bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
FINANCIAMENTO DO ENSINO SUPERIOR: QUESTÕES CONCEITUAIS E A EXPERIÊNCIA INTERNACIONAL
Authors: Chapman Bruce , Doan Dung
Published: August 2021

A ampliação do acesso ao ensino técnico e superior é preocupação vigente em diversos países, e suas experiências têm sido debatidas para aperfeiçoar as políticas públicas que visam aprimorar a sustentabilidade financeira (de universidades) e permitir que novos ingressantes alcancem esta etapa do ensino. Nesta edição do boletim Radar, são apresentadas questões conceituais, lições da experiência internacional, as reformas recentes do Fundo de Financiamento Estudantil (Fies), e as linhas gerais de uma proposta de reforma do Programa Nacional de Acesso ao Ensino Técnico e Emprego (Pronatec); permeando todos os textos estarão os financiamentos contingentes à renda.
Em Financiamento do ensino superior: questões conceituais e a experiência internacional, Bruce Chapman e Dung Doan, além de mostrarem por que é necessária a intervenção do governo na concessão de financiamento estudantil, ainda discutem os problemas com empréstimos convencionais, as vantagens dos empréstimos com amortizações à renda futura (ECRs) e quais são as características para que seja eficaz.
FINANCIAMENTO ESTUDANTIL NA AUSTRÁLIA E NOS ESTADOS UNIDOS: LIÇÕES PARA O BRASIL
Authors: Nascimento Paulo Meyer , Resende Manoela Vilela Araújo
Published: August 2021

Tendo por foco o financiamento do ensino, o objetivo deste texto é discutir quais características dos sistemas federais australiano e norte-americano poderiam inspirar inovações no sistema brasileiro e quais deveriam ser evitadas. Em busca desse objetivo, a seção 2 e o apêndice fornecem um sumário dos modelos vigentes no Brasil, na Austrália e nos Estados Unidos para financiar estudantes de ensino superior, para, daí, serem discutidas, na seção 3, também de maneira sucinta, as lições advindas dos dois modelos estrangeiros que poderiam ser aproveitadas no Brasil.
COMPARAÇÕES INTERNACIONAIS DE BANCOS DE DESENVOLVIMENTO
Authors: Araújo Bruno César , Bacelette Ricardo
Published: August 2021

O artigo Comparações internacionais de bancos de desenvolvimento identifica um grupo de países que pode servir como base para comparações com o Brasil no que tange à importância dos bancos de desenvolvimento (BDs). Esse grupo é heterogêneo quanto à renda per capita, mas situa grandes países de renda média – Brasil, China, Turquia e Índia – ao lado de grandes países desenvolvidos, como Estados Unidos e Alemanha. Os autores reforçam que, a despeito de diferenças histórico-institucionais importantes, esses países são unidos pela alta participação dos BDs em suas economias.
IMPACTOS DO CRÉDITO DIRETO DA FINEP NO ESFORÇO DE P&D DAS FIRMAS BENEFICIÁRIAS
Authors: Rauen André , Saavedra Cayan , Hamatsu Newton
Published: August 2021

O estudo Impactos do crédito direto da Finep no esforço de P&D das firmas debate em que medida o crédito direto da Finep impacta o esforço tecnológico das firmas beneficiárias. Em suma, em razão da tomada de crédito, as firmas beneficiárias somam recursos próprios àqueles obtidos com o Estado ou apenas substituem os recursos próprios, que já seriam investidos, pelos recursos públicos? Os autores concluem que, ainda que firmas beneficiárias e não beneficiárias tenham aumentado seu esforço tecnológico, no primeiro caso este aumento foi mais expressivo, o que indica um resultado positivo da intervenção.
LIVRO APONTA NOVOS CAMINHOS PARA ESTIMULAR A INOVAÇÃO NO BRASIL
Authors: Leão Rafael
Published: August 2021

No artigo Livro aponta novos caminhos para estimular a inovação no Brasil, resenha da obra Novos Caminhos para a Inovação no Brasil, de Fernanda De Negri, é reforçada a tese de que a ciência, a tecnologia e principalmente a inovação são o fruto da conjugação de três fatores: pesquisadores, infraestrutura de pesquisa e o ambiente no qual pesquisadores e infraestrutura se fundem para produzir conhecimento. Após apresentar um quadro geral que transmite a ideia de que o Brasil combina avanços e retrocessos nessas três áreas, o livro elenca diversas propostas de revisão legal e de políticas públicas para a inovação no Brasil.
AN OVERVIEW OF METHODS FOR GENERATING, AUGMENTING AND EVALUATING ROOM IMPULSE RESPONSE USING ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS
Authors: Tamulionis Mantas
Published: August 2021

Methods based on artificial neural networks (ANN) are widely used in various audio signal processing tasks. This provides opportunities to optimize processes and save resources required for calculations. One of the main objects we need to get to numerically capture the acoustics of a room is the room impulse response (RIR). Increasingly, research authors choose not to record these impulses in a real room but to generate them using ANN, as this gives them the freedom to prepare unlimited-sized training datasets. Neural networks are also used to augment the generated impulses to make them similar to the ones actually recorded. The widest use of ANN so far is observed in the evaluation of the generated results, for example, in automatic speech recognition (ASR) tasks. This review also describes datasets of recorded RIR impulses commonly found in various studies that are used as training data for neural networks.
AN ENHANCEMENT EDAS METHOD BASED ON PROSPECT THEORY
Authors: Huang Yuhan , Lin Rui , Chen Xudong
Published: August 2021

