bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Simulation of Atmospheric Discharge at Power Line
Authors:   Politechnika Gdanska, Skiba Andrzej J.
Published: December 2020

Modelling electrical circuits by application of schemes containing elements with distributed parameters such as transmission lines has been applied in this research. Functions approximating voltage or current atmospheric discharges have been presented together with frequency spectra of these functions. The results of computer simulations obtained with the help of PSpice software have been presented for a simplified three-phase circuit subject to such discharge.
Surge Immunity of LV Miniature Circuit Breakers During Lightning Ground Discharges
Authors:   Politechnika Bialostocka, WIATER Jaroslaw
Published: December 2020

The results of tests focused on surge immunity of miniature circuit breakers (MCB) used as back-ups of surge protection devices have been presented in this paper. The results are set out in a tabular form. Three different modes of operation for miniature circuit breaker are shown: no operation, tripping and defect. The immunity was tested with surge current characterized by 10/350 μs waveform.
University of Helsinki and Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke) protocol for DNA extraction and multiplex PCR genotyping of 16 microsatellites for whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus L.). v1
Authors: Koskiniemi Jarmo , Koljonen Marja-Liisa , Leinonen Tuomas
Published: December 2020

In this protocol we describe laboratory methods for DNA extraction and multiplex genotyping of whitefish with microsatellite markers. The protocol has been used in several studies at the University of Helsinki and the Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke). Publications from these studies are listed in the attachment.
University of Helsinki and Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke) protocol for DNA extraction and multiplex PCR genotyping of 17 microsatellites for pikeperch (Sander lucioperca L.). v1
Authors: Koskiniemi Jarmo , Koljonen Marja-Liisa , Leinonen Tuomas
Published: December 2020

In this protocol we describe laboratory methods for DNA extraction and multiplex genotyping of pikeperch with microsatellite markers. The protocol has been used in several studies at the University of Helsinki and the Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke). Publications from these studies are listed in the attachment.
University of Helsinki and Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke) protocol for DNA extraction and multiplex PCR genotyping of 16 microsatellites for brown trout (Salmo trutta L.). v1
Authors: Koskiniemi Jarmo , Koljonen Marja-Liisa , Leinonen Tuomas
Published: December 2020

In this protocol we describe laboratory methods for DNA extraction and multiplex genotyping of brown trout with microsatellite markers. The protocol has been used in several studies at the University of Helsinki and the Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke). Publications from these studies are listed in the attachment.
Quantification of plant hormones by standard addition method v1
Authors: Hashiguchi Takuyu , Hashiguchi Masatsugu , Tanaka Hidenori , Fukushima Koki , Gondo Takahiro , Akashi Ryo
Published: December 2020

Phytohormones are essential signaling molecules in multiple plant processes, including growth, development, and stress response. Simultaneous quantification of multiple plant hormones is required for understanding plant physiology because hormones typically change in tandem in response to external stimuli. Sensitive and quantitative analysis using liquid chromatography linked mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) adopts stable isotope-labeled compounds in previously published works. However, quantifying hormones when isotopically labeled chemicals are not available remain to be established. This protocol is used for measuring plant hormone content by standard addition method. Standard addition method has been used for quantification of various compounds such as drugs and pesticides especially when it is difficult to obtain stable isotope-labeled compound. Plant hormones is extracted from plant material such as Lotus japonicus with organic solvent and partially purified with reversed phase solid phase extraction and ready for LC-MS analysis. Calibration curve is constructed by spiking pure standard in the matrix. The method allows us to quantify plant hormones in plant tissue of interest by correcting matrix effects.
Laurel Wilt / Raffaelea lauricola screening from wood pieces withQIAGEN – QIAamp Fast DNA Stool Mini Kit v1
Authors: Gazis-Seregina Romina , Pablo Parra Pedro
Published: December 2020

This protocol describes DNA extraction of wood samples for the detection of R. lauricola. This protocol is part of the Bark Beetle Mycobiome (BBM) Research Coordination Network. For more information on the BBM international network: Hulcr J, Barnes I, De Beer ZW, Duong TA, Gazis R, Johnson AJ, Jusino MA, Kasson MT, Li Y, Lynch S, Mayers C, Musvuugwa T, Roets F, Seltmann KC, Six D, Vanderpool D, & Villari C. 2020. Bark beetle mycobiome: collaboratively defined research priorities on a widespread insect-fungus symbiosis. Symbiosis 81: 101–113 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13199-020-00686-9.
Color Conceptualization of AGE in English and Chinese
Authors: Su Yujie , Cho Youngsoon
Published: December 2020

Both in English and Chinese there are extensions of color to human age. For gaining some knowledge of the differences in the extension in the two languages, color categories are discussed and compared first and then evidences in dictionaries and corpora are collected and compared as well. It is found that there is a higher possibility of color associations with age in Chinese than English. What’s more, there are more colors involved in color associations in Chinese.
Code-switching Analysis in TCFL Classroom from the Perspective of Sociolinguistics
Authors: Ma Juan
Published: December 2020

