bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The role of thiol-disulfide and ischemia-modified albumin levels in the diagnosis of childhood appendicitis
Authors: ERTÜRK Ahmet , ÖZTORUN Can , BOSTANCI Süleyman Arif , DEMİRTAŞ Gökhan , DEMİR Rabia , GÜNEY Doğuş , YURT Emine , EREL Özcan , KARAGÖL Cüneyt , AZILI Müjdem , ŞENEL Emrah
Published: July 2021

Aim: The accurate diagnosis of acute appendicitis can be achieved by a combination of evaluation of clinical symptoms, physical examination findings and history taking, but is still challenging for the clinician. Some biochemical markers have been evaluated for the purpose of increasing the diagnostic accuracy rate for appendicitis. In this study, our aim is to evaluate the diagnostic value of thiol-disulfide levels and IMA, in pediatric patients with suspected acute appendicitis.

Materials And Methods:

The children (1-17 years age) who were admitted to our clinic for suspected acute appendicitis between March 2017 and September 2017 were evaluated. A total of 238 children are enrolled in the study; 119 were operated for suspected acute appendicitis and the 119 children who did not have appendicitis constituted the control group. Serum levels of native thiol (-SH), total thiol (SH + SS), dynamic disulfide (SS), dynamic disulfide (SS)/total thiol (SH + SS) ratio, albumin, ischemic modified albumin (IMA) and WBC levels were obtained and compared within groups.

Results:

The mean age of the patients was 10.9 years (±3.7, 3-17 years) and 9.1 years (±3.7, 1-17 years) in the operation and the control groups, respectively. The SH, SH+SS, SS and albumin levels and SS/SH+SS ratio were significantly lower and IMA levels were significantly higher in the operation group than the control group. Among the operated patients, IMA and dynamic disulfide levels were significantly higher and WBC levels were significantly lower in patients with non-perforated appendicitis than patients with perforated appendicitis. A significant decrease in serum levels of IMA was observed in the postoperative 1st day when compared with the preoperative values.

Conclusion:

Measuring the IMA levels with thiol/disulfide homeostasis may increase the diagnostic accuracy rate when evaluating the patients with suspected appendicitis. However, it appears that these evaluations fail to distinguish the patients with perforated and non-perforated appendicitis, thus further studies are necessary.
Mortal disseminated intravascular coagulopathy and cutaneous involvement in a COVID-19 positive patient; case report
Authors: BAYRAK Muharrem , ÇADIRCI Kenan
Published: July 2021

Coronavirus 2019 disease (COVID-19) is a highly deadly disease that causes 77 million cases and 1.6 million deaths worldwide. Many cutaneous manifestations are seen in COVID-19 disease.Cutaneous pathologies such as vascular endothelial damage, prothrombotic conditions, hemorrhagic cutaneous lesions, vasculitis, disseminated intravascular coagulopathy (DIC), ecchymotic skin lesions, purpura, dry gangrene are seen in patients with COVID-19.While our 84-year-old male patient was being treated with COVID-19 pneumonia in the infection ward, DIC developed on the 9th day of his treatment and widespread petechia, purpura, ecchymosis, necrosis, gangrene, bullous skin lesions were observed in his left arm related to this.In our case, we aimed to present a case of DIC that developed as a complication as a result of COVID-19 infection and having a mortal course with cutaneous involvement due to it, to the literature.
Effects of vacuum and multiflash drying on the microbiota and colour of dried yellow mealworm (Tenebrio molitor)
Authors: Seho R.E.Y. , Monteiro R.L. , De Dea Lindner J. , Miotto M. , Carciofi B.A.M. , Laurindo J.B.
Published: July 2021

Larvae ofTenebrio molitor (yellow mealworm; YM) are an alternative to conventional animal protein as food and feed thanks to their high nutritional value and low environmental impact for production. Since some studies have reported high water activity (aw
) with different microbial contamination levels, blanching and drying can be employed to reduce microbial load, enzymatic activity, moisture content, and water activity, ensuring safety and preserving YM for longer periods. This study applied rinsing or blanching followed by vacuum- or multiflash drying, aiming to preserve YM by reducingaw
and the microbial load, enabling its use as food and feed. The processing impact on YM colour was evaluated, and they were also subjected to anEscherichia coli contaminated wheat bran to perform a challenge test to evaluate the effectiveness of the decontamination. Drying curves were determined for each situation. Multiflash drying procedure was faster than vacuum drying for reducing YM moisture. Additionally, blanched samples required a shorter period to reach the targeted water activity (0.2-0.3) than rinsed samples. Blanching plus vacuum drying reduced more than 5 logE. coli load in YM in the challenge test. Vacuum drying preserved YM brightness the most. In conclusion, this study showed that drying could provide shelf-stable YM. Besides, only 15 s of blanching before drying gives better brightness and leads to a greater microbial reduction after a relatively short drying time.
Identification and stability of small-sized dislocations using a direct algorithm
Authors: Abdelaziz Batoul , Badia Abdellatif El , Hajj Ahmad El
Published: July 2021

