bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Ramallah Archive
Authors: Shibli Ahlam
Published: March 2021

Este trabajo pone en relación documentos que se conservan en el Archivo Municipal de Ramallah con negativos que se encontraron en el propio Archivo y el desarrollo de la ciu- dad contemporánea. Once cajas de cartón se fueron llenando de negativos por el fotógrafo con sede en Ra- mala Garo Kuftedjian, en su Studio Venus. Después de su muerte su familia las cedió al municipio. Los negativos representan tanto personas solas como familias completas, a menudo con motivo de un evento particular: un matrimonio, la llegada de un nuevo bebé o un viaje. Fotografías familiares que se uti- lizan como testimonios de la integridad de la familia; los ausentes se hacen presentes por medio de una fotografía que muestra uno de sus parientes. Mientras que las fotografías muestran las di- ferencias en las relaciones sociales y los cam- bios en la moda, los documentos de archivo se re eren a períodos concretos de la historia palestina: la época bajo dominio jordano, la administración por las fuerzas de ocupación israelíes y el período posterior a los Acuerdos de Oslo, así como la creación de la Autoridad Palestina en Cisjordania y la Franja de Gaza. Finalmente, las fotografías de la ciudad en- focan elementos para la reorganización de la existencia colectiva e individual. Una de las condiciones principales es la falta de espa- cio. El apilamiento, la compresión, o el lle- nado de los vacíos conectan tanto los docu- mentos de archivo como el desarrollo urbano contemporáneo.
El accidente como acontecimiento deleuzeanoen la obra de Enrique Metidines y Chantal Maillard
Authors: Dominguez Escalona David
Published: March 2021

Este artículo trata de abordar la relación compleja y contradictoria que tenemos en nuestras sociedades del bienestar con respecto a los accidentes. Éstos, a pesar de ser tabuizados, son excesivamente representados a través de los medios de comunicación. La obra de Enrique Metidines, cuyo fin es concienciarnos a cerca de los accidentes que acaecen en nuestra cotidianeidad, guarda relación con el poemario «Matar a Platón» de Chantal Maillard, que trata de nuestra dificultad de contemplar un trágico accidente como un acontecimiento deleuzeano debido al idealismo imperante. En dicho artículo se apuesta por una metodología flexible y una transversalidad del conocimiento, imperando el pensamiento rizomático propuesto por Gilles Deleuze.
La mirada expandida: el fotoensayo como herramienta en arquitectura
Authors: Fernández Morillas Antonio Manuel , Genet Rafaéle
Published: March 2021

Este artículo presenta un nuevo enfoque metodológico aplicable a la investigación en arquitectura y a la práctica de la educación arquitectónica. La metodología desarrollada es propia de una Investigación Basada en las Artes, utilizando como herramientas el Par de imágenes, la Serie fotográfica y el Foto-ensayo. En esta forma de estudio, tanto la obtención de datos como la presentación de resultados se realizarán mediante fotografías, estando encargadas de enunciar, desarrollar y concluir el discurso. El estudio evaluará la importancia de la fotografía en el acercamiento a la arquitectura, permitiendo explotar el potencial visual de imágenes ya que permiten transmitir valores específicos en cada investigación. Como caso de estudio, se trabajará con arquitectos y proyectos concretos. En la exploración de las relaciones que existen entre las disciplinas artísticas y la arquitectura, se propicia el descubrimiento de lugares desde los cuales comenzar a entenderlas de una manera distinta.
Deriva a través de la construcción del subconsciente colectivo: el territorio, la arquitectura, la ciudad, el libro
Authors: Gor Gómez Carlos
Published: March 2021

La forma en la que se construye nuestra identidad puede ser observada desde el papel que juega en ella la arquitectura, afrontada desde una mirada amplificada, sin ceñirse a los aspectos puramente formales de la disciplina. La idea del «Hombre Marlboro» a partir del documentalismo de los pioneros del medio oeste en Estados Unidos, la autovigilancia ciudadana en la República Democrática Alemana, o la cristalización de la sociedad de clases burguesa a partir del diseño del Teatro de Besançon, son algunos de los ejemplos con los que podemos entender el papel que juega el territorio, la ciudad y la arquitectura en la construcción del subconsciente colectivo. Si entendemos la arquitectura de la forma que la entendía Michel Foucault, como un dispositivo de poder en el que confluyen estrategias de control, disciplinas del cuerpo y mecanismos biopolíticos, podemos entender la ciudad como un campo de batalla en el que se fraguan las sutilezas de la identidad. De la misma manera, la imagen de la arquitectura y su forma de narrarla han ido construyendo el subconsciente de la disciplina.
La Tableau de Szeemann
Authors: Fontdevila Oriol
Published: March 2021