With the increasingly frequent international exchanges and cooperation, bilingualism and multilingualism have become a common social phenomenon. Along with this social trend, sociolinguistics, was once regarded as a marginal and small branch of linguistic research, which has been paid a growing number of attention from linguists and scholars in this field in recent years. Code switching is a central topic in sociolinguistics. In the past few decades, a large number of scholars have done a lot of research about code switching from articles, journals and books. Although many achievements have been made in code conversion in recent years, little work has been done in teaching Chinese as a foreign language. With the rapid development and immaturity of teaching Chinese as a foreign language, it is only in a marginal position in teaching methods and foreign language teaching research system. Based on linguistic theory, this paper analyzes the causes and functions of code switching in foreign Chinese teachers' classroom teaching by observing the phenomenon of code switching in foreign Chinese teachers' classroom teaching and conducting follow-up interviews with teachers and students after class. The results show that teachers can help students to accept new knowledge more effectively and they highlight the key points and difficulties in class, so teachers play an important role in improving the teaching quality. In addition, the conclusion reflects the actual situation of teaching Chinese as a foreign language to a certain extent, and provides a reference for improving the teaching ability and classroom teaching effect of foreign Chinese teachers.
Deconstruction and Construction—A Narrative Study of Tutuola’s Novels
Authors: Jiang Chunsheng
Published: December 2020

Nigerian writer Amos Tutuola, as one of the first generation of native African writers who write literature works in English, has received much attention since the very beginning of his publishing of works. This article explores the narrative strategies used by Tutuola in the process of constructing his cultural identity, which was partly neglected by critics. The special narrative and expressive cultural identity, narrative mode and identity establishment, and nostalgic representation were just Tutuola’s strategies that formed the procedure of the deconstruction of colonial power and the construction of national identity.
The Manner Result Complementarity and the Lexicalization Pattern of Chinese Motion Verbs
Authors: Qiu Lei
Published: December 2020

Rappaport Hovav and Levin (1998, 2010) propose manner/result complementarity hypothesis (MRC), i.e. verbs can not lexicalize manner and result simultaneously at a time. As to the encoding of motion events, Levin et al. (2009) also claim that manner of motion verbs across languages simply lexicalize manner and no direction is entailed. However, three basic motion verbs in Chinese--zǒu ‘walk’, pǎo ‘run’ and fēi ‘fly’, which are regarded as prototypical manner of motion verbs but also seem to lexicalize directed motion when used in some constructions. Then questions arise: do these verbs lexicalize direction of motion and are they counterexamples of the MRC? Based on evidence gained from a series of linguistic tests, this study argues that on the one hand different from views of Levin et al. (2009), the three manner of motion verbs can indeed lexicalize directed motion, but on the other hand they never encode the manner and direction of motion simultaneously and thus they are not counterexamples of the MRC. The fact that manner of motion verbs exhibiting similar lexicalization pattern can also be found in other languages indicates that the prototypical manner encoded in these verbs may be the conceptual condition for the special lexicalization pattern.
A Pragmatic Analysis of Hedges from the Perspective of Politeness Principle
Authors: Liu Jin
Published: December 2020

In the process of daily interpersonal communication, hedges have a very wide and universal application. In the actual communication, hedges have their own unique pragmatic value in reducing the value of information in sentences, weakening the information in sentences and transferring the topic. This paper has adopted Politeness Principle proposed by Leech as the theoretical framework and aims to make an analysis of hedges used in the famous English literature Jane Eyre through the method of qualitative research. As a result, it is found there are four main functions as follows: maintaining a better communication environment, saving face and achieving the purpose of self-protection, making the expressions polite and euphemistic and making words more appropriate and acceptable.
ON THE HISTORY OF TRANSLATION OF SERBIAN PROSE IN UKRAINE: A DIACHRONIC ASPECT
Authors: Derkach O.
Published: December 2020

The research is dedicated to the coverage of a diachronic aspect’s adoption of Serbian prose in the Ukrainian literature, especially the establishment and development of translation as one of the main forms of Serbian-Ukrainian cultural exchange. The beginning of interrelation between Serbian and Ukrainian culture comes into the circle of the researcher’s attention, and in this context – the beginning of Ukrainian writer’s translation practice, the first translations of Serbian prose are investigated. The special emphasis in the article is made on the Serbian translation works in the period from the 60s of the 19th century to the end of the 80s of the 20th century. This period of time is characterized by the works of V. Đorđević, L. Lazarević, O. Voinović, N. Marinković, V. Marinović, D. Kalić, B. Nušić, I. Andrić, B. Čopić, R. Domanović, S. Sremec, E. Koš, M. Kapor, M. Selimović. The dynamics of determinatives that influenced the translation works of Serbian fiction are investigated: from the effect of ideological criteria at the beginning of the 20th century in the conditions of created USSR to poetical, substantial and esthetical factors in the 70s-80s of the 20th century. The fiction of Serbian writers that was translated during this long-lasting period because of Pleiades of Ukrainian translators’ highly-professional work became a full-sized part of the Ukrainian literature process and got further literature understanding in the works of Ukrainian Slavicists.
ISSUES OF UKRAINIAN LITERATURE IN THE CZECH CULTURAL CONTEXT OF THE INTERWAR PERIOD AS ASSESSED BY Z. GENYK-BEREZOVSKA (IN TRACES OF ONE LETTER)
Authors: Motornyi A.
Published: December 2020

