bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
But What’s Your Partner up to? Associations between Relationship Quality and Pornography Use Depend on Contextual Patterns of Use within the Couple
Authors: Kohut Taylor , Dobson Kiersten , Balzarini Rhonda Nicole , Rogge Ronald D , Shaw Amanda Michelle Maddox , McNulty James K. , Russell Michelle , Fisher William , Campbell Lorne
Published: February 2021

It is commonly assumed that pornography use harms relationships. In the current research, we contribute to a small but growing body of work that challenges this assumption by examining an alternative explanatory mechanism for the associations between pornography use and relationship dysfunction. In contrast to dominant exposure-based explanations in this field, we argue instead that the apparent negative “impact” of pornography use on relationship quality may be the product of partner similarity or differences in pornography use behavior. Independent of any direct causal effect of sexual media, we would expect that negative relationship functioning should be more prominent among couples who are dissimilar in their pornography use, because dissimilarity in this behavior suggests broader dissimilarity in sexual interests, preferences, and values. To this end, we sought to test whether dyadic patterns of pornography use, and related attributes, were associated with sexual and relationship satisfaction in two cross-sectional (N = 407; n1 = 200; n3 = 207) and two longitudinal (N2 = 77; N4 = 529) samples of heterosexual couples. Across studies, results indicated that shared pornography use and partner similarity in solitary pornography use relative to dissimilarity in solitary pornography use were both associated with better sexual satisfaction and to a lesser extent, relationship satisfaction. Further consideration of potential explanatory mechanisms for these associations established comparable patterns of results for similarity-dissimilarity in attitudes towards pornography, erotophobia-erotophilia, sexual preferences, and sex drive. Importantly, only similarity-dissimilarity in sex drive statistically accounted for the effects of similarity-dissimilarity in solitary pornography use. These findings demonstrate that links between pornography use and relationship health are partially a function of different dyadic patterns of pornography use within couples, a pattern of results that is difficult to account for with traditional exposure-based theories of the impact of pornography.
Editorial Vol.6(2)
Authors: Adhikari Binod
Published: February 2021

No abstract available.
Surface Properties of Al–Fe–Si Liquid Alloy Using Thermodynamic Database
Authors: Mehta U. , Yadav S. K. , Koirala I. , Adhikari D.
Published: February 2021

Temperature-dependent interaction parameters for excess free energies of mixing of sub-binary systems of Al-Fe-Si ternary liquid alloys were optimised using the experiment data in the frame of Redlich-Kister (R-K) polynomials. These optimised parameters were then used to compute the partial excess free energy of sub-binary and ternary liquid alloys. The surface tension and surface concentration of sub-binary and the ternary liquid alloys were computed using Butler equation. The temperature dependent coefficients of R-K polynomials for excess surface tensions of the sub-binary systems were optimised which were then used to estimate the surface tension of ternary alloy using Chou, Kohler and Toop modelling equations at temperatures 1773, 1873, 1973 and 2073 K. The surface tension of the ternary alloy obtained using aforementioned models were found to be in good agreement from Fe and Al corners but some deviations were observed from Si corner.
Study of Linke Turbidity Factor over Bode, Bhaktapur
Authors: Shrestha P. M. , Chapagain N. P. , Karki I. B. , Poudyal K. N.
Published: February 2021

The daily aerosol optical depth (AOD) data are derived from AERONET over Bode, Bhaktapur (27.68° N, 85.39° E, 1297 m above sea level) for a period of one year 2013. Annual mean of Atmospheric turbidity factors are calculated. The effect of different physical as well as meteorological parameters on the Linke turbidity factor was analyzed. The yearly mean of solar insolation, Angstrom exponential (α),Angstrom coefficient of turbidity (β) and Linke turbidity (LT) were found 4.70 ± 1.10kWh/m2/day, 1.13 ± 0.21 ,0.18 ± 0.14 and 5.70 ± 2.46 respectively. Annual average of visibility is 2.98 ± 2.13 km. Result of this research work is beneficial for the further identification, impact and analysis of atmospheric turbidity at different places.
Nonlinear Optical Fibers, Their Properties, and Applications
Authors: Ghimire B. R.
Published: February 2021

Nonlinear optical properties and preparation of nonlinear optical fiber based on Bismuth oxide were described. Wavelength dependence of refractive index of ABH160 and B027 was studied and analyzed. Working and construction of optical ON-OFF switches, based on Bi-HNLF was reported. It was investigated that refractive index of ABH160 and Bo27 were found to be exponentially decaying as a function of wavelength. Absorption coefficient of ABH160 as a function of wavelength was found to be decaying exponentially. In optical fiber the total group velocity dispersion is divided into the material dispersion DM and waveguide dispersion DW. Material dispersion and waveguide dispersion were calculated theoretically and a good agreement with the experimental result. The process of four wave mixing and consequences was reviewed.
Electronic Structure and Transport Properties of Superlattices: La(1-X)SrxTiO3 (X =0, 0.20, 0.80, 1)
Authors: Rai R. K. , Kaphle G. C. , Ray R. B. , Niraula O. P.
Published: February 2021

