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Genre-based teaching cycle and instructional design for teaching texts and mandated curriculum contents
Authors: Triastuti Anita , Madya Suwarsih , Chappell Philip
Published: August 2022

This study aimed to construct a genre-based teaching (GBT) model for accommodating the Indonesian EFL curriculum. Anchored in two current GBT cycles developed by Derewianka and Jones (2016) and Chappell (in preparation), a modified GBT cycle and the following instructional design model were constructed. This design-based study conducted its first two stages: the analysis of practical problems and the development of solutions based on the existing knowledge. The practical problem analysis was executed through four exploratory studies of the analyses of instructional documents, open-ended reflective questions, English textbooks, and literature. The exploratory studies reveal context-specific problems of GBT implementation which suggest the need for the provision of a GBT model to guide the enactment of teachers’ GBT practices. The development of solutions was achieved by carefully modifying a GBT cycle informed by principled eclecticism and designing a series of instructional steps which offer three strands for teaching texts and systematic ways for integrating the mandated contents of the Indonesian EFL curriculum. The constructed GBT model is to provide a systematic instructional organization for teaching texts, developing English language skills, and incorporating varied mandated instructional contents of the Indonesian EFL curriculum and to illustrate a construction process of a GBT model to accommodate varied contents of EFL curriculum.
A needs analysis to develop new curriculum for Korean college students in higher education
Authors: Park Eunjeong
Published: August 2022

Language teachers and instructors should always consider how to successfully develop new curricula. A medium-sized university in Korea launched a new liberal arts course for freshmen. A language instructor conducted a need analysis to understand the needs of college students to develop a new curriculum of the assigned course. The purpose of this study is to examine the needs of Korean university students who learn English to develop new curriculum and instruction reflecting learner needs accordingly. Data were collected through interviews and survey questionnaires. The qualitative data of the interview went through a thematic analysis process, and the quantitative data of the survey were analysed through statistical tests. As a result, various perspectives of students were revealed. First, this study showed that competency-based language instruction is essential for learners’ language development. Second, skill integration was needed to improve language skills. Third, the students expected constructive feedback from the instructor on their English grammar and vocabulary use. This study presents the significance of performing needs analysis and suggests that language teachers should consider it for their professional development and growth in higher education.
Individual and Interpersonal Factors That Influence Dis-closure of Personal Identifiable Information on Social Net-Working Sites
Authors: Alturki Ahmed , Alkhaldi Shatha , Algarni Abdullah
Published: August 2022

This study aims to examine the influence of individual factors such as self-esteem and public con-sciousness and interpersonal factors such as the need for self-validation, social skills, and willingness to trust others on ‘personal identifiable information’ (PII) disclosure. The study used a quantitative research method. The study enrolled 375 male and female participants from Saudi Arabia. A closed-ended questionnaire was used to collect the data and analyzed using SPSS version 23. The study results predict that the following fac-tors: self-validation, public self-consciousness, willingness to trust others, and social skills influence PII dis-closure levels on social networking sites (SNS). This study identifies the most critical determinants and per-sonal or individual factors that affect the degree of PII disclosure on SNSs.
Design and Implementation of Logistics Model 2019-NCOV Epidemic Development Simulation System in the Context of Big Data
Authors: Liu Dong-Xu , Qin Feng , Wang Wan-Sheng , Li Xiu-Ru , Zhang Lu-Lu , Jiang Lin , Wang Ying-Ming , Zuo Dan-Dan , Zheng Yi-Ran
Published: August 2022

The outbreak of COVID-19 in December 2019 sent tens of thousands of people into panic; For sudden outbreak, due to the variability and immune virus, in view of the research and development will be to contain virus vaccine, so the country should not only possess strong vaccine research and development team and scientific research ability, and more need a kind of epidemic development simulation platform, the simulationof the real effective epidemic trends, provide high quality data for prevention and research department reference value; In this paper, the minimum deviation is sought through Logistics prediction model to improve the reliability and authenticity of epidemic simulation and prediction data. Real-time communication is completed by combining big data technology Spark training model and Kafka, and the simple and intuitive H5 realistic visual interface is adopted.
An Automatic System to Enhance Videos for a Learning Experience, Using an Interlinking Technique
Authors: Ben Said Olfa , Wali Ali , M. Alimi Adel
Published: August 2022

Basing on the emergent evolution of web technologies and the increasing number of video consumerson the one hand, and the immense role of this multimedia data in the information diffusion in the other hand, we have thought of designing a new system which makes connection between videosand Knowledge base connected to the semantic web technologies, inorder to enhance videos.We aim by this work to enhance information received by the video's viewer with extra-data. The added data must be related to the video topics and explains more the content of the video. In this paper, we present the proposed system with the different components and used techniques.
Legal support of environmental safety and rational use of natural resources based on ESG principles
Authors: Agafonov V. B.
Published: August 2022

