vision: Edith Wharton's Alternative Title for The Children
Authors: Haytock Jennifer
Published: December 2020

This essay explores the implications of Edith Wharton's previously unknown alternative title for The Children. The holograph manuscript reveals that she considered titling this novel The Family. In light of this information and using investigations in queer studies that challenge normative assumptions about relationships, caretaking, and human psychological growth, this essay argues that the novel interrogates its society's reliance on and reproduction of inherited structures of family, gender, and age categories. Through Judith Wheater, The Children offers a queer vision, in which children form their own familial unit that retains the pleasures of childhood, claims the benefits of adulthood, and rejects the impermanence and perils of heteronormative coupling. Despite the failure of this vision, Wharton renders queerness in its interrogatory and resisting form, exposing the almost invisible ways in which society orders itself through constructions of age, gender, and relationships and positing the possibility of alternative structures.
“One Long Vision of Beauty”: Edith Wharton and Italian Visual Culture
Authors: Orlando Emily J.
Published: December 2020

By the start of the twentieth century, Edith Wharton had earned a place for herself in the fields of architecture and interior décor with the release of the design treatise The Decoration of Houses (1897) and, shortly thereafter, two books on Italy: Italian Villas and Their Gardens (1904) and Italian Backgrounds (1905). Reflecting, in A Backward Glance, on “the unexpected popularity” of her first book, Wharton humbly notes, “I was only beginning to be known as a novelist, but on Italian seventeenth and eighteenth century architecture, about which so little had been written, I was thought to be fairly competent.” “Fairly competent” would prove quite the understatement. Contemplating what moved her to write about architecture and design, Wharton offers, “I knew that, at least in English, there was no serious work on Italian villa and garden architecture, and I meant, as far as I was able, to fill the want.” This essay argues that Wharton's command of and great reverence for Italy—a site that inspires “rapt contemplation,” begets communion with “a mighty current,” and amounts to “one long vision of beauty”—not only made possible her two studies of Italy but also substantially informs the aesthetic of her early career, as is most evident in The Decoration of Houses. Italy, whose “very air is full of architecture,” is for Wharton “the very beginning of things.”
The Sins of the Fathers: Mental Illness, Heredity, and Short Fiction by Wharton and Hemingway
Authors: Tyler Lisa
Published: December 2020

In Edith Wharton's 1903 novella Sanctuary and Ernest Hemingway's posthumously published short story “I Guess Everything Reminds You of Something,” both authors write about a parent worried about a child's tendency to plagiarize. In each case, the inherited propensity for immoral behavior stands in for the inherited bipolar disorder that affected both Wharton's husband, Teddy, and Hemingway himself. The authors implicitly evoke degeneration theory, an ugly offshoot of the pseudoscience of eugenics popular in early twentieth-century America, to explore the dangers of paternal inheritance. The negative eugenics widely accepted in America during the first half of the twentieth century would dictate that people with genetic mental illness should not be allowed to reproduce at all. Not surprisingly, the mother in Wharton's novella and the father in Hemingway's short story are each plagued by guilt over a son's immorality. In these critically neglected works of short fiction, a concerned parent broods over whether a child's hereditary propensities can be overcome by a loving upbringing and supportive environment. Both Wharton and Hemingway wrestled with bipolar disorder and its devastating symptoms in their own families and wrote stories in which they expressed personal and cultural anxieties about the illness's devastating impact.
Revival by Humor: John Steinbeck and Pathways from the Ridiculous to the Sublime
Authors: Sem Fure William
Published: December 2020

This essay is an exploration of the historical and theoretical relations between the ridiculous and the sublime. Leaning on concepts from Friedrich Schiller, Francis Hutcheson, Thomas Mann, and Norman Mailer, it seeks to place John Steinbeck's Sweet Thursday into a broader tradition. The main focus is the narrative function of the character Hazel, the village idiot turned suffering hero.
Steinbeck Today
Authors: Ray William
Published: December 2020

Developments around COVID-19 in the first half of 2020 stimulated renewed interest in The Grapes of Wrath while suggesting a limited future for live events like the annual Steinbeck festival in Salinas, or the public presentation in Palo Alto by Gavin Jones on Steinbeck's time at Stanford and the university's influence on To a God Unknown, Cannery Row, and other books by Steinbeck. Commentators in New York responded to the imposition of social distancing controls there and elsewhere in America with appeals to The Grapes of Wrath that left room for ambivalence about the future, like the ambiguous ending of Steinbeck's greatest novel.
Effect of evaporation-induced osmotic changes in culture media in a dry-type incubator on clinical outcomes in in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer cycles
Authors: Chi Hee-Jun , Park Jun-Sang , Yoo Chang-Seok , Kwak Su-Jin , Son Ho-Jeong , Kim Seok-Gi , Sim Chae-Hee , Lee Kyeong-Ho , Koo Deog-Bon
Published: December 2020

