bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
A bajai röplabdázás aranykora : Az időszak meghatározó egyéniségei (I.)
Authors: Kiss Zoltán
Published: February 2023

A röplabdasport alapjait 1895-ben az amerikai William G. Morgan alkotta meg a Massachusetts állambeli Holyoke városában található YMCA egyetemen. Az intézmény testnevelési igazgatójaként lehetőséget kapott egy széles körű sportprogram megszervezésére és irányítására. A tanórákat egy szórakoztató és izgalmas játékkal kívánta változatosabbá tenni, ezért saját tapasztalatait felhasználva, kidolgozott egy olyan labdás játékot, amit a téli holtidényre is gondolva elsősorban szabadidősportnak szánt. A játék két térfélen, fejmagasságban kifeszített teniszháló felett zajlott. Az új játékot „Mintonette”-nek nevezte el, majd a következő évben a játék springfieldi bemutatóján Dr. Alfred Halstead, a Springfield College professzora javasolta a „Volley Ball” kétszavas változatú elnevezést, amely szó szerinti fordításban repülő labdát jelent. Kezdetben a játék lényegét az jelentette, hogy nem eshetett le a labda, de a játék technikája, szabályai még oly mértékben voltak kiforratlanok, hogy a mérkőzések ezáltal túl egyhangúak voltak, aminek köszönhetően átfogó szabályozásba kezdtek. A játékosok létszámát és a teremméret egységesítése volt az első lépés, majd egy idő után előírták a labdameneten belüli három pillanatnyi érintést térfelenként. Rövidesen bevezették a forgásszabályt és hétről hatra csökkentették a pályán lévő játékosok csapatonkénti létszámát. Az USA határain túl elsőként Kanadában ismerték meg a játékot 1900-ban, majd az ázsiai kontinensen is megjelent: 1908-ban Japánban, 1910-ben Fülöpszigeteken, aztán Kínában és Burmában. Ezt követően aztán Mexikóba, Dél-Amerikába, Európába és Afrika egyes országaiba is eljutott a labdajáték. Az I. világháború ideje alatt a külföldön állomásozó amerikai katonáknak tömegével küldték a hálókat és a labdákat, amely nagyban hozzájárult a játék európai elterjedéséhez. Az 1930-as évek végére szinte már alig maradt olyan európai ország, ahol ne ismerték volna a játékot. A II. világháborút követően újra intenzív munkába fogtak nemzetközi szinten a sportág szerelmesei, aminek köszönhetően az 1950-es években már világversenyeket is rendeztek. Ebben az időszakban a röplabdázás nagyon erőteljes fejlődésen ment keresztül, az olimpiai debütálást azonban Japán segítette elő, hiszen komoly lobbitevékenységet folytattak annak érdekében, hogy az 1964-es tokiói olimpiai játékokon a „bemutató sportág” periódust kihagyva a röplabdások azonnal éremért küzdhessenek. A sportág nemzetközi fejlődése ezzel további muníciót kapott, amit a strandröplabdázás 1996-os olimpiai megjelenése is ékesen bizonyít. A sportág kirobbanó nemzetközi népszerűségét kiválóan érzékelteti, hogy a 2012-es londoni Nyári Olimpiai Játékokon a legnézettebb labdajáték a röplabdázás volt, de a strandröplabdázás is felfért ebben a vonatkozásban a képzeletbeli dobogó harmadik fokára. Utóbbi tényt jól szemlélteti, hogy 14 perc alatt közel 1 millió jegyet értékesítettek a sportág mérkőzéseire.
“Él scribe come pinta”. Entre Cervantes, el Greco y otros ingenios en Toledo
Authors: Madroñal Abraham
Published: February 2023

El trabajo demuestra la existencia de una academia literaria que tuvo lugar en torno a la figura del caballero y poeta don Luis de Vargas Manrique, en su cigarral de Toledo, hacia 1582. En dicha academia participó a buen seguro el Greco y también el poeta Luis Hurtado de Toledo. Se sugieren las coincidencias entre dicho grupo de intelectuales y artistas con Cervantes y algunas de sus obras, como la Galatea o el Quijote.
Project Technical Summary (PEER-CEA Project)
Authors: Reis Evan , Bozorgnia Yousef , Burton Henry , Cobeen Kelly , Deierlein Gregory , Hutchinson Tara , Kang Grace , Lizundia Bret , Mazzoni Silvia , Rabonivici Sharyl , Schiller Brandon , Welch David , Zareian Farzin
Published: February 2023

