bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
A casa que levamos em nós: reflexões memorialísticas sobre o romance "minha casa é onde estou" de Igiaba Scego
Authors: Dos Santos Silvana Maria Pantoja , Nascimento Milaynne Christina Barros do
Published: September 2020

O presente trabalho pretende analisar a relação entre memória individual e coletiva no romance Minha casa é onde estou (La mia casa è dove sono) de Igiaba Scego. A obra retrata, em oito capítulos, os primeiros vinte anos da vida da narradora. Seis dos capítulos têm nomes de lugares de Roma ligados às suas memórias e que marcam sua relação com a referida cidade, ao mesmo tempo em que misturam as memórias sobre o exílio dos pais na Itália e sobre a própria Somália, terra mãe da sua família. Igiaba Scego escreve para meios de comunicação na Itália e é ativista dos Direitos Humanos, tendo destaque seu envolvimento em questões referentes à causa das pessoas refugiadas. O propósito desse trabalho é também falar sobre essa autora e a respeito de sua obra que oferece importantes contribuições para se pensar os processos memorialísticos de pessoas que passam por vivências marcadas pela ruptura e pela busca de seu lugar no mundo. Para tanto, as principais referências utilizadas para esse trabalho são: Halbwachs (2006) e Hall (2003).
Crise e vanguarda: sobre o invencionismo do Prata
Authors: Correa Joaquín
Published: September 2020

A partir da recuperação de três ensaios de Ricardo Piglia, publicados na virada do século, são analisadas as revistas do invencionismo concreto argentino, Arturo e Madí, focando o estudo das configurações da – assim chamada – vanguarda periférica nos modos de ver, no complô e nas consequências do liberalismo (lidas por Piglia, naquela virada, no reflexo da crise do neo-liberalismo na Argentina). Em um segundo momento, o texto analisa as polêmicas dessas revistas com o peronismo, especialmente no confronto da não representação estética com a representação política (própria do populismo, segundo Ernesto Laclau) para estabelecer as rupturas entre as duas vias. A constelação Arturo desenharia um mapa que, apagando-se de modo aleatório ou emergindo em determinados contextos, redefine as posições vanguardistas no período situadas entre as vanguardas históricas e as neo-vanguardas.
VP 32 Interview RTL4 documentaire
Authors: scagliola stef , Edelstein Alfred , van Koevorden Karin
Published: September 2020

interview met Alfred Edelstein, Karin van Koevorden, redacteuren van documentaire over Rawagede 8-1995,

5-8-2016
Review: The case for Community Wealth Building by Joe Guinan and Martin O’Neill
Authors: Gareth Wall
Published: September 2020

Drawing on innovative local government and community initiatives from the United Kingdom and the United States, Guinan and O’Neill’s 'The Case for Community Wealth Building' is a timely and optimistically critical contribution to discussions on inclusive community-owned local economic development. This short thesis aimed at practitioners, policy-makers and theorists alike, looks at alternative models of local economic ownership. At just 116 pages, this accessible book, whilst drawing on a good if limited range of academic and case study literature, reads more in the tradition of a radical political pamphlet than a dense academic text.
Dominant process zones in a mixed fluvial–tidal delta are morphologically distinct
Authors: Perignon Mariela , Adams Jordan , Overeem Irina , Passalacqua Paola
Published: September 2020

Abstract. The morphology of deltas is determined by the spatial extent and variability of the geomorphic processes that shape them. While in some cases resilient, deltas are increasingly threatened by natural and anthropogenic forces, such as sea level rise and land use change, which can drastically alter the rates and patterns of sediment transport. Quantifying process patterns can improve our predictive understanding of how different zones within delta systems will respond to future change. Available remotely sensed imagery can help, but appropriate tools are needed for pattern extraction and analysis. We present a method for extracting information about the nature and spatial extent of active geomorphic processes across deltas with 10 parameters quantifying the geometry of each of 1239 islands and the channels around them using machine learning. The method consists of a two-step unsupervised machine learning algorithm that clusters islands into spatially continuous zones based on the 10 morphological metrics extracted from remotely sensed imagery. By applying this method to the Ganges–Brahmaputra–Meghna Delta, we find that the system can be divided into six major zones. Classification results show that active fluvial island construction and bar migration processes are limited to relatively narrow zones along the main Ganges River and Brahmaputra and Meghna corridors, whereas zones in the mature upper delta plain with smaller fluvial distributary channels stand out as their own morphometric class. The classification also shows good correspondence with known gradients in the influence of tidal energy with distinct classes for islands in the backwater zone and in the purely tidally controlled region of the delta. Islands at the delta front under the mixed influence of tides, fluvial–estuarine construction, and local wave reworking have their own characteristic shape and channel configuration. The method is not able to distinguish between islands with embankments (polders) and natural islands in the nearby mangrove forest (Sundarbans), suggesting that human modifications have not yet altered the gross geometry of the islands beyond their previous “natural” morphology or that the input data (time, resolution) used in this study are preventing the identification of a human signature. These results demonstrate that machine learning and remotely sensed imagery are useful tools for identifying the spatial patterns of geomorphic processes across delta systems.
Fostering Antiracist Engagement in Japanese Language Teaching
Authors: Kubota Ryuko
Published: September 2020