Objective: This study investigated whether adding outer-well medium to inhibit osmotic changes in culture media in a dry-type incubator improved the clinical outcomes of in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer (IVF-ET) cycles. Methods: In culture dishes, the osmotic changes in media (20 µL)-covered oil with or without outer-well medium (humid or dry culture conditions, respectively) were compared after 3 days of incubation in a dry-type incubator. One-step (Origio) and G1/G2 (Vitrolife) media were used. Results: The osmotic changes in the dry culture condition (308 mOsm) were higher than in the humid culture conditions (285–290 mOsm) after 3 days of incubation. In day 3 IVF-ET cycles, although the pregnancy rate did not significantly differ between the dry (46.2%) and humid culture (52.2%) groups, the rates of abortion and ongoing pregnancy were significantly better in the humid culture group (2.3% and 50.2%, respectively) than in the dry culture group (8.3% and 37.8%, respectively, p<0.05). In day 5 IVF-ET cycles, the abortion rate was significantly lower in the humid culture group (2.2%) than in the dry culture group (25.0%, p<0.01), but no statistically significant difference was observed in the rates of clinical and ongoing pregnancy between the dry (50% and 25.0%, respectively) and humid culture groups (59.5% and 57.3%, respectively) because of the small number of cycles. Conclusion: Hyperosmotic changes in media occurred in a dry-type incubator by evaporation, although the medium was covered with oil. These osmotic changes were efficiently inhibited by supplementation of outer-well medium, which resulted in improved pregnancy outcomes.
ANÁLISE MULTITEMPORAL DO CLIMA URBANO EM PALMAS, ESTADO DO TOCANTINS –BRASIL
Authors: David  Georges  Gomes Felipe , Marega  Rigolin  Fuzeto Isabela , Pereira Prates Renata
Published: December 2020

The urban climate changes, caused by intense urban densities, result in loss life quality. Therefore, it becomes increasingly necessary to know the dynamics climatic of a given region in search of strategies to promote socio-environmental quality. The present work aimed to analyze the temporal space variations of the urban climate and the implications of water availability and NDVI in urban heat islands. For this purpose, we adopt as case study the municipality of Palmas - Tocantins. In a first moment, the climatological characterization of the study area through the climatological water balance proposed by Thornthwaite and Mather (1955) was carried out. Then the terrestrial surface temperature (LST) and Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) were calculated by means of multispectral images of the LANDSAT7 and LANDSAT8 satellites and GIS software. From the climatic water balance, it was possible to verify indices characteristic of the tropical climate as well as the climatic dynamics of the region. We observed small surface heat islands diagnosed by means of satellite imagery in the urban environment with a magnitude of up to 15 ° Celsius in relation to the nearby rural areas, especially in the drier periods. We also confirmed the importance of green areas in the mitigation of land temperatures.
DETECÇÃO DE FALHAS ESTRUTURAIS EM UM PORTICO METÁLICO UTILIZANDO A COMPUTAÇÃO INTELIGENTE
Authors: Carreta   Moro Thiago , Roberto Chavarette Fábio , Feliciani Merizio Igor , Outa Roberto
Published: December 2020

TheMetal Gantriesis one of the main structural compositions of gas stations, bridges and sky spiders. However, such structures are vulnerable to environmental, temporal and anthropological demands, generating wear and tear that can cause these structures to collapse.With the technological advances of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, there was a transformation of the relationship between physical space and man, called the Cyber-Physic model. This technological evolution surpassed the walls of Industries 4.0, and was also established in the civil branch, solving the problems of structural insecurity, reciprocal to the metallic portico through the Structural Health MonitoringTherefore, this research work presents an innovative proposal for the development of a Structural Health Monitoring applied to Metal Gantries with decision making based on Intelligent ComputingWith this, this work seeks not only to implement the Structural Health Monitoringto guarantee safety in metallic frames, but also to optimize its operation with decision making based on the Artificial Immune System, through the Negative Selection Algorithm. Observing the results, this work proved to be efficient, robust and economically viable, having a high performance, representing the perfect Cyber-Physic measure in the monitoring of Metal Gantries and resolution of its structural problems.
SÍNTESE, CARACTERIZAÇÃO E AVALIAÇÃO DE BIOCARVÃO PRODUZIDO A PARTIR DE RESÍDUOS DE INDÚSTRIAS FRIGORÍFICAS COMO POTENCIAL
Authors: Roberto de Moura Ricardo , Carrion Castro Bruno , Teixeira de Souza Alexandre
Published: December 2020