The article introduces the previously unpublished letter of the Czech literary critic Zinaida Genik-Berezovska (1928-1990), addressed to the professor of the Lviv University Volodymyr Motornyi (1929-2015). The document, consisting of twelve interconnected paragraphs, dated June 29, 1983, covers a topic related to issues of Ukrainian literature in the Czech cultural context (interwar period). It is suggested that this letter, as well as the drafts of V. Motorny’s comments attached to it, could form the basis of a large four-year research paper “Ukrainian-Czechoslovak Literature Relations of the 20-30th years“ (by Z. Henik -Berezovska, V. Motornyi, H. Sivachenko), included in the multivolume edition of “Ukrainian Literature in the Slavic and World Context”. The text of the letter was offered to the attention of readers without changes, with full preservation of its author’s features.
Capacidade para o trabalho em trabalhadores de um instituto de pesquisa
Authors: Carvalho Mariza Brasil de , Tupinambá Laura Soares , Pinheiro Helder Henrique Costa
Published: December 2020

O estudo objetivou avaliar a capacidade para o trabalho (CT) e analisar os fatores associados à capacidade inadequada em funcionários de um instituto de pesquisa, segundo o vínculo empregatício. Realizou-se uma pesquisa transversal com 515 servidores e terceirizados de uma instituição de pesquisa no Estado do Pará. Utilizou-se um questionário com variáveis sociodemográficas, funcionais e o Índice de Capacidade para o Trabalho (ICT). A média do ICT do grupo dos servidores foi 40,9, e a CT inadequada somou 20,7%. Para os terceirizados, os valores foram 44,3 e 5,1%, respectivamente. A análise múltipla dos servidores mostrou que apenas as variáveis sexo e idade permaneceram significativas. Para os terceirizados, nenhuma variável apresentou significância estatística. As categorias profissionais com maior prevalência de ICT inadequado foram: entre os servidores, os pesquisadores; entre os terceirizados, os trabalhadores da manutenção. Os resultados demonstram que as diferenças existentes entre esses funcionários estão fortemente relacionadas ao vínculo empregatício.
Síndrome de Down: funcionalidade e histórico terapêutico da criança, adaptação e desempenho ocupacional dos pais
Authors: Halberstadt Bianca Fraga , Moraes Anaelena Bragança de , Souza Ana Paula Ramos de
Published: December 2020

O objetivo deste estudo é analisar a funcionalidade de crianças com Síndrome de Down (SD) nas áreas de mobilidade, autocuidado e função social em relação ao histórico terapêutico da criança, à adaptação parental, à deficiência do filho, aos aspectos socioeconômicos e ao desempenho ocupacional dos pais. Foram utilizados o Inventário de Avaliação Pediátrica de Incapacidade, a Medida Canadense de Desempenho Ocupacional, a Escala de adaptação parental à deficiência do filho e uma entrevista construída pelas pesquisadoras. Participaram 30 genitores de crianças com SD de 10 meses a sete anos de idade. As crianças apresentam desempenho em mobilidade dentro dos padrões de normalidade e atraso significativo na área de autocuidado. Grande parte das terapias é de cunho estrutural, focada na família e na criança. O desempenho ocupacional dos pais apresenta problemas, principalmente na área de produtividade. Estes possuem dificuldade em lidar com o diagnóstico. O nível socioeconômico, de escolaridade e o exercício do lazer dos pais influenciam o desenvolvimento da criança.
Filhos de dependentes químicos, suas percepções sobre as relações intrafamiliares
Authors: Rey Diana  Machado , Netto de Oliveira Adriane Maria , Pinho Leandro Barbosa de , Oliveira Alex Lagos , Silva Priscila Arruda da , Medeiros Silvana Possani
Published: December 2020

Descrever a percepção de crianças, filhos de pais dependentes químicos, acerca do funcionamento familiar e as relações de apego construídas com seus pais. Trata-se de um estudo qualitativo realizado com quatro crianças, filhos de dependentes químicos. A coleta dos dados foi realizada através do genograma familiar e entrevista semiestruturada. Os depoimentos foram submetidos à análise de conteúdo. Os funcionamentos familiares foram classificados como desligado, emaranhado em fortalecimento de fronteiras ou não classificado. Os tipos de apego foram seguro e evitativo. O funcionamento familiar está relacionado com as formas de interação entre os membros e não ao uso de substâncias psicoativas. A dependência não é o fator desencadeante da rigidez do sistema, mas uma consequência do estilo de vinculação predominante no mesmo. Dificultam-se as interações positivas e a busca por padrões alternativos de funcionamento, sendo um importante fator de risco para o desenvolvimento saudável dos seus membros
Gender Determination Using Voice Data
Authors: Taşpınar Yavuz Selim , Sarıtaş Mücahid Mustafa , Çınar İlkay , Koklu Murat
Published: December 2020

