bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Information Needs, Information Sources, Information Uses and Information-seeking Behaviours of Lawyers in Oyo State Nigeria
Authors: Nwagwu Williams , Ajibade Zaccheus
Published: February 2021

This study was carried out to examine the information needs, information uses, information sources and information-seeking behaviour of lawyers in Oyo State, Nigeria. Data were collected from a sample of 103 lawyers, using a questionnaire and a self-completed interview schedule. Case preparation was a major reason for lawyers’ information needs. A majority of the lawyers need information in order to enhance their performance and gain more knowledge. The quest for additional information is the main motive in searching for information by professionals and non-professionals alike. Knowing more and becoming well-informed on various aspects of society, constitute the major reasons why lawyers seek for information. Lawyers visit their personal information collection first, and consult available electronic sources before they resort to other sources. The major types of information needed by lawyers, largely relate to the following: weekly law reports, recent decisions of the Supreme Court, and information related to clients. The most consulted sources of information were personal experience, textbooks, journals, colleagues and partners, as well as firm case studies and court records. Creating ways to improve the capacity of lawyers to use digital resources by way of training, and expansion of the legal education curriculum to include ICT, will go a long way to address the challenges lawyers have in finding and using the information they need.
VIAGEM DE UM VENCIDO, DE AUGUSTO DOS ANJOS: LITERATURA, RELIGIÃO E MODERNIDADE EM PERSPECTIVA TEOLÓGICA "Viagem de um vencido (Journey of a defeated man), by Augusto dos Anjos: literature, religion and modernity in theological perspective"
Authors: Santos Joe Marçal G
Published: February 2021

Este artigo tem como tema a relação entre literatura, religião e modernidade. A partir deste, desdobra uma problemática em torno da irrupção de uma autonomia crítico-criativa na formação literária brasileira, no início do século XX, e a relação dessa autonomia com a heteronomia estético-religiosa vigente naquele contexto. O estudo propõe desenvolver essa problemática a partir do papel que a obra poética de Augusto dos Anjos (1884-1914) tem para a história da literatura brasileira. O objetivo do artigo é reconhecer a originalidade de Anjos em relação ao contexto literário vigente e, num segundo momento, analisar o poema Viagem de um vencido numa perspectiva teológico-literária, tendo em mente a problemática da relação acima mencionada. Nas conclusões destaca-se as implicações teológicas dos elementos de originalidade da poesia de Anjos; a pertinência da mediação teórico-metodológica da teologia da cultura de Paul Tillich para essa perspectiva crítica; bem como a contribuição de uma abordagem que considere a temática religiosa para a compreensão do processo histórico-literário da poesia brasileira.Palavras-chave: Poesia brasileira. Augusto dos Anjos. Teologia da cultura.AbstractThis article reflects on the relationship between literature, religion and modernity. Within this theme, it addresses this relationship as an issue concerning the emergence of a critical-creative autonomy in the formation of Brazilian literary culture in the early twentieth century, and the relationship of this autonomy with the current aesthetic-religious heteronomy in that context. The study develops this problem from the important role that the poetic work of Augusto dos Anjos (1884-1914) plays in the history of Brazilian literature. The objective of this article is to recognize Anjos’ originality regarding his literary context and, secondly, it aims to analyze the poem Viagem de um vencido (Journey of a defeated man) in a theological and literary perspective, taking into consideration the problem previously mentioned. In conclusion, the article highlights the following aspects: the theological implications of the originality of Anjos’ poetry; the theoretical and methodological relevance of Paul Tillich’s Theology of Culture for this critical analysis; and the contribution of an approach that considers religious themes to understand the historical and literary process of Brazilian poetry.Keywords: Brazilian poetry. Augusto dos Anjos. Theology of Culture.
MODERNIDADE RELIGIOSA COMO PARADOXO: ELEMENTOS PARA A CONSTRUÇÃO DE UMA PROBLEMÁTICA EM PERSPECTIVA HERVIEU-LÉGERIANA "Religious modernity as paradox: elements for the construction of a problem in perspective hervieu-légeriana"
Authors: Barrozo Victor Breno Farias
Published: February 2021

O objetivo deste artigo é problematizar a questão da modernidade religiosa no pensamento da socióloga francesa Danièle Hervieu-Léger como uma perspectiva teórica contributiva as análises do senso religioso contemporâneo. Para tanto, faremos uma reconstituição diacrônica dos principais elementos e conceitos da sociologia da religião hervieu-légeriana em vista à composição de um aporte teórico-metodológico interpretativo da modernidade religiosa, a partir do reconhecimento de seu caráter paradoxal. Desenvolveremos uma caracterização de alguns dos temas centrais de seu pensamento como: modernidade, secularização, religião e modernidade religiosa.  Esta exposição tenciona contribuir com a expansão do pensamento hervieu-légeriano entre o público especializado e incitar possíveis desdobramentos teóricos nas análises do cenário religioso brasileiro contemporâneo.Palavras-chave: Modernidade Religiosa. Secularização. Religião. Danièle Hervieu-Léger.AbstractThe objective of this paper is to problematize the issue of religious modernity in the thought of the french sociologist Daniele Hervieu-Leger as a theoretical perspective contributory to analyzes of the sense of religion contemporary. For both, we will do a reconstitution of diachronic main elements and concepts of the sociology of religion of Hervieu-Leger in the composition of a theoretical and methodological approach interpretative religious modernity, from the recognition of its paradoxical character. Develop a characterization of some of the central themes of his thought as: modernity, secularism, religion and religious modernity. This exhibition intends to contribute to the expansion of thought of the French sociologist between the specialized public and encourage possible developments in theoretical analyzes of religious scene contemporary Brazilian.Keywords: Modernity Religion. Secularization. Religion. Danièle Hervieu-Léger.
O ENSINO RELIGIOSO EM QUESTÃO: OLHARES E PERSPECTIVAS "Religious Education in question: looks and prospects"
Authors: Lima Danielle Ventura Bandeira de
Published: February 2021