This paper considers the problem of identifying dislocation lines of curvilinear form in three-dimensional materials from boundary measurements, when the areas surrounded by the dislocation lines are assumed to be small-sized. The objective of this inverse problem is to reconstruct the number, the initial position and certain characteristics of these dislocations and establish, using certain test functions, a Hölder stability of the centers. This paper can be considered as a generalization of [9], where instead of reconstructing point-wise dislocations, as done in the latter paper, our aim is to recover the parameters of line dislocations by employing a direct algebraic algorithm.
An overview of cement tile manufacturing and importation in Syria and Lebanon: Damascus-Beirut, 1880s-1940s
Authors: Soufan Anas
Published: July 2021

Cement tiles are an instance of the new materials of construction that characterized the architecture of Modernity in Syria and Lebanon beginning in the late nineteenth century. The introduction of this material, widespread during the colonial and post-colonial periods, goes back to the 1880s. It was an effect of major upheavals that struck Syrian society in the wake of the Egyptian expedition (1831-1840). Undoubtedly, this material influenced interior design, offering a new understanding of material and color and, subsequently, a new appropriation of the interior space. Indeed, the cement tiles, whose span extended to all the Mediterranean shores, created a supplementary expression of their artistic and cultural interconnectivities. This investigation into the importation and local manufacturing of this material raises not only technical aspects but also the general context that affected building activities during the period under review. Therefore, this survey’s analyses and conclusions seek to articulate the impact of the esthetic, industrial, and commercial characteristics of the cement tiles, as well as the historic dimension of their employment, the Syrians’ tendency toward imitation and renewal, the acceleration of contacts with Europe, and transformations in the ways of production and consumption. Although cement tiles were for decades the most widely utilized floor covering material in Syria and Lebanon, its importation and local manufacturing have not been the thrust of specialized investigations. Only a few related themes have been approached by scholars such as Robert Saliba and ‘Ādel Sṭās and by architects such as Sophie Skaf, who developed a notable inventory of widespread models in Beirut–and other cities–during the first half of the twentieth century. Thus, the aim of our survey is to build on previous work and to propose an established historiography of the importation and the local manufacturing of cement tiles in a defined temporal and geographical framework: Damascus and Beirut, from the 1880s to the 1930s.
La baldosa hidráulica en España. Algunos aspectos de su expansión industrial y evolución estética (1867-1960)
Authors: Bravo-Nieto Antonio
Published: July 2021

La baldosa hidráulica fue un elemento constructivo y estético de gran importancia en la arquitectura de una serie de países en los últimos decenios del siglo xix y en la primera mitad del xx. La industria de la baldosa hidráulica nace en Francia, aunque rápidamente se extiende por España, país en el que va a tener una importancia y personalidad realmente destacables. Ya desde finales del siglo xix surgen casas constructoras en muchas capitales españolas, sobre todo en Cataluña y Valencia, que popularizan su uso, y se inicia la expansión hacia zonas del norte de África y de América Latina. Por esta razón sería muy esclarecedor realizar una aproximación cuantitativa sobre la localización de esta industria por todo el país, para determinar su verdadera expansión hasta mediados del siglo xx. En cuanto a su diseño formal, una de sus principales características fue la riqueza y vivo cromatismo de sus dibujos. Conviene resaltar que los modelos eclécticos e historicistas fueron cuantitativamente preponderantes, aunque los diseños Art nouveau y Art déco revistieron una gran importancia en momentos concretos de gran creatividad. El proceso finaliza, a partir de los años cuarenta del siglo xx, con modelos lisos o jaspeados monocromos que anuncian la decadencia del producto.
L'industrie céramique française et le marché argentin : des échanges commerciaux aux transferts techniques
Authors: Bechini Thibault
Published: July 2021

Dès le xviiie siècle, les fabricants français de produits céramiques ont investi le marché argentin. Au xixe siècle, alors que Buenos Aires connaît une croissance urbaine soutenue, les entrepreneurs argentins sont, plus que jamais, friands des matériaux de construction français, qui permettent de pallier l'insuffisance de la production locale. Avant 1914, tuiles et carreaux français s'exportent en grand nombre outre-Atlantique. Au sortir de la Première Guerre mondiale, la consolidation de l'industrie céramique argentine et la concurrence faite par d'autres pays exportateurs entraînent la diminution des importations de produits céramiques français en Argentine. Des perspectives s'ouvrent alors pour les techniciens et céramistes français que les industriels argentins recherchent pour développer la production nationale. Cet article étudie la manière dont un secteur d'échanges commerciaux – celui des produits céramiques - favorise les transferts techniques franco-argentins, alors même que les exportations françaises en Argentine se tassent à compter de l'entre-deux-guerres
Medico-social factors associated with late presentation in women with cancer of the cervix in Northern Nigeria
Authors: Gaya Sule Abdullahi , Umar Usman Aliyu , Takai Idris Usman , Abubakar Sanusi
Published: July 2021