La desmitificación de las nociones de arte y de autoría durante los años del arte conceptual está estrechamente relacionada con la aparición de nuevos agentes del campo del arte que subsumieron una función autoral. Es el caso del llamado comisario-autor: prefigurado por Harald Szeemann en 1969, éste nació escasamente dos años después de que Roland Barthes hubiera sugerido la muerte del autor. «La tableau de Szeemann» hipotiza la posibilidad que haya una conexión directa entre ambos sucesos, al mismo tiempo que rastrea los intercambios que se produjeron entre el arte y la mediación bajo el influjo del postminimalismo y en lo que fueron los albores del postfordismo. Asimismo, se ahonda aquí en las tentativas que desempeñaron Seth Siegelaub y de Lucy Lippard por lo que hace a modos de exposición que permitieran amplificar el eco deconstruccionista del arte conceptual en lugar de replegarlo sobre posiciones autorales. El texto también analiza el papel destacado que tuvo la edición de publicaciones en relación con un momento que fue especialmente fructífero por lo que hace a la experimentación en mediación.
La novela de artista
Authors: Maroto David
Published: March 2021

Aunque ha habido artistas que han escrito novelas desde al menos los tiempos de William Morris, muy poco se sabe sobre ellas. Carl Andre, AA Bronson, Giorgio de Chirico, Salvador Dalí, Yayoi Kusama, Francis Picabia, Richard Prince y Andy Warhol son algunos ejemplos de artistas conocidos cuyas novelas han sido olvidadas o simplemente ignoradas. Hasta la fecha no existe ningún estudio, teoría o historia de tal práctica que nos dé una idea aproximada de cuántas novelas de este tipo existen, cuándo y dónde fueron publicadas y, ante todo, cuál es la razón por la cual un artista visual decide escribir una novela.
Prácticas de re-trazamiento: arte pirata, lo político y otras ciudades
Authors: García Sánchez Carlos
Published: March 2021

La propuesta que aquí se seguirá bajo el términoprácticas de re-trazamiento intentará asumir las tesis de Jean-Luc Nancy que sugieren una salida de toda política tradicional, de lo políticoentendido como fundamento último. Lo que se intentará hacer será integrar el planteamiento de Nancy sobre lo político,en tanto que retirada o re-trazamiento–el cual puede verse como una posición de carácter crítico-ontológico–, y sus escritos sobre la ciudad, con el reconocimiento de prácticas concretas que también asumen lo político como algo vivo y no condicionado por fundamentos últimos. De esta manera, el arte podrá acotarse un conjunto de prácticas en el que estas dos formas confluyen, y por lo cual se podrá decir que las prácticas artísticas –marginales, las de las periferias, que ocurren muchas veces en silencio y en paralelo a las instituciones legitimadoras– son prácticas concretas que interrumpen, re-trazany producen otraciudad.
Entrevista a Francesco Careri
Authors: Arredondo Garrido David
Published: March 2021

Francesco Careri es profesor de Urbanismo en el Dipartimento di Architettura de la Università degli Studi Roma Tre. Su libro Walkscapes, editado con Gustavo Gili en 2002, supuso una nueva mirada sobre el paisaje, sentando las bases para el entendimiento del andar como una práctica estética. Teniendo como referentes al Land Art y al Situacionismo, Careri y el grupo Stalker (al que pertenece desde mediados de los años 90), han realizado numerosas publicaciones, conferencias y sobre todo caminatas por diferentes partes del mundo para reconocer el territorio desde nuevas miradas. Errar por el paisaje menos reconocido, subir muros, atravesar alambradas, tropezar, cortarse... se convierten en las herramientas con las que, a través del propio cuerpo, experimentar una realidad, la urbana, que no puede ser asimilada por medio de libros y teorías. A través de su Laboratorio de Artes Cívicas, propone junto a sus alumnos esta manera libre y desprejuiciada de leer y entender las ciudades, en donde aún queda mucho por decir. En esta entrevista, realizada en Roma en febrero de 2017, profundizamos sobre algunos de estos temas relativos a Stalker, su labor universitaria y como escritor.
Laboratorios Editoriales. II Encuentros Sobre. 22 marzo 2017. ETSAG
Authors: SOBRE Lab Equipo
Published: March 2021

El equipo SOBRElab coordinó durante el año 2017 el proyecto de investigación «Laboratorios Editoriales. Nuevos modos, medios y espacios para la edición en Arquitectura». Con el objetivo de identificar, mapear y analizar nuevos modelos de edición vinculados a la difusión de la producción arquitectónica, se propuso como marco de investigación la realidad contextual actual española. Se trataba, por tanto, de una propuesta para conocer formas y modos de hacer en el ámbito de la difusión de la arquitectura en particular y de la cultura contemporánea, en general, que están transformando este tejido productivo. Sus referentes, influencias de otros contextos (pasados y contemporáneos), así como las posibles conexiones entre las iniciativas, permitieron desvelar canales alternativos de desarrollo de las prácticas de la edición y la difusión de la arquitectura. El estudio previo posibilitó la selección de un conjunto de agentes editoriales responsables de publicaciones, libros y revistas cuyo foco estaba en la arquitectura, elegidos por su especial relevancia en el panorama contemporáneo. A continuación, mostramos las diez fichas que rellenaron estos agentes, invitados como ponentes en los II Encuentros SOBRE, Laboratorios editoriales, celebrados en el mes de marzo de 2017 en la Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Granada. Cuestiones sobre sus metodologías de trabajo, intereses, problemáticas y aspiraciones que, vistas de manera conjunta, permiten hacernos una idea del estado actual de un colectivo que requeriría de mayor visibilidad y apoyos en el contexto cultural nacional.
Ex aequo
Authors: Vilanova Oriol
Published: March 2021

