bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Academic News: Michael Knibb Awarded the British Academy Edward Ullendorff Medal
Authors: Bausi Alessandro
Published: July 2020

Academic news
Le développement constitutionnel de l’Ethiopie durant la période révolutionnaire (1974–1991)
Authors: Scholler Heinrich
Published: July 2020

The legal development of the Ethiopian Revolution (1974–91) is characterised by three different phases equivalent to different levels or developments of the Ethiopian Revolution. A provisional framework was given by the proclamations no. 1 and 2 of 1974. Only in 1987 the so-called Mengistu-Constitution was adopted and seemed to give legal stability to the country. The idea of revolutionary change developed and altered within three phases: The first phase, the French phase, tried to implement so-called “Revolutionary Justice”, the second Chinese phase marked by a red-terror campaign tried to destroy all existing legal structures, while the third phase, a Soviet phase, tried to establish Soviet or Marxist rule by Socialist laws.The article explains the organisation of the Ethiopian State as a result of the Ethiopian Constitution of 1987. The high concentration of all government functions including the judiciary and the parliament (Shengo) is explained. The article does not limit itself to the interpretation and analysis of the new legal documents and instruments and their functions, but tries to interrelate the new legal structures with the corresponding socio-political power process.
Geflecht aus 81 Büchern - Zur variantenreichen Gestalt des äthiopischen Bibelkanons
Authors: Brandt Peter
Published: July 2020

The canon lists in Sēnodos und Fetḥa nagaśt do not represent the original arrangement of biblical books, since they go back to coptic traditions. Most of the biblical manuscripts are younger than the lists (c. 14 to c. 20), and their order of books is very disparat. Although the original arrangement cannot be identified from them, they reveal aspects of arrangement, which generate a specific ethiopian shape of the bible. Books or groups of books are bound together in different ways. In the OT there are eight books of the Law instead of five, and the rest remains in great variance. In the NT the internal order of the groups is stable, but the ar­rangement of the groups varies. Looking at this variability from a perspective of reception, the manuscripts are important, for they show what the believing community actually had before it. The ethiopian biblical canon seems to be construed as a net of various innerbiblical dialo­gues.
Abdurahman Garad - Ewald Wagner: Harari-Studien: Texte mit Übersetzung, grammatische Skizzen und Glossar
Authors: Kaye Alan S.
Published: July 2020

ReviewATTENTION: Due to copy-right no online publication is provided.
Eeva H. M. Gutt - Hussein Mohammad: Silt'e - Amharic - English Dictionary (with Concise Grammar by Ernst-August Gutt
Authors: Leslau Wolf
Published: July 2020

Review
Alessandro Bausi - Mauro Tosco: Afroasiatica Neapolitana: Contributi presentati all’8° Incontro di Linguistica Afroasiatica (Camito-Semitica), Napoli 1996
Authors: Voigt Rainer
Published: July 2020

Review
Veronika Six: Äthiopische Handschriften vom Ṭānāsee Teil 3
Authors: Bausi Alessandro
Published: July 2020

Review
Maṣḥafa faws manfasāwi. Die Geʿez-Übersetzung des arabischen Kitāb aṭ-ṭibb ar-rūḥānī (“Buch von der geistlichen Medizin”) des koptischen Bischofs Michael von Aṯrīb und Malīǧ (13. Jh.)
Authors: Kleiner Michael
Published: July 2020

Dissertation Abstracts
November 27–28, 1999, at Munich (Germany): The human image in the changes of basic rights
Authors: Tafla Bairu
Published: July 2020

Conference Review
15.–17. 10. 1999 in München (Deutschland): Fünfte Tagung des Orbis Aethiopicus
Authors: Team Editorial
Published: July 2020

Conference Review
The Socio-Economic Role and Status of Handicraftsmen among the Kambaata of Southern Ethiopia
Authors: Abbute Wolde-Selassie
Published: July 2020

Although traditional handicraftsmen play an indispensable economic and socio-cultural role within the society, they have been marginalized and segregated by the peasant population in southern Ethiopia. The handicraftsmen produce a wide range of production, household consumption and defence tools and implements. Besides, they have an important socio-cultural role as ritual performers, initiators, drummers, musicians, entertainers, operators, professional mourners, traditional medical experts, etc. during several social life events. However, despite their important role in multiple contexts, they are despised and prejudiced against by the peasant population. They are kept away and segregated from the rest of the society, being considered as unclean, and restricted in many ways, including limitation to endogamous marriage.This study examines the ambiguous and ambivalent position of the handicraftsmen, as well as their mutual interdependence within the peasant population by investigating the particular case of potters   and smiths among the Kambaata of southern Ethiopia.
Bibliographie zur äthiosemitischen und kuschitischen Sprachwissenschaft IV: 1999 mit Nachträgen für 1997 und 1998
Authors: Voigt Rainer
Published: July 2020

Bibliography for the Study of Ethiosemitic, Cushitic and Omotic Languages.
Eine Grabbeigabe aus Aksum (Bǝrit ʿAwdi)
Authors: Wendowski Marlies , Ziegert Helmut , Nosnitsin Denis , Uhlig Siegbert
Published: July 2020

Miscellaneous Article
In memoriam William Alfred Shack (1923-2000)
Authors: Crummey Donald
Published: July 2020

Obituary
Manfred Ullmann: Der Neger in der Bildersprache der arabischen Dichter
Authors: Wagner Ewald
Published: July 2020