Cancer of the cervix is the commonest gynecological cancer and the leading cause of cancer mortality among women in Africa.Certain social behaviors have been associated with an increased risk of high-risk Human Papillomavirus (HPV) infection, which is responsible for virtually all cases of Invasive Cervical Cancer (ICC). Retrospective review of the medico-social and histo-pathologic patterns of cases of cancer of the cervix at the Gynecology Oncology Unit, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano between January 2006 to December 2010 was conducted. The socio-demographic, medical and histological data of each patient were extracted and analyzed. A total of 91 cases of cancer of the cervix were identified. The mean age of the respondents was 48 years (SD±10.2years), mean parity was 7 (SD±3.2) and mean age at first marriage was 15.2 years (SD±1.9years). Most of the patients had being married more than once in their lifetime. Majority of the women were unemployed and over half had no formal education. The commonest presenting complaint and complication respectively was vaginal bleeding (72.5%) and anaemia (45.1%). Most of the patient had advanced stages of the disease (86.8%). Only 18 out of the 91 had undergone HIV testing, with 28% testing positive to the virus. The commonest histologic type of cervical cancer (85.7%) was Squamous Cell Carcinoma (SCC). There were statistically significant associations between advanced disease and age, parity and number of lifetime marriages. Patients with cancer of the cervix seen at our institution are within the reproductive age group. They are mostly grandmultiparous, have no formal education and have more than one life time marriages. They usually present with late stage disease and of SCC histologically.
False Negativity in Towel Test for Elbow Flexion Assessment in Brachial Plexus Birth Palsy. Can We Attribute to Handedness?
Authors: Jerome Terrence Jose
Published: July 2021

Objectives:

The towel test is considered as a reliable clinical examination finding to test the elbow flexion in Brachial plexus birth palsy. A mature central nervous system makes this test positive at 6 months’ time and those who failed the test require microsurgical exploration and nerve repair/transfers for upper limb functions. Not all infants pass in this test. Majority of the children develop a clear hand preference at 6 months of age. We hypothesize the validity of the towel test in brachial plexus birth palsy children between 6 and 9 months of age and the possibility of mother and infant handedness in the false-negative tests.

Materials and Methods:

A retrospective analysis conducted between 2015 and 2019 about the utility of “towel test” involving 12 boys and 11 girls was analyzed and interpreted. The side involved in these infants and the mother's handedness was also noted. Based on the age, side, gender, and mother-handedness, the results of towel tests were statistically interpreted.

Results:

The mean age of the infants involved was 6.6 months (range 6–9 months). Twenty children (87%) had positive tests. Three (13%) infants (male = 2; female = 1) had false-negative test. There was no action on the normal side to remove the towel but weak movements in the affected upper limb persisted to try and remove the towel. The left-hand mother's infant had false-negative towel test, which was found statistically significant (P < 0.01).

Conclusion:

Clinicians should know that false negativity may coexist while using the towel test and handedness could be a possibility in them. In such conditions, additional tests can be used to assess the ongoing motor recovery in brachial plexus birth palsy children between 6 and 9 months of age.
Risk Factors, Clinical Characteristics, and Outcomes of Recurrent Pediatric Stroke
Authors: Fatema Kanij , Rahman Md Mizanur
Published: July 2021

Objective:

Stroke is relatively rare in children, but it can lead to significant morbidity and mortality. Understanding the risk factors related to stroke will optimize the outcomes in children. Published cohorts of children with stroke recurrence rates are variable. This study has been done to determine the risk factors, clinical features, and outcomes of recurrent pediatric stroke in a developing country.

Materials and Methods:

We enrolled 98 children with stroke: 16 children were excluded due to incomplete investigations and were lost to follow-up. This study was conducted in a tertiary care hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh from January 2017 to December 2019. Detailed investigations regarding stroke, physical examination, and targeted investigations were done.

Results:

We studied 82 patients: Among them, 52 had their 1st attack, and 30 had recurrent attacks of stroke. The age range of onset of stroke was 4.78 ± 3.90 and 5.30 ± 4.25 in the first and recurrent stroke, respectively. In this study, 36.5% of the enrolled children presented with a recurrence of stroke, whereas the rest presented with the first episode of stroke. The most common cause of recurrent stroke was intracranial vasculopathy, with the most common being vascular narrowing and moya moya disease (MMD). Protein C deficiency was observed more frequently in recurrent stroke. No significant difference was found in the risk factors of the first and recurrent stroke. During follow-up, patients with recurrent stroke developed cognitive decline, epilepsy, and speech disorder more frequently.

Conclusion:

In children with recurrent stroke vasculopathy, particularly MMD and protein C deficiency were observed more frequently. Moreover, in this group, sequelae-like cognitive dysfunction, speech disorder, and epilepsy were observed more frequently.
Adie's Pupil after Chickenpox Infection
Authors: Ho Derek Kwun-hong , Ranjan Rajesh , Goyal Raina
Published: July 2021

A 2-year-old girl with recent chickenpox infection was noted to have a fixed and dilated right pupil. Diluted 0.1% pilocarpine eyedrop test was successful in constructing the dilated right pupil. Cranial nerve examination and computer tomography brain scan were otherwise normal. We report this case as internal ophthalmoplegia, or post-viral Adie's pupil, which appears to be extremely rare.
Hypothesis and Preliminary Results on the Role of MUC1 and MUC2 in Relationship to Autism Etiology
Authors: Roberto Menicagli , Marta Limodio
Published: July 2021

Background:

Autism is a neurological disorder with either genetic or environmental component. Autism generally presents changes of intestinal permeability to produce alteration of metabolism in the gastrointestinal tract. The intestinal macrobiota produces metabolites, opioid-like peptides, that show properties experimentally associated with autism. The aim of this study is to understand the cause of intestinal permeability's alteration.

Materials and Methods:

We determined intestinal MUC2 on stool samples of 12 patients and healthy controls with Fecal Mucin Assay and analyzed the results with Mann–Whitney U-test calculator.

