bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Penerapan Prosedur Operasi Standar dalam Penyiapan Kamar Kosong oleh Room Attendant
Authors: Setyawan I Putu Ananda , Ismail Deden
Published: October 2023

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui penerapan standard operating procesure penyiapan kamar vacant di Hotel The Trans Resort Bali. Populasi dalam penelitian ini adalah karyawan di Hotel The Trans Resort Bali dengan mengambil sample sebanyak 7 orang karyawan room attendant pada tanggal 30 Mei 2022. Penelitian ini dilakukan selama 6 bulan, yakni, pada bulan Desember 2021-Juni 2022. Teknik analisis data yang diperoleh dari hasil observasi adalah dengan metode analisis data menggunakan uji nonparametik analisis binomial test dengan program SPSS pRelease 24, berdasarkan distribusi binomial dengan penetapan parameter probabilitas. Proposi yang dianggap sesuai dengan SOP yaitu ? 0.85 proporsi tes. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian ini ditemukan bahwa penerapan SOP penyiapan kamar vacant sudah sesuai dengan standar. Sehingg dari penelitian ini dapat disimpulkan bahwa dalam penerapan standard operating procedure penyiapan kamar vacant di Hotel The Trans Resort Bali, Seminyak, tidak ada perbedaan yang nyata (p>0.05) antara proporsi observasi yang sesuai dengan SOP yaitu 0.78 dengan yang seharusnya ?0.85 dengan kategori sesuai standar.
 
This study aims to determine the application of standard operating procedure for preparing vacant room’s at the Hotel The Trans Resort Bali, Seminyak. The population in this study were employees at The Trans Resort Bali Hotel by taking a sample of 7 room attendant employess on 30 May 2022. This research was conducted for 6 month, namely in December 2021-June 2022. The data analysis technique obtained from the observation is the data analysis test with the SPSS pRelease 24 Program, based on the binomial distribution with the determination of probability parameters. The proportion that is considered in accordance with the SOP is ?0.85 the proportion of the test. Based on the result of this study, it was found that the implementation of the SOP for vacant room preparation was in accordance with the standard. From this study it can be concluded that in the application of the standard operating procedure for preparing vacat rooms at The Trans Resort Bali, Seminyak, there is no significant difference (p>0.05) between the proportion of observation that are in accordance with the SOP, which is 0.78 and those that should be ?0.85 with the appropriate category standard.
Penerapan Hygiene dan Sanitasi di Kemiri Restoran
Authors: Wahyuni Ni Putu Cindy , Juniarta Pande Putu
Published: October 2023

Penerapan hygiene dan sanitasi direstoran merupakan salah satu hal yang sangat penting diterapkan, hal ini dikarenakan bahwa hygiene dan sanitasi memberikan dampak positif bagi pengembangan sebuah restoran, jika hygiene dan sanitasi tidak diperhatikan maka akan mengakibatkan penurunan kepuasan pelanggan dan berdampak pada reputasi restoran. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui penerapan hygiene dan sanitasi di Kemiri restoran pada COMO Uma Ubud Hotel. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah observasi, wawancara dan studi kepustakaan. Penelitian ini dilaksanakan di Kemiri restoran pada COMO Uma Ubud Hotel dalam kurun waktu 6 bulan. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian ditemukan bahwa ada 2 standar penerapan hygiene dan sanitasi yang tidak dilakukan dan 1 standar penerapan hygiene dan sanitasi yang jarang dilakukan, antara lain kerapian rambut, kebersihan diri seperti mencuci tangan sebelum maupun sesudah memulai kegiatan, dan kebersihan lingkungan kerja, untuk memperbaiki itu perlunya tingkat kesadaran para karyawan dan pengawasan dari atasan untuk memastikan para karyawan telah melakukan prosedur sesuai standar.
 
The implementation of restaurant hygiene and sanitation is one of the most important things to do, if cleanliness and sanitation are not considered it will result in a decrease in customer satisfaction and have an impact in the hotel reputation . The purpose of this study was to know how the application of hygiene and sanitation in Kemiri restaurant at COMO Uma Ubud Hotel. Methodology used in this research is the method of observation, interview and literature study. This research was conducted at COMO Uma Ubud Hotel for 6 months. It was found that there were 2 standards of application of hygiene and sanitation that were not carried out and 1 standard of application of hygiene and sanitation that was rarely carried out, including hair neatness, washing hands before and after starting activities, and cleanliness of the work environment, to improve it. the need for awareness level of employees and supervision from superiors to ensure employees have carried out procedures according to standards.
Spatial development of the Far-Eastern macro-region: the role of cities
Authors:   The Federal Autonomous Research Institution «The Eastern State Planning Center», Veprikova E. B. , Kislenok A.A. ,   The Federal Autonomous Research Institution «The Eastern State Planning Center»
Published: October 2023

