bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Hope Transformed
Authors: Satchell Veront M.
Published: November 2023

The historic Hope lands located on the Liguanea Plain in the southeastern parish of St Andrew, Jamaica, and once the site of one of the island’s earliest sugar estates, has had a long history of human settlements dating back to approximately 600 CE, the era of the indigenous Tainos. It was not until 1655, however, with the English invasion and seizure of Jamaica from the Spanish, that the Hope landscape developed into a thriving rural agrarian settlement. Generous land grants were made to the invading officers and later to immigrants from Britain and North America and from other Caribbean islands. Major Richard Hope came in possession of over 2,600 acres in the Liguanea Plain. Major Hope, unlike many of his counterparts by the 1660s, managed to establish a small sugar plantation, which developed by the mid-1700s into one of the island’s largest, most productive and technologically advanced slave sugar estates. In the 1770s the estate became the property of the Duke of Chandos and his family until 1848, when the estate was dismantled. Over 600 acres were sold to the Kingston and Liguanea Water Works Company and the remaining 1,700 acres were leased to the owner of the adjoining Papine and Mona estates. Poor accounting and border surveillance enabled several persons to possess the land, which was later sanctioned by the Limitations of Actions Law. With the government’s acquisition of the entire property in 1909, the Hope estate underwent remarkable changes in the twentieth century. By 1960 the Hope landscape was radically transformed from a sugar estate worked by hundreds of enslaved black people to a premiere urban centre of commercial, residential and educational land use.
Oral Vitamin D Supplementation as Add-On Therapy in Adult Patients with Atopic Dermatitis
Authors: Febrianto Bobby , Prasetyadi Mawardi  , Harijono Kariosentono
Published: November 2023

Background: Recent studies have highlighted the possible role of vitamin D in atopic dermatitis (AD) so that it can be used as therapeutical of AD. The aim of study to evaluate the effect of vitamin D supplementation as add-on therapy in adult patients with AD.

Methods: Twenty-four adult patients with AD were included in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial study. This study was conducted in Dr. Moewardi General Hospital Surakarta, Indonesia, from February to March 2023. Subjects were randomly assigned to oral cholecalciferol 5,000 IU/day versus placebo for 4 weeks and all subjects were given emollient. The severity of AD was evaluated by using scoring of atopic dermatitis (SCORAD) before and after the trial.

Results: Compared to placebo, vitamin D supplementation for 1 month obtained clinically and statistically improvement in SCORAD score compare to control (-4.508 : 4.500, p= 0.000). Moreover, vitamin D supplementation had strong negative correlation to SCORAD score after the trial (r= -0.780, p= 0,000). There were no adverse effects in either group. and

Conclusion: Clinical improvement was achieved after vitamin D supplementation as add-on therapy in adult patients with AD.
Evidence of task-triggered retrieval of the previous response: a binding perspective on response-repetition benefits in task switching
Authors: Benini Elena , Möller Malte , Koch Iring , Philipp Andrea M. , Qiu Ruyi , Mayr Susanne
Published: November 2023

In task switching, response repetitions (RRs) usually yield performance benefits as compared to response switches, but only when the task also repeats. When the task switches, RR benefits vanish or even turn into costs, yielding an interaction between repeating versus switching the task and the response (the RR effect). Different theoretical accounts for this RR effect exist, but, in the present study, we specifically tested a prediction derived from binding and retrieval accounts. These maintain that repeating the task retrieves the previous-trial response, thus causing RR benefits. Retrieval is possible due to the task-response binding formed in the previous trial. We employed a task-switching paradigm with three response options that allowed us to differentiate error types. Across two experiments (N = 46 and N = 107) we showed that response-repetition errors in response-switch trials were more likely in task repetitions than in task switches, supporting the notion that the previous response is retrieved by the repeating task, despite being wrong. Such a finding is in line with binding and retrieval accounts but cannot be easily accommodated by the competing theoretical accounts. Thus, the present study indicates task-response binding as an important mechanism underlying RR benefits in task repetitions.
Influence of Learning Environment and Teachers Skills On Academic Achievement Among Senior Secondary Schools Students in Jigawa State Nigeria
Authors: Mohammed Tajuddeen , Ado Zuhairu , Ibrahim Aminu Haruna
Published: November 2023

This study examined the Influence of learning environment, and teacher’s skill on students’ academic achievement among senior secondary school students in Jigawa State Nigeria. Using Ex-post facto design. Three objectives and three null hypotheses were formulated and tested. the population of the study consist of 28202 S.S.S. 1 students and 477 teachers out of which 381students and 217 teachers were randomly selected as sample for the study in Nine senior secondary schools in Jigawa state.Two instruments will be adapted and used in this research: Students learning environment inventory, (SLEI) and Teachers skills inventory (TSI)).All the two instruments have construct validity and reliability of  internal consistency with alpha coefficients of 0.72  for SLEI and  0.84 for TSI  respectively. While Average scores for qualifying examination in English and mathematics 2021/2022 is to be used as students’ academic achievement (SAA).PPMC and T-Test will be used for data analysis with the aid of SPSS 2006 version. Data collected for the study will be statistically analyzed using descriptive statistics of x and S.D as well as t-test for independent samples, all hypotheses will be tested at 0.05 level of significance, The Findings of the study revealed that, there is  significant differences in students’ academic achievement on the basis of conducive or un conducive learning environment among senior secondary school  students, significant  differences is  found between academic achievement of senior secondary school students taught by teachers with different teaching skills in Jigawa state Recommendations will be made at the end of the study
Anthropomorphe Gefäße in Nord- und Mitteleuropa während der Bronze und Eisenzeit
Authors: Kneisel Jutta
Published: November 2023