O Ensino Religioso tem sido alvo de análises de vários estudiosos de diferentes estados brasileiros em perspectiva local. De um modo geral, apontam-se os entraves deste componente curricular, a partir de pesquisas de campo nas quais é enfatizada a relevância da diversidade religiosa no seio da sala de aula e destacadas a problemática do proselitismo presente no discurso dos professores responsáveis por ministrar os seus conteúdos. Na presente abordagem, são apresentados os diversos agentes da sociedade que têm influenciado no tipo de Ensino Religioso existente no Brasil, suas mudanças de perspectiva e o lugar social ocupado por cada um deles. Para tanto, o conceito de autonomia relativa de Pierre Bourdieu tem aqui um significado especial, já que permite que se reflita sobre como o Ensino Religioso é construído em um campo de tensões marcado por debates que vão desde a defesa do ensino catequético à total exclusão na grade curricular da educação básica.Palavras-chave: Ensino Religioso. Autonomia Relativa. Pluralidade. AbstractReligious Education has been the target of several analysis of different scholars in diferent Brazilian States in local perspective. Generally speaking, the center of this component through curricular barriers from field research in which emphasized the importance of religious diversity within the classroom and highlighted the problem of proselytism in the speech of teachers responsible for giving their content. In this text we try to appoint the various actors of society that have influenced the type of religious teaching in Brazil, its changes of perspective and the social place occupied by each of them. On this attempt the concept of relative autonomy of Pierre Bourdieu has a special significance, since it allows us to reflect on how the religious teaching is built on a field of tensions marked by discussions ranging from the defense of catechetical teaching to total exclusion on curriculum of basic education.Keywords: Religious Education. Relative Autonomy. Plurality.
DOSSIÊ: RELIGIÃO E POLÍTICA
Authors: Oliveira Esdras Carlos de Lima
Published: February 2021

Apresentação do v. 5, n. 9, jan./jun. 2014, Dossiê Religião e Política.
POR UMA ANTROPOLOGIA DAS CRENÇAS DOS PESQUISADORES DE CRENÇAS: A PRODUÇÃO DO CONHECIMENTO ACADÊMICO SOBRE A RELIGIÃO NO BRASIL "For an anthropology of beliefs of researchers of beliefs: the production of academic knowledge about religion in Brazil"
Authors: Costa Waldney de Souza Rodrigues
Published: February 2021

Tendo em vista a complexidade da tarefa de analisar fenômenos que o pensamento ocidental usualmente agrupa sob o termo religião, o principal problema a ser tratado neste texto é a respeito da maneira como é produzido no Brasil o conhecimento acadêmico sobre os fenômenos religiosos. Partindo de uma análise sobre como foi constituído o campo disciplinar de estudo sobre a religião no país, realizada a partir de pesquisa bibliográfica, faz-se uma reflexão, em perspectiva interdisciplinar, buscando alternativas para a interpretação não só da religião, como também dos diferentes saberes produzidos sobre ela. No foco dessa análise está o pesquisador de fenômenos que envolvem religião e a sua postura com respeito às crenças (tanto as alheias, quanto as suas). Conclui-se que ainda existem questões sem resposta e que, para solucioná-las, se faz necessária uma maior sensibilidade para com as crenças alheias e a criação de pontes entre saberes. É em direção a esta proposta que o texto é desenvolvido.Palavras-chave: Religião. Ciência(s) da(s) Religião(ões). Ciências sociais. Teologia. Fenomenologia.AbstractGiven the complexity of the task of analyzing phenomena that Western thought usually groups under the term religion, the main problem to be addressed in this paper is about the way it is produced in Brazil academic knowledge about religion. Starting from an analysis of how the discipline of religion was established in country, held from literature survey, a reflection in dialogue with an interdisciplinary bibliography is held seeking alternatives to the interpretation not only of religion, as also of different knowledge produced about it. The analysis focuses on the researcher of phenomena involving religion and their attitude towards the beliefs (both their as those of others). It is concluded that there are still questions that need answers and, to solve them, it is necessary that the researcher develop a greater sensitivity to the beliefs of others and building bridges between different knowledge. This text is developed towards this proposal.Keywords: Religion. Religion(s) Science(s). Social sciences. Theology. Phenomenology.
A IMPORTÂNCIA DO SENTIMENTO RELIGIOSO PARA A INTERIORIZAÇÃO DO INTEGRALISMO EM PERNAMBUCO NOS ANOS 1930: O CASO DO MUNICÍPIO DE GARANHUNS "The importance of religious sentiment for interiorization integralismo in the years 1930 Pernambuco..."
Authors: Moraes Márcio André Martins de
Published: February 2021