The article is devoted to the study of modern problems of legal support of environmental protection, environmental safety and rational use of natural resources, including on the basis of the best existing practices, methods and standards of conducting environmentally responsible business (ESG principles). The conclusion is proved, according to which, in the conditions of active application of ESG standards in the economic activities of enterprises, new forms, models and methods of using natural resources and their protection are significantly ahead of environmental legislation in time. Taking into account the fact that the latest changes in the federal environmental legislation of the Russian Federation will, to one degree or another, affect almost all economic entities (not only directly or indirectly related to the production, processing, use, transportation and transit of hydrocarbons or other energy resources, but even partly small and medium-sized businesses), in addition to the appropriate transformation of environmental legislation in response to these challenges, it is necessary to develop modern legal mechanisms for environmental protection, ensuring environmental safety and nature management based on ESG principles, which will, first of all, take into account global trends (trends) modernization of the economy, management, social development, as well as the need to use advanced “green” technologies.
Ensuring the objectives of environmental safety when using agricultural land
Authors: Maksimov E. L.
Published: August 2022

The article examines the state of legal regulation of relations related to ensuring national security. The importance of ensuring environmental safety as an integral part of the national security of the Russian Federation is noted. The author refers to the documents of strategic planning — Strategies on national security, on environmental security. Based on the analysis of the current state of protection of the individual, society, state from internal and external threats, using the approaches to ensuring the types of security specified in the strategy, the conclusion is made about the importance of implementing a set of measures aimed at ensuring security, among which the author highlights state supervision (control). Among a large number of bodies of such supervision, the author singles out and analyzes the activities of a specially authorized body for the implementation of state supervision over the state and use of agricultural land — the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Supervision. The author refers to the documents that regulate the implementation of supervisory functions, to documents reflecting the results of the work of this body, analyzes the results of such activities, draws conclusions about the presence of difficulties, problems in the implementation of such supervision in an effective way, suggests options for solving such problems.
On the safe handling of animals in pre-revolutionary Russia
Authors: Doynikov P. I.
Published: August 2022

The relationship between human society and the animal world is on the verge of a fundamental, qualitative reboot! When analyzing the prospects for changes in the legal status of animals in the Russian Federation, it is customary to turn to Western European experience. At the same time, the fact that pre-revolutionary Russian jurisprudence considered the problems of protecting animals from harsh treatment through the legalization of their rights is either forgotten or deliberately suppressed. In part, this oblivion is explained by the ideological alienation of the Soviet legal ideology of the institutionalization of the legal personality of animals, and the approximation of their legal status to the legal status of man.

Progressive-minded practicing lawyers, as well as legal theorists, need to get rid of ideas about the bourgeois pseudoscience of owning animal rights and stop considering animals exclusively as things. The theoretical support in this paradigm shift of public consciousness is the views of Russian humanist jurists of the late XIX-early XX century.

In this article, the ideas about changing the legal status of animals contained in the works of Y. Levandovsky, P.V. Bezobrazov, S. Fischer are consistently analyzed. Giving an idea that before the revolution of 1917, domestic jurisprudence was in the trend of global trends, the humanization of relations between human society and the animal world. Expressed in the desire of the most liberal and progressive part of jurists to legalize the natural rights of animals, that is, to guarantee them the right to life. After a long period of oblivion, the ideas of the validity of animal rights have become the property of caring environmentalists, as well as truly liberal-oriented jurists of modern Russia.
Improvement of information and legal support of ecological and biological safety of genetic technologies
Authors: Viphanova G. V.
Published: August 2022

he development of genetic technologies requires adequate legal regulation of these relations, taking into account their characteristics and the need to ensure the safety of genetic engineering activities on a systematic basis in conjunction with biological, environmental, climatic, sanitary and epidemiological, food and other types of national security. The article considers the main directions for improving the legislation on genetic engineering activities and related branches of legislation, including in the field of ensuring biological safety. The necessity of legal regulation of relations related to the use of genomic editing technology as an integral part of genetic engineering activities is substantiated. When improving legislation in the field of genetic engineering, it is necessary to take into account the objective processes associated with the emergence of GMOs of new generations, based on a differentiated approach to assessing GMO risks and monitoring them. Risk assessment of further development of genetic technologies, ensuring their safety should be carried out on the basis of an integrated approach as part of biological safety, in connection with which it is necessary to legalize the concepts of “genetic technologies” and “biological technologies”, determine the relationship between them, legislate their classification, as well as concepts of “risk assessment”, “risk factors”, “biological safety indicators”. There is a need for systematic information and legal support for the use of genetic and biotechnologies, one of the directions of which is the legal regulation of the activities of bioresource centers, as well as the procedure for creating, maintaining, using bioresource collections and biobanks, including the conceptual apparatus, principles, organizational and legal measures.
About the problems of the ensuring environmental safety during realization of the priority projects focus on modernization and expansion transport and other infrastructure facility
Authors: Romanova O. A.
Published: August 2022

