bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Application of the integrated approach to the ethics of radiological protection (part II)
Authors: Podzolkova N. A , Romanov S. A
Published: December 2020

The main objective of this study is to continue an open dialogue between representatives of the nuclear industry and the interested public concerned about the ethics of decision-making in nuclear energy. The authors consider these problems from the perspective of integral philosophy differentiating levels of consciousness. The study consists of two parts. The first one aimed to analyse ethical platforms of radiological protection and the principles of biomedical ethics using the level approach [6]. The summary table of ethical correlates of radiation safety and principles of bioethics is presented. The second part described in this paperis contains a system analysis of the public acceptability of radiation risks depending on the ethical platforms (paradigms) of both decision makers and those for whom decisions are made.
Medical Science and Bioethics (Narekatsi in Frames of Bioethics Curriculum)
Authors: Davtyan Susanna
Published: December 2020

In this article we analyse the ideas of outstanding Armenian thinker of X century Gregory of Narek and their connection with ideas of V. Potter. The power of Narek as a remedy for diseases is explained also by the viewpoint of Word Remedy.
Psychological care for children with autism: bioethical problems in the conditions of the pandemic
Authors: Volchansky M. Ye. , Delarue V. V. , Boluchevskaya V. V. , Raevsky A. A.
Published: December 2020

Comparison of the opinions working with the children of psychologists of Volgograd region concerning the provision of psychological assistance to children with early childhood autism in the 10-year interval (2009-2019) showed the ongoing institutionalization of this social practice, although not intensive enough. However, the COVID-19 pandemic, which began in early 2020, made it virtually impossible to provide psychological support to children with the disorder, due to numerous factual and subjective factors. It was concluded that regional medical and social services needed to be particularly proactive in providing support to vulnerable categories of persons (in particular, with regard to psychological support for children with early childhood autism).
Royal Holloway, University of London and the Afghanistan and Central Asian Association: New Partnerships and Challenges During COVID-19 in the Clinical Legal World
Authors: Antoniou Nicola , Marshall Jill , Gilder Alexander , Nasimi Rabia
Published: December 2020

In January 2020, Royal Holloway, University of London set up a new Legal Advice Centre offering free legal advice to the local community, including building upon key partnerships to address unmet legal needs. This practice-paper discusses Royal Holloway’s Legal Advice Centre (LAC) and the Afghanistan and Central Asian Association’s (ACCA) collaborative approach and response to the global pandemic since March 2020. It will highlight the unprecedented challenges that they have faced, and their efforts to overcome them. In addition, the paper will discuss their research project, which provides Royal Holloway’s student volunteers with the opportunity to gain unique multidisciplinary understandings of the effect of the pandemic in Afghanistan, and a chance to put their legal skills into practice by producing legal information to support local users of both Royal Holloway’s LAC and the Law Clinic at the ACAA.This practice-paper includes a road map to Royal Holloway’s long-term goal, namely, to work with ACAA to research the legal vulnerabilities of women in Afghanistan, with the aid of a research grant supporting international collaboration. Recent reports highlight that lockdown and quarantine measures will have a long-term impact on the basic rights and freedoms of Afghan women, who already face hardship.
ENRICHED CEREAL BAR WITH RAY MEAT Hypanus guttatus (DASYATIDAE – MYLIOBATIFORMES) CAPTURED ON MARANHÃO STATE COASTAL
Authors: Coelho Alline Vieira , Cunha Diego Aurélio dos Santos , Freitas Jailza , Costa Jociel Ferreira , Santos Elaine Cristina Batista dos , Viana Diego Carvalho
Published: December 2020

Rays are world-class fish stocks, predominantly marine and tropical. The Hypanus guttatus ray, commonly known as a stingray and is one of the most caught species of elasmobranchs on our coast, however, most catches are seen as companion fauna. The objective of this work was to develop formulations for cereal bar innovations with the use of Hypanus guttatus ray meat to incorporate fish protein in a differentiated way in human food. Two types of cereal bars were prepared, one with granola [WG] and another no granola [NG], both enriched with ray pulp. Analyzes of centesimal composition (lipids, carbohydrates, ashes and proteins) were also performed. The cereal bar enriched with ray meat presented high protein (10.21 and 6.71%), low lipid content (2.57 and 3.02%) and was well accepted by the sensory panel, which included judges Aged between 18 and 57 years, with the granola treatment receiving an acceptance of 54.84% and no granola 45,16%. There are diversified ingredients in these bars and contain functional properties that make them ideal to be consumed as a daily snack.
INVENTÁRIO DE CONSUMO DE COMBUSTÍVEL, ESTIMATIVA DE EMISSÃO DE CO2 POR MONTE CARLO DAS EMBARCAÇÕES PETROLEIRAS, GRANELEIRAS E CONTÊINERES QUE OPERAM NO BRASIL
Authors: Jardim Luciana Suman
Published: December 2020