O “Manifesto de Outubro de 1932”, escrito por Plínio Salgado, marcou o início das atividades da Ação Integralista Brasileira (AIB) no cenário político e intelectual do país. Em Pernambuco, alguns estudantes da Faculdade de Direito do Recife (FDR) assumiram a liderança do movimento. No decorrer do ano de 1935, com o início das campanhas para as eleições municipais, começou também um processo de expansão da AIB-PE pelas cidades do interior, sendo implantado na ocasião um núcleo em Garanhuns, em 29 de junho. No decorrer desse artigo, buscaremos analisar a importância do pensamento cristão para a penetração da AIB nas cidades do interior de Pernambuco.Palavras-chave: Ação integralista brasileira. Pernambuco. Cristão.  AbstractThe “Manifesto de Outubro de 1932”, written by Plinio Salgado, marked the beginning of the activities of the Ação Integralista Brasileira (AIB) in the political and intellectual scenario in the country. In Pernambuco, some students of the Faculdade de Direito do Recife (FDR) assumed leadership of the movement. During the year 1935 with the start of campaigning for local elections, also began a process of expansion of the AIB-PE in other cities, being implemented at the time a core Garanhuns on June 29. Throughout this article, we examine the importance of Christian thought for the penetration of AIB in the inner cities of Pernambuco.Keywords: Ação integralista brasileira. Pernambuco. Christian.
Adesão ao tratamento farmacológico em pacientes com doenças inflamatórias intestinais: uma revisão integrativa da literatura
Authors: De Souza Fernanda Gomes , Prete Ana Cristina Lo , Ribeiro Carolina Heitmann Mares Azevedo
Published: February 2021

Objetivo: Conhecer e discutir por meio de levantamento bibliográfico sobre a adesão ao tratamento farmacológico em portadores de Doença Inflamatória Intestinal (DII). Métodos: A seleção dos estudos foi realizada por meio das bases de dados LILACS, MEDLINE e PubMED, por meio dos descritores: “doença inflamatória intestinal”, “doença de crohn”, “retocolite ulcerativa” e “Adesão” nos idiomas português, inglês ou espanhol. Resultados: Foram incluídos os artigos disponíveis de forma completa, com acesso gratuito e adequados ao tema proposto. Foram pré-selecionados vinte e oito artigos e destes, oito foram excluídos de acordo com os critérios estabelecidos. O método mais utilizado nos estudos para analisar adesão ao tratamento farmacológico nas DII foi o indireto. Entre os preditores de não adesão ao tratamento, destacam-se fatores emocionais como a percepção negativa do paciente em relação a doença, menor idade ao diagnóstico, esquecimento de doses do medicamento, indisponibilidade de medicamentos, sentir-se melhor, efeitos adversos, custo do tratamento, status socioeconômico elevado, etilismo e tabagismo, dentre outros.  Considerações finais: Independente dos métodos de adesão utilizado nos estudos analisados, foi observada a ocorrência de adesão inadequada em proporção considerável de pacientes com DII.
Os fatores de risco e seus mecanismos na gênese do câncer gástrico
Authors: Leite Fernanda Rayanny Lourenço , Dantas Yasmin Lucena , Gaudêncio Marianne Ribeiro Barboza , Delgado Nayara Sayonara Duarte , Batista Laís Toscano Viana , Bezerra Klenia Felix de Oliveira
Published: February 2021

Objetivo: Analisar os fatores de risco na gênese do câncer gástrico, publicados nos últimos 10 anos. Métodos: Foi realizada uma revisão integrativa da literatura com publicações entre 2008 e 2018 na Biblioteca Virtual em Saúde, indexados nas bases de dados: Literatura Latino-Americana e do Caribe em Ciências da Saúde (LILACS), Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online (MEDLINE) e Índice Bibliográfico Espanhol de Ciências da Saúde (IBECS). Resultados: Foram identificadas 20 publicações, cujas análises textuais permitiram a construção de duas abordagens temáticas: hábitos e costumes; hábitos dietéticos como fatores de risco para desenvolvimento do câncer gástrico. Vários fatores considerados modificáveis são identificados no processo da carcinogênese gástrica, entre eles destacam-se: o tabagismo, o consumo abusivo de álcool, a obesidade, a ingestão elevada de sódio, o sedentarismo, a baixa ingestão de vegetais e frutas e alta ingestão de carne vermelha.  Considerações Finais: Os hábitos, costumes e a ingesta dietética possuem uma relação estreita na carcinogênese gástrica, contribuindo de maneira negativa ou positiva no desenvolvimento e prognóstico dessa malignidade.
Trigeminal neuralgia caused by an arachnoid cyst in Meckel’s cave: A case report and literature review
Authors: Hanakita Shunya , Oya Soichi , Matsui Toru
Published: February 2021

Background:

We present a rare case of trigeminal neuralgia (TN) caused by an arachnoid cyst (AC) in Meckel’s cave (MC).

Case Description:

A 35-year-old man presented with facial pain in the left maxillary and mandibular regions. Since the initial magnetic resonance (MR) imaging showed no apparent offending vessels or tumors, the patient was diagnosed with idiopathic TN, for which carbamazepine was initially effective. When his pain worsened, he was referred to our hospital. A slightly asymmetric shape of MC and distorted course of the trigeminal nerve was confirmed on the initial and repeat MR images. His pain was characterized as electric-shock-like pain, which was triggered by touching the face. Under the tentative diagnosis of an AC confined to MC compressing the trigeminal nerve, the exploration of MC through suboccipital craniotomy was performed. Intraoperatively, the AC was identified in the rostral portion of MC. The indentation of the trigeminal nerve was also observed at the orifice of MC, indicating severe compression by the AC. The wall of the AC was fenestrated. The patient’s pain was relieved immediately after surgery. Postoperative MR images showed that the course of the trigeminal nerve was straightened. Although our literature review found five similar cases, the size of the AC was the smallest in our case.

