bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Musyawarah desa tompobulu tentang falidasi data kemiskinan
Authors: yusrida alfia
Published: October 2020

Pada kegiatan musyawarah ini Andi Patta Kr. Gonca selaku kepala bidang (KABID) Penanganan Kemiskinan Dinas Sosial Kabupaten Jeneponto selaku narasumber memaparkan “Kedatangan Tim Dinas Sosial Kabupaten Jeneponto di desa tompobulu, dalam rangka melakukan validasi data kemiskinan atau DTKS bagi warga di desa tompobulu, KABID mengatakan data yang akan divalidasi ini merupakan data hasil sensus BPS tahun 2015, jadi sekarang tahun 2020 dimana selama lima tahun terakhir kita tidak pernah melakukan verval data, jadi angka kemiskinan di Kabupaten Jeneponto jika dilihat dari data empirik itu tidak pernah berubah, angka kemiskinan di Kabupaten Jeneponto masih tinggi. selaku Kepala Bidang (Kabid) berharap setelah melakukan verval data kemiskinan atau DTKS, angka kemiskinan di Kabupaten Jeneponto dapat menurun.“Validasi DTKS ini, kami harap dapat menekan angka kemiskinan di Kabupaten Jeneponto, terutama dari segi pendataan,” dimana proses Musyawarah Validasi DTKS dilakukan dengan cara menampilkan data yang berisi nama-nama dalam DTKS hasil sensus 2015 dan dibacakan langsung oleh Pihak Dinas Sosial Kabupaten Jeneponto dengan disaksikan dan dikonfirmasi langsung oleh tiap-tiap Kepala Lingkungan apakah nama-nama dalam data tersebut masih hidup atau sudah meninggal, pindah domisili dan yang masih layak dapat bantuan atau sudah tidak layak dapat bantuan.
Bộ câu hỏi đánh giá chương trình đào tạo tiến sĩ trong lĩnh vực khoa học xã hội. RCISS-1020-04
Authors: Pham Hiep-Hung
Published: October 2020

Bộ câu hỏi đánh giá các chương trình đào tạo tiến sĩtrong lĩnh vực khoa học xã hội do trường đại học/viện nghiên cứu Việt Nam cấp bằng (ĐHVN), chương trình tiến sĩ quốc tế liên kết với một đại học/viện nghiên cứu Việt Nam vàdo một đại học quốc tế cấp bằng (LKQT), chương trình tiến sĩ học từ xa do đại học quốc tế cấp bằng (TXQT) và chương trình tiến sĩ theo mô hình sandwich do đại học quốc tế cấp bằng (SWQT).
LAPORAN PEMBUATAN TEMPAT SAMPAH GALIAN
Authors: Nengsi Weni Hesti
Published: October 2020

Kuliah kerja lapang plus (KKLP) merupakan suatu kegiatan perkuliahan yang bersifat intrakurikuler dalam bentuk pengabdian pada masyarakat yang dilakukan oleh mahasiswa dalam jangka waktu tertentu. oleh karena sifatnya intrakurikuler sehingga setiap mahasiswa yang akan menyelesaikan studi diperguruan tinggi pada suatu program strata satu (S1) harus mengikuti KKLP.
High-frequency global wavefields for local 3D structures by wavefield injection and extrapolation
Authors: Pienkowska Marta , Monteiller Vadim , Nissen-Meyer Tarje
Published: October 2020

Earth structure is multiscale, and seismology remains the primary means of deciphering signatures from small structures over large distances. To enable this at the highest resolution, we present a flexible injection and extrapolation type hybrid framework that couples wavefields from a precomputed global database of accurate Green’s functions with a local three dimensional (3-D) method of choice (e.g. a spectral element of a finite difference solver). The interface allows to embed a full 3-D domain in a spherically symmetric Earth model, tackling large-scale wave propagation with focus on localized heterogeneous complex structures. Thanks to reasonable computational costs (10k CPU hours) and storage requirements (a few TB for 1 Hz waveforms) of databases of global Green’s functions, the method provides coupling of 3-D wavefields that can reach the highest observable body-wave frequencies in the 1-4 Hz range. The framework is highly flexible and adaptable; alterations in source properties (radiation patterns, source-time function), in the source-receiver geometry, and in local domain dimensions and location can be introduced without re-running the global simulation. The once-and-for-all database approach reduces the overall computational cost by a factor of 5,000-100,000 relative to a full 3-D run, provided that the local domain is of the order of tens of wavelengths in size. In this paper we present the details of the method and its implementation, show benchmarks with a 3-D spectral-element solver, discuss its setup-dependent performance, and explore possible wave-propagation applications.
Studying the initiation of volcanic eruptions: Time for a petrological perspective.
Authors: Kent Adam , Till Christy , Cooper Kari
Published: October 2020

Volcano monitoring is essential for mitigating the risks associated with volcanic activity. As monitoring becomes more sophisticated and widespread, there is a growing need for understanding the relationship between different monitoring records and magmatic processes occurring at depth. This is particularly relevant to the processes that initiate eruptions after the extended periods of repose and inactivity that characterize many volcanic systems. Petrological studies of erupted materials are critical to this effort as they provide direct insight into the physical and chemical changes that occur in erupted magmas prior to their eruption, and allow investigation of past eruptions. Crucially, petrological approaches can also constrain the timing of processes involved in eruption initiation, and the time that might be expected to elapse between remote detection of increased activity and eventual eruption. Despite this, petrological studies of eruption initiation mechanisms are rarely systematically applied to monitored and other high-risk volcanoes. A literature compilation suggests there are significant differences in the composition, volume, style and timescales between eruptions initiated by different mechanisms. Knowledge of the processes that initiate eruptions at a given volcano may thus have significant predictive power.
Microscopic Estimation of Arterial Vehicle Positions in a Low-Penetration-Rate Connected Vehicle Environment
Authors: Goodall Noah J. , Park Byungkyu Brian , Smith Brian L.
Published: October 2020