In the article changes in town planning, land and ecological legislation for realization of the Spatial Development Strategy of the Russian Federation in terms of construction and modernization of the transport and other infrastructure facility are analysed in the social and political changed circumstances from the perspective of its impact on ensuring environmental safety. Rules of Federal Act of 31.07.2020 № 254‑ФЗ in the version of 01.05.2022 “About peculiarities of the regulation of individual relationships for realization of the priority projects focus on modernization and expansion of the infrastructure and on Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation” that imposing simplified procedure for construction and reconstruction of the transport and other infrastructure facility of federal, regional and local importance including possibility of implementation of the actions within the boundaries specially protected natural areas of regional and local importance and also Baikal natural area are considered. Reduction of ecological requirements during construction of the infrastructure facility is shown and environmental risks emerging during realization of the Federal Act is made an assessment.
Ecological and legal problems of ensuring environmental safety in the disposal of production and consumption waste
Authors: Kultyugina A. T.
Published: August 2022

The increasing every year amount of waste that has a negative impact on the environment poses a threat of violation of the human right to a favourable environment through the prism of ecological safety, which is an integral part of the national security of the Russian Federation. The present article contains an attempt to analyze the existing ecological and legal problems of ecological safety during production and consumption waste disposal, to outline the main ways of state policy improvement in this sphere. The author presents the analysis of normative-legal acts, regulating the relations in the sphere of ecological safety, the analysis of which allowed to define the problematic issues, which are not effectively regulated. Proposals on perfection of legal regulation in sphere of providing of ecological safety at the production and consumption wastes handling are proved.
Getting Sick and Living with Cancer: Narratives Found in Blogs
Authors: Oliveira Walter
Published: August 2022

This study, of data collection with documentative, descriptive, exploratory and interpretative basis, anchored in Paul Ricoeur's hermeneutics-phenomenology, aimed at analyzing, from the point of view of the patient, how it is to live with osteossarcoma in Brazil. Personal narratives were investigated in 259 posts in eight blogs. In this article we present three emerging categorical themes: difficulties in accessing treatment, physical barriers and attitude barriers. The posts pointed indicated that being affected by osteosarcoma implies: facing barriers that involve geographical distance, transportation, and accommodation; dealing with failures in the health service related to delays in diagnosis, test results, and procedures; physical, including architectural obstacles; and stigmatization. Emotional concerns, especially related to relationships with family, friends, and feelings about society´s reactions toward the person with the disease were mentioned as important as the concrete barriers they faced on an everyday basis.
Diagnosis, follow up and clinical management of individuals identified with a TP53 pathogenic variant
Authors: Fernandes Sofia , Fragoso Sofia , Filipe Bruno , Santos Sidonia , Duarte Teresa , Bento Sandra , Mira Beatriz , Luis Ana , Miguel Isalia , Moura Cecilia , Marques Jose , Claro Isabel , Carvalho Ines , Louro Pedro , Parreira Joana , Rodrigues Paula , Vaz Fatima
Published: August 2022

Li-Fraumeni syndrome (LFS) is an autosomal dominant cancer predisposition syndrome. Germline pathogenic/likely pathogenic variants (P/LPVs) in the TP53 gene are the only known genetic cause of this entity. Due to the severe phenotype and controversy over increasing surveillance and risk-reducing measures, TP53 testing has traditionally only been offered when strict criteria were met. However, with the application of next generation sequencing (NGS) to multigene testing (MGT), such as hereditary breast cancer panels, TP53 variants are being increasingly detected. In our multidisciplinary program, 2389 TP53 molecular tests were performed between January 2000 and December 2021, resulting in the identification of 29 carriers harboring 20 different TP53 P/LPVs, including one not previously described [c.242del p.(Thr81Asnfs*42)] and another of variable penetrance [c.799C>T p.(Arg267Trp)]. Two molecular findings with low allele frequencies (LAF) required additional diagnostic workup. Family phenotypes fulfilled Chompret (n=14), classic (n=4), or none of any previously described clinical criteria (n=4). For all cancers registered, patients had a first cancer diagnosis earlier when harboring DNE_LOF (DNE_LOF: dominant negative_loss of function), notDNE_LOF, frameshift and splicing variants (p<0,05), in contrast with notDNE_notLOF and unclassified variants. Breast (either as first or subsequent diagnosis) and cancers other than sarcomas and CNS, were diagnosed earlier in patients with notDNE_LOF variants (p<0,05). For a follow-up of 51,5 months (2-118,9), we registered 11 deaths, 9 new cancers (all in previous cancer survivors), and 6 relapses (50% sarcoma cases). Radiotherapy-associated cancer was observed in one new cancer diagnosis. One healthy male underwent preimplantation genetic testing. With this study, we reinforce the need to provide multidisciplinary programs, even for a rare patient population, to avoid clinical mismanagement.
Melanoma: A Therapeutic Revolution Happening Before Our Eyes
Authors: Anaya-Prado Roberto , Hernández-González Heli , Campo Andres , Anaya-Fernández Michelle , Azcona-Ramírez Consuelo , Anaya-Fernández Roberto , Urueta-Chávez Bryan , Méndez-Bisgaard Liam , Delgado-Vázquez Juan , García-Romero Adriana
Published: August 2022