Conclusion:

Although it is rare, the AC confined to MC can cause TN. The findings of this study emphasize the importance of evaluating subtle radiological findings of compression on the trigeminal nerve in cases of TN seemingly without neurovascular compression.
Sequential traumatic cervical fractures after paragliding accidents – A case report and literature review
Authors: Pereira Catarina Silva , Lopes António Lemos , Rodrigues-Pinto Ricardo
Published: February 2021

Background:

Sports related cervical spine trauma may range from minor injuries to severe life-threatening fractures with spinal cord injuries as following paragliding accidents.

Case Description:

A 52-year-old male sustained C4-C5 and C6-C7 fracture-dislocations (American Spinal Injury Association-D) attributed to a paragliding accident. He underwent a C5 corpectomy with C4-C6 anterior fusion. Three years later, he again sustained a paragliding accident, now resulting in a C6-C7 fracture-dislocation that required a C6-C7 anterior discectomy fusion. However, when this latter fusion “failed” 1 month later, he subsequently required a 360° fusion performed as a two-stage procedure. Further, 2 years later, he was involved in a motor vehicle accident resulting in an odontoid fracture.

Conclusion:

Unstable spinal fractures require surgical fixation to prevent neurological injury. Long cervical fusions create lever arms that increase the stress to adjacent levels, rendering them prone to future injury.
Acute changes in diffusion tensor-derived metrics and its correlation with the motor outcome in gliomas adjacent to the corticospinal tract
Authors: Cepeda Santiago , García-García Sergio , Arrese Ignacio , Velasco-Casares María , Sarabia Rosario
Published: February 2021

Background:

This study involves analysis of the relationship between variables obtained using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and motor outcome in gliomas adjacent to the corticospinal tract (CST).

Methods:

Histologically confirmed glioma patients who were to undergo surgery between January 2018 and December 2019 were prospectively enrolled. All patients had a preoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) study that included DTI, a tumor 2 cm or less from the CST, and postsurgical control within 48 h. Patients with MRI that was performed at other center, tumors with primary and premotor cortex invasion, postsurgical complications directly affecting motor outcome and tumor progression <6 months were excluded in the study. In pre- and post-surgical MRI, we measured the following DTI-derived metrics: fractional anisotropy (FA), mean diffusivity, axial diffusivity, and radial diffusivity of the entire CST and peritumoral CST regions and in the contralateral hemisphere. The motor outcome was assessed at 1, 3, and 6 months using the Medical Research Council scale.

Results:

Eleven patients were analyzed, and six corresponded to high-grade gliomas and five to low-grade gliomas. Four patients had previous motor impairment and seven patients had postsurgical motor deficits (four transient and three permanent). An FA ratio of 0.8 between peritumoral CST regions and the contralateral hemisphere was found to be the cutoff, and lower values were obtained in patients with permanent motor deficits.

Conclusion:

Quantitative analysis of DTI that was performed in the immediate postsurgery period can provide valuable information about the motor prognosis after surgery for gliomas near the CST.
HUBUNGAN SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR DENGAN CRITICAL THINKING PADA PELATIHAN UKM TENIS MEJA UPI SUMEDANG
Authors: Rusmana Rachmat , Safari Indra , Susilawati Dewi
Published: February 2021

Dalam penemuan peneliti di UKM Tenis Meja UPI Kampus Sumedang dapat dilihat bahwa sering terjadinya anggota UKM Tenis Meja masih banyak pada saat melakukan latihan anggota dengan perilaku yang tidak baik pada saat pelatihan seperti tidaknya mendengarkan materi latihan, tidak datang pada latihan, mengobrol pada anggota lain dan lain lain. Serta anggota ukm tersebut juga kurangnya berpikir untuk menganalis gerakan pada saat latihan seperti tidak menyadari kesalahan pada gerakan, salah menafsirkan arti gerakan dengan sebenaranya. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode deskriptif kuantitatif dengan desain Korelasi yang mencari hubungan diantara dua variabel yang berkaitan dengan judul skripsi yaitu “Hubungan Social Behaviour dengan Critical Thinking”. Dalam pengambilan data dalam penelitian ini menggunkan angket Kuisioner Social Behaviour dan Butir pertanyaan CCTS untuk critical thinking. Subjek penelitian ini merupakan seluruh anggota UKM Tenis Meja UPI Kampus Sumedang yang terdiri dari 31 anggota. Pada hasil uji normalitas dari data tersebut memperoleh nilai .200 > 0,05 data tersebut berdistribusi normal. uji linearitas diketahui sig deviation from linearity sebesar 0,103 lebih besar dari 0,05. Hasil uji hipotesis hubungan adalah sebesar 0,00 < 0,05. Karena koefisien korelasinya menunjukan negative maka terdapat hubungan yang namun kedua variabel yang berjalan dengan arah yang berlawanan, bertentangan, sehingga ketika Social Behaviour dilakukan pada saat latihan maka Critical Thinking tersebut akan mengalami penurunan.
PENGARUH METODE LATIHAN HOLLOW SPRINTS PADA MAHASISWA DENGAN LEVEL KEBUGARAN TINGGI TERHADAP KECEPATAN LARI
Authors: Ariani Luh Putu Tuti , Kardiawan I Kadek Happy
Published: February 2021