El 25 de mayo de1937 se inauguró en París la Exposition internationale des Arts et des Techniques appliqués à la Vie moderne. Cincuenta naciones fueron representadas. Los pabellones de la Alemania hitleriana y la Rusia estalinista fueron los claros protagonistas. En un contexto de aparente neutralidad, las construcciones de Albert Speer y Boris Iofan ganaron el premio ex aequo como los mejores pabellones de la muestra. Ambos respondían a una misma arquitectura totalitaria y monumental, coronados por simbólicos motivos esculturales. Justo al lado del alemán, discreto y de dimensiones reducidas, la España republicana presentó el que sería llamado como el pabellón de la vanguardia. Todo el díptico Ex aequo (2012-en proceso) contiene un subtítulo con fragmentos de poemas de Federico García Lorca, asesinado durante la Guerra Civil y homenajeado en el pabellón español.
Globalização e gestão das diferenças culturais. Para melhor compreender a gestão das pessoas e das diferenças culturais num mundo complexo e global.
Authors: Bracons Hélia Augusta
Published: March 2021

Recensión del libro Finuras, Paulo: Globalização e Gestão das Diferenças Culturais. Para melhor compreender a gestão das pessoas e das diferenças culturais num mundo complexo e global. Lisboa, Edições Sílabo, 2018.
О механизмах действия ладастена
Authors: Вахитова Юлия Венеровна
Published: March 2021

Представлены данные комплексного молекулярно-биологического исследования оригинального препарата ладастен, обладающего широким спектром фармакологического действия, включающим психостимулирующие, анксиолитические и иммунотропные свойства. Применение биочипов, двумерного электрофореза, данных биоинформатики, биохимические исследования позволили выявить изменения клеточного метаболизма, вызываемые ладастеном, анализ которых в сопоставлении с известными фармакологическими эффектами дал возможность сформулировать положения о молекулярных механизмах действия препарата. Впервые были идентифицированы дифференциально экспрессирующиеся под влиянием ладастена гены и белки в головном мозге крыс, функциональное состояние которых позволяет обосновать психостимулирующую, анксиолитическую и иммунотропную активности препарата. В частности, ладастен ингибирует экспрессию гена — транспортера ГАМК (Gat3), что вероятно, может свидетельствовать о его влиянии на процессы обратного захвата ГАМК. Полученные данные согласуются с известными ранее фактами, поскольку увеличение уровня ГАМК в области ГАМКА-бензодиазепинового рецепторного комплекса является фактором повышения связывающей способности в бензодиазепиновом сайте. Кроме того, впервые установлено, что ладастен увеличивает экспрессию гена тирозингидроксилазы и содержание соответствующего белка, коррелирующее с накоплением продуктов реакции — L-ДОФА и дофамина в гипоталамусе, гиппокампе и области вентральной покрышки экспериментальных животных. Впервые показано, что изменение транскрипционной активности гена тирозингидроксилазы в гипоталамусе крыс под действием ладастена может быть связано с изменением характера метилирования CpG-динуклеотидов в промоторной области этого гена. Таким образом, установленные геномные и внутриклеточные механизмы действия ладастена подтвердили данные о различных вариантах фармакологической активности препарата.
Criteria evaluation of a visually comfortable scenario for lighting a production premises using the semantic differential method
Authors: Kukhta Maria , Vasilyeva Marianna
Published: March 2021

The study is considered to identify the evaluation of the artificial light characteristics and the principles of shaping an industrial lamp for creating a scenario of visual-comfortable lighting of production premises by the semantic differential method.
Paragonimus westermani ichunensis and paragonimosis in the south of the Russian Far East: yesterday, today and tomorrow
Authors: Belov Yu. A. , Voronova A. N. , Lyubchenko E. N. , Tabakaeva T. V. , Korotkova I. P. , Bezprozvannykh V. V. , Shchelkanov M. Yu.
Published: March 2021

Paragonimosis is a severe parasitic disease, which causative agent (on the territory of Russia, trematode Paragonimus westermani ichunensis Chung, Hsu et Kao, 1978) circulates in the south of the Far East. Two forms of paragonimosis are known: pulmonary and muscular (larval) with clinical manifestations like diseases of a different etiology, mimicking the symptoms of malignant tumors, and in cases of late diagnosis and improper treatment, leading to death. Long-term studies of the ecology and biology of the parasite, as well as monitoring the incidence among residents of the southern Far East of Russia made it possible to analyze the situation with paragonimosis in the designated region. Based on the available data, until the mid-1990s, natural sites of disease were found almost everywhere in the river basins inhabited by mollusks of the genus Parajuga and crayfish of the genus Cambaroides as parasite intermediate hosts. During this period, according to official information, the population invasion rate reached 6%. Then, as a result of the mass extinction of freshwater crayfish, the population of P. westermani ichunensis was on the brink of survival, and from that moment on, the number of diagnosed cases of paragonimosis in the inhabitants of the region began to decline, down to zero in recent years. Currently, the population of crayfish Cambaroides is reviving and a case of P. westermani ichunensis infestation of a tiger cub has been recorded, which indicates the population restoration of the parasite itself. This indicates the functioning resumption of the Paragonimus sp. infection centers in the south of the Russian Far East. It is necessary to be prepared for the possibility of an exponential growth in the number of infected animals with such a developmentтof events. Due to the complexity of the disease diagnosing and the lack of certain knowledge about the parasite biology among the majority of medical workers, it is necessary to be ready to low detection rate among the region population.
Development of new antigens for serologic diagnosis of animal trypanosomosis and their use for epizootic monitoring
Authors: Georgiou Ch.
Published: March 2021