De acordo a IMO (International Maritime Organisation) a navegação é responsável por 2,6% do total de emissão global dos gases de efeito estufa e os maiores contribuidores são os navios petroleiros, graneleiros e conteneiros, os quais também no período de 2012 a 2018 também eram os navios em maior quantidade operando em Águas Jurisdicionais Brasileiras – AJB. O estudo tem como objetivo inventariar, através de Monte Carlo, o consumo de combustível e estimar a quantidade de CO2 emitido através da queima de combustível fóssil utilizado pelas embarcações através de modelagem quantitativa, mensurando assim a parcela de responsabilidade do Brasil nas emissões mundiais calculadas pela IMO. Navios mais eficientes e com a menor quantidade de emissões é uma meta da comunidade marítima brasileira que apenas alcançaremos se soubermos qual o estado atual de contribuição dos navios na emissão do gás de efeito estufa – CO2, contribuindo assim efetivamente para a redução e/ou manutenção da atual temperatura do planeta.
Okoliczności wydania poematu „Hugo”, czyli debiut Słowackiego na łamach „wyborowego co do treści noworocznika”
Authors: Szyngiel Elżbieta
Published: December 2020

The author describes in the article the circumstances of publishing the poem Hugo by Juliusz Słowacki in the New Year’s “Melitele” edited by Antoni Edward Odyniec. The publication of the poem was the debut of the young poet. The song, described for years as unsuccessful and imitative, has only in the last thirty years gained value and more attention from researchers.The following aspects of the issue of the debut in “Melitele” were analyzed: the editorial work of Odyniec, the specifics of the New Year in comparison to other publications of this type on the publishing market at the time, its program nature and place in the literary life of Warsaw, as well as opinions expressed about it by readers.The author tries to show that the choice of “Melitele” for the place of publication of the first piece of print resulted mainly from the living conditions of the young poet, entangled by a kind of social triangle between Salomea Bécu and Odyniec, and facing the discrepancy between the desire for fame and the subsequent reluctance to his own literary practice.
Śmierć odsunięta w nieskończoność. Filozofowanie Edwarda Stachury na temat czasu, śmierci i wieczności
Authors: Iwińska Gabriela
Published: December 2020

The article Death delayed indefinitely. Edward Stachura philosophizing on time, death and eternity is an attempt to read Stachura from a different side than as a poet, bard and mediocre singer. It is a compilation of the writer’s various texts, but the leading one is a little-known work called Everything is poetry. The story-river (edited by H. Bereza, Z. Fedecki, K. Rutkowski, vol. 4, Warsaw 1984). Stachura transforms into almost a sage, into a philosopher who tries to create ele­mentary definitions of the world, people, time and eternity. He believes that there is no such thing as “nothing” like death, which would mean the definitive end. Thus, he proves that he is not only an “extreme” creator, but one who seeks hope and gaps in describing and understanding the world. The writer attempts to describe eternity, to visualize it, to grasp death as a transition from the „non-our-form-life” to, it seems, a better place. He even changes the forms of talking about eternity — he uses the invented appropriate verb, the infinitive “to be”, which does not take into account the existence of any time . This is the term “perpetual time”. There is no place to distinguish the present, future or past, because eternity is a “measure”, we always find it in the moment of lasting. Therefore, eternity has no beginning or end, unlike time. These concepts of Stachura mainly dictate fear to the end. Thus, he tries to reformulate the common patterns in thinking about death and passing away. Ultimately, it is a study of broadly understood optimism of Stachura, underestimated in his work on a daily basis.
Piękny okaz. Roślina jako dzieło sztuki
Authors: Salwa Mateusz
Published: December 2020

Tradycyjnie estetyka filozoficzna przyrodą bliżej się nie zajmowała, ograniczając się do sfery sztuki. Paradygmat ten został przezwyciężony przez przedstawicieli estetyki środowiskowej, którzy wysunęli liczne argumenty za tym, aby porzucić rozpowszechnione ocenianie zjawisk przyrodniczych przez pryzmat sztuki, oraz sformułowali teorię dającą się zakwalifikować jako nieantropocentryczna. Celem artykułu będzie przyjrzenie się w świetle tej teorii doświadczeniu estetycznemu przyrody w sytuacji, gdy jego przedmiotem są poszczególne rośliny, jak ma to miejsce w muzeach, kolekcjach, na naukowych ilustracjach czy fotografiach. Doświadczenie estetyczne okazu zostanie przedstawione jako taki rodzaj doświadczenia estetycznego przyrody, który ujmuje przyrodę jako dzieło sztuki, a zarazem wydobywa na pierwszy plan jej inny-niż-ludzki charakter. Tym sposobem doświadczenie to różni się od innych sztukocentrycznych podejść krytykowanych przez estetyków środowiskowych.
Społeczne uchwastowienie. W poszukiwaniu sposobów bycia z odrzuconymi
Authors: Brylska Aleksandra
Published: December 2020

W artykule autorka skupia się na kategorii chwastu, jego dyskursywnym osadzeniu, ale też politycznym — rewolucyjnym — potencjale. Analizuje język opisujący rośliny inwazyjne i ich reprezentacje. Interpretuje również wybrane prace artystyczne (Chwasty Dagny Jakubowskiej i Nawłoć Cecylii Malik), aby wskazać nowe możliwości nawiązywania relacji z odrzucanymi roślinami i ich polityczny potencjał. Zderzenie z sobą tych dwóch narracji ujawnia nieuchwytność roślinnych Innych. Chwasty nie mieszczą się już w obecnych kategoriach normatywnych, które dzielą gatunki na pożądane i niebezpieczne. W powstającym pęknięciu możliwe staje się ukazanie emancypacyjnego potencjału kategorii chwastu, która nie tylko może zmienić stosunek do samych roślin, lecz także umożliwić społeczną transformację dążącą do współistnienia z nie-ludzkimi bytami. To właśnie chwasty, odporne i mające wielkie zdolności adaptacyjne, mogą stać się źródłem inspiracji dla strategii przetrwania w niepewnym, współczesnym świecie.
Ocena funkcjonowania projektu e-zdrowie na rynku usług medycznych w świetle badań ankietowych
Authors: Krywienia Rafał
Published: December 2020