Decision-making is the process of carefully considering multiple options and choosing the best one. The EDAS (evaluation based on distance from average solution) method has been studied in many multi-attributes decision-making (MADM) problem which assumes decisionmaking under absolute rationality. However, people usually show the characteristics of bounded rationality in the real decision-making process. Prospect theory (PT) utilizes gains and losses relative to the reference point to explain this phenomenon better. In this paper, an enhancement EDAS method based on PT will be proposed, which shows better properties in practice. We apply the traditional EDAS method and enhancement EDAS method to the same case and we utilize the sensitivity analysis and comparative analysis to analyze their performances. The result shows that our approach has a superiority compared with the traditional EDAS method. The methods we present are of great significance for investment decision-making problems, new product development, design plan selection and supplier selection.
Vertical Structure of Galactic Disk Kinematics from LAMOST K Giants
Authors: Ding Ping-Jie , Xue Xiang-Xiang , Yang Chengqun , Zhao Gang , Zhang Lan , Zhu Zi
Published: August 2021

We examine the vertical structure of Galactic disk kinematics over a Galactocentric radial distance range of R = 5–15 kpc and up to 3 kpc away from the Galactic plane, using the K-type giants surveyed by LAMOST. Based on robust measurements of three-dimensional velocity moments, a wobbly disk is detected in a phenomenological sense. An outflow dominates the radial motion of the inner disk, while in the outer disk there exist alternate outward and inward flows. The vertical bulk velocities is a combination of breathing and bending modes. A contraction-like breathing mode with amplitudes increasing with the distance to the plane and an upward bending mode dominate the vertical motion outside R
0, and there are reversed breathing and bending modes at R < R
0, with amplitudes much smaller than those outside R
0. The mean azimuthal velocity decreases with the increasing distance to the plane, with gradients shallower for larger R. Stars in the south disk are rotating faster than stars in the north. The velocity ellipsoid orientation differs between different R: in the range of

5
<
R
<
9

kpc

, the gradient of the tilt angle with respect to

arctan
(
Z

/

R
)

decreases from ∼0.83 for the inner disk to ∼0.52 for the outer disk; within

9
<
R
<
15

kpc

, the tilt of velocity ellipsoid deviates from vertical antisymmetry. A clear flaring signature is found for both north and south disks based on the observed vertical structures of velocity ellipsoid.
Forecasting Solar Cycle 25 with a Principled Bayesian Two-stage Statistical Model
Authors: Yan Youwei , Stenning David C. , Kashyap Vinay L. , Yu Yaming
Published: August 2021

We update the Bayesian analysis of sunspot numbers (SSNs) developed by Yu et al. prior to the peak of Solar Cycle 24 to account for the recalibration of the SSN index. We show that the model yields an accurate hindcast of Cycle 24 with the revised SSN, and use the data acquired since then to predict the strength and peak of Cycle 25. We predict the behavior of Cycle 25 to be moderate to weak, with a peak SSN of 120±27 to occur c. 2025 July (±7 months).
New records of geometrid moths of the subfamily Ennominae (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) from the Amurskaya Oblast, Russian Far East
Authors: Kuzmin Aleksandr A. , Beljaev Evgeny A
Published: August 2021

Eleven species of geometrid moths from the subfamily Ennominae (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) are reported for the first time from Amurskaya Oblast at the extreme northwestern limit of the distribution of mixed broadleaved – Korean pine (Pinus koraiensis) forests, at a great distance from their closest habitats in Khabarovsky Krai and Primorsky Krai, Russian Far East: Eilicrinia nuptaria Bremer, 1864, Eudjakonovia emundata (Christoph, 1881), Menophra senilis (Butler, 1878), Ectropis excellens (Butler, 1884), Ectropis aigneri Prout, 1930, Mesastrape fulguraria (Walker, 1860), Arichanna tetrica (Butler, 1878), Agriopis dira (Butler, 1878), Larerannis orthogrammaria (Wehrli, 1927), Phigalia verecundaria (Leech, 1897), and Phanerothyris sinearia (Guenée, 1858).
Patterns of Autofluorescence in Common Genotypes of Retinitis Pigmentosa
Authors: Dowd-Schoeman Tyler J. , Rosenbloom Jacob , Ameri Hossein
Published: August 2021

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:

To investigate whether different forms of retinitis pigmentosa (RP) could be distinguished from one another using fundus autofluorescence (FAF) imaging.

PATIENTS AND METHODS:

The National Institutes of Health EyeGene database was used to gather FAF images from 31 patients with RP, which were separated into 11 groups based on the RP-associated gene that was mutated. Investigators reviewed the images for patterns of autofluorescence (AF) and recorded qualitative observations.