The conventional density functional theory (DFT) and dynamical mean field theory (DMFT) is used to study the structural, electronic and the Mott-Hubbard metal-insulator phase transition of the pristine and superstructures, La(1-x)SrxTiO3 (x = 0, 0.20, 0.80, 1). The electrical and thermal conductivities, Seebeck coefficient, Figure of merit are calculated using the BoltzTraP codes. The present study reveals that the direct band gap of 2.20 eV and indirect band gap ~2.0 eV at the Γ point in the Brillouin zone of SrTiO3 is upgraded to 3.423eV by using modified Beck-Johnson (mBJ) interaction potential. The metal-insulator transition (MIT) of LaTiO3 and the superlattice La(1-x)SrxTiO3 have been investigated by using conventional density functional theory (DFT) and dynamical mean field theory (DMFT). The Mott-Hubbard metal-insulator transitions for pristine LaTiO3 for a Coulombian parameter, U = 2.5 eV and the thermodynamic parameter β = 6 (eV)-1 are consistent with the experimental results. A typical set of these correlation parameters for MIT La0.20Sr0.80TiO3 and La0.80Sr0.20TiO3 systems are found to be U = 3.5 eV and β = 10(eV)-1 and U = 3.2 eV and β = 10 (eV)-1 respectively. The characteristic sharp quasi-particle peak for a sample of La0.80Sr0.20TiO3 superlattice systems is obtained correlation parameter U = 3.0 eV and β = 6(eV)-1. A thermoelectric phase transition is observed for Seebeck Coefficient at temperature 300 K at near chemical potential, μ = 1eV of SrTiO3. The corresponding figure of merit (ZT) with chemical potential (μ) appears to be unity at near μ = 1eV.
Honorary Doctorate for Professor Paul Lagarde and the meeting of the European Group for Private International Law
Authors: Szpunar Maciej , Zachariasiewicz Maciej , Pacuła Krzysztof
Published: February 2021

Professor Paul Lagarde is one of the most outstanding contemporary lawyers dealing with private international law. An author of numerous publications in this field, he has been, for the last 60 years, a source of inspiration for scholars around the world. His impactful contributions has been profoundly studied, discussed and cited also in Poland, and in particular in Katowice, which has been the centre for private international scholarship in Poland since the 1970s.
Report from the conference ”Application of the Succession Regulation in the EU Member States”, Katowice 12 September 2019
Authors: Pacuła Krzysztof
Published: February 2021

On 12 September 2019, the premises of the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Silesia in Katowice (Poland) witnessed one of such events, which will arguably go down in history of private international law in Poland. On that day, the University hosted an international conference on the Regulation (EU) No 650/2012 of 4 July 2012 on jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition and enforcement of decisions and acceptance and enforcement of authentic instruments in matters of succession and on the creation of a European Certificate of Succession (“the Succession Regulation”), and on the various issues relating to the succession matters within the European area of freedom, security and justice.
https://studiabas.sejm.gov.pl/Journal.nsf/pubBAS.xsp?view=1&seria=4&lang=PL
Authors: Kloc-Nowak Weronika
Published: February 2021

The article looks at the origins and scale of migration of Poles to the Republic of Ireland and the characteristics of migrants in light of various statistical data. It outlines the characteristics of the Polish population in Ireland on the basis of 2016 census, taking into account the main directions of changes in relation to previous censuses. Polish immigrants, very few in Ireland before 2004, have since become the largest group of non-Irish nationals, stable in size and spread all over the country. Despite its size and multiple ties to Ireland such as the growing number of Polish-Irish citizens and the increasing share of homeowners, it is argued that the Polish community has limited visibility and impact on the Irish society and politics. The author also points out the housing crisis and Brexit-related risks as important challenges for the Polish community.
PERFORMANCE DA MODELAGEM PARA CLASSIFICAÇÃO DE SÍTIOS FLORESTAIS EM BASES DE DADOS COM OUTLIERS
Authors: Souza Pábulo Diogo de , Araújo Júnior Carlos Alberto , Cabacinha Christian Dias , Oliveira Leandro Silva de , Lopes Junior Celso Dotta , Almeida Wellington de
Published: February 2021

As informações utilizadas para estimativa da capacidade produtiva de sítios florestais provêm de bases de dados de inventário florestal que podem conter observações discrepantes (outliers). Assim, torna-se necessário a análise de consistência para exclusão destes. Porém, os outliers podem representar determinado padrão de crescimento existente na floresta, logo a exclusão destes pode ser uma ação equivocada. Objetivou-se comparar a performance de diferentes técnicas de modelagem para classificação de sítios florestais, considerando uma base de dados com a presença de outliers. Utilizou-se pares de dados de idade e altura dominante (HD) de parcelas permanentes de Eucalyptus urophyla x Eucalyptus grandis localizadas no norte de Minas Gerais. Foi simulado um outlier de HD. A base de dados foi modelada, com e sem presença de outliers, por regressão linear (RL) e redes neurais artificiais Multilayer Perceptron (MLP) e Radial Basis Function (RBF). Os métodos foram analisados por meio dos critérios estatísticos de precisão: bias, raiz quadrada do erro médio, correlação de Pearson, erro médio percentual e gráfico de dispersão residual. A MLP foi superior para estimativa do índice de sítio. Portanto, a MLP é indicada para classificação de sítios florestais quando há presença de outliers na base de dados.
Palavras-chave: índice de sítio; inventário florestal; dados discrepantes.
 