Japanese language teaching and learning is influenced by various types of human diversity. Diversity of gender, language, and culture are often addressed in learning materials, instructional practices, and professional discussions in the field. Yet, issues of race are often glossed over in everyday pedagogical practices and professional discourses on equity, diversity, and inclusion. To fill this gap, this article will focus on issues of race and introduce key concepts—race and ethnicity, racism, intersectionality, and new racism—by drawing on some examples from the survey results presented by Mori et al. (this volume). The article proposes antiracist engagement in Japanese language teaching that encourages the recognition of different forms of racism operating in various contexts and the exercise of hyper self-reflexivity to always question own positionalities and responsibilities in a complex web of power relations.
The Japanese Discovery of Chinese Fiction: “The Water Margin” and the Making of a National Canon
Authors: Skovoronskikh Mikhail
Published: September 2020

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Symbolic Death and Rebirth into Womanhood: An Analysis of Stepdaughter Narratives from Heian and Medieval Japan
Authors: Schmidt-Hori Sachi
Published: September 2020

Through a comparative reading of several premodern Japanese tales with a focus on Ochikubo monogatari (ca. tenth century) and Hachi-kazuki (ca. fifteenth century), this essay attempts to interpret the common literary trope of mamako ijime—stepmothers’ mistreatment of their stepdaughters—in a new light. Within the pre-existing scholarship, the fictional accounts of mamako ijime seem to have been viewed as a reflection of quasi-universal, self-evident phenomena at best. Consequently, little inquiry has been made regarding the ubiquity or functions of this particular form of female-on-female violence in literary texts. The present study, in turn, attributes the blind acceptance of the universality of mamako ijime to negative stereotypes against middle-aged women, shared by the readers of the past and present, and offers a more critical interpretation thereof. Based on the recurrent patterns found in premodern Japanese tales, mamako ijime can be read as the dead birthmothers’ “tough love” for their daughters. By enduring the abusive (albeit not deadly) deeds of the stepmothers—or the evil surrogates of the late mothers—the heroines mature into resilient, caring, and wise women and ultimately achieve strong marriage, wealth, and prestige, all of which would have been what the birthmothers wished upon their daughters.
Ogawa Yōko and the Horrific Femininities of Daily Life
Authors: Ting Grace En-Yi
Published: September 2020

In Ogawa Yōko’s (b. 1962) writing from the late 1980’s and 1990’s, female narrators often revel in the fantastical beauty of youthful masculinities, while they themselves cannot escape the disgusting disorder of feminized domestic spaces. First, I read death and violence in kitchens depicted in the story collection Revenge (1998) to show how Ogawa rewrites this space associated with the housewife and her duties as one of horrific possibilities overturning idealized images of domesticity. Next, building on earlier readings of food, I argue that spectacles of sweetness—cakes, jam, and ice cream desserts—play a particularly crucial role in articulating female desire and violence, such as with the earlier works “Pregnancy Diary” (1991) and Sugar Time (1991). Returning to Revenge, I observe how “sweet” images appear in scenes of violence to outline how female homosocial gazes reflect a constant engagement with femininities seen in other women, particularly those marked by the transgression of anger and murderous desire. I end by considering ways in which Ogawa’s self-reflexive depiction of the woman writer in Revenge playfully problematizes the “mad” fantasies of women who write.
Was Milton White?
Authors: Shore Daniel
Published: September 2020

This article argues that Milton scholarship in an age of emboldened white supremacy needs to take account of Milton's own whiteness and especially his role in the historical development of white identity. Based on a close reading of the Hamitic curse, as retold by Michael in book 12 of Paradise Lost, it argues that Milton translated the racial hierarchies of his own day into the split structure of an emergent racial liberalism. Milton remade white identity into the racially unmarked category of universal liberal personhood while carving out an exception for racially marked but strategically unspecified others who may be enslaved with “no wrong, / But justice.”
Getting “Uppity” with Milton; or Because My Mom Politely Asked: “Was Milton Racist?”
Authors: Wilburn Reginald A.
Published: September 2020

This article serves as a wake-up call for more early modern critics to pursue a new cultural mode of literary criticism in Milton studies. In examining select racialized moments in Milton's works, the author acknowledges the present moment as an acceptable time for responsibly and forthrightly interpreting race and blackness as a metalanguage and intertext of marginalizing Otherness throughout the canon of one of English literature's most revered poets. The author contends that unorthodox receptions of Milton by black authors such as Ishmael Reed and Toni Morrison can help to theorize race in Milton's writings.
The morpho-syntactic encoding of discourse-linked topics: an agreement alternation in inversion in North-Eastern Italian varieties
Authors: Schaefer Silvia
Published: September 2020