RESULTS:

Four patterns of AF were noted within the macula, including central foveal hyper AF, a perifoveal hyper AF ring, a macular hyper AF ring, and a bull's-eye pattern of AF. Four patterns of AF were noted outside of the macula, including a mid-peripheral hyper AF ring, extramacular spots of hyper AF, patches of hypo AF, and diffuse hypo AF in the periphery. Double hyper AF rings were present in
RHO
,
RPGR
,
USH2A
, and
NR2E3
-linked RP.

CONCLUSIONS:

Similar patterns of AF were seen in different forms of RP, and AF failed to distinguish different genotypes.

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Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina
. 2021;52:426–431.]
Steroid Allergy in a Patient With Behçet's Disease
Authors: Harrison Bailey M. , Looney R. John , Williams Zoё R. , DiLoreto David A.
Published: August 2021

Immediate hypersensitivity reactions to systemic steroids are reported rarely in the literature. The authors present a case of Behçet's disease-associated panuveitis in a patient with skin test confirmed immunoglobulin E-mediated allergy to methylprednisolone and reported allergic reaction to prednisone. The patient tolerated prednisolone eyedrops for his anterior segment disease, as well as oral prednisolone for systemic therapy. This case demonstrates a challenge to conventional treatment, as it involves a hypersensitivity that is rarely reported. It also highlights class differences in corticosteroids with regard to immune reactivity.

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Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina
. 2021;52:447–449.]
Uniform attractors for nonautonomous reaction-diffusion equations with the nonlinearity in a larger symbol space
Authors: Zhu Xiangming , Zhong Chengkui
Published: August 2021

Existence and structure of the uniform attractors for reaction-diffusion equations with the nonlinearity in a weaker topology space are considered. Firstly, a weaker symbol space is defined and an example is given as well, showing that the compactness can be easier obtained in this space. Then the existence of solutions with new symbols is presented. Finally, the existence and structure of the uniform attractor are obtained by proving the \begin{document}$ (L^{2}\times \Sigma, L^{2}) $\end{document}-continuity of the processes generated by solutions.
Positive solutions for critical quasilinear Schrödinger equations with potentials vanishing at infinity
Authors: Li Guofa , Huang Yisheng
Published: August 2021

In this paper, we study the existence of positive solutions for the following quasilinear Schrödinger equations

   \begin{document}$ \begin{equation*} -\triangle u+V(x)u+\frac{\kappa}{2}[\triangle|u|^{2}]u = \lambda K(x)h(u)+\mu|u|^{2^*-2}u, \quad x\in\mathbb{R}^{N}, \end{equation*} $\end{document}

where \begin{document}$ \kappa>0 $\end{document}, \begin{document}$ \lambda>0, \mu>0, h\in C(\mathbb{R}, \mathbb{R}) $\end{document} is superlinear at infinity, the potentials \begin{document}$ V(x) $\end{document} and \begin{document}$ K(x) $\end{document} are vanishing at infinity. In order to discuss the existence of solutions we apply minimax techniques together with careful \begin{document}$ L^{\infty} $\end{document}-estimates. For the subcritical case (\begin{document}$ \mu = 0 $\end{document}) we can deal with large \begin{document}$ \kappa>0 $\end{document}. For the critical case we treat that \begin{document}$ \kappa>0 $\end{document} is small.
Analysis of differential code biases and inter-system biases for GPS and NavIC satellite constellations
Authors: Krishna K. Siva ,   Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation (K.L. Deemed to University), Greenfields, Vaddeswaram, Guntur, 522502, India, Ratnam D. Venkata
Published: August 2021

Multi Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) plays an essential role in navigation and geodesy fields for positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) services. The predominant challenge of multi-GNSS is hardware bias errors such as Differential code Bias (DCB) and Inter System Biases (ISB). The estimation of DCB and ISB are essential for analyzing the GNSS system performance to improve the positional accuracy. Navigation with the Indian Constellation (NavIC) system consists of the entire constellation of seven Geo-Stationary satellites to cater to Position Navigation Time (PNT) services over India and adjacent areas. In this paper, the relation between DCB and ISB of Global Positioning System (GPS) and NavIC systems is investigated using two ground-based NovAtel GPS and three Accords NavIC Receivers data (January to April 2019) at Koneru Lakshamaiah Education Foundation (K.L. Deemed to University), Guntur, India (16.47°N, 80.61°E). The correlation results indicate that NavIC GSO satellites are more stable than GEO satellites from DCB and ISB analysis due to low elevation angles and multipath effects. A systematic bias error is observed between NavIC and GPS satellite systems from ISB and DCB results. The current research work outcome would be beneficial for modeling GNSS ionospheric Total Electron Content (TEC) for high precision multi-constellation and multi-frequency GNSS systems.
Uniqueness and nondegeneracy of positive solutions to an elliptic system in ecology
Authors: Li Zaizheng , Zhang Zhitao
Published: August 2021

In this paper, we study the follwing important elliptic system which arises from the Lotka-Volterra ecological model in $ \mathbb{R}^N $