The article deals with the issues of the Far-Eastern macro-region spatial development in the context of the Strategy for Spatial Development of the Russian Federation, within which a special role is assigned to the cities. To determine their impact on the nearby territories and the macro-region development level, a comparative assessment of the socio-economic development of municipalities of subjects of the Russian Federation that are part of the Far Eastern Federal District was carried out. Despite the fact that cities make a significant contribution to the regional economy, they have a limited impact on neighboring territories. To identify the reasons for the weak spread of agglomeration effects, an analysis of the city’s spatial location, their contribution to the regional economy was made, and the corresponding conclusions were drawn. Assessment of possible results of the ongoing state policy aimed at the growth centers is given. Possible directions for making managerial decisions and their consequences for the spatial development of the Far-Eastern macro-region are given.
Multi-level marketing system with industrial food processing in Africa: smallholder tomato farmers in Tanzania
Authors: Mwinyiheri Nasibu Yusuph , Salin Victoria , Zhang Yu Yvette , Lin Benxi , Chewe Chileshe
Published: October 2023

There are few challenges greater than the puzzle of how to move perishable goods from smallholders’ fields to final consumers, particularly where transportation barriers abound. Industrial processing can relax the perishability constraint and improve smallholders’ options. In Iringa, Tanzania, multiple tomato processing establishments and traditional marketing agents are available for farmers to use. Information about the channels is expected to be vital for producers to choose optimally. In this study, we collected field data from 286 smallholder farmers and analyzed their market channel choice using the random utility model implemented with multinomial logit regression. Revenue performance was further evaluated. Our results confirm that access to market information and extension services were associated with higher farm revenue. Women farmers had more concerns than men about lacking information. Market participation differed by size of the business. Farmers with higher harvested quantity were more likely to choose industrial processing. Producers with small farms preferred full marketing service and mid-size farms chose wholesale markets. Agribusiness management scholars may follow similar research design with future attention paid to elicitation of producers’ information about the marketing channels.
My first RC exposition
Authors: Vincent Meelberg
Published: October 2023

My first RC exposition
Observations of: The Observation of Perception, considered through Drawing
Authors: Mike Croft
Published: October 2023

The exposition provides some indication of the content of an exhibition at Lugar do Desenho – Júlio Resende Foundation between 23 September and 28 October, 2023. Several artistic research projects have been explored by the author through drawing and writing between 2021 and 2023 while resident in Porto, Portugal. The projects have each been hosted by i2ADS (Institute of Art and Design Society) as part of a larger collaborative research project called 'The Observation of Perception', considered through Drawing. Two of the projects, or one project divided into two parts, are specifically a contribution to a genetic ancestry project – ‘Call for drawing – Genetics and Identity’ – hosted by i3S (Institute of Investigation and Innovation of Health), Porto University. The main formatting of all of the projects has been the Research Catalogue, in which the visual works that now comprise the exhibition have previously been placed in a multiple media context as artistic research.
evocations – towards a poetics of documentation
Authors: Fernanda Branco
Published: October 2023

Every art documentation is an encounter with an artwork in displacement, both in time and space. Yet, the experience of being present in the moment a live art work unfolds is – inevitably – lost in documentation. Evocations – towards a poetics of documentation explores non-conventional documentation to evoke imagination, inspired by the fragmentary, concision and absence found in poetry. This exposition passes through early discussions relating documentation to evidence. It looks into contemporary artists who challenge conventional ways to document, and approaches the act of document as bridging. Insisting on the loss and void inherent in documentation, Fernanda Branco's artistic research: environment embodiment – towards poetic narratives explores the circulatory generative process some non-conventional documentation can have. In the two projects I remember and Traces, the documentation viewer is invited to imagine – rather than to see – what occurred.

Photo Credit:
Performance by Fernanda Branco Traces #3. Drawing documentation and photo by Hilde Grønne Flikke.
TEXTORIUM: Collaborative Writing-Reading with/in Public Space
Authors: Emma Cocker  , Lena Séraphin  , Andrea Coyotzi Borja  , Cordula Daus  , Vidha Saumya
Published: October 2023

Textorium: Collaborative Writing-Reading with/in Public Space is a language-based artistic research project that explores collaborative score-based approaches to live, situated writing and reading practices, for attending to the experiential aspects of situated embodiment with/in public space. Between 30 May — 4 June 2022, five artist-writers (Emma Cocker, Andrea Coyotzi Borja, Cordula Daus, Vidha Saumya and Lena Séraphin) met in Vaasa, Finland, to engage in a process of observational and collective score-based writing-reading with/in public space. With its conceptual anchor in Georges Perec’s short book An Attempt at Exhausting a Place in Paris (1975/2010), this enquiry evolves a distinctive approach that foregrounds a corporeal, sensorial and bodily approach to language, where writing and reading are conceived as a collaborative undertaking rather than a solitary endeavour. Working with and through different language-based practices — including performative, poetic, and phenomenology-oriented approaches — the research explores the potentiality of emergent spaces (perhaps even of emergent temporalities, subjectivities and collectivities) produced through the interweaving of shared writing and reading practices, as the cyclical rhythms of writing/reading intermingle with the circulating movements, momentums and flows of public space. Through developing and testing various embodied, corporeal, sensorial, and collaborative approaches, this research enquiry advocates the transformative capacity of language-based artistic research for cultivating new “ecologies of attention” (Yves Citton, 2017). This shared enquiry explores the critical potentiality of our “linguistic bodies” (Di Paolo, Cuffari, and De Jaegher, 2018) as sites of both resistance and affirmation.
The swash zone selects functionally specialized assemblages of beach interstitial meiofauna (Platyhelminthes, Proseriata)
Authors: Martinez Alejandro , Fontaneto Diego , Curini-Galetti Marco
Published: October 2023