The study of using refrigerator effluent as an energy source and fertilizer generation is justified due to the main problem with a refrigerator: the generation of waste. The purpose of the work was to seek an alternative for the use of the refrigerator effluent (Red line, Green line). The calorific value was quantified in order to determine the capacity to feed an energy generator and to evaluate whether the burning residue is viable for soil fertilization. For this, 3 pyrolysis processes were carried out at different temperatures, obtaining the biochar. In addition, thermal analyzes, X-ray diffraction analyzes, and X-ray fluorescence spectrometry analyzes were conducted. The results of the analyzes showed that the values of calorific value obtained were close to those of other materials already proven in the literature. Thus, it is concluded that biocarbons from the refrigerator have favorable properties for the energy generation process.The samples showed a large amount of Carbon and other elements such as Silicon, Calcium, Phosphorus and Potassium in their composition, indicating that biochar deserves to be better studied as a possible fertilizer.
Hybrids with Final Neoclassical Combining Forms in Baltic Languages
Authors: Mikelionienė Jurgita
Published: December 2020

The article presents some ideas about the hybrids that are made by combining the neoclassical elements or are mixed of Lithuanian or Latvian and foreign origin combining forms. The examples of hybrids found in English are also provided. This corpus-based investigation reveals that the formation of hybrids with final neoclassical combining forms in modern Baltic languages is a sufficiently active, productive and unobtrusive process of creativity and wit. The identified structural types of hybrids are the following: 1) the hybrids with the international elements of different classical or neoclassical origin; 2) the hybrids with the initial element of non-classical origin. They are almost identical in the analysed languages, suggesting that they are often borrowed and translated rather than created, but if they are created, then this is done by obvious analogy. Some Lithuanian and Latvian hybrids have long been used and included in various dictionaries, and their frequency in the linguistic corpus is quite high. However, most examples of hybrid origin do not exist and probably do not appear in dictionaries due to their rare use, uniqueness, distinctive form or irregularity. The knowledge of hybrid formation and usage can be relevant to the learners of Lithuanian, Latvian, and English, as well as translators, terminologists, and lexicographers.
Pragmatic Aspects of Latvian Predicative Infinitive Constructions
Authors: Kalnača Andra , Lokmane Ilze
Published: December 2020

The purpose of this article is to examine Latvian predicative infinitive constructions in a pragmatic aspect, showing that they constitute a special type of pragmatic marking. Unlike such pragmatic markers as particles, conjunctions, adverbs or prosody, predicative infinitive constructions in Latvian are pragmatically functioning as a single unit, i.e., their constructional functionality follows from this unity rather than from separate lexical or grammatical elements. Insofar as they represent a marginal modally marked construction type in Latvian, their use is related to non-neutral, marked registers of the language. Therefore, the article focuses on modal and temporal meanings, as well as polarity of predicative infinitive constructions. As their modal and temporal meanings are closely related to communicative types of utterances, the use of these constructions is restricted to specific text types – warnings, categorical requests and prohibitions, advertisements, headlines in mass media, etc.
Change and Continuity in Translation. Renewing Communication in a Globalised World
Authors: Gambier Yves
Published: December 2020

At first sight, technology is transforming rapidly the workflow in translation. Like in many other fields, digital technology impacts translators’ daily life. Technology is so omnipresent that we are hardly capable of measuring the consequences it had, the metamorphosis it has induced. On the other hand, we are also so fascinated by all the technical devices and platforms we can use that we tend to forget or undermine the past and how technology and media have always played a role in the evolution of our cultures. Looking back in history, we can realise that some current practices in translation, considered as new, are not really so new.The use of multimodal “texts” we are referring to everyday is not without analogy with the production and the reading of “texts” in the past. Perhaps the transition from a logocentric to an intersemiotic and intermedial culture puts an end to a limited period of time in history, dominated by printing. But closing the “Gutenberg parenthesis” does not imply coming across the same artefacts again as before the 15th century.Based on the existing literature, our paper questions the borders between some translation practice, media, disciplines, through an historical perspective.
La légalisation du cannabis
Authors: Mouna Khalid , Afsahi Kenza
Published: December 2020

Based on an ethnographic survey on cannabis cultivation in Morocco, this article examines the emergence of economic, political, and associative elites in a marginalized space strongly marked by illegalism. The article also analyzes the relationships between these different actors with farmers at different levels (during an election campaign, during a meeting, and in the media field), in order to better understand the complexity of the debate on the legalization of cannabis in the Moroccan context
Mormon Lifestyles
Authors: Mäder Marie-Therese
Published: December 2020