Review
Les orientalistes sont des aventuriers: Guirlande offerte à Joseph Tubiana par ses élèves et ses amis
Authors: Bondarev Dimitri
Published: July 2020

Review
Wechsel auf der semitistischen Professur an der Universität Marburg
Authors: Team Editorial
Published: July 2020

Personalia
David W. Phillipson (with principal assistance of Jacke Phillips) et al.: Archaeology at Aksum, Ethiopia, 1993–7
Authors: Uhlig Siegbert
Published: July 2020

Review
Osvaldo Raineri: Gli Atti etiopici del martire egiziano Giorgio il nuovo († 978)
Authors: Bausi Alessandro
Published: July 2020

Review
July 22–26, 2001 in Asmära (Eritrea) International Conference of Eritrean Studies
Authors: Tafla Bairu , Six Veronika
Published: July 2020

Conference Review
Ethiopian Manuscript
Authors: Six Veronika
Published: July 2020

Information
Two notes on the 15th International Conference of Ethiopian Studies
Authors: Team Editorial
Published: July 2020

Conference Review
A note on ǝrswo versus antä
Authors: Ullendorff Edward
Published: July 2020

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In memoriam Aleksander Ferenc (1945-2001)
Authors: Mantel-Niećko Joanna
Published: July 2020

ObituaryATTENTION: Due to copy-right no online publication is provided.
À propos du malkʾa Maryam et de l’occident (Suivi de deux notes d’hagiographie)
Authors: Beylot Robert
Published: July 2020

Latin medieval parallels to the malkʾa Maryam were reported in a previous paper. Since, a french scholar issued a study about Mary’s place in the medieval liturgy and her physical presence in the liturgical symbolic. So the latin texts in question are replaced in a whole. The possibility of a continuation until the Renaissance is explored. In the baroque ages we find in France a marial association from bavarian origin, internationally represented whose devotions are alike that inspiring the malkʾa Maryam. A further research is necessary about this parallel development of piety in Europe and Ethiopia. The miracle of the light expanded by the saint’s fingers during the prayer is listed from a few ethiopic lives. A few comments are given about Marrassini’s edition from the Gädlä Gäbrä Mänfäs Qeddus, especially the names of the saint’s fathers. Two toponyms of the same Gädl are examined and an alternative reading of the considered sentence is suggested.
Die altäthiopischen Monatsnamen ägyptisch-koptischer Herkunft: Beispiele wiederholter Entlehnung aus einer sich verändernden Matrixumgebung
Authors: Breyer Francis Amadeus Karl
Published: July 2020

The amount of different spellings for the Ethiopian month names originally borrowed from Coptic has always been confusing. On a closer look, they can be divided into two groups, whose differences exactly correspond to those between the Coptic dialects Sahidic and Bohairic. Thus, the nouns in question are not only of greatest value for our understanding of Coptic phonology – and through their etymological connections to Old Egyptian even for this very early stage of the language - , they show very clearly, how the successive borrowing of loanwords from changing linguistical environments works. The first Coptic month names were borrowed from the Saidic dialect, but when the patriarch’s see moved from Kairo to Alexandria, the corresponding words were borrowed again, this time from the northern Bohairic dialect. After the Coptic names had been borrowed in Arabic and the Coptic language itself came to be extinct, those words were borrowed a third time, their forms being now taken from Arabic. On the level of phonology, special attention should be given to the consonants, which have been reconstructed as being postglottalized in Old Egyptian, a proposal which is confirmed by the Ethiopian evidence.
Ulrich Braukämper: Islamic History and Culture in Southern Ethiopia. Collected Essays
Authors: Gori Alessandro
Published: July 2020

Review
Tedros Abraha: The Ethiopic Version of the Letter to the Hebrews
Authors: Weninger Stefan
Published: July 2020

Review
10 au 12 Septembre 2004 à Mannheim: IXème Conférence d’Orbis Aethiopicus
Authors: Wiren Robert
Published: July 2020

Conference Report ATTENTION: Due to copy-right no online publication is provided.
Еconomic analysis of meat production from two types of Domestic quails
Authors: Lukanov H. , Pavlova I.
Published: July 2020

Abstract. There are two types of Japanese quails, reared in Europe – dual-purpose and meat. The aim of the present study was to made an economic analysis of fattening quails from the dual-purpose and heavy production types. Three groups were formed – group 1 (dual-purpose), groups 2 and 3 (heavy type), reared in cages. After quails sexing on the 16th day of age, there were formed six subgroups: 1m, 1f, 2m, 2f, 3m and 3f. Fattening period lasted until 35 days of age. For revenues calculation produced meat and edible offal data per m2, were used. Costs calculation include consumed feed for the period, day-old quail, and other costs. The main production costs were associated with feed and day-old quails: from 80.3 and 82.6% of all costs in the studied groups. The anticipated revenues from produce in group 2 were 10 EUR/m2 higher than those in group 1, and for group 3 – 10.21 EUR/m2 higher than group А. The results indicate that meat type quails fattening is the most economically efficient in quail meat production. Producing quail edible offal is still not developed but could be beneficial for efficiency of quail fattening small farms.
PENGGUNAAN BITCOIN SEBAGAI ALAT PEMBAYARAN ZAKAT MENURUT PERSPEKTIF HUKUM ISLAM
Authors: Tektona Rahmadi Indra , Safilia Nadya Ulfa
Published: July 2020

