bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Fuzzy-Based Active Queue Management Using Precise Fuzzy Modeling and Genetic Algorithm
Authors: Abu-Shareha Ahmad Adel , Alsaaidah Adeeb , Alshahrani Ali , Al-Kasasbeh Basil
Published: September 2023

Active Queue Management (AQM) methods significantly impact the network performance, as they manage the router queue and facilitate the traffic flow through the network. This paper presents a novel fuzzy-based AQM method developed with a computationally efficient precise fuzzy modeling optimized using the Genetic Algorithm. The proposed method focuses on the concept of symmetry as a means to achieve a more balanced and equitable distribution of the resources and avoid bandwidth wasting resulting from unnecessary packet dropping. The proposed method calculates the dropping probability of each packet using a precise fuzzy model that was created and tuned in advance and based on the previous dropping probability value and the queue length. The tuning process is implemented as an optimization problem formulated for the b0, b1, and b2 variables of the precise rules with an objective function that maximizes the performance results in terms of loss, dropping, and delay. To prove the efficiency of the developed method, the simulation was not limited to the common Bernoulli process simulation; instead, the Markov-modulated Bernoulli process was used to mimic the burstiness nature of the traffic. The simulation is conducted on a machine operated with 64-bit Windows 10 with an Intel Core i7 2.0 GHz processor and 16 GB of RAM. The simulation used Java programming language in Apache NetBeans Integrated Development Environment (IDE) 11.2. The results showed that the proposed method outperformed the existing methods in terms of computational complexity, packet loss, dropping, and delay. As such, in low congested networks, the proposed method maintained no packet loss and dropped 22% of the packets with an average delay of 7.57, compared to the best method, LRED, which dropped 21% of the packets with a delay of 10.74, and FCRED, which dropped 21% of the packets with a delay of 16.54. In highly congested networks, the proposed method also maintained no packet loss and dropped 48% of the packets, with an average delay of 16.23, compared to the best method LRED, which dropped 47% of the packets with a delay of 28.04, and FCRED, which dropped 46% of the packets with a delay of 40.23.
Adaptive Approximate Implicitization of Planar Parametric Curves via Asymmetric Gradient Constraints
Authors: Guo Minghao , Gao Yan
Published: September 2023

Converting a parametric curve into the implicit form, which is called implicitization, has always been a popular but challenging problem in geometric modeling and related applications. However, existing methods mostly suffer from the problems of maintaining geometric features and choosing a reasonable implicit degree. The present paper has two contributions. We first introduce a new regularization constraint (called the asymmetric gradient constraint) for both polynomial and non-polynomial curves, which efficiently possesses shape-preserving. We then propose two adaptive algorithms of approximate implicitization for polynomial and non-polynomial curves respectively, which find the “optimal” implicit degree based on the behavior of the asymmetric gradient constraint. More precisely, the idea is gradually increasing the implicit degree, until there is no obvious improvement in the asymmetric gradient loss of the outputs. Experimental results have shown the effectiveness and high quality of our proposed methods.
Ant Colony Algorithm for Energy Saving to Optimize Three-Dimensional Bonding Chips’ Thermal Layout
Authors: Sun Bihao , Yang Peizhi , Zhu Zhiyuan
Published: September 2023

The thermal effect and heat dissipation have a significant impact on three-dimensional stacked chips, and the positional layout of the chip’s three-dimensional layout directly affects the internal temperature field. One effective way is to plan the overall layout of three-dimensional integrated circuits by considering the thermal effect and layout utilization. In this paper, an ant colony algorithm is used to search for the most planned paths and achieve the overall layout optimization by considering the effects of power, temperature, and location on the thermal layout and using feedback optimization of pheromone concentration. The simulation results show that the optimization of the thermal layout of 3D integrated circuits can be well realized by adjusting the algorithm parameters. The maximum temperature, temperature gradient, and layout scheme verify reliability and practicability. It improves the utilization rate of chips, optimizes the layout, realizes energy conservation, and reduces resource waste.
A Preliminary Review of an Unprecedented Cross-Provincial Water Transfer Plan in Iran: No Clear Vision and Stakeholder Mapping
Authors: Amiraslani Farshad
Published: September 2023

This review paper investigates unprecedented recent investment and capital spending in cross-provincial water management and transfer infrastructure in Iran. Although numerous cross-provincial water transfer plans have been implemented in the country, the scale, approach, and stakeholders involved in this recent national plan are unprecedented. This notable national plan includes long water transfer pipelines that pass through seven provinces, aiming at transferring desalinated water from the Persian Gulf to the interior. Regarding the scale, there have been a few cases of transferring water at the cross-provincial level, but mostly across two provinces. The approach has also changed in this plan. Long-term efforts to construct dams for electricity or farming with