The rapid advancement of today's technologies, it is tried to facilitate whichever system will be used by using voice features such as person recognition and speech recognition by making use of the voices of the users. Organizations serving in these systems need less manpower and facilitate the operation by helping users faster. The decision-making process using sound features is a very challenging process. With gender recognition, which is one of these steps, it is possible to address the user by gender. In this study, it is aimed to define the genders according to the voices in terms of both forensic informatics and the rapid and accurate progress of the processes. In this study, 3168 male and female voice samples were taken as a dataset. Sound samples were first analyzed by acoustic analysis in R using seewave and tuneR packages. Artificial neural networks were used in the classification stage. In order to increase the classification accuracy, the dataset was divided into 10 parts and each part was excluded from training for testing and used for retesting. Average classification success was found by taking the arithmetic mean of the results. In the classification made with artificial neural networks, male and female voices could be distinguished from each other with a success of 97.9%.
Prevalence of Gerlach tonsil: a mucosa associated lymphoid tissue aggregation in the nasopharynx
Authors: Varadharajan Ramesh , Thingujam Sonee
Published: December 2020

Background: The major aggregate of mucosa associated lymphoid tissue located in the nasopharynx is the adenoid. The minor aggregate located in the nasopharynx is the Gerlach tonsils or tubal tonsils. The Gerlach tonsils are well described in the text books. But unlike the adenoids they are rarely visualized during routine endoscopic examination. Several studies conducted in children for recurrence of adenoids or serous otitis media after surgery; have reported tubal tonsil hypertrophy widely. This study in adults aims to see the prevalence of Gerlach or tubal tonsils visible during nasal endoscopy.

Methods: The case records of 155 adult patients, aged between 18-50 years, who underwent pre-operative diagnostic nasal endoscopy for the management of septal deviations, chronic Sinusitis, nasal polyposis or eustachian dysfunction between Jan. 2019 to March 2020 are retrospectively reviewed and the endoscopy findings analyzed and presented.   

Results: Gerlach tonsil hypertrophy is reported to be more prevalent in children than in adults.  When hypertrophied, the Gerlach tonsils can cause symptoms in adults also and can be visualized during nasal endoscopy. In this adult study, we report a 0.6% incidence of Gerlach tonsil hypertrophy.  

Conclusions: The possibility of a Gerlach tonsil hypertrophy is to be remembered during nasal endoscopy in adult patients presenting with symptoms of eustachian dysfunction and past history of allergic rhinitis and adeno tonsillectomy. Comparing the size of the contra lateral torus tubaris and the eustachian tube opening during the act of swallowing is helpful in diagnosis.
Los estudiantes de las Escuelas Normales Rurales en el conflicto internacional de la guerra fría
Authors: López Macedonio Mónica Naymich
Published: December 2020

En este artículo nos proponemos develar algunos de los hallazgos de una investigación más amplia acerca de la Federación de Estudiantes Campesinos Socialistas de México (FECSM) que fue sustentada, principalmente, en el archivo de la Dirección Federal de Seguridad, en donde se esclarece el posicionamiento político e ideológico que los estudiantes normalistas rurales, organizados en la FECSM, mostraron ante el conflicto internacional de la guerra fría, y se explica el nacimiento de esta organización como resultado de las alianzas políticas fraguadas en vísperas y durante la segunda guerra mundial, concretamente, entre los representantes de la Internacional Comunista en México y el gobierno de Lázaro Cárdenas, que dieron como resultado la estructura corporativa que después conocimos y con la que se gobernó este país durante gran parte del siglo XX. La FECSM fue una organización estudiantil emblemática del nacionalismo revolucionario que estuvo adscrita a organizaciones estudiantiles internacionales abiertamente identificadas con el antimperialismo de la Unión Soviética.
Análisis del estado del arte y experiencias de gestión de demanda de transporte urbano en América Latina y el Caribe
Authors: Navas Duk Cristián , Guevara Cué Ángelo , Rubinstein Elías , Mix Vidal Richard
Published: December 2020