AbstractZakat payments are increasingly developing in the current digital era, the Shackwell Lane Mosque in Hackney, London, England accepts zakat payments in other forms other than cash which is of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin. Related to the halal controversy and the prohibition of the use of bitcoin digital currency in Islamic law, Zayd al-Khair as a religious adviser at the mosque said, if Islamic scholars have argued and supported the use of cryptocurrencies. The purpose of this study is to find out and understand the use of bitcoin as a purpose of payment of zakat that is legal and accordance with Islamic law or not, in the sense that nothing deviates from the principles of Islamic law. The research method used is normative juridical. Bitcoin can be said to be haram because it contains the element of gharar and cannot be used as zakat payment. This is reinforced by the MUI fatwa No. 13 of 2011 about the law of zakat on haram assets which emphasizes that haram assets cannot be the compulsory object of zakat. AbstrakPembayaran zakat semakin berkembang di era digital saat ini, Masjid Shackwell Lane di Hackney, London, Inggris menerima pembayaran zakat dalam bentuk lain di luar uang tunai yaitu berupa mata uang kripto seperti Bitcoin. Terkait dengan kontroversi halal dan haramnya penggunaan mata uang digital bitcoin dalam hukum Islam, Zayd al-Khair sebagai penasihat agama di masjid mengatakan, jika para cendekiawan Islam telah berdebat dan mendukung penggunaan mata uang kripto. Tujuan penelitian ini yaitu untuk mengetahui dan memahami penggunaan bitcoin sebagai alat pem­baya­ran zakat yang sah dan sesuai dengan hukum Islam atau tidak, dalam arti tidak ada hal-hal yang menyimpang dari prinsip hukum Islam itu sendiri. Metode penelitian yang digunakan yaitu tipe penelitian yuridis norma­tif. Bitcoin dapat dikatakan haram karena mengandung unsur gharar dan tidak dapat digunakan sebagai pembayaran zakat. Ini diperkuat dengan Fatwa MUI No 13 Tahun 2011 tentang Hukum Zakat atas Harta Haram yang menegaskan bahwa harta haram tidak bisa menjadi objek wajib zakat.
HUKUM WARIS ISLAM SEBAGAI INSTRUMEN KEPEMILIKAN HARTA
Authors: Taqiyuddin Hafidz
Published: July 2020

Abstract: This research aims to explore how the distinction of Islamic inheritance law as an instrument in the right to own property. The topic of "human and wealth" is a theme that is quite interesting and popular both in academic circles and among the general public. Discourse on this matter can be highlighted from the legal and economic aspects. Furthermore, wealth in Islam is one of the mandates given to humans as majāzi owners. This paper wants to explore the ownership of assets originating from inheritance regulated by Islamic inheritance law. Property ownership by inheritance is interesting to analyze because it has differences with other ways of obtaining ownership of assets. The research data was obtained through library research. After the concepts and philosophy of ownership of property through inheritance in Islam are studied and understood, the data are then analyzed comprehensively to find the characteristics and distinctions possessed by Islamic inheritance law. This research found that the important characteristics or principles in ownership of property through inheritance in Islam is the principle of ijbari, namely ownership of property by inheritance cannot be determined by humans. Then, in Islamic inheritance law there are also other principles, namely bilateral and balanced justice. These principles make this inheritance law different from other inheritance laws specifically and ownership of assets in other ways. Abstrak: Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengeksplorasi bagaimana distingsi hukum waris Islam sebagai instrumen dalam hak untuk memiliki harta. Topik mengenai “manusia dan harta” merupakan tema yang cukup menarik dan popular baik di kalangan akademik maupun di kalangan umum. Diskursus mengenai hal tersebut dapat disorot dari aspek hukum maupun ekonomi. Selanjutnya, harta dalam Islam merupakan salah satu amanat yang diberikan kepada manusia sebagai pemilik secara majāzi. Tulisan ini ingin mengeksplorasi perihal kepemilikan harta yang berasal dari harta warisan yang diatur oleh hukum waris Islam. Kepemilikan harta dengan cara pewarisan menjadi menarik untuk dianalisa karna memiliki perbedaan dengan cara lain dalam memperoleh kepemilikan harta. Data penelitian ini diperoleh melalui penelitian pustaka (library research). Setelah konsep dan filosofi dari kepemilikan harta melalui pewarisan dalam Islam dipelajari dan difahami, data kemudian dianalisa secara komprehensif untuk menemukan karakteristik dan distingsi yang dimiliki oleh hukum waris Islam. Penelitian ini menemukan karakteristik atau prinsip penting dalam kepemilikan harta melalui pewarisan dalam Islam adalah prinsip ijbari, yakni kepemilikan harta dengan cara pewarisan tidak bisa ditentukan oleh manusia. Kemudian, dalam hukum waris Islam juga terdapat asas lain, yakni bilateral dan keadilan berimbang. Asas-asas tersebut menjadikan hukum waris ini berbeda dengan hukum waris lain secara khusus dan kepemilikan harta dengan cara lain.
Kolaborasi Karang Taruna Dalam Tata Kelola Zakat Menuju Jabar Juara
Authors: Turyandi Itto
Published: July 2020