This report is one of a series of reports documenting the methods and findings of a multi-year, multi-disciplinary project coordinated by the Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center (PEER) and funded by the California Earthquake Authority (CEA). The overall project is titled “Quantifying the Performance of Retrofit of Cripple Walls and Sill Anchorage in Single-Family Wood-Frame Buildings,” henceforth referred to as the “PEER-CEA Project.” The overall objective of the PEER–CEA project is to provide scientifically based information (e.g., testing, analysis, and resulting loss models) that measure and assess the effectiveness of seismic retrofit to reduce the risk of damage and associated losses (repair costs) of wood-frame houses with cripple wall and sill anchorage deficiencies as well as retrofitted conditions that address those deficiencies. Tasks that support and inform the loss-modeling effort are: (1) collecting and summarizing existing information and results of previous research on the performance of wood-frame houses; (2) identifying construction features to characterize alternative variants of wood-frame houses; (3) characterizing earthquake hazard and ground motions at representative sites in California; (4) developing cyclic loading protocols and conducting laboratory tests of cripple wall panels, wood-frame wall subassemblies, and sill anchorages to measure and document their response (strength and stiffness) under cyclic loading; and (5) the computer modeling, simulations, and the development of loss models as informed by a workshop with claims adjustors. This report is a product of Working Group 7: Reporting and is a summary of the PEER–CEA Project work performed by Working Groups 1–6. This report does not present new information apart from the rest of the project, and its purpose is to serve as a reference for researchers and catastrophe modelers wishing to understand the objectives and key findings of the project. The key overall findings of the PEER–CEA Project are summarized in Chapters 8 and 10, which describe the efforts of the WG5 and WG6 Working Groups. The reader is referred to the individual reports prepared by the Working Groups for comprehensive information on the tasks, methodologies, and results of each.
Mitigation the Challenges of Cloud Storage Security Using Hybrid Algorithms
Authors: Glilat Sokiyna Mohammad
Published: February 2023

Security of the cloud computing is one of the most challenge which limit the idea of adopting the technology of clouding if the level of the security is not significant to protect the stored data, many researches had implemented several algorithms for this purpose. This paper implemented a hybrid algorithm based on AES and ECC to give high level of security. A theoretical study is presented in the first part of this search to explain the basic concepts of clouding as well as the security of this technique. After that the performance of the proposed scheme had been evaluated. The result showed that the AES combined with ECC offer extra feature which ensure high level of protection for the data.
Content-Based Image Search While Maintaining Privacy with Cloud Image Repository
Authors: Jadhav Mr. Atish Gopichand , Sawant Mr. Namdev , Pingale Mr. Subhash
Published: February 2023

If you don't know the names of the images, it is important to pick a set of photos that look like informational images and use a search structure that uses the CBIR rule. In general, the CBIR framework breaks down the visual aspects. B. Diversity, image boundaries, surfaces, and nomenclature consistency between input photos and dataset images. The rendering strategy is CNN and the restoration method is cosine similarity. This white paper addresses the problem of large-scale image recovery with a focus on improving accuracy and flexibility. We focus on factors that can affect search performance, such as: B. Varying lighting conditions, object size and structure, and possibly obstacles and crowded facilities. These factors are particularly large and track very large data sets with great variability. Suggest REMAP. REMAP is the original CNN-based global descriptor that started and learned on Trio Bungle and is added to an ever-evolving deep set of features from several CNN layers. REMAP is broadly stable across different semantic levels of visual reflection and retains the associated absolute identifiers.
Faculty Strategies for Sustainable Human Capital and Achieving High University Rank
Authors: Magaji Pro. Sule
Published: February 2023

This article is on faculty strategies for sustainable human capital development and achieving high University Rank. We consider ranking criteria used at Global level, Regional level and countries specifics side by side with the United Nations (UNs) sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and basic community needs. Faculty members are considered as backbone of University success in terms of ranking, community service, employability of graduates and achieving SDGs. The paper reveals the harmonized strategies for sustainable human capital development capable of making a University to top the ranking of Global, regional and country bodies, provision of knowledge and skill relevant for employment and self-employment, addressing the needs of the immediate community and achieving UN SDGs. Key issues of the strategies identified are strategic vision and mission, student admission, staff training and development and Quality assurance, monitoring and evaluation. Others are management structure and staffing, teaching and learning assessment and facilities and environmental quality. It is recommended that faculties should take new the strategies serious in order to achieve positive results.
Rawls, Habermas and Liberal Democratic Law
Authors: van der Walt Johan
Published: February 2023

Rawls, Habermas and Liberal Democratic Law

The theoretical undertakings of both Rawls and Habermas pivot on an aspiration to explain (and surely to promote through explanation) the Enlightenment ideal of reason reflected in the idea of liberal democracy. The thoughts developed in my book The Concept of Liberal Democratic Law (2020, CLDL hereafter) pivot on the same aspiration. What obviously distinguishes the theoretical undertaking in CLDL from those of Habermas and Rawls, is the greater emphasis in CLDL on the precariousness of this ideal of reason. This article first gives a short exposition of some of the main lines of thought developed in CLDL. It then moves on to an analysis of Rawls’ theory of political liberalism and Habermas’ discourse-theoretical explanation of the legitimacy of modern law through the prism of the key elements of CLDL highlighted in the first part of the article.
The Normative Commitments of Liberal Democracy
Authors: Rummens Stefan
Published: February 2023

The Normative Commitments of Liberal Democracy

This paper thematises an unresolved tension in Johan van der Walt’s attitude towards ‘the unreasonable other’ who challenges the liberal democratic regime. This tension results from his reluctance to provide a more explicit account of the normative commitments of liberal democracy. Van der Walt’s analysis is characterized by a ‘fear of substance,’ which is, however, based on a false dichotomy between pure proceduralism and metaphysical substantivism. It similarly reveals a ‘fear of a democratic ethos,’ which is, in turn, based on a false dichotomy between a proceduralistic ethics of civility and a metaphysically rooted ethos. These fears often lead Van der Walt to misrepresent the views of both John Rawls and Jürgen Habermas and, consequently, to obscure the promising ways in which they provide a normatively explicit account of liberal democracy that allows us to deal with the antagonistic enemy of liberal democracy in a more consistent and convincing manner.
Remarks on Johan van der Walt’s Concept of Liberal Democratic Law
Authors: Vagdoutis Nikolas
Published: February 2023