En las últimas décadas, la tasa de motorización en los países de América Latina y el Caribe (ALC) se ha incrementado, principalmente, por el crecimiento de los niveles de ingreso de las personas, lo que ha generado aumentos tanto en niveles de congestión, como también en variables medioambientales tales como la polución y el ruido. Una de las respuestas a este crecimiento de la tasa de motorización ha sido el desarrollo de políticas con enfoque en la oferta. A través de estas se ha propuesto aumentar la infraestructura vial con el objetivo de mejorar las condiciones de flujo y desplazamiento del tráfico vial, disminuyendo así las condiciones de congestión. Este enfoque se ha traducido en obras de infraestructura, como el ensanchamiento de calles y el desarrollo de nuevas vías y autopistas. A pesar de estos esfuerzos, existe evidencia en la literatura de que este tipo de respuesta podría resultar insostenible en el largo plazo, por su alto costo y porque promueve el uso del automóvil particular, generando aumentos en la congestión y contaminación entre otras externalidades. Una de las soluciones que ha planteado la literatura es abordar la problemática a través de medidas que gestionen la demanda por el uso de la infraestructura, promoviendo así una utilización más eficiente de la oferta vial disponible. El desarrollo de medidas de gestión de la demanda (Transportation Demand Management, TDM por sus siglas en inglés) ha sido ampliamente reportado y discutido como política de transporte a nivel global, donde su implementación se ha concentrado en intervenciones como la restricción de circulación de vehículos (pico y placa), la tarificación vial por congestión, la redistribución del espacio vial (vías de uso exclusivo o reversibles), y los impuestos a la compra y operación de vehículos particulares, entre otras. ALC no ha estado al margen de la implementación de este tipo de medidas, con distintos niveles de éxito en su implementación y desarrollo. El presente documento considera una recopilación no exhaustiva de casos y experiencias de la aplicación de medidas de gestión de demanda, tanto en ALC como en otras ciudades del mundo, con el objetivo de compartir estas experiencias de políticas públicas de transporte para contribuir a su discusión para potenciales implementaciones a futuro. Adicionalmente, este trabajo se plantea como instrumento de guía, apoyo y consulta para los distintos stakeholders de transporte urbano de las ciudades de ALC.
A Skills Taxonomy for LAC: Lessons Learned and a Roadmap for Future Users
Authors: Altamirano Álvaro , Amaral Nicole
Published: December 2020

This note brings together lessons from the IDBs and other institutions efforts to adapt a skills taxonomy for Latin America and the Caribbean countries. These efforts have focused primarily on the ability to gather and make use of labor market information on skills demand from non-traditional data sources like online job vacancies. Most of these efforts have used the European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations (ESCO) taxonomy to underpin the identification and classification of skills. This note is intended to be a starting point and set of considerations for policymakers who may be considering, or already embarking on, similar efforts to use ESCO or other taxonomical structures to help better analyze, understand and use skills-level information for decision making. It also seeks to motivate the need for additional classification systems that help governments take stock of its citizens skills in increasingly complex and rapidly changing labor markets.
An Improved Long Short-Term Memory Neural Network for Macroeconomic Forecast
Authors: Wang Lipeng
Published: December 2020

The statistics and cyclical swings of macroeconomics are necessary for exploring the internal laws and features of the market economy. To realize intelligent and efficient macroeconomic forecast, this paper puts forward a macroeconomic forecast model based on improved long short-term memory (LSTM) neural network. Firstly, a scientific evaluation index system (EIS) was constructed for macroeconomy. The correlation between indices was measured by Spearman correlation coefficient, and the index data were preprocessed by interpolating the missing items and converting low-frequency series into high-frequency series. Next, the corresponding mixed frequency dataset was constructed, followed by the derivation of the state space equation. Then, the LSTM neutral network was optimized by the Kalman filter or macroeconomic forecast. The effectiveness of the proposed forecast method was verified through experiments. The research results lay a theoretical basis for the application of LSTM in financial forecasts.
Competitiveness Evaluation of Tourist Attractions Based on Artificial Neural Network
Authors: Lou Bingna , Chen Nan , Ma Lan
Published: December 2020

With the rapid development of tourism, tourists have become more aware of tourism level and quality. This triggers fierce competition between tourist attractions. To promote the core competitiveness of tourist attractions, this paper proposes a new evaluation model for the competitiveness of tourist attractions based on artificial neural network. First, a four-layer evaluation index system (EIS) was constructed for the competitiveness of tourist attractions, including detail elements, basic layer, core layer, and characterization layer. Next, all the evaluation indices were optimized through clustering by improved k-modes algorithm. Finally, a backpropagation neural network (BPNN) was established to evaluate the competitiveness of tourist attractions. Experimental results confirm the effectiveness of the proposed method. The research findings provide a reference for the application of artificial neural network (ANN) in other prediction fields.
Communication Strategy of North Sumatera’s Police on Proactive Socialization Activities for Acceptance of Prospective Members of the State Police of the Republic of Indonesia in 2020
Authors: Rahmi Melda , Lubis Lusiana Andriani
Published: December 2020

This study aims to analyze the communication strategies and barriers of the proactive socialization team in capturing high-achieving Polri candidates at the North Sumatra Regional Police in 2020. The research method used a qualitative approach with the phenomenological method. Data collection techniques in this study were interviews and observations, then checking the validity of the data by using triangulation techniques. The results of the study show that the communication strategy created is an attempt by the National Police to be able to provide early notification to the public regarding Polri's acceptance and as a means of keeping people from exploiting the situation of acceptance for personal gain. Obstacles to the socialization team, including the inadequate budget support to be able to visit all schools in the North Sumatra province, the lack of support from the incumbent leadership (Kabag Sumda) at the time of proactive socialization activities in October 2019, Not making or compiling materials that should be made to be presented to students so that the students 'understanding and attention are more focused on what goals will be conveyed, the difficulty is to be able to coordinate with the school to be able to fill the time with expected proactive socialization activities and students' low enthusiasm and trust in the message what the socialization team wanted to convey regarding clean, transparent, accountable and humanist recruitment.
The Influence of Communication Competencies and Professionalism Public Relations Officers towards the Quality of Public Relation Services in the Audit Board of the Republic of Indonesia Representative of the North Sumatera Province
Authors: Harianja Nursalam , Kurniawati Dewi
Published: December 2020