Life is not a beach for those animals that survive in the rough
ecological conditions found in marine sandy beaches—and yet,
microscopic animals thrive on them. We explore the drivers for
meiofaunal diversity in beaches by analysing taxonomic and functional
patterns of 348 flatworm communities across 116 reflective beaches in
the Western Mediterranean, totalling 152 species (61.2% new to
Science). First, we confirm that species richness does not differ
between beach hydrodynamic levels (swash, shoaling and surf) but rather
depends on the characteristics of each beach. Second, we demonstrate
that species composition across those levels depends on the species
traits, in addition to geographical and abiotic factors. Third, we
highlight that the species functional space has a lower richness than
expected and a lower redundancy in the wave-exposed swash level compared
to the shoaling and subtidal levels, suggesting a trait-based ecological
filtering. Finally, we show that those differences depend on the higher
frequency of hydrodynamics-related traits in the species of the swash
level. Our results suggest that the rough hydrodynamic conditions in the
swash level favour a unique combination of species traits, which might
be linked to ecological speciation in flatworms but also in other
interstitial animals.
Congresses of the Slavic geographers and ethnographers - chronological retrospection
Authors: Denda Stefan , Radovanovic Milan , Yamashkin Anatoliy
Published: October 2023

The end of the First World War brought changes in international relations and new socioeconomic and social challenges. A specific segment was the organization of scientific work. Geographical science and the related disciplines were also looking for their place. A significant qualitative change to the research was brought by the gatherings of the Slavic geographers and ethnographers. At the initiative of Jovan Cvijic, the First Congress was organized in Prague in 1924. In the interwar period, three more congresses were held-in Poland (1927), in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1930), and in the Kingdom of Bulgaria (1936). The aim of this paper is an overview of the subjects and outcomes of those events in the social circumstances of that time. The work of the Congresses was divided into several thematic areas, with the dominance of physical geographic, cartographic, and ethnographic research. The importance of the congresses is proven by the fact that the governance structures wholeheartedly supported them. Even though they had a strong impact, the Congresses of the Slavic Geographers and Ethnographers did not provide answers to numerous questions that ?troubled? the post-war societies in the second half of the 1920s and 1930s. The results undoubtedly pointed to the symbolic representation of anthropogeographic, demographic, geo(political), and socioeconomic subjects. The data on the demographic losses in the Great War were omitted. There were no projections of future trends in the Slavic countries, especially in the context of the new conflict and its consequences.
Lysophosphatidylinositols Are Upregulated After Human β-Cell Loss and Potentiate Insulin Release
Authors: Jiménez-Sánchez Cecilia , Sinturel Flore , Mezza Teresa , Loizides-Mangold Ursula , Montoya Jonathan Paz , Li Lingzi , Di Giuseppe Gianfranco , Quero Giuseppe , Guessous Idris , Jornayvaz François , Schrauwen Patrick , Stenvers Dirk Jan , Alfieri Sergio , Giaccari Andrea , Berishvili Ekaterine , Compagnon Philippe , Bosco Domenico , Riezman Howard , Dibner Charna , Maechler Pierre
Published: October 2023

In this study, we identified new lipid species associated with the loss of pancreatic β-cells triggering diabetes. We performed lipidomics measurements on serum from prediabetic mice lacking β-cell prohibitin-2 (a model of monogenic diabetes) patients without previous history of diabetes but scheduled for pancreaticoduodenectomy resulting in the acute reduction of their β-cell mass (∼50%), and patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D). We found lysophosphatidylinositols (lysoPIs) were the main circulating lipid species altered in prediabetic mice. The changes were confirmed in the patients with acute reduction of their β-cell mass and in those with T2D. Increased lysoPIs significantly correlated with HbA1c (reflecting glycemic control), fasting glycemia, and disposition index, and did not correlate with insulin resistance or obesity in human patients with T2D. INS-1E β-cells as well as pancreatic islets isolated from nondiabetic mice and human donors exposed to exogenous lysoPIs showed potentiated glucose-stimulated and basal insulin secretion. Finally, addition of exogenous lysoPIs partially rescued impaired glucose-stimulated insulin secretion in islets from mice and humans in the diabetic state. Overall, lysoPIs appear to be lipid species upregulated in the prediabetic stage associated with the loss of β-cells and that support the secretory function of the remaining β-cells.