The purpose of the research is developing a method for obtaining erythrocyte antigens containing and not containing Trypanosoma equiperdum and T. evansi DNA, which can later be used in serological reactions to differentiate these types of Trypanosoma.

Materials and methods. The studies were conducted in the Protozoology Laboratory and the Vyshnevolotsk Branch of the Federal State Budget Scientific Institution “Federal Scientific Centre VIEV RAS”, as well as livestock farms of the Russian Federation and other countries using clinical, microscopic, hematological, parasitological, biomolecular and serological methods.

Results and discussion. Studies carried out for the first time have shown that it is possible to use erythrocyte antigens containing the T. equiperdum and T. evansi DNA obtained after 3-fold administration to mice and rabbits of a mixture of trypanosomal antigen with addition of 1.0 ml of an adjuvant (aluminum hydroxide), and bleeding of animals at 25 to 30 days. The formed precipitate was used as an antigen for serological tests. Experiments have shown that blood for preparation of positive serum can be taken when antibodies are in titers of 1:20 in the Prolonged Complement Fixation Test, and at least 1:400 in the Indirect Hemagglutination Test and ELISA, and for negative serum when horse blood serum reacts negatively with antigens of T. equiperdum and T. evansi in the Prolonged Complement Fixation Test, Indirect Hemagglutination Test and ELISA. The test systems of the Prolonged Complement Fixation Test, Indirect Hemagglutination Test and ELISA prepared by us with antigens containing and not containing T. equiperdum and T. evansi DNA resulted in creating a universal test system (Indirect Hemagglutination Test) for differentiating T. equiperdum from T. evansi.
Ivermectin sales in Valle del Cauca, Colombia, patterns of AEs, and other background re López-Medina et al. 2021
Authors: Scheim David
Published: March 2021

This paper presents background data related to analysis of the outcomes presented in López-Medina et al., Effect of Ivermectin on Time to Resolution of Symptoms Among Adults With Mild COVID-19: A Randomized Clinical Trial (JAMA, 2021)
COL1A2 is differentially expressed in lymph node metastasis in human breast cancer.
Authors: Mamoor Shahan
Published: March 2021

Metastasis to the brain is a clinical problem in patients with breast cancer (1-3). Between the breast and the brain reside the secondary lymphoid organ, the lymph nodes. We mined published microarray data (4, 5) to compare primary and metastatic tumor transcriptomes for the discovery of genes associated with metastasis to the lymph nodes in humans with metastatic breast cancer. We found that collagen type I alpha 2 chain, COL1A2, was among the genes whose expression was most different in the lymph node metastases of patients with metastatic breast cancer as compared to primary tumors of the breast. COL1A2 mRNA was present at decreased quantities in lymph node metastases as compared to primary tumors of the breast. Importantly, expression of COL1A2 in primary tumors of the breast was correlated with patient post-progression survival, in lymph node negative patients but not in lymph node positive patients. Modulation of COL1A2 expression may be relevant to the biology by which tumor cells metastasize from the breast to the lymph nodes and the brain in humans with metastatic breast cancer.
The caloric restriction fallacy, rodent diet aids and the tumor suppression theory of aging
Authors: Wolf Alexander Martin
Published: March 2021

Caloric restriction (CR) delays aging and has served as a yardstick to evaluate interventions extending life span. However, mice given unlimited access to food suffer severe obesity. Health gains from CR depend on control mice being sufficiently overweight. Less obese mouse strains benefit far less from CR. Pharmacologic interventions that increase life span, including resveratrol, rapamycin, nicotinamide mononucleotide and metformin, also reduce body weight. In primates, CR does not delay aging unless the control group is eating enough to suffer from obesity-related disease. Human survival peaks at a BMI achievable without CR, and the above interventions are merely diet aids that shouldn’t slow aging in healthy weight individuals. To explain the effects of growth and obesity on longevity, I propose the tumor suppression theory of aging: aging is mostly the consequence of tumor-suppressive mechanisms that evolved to limit the tumorigenic potential of clonally expanding cells. A variation of the somatic mutation theory of aging, oncogenic mutations and clonal expansion, but not functional impairment, are postulated as the most relevant consequence of somatic mutations. Accumulating senescent cells, senescence-associated secretory phenotypes and stem cell exhaustion eventually cause tissue dysfunction and the majority, if not most, phenotypes of aging.
KONSEP DASAR EVALUASI PEMBELAJARAN
Authors: Razi Fakhru
Published: March 2021