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of communication competence and PRO professionalism on the quality of public relations services at the Republic of Indonesia Supreme Audit Board (BPK RI) of North Sumatra. The research method used is the correlational method. The study population is the inspectorate employees in North Sumatra Province. The research sample consisted of 1 inspectorate employee of North Sumatra Province, 2 employees of BUMD, and 33 municipal / city government officials in the entire province of North Sumatra.Data collection techniques used a questionnaire. The theory used in this research is the theory of communication competency by Slocum and Hellriegel, the public relation officers (PRO) professionalism theory by Richard Hall and the excellent service by Atep Adya Barata. The results showed that there was an influence between communication competence on the quality of public relations services at the BPK RI Representative of the Province of North Sumatra. There is also an influence between PRO professionalism on the quality of public relations services at the BPK RI Representative of North Sumatra Province. Then there is the effect of communication competence and PRO professionalism on the quality of public relations services in the BPK RI Representative of North Sumatra Province, where the F-count value is greater than the F-table at a significance level of 0.05 confidence, so that the communication competence combined with PRO professionalism can improve the quality of public relations services at BPK RI Representatives of North Sumatra Province.
The Role of Ideology in Enhancing Political Ethics at the level of International Relations from the Perspective of the Holy Quran and Hadiths
Authors: Allah Sharifi Enayat , Ramezani Mahmoud
Published: December 2020

Nowadays, according to the ungodly worldviews, most of the time governments strive to increase their power and interests based on realistic and neorealistic theories. They are also after their multilateral dominance and expanded empire. In these situations- where the world is in chaos and separation of ethics from politics comes to the fore thereby showing its impact at the international level- Islam considers ethics as the basis of politics and at the level of international relations, it also seeks to establish an ideal, spiritual and moral relationship. Therefore, by emphasizing the role of epistemological and ideological beliefs and divine worldview, Islam stresses the importance of intensifying political ethics within the field of international relations. These epistemological beliefs include monotheism, prophecy and apostleship of the divine prophets, the eschatology and resurrection. In this article, the plan is to concentrate on the common points of the divine religions through examining the verses, hadiths and traditions of the divine saints regarding the emphasis of Islam on this issue. Therefore, this study attempts to deepen the political ethics in the aspect of people's relations, as well as the relation among Muslim and non-Muslim governments based on the basic and epistemological beliefs of Islam. This will (hopefully) lead to the peaceful coexistence among the followers of the divine religions and it will also lead to a peaceful living without any war and conflict.
The Nature and Legal Position of Non-Formal Educators According to Indonesian Positive Law
Authors: Thoif Mokh. , Sadjijono Sadjijono , Suhartono Slamet
Published: December 2020

A person or a human community needs learning (the need for knowledge, skills, and attitudes) to emerge, so there should be non-formal education. It’s in this capacity that non-formal education is said to be multi-audience, not only in terms of age, but also individual and social characteristics such as gender and gender, demographics, geography, occupation, formal educational background, and so on. Various problems are still often faced by these non-formal educators, where they should be guaranteed protection under the law. In fact, non-formal educators continue to experience discomfort conditions without an adequate protection system. Legal efforts to improve the status of non-formal educators according to the national education system, so that non-formal educators haven’t been recognized by the government even though they are temporary teachers who work in private educational institutions, so they haven’t received the protection and protection of the government as provided to teachers. Civil servants and private teachers.
Digital Transformation of Business Processes of an Enterprise
Authors: Kondarevych Viktoriia , Andriushchenko Kateryna , Pokotylska Nataliia , Ortina Ganna , Zborovska Olga , Budnyak Lyubov
Published: December 2020

Industry 4.0 is the digital transformation of business processes. In the process of modernization of the enterprise in question, a new production factor is gradually replacing the previous production factor. At the same time, the value of the output of the old production decreases to zero, and the limit value of the output of the new production is steadily increasing. The production functions for each production component and the enterprise as a whole, based on the results of a numerical solution of the Cauchy problem, which describe the process of replacing one production enterprise with another, are proposed.
On the Uniform Convergence of the Fourier Series by the System of Polynomials Generated by the System of Laguerre Polynomials
Authors:   Dagestan Federal Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Gadzhimirzaev Ramis M.
Published: December 2020

Let w(x) be the Laguerre weight function, 1 ≤ p < ∞, and Lpw be the space of functions f, p-th power of which is integrable with the weight function w(x) on the non-negative axis. For a given positive integer r, let denote by WrLpw the Sobolev space, which consists of r−1 times continuously differentiable functions f, for which the (r−1)-st derivative is absolutely continuous on an arbitrary segment [a, b] of non-negative axis, and the r-th derivative belongs to the space Lpw. In the case when p = 2 we introduce in the space WrL2w an inner product of Sobolev-type, which makes it a Hilbert space. Further, by lαr,n(x), where n = r, r + 1, ..., we denote the polynomials generated by the classical Laguerre polynomials. These polynomials together with functions lαr,n(x) = xn / n! , where n = 0, 1, r − 1, form a complete and orthonormal system in the space WrL2w. In this paper, the problem of uniform convergence on any segment [0,A] of the Fourier series by this system of polynomials to functions from the Sobolev space WrLpw is considered. Earlier, uniform convergence was established for the case p = 2. In this paper, it is proved that uniform convergence of the Fourier series takes place for p > 2 and does not occur for 1 ≤ p < 2. The proof of convergence is based on the fact that WrLpw ⊂ WrL2w for p > 2. The divergence of the Fourier series by the example of the function ecx using the asymptotic behavior of the Laguerre polynomials is established.
Dynamics in Measurements of the Non-Relativistic Particle Coordinates
Authors:   Saratov State University, Tsoy Valery I.
Published: December 2020