This study aims to see and know the positioning and brand of BAZNAS Jabar, as a government agency that requires coordination, distribution, utilization, reporting of zakat management, infaq, shodaqoh and partnership partnerships with social organizations in West Java. The research method uses qualitative analysis with a SWOT analysis from the perspective of the management of the amil zakat body. This research resulted in a strategic planning in the short-term, medium-term and long-term planning as well as amil zakat management institutions to gain trust and acceptance and pride for the people of West Java. One of the efforts suggested is a collaborative activity with Karang Taruna West Java social organization. The conclusion shows, West Java Amil Zakat Board has more opportunities for improvement, distribution, optimization of utilization and reporting through collaboration with Youth Organization. To get human resources who like and have the capacity with capabilities as not the main in getting support, distribution, utilization, and approval of the management of zakat, infaq, shodaqoh through improving the muzaki and mustahik database with its successor, culture and wisdom of each region in West Java. The West Java Amil Zakat Agency should ideally have a tiered zakat education program to the community, to answer the challenges of the industry era 4.0 by implementing a governance regulation that is supported and optimizing the use of social media for social campaigns in zakat, infaq, shodaqoh, and social social assistance funds the other.
Faktor Keberhasilan Implementasi Kebijakan Penyelenggaraan Haji Di Kota Bandung
Authors: Syamsir Ahmad
Published: July 2020

The service of organizing the pilgrimage is actually every year always strived to be better. The Government through the Indonesian Ministry of Religion in Bandung, should be able to implement the Implementation of Hajj Implementation Policy optimally and effectively, without ignoring the formal legal rules that have been established so far. This study aims to analyze the factors of success and failure of implementing the implementation of the pilgrimage policy in the city of Bandung. The approach used in this study is a qualitative approach, where researchers are directly involved in the study site through observation and participant observation. The type of data from this study are primary data and secondary data. Primary data in the form of information and data from interviews with interested parties and the main actors in the implementation of the pilgrimage in the city of Bandung. Secondary data sourced from articles, literature studies, documents and photos, statistical data, archives both from the government and the public as well as mass media publications. The results of this study indicate that in the process of implementing the implementation of the pilgrimage policy in the city of Bandung faces a number of challenges that are not easy so that several factors emerge that led to the success or failure of the implementation process. This study can be concluded that the implementation of the Hajj policy in the city of Bandung in 2016 has not been carried out properly, due to a paradoxical reality towards the ideal policy that has been determined.
Implementasi Program Magrib Mengaji Kota Bandung
Authors: Wismaningtyas Tri Asih
Published: July 2020

The current modernization era and the development of electronic mass media has given birth to a shift in values, culture, and traditions of society, both in rural areas and especially in urban areas. The impact of this has given rise to very significant social changes in society, the impact of the good tradition of community groups at this time has been eroded by cultural acculturation and values that are at odds with the conditions and traditions of Indonesian society, including the culture of reciting after the evening prayer or regular prayers known as the evening recitation. The aim of this article is to focus on the implementation of Maghrib Mengaji. This research used a qualitative approach by literature study. The result of the research is Maghrib Mengaji is a part of the manifestation of Bandung Masagi, a religious education, national defense, culture and save the environment program. In the implementation, the Bandung City Government cannot conduct it alone. They need involve many community actors who could become a cooperative and interactive partnership. This research conclude that Maghrib Mengaji program was carried out well by professional and responsible networking actors. Further, this program recognized as a model for a pilot project for other regions in West Java Province.
New Era in the Study of Global History Is Born but It Needs to Be Nurtured
Authors: Whitehouse Harvey , Turchin Peter , François Pieter , Savage Patrick E. , Currie Thomas E. , Feeney Kevin C. , Cioni Enrico , Purcell Rosalind , Ross Robert M. , Larson Jennifer , Baines John , Ter Haar Barend , Covey R. Alan
Published: July 2020

This article is a response to Slingerland et al. who criticize the quality of the data from Seshat: Global History Databank utilized in our Nature paper entitled “Complex Societies Precede Moralizing Gods throughout World History”. Their critique centres around the roles played by research assistants and experts in procuring and curating data, periodization structure, and so-called “data pasting” and “data filling”. We show that these criticisms are based on misunderstandings or misrepresentations of the methods used by Seshat researchers. Overall, Slingerland et al.’s critique (which is crosslinked online here) does not call into question any of our main findings, but it does highlight various shortcomings of Slingerland et al.’s database project. Our collective efforts to code and quantify features of global history hold out the promise of a new era in the study of global history but only if critique can be conducted constructively in good faith and both the benefits and the pitfalls of open science fully recognized.
Poética de la ruina: construcción del espacio en la obra de Roberto Burgos Cantor
Authors: Gutiérrez Mavesoy Aleyda
Published: July 2020

Este texto gira en torno a la construcción del espacio en la obra de Roberto Burgos Cantor. Esta propuesta se afirma sobre la base del análisis de dicha construcción como gesto de autor. Para ello, se consideran aspectos de la obra que pueden marcarse como constantes de un libro a otro y que determinan una estética: la oralidad y el espacio. Al analizar los personajes puede verse una configuración ética cercana al estoicismo, pero que bebe de las fuentes del hombre absurdo de Camus. Al analizar los espacios bajo el lente de los personajes se identifica la devastación, el ripio, el despojo, la carencia, la marginalidad como constantes que configuran una forma del fragmento. Ambos, ética y forma constituyen una poética: la escritura de la ruina.
El cine de Raúl Ruiz y lo chamánico en De los acontecimientos importantes y de la gente común
Authors: Castro Macea Carlos Andrés
Published: July 2020