Malignant melanoma (MM) is among the most common cancers in the world. Although incidence has been increasing worldwide, most of the cases have been reported to occur in the European continent. Risk factors for the development of MM have been clearly recognized; yet, the accepted theory is that the risk of melanoma is highly determined by the interplay between genetic factors and exposure to sunlight. Morphological characteristics classify melanoma into four subtypes: Superficial spreading melanoma (SSM); nodular melanoma (NM), Lentigo maligna (LM) and Acral lentiginous melanoma (ALM). SSM represents approximately 70% of the cases. Mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) has been identified as a key regulatory element in most melanomas. MAPK is the most relevant signal pathway in the development of melanoma; while the microphthalmia-associated transcription factor (MITF) is a target of extracellular signal-related kinase (ERK) and controls the production of the pigment melanin, cell cycling and survival. Surgical resection is still considered the cornerstone of the treatment in the vast majority of patients with early-stage melanoma. However, treatment of metastatic or recurrent melanoma has significantly been improved with the advent of targeted immunotherapies. The greatest advantage has been observed with the use of checkpoint-inhibitor immunotherapy. But, Adoptive cell therapy (ACT) for the treatment of metastatic melanoma, in patients who have progressed to immunotherapy and/or targeted therapies without success, is currently under investigation with promising results.
Pleuroparenchymal Fibroelastosis and Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis: A Clinical, Radiological and Pathological Overview
Authors: Fernandes Ana , Melo Natália , Neves Inês , Bastos Hélder , Mota Patrícia , Carvalho André , Pereira José , Guimarães Susana , Moura Conceição , Morais António
Published: August 2022

Non-idiopathic pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis (PPFE) has been increasingly reported in the literature. Little is known about the clinical relevance of PFFE and hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) overlap; therefore, we sought to investigate the clinical, radiological, and pathological features of patients with these two diseases. Five patients were identified, and the detailed characterization of these cases revealed a heterogeneous group in terms of clinical and treatment options. No mortality, acute exacerbations, or a significant decline in lung function were verified. Our cases seem to have a more “benign” disease behavior, contrary to previous idiopathic PPFE studies. More studies are needed to corroborate these findings and to better elucidate the clinical significance of PPFE and HP overlap.
Lessons from studies in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa on improvement of basic medical education and related health services
Authors: Ahmed Mushtaq , Vellani Cameruddin
Published: August 2022

South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa are facing rapid proliferation of medical schools especially in the private sector stimulated by demand for doctors in the mainly curative private health sector. Accreditation has failed to stem declining standards of basic medical education and its increasing irrelevance to national health care needs. Medical graduates tend to opt for careers in high paying specialties and frequently migrate to Western countries for career progression and a better organized lifestyle. However, some recent developments hold promise for improvement and are potential solutions to the problem: (a) the trend towards decentralization of health systems favours strengthening of district health services that hold the key to serve populations equitably, with district hospitals as hubs for integrating clinical care and Primary Health Care; (b) the trend towards diversification of basic medical education to district health services is potentially beneficial for both as they are interdependent; and (c) the realization that accreditation of health professional education must influence health outcomes through practice provides the impetus to improve related health services. The aim of the present review was to find evidence of successful implementation of these measures in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. Evidence of improvements in performance and health outcomes from decentralization of health systems and strengthening of district health services is forthcoming, although provision and management of human and financial resources are challenging. Similarly, there is growing evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa that improvement of health professional education and quality of health care occurs when experiential learning is based at district level hospitals and its related health services; albeit the evidence is presently limited to externally supported projects. Accreditation based on successful integration of medical education and health services, is the weakest link. Although there is growing pressure for national accreditation agencies to implement global standards of basic medical education, without the context of professional development associated with coordinated improvement in related health services the notion that global standards will improve health care lacks credibility. Eventually, effective convergence of these measures is required if the daunting health challenges in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa are to be addressed sustainably.
The Application of Bioethical Principles in the Use of Pharmacogenomics in Person-Centered Medicine
Authors: Yunta Eduardo
Published: August 2022

This study reviews ethical issues encountered in the literature about the use of pharmacogenomics in personalized medicine. Data gathered from Medline, Scopus, and Scielo were grouped as issues belonging to the application of the four bioethical principles. Autonomy: informed consent with vulnerable populations, consent for biobanks, changes in the physician-patient relationship, safeguarding confidentiality; non-malifecence: risks of stigmatization and discrimination, risks in clinical trials; beneficence: risk/benefit assessment in favor of benefit; and justice: pharmacogenetic tests and public health interests, equity concerns. Issues discussed were: reasons in favor and against returning research results from genomic and pharmacogenetic testing, enhancing the participation of vulnerable populations, and the reconsideration of respect for autonomy from a viewpoint too individualistic to a communal perspective since personal reality is constructed in relation to many significant others.
The Use of Masks for Women During the Covid-19 Pandemic: Cloth Masks Are the Main Choice for Rural Communities, Banyumas, Indonesia
Authors: Hikmawati Isna , Setiyabudi Ragil , Yuliarti Yuliarti
Published: August 2022