Wireless communication among vehicles and roadside infrastructure, known as connected vehicles, is expected to provide higher-resolution real-time vehicle data, which will allow more effective traffic monitoring and control. Availability of connected vehicle technology among the vehicle fleet will likely grow gradually, and possibly remain limited, with many drivers potentially being unwilling to transmit their locations. This is problematic given that research has indicated that the effectiveness of many connected vehicle mobility applications will be dependent on the availability of location data from a minimum of 20-30% of roadway vehicles. In an effort to improve the performance of connected vehicle applications at low connected vehicle technology penetration rates, we propose a novel technique to estimate the positions of non-communicating (unequipped) vehicles based on the behaviors of communicating (equipped) vehicles along a signalized arterial. Unequipped vehicle positions are estimated based on observed gaps in a stopped queue, and the forward movement of these estimated vehicles are simulated microscopically using a commercial traffic simulation software package. In simulations, the algorithm made more correct than incorrect estimates of unequipped vehicle positions in the same lane and within 7 meters longitudinally. When applied to a previously-developed connected vehicle traffic signal control strategy in simulation, the location estimation algorithm produced small improvements in delays, speeds, and stopped delay when compared to an equipped vehicle-only scenario at penetration rates of 25% or less. The location estimation algorithm is generic, and could be applied to other connected vehicle applications to improve performance at low penetration rates.
Effect of Signal Control on Bimodal Travel Time Distributions
Authors: Goodall Noah J.
Published: October 2020

Vehicles traveling along interrupted flow facilities often exhibit travel times with bimodal distributions. The characteristics of these distributions have been studied extensively in the literature, yet the effect of signal control on bimodality have received little attention. Most researchers theorize that the slower group experiences signal delay while the faster group does not. We investigate the effect of signal control on bimodal distributions, specifically the difference between average travel times of two groups of vehicles. Testing is performed in simulation and compared against field results of both sampled data using Bluetooth sensors as well as non-sampled data from the NGSIM vehicle trajectories. In coordinated corridors with platooning, we find that red time is a strong indicator of gap between average travel times.
Everyday Life Information Needs of Adolescents
Authors: Hirsh Kimberly
Published: October 2020

This literature review explores the Everyday Life Information-Seeking needs of adolescents. Adolescents are at a unique stage in their development and have needs that distinguish them from both younger children and adults. This review first defines Everyday Life Information-Seeking and adolescence. It then explores arguments that ELIS needs grow out of developmental needs. It describes several typologies of adolescents’ ELIS needs. Finally, it examines the ELIS needs of specific adolescent populations.
Decolonizing and Participatory Research with Youth in Library Makerspaces
Authors: Hirsh Kimberly
Published: October 2020

Most of the literature surrounding makerspaces is designed by researchers in isolation or in partnership with adults working in makerspaces and centers adult voices, even when focusing on spaces and programs designed to serve youth. Rarely does this literature position youth as collaborators or co-researchers in investigating makerspaces. Researchers of youth participation in makerspaces have the opportunity, however, to go one step further, working with youth as collaborators and co-researchers rather than just as participants. Given the multiple marginalizations many youth face, it is critical that researchers design their research and collaborate with library and makerspace professionals to design library makerspace and research experiences that are decolonizing and participatory. This work must be taken up consciously and intentionally, as both libraries and makerspaces have histories of prioritizing dominant white, middle-class, Western values and practices (Honma, 2005; Vossoughi, Hooper, & Escudé, 2016).
Humans monitor learning progress in curiosity-driven exploration
Authors: Ten Alexandr , Kaushik Pramod , Oudeyer Pierre-Yves , Gottlieb Jacqueline
Published: October 2020

Curiosity-driven learning is foundational to human cognition. Byenabling humans to autonomously decide when and what to learn,curiosity has been argued to be crucial for self-organizing temporally extended learning curricula. However, the mechanisms drivingpeople to set intrinsic goals, when they are free to explore multiplelearning activities, are still poorly understood. Computational theories propose different heuristics, including competence measures(e.g. percent correct, or PC) and learning progress (LP), that could beused as intrinsic utility functions to efficiently organize exploration.Such intrinsic utilities constitute computationally cheap but smartheuristics to prevent people from laboring in vain on random activities, while still motivating them to self-challenge on difficult learnable activities. Here, we provide empirical evidence for these ideasby means of a novel experimental paradigm and computational modeling. We show that while humans rely on competence information to avoid easy tasks, models that include an LP component provide the best fit to task selection data. These results provide a new bridge between research on artificial and biological curiosity, reveal strategies that are used by humans but have not been considered in computational research, and provide new tools for probing how humans become intrinsically motivated to learn and acquire interests and skills on extended time scales/
Trait Aggression is Primarily a Facet of Antagonism: Evidence from Dominance, Latent Correlational, and Item-Level Analyses
Authors: Chester David , West Samuel James
Published: October 2020