Salah satu cara yang dapat dilakukan untuk mengetahui hasil yang telah dicapai oleh pendidik dalam proses pembelajaran adalah melalui evaluasi. Evaluasi yang dilakukan oleh pendidik ini dapat berupa evaluasi hasil belajar dan evaluasi pembelajaran. Evaluasi pembelajaran adalah kegiatan pengendalian penjaminan dan penetapan mutu pembelajaran terhadap berbagai komponen pembelajaran pada setiap jalur dan jenjang pembelajaran sebagai bentuk pertanggungjawaban penyelenggaraan pendidikan. Penilaian (assessment) adalah penerapan berbagai cara dan penggunaan beragam alat penilaian untuk memperoleh informasi tentang sejauh mana hasil belajar mahasiswa atau ketercapaian kompetensi (rangkaian kemampuan) mahasiswa. Pengukuran dalam bahasa inggris berarti measurement, yang dapat diartikan sebagai kegiatan yang dilakukan untuk mengukur sesuatu. Mengukur pada dasarnya adalah membandingkan sesuatu dengan atau atas dasar. Tes adalah seperangkat tugas yang harus dikerjakan atau sejumlah pertanyaan yang harus dijawab oleh peserta didik untuk mengukur tingkat pemahaman dan penguasaannya terhadap cakupan materi yang dipersyaratkan dan sesuai dengan tujuan pengajaran tertentu. Sehingga dapat disimpulkan bahwa pada dasarnya tes merupakan alat ukur yang sering digunakan dalam asesment pembelajaran disamping alat ukur yang lain.
The Hogg Eco-Anxiety Scale: Development and Validation of a Multidimensional Scale
Authors: Hogg Teaghan , Stanley Samantha , O’Brien Léan V. , Wilson Marc , Watsford Clare
Published: March 2021

Anxiety relating to a multitude of ecological crises, or eco-anxiety, is a subject of growing research significance. We used a multi-study mixed-methods design to explore eco-anxiety in Australia and New Zealand, validating a new eco-anxiety scale. In Study One, we developed and tested a 7-item eco-anxiety scale (n = 334), finding that this captured some, but not all, experiences of eco-anxiety. We found that people were anxious about a range of environmental conditions and their personal negative impact on the planet. Notably, people’s anxiety about different environmental conditions (e.g., climate change, environmental degradation, pollution) were interconnected, lending support for the existence of eco-anxiety (a broader construct that encompasses climate change anxiety). These results informed further scale development in Study Two. Exploratory (n = 365) and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (n = 370) supported a final 13-item scale that captured four dimensions of eco-anxiety: affective symptoms, rumination, behavioural symptoms, and anxiety about one’s negative impact on the planet, which were each distinct from stress, anxiety and depression. A further longitudinal sample (n = 189) established the stability of these factors across time. Findings support eco-anxiety as a quantifiable psychological experience, reliably measured using our 13-item eco-anxiety scale, and differentiated from mental health outcomes.
Factsheet:Trends in unwanted digital communications regarding sexual orientation in New Zealand
Authors: Pacheco Edgar , Melhuish Neil
Published: March 2021

This factsheet compares annual trends regarding the prevalence of unwanted digital communications in Aotearoa New Zealand based on participants’ sexual orientation.There is emerging empirical evidence showing that people who identify as gender diverse and/or non-heterosexual report higher rates of risks and harm online. To expand the available evidence, this factsheet presents new insights based on longitudinal data exploring and comparing the extent of four types of unwanted digital communications in the last two to three years. The factsheet looks at the prevalence of being the target and the sender of unwanted, potentially harmful digital communications that included physical threats, seeking to embarrass, stalking, and making a sexual advance.
H é um subgrupo aditivo de Z se e somente se existe mZ
Authors: Lobo Matheus Pereira
Published: March 2021

Mostramos, passo a passo, que H é um subgrupo de Z se e somente se existe um m tal que H = {km|k em Z}.
Healthy Aging diminishes the quantity (rate) and quality (precision) of episodic recollection.
Authors: Murray Jamie , Donaldson David
Published: March 2021

Healthy aging leads to a significant decline in episodic memory, producing a reduction in thelikelihood of successful recollection, such that older adults remember less than younger adults.Emerging evidence from behavioral and neuroimaging studies demonstrate that recollectedinformation can also be more or less precise, highlighting a source of variability in memoryperformance not typically considered in studies of aging. Consequently, it is unknown whetherolder adults, compared to younger adults, only show a significant reduction in recollection rate or also exhibit a decline in recollection precision. Here, we provide new insight into age-relatedmemory decline by employing a novel source task that allows us to examine both the quantity(rate) and quality (precision) of episodic memory retrieval. First, we validated our task,demonstrating that it can effectively capture variability in both the rate and precision in olderadults. Second, we directly compared younger and older adults’ performance as a function ofstudy-test delay, showing significant reductions in both the rate and precision of recollectionwith age. Finally, we asked whether age-related changes in recollection can be accounted for bya reduction in attention, revealing that the division of attention in young adults results in areduction in rate but shows little evidence for a change in precision. Our results raise questionsabout the nature of age-related memory decline, highlighting the importance of measuring boththe quality and quantity of memory, and suggest new routes to achieve the early detection anddiagnosis of abnormal aging deficits.
statsExpressions: R Package for Tidy Dataframes and Expressions with Statistical Details
Authors: Patil Indrajeet
Published: March 2021