Remarks on Johan van der Walt’s Concept of Liberal Democratic Law: With Kelsen, Beyond Kelsen and the Unexplored Issue of Independent Technocratic Institutions

This article engages with Van der Walt’s concept of liberal democratic law. Firstly, it shows that his concept is significantly influenced by Hans Kelsen’s theory, mainly by Kelsen’s democratic political theory but also by Kelsen’s legal theory (insofar as the latter is considered to be related to the former). Secondly, it demonstrates that he goes also beyond Kelsen’s theory by considering necessary for the sustainability of liberal democratic law an adequate social state. Given this, I argue that there is, to an extent, a proximity to Hermann Heller’s social Rechtsstaat theory. Thirdly, it shows that – although the socio-economic level is, to an extent, considered – he leaves unexplored the rise of independent technocratic institutions in the economic governance framework of contemporary liberal democracies (the independent central banks, like the European Central Bank, being the main example). I argue that this issue needs to be explored in order to reach a realistic understanding of liberal democratic law (an understanding that Van der Walt aims at).
The Expanding Methodological Toolbox of the ECHR Scholar
Authors: Gerards Janneke , Erken Elif , Loven Claire
Published: February 2023

The Expanding Methodological Toolbox of the ECHR Scholar Special Issue Progress in Legal Scholarship, Marnix Snel, Sanne Taekema & Gijs van Dijck (eds.)

Scholars who set out to study the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR or Convention) system will find an abundance in research methods to choose from. In the early years of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR or Court), the methodological toolbox of the ECHR scholar largely consisted of qualitative and classical-doctrinal methods to study the Court’s case law, as well as historical, philosophical and theoretical studies to contextualize the ECHR system. Today, these ‘traditional’ methods not only have evolved to reflect the enormous increase of, and scholarly interest in, the Court’s case law but have also been complemented by empirical qualitative and quantitative, statistical and machine learning research methods. This contribution traces these major developments in the methods applied to studying the Court. By providing a comprehensive discussion of the different approaches, including their application, value and potential weaknesses, this contribution helps scholars understand, use and learn from the rich methodological toolbox of the ECHR scholar.
Nuevas tecnologías digitales y su impacto en el poder de negociación del mundo del trabajo
Authors: Nava Agustín
Published: February 2023

El propósito de este artículo es analizar el modo en el que las nuevas tecnologías digitales influyen en el poder de negociación del mundo del trabajo y cómo se expresa el mismo en el plano de la protesta y en las formas de organización colectiva. Analizamos específicamente tres sectores que son representativos de los principales impactos que ejercen las nuevas tecnologías digitales: el caso de las personas trabajadoras de la industria del software y de los servicios informáticos tecnológicos, el sector representado por las plataformas digitales y el caso paradigmático de la industria automotriz. Nuestra hipótesis es que el cambio tecnológico en curso tendría un efecto ambivalente en el poder de negociación y en el plano de la protesta, ya que si bien las nuevas tecnologías digitales pueden acentuar la precarización y/o la fragmentación de algunos sectores laborales, también pueden incrementar su poder estructural e incentivar fenómenos de organización y lucha.
Influence du Biochar et du Mycotri sur le développement de la grande morelle (Solanum macrocarpon L.) et la densité de population des nématodes à galles sous serre
Authors: BEHOUNDJA-KOTOKO Octave , SOMAKOU Fabert , DJAOUGA MAMADOU Nehal Tinon , ALAGBA Manzidath , DOSSOU AGBEDE Ruffin , BAIMEY Hugues
Published: February 2023

Afin de réduire les effets néfastes de l’utilisation des pesticides chimiques sur l’environnement et la qualité des aliments, de nouvelles alternatives sont recherchées pour lutter contre les nématodes à galles en culture maraichère. La présente étude analyse l’effet du biochar et d’une formulation (le Mycotri) à base de champignons et de bactéries parasites des nématodes à galles en culture de la grande morelle. Elle a été réalisée en conditions de serre dans un dispositif expérimental en bloc aléatoire complet comportant huit traitements répétés chacun six fois. Les différents traitements étaient : le biochar (26,6 g/kg de sol stérilisé), le Mycotri (2,6 g/kg de sol stérilisé) ou leur combinaison (40 g de biochar et 4 g de Mycotri pour 1456 g de sol stérilisé). Les résultats montrent que le biochar, le Mycotri et leur combinaison améliorent le pH du sol. Le biochar et sa combinaison au Mycotri favorise l’augmentation de la surface foliaire des plants et de la masse des feuilles et racines. L’indice de galles, le nombre de galles et la densité de la population des nématodes dans le sol sont plus élevé au niveau des traitements avec biochar, tandis que la densité de la population de nématodes a diminué dans les racines en présence du Mycotri. Toutefois, l’amendement du biochar combiné au Mycotri mérite une attention particulière dans la lutte contre les nématodes à galles
Administration of justice in Ukraine as an indicator of modern constitutionalism
Authors: Kalynovskyi Bohdan , Kulyk Tetiana
Published: February 2023