Trait aggression has been studied for decades and yet remains adrift from broader frameworks of personality such as the Five Factor Model. Across two datasets from undergraduate participants (Study 1: N = 359; Study 2; N = 620), we observed strong manifest and latent correlations between trait aggression and lower agreeableness (i.e., greater antagonism). Trait aggression was also linked to greater neuroticism and lower conscientiousness, but their effect sizes fell beneath our preregistered threshold. Subsequent item-level analyses were unable to articulate trait aggression and agreeableness items into separate factors using the IPIP-NEO, but not the Big Five Inventory. Our findings suggest that trait aggression is accurately characterized as primarily a facet of antagonism, while also reflecting other personality dimensions.
Resistance to Persuasion and Memory for Attitude-Congruent and Attitude-Incongruent Information in Political Advertisements
Authors: Miller Stuart , Hutson John , Strain Megan L. , Smith Timothy John , Palavamäki Maria , Loschky Lester C. , Saucier Donald
Published: October 2020

Across three studies, we tested competing hypotheses about how individual differences in social vigilantism and need for cognition relate to levels of attitude change, intentions to resist attitude change, and memory for political advertisements concerning a highly polarized issue. In Experiments 1 and 2, we examined participants’ intentions to use resistance strategies to preserve their pre-existing attitudes about abortion, by either engaging against opposing opinions or disengaging from them. In Experiment 3, we examined participants’ memory for information about both sides of the controversy presented in political advertisements. Our results suggest higher levels of social vigilantism are related to greater intentions to counterargue and better memory for attitude incongruent information. These findings extend our understanding of individual differences in how people process and respond to controversial social and political discourse.
A Meta-Analysis of Placebo-Controlled Trials of Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy
Authors: Luoma Jason B , Chwyl Christina , Bathje Geoff , Davis Alan K. , Lancelotta Rafael
Published: October 2020

After a two-decade hiatus in which research on psychedelics was essentially halted, placebo-controlled clinical trials of psychedelic-assisted therapy for mental health conditions have begun to be published. We identified nine randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trials of psychedelic-assisted therapy published since 1994. Studies examined psilocybin, LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide), ayahuasca (which contains a combination of N,N-dimethyltryptamine and harmala monoamine oxidase inhibitor alkaloids), and MDMA (3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine). We compared the standardized mean difference between the experimental and placebo control group at the primary endpoint. Results indicated a significant mean between-groups effect size of 1.21 (Hedges g), which is larger than the typical effect size found in trials of psychopharmacological or psychotherapy interventions. For the three studies that maintained a placebo control through a follow-up assessment, effects were generally maintained at follow-up. Overall, analyses support the efficacy of psychedelic-assisted therapy across four mental health conditions—post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety/depression associated with a life-threatening illness, unipolar depression, and social anxiety among autistic adults. While study quality was high, we identify several areas for improvement regarding the conduct and reporting of trials. Larger trials with more diverse samples are needed to examine possible moderators and mediators of effects, and to establish whether effects are maintained over time.
The Cooperation Databank: Machine-Readable Science Accelerates Research Synthesis
Authors: Spadaro Giuliana , Tiddi Ilaria , Columbus Simon , Jin Shuxian , Teije Annette ten , Balliet Daniel
Published: October 2020

Publishing studies using standardized, machine-readable formats will enable machines to perform meta-analyses on-demand. To build a semantically-enhanced technology that embodies these functions, we developed the Cooperation Databank (CoDa) – a databank that contains 2,636 studies on human cooperation (1958-2017) conducted in 78 societies involving 356,283 participants. Experts annotated these studies along 312 variables, including the quantitative results (13,959 effects). We designed an ontology that defines and relates concepts in cooperation research and that can represent the relationships between results of correlational and experimental studies. We have created a research platform that, based on the dataset, enables users to retrieve studies that test the relation of variables with cooperation, visualize these study results, and perform (1) meta-analyses, (2) meta-regressions, (3) estimates of publication bias, and (4) statistical power analyses for future studies. We leveraged the dataset with visualization tools that allow users to explore the ontology of concepts in cooperation research and to plot a citation network of the history of studies. CoDa offers a vision of how publishing studies in a machine-readable format can establish institutions and tools that improve scientific practices and knowledge.
[Pre-Print] Evaluating Recall Error in Preschoolers: Category Expectations Influence Episodic Memory for Color
Authors: Persaud Kimele , Macias Carla , Hemmer Pernille , Bonawitz Elizabeth
Published: October 2020

Despite limited memory capacity, children are exceptional learners. How might children engage in meaningful learning despite limited memory systems? Past research suggests that adults integrate category knowledge and noisy episodic traces to aid recall when episodic memory is noisy or incomplete (e.g. Hemmer & Steyvers, 2009). We suspect children utilize a similar process but integrate category and episodic traces in recall to a different degree. Here we conduct two experiments to empirically assess children’s color category knowledge (Study 1) and recall of target hue values (Study 2). In Study 1, although children’s generated hue values appear to be noisier than adults, we found no significant difference between children and adult’s generated color category means (prototypes), suggesting that preschool-aged children’s color categories are well established. In Study 2, we found that children’s (like adult’s) free recall of target hue values regressed towards color category means. We implemented three probabilistic memory models: one that combines category knowledge and specific target information (Integrative), a category only (Noisy Prototype) model, and a target only (Noisy Target) model to computationally evaluate recall performance. Consistent with previous studies with older children (Duffy, Huttenlocher, & Crawford, 2006), quantitative fits of the models to aggregate group-level data provided strong support for the Integrative process. However, at the individual subject level, a greater proportion of preschoolers’ recall was better fit by a Prototype only model. Our results provide evidence that the integration of category knowledge in episodic memory comes online early and strongly. Implications for how the greater reliance on category knowledge by preschoolers relative to adults might track with developmental shifts in relational episodic memory are discussed.
Volumen plaquetario medio como predictor pronóstico clínico en estados sépticos
Authors: Paredes Villegas Mónica Liliana , Carvajal Bustos José Luis , Pilajo Sánchez Brenda Lorena
Published: October 2020