Performance of modeling for classification of forest sites in databases with outliers
 
ABSTRACT: The information used to estimate the productive capacity of forest sites comes from forest inventory databases that may contain discrepant observations (outliers). Thus, consistency analysis is required to exclude these. However, the outliers may represent a certain growth pattern existing in the forest, so their exclusion may be a mistaken action. The objective was to compare the performance of different modeling techniques for forest site classification, considering a database with the presence of outliers. We used pairs of data of age and dominant height (HD) of permanent parcels of Eucalyptus urophila x Eucalyptus grandis located in the north of Minas Gerais. A HD outlier was simulated. The database was modeled, with and without the presence of outliers, by linear regression (RL) and artificial neural networks Multilayer Perceptron (MLP) and Radial Basis Function (RBF). The methods were analyzed by means of precision statistical criteria: bias, square root of mean error, Pearson correlation, mean percentage error and residual scatter plot. The MLP was superior for site index estimation. Therefore, the MLP is indicated for forest site classification when there are outliers in the database.
Keywords: site index; forest inventory; discrepant data.
SORORIDADE ONLINE: AS MÍDIAS SOCIAIS E A LEI N. 11.340/2006 COMO COMBATE À VIOLÊNCIA DE GÊNERO
Authors: Ferreira Cunha de Sousa Amanda , Malachias Santos Schadong Flavia
Published: February 2021

Esta pesquisa pretende analisar os conteúdos compartilhados em redes sociais ativas no presente ano, referentes a posts informativos ou combativos, para que mulheres identifiquem as mais tênues agressões diárias provindas de seus companheiros ou familiares, assim como busquem ajuda caso sofram agressões brutais. A Lei n. 11.340/2006, conhecida popularmente como Lei Maria da Penha, foi promulgada após a senhora Maria da Penha solicitar, continuamente, por meio de denúncias, que seu marido fosse preso após invalidá-la. O que muitas pessoas compreendem como um avanço inegável, representa o primeiro passo de um longo e árduo processo de desconstrução das estruturas patriarcais brasileiras, que compreendem o gênero feminino como inferior. Portanto, 13 anos após a sua promulgação, dados revelam que a violência contra a mulher aumentou em 13%. Dessa forma, as mulheres desenvolveram métodos para preservar a integridade física e mental das prováveis vítimas por meio de posts nas redes sociais. Inserida em pesquisa social, que pretendem analisar, a partir da perspectiva bibliográfica, situações reais do cotidiano a partir de entrevistas, tendo como objetivo a contextualização das mudanças na legislação brasileira para combater a violência contra a mulher e como as redes sociais são uma ferramenta de manutenção e expansão dos movimentos feministas, no qual obteve conquistas concretas das lutas, bem como o crescimento do respeito das suas vontades.
SEARCHING NEW PARADIGMS OF ECOLOGIZATIONOF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (METHODOLOGICAL ASPECT OF THE PROBLEM)
Authors: STEPANOV V.M , STEPANOVA K. V.
Published: February 2021

Topicality. At the present stage of social development, characterized by complication of relations between society and nature and degradation of the natural environment, the problem of ecologization of all spheres of human activity is actualized. In these circumstances, the importance of methodological understanding of present economic and environmental issues and ensuring the sustainability of social development is increasing.Aim and tasks.The aim of this paper is to study new approaches to the paradigms and meanings of sustainable development, its economic, environmental, social and technological dimension. In order to achieve this goal, the paper discusses set of issues including trends in social development and development of new approaches to solving problems of society.Research results. The paper analyzes the problems of theoretical and methodological basis of ecologization of social development. Attention is paid to the modern realities of economic and ecological relations, which are characterized by the presence of elements of primitivism, insufficient study of complex non-linear problems, which complicate ecologization of social development.We stress the need to take into account current trends of development, such as, for example, "catastrophizing" of the modern world, activation of the intellectual potential of the community in order tosolve environmental problems and provide economic security, growing attentionof scientists to the problems of instability and non-linearity of development and the need to move from the linear understanding of the world to paradigms of non-linearity. The problems of searching of new approaches and paradigms on the World Economic Forums in recent years are discussed.Conclusion. The analysis of modern economic-ecological relations demonstrates the need to understand environment as a complex non-linear system, to search new paradigms of social development and strategies for economic-ecological harmonization. From the point of view of a non-linear approach to ecologizaiton, one of the basic conditions is the change of imperatives, movement from the policy of "force pressure" to the co-evolution of economic, environmental and socio-political systems.
The Regional Spatial Diversity of Housing Prices and Market Activity – Evidence from Poland
Authors: Cellmer Radosław , Cichulska Aneta , Bełej Mirosław
Published: February 2021