   $ \begin{equation*} \begin{cases} -\Delta u+\lambda u = \mu_1u^2+\beta uv, & x\in\mathbb{R}^N,\\ -\Delta v+\lambda v = \mu_2v^2+\beta uv, & x\in \mathbb{R}^N,\\ u, v>0, u, v\in H^1(\mathbb{R}^N), \end{cases} \end{equation*} $

where $ N\leq 5, $ $ \lambda, \mu_1, \mu_2 $ are positive constants, $ \beta\geq 0 $ is a coupling constant. Firstly, we prove the uniqueness of positive solutions under general conditions, then we show the nondegeneracy of the positive solution and the degeneracy of semi-trivial solutions. Finally, we give a complete classification of positive solutions when $ \mu_1 = \mu_2 = \beta. $
Two-uniqueness of rational ghost soliton solution and well-posedness of perturbed Einstein-Yang-Mills equations
Authors: Song Wenjing ,   College of Science, Xi'an Polytechnic University, Xi'an, 710048, China, Deng Haiyun , Yang Ganshan ,   Department of Applied Mathematics, Nanjing Audit University, Nanjing, 211815, China,   Department of Mathematics, Yunnan Nationalities University, Kunming, 650031, China
Published: August 2021

In this paper, we discuss the uniqueness and existence of local solutions for the perturbed static, spherically symmetric Einstein-Yang-Mills (EYM) equations with gauge group $ SU(2) $. Moreover, we show that the rational expression solutions to the equations only happened in traditional Schwarzschild solutions and Reissner-Nordstrom solutions. From these results, we can infer that there is no rational ghost soliton solution for the EYM equations.
Mathematical modeling of impact of eCD4-Ig molecule in control and management of HIV within a host
Authors: Lee Tae Jin ,   Center for Biotechnology and Genomic Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, 1120 15th Street, Augusta, GA 30912, USA, Vazquez Jose A. , Rao Arni S. R. Srinivasa ,   Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, 1120 15th Street, Augusta, GA 30912, USA,   Laboratory for Theory and Mathematical Modeling, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, 1120 15th Street, Augusta, GA 30912, USA,   Department of Mathematics, Augusta University, 1120 15th Street, Augusta, GA 30912, USA
Published: August 2021

Eradication and eventually cure of the HIV virus from the infected individual should be the primary goal in all HIV therapy. This has yet to be achieved, however development of broadly neutralizing antibodies (bNabs) and eCD4-Ig and its related particles are promising therapeutic alternatives to eliminate the HIV virus from the host. Past studies have found superior protectivity and efficacy eradicating the HIV virus with the use of eCD4-Igs over bNabs, which has proposed the antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC) effect as one of the key-factors for antibody design. In this study, we evaluated the dynamics of the HIV virus, CD4 T-cells, and eCD4-Ig in humans using a gene-therapy approach which has been evaluated in primates previously. We utilized a mathematical model to investigate the relationship between eCD4-Ig levels, ADCC effects, and the neutralization effect on HIV elimination. In addition, a balance between ADCC and viral neutralization effect of eCD4-Ig has been investigated in order to understand the condition of which HIV eliminating antibodies needs to satisfy. Our analysis indicated some level of ADCC effect, which was missing from ART, was required for viral elimination. The results will be helpful in designing future drugs or therapeutic strategies.
The Logic of Misandrogyny
Authors: Engelhardt Jeff M
Published: August 2021

This paper develops an account of misandrogyny that is modeled on Kate Manne's account of misogyny. On Manne's view, misogyny is a system of mechanisms that together police and enforce the gendered hierarchy of a patriarchal order. On the account developed here, misandrogyny is a system of mechanisms that together police and enforce the gender binary of a patriarchal order. The gender binary is constituted by norms that preclude the existence of persons who aren't consistently 'read' either as a man (and only a man) or as a woman (and only a woman). Misandrogyny thus polices and enforces the nonexistence of people who are neither women (only) nor men (only). After some clarifying preliminaries, section 1 describes mechanisms of misandrogyny that push individuals into specific binary gender positions; section 2 describes structures and institutions that compel gender non-conforming people to assimilate to the gender binary; section 3 describes mechanisms that target gender non-conforming persons for fatal violence. 
Healthy Together
Authors: Vaz de Almeida Cristina
Published: August 2021

Clinical practice guidelines are procedures, ideas, integrating records, multiple interventions, and decisions that are systematically developed to support professional and patient decisions about healthcare appropriate to specific clinical circumstances. The sudden pandemic that occurred in December 2019 that devastated the world forced reflection and globalized intervention. It was necessary, in a short time, to elaborate and disseminate a set of key rules in order to be able to control the coronavirus pandemic, global information, the protection and safety of people, and the treatment of patients and multiple and complex issues brought up in a communication crisis. In this chapter the author evaluates some of the moments of this global communication led by the World Health Organization and supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other entities.
Borders as a Space for Mobility, Cooperation, and Tourism
Authors: Fernandes Gonçalo Poeta , Cravino Inês Gomes
Published: August 2021

The border is framed as a political/administrative element, as a space of contact of cultures and geographies, as a line of separation and permeability, generator of mobilities of different scales. During the last decades, the Iberian border has experienced depopulation dynamics and socio-economic reorganisations that have transformed the ways of working, the models of social organisation, occupation, and land use. In this context of growing mobility, tourism has become an important activity for the border due to its ability to generate employment and foster economic and social development. The mobilization of natural and cultural resources assumes significance in the valorization of these spaces, in line with the current policies of cross-border cooperation promoted by the EU and the efforts of the two Iberian countries. The border between central Portugal and Spain is taken as a study object, highlighting the existing dynamics and forms of cooperation, given the heritage values, capable of generating new attractions and functions in the oldest European border.
Evolution of the Literature on Social Responsibility in the Tourism Sector
Authors: Lechuga Sancho María Paula , Martín Navarro Alicia
Published: August 2021