Introducción: El volumen plaquetario medio es un biomarcador de procesos inflamatorios, trombóticos y de daño endotelial que ha adquirido mayor importancia en los últimos años Su dotación en la evaluación clínica cotidiana de enfermos que experimentan algún estado séptico, es una maniobra costo-efectiva que puede orientar al médico a la toma oportuna de decisiones, por lo que es importante investigar la relación entre VCM y sepsis, ya que su incremento se correlaciona con un mal pronóstico.

Objetivo: Determinar la relación directa del volumen plaquetario medio (VPM) como pronóstico de mortalidad en las primeras 72 horas en los pacientes que cursan algún tipo de sepsis diagnosticado en el servicio de emergencia y que posteriormente ingresan  a la unidad de cuidados intensivos en un hospital de especialidades en Quito.

Material y Métodos: Estudio de Cohorte longitudinal y prospectivo que incluyó pacientes mayores de 18 años de edad; atendidos en la emergencia, con diagnóstico de sepsis y que hayan sido ingresados a la unidad de cuidados intensivos fueron incluidos, desde marzo del 2016 hasta abril del 2017.  La fuente de análisis fue la historia clínica longitudinal digital provista por el sistema informático HOSVITAL con medidas de confidencialidad.

Resultados: 181 pacientes, 45.3% varones y 54,7% mujeres, con edades entre 40 y 95 años. El volumen VPM  de ingreso fue de 9,8 fL y el rango superior alcanzado de 10,35 fL. La mortalidad contabilizada a las 48 horas de ingreso de con VPM mayor a 10 fL correspondió al 25% independientemente del lugar de estancia hospitalaria.

Conclusiòn: La implementación del VPM en la valoración clínica diaria de pacientes con sepsis, es una herramienta efectiva que orienta la toma oportuna de decisiones; seguimiento y retroalimentación de casos, en relación a la conducta terapéutica.
Demodicosis: una afección cutánea común en el humano. Reporte de un caso
Authors: Álava Cedeño María Susana , Herrera Álava José Carlos , Montesdeoca Chancay Andrea Lissette , Junco Loor Bryan Steeven , Linzan Cedeño Ericka Johanna
Published: October 2020

Introducción: La demodicosis, es una afección cutánea que posee gran importancia dermatológica, debido a la prevalencia que existe. El agente causal que es el demódex su fisiopatología aun no es claro, sin embargo, está ligada a enfermedades como el acné rosáceo.

Objetivo: El objetivo de este artículo es presentar un caso clínico de un paciente que padece demodicosis facial, y a su vez presentar una revisión actualizada sobre el manejo y tratamientos de esta enfermedad dermatológica.

Material y métodos: Se incorporó una revisión actualizada del tema remarcando el manejo y el tratamiento, además su estudio es descriptivo retrospectivo, presentación de caso clínico.

Resultados: Se presenta un caso clínico de un paciente masculino, presentó eritema facial, prurito y ardor aproximadamente en un cuadro de evolución de 8 días. Fue diagnosticado por medio de dermatoscopia, examen directo y confirmado por biopsia, Se estableció un plan terapéutico de Ivermectina, Metronidazol, y Metronidazol. Actualmente controlado y con seguimiento dermatológico.

Conclusiones: La demodicosis es una enfermedad cutánea común y de gran prevalencia, por ende es importante reconocer y enfocarse en el estudio de esta patología, su agente causal, sus signos y síntomas, los diferentes medios de manejo y tratamiento, lo cual nos va a permitir tener una gran ventaja para poder realizar un buen diagnóstico y contrarrestar los efectos de la misma.
Síndrome de Guillain Barré en paciente con antecedente de infección respiratoria: reporte de un caso
Authors: Quilismal Guanochanga Nasthia Coraly , Puglla Sanchez Luis René , Parra Paladines Wagner Gonzalo , Pérez López Jhonattan Sebastián , Pillajo Gavilanes Karen Estefanía
Published: October 2020

Introducción: El síndrome de Guillain-Barré (SGB), es una polineuropatía inflamatoria aguda, de etiología autoinmune que causa inflamación en los nervios periféricos y sus raíces espinales, se presenta como una parálisis flácida, simétrica, ascendente, arrefléxica y con antecedentes de una infección respiratoria o gastrointestinal previa.  

Objetivo: Describir un caso clínico de Guillain Barré, con antecedentes de infección respiratoria previa.

Material y métodos Estudio descriptivo, retrospectivo, presentación de un caso clínico.