Background and Objectives: There are a few different ways to change the quantum mechanical wave function. One is the continuous evolution according to the Schrodinger equation; the others are the collapse provided by strong measurements and the weak continuous measurement. The question arises: Can the strong measurement be considered as a dynamical process. Methods: To answer the question, a dynamic model is proposed to simulate numerically the measurement of the coordinates of quantum particles. By measuring the coordinate, we mean the capture of a particle in a narrow box and the excitation of the stationary wave function in it. We consider the amplitude of the probability of transition to a stationary state as a wave function, and the non-stationary Schrodinger equation is solved using this initial function. The transition to a stationary state was modeled as a gated process. Results and Conclusion: It is shown that when measuring coordinates, along with the instant collapse, there are cases when the measurement takes a short but finite time. In particular, the projective measurement of the coordinate of one of the entangled particles takes some time and is accompanied by the correlation in the probability density of the particles coordinates. Moreover, the correlation is lost over time.
Electrically Induced Opening of Composite PLA/SWCNT Microchambers for Implantable Drug Depot Systems
Authors:   I. M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Ermakov Alexey V. , Lengert Ekaterina V. ,   Saratov State University, Saveleva Mariia S. ,   Saratov State University, Sukhorukov Gleb B. ,   Queen Mary University of London
Published: December 2020

Time- and site-specific release of bioactive compounds mediated by microcontainers immobilized on a surface is of high importance in a variety of tasks related to biomedicine and functional coatings. In the present work, we investigate arrays of hollow microchambers formed by composite shells based on a polylactic acid matrix and single-walled carbon nanotubes filler with high responsiveness towards electric current stimuli. The monitoring of the morphology changes reveals significant damages to the shells of microchambers formed by conductive composite material. The voltage of 3 V is shown to be sufficient to induce thermal damages to the microchambers. This study demonstrates the in-principle possibility to realize the opening of polylactic acid-based microchambers by application of low-power currents. The developed system opens a promising avenue for implantable delivery routes in a number of areas related to smart coatings, time and site-specific release. We believe these results will find application in the development of new implantable drug depot systems in biomedicine and cosmetology.
One Day from the History of the Great Physical Auditorium: Nikolai I. Vavilov’s Report on 4 June, 1920
Authors:   Saratov State University, Anikin Valery M. , Panteeva Nataliya M. ,   Saratov Regional Museum of Local Lore
Published: December 2020

The Great Physical Auditorium of Saratov University is one of the best university lecture halls in Russia, it has a wonderful interior, large capacity and good acoustics. It also has a wonderful history. One outstanding event that took place in the Great Physical Auditorium 100 years ago is described in the article. On June 4, 1920, Nikolai I. Vavilov, professor of the agronomic faculty of Saratov University, made a presentation on «The law of homologous series in variation” to the participants of the III All-Russian Breeding Congress. The law determines the fundamental features of the evolution of plants and living organisms from a genetic standpoint. It influenced the subsequent development of biology, genetics, plant growing, breeding, biophysics and agrophysics on a global scale. The article describes the versatile activities of Nikolai I. Vavilov in 1918–1921 on the post of professor at Saratov University as a teacher, organizer of student practices and expeditions, as a deep scientist and analyst. His report was met with great enthusiasm by the participants of the Breeding congress. The law of homologous series in variation may be compared with the periodic law by Dmitry I. Mendeleev. The article was written by using the materials of the Breeding Congress, the Vavilov’s collection of the Saratov Regional Museum of Local Lore, the memoirs by the participants of the Congress, scientific publications reflecting the modern significance of the law by Nikolai I. Vavilov. More than 50 congress participants, captured in the historical photograph of June 4, 1920, are named. The article notes interesting parallels between the III All-Union Congress of Breeding in 1920 and the VI Congress of the Russian Association of Physicists in 1928, which was also held within the walls of the Great Physical Auditorium. Sergei I. Vavilov was secretary of the Physical congress. The outstanding role of the brothers Nikolai I. and Sergei I. Vavilovs by organization of scientific activity in Russia is emphasized. The topic of modern scientific conferences held at the Great Physical Auditorium is named. It is concluded that the Great Physical Auditorium of Saratov University has acquired the significance of one of the important communication scientific centers of Russia and the world.
Antropologia: para que serve?
Authors: Lima Lorran
Published: December 2020