Article Highlights

Circulating lysophosphatidylinositols (lysoPIs) are increased in situations associated with β-cell loss in mice and humans such as (pre-)diabetes, and hemipancreatectomy. Pancreatic islets isolated from nondiabetic mice and human donors, as well as INS-1E β-cells, exposed to exogenous lysoPIs exhibited potentiated glucose-stimulated and basal insulin secretion. Addition of exogenous lysoPIs partially rescued impaired glucose-stimulated insulin secretion in islets from mice and humans in the diabetic state. LysoPIs appear as lipid species being upregulated already in the prediabetic stage associated with the loss of β-cells and supporting the function of the remaining β-cells.
Sensory Phenotypes Provide Insight Into the Natural Course of Diabetic Polyneuropathy
Authors: Tsilingiris Dimitrios , Schimpfle Lukas , von Rauchhaupt Ekaterina , Sulaj Alba , Seebauer Lukas , Herzig Stephan , Szendroedi Julia , Kopf Stefan , Κender Ζoltan
Published: October 2023

We aimed to investigate the characteristics and longitudinal course of sensory phenotypes identified through quantitative sensory testing (QST) in the frame of diabetic sensorimotor polyneuropathy (DSPN). A total of 316 individuals with diabetes were examined (type 2 diabetes 78.8%), 250 of whom were undergoing follow-up visits at 1, 2, and/or 4 (2.88 ± 1.27) years. Allocation into four sensory phenotypes (healthy, thermal hyperalgesia [TH], mechanical hyperalgesia [MH], and sensory loss [SL]) at every time point was based on QST profiles of the right foot. Cross-sectional analysis demonstrated a gradual worsening of clinical and electrophysiological sensory findings and increased DSPN prevalence across the groups, culminating in SL. Motor nerve impairment was observed solely in the SL group. Longitudinal analysis revealed a distinct pattern in the developmental course of the phenotype (from healthy to TH, MH, and finally SL). Those with baseline MH exhibited the highest risk of transition to SL. Reversion to healthy status was uncommon and mostly observed in the TH group. Among those without DSPN initially, presence or future occurrence of SL was associated with a three- to fivefold higher likelihood of DSPN development. Our comprehensive longitudinal study of phenotyped patients with diabetes elucidates the natural course of DSPN. QST-based sensory examination together with other tools for phenotyping may be useful in determining the natural course of diabetic neuropathy to identify patients at high risk of DSPN and guide preventive and therapeutic interventions.

Article Highlights

The course of diabetic sensorimotor polyneuropathy (DSPN) development, from healthy status to overt DSPN, is poorly understood. We studied the characteristics and longitudinal appearance of lower-extremity sensory phenotypes (healthy, thermal hyperalgesia [TH], mechanical hyperalgesia [MH], and sensory loss [SL]) identified through quantitative sensory testing in individuals with diabetes. There was an increasing severity and patterned order of longitudinal appearance across healthy, TH, MH, and SL phenotypes. SL was most strongly associated with formal DSPN. Our findings provide insight into the natural history of DSPN. Sensory phenotyping can be implemented to identify high-risk individuals and those most likely to benefit from therapeutic interventions.
Development of a laser preheating concept for directed energy deposition
Authors: Bieg Fabian , Scheider David , Kledwig Christian , Maucher Clemens , Möhring Hans-Christian , Reisacher Martin
Published: October 2023

In today’s manufacturing, additive manufacturing processes enable the production of complicated three-dimensional structures that are hard to be manufactured with traditional manufacturing processes. Due to its high build rate, the laser-based directed energy deposition (DED-LB) process is an attractive and versatile process to manufacture these kinds of components. In addition to the production of components, DED-LB is used for repair or coating applications. The DED-LB process consists of a multitude of complex thermal mechanisms with high heating and cooling rates of 5 × 102 up to 5 × 105 K/s. For materials with high hardness or low thermal conductivity like tool steels, cast iron, or tungsten carbide, these high cooling rates can lead to defects in the microstructure like cracks, pores, or delamination between the substrate and the deposited structures. By preheating the substrate, the cooling rates can be reduced and defects can be eliminated. In this paper, a preheating cycle was developed, which uses the laser of a DMG MORI LT 65 DED hybrid machine as a moving heat source for the substrate preheating. For this cycle, process parameters, a tool path strategy, and a temperature control system were developed. The impact of the elaborated concept was shown by depositing tungsten carbide in a nickel matrix on an S235 steel substrate.
Evaluation of the Antifungal Activity of the Methanolic Extract of Psidium Guineense (Myrtaceae) Against Strains of the Genus Candida
Authors: Fernandes Viton Dyrk Guimarães , Ribeiro Ana Beatriz Bomfim Gomes , Nóbrega Lara Mayanne Moreira de Oliveira , Da Cruz Piettra de Sá Calixto , De Oliveira Sonaly Barros , Paiva Sérgio Matias Braga de Oliveira , Soares Aryelly de Mendonça , Rebouças João Miguel da Silva , Ferreira André de Lima , Costa Yuri José Fernandes , Lima Edeltrudes de Oliveira , Teles Yanna Carolina Ferreira , De Oliveira Filho Abrahão Alves
Published: October 2023