Banyak pilihan untuk memilih metode lari untuk meningkatkankemampuan atlet. Khususnya lari 100 meter telahbanyak penelitian dilakukan. Penelitian yang telah dilakukan ini berusaha untuk meningkatkan kemampuan lari 100 meter dengan  menggunakan metode latihan lari hollow sprint. Metode penelitian dengan eksperimen pre test post tes desain. Sampel 15 mahasiswa pendidikan kepelatihan Universitas Pendidikan Ganesha. Mahasiswa yang dipilih menjadi sampel adalah mahasiswa yang memiliki tingkat kebugaran tinggi diambil dari 90 mahasiwa. Tes kebugaran jasmaniyang dipergungkan dalam peneltianini adalah lari 2.4 km. Treatmet dengan menggunakan metode hollow sprint selama 24 kali latihan, dilakukan pre tes dan postes. Data dianalisis dengan deskriptif statistik dan uji T sampel berpasangan. Hasil Uji menunjukkan bahwa terdapat perbedaan antara waktu sebelum dan setelah perlakukan. Terjadi peningkatan rerata kecepatan lari dari 15 adalah 1.9 detik. Sehingga dapat diyakini bahwa metode latihan hollw sprint dapat meningkatkan kemampuan lari 100 meter.
Coherent preorder of quantum states
Authors: Bai Zhaofang , Shuanping Du Shuanping
Published: February 2021

As an important quantum resource, quantum coherence play key role in quantum information processing. It is often concerned with manipulation of families of quantum states rather than individual states in isolation. Given two pairs of coherent states $(\rho_1,\rho_2)$ and $(\sigma_1,\sigma_2)$, we are aimed to study how can we determine if there exists a strictly incoherent operation $\Phi$ such that $\Phi(\rho_i) =\sigma_i,i = 1,2$. This is also a classic question in quantum hypothesis testing. In this note, structural characterization of coherent preorder under strongly incoherent operations is provided. Basing on the characterization, we propose an approach to realize coherence distillation from rank-two mixed coherent states to $q$-level maximally coherent states. In addition, one scheme of coherence manipulation between rank-two mixed states is also presented.
About quantum computer software
Authors: Ozhigov Yuri I.
Published: February 2021

Quantum computer is the key to controlling complex processes. If its hardware, in general is successfully created on the basis of the physical baggage of the 20th century, the mathematical software is fundamentally lagging behind. Feynman's user interface in the form of quantum gate arrays, cannot be used for the control because it gives the solution of the Schrödinger equation with quadratic slowdown compared to the real process. The software must then imitate the real process using appropriate program primitives written as the programs for classical supercomputer. The decoherence will be reflected by some constant - the number of basic states that can fit into the limited of memory available to software. The real value of this constant can be found in the experimental realization of Grover search algorithm. Rough estimates of this constant are given based on the simplest processes of quantum electrodynamics and nuclear decay.
Computational Predictions of Metal-Macrocycle Stability Constants Require Accurate Treatments of Local Solvent and pH Effects
Authors: Gentry Brian , Choi Tae Hoon , Belfield William , Keith John
Published: February 2021

Rational design of molecular chelating agents requires a detailed understanding of physicochemical ligand-metal interactions in solvent phase. Computational quantum chemistry methods should be able to provide this, but computational reports have shown poor accuracy when determining absolute binding constants for many chelating molecules. To understand why, we compare and benchmark static- and dynamics-based computational procedures for a range of monovalent and divalent cations binding to a conventional cryptand molecule: 2.2.2-cryptand ([2.2.2]). The benchmarking comparison shows that dynamics simulations using standard OPLS-AA classical potentials can reasonably predict binding constants for monovalent cations, but these procedures fail for divalent cations. We also consider computationally efficient static procedure using Kohn-Sham density functional theory (DFT) and cluster-continuum modeling that accounts for local microsolvation and pH effects. This approach accurately predicts binding energies for monovalent and divalent cations with an average error of 3.2 kcal mol−1 compared to experiment. This static procedure thus should be useful for future molecular screening efforts, and high absolute errors in the literature may be due to inadequate modeling of local solvent and pH effects.
The effect of balance training and conventional pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with moderate chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Authors: Suresh Babu Reddy A  , Nataraj Madagondapalli Srinivasan  , Anil Kumar T  , Vinod babu  , Gopala Krishna Alaparthi  , Kalyana Chakravarthy Bairapareddy
Published: February 2021

The purpose of our study was to determine the added effect of a balance training program to conventional pulmonary rehabilitation on exercise capacity, balance, fall risk and health related quality of life in patients with moderate COPD. A Randomized Control Trial with two groups- Experimental and Control groups. 133 participants were randomly allocated to either the conventional pulmonary rehabilitation group or the combined pulmonary rehabilitation group with balance training. In the present study we found statistically significant improvement in Berg Balance Scale by -22.55%, Timed Up and Go test by -46.46%, Single Leg Stance Test by -51.69%, Activities Balance Confidence Score by 13.89%, Elderly Falls Screening Test by -57.42%, Six-minutes walk test by 3.04%, and St. George respiratory questionnaire total score by -18.16%.It is recommended that implementation of 8 weeks balance training with conventional pulmonary rehabilitation program is beneficial on improving balance, six-minute walk distance and health related quality of life in subjects with moderate COPD.
Ankara Üniversitesi Beşevler 10. Yıl Kampüs Alanı Karayosunları (Ankara-Türkiye)
Authors: EZER Tülay , AKATA İlgaz , ALTUNTAŞ Deniz
Published: February 2021