Die Gesichtsurnen sind ein Phänomen, das in der ausgehenden Bronzezeit und frühen Eisenzeit in Europa in den verschiedensten Regionen auftritt. Diese Sitte der Bestattung in anthropomorphen Gefäßen in Skandinavien,
Nord-und Mitteldeutschland sowie Polen lässt sich trotz unterschied­licher Darstellungsformen als ein verbindendes Element zwischen diesen Gebieten in der ersten Hälfte des 1. Jahrtausends v. ehr. beschreiben.
Umfangreiche Analysen geben Aufschluss über das religiöse Verhalten und die sozialen Strukturen der Bestatteten. Dabei spielen stilistische Betrach­tungen, chronologische Untersuchungen und das Dechiffrieren
der Piktogramme eine wichtige Rolle. Anhand anthropologischer Bestimmungen gelingt es, patrilineare Verhältnisse und die sozi­ale Hierarchie für das polnische Verbreitungsgebiet zu belegen. Ein Vergleich der
kulturellen Kon­texte in den einzelnen Regionen dient der Rekonstruktion von Kontaktzonen: die Idee der Gesichtsdarstellung auf Urnen kann so als ein überregional einheitliches Phänomen definiert werden.
Records on citizen science portals suggest occurrences of Campodorus paradiesensis Bendixen 2022 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) in Austria, Belgium, The Netherlands, Slovakia and Sweden
Authors: Bendixen Lennart
Published: November 2023

The currently known distribution of Campodorus paradiesensis is summarised, showing that the species is likely to be present in Northern, Western and most parts of Central Europe.
However, because the data is mainly based on photographs on citizen science portals and social media only, most of these records need confirmation.
The Role of Monocyte Count and Monocyte Based Complete Blood Cell Indexes in Predicting the Development, Severity and Prognosis of Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy in the First Trimester
Authors: SAKCAK Bedri , DENİZLİ Ramazan , FARİSOĞULLARI Nihat , AĞAOĞLU Zahid , TANACAN Atakan , SAHİN Dilek
Published: November 2023

Abstract

Aim: To evaluate the effect of monocyte count and monocyte-based whole blood cell indices in the prediction of intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP) in the first trimester.

Materials and Method: The clinical data of patients who presented to the Perinatology Clinic of the Turkish Ministry of Health ----xxxxxxx--- ICP between January 1, 2021, and October 1, 2022, were evaluated retrospectively. Maternal demographic parameters, gestational age at birth, fetal birth weight, first-trimester white blood cell, neutrophil, platelet, monocyte, lymphocyte, and basophil counts, lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio (LMR), platelet-to-monocyte ratio (PMR), neutrophil-to-monocyte ratio (NMR), and basophil-to-monocyte ratio (BMR) were recorded. These parameters were compared between the ICP and control groups. The relationship between monocyte count, monocyte-based blood cell indices, and fasting bile acid levels was evaluated in the ICP group. The cut-off values of the first-trimester monocyte count and monocyte-based blood cell indices for the prediction of ICP were determined.

Results: Gestational week at birth and fetal birth weight were significantly lower, and the neonatal intensive care requirement was significantly higher in the ICP group (p
Empire, Nature and Agrarian World: A History of Rhino Preservation in the Kaziranga Game Reserve, India (1902–1938)
Authors: SARMAH BISWAJIT
Published: November 2023

The greater one-horned rhinoceros or Indian rhinoceros (
Rhinoceros unicornis
) faced extinction in British India at the end of the nineteenth century. In 1908, the Government of Assam established the Kaziranga Game Reserve (KGR, now Kaziranga National Park) to preserve the vanishing rhino. As the twentieth century progressed, creating wilderness – by demonising the presence of the peasants and graziers – became a global panacea for protecting wildlife. Contrary to that belief, this article will show how the rhino population revived amidst human existence dictated by agro-ecological interactions and bureaucratic expediencies. The rhino’s ethology and its place in the imagination of rural people minimised its enemies. Moreover, in fluvial geography that constantly transformed the KGR’s boundaries, peasants and graziers creatively negotiated their usufruct rights and supported rhino preservation. Locating the KGR in the historical analysis of fluvial agro-ecology, this study illuminates how a critical interaction between different actors, i.e. human and non-human and coloniser and colonised, accentuated the cultural and material contestations amidst which the rhino eventually survived.
From a Grassland to a Bush Capital: A Historic Review of Canberra’s Green Infrastructure Development
Authors: MOFRAD FAHIMEH , IGNATIEVA MARIA
Published: November 2023

Canberra was built in harmony with its landscape setting, creating a legacy of urban form well-connected to the natural environment. Its urban design and planning not only amplified the surrounding natural landscape such as forested hills and mountains but also created a human-made green urban character. However, plans for future development as a compact city pose a challenge to conserving the city’s green spaces. A green infrastructure plan is necessary to consider the city’s green space design heritage and the linked socio-ecological values while minimising the urban footprint. The paper employs a historical literature review to understand the factors and characteristics that shaped Canberra’s green character and the socio-ecological values of its green spaces. The research found the influence of historical and modern design and planning concepts in consolidating green infrastructure and creating ecological corridors and social infrastructure. One of the essential conditions for maintaining the unique character of Canberra is the preservation of the socio-ecological values of its existing green spaces. A trade-off study must be conducted to balance green infrastructure planning while considering these values, in light of development changes.
A Lost Macedonian Ecosystem: The Land Reclamation and Politicisation of the Philippi Marshes in Interwar Greece
Authors: VLACHOS GEORGE L.
Published: November 2023