The `statsExpressions` package is designed to facilitate producing dataframes with rich statistical details for the most common types of statistical approaches and tests: parametric,nonparametric, robust, and Bayesian t-test, one-way ANOVA, correlation analyses, contingency table analyses, and meta-analyses. The functions are pipe-friendly and provide a consistent syntax to work with tidy data. These dataframes additionally contain expressions with statistical details, and can be used in graphing packages to display these details.
Are inconsistent bilingual-monolingual cognitive differences the result of population miscategorization?
Authors: Kendro Kelly
Published: March 2021

Decades of psycholinguistic research have attempted to determine whether a “bilingualadvantage” exists for cognitive abilities (e.g., Bialystok & Craik, 2010; Cummins, 1977; for a metaanalysis,see Grundy & Timmer, 2017). More recent work has shifted away from investigating thebroader matter of cognition and working memory to focus on specific domains within those capacities(e.g., Linck et al., 2014). Despite countless studies, however, the existence of thisphenomenon remains unconfirmed. This paper examines evidence for and against the presence of a“bilingual advantage” in multiple tasks of working memory and cognitive control, reviewing studies thatcompare monolingual and bilingual performance. It further looks at populations that are understudied inrelation to these questions (i.e., L2 learners and heritage speakers). Finally, the topic of L2 attrition isdiscussed, alongside a novel perspective that may explain the inconsistencies in bilingual-monolingualcomparisons of performance on cognitive tasks.
Sense of resistance for a cursor moved by user’s keystrokes
Authors: Kawabe Takahiro , Ujitoko Yusuke , Yokosaka Takumi , Kuroki Scinob
Published: March 2021

Haptic sensation of a material can be modulated by its visual appearance. A technique that utilizes this visual-haptic interaction is called pseudo-haptic feedback. Conventional studies have investigated pseudo-haptic feedback in situations wherein a user manipulated a virtual object using a computer mouse, a force-feedback device, etc. The present study investigated whether and how it was possible to offer pseudo-haptic feedback to a user who manipulated a virtual object using keystrokes. Participants moved a cursor toward a destination by pressing a key. While the cursor was moving, the cursor was temporarily slowed down on a square area of the screen. The participants' task was to report, on a 5-point scale, how much resistance they felt to the cursor's movement. In addition to the basic speed of the cursor, the ratio of the basic speed to the speed within the square area was varied. In Experiment 1, we found that these two factors interacted significantly with each other, but further analysis showed that the cursor speed within the square area was the most important determinant of perceived resistance. In Experiment 2, consistent with the results of the previous experiment, it was found that the cursor movement outside of the square area was not required to generate the sense of resistance. Counterintuitively, in Experiment 3, the sense of resistance was apparent even without user's keystrokes. We discuss how the sense of resistance for a cursor moved by keystrokes can be triggered visually, but interpreted by the brain as a haptic impression.
COST EFFECTIVE IN-HOUSE PRODUCTION PROCESSES AND EVALUATION OF CEPHALOSPORINS AND METFORMIN
Authors: Beg Mohd Riyaz , Dias Faith , Garg Kashish , Yadav Vanshika , Luthra Kshitiz
Published: March 2021

The report deals with understanding the problems that have arisen in the Pharmaceuticalindustry and the classes of drugs which are suffering the brunt of Chinese influx in the Indianmarket. Since our thrust area itself has to deal with the problems being faced by thepharmaceutical industry and the lack of self- reliance when it comes to APIs, we first decidedto go with official government data of the APIs being imported from China and workcommenced from there. Based on government data, market share, consumption, pricing ofdrugs and import reports, we selected two drugs, one being an anti-bacterial drug whichrequires fermentation namely, cephalosporins and the other being a well-known anti-diabeticdrug, Metformin. Currently, we are looking at the various technologies being used in producingthe two drugs which were shortlisted and, we’ll be further finding out the loopholes in thesystem and fixing it or suggesting novel techniques to make the Indian Pharmaceutical industrya powerhouse. Both cephalosporins and metformin have been majorly imported from Chinadue to several loopholes in producing them here in India and to add to it, the strategic pricingemployed by the Chinese manufacturers gives them an edge over indigenous products. Themanufacturing processes and regulations for both cephalosporins and metformin, need toundergo an overhaul in order to compete with giants like China and thus displace them fromtheir position of number 1 in this field. Finding loopholes in the technology and regulatoryfactors, suggesting novel technologies or improvements within current processes andperforming a detailed cost analysis.
International financial organisations and global child mortality rates
Authors: Nosrati Elias
Published: March 2021