Resultados: Se trata de una paciente femenina de 69 años sin antecedentes patológicos de interés, padeció una infección   respiratoria viral hace dos semanas, acude a médico particular  presentando dolor  en extremidades, parestesias en miembros inferiores,  se prescribe ketoprofeno 100 mg, tiocolchicócido 4 mg e ibuprofeno 400 mg en dosis únicas, con lo cual no hubo mejoría, agravándose el cuadro clínico. Doce días después acude con disminución de fuerza muscular y dificultad para la deambulación. Reflejos osteo-tendinosos ausentes y leve disminución de la sensibilidad en zona distal de ambos miembros inferiores. Entre los exámenes complementarios  se observó   disociación albumino-citológica en el líquido cefalorraquídeo (LCR) y una  electromiografía compatible con  Polineuropatía Aguda. Se diagnosticó SGB, brindándose tratamiento con inmunoglobulina humana endovenosa con una evolución y resultados favorables. Conclusiones: El SGB es una polirradiculoneuropatía aguda inflamatoria desmielinizante monofásica ascendente de origen inmunológico, cuyo diagnóstico es clínico, los exámenes complementarios ayudan a corroborar la patología  y permiten clasificar la enfermedad, como tratamiento se sigue manteniendo el uso de plasmaféresis o inmunoglobulina humana intravenosa sin evidenciarse superioridad a favor de alguno de ellos.
Íleo biliar como causa poco frecuente de abdomen agudo obstructivo, presentación de caso clínico
Authors: Asquel Cadena Víctor Hugo , Abel Hernández Solar Abel , Moreno Caballeros Evelyn Nataly , Díaz Piedrahita Marco Alfonso
Published: October 2020

Introducción: El íleo biliar es una complicación infrecuente de la colelitiasis y además es causa de obstrucción mecánica del intestino delgado o grueso, la cual es producida por la migración de un lito a través de una fístula bilioentérica misma que es más frecuentemente colecisto duodenal (65-77%) y, que, a pesar de poder alojarse en cualquier parte del trayecto, este muy comúnmente se aloja en el íleon terminal debido a su estrechez anatómica.

Objetivo: Realizar una revisión bibliográfica sobre la sospecha clínica del íleo biliar, así como su manejo quirúrgico y ejemplificarlo mediante la presentación de un caso clínico.

Material y métodos: Estudio descriptivo, retrospectivo, presentación de caso clínico en el “Hospital Básico IESS Latacunga”, caso que fue tratado en el servicio de Cirugía General del hospital.

Resultados: Paciente  que 24 horas antes de acudir a consulta presentó sin causa aparente dolor abdominal tipo cólico de moderada intensidad, localizado en epigastrio con irradiación difusa a flancos, este dolor fue acompañado por náusea que llega al vómito en más de 20 ocasiones siendo al inicio de contenido alimenticio, pero posteriormente tornándose bilioso, también se realizó tacto rectal donde se encontró esfínter tónico, ampolla rectal vacía, sin masas y dedo de guante limpio, se realiza exámenes complementarios de imagen donde se identifica la Triada de Rigler, compatible con un íleo biliar. Se decide intervención quirúrgica de emergencia.

Conclusiones: El íleo biliar es una causa importante e infrecuente de obstrucción mecánica y su conocimiento por parte del cirujano es indispensable para un diagnóstico lo más precoz posible.
Relación del índice de la forma del cuerpo con indicadores de análisis de composición corporal en pa-cientes obesos adultos
Authors: Quiroga Torres Elizabeth , Martínez García Diana , Moyano Calero Willian , Herrera López José Luis
Published: October 2020

Introducción: El índice de la forma del cuerpo (ABSI) se basa en que la circunferencia de cintura (CC) es independiente de la estatura, el peso y el índice de masa corporal (IMC); donde un resultado alto del ABSI indica que la circunferencia de cintura es mayor de la esperada para un cierto peso y estatura, correspondiendo con mayor concentración del volumen corporal a nivel abdominal. La bioimpedancia (BIA) es un buen método para determinar el agua corporal y la masa libre de grasa, esta se basa en la estrecha relación que hay entre las propiedades eléctricas del cuerpo humano, la composición corporal de los diferentes tejidos y del contenido total de agua en el cuerpo.
Objetivo: Establecer una relación estadística entre el ABSI e indicadores de composición corporal en adultos con obesidad.
Material y Métodos: Estudio descriptivo transversal. Se evaluaron a 173 pacientes que asistieron a consulta privada entre 20 – 60 años, con diagnóstico definido de obesidad según el IMC ≥ 30 kg/m2   . Se tomaron medidas antropométricas peso, talla, CC y se realizó una BIA para el análisis de composición corporal.
Resultados: La edad media de los pacientes fue de 36,7 ± 9,7 años. Se calculó el ABSI resultando una media global de 0,075 ± 0,004, en hombres 0,079 ±0,05y mujeres 0,075 ± 0,04. Se realizó análisis bivariado entre el ABSI y variables de composición corporal globales sin encontrar relación estadísticamente significativa. El ABSI vs peso (kg) correlación 0,201 valor de P: 0, 008; ABSI vs ACT (L) correlación 0,229 valor de P 0,002; ABSI vs MG (kg) correlación -0,083 valor de P 0,276; ABSI vs MME (kg) correlación 0,219 valor de P 0,004.
Conclusiòn: Se establece que el ABSI no se relaciona directamente con variables de análisis de composición corporal total. No se comprobó una relación positiva con la variable de masa grasa total  o una relación negativa con la variable masa músculo esquelética.
The Relation between Parents’ Child-Rearing Behavior and Their Socioeconomic Status in a Developing Country Context: A Case from West Bengal, India
Authors: Ghosh Saikat , Rausch Tobias
Published: October 2020