The article focuses on the land reclamation of the Philippi Marshes in eastern Greek Macedonia during the interwar period, in order to demonstrate the political implications of hydraulic engineering projects. It is argued that the land reclamation was not simply a technical project, but a tool for the Greek state to extend its grip across its northern frontiers and impose land management policies that aligned with its political goals. The article is divided into three parts. The first reconstructs the ecosystem and the interaction between the adjacent communities and the marshland. The second gives the historical context for the reclamation, and the third speculates on the course of the state’s land-management policies, hypothesising that these were an attempt to appease the radicalised communist and socialist threat in the area. The article adds to recent historiography exploring the dimensions involved in grand technical works and the role of technocrats in serving political agendas.
DOES HIGH-END HOUSING ALWAYS HAVE A PREMIUM LUXURY VALUE? A THEORETICAL AND NUMERICAL STUDY
Authors: Hung Chih-Hsing , Chen Ming-Chi , Tzang Shyh-Weir , Cheng Chung-Chieh
Published: November 2023

Using the real options approach, we try to evaluate the luxury value inherent in high-end housing and estimate its premium returns based on the simulation of the model. The key finding of the paper is that the luxury premium from the value of the high-end housing can be identified by the real options model, which is rarely documented in the literature. In addition, the luxury value per unit size of high-end housing can be imputed through the model simulation. Based on the results, we find that the changes of the estimated value per unit size can explain the dynamic housing market behaviour in the recessions and expansions over the business cycle. The luxury value will even become negative during the recession period. In summary, the luxury premiums of high-end housing are higher than those of general housing, but not all highend housing has positive luxury premiums. If sellers and/or builders of high-end housing cannot meet the conditions that maximize the utility of high-end housing buyers, negative returns will accrue from selling high-end housing.
NICER Observations of Thermonuclear Bursts from 4U 1728-34: Detection of Oscillations prior to the Onset of Two Bursts
Authors: Bostancı Z. Funda , Boztepe Tuğba , Güver Tolga , Strohmayer Tod E. , Cavecchi Yuri , Göğüş Ersin , Altamirano Diego , Bult Peter , Chakrabarty Deepto , Guillot Sebastien , Jaisawal Gaurava K. , Malacaria Christian , Mancuso Giulio C. , Sanna Andrea , Swank Jean H.
Published: November 2023

We present temporal and time-resolved spectral analyses of all the thermonuclear X-ray bursts observed from the neutron star low-mass X-ray binary 4U 1728−34 with NICER from 2017 June to 2019 September. In total, we detected 11 X-ray bursts from the source and performed time-resolved spectroscopy. Unlike some of the earlier results for other bursting sources from NICER, our spectral results indicate that the use of a scaling factor for the persistent emission is not statistically necessary. This is primarily a result of the strong interstellar absorption in the line of sight toward 4U 1728−34, which causes the count rates to be significantly lower at low energies. We also searched for burst oscillations and detected modulations in six different bursts at around the previously known burst oscillation frequency of 363 Hz. Finally, we report the detection of oscillations prior to two bursts at 356 and 359 Hz, respectively. This is the first time in the literature where burst oscillations are detected before the rapid rise in X-ray flux, from any known burster. These oscillations disappear as soon as the burst starts to rise and occur at a somewhat lower frequency than the oscillations we detect during the bursts.
UNCOVER: Illuminating the Early Universe—JWST/NIRSpec Confirmation of z > 12 Galaxies
Authors: Wang 王 Bingjie 冰洁 , Fujimoto Seiji , Labbé Ivo , Furtak Lukas J. , Miller Tim B. , Setton David J. , Zitrin Adi , Atek Hakim , Bezanson Rachel , Brammer Gabriel , Leja Joel , Oesch Pascal A. , Price Sedona H. , Chemerynska Iryna , Cutler Sam E. , Dayal Pratika , van Dokkum Pieter , Goulding Andy D. , Greene Jenny E. , Fudamoto Y. , Khullar Gourav , Kokorev Vasily , Marchesini Danilo , Pan Richard , Weaver John R. , Whitaker Katherine E. , Williams Christina C.
Published: November 2023

Observations of high-redshift galaxies provide a critical direct test to the theories of early galaxy formation, yet to date, only three have been spectroscopically confirmed at z > 12. Due to strong gravitational lensing over a wide area, the galaxy cluster field A2744 is ideal for searching for the earliest galaxies. Here we present JWST/NIRSpec observations of two galaxies: a robust detection at

z

spec

=

12.393

−
0.001

+
0.004

, and a plausible candidate at

z

spec

=

13.079

−
0.001

+
0.013

. The galaxies are discovered in JWST/NIRCam imaging and their distances are inferred with JWST/NIRSpec spectroscopy, all from the JWST Cycle 1 UNCOVER Treasury survey. Detailed stellar population modeling using JWST NIRCam and NIRSpec data corroborates the primeval characteristics of these galaxies: low mass (∼108
M
⊙), young, rapidly assembling, metal-poor, and star-forming. Interestingly, both galaxies are spatially resolved, having lensing-corrected rest-UV effective radii on the order of 300–400 pc, which are notably larger than other spectroscopically confirmed systems at similar redshifts. The observed dynamic range of z ≳ 10 sizes spans over 1 order of magnitude, implying a significant scatter in the size–mass relation at early times. Deep into the epoch of reionization, these discoveries elucidate the emergence of the first galaxies.
Jaurès et l’Italie
Authors: Marcobelli Elisa
Published: November 2023