Background: The coronavirus (Covid-19) epidemic first occurred in China at the end of 2019, developing into a pandemic almost all over the world. Its massive spread has made several countries adopt a policy of using masks during the pandemic. The purpose of the study was to describe the use of masks during the Covid-19 pandemic in rural communities. Methods: The research design was a cross-sectional study with a sample of the community in Purwodadi Village, Banyumas Regency, Central Java, Indonesia.Sampling with a total sampling, as many as 50 members of the PKK (Pemberdayaan Kesejahteraan Keluarga) at the village level. The project team obtained written informed consent from respondents. The research instrument used a questionnaire. The questions have been validated and the reliability. Data were analyzed using Chi square (X2) with p value < 0.05. Results: Research shows 70% of people use masks when leaving the house during the Covid-19 pandemic, 46% of people feel uncomfortable wearing masks, 88% use cloth masks, 60% have masks > 5 pieces, 44% of mothers' role in reminding them to wear masks and72% wash masks every day. There is a difference in the proportion in preventing Covid-19 between people who have received health education and good knowledge about Covid-19, but there is no difference in the level of education. Conclusion: 30% of rural communities have not participated in wearing masks to prevent Covid-19, and cloth masks are the first choice of types of masks used during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Can Black Americans Reduce or Eliminate Racial Health Disparities by Getting More Sun Exposure?
Authors: Hoel David
Published: August 2022

It is becoming well understood that insufficient sun exposure is a risk factor for many adverse health effects. Increased adverse health effects such as cancers and cardiovascular disease have been quantified with respect to measured levels of vitamin D, a marker for sun exposure. Most acquired vitamin D [measured as 25(OH)D level] is a result of ultraviolet radiation from sun exposure. Because of higher levels of melanin in the skin, individuals with darker skin obtain less vitamin D and other beneficial sun-produced biomolecules such as nitric oxide from a given amount of sun exposure. It is the purpose of this paper to report the published observed 25(OH)D levels in Black Americans and the correlated levels of adverse health effects. Our conclusion is that insufficient sun exposure is a major component of the observed health disparities between Black and White Americans, and that Black Americans can significantly attenuate these disparities by having enough additional sun exposure to raise their 25(OH)D levels to 30 ng/mL.
Vaccine Immunomodulation of Disease: Targeting the Treatment of Autoimmune Diseases
Authors: Rosenthal Ken , Zimmerman Daniel
Published: August 2022

Autoimmune disease disrupts the normal immunological balance by promoting a perpetual cycle of innate/immune/inflammatory responses that continues due to the continued presence of antigen. The disease cycle is in turn amplified and regulated by cycles of antigen-specific T cell mediated immune responses. Removal of the stimuli or regulation of the disease drivers can stop the cycle to allow rebalancing and prevent the progression or chronicity of disease. As an alternative to the current treatments for autoimmune and inflammatory disease, which reduce, inhibit or eliminate the triggers, drivers or antigens, newer approaches stimulate regulatory responses, or inhibit or repurpose the effector/inflammatory responses to control the immune disease cycle. LEAPS (Ligand Epitope Antigen Presentation System) therapeutic vaccines for rheumatoid arthritis are presented as examples of therapies that elicit antigen specific T cell modulation of autoimmune and inflammatory responses to treat disease.
The Evolution of Human Circadian Rhythms: An Ancient Defence Mechanism Impacting Modern Life-Styles
Authors: Smith David
Published: August 2022

Circadian rhythms are a feature of almost all living cells. When isolated from external stimuli, organisms exhibit self-sustaining cycles in behaviour, physiology and metabolism, with a period of approximately 24 hours. Sunlight is used to entrain this endogenously generated rhythmicity to the earth’s rotation to provide a three-dimensional perception of the world plus the fourth external dimension, time. I hypothetically trace the evolution of the system from blue-light photoreception by the earliest marine organisms to the rise of photosynthetic bacteria creating an aerobic environment. Species now had to contend with the exogenous threat of UV radiation plus the endogenous toxic by-products of oxidative phosphorylation. Mammalian systems incorporated tools from earlier systems but refined them to the present highly integrated system of control of physiology. Cryptochrome, the blue light photoreceptor, is incorporated but photoreception now the domain of opsins in the retina. The system having central control by the suprachiasmatic nucleus within the hypothalamus, well placed to receive light information from the retina but also communicating with other brain areas and the periphery through neural and hormonal links. This system still has relevance to us as humans within our modern environment, since a de-synchronised circadian system can contribute to a number of diseases.
Commentary on Leveraging Systems Science to Understand COVID-19 and Its Public Health Sequelae
Authors: Burke Jessica , Thompson Jessica , Mair Christina , Coulter Robert
Published: August 2022

