bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Successful Remission of Refractory Plantar Warts with Cantharidin Plus in an Immunosuppressed Patient
Authors: Ghafari-Saravi Afsoon
Published: September 2023

Organ transplant patients on immunosuppressive therapies are susceptible to developing refractory human papillomavirus (HPV) infections including cutaneous warts. These warts are known to respond to conservative treatment modalities in the immunocompetent but are often refractory to multiple treatments in the immunosuppressed. Here we report a case of an immunosuppressed adult with plantar warts recalcitrant to numerous therapies that was ultimately treated successfully with cantharidin-podophyllotoxin-salicylic acid (CPS) monotherapy. After 19 treatment sessions over a 16-month time period, complete resolution was achieved. CPS may be a promising treatment modality in cases of severe, refractory verruca plantaris such as those seen in our immunosuppressed patient.
Sellar colloid cyst: Peculiar radiological characteristics of a common lesion at an uncommon location
Authors: Chauhan Bhanu Pratap Singh , Dholakia Binita , Hirani Chirag , Nazir Wajid , Singh Daljit , Singh Hukum
Published: September 2023

Background:

Colloid cysts, common benign lesions of the third ventricle, have rarely been reported in uncommon extraventricular locations such as the pituitary fossa. Even in the sellar region, it is usually seen between the anterior and posterior pituitary lobes (pars intermedia).

Case Description:

Here, we report a case of a female patient, who was incidentally diagnosed with a sellar colloid cyst, while being evaluated for nonspecific holocranial headache. On imaging, there was a lesion located in the anterior sellar region, compressing the whole pituitary gland posteriorly (first reported case to the best of our knowledge), that was found to be a colloid cyst intraoperatively during microsurgical excision through transnasal transsphenoidal route.

Conclusion:

This rare entity should be kept in mind while considering lesions of the pituitary region, as evident by typical radiological features, in spite of being located in a less likely site.
ЭНТРОПИЙНЫЙ МЕТОД РАСЧЕТА МАКСИМАЛЬНОЙ И ЭФФЕКТИВНОЙ ЭНЕРГИЙ АТОМНЫХ СТРУКТУР
Authors: Кораблев Г.А. , Соловьев С.Д.
Published: September 2023

Максимальная и эффективная энергии атомной структуры равны сумме их энтропийных энергетических составляющих. Данное суммирование выполняется для систем в равновесном энтропийном состоянии, и по специальным правилам. Получен пространственно-энергетический параметр, численно равный наиболее эффективной энергии в структурных взаимодействиях. Разработан расчетноаналитический метод оценки растворимости и фазообразования для сложных многокомпонентных металлических систем. Результаты проведенных расчетов удовлетворительно согласуются с экспериментальными данными. Приведена основанная на энтропийных принципах методика расчета энергии активации самодиффузии и объемной диффузии атомов в твердых телах.

The maximum and effective energies of an atomic structure are equal to the sum of their entropic energy components. This summation is performed for systems in an equilibrium entropy state, and according to special rules. A space-energy parameter is obtained that is numerically equal to themost effective energy in structural interactions. A computational and analytical method for estimating solubility and phase formation for complex multicomponent metal systems has been developed. The results of the calculations are in satisfactory agreement with the experimental data. A method based on entropy principles for calculating the activation energy of self-diffusion and volumetric diffusion of atoms in solids is presented.
CELL CYCLES WITH TELOMERASE SYNTHESIS
Authors: Борисов С.А.
Published: September 2023

В статье представлена работа клеток с бесконечными циклами. Также данные клетки способны синтезировать теломеразу при обратной транскриптазе, удлиняющую теломеры. Удлинение теломер приводит к улучшению восстановления клеток, т. к. оно ориентируется на длину теломер, показывающую длину прожитую частью цикла клеток, которому эта клетка принадлежит. Из-за лучшего восстановления клеток они живут дольше. Также эти клетки не могут покончить цикл групповым апоптозом после предела Хейфлика, в 50 делений, который нужен для уменьшения риска развития раковых опухолей.

The article presents the work of cells with infinite cycles. Also, these cells are able to synthesize telomerase with reverse transcriptase, which lengthens telomeres. Telomere lengthening leads to improved cell repair, as it focuses on the length of telomeres, showing the length lived by the part of the cell cycle to which this cell belongs. Because of better cell regeneration, they live longer. Also, these cells cannot terminate the cycle by group apoptosis beyond the Hayflick limit of 50 divisions, which is needed to reduce the risk of developing cancerous tumors.
التفاوت في توزيع الدخل والانفاق: دراسة تحليلية لعينة من أسر العاملين في القطاع الحكومي في مدينة زاخو عام 2016
Authors: نورالدين شلير
Published: September 2023