Este ensayo aborda los planteamientos teóricos de Raúl Ruiz sobre el cine chamánico a su película De los acontecimientos importantes y de la gente común (Ruiz, 1978). En ese sentido, se analiza su cine a partir de su propia teoría, la forma cómo dispone los materiales audiovisuales para construir esta película que cuestiona las tradicionales maneras de producción: es una especie de metadocumental que constantemente piensa y cuestiona los procedimientos implicados en la creación: ¿cómo abordar los espacios y el tiempo de los planos?, ¿cómo preguntar?, ¿cómo manipular a los personajes?, ¿cómo construir la verdad?, ¿qué es el documental?
La naturaleza y la violencia en La perra de Pilar Quintana
Authors: Przybyla Greg
Published: July 2020

Este trabajo indaga el papel de la naturaleza dentro de la novela La perra (2018) de la escritora colombiana Pilar Quintana. En este trabajo, se partirá de la importancia de la dicotomía civilización/barbarie propuesta por Domingo Sarmiento en el siglo XIX para revelar la manera en que la naturaleza servía como trasfondo inerte que el ser humano explotaba en su misión neocolonizadora. En La perra, Quintana interrumpe este discurso y desromantiza la selva mediante la ubiquidad de la violencia y la muerte. Así, se reflexiona sobre el poder inquebrantable de la naturaleza en una región históricamente marginada de América Latina.
Influence of health care practices on the burden of caregiver mothers
Authors: Ferreira Fernanda Yeza , Xavier Mariane Caldeira , Baldini Paula Rossi , Ferreira Larissa Tassim Luciano , Lima Regina Aparecida Garcia , Okido Aline Cristiane Cavicchioli
Published: July 2020

ABSTRACT Objectives: to explore the influence of health care practices on the burden of caregiver mothers of children with special health needs. Methods: observational, analytical, cross-sectional, quantitative study. Participation of 100 caregiver mothers, who responded the following instruments: characterization instrument; Burden Interview for Informal Caregivers; Perceptions of Family-Centered Care - Parents version; Evaluation Instrument for Primary Care - Child Version. For statistical analysis, were used the Spearman’s Correlation and univariate and multivariate linear regression analysis. Results: the mean burden score was 47.99. There was a negative correlation between the burden and the domains of collaboration and support of the Perceptions of Family-Centered Care scale. In the multivariate linear regression model, the longitudinality variable maintained a significant relation with the burden (p = 0.023). Conclusions: a shared, longitudinal and integrated care between families and health services can ease the burden of caregiver mothers.
Evidence of maternal effect on germination and vigor of sour passion fruit
Authors: Rosado Luciana Domiciano Silva , Cremasco João Paulo Gava , Santos Carlos Eduardo Magalhães dos , Bruckner Claudio Horst , Cordeiro Maria Helena Menezes , Borges Leandro Luiz
Published: July 2020

Abstract The seminiferous propagation of Sour Passion Fruit (Passiflora edulis Sims) is the main kind of multiplication due to the ease formation of seedlings. However, the reduced number of productive and homogeneous cultivars reflects the need for genetic breeding. The objective of this study was to assess the maternal and reciprocal effects in vigor and germination of Sour Passion Fruit seeds. The experiment was conducted in a completely randomized design in the factorial scheme, with two structure (hybrid and reciprocal) and ten crosses with four replicates (50 seeds) in trays containing inert sand in germination chamber. Before sowing, it was obtained the weight of 100 seeds, and at 28 days germination percentage, emergence speed index, total seedlings length, shoot length and main root length, number of normal seedlings and dry mass per seedlings were evaluated. The reciprocal effects tell us which genotype is most promising when used as the female or male parent for the trait studied. It can be inferred that there is maternal effect influencing the weight of 100 seeds, emergence, emergence speed index and the number of normal seedlings. There was influence of the parent on the expression of traits in seeds of Sour Passion Fruit. It is important to define the paternal and maternal parent to obtain seeds with high germination potential.
Classification and clinical significance of intracranial calcifications: a pictorial essay
Authors: Guedes Marcelo dos Santos , Queiroz Isadora Carvalho , Castro Cláudio Campi de
Published: July 2020

Abstract Intracranial calcifications, which are common in the daily routine of radiologists, can have a physiological or pathological origin. Determining the cause of intracranial calcifications can represent a challenge. The anatomical location, distribution, dimensions and morphology of such calcifications are important findings, which, in conjunction with the clinical history and age group, can facilitate the differential diagnosis. The aim of this pictorial essay is to demonstrate the different types of intracranial calcifications and their origins. The images evaluated were those stored in picture archiving and communication systems. All of the cases included were studied by computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, or both. We identified, classified, and described 64 types of intracranial calcifications.
Thoracic tomographic manifestations in symptomatic respiratory patients with COVID-19
Authors: Farias Lucas de Pádua Gomes de , Strabelli Daniel Giunchetti , Fonseca Eduardo Kaiser Ururahy Nunes , Loureiro Bruna Melo Coelho , Nomura Cesar Higa , Sawamura Márcio Valente Yamada
Published: July 2020