This chapter describes the evolution of research on social responsibility in the tourism sector until November 2017. The authors have compiled a database of 66 articles focused on the field published in academic journals. Bibliometric methods and techniques were used to describe the evolution of scientific activity, countries and active institutions, most productive authors, applied methodologies, and the main topics researched to determine the state and describe the evolution of literature in this field. Based on these analyses, possible ways are proposed for future research to advance this consolidation as a scientific discipline.
Literary Tourism as a Good Practice to Promote Inland Tourism
Authors: Sardo Anabela , Chaves Rita Arala
Published: August 2021

This study is carried out within the scope of the topic “innovative projects and good practices in inland tourism,” and it will present the case of the Portuguese project Eça de Queiroz Foundation. The Eça de Queiroz Foundation was founded in 1990 on some of the properties left by the 19th-century Portuguese writer, Eça de Queiroz: the Vila Nova farm and house in Santa Cruz do Douro (Tormes/Baião/Portugal), a small inland village in the Douro, a Portuguese region whose landscape is classified as World Heritage. Currently, the organization has several areas of activity, such as cultural, agricultural, and commercial intervention. The foundation also offers numerous products and services that enhance the promotion of Tourism in the Northern Portugal Inland Region.
Enogastronomic Tourism in Times of Pandemic
Authors: Ossorio Mario
Published: August 2021

The chapter investigates the relevance of events in enogastronomic tourism during the pandemic. Over last years, typical food and beverage have increasingly grown their relevance within the tourism industry. The evolution of the concept of enogastronomic tourism and the economic consequences on the rural territories are illustrated. In addition, the different categories of enogastronomic tourists are examined, emphasizing the relevance of experience within the industry. In the second section, the role of the events and the experiences connected to them, in the wine industry, are analysed. Lastly, the chapter describes la Strada del Vino dei Campi Flegrei, isola d'Ischia e Vesuvio, a territory near the City of Naples, where well-known Italian wines are produced and many wine-centered events are arranged, strengthening the attractiveness of that rural area.
Testing the SmartMunk's Story.ly App for the Analysis of Online Customer Reviews on Face Masks
Authors: Briciu Arabela , Roman Cristian-Laurențiu , Briciu Victor-Alexandru
Published: August 2021

This chapter aims to present the process of selecting and analyzing a number of reviews using a software solution (an online application) created specifically for text analysis and extracting user sentiment. This software measures the level of user satisfaction, analyzing product reviews and taking into account the qualitative part of the content generated by users. Analyzing online customer reviews with the help of specialized software can help both companies and other users. The software can also help us reach a conclusion regarding the analysis of reviews and customer feedback on products or services. This study can also be useful for customers or buyers who want to know the opinion of others about a product, having the opportunity to differentiate between positive and negative reviews.
Equitable Assessment Practices
Authors: Min Emmy J.
Published: August 2021

The traditional approach to assessment is being reevaluated as a valid and effective language learning assessment tool because it often fails to account for the specific needs, contexts, and backgrounds of language learners. To make assessment processes more equitable, just, and inclusive, this chapter extends the traditional approach to assessment practice by introducing the equity-minded assessment model, which includes six principles for teachers to use as a framework for creating and evaluating assessments: validity, reliability, practicality, authenticity, washback and equity, and justice and inclusion. The author suggests that the model be used to design, administer, and reflect on the effectiveness of the assessment and as a critical reflective framework and not merely as a checklist of items. Thus, this model can serve to make assessments for learning and not just of learning, thereby making the assessment process equitable and inclusive.
Using Autoethnography to Engage in Critical Inquiry in TESOL
Authors: Liu Qinghua
Published: August 2021

In this chapter, the author proposes using the qualitative research method of autoethnography to improve one's practice in teaching English to students of other languages (TESOL). This chapter first includes an overview of autoethnography followed by discussion of evidence-based practices and learning activities that apply the methodology. The chapter then explores the method through a case study involving the author and her son. Through this autoethnography account, the author demonstrates the process of collecting, analyzing, and interpreting autobiographical data to gain a deeper understanding of ourselves and our students. The case demonstrates how intersectionalities, including race and gender, have an impact on the learning experiences. In this way, this protocol has methodological and pedagogical implications for TESOL praxis. This chapter finally discusses the implications of this methodology in TESOL as a viable qualitative research methodology to gain new insights and understandings for TESOL educators.
Critical Praxis Through a Social Media Ecosystem
Authors: Yang Eric Chao
Published: August 2021