In this paper, I will argue that some languages dispose over two kinds of expletives: a purely syntactic expletive and a ‘thetic expletive’ enumerated from the lexicon and triggering a thetic interpretation of the sentence. I will present data from two North-Eastern Italian varieties that exhibit a participle agreement alternation in inversion, a phenomenon that has received little attention until now. It will become clear that the information-structural status of the DP and the pragmatic force of the sentence are crucial for the obtainment of agreement in these varieties, ultimately expressing the thetic/categorical divide (Kuroda 1972; Ladusaw 1994; Sasse 1987). I will argue against subject-verb agreement as a mere reflex of a Spec-Head configuration. Instead, Longenbaugh’s (2019) account of past participle agreement in Romance will be adopted for the syntactic analysis of the agreement alternation in a Minimalist vein.
Congenital Muscular Dystrophies Molecular Diagnosis: From the LAMA2 Gene to NGS
Authors: Beroud Christophe
Published: September 2020

The autosomal recessive Congenital Muscular Dystrophies associated with a merosin deficiency, also
known as type 1A muscular dystrophy (MDC1A), results from mutations of the LAMA2 gene. This large
gene, composed of 65 exons, encodes the a2-chain subunit of laminin-2 (merosin). For many years,
identification of the lack of expression of merosin on muscle biopsies was considered to initiate a
molecular analysis by conventional Sanger sequencing. In the majority of cases (80%), the two
pathogenic mutations were directly identified by this approach. Nevertheless, for the remaining cases
with a single or no mutation, complementary approaches were necessary. They include the detection of
large rearrangement; either by MLPA or CGH-array and the search for deep intronic mutations impacting
splicing through the mRNA analysis. Altogether, these approaches allowed for the identification of
disease-causing mutations in more than 95% of families. Since these early days, patients with partial
loss of merosin have been identified. This has paved the way to the identification of a wide range of
phenotypes associated with mutations of the LAMA2 gene, ranging from the most severe forms in
patients with hypotonia at birth or in the first weeks of life, to rare patients achieving independent
ambulation. Most patients, among those with partial laminin-a2 deficiency, belong to this last category.
The identification of those milder phenotypes have also led to higher difficulty to select which genes
have to be analyzed based on the clinical presentation. This led to the development of NGS gene panels
in order to simultaneously screen all genes reported to be associated with congenital muscular
dystrophies. Thus, in a single NGS experiment, it is now possible to screen the 19 most commonly
involved genes and thus limit the diagnostic wandering. This new technology, while being able to
rapidly deliver the sequence of all genes, also place the geneticist in front of multiple candidate
mutations, which need to be evaluated prior to reporting the identification of the disease-causing
mutation(s) in a family. Not considering the need for large data storage capacity, it is now mandatory to
have access to efficient bioinformatics systems and to trained geneticists. In this presentation, I will
demonstrate the benefits and limits of this approach for the diagnosis of DMC.
Towards Better Care for Children with Severe Hypotonia: “A Child with Severe Hypotonia is a Medically Complex Child”.
Authors: Mohamed Reem Babiker
Published: September 2020

A few decades ago most of the children diagnosed with Severe Hypotonia would have died from
their illness in early infancy. The current health care system has the medical training, knowledge and
facilities to care for these children, but the processes around obtaining the right care at the right time,
coordinating treatment and providing holistic care are inefficient.
Metabolic Myopathies: Diagnosis and Treatment
Authors: Thabet Farouq
Published: September 2020

Metabolic myopathy is referred to a rare group of inherited muscle diseases caused by specific enzymatic
defects that lead to muscle energy defect and subsequently muscle dysfunction. They are divided into
disorders of carbohydrate metabolism, disorders of lipid metabolism and mitochondrial disorders.
Examples of the common metabolic myopathies are Pompe disease, McArdle’s disease, beta-oxidation
defects and carnitine disorders. A unique clinical presentation should raise the suspicion of such rare
muscle disorders specially when the patient has episodic muscle dysfunction and dynamic rather than
static symptoms. Premature exertional fatigue and exercise-associated muscle cramps are other clues.
However, they occasionally present as progressive muscle weakness mimicking dystrophic muscles
disorders or multiorgan involvement. Early diagnosis and implementation of therapeutic strategy will
help prevent acute muscle dysfunction, myoglobinurea and rhabdomyolysis. This strategy may include
avoiding vigorous exercise and prolonged fasting, eating complex carbohydrates, carnitine and MCT
supplementation and enzyme replacement therapy.
Qatar Population Biobank: Cohort Profile
Authors: Afifi Nahla
Published: September 2020

Qatar has developed the most advanced population cohort study in the region and stands parallel with
some of the best and most established biobanks in the world. The study, while playing an important role
in the development of precision medicine within Qatar, also aims to be a national reference database
for research conducted on the Arab population. Researchers can access the extensive data catalogue
with data collected on topics that range from health and lifestyle to mental health and genetic risk
factors along with over 16 clinical measurements and biological samples, which result in clinical
analysis on over 77 biomarkers. Unlike many other biobanks, participants are not recruited through
clinic or hospital services but come from campaigns using social media or recruitment drives, with over
25,000 participants recruited to date. One of the attractions for the population in participating with
Qatar Biobank is the feedback and referral service that has been established. Over 54% of participants
required a referral for either an existing condition (18%) or 81% were for a new or unknown condition.
An overall review of the data collected up until June 2019 showed that the most common conditions
requiring referral included abnormal bone mineral density at 44%, which is identified by a combination
of IDXA scan T score results and Vitamin D levels. Dyslipidemia at 14% and closely followed by 13% of
the Qatar Biobank population for diabetes. Other results commonly being referred include abnormal
thyroid function tests at 11.0% and osteoporosis at 6%. These feedback results emphasize the
importance of the work being conducted by Qatar Biobank.
Qatar Genome: From Basic Research to Clinical Integration
Authors: Ismail Said
Published: September 2020