The aim of this study is to identify the factors that significantly determine the regional spatial differentiation of housing prices as well as housing market activity in Poland. The present research makes the assumption that average housing prices and market activity (number of transactions) are regionally shaped by economic, social, infrastructural and environmental conditions which can be described as a set of diagnostic features ascribed to a given area, constituting a statistical unit. Furthermore, it is assumed that individual effects may appear, being tied to the idiosyncrasies and significance of the given area. The time horizon of the research is 2008-2018. Based on data sourced from the Central Statistical Office a panel data was prepared for each of 380 Polish districts (poviats). Next, parameters were estimated for a single-factor panel model, as well as a two-factor model in which the constant term is different for different time periods and different units. This resulted in a model encompassing both average price determinants, and individual effects which reflect certain regularities of their spatial distribution. Moreover, the research will result in a set of cartograms made with Geographic Information System tools, depicting the random effects resulting from estimates of panel models using the Nerlove and Swamy-Arora transformations.
The Moderating Role of Information Asymmetry in the Relationship between Stock Market Liquidity and Institutional Investors: A Case of Textile Sector in Pakistan Stock Exchange
Authors: Arif Muhammad
Published: February 2021

The study focused on the moderation role of information asymmetry (IA) that plays a vital role between Stock market liquidity (SML) and Institutional investors (I.I) in textile sector of Pakistan stock exchange (PSX). Among total population of 155 companies, a sample of 150 textile companies is chosen with the help of convenient sampling technique for a period of 10 years (2009-2018). The results of Pre-moderation panel data regression analysis show that there is insignificant effect of I.I on SML while size (SZ), leverage (LEV) and growth (GR) have significant effect on SML. Further, post-moderation effect of IA, which is the uniqueness of the study, indicates a stronger significant effect of SZ, LEV and GR on SML as compare to pre-moderation regression results, which evident that IA do has a significant role between explanatory variables and SML. The results of the study are supporting the signaling theory on the base of moderation of IA that increases the significance level between I.I and SML.
Perioperative complications of deep brain stimulation among patients with advanced age: a single-institution retrospective analysis
Authors: Wakim Andre A. , Mattar Jennifer B. , Lambert Margaret , Ponce Francisco A.
Published: February 2021

OBJECTIVE

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is an elective procedure that can dramatically enhance quality of life. Because DBS is not considered lifesaving, it is important that providers produce consistently good outcomes, and one factor they usually consider is patient age. While older age may be a relative contraindication for some elective surgeries, the progressive nature of movement disorders treated with DBS may suggest that older patients stand to benefit substantially from surgery. To better understand the risks of treating patients of advanced age with DBS, this study compares perioperative complication rates in patients ≥ 75 to those < 75 years old.

METHODS

Patients undergoing DBS surgery for various indications by a single surgeon (May 2013–July 2019) were stratified into elderly (age ≥ 75 years) and younger (age < 75 years) cohorts. The risks of common perioperative complications and various outcome measures were compared between the two age groups using risk ratios (RRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs).

RESULTS

A total of 861 patients were available for analysis: 179 (21%) were ≥ 75 years old and 682 (79%) were < 75 years old (p < 0.001). Patients ≥ 75 years old, compared with those < 75 years old, did not have significantly different RRs (95% CIs) of seizure (RR 0.4, 95% CI 0.1–3.3), cerebrovascular accident (RR 1.9, 95% CI 0.4–10.3), readmission within 90 days of discharge (RR 1.22, 95% CI 0.8–1.8), explantation due to infection (RR 2.5, 95% CI 0.4–15.1), or surgical revision (for lead, RR 2.5, 95% CI 0.4–15.1; for internal pulse generator, RR 3.8, 95% CI 0.2–61.7). Although the risk of postoperative intracranial bleeding was higher in the elderly group (6.1%) than in the younger group (3.1%), this difference was not statistically significant (p = 0.06). However, patients ≥ 75 years old did have significantly increased risk of altered mental status (RR 2.5, 95% CI 1.6–4.0), experiencing more than a 1-night stay (RR 1.7, 95% CI 1.4–2.0), and urinary retention (RR 2.3, 95% CI 1.2–4.2; p = 0.009).

CONCLUSIONS

Although elderly patients had higher risks of certain outcome measures than younger patients, this study showed that elderly patients undergoing DBS for movement disorders did not have an increased risk of more serious complications, such as intracranial hemorrhage, infection, or readmission. Advanced age alone should not be considered a contraindication for DBS.
Stereotactic radiosurgery as the primary management for patients with Koos grade IV vestibular schwannomas
Authors: Ogino Akiyoshi , Lunsford L. Dade , Long Hao , Johnson Stephen , Faramand Andrew , Niranjan Ajay , Flickinger John C. , Kano Hideyuki
Published: February 2021

OBJECTIVE

While extensive long-term outcome studies support the role of stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) for smaller-volume vestibular schwannomas (VSs), its role in the management for larger-volume tumors remains controversial.

METHODS

Between 1987 and 2017, the authors performed single-session SRS on 170 patients with previously untreated Koos grade IV VSs (volumes ranged from 5 to 20 cm3). The median tumor volume was 7.4 cm3. The median maximum extracanalicular tumor diameter was 27.5 mm. All tumors compressed the middle cerebellar peduncle and distorted the fourth ventricle. Ninety-three patients were male, 77 were female, and the median age was 61 years. Sixty-two patients had serviceable hearing (Gardner-Robertson [GR] grades I and II). The median margin dose was 12.5 Gy.