The idea of the e-health project assumes the public use of effective information and communication technology systems, as well as the participation of patients and medical staff in the treatment process. The article’s aim is the analysis of the impact of the e-health project on the functioning of the Polish healthcare system which is currently implemented as part of the digitization of health care. It has been hypothesized that the implemented e-health project has been positively received by Polish society. In order to verify this, a survey was conducted on a sample of 305 respondents, including patients, doctors and people who had never had contact with e-health. The purpose of the survey was to recognize the attitudes, opinions and experience of beneficiaries of e-health regarding the functioning of the project in question. The article also contains secondary research presenting the current scientific achievements in the field of e-health.
Temporalidades alternativas: modos de imaginar el paso del tiempo
Authors: Herrero Montserrat
Published: December 2020

Una buena parte de las investigaciones en el ámbito de la teoría de la historia de las últimas décadas muestran un creciente interés en volver a imaginar la relación entre el pasado, el presente y el futuro en la historia. El artículo denomina «temporalidades alternativas» a aquellos modos de imaginar el paso del tiempo anti-lineales, cíclicos o helicoidales, que producen modos de representar la historia en los que pasado, presente y futuro se interpenetran. La teoría de la historia de Koselleck ha hecho mucho por estos modos de representar la temporalidad histórica. En particular, su noción de «horizonte de expectativa», abre el camino al protagonismo del futuro en las representaciones del tiempo histórico. El artículo ahonda en las reflexiones de Koselleck sobre la derivación teológico-política de la idea de futuro arraigada en la profecía escatológica, para seguir el hilo de esta idea y conducirla más allá de las conclusiones de Koselleck, tomando pie de las reflexiones sobre el tiempo de algunos filósofos del siglo XX.
La paz en el medievalismo. Una aproximación historiográfica
Authors: López Gómez Óscar
Published: December 2020

Hoy en día resulta sencillo perderse en el maremágnum de publicaciones que existe en torno a la temática de la paz en el Medievo. No en vano, el número de obras que han visto la luz sobre todo desde la década de 1960 puede resultar inabarcable. En virtud de esta circunstancia, el presente trabajo busca ofrecer al historiador una guía primigenia de análisis, que le permita internarse en la bibliografía sobre la paz en la Edad Media. Con tal objetivo, en el artículo se perfila el devenir historiográfico de dicha cuestión desde sus orígenes, a mediados del siglo XIX, hasta el siglo presente; se incide en las vinculaciones que pueden percibirse entre los estudios de la paz y el escenario político y sociocultural de cada época; y se ofrece una bibliografía selecta –a pie de página–, atendiendo a cada una de las distintas líneas de estudio.
Sozialtheoretische und begriffsgeschichtliche Aspekte des Problems der Beschleunigung der Geschichte. Überlegungen im Ausgang von Reinhart Koselleck
Authors: Schmieder Falko
Published: December 2020

Der Aufsatz versteht sich als Beitrag zur Erkundung der Aktualität und Grenzen von Reinhart Kosellecks begriffsgeschichtlichem Ansatz. Als Leitfaden soll dabei der Begriff der Beschleunigung dienen. Dieser Begriff hat sowohl für Kosellecks begriffsgeschichtliche wie auch für seine sozialtheoretischen Arbeiten eine besondere Bedeutung, denn er spielt eine zentrale Rolle in der Auseinandersetzung mit der Säkularisierungsde batte und steht in enger Verbindung zum Begriff der Verzeitlichung, der das wohl wichtigste Interpretament in Kosellecks Deutung der sogenannten Sattelzeit war. Da es sich um eine sozial- und temporalanalytische Kategorie handelt, müsste sich die neuere, von Zeithistorikern und Soziologen vertretene These des Eintritts in eine postkoselleckianische Kultur nicht zuletzt anhand dieser Kategorie selbst entfalten lassen. Der Aufsatz diskutiert zunächst den Begriff der Beschleunigung und seine Implikationen bei Koselleck, um dann auf dieser Basis Bedeutungsdimensionen und Problemlagen zu entfalten, die über den Ansatz von Koselleck hinausweisen.
Prima della tragedia. Militari italiani a Cefalonia e a Corfú
Authors: Branciforte Laura
Published: December 2020

Patrizia Gabrielli, Prima della tragedia. Militari italiani a Cefalonia e a Corfú, Bologna, il Mulino, 2020, 173 384 págs., ISBN, 9788815275578 [Reseña]
passado audível
Authors: Bessa Virginia de Almeida , Lima Giuliana Souza de , Pérez González Juliana
Published: December 2020