L’intérêt de Jaurès pour l’Italie s’intègre dans une vision plus large du monde qui l’entoure et ouvre le champ de ses réflexions. De son côté, le monde socialiste italien, toujours attentif aux idées du socialiste français, montre une certaine tendance à appuyer la pensée de Jaurès sur l’une ou l’autre de ses prises de position. Cet article examine la manière dont Jaurès perçoit le socialisme italien et en mobilise les références, mais aussi comment les Italiens voient Jaurès, traduisent ses textes, ou le commémorent.
Risques, contre-expertise et démocratie industrielle : Jean Jaurès et les délégués mineurs à la sécurité
Authors: Cabot Bastien
Published: November 2023

Cet article revient sur le rôle joué par Jean Jaurès dans l’élaboration et l’adoption de la loi du 8 juillet 1890 relative aux délégués à la sécurité des ouvriers mineurs, ou délégués mineurs. Dans un premier temps, l’article revient sur les conditions de travail dans les mines françaises au xix e  siècle. Il montre ensuite comment émerge par en bas une revendication de contre-expertise ouvrière portant sur les accidents, visant à contester l’autorité des ingénieurs, et rappelle les oppositions politiques et techniques auxquelles les mineurs font face. Enfin, l’article inscrit le positionnement de Jaurès dans les débats parlementaires qui débutent en 1883, et en montre l’originalité en insistant sur le rôle central que joue la prise de position de Jaurès dans ses futures réflexions autour de la notion de « démocratie industrielle ».
Fêtes et voyages socialistes, de Paris et sa banlieue à Manchester, Bruxelles et Copenhague ou la préhistoire de la Fête de L’Humanité
Authors: Candar Gilles
Published: November 2023

Le socialisme d’avant 1914 élabore une culture spécifique, à travers sa presse, sa mémoire militante, mais aussi ses fêtes qui ponctuent son calendrier. Cet article vise à saisir l’évolution de ces célébrations, leur organisation et leur public, mais aussi la circulation de ces pratiques par les voyages.
Les Systèmes d’armes autonomes − Les contributions du Saint-Siège à une question éthique majeure
Authors: Lambert Dominique
Published: November 2023

Les conflits récents nous confrontent à un usage de plus en plus important des systèmes d’armes robotisés qui, avec l’évolution des technologies, acquièrent une autonomie croissante − recevant ainsi une délégation de pouvoirs déplacée − et représentent un nouveau type de menace. Très tôt, dans le cadre de l’ONU, le Saint-Siège a engagé une réflexion sur les enjeux éthiques et juridiques de l’utilisation de ces systèmes.
L’agglomération de Fanum Martis (Famars) et son territoire
Authors: Clotuche Raphaël
Published: November 2023

Les recherches menées depuis plus de 10 ans dans le cadre d’un PCR concernant l’agglomération de Fanum Martis ont permis de regrouper un ensemble de données issues des fouilles anciennes, mais aussi celles résultant d’opérations archéologiques récentes. Les importantes superficies ouvertes ont amené à constater que l’agencement du cadastre moderne, antérieur aux remembrements du xx e s., était semblable à celui du parcellaire antique. À partir de ces observations, des prospections magnétiques, électriques et multicapteurs ont été conduites pour tenter de déceler l’étendue de cette organisation. Une analyse régressive du cadastre de 1830 de Famars, mais aussi des communes voisines a permis d’étudier la structuration de l’agglomération antique. Elle a ainsi identifié jusqu’où cette structuration influençait le découpage du territoire entourant la partie urbanisée de Fanum Martis . Cet agencement n’a pu être discerné à l’est de la Rhonelle qui mesurait, durant l’Antiquité, plus de 60 m de large, et donc plaçait un obstacle à l’extension de la trame au-delà du cours d’eau. Cette empreinte des axes urbains sur les campagnes alentour a été distinguée sur plus de 700 hectares laissant à supposer que cette emprise dépendait directement du vicus . C’est dans cet espace que devaient être conduites les activités agricoles de Fanum Martis pour subvenir aux besoins de sa population, mais aussi fournir les denrées pour le commerce à plus grande échelle.
Chronique numismatique (XL)
Authors: Doyen Jean-Marc , Hoët-Van Cauwenberghe Christine , Leblois Éric , Severs Luc
Published: November 2023

La mise en parallèle de sources documentaires d’origine et d’époques différentes – toponymie, onomastique, archéologie militaire, numismatique, histoire religieuse – permet de proposer un nouveau tracé à la limite septentrionale de la cité-état des Rèmes avant César. La vallée du Viroin, formé de l’Eau Blanche et de l’Eau Noire, constitue non seulement la limite entre les Rèmes et les Atuatuques, mais elle deviendra par la suite la limite entre la Gallia Belgica et la Germania Inferior , puis, au Moyen Âge, celle entre les diocèses de Reims et Tongres/Maastricht. La zone ne deviendra liégeoise qu’au x e s.
Réchauffement climatique et enjeux géostratégiques
Authors: Lepage Corinne
Published: November 2023

Le réchauffement climatique n’est pas qu’une affaire de spécialistes. Bien au contraire, ses impacts auront des conséquences géostratégiques. La question de l’eau et des ressources alimentaires, la diversité biologique, les atteintes à l’environnement, autant d’enjeux remettant en cause les fragiles équilibres géopolitiques obligeant les États à se positionner pour le bien commun de l’humanité.
Vers une diplomatie du grain : détention de l’arme alimentaire par la Russie
Authors: Bonnière Morgane
Published: November 2023