We advocate for the use a systems science approach to uncover and understand the systems affecting and affected by COVID- 19 and conducted a group model building project to create a causal loop diagram illustrating the relationships between COVID-19 and multiple health issues. The diagram includes 16 variables and multiple feedback loops in our causal loop diagram of the impact of COVID-19 on people’s lives and well-being. This commentary highlights three loops to illustrate the complex interrelationships within the system of factors. The first loop highlights the impact that structural interventions. such as closing all bars or restricting capacity/operating hours, can have on COVID-19. The second loop illustrates the reason that school closures are a good idea for controlling the spread of COVID-19, and also highlights the consequence that closing schools has on social isolation. The final loop addresses how social isolation to protect against infections contributes to poor mental health and the varied associated responses. Our fairly straightforward and simple exercise can serve as an example for others committed to addressing public health challenges and improving community health and well-being. We believe that public health researchers and practitioners must move beyond what is easy and known, embrace complexity and leverage systems science to understand COVID-19, its public health sequelae and intervention opportunities.
«Long COVID» Molecular Genetic Markers in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Authors: Urakov Aleksandr , Sorokina Yulia , Lovtsova Lubov
Published: August 2022

Coronavirus infection influences on multiple organs and contributes to the progression of concurrent diseases. The most notable and outstanding changes and COVID complications appear in patients with pre – existing cardiovascular and metabolic disturbances especially in elderly. There is evidence that acute viral as well as chronical diseases promote rapid cell senescence and prolong the process of recovery from disease. This review reflects the main common points and axis joining the pre-existing diseases and coronavirus infections complications and resolution. Diabetes mellitus type 2 and cardiovascular diseases (hypertension) predispose to severe outcome of the disease and the COVID-19 mortality risk. The Klotho protein level may be promising predictor of COVID severity and complications in many patients. In order to control properly the rehabilitation process and estimate the level of treatment efficacy we tried to reflect the property of milestone clue biomarker of senescence and cell damage – Klotho protein.
Nanostructured coating, Agricultural Biomass, Organic Rankine Cycle.
Authors: Bayona Roa Camilo , Gonzalez Caranton Alberth Renne , Orellano José lLuis , Aparicio Camacho Diego Fernando , Orozco Juan Felipe
Published: August 2022

The transformation and use of agricultural and agro-industrial biomass has been the focus of study in recent years, due to its treatment and use in value-added products such as liquid, solid and gaseous fuels. Molecules such as hydrogen, organic carbon, organic nitrogen, oxygen, and oxygenated compounds present in the liquid phase of biomass currently represent opportunities for synthesis of green fuels and inputs for the industry. In this work was discussed the main aspects for Animal Biomass transformations from a perspective based on Biooils composition obtained from different thermochemical methods, containing model molecules, useful for biofuels synthesis for transportation.
To study the efficacy of AG CUFFILL (Digital) compared to that of standard PORTEX cuff inflator/pressure analog gauge for the measurement of endotracheal tube cuff pressure
Authors: Shetti Akshaya N. , Vijayakumar Veena , Singla Bhavika
Published: August 2022

Endotracheal tube (ETT) is commonly used to provide positive pressure ventilation. ETT cuff pressure is maintained within a range of 20 to 30 cmH2O. High pressure affects micro-circulation and integrity of the tracheal mucosa, resulting in complications. The cuff pressure is measured by connecting a pressure gauge device to pilot balloon. Two variety devices are available; analog or digital manometers. Present study is used to study the efficacy of AG CUFFILLL (Digital) compared with standard PORTEX Cuff inflator/pressure gauge (Analog) for the measurement of ETT cuff pressure.

This study was conducted after obtaining institutional ethical clearance and written informed consent.100 patients between the age of 18-70yrs who fulfilled inclusion criteria. We measured ETT cuff pressure using AG CUFFILL (Digital) and standard PORTEX Cuff inflator/pressure gauge and compared the pressure recording of the two equipment and we studied ease of use for both.

Out of 100 patients between the age of 18-70yrs, 61 patients (61%) were male and 39 patients (39%) were female. Mean cuff pressure of ETT using AG CUFFILL was 36.29±6.36 cmH2O and in PORTEX was 33.97±6.16cm H2O. Mean difference in the values between the cuff pressure measured by AG CUFFILL and PORTEX was ± 2.67. Comparing the two devices, it was noticed that in 05 (5%) patients measuring ETT cuff pressure using AG CUFFILL was difficult as the values were fluctuating.