Trata-se da introdução do livro O passado audível, de Jonathan Sterne, aqui traduzida pela primeira vez para o português. O livro propõe uma história da possibilidade da reprodução do som – por meio do telefone, do fonógrafo, do rádio e de outras tecnologias correlatas. Nele são examinadas as condições sociais e culturais que deram origem à reprodução do som e, por sua vez, como estas tecnologias cristalizaram e combinaram movimentos culturais mais amplos. O livro parte do pressuposto que som, audição e escuta são centrais para a vida cultural da modernidade, fundamentais para as modernas formas de conhecimento, cultura e organização social. Ele propõe, assim, uma alternativa à narrativa dominante segundo a qual, ao se tornar moderno, o mundo ocidental teria migrado de uma cultura da audição para uma cultura da visão.
Sustainable way of life and environmental chaos: a textual analysis of an expert panel held at Brazilian meeting of alternative communities
Authors: Valverde Juliana
Published: December 2020

This study of the views of Brazilian experts on Sustainable Way of Life corroborates the idea that a capitalist model – based on consumption, linear production systems and disconnected with nature – has made the city way of life unsustainable. It also suggests that these struggles point to a move from urban environmental chaos to a new reality, as well as the difficulties in making it happen. As a confrontation with chaos, a new order represents a different way of reorganizing oneself and the group, in search of a new social and environment ideal reconnected and inspired by virtuous cycles as seen in nature.
Creativity as a response to chaos: innovation and imagination in post-2003 Iraqi literature and art
Authors: Alrajeh Farah
Published: December 2020

My study focuses on Iraq, and, more specifically, on the creative works of fiction and art that emerged in the years following the 2003 US invasion when chaos became a reality. Analysing these works will show how their emergence and flowering during the period after the war, as well as the decades of censorship and stagnation prove the existence of a viable connection between chaos, creativity, and knowledge. In other words, I will show how the violence and disorder in the post-war period stimulated creativity in two Iraqi authors and artists. [...] Their works show how imagination can spring from chaos to describe it, embrace it, or suggest certain ways to resist it.
What does chaos mean to you?
Authors: Hoerst Carina
Published: December 2020

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Formulation Of A Rational Option Pricing Model
using Artificial Neural Networks
Authors: yadav Kaustubh , yadav Anubhuti
Published: December 2020

This paper inquires on the options pricing modeling

using Artificial Neural Networks to price Apple(AAPL) European

Call Options. Our model is based on the premise that Artificial

Neural Networks can be used as functional approximators and

can be used as an alternative to the numerical methods to some

extent, for a faster and an efficient solution. This paper provides

a neural network solution for two financial models, the BlackScholes-Merton model, and the calibrated-Heston Stochastic

Volatility Model, we evaluate our predictions using the existing

numerical solutions for the same, the analytic solution for

the Black-Scholes equation, COS-Model for Heston’s Stochastic

Volatility Model and Standard Heston-Quasi analytic formula.

The aim of this study is to find a viable time-efficient alternative

to existing quantitative models for option pricing.
Hamiltonian form for General Autonomous ODE Systems: Introductory Results
Authors: Kobus Artur
Published: December 2020

New class of conserved quantities is constructed. These quantities find direct application in mechanics of dissipative (generally non-conservative) dynamical systems. Approach demands formulation in the language of geometric mechanics, providing theoretical framework for situations with energy flow in and out of the system. As a by product, we suggest possibility of existence of Hamiltonian form for every autonomous ODE system, evolution of which is governed by non-potential generator of motion. Various examples are provided, ranging from physics and mathematics, to chemical kinetics and population dynamics in biology. Applications of these ideas in geometric integration techniques (GNI) of numerical analysis are discussed, and as an example of such, new discrete gradient-based numerical method is introduced.
Removal of Pb from Water: the Effectiveness of Gypsum and Calcite Mixtures
Authors: Roza Llera Ana , Jimenez Amalia , Fernández-Díaz Lurdes
Published: December 2020

Anthropogenic lead pollution is an environmental problem that threatens the quality of soils and waters and endangers living organisms in numerous surface and subsurface habitats. Lead coprecipitation on mineral surfaces through dissolution-recrystallization processes has long term effects on lead bioavailability. Gypsum and calcite are among the most abundant and reactive rock forming minerals present in numerous geological settings. In this work, we study the interaction of slightly acidic (pHi = 5.5) Pb-bearing aqueous solutions ([Pb]i = 1 mM and 10 mM) with crystals of gypsum and /or calcite under atmospheric conditions. This interaction results in a reduction of the concentration of lead in the liquid phase due to the precipitation of newly formed Pb-bearing solid phases. The extent of this Pb removal mainly depends on the nature of the primary mineral phase involved in the interaction. Thus, when gypsum is the only solid phase initially present in the system the Pb-bearing liquid-gypsum interaction results in Pb removals in the 98-99.8 % range, regardless of [Pb]i. In contrast, when the interaction takes place with calcite, Pb removal strongly depends on [Pb]i. It reaches 99% when [Pb]i = 1 mM while it is much more modest (⁓13%) when [Pb]i = 10 mM. Interestingly, Pb-removal is maximized for both [Pb]i (99.9 % for solutions with [Pb]i = 10 mM and 99.7% for solutions with [Pb]i = 1 mM) when Pb-polluted solutions simultaneously interact with gypsum and calcite crystals. Despite the large Pb removals found in most of the cases studied, the final Pb concentration ([Pb]f) in the liquid phase always is well above the maximum permitted in drinking water (0.1 ppm), with the minimum ([Pb]f = 0.7 ppm) being obtained for solutions with [Pb]i =1 mM after their interaction with mixtures of gypsum and calcite crystals. This result suggests that integrating the use of mixtures of gypsum-calcite crystals might help to develop more efficient strategies for in-situ decontaminating Pb-polluted waters through mineral coprecipitation processes.
Interactive Effects of Temperature, Water, and Nitrogen Availability on the Growth, Floral Traits, and Pollination of White Mustard, Sinapis alba
Authors: Akter Asma , Klečka Jan
Published: December 2020