RESULTS

At a median follow-up of 5.1 years, the progression-free survival rates of VSs treated with a margin dose ≥ 12.0 Gy were 98.4% at 3 years, 95.3% at 5 years, and 90.7% at 10 years. In contrast, the tumor control rate after delivery of a margin dose < 12.0 Gy was 76.9% at 3, 5, and 10 years. The hearing preservation rates in patients with serviceable hearing at the time of SRS were 58.1% at 3 years, 50.3% at 5 years, and 35.9% at 7 years. Younger age (< 60 years, p = 0.036) and initial GR grade I (p = 0.006) were associated with improved serviceable hearing preservation rate. Seven patients (4%) developed facial neuropathy during the follow-up interval. A smaller tumor volume (< 10 cm3, p = 0.002) and a lower margin dose (≤ 13.0 Gy, p < 0.001) were associated with preservation of facial nerve function. The probability of delayed facial neuropathy when the margin dose was ≤ 13.0 Gy was 1.1% at 10 years. Nine patients (5%) required a ventriculoperitoneal shunt because of delayed symptomatic hydrocephalus. Fifteen patients (9%) developed detectable trigeminal neuropathy. Delayed resection was performed in 4% of patients.

CONCLUSIONS

Even for larger-volume VSs, single-session SRS prevented the need for delayed resection in almost 90% at 10 years. For patients with minimal symptoms of tumor mass effect, SRS should be considered an effective alternative to surgery in most patients, especially those with advanced age or medical comorbidities.
Academic integrity: ethical and legal regulation in the university community
Authors: Sulima Yevhen , Dienizhna Svіtlana
Published: February 2021

The article substantiates the urgency of the problem of ethical and regulatory regulation of the process of formation of academic integrity in higher education institutions.
The purpose of the article is to analyze the tools of ethical and regulatory regulation in the university community and highlight the practical experience of their implementation at the University of the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine. The content of the article reveals the essence of academic integrity, characterizes the types of its violations. The evolution of the creation of an international legal framework for the formation of academic integrity is traced. An analysis of the provisions of domestic legislation on academic integrity and the types of penalties for its violation. Normative documents of ethical and normative-legal regulation in the academic community of the University of the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine are considered. The peculiarities of the infrastructure and system organization of the university's activity on the formation of academic integrity are revealed. Based on the identified problems, the priority areas, forms and methods of the university's activities to improve the process under consideration are determined. The article uses such methods as: historical analysis; content analysis when working with ethical and administrative documents of a higher education institution; survey of research and teaching staff; quantitative analysis of automatic verification of texts of scientific articles for uniqueness.
Research results. The analysis of the tools of ethical and normative-legal regulation of academic integrity revealed priority directions, mechanisms, forms and methods of work on formation of academic integrity and prevention of its violations by subjects of educational and scientific activity according to international standards. Based on the experience of the University of the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine, the organizational management system of the process of formation of academic integrity in the university community is considered.
Conclusion. The optimal results of ethical and normative-legal regulation of academic integrity have been achieved at the University of the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine due to the functioning of the organizational management system of this process, created according to international standards.
Problems of Education in Slums of Delhi
Authors: Tiwari Neha
Published: February 2021

ABSTRACT Education has been considered as one of the primary goals of the ‘Millennium Development Goals’. In India, one is provided free and compulsory primary education, which helps in making it a literate nation. Primary schooling is the key to success for each developing country and covers the age category of 6-14 years. In India, this education is made free and mandatory to reach one hundred percent literacy. In Delhi, the capital of India, slums are usually located close to the railway paths and market locations. The children living in such regions suffer from several issues hampering their education as well as other comparative activities. Delhi being a metropolitan city is a huge source of attraction for people. Children of slums face many problems affecting their studies. The current study aims to find out the challenges faced by slum children in attaining education with the main focus on primary education.
Structural Identification and Damage Detection in Bridges using Wave Method and Uniform Shear Beam Models: A Feasibility Study
Authors: Rahmani Mehran , Naik Manan
Published: February 2021

This report presents a wave method to be used for the structural identification and damage detection of structural components in bridges, e.g., bridge piers. This method has proven to be promising when applied to real structures and large amplitude responses in buildings (e.g., mid-rise and high-rise buildings). This study is the first application of the method to damaged bridge structures. The bridge identification was performed using wave propagation in a simple uniform shear beam model. The method identifies a wave velocity for the structure by fitting an equivalent uniform shear beam model to the impulse response functions of the recorded earthquake response. The structural damage is detected by measuring changes in the identified velocities from one damaging event to another. The method uses the acceleration response recorded in the structure to detect damage. In this study, the acceleration response from a shake-table four-span bridge tested to failure was used. Pairs of sensors were identified to represent a specific wave passage in the bridge. Wave velocities were identified for several sensor pairs and various shaking intensities are reported; further, actual observed damage in the bridge was compared with the detected reductions in the identified velocities. The results show that the identified shear wave velocities presented a decreasing trend as the shaking intensity was increased, and the average percentage reduction in the velocities was consistent with the overall observed damage in the bridge. However, there was no clear correlation between a specific wave passage and the observed reduction in the velocities. This indicates that the uniform shear beam model was too simple to localize the damage in the bridge. Instead, it provides a proxy for the overall extent of change in the response due to damage.
súmula vinculante 56: uma análise crítica de sua aplicação em Santa Catarina
Authors: Costa Denise Antunes da , Schreiner Sarah Francine
Published: February 2021