The Qatar Genome Programme (QGP) is an ambitious project promoting the implementation of genomic
medicine in Qatar. The project has an overarching mission including developing guidelines and policies,
encouraging research collaborations, building a national genomic data infrastructure, investing in local
talent; and promoting the integration of genomics within the national healthcare system. The first
phase of the project started in September 2015, with the objective of unraveling the genetic map of the
local population. More than 18,000 whole genomes have been sequenced since then. Qatar Genome
fosters local genomic research by direct funding as well as by facilitating the formation of research
consortia to analyze the big data it produces. QGP also plays an important role in training local young
researchers through internships and workshops in addition to two new graduate programs established
in collaboration with local partner universities. Furthermore, QGP have performed national surveys to
gauge public and professional attitudes and awareness levels on precision medicine. The outcomes of
these surveys will guide the design of future phases of the project to fit the specific requirements of the
Qatari population. The focus of Qatar Genome in the near future will move in the direction of introducing
more precision medicine practices into the local health care system. National level partnerships are
built between major local stakeholders and early implementation projects are launched to show the
impact of precision medicine on patients.
COL6A Mutations in Patients with Congenital Muscular Dystrophy
Authors: Nair Vidya , Elsaid Mahmoud , Al Shami Rana , ElMudehki Noora , Mohamed Khalid , Ibrahim Khalid , AbdelAleem Alice
Published: September 2020

Introduction: Mutations in genes-encoding collagen VI-a chain are known to cause congenital
muscular dystrophies, (CMDs). Aim: Screening for COL6A mutations in CMDs’ patients. Methods: WGS,
Sanger sequencing, plasmids-construction, Western-blot and RT-PCR. Results: Missense and novel
nonsense mutations in COL6A1 and COL6A2 were detected. The analysis revealed a decreased stability
of the COL6A mutants as compared to wild-type. Conclusion: Collagen related muscular dystrophies
may demonstrate the early presentation as of joints and bone involvement rather than of muscular
weakness hence, likely may be misdiagnosed. Collagen VI muscular dystrophy was not identified in
Qatari patients with muscular dystrophies, in our cohort.
The Role of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Diagnosis and Assessment of Patients with Genetic Muscle Diseases
Authors: Straub Volker
Published: September 2020

Before genetic testing became widely available, the diagnostic workup of genetic muscle diseases
traditionally included the histochemical analysis of muscle biopsies. With the advent of cheaper and
more accessible genetic testing, the number of muscle biopsies for diagnostic purposes has declined.
Interestingly, the application of another non-invasive diagnostic method, muscle imaging, especially
muscle magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), is now also on the rise. The reasons for this are manifold.
Standard axial T1 weighted and short tau inversion recovery (STIR) images are routine sequences on
every scanner, quick to obtain and easy to interpret. In contrast to a muscle biopsy, lower limb or ideally
whole body imaging allows for the assessment of muscle pathology across a large range of muscles.
The non-invasive assessment is relatively cheap and can be performed longitudinally over the course of
a disease. Over the past few years, more and more centres have applied muscle MRI to better understand
the progression of muscle pathology over time, to identify selected patterns of muscle pathology that
help to guide genetic testing and to use quantitative muscle MRI as an outcome measure in clinical
trials to monitor the efficacy of therapeutic interventions. This presentation will focus on the diagnostic
application of muscle MRI using primarily axial T1 weighted images of the lower limbs to illustrate how
pattern recognition based on the selective involvement of muscles can help to guide genetic testing or
support a specific diagnosis in case variants of uncertain clinical significance which have been identified
in multiple genes. Muscle MRI scans can be especially helpful in the differential diagnosis of patients
with congenital myopathies, myofibrillar myopathies, distal myopathies and limb girdle muscular
dystrophies. They will often also allow to distinguish a primary muscle disease from a neuropathy or
anterior horn cell disease and can in some cases almost be pathognomonic, as in collagen VI related
Bethlem myopathy or in some RYR1-associated muscle diseases. The knowledge gained in some expert
centres about the usefulness of muscle MRI as a diagnostic tool now needs to be widely disseminated
for the benefit of neuromuscular clinicians, neurologist and radiologists. Ultimately, the imaging
technique will hopefully help more patients to be accurately diagnosed.
Evaluation of the Physical Activity Levels of the Students in a Physical Education and Sports Science Department Before and During the Coronavirus Pandemic
Authors: Öncen Sercan , Tanyeri Levent
Published: September 2020