La Russie a su instrumentaliser la production de céréales à des fins géopolitiques, permettant d’affaiblir l’Union européenne en la faisant passer pour responsable des pénuries au niveau mondial. L’agriculture est devenue un enjeu stratégique permettant de renforcer les positions de Moscou, quitte à pratiquer une désinformation massive.
Malte, citadelle éternelle (2/3)
Authors: Mourtont Jonathan Jay
Published: November 2023

Durant la Première Guerre mondiale, la marine impériale japonaise participa à la protection de la Méditerranée face aux menaces allemandes et austro-hongroises en déployant une escadre à Malte, alors sous pavillon britannique. Cet épisode reste peu connu, encore illustré par la présence de 58 dépouilles de soldats japonais dans le cimetière militaire britannique de l’île.
The Dark Side of Enterprise Performance in Transition Economies: Corruption an Obstacle or a Second Best Solution?
Authors: Topalli Margerita , Papavangjeli Meri
Published: November 2023

Cet article de recherche examine la relation entre la corruption, la privatisation, les coûts de sécurité et la performance des entreprises dans la région de l’Europe centrale, orientale et sud-orientale (CESEE). En utilisant des données de panel au niveau des entreprises issues de l’enquête sur l’environnement des affaires et la performance des entreprises (BEEPS) couvrant 19 économies en transition sur la période 2002-2019, cette étude analyse l’impact de la corruption sur la performance des entreprises en contrôlant les caractéristiques des entreprises et des pays. Les résultats révèlent une association négative entre la corruption et la performance des entreprises, indiquant que la corruption constitue un obstacle significatif à la croissance et à la rentabilité des entreprises. Les résultats montrent également que les entreprises étrangères et celles issues d’entreprises publiques affichent une meilleure performance économique par rapport aux entreprises nationales et non-privatisées. De plus, il existe une relation positive entre les coûts de sécurité payés par les entreprises et leur performance économique, suggérant que l’investissement dans des mesures de sécurité peut atténuer l’impact négatif de la corruption sur la performance commerciale. Ces résultats soulignent l’importance de lutter contre la corruption, de promouvoir des conditions équitables pour tous les types d’entreprises et de créer un environnement commercial transparent et sûr. Les décideurs politiques doivent se concentrer sur des mesures anti-corruption efficaces, sur l’application des lois et sur le développement d’institutions favorisant la transparence et la responsabilité. Ces efforts peuvent conduire à une amélioration de la performance des entreprises, à une croissance économique, à une réduction des inégalités de revenus et à un meilleur bien-être social.
Workplace Commitment Revisited: Adaptation and Cross-Cultural Validation of a New Measurement Scale in a Francophone Context
Authors: Lacroux Alain
Published: November 2023

L’implication (ou engagement) au travail est un concept clé pour les chercheurs en comportement organisationnel et pour les praticiens car il aide à prévoir des comportements très recherchés dans les organisations contemporaines, tels que l’intention de départ, l’assiduité ou les comportements de citoyenneté organisationnelle. La recherche est toujours active dans ce domaine : la prédominance de l’approche tridimensionnelle de l’engagement initialement proposée par Meyer et Allen (1991) a été régulièrement remise en question, et d’autres propositions ont vu le jour. L’une d’entre elles s’attache à redéfinir le concept clé d’implication dans un format concis et précis (Klein et al. , 2012, 2014). Cette nouvelle approche s’accompagne d’un instrument de mesure compact et polyvalent (KUT : Klein et al., Unidimensional Target free measure of commitment ). L’objectif de cet article est de démontrer l’intérêt de cette nouvelle définition de l’implication, et de contribuer à la validation de l’échelle KUT en contexte français. Nous avons réalisé cette opération en plusieurs étapes, en mobilisant cinq échantillons comprenant un total de 2096 salariés issus de quatre pays francophones (France, Suisse, Belgique et Canada). Nous montrons que la version française de l’échelle KUT présente des propriétés psychométriques adéquates et une invariance culturelle entre les quatre sous-échantillons.
Les errances du team building . Quand les jeunes diplômés dénoncent les absurdités des séminaires de cohésion
Authors: Simon Thomas , Philippe Xavier
Published: November 2023

Depuis les années 1980, les sessions de team building ont fleuri dans les entreprises jusqu’à devenir des solutions prêtes à l’emploi qui ont malheureusement tendance à faire fuir les meilleurs collaborateurs. Entre mode managériale et volonté d’esthétiser le quotidien des salariés, le team building n’a pas toujours les effets escomptés sur la cohésion des équipes. À l’inverse, l’injonction permanente au fun sur lesquelles ces sessions reposent a un effet contre-productif sur les participants. En brouillant les cartes entre amusement et travail, le team building peut faire surgir des sentiments de dissonance chez les collaborateurs, sources d’inconfort et de malaise. En nous appuyant sur 35 entretiens réalisés auprès de jeunes diplômés de Grandes Écoles de commerce et d’ingénieurs françaises, cette recherche nous permet de mettre en évidence les apories de ces séminaires de cohésion. Le recueil du vécu des participants montre sans concession les limites du team building tel qu’il est organisé traditionnellement. Ceux-ci insistent particulièrement sur le caractère souvent « ridicule » de ces moments censés leur permettre de vivre une expérience amusante et inoubliable. De façon paradoxale, certains soulignent l’émergence d’une connivence dans la gêne partagée. Pour autant, ils ne rejettent pas en bloc le principe même du team building et proposent de nouvelles manières d’organiser ces sessions. Celles-ci doivent notamment être basées sur des temps de rencontre ad hoc et informels impulsés par les salariés eux-mêmes. En d’autres termes, le team building doit être envisagé comme une anecdote sympathique, sans grandiloquence, ni attentes démesurées quant à la structuration du collectif.
Anthropocène, management et sociétés : pour une ouverture anthropologique des sciences de gestion
Authors: Chanlat Jean-François
Published: November 2023