Results:

The results of the dosage of MUC2's concentration in autistic people decrease when compared with those of healthy control groups: this result is statistically significant: the p-value is 0.00124.

Discussion:

The results show an increase of MUC2, perhaps due to genetic origin. We hypnotize a probable over expression on highly hypoglycosylated MUC1. All this prevents a regular linkage of MUC2 to MUC1, so as to form many channels in mucosa. The free MUC2 relies on themselves and joins together with hydrogen bridge bonds, leaving the highly glycosylated end parts to become the starting point for abnormal growth of the bacteria, which in turn produce opioid such as peptides, that pass into the channels of the mucosa layer.
Metabolic effects of long-term antiepileptic drug therapy in South Indian children
Authors: Bhadran Kingini , Bhavani Nisha , Vinayan Kollencheri Puthenveettil , Pavithran Praveen V
Published: July 2021

Abstract

Background and Objectives:

The adverse metabolic effects of long-term antiepileptic drug (AED) therapy are well known. But there is limited data on the same in children from India. This study was designed to look into the effect of long-term AEDs on anthropometry, glycemic parameters, insulin resistance, lipid profile, and hepatic steatosis in a cohort of South Indian children compared to healthy controls. This cross-sectional study was done in a pediatric epilepsy clinic of a tertiary care university teaching hospital.

Materials and Methods:

Ambulant children aged 5 to 15 years with epilepsy on AEDs for at least one year were identified. This cohort was divided into monotherapy and polytherapy groups. Age- and sex-matched controls were selected from healthy children in the community. All the cases and controls underwent a detailed general physical examination and investigations, including fasting blood glucose, fasting insulin, fasting lipid profile, and liver transaminases along with ultrasonogram of abdomen.

Statistical Analysis Used:

Student’s t-test, chi-square test, ANOVA/Kruskall–Walli test with Bonferroni adjustment.

Results:

Fifty children on long-term AED therapy (25 on monotherapy and 25 on polytherapy) and 22 controls were included in the study. Children on AED had significantly higher LDL-cholesterol, fasting blood glucose, and insulin resistance compared to controls. Four children on multiple AEDs had non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Children taking oxcarbazepine regimen were found to have an adverse metabolic profile compared to those on other drugs.

Conclusion:

This cohort of South Indian children with epilepsy on long-term AED therapy had an adverse metabolic profile compared to matched healthy controls. Further larger community-based studies are needed to further characterize the association and develop successful intervention strategies. Emphasis on a healthy life style should be part of comprehensive epilepsy care program.
Dandy–Walker Malformation Presenting with Hearing Loss
Authors: Bhatia Harsimran , Aggarwal Purnima
Published: July 2021

Dandy–Walker malformation (DWM) is a common congenital posterior fossa anomaly, however, its association with concomitant bilateral inner ear anomalies has been rarely reported so far. We present such a case that showed characteristic imaging features of DWM along with uncommon vestibulocochlear anomalies like cochlear hypoplasia and Internal Auditory Canal atresia.
Stock Identification of Engraulis encrasicolus (Linnaeus, 1758) by Discriminant Function Analysis (DFA) of Morphometric Characters in The North of Atlantic and Mediterranean
Moroccan Coasts
Authors: El qendouci Mouna , Wariaghli Fatima , Saadaoui Mehria , Boudaya Lobna , Neifar Lassad , Sadak Abderrahim , Yahyaoui Ahmed
Published: July 2021

The European anchovy, Engraulis encrasicolus (Linnaeus, 1758) is a small pelagic fish found in the eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea. Anchovy (E. encrasicolus) are among the important finfishes harvested in Moroccan coasts. The stock structure of European anchovy in NW Africa is not truly known (FAO, 2013). To effectively manage the anchovy fisheries, it is important to understand the anchovy stock structure. Therefore, discriminant function analysis (DFA) based on morphometric characters was conducted on a total of 204 adult anchovy specimens, seasonally collected by commercial fishing vessels from the region of Mehdia in the North Atlantic area and from the region of M’diq in the Mediterranean coast during the year 2019. Body shape variation, which is often environmentally induced, may provide a good record population structuring. Our data were subjected to univariate statistics of variance (ANOVA) by using SPSS 20 software version. The morphometric characteristics show a separation of two stocks of Engraulis encrasicolus between the two localities. These findings will have major implications for anchovy fisheries management in Morocco.
Aristotelova filozofija glasbe
Authors: Kalan Valentin
Published: July 2021