The COVID-19 has been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO). Since Covid-19 is highly contagious, people were asked to go into quarantine, and the education system was interrupted as a result. In our study, we aimed to evaluate changes in the physical activity levels of the students attending the Department of Physical Education and Sport Science (PESF) Before the Coronavirus Pandemic (BCP) and During Coronavirus Pandemic (DCP). 131 students attending PESF were included in the study. The long form of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) was used to determine physical activity levels. The IPAQ data was obtained at two separate times–as BCP and DCP. The IBM SPSS software package was used in the statistical analysis of the data obtained, and the Mann-Whitney U and two-way analysis of variance tests were conducted. There was a decrease in the physical activity levels of PESF students related to work, transportation, housework and leisure time at the rates of 35.40%, 21.66%, 7.43%, and 31.66%, respectively, in terms of BCP and DCP. However, it was observed that the highest decline level was 46.69% in intense physical activity. In the evaluation of BCP and DCP, a significant difference was found in transportation (p: 0.001; d: 0.440), leisure time (p: 0.001; d: 447), time spent sitting in a weekday (p: 0.026; d: 0.291), walking (p: 0.006; d: 0.362), and total physical activity levels (p: 0.005; d: 0.368). There a significant difference in the activity level related to time spent sitting in a weekend according to gender differences (p < 0.005). According to the IPAQ assessment conducted as BCP and DCP, a significant decrease in the physical activity levels of PESF students was observed during the pandemic caused by the COVID-19 infection. These results should not be ignored because a significant decrease in physical activity may cause negative effects on blood glucose levels and body composition, increase the risk of depression and anxiety disorders, and decrease the quality of life and immune system.
Reviewer Acknowledgements for International Education Studies, Vol. 13, No. 10
Authors: Lee Chris
Published: September 2020

Reviewer acknowledgements for International Education Studies, Vol. 13, No. 10, 2020.
Nutritional Value of Raphia hookeri Fruit, Hematological Properties of Its Powder and Aqueous Extract in A Model of Aluminum Chloride Inducing Neurotoxicity by Using Rats
Authors: Tsafack Hermine Doungue , Kengne Anne Pascale Nouemsi , Womeni Hilaire Marcaire
Published: September 2020

This study was aimed at evaluating the nutritional value of the mesocarp of Raphia hookeri (Rh) fruit and the effect of powder and aqueous extract of the fruit on hematological parameters in rats which have undergone neurotoxicity by aluminum chloride. The nutritional content was evaluated with the standard method. Seven groups of six Wistar rats were used, neurotoxicity was induced by 4.2 mg/kg of body weight of aluminum chloride 3 times a week intraperitonealy with treatment. Rat treatment was as follow: aqueous extract at 200 and 400 mg/kg body weight, 5 and 10% of formulation, negative, positive and normal groups. The experiment lasted 28 days. The data obtained from the nutritive value showed that Rh mesocarp is a good source of lipids (48.97%), fibers (25.82%), calcium (3183.3mg/100g of dry matter), potassium (1218.3 mg/100g of DM), zinc (0.88 mg/100g of DM) and selenium (8.6 mg/100g of DM). Nevertheless, it contains a little amount of phytic acid and hydrocyanic acid which is acceptable for human consumption. It can then be used in many formulations as a source of these nutrients. Aluminum administration indicates the reduction in food intake, a low weight gain and Hematological alteration in the Positive control group. However, consumption of Rh mesocarp indicated an increase in food intake, weight gain and a restoration of hematological parameters to the normal level with the best values in groups that were administered Rh powders (Rh5% and Rh10%).

Raphia hookeri mesocarp is a rich source of nutrients involved in the prevention of hematological disorder.
Openness and Development or Self-Criticism of Preservice Teachers Watching Videos of Themselves Teaching a Lesson
Authors: Zilka Gila Cohen
Published: September 2020

The goal of videotaping lessons in a teacher training process is to bring about change in the behavior of preservice teachers to promote self-awareness, openness, and development. The research question was whether preservice teachers, after watching the video recordings of the lessons they taught, would undergo a process of development and increased openness, or remain on a plane of self-criticism. The present qualitative discourse analysis study examined the data based on the principles of social and emotional learning (SEL). The data were organized according to SEL categories: self-criticism, self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, interaction management, and accepting responsibility. Participants in the study were 100 preservice teachers studying in teacher training institutions in Israel. Most preservice teachers (93%) were found to be critical of themselves, but they also tried to open up to a process of self-awareness (82%) and to change their behavior. Some participants (11%) remained “shackled” to their critical attitude and failed to break through the “wall of self-criticism” and change their behavior. Most participants (76%) showed social awareness and mindfulness of their feelings and of those of others; empathy and ability to read signals sent by their students; listening to others as opposed to being emotionally deaf; attention to the nature of interactions with students during the lesson, to how they moved about the classroom and used their voice, and whether they made eye contact with learners. To bring about change, the teacher must watch, observe, and investigate, and be able to better understand emotional and social situations. Teachers who had experienced social and emotional learning are likely to develop self-awareness and the ability to bring about openness, development, and change in their own behavior and in the behavior of their students.
Incorporating Public Participation into Landslide Risk Information and Response: Disaster Response Switch in the Taisho District of Shimanto-cho, Kochi, Japan
Authors: Takenouchi Kensuke
Published: September 2020