The present study is based on moss specimens collected from several urban habitats in Ankara University Beşevler 10. Yıl Campus in the year 2019. As a result of identifications of 94 bryophyte specimens collected from the campus area, a total of 28 species belonging to 7 families and 17 genera were determined. Six of them are new record for B7 grid-square. Pottiaceae (9 species) and Orthotrichaceae (6 species) are the two largest families in the campus area.
Covid-19 Pandemic
Authors: Skegg David
Published: February 2021

This article is an edited version of the Sir Frank Holmes Memorial Lecture delivered by Sir David Skegg at Victoria University of Wellington on 12 November 2020.
Government decision making during a crisis
Authors: Webster Michael
Published: February 2021

A key component of New Zealand’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic was how the government was organised and supported to make decisions in relation to the health, economic, social, foreign policy, legal and other policy issues it faced. The New Zealand system of central government decision making, as set out in the Cabinet Manual and operated by the Cabinet Office, was continually adapted to ensure that the Prime Minister and Ministers, and the officials working to them, were provided with a system that facilitated both rapid and considered decision making and promulgation of those decisions.
Censored!
Authors: Bromell David , Shanks David
Published: February 2021

Public sector leadership often demands fast thinking and rapid response. Our decisions are more likely to be sound, however, when they are informed by ‘slow thinking’ when we are not in crisis mode. The art of ‘thinking, fast and slow’ (Kahneman, 2011) is illustrated by decisions of the Office of Film and Literature Classification (the Classification Office) in the days following the Christchurch mosque shootings on 15 March 2019. This article engages with political philosophy to support the Classification Office in applying its decision framework and encourages public sector investment in ‘slow thinking’, so that public administration can be both responsive and anticipatory, pragmatic and principled.
Distinguishing between Stress-induced and Structural Anisotropy at Mount Ruapehu Volcano
Authors: Johnson J , Savage Martha , Townend John
Published: February 2021

We have created a benchmark of spatial variations in shear wave anisotropy around Mount Ruapehu, New Zealand, against which to measure future temporal changes. Anisotropy in the crust is often assumed to be caused by stress-aligned microcracks, and the polarization of the fast quasi-shear wave (φ) is thus interpreted to indicate the direction of maximum horizontal stress, but can also be due to aligned minerals or macroscopic fractures. Changes in seismic anisotropy have been observed following a major eruption in 1995/96 and were attributed to changes in stress from the depressurization of the magmatic system. Three-component broadband seismometers have been deployed to complement the permanent stations that surround Ruapehu, creating a combined network of 34 three-component seismometers. This denser observational network improves the resolution with which spatial variations in seismic anisotropy can be examined. Using an automated shear wave splitting analysis, we examine local earthquakes in 2008. We observe a strong azimuthal dependence of φ and so introduce a spatial averaging technique and two-dimensional tomography of recorded delay times. The anisotropy can be divided into regions in which φ agrees with stress estimations from focal mechanism inversions, suggesting stress-induced anisotropy, and those in which φ is aligned with structural features such as faults, suggesting structural anisotropy. The pattern of anisotropy that is inferred to be stress related cannot be modeled adequately using Coulomb modeling with a dike-like inflation source. We suggest that the stress-induced anisotropy is affected by loading of the volcano and a lithospheric discontinuity. Copyright 2011 by the American Geophysical Union.
Structural heterogeneity of the midcrust adjacent to the central Alpine Fault, New Zealand: Inferences from seismic tomography and seismicity between Harihari and Ross
Authors: Bourguignon S , Bannister S , Henderson C , Townend John , Zhang H
Published: February 2021

© 2015. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved. Determining the rates and distributions of microseismicity near major faults at different points in the seismic cycle is a crucial step toward understanding plate boundary seismogenesis. We analyze data from temporary seismic arrays spanning the central section of the Alpine Fault, New Zealand, using double-difference seismic tomography. This portion of the fault last ruptured in a large earthquake in 1717 AD and is now late in its typical 330 year cycle of Mw∼8 earthquakes. Seismicity varies systematically with distance from the Alpine Fault: (1) directly beneath the fault trace, earthquakes are sparse and largely confined to the footwall at depths of 4-11 km; (2) at distances of 0-9 km southeast of the trace, seismicity is similarly sparse and shallower than 8 km; (3) at distances of 9-20 km southeast of the fault trace, earthquakes are much more prevalent and shallower than 7 km. Hypocenter lineations here are subparallel to faults mapped near the Main Divide of the Southern Alps, confirming that those faults are active. The region of enhanced seismicity is associated with the highest topography and a high-velocity tongue doming at 3-5 km depth. The low-seismicity zone adjacent to the Alpine Fault trace is associated with Vp and Vs values at midcrustal depths about 8 and 6% lower than further southeast. We interpret lateral variations in seismicity rate to reflect patterns of horizontal strain rate superimposed on heterogeneous crustal structure, and the variations in seismicity cutoff depth to be controlled by temperature and permeability structure variations. Key Points: Seismicity is sparse near the Alpine Fault late in its typical seismic cycle Seismicity rates increase abruptly 9 km southeast of the fault trace This transition coincides with a strain rate peak and lateral velocity gradients
Petrophysical, geochemical, and hydrological evidence for extensive fracture-mediated fluid and heat transport in the Alpine Fault's hanging-wall damage zone
Authors: Townend John , Sutherland Rupert , Toy VG , Doan ML , Célérier B , Massiot C , Coussens J , Jeppson T , Janku-Capova L , Remaud L , Upton P , Schmitt DR , Pezard P , Williams J , Allen MJ , Baratin LM , Barth N , Becroft L , Boese CM , Boulton Carolyn , Broderick N , Carpenter B , Chamberlain Calum , Cooper A , Coutts A , Cox SC , Craw L , Eccles JD , Faulkner D , Grieve J , Grochowski J , Gulley A , Hartog A , Henry G , Howarth Jamie , Jacobs K , Kato N , Keys S , Kirilova M , Kometani Y , Langridge R , Lin W , Little T , Lukacs A , Mallyon D , Mariani E , Mathewson L , Melosh B , Menzies C , Moore J , Morales L , Mori H , Niemeijer A , Nishikawa O , Nitsch O , Paris J , Prior DJ , Sauer K , Savage Martha , Schleicher A , Shigematsu N , Taylor-Offord S , Teagle D , Tobin H , Valdez R , Weaver K , Wiersberg T , Zimmer M
Published: February 2021