Aristotelov pristop k glasbi poteka na treh področjih: harmonična znanost, psihologija glasbe ter vpliv glasbene umetnosti na človeka, kar zajemata nauk o ethosu glasbe in nauk o glasbeni katarzi. V tej razpravi bomo obravnavali Aristotelovo razumevanje glasbe v Metafiziki in njegovo psihologijo sluha in zvoka v spisu O duši. Aristoteles je v Metafiziki obravnaval matematične temelje pitagorejske harmonike, to je pitagorejska teorija števil. Pri tem je zavrnil pitagorejsko in platonistično teorijo o številih kot vmesnih bitnostih med čutnozaznavnimi stvarmi in idejami. Aristoteles je zavračal tudi idejo kozmične glasbe in vzpostavil razlikovanje med matematično in akustično harmoniko. Posebej sta prikazana dva pojma Aristotelove harmonike: njegovo razumevanje četrttona in glasbenega sozvočja ali konzonance. V svoji psihologiji je Aristoteles glasbo upošteval kot čutnoznaznavni pojav. Pri tem je vzpostavil razlikovanje med zvokom, glasom in tonom, kar je ostalo veljavno vse do moderne fizikalne akustike. Posebej pa je pomembno njegovo določilo kot razmerja, λόγος-a in glasu kot sozvočja: čutno zaznavanje je primerjal z glasbilom na strune. Aristoteles je tako preoblikoval pitagorejsko razumevanje duše kot harmonije in naznačil umetnostni karakter slušnega izkustva.
Interconnecting Musicologies: Decoding Mahler's Sixth Symphony
Authors: O'Loughlin Niall
Published: July 2021

This paper aims to establish a possible model for a multi-dimensional approach to understanding a complex musical work, using a number of interconnecting musicologies. In the 19th century the symphony was often considered an abstract musical creation, but in other cases a programmatic work. The first four symphonies of Gustav Mahler are programmatic in that three set words to music, while extra-musical interpretations can easily be inferred for all four. The next three symphonies can be variously understood as abstract symphonies because they adhere to a pattern of four or five movements of contrasting character without any explicit programme. By using the musicology of traditional formal methods one can analyse and thus understand the workings of themes and motives and of the structures of sonata form, rondo and scherzo, but this seems in the studies of some commentators to have only limited application. All three have features which suggest programmatic elements, even the most 'classical' of the three, the Sixth Symphony. Investigations of the musicology of the musical imagery of this work, e.g. the Fate motive, the hammer blows in the finale, the 'pastoral' episodes, and the use of cowbells, indicate that there are other forces at work in the symphony. To uncover the implications of these we must look in other directions, to other musicologies. The next is biographical and points to some difficulty on the part of the composer to establish the order of the two middle movements, something which has a strong bearing on the overall meaning of the work. While the scherzo preceded the Andante in the score published before the premiere, Mahler reversed the order for all performances that he conducted and for the revised score. This order was reversed again by Erwin Ratz for the collected edition on some very slender evidence and some which is now discredited. Musical arguments have continued but the biographical evidence is so strong that Ratz's views are substantially if not totally undermined. Tonal evidence reinforces this position, making it possible now to understand Mahler's plan in an unambiguous way. At this point we can introduce the musicology of narrative. With the musicologies of traditional analysis, of imagery, of biography, and of tonality revealed, one can now proceed to investigate the progress of the work from beginning to end. In this way all the elements come into proper perspective with an overall plan suggesting a positive interpretation of the first two movements, with an idyllic situation at the end of the slow movement, and a pessimistic outcome of the combination of a sinister scherzo and overwhelming finale. In conclusion it is a mistake to think that each of these musicologies presented here as mutually exclusive and of no significance to another. In order to derive the most from a multi-faceted work such as Mahler's Sixth Symphony, it is essential to take account of all these procedures, not singly but fused together as a co-ordinated unit.
Prostor, razmerja in razmere
Authors: Loparnik Borut
Published: July 2021

Evropskost in globalnost nista estetsko oz. umetnostno definirana pojma. Še manj sta, če sprejmemo trenutno časnikarsko  rabo, nova. Prostor glasbe in zato muzikologije sicer ni zunaj trenutnega ali splošnega, vendar je drugačen, predvsem tesno povezan s historičnim (in nacionalnim). Antihistorizem globalnega "napredka", ki izloča individualno v imenu "dojemljivosti" (uniformnosti po vzoru tržnega povprečja), je torej nasproten vsebini umetniškega. Še zlasti umetnosti "nezgodovinskih" narodov, katerih glasba in ugotovitve o njej že dosihmal niso zanimale "sveta". Kot nacionalna veda je muzikologija dolžna upoštevati mere vsakokratne družbe in zakonitosti svojega okolja. Vedeti mora, kakšen delež ima v kulturni zavesti naroda sama in kakšnega njen predmet. Gre za vlogo umetniške glasbe, razmerja med praktičnimi glasbeniki in "teoretiki", za znanstveni solipsizem, relevantne teme raziskovanja, za organon in kvaliteto njenega dela. Hkrati mora upoštevati, da se območje neodgovorjenih vprašanj s slehernim pojasnjevanjem preteklega in sočasnega (kajpak tudi evropskega in globalnega) naglo širi. Vezati vse to na skupni imenovalec združevalnih, bolj ko ne futurističnih imaginacij, je sicer oportuni politikum, nikakor pa nazor ali celo orodje znanosti, ki se oblikuje iz umevanja zgodovine. Procesi integracije so zgolj stalna okoliščina umetnostnega dogajanja, ne njegov program. So prvina in ne sinonim glasbenega prostora, razmerij in razmer.
Tradicija humanistične misli in glasba
Authors: Snoj Jurij
Published: July 2021