The relevance of the study of judicial constitutionalism is explained by the public necessity to restore confidence in the Constitutional Court of Ukraine. The necessity of reforming the regulation of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine is relevant to this study. The purpose of the research is to cover the connection and impact of the results of the administration of justice in Ukraine on the overall state of constitutionalism. In the course of exploring the subject of this work, the authors, use the dialectical method of cognition to clarify the essence of the concept of “constitutionalism”, the formal legal method to analyse the sources of constitutional law relating to the administration of justice and develop recommendations for overcoming the identified systemic problems, the logical and legal method to identify the state of compliance by judges and public authorities with the basic principles of the constitutional order of Ukraine, and the analysis of legal practice, identified differences in understanding the legal content of the rule of law principle in the administration of justice, and thus its unequal application, and identified two systemic problems. One of them emerged as a result of the Supreme Court's ambiguous position that a notary cannot be a defendant in cases of illegally committed executive inscriptions, and the other, on the contrary, is due to the ignoring of decisions of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine and the Supreme Court by public authorities empowered to ensure social protection of the population. The proposed research is the result of the analysis of some specific practical aspects - the results of the judicial proceedings in Ukraine, and the identification of systemic problems in judicial practice which affect the assessment of constitutionalism as a constitutional and legal reality. The authors emphasise the necessity of raising legal culture and legal awareness, both in society in general and among lawyers in particular. It is possible if the educational process combines the acquisition of professional and practical competencies with the education of both human and professional qualities. The practical significance of the work is a comprehensive consideration of current issues of the administration of justice in Ukraine from a practical and theoretical standpoint
Animes e o emburrecimento do cérebro Animes and brain degeneration
Authors: Agrela Fabiano de Abreu
Published: February 2023

Animes e o emburrecimento do cérebro Animes and brain degeneration
Viewpoint. There is more to a flower than a STEM
Authors: Nolan John , Russell Nick , Firth Ian , Ibell Tim
Published: February 2023

Four Past Presidents of the Institution – Professor John Nolan, Professor Nick Russell, Professor Ian Firth and Professor Tim Ibell – argue that attracting, enthusing, nurturing and launching the next generation of structural engineers should look different to that which we have seen in the past.
Comment & reply. The TallWood House at Brock Commons, Vancouver
Authors: Law Angus , Hadden Rory , Bisby Luke , Fast Paul , Jackson Robert
Published: February 2023

Dr Angus Law, Dr Rory Hadden and Professor Luke Bisby seek clarification of the fire safety strategy employed at this landmark high-rise timber building in Canada.
«Nordic Endodontic Assessment Form» – en evaluering av kasusvanskelighet, behandlers ferdigheter og henvisningsrutiner
Authors: Haug Sivakami Rethnam , Siukosaari Päivi , Furuholm Jussi , Brundin Malin
Published: February 2023

Hovedbudskap

En rotfylt tann skal være i funksjon uten symptomer og sykdom hele livet. Derfor må endodontisk behandling utføres med presisjon første gang.

God kunnskap om kasusvanskelighetsgrad og behandlers ferdigheter kan hjelpe tannlegen med å bestemme om de vil behandle en tann selv, eller henvise til spesialist.

Nordic Endodontic Assessment Form plasserer tannlegen og tannen som skal behandles i en av fire kategorier, A, B, C og D, i henhold til tekniske ferdigheter, teoretisk kunnskap og tannlegens bruk av verktøy.

God kommunikasjon med pasienten er avgjørende før videre henvisning.

Henvisningen må gjøres tidlig i behandlingsprosedyren.
An evaluation of case difficulty, operator abilities, when and how to refer
Authors: Haug Sivakami Rethnam , Brundin Malin , Furuholm Jussi , Siukosaari Päivi
Published: February 2023

Headlines

Endodontically treated tooth needs to last a lifetime and therefore root canal treatment has to be performed with precision the first time around.

A good knowledge of case difficulty and operator abilities can help DP decide on whether they want to treat a tooth or refer to a specialist.

The Nordic Endodontic Assessment Form places DP and treatment tooth into 4 categories A, B, C and D according to technical skills, theoretical knowledge, and use of tools by DP.

To make a referral, good communication with the patient is essential.

The referral needs to be done early in the treatment procedure.
Optimera ditt behandlings­resultat
Authors: Dawson Victoria , Arnarsdóttir Elisa Kristin , Lecturer Leona Malmberg , Zandi Homan , Markvart Merete
Published: February 2023

Huvudpunkter

En hög lyckandefrekvens kan förväntas när varje steg i den endodontiska behandlingen utförs på ett adekvat sätt:

Tanden isoleras med kofferdam och ett aseptiskt arbetsfält upprätthålls under hela behandlingen för att förhindra kontaminering.

Kavumpreparationen utformas korrekt och tillåter en rak insättningsriktning för rotkanalsinstrumenten.

Instrumenteringen utförs under samtidig använding av kemiskt aktiva spolvätskor vilket avlägsnar mikroorganismer och löser upp nekrotisk vävnad.