© 2017. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved. Fault rock assemblages reflect interaction between deformation, stress, temperature, fluid, and chemical regimes on distinct spatial and temporal scales at various positions in the crust. Here we interpret measurements made in the hanging-wall of the Alpine Fault during the second stage of the Deep Fault Drilling Project (DFDP-2). We present observational evidence for extensive fracturing and high hanging-wall hydraulic conductivity (∼10−9 to 10−7 m/s, corresponding to permeability of ∼10−16 to 10−14 m2) extending several hundred meters from the fault's principal slip zone. Mud losses, gas chemistry anomalies, and petrophysical data indicate that a subset of fractures intersected by the borehole are capable of transmitting fluid volumes of several cubic meters on time scales of hours. DFDP-2 observations and other data suggest that this hydrogeologically active portion of the fault zone in the hanging-wall is several kilometers wide in the uppermost crust. This finding is consistent with numerical models of earthquake rupture and off-fault damage. We conclude that the mechanically and hydrogeologically active part of the Alpine Fault is a more dynamic and extensive feature than commonly described in models based on exhumed faults. We propose that the hydrogeologically active damage zone of the Alpine Fault and other large active faults in areas of high topographic relief can be subdivided into an inner zone in which damage is controlled principally by earthquake rupture processes and an outer zone in which damage reflects coseismic shaking, strain accumulation and release on interseismic timescales, and inherited fracturing related to exhumation.
Radio over Fiber: An Alternative Broadband Network Technology for IoT
Authors: Paredes Páliz Diego Fabián , Royo Guillermo , Aznar Francisco , Aldea Concepción , Celma Santiago
Published: February 2021

Wireless broadband access networks have been positioning themselves as a good solution for manufacturers and users of IoT (internet of things) devices, due mainly to the high data transfer rate required over terminal devices without restriction of information format. In this work, a review of two Radio over Fiber strategies is presented. Both have excellent performance and even offer the possibility to extend wireless area coverage where mobile networks do not reach, or the 802.11 network presents issues. Radio Frequency over Fiber (RFoF) and intermediate Frequency over Fiber (IFoF) are two transmission strategies compatible with the required new broadband services and both play a key role in the design of the next generation integrated optical–wireless networks, such as 5G and Satcom networks, including on RAU (Remote Antenna Unit) new functionalities to improve their physical dimensions, employing a microelectronic layout over nanometric technologies.
Análisis computacional del cocinado de carne a la plancha
Authors: Moya Jara , Calvo Begoña , Grasa Jorge
Published: February 2021

El análisis computacional de los procesos de cocinado puede suponer un ahorro de tiempo y dinero a la hora de recoger datos para la caracterización de los diferentes mecanismos implicados. La ventaja de estos modelos numéricos es el acceso a todas las variables involucradas en el cocinado en cualquier momento para comprender mejor la evolución de la transferencia de calor y de masa que tiene lugar en estos procesos. El objetivo de este estudio es desarrollar una metodología numérica que permita reproducir el comportamiento de la carne de tenera cuando se cocina a la plancha en una sarten. Para llevar a cabo esta simulación es necesario resolver un problema multifísico de transferencia de calor, transferencia de masa y mecánica de sólidos.
Desarrollo e Implementación de Técnicas y Dispositivos para la Aplicación de Electroporación como Tratamiento Tumoral
Authors: López Alonso Borja , Sarnago Andía Héctor , Lucía Gil Óscar , Burdío Pinilla José Miguel
Published: February 2021

La electroporación es un fenómeno que aumenta la permeabilidad de las membranas celulares mediante pulsos de campo eléctrico. Entre sus aplicaciones, la ablación tumoral presenta importantes ventajas derivadas de la ausencia de efectos térmicos. Este artículo detalla los dispositivos y técnicas desarrollados que permiten optimizar y controlar dichos tratamientos.
Análisis biomecánico de fracturas subtrocantéreas femorales. Factores críticos para una adecuada consolidación.
Authors: Rosell Pradas Jorge , Naveiro Gómez José Manuel
Published: February 2021

Las fracturas subtrocantéreas no son las más frecuentes, pero presentan una mayor complejidad en su tratamiento quirúrgico, sin que existan criterios claros para escoger un tratamiento óptimo [1]. Este estudio plantea un análisis biomecánico de este tipo de fracturas tratadas mediante clavos intramedulares con tornillo cefálico.
Imperceptible manipulation of lateral camera motion for improved virtual reality applications
Authors: Serrano Ana , Martin Daniel , Gutierrez Diego , Myszkowski Karol , Masia Belen
Published: February 2021