Abstract China was the epicenter for the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), which quickly spread to other Asian countries and later to Western countries; subsequently, COVID-19 was categorized as a pandemic by the World Health Organization. Diagnosis primarily depends on viral detection in respiratory samples; however, available kits are limited, lack high sensitivity, and have a long turnaround time for providing results. In this scenario, computed tomography has emerged as an efficient and available high-sensitivity method, allowing radiologists to readily recognize findings related to COVID-19. The objective of this article is to demonstrate the main tomographic findings in symptomatic respiratory patients with COVID-19 to assist medical professionals during this critical moment.
Variability in salinity stress tolerance of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) varieties using in vitro screening
Authors: Ahmed Hussein Abdullah Ahmed , Şahin Nilüfer Koçak , Akdoğan Güray , Yaman Cennet , Köm Deniz , Uranbey Serkan
Published: July 2020

ABSTRACT Salinity is one of the abiotic stresses that lead to an imbalance in the physiological processes of the plants and also affects potato growth and productivity in maınly semi-arid and growing areas. The accumulation of Na+ and Cl- ions in the cells is very toxic can influence all mechanisms and the enzymatic actions of the plants. In vitro screening of plant genotypes for osmotic stress represents a valuable tool as an alternative to field trials and can be applied based on osmotic stress tolerance. The main goal of this study was to reveal variability in salinity stress tolerance of potato varieties using in vitro screening. Stem cuttings consisting of a single node of different varieties were cultured on Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium supplemented with different concentrations of sodium chloride (NaCl) (0, 50, 100 and 150 mM). The differences among the plantlet length, number of branches, number of nodes, number of the leaflet, leaflet width, leaflet length, root length, number of the root, fresh plantlet weight, dry plantlet weight of all varieties were negatively influenced by all NaCl concentrations tested. Microtuberization and stolon growth of the varieties were also completely inhibited at high concentrations (100-150 mM). The Principal components analysis (PCA) was applied to the data matrix (15 morphological characteristics x 12 potato varieties) of the potato varieties. Also, a hierarchical cluster analysis (HCA) was used to identify the possible nearest and similarity of all morphological characteristics analyzed of the potato varieties. In grouping potato varieties, HCA and PCA results were found to be similar. We can speculate about the responses of morphological similarities of the potato varieties against salt stress. We concluded that Innovator and Kennebec are respectively the most salt-tolerant varieties. Hermes was moderately salt-tolerant and microtuberization capacity of Slaney was also high under salt stress conditions.
Factors associated to chronic kidney disease in people living with HIV/AIDS
Authors: Pontes Priscila Silva , Ruffino-Netto Antonio , Kusumota Luciana , Costa Christefany Régia Braz , Gir Elucir , Reis Renata Karina
Published: July 2020

Objective: to analyze the factors associated to chronic kidney disease in people living with HIV (PLHIV). Method: a paired case-control study (4 controls for each case) carried out in a specialized care service in the Southeastern of Brazil, by analyzing PLHIV medical records. The sample consisted of 85 participants, corresponding to 17 cases and 68 controls. Pearson’s chi-square test (Χ2) and Fisher’s exact test, logistic regression, Odds Ratio (OR), 95% Confidence Interval (CI) and p<0.05 were used. SPSS version 25.0 and R Core Team, 2018 version 3.5.1 were used. Results: the factors associated with chronic kidney disease identified in this study were the following: presence of Systemic Arterial Hypertension [OR=5.8, CI (95%)=1.84-18.42, p=0.001] and use of nephrotoxic anti-retrovirals in the previous therapeutic regimen [OR=3.3, CI (95%)=1.105-10.221, p=0.028]. On the other hand, age below 40 years old [OR: 0.122, CI (95%)=0.015-0.981, p=0.022] was identified as a protective factor. Conclusion: the PLHIV under study have multi-factorial exposure associated with chronic kidney disease. However, knowing these factors helps to identify the existing risks and/or renal dysfunction, in addition to supporting the clinical decision of the health professionals who directly assist them.
Path taken by morbidly obese people in search of bariatric surgery in the public health system
Authors: Conz Claudete Aparecida , Jesus Maria Cristina Pinto de , Kortchmar Estela , Braga Vanessa Augusta Souza , Machado Renata Evangelista Tavares , Merighi Miriam Aparecida Barbosa
Published: July 2020

Objective: to understand the path taken in the public health system by people with morbid obesity in the search for bariatric surgery. Method: qualitative research based on the social phenomenology of Alfred Schütz, with 17 hospitalized morbidly obese people, with a scheduled date for bariatric surgery. The phenomenological interview with open questions was used and the statements were analyzed in the light of the theoretical-methodological framework and literature related to the theme. Results: the participants were able to schedule bariatric surgery by referring friends, family and public people. The waiting list for the procedure generated anguish and anxiety due to fear of surgery, weight gain, risk of worsening health and physical limitations, but it helped prepare for its performance. The experience lived in the search for bariatric surgery led these people to want continuity of care in the Basic Health Unit, after the surgery, by professionals trained to meet their needs. Conclusion: the aspects inscribed in the path of people in search of bariatric surgery signal the need to strengthen the assistance-related flows of the public health system and to invest in professional training to reduce the social inequalities in access to bariatric surgery and increased quality of services.
Benefits of Qigong as an integrative and complementary practice for health: a systematic review
Authors: Toneti Bruna Francielle , Barbosa Rafael Fernando Mendes , Mano Leandro Yukio , Sawada Luana Okino , Oliveira Igor Goulart de , Sawada Namie Okino
Published: July 2020