Candidiasis is the most common fungal infection of the oral cavity, and its etiological factor is the proliferation and growth of microorganisms of the genus Candida. Candida fungi make up the diverse microbiota of the oral cavity living in a harmless commensal relationship with the host and can colonise different habitats such as mucous membranes and skin. Several antifungal drugs have been used for the treatment of candidiasis, such as azole antifungals (ketoconazole, fluconazole) and polyene antifungals (nystatin, amphotericin B), however, several challenges have been observed regarding the effectiveness of drug treatment. Thus, the use of medicinal plants presents itself as a viable and promising alternative for the discovery of new phytopharmaceutical agents with great biological potential. Based on literature studies that show the physicochemical and ethnopharmacological characteristics of medicinal plant species, this research aimed to evaluate the antifungal activity of the methanolic extract of Psidium guineense (Myrtaceae). The study was carried out through in vitro assays where the methanolic extract of Psidium guineense was used as a test substance against the fungal species of Candida albicans, Candida tropicalis and Candida krusei previously identified and maintained in Sabouraud dextrose agar (SDA) and Sabouraud dextrose broth (SSB) culture media. In addition, nystatin was used as a standard antifungal agent for the positive control. The broth microdilution technique was performed to determine the Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) of the methanolic extract of Psidium guineense, all analyses and tests were performed in duplicate. In view of this, the MIC value higher than 1024 μg/mL was obtained, indicating that the methanolic extract of Psidium guineense did not present antifungal activity through the methodology used against the strains tested.
Artificial intelligence algorithms and cloud computing technologies in blockchain-based fintech management
Authors: Lăzăroiu George , Bogdan Mădălina , Geamănu Marinela , Hurloiu Lăcrămioara , Luminița Luminița , Ștefănescu Roxana
Published: October 2023

Research background: Fintech development shapes corporate investment efficiency and economic growth with innovative tools, and can decrease financing constraints of enterprises, enabling direct and indirect financing and furthering inter-bank competition. Crowdfunding- and blockchain-based fintech operations harness deep and maching learning algorithms, augmented and virtual reality technologies, and big data analytics in mobile payment transactions.
Purpose of the article: We show that fintechs have reconfigured financial service delivery by harnessing AI-based data-driven algorithms and cloud and blockchain technologies. Fintech optimizes financial organization and services, economic structures and growth, data analysis, and digital banking performance.  Machine learning algorithms can streamline payment operation capabilities and process promptness, ensuring smooth operational flows, assessing risks, and detecting frauds and money laundering by historical data and customer behavior analysis across instant payment networks and infrastructures.
Methods: Quality tools: AXIS, Eppi-Reviewer, PICO Portal, and SRDR. Search period: July 2023. Search terms: “fintech” + “artificial intelligence algorithms”, “cloud computing technologies”, and “blockchain technologies”. Selected sources: 40 out of 195. Published research inspected: 2023. Data visualization tools: Dimensions and VOSviewer. Reporting quality assessment tool: PRISMA.
Findings & value added: Fintech development enables organizational innovation by mitigating information asymmetry and financing limitations while providing financial assistance and tax incentives in relation to products and services. The fintech growth has influenced the dynamic intermediary function of financial institutions in terms of sustainability and economic development. Fintech and natural resources negatively influence, while green innovations and financial development further, environmental sustainability.
The impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on employees’ skills and well-being in global labor markets: A systematic review
Authors: Cramarenco Romana Emilia , Burcă-Voicu Monica Ioana , Dabija Dan Cristian
Published: October 2023

Research background: This article discusses how artificial intelligence (AI) is affecting workers' personal and professional lives, because of many technological disruptions driven by the recent pandemic that are redefining global labor markets. Purpose of the article: The objective of this paper is to develop a systematic review of the relevant literature to identify the effects of technological change, especially the adoption of AI in organizations, on employees’ skills (professional dimension) and well-being (personal dimension). Methods: To implement the research scope, the authors relied on Khan's five-step methodology, which included a PRISMA flowchart with embedded keywords for selecting the appropriate quantitative data for the study. Firstly, 639 scientific papers published between March 2020 to March 2023 (the end of the COVID-19 pandemic according to the WHO) from Scopus and Web of Science (WoS) databases were selected. After applying the relevant procedures and techniques, 103 articles were retained, which focused on the professional dimension, while 35 papers were focused on the personal component. Findings & value added: Evidence has been presented highlighting the difficulties associated with the ongoing requirement for upskilling or reskilling as an adaptive reaction to technological changes. The efforts to counterbalance the skill mismatch impacted employees' well-being in the challenging pandemic times. Although the emphasis on digital skills is widely accepted, our investigation shows that the topic is still not properly developed. The paper's most significant contributions are found in a thorough analysis of how AI affects workers' skills and well-being, highlighting the most representative aspects researched by academic literature due to the recent paradigm changes generated by the COVID-19 pandemic and continuous technological disruptions.
Characteristics and outcomes for 61 cats that underwent either surgery or stereotactic radiotherapy as treatment for intracranial meningioma (2005–2017)
Authors: Tichenor Michelle , Hearon Kendra , Selmic Laura E.
Published: October 2023

OBJECTIVE

To report clinical features and outcomes of cats undergoing either stereotactic radiotherapy (SRT) or surgical excision for the treatment of intracranial meningioma.

ANIMALS

61 client-owned cats.

METHODS

Medical records were retrospectively reviewed of cats with intracranial meningiomas that were treated with surgical removal and/or SRT between 2005 and 2017. Signalment, clinical signs, duration of clinical signs, diagnostic imaging reports, histopathology reports, treatment protocol, complications, recurrence or progression, and survival time were obtained from the medical record and through follow-up phone calls.