O Supremo Tribunal Federal editou, em agosto de 2016, a súmula vinculante 56, que objetivou a pacificação e o cumprimento do entendimento da Suprema Corte, no que se refere à inviabilidade da manutenção de condenados em regimes prisionais mais gravosos. Com o intuito de saber se Santa Catarina aplica convergentemente tal súmula, esta pesquisa analisa as Reclamações Constitucionais provenientes do Tribunal de Justiça de Santa Catarina, relacionadas à sua aplicação. O estudo conceitua os princípios constitucionais da dignidade da pessoa humana e da individualização da pena, relacionando-os à súmula vinculante 56, e esclarece o valor da súmula vinculante ao ordenamento jurídico e à execução penal. A título de resultado, das 109 reclamações analisadas, 15 deram conta de contrariedades entre a prática do Tribunal de Justiça de Santa Catarina quanto à impossibilidade de manutenção do apenado em regime mais gravoso.
Clinical Features of Apert Syndrome in Infancy: A rare case in Indonesia
Authors: Mapindra Muhammad Pradhika , Mahindra Muhammad Pradhiki
Published: February 2021

Background: Apert syndrome is characterized by several malformations of cranial-facial and syndactyly. The incidence of Apert syndrome was reported at approximately 1 per 65,000 live births, globally. Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 (FGFR2) is believed to hold a key role in the syndrome.
Objectives: This case report is aiming to describe the information on a rare incidence of craniosynostosis syndromes on Indonesian infants.
Case Illustration: One month old female baby was admitted to the hospital due to the breastfeeding difficulty caused by cleft palate. The patient was known to experience defects of face-head features and syndactyly since birth. This patient was observed and controlled to undergo nasogastric feeding until meet the appropriate age for surgical therapy.
Discussion: Mutation of  Ser252Trp and Pro253Arg was found in the patient. Based on this finding, this case report may strengthen the statement about the correlation between Ser252Trp and cleft palate whereas Pro253Arg is linked with syndactyly in individuals with the syndrome.
Conclusion:. This case may give beneficial information for clinicians when they receive a patient with the same clinical features. However, further investigation to know this syndrome still needs to be developed.
Keywords: Apert Syndrome, FGFR2, palate cleft, Pro253Arg, Ser252Trp
 
Latar Belakang: Pasien dengan sindroma Apert memiliki fitur karakteristik berupa malformasi kepala dan wajah disertai syndactyly. Insidensi sindroma ini berkisar 1 per 65.000 kelahiran hidup secara global. Etiologi kelainan ini dikatikan dengna mutase pada Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 (FGFR2).
Tujuan: Laporan kasus ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan kejadian langka dari sindroma craniosynostosis pada bayi Indonesia.
Ilustrasi Kasus: Bayi perempuan usia 1 bulan dibawa ke rumah sakit dengan masalah menyusui akibat palatoschizis. Pasien memiliki riwayat defek wajah dan kepala disertai syndactyly sejak lahir. Pasien ini kemudian diobservasi melalui diet per nasogastric tube sampai siap dilakukan terapi pembedahan.
Pembahasan: Mutasi pada Ser252Trp dan Pro253Arg ditemukan pada pasien ini. Sehingga, laporan kasus ini mungkin memperkuat temuan mengenai korelasi Ser252Trp dan palatoschizis sedangkan Pro253Arg dikaitkan dengan syndactyly.
Kesimpulan: Kasus ini mungkin dapat memberikan informasi tambahan sebagai referensi untuk klinisi ketika menerima pasien dengan gejala klinis serupa. Namun, studi terkait perlu diperdalam untuk mengetahui lebih jauh mengenai sindroma serupa.
Kata Kunci: FGFR2, palatoschizis, Pro253Arg, Ser252Trp, sindroma Apert
As inovações do Pregão Eletrônico com o Decreto nº 10.024, de 20 de setembro de 2019
Authors: Lôbo Letícia Santos , Oliveira Júnior Nilson José de , Lima Orlem Pinheiro de , Araújo Paulo César Diniz de , Maduro Márcia Ribeiro , Souza Andréa Lanza Cordeiro de , Zogahib André Luiz Nunes , Santiago Sandro Breval , Araújo Elias Moraes de
Published: February 2021

O pregão foi instituído como modalidade de licitação para aquisição de bens e contratação de serviços comuns. O pregão, na sua forma eletrônica, é regulamentado pelo Decreto Nº 10.024, de 20 de setembro de 2019, que revogou o Decreto 5.450, de 31 de maio de 2005. O novo regulamento do pregão eletrônico teve por objetivo aperfeiçoar a modalidade. Assim, o objetivo deste trabalho é identificar as inovações do novo decreto do pregão eletrônico e suas principais diferenças em relação ao Decreto Nº 5.450, de 2005. A natureza da presente pesquisa caracteriza-se como básica, de caráter exploratório e de abordagem qualitativa. Quanto aos procedimentos, foram utilizados registros bibliográficos de pesquisas anteriores sobre a temática, neste caso livros, teses, dissertações, artigos e material de orientação elaborado pelo governo federal. Após a realização do estudo, é possível concluir que o novo Decreto do pregão eletrônico confirma a tendência na adoção de medidas que visam melhorar as contratações públicas por meio da adoção de uma série de inovações, as quais foram construídas por meio da participação de diversos atores. Além disso, as inovações são capazes de fornecer subsídios para uma gestão mais efetiva das compras públicas. Por fim, são sugeridas pesquisas para o aprofundamento da temática.
TRENDS AND CHALLENGES OF MATHEMATICS EDUCATION IN MOZAMBIQUE (1975-2016)
Authors: Bussotti Luca , Bussotti Paolo
Published: February 2021