Objective: to analyze, in the literature, evidence about the benefits of the integrative and complementary practice of Qigong with regard to the health of adults and the elderly. Method: a systematic review by searching for studies in the PubMed, CINAHL, LILACS, EMBASE and Cochrane Library databases. Randomized and non-randomized clinical trials were included; in Portuguese, English and Spanish; from 2008 to 2018. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses strategy was adopted, as well as the recommendation of the Cochrane Collaboration for assessing the risk of bias in the clinical trials analyzed. Results: 28 studies were selected that indicated the benefit of the practice to the target audience, which can be used for numerous health conditions, such as: cancer; fibromyalgia; Parkinson’s disease; Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Burnout; stress; social isolation; chronic low back pain; cervical pain; buzz; osteoarthritis; fatigue; depression; and cardiovascular diseases. However, there was a great risk of bias in terms of the blinding of the research studies. Conclusion: the practice of Qigong produces positive results on health, mainly in the medium and long term. This study contributes to the advancement in the use of integrative and complementary practices in nursing, since it brings together the scientific production in the area from the best research results available.
Influence of the microhabitat on the trap construction of Myrmeleon brasiliensis (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae) larvae
Authors: Lima Tatiane N.
Published: July 2020

ABSTRACT Antlion larvae of Myrmeleon brasiliensis (Návas, 1914) build their traps in a microenvironment with protection from the direct action of rain and other perturbations as well as microhabitats that are less protected from disturbances that can destroy the traps. Differences in microhabitats may affect the characteristics of the trap-building process due the high energy expenditure exerted in building and maintaining these traps, which led to the following question: Do antlion larvae of M. brasiliensis build larger traps in protected microhabitats? Considering the occurrence of M. brasiliensis larvae in two microhabitats and the measurements of the size of the larvae and their traps, the hypothesis was that larvae would occur in greater abundance and the trap size would be larger in more protected microhabitats. The results showed that antlions occurred in equal abundance in both microhabitats, but density was greater in the protected microhabitat. Even in months with more rainfall, M. brasiliensis larvae continued to forage throughout the year in the protected microhabitat and the investment in trap size was greater in this microhabitat. This suggests that the larvae of the protected microhabitat have an advantage, given that they have the possibility of foraging throughout the year.
For whom is it worth lying? Prosocial lies in school children
Authors: Arruda Daiane Araujo de , Souza Debora Hollanda
Published: July 2020

Abstract A prosocial lie is a false statement intended to help and not to harm someone. The present study investigated possible effects of age and culture in 97 Brazilian children’s responses (7 to 11 years of age) in a prosocial lying task, designed for a previous study with Canadian and Chinese children. The task consisted in presenting four dilemmas followed by questions about what children should do: tell the truth or lie to protect the self, a friend or a group? No effect of age was found for the lying scores, but the lying-for-friend scores were significantly higher than the lying-for-self and lying-for-collective scores. This pattern of results suggests that, in contrast to Chinese and Canadian children, Brazilian children find it more worthwhile to tell a lie that protects a friend than a lie that protects self-interests or those of a group.
Eco-mechanical performance of binary and ternary cement blends containing fly ash and slag
Authors: Radwan Mohammed K H , Onn Chiu Chuen , Mo Kim Hung , Yap Soon Poh , Ng Chee Guan , Yusoff Sumiani
Published: July 2020

It is becoming more common to replace cement partially with supplementary cementitious materials, which in turn influence the mechanical performance and environment impact of the resulting mortar or concrete. A study was undertaken to evaluate the eco-mechanical performance of both binary and ternary blended cement mortars. For this purpose, fly ash and ground granulated blast-furnace slag were used at various cement replacement levels. Ternary blended cements with up to 40% cement replacement exhibited both good flow and compressive strength performances compared with binary blended cements. From an environmental perspective, life-cycle assessment revealed that the major impacts of global-warming potential and fine-particulate-matter formation were mostly influenced by total cement replacement rather than by the type or replacement or blending combination. Similar observations were made for the eco-mechanical performance based on calculated warming-potential-to-strength and particulate-matter-to-strength ratios. Mortars containing 20 and 40% cement replacements demonstrated improvement in these aspects on average by about 20 and 40%, respectively. Overall, the study indicated that a 40% replacement level in a ternary blended cement is a viable eco-friendly solution for the cement industry.
New subspecies of fir dwarf mistletoe (Arceuthobium abietinum: Viscaceae) from the western United States and northern Mexico
Authors: Kenaley Shawn C.
Published: July 2020