Climate change is likely to have a complex effect on the growth of plants, their phenology, plant-pollinator interactions, and reproductive success. Therefore, we tested the impact of three key factors (temperature, water, and nitrogen supply) on traits, pollination, and seed production in Sinapis alba (Brassicaceae). We grew the plants in different combinations of temperature, water, and nitrogen supplementation, measured multiple vegetative and floral traits, and assessed the response of pollinators in the field. We also evaluated the effect of growing conditions on seed set in plants exposed to pollinators and hand-pollinated plants. Our results show that water stress impaired vegetative growth, decreased flower production, reduced visitation by pollinators and seed set, while nitrogen availability played an important role in nectar production. Temperature modulated the effect of water and nitrogen availability on vegetative and floral traits and strongly affected flowering phenology and flower production. We demonstrated that changes in temperature, water, and nitrogen availability induce changes in plant vegetative and floral traits which impact flower visitation and consequently plant reproduction. Climate change, particularly increasing temperature combined with reduced precipitation, thus may impact plant-pollinator interactions with negative consequences for the reproduction of wild plants and insect-pollinated crops.
Analyses and Optimization Methods of Legged Robots: A Review
Authors: Nandam Venkata Sainaveen , Seelaboyina Praveen , Kodavati Sandeep Chowdary , Molleti Harikrishna
Published: December 2020

During the most recent years, a lot of research has been done in creating robots with more self-governance so that they can overcome the challenges that real world environments present. The robot's limited versatility in real world applications can be overcome by the development of Legged robots. Also, as they permit movement in unavailable territory to robots with wheels, Legged Robots are more advantageous. But the potency of the legged robots explicitly its energy usage among alternate points of view really fall behind robots that use wheels. So, the present status of development, there are as yet a few perspectives that need to be analysed, optimized and enhanced. This paper presents review of literature of various biologically inspired legged robots, various techniques adopted for their analysis and optimization and the analysis and optimization of the ones that are not biologically inspired
Molecular Characterization and Genetic Diversity of Clade E-Human Head Lice from Guinea
Authors: Hammoud Alissa , Louni Meriem , Baldé Mamadou Cellou , Beavogui Abdoul habib , Gautret Philippe , Didier Raoult , Fenollar Florence , Missé Dorothée , Mediannikov Oleg
Published: December 2020

Pediculus humanus capitis, the head louse, is an obligate blood-sucking ectoparasite that occurs in six divergent mitochondrial haplogroups (A, D, B, F, C and E), each exhibiting a particular geographic distribution. A few years ago, several studies reported the presence of different pathogenic agents in head lice specimens from different clades collected worldwide. These findings suggest that head louse could be a vector for dangerous diseases and therefore a serious public health problem. Herein, we aimed to study the mitochondrial genetic diversity, the PHUM540560 gene polymorphisms profile of head lice collected in Guinea, as well as to screen for the pathogens present in these lice.
In 2018, a total of 155 head lice were collected from 49 individuals at the Medicals Centers of rural (Maférinyah village) and urban (Kindia city) areas, in Guinea. All head lice were subjected to genetic analysis and screened for the presence of several pathogens using molecular tools. The results showed that all head lice belonged to the haplogroups C/E using the duplex qPCR which detects both clades. Standard PCR and sequencing revealed that all specimens belonged to the haplogroup E, including 8 haplotypes, whither 6 new identified for the first time in this study. The study of the PHUM540560 gene polymorphisms in our Guinean head lice revealed that 7/40 (17.5%) of our tested samples exhibit three different polymorphism profiles compared to the clade A-head lice PHUM540560 gene profile, while the remaining specimens 33/40 (82,5%) showed the same PHUM540560 gene polymorphism profile as the previously reported clade A-body lice. Molecular investigations of the targeted pathogens revealed only the presence of Acinetobacter species in 9% of our samples using real time PCR. Sequencing results identified highlighted the presence of several Acinetobacter species, including Acinetobacter baumannii (14.3%), Acinetobacter nosocomialis (14.3%), Acinetobacter variabilis (14.3%), Acinetobacter haemolyticus (7.2%), Acinetobacter towneri (7.2%). Furthermore, a candidate new species of Acinetobacter sp. (7.2%) was detected. Positive specimens were collected from 24,5% individuals in Maférinyah. We also investigated in our study the carbapenem’s-resistant profile of A. baumannii, none of our specimens were positive for the following resistance genes blaOXA-21, blaOXA-24 and blaOXA-58.
To the best of our knowledge, our study is the first to report the existence of the Guinean haplogroup E, the PHUM540560 gene polymorphism profile as well as the presence of Acinetobacter species in head lice collected from Guinea.
Morphological Divergence of Hermann’s Tortoise (Testudo hermanni boettgeri) in Albania
Authors: Duro Sokol , Sönmez Bektas , Gündemir Ozan , Jashari Tefik , Szara Tomasz
Published: December 2020