Missionaries star in a reality show, polygamous families give viewers access to their everyday lives in a documentary series, religious couples portray their successful lives and their faith in TV spots. Using numerous examples, “Mormon Lifestyles. Communicating Religion and Ethics in Documentary Media” shows how documentary media fundamentally influence the public perception of religion. Religious affiliation is expressed by such media as a specific lifestyle. With a view to the global spread of Mormonism, the study explains how documentary media thematize and rework religion with specific tools and to various ends, including within the ethical and digital spaces.
New and known Halichoanolaimus de Man, 1886 species (Nematoda: Selachinematidae) from New Zealand’s continental margin
Authors: Leduc Daniel
Published: December 2020

The Selachinematidae is a globally distributed family of predatory nematodes found from shallow waters to the abyssal plain. Here, three new species of Halichoanolaimus de Man, 1886 (H. ossilagulus sp. nov., H. funestus sp. nov. and H. pumilus sp. nov.) and one known species (H. ovalis Ditlevsen, 1921) are described from the New Zealand continental margin, thus bringing the total number of selachinematid species recorded from the New Zealand region to 14 and the total number of species of Halichoanolaimus to 26. The range of H. ovalis is extended from the Southern Ocean to the Southwest Pacific Ocean (latitude 42° S to 53° S); the depth range of this species, which was originally described from the littoral zone, is also extended to 1061 m depth. Dorsosublateral rows of pore complexes and pseudocoelomocytes, features that have either rarely or not been recorded previously in the genus, were observed in all four species described here. The taxonomic significance of these features remains to be ascertained for the family and will require observations of other species of Halichoanolaimus and selachinematid genera. Pseudocoelomocytes and pore complexes may have an excretory function, thus aiding to process the waste products of digestion in selachinematid taxa with a blind intestine.
Knowledge, Perceptions, and Uptake of the Human Papillomavirus Vaccine in a Sample of US High School Adolescents
Authors: Barrett Casey , Scoular Sarah , Borgelt Laura M.
Published: December 2020

OBJECTIVE

To assess high school students' knowledge and perceptions of human papillomavirus (HPV) and HPV vaccines and evaluate high school students' self-reported uptake of the HPV vaccine.

METHODS

This was an observational, descriptive study using a 44-question survey. Participants were ninth grade students in a Colorado public school district. The survey was administered as part of a health education course.

RESULTS

Ninety-two surveys were included in the analysis. Demographic characteristics included 64/92 (69.6%) male and 55/92 (59.8%) Hispanic/Latino students. There was no difference between males and females regarding self-reported vaccination status. Non-Hispanic students were 71.6% less likely to have received the HPV vaccine than Hispanic students (OR 0.284; 95% CI, 0.088–0.920; p = 0.036). The average score on the knowledge section was 42.7% with a standard deviation of 22.6%. When assessing students' perceptions, 71/92 (77.2%) disagreed or strongly disagreed that they felt at risk for getting an HPV infection. There was no significant difference between males and females regarding awareness of the HPV vaccine (p = 0.14). More than half of students (58.7%) did not know if they had received the HPV vaccine.

CONCLUSION

HPV vaccine awareness was low and many students did not know if they had received the HPV vaccine. Ninth grade students did not have accurate knowledge of HPV and HPV vaccines and this study presents opportunities for increased education.
Pediatric Scurvy: How an Old Disease Is Becoming a New Problem
Authors: Fortenberry Megan , Rucker Heather , Gaines Katelyn
Published: December 2020

Ascorbic acid (vitamin C) functions as a cofactor and antioxidant within the human body that enables tissue growth and repair, but vitamin C is not intrinsically produced. Scurvy, or ascorbic acid deficiency, has traditionally been viewed as a historical disease. With the incidence of autism spectrum disorder and food restriction on the rise, children's hospitals may see increasing cases of scurvy. This is a single-center, retrospective case series including patients aged 7 to 14 years who were admitted to the Kentucky Children's Hospital with scurvy in the 2018–2019 period. Although selective or restricted eating is not an uncommon behavior among children, especially toddlers, parents of autistic children frequently report their children to be exceedingly selective eaters. However, there currently are conflicting findings on whether this leads to nutritional inadequacy. Although no guidelines exist for the treatment of scurvy, the mainstay of therapy is reintroduction of vitamin C. Oral therapy is generally preferred, but vitamin C can be given parenterally when necessary. In conclusion, oral aversion is a symptom commonly seen in patients with autism spectrum disorder and other developmental delays, potentially leading to increased cases of scurvy. Treatment of scurvy includes reintroduction of vitamin C into the diet. However, oral supplementation may pose unique challenges in this patient population.