RESULTS

Of the 61 patients, 46 had surgery, 14 had SRT, and 1 had surgery followed by SRT for initial treatment. Significantly more cats that underwent surgery had peritreatment complications compared to the SRT group (P < .0001). Cats that received surgery initially had a significantly longer median survival time (MST) of 1,345 days compared to the MST of 339 days for the SRT cats (P = .002). Fourteen (30%) cats in the surgery group and 4 cats in the SRT group (28%) had MRI- or CT-confirmed tumor regrowth or new tumor growth (P = 1.00). Five cases that had SRT for subsequent recurrence had an MST of 700 days (range, 335 to 1,460 days) after the last treatment.

CLINICAL RELEVANCE

SRT proved to be a safe, alternative treatment option for feline patients with intracranial meningiomas; however, the survival times with surgery alone were significantly longer. SRT for the treatment of recurrence following initial surgery may show promising results.
How do High-Rise Buildings Affect the Mental Image of Users? Case Study: Seljuk Tower in Konya
Authors: Khaleghimoghaddam Navid
Published: October 2023

Due to their physical and identity features, high-rise buildings play a key role in influencing the citizens’ mental image. This study aims to investigate the bilateral link between the environment and people based on user evaluations of the formal and physical features of high-rise buildings. By emphasizing the impacts of formal, functional, and semantic aspects of high-rise buildings on users’ preferences, the study identifies perceptual components and physical features that shape mental image. To this end, using the library research method, the perceptual components of high-rise buildings are introduced as the conceptual model of the study. Then, the relevant components are evaluated using a survey of 217 users of the Seljuk Tower in Konya. The results show that the ‘sense of pleasure when facing the tower’ has the most significant correlation with the users’ perception. The “degree of innovation of the form” and the “materials used in the building” are the other priorities that influence the users” perception. The results also show that affective and cognitive perceptual dimensions influence users’ mental image significantly more than evaluative and interpretative dimensions.
Child-Friendliness of Urban Space in the Example of Łabędy
Authors: Szewiola Helena
Published: October 2023

Children have long been a group whose needs and perspectives have been widely ignored in public spaces, despite several international legal documents and regulations proving their rights in the city. Based on those, child-friendliness criteria have been proposed and described. The established guidelines of: mobility and access, safety and security, attractiveness and comfort have been further explored through surveys conducted with minors. Subsequently, these criteria have been applied to the chosen district of Łabędy, to examine how they present in existing public spaces.

The goal of the paper is to explore how child-friendliness criteria showcased in an average district and how average city development can create spaces and solutions that are friendly for children.
Results of the “DPDT-Auger” Research Project on Screw Displacement Piles
Authors: Krasiński Adam , Słabek Andrzej , Więcławski Paweł , Wiszniewski Mateusz , Kusio Tomasz , Tisler Witold
Published: October 2023

The main objective of the “DPDT-Auger” research project was to test the prototype DPDT auger for forming screw displacement piles in the ground (patented in Poland in 2020). An additional aim was to develop design methods and rules for the making of such piles. The augers and piles were first tested on a model scale, and then more extensively in the real scale on experimental field plots. The results found the overall functionality of the DPDT auger to be good, and in several aspects better than that of the SDP auger. The load-bearing capacities and Q-s characteristics of piles made with both augers were considered comparable. All the conducted tests and their derived dependencies together with the results of in situ subsoil tests allowed for the development of empirical calculation methods and prognostic procedures, useful for designing and producing piles with DPDT and SDP augers. FEM numerical simulation rules for the considered piles were also developed, verified and calibrated by the results of real pile tests. This article describes only the most important final results of the research project but not the detailed results of the numerous tests and analyses that were carried out. Also omitted are the results of model tests and numerical simulations, as well as the implementation and acceptance recommendations, as they have already been or will be the subject of separate publications.
Size Effect of Synthetic Fibre Reinforced Concrete – Investigation using a Semi-Discrete Analytical Beam Model
Authors: Tóth Mária Erdélyiné , Pluzsik Anikó
Published: October 2023

The size effect is a well-known characteristic of concrete structures. However, in the case of fibre-reinforced concrete (FRC), this issue is not thoroughly explored. Most design recommendations of FRC neglect the size effect or handle the behaviour of FRC structures in case of different structural sizes similar to plain concrete structures (assuming FRC is a homogeneous material). The aim of this paper is to show that the size effect of FRC can be divided, the share of the concrete matrix and the fibres in the size-dependent properties is separable. For the size effect research fifteen synthetic macro fibre reinforced concrete and six plain concrete beam specimens were prepared and tested in three different sizes and then evaluated with the semi-discrete analytical (SDA) model. The analysis of the experimental specimens has shown that the size effect significantly influences the concrete material in the case of FRC with softening material behaviour, but the residual loadbearing capacity which mainly arise from the local bridging effect of fibres is essentially independent of the structural size. It is also shown in this paper that the two defining parameters of the SDA model is independent of the structural size, so the model provides an excellent tool in case of the design of real-sized FRC structures.
The Analysis of Pile Skin and Base Resistances Interaction Based on Static Pile Load Test in Experimental Research
Authors: Żarkiewicz Krzysztof
Published: October 2023