Testudines show phenotypic plasticity, and variation among specific populations within a species is widespread. Morphological differences between populations reflect ecological factors that drive adaptation to local conditions. In this context, gathered basic data on morphology of the Hermann’s tortoise (Testudo hermanni boettgeri) to document their variation across different geographical regions. We surveyed Hermann’s tortoises, in five different locales within Albania during April and May 2020 and measured 20 morphological characteristics, including carapace and plastron dimensions. We measured 188 tortoises (81 males, 107 females) in this study, and females were larger (P=.0001) and heavier (P=.0001) than males. Mean straight carapace length [SCL] and body mass were = 172.4 mm and 1128.8 g, respectively, for females and 151.3 mm and 735 g, respectively, for males. The overall Albanian T. h. boettgeri population were regionally diverged into 3 different populations that were situated in northern (Shkodra), central (Tirana, Berati and Ballshi) and southern (Saranda) Albania. The body size (curved carapace length; CCL) of females was positively correlated (r=0.216; P=0.025) with the latitude degree, in accordance with Bergmann's rule. However, there was no correlation between body size and degrees north latitude in males. These striking regional differences among Albanian T. h. boettgeri strongly suggest that further study of molecular variations in and reproductive output of Hermann’s tortoises is warranted.
Improving Land Cover Classification Using Genetic Programming for Feature Construction
Authors: Batista João E. , Cabral Ana I. R. , Vasconcelos Maria J. P. , Vanneschi Leonardo , Silva Sara
Published: December 2020

Genetic Programming (GP) is a powerful Machine Learning (ML) algorithm that can produce readable white-box models. Although successfully used for solving an array of problems in different scientific areas, GP is still not well known in Remote Sensing. The M3GP algorithm, a variant of the standard GP algorithm, performs Feature Construction by evolving hyper-features from the original ones. In this work, we use the M3GP algorithm on several sets of satellite images over different countries to create hyper-feature from satellite bands to improve the classification of land cover types. We add the evolved hyper-features to the reference datasets and observe a significant improvement of the performance of three state-of-the-art ML algorithms (Decision Trees, Random Forests and XGBoost) on multiclass classifications and no significant effect on the binary classifications. We show that adding the M3GP hyper-features to the reference datasets brings better results than adding the well-known spectral indices NDVI, NDWI and NBR. We also compare the performance of the M3GP hyper-features in the binary classification problems with those created by other Feature Construction methods like FFX and EFS.
PROFESIONALIZACIÓN EN LA GESTIÓN ADMINISTRATIVA DE EMPRESAS FAMILIARES MYPES SECTOR GRÁFICO
Authors: Cabrejos Burga Raúl Eduardo
Published: December 2020

La definicion de Profesionalizacion, que se debe considerar para el desarrollo de este trabajo de investigacion es cambiar el pensamiento de los familiares que están comprometidos en la actividad de la empresa hacia una visión más empresarial que familiar, es decir transformar el negocio inicial y someterlo a un proceso de modernización, y que la empresa se dirija de manera independiente por los mejores profesionales, sean estos familiares o no. El objetivo principal del trabajo de investigación era determinar si la profesionalización mejora la administración de la empresa familiar, del sector grafico, en la Región Lima. Para lo cual se dio un enfoque cuantitativo, iniciando con un trabajo exploratorio de campo en el sector grafico, que nos permita conocer la realidad problemática; luego se realizo la revisión, el análisis documental y el recojo de la información, usando el diseño no experimental de corte transversal. La muestra tomada fue de 184 empresarios del sector gráfico, la encuesta fue el instrumento utilizado con 16 preguntas cerradas. Se usó la prueba Estadística de Hipótesis de Friedman (Fr) para contrastar la hipótesis y el uso de Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) para procesarla y analizarla. Se llego a la conclusión que, si es necesario la Profesionalización en áreas de gestión para mejorar significativamente la administración de las empresas familiares MYPES del sector grafico. Se comprobó que la Fase dinámica y operativa del proceso administrativo, la ejecución de la estrategia, el control y las buenas practicas mejoran la administración en las empresas familiares del sector grafico, asimismo se detectó que la dimensión Estructura de dicha variable no ejercía ninguna mejora significativa en la Gestión Administrativa.
Cómo una PYME Familiar del Sector Comercio Logra Ser Competitiva en Cd. Juárez, Chihuahua, México
Authors: Miramontes Garcia Estefania , Macias Castillo Claudia , Valdez Benítez Enrique
Published: December 2020

La competitividad de una empresa va íntimamente ligado a su nivel de creatividad e innovación, ya que ayudará a tener diferenciadores y lograr ventajas competitivas sobre su competencia. Estos factores se deberán de ver reflejados en la cultura organizacional, desde la planeación en la dirección hasta la ejecución de las tareas por parte de los empleados, así como su manera de administrar su ambiente laboral y sus motivadores. En el presente artículo se abordan los conceptos generales sobre la PyME en Ciudad Juárez, dentro de un sentido familiar, sus ventajas y los factores de competitividad, creatividad e innovación. Se hizo un análisis sobre dichos factores en una empresa familiar del sector comercio, esto por medio de cuestionarios sobre la percepción de los trabajadores hacia la organización. Con dicho análisis se obtuvieron las correlaciones entre los factores de la empresa y con ellas una interpretación práctica hacia el funcionamiento de la empresa y como logra ser competitiva.
Konsep Kebermaknaan Hidup Viktor E. Frankl Dalam Tinjauan Tasawuf
Authors: Maslahat Meta Malihatul
Published: December 2020