This study examines variation in parents’ child-rearing behavior based on their socioeconomic status (SES) in the context of a developing country. The impact of different aspects of SES on the probability of practicing several child-rearing behaviors was examined individually based on a data of 1373 households in West Bengal, India. The study found that components of SES explain great shares of the variance in parents’ child-rearing behaviors and the variation was bi-dimensional. There was variation between parental practices due to a change in SES, and also each practice was affected differently for each component of SES. Mother’s level of education was found to play a consistent and most significant role in improving parent-child regular interaction.
Encyclical Letter Humanae Vitae in the Course of Time
Authors: Petro Marek
Published: October 2020

The content of Humanae Vitae (1968) caused an ongoing debate all over the world. It has also stirred up factual crisis of moral theology. The crisis has caused subjectivity of morality and this has caused further crisis. The most serious feature of the crisis seems to be an effort to accept moral pluralism inside the Catholic Church. The renewal of moral theology the Second Vatican Council talked about has been left blocked. A couple of years after the Second Vatican Council, but before publishing Humanae Vitae, warning of St. Paul VI calls for continuity with moral tradition as a criterion for the autonomy of Catholic moral theology. In spite of much opposition of some bishops, theologians, and laypeople, the teaching of the encyclical letter has priceless value. The truth about marital love and value of life is in its center. It is proclaimed in an overview of the teaching of the Catholic Church from Humanae Vitae to Evangelium Vitae. In its nature, family is invited to fullness of love and, at the same time, it is the heart of civilization of love. Unfortunately, current family has found itself between the two civilizations—civilization of love on the one hand and civilization of death and uncontrolled pleasure on the other. The teaching of the encyclical Humanae Vitae is a constant guide when protecting true marital love and family in the course of time.
The Problem of Responsible Parenthood in the Axiological Perspective. Analysis Inspired by the Encyclical Paul VI Humane Vitae
Authors: Wojewoda Mariusz
Published: October 2020

The article is devoted to the issue of responsible parenthood, which was formulated in the encyclical Humane Vitae by Paul VI in 1968. The content of the encyclical referred primarily to the issue of responsibility arising from fertilization. The author of the article relates the issue of parental responsibility to the care of a child with mild mental disability. Parental childcare is a consequence of calling the child to live. The author of the article analyses the issue of responsible parenting from the philosophical perspective and thus focuses on the recognition of the world of values by the parent-guardian of a person with intellectual disability. Close relationships with such a person require special spiritual, moral, and axiological sensitivity. The author of the article, in addition to the encyclical Humane Vitae, has been inspired by the reflections of Jean Vanier and Julia Kristeva on disability, resulting from two religious and secular perspectives.
John C. Gallagher, A New Dawn, or the Fading of the Light? Culture and Evangelization Today
Authors: Hittinger John P.
Published: October 2020

John C. Gallagher, A New Dawn, or the Fading of the Light? Culture and Evangelization Today - review.
Pneumatici kotača šumskih vozila
Authors: Poršinsky Tomislav , Đuka Andreja , Horvat Dubravko , Matas Josip
Published: October 2020

Gume kotača predstavljaju jedini dodir šumskih vozila s podlogom preko kojih se prenose sile, odnosno opterećenja na šumsko tlo, što postavlja zahtjeve pred šumarske stručnjake s ciljem odabira guma pri opremanju vozila na osnovi njihovih dimenzijskih i konstrukcijskih značajki. Osnovne značajke pneumatika obrađene su kroz njihovu konstrukciju, dimenzije i obilježavanje, indeks nosivosti, oznaku brzinske kategorije, tlak punjenja zrakom te dezen gazne površine. Zbog česte povećane vlažnosti šumskih tala te njihove ograničene nosivosti posebna je pažnja posvećena i dodatnom opremanju pneumatika šumskih vozila lancima, odnosno polugusjenicama u cilju smanjenja oštećenja šumskoga tla ili samih pneumatika.
Space, Symbols, and Speech in Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti’sBehztiand Its Reception
Authors: Ahmed Rehana
Published: October 2020

In December 2004, the staging of Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti’s play Behzti at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre triggered protests by some members of the Sikh community who considered it offensive. By unearthing and exploring tensions in the play’s representation of a Sikh community, this article sheds light on some of the tensions in multicultural Britain in order to complicate and challenge an interpretation of the dispute in terms of a reductive binary of creative freedom versus religious censure and censorship. While, for the liberal secularist critic and proponent of free expression, the explosion of taboos is vital to an expansion of freedom, a hard-line adoption of this position that fails to account for the material specificities of a religious response to a creative work, including the demography of the protestors, can result in a curtailment of the freedom of a religious minority. Reading the play in dialogue with the controversy it generated, this article seeks to ground the outbreak of religious minority offence in its local material conditions and, by doing so, to underline the unequal access to social, cultural, and spatial capital that shaped the controversy. It focuses in particular on religious symbols, space, and speech, exploring how they figure in both the literary and social texts.
Carolyn Williams, ed., The Cambridge Companion to English MelodramaChristine Gledhill and Linda Williams, eds., Melodrama Unbound: Across History, Media, and National Cultures
Authors: Rooney Monique
Published: October 2020

The Cambridge Companion to English Melodrama and Melodrama Unbound are excellent exemplars of a recent turn in melodrama studies toward transmedial, transnational, and trans-historical approaches. The two edited volumes are essential reading for melodrama scholars working in the fields of theatre, film, television, gender studies, and musicology.
PROTECTION OF CREDITORS’ RIGHTS IN THE CONTEXT OF AN EVOLVING INVESTMENT ENVIRONMENT UNDER EU LAW
Authors:   Faculty of Law and History, South-West University ‘Neofit Rilski’, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria, Noneva-Zlatkova Yordanka
Published: October 2020