Mathematics has always been a difficult issue, especially in the African countries. Mozambique is not an exception. This country had been colonized by Portugal until 1975. When the independence was obtained, a socialist regime was adopted (1977). The learning of mathematics entered the struggle against colonial and imperialistic ideas. Its best ally was Paulus Gerdes, one of the most relevant ethnomatematicians of the world, who carried out an intense promotion of this approach to mathematics in Mozambican school system. Albeit the great international impact of Gerdes’ ideas, Mozambique never implemented his methodology. When, at the end of the 80s, the country changed from socialism to liberalism, voting a democratic Constitution in 1990, its school system was aligned to the measures of International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank (WB). The most recent ones are represented by the Millennium Development Goals. Despite the various reforms of Mozambican school system, the results of Mozambican children in mathematics are among the worst in Africa. The reasons of such a failure are here explained, through a historical approach based on national documents. The most recent experiences of school reform carried out by international agencies together with national institutions are stressed. The negative results obtained by the Mozambican learners as to mathematics are due to several reasons: 1) a lack of consideration of the Mozambican cultural substrate; 2) an improper massification of the school system, where the quality of instruction has been neglected; 3) the specific choice to marginalize mathematics education.
UTILIZATION OF LEISURE TIME AND ACADEMIC CAREERS: A MULTIDISCIPLINARY GENDER PERSPECTIVE
Authors: Davidovitch Nitza , Druckman Eran
Published: February 2021

This research focuses on the advancement of women in academia from an interdisciplinary perspective. It examines the leisure activities of faculty from various departments from a gender-based point of view, with regard to the association between time devoted to research and teaching and time devoted to family and social life. In addition, other possible correlations between academic output (number of articles per year, number of conferences attended, research grants submitted, teaching feedback scores) and personal background data (marital status, size of family, age, country of birth, and ethnicity) were also explored.
Many studies have dealt with the "glass ceiling" encountered by women in academia. The following case study is the first to explore performance measures of personnel at an academic institution in Israel from a gender perspective, in light of their leisure choices. The point of departure guiding the researchers was that the representation of women in academic personnel, including their research and teaching output, has a significance and influence on the system of higher education and, both in Israel and internationally. The research findings might help identify and develop interventions for utilization of time, with the goal of increasing academic output.
Keywords: academic careers, academic output, gender perspective, leisure activities, social life.
INTRODUCING A THEORETIC MODEL AND AN EMPIRIC NORM FOR INFORMATION RISK MANAGEMENT IN DECISION MAKING
Authors: Schwerd Stefan , Mayr Richard
Published: February 2021

Nowadays computer mediated communication (CMC) and the high volume of computed and stored information is getting a business on its own. Information is collected, aggregated, analyzed and used to create real business advantage and value but also risks within companies and also outside on the markets in a high volume. On the other hand, single individuals still need to deal and interpret this sheer mass of increasing information continuously. The change in information management and handling triggers the ongoing changes in decision makings on the operational level as well as on the strategic level. Information is a good sold itself and triggered an own industry of information brokerage. It opens the question of trust and correctness into the information itself but also into the information source and opens a complete new, not modelled yet discipline of Information Risk Management. Currently no model exists in science to measure Information Risk Management where as there is a highly increasing demand to measure case-based applicability and success of Information Risk-Management (IRM) activities in a broader context. The authors propose a new model for IRM and derive a qualitative prove of variables/measure and a quantitative empiric-norm as a base for further perception comparison with specifically targeted groups. Keywords: information risk management, management theory, decision making, enterprise risk management.
Estimation of Interleukin-6 for the Diagnosis of Septicemia in Children
Authors: Biswas Sanjoy Kanti , Husain Md Anwar , Akter Nasima , Sultan Md Tipu , Sultana Nahid , Ahmed Md Shakeel
Published: February 2021

Septicemia is a common cause of morbidity and mortality among children in developing world. Clinicians are in need of better diagnostic markers to diagnose septicemia. This study was carried out to evaluate the usefulness of interleukin-6 (IL-6) as a marker for the diagnosis of septicemia in children. Blood samples from 202 clinically suspected cases of septicemia and 20 age and sex matched healthy children were studied. On the basis of clinical features, blood cultures and C-reactive protein (CRP) analysis results, study populations were categorized as culture proven septicemia 35(15.77%), probable septicemia 125(56.31%), non-septicemic febrile patient 42(18.92%) and healthy control 20(9.0%). Out of 35 culture positive cases, IL-6 estimation was done in 32 samples. In culture proven septicemia group, 28 (87.5%) had IL-6 levels above cut-of value (>137 pg/ml). In 20 probable septicemia and 10 non-septicemic febrile group, IL-6 level above cut-off value were found in 06 (30%) and 01(10%) cases respectively. None of the healthy control group showed the concentration of IL-6 above cut-off value. The sensitivity and specificity of IL-6 were 65.38% and 95% respectively. Measurement of IL-6 may be a good marker to diagnose septicemia in children but this needs further evaluation on larger population.