Based on results, authors recommend AG CUFFILL for ETT cuff pressure measurement owing to its accuracy, non-bulky, and ease to carry.
¿Es el suicidio un evento prevenible?
Authors: Campo-Arias Adalberto , Suárez-Colorado Yuly
Published: August 2022

Con alto grado de certeza y basado en la evidencia disponible, muchos casos de suicidio se pueden prevenir. Pero, indiscutiblemente, es difícil predecir y prevenir todos los eventos. Aunque, se pueden identificar los factores de riesgo biológicos, psicológicos, culturales, religiosos, sociales, económicos, políticos, etcétera. Las estrategias preventivas más frecuentes responden a los factores de riesgos; sin embargo, ningún factor en forma aislada o independiente, es capaz predecir en sí mismo un caso de suicidio en particular2. El suicidio es un evento resultado de interacciones complejas de todas las variables antes anotadas y, por lo tanto, los casos de suicidio consumado no deberían generar sentimientos de culpa en familiares, amigos o profesionales de la salud.
Desigualdades sociales en salud: análisis de la región pacífica colombiana
Authors: Asprilla-Córdoba Keyra Liseth , Montenegro-Martínez Gino
Published: August 2022

Objetivo. Determinar las desigualdades sociales en salud entre los departamentos que componen la región pacífica colombiana. Materiales y Métodos. Estudio ecológico transversal con información retrospectiva a partir de los datos de Censo nacional de población y vivienda y nacimientos y defunciones para el 2018. Se seleccionó como variable estratificadora el índice de Necesidades Básicas Insatisfechas (NBI) y como variables de resultado la esperanza de vida, tasa de mortalidad infantil, tasa de mortalidad en menores de 5 años y la razón de mortalidad materna para cada uno de los departamentos de la región pacífica de Colombia. Se calcularon las brechas de desigualdad absoluta simple, relativa simple, índice de desigualdad de la pendiente y el índice relativo de desigualdad. Resultados. El NBI tiene consecuencias importantes para la esperanza de vida, tasa de mortalidad infantil, tasa de mortalidad en menores de 5 años y razón de mortalidad materna, las cuales son más marcadas en el departamento del Chocó. Contrariamente, el Valle del Cauca es el departamento de la región pacífica que exhibe el mejor comportamiento en los indicadores seleccionados. Conclusiones. Se requiere el diseño de intervenciones más complejas que tengan en cuenta las condiciones en las que viven las personas de la región pacífica, esto potencialmente puede mejorar los resultados en salud.
A Robust LQR-Based Fuzzy-Immune PID Applied for a Greenhouse Temperature Networked Control
Authors: Banharkou Ibtihal , Gherbi Sofiane , Mehennaoui Lamine
Published: August 2022

Bioinspired control system strategies have received considerable attention in recent years, demonstrating their effectiveness to control various classes of systems. This paper presents a new robust LQR-based fuzzy-immune PID controller synthesis method, the particularity of this structure is the combination of the features granted by the linear quadratic regulator LQR and the fuzzy-immune PID controller as: robustness, optimization and self-adapting. The proposed approach is applied to the temperature control of a greenhouse system over Ethernet network. Such control loop is bound to be affected by several uncertainties such as communication delays, packet dropout... etc., it is therefore necessary to adopt a robust control strategy that can handle these problems. MATLAB/Simulink is used to simulate the proposed controller structure under several perturbations/uncertainties scenarios. The results show better time domain performance and greater robustness against uncertainties, in comparison with other PID structures (classic and fuzzy immune PID).
Classification of Induction Motor Bearing Failures Through Retro-Propagation Neural Network Algorithm and Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System of Type Takagi-Sugeno
Authors: Bouguern Abla , Ghoudelbourk Sihem , Boukadoum Aziz
Published: August 2022

The goal of this work was to study the best technique for fault diagnosis in bearing induction motors. Degraded operating modes may occur during the life of the induction motors. One of the main causes of these failures is the defects of the bearings. To improve the operational safety of the drives, monitoring facilities can be placed to perform preventive maintenance. We present a classification of the vibration vector signal based on the vibration data obtained from the vector signal for four types of bearing defects (healthy, ball defect, inner ring and outer ring defect). The automatic diagnosis of these vectors is performed using artificial intelligence techniques that combine retro-propagation neural network algorithm and fuzzy inference system adaptive network of type Takagi-Sugeno. These techniques give accurate results that are confirmed by numerical simulation.
Practical Research of Online Teaching Platform on Reform of Computer Network with Flipped Classroom
Authors: Cao Fengyun , Feng Yuting , Wei Bin
Published: August 2022

Flipped classroom is a new teaching method used in most colleges and universities to carry on the reform of curriculum teaching. In practical reforming of computer network with flipped classroom, online teaching platform plays an important role. In this paper, two popular online platforms of flipped classroom are introduced. The specific functions are expounded and the advantages and disadvantages are compared.
Biometrics Face Recognition Using Method of Wavelet and Curvelet Transforms with COVID-19
Authors: Alaluosi Wasan Maddah , Mohammed Ahmed Saud
Published: August 2022

During last two decades the subject of face recognition has become a major issue. It has been used in several important real-world applications such as database security, video surveillance, smart card, internet and intranet. The people’s ability to recognize a face is reduced if the person has a mask covering the lower part of face, so it may be focus now on, the eyes and the individual features on upper part of face. To extract the features, the Wavelet and Curvelet transforms proved its efficiency due to its higher for detection of curves and lines, which recognize the human’s face, these features are used to identify the enrolled persons and it should be stored in the template system to be used later in the recognition system. The result of this paper is to recognize the face of person with mask. The system performance was evaluated depend on face database (kaggle) for face-recognition with face mask during COVID-19 period. The results indicate that the proposed system showed good results, and it outperforms the other algorithms that used in face-recognition.
Rastros de censura y autocensura: revelaciones del poder y el miedo sobre el periodismo (en Ecuador 2010-2016)
Authors: Pérez Martínez Javier
Published: August 2022