Economic policy reforms mandated by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are known to be socially disruptive and associated with declining health, yet their causal effect on children’s life chances is understudied. This paper employs two-way fixed effects panel regressions with instrumental variables to examine the impact of IMF programmes on mortality rates amongst children under the age of 5 per 1,000 live births in 176 countries between 1990 and 2017. IMF programmes are shown to cause up to 90 excess under-5 deaths per 1,000 live births (95% CI: 50–130). This aggregate effect appears to be driven by large-scale privatisation reforms, which cause up to 132 excess child deaths per 1,000 live births (72–191). These parameter estimates are robust to a range of sensitivity checks. IMF-mandated policies, as currently implemented, are harmful to children’s health and must be revised in order to prevent avoidable child deaths. The role of international financial organisations in shaping global health outcomes must be taken seriously by researchers and policy-makers alike.
Changes in public response associated with various COVID-19 restrictions in Ontario, Canada: an observational study using social media time series data
Authors: Chum Antony , Nielsen Andrew , Bellows Zachary , Farrell Eddie , Durette Pierre-Nicolas , Banda Juan M , Cupchik Gerald
Published: March 2021

Background: News media coverage of anti-mask protests, COVID-19 conspiracies, and pandemic politicization has overemphasized extreme views, but does little to represent views of the general public. Investigating the public’s response to various pandemic restrictions can provide a more balanced assessment of current views, allowing policymakers to craft better public health messages in anticipation of poor reactions to controversial restrictions. Objective: Using data from social media, this study aims to understand the changes in public opinion associated with the implementation of COVID-19 restrictions (e.g. business and school closure, regional lockdown differences, additional public health restrictions such as social distancing and masking). Methods: COVID-related tweets in Ontario (n=1,150,362) were collected based on keywords between March 12 to Oct 31 2020. Sentiment scores were calculated using the VADER algorithm for each tweet to represent its negative to positive emotion. Public health restrictions were identified using government and news media websites, and dynamic regression models with ARIMA errors were used to examine the association between public health restrictions and changes in public opinion over time (i.e. collective attention, aggregate positive sentiment, and level of disagreement) controlling for the effects of confounders (i.e. daily COVID-19 case counts, holidays, COVID-related official updates). Results: In addition to expected direct effects (e.g. business closure led to decreased positive sentiment and increased disagreements), the impact of restriction on public opinion is contextually driven. For example, the negative sentiment associated with business closures was reduced with higher COVID-19 case counts. While school closure and other restrictions (e.g. masking, social distancing, and travel restrictions) generated increased collective attention, they did not have an effect on aggregate sentiment or the level of disagreement (i.e. sentiment polarization). Partial (region-targeted) lockdowns were associated with better public response (i.e. higher number of tweets with net positive sentiment and lower levels of disagreement) compared to province-wide lockdowns. Conclusions: Our study demonstrates the feasibility of a rapid and flexible method of evaluating the public response to pandemic restrictions using near real-time social media data. This information can help public health practitioners and policymakers anticipate public response to future pandemic restrictions, and ensure adequate
The Discovery of the Subatomic Particles : From Atoms to Quarks
Authors: Forrester Rochelle
Published: March 2021

The change from the traditional Western and Chinese view of the elements involving materials such as water, air, earth, wood, metal and fire, to the chemical elements making up the periodic table, to atoms, to particles such as protons, neutrons and electrons, and then to quarks was inevitable. The order of discovery of these ideas of the ultimate constituents of matter was necessary, in that they could not have been discovered in any other order. This was because nature has a particular structure and we have a particular place in nature. The traditional view of the elements could be obtained by naked eye observation, and the view of nature as being made up of the chemical elements in the periodic table was next discovered, as it involved the decomposition of traditional elements, such as air and water. This led to the idea there was a separate atom for each element which explained the differences between the elements. The sub atomic particles were discovered in a necessary order with the outer particles like the electron being discovered earlier, and inner particles such as quarks being discovered later. The order of discovery of particles was also affected by the properties of the particles. The charges of particles, their mass and ability to survive outside the particles they make up, and other properties will make a particle harder or easier to discover. The order of discovery is inevitable and set by the structure of the universe. The structure of the universe includes the structure of the atom, and of the particles making up the atom, and the properties of the atom, and of the particles making up the atom.
The Impact of COVID-19 Mask Mandates on Consumer Spending
Authors: Cathey Prosser M
Published: March 2021

The debate around the effects of the imposition of COVID-19 mask mandates has been fervent, however, little research has been done on the economic effects of these mandates. I find that mask mandates have a positive average treatment effect of 3% on consumer spending. I then use survey data to confirm the mechanism: people tend to feel more comfortable participating in the economy when mask-wearing is common. Finally, I provide an estimate of the increase in tax revenue state and local governments can expect to receive as a result of implementing a mask mandate, finding a mask mandate can offset a substantial portion of the pandemic-induced decline in tax revenue.
Learning Lessons, Challenges, Impacts & Solutions on the Path of Recovery from Covid-19 in Nepal
Authors: Rana Poonam R L
Published: March 2021

The research study focuses on the impact of Covid-19 on Tourism in Nepal and looks into the challenges to face in the path of recovery and to bring to light the lessons learned from COVID 19. It is qualitative in nature including both primary and secondary sources. 50 respondents were chosen as samples. The results showed that, there was drastic impact on tourism sector affecting national economy, It has brought to light various challenges to be faced in path of recovery and the greatest lesson learnt is that the government should develop its health sector and the people should always be strong and prepared to face any disaster or pandemics at all times. Solutions are provided in form of recommendations.
Analyzing Tourism Behaviours and Tourism Autonomy in the Global Market: Cases of Nepal's Pashupatinath Temple and Korean DMZ
Authors: Thapa Abhijeet
Published: March 2021