This study aims to examine the concept of meaningful life of Viktor E. Frankl in terms of sufism. In this study, the author wants to analyze the extent of meaningful life when viewed in the sufism perspective. Is the meaningful life was initiated in line with Islamic principles or does it need to be improved? Therefore, this study is important to write so that sufism can give another perspective to psychological studies and accordance with Islamic principles. This research uses a qualitative method using library research. This research proves that the study of meaningful life when viewed from the perspective of Sufism, has similarization in the human characterological aspects meaningful and comparison in the aspects of the method to achieve a meaningful life. Even though it is incompatible with Sufism, Frankl's thinking can basically be complemented by Sufism so that Frankl's thinking can be in line with Islamic principles.
Kolaborasi Psikoterapi Sufistik dengan Suwuk Tradisional Bobok Jowo sebagai Terapi Pengobatan Skizofrenia
Authors: Adlina Atika Ulfia , Murtanti Sagita Putri
Published: December 2020

The purpose of this paper is to find out how the collaboration of Sufistic Psychotherapy with the traditional sleepy suwuk jowo in the process of treating schizophrenia. Weak faith is the main factor causing schizophrenia for religious people in dealing with life's problems. The distance from the Creator will be brought closer again through the teachings of Sufism in the form of soul processing with all forms of worship rituals. Traditional medicine in this paper is to drink herbal medicine made of selected spices as an intermediary for treatment. In addition to the Sufistic psychotherapy that is used is bathing repentance, prayer, dzikir, reading the al-Qur'an, praying, and belief in God who gives healing physically and spiritually. This study is a qualitative field with the object of research at the Darul Kailani Adhiya 'Ullami' Islamic Boarding School Tawangharjo Grobogan. Data generated from therapist interviews, observations, and supported by related reference books. The findings show that the collaboration of Sufistic psychotherapy with Jowo traditional suwuk sleep can be an alternative treatment for schizophrenic clients.
Persona as Key Component in (Cultural) Person Branding
Authors: Qyll Nicholas
Published: December 2020

This article examines the elements and processes involved in the visual construction of person brands, and their personas as key components of those brands, in pursuit of the research question: What pictorial design strategies make person brands succeed? Key findings of the empirical investigation of the iconic artist brand Madonna allow a focus on Madonna’s image and her fans’ co-creative image practice through a visual frame analysis and cultural reading of her self-brand. Madonna has created a complex ‘worldview world’ that is governed by a metanarrative and feeds on the diverse acts of referencing cultural image icons. At the same time, central strategies of her image representations are reflected in the fan artefacts investigated. This article thus focuses not only on the role of the visual in person branding and in a modern-day visual brand culture. It also considers the place and form of such cultural person branding within the persona studies field.
Introduction: International Conference Special Issue
Authors: Marshall P. David , Barbour Kim
Published: December 2020

Scholarship and academic enquiry are complex entities.  Individuals sequester themselves to complete their projects, publications, and manuscripts, and this solo activity can make us collectively think that the ivory tower of academic life is real.  But the real hub of research, and its genuine success, is built from the process of exchange: conversations, discussions, engagements, re-readings and – building from this activity – amendments and integration of other related ideas, concepts, and trials. This journal has built from these exchanges as are the scholarly and academic personas (Barbour & Marshall 2012; Marshall, Barbour & Moore 2018) that we enact to present and perform our work: we depend on this “verkehr” (Marx & Engels 1970) to both advance our ideas and to ensure that those ideas (and our professional identities) have some impact and value.
HEALTH CARE IN ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION UNITS IN AMAZONAS: CONFLICT OF COMPETENCY OR RESPONSIBILITY ISSUE?
Authors: Sandro de Medeiros Marcílio , Souza Sacramento Daniel , Siqueira Santiago Neta Inez , Suely Bacuri de Queiroz Rita , Barca Stefania , Giraldo da Silva Augusto Lia , Laurentino dos Santos Solange , Monteiro Costa André
Published: December 2020

This article analyzes the discursive representations in the collective thinking of socio-environmentalists about the competencies and responsibilities of the policy of protected areas with the attention to the health of the riverside populations. The method is an exploratory descriptive of qualitative approach based on the collective thinking of socioenvironmentalists working in the protected areas policy of Mamirauá Sustainable Development Reserve from seven interviews collected through a semi-structured script which were analyzed by the Collective Subject Discourse technique. Respondents express knowledge about the constitutional competences of the municipality with health, but they have difficulty in dialogue with the city halls on the subject; the responsibilities of the management of conservation units (UC) and public non-state organizations that work in support of co-management are attributed the responsibility as to captain the public policies and the formulator of scientific information for the improvement of local health. The absence of dialogue adds to the lack of a public agenda within the scope of environmental policy. There are experiences of access to health in the rural area adapted to the socio-environmental context of the reserve, however, these suffer discontinuity. The discursive representations of the collective thinking of socioenvironmentalists express knowledge about municipal competences with health and concerns regarding meeting these needs. The meeting of social needs is organized in a conflictual manner, and this is due to the lack of coordination between the various institutions that operate in this territory. The decentralization of competences and responsibilities over natural resources through the co-management of UCs imposed new roles and authorities on the territories.
Histone H3K4me3 modification is a transgenerational epigenetic signal for lipid metabolism in Caenorhabditis elegans
Authors: Zhou Qinghua , Wan Qin-Li , Meng Xiao , Wang Chongyang , Dai Wenyu , Luo Zhenhuan , Fu Xiaodie , Yang Jing , Ye Qunshan , Zhang Zhan-Hui
Published: December 2020