JCMCTA 2012; 23(1): 21-25
Desafios do processo ensino aprendizagem frente à pandemia do novo coronavírus
Authors: Lima Sonia Pantoja Nascimento , Santos Monyka Brito Lima dos , Costa Karla Simone da Silva , Passos Francisco Silva , Silva Beatriz Aguiar da , Santos Maria das Dores Medeiros de Almeida , Costa Annielson de Souza , Santos Barbara Maria Rodrigues dos , Cruz Adriano Nogueira da , Oliveira Luana de , Nascimento Silvania Maria Cunha do , Monte Layanne Lima , Costa Carla Adriana Ferreira , Costa Luís Domingos Ramos , Carvalho Caroline Mascarenhas Teixeira de
Published: February 2021

As adaptações do ensino por causa da pandemia estão afetando metade dos estudantes do mundo já que o ensino on-line e a distância tornaram-se uma nova rotina para alguns, porém, aponta obstáculos consideráveis, pois nem todos os alunos têm acesso. Como objetivo buscou-se descrever os impactos da pandemia do novo Coronavírus no processo acesso ensino aprendizagem. Estudo bibliográfico do tipo revisão integrativa, foram utilizadas as bases de dados Science Direct, Biblioteca Virtual em Saúde (BVS), Pub Med e Scientific Electronic Library Online (Scielo), os descritores utilizados foram: “Instituições de ensino”, “Educação a distância” e “Pandemia”. Os critérios de exclusão foram: trabalhos científicos com apenas resumos disponíveis, publicações duplicadas e aqueles que não se enquadravam dentro da proposta oferecida para o tema e/ou estavam fora do recorte temporal. Foram encontrados 1125 artigos, após a exclusão de achados duplicados e incompletos, restringiu-se a 383 obras, estas foram analisadas quanto a sua relação com o tema e ao final foram limitadas a 9 artigos, levando em consideração os quais possuíam os descritores inclusos no tema e/ou resumo.  O COVID-19 trouxe consigo diversos transtornos a exemplo do fechamento total ou parcial de instituições de ensino por causa da pandemia está afetando 890 milhões de estudantes em 114 países. Os impactos gerados pela pandemia do novo Coronavírus na educação levaram a muitas mudanças repentinas na rotina de estudantes, estudantes trabalhadores, professores de sala de aula e instrutores de campo de prática.
Factors influencing the dental caries in pregnant women: a cross-sectional study
Authors: Bolsson Gabriela Bohrer , Knorst Jessica Klöckner , Maroneze Marília Cunha , Casarin Maísa , Dotto Patrícia Pasquali , Santos Bianca Zimmermann
Published: February 2021

Objective: To assess factors associated with the average number of dental caries in pregnant women. Method: Basic research design: This cross-sectional study was performed between January 2017 and December 2018 in Santa Maria, Brazil. Clinical setting and participants: Multistage random sampling resulted in the recruitment of 256 pregnant women from public health centers across the city. Clinical exams and semi-structured questionnaires including demographic, socioeconomic and behavioral questions were performed by trained interviewers. Main outcome measure: The experience of dental caries was evaluated through the mean value of the Decay, Missing, and Filled Surface Index (DMFS) by 4 trained and calibrated examiners. Multilevel Poisson regression models were used to evaluate the influence of different variables on the average number of dental caries. Rate ratio (RR) and respective 95% confidence intervals were calculated (CI 95%). Results: The prevalence of untreated dental caries was 62.7% in the sample, while the mean DMFS index was 10.27 (± 10.92). Women who smoked during pregnancy had a higher mean DMFS (RR 1.41; 95% CI 1.25-1.57). Furthermore, pregnant women who had poor self-ratings of oral health had a higher average DMFS (RR 1.21; 95% CI 1.10-1.32). Conclusions: The results showed that older age, ethnicity, fewer years in education and the presence of dental plaque resulted in higher means of DMFS.
Lipoma of the coecum with secondary changes of the surface
Authors: Mihály Emese , Micsik Tamás , Nagy Péter , Le Nha , Herszényi László , Tulassay Zsolt
Published: February 2021

Our endoscopically and histopathologically well documented case report is about a lipoma of the colon, which is a relatively rare benign mesenchymal tumor found in the large intestine. The lipoma was cha­racterized as a pedunculated polyp in the cecum, intermittently translocating into terminal ileum and obstructing Bauhin’s valve, resulting in clinical symptoms. During patient examination, lipomas present with differential diagnosis challenges due to their close resemble to other disorders, which might occur much more commonly are more probable to be malignant. Furthermore, bigger lipomas can also harbour secondary changes, such as erosion, ulceration, bleeding and necrosis. Although endoscopic and ima­ging techniques offer assistance in characterizing lipomas, the final diagnosis still relies heavily on the resecting and histologic examination of the entire polypoid/tumor-like outgrowth of the mucosa. Superficial sampling might also lead to misdiagnosis. Our case had inflammatory, erosive and also hyperplastic surface which could have been concluded as a hyperplastic polyp of colon, a much more common occurrence.