Rotkanalerna försluts med en tät rotfyllning till adekvat längd, och den slutliga restaureringen utföres så snart som möjligt.
Recent Progress in Organic-Based Photonic Synapses
Authors: Ko Gyu-min , Lee Seungbeom , Choi Minjun , Park Hea-Lim
Published: February 2023

Organic photonic synapses are promising candidates for optoelectronic
neuromorphic electronic components owing to their advantages from both material
and signal perspectives. Organic materials have advantages such as low cost,
tunable properties according to the molecular design, mechanical flexibility,
and biocompatibility. In addition, using light as an input signal affords
advantages such as ultrafast signal transmission speed, wide bandwidth, and
wireless communication. Thus, different types of organic photonic synapses have
been researched using various mechanisms and new materials.
In this review, we first introduce the biological synaptic properties imitated by
photonic synapses. Next, the operating mechanism and materials used are
discussed by categorizing the device structures into two-terminal and
three-terminal devices. To verify the applicability of organic photonic synapses
in the real world, we present various applications such as pattern recognition,
smart windows, and Pavlov’s dog experiment, which have been demonstrated
in previous studies. Finally, we discuss the remaining challenges and provide
directions for further research on organic photonic synapses.
SEVERE NEUROLOGICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF COVID-19: CASE SERIES
Authors: Sufen Anna Carolina de Almeida , Otsuka Helton , Ribeiro Estefânia Costa , Garcia Maria Teresa Fernandes Castilho
Published: February 2023

O SARS-CoV-2 é o agente etiológico da pandemia iniciada em dezembro de 2019 e vem atingindo números alarmantes em todo o mundo. Manifestações neurológicas foram relatadas e devem ser destacadas. Este trabalho relata casos de manifestações neurológicas graves associadas à COVID-19 em pacientes internados em um hospital terciário. O primeiro paciente foi encaminhado com história de convulsões generalizadas após o diagnóstico de COVID-19; exame de imagem indicou trombose venosa cerebral. O segundo paciente, já tratado para COVID-19, desenvolveu dor na região dorsal, evoluindo para parestesia ascendente, e teve diagnóstico de Síndrome de Guillain-Barré, com desfecho fatal. O terceiro paciente, também com desfecho fatal, apresentou cefaléia e hemiparesia à esquerda. Após exames de imagem, recebeu alta, mas dias depois, retornou com quadro de confusão mental e foi confirmada a hipótese de encefalite. A infecção por SARS-CoV-2 foi confirmada após a morte. O principal objetivo deste estudo é relatar manifestações neurológicas graves relacionadas à COVID-19.
IMPORTÂNCIA DA REABILITAÇÃO CARDIOVASCULAR EM PACIENTE COM ALTERAÇÕES ESTRUTURAIS CARDÍACAS SECUNDÁRIAS À ESPONDILITE ANQUILOSANTE: RELATO DE CASO
Authors: Vieira Myllena Lemes Scardino , Toni Tamires Mota , Najas Claudio Spinola
Published: February 2023

Patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AE) may present cardiac manifestations, mainly aortic root dilation and valvular disease. Rehabilitation programs to improve cardiovascular capacity are important for maintaining the quality of life of these patients, who tend to evolve with their disease impairments and dysfunctions, when not corrected. The objective of this study was to report the clinical case of a 67-year-old male patient diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis for twenty years and with cardiac structural evolutions. The rehabilitation program involves stretching exercises, aerobics, resistance and health education. The Borg Subjective Effort Scale was used to analyze the patient’s effort during exercises and activities of daily living. However, it maintained its functional capacity in daily and instrumental life activities over the years even with the structural evolution of the disease due to the constant practice of rehabilitation.
Data practices in apps from Brazil: What do privacy policies inform us about?
Authors: Reis Valéria Quadros dos , Rabello Maria E. R. , Lima Anderson C. , Jardim Guilherme P. S. , Fernandes Eraldo R. , Brefeld Ulf
Published: February 2023

We present and analyze a new corpus comprising 82 privacy policies in Brazilian Portuguese collected from popular apps in Google Play Store called APP-BR. The contained documents are characterized by excessive lengths and poor readability. Analyzing their content reveals a severe lack of objectivity and compliance with the Brazilian General Data Protection Law. Our results shed light on the problems in accessing privacy information and are supposed to constitute a basis for finding a remedy. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first effort to evaluate privacy policies according to the current Brazilian legislation.
Erzählstimmen im aktuellen Film
Authors: Heiser Christina
Published: February 2023

Die Voice-Over-Narration verbindet das filmische Erleben des Sehens und Hörens, indem sie jene beiden maßgeblichen Informationsebenen parallel zueinander aktiviert und so miteinander, nebeneinander oder gar gegeneinander positioniert. Die komplexe Synergie aller Aspekte des filmischen Erlebens und Wahrnehmens treten in einem Film, in dem Erzählstimmen verwendet werden besonders deutlich zum Vorschein, da Bild und Ton als gleichwertige, sich gegenseitig bereichernde Partner verstanden werden.
The Effect of an Online Teaching Platform on Self-concept and Self-regulation of Medical Students at Kashan University of Medical Sciences
Authors: Najafi Maryam , Heidari Shahreza Mohammad Ali , Ketabi Saeed
Published: February 2023

Background: Online language learning has recently gained a reputation in educational research, holding specifically true in English for specific purposes (ESP) courses. However, ESP online learning has not been sufficiently examined in particular disciplines such as medicine. Objectives: This study investigated the effects of teaching English medical vocabulary through a virtual learning platform (Adobe Connect) on Iranian medical students’ learner factors, including their self-regulation and self-concept. Methods: This quasi-experimental study was conducted on 60 female and male medical students learning English for Medicine at Kashan University of Medical Sciences in 2021. An Oxford Placement Test (OPT) was administered to ensure the sample’s homogeneity. Then, the participants were categorized into Adobe Connect (experimental) and conventional face-to-face (control) groups. Data were collected using the Academic Self-concept Questionnaire (ASCQ) and the Self-regulation Questionnaire (SRQ). An ANCOVA test was run to compare the possible role of the two instructional methods on medical students’ self-regulation and self-concept. Results: Adobe Connect, as the experimental group, had a higher median score than the control group regarding the self-regulation posttest (P = 0.000). Therefore, using Adobe Connect virtual platform significantly improved the self-regulation of ESP medical students. Additionally, the results revealed that the experimental participants outperformed the control group regarding their self-concept (P = 0.000). Conclusions: Based on the results, the online platform positively affected self-regulation and self-concept among medical students.
Factors Associated with Participation of Community-Dwelling Older Adults in Activities Related to Leisure and Social Participation: A Systematic Review
Authors: Mousa Garmabi Keyhaneh , Rezaee Mehdi , Pashmdarfard Marzieh
Published: February 2023

Context: The significant and rapid growth of the aging population is one of the most important phenomena of the current century. According to the main component of the World Health Organization, the concern over aging can be operationalized through informal contributions such as social and leisure activities. Objectives: The current study mainly aimed to review the factors associated with the participation of community-dwelling older adults in activities related to leisure and social participation. Data Source: In this study, based on PRISMA guidelines, articles investigating factors associated with the participation of community-dwelling older adults in activities related to leisure and social participation and published from 2005 to 2022 in Google Scholar, PubMed, Scopus, and EMBASE databases were screened. Inclusion criteria consisted of articles having been published in peer-reviewed journals between 2005 and 2022 and reaching I, II, III, and IV AOTA levels of evidence. To complete the study, a total of 651 articles were retrieved. Finally, 29 articles were reviewed. Results: Out of 29 articles, three articles were at evidence level I, 12 were at evidence level II, one was at evidence level III, and 13 were at evidence level IV. The social participation of the elderly was discussed in all 29 articles; however, the activities related to leisure of the elderly, in addition to the social participation, was discussed in only 11 articles. Levels of education and disability were the most relevant individual factors affecting the social participation and leisure activities of elders, respectively; the social networks with families, friends, etc., on the other hand, were the most relevant environmental factors influencing both social participation and leisure activities. Conclusions: Since the levels of education and disability were the most relevant individual factors affecting the participation of the elderly in activities related to social participation and leisure, respectively, and because it was difficult to make interventions in these factors, it was suggested that occupational therapists and other geriatric specialists should make advocacy-based interventions in the social networks which was recognized as the most relevant environmental factors contributing to leisure and the social participation.
Looking Back on Corruption: Representations of Corruption and Anti-corruption in Czech Party Manifestos between 1990–2017
Authors: Petr  Kupka  , Vladimír  Naxera
Published: February 2023

This study follows the constructivist tradition of corruption research. Specifically, we analyze representations of corruption and anti-corruption in the electoral manifestos of Czech political parties and movements between 1990 and 2017. In these documents, corruption is primarily construed as a security issue and is framed within the context of economic and organized crime. The causes of corruption, the main actors behind it, and the proposed countermeasures draw on three dominant discourses: neoliberal, centrist, and populist. Neoliberal discourse attributes corruption to the overextended nature of the state, with public officials as the primary perpetrators of corruption. Countermeasures are based on streamlined public administration and personal accountability of government employees in this discourse. Centrist discourse sees the interweaving of economic and political power as the cause of corruption perpetrated by the mafia or lobbyists. Countermeasures are rooted in legal regulation and cooperation with anti-corruption forces in this discourse. Populist discourse provides an updated interpretation of the former two discourses. It borrows the metaphoric labeling of perpetrators from the centrist repertoire and the logic behind the proposed countermeasures from neoliberal discourse. In the conclusion, we compare our findings with the political constructions of corruption in other cultural contexts. We also shed light on some of the circumstances that may have contributed to framing corruption as a security issue in Czechia.
Towards a new pedagogy for engineering education in the 21st century
Authors: Ó Sioradáin‬ Domhnall , Carr Michael
Published: February 2023

There have been many advances over the past four or five decades in understanding brain architecture, and how the process of learning aligns with this architecture. One of the more interesting results has been that of John Sweller [1] and his theory of cognitive load. Sweller identifies the task of learning as effecting change in long-term memory. This long-term memory is, in his view, almost limitless. The problem lies in working, or short-term memory, which has a bottleneck of around five items. Any instructional mode which places too many items into working memory will be, at best, inefficient, and at worse, pointless. It is interesting to note that over the same decades new instructional modes, such as Problem-Based Learning (PBL) have become popular [2]. Sweller, and others such as Paul Kirschner [3], argue that PBL cannot work as advertised, as the student is faced with too high a cognitive load; they can either learn how to solve the problem, or learn the underlying concepts, but not both. This paper outlines the theoretical background to this issue, and presents an intervention undertaken over the last decade in TU DUBLIN to devise new instructional modes which take account of cognitive load problems, whilst maintaining some of the advantages and benefits of PBL. This intervention initially followed the ideas of Louis Bucciarelli [4] of MIT on open design in Engineering education but was later adjusted to take into account the ideas of Kirschner on minimizing cognitive load in developing problem-solving skills.
Quan Albert Einstein passejà per la Rambla (1923)
Authors: Roca-Rosell Antoni
Published: February 2023

Quan Einstein passejà per la Rambla, 1923 analitza la setmana en què Einstein passà per Catalunya, a l’inici de la seva gira per Madrid i Saragossa. La invitació d’Einstein provingué d’un petit grup de científics compromesos de feia almenys una dècada en la recuperació d’una comunitat científica i tècnica catalana. Aquesta era una de les missions principals de l’Institut d’Estudis Catalans, on Einstein va impartir el curs, i de la Mancomunitat de Catalunya, que n’organitzà les sessions, però també cal esmentar la Reial Acadèmia de Ciències i Arts, on va dictar una conferència. La presència d’Einstein suscità un gran interès públic, amb el protagonisme de molts enginyers i arquitectes, persones amb formació científica que creien fermament en la necessitat de la recerca. El pas d’Einstein per Barcelona representà un impuls que, per les circumstàncies del país, no fructificaria fins a dècades més tard. Einstein, per la seva banda, queda impressionat per com els catalans defensaven el seu patrimoni cultural.
Factors Affecting Patient Loyalty Through Intervening Patient Satisfaction at Bunda Hospital Purwokerto
Authors: Doddy I Putu , Wulandari Ririn
Published: February 2023

This paper aims to measure patients' satisfaction and comprehend their assumptions, which are important for hospital management in responding to customers' growing demand for quality healthcare services. This study used a quantitative approach in the form of a survey method. The findings revealed that Bunda Hospital Purwokerto's quality services have a positive effect on outpatient satisfaction. Successful service organizations understand the complexities and multidimensionality of quality. However, they must decide which aspects to compete in and improve, as well as strategically focus their efforts on responding to those customer-driven areas. Improvement in a hospital can be accomplished through a variety of methodologies, philosophies, and tools that focus on other areas of the business.
Permodelan E-Posyandu Untuk Perkembangan Balita Menggunakan Extreme Programming
Authors: Pasha Donaya , Puspaningrum Ajeng Savitri , Eka Eritiana Delicia Izazi
Published: February 2023

The goal is to produce an E-posyandu system application that can provide convenience in recording posyandu data and ease for the public to access information related to growth and development data for toddlers and babies. Problems in the process carried out at posyandu such as the process of processing and recording using written media have an impact on the recap process repeatedly, writing errors and presentation of reports that seem slow. The problem with the services provided in the form of toddler growth and development information is not yet fully available that can be seen by members or the public starting from target level information, Cards Towards Health, Weighed and Climbed still using the blackboard, thus impacting the limited scope of information. System development is carried out with an extreme programming method with an object-oriented system built using a Mysql database and has a back end display using a website and a toddler parent section using a mobile application as the front end. With this system, the public can see detailed information and information graphs of toddler growth and development data and can see nutritional information and specialist doctors. Based on the results of functional suitability testing, 96.92% of the results were obtained so that it can be concluded that respondents assessed that the system built has been successful and based on usability testing obtained by 82.33% it can be concluded according to respondents, namely Strongly Agree that the development is appropriate.
Does Fire Drive Quaternary Ecosystem Transformation at Lake Tulane, Florida?
Authors: Perrotti Angelina G. , Siedelmann Miranda , Lam Jocelyn , Russell James , Williams John W.
Published: February 2023

Ecosystems across the world are experiencing seemingly unprecedented fire activity due to changes in land use and climate. However, disentangling the drivers of fire regime intensification is difficult when climate and land use changes occur simultaneously. Thus, multi-proxy paleoecological records with evidence for climate, vegetation composition, and fire regime changes can provide valuable frameworks in which to interpret modern environmental shifts. Lake Tulane, Florida, offers an iconic record of vegetation responses to Heinrich Events and other climate variations over the last 60,000 years, but its fire history is unknown. Here we present the results of a 60,000-year fire history from Lake Tulane, Florida, based on sedimentary macro charcoal data at ca. 30-year resolution. Charcoal accumulation rates are highest in pre-32,000 year old sediments and decline toward the end of the Pleistocene. Fire activity was lowest during the period directly before the last glacial maximum (32,000 to 23,000 years ago). The end-Pleistocene record indicates on-going oscillations in fire activity from 22,000 to 10,000 years ago, but fire activity does not appear to be closely linked with pine/oak oscillations, thus indicating differential drivers of vegetation and fire change. Ultimately, the fire history at Lake Tulane is best understood in the context of other environmental factors such as millennial-scale climate variability, human influence, and megaherbivory.
Understanding Paleoclimate Through Southern California’s Packrat Middens
Authors: Austin Elizabeth L. , Mychajliw Alexis M.
Published: February 2023

Documenting how ecosystems responded to climate change in the past can inform models for the future relevant to conservation decision-making. Packrat middens, or giant nests consisting of gathered plant material made by rodents of the genus Neotoma, represent one of the best data sources for understanding how plant communities change over time. These nests can be preserved for thousands of years, spanning episodes of glacial-interglacial variation, such as the Pleistocene-Holocene transition, or more recent fluctuations, such as the Little Ice Age and Medieval Warm Period. We used the USGS-NOAA paleoclimate open-access database to develop spatiotemporal reconstructions of plant species in Southern California, incorporating more than 242 individual middens with a total of 193 available radiocarbon dates spanning around 44,493 years cal BP. As a result, 374 plant species were identified within the SoCal middens, with Joshua Tree (Yucca brevifolia), Joint Pine (Ephedra species), and California Juniper (Juniperus californica) being the most abundant. We then applied these data to reconstruct past vegetation communities and contextualize a recently discovered asphaltic midden recovered from the La Brea Tar Pits (Los Angeles, California). The La Brea midden represents both the oldest and most coastal midden in our dataset in California and contains vegetation spanning Marine Isotope Stages 2-3. Ultimately, this research allows us to paint a picture of changing vegetation over time as a baseline for palaeoecological food web studies and can be compared with present day packrat nests found in this urban biodiversity hotspot. These data will be curated through the Conservation Paleobiology Network’s urban vegetation working group (based in Los Angeles, California) and made available for use by conservation and management projects throughout the region. With this information, CPN can implement habitat restoration projects in SoCal.
Changes in Small Mammal Communities Over the Last 25,000 Years Show a Complex Relationship Between Composition, Traits, and Aridity
Authors: Schap Julia A. , Meachen Julie A. , McGuire Jenny L.
Published: February 2023

Many ecosystems today face increasingly frequent and extreme droughts. Small mammals can be harbingers of larger ecological changes, making them critical components for conservation. We use the fossil record to explore how small mammal communities respond to aridity changes. Recent, short-term droughts caused small mammals to increase in evenness, as dominant generalist species suffer severe population fluctuations. It has also been hypothesized that with increasing aridity, herbivore tooth crown heights increase to combat wear. Here, we examine community-level changes, including evenness, hypsodonty, and diet across a series of arid-semiarid cycles. We compare two caves: Natural Trap Cave (NTC), which is open and arid, and Samwell Cave (SC), which is closed and forested. Evenness decreased at both caves from the Late Pleistocene to the Late Holocene. At NTC, dietary generalists were more common in the Pleistocene (61%) with herbivores dominating in the Middle (62%) and Late Holocene (57%). However, at SC generalist taxa increased into the Holocene. The Pleistocene community at NTC had the highest percentage of taxa with low tooth crown heights (42%) halving into the Holocene. Changes in hypsodonty and a shift from generalist to herbivorous taxa at NTC do not align with anticipated responses to aridity, which decreased from the Pleistocene to the recent. Functional relationships of these communities to aridity may be more nuanced than previously thought. Bioavailability of water and local vegetation types at NTC can help parse out these trends. Pleistocene precipitation mostly accumulated during the winter, not aiding plant growth. Thus, generalist mammals who could survive on scant, arid-adapted plants and invertebrates dominated. Precipitation through the Holocene shifted to summer accumulation, allowing plants, like grasses, to colonize and herbivorous taxa to increase in abundance with corresponding shifts to high crowned communities.
Coral Geochemical Records Track Millennial-Scale Ecosystem Change and Resilience in the Tropical Eastern Pacific
Authors: Cybulski Jonathan D. , Duprey Nicolas , Connolly Sean , Foreman Alan , Dillon Erin , Vonhof Hubert , Martinez-Garcia Alfredo , De Gracia Brigida , O’Dea Aaron
Published: February 2023

Along the coastal Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP), regions of strong seasonal upwelling bring cold, nutrient-rich waters, controlling ecological conditions and sustaining millions of people through large-scale fisheries. The TEP is also important for the regulation of global climate and is affected by large-scale environmental processes such as ENSO. How the nutrient dynamics of this region will respond to climate change and what the implications will be for coastal ecology remains unknown. Environmental records are needed that capture intra and inter-decadal variation and extend over millennia where these biotic and abiotic processes interact. Here, we develop a new sampling approach and construct two coral skeleton records (n = >600) from reef matrix cores that extend six millennia, from the upwelling Gulf of Panamá and the non-upwelling Gulf of Chiriquí. We ask what effects millennial-scale climate patterns have on upwelling in the region, and how the magnitude of upwelled nutrients influences ecological productivity and even human habitation. We combined multiple proxies using climatic (carbonate δ18O), nutrient (skeletal-organic matrix δ15N), diagenetic (taphonomic scoring), ecological (benthic community composition), and temporal (U-Th dates) data. Using Generalised Additive Models to assess variability, we find strong divergences in the nutrient (δ15N; range >5 ‰) records between Gulfs, while δ18O (range ~2‰) is more stable. The greatest variation in δ15N values occurs during times of high reef accretion whereas δ18O is constant, suggesting that nutrients, not temperature, are driving reef productivity. Taphonomic, taxonomic, and age data reveal periodic shifts and collapses of coral communities that differ between Gulfs. We end by drawing connections between these ecological shifts to the episodic human habitation documented during the late-Holocene and hypothesize what this may mean for ecosystem resilience and environmental management under future climate.