Static pile load tests in laboratory conditions were carried out to study the mechanism of the pile skin and pile base resistance mobilization with settlement and their interactions. The mechanism of the skin resistance at the base is important in the correct interpretation of the pile capacity. Especially in the case of piles shallowly embedded in the bearing layer. In the studies described in this article, high-precision piezoelectric elastic stress maps were used. The tests were carried out on piles with a diameter of 2.5–2.8 cm, and length of 40 cm. Static pile load tests were carried out to measure resistance at the pile base, settlement and change of stress in the soil at the level of the pile base or beneath the pile base were measured. The analysis of stress in soil allowed to investigate the interaction between the resistances of the pile base and skin. The state of stress in the soil close to the pile base, both beneath and above the pile base level was heavily influenced by the simultaneous mobilization of skin and base resistance.
Heating Ceiling System Efficiency in Different Climate Zones
Authors: Fidorów-Kaprawy Natalia , Dudkiewicz Edyta
Published: October 2023

There are many benefits of building construction with prefabricated thermo active ceilings technology, and the most highlighted are: short lead time, ease of installation, low price, lack of taking up space in a room and additionally the possibility of working in heating and/or cooling mode. An analysis was carried out to illustrate the factors that influence the thermal output of a ceiling heating system in residential buildings located in 5 climate zones in Poland and 2 in Ukraine. The thermal loads were determined for the entire building, designed in accordance with the regulations in force in each country, for the flats and particular rooms (considering the heat exchange between the flats according to PN-EN 12831:2006). An average heating medium temperature of 34°C was assumed. The results were compared with the achievable heating capacity of the ceiling system, which results from the difference between the heating medium temperature and the indoor room temperature. It was investigated that the system achieves the calculated output in all climate zones in Poland, while it will not be sufficient in Ukraine. This is due to both less stringent building thermal protection regulations and different indoor design temperature values, resulting in a higher average temperature in the flat. When analysed on a room-by-room basis, it became apparent that in all considered locations there were rooms for which the heating capacity was insufficient. In the climate zones I to IV in Poland, the problem concerns only bathrooms, where in this case quite often the surface heating can be combined with a supplementary electric radiator. In the V climate zone in Poland and both in Ukraine, the solution to the power shortage under design conditions may be: building construction according to a higher energy standard, increasing the supply temperature (with the limitation of maximum ceiling surface temperature to 35°C for living spaces) or using additional heating elements not only in bathrooms. A novel part of the article discusses calculated power shortages in relation to climate change and the external design temperatures suggested by sources other than the standard.
Spatial Analysis of the Impact of Motor Vehicle Fires on the Urban Environment using the Example of Warsaw
Authors: Szewczyński Krystian
Published: October 2023

This scientific article is dedicated to the analysis of the impact of vehicle fires on the urban environment. In the context of the dynamic processes of urbanization and societal mobilization, understanding the consequences of vehicle fires becomes exceedingly important for ensuring sustainable urban development and improving residents’ quality of life. The article presents the results of spatial analyses of vehicle fires that occurred within the Warsaw area between 2010 and 2021. In the analytical section, an attempt was made to identify the parts of the city where residents were most exposed to the emission of toxic substances. According to the presented calculations, almost 3 tons of toxic substances are released into the atmosphere every year as a result of vehicle fires in Warsaw. The article also provides information about the materials used in motor vehicles and assesses their environmental impact through the emission of hazardous substances in the event of a vehicle fire. Proposed changes that could minimize the number of vehicle fires in the future are also indicated in the article, thereby contributing to increased road safety levels in the city and positively influencing the environment.
The Risky Behavior of the Years of Brazilian Companies in the Context of the Political-Econômical Crise Gerada pela Lava Jato Operação
Authors: De Freitas Alison Silvestre , Soares Mara Alves , Pimenta Junior Tabajara , Gaio Luiz Eduardo , Ambrozini Marcelo Augusto
Published: October 2023

Objective: The objective of this work was to detect and measure the occurrence of alterations in the behavior of the actions of companies listed in the Brazilian capital market in the period of the political-economic crisis that began in 2014 with the Lava Jato Operação, da Policia Federal.
 
Theoretical reference: The main works reviewed in this research foram the studies carried out by Mazviona and Elias (2013), Dzaja and Aljinovic (2013), Rangel (2014), Maitah et al. (2015), Singh et al. (2015), Shweta and Sharma (2015), Janata (2016), Xiao (2016) and Nyangara et al. (2016).
 
Method: The betas of the years are calculated for three years before and three years after the data of the start of the operation. We analyzed the data from the years of 42 companies and estimated the betas for both periods, by linear regression. The betas of both periods were compared and then submitted to the Chow Test for detection of structural failure.
 
Results and conclusion: The results show an elevation of risk (increase in two beta values) for the years of 31 companies and reduction for the years of another 11 companies. There is structural bankruptcy between the betas of two periods, for the years of 20 companies, while the years of 22 companies do not evidence this phenomenon.
 
Implications of the research: Since there have been detected signs of negative impacts of the crisis on the risk of actions, the results are not conclusive. Or that it does not guarantee, on the other hand, the existence of a risk balance in the period, once the number of years with structural failure between the two periods was significant.
 