En ce contexte de crise environnementale et sociétale, l’enseignement et la recherche en sciences de gestion se doivent de contribuer à fournir des réponses adéquates aux différents défis qui se posent à l’Humanité. Pour ce faire, on les somme de poursuivre trois grands objectifs : prendre en compte la dimension transdisciplinaire de tout fait managérial étudié, se soucier de sa pertinence en contexte et se préoccuper de ses effets sur les sociétés concernées. C’est dans ce cadre que la rédaction de RIPCO a invité l’auteur à revenir sur ces questions sous la forme d’un point de vue. Ce point de vue part de la perspective anthropologique de l’auteur qui vient d’être à nouveau exposé dans deux ouvrages récents. Il se divise en quatre parties. Dans la première, l’auteur aborde le contexte, les enjeux et les défis qu’entraînent les crises, environnementale et sociétale, dans lesquelles nous sommes. Dans la deuxième, il souligne la nécessité d’encourager la transdisciplinarité pour aborder les problèmes complexes auxquels la gestion est confrontée aujourd’hui, et invite pour ce faire les chercheurs à s’appuyer sur des perspectives et des méthodologies variées, et sur un multilinguisme raisonné. Dans la troisième, il insiste sur la nécessité de repenser les approches traditionnelles du management pour répondre à ces défis, et promouvoir ainsi des pratiques managériales innovantes et adaptées aux enjeux contemporains. Enfin, dans la dernière partie, il met en avant les courants de recherche actuels en gestion, notamment de langue française, qui peuvent contribuer de manière positive à la durabilité, la justice et la responsabilité sociale qu’exigent les défis actuels propres à l’Anthropocène.
Micro-CT evaluation of bone grow concept of an implant with microstructured backtaper crestally and sub-crestally placed. Preliminary study in New Zealand rabbits tibia at one month
Authors: Calvo-Guirado José Luis , Cabo-Pastor Marta Belén , de Carlos-Villafranca Félix , García-Carrillo Nuria , Fernández-Domínguez Manuel , Martínez Francisco Martínez
Published: November 2023

The primary purpose of this study was to determine the accuracy of micro-computed tomography (micro-CT) as a novel tool for the 3D analysis of bone density around dental implants in tibia rabbits. Six male New Zealand rabbits were used in our evaluation. One Copa SKY® (Bredent Medical GmbH & Co. K.G.) with a 3.5 mm diameter by 8.0 mm in length was placed within 12 tibia rabbits divided into two experimental groups: Group A (crestal placement) and Group B (sub-crestal placement). The animals were sacrificed at four weeks. Micro-CT evaluations showed a high amount of bone around all implants in the tibia rabbit bone. There was an increased formation of bone around the Copa SKY implants, mainly in the implants that were placed crestally. The most frequent density found in most implants was a medullary bone formation surrounding the implant; the density three (D3) was the most common type in all implants. The 3D model analysis revealed a mean bone volume (B.V.) of 31.24 ± 1.24% in crestal implants compared with the 43.12 ± 0.43% in sub-crestal implants. The mean actual contact implant to bone (B.I.C.) in the sub-crestal group was 51.76 ± 0.86%, compared to the 42.63 ± 0.75% in the crestal group. Compared to crestal implants, the Copa Sky implant placed sub-crestally allows for the formation of bone on top of the neck, thereby stimulating bone growth in tibia rabbits.
Annals, Chronicles, and Narratives of Collaborative Professional Growth
Authors: Kelley Michaelann , Curtis Gayle A. , Craig Cheryl J.
Published: November 2023

This chapter examines how interactions within an educator group contributed to their organic evolution into a knowledge community that enhanced members' professional growth and provided support systems to sustain educators in the field for 25+ years. White's concept of annals, chronicles, and narratives is employed as an analytical lens through which to examine the interactions over time of the portfolio group. Exemplars highlight how stories shared and shared stories, critical friendship, and a centerpoint of practice were at the center of the group's interactions and key to sustaining the group. The chapter also illuminates the nurturing spaces at the heart of the framework in which teachers thrive, grow professionally, and live their best-loved selves.
Good health begins in the womb, but climate change is a growing threat to the unborn
Authors: Perera Surantha
Published: November 2023

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Smart Phone based Fundus Imaging for Diabetic Retinopathy Detection
Authors: Benjamin Adarsh , Wahid Farha Fatina , J Jenefa
Published: November 2023

INTRODUCTION: Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is one of the consequences of diabetes which if untreated may lead to loss of vision. Generally, for DR detection, retinal images are obtained using a traditional fundus camera. A recent trend in the acquisition of eye fundus images is the usage of smartphones to acquire images.
OBJECTIVES: This paper focuses on the study of existing works which incorporated smartphones for obtaining fundus images and various devices available in the market. Also, the common datasets used for carrying out DR detection using smartphone-based fundus images as well as the classification models used for the diagnosis of DR are explored.
METHODS: A search of information was carried out on articles based on DR detection from fundus images published in the state-of-the-art literatures.
RESULTS: Majority of the works uses SBFI devices like 20D lens, EyeExaminer etc. to obtain fundus image. The common databases used for the study are EyePACS, Messidor, etc. and the classification models mostly rely on deep learning frameworks.
CONCLUSION: The use of smartphones for capturing fundus images for DR detection are explored. Smartphone devices, datasets used for the study and currently available classification models for SBFI based DR detection are discussed in detail. This paper portrays various approaches currently being employed in SBFI based DR detection.
Об алгебрах Ли, задаваемых касательными направлениями к однородным проективным многообразиям
Authors: Zavadskii Andrei Olegovich
Published: November 2023