A disaster response switch is a tool for incorporating public participation into disaster risk information and response and is considered by communities themselves in determining the timing of disaster response actions through the combination of local information in the community and public information from local government and professional organizations. In this study, a trial on disaster response switch for landslide risk was conducted in the Taisho District, Shimanto-cho, Kochi, Japan, and a method for implementing the switch as well as the effects of this public participation was verified. The results showed that the communities highly considered switches based mostly on local information. In addition, they improved their understanding of the relationships between subjective local information and objective public disaster risk information through bosai (disaster prevention) recording, where communities take pictures of places around the disaster response switches as community records. This trial showed the importance of taking into consideration communities’ participation when they evacuate. The public participation of the disaster response switch moved the focus of risk information from the contents or accuracy of the information to the social system of evacuation action in the community, based on the acceptance of uncertainty in the information.
Impact of the Polish Financial Supervision Authority’s (UKNF) Communication of 23 January 2020 Concerning Cloud Computing on the Polish Insurance Market
Authors: Byrski Jan , Hoser Henryk
Published: September 2020

The purpose of this article is to present the impact of guidelines contained in the UKNF’s Communication on Information Processing by Supervised Entities Using Public or Hybrid Cloud Computing Services in the context of insurance and reinsurance activities, including insurance mediation. The authors focus on selected issues, which in their opinion are particularly important from the point of view of insurance market operators
Permeabilidade do solo em área de aterro sanitário
Authors: Borba Willian Fernando de , Silva José Luiz Silvério da , Kemerich Pedro Daniel da Cunha , Souza Éricklis Edson Boito de , Fernandes Gabriel D’Ávila
Published: September 2020

A geração de resíduos sólidos, consequência da mudança do modo de consumo da população, vem aumentando gradativamente com o passar dos anos. Aliado a isso, pesquisas desenvolvidas em áreas de disposição de resíduos, visando a proteção do meio ambiente, são de extrema importância. Assim, esse estudo tem por objetivo analisar a permeabilidade de um LATOSSOLO VERMELHO utilizado para um aterro sanitário utilizando várias técnicas de estimativa. Para a técnica ex situ, foi determinada a condutividade hidráulica saturada em quadruplicata em um perfil de solo, utilizando um permeâmetro de carga constante. Já para a determinação in situ, foi utilizado um permeâmetro de guelph em três pontos de análise. Resultados indicaram a presença de um solo com prodomínio de microporos (52.26 %), com valores de condutividade hidráulica médios de 5,09 x 10-4 cm.s-1 em solo natural e 1,27 x 10-5 cm.s-1 em solo compactado. A permeabilidade obtida com uso do permeâmetro de guelph em solo compactado foi de 7,03 x 10-5 cm.s-1, valores estes semelhantes aos permitidos pelas normativas. Foi possível concluir que o solo compactado apresenta baixos valores de permeabilidade, em ambas as técnicas, consequência dos altos valores de argila além da presença dos microporos. Assim, os resultados obtidos são semelhantes a faixa permitida pela legislação vigente.
Os territórios das mulheres negras no rap por meio das batalhas de rima
Authors: Marques Ana Carolina dos Santos , Fonseca Ricardo Lopes
Published: September 2020

O racismo evidencia-se como maléfico para a população negra e quando combinado com gênero, resulta nas mulheres negras que têm suas vidas condicionadas por estes fatores – raça e gênero –, construindo o espaço geográfico e estabelecendo territórios de forma diferenciada do restante dos grupos sociais. A temática da presente pesquisa envolve as mulheres negras, relacionando-as ao racismo, ao gênero, ao território e ao Hip Hop. Objetiva-se investigar os territórios das mulheres negras no rap por meio das batalhas de rima, para isso, trabalhos de campo foram realizados em seis locais de batalhas de rima na cidade de Londrina – PR para observar a realidade vivenciada pelas mulheres negras. Além disso, essas mulheres negras foram entrevistadas com base em um roteiro de entrevistas semiestruturado. Os principais resultados obtidos evidenciam que as mulheres negras estão criando territórios no rap e nas batalhas de rima, porém, esse processo ainda é lento e os territórios são escassos, os homens predominam nas batalhas e pouco espaço é cedido às mulheres.
Os novos espaços industriais: : o exemplo dos Condomínios Industriais, Parques Tecnológicos e das Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação na Região Metropolitana de Campinas - RMC
Authors: Roxo Rafael
Published: September 2020

Neste artigo buscamos compreender os fatores relacionados ao desenvolvimento dos novos ramos da indústria de alta tecnologia na Região Metropolitana de Campinas – RMC. O crescimento do número de condomínios industriais e parques tecnológicos, das pequenas e médias empresas – PMEs (industriais e de serviços de alta tecnologia), a interação dessas PMEs com outras médias e grandes empresas, universidades e institutos de pesquisa é a expressão da nova espacialidade da produção industrial e das estratégias de reprodução do capital. Os novos espaços industriais evidenciam a interpenetração entre as formas de capital (industrial, imobiliário e financeiro) e as novas funções do Estado na produção e na busca pela inovação. A partir do exemplo da região de Campinas são analisados os aspectos da reestruturação produtiva que indicam as continuidades e descontinuidades da produção industrial.
O empoderamento feminino e as políticas públicas para o espaço rural: o caso do Projeto Semeadura
Authors: Folmer Ivanio , Machado Gabriella Eldereti , Mello Isabela , Ferreira Ana Margarida Piani
Published: September 2020