Postmoderni diskurz je pokazal nezaupanje do nekaterih osnovnih konceptov razumevanja zgodovine glasbe. Z zanikanjem obstoja temeljnih zakonov, ki naj bi usmerjali domnevno naravni razvoj glasbe, je dekonstrukcija podvomila v absolutne in neodvisne notranje vrednote, ki naj bi jih imela dela klasične glasbe. Ni naključje, da se je dekonstrukcija zgodovine glasbe pojavila v času, ko je z množico specialističnih študij vedenje o glasbi različnih zgodovinskih okolij naraslo do tolikšne mere, da se celotna zgodovina glasbe ne da več razlagati z enim samim konceptom. Gledano s tega zornega kota je dekonstrukcija študij glasbe osvobodila od v preteklosti uveljavljenih vnaprejšnjih konceptov z njihovimi vrednostnimi sistemi in ideološkimi implikacijami. S postmoderno dekonstrukcijsko kritiko je zgodovino glasbe mogoče videti kot osvobojeno ideoloških vezi; taka pa je še vedno velika zakladnica znanja in razlag glasbe od antike do danes, zakladnica, ki nudi relevantno izhodišče domala vsaki novi študiji ali pristopu. V zvezi z naravo glasboslovja je pomenljivo, da se teorije in pristopi z različnih humanističnih področij morejo aplicirati na glasbo. To je mogoče razložiti s podmeno, da glasba, čeprav je navidezno brez vsebine, ne nastaja neodvisno od svojega okolja; globoko je vkoreninjena v svojih kontekstih, istih, v katerih nastajajo tudi ostali izrazi človekovega duhovnega hotenja, ki so predmet humanističnih področij. Ker se koncepti z drugih humanističnih področij morejo prenašati na glasbo, je glasboslovje v širšem smislu mogoče razumeti kot humanistični diskurz o glasbi.
The Truth – In Music. The Sound of Différance
Authors: Geraldine Geraldine
Published: July 2021

This essay (trial, effort, test, attempt) through (on: the way we say that something runs on such and such an energy source) the truth in music has been written to be read as heard. To re-call the experience of the irreducible sonority of truth (in) music (in) words of which it speaks, and the play of différance – the threads of silence that run between (the) sounds that language/music/truth is mixed together with – that makes sens(e). Composed as a series of grafts (para-cites) on to the writing of Jacques Derrida, the paper engages what it  proposes, enacts what it tells: the deconstruction always already at work in a work (his work, this work, any work): the equivocal destinerrance of truth (in) music (in) words. Ce qui reste à force de musique. Neither poetry nor prose. Neither philosophy nor song. But something in between.
Musicology as an Institutional Discourse: Deconstruction and the Future of Musicology
Authors: Korsyn Kevin
Published: July 2021

This essay analyzes musicology as an institutional discourse, as a collective and social practice that is not only produced and transmitted within particular institutional networks, but is also profoundly shaped by those networks. By insisting on the paradoxical status of his own work vis-à-vis institutions, Derrida might provide an opening for musicologists to negotiate with the structures and traditions that simultaneously enable and constrain their work. The problematizing of musicological institutions, however, raises questions that go beyond the immediate purview of deconstruction to embrace fields as diverse as psychoanalysis, political philosophy, sociology, and the rhetoric of the human sciences, among others.
Spotrebiteľská gramotnosť a falšovanie medu. Časť II.
Authors: Olsavsky Frantisek
Published: July 2021

In the process of shopping behavior, consumer decisions are influenced by a wide range of factors as well as the decisions of the consumer himself. In this article, attention is paid to consumer literacy. It interacts in the range of psychographic factors of motivation, perception, learning, belief and attitudes to the extent that the consumer makes a conscious decision about the preferences of the product, its quality or brand. Cultivating consumer literacy enables the consumer to make informed choices. There are not only benefits on the site of the consumer, but also on the site of the producer, or even the whole industry. The aim of the paper is to identify the importance of consumer literacy in the purchase of bee honey in the context of its fraud. The article identifies unfair practices of honey fraud and devaluing its nutritional value. These are currently a common practice, reflected in the reduced quality of honey offered on the Slovak and world markets. The paper is based on the findings of a honey quality survey carried out by the Institute of Molecular Biology of the Slovak Academy of Science and the measures of the world organization of beekeeping associations Apimondia on honey fraud. Subsequently, measures are proposed to increase consumer literacy when buying bee honey.
How is the home office used by sales and marketing employees during and after the corona crisis?
Authors: Diedrich Marcus
Published: July 2021

Employers must offer home offices wherever possible. This is provided for by the Corona Occupational Safety and Health Ordinance, which came into force in Germany on January 27th. The ordinance also contains protective measures for those employees whose presence in the company is essential. In addition, employees are not obliged to use home office. Employers must take appropriate measures to ensure equivalent protection for them and for employees who cannot work from home. Employers are obliged to offer home office unless there are compelling operational reasons to the contrary. In addition, there are other reasons why companies cannot offer a home office, e.g. the inadequate broadband expansion in rural regions and the lack of IT infrastructure in companies in which digitization is still in its infancy. The aim of this work is to find out how the employees in marketing and sales assess the efforts of their companies to offer home offices now and in the future. To this end, three hypotheses are made.
Certified product buying preferences under the influence of COVID-19
Authors: Jaderna Eva , Ostin Vasilii
Published: July 2021