أن من أهم المواضيع التي ركز عليها الأقتصاديون والمخططون هي مسألة التفاوت في توزيع الدخل والأنفاق وأسبابه، نظرا للآثار السلبية التي تترتب على مسألة التفاوت في توزيع الدخل والأنفاق في المجتمع، ومن هنا جاءت أهمية البحث لتحديد أهم المؤشرات الرقمية والبيانية لدرجة التفاوت في توزيع الدخل والأنفاق الفردي والأسري لعينة من الأسر ممن يعمل رب الأسرة في القطاعات الحكومية (قطاع التعليم،الصحة ،المالية...) في مدينة زاخو لعام 2016 ،وقد أعدت أستمارة أستبيان لهذا الغرض ، وزعت على عينة عشوائية من العاملين في القطاعات الحكومية في مدينة زاخو ، وتم أسترجاع (90) أستمارة صالحة للتفريغ والتحليل من بين مائة أستمارة تم توزيعها على أفراد العينة . ومن أهم المؤشرات التي تم أستخدامها لقياس درجة التفاوت:معامل جيني، معامل الأختلاف ،معامل كوزنتز ، معامل ثايل ومتوسط الأنحراف النسبي ،وقد توصل البحث الى مجموعة من الأستنتاجات،  ومن أهمها هو أن هناك تفاوت في توزيع الدخل والأنفاق بين الفرد والأسرة ، وأن درجة التفاوت في الدخل والأنفاق الفردي أعلى من درجة  التفاوت في الدخل و الأنفاق  الأسري ، حيث بلغت قيمة معامل جيني الأكثر أستخداما لتوزيع الدخل للفرد والأسرة (0.4519)،(0.423) و لتوزيع الأنفاق لنفس أساس التفاوت بلغت (0.40345)،(0.3796) على التوالي ، وهذا يعود الى مجموعة من الأسباب أهمها هو التحصيل العلمي لرب الاسرة وأختلاف حجم الأسرة من حيث عدد أفرادها وفي ضوء النتائج تم وضع مجموعة من المقترحات
Computer-Assisted Research in Religion Forum
Authors: Strangelove Michael , Hayes Richard P. , Blayone Todd J.B. , MacKenzie Robert
Published: September 2023

ContentsElectronic Discussion Groups: A Virtual University by M. Strangelove                   123Navigating the Internet: A Review of Two New Guides by R.P. Hayes                    128Bibliographic Programs: Focus on Papyrus 7.0f by T.J.B. Blayone                           133Bible Concordance Packages for the Macintosh by R. MacKenzie                           141
W stronę nowej podmiotowości politycznej. Protesty aborcyjne, teoria społecznej reprodukcji i procesy demokratyzacji
Authors: Grabowska Magdalena
Published: September 2023

Artykuł wprowadza koncepcję reprodukcji społecznej i perspektywę sprawiedliwości reprodukcyjnej do rozważań na temat charakteru współczesnego aktywizmu feministycznego w Polsce. W warstwie teoretycznej stanowi przegląd teorii reprodukcji społecznej, która umiejscawia współczesne strategie walki o prawa kobiet w ramach debaty o zależności pomiędzy kapitalistyczną produkcją a procesami wytwarzania i podtrzymywania życia. Omawia również teorię sprawiedliwości reprodukcyjnej, która analizuje intersekcjonalnie sprawczość reprodukcyjną w ramach istniejących hierarchii społecznych oraz relacji mikro- i makrowładzy. W warstwie empirycznej prezentuję wyniki badania jakościowego z aktywist(k)ami feministycznymi i queerowymi, przeprowadzonego przez Fundusz Feministyczny (instytucję wspierającą finansowo inicjatywy realizowane przez kobiety, dziewczynki, osoby niebinarne, trans i queer) w latach 2019–2021. Analiza 628 wniosków grantowych do Funduszu i materiału pochodzącego z 6 grup fokusowych z aktywistkami oraz aktywistami ruchów feministycznych i queerowych wskazuje, że współczesne mobilizacje na rzecz kobiet i społeczności LGBTQ+, zarówno w ramach ulicznych protestów, jak i poza nimi, są wyrazem nowej podmiotowości politycznej. Mają one charakter lokalny i intersekcjonalny, w centrum stawiają systemowe kwestie związane z reprodukcją społeczną, nawiązując w ten sposób zarówno do strajków kobiet z lat 2016 i 2020, jak i do wcześniejszych działań na rzecz demokracji uczestniczącej i włączającej, podejmowanych w Polsce po 1992 r.
Authentication analysis of milkfish oil treated with activated charcoal and
bentonite using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy and Multivariate
Data Analysis
Authors: Hidayah N. , Indah  , Lestari L.A. , Rohman A.
Published: September 2023

Adulteration issues are important not only for fats and oils consumers but also for
producers and regulatory bodies, therefore authentication analytical methods are
continuously developed. The objective of this study was to highlight the employment of
attenuated total Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy and chemometrics for the
authentication of milkfish oil (MFO) from pumpkin seed oil (PSO). In this study, ATRFTIR spectra of MFO, PSO and its binary mixtures were scanned, and the information
obtained was used for quantitative analysis of adulterants and classification between
authentic MFO and MFO adulterated with PSO. Two multivariate calibrations of partial
least square calibration (PLSR) and principal component regression (PCR) were compared
for their performance during quantitative analysis and linear discriminant analysis was
applied for discrimination between authentic MFO and MFO adulterated with PSO. The
results revealed that PLSR using 2nd derivative spectra at wavenumbers of 1500-1000 cm-1
was preferred for simultaneous quantitative analysis of MFO-treated with activated
charcoal, while PCR using 2nd derivative spectra at wavenumbers of 1500-1000 cm-1 was
suitable for analysis of MFO-treated with bentonite providing the acceptable values of R2
,
root mean square error of calibration (RMSEC) and root mean square error of prediction
(RMSEP). Linear discriminant Analysis using normal FTIR spectra at the whole
wavenumber region was successful for the discrimination of MFO treated with activated
charcoal and bentonite with accuracy levels of 100%. It can be concluded that the
chemometrics approach for ATR-FTIR spectra could be a simple and effective tool for the
authentication of MFO.
Food safety knowledge and awareness among stakeholders of the online-fooddelivery system in Depok City Indonesia
Authors: Mulyanto G. , Kusumaningrum H.D. , Wulandari N.
Published: September 2023