As políticas públicas voltadas às mulheres rurais garantem os direitos e o acesso à documentação, à terra, ao crédito, à produção agroecológica, aos serviços de assistência técnica e extensão rural, à comercialização e agregação de valor à produção, à participação na gestão, ao desenvolvimento territorial e à manutenção da memória coletiva e dos conhecimentos tradicionais. Objetiva-se no presente trabalho discutir sobre alguns movimentos de mulheres do meio rural, trazendo, neste artigo, as atividades do Projeto Semeadura, que é resultado da parceria entre Ministério do Desenvolvimento Agrário e a organização da Sociedade Civil de Interesse Público a Guayí. Este tem como objetivo para sua realização, contribuir para o fortalecimento da auto-organização das mulheres trabalhadoras rurais, por meio de sua participação nos espaços de gestão social, na perspectiva de um desenvolvimento rural sustentável e solidário, contribuindo para a redução das desigualdades de gênero e para a ampliação do protagonismo das mulheres do campo.
Modernização do espaço rural brasileiro: “novo” olhar para a agricultura familiar
Authors: Dallanôra Ivani Belenice
Published: September 2020

O objetivo deste trabalho consiste em propor uma discussão teórica diante do processo de reorganização da agricultura familiar frente ao processo de modernização do espaço rural brasileiro. Dentro desta perspectiva busca identificar os reflexos da reorganização do campo no desenvolvimento da agricultura familiar. Do mesmo modo, busca refletir sobre as mudanças conceituais, estruturais, econômicas e sociais que a agricultura familiar vem apresentando ao longo da sociedade moderna, bem como analisar as novas dinâmicas inseridas no meio rural brasileiro e as possibilidades que esta categoria vem apresentando para permanecer “familiar” diante do processo de capitalização campo. A metodologia de estudo baseou-se a em uma abordagem teórica, trazendo autores que viessem a contribuir para o aprofundamento da temática proposta.  Primeiramente foi realizada a seleção destes autores, destacando: Brum (1988), Tambara (1983), Schneider (2009) Wanderley (2003), entre outros que deram suporte teórico para o presente estudo, visando refletir sobre o processo de modernização do espaço rural e a organização da agricultura familiar neste contexto. A partir desta análise teórica conclui-se que com a modernização do espaço rural a agricultura familiar reestruturou-se e vem buscando novas alternativas de reprodução através da inserção de novas atividades agrícolas e não-agrícolas, integradas aos mercados locais, regionais e nacionais, preservando suas práticas agrícolas no interior das propriedades, bem como recriando novas formas de reprodução social e econômica.
Geoinformation Modeling of Determination a Soil Pollution by Lead Compounds in Highway Agroecosystems
Authors: Korohoda Nataliia , Halahan Oleksandr
Published: September 2020

This work examines the method of geoinformation modeling in determining the degree of soil pollution by Pb compounds in the highway ecosystems, used as agricultural areas. The methodology allows identifying the spatial parameters of the area of pollution and the territories safe for cultivating crops by determining the actual level of soil contamination. The actual level of pollution (ALP) reflects the estimated balance of Pb compounds in soils over a specified period of time and the duration of pollution (or decontamination) period under the conditions of existing anthropogenic pressure. ALP is defined as the difference between the calculated amount of Pb compounds that have been introduced into the soils of the geosystems from the main sources of emissions and their calculated amount that has been lost from the soil and/or removed from migratory flows (by being transferred to the state conditionally inaccessible by plants), for the same time interval. Methodology verification took place in the geographic area representative of forest-steppe zone of Ukraine by its environmental conditions and agricultural use. Methodology implementation was conducted by building spatial regional databases, utilizing the data from field and laboratory soils studies and open sources of digital spatial data. Based on geoinformation modeling, we determined the configuration and quantitative characteristics of the primary zone of contamination of the soil surface layer with Pb compounds. We presented the calculation procedure of quantitative indicators of soil decontamination from Pb compounds as they redistribute through the soil profile via main geochemical scenarios. We also provided the rate of this process under the conditions of the existing anthropogenic pressure. Using modeling results, we mapped areas of removal, transit and accumulation of Pb compounds and territories receiving pollution from highway geosystems. Verification of the modeling results during laboratory studies proved the objectivity of the proposed methodology in determining the current levels of pollution with Pb compounds. Our methodology could be utilized for a set of different environmental factors as well as other heavy metals with a purpose of identifying areas safe for cultivating crops.
Remote Sensing Monitoring of Biotopes Distribution within Nature Reserve Area
Authors: Sheviakina Natalia , Trofymchuk Olexandr , Zagorodnya Snizhana , Radchuk Igor , Tomchenko Olha
Published: September 2020