The use of social media in language education is evident in the plethora of online content generated by education organizations. Teachers and learners alike have used platforms such as Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram to access and disseminate learning content in the forms of text, images, podcasts, and videos. However, despite the prevalence of social media in the language-learning sector, its pedagogical use has been limited to learning language features. This chapter analyzes the potential use of an ecosystem of social media platforms to augment varied modes of TESOL instruction, namely live, online, and hybrid, through a critical lens in higher and adult education. The integration of critical content and critical thinking development in social media platforms, in which authentic content is directly consumed, co-created, and disseminated, enables TESOL teachers to help learners become aware of how power shapes information, how to resist coercion, and challenge the status quo.
Pathophysiological Basis of COVID-19
Authors: El Hidan Moulay Abdelmonaim , Rhazi Mohamed , Merzouki Mohamed , Agnaou Mustapha , Ait Baamrane Moulay Abdeljalil , Draoui Ahmed , Tamegart Lahcen , Warda Karima
Published: August 2021

The World Health Organization (WHO) recognized the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as a worldwide pandemic caused by a newly discovered coronavirus responsible for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS-Cov2). The virus appeared in Wuhan, China in December 2019 and spread throughout the world, causing several mortality cases particularly in older people and those with chronic diseases. A body of evidence suggests a multi-target of SARS-Cov2, which may act beyond the respiratory system being responsible for other pathological complications, including the gastrointestinal tract, nervous, and the renal functions. The chapter will provide a literature review of the recent data on COVID-19 physiopathology involving in addition to the respiratory dysfunction all the potential physiological functions which could be independently and directly impaired by the SARS-Cov2.
Managerial Innovations and Organizational Resilience During the COVID-19 Crisis
Authors: Rabah-Rabbou Mounir , Zitouni Abdelaziz , Zahir Mustapha , Boudiaf Abdelghani
Published: August 2021

Developing the resilience of hospitals in this period of crisis is no longer a choice but rather has become a matter of course for survival. The use of this concept to understand how organizations can overcome the current crisis seems relevant insofar as the research will first identify the human and organizational constraints that are a source of vulnerability for public hospitals and then understand the main practices undertaken by the university hospital to deal with the COVID-19 crisis in terms of the HR function, and finally see to what extent these practices can contribute to the resilience of the public hospital.
North African Management of the Post COVID-19 Crisis
Authors: Hadach Mohamed , Rachid Ed-Dali
Published: August 2021

Tourism is vulnerable and sensitive to natural, socio-political, and economic hazards. The bulk of destinations are threatened by natural, terrorist, cyclical, epidemiological, political, and social perils. Tourism is a salient industry and represents 14% of the GDP of certain MENA countries, including Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Libya, and Egypt. The latter's GDP has shrunk sharply and affected other vital economic sectors that inductively and deductively rely on tourism. Generally, the industry's recovery depends, to a large extent, on these governments' decision-makers alongside the encouragement and satisfaction of the tourist.
Meditation, Mindfulness, and Mental Health
Authors: Gupta Sanjeev Kumar
Published: August 2021

In the last six decades, the concept of mindfulness has been widely studied, researched, and practiced in mainstream psychology, mental health, and health disciplines. Over a period of time, clinical practitioners have integrated meditation and mindfulness practices or techniques in the mainstream psychological interventions for emotional and behavioral disorders such as anxiety, depression, chronic pain, borderline personality disorder, and eating disorder. This chapter highlights the application of Mindfulness-Based Interventions in various clinical and non-clinical samples. It also covers the importance of mindfulness practices for the crisis due to the COVID-19 pandemic, discusses integrating technology into mindfulness training, and presents various issues and challenges related to mindfulness practices.
Medical Burnout
Authors: Franco Santos Diogo , Branco Silva Ana Rita , Novo Maria do Rosário , Vaz de Almeida Cristina
Published: August 2021

The WHO defines burnout as an inadequate response to chronic workplace stress, with emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and reduced professional efficacy. Its growing incidence among physicians may adversely affect their personal and professional lives. Mindfulness aims to reach a state of consciousness in which one's attention is purposefully focused on the present. This chapter uses a narrative review of articles published between 2015 and 2019, with the MeSH terms “Burnout,” “Professional,” “Mindfulness,” and “Health Personnel.” Sixty-six articles were obtained, of which one meta-analysis, two systematic reviews, and two randomized clinical trials (RCT) met the inclusion criteria. All studies showed some degree of burnout improvement, more statistically significant as regards emotional exhaustion. One RCT also showed a reduction in heart rate. Available evidence suggests that mindfulness may improve physicians' well-being, mental health, and resilience, asserting itself as a possible coping strategy for burnout, namely regarding emotional exhaustion.
Spiritual Emergency
Authors: Kumar Rajeev
Published: August 2021

Mindfulness meditation has been proven efficient in treating many physical and psychological disorders. Mindfulness meditation techniques are also subjected to specific indications and contraindications. Scanning of gross body, thoughts, emotions, and memories are the essential components of any form of meditation. During those scannings, some unwanted memories and some unusual experiences are very much apparent. There are many energy points in the gross human body, which are correspondent to the endocrine system of the human body, known as Kundalini or Chakra. During meditation, those chakras are stimulated, and hidden energy is exploded; increased psychomotor activities manifest in the behaviors of the person. This behavioral manifestation is called a spiritual emergency. Professionals often confused this behavioral manifestation with psychotic illness. A spiritual emergency requires specific therapeutic management. Against this backdrop, this chapter attempts a review of research articles on spiritual emergencies and therapeutic guidelines to handle them in clinical settings.
Double Dearth Effect
Authors: Bautista Judy Cañero , Gatcho Al Ryanne Gabonada
Published: August 2021