In the post-global economic and financial crisis, Europe is suffering from significantly low levels of investment. This applies both to national level in the individual Member States and to those with a supranational scope. For this reason, the EC tried to stimulate the development of any investment initiative through the Juncker Plan, which is based on three pillars: the European Fund for Strategic Investments, the European Investment Advisory Center and the European Investment Projects Portal, and third, improving the business environment by removing regulatory barriers to investment at national and European level. Policies in this direction will continue and build on over the period 2021-2027 through the InvestEU program, which aims to continue to support increased investment, innovation and job creation in Europe. The process of implementation of each such initiative directly affects the individual legal and natural persons as investors who enter different bond relations, which have both national and international dimension. The development of new investment products and instruments would be unthinkable without the Bank’s involvement as a major creditor in the implementation of investment projects. This fact shows that it is necessary to examine the legal guarantees for the protection of creditors in these relationships in case of possible threat the debtor to damage the creditor in case of unfavourable development of the respective investment initiative. This paper will justify the significance and the peculiarities of Paul’s claim as a means of protecting creditors in the context of a developing EU investment environment and its legal framework. This method of preventing the decline of the asset and / or the increase of the liability of the debtor’s property is characterized by extreme persistence over time as a legal institution that originated in the Roman era and has survived to the present without losing its significance.
THE SHOCKS BETWEEN OIL MARKET TO THE BRIC STOCK MARKETS: A GENERALIZED VAR APPROACH
Authors:   Escola Superior de Ciências Empresarias - Institute Polytechnic of Setúbal, Portugal & CEFAGE, University of Évora, Portugal, Dias Rui , Heliodoro Paula ,   Escola Superior de Ciências Empresarias – Institute Polytechnic of Setúbal, Portugal, Alexandre Paulo ,   Escola Superior de Ciências Empresarias – Institute Polytechnic of Setúbal, Portugal, Vasco Cristina ,   IEFP – Instituto do Emprego e Formação Profissional, Alcácer do Sal, Portugal
Published: October 2020

The pandemic (Covid-19) has affected the global economy, and the impact on financial markets seems inevitable. In view of these events, this essay aims to analyse the shocks between the stock market indices of Brazil (BOVESPA), China (SSEC) India (SENSEX), Russia (IMOEX) and oil (WTC), in the period from January 2, 2019 to May 29, 2020. In order to carry out this analysis, different approaches were undertaken with a view to gauging whether (i) the global pandemic has accentuated the shocks between the BRIC financial markets and the WTC? The daily yields do not have normal distributions, show negative asymmetries, leptokurtic, and exhibit conditional heteroscedasticity. In general, we find evidence that the WTC causes the markets of Russia and India, China does not cause any market, and Brazil is not caused by any market analysed. On the other hand, short-term market shocks are relevant and create some arbitrage opportunities. However, our study did not analyse anomalous returns in these financial markets. These findings also open space for market regulators to take action to ensure better information between international financial markets.
UTJECAJ REFORMI POSLOVNOG OKRUŽENJA NA KONKURENTNOST U ZEMLJAMA BIVŠE JUGOSLAVIJE (PLUS ALBANIJA)
Authors:   Faculty of Economics&Business, University of Zagreb, Trg J.F. Kennedy 6, Croatia, Vučković Valentina
Published: October 2020

Značaj konkurentnosti za povećanje razvoja zemalja, industrija i poduzeća u literaturi je gotovo općeprihvaćeno stajalište. Pritom, jedan od faktora koji se smatra ključnim za ostvarenje napretka na ljestvicama konkurentnosti zemalja odnosi se na reforme poslovnog okruženja. Iako je veliki broj zemalja postigao značajan gospodarski napredak kroz reforme prve generacije (liberalizaciju, makroekonomsku stabilizaciju, privatizaciju), pravi izazov predstavlja učiniti koristi ovih reformi održivima u dugom roku. Stoga su se reforme u većini zemalja počele usmjeravati na poboljšanje poslovnog okruženja čime se prvenstveno nastoji uspostaviti „kooperativni“ odnos između države, tržišta i civilnog društva. Glavni cilj ovog rada je stoga istražiti utjecaj reformi poslovnog okruženja na nacionalnu konkurentnost, na uzorku zemalja bivše Jugoslavije, plus Albanija. Za potrebe analize, osim makroekonomskih pokazatelja, usporedno se koriste baze podataka Svjetskog gospodarskog foruma (Izvješća o globalnoj konkurentnosti), Svjetske banke (Doing Business serija izvještaja, World Development Indicators, i Worldwide Governance Indicators), te EBRD-a (Transition Report). Empirijska analiza utjecaja reformi poslovnog okruženja na dinamiku konkurentnosti provesti će se kroz ekonometrijsku procjenu na panel podacima za odabrane zemlje.
KLASTER KAO IZVOR KONKURENTSKE PREDNOSTI PODUZEĆA
Authors:   Ekonomski fakultet Rijeka, Ivana Filipovića 4, Rijeka, Hrvatska, Samaržija Luka
Published: October 2020