The online food delivery (OFD) is known to be a fast-growing business in Indonesia, with
the largest platforms, namely GoFood and GrabFood. Hence, the level of knowledge and
awareness of the stakeholders, including restaurants, delivery partners, and customers on
the safety of the ready-to-eat food is important to ensure that the delivery does not rise a
potential health hazard. This study aimed to determine the factors affecting the delivery
process of ready-to-eat food, via the OFD system, in terms of educational backgrounds,
experience, implementation of regulations, as well as knowledge and awareness of safety
among the stakeholders. The research location was Depok, a growing city nearby Jakarta,
which is known to support the growth of OFD, with a relatively dense population,
sufficient internet network, educational level, and employed individuals. The survey was
conducted in regard to hot soup and fried/grilled food restaurants, delivery partners, and
customers that are members of GoFood and GrabFood, with 110 respondents from each
group. The results presented an overview of the OFD system during the COVID-19
pandemic since it was conducted between December 2020 to March 2021. The food safety
knowledge profile of the stakeholders in regard to OFD was relatively good. This
knowledge was not significantly affected by educational background, experience, training,
or practical monitoring. However, their food safety awareness still needs to be improved.
It is further suggested that the visitation frequency to restaurants by the local health
authority should be increased, the hygiene monitoring team should be reporting via
application, regular inspection by the delivery partners, and organizing food safety
campaigns for the customers. This study also showed that there are significant differences
between food safety knowledge and awareness among the stakeholders. This condition
should be mitigated by improving safety awareness, during the process of OFD, involving
continuous training delivery partners, consistent visitation of the OFD provider, the
improvement of system and facilities, provision of a special container, and promoting the
usage.
The isolation and characterization of indigenous microbes with probiotic
potential from gatotan
Authors: Nurhayati N. , Subagio A. , Purwandari U. , Zamzami F.Y.
Published: September 2023

Indigenous probiotics, which are more adaptive to ethnoecology such as human gut health
are found in local food. Therefore, this study aimed to isolate, select, and characterize
indigenous microbes as probiotic candidates namely gatotan, which is an Indonesian
fermented food from cassava. The potential probiotic was dissolved in artificial gastric
acid at pH 2.0 and incubated for 2 hrs, then the De Man Rogosa Sharpe and yeast in Malt
Extract medium were used for selective isolation of lactic acid bacteria (LAB). The
phenotype including morphological and physiological characteristics as well as the
genotype such as PCR-fingerprinting was identified. The results showed that two of the
three isolates have the potential to be developed as probiotics possibly growing in an
acidic environment. The BGP (LAB) and YGK (yeast) isolates have the highest survival
artificial gastric acid of pH 2.0. Furthermore, the BGP from cassava var. white (Malang 2)
had a milk-white colony, rod-shaped, undulate colony edges, gram-positive bacteria, nonmotile, negative catalase, and heterofermentative. The YGK from cassava var. yellow
(Malang 4) also had white-colony characteristics, irregular shape, rough surface, opaque
transparency, spheroidal cell morphology, and amylolytic index of 1.06±0.12 mm.
Conclusively, the genotype characterization identified both isolates as Lactobacillus
brevis and Pichia kudriavzevii, respectively
Community Empowerment in the New Normal Period Through the Utilization of Information Technology
Authors: Suryadi  , Nursahidin  , Yusmanto
Published: September 2023

Purpose: This study aims to see how community empowerment is carried out using technology and information in the new normal period.  When the pandemic finally begins to pass and enters the new normal period, it is at this time that community empowerment can start to be developed again. Community development and optimization efforts are part of community empowerment.

 
Theoretical framework:  The idea is that every individual and every civilization has the potential to develop, which indicates that no individual or society is powerless.
 
Design/Methodology/Approach:  This research will be carried out using a qualitative approach and a literature review method. The research data that has been collected will be analyzed carefully using qualitative analysis techniques.
 
Findings:   This study found that technology has been widely applied in various fields. Meanwhile, the empowerment of the community by using information technology can be seen in the Village, UMKM, and Cyber Libraries; International Tourism Village; learning the Qur’an online; using appropriate technology to overcome various daily problems in the community.
 
Research, Practical & Social implications:   To continue to advance and not be left behind, the people in Indonesia need to be able to develop their territory. Of course, an area can develop if its people also develop. This becomes even more relevant when the emergence of Covid-19 has caused various sectors of society to decline drastically.
 
Originality/Value: In addition, this research can also make new contributions in the scientific literature by combining and analyzing information from various relevant sources.
Sağlık Sektörü Çalışanlarının Sürdürülebilir Kalkınma Farkındalık Düzeylerinin Değerlendirilmesi: Üniversite Hastanesi Örneği
Authors: ASLAN Yasemin , ZEYBEK Dolunay Özlem , ZENGİN Orhan , KAVŞUR Zeynep , GÜLER Sinem
Published: September 2023