El escenario conformado en Ecuador en 2007, tras la ruptura con los gobiernos neoliberales, diseñó un aparato regulatorio, burocrático, de control ciudadano y propaganda antes desconocido en el país. Si hace una década los medios estaban sometidos al gran poder de las corporaciones de comunicación, hoy, cumplido este ciclo, “el Estado se ha convertido en un protagonista mediático” (Zeas B, 15 de enero de 2014, parr. 7). Con ello, se propuso examinar cómo afectaron los cambios institucionales y legales al ejercicio del periodismo y cuáles son las amenazas que existen bajo ese escenario. En concreto, en la labor periodística se manifiesta la censura y la autocensura como obstáculos para acercar la verdad en los trabajos publicados. Los profesionales de los medios de comunicación tienden a censurarse en el espacio público por presiones externas o cargas psicológicas. Ambos conceptos ―censura y autocensura― se alimentan entre sí y forman parte de un mismo fenómeno dialógico que restringe la libertad de expresión del periodista; por su parte libertad imprescindible para desempeñar su trabajo. Considerando ese contexto, se advierte el poder y el miedo como categorías centrales que conectan las causas y los efectos de la censura y autocensura. Mediante esos elementos ―poder y miedo― y lo que identificamos como ruta de coacción, se aborda el análisis y la evaluación de los mecanismos e instrumentos de control que enfrentaron los comunicadores en el Ecuador.
Sellos postales e historia de la ciencia: un ejemplo con Robert Koch
Authors: Martínez Reina Marlon Doney , Guzmán Beltrán Ingrid Jovana
Published: August 2022

En este trabajo se analiza la filatelia como fuente histórica y comunicativa de la historia de la ciencia. Se parte de un universo de estudio, los sellos postales emitidos en Europa desde 1840 (año en que se emite el primer sello postal de la historia) hasta el año 2021. Los sellos son analizados desde su simbiosis imagen-texto y confrontados con una bibliografía de referencia y especializada en la historia de la ciencia. Lo anterior, para conformar un universo homogéneo compuesto por 1536 sellos con una iconografía que se relaciona con la historia de la ciencia. En el universo homogéneo se identificaron 28 sellos postales en honor a Robert Koch, los cuales conforman una unidad de análisis, que es documentada y presentada en este texto. Los sellos estudiados permiten una aproximación histórica a la vida y obra de Robert Koch, con conmemoraciones que van desde su nacimiento en 1843, su obra científica, los instrumentos utilizados, sus publicaciones, su Premio Nobel en 1905 y su muerte en 1910.
Globalización y multiculturalidad
Authors: Martín-Barbero Jesús
Published: August 2022

Una de las nuevas modalidades de ciudadanía pasa hoy por los cruces entre las identidades locales y los flujos de información transnacional, lo cual implica nuevas formas de representación y participación política. Martín Barbero analiza en este artículo la naturaleza y la trama de esos cruces y nos coloca de frente a la multiculturalidad como una de las nuevas fronteras de la comunicación.
Desafíos de las maternidades en Colombia desde las políticas públicas, el sector salud y la comunicación
Authors: Muñoz-Zapata Doris , Ariza Sosa Gladys Rocío
Published: August 2022

Este artículo propone una reflexión sobre aspectos relevantes para el avance en la construcción de autonomía de las mujeres en las vivencias de las maternidades en Colombia, en perspectiva de políticas públicas, institucionalidad en salud, participación ciudadana, académica e investigativa. Dicha reflexión se enmarca en los resultados de una investigación doctoral en Ciencias Sociales, con madres participantes en redes sociales virtuales sobre maternidad y crianza, a partir de la cual se plantean las necesidades y expectativas de ellas frente a los programas y la atención por parte de los profesionales de la salud, además, de la consolidación de los escenarios virtuales como espacios de participación y apoyo social.
Sobre gris: Actos de re-existencia
Authors: Acosta Paulo César
Published: August 2022

Background de diversas escenas urbanas, a veces lienzo de coloridas manifestaciones estéticas, otras de rastros, señales del transitar. Marco de extraños contrastes, de fenómenos biológicos y antropológicos. Gris como pantalla que proyecta fugaces escenas de una realidad paralela. Gris suelo, concreto, hueco, mugre, gueto. La dureza y la aspereza de las urbes frías e impersonales se convierten en escenario de poéticos y anónimos cuadros. En estos no-lugares se sitúa un ejercicio de recopilación que pone en evidencia la coexistencia de diversos microuniversos en los cuales se establecen relaciones sorprendentes, que representan el carácter multicultural de la ciudad y son, además, metáforas de resistencia, actos de re-existencia. Cada uno de estos escenarios contiene nuestra memoria colectiva y el espíritu de nuestro tiempo.