U radu su analizirane prednosti koje poduzeća mogu ostvariti stupanjem u klastere, uzevši u obzir povijesni kontekst klastera. Analizom je utvrđeno da se prednosti mogu klasificirati na tradicionalne i suvremene. Tradicionalne konkurentske prednosti karakteristične su za vrijeme kada su se klasteri primarno formulirali unutar određenih geografskih područja i kada su prednosti proizlazile iz neposrede blizine članica klastera. Suvremene prednosti proizlaze iz procesne povezanosti članica unutar klastera, te je prostorna dimenzija klastera izgubila na značaju iako su prostorno klasteri i dalje smješteni u unutar granica pojedinih regija. Procesna povezanost implicira postojanje opskrbnog lanca unutar klastera što znači da su uspostavljeni jedinstveni tokovi materijala, informacija i financija između članica klastera. Uspostavljanjem jedinstvenih tokova realiziraju se suvremene prednosti klastera u koje se ubrajaju ekonomija obujma, inovacije i fleksibilna specijalizacija.
ZNAČAJ STICANJA INTERKULTURNE KOMPETENCIJE U OBRAZOVANJU, BIZNISU I PREDUZETNIŠTVU
Authors:   Fakultet za biznis i turizam, Akademija znanja, Budva, Crna Gora, Mušura Gordana
Published: October 2020

U radu se razmatra značaj interkulturne kompetencije u sferi obrazovanja, biznisa i preduzetništva budući da interkulturna komunikacija postaje sve uobičajeniji vid interakcije među ljudima u savremenom globalizovanom svetu. Da bi se izbegli nesporazumi i konflikti u međusobnim kontaktima ljudi koji pripadaju različitim etničkim, kulturnim i religioznim miljejima, potrebno je da se oni postepeno senzibilizuju na takve nove interkulturne susrete i osposobe da rešavaju i nadvladaju problemske situacije koje bi se eventualno mogle pojaviti. Stoga se u radu posebno ističe važnost uvođenja interkulturnog pristupa u nastavi u što ranijem uzrastu učenika jer se time oni postepeno uvode u sferu interkulturnog poimanja stvarnosti i sveta oko sebe. Kroz interkulturno obrazovanje oni će razvijati svoju kulturnu osvešćenost i kritičku svest, što se smatra osnovnim postulatima sticanja interkulturne kompetencije. Ova kompetencija će im omogućiti da u svojoj budućnosti postanu interkulturni medijatori i posrednici u raznim vidovima međunarodne komunikacije, kao i u interkulturnom menadžmentu u biznisu i preduzetništvu. Nadalje, stečena interkulturna kompetencija će doprineti da oni kroz svoj budući profesionalni angažman postanu interkulturno efikasne osobe, sposobne da komuniciraju i uspešno posluju na globalnom ekonomskom planu.
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCES ON THE ESTABLISHMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE EUROPEAN BANKING UNION
Authors:   University of Sopron, Sopron, Bajcsy-Zsilinszky u. 4, 9400 Hungary, Kenesey Zsófia , Pataki László ,   Szent István University, Gödöllő, Páter Károly u. 1, 2100 Hungary
Published: October 2020

The De Larosiére report initiating the establishment of the financial system of the European Union was published in the year following the global economic crisis of 2008, on 25 February 2009. Already in June of this year, the European Council accepted a document known as the Single Rulebook, which contains common rules related to the financial sector of the EU, however, the real break-through was achieved with the working paper accepted by the European Committee in December 2012, which initiated the establishment of the institutional system of the banking union. The individual elements of the system constituted by three pillars have been gradually developed, however, it is still not complete. The single banking supervising system started its operation in November 2014, the resolution mechanism in January 2016, however, the single deposit-guarantee system has not yet been established. The purpose of the study is to present the events of the recent 11 years, during which the currently known institutional system of the banking union was established.
High Prevalence of Thyroid Antibodies in Urban Population of Peninsular Malaysia
Authors: MA Shahar , AM Omar , N AB Wahab , N Sukor , NA Kamaruddin
Published: October 2020

INTRODUCTION: Thyroid antibodies are closely related to autoimmune thyroid disorders. To date, there are no data on the prevalence of these antibodies among the Malaysian population. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of thyroid antibodies; and the factors associated with thyroid antibodies in the Malaysian adult population. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A cross-sectional study was performed in 5 preassigned regions in Peninsular Malaysia. Participants’ sociodemographic profile and medical history were recorded. Physical examinations were done looking for abnormalities of the thyroid gland and signs of thyroid dysfunctions. Fifteen mils of blood were withdrawn and analysed for thyroid function, anti-thyroperoxidase (anti-TPO) and anti-thyroglobulin (anti-TG) antibodies at a central laboratory. RESULTS: Among the total of 2190 respondents, the overall prevalence of positive anti-TPO and anti-TG antibodies were 12.2% and 12.1%, respectively; mainly found in urban and coastal areas. Only 7% to 9% of those with positive anti-TPO or antiTG antibodies had either hypo- or hyperthyroidism. The predictors for positive anti-TPO antibody were female [adjusted OR 1.7 (95%CI: 1.2–2.4); p=0.001], Indian [adjusted OR 1.9 (95%CI: 1.1–3.1); p=0.020], and having a goitre [adjusted OR 1.8 (95%CI: 1.2–2.8), p=0.004]. The predictors of positive anti-TG antibody was female [adjusted OR 2.3 (95%CI: 1.6–3.3); p<0.001], and having a goitre [adjusted OR 2.0 (95%CI: 1.3–3.4), p=0.001]. Those living in rural areas had 38% lower risk of having positive anti-TG. CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of positive anti-TPO and anti-TG antibodies were 12.2% and 12.1%, respectively; were higher among the urban and coastal populations. Those living in rural areas had lower risks of anti-TG antibody.