Sürdürülebilir kalkınma, bugünün kaynaklarının gelecek nesillerin ihtiyaçları göz önünde bulundurularak verimli bir şekilde kullanılmasıdır. Sürdürülebilir kalkınmanın ekonomik, toplumsal ve çevresel boyutları sağlık kavramıyla yakından ilişkilidir. İnsan sağlığı çevresel sürdürülebilirliğe bağlıdır. Bu araştırmada sağlık çalışanlarının sürdürülebilir kalkınma konusundaki farkındalık düzeylerinin tespit edilmesi amaçlanmıştır. Çalışmada betimsel tarama modeli kullanılmıştır. Çalışmanın evrenini İstanbul’da yer alan bir üniversite hastanesinde görev yapan toplam 955 çalışan oluşturmuştur. Araştırmada örneklem seçilmemiş ve evrenin tamamına ulaşılması amaçlanmıştır. Çalışma evrenin %36’sını temsil eden 344 katılımcı ile tamamlanmıştır. Veri toplama aracı olarak kişisel bilgi formu ile Sürdürülebilir Kalkınma Farkındalık Ölçeği kullanılmıştır. Verilerin analizinde tanımlayıcı istatistiklerden ve Epi Info 7 istatistik programından faydalanılmıştır. İstatistiksel değerlendirmede anlamlılık düzeyi p
Küresel Dönemde Kozmopolit Vatandaşlık: Asgardia Uzay Ulusu Örneği
Authors: SALDOĞAN Okan , ERDEM Çiğdem
Published: September 2023

2016 yılında “dünyada”, Viyana, Avusturya’da kurulan ve kendi ifadesi ile ilk “uzay krallığı” olan Asgardia özelinde uzay vatandaşlığının analizi, bu çalışmanın konusunu oluşturmaktadır. Konunun özgünlüğü ilgili alanda bu konuda yapılmış akademik bir çalışma olmayışından kaynaklanmaktadır. Ayrıca kısa sürede geniş kitlelere ulaşmayı başaran Asgardia'nın farklı ülkelerin vatandaşlarında, -özellikle de Türkçe’nin resmi diller arasında yer almasını da sağlayan ülkemiz vatandaşlarında- yarattığı ilgi de bu çalışmayı önemli kılmaktadır. Dünya üzerine mekânsal bir konumlanışı yani bir toprağı olmayan Asgardia, “Dünya üzerinde yaşayan herkes Asgardia vatandaşı olabilir” mesajı ile tüm ülke vatandaşlarını Asgardia’ya katılmaya davet ettikten kısa bir süre sonra Asgardia vatandaşlığı başvuru sayısı yarım milyonu aşmıştır. "Asgardia Uzay Vatandaşlığı" kavramı ise ilk olarak 2018 yılı Haziran ayında gerçekleşen Asgardia Parlamentosu'nun ilk oturumunda kabul edilen "Vatandaşlık Yasası"nda yer almıştır. Asgardia’nın bir toprağı olmamasına ve resmi olarak bir devlet olarak tanınmamasına rağmen, farklı ulus-devletlerinin vatandaşları bu uzay vatandaşlığına yoğun ilgi göstermişlerdir. En son veriler itibariyle, Asgardia'nın binlercesi aynı zamanda uzay vatandaşlığı kriterlerini de karşılayan bir milyondan fazla takipçisi var. Asgardia Vatandaşlık Yasası’na göre, Asgardia uzay vatandaşlığı özel bir vatandaşlık türüdür. Ancak bu çalışmanın savına göre, küreselleşme döneminde ortaya çıkan söz konusu uzay vatandaşlığının, tarihsel ve teorik kökleri Antik Yunan’a kadar uzanan kozmopolit vatandaşlık içinde değerlendirilmesi gerekir. Barış, şiddet karşıtlığı, eşitlik, özgürlük, tek ve evrensel insanlık, teklik içinde çokluk, sınırların olmayışı, çok kültürlülük, hoşgörü ve küresel duyarlılık temaları hem söz konusu iki vatandaşlık modelinin de temelini oluşturması hem de bu çalışmanın savını doğrulaması açısından anlamlıdır.
The code of ethics
Authors:   Universidad Nacional del Altiplano, Puno-Peru, Florez Franco Rogelio Olegario
Published: September 2023

The Editorial Committee of the "Semestre Economico" Journal of the "Universidad Nacional del Altiplano" of "Puno (UNAP) Peru", on the occasion of having celebrated 59 years of institutional operation of the "Facultad de Ingeniería Económica (August 17, 2023)", considers it appropriate to publish the speech of order issued by Dr. Rogelio Olegario Florez Franco, former academic Vice-Rector of UNA Puno. Dr. Florez, due to unexpected issues in life, was in very delicate health and is still in the process of recovery, has delivered a speech different from the traditional, with a philosophical and human perspective, thought from the perspective of the difficult moments that he had to live The philosophical look starts with an objective view of the real world and human behavior so that these principles and assumptions could have their real application to improve the mental health of those of us who are part of sustainable human development. The editorial committee of the Semestre Económico Magazine considers that the speech is a topic of interest and current affairs, delivered at the 59th anniversary ceremony of the creation of the Faculty of Economic Engineering, held on August 17, 2023 in the Auditorium Magnificent of the university city. Therefore, the issue of the Code of Ethics that can be practiced in its academic and scientific integrity is a permanent and necessary task for all university actors at UNA Puno. For the above, reproduced the most important phrases pronounced in their original format.
Effects of economic innovation on growth and development in OECD countries
Authors:   Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, España, Grande González Víctor
Published: September 2023