The core of renewable natural resources of any nation is its natural reserve fund. The issue of natural ecosystems preserving is becoming more and more actual at the present stage in terms of increasing human influence on the environment. The article presents models of assessment and analysis of the environmental state of nature reserves combining remote and ground-based methods of research. The natural resources potential and biotope distribution within Biloozerskyi site of Rivne Nature Reserve were analyzed based on the Earth Remote Sensing data in order to ensure the preservation of background environmental indicators. The technology of cartographic provision for assessment and analysis of the environmental condition of natural protected areas by means of geoinformation technologies providing interpretation of the results of analysis in a graph form on electronic maps was considered.
Advanced Carbon Functional Materials for Superior Energy Storage
Authors: Ikram Mujtaba , Arbab Sana , Anwar Huma , Nadeem Arsalan , Baber Sidra , Khan Durrani Abdullah , Ikram Muhammad , Aamir Iqbal Muhammad , Umer Farooq Muhammad , Maqsood Asghari
Published: September 2020

In the developing world, energy crisis is the main reason for less progress and development. Renewable and sustainable energy may be of bright future for scientific lagging and low-income countries; further, sustainability through smart materials got a huge potential; so, hereby keeping in view the energy crisis which the developing world is facing for many decades, we are proposing to write a chapter project for obtaining energy through cheap, sustainable, and functional advanced carbon materials. Carbon materials are the future of energy storage devices because of their ability to store energy in great capacity. The graphene is a material with amazing properties like no band gap, which turns graphene a wonderful candidate for use in the photovoltaic. Shortly, this chapter will discuss how superior energy storage may be obtained through various routes like using pyrrolic (N5) and pyridinic (N6) doping in advanced carbon functional materials, or superior energy by KOH activation in carbon materials, or through carbonization in organic matter, respectively. Further, for the advanced carbon functional materials, the superior energy storage using pyrrolic (N5) and pyridinic (N6) doping, or KOH activation, or through carbonization will be discussed one by one for lithium ion batteries, supercapacitors, and relevant energy devices, respectively.
The Dynamic of EEG Characteristics in Epileptic Children during the Treatment with Valproic Acid
Authors: Khachidze Irma
Published: September 2020

Anticonvulsant drug (AED) treatment in epileptic children should be optimized through the anticipation of AED effectiveness at the beginning of the treatment. Researchers thought that the complex EEG analysis should identify the AED treatment’s output in children with epilepsy. The research purpose is to study the different EEG pattern bases on AED treatment. A total of 43 patients with ages of 3–9 years were studied. Three EEGs’ registration took place: before valproic acid-depakin (Dep) treatment, second (3 months), and third (6 months) after treatment. The background EEG pattern was investigated as a quantitative [absolute power spectra (APs)] and brain mapping. In addition, epileptiform EEG and the clinical characteristics of patients were evaluated. Valproic acid reduces Aps in high-amplitude slow waves and spontaneous epileptic patterns decrease and spike-wave complex (3/s) reduces; spikes-polyspikes, sharp waves, and generalized paroxysms during functional tests decreased. The rhythmic monomorphic theta waves (RMT) of tempo-parietal region were studied using brain mapping. The RMT correlated with the recurrence of seizures if Dep was withdrawn. The AED treatment effectiveness had been shown by decreases of slow waves and suppression of epileptiform EEG pattern and clinical improvement. The effective AED therapy should consider the analysis of the base EEG pattern, power spectra, and EEG mapping.
Beyond Teaching: School Climate and Communication in the Educational Context
Authors: Mousena Eleni , Raptis Nikolaos
Published: September 2020

Positive school climate promotes teachers’ professionalism and students’ social development and academic achievement. However, positive school climate cannot be taken for granted within a context of rapid change and increased complexity. Educators are often faced with critical situations, which result in many of them questioning their own abilities. The problem set forth in this study is based upon the changes in educational context as caused by current social, financial, and technological factors and their impact on school climate. This paper explores the variables of school climate and communication in order to find the extent to which their relationship can work in favor of an open, safe, and creative educational organization where teachers and students will wish to belong. It also examines the communication skills of school principals. The conceptual framework of the study is based on research related to organizational culture and educational communication. The study is a critical meta-analysis of literature on the statement problem. The results show that school climate is fundamental to achieving school goals. Communication among all participants is a key factor in creating a positive school climate, and the communication skills of the school principal are largely crucial.
Efficiency of the City Councils Using Cross-Sectional Model: Challenges in Times of Change and Political Tension
Authors: Elórtegui-Gómez Claudio , de la Fuente-Mella Hanns , Alvarado Mauricio , Guajardo Matías
Published: September 2020

The efficiency of city councils is a matter of concern in public discussion in Chile, due to the growing political relevance that citizens demand of them for social and economic management, in the face of the effects of the pandemic and recent social unrest. Despite the marked historical centralization of power in the capital city, the efficiency of the Chilean municipalities will be key to improving the quality of life of the communities, especially in times of political tension, greater social needs and discredit toward national institutions, not well the local ones. A cross-sectional econometric regression model was developed to explain the determinants of the efficiency of the municipalities and identify the variables that have the greatest impact on said efficiency. City councils that are regional capitals with more than 50,000 inhabitants were selected for this study.