Two new subspecies of fir dwarf mistletoe (Arceuthobium abietinum, Viscaceae) are described herein: Arceuthobium abietinum subsp. mathiasenii (Mathiasen’s dwarf mistletoe) and Arceuthobium abietinum subsp. grandae (grand fir dwarf mistletoe). The former dwarf mistletoe—Mathiasen’s dwarf mistletoe—parasitizes Rocky Mountain white fir in Nevada, Utah, and Arizona and Durango fir in northern Mexico; whereas, grand fir dwarf mistletoe parasitizes grand fir as well grand fir × white fir hybrids in California, Oregon and Washington. The recognition of these subspecies and, hence, their classification is based on morphological discontinuities and host range differences when compared to white fir dwarf mistletoe (Arceuthobium abietinum subsp. abietinum), red fir dwarf mistletoe (A. abietinum subsp. magnificae), and Wiens’ dwarf mistletoe (A. abietinum subsp. wiensii). The combined analyses of plant height, third internode length and width, fruit dimensions, staminate spike and petal dimensions, and anther distance to tip, contributed most to the discrimination of subsp. grandae and mathiasenii from subsp. abietinum and magnificae. The flowers of Mathiasen's dwarf mistletoe were larger than all of the other taxa classified under A. abietinum. The shoot color of Mathiasen’s dwarf mistletoe was frequently blue-green, brown, yellow-brown, or red-brown, and plants were often highly glaucous, while the shoot color of the other subspecies were typically yellow-green or yellow, except for Wiens' dwarf mistletoe whose shoots are often green-brown or red-brown. Differences in host specificity and geographic distribution also distinguish the new subspecies from the other taxa of A. abietinum.
Thymolepis toxandra gen. et sp. nov., a mid-Cretaceous fossil flower with horseshoe-shaped anthers
Authors: Chambers Kenton L. , Poinar, Jr. George O.
Published: July 2020

The fossil flower described here as Thymolepis toxandra is from amber deposits in Myanmar which have been dated as ca. 100 Ma. The peri-anth consists of 12 tepals of varying size and shape, arranged in decussate pairs at the summit of an obconic floral cup. The epidermis of some of the tepals is densely papillate-secretory. The flower is bisexual, the androecium consisting of 2 stamens whose anthers are bisporangiate, hippocrepiform, and densely hirsute. The gynoecium is visible only as a bilobed stigma or as the tips of two postgenitally fused styles, the re-mainder of the pistil(s) being hidden by the perianth and floral cup. It is suggested that the fossil may be an early representative of family Monimiaceae.
Dasykothon leptomiscus gen. et sp. nov., a fossil flower of possible Lauralean affinity from Myanmar amber
Authors: Poinar, Jr. George O. , Chambers Kenton L.
Published: July 2020

A new fossil angiosperm, Dasykothon leptomiscus, is described from mid-Cretaceous amber deposits in the Hukawng Valley of northwestern Myanmar (Burma). The flower is post-anthesis except for one stamen that retains its pollen. The perianth is slightly irregular and composed of 5 ovate or lance-linear, erect or incurved sepals. The ca. 12 stamens have slender, elongate filaments and dorsifixed, bithecal, longitudinally dehiscent anthers. The superior ovary bears 2 long, curved styles. Germinating pollen grains observed on the stigmas are monoporate and have the peculiar feature of a grooved ridge encircling the grain from pole to pole. This structure is hypothesized to be an evolutionary elaboration of the meridionally syncolpate sulcus found in some members of the Atherospermataceae. The generalized floral morphology of the fossil prevents ready taxonomic assignment to a modern family.
Flash Freezing Unclaimed Islets v1
Authors: Islet Distribution Program Integrated
Published: July 2020

The objective of the Integrated Islet Distribution Program (IIDP) is to develop a standardized procedure for the freezing and storage of unclaimed islet tissue to approved investigators for use in the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) sponsored research in the IIDP. This SOP replaces the IIDP SOP: SHP-002 Flash Freezing Unclaimed Islets. This protocol provides an opportunity for the isolating centers to recoup expenses for isolated islets that cannot be placed through the normal distribution system at the time of isolation. It also may provide a less expensive and more advantageous method of islet supply to investigators that need non-viable islet tissue for gene panel research, RNA expression, and other experiments where viable islets are not necessary. This protocol also allows the storage of islet tissue for supplemental experiments that may be realized at a later date, after the original distribution has been completed.
Protoplast-mediated transformation of A. aculeatus TBRC 277 using a single CRISPR-Cpf1 vector with sgRNA in vivo v1
Authors: Abdulrachman S Dede , Pootanakit Kusol , Chantasingh Duriya
Published: July 2020

This protocol was design to transform a single CRISPR-Cpf1 plasmid system into A. aculeatus TBRC 277. There are four main steps; Spore preparation, mycelium harvesting, protoplast preparation, transformation, and mutant selections. So far, The results have shown to be effective generating a minimum of about 30 putative fungal transformants on average.
Single plasmid construction for development CRISPR-Cpf1 in A. aculeatus TBRC 277 v1
Authors: Abdulrachman S Dede , Pootanakit Kusol , Chantasingh Duriya
Published: July 2020

This protocol was designed to construct CRISPR-Cpf1 based vector for genome editing in A. aculaetus TBRC 277 filamentous fungi.
BGISEQ-500 （DNBSEQ-G50）WGS library construction v1
Authors: Huang Jie , Liang Xinming , Xuan Yuankai , Geng Chunyu , Li Yuxiang , Lu Haorong , Qu Shoufang , Mei Xianglin , Chen Hongbo , Yu Ting , Sun Nan , Rao Junhua , Wang Jiahao , Zhang Wenwei , Chen Ying , Liao Sha , Jiang Hui , Liu Xin , Yang Zhaopeng , Mu Feng , Gao Shangxian
Published: July 2020

BGISEQ-500 is a desktop sequencer developed by BGI. Using DNA nanoball and combinational probe anchor synthesis developed from Complete Genomics™ sequencing technologies, it generates short reads at a large scale. Library construction on the platform includes fragmentation, size selection, end repair and A-tailing, adaptor ligation, PCR amplification, and splint circularization.