Economic and macroeconomic policy study to analyze how innovation and digitization have impacted devel-oped economies, resulting in key factors to improve their level of well-being. After presenting a synthesis ofthe main theoretical frameworks in this regard, we proceed to systematize and compare the results obtainedduring the fourth industrial revolution, by addressing variables such as the level of digitization, R+D+i and itsinstitutional framework. It is thus intended to clarify a series of paradoxes about the digital transition, as wellas the study of new tools in the digital financial field, such as the case of cryptocurrencies or cryptoactives.Economic policies have been very diverse within these countries, where models such as liberal, conservative,or social democrat are mostly taken, with different effects on their economic results. In addition, we willalso make a brief reference to the influence that the use of some intelligence tools is having in some OECDcountries, and determine if its effects are being adequate, or if it is necessary to continue working to achievethe goals proposed by different political programs. Following the analysis carried out, we will make a seriesof decisions about whether the OECD countries are obtaining the desired results.
Assessment of the tax harmonisation plan in the European Union
Authors:   Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, España, Avilés Solana Antonio
Published: September 2023

Study of Political Economy, Public Finance and European Economic Integration on the tax harmonizationplan of the European Union. It is based on the theoretical and methodological frameworks of the EconomicAnalysis of Law, in order to analyze the European tax harmonization process. In addition to analyzing ques-tions of incentives, efficiency and institutional quality, special attention is paid to the problems of attributionof powers in the European system and the different existing levels of tax pressure and effort in the MemberStates. This study will also analyze the European Commission’s latest proposal on taxation, which aims toachieve tax uniformity, combat tax abuse and put an end to unfair competition practices within the Europeaneconomic-legislative framework. These initiatives are particularly important in the current socio-economiccontext, when new ways of financing the post-Covid recovery fund, curbing the inflation that has beenlatent in recent months and dealing with the negative externalities that the conflict between Russia andUkraine may produce are being studied. All this is completed with a proposal for the feasibility of fiscalfederalism.
Legal-Economic analysis on gender issue: costs, failures & paradoxes
Authors:   Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, España, Sánchez Bayón Antonio
Published: September 2023

This is a critical review on gender issue, to understand and to evaluate the impact of the gender interven-tionism, with its costs, failures, paradoxes and other unwanted effects. This review uses the theoreticaland methodological frameworks from New-Institutional approach (Law & Economics, Public Choice,Constitutional Economic, etc.), to build bridges between Economy, Law and Politics, without confusionamong the social spheres and under the principle of reality, which rejects economic thaumaturgy, politicalromanticism and state paternalism. There is a historical-comparative review on the development of coerciveimplementation based on gender perspective and its agenda, from a macro-view to a micro level, focusingthe attention on the Spanish case. There is a final statement of its results, to clarify what kind of incentiveshave been given the gender bills and policies, the level of efficiency and institutional quality to solve socialproblems, the risks of an endless agenda and other unwanted effects, but foreseeable according to the principleof reality.
Customs value adjustment in import costs of the company GrupoNesbusi S.A.C.
Authors:   Universidad Peruana Unión, Juliaca, Peru, Huamani Huayhua Heber Bernardino , Quispe Quispe Mayra Luzmila ,   Universidad Peruana Unión, Juliaca, Peru, Lupaca Chata Elmer Henry ,   Universidad Nacional del Altiplano, Puno, Perú
Published: September 2023

In recent years, imports into Peru have been subject to regular value adjustment notifications according to the portal of the National Superintendence of Customs and Tax Administration (SUNAT). This has generated the need to understand the reason and the impact of these customs adjustments on import costs, especially in determining the cost of import projects. The present research looks to determine the impact of the customs value adjustment on the import costs of the company Grupo Nesbusi S.A.C. during the year 2021. A quantitative approach was used, with a non-experimental cross-sectional design and a descriptive level. A quantitative approach was used, with a non-experimental cross-sectional design anda descriptive level. The sample consisted of import documents related to DUA 013498 - 2021, which represents the condition of "customs value adjustment". These documents included notices of reasonable doubt, commercial invoices, notice of arrival, and other documents related to the transaction. The results revealed that the customs value adjustment had a negative impact on the import costs of the company Grupo Nesbusi S.A.C. in 2021, with an increase of 3.32% in indirect costs. It was concluded that the nature of the customs value adjustment was mainly due to the difference between the declared price and the price indicators registered in the SUNAT price verification system, and not to errors on the part of the importer. This negative impact was reflected in the indirect import costs of the company Grupo Nesbusi S.A.C. during the year 2021, including additional logistics expenses and an increase of 11.57% in paying taxes.
Import processes and the total costs of merchandise, in importing companies of agricultural machinery in southern Peru-2023
Authors:   Universidad Peruana Unión, Condori Hito Ivan
Published: September 2023

The study investigates how the import processes are related and influence the costs of the merchandise, in importing companies of agricultural machinery in southern Peru, because for a company dedicated to imports it is vital to have a deep knowledge of what entails an import, in order to achieve the reduction of its costs and thus present competitive prices within the market. It had the quantitative approach because data collection and analysis was used. Where the research questions were answered in addition to testing the established hypotheses. Analyzed through the reliability analysis of the instrument, the Normality test, Spearman’s Rho and Determination Coefficient, of the SPSS statistical program. The sample was made up of 44 participants belonging to 6 companies, determined by discretionary sampling or by trial where the population is known. The results showed that there is a significant relationship between import processes and costs. This relationship is direct; in addition, the relationship was very high positive (ρ= 0.96). And the independent variable has an influence (R2) of 0.922. before the dependent variable. Determining that it is important to take these factors into account when calculating the import costs of a product. For future research, it is recommended to relate free trade agreements, protectionism, and foreign exchange as factors that have an impact on import costs.
Red de espacio público efectivo en los barrios Villas de Valero y Miami en la localidad de Bosa, Bogotá D. C.
Authors: Flórez Vergel Leidy Bibiana
Published: September 2023