Resenha da obra Ingold, T. 2019. Antropologia: para que serve?Petrópolis: Editora Vozes.
Racismo institucional e ordens de despejos nos quilombos Mata Cavalo e Jacaré dos Pretos, Mato Grosso
Authors: Held Thaisa Maira Rodrigues
Published: December 2020

O artigo trata da atuação do judiciário nas ordens de despejo de famílias quilombolas nos territórios de Mata Cavalo e Jacaré dos Pretos, em NossaSenhora do Livramento, estado de Mato Grosso, à luz do racismo institucional. Tem por objetivo demonstrar que o perfil do judiciário brasileirotem relação com sua atuação em situações que envolvem a população negra, abordando casos de crimes de racismo, mas sobretudo em ações dereintegração de posse envolvendo conflitos de interesses de não quilombolas. Foi utilizado o método dedutivo, uma vez que parte da leitura de conceitos e de dados gerais em relação ao racismo institucional para uma análise dos casos particulares de dois territórios quilombolas. Para isso, foi utilizada a análise de documentos e de conteúdo das decisões judiciais, tendo como parâmetro as diretrizes legais. Conclui-se que a atuação paradoxal do Estado, que, apesar de reconhecer o direito ao território quilombola, o nega, seja pela não implementação das políticas de regularização fundiária, seja pela atuação violenta do judiciário nos despejos forçados, caracterizando-se nítida materialização do racismo institucional.
PANDEMIA VIRAL E PANDEMIA ECONÔMICA
Authors: Fenzl Norbert
Published: December 2020

O artigo trata de uma análise sobre o contexto sócio-econômico e político da pandemia Covid-19, fundamentado no delírio neoliberal globalizado, que destrói a resiliencia dos países no enfrentamento de epidemias ou pandemias como aquela que estamos enfrentando agora.  O desmantelamento da saúde publica, desemprego, desnutrição e fome não somente enfraquecem o sistema imunológico do individuo, mas também o que podemos chamar de sistema imunológico da nação. Portanto, não adianta tratar a pandemia como uma simples questão de saúde publico e esperar a vacina como o salvador da pátria. Sem abordagem sistêmica, percebendo a verdadeira complexidade do assunto que é muito mais abrangente da questão virológica, não sermos capazes de tirar nenhuma lição sustentável desta pandemia.
INSTRUÇÕES SOBRE AS CONSEQUÊNCIAS NEGATIVAS DO COMER E SUA INFLUÊNCIA NO COMPORTAMENTO ALIMENTAR: UM ESTUDO EXPLORATÓRIO
Authors: Calegare Natália Marcourakis , Regis Neto Denigés Maurel , Dahás Liane Jorge de Souza
Published: December 2020

Estudos experimentais investigaram o quanto instruções podem modular a fissura por alimentos. O presente trabalho teve como objetivos averiguar se as instruções exercem controle sobre o consumo de alimento, sobre os relatos de fissura e se há correspondência entre os relatos de fissura e o consumo de alimento. Além disso, teve-se foco em apresentar um método alternativo ao vigente para o estudo de instruções e alimentação, no qual medidas diretas são empregadas para avaliar quanto essas variáveis interagem. Para tal, o experimento contou com três participantes mulheres, no desenho de linha de base múltipla entre participantes. Na linha de base, as participantes foram expostas a imagens dos alimentos de preferência, escalas de fissura e acessavam os alimentos disponíveis para o consumo. Nas sessões experimentais, foram expostas às mesmas imagens, porém eram orientadas a pensar nas consequências negativas de ingerirem os alimentos, considerando sua saúde, peso e aparência corporal; após preencheram as escalas de fissura e tiveram acesso aos alimentos. Foram encontrados indicativos de redução de fissura no decorrer das sessões para os participantes 2 e 3, considerando as análises das médias, o que corrobora a literatura. No entanto, é possível que essa redução se dê em função da repetição da medição da fissura no decorrer das sessões e não necessariamente em função da inserção da variável independente. Não é possível concluir que as instruções exercem controle sobre as variáveis fissura e consumo. Além disso, foram encontrados indicativos de que não há correspondência entre consumo e fissura.Palavras-chave: consumo alimentar, instruções, psicopatologia experimental, fissura.
Editorial
Authors: Barros Romariz Da Silva
Published: December 2020

Editorial
O Jato de Ar Quente Como um Estímulo Aversivo em Contingências de Fuga em Ratos
Authors: Carvalho Neto Marcus Bentes de , Maestri Thrissy Collares , Hunziker Maria Helena Leite
Published: December 2020

To increase the number of aversive stimuli that are available for laboratory research, the hot air blast (HAB) was tested as a negative reinforcer in two escape contingencies. Sixteen naïve rats were exposed to 30 or 60 HAB presentations. For half of the subjects, the escape response was jumping in a shuttle box; for the others, the HAB was interrupted after a nose poke response. The results showed that seven of eight subjects (87.5%) in each group learned the required escape response. These data confirm the negative reinforcing function of the HAB, which may be an alternative aversive stimulus to be adopted in research with nonhumans subjects.Keywords: escape; negative reinforcement; hot air blast; aversive control.