Вложенное проективное многообразие $X$ обладает одним интересным алгебраическим инвариантом - алгеброй Ли $\mathfrak L$, которая задается касательными направлениями к $X$ в гладких точках. Такие алгебры в некоторых случаях оказываются изоморфными алгебрам символов фильтрованных систем распределений на многообразиях Фано, которые играют важную роль в теории этих многообразий. Кроме того, алгебры, задаваемые касательными направлениями, представляют и самостоятельный интерес. В данной работе исследуются алгебры $\mathfrak L$, соответствующие многообразиям $X$, которые являются проективизациями орбит младших векторов неприводимых представлений полупростых комплексных групп Ли. Такие алгебры удается описать в терминах образующих и соотношений, а во многих случаях получается полностью описать их структуру.
Библиография: 4 названия.
Смешанная задача для одного класса нелинейных гиперболических
систем второго порядка с граничными условиями Дирихле и Пуанкаре
Authors: Dzhokhadze Otar Mikhajlovich , Kharibegashvili Sergei Sergeevich , Shavlakadze N N
Published: November 2023

Для одного класса гиперболических систем второго порядка изучена
смешанная задача с граничными условиями Дирихле и Пуанкаре.
В линейном случае дается представление решения задачи в явном виде,
исследованы также вопросы единственности и разрешимости поставленной
задачи в зависимости от характера нелинейностей, присутствующей в системе.
Библиография: 15 названий.
Гладкость обобщенных собственных функций дифференциально-разностных операторов на конечном интервале
Authors: Vorotnikov Roman Yurievich , Skubachevskii Alexander Leonidovich
Published: November 2023

Рассматривается задача на собственные функции и собственные значения
для дифференциально-разностных операторов. Получены необходимые и достаточные
условия сохранения гладкости обобщенных собственных функций на всем интервале.
Приводится пример дифференциально-разностного оператора, имеющего счетное
множество собственных функций, гладкость которых нарушается внутри интервала,
и счетное множество собственных функций, гладкость которых сохраняется.
Библиография: 14 названий.
О простых конечномерных алгебрах с бесконечными базисами тождеств
Authors: Kislitsin Alexey Vladimirovich
Published: November 2023

В 1993 г. И. П. Шестаков поставил вопрос о существовании центральной простой конечномерной алгебры над полем нулевой характеристики, тождества которой не задаются конечным набором тождеств. В 2012 г. И. М. Исаевым и автором построен пример семимерной центральной простой алгебры над любым полем, не имеющей конечного базиса тождеств. В данной работе строится пример шестимерной центральной простой алгебры над полем нулевой характеристики, не имеющей конечного базиса тождеств.
Библиография: 22 названия.
An Outbreak of Acute Chagas Disease Possibly Spread through Oral Transmission Involving Animal Reservoirs in Eastern Colombia
Authors: Gutiérrez Stivenn A. , Jaimes-Dueñez Jeiczon , Cruz-Saavedra Lissa , Hernández Carolina , Cantillo-Barraza Omar , Álvarez Francisco , Blanco María , Leal Bernardo , Martínez Lida , Medina Manuel , Medina Mabel , Valdivieso Silvia , Ramírez Juan David
Published: November 2023

Chagas disease (CD) is a parasitic infection caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi. Reports of CD cases associated with oral transmission have increased, particularly in Colombia, Brazil, and Venezuela. In this investigation, parasitological, serological, and molecular tests were conducted on samples obtained from humans, mammal reservoirs, and hosts involved in the assessment of a suspected oral transmission outbreak in Cubara, Boyaca, Colombia. Seropositivity was observed in 60% (3 of 5) of index patients and 6.4% (5 of 78) of close contacts. Trypanosoma cruzi DNA was detected by quantitative polymerase chain reaction in 100% of index cases, 6.4% (5 of 78) of close contacts, 60% (6 of 10) of canines, and 100% (5 of 5) of opossums. In all index cases, the TcI lineage was identified, along with two cases of mixed infection (TcI/TcII–TcVI). Hemoculture revealed a flagellate presence in 80% of opossums, whereas all triatomine bugs tested negative. Our findings suggest a potential oral transmission route through contamination with opossum secretions.
Improving forecasting accuracy using quantile regression neural network combined with unrestricted mixed data sampling
Authors: Hassan Umaru , Ismail Mohd Tahir
Published: November 2023

A traditional regression method involving time series variables is often observed at the same frequencies. In a situation where the frequencies differ, the higher ones are averaged or aggregated to the lower frequency. A Mixed Data Sampling (MIDAS) regression model was introduced to address such problems. In any country, stakeholders are interested in monitoring and forecasting accurately the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) using the dynamics of macroeconomic variables. We applied the hybrid QRNN-U-MIDAS model to forecast quarterly GDP using monthly and weekly data. The Quantile Regression Neural Network (QRNN) is designed to model nonlinear relationships amongst data sampled at the same frequency. Therefore, we take advantage of QRNN skills using the optimization techniques of gradient descent-based algorithms to optimise the estimated loss function Ea (\tau), and introduce them into the U-MIDAS framework, which can handle mixed data frequencies, and construct a QRNN-U-MIDAS model. The suggested hybrid QRNN-U-MIDAS model was implemented in an R-package that we created to perform both simulation and real-time data applications. The findings indicate that the QRNN-U-MIDAS regression model outperforms competing models in terms of its capacity for prediction across the conditional distribution of a response variable with a comprehensive view of the information contained in the variables, which is lacking in other competing models like U-MIDAS, ANN-U-MIDAS etc. More so, this novel model will add to the existing works of literature on robust forecasting models.
Fronteiras da fronteira sul: Entre (re)planejamento territorial e (re)distribuições populacionais
Authors: Camargo Abbdel , Prieto Sergio
Published: November 2023