A través del siguiente documento se busca plantear una solución al déficit de espacio público efectivo (EPE) en sectores populares, como es el caso de los barrios Villas de Valero y Miami en la localidad de Bosa, dificultades asociadas al deterioro y mal estado del espacio público total existente. El proyecto se enfoca en diseñar una propuesta de espacio público efectivo, que contribuya con el aumento al índice actual, creando espacios híbridos complementarios a los usos y actividades desarrollados en el sector.
A PESQUISA-FORMAÇÃO NO ESPAÇO NÃO FORMAL: um ensino de Ciências mirado pelos Saberes Científicos e da Tradição
Authors: MELO VERUSCHKA SILVA SANTOS , PERES ARIADNE DA COSTA
Published: September 2023

Este trabalho relata uma experiência que emergiu a partir de duas atividades desenvolvidas no decorrer da tese de doutoramento com três professoras que vivem no contexto amazônico e atuam nos Anos Ini
A eficácia da Estimulação Transcraniana por Corrente Contínua no tratamento da Dislexia
Authors: Silva Italo Gustavo Cosme da , Olegário Ava Clarissa Vitorino , Silva Juliana Maria Barros
Published: September 2023

A Dislexia é um distúrbio de aprendizagem caracterizado por problemas no processamento de palavras e na dificuldades de leitura e fluência verbal. Estudos de neuroimagem apontam que as disfunções pode
Quem eu sou x Quem eu vou ser: A representação da criança sobre o futuro a partir dos contos infantis.
Authors:   , Hirakawa Ana Paula Ribeiro
Published: September 2023

O fantasiar de acordo com Betthelhein (1980) auxilia a criança a lidar com suas angústias e dessa forma crescer e se tornar um adulto saudável. A brincadeira e os contos infantis, portanto, assumem um papel importante, pois, através deles, a criança pode conseguir transmitir os seus sentimentos e anseios, tanto em relação a sua situação social como também as suas angústias infantis. A presente pesquisa visa a identificação, a partir de dois contos infantis, da maneira como a criança representa seu futuro e a possível relação desta representação com sua condição social atual. Para tanto, participaram da pesquisa quatro crianças, sendo dois meninos e duas meninas, entre 7 e 12 anos de idade, matriculadas em alguma instituição escolar e de baixo nível sócio econômico. Como método de investigação foi realizada uma entrevista semi-dirigida inicialmente a fim de conhecer as crianças e sua condição atual. Em seguida foram feitos dois encontros em que foram contados para as crianças dois contos infantis que traziam no seu conteúdo, assuntos relacionados ao futuro. Foram utilizados fantoches ao longo da contação das histórias. Posteriormente houve um quarto encontro, o qual foi em grupo, e as crianças relataram suas impressões sobre a pesquisa. Depois da coleta de dados foi feita a análise de conteúdo, mais especificamente o procedimento de categorização, que embasou a análise. Em relação aos resultados percebeu-se que a condição social das crianças é uma questão que aparece em todas as histórias contadas, interferindo diretamente na brincadeira e no fantasiar delas. O futuro também surge relacionado a essa questão sendo que aspectos como pobreza X riqueza e os personagens passarem fome apareceram com frequência. A busca por uma profissão também surge nas histórias como uma maneira dos personagens conseguirem uma melhor condição de vida, ou mesmo obterem dinheiro para comprar comida. As crianças também usaram as suas histórias para representar o que gostariam de ser no futuro nos seus personagens como o desejo de ser veterinária, pedreiro, e até mesmo a profissão da mãe aparece, como ser faxineira. Os contos infantis se mostraram como um instrumento importante para as crianças poderem traduzir a partir da contação e recontação das histórias seus anseios e expectativas do futuro, no entanto foi possível observar que essa representação de futuro é permeada principalmente por condições socioeconômicas precárias em que a própria brincadeira é baseada nas condições reais em que elas vivem. Mesmo assim as crianças trazem soluções para essas questões como um encontro com um rei, um emprego com bom salário, terem filhos, poderem namorar e casar, pode indicar que o brincar e o fantasiar pode ajudar a elaborar o próprio momento em que elas vivem apontando para uma direção com um final mais feliz.
OS "CABOCO BRABO" E AS INSCRIÇÕES RUPESTRES: Investigações e Memórias Sobre os Grafismos da Área Arqueológica da Serra da Capivara
Authors:   , Santana Denilson de Castro Pereira
Published: September 2023

Na área arqueológica da Serra da Capivara, no estado do Piauí, existem centenas de sítios arqueológicos catalogados com inscrições rupestres. Desde a década de 1970 essas inscrições estão sendo estudadas pela arqueologia, que chegou ali através dos esforços da arqueóloga Niède Guidon. O presente trabalho busca avaliar como essas inscrições vêm sendo tratadas por pesquisadores e pela população local ao longo do tempo. Essa avaliação expõe e valoriza histórias de 12 sujeitos atuais da área arqueológica, que são abordados aqui com o mesmo grau de importância que os autores das inscrições. O trabalho começa fazendo uma revisão bibliográfica dos estudos já desenvolvidos sobre esses produtos gráficos dos sujeitos antigos, e termina apresentando a oralidade dos sujeitos contemporâneos acerca do que esses produtos representaram e ainda representam para eles. Através das entrevistas realizadas, os sujeitos da área arqueológica da Serra da Capivara falaram também sobre suas histórias de vida e suas hipóteses para as perguntas que intrigam pesquisadores, que não ficaram de fora deste trabalho. Enquanto é divulgado que os sujeitos atuais da área arqueológica são ignorantes perante o valor das inscrições rupestres, este trabalho pode mostrar que suas relações de identidade são bem mais fortes do que se imagina, ou não. Aqui será falado sobre ancestralidade.
What We Say and What We Do: Commentary on Chris Voparil’s Reconstructing Pragmatism
Authors: Seigfried Charlene Haddock
Published: September 2023