We measure detection thresholds for lateral translation gains of virtual camera motion in response to the corresponding head motion under natural viewing. We propose three applications for our method, addressing three key problems in virtual reality, and validate their improvement when our manipulation technique is applied.
La capacidad del barorreflejo como índice de identificación de los pacientes de UCI preparados para el destete
Authors: Armañac Julián Pablo , Hernando David , Lázaro Jesús , De Haro C. , Magrans R. , Sarlabous L. , López-Aguilar J.F. , Laguna Pablo , Gil Eduardo , Blanch L. , Bailón Raquel
Published: February 2021

Actualmente, la Prueba de Respiración Espontánea (SBT), indica si un paciente está listo para el destete de la ventilación mecánica. Sin embargo, en torno al 20% de los pacientes “preparados” para ser desintubados, realmente no lo estaban. En este trabajo, se ha estudiado la Capacidad del Barorreflejo durante la hora anterior a la SBT, y se ha visto que existen diferencias significativas entre los pacientes listos para el destete y los que realmente no lo estaban, sugiriendo que la predicción del éxito del destete puede ser mejorada con este nuevo índice.
Construcción visual de una arquitectura: El diálogo entre Cabrero y Férriz
Authors: Jiménez Izquierdo Cristina , De Esteban Garbayo Javier
Published: February 2021

Cuando la arquitectura de Francisco Cabrero descubrió la fotografía de Jesús García Férriz encontró en ella una herramienta de difusión pero también de pensamiento. Las fotografías de Férriz presentan la arquitectura de Cabrero a través de la perspectiva más sugerente, el ángulo más preciso o el detalle más representativo, para construir un modo de recepción y percepción visual que nos permite observar cada una de las obras con otros ojos. Una de las consecuencias de este encuentro es la evolución creativa en paralelo de Cabrero y Férriz durante tres fructíferas décadas hacia una gradual abstracción y depuración técnica en ambos medios. Además de argumentar este hecho, la intención del artículo es reflexionar acerca del papel de las imágenes y el pensamiento visual dentro de los modos de producción, recepción y observación de la arquitectura, en este caso en el marco de la cultura arquitectónica española. Dada la naturaleza visual de la arquitectura, el análisis crítico de las formas de significado o conocimiento en torno a las imágenes, tema esencial en el debate actual sobre la Cultura Visual, resulta clave en el desarrollo de un pensamiento que exige saber ver los fenómenos y determinar el sentido de lo icónico en la actualidad.
Planificar el territorio fluvial sudamericano: indagaciones sobre el paisaje deltaico del Gran Rosario
Authors: Galimberti Cecilia
Published: February 2021

Los ámbitos de confluencia entre tierra y agua han sido espacios centrales para el desarrollo urbano a lo largo de la historia. Sin embargo, estas geografías resultan altamente vulnerables por sus dinámicas hídricas particulares, la biodiversidad que suelen albergar y la alta demanda a la que están sometidos. Desde fines del siglo XX, los territorios fluviales, especialmente aquellos localizados en áreas geopolíticas estratégicas, humedales y deltas se encuentran sujetos a numerosas transformaciones. En este sentido, a fin de indagar sobre los principales procesos presentes en estos paisajes del agua, así como los desafíos y oportunidades para su planeamiento, tomamos como caso de estudio al delta medio del río Paraná, correspondiente al sector del Área Metropolitana de Rosario. A través de una metodología cualitativa, investigamos los procesos presentes en dicho ámbito territorial y sus efectos resultantes, reconociendo tres grandes temas articulados entre sí: impactos socio-territoriales de los procesos productivos; hábitat de desigualdad y turismo y recreación; a fin de reflexionar críticamente sobre el planeamiento en este paisaje fluvial. El análisis de las dinámicas existentes, como de los proyectos urbano-territoriales y sus políticas, nos posibilitan desarrollar una plataforma de conocimiento, reflexión e intercambio necesaria para elaborar nuevas estrategias de actuación atenta a las particularidades de estos ambientes anfibios.
Re-descubrir acequias como mecanismo de regeneración urbana. La orla este de Zaragoza (España)
Authors: De la Cal Nicolás Pablo
Published: February 2021

La orla este de Zaragoza (España), con dos barrios densos y una extensa huerta colindante, es un perfecto ejemplo para analizar los flujos de agua en las condiciones de las ‘ciudades irrigadas’, en las que pervive una importante infraestructura de regadío en funcionamiento, generalmente en condiciones de aridez climática. Precisamente, los retos de integración agua-ciudad exigen, como premisa básica, analizar el potencial de estos sistemas agrícolas para plantear estrategias de transformación espacial y funcional en el marco de una necesaria regeneración urbana. Los parámetros de partida son análogos a los que presentan otros referentes internacionales, que han implementado estrategias urbanas contra el cambio climático muy centradas en cuestiones como la capacidad de almacenamiento de la precipitación de aguas de lluvia y su reutilización urbana. Sin embargo, se requiere en el ejemplo que se plantea y con carácter general en las ‘ciudades irrigadas’ una mayor atención a las operaciones de ‘visibilización de la estructura agrícola en la ciudad’, en la creación de corredores ecológicos en el interior de la ciudad y en la corrección del microclima urbano en zonas de gran densidad y elevados índices de urbanización.