Tourist guides and travel agents in Nepal had been selling Hindu funeral rite as tourism package to the tourists in the Pashupatinath premises until the Covid pandemic hit the global market paralyzing tourism to a woeful state. However, soon after the dangers are curbed this will continue on a surging pace hopefully. Non- Hindus do not get to enter the temple but westerners and tourists throng here to see the extraordinary funeral rite which surely can be put as popular product that has outgrown its small-dome in this World heritage site. Unlike the ritual niche package of the Nepalese, in another part of the world, South Koreans have been selling "border-sights" in a strip of land between North Korea and South Korea. The notorious infiltration tunnels there in are so said to have been clandestinely built by North Korea to sneak its army into Seoul and capture South Korea by surprise which were found out after the secret was spilled by a North Korean involved in the project. Until now, 4 such tunnels have been found but it is believed that there are numerous. As of now, there are no clear clarifications and political confessions from North Korea about these. This paper unfurls through writer's own experiences in different roles (as a tourist guide and as a tourist) at these two entirely different sites to dig upon how tourism products are sold, consumed and popularized in the tourism sectors. The findings also reveal how states as hosts have begun inducing captivating packages in unusual destinations that turn tourists into consumers. But there are unanswered question of ethics and tourism strategies.
Analisa Pengaruh Asset (NPL) dan Likuiditas (LDR) Terhadap Return Saham Perbankan Go Public di Indonesia
Authors: Adawia Popon Rabia , S. Manggabarano Alfatih
Published: March 2021

Abstract - This study was conducted to examine the influence of fundamental factors (NPL, and LDR) on stock returns Banks listed in the Indonesia Stock Exchange for the period 2005-2014. The sampling technique used in this research is purposive sampling with criteria as follows, 1) Listed in Indonesia Stock Exchange in 2005-2014, 2) Always report the annual financial statements during the period from 2005 to 2014, 3) is engaged in the same relative industry. Data required in this study were taken from Indonesian Capital Market Directory (ICMD), during 2005-2014 has listings for 42 companies banking and samples taken 10 Bank. Multiple regression analysis of data by the method of ordinary least squares (OLS). Hypothesis test used t-statistic and f-statistics at 5% significance level. The results showed Non   perfoming   loan (NPL) and loan to deposit ratio (LDR) significantly   affects   stock returns. The results of this study indicate that the performance factors fundamental Non perfoming loan (NPL) and loan to deposit ratio (LDR) should be considered to increase the Return Stocks, because by keeping the balance between the funds raised to be channeled into loans and for NPL small or well then will produce maximum profit. Keywords: Non perfoming Loan, Loan to Deposit Ratio and Stock Return
OVO E-Wallet as a Platform of Digital Payment in Indonesia: An Empirical Analysis
Authors: Widiyanti Wiwik , Islami Vina , - Rani , - Syahrir , - Rosento
Published: March 2021

Abstract. Nowadays, payment systems in the digital era use more electronic money than physical money; one of the famous ones is OVO e-wallet. OVO has supported in some various merchandises, so that people can easily download and use it. Moreover, the trust of the community is very important that OVO continues to be used in every online transaction in almost every places and vendors. The purpose of this study is to study the factors that influence the use of OVO by its consumers. The location of the research in Depok, West Java, Indonesia. The number of respondents is 123 persons; who were surveyed by online using the convenience sampling methods. This type of research is a quantitative research with explanatory analysis. The analysis technique uses validity, reliability, and hypothesis testing by using the AMOS application as a data processing tool. The results of this study indicate that the perceived ease of use, trust, and benefits significantly influence the combination of OVO use. Based on the results of the research, the research proves that OVO can convince the users of the data in the OVO application that confidentiality is guaranteed so that OVO can be trusted.
ВНУТРИЛИЧНОСТНЫЙ КОНСТРУКТИВНЫЙ КОНФЛИКТ
Authors: Сухов А. Н.
Published: March 2021

This article reveals the relevance of the study of intrapersonal constructive conflicts, as well as the essence of the socio-psychological approach to understanding this type of conflict. It analyzes the difficulties that occur in defining the concept and structure of intrapersonal constructive conflicts. This type of conflict is associated with a positive model of success, career growth, and personal development. If an intrapersonal constructive conflict, its positive model is associated with an honest model of success, career and development, rather than a deformed one, then we can talk about success, career and development. The value of conflicts is related to their role in professional activities in science, medicine, judicial practice, sports, etc. Indeed, truth is born in a dispute, i.e. in the course of constructive conflicts. It is impossible to imagine scientific activity outside of discussions, discussions, and opposition. Constructive conflicts help to make a diagnosis during medical consultations, prove the truth in court competitions, and set records in sports competitions. It is not by chance that the most important task is to create a full-fledged theory of intrapersonal constructive conflicts. Without this, it is impossible to talk about effective settlement and resolution of social conflicts. The theory of intrapersonal constructive conflicts is an integral part of social conflictology. There is still a lot of work to be done, both in theory and in application, for its full implementation. At present, there is an urgent need to develop conflict-related competence not only for professionals, but also for various groups of the population.