Abstract: This essay seeks to untangle some of the issues that arise in multi-generational conversations. Doing so uncovers the traps set by time and place. These include how to recognize changing vocabularies, shifting interests, interpretive strategies, and multiple perspectives. It explores how speaking for, to, about, and beyond others without distortions can honestly co-exist with new things to say. It highlights Voparil’s goal of promoting active engagement with others for everyone’s benefit.
Still Photographs, Publicity, and the Making of Cecil B. DeMille's Ten Commandments (1956)
Authors: Opp James
Published: September 2023

ABSTRACT: From 1954 to 1956, tens of thousands of still photographs were taken, reviewed, printed, and circulated to promote Cecil B. DeMille's The Ten Commandments (1956). By tracing the conflicts that emerged over their management, this study centers the photographs and their distribution within an ecosystem of public relations, print media, and film production. While studio photographers produced the bulk of the photographs, their role was overshadowed by celebrity photographers, including Yousuf Karsh and Yul Brynner. Changes in the visual media landscape and Hollywood's photographic infrastructure threatened both the still photographers and the ability of studio publicists to shape the narrative.
Searching for Arcadia in the Main Theme of Robert Schumann's Overture to Hermann and Dorothea
Authors: Poon Matthew
Published: September 2023

Abstract: Although literature on Robert Schumann's compositions increasingly reference his large-scale instrumental works, there continues to be little attention given his overtures. In this analytical essay, I approach one of these neglected works, the Overture to Hermann and Dorothea , op. 136, using William Caplin's theory of formal functions. Filtering Caplin's theory through Nathan Martin's concept of "formal incompleteness," I demonstrate how the overture engages with its source material—primarily Goethe's epic poem of the same name, but also the political circumstances from the late-eighteenth to the mid-nineteenth centuries—by leaving formal units incomplete at various hierarchical levels. I then use Andrew Davis's descriptions of Arcadia as a lens to explain how formal incompleteness brings out the overture's program. Perhaps mirroring Schumann's own ambivalence around the poem's subject matter, Arcadia is presented in an incomplete state for much of the piece; only at the end does it appear in reality.
Tārā, Cundā, and their Prototypes: Exploring the Origins of the Two Buddhist Goddesses
Authors: Zhang Juyan
Published: September 2023

Abstract: Through intertextual analysis of ancient stone and metal images as well as written texts, this article explores the origins and identities of Tārā and Cundā, two Buddhist goddesses that are widely worshipped in the Indic and Tibetan Mahāyāna and Vajrayāṇa traditions. By charting the goddesses’ iconographic characteristics, their quality, and their relationships with Avalokiteśvara, it argues that the prototype of Tārā is Yaśodharā-to-be, and that Cundā is based on Sujata, the girl who gave the Buddha-to-be milk rice. The first part of the analysis shows clear coherence throughout ancient visual narratives, namely images featuring the girl in the Dīpaṃkara Buddha story, images featuring Avalokiteśvara and Tārā, and independent images of Tārā. The second part demonstrates clear coherence in the evolution of the visual narratives, which feature Sujata holding a vessel to see the Buddha-to-be and independent Cundā images. The article also shows that the visual narratives have intrinsic fidelity.
Bearing Witness: A Trauma-Informed Approach to Christian Ethics
Authors: Stephens Darryl
Published: September 2023

Abstract: Trauma-informed Christian ethics seeks to expose and redress patterns of systemic patriarchy and racism, leveraging privilege in solidarity with trauma survivors. Drawing on trauma studies and feminist theology and ethics, particularly the relational theology of Marjorie Suchocki and the defiant and resistance ethics of Traci West, this article presents bearing witness to victim-survivors as a liberative moral act spanning the range from compassion to politics. It begins with a discussion of traumatic ruptures and humanity’s unique ability to transcend violence. Bearing witness is then described in four perspectival moments, correlated to distinct modes of transcendence, moral themes, and practices paralleling stages of trauma recovery and trauma-informed response. From a recognition of human dignity to political activism, bearing witness provides persons of relative privilege a process for joining in solidarity with survivors of trauma, enabling new liberative practices in the current era of multiple and intersecting social and personal traumas.
Beckett and/in Context: A Review of James McNaughton's Samuel Beckett and the Politics of Aftermath
Authors: Greaney John
Published: September 2023

Abstract: Samuel Beckett and the Politics of Aftermath presents a historicist and materialist analysis of Samuel Beckett's work. Building on the historicist turn in modernist studies, as well as Irish studies and postcolonial paradigms, it develops new terms through which we can understand Beckett's political aesthetic. McNaughton performs a series of close readings of the Beckett archive and corpus to reveal a politically aware and committed Beckett, one whose writing is both complicit with and reacting against the political ideologies and failures of his time.
Reflex Modernism
Authors: Gaedtke Andrew
Published: September 2023