This chapter presents a narrative inquiry on the life experiences of three Filipino families who belong to each representation of socioeconomic status. Furthermore, it unpacks the temporal, social, and geophysical or spatial elements of their narratives in relation to the disruptive effects of the coronavirus pandemic on their resources, access, and literacy practices. Subsequent to securing their consent, each family was subjected to an online recorded semi-structured interview where they shared their life experiences. The recorded responses were later transcribed and analyzed using Montero and Washington's lens in exploring narratives. The researchers ultimately provide collaborative narratives of the three families' experiences and theorize on the specific experiences of poor or low-income families against the experiences of the middle class and the rich or high-income families. The researchers end the chapter by offering a working definition of their concept called the double-dearth effect.
Studying and Addressing Listening Levels of Children in a Rural Poverty-Stricken Area
Authors: McClanahan Barbara J.
Published: August 2021

This chapter reports the work of a teacher educator/researcher as she supported teacher candidates to assess and tutor struggling readers in a public school in a rural, economically depressed, yet diverse, area. Alerted by the scores for listening comprehension the candidates were finding over several semesters that indicated little reading potential for the students being assessed, she worked with the school's principal to reassess one group of students at the end of the year to determine growth, and therefore potential success, of the school's new intervention program in raising listening levels. No significant results were found, yet school personnel made no change in their program to address it. The teacher educator/researcher subsequently followed the implications of the research to provide instruction in listening skills to students in two other schools. The chapter closes with a discussion of what may truly make a difference in developing listening skills for the children in this community beyond a commercial program.
Analysis of a Monopile Under Two-Way Cyclic Loading
Authors: Nigitha D. , Rathod Deendayal , Krishnanunni K. T.
Published: August 2021

Large diameter monopiles are commonly used as offshore wind turbine (OWT) foundations to withstand lateral cyclic loads due to wind and wave action. In the present study, a two-dimensional finite element analysis was performed to evaluate the behavior of a monopile under two-way lateral cyclic loading. The centrifuge test carried out on a 0.7m diameter pile was being used to validate the constituent model. The parametric study was carried out on a monopile by varying the slenderness ratio (L/D = 4, 5, and 6) and load amplitudes (30%, 40%, and 50% of the ultimate pile capacity). From the load-displacement response of a monopile, it was observed that the measured accumulated displacement increases drastically for the first load cycle. For a given embedded length, the lateral displacement was observed to increase with an increase in load amplitude. For an embedded length of L/D = 4, the increase in load amplitude from 30% - 40% resulted in an increase in lateral displacement to 24%.
An Efficient Method for Biomedical Word Sense Disambiguation Based on Web-Kernel Similarity
Authors: Rais Mohammed , Bekkali Mohammed , Lachkar Abdelmonaime
Published: August 2021

Searching for the best sense for a polysemous word remains one of the greatest challenges in the representation of biomedical text. To this end, Word Sense Disambiguation (WSD) algorithms mostly rely on an External Source of Knowledge, like a Thesaurus or Ontology, for automatically selecting the proper concept of an ambiguous term in a given Window of Context using semantic similarity and relatedness measures. In this paper, we propose a Web-based Kernel function for measuring the semantic relatedness between concepts to disambiguate an expression versus multiple possible concepts. This measure uses the large volume of documents returned by PubMed Search engine to determine the greater context for a biomedical short text through a new term weighting scheme based on Rough Set Theory (RST). To illustrate the efficiency of our proposed method, we evaluate a WSD algorithm based on this measure on a biomedical dataset (MSH-WSD) that contains 203 ambiguous terms and acronyms. The obtained results demonstrate promising improvements.
Modeling Human Physiology Coupled With Hyperbaric Plant Simulation for Oil and Gas
Authors: Bruzzone Agostino , Agresta Matteo , Sinelshchikov Kirill
Published: August 2021

Underwater activities are an essential part of different industrial fields, and if in some cases autonomous and remotely controlled solutions could be used, often intervention of human divers is pivotal. In order to operate at depths of tens to hundreds of meters, the main technique that allows safe and efficient operation is called saturation diving, which foresees gradual adaptation of divers to harsh underwater conditions by means of hyperbaric chambers. This type of facility requires highly qualified personnel for management; however, nowadays, most training is done on empty industrial plants, which is costly and limits the possibility to take into account vital parameters of personnel inside them as well as making it practically impossible to reproduce emergency situations. This paper proposes an innovative approach in M&S for the hyperbaric plants devoted to support training and certification of life support supervisors (LSS) as well as other operators involved in diving activities.
Image-Based PSi Signal Acquisition From a Patient Monitor During a Medical Procedure
Authors: Karer Gorazd
Published: August 2021