Originality/value: This study explores an important gap in empirical studies carried out in the context of the Lava Jato operation, in which the Federal Police investigated a money laundering and diversion scheme involving Petrobrás, large companies and several Brazilian politicians, a situation that practically paralyzed o Federal Executive, lifting the country to a state of waiting and uncertainty with great reflections on the Brazilian economy.
Soybean Production in the Municipality of Cascavel - PR: Rainfall Indices as the Main Influence Factor
Authors: Sandmann André , Serra Giseli de Cassia , Portolan Marcos Roberto , Hellmann Liliane , Hallal Renato , Dos Santos José Airton Azevedo , Sandmann Ana Flavia Maldaner Teodoro , Da Silva Flávio Piekarzewicz
Published: October 2023

Objective: This work presents factors that influence soybean production in various scenarios, more specifically in Cascavel-PR, between the summer seasons 2016/17 to 2022/23.
 
Theoretical reference: Soy production is an economic activity with great potential in Brazil and, especially, in the state of Paraná. The climatic conditions present great challenges for the producers, since different factors (shortage of chuvas, high temperatures and the incidence of rain and diseases) affect the development of culture.
 
Method: Foram pointed out and made comparisons in the production of comfort in various contexts, cultivation areas and relevant information on the climate, specifically as rainfall precipitations below or above the average in various stages of culture in the municipality of Paranaense, and consequently, as oscillations in the summer holidays. They are used in literature, articles, information on sites, magazines and data from governmental organizations (federal and state), with quantitative and qualitative analyses, using the Sisvar software.
 
Results and conclusion: Among the factors analyzed, climate as the main agent of influence in soybean production.
 
Implications of the research: To minimize the impacts on productivity and its consequences in regional/economic development, it is necessary to review management techniques at the sole, plant, new technologies and also at the global level; o aquecimento, o dematamento that influences the increase in temperatures and the incidence of rain.
 
Originality/value: Analyzing two rainfall indices and their relationships with agricultural cultures is crucial to guarantee healthy and productive production. It allows farmers to adapt their management practices, make informed decisions and minimize the risks associated with varying climatic conditions.
ЛІТЕРАТУРНО-ХУДОЖНІ ОНІМИ У ЗБІРЦІ ПОЕЗІЙ МАРІЇ МАТІОС «ЖІНОЧИЙ АРКАН У САДУ НЕТЕРПІННЯ»
Authors: КОТОВИЧ Віра
Published: October 2023

У статті здійснено аналіз літературно-художніх онімів (антропонімів, теонімів, агіонімів, ойконімів, гідронімів, хоронімів) збірки поезій Марії Матіос «Жіночий аркан у саду нетерпіння». Досліджено онімну метафору як один із ключових способів функціонування промовистих імен у текстопросторі. Простежено процес конотонімізації власних назв, одиниць, які належать до пропріальної лексики, називають одиничний об’єкт, але набувають вторинного конотативного змісту. Виоокремлено оніми, які набирають у поезії М. Матіос символічного сенсу. Закцентовано на художній специфіці поетонімів як елементах індивідуально-авторської картини світу.
НЕФРАЗЕОЛОГІЗАЦІЯ ПОЛІТИЧНОГО МЕДІЙНОГО ДИСКУРСУ (НА МАТЕРІАЛІ УКРАЇНСЬКОЇ ТА АНГЛІЙСЬКОЇ МОВ)
Authors: ПАТЕН Ірина , СОБОЛЬ Лілія
Published: October 2023

Коронавірусна інфекція, повномасштабне вторгнення рф на територію України, глобальні світові процеси (культурні, економічні, політичні тощо), релігійні та воєнні конфлікти, науково-технічний прогрес, тероризм тощо не лише наповнюють новим змістом відомі раніше слова, але і суттєво збагачують ту чи ту мову неологізмами. Актуальність теми наукової розвідки зумовлена стрімким збагаченням будь-якої мови новими поняттями, позаяк поява мовних інновацій, їхнє функціонування, принципи творення нових слів чи сполук були, є і залишаються предметом пильної уваги мовознавчих досліджень. Публіцистичні тексти українських та англомовних засобів масової комунікації рясніють мовними новотворами, адже ЗМІ – головний розповсюджувач нової інформації. Авдиторія швидко та легко сприймає ті неологізми, у яких подано максимум інформації у максимально простій структурі. У статті акцентовано увагу на політичному медійному дискурсі. З’ясовано, що це конгломерація двох видів дискурсу: політичного та медійного. Політичний дискурс є найвпливовішим явищем сучасної політичної комунікації, масмедійний – канал цієї комунікації, позаяк саме масмедіа популяризують важливі політичні ідеї. Мета статті – дослідити корпус неофразеології політичного медійного дискурсу української та англійської мов. У політичному медійному дискурсі українського та англійського соціумів давно спостерігаємо тенденцію до використання неологізмів (від слів до фразеологічних сполук). Характерною особливістю засобів масової комунікації є соціальна оцінність, головним засобом, який реалізує її у медійному дискурсі, – неофразеологізм. Неофразеологія – сфера вторинної номінації, яка по-новому називає давно відомі явища, оригінально позначає ті чи ті події, надає їм оцінку, оживлює тексти знайомими образами, надає експресивності, і тим самим привертає увагу адресата, водночас істотно послаблює цензуру і дозволяє вільно висловлювати думки.