O artigo explora, analisa e reconstrói os significados, o escopo e as contradições da relação entre territórios, fronteiras e (in)mobilidades populacionais no espaço fronteiriço entre o sul do México e a América Central. Com base nessa reconstrução e na perspectiva que se intui para esse espaço fronteiriço, é apresentada uma proposta analítica, entrelaçada em duas propostas conceituais: território denso e vórtice migratório, em que os pressupostos são condensados para abordar a inter-relação entre a fronteira e as (in)mobilidades humanas. Para tanto, a região é desconstruída em dois espaços fronteiriços específicos e particulares, mas intimamente integrados: o sul da fronteira sul, com os estados de Chiapas e Oaxaca como altamente representativos dos processos de (in)mobilidade humana; e o norte da fronteira sul, composto pelos estados de Quintana Roo, Yucatán, Campeche e Tabasco, onde o impacto dos rearranjos territoriais em andamento encerra a reconfiguração da fronteira tradicional.
A reforma do processo: os juristas e a política de modernização da justiça
Authors: Natividade Campos Daniel Aristides , Sant’Ana Bento Juliane
Published: November 2023

A reforma do Código de Processo ocorrida entre 2010 e 2015 promoveu a solução negociada como principal meio para resolução dos litígios. O presente artigo busca compreender a formação e consolidação da conciliação e mediação como desjudicialização da resolução de conflito no contexto da Comissão de Juristas designada para a elaboração do Anteprojeto do Novo Código de Processo Civil junto ao Senado. A análise foi feita por meio da categorização dos membros da Comissão de Juristas, os discursos proferidos na reunião inaugural e nas caravanas. Percebeu-se que a comissão representou categorias do espaço jurídico, o qual emprestou capital político e simbólico à reforma processual.
El Femicidio: una realidad latente en el Ecuador
Authors: Caraguay Guaillas Nancy Beatriz , Álvarez Gavilanes Juan Edmundo , Cárdenas Lata Bertha Janeth
Published: November 2023

Esta investigación abordó el fenómeno del femicidio en Ecuador y a nivel de América Latina y el Caribe, Su contribución radica la importancia de prevenir y eliminar esta forma de violencia. La metodología de la investigación involucró un enfoque bibliográfico, documental, descriptivo y exploratorio, recopilando datos de diversas fuentes, como revistas, investigaciones científicas, publicaciones literarias, archivos de referencia y trabajos académicos. El objetivo fundamental fue analizar el femicidio y evidenciar las estadísticas con la finalidad de establecer estrategias para su prevención y erradicación en Ecuador. Los resultados revelaron el registro de 2078 mujeres víctimas de feminicidio entre 2014 hasta agosto de 2023, evidenciando que una mujer es asesinada cada 26 horas en 2022, dejando aproximadamente 245 hijos en orfandad ese año. Esta investigación demostró un aumento drástico de la violencia contra las mujeres en los últimos años, cuyos agresores suelen ser cónyuges, exparejas o familiares cercanos, los crímenes ocurrieron con mayor frecuencia cuando las víctimas estaban separadas, reflejando una mentalidad machista arraigada en la sociedad ecuatoriana, se observó también que la crisis económica y el encierro debido a la pandemia contribuyeron a agravar esta problemática.
O NOVČARSTVU KRALjA MILUTINA
Authors: Dimitrijević Milan S.
Published: November 2023

Serbian medieval coinage has a great number of species and variants, with interesting and imaginative representations. The first Serbian medieval coins ap- peared during the reign of King Radoslav (1228-1234), and were coined by dif- ferent kings, nobles and towns during around 230 years, until the last ones, dur- ing the reign of Lazar Djurdjević (1456-1458). King Milutin's monetary emis- sions were numerous during his long and successfull reign from 1282 to 1321. Concerning his coinage there are some uncertainties in attribution of some coins. Additionally, exist different divisions of his coinage in species. Sergije Dimi- trijević (2001) divides King Milutin's coinage in 13 species and 47 subspecies, describing 104 coins in his Catalogue. Vujadin Ivanišević (2001) enumerates ten basic species and Miroslav Jovanović (2001) divides Milutin's coinage in 17 species. Additionally, uncertain is and the coinage of Milutin's father King Uroš I. Dimitrijević (2001) attributes to him three species and describe 74 coins while Ivanišević (2001) all these coins attributes to Milutin and includes in the men- tioned ten species. On the other hand, Jovanović (2001) include these three spe- cies in the coinage of King Dragutin. There is not even a single opinion what is obverse and what reverse of the coin. Dimitrijević (2001) and Jovanović (2001) adopt traditional view that obverse is the side where is represented the king who issued the coin while Ivanišević (2001), following the Byzantine tradition, takes the side where the Jesus Christ is presented like obverse. In this contribution, we present rich and diversiform coinage of King Milutin. Special attention will be paid on a dinar of King Milutin, with the sitting ruler. In the right hand he has a straight sword, and in his left a banner. On the back is the queen sitting on the throne and holding a lilium (Dimitrijević, 1976, 2005). Dimitrijević (2006) thought that this is the most beautifull coin of King