Depth of anesthesia (DoA) is determined by assessment of relevant clinical signs, interpretation of hemodynamic measurements, and EEG measurements. The induction and proper dosing of anesthetic agents is an essential task of the anesthesiologist during a diagnostic procedure or surgery under general anesthesia. Therefore, DoA control seems to be a suitable problem to tackle with a closed loop control approach. One must be able to acquire the relevant signals online and in real time, but patient monitors are intentionally not able to connect to an external device during a procedure for safety reasons. The article introduces a universal image-based system for signal acquisition from a patient monitor that operates in the Matlab-Simulink environment for convenient integration into DoA modelling, simulation, and control. In addition, it provides the anesthesiologist with a simple dashboard that displays key acquired signal values and trends. The system has been tested on a Masimo Root with SedLine patient monitor. The results show that the PSi signal can be reliably acquired.
GABC
Authors: Bindu M. G.  , Sabu M. K.
Published: August 2021

Feature selection is a complex pre-processing step in data mining that enhances classification accuracy by selecting the minimum number of relevant features. Artificial bee colony algorithm (ABC) is one of the successful swarm intelligent algorithms for feature selection, image processing, data analytics, protein structure prediction, etc. It simulates the honey foraging behavior of the bee swarm. But it tends to low convergence speed and local optima stagnation. Hybrid meta-heuristics can enhance the performance of existing swarm algorithms. This paper proposes a hybrid approach for the ABC algorithm by incorporating genetic operators into it. The mutation operator is used to explore the better-quality neighborhood while the crossover is used to enhance the quality of solutions by implementing diversity into them. The performance of the proposed method is evaluated using UCI data sets and compared with existing swarm algorithms for feature selection. The effectiveness of the proposed method is evident from the results.
Meta-Analysis of EMF-Induced Pollution by COVID-19 in Virtual Teaching and Learning With an Artificial Intelligence Perspective
Authors: Das Sanjita , Srivastava Shilpa , Tripathi Aprna , Das Saumya
Published: August 2021

Concerns about the health effects of frequent exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMF) emitted from mobile towers and handsets have been raised because of the gradual increase in usage of cell phones and frequent setting up of mobile towers. Present study is targeted to detrimental effects of EMF radiation on various biological systems mainly due to online teaching and learning process by suppressing the immune system. During COVID-19 pandemic the increased usage of internet due to online education and online office leads to more detrimental effects of EMF radiation. Further inculcation of soft computing techniques in EMF radiation has been presented. A literature review focusing on the usage of soft computing techniques in the domain of EMF radiation has been presented in the article. An online survey has been conducted targeting Indian academic stakeholders’ (Specially Teachers, Students and Parents termed as population in paper) for analyzing the awareness towards the bio hazards of EMF exposure.
The Continuum of Care in Cross-Border Health Travel
Authors: Vequist IV David G.
Published: August 2021

There are several studies showing that a breakdown in the continuum of care occurs when a person crosses an international boundary for healthcare, such as migrants and medical tourists. This study attempted to measure the impact of a lack of standard continuity on the healthcare outcomes by comparing self-reported perceptions of health among a large population of people that traveled across borders. These travelers, without a discernible continuum of care, were surveyed before and after travel. A statistical analysis of self-reported perception data about general health before and after cross-border travel shows a significant decrease in overall health after cross-border travel. Despite some limitations, a moderate amount of the decline can be attributed to the breakdown of the continuum of care between providers on both sides of the border. The development of standards for cross-border healthcare could potentially improve the healthcare received by migrants and medical travelers.
Multi-Dimensional Sport Physique Evaluation and Ranking for Healthcare Based on TOPSIS
Authors: Zhuo Changqing , Zhang Qiyun , Xie Qin , Lin Yinping , Xu Chengxin , Wang Lina , Wang Sifeng
Published: August 2021

Typically, through monitoring, collecting, integrating, and analyzing the sport scores of individuals, we can know about the sport physique of the individuals in a real-time manner, so as to further guarantee a high-quality health level of people. However, in the abovementioned sport scores-based sport physique monitoring scenario, two major challenges are raised. First, the collected sport scores for sport physique monitoring are often multi-dimensional, which makes it hard to evaluate the sport physique of individuals fairly and reasonably. Moreover, the multiple dimensions of sport scores are often of different weights or significances, which raise a challenging task to objectively evaluate the sport physique of an individual. Considering these challenges, a novel multi-dimensional sport physique evaluation and ranking method, named MSPER, is proposed in this research work for better healthcare for individuals, which is based on the TOPSIS theory. At last, a case study is presented to show the concrete procedure of MSPER method.
Hardrock mining research in Atlantic Canada, needs and opportunities
Authors: Udd J E
Published: August 2021

CANMET, the Canada Centre for Mineral and Energy Technology is the technology-delivery arm of the Federal Department of Energy, Mines and Resources. Its mandate is to perform R&D to help improve the competitiveness of the industry, to improve health and
safety and environmental control and to support government policy initiatives. CANMET is organized into divisions which parallel the major divisions of the industry.
Mining research is delivered in both the Coal Research Laboratories and Mining Research Laboratories divisions. The former, with laboratories in Sydney, Nova Scotia and Devon, Alberta, address the needs of the coal and oil sands industries. The latter, with facilities in Bells Corners, Elliot Lake,
and Sudbury serves the rest of the industry.
In this paper the author presents an overview of the work of the Mining Research Laboratories. Particular emphasis is placed on work in progress in Atlantic Canada, and on the perceived needs for mining R&D which are particular to the area.