As a major risk factor to human health, obesity presents a massive burden to people and society. Interestingly, the obese status of parents could affect progeny’s lipid accumulation through multi-generational epigenetic inheritance. To date, many questions remain as to how lipid accumulation leads to signals that are transmitted across generations. In this study, we established a model of C. elegans fed with a high fat diet (HFD) that led to obvious lipid accumulation, which can be propagated their progeny. Using this model, we discovered that transcription factors DAF-16/FOXO and SBP-1, nuclear receptors NHR-49 and NHR-80, and delta-9 desaturase (fat-5, fat-6, and fat-7) are required for transgenerational fat accumulation. Additionally, histone H3K4 tri-methylation (H3K4me3) marks genes related to lipid metabolism and increases their transcription response to multigenerational obesogenic effects. In summary, this study establishes that a network of lipid metabolic genes and chromatin modifications work together to achieve multigenerational obesogenic effects.
Malnutrition and Associated Factors in Admitted adult Surgical Patients in Eastern Ethiopia
Authors: Teklemariam Zelalem , Weldegebreal Fitsum , Mitiku Habtamu
Published: December 2020

Background: Malnutrition in surgical patients is found to be associated with reduced wound healing, increased complication rates, length of hospital stay, mortality, and healthcare costs than normally nourished patients. There are higher magnitude was reported from surgical patients in different studies abroad. However, there is no study conducted in eastern Ethiopia. Therefore, this study was aimed to assess magnitude of malnutrition and associated factors among adult surgical patients. Methods: Hospital based cross sectional study was conducted among 398 consecutively admitted surgical patients in Jugel and Hiwot Fana Specialized University Hospital from December 20, 2018 to November, 2019.Data was collected using pre tested structured questionnaire. Anthropometric measurements and dietary diversity assessment were made at admission and discharge of the patient. Capillary blood sample was collected for hemoglobin measurement. Data were analyzed using SPSS 20 software. Result: A total87(21.9%) and 99(24.9%) study participants were underweight at admission and discharge. Being male (AOR=0.40; 95CI: 0.21, 0.75) , age groups 18-40 years (AOR=0.22; 95 CI: 0.08, 0.62)and 41-60 years (AOR= 0.18; 95 CI: 0.06, 0.53) , urban residence (AOR= 0.38; 95% :0.17, 0.81) and Non anemic patients (AOR= 0.25; 95 CI:0.12, 0.48) were factors less likely to undernourished at admission. Being male (AOR= 0.39; 95% CI: 0.20, 0.76) ,age groups 18-40 (AOR= 0.14; 95 CI 0.04, 0.52) and 41-60 years (AOR=0.15; 95% CI: 0.04, 0.52) urban residents (AOR=0.26; 95 CI: 0.11, 0.57) , those with elective type of surgery (AOR=0.34; 95% CI: 0.14, 0.82) less likely, participants with hospital stay less than 5 days (AOR=0.14; 95 CI 0.02, 0.69) were factors less likely to undernourished at discharge.Conclusion: malnutrition /under nutrition is highly prevalent among surgical patients. Sex, age, residence and anemia were common factors associated with under nutrition at admission and discharge. In addition, type of current surgery and length of hospital stay were identified factors at time discharge. Therefore, the hospital staff should apply nutritional assessment and nutritional counseling /support to surgically admitted patients considering the identified factors.
Ultrasound-guided corticosteroid injection for patients with carpal tunnel syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Authors: Yang Fu-An , Shih Ya-Chu , Hong Jia-Pei , Wu Chin-Wen , Liao Chun-De , Chen Hung-Chou
Published: December 2020

Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) refers to the symptoms and signs caused by the compression of the median nerve in the carpal tunnel. It can be treated by corticosteroid injection into the carpal tunnel. Two methods for injection have been employed, namely ultrasound-guided and landmark-guided injection. This systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted to compare these methods in terms of several outcomes. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) were identified, and data collection was completed on 7 October 7, 2020. Results for continuous variables are expressed as standardized mean differences (SMDs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs). Analyses were performed using RevMan 5.3 software. The analysis included eight RCTs published between 2013 and 2019 with a total of 448 patients. Ultrasound-guided injection yielded more favorable results for the Boston Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Questionnaire, Symptom Severity Scale [SMD = −0.49, 95% CI (−0.74, −0.25), P < 0.0001], Boston Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Questionnaire, Functional Status Scale [SMD = −0.24, 95% CI (−0.42, −0.06), P = 0.01], distal motor latency [SMD = −0.36, 95% CI (−0.70, −0.02), P = 0.04], and compound muscle action potential [SMD = 0.38, 95% CI (0.16, 0.61), P = 0.0008] . Ultrasound-guided corticosteroid injection is recommended for patients with CTS.