Abstract: In Automatic: Literary Modernism and the Politics of Reflex , Timothy Wientzen explores an influential turn toward reflex in modernist literature and culture. Tracing early research on unconscious human behavior through the fields of experimental psychology, propaganda, advertising, and political theory, the book argues that a new politics of reflex emerged in the early decades of the twentieth century. Wientzen shows how this politicization of unthinking behavior shaped the form and content of work by several modernist writers and constitutes an instructive genealogy of our current political and cultural environment.
Between "Ḥarat al-Yahud" and "Paris on the Nile": Social Mobility and Urban Culture among Jews in Twentieth-Century Cairo
Authors: Tam Alon
Published: September 2023

Abstract: In this article I examine out-migration from old Cairo's Ḥarat al-Yahud (The Jews' Alley) to that city's urban expansions in the late nineteenth century and first half of the twentieth. This migration was coupled with large-scale Jewish immigration to Cairo and intersected with its modern urban culture, which Jews shared with Muslim and Christian Cairenes. I argue that for Cairene Jews, these migrations, urban spaces, and regular itineraries within them held the promise of upward social mobility and integration into an urban middle-class culture that did not erase their Jewishness but removed it as a social barrier. This argument works against common narratives that saw Jewish Egyptians as foreigners living separately from Muslim Egyptians in another cultural milieu.
SAN AND THE SANKÉ: A HISTORY OF A MARKA-MALINKE TRADING CITY ON THE NIGER
Authors: Massing Andreas W.
Published: September 2023

Abstract: San lies in a strategic location, controlling the passage across the Bani from Dia to the gold fields. San was founded by Bozo fishermen, with whom the Soninke colony founded here had to share control They also shared it with the Traore, chiefs of the Kalabougou. San was drawn into the religious conflicts between traditional Islam and jihadist tendencies under Sheikh Sekou Amadu and El Hadj Oumar's Toucouleur, as well as into wars with the Bambara of Segou. After the French colonial army concluded treaties with the Almamys, the town experienced political rivalry between the factions of the traditional Traore chiefs and the almamy's family, the Tera. Colonial and post-independence development was stimulated by the market on the river crossing. In addition, San became a centre of rice production along the Bani and of cotton on the surrounding uplands, with processing facilities and some industry. San est située stratégiquement car la ville contrôle le passage sur le Bani de Dia vers les champs aurifères. La ville a été fondée par des pêcheurs bozo, avec lesquels les Soninké installés là durent partager le contrôle, de même qu'avec les Traore, chefs du Kalabougou. San fut impliquée dans les conflits religieux entre l'islam traditionnel et les tendances djihadistes sous l'égide des Toucouleur de Sheikh Sekou Amadu et d'El Hadj Oumar. Elle fut aussi entraînée dans les guerres avec les Bambara de Ségou. Après que les Français aient signé des traités avec les Almamys, la rivalité fut vive entre les factions liées aux chefs traditionnels Traore et celles de la famille des almamys, les Tera. Durant la colonisation et après, la croissance urbaine fut stimulée par le marché situé au passage du fleuve. De plus, San devint un centre de production de riz le long du Bani et de coton sur les hautes terres, avec quelques unités de transformation des produits.
"Amari-Akaghi"—The Knowledge of the Unknown: Women and Masquerade in Achebe's Things Fall Apart
Authors: Orji Bernard Eze
Published: September 2023

ABSTRACT: The phrase "amari-akaghi" in my Akpoha, Igbo village, is tied around the metaphor of women and masking culture in Igbo society. This phrase alludes to women's knowledge of the workings of masquerades yet they cannot talk about it openly. I have weaved this paper around the perception of the "knowledge of the unknown" as touted and exemplified by Okonkwo's wives in Achebe's Things Fall Apart . Achebe in his seminal work revealed the position of the egwugwu masquerade tradition vis-à-vis women in Umuofia. Literatures on masquerade and women also suggest that women know much about the inner workings and secrecy associated with masquerade but cannot openly discuss it. However, no known effort has been dedicated to investigating this phenomenon in Achebe's Things Fall Apart against the reality of the concept of "amari-akaghi" in Akpoha, Igbo village. This paper, therefore, subjects Things Fall Apart to textual analyses through deconstruction of the narration. I conclude with valid interrogation of works, including the primary resource of this paper, that women in many Igbo villages of old and those represented in Achebe's Umuofia have always known and thought about the inscrutability of masquerades but have constantly kept to themselves to avoid upsetting the peace of their society and attracting ugly repercussions. This knowledge of the unknown exhibited by women in both societies, as investigated in this essay, had ensured cordial shared gender roles, which guaranteed peaceful coexistence in Igbo society.
Between Mosquitos and Moskeetoze: Technical, Political, and Familial Bricolage in Namwali Serpell’s The Old Drift
Authors: Cancel Robert
Published: September 2023

ABSTRACT: Namwali Serpell’s novel is an epic work, both in length and ideas; difficult to discuss in its entirety. I will focus on how three young Zambians challenge their nation’s neocolonial power structure by appropriating and adapting technological innovations in the near future. While these activities comprise the third part of the novel, they organically grow out of the events and people that make up the first two thirds. This link is literally genealogical as well as historical, through the earlier ancestors, especially grandmothers, who took part in the colonial and postcolonial creation of Zambia. This interweaving is reiterated in the Afrofuturistic merging of humans and, eventually, mosquitoes with technology. These latter developments can be theoretically framed through the rehabilitation of Claude Lèvi-Strauss’s long-discarded theory of bricolage, as a way to consider how technology, economic practices, and ideology are appropriated over decades for local needs.