Sustainability products became a “new normal” for the nowadays society. Different aspects of government, economical and socio-cultural issues affect the sustainability certificate perception by final consumers. The aim of this paper is to consider findings from marketing research and analyze the outputs. The survey monitored green behavior by the Czech consumers in time. The reason and motivation of this analysis was the academic interest in Czech buying behavior modification, caused by pandemic COVID-19. Sustainability products contribute different specifics related to the way of production, processing, and selling. All mentioned aspects reflect the final consumer buying decision which can fluctuate under the worldwide and local impacts.
Sales organizations on the path of digitalization – A reflection from Germany, Finland and Austria
Authors: Uberwimmer Margarethe , Hautamäki Pia , Wengler Stefan , Fureder Robert
Published: July 2021

Companies are either proactively driving the digital transformation or are forced to digitalize by markets and ecosystems. In order to identify the status about the digital transformation of sales in practice and to get deeper knowledge about treated areas in sales and challenges on the path of digitalization, in-depth interviews of sales executives and managers of more than 50 internationally operating companies in three countries Germany, Finland and Austria were conducted in this research. The results show that one major goal for companies is to accelerate digitizing processes as digitalization helps to work more efficiently. Access to systems is necessary, hence investments in digitalization are seen as sustainable and absolutely essential for to serve B2B customers today. Digital tools lead to adaptions in the sales process as with support sales processes and sales management. Accelerated also by the COVID-19 crisis, face-to-face customer visits have been reduced even more and online meetings have increased as the speed of response has become more and more important. Finally, the necessary skill set of a sales force has to be adapted, which has to be further researched in the future, having support of higher education institutions being the order of the day. Companies have realized that a good sales pitch does not necessarily need to be in person, due to new virtual technologies.
Educating future managers for a culturally diverse workspace: Using course as a living laboratory
Authors: Pantelic Darko , Brandstaetter Peter , Florin Samuelsson Emilia
Published: July 2021

Society is increasingly becoming multicultural, with more pressure to improve the quality of intercultural interactions. Higher education institutions are experiencing internationalization through increased mobility of students and faculty, which creates the need to manage diversity with the imperative of smoothing communication, reducing stress and making studying and working in a multicultural environment more efficient. Employers also dictate a need to educate culturally competent professionals, who are capable of succeeding in a globalized environment characterized by increased workforce mobility and international assignments. Intercultural competences discourse has a long track with researchers and practitioners, without any agreement on its definition or measurement, but with a clear message that cultural diversity will not result in increased intercultural competences. In this paper, intercultural competences are viewed as a transversal learning outcome, considering the increasing internationalization of higher education institutions. The research is qualitative in nature, based on the analysis of course evaluations and an open-ended survey. This study used a purposeful sample of current and former students who have been exposed to a diverse intercultural environment while studying at an international business school in Sweden. Based on the findings, a course design is suggested where exposure to cultural diversity is guided and facilitated by bringing students to collaborate in an assignment-driven context, with a culturally diverse group composition. Lecture-based components of the course are balanced with the addition of a component of self-reflection assignment, providing both culturally specific and general knowledge, thus contributing to the ability to extrapolate the experience on future intercultural encounters.
Design and Implementation of 64-bit SRAM and CAM on Cadence and Open-source environment
Authors: Shylashree N. , Vahvale Yatish D. , Praveena N. , Mamatha A. S.
Published: July 2021

Low-power IC design has become a priority in recent years because of the growing proliferation of portable battery-operated devices, bringing Static Random-Access Memory (SRAM) and Content Addressable Memory (CAM) into play. In today's SoCs, embedded SRAM units have become a necessary component. There is a lack of chips in the current world and to manufacture chips there is the requirement of Electronic Design Automation(EDA) tools that can perform better. In this paper, the main motive is to showcase the performance of open-source tools available currently which can still generate the required output with no cost. In this new era of fast mobile computing, traditional SRAM cell designs are power-demanding and underperforming. Rather than lowering manufacturing costs through high-volume production, specialty memory give cost-effective alternatives through architecture. Specialty memory devices enable the designer to address issues like board area, important timing, data flow bottlenecks, and so on in ways that high-volume regular memory devices cannot. Implementation of memory devices on Cadence environment and open-source environment to check the compatibility and compare the power, area, and delay of both 64-bit SRAM and CAM also analysing and validating the results of both the memory devices in this paper. For SRAM in a cadence environment, the calculated power, area, and slack have improved values, namely 0.145mW, 1104.3um2, and positive slack of 6636. Furthermore, the power for 64-bit CAM in a cadence context is nearly identical to those for an open-source environment ~0.8mW. In an open-source environment, the calculated slack for CAM is 4.74.
Racking System Dengan Kebijakan Class Based Storage Di Gudang Timur Pt Industri Kereta Api (Inka) Persero
Authors: Saidatuningtyas Ifa , Nadilla Primadhani Windy
Published: July 2021

Gudang PT INKA Persero mempunyai peranan penting bagi kelangsungan produksi Kereta Api Indonesia. Pada gudang diperlukan tata letak yang efektif dan efisien untuk mempermudah pencarian barang yang akan diproduksi. PT INKA Persero mempunyai tata letak gudang bahan baku yang belum efektif dan efisien, kurangnya pemenuhan kapasitas gudang secara optimal membuat re-layout gudang akan sangat diperlukan bagi perusahaan. Dengan menggunakan Racking System dalam pemaksimalan kapasitas gudang dan dengan kebijakan Class Based Storage diharapkan untuk menentukan penempatan barang yang tetap berdasarkan tingkat akitivitas penerimaan dan pengeluaran setiap barang yang ada. Sehingga diharapkan dapat meningkatkan kapasitas gudang secara lebih optimal dan penyimpanan bahan baku akan lebih tersusun rapi, sehingga dapat meminimalisir terjadinya overload pada gudang penyimpanan bahan baku. Hasil penelitian untuk re-layout gudang timur PT INKA Persero dengan Metode Racking System dan kebijakan Class Based Storage yaitu dengan hasil throughput untuk seluruh material adalah 31,665 yang mana control cable memiliki tingkat throughput tertinggi sebesar 7,990 throughput. Selanjutnya untuk hasil utilitas gudang setelah dilakukannya re-layout mengalami peningkatan utilitas sebesar 4.20%.
Dampak COVID-19 Terhadap Kualitas Pelayanan Perusahaan Kurir Logistik Indonesia
Authors: Leonidas Sumarna Dani
Published: July 2021

Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui apakah ada perbedaan penilaian persepsi pelanggan jasa kurir mengenai kualitas pelayanan jasa kurir pada masa pandemi Covid-19 di Indonesia dibandingkan sebelum terjadinya pandemi covid-19. Kualitas pelayanan jasa kurir diukur dengan Logistic Service Quality (LSQ). Kuesioner dibagikan kepada 115 responden pengguna jasa kurir di Indonesia. Hasil analisis varian menunjukkan bahwa dari 13 variabel LSQ yang ditanyakan terdapat empat variabel Logistic Service Quality yang dinilai berbeda pada masa pandemi dengan sebelum pandemi, yaitu Penanganan order, Keselamatan dan keamanan saat pengiriman, kesesuaian waktu penanganan order, dan kesesuaian waktu transportasi.
Analisis Kebijakan Persediaan Dengan Model Q Kasus Lost Sale di PT Grand Textil Industry Bandung
Authors: Purnomo Agus
Published: July 2021

Permintaan kain paris yang terdiri dari bahan baku Benang Pakan 150/D dan Benang Lusi 75/D PT Grand Textil Industry adalah produsen tekstil bersifat probabilistik. Pelanggan tidak bersedia menunggu jika stok barang yang diminta tidak tersedia dan akan beralih ke produsen lainnya sehingga akan terjadi lost sales. Tujuan penelitian ini yaitu menentukan kebijakan persediaan Benang Pakan 150/D dan Benang Lusi 75/D yang optimal dengan permintaan probabilistik dan meminimasi risiko lost sale. Kebijakan persediaan dengan penetapan pemesanan optimal (Q*) sebesar 3.137 kg untuk benang Pakan 150/D dan 2.562 kg untuk benang Lusi 75/D akan meminimasi total ongkos persediaan tahunan untuk kedua jenis bahan baku ini. Penetapan reorder point yang optimal (r*) yaitu 414 kg untuk benang Pakan 150/D dan 280 kg untuk benang Lusi 75/D, akan menjamin bahwa barang akan datang sesuai lead time dan probabilitas kecepatan konsumsi bahan baku, sehingga kekurangan persediaan dapat diminimasi. Penetapan kebijakan safety stock sebesar untuk 37 kg benang Pakan 150/D dan 238 kg untuk benang Lusi 75/D berguna untuk mengantisipasi kekurangan persediaan akibat konsumsi bahan baku yang probabilistik.
The Dilemmas of Complexity in Design Studios and The Teachers' Role
Authors:   PhD student, Izmir Institute of Technology, Izmir, Turkey, Abdelaziz Dania
Published: July 2021

Learning in design studios is a complex process that overwhelms the students and results in common mutual-misunderstandings between student-teacher. This research aims to tackle teachers' role in the design studio and explore how they can help students navigate the design learning complexities. The emphasis in learning design is primarily on students who are not aware of their learning. This puts teachers at a disadvantage, sometimes not knowing what to do or concentrating on students' learning but not knowing their teaching, or even focusing on their teaching but not aware of the importance of learning how to teach. What is the teacher-student interaction patterns that can help students get over/deal with complexities in design studios learning environments? Can building up awareness of the teachers' role help the students learn and enhance their teaching methods? The research carried out a literature review to draw a holistic understanding of the dimensions of complexities in design studios and teachers' role to solve these difficulties. It can be concluded the importance of the teacher's role in teaching design is as essential as the role of the students in learning design. Teacher-student interaction enhances the students' design learning and the teachers' design teaching. Students should be aware of their roles as learners and the role of their teachers. Agreeing with the students makes the teaching-learning journey more fruitful while students get rid of their uncertainty and be more confident.
Adapting to the Living Space in the First Interior Design Studio
Authors:   Ozyegin University, Faculty of Architecture and Design, Istanbul, Turkey, Sezginalp Pinar , Ust Selin ,   Ozyegin University, Faculty of Architecture and Design, Istanbul, Turkey
Published: July 2021

The case study will examine online and face-to-face learning experiences of the two different groups of students who have never been enrolled in an interior design studio, where they see their classmates and encounter an “interior architecture” project as a problem for the first time. As the “living spaces” were the main problematic of this design studio, the interaction, the time management in design development, means of representation, inputs and outputs of the studio, perception of space and scale were the main parameters that differed and varied within separate learning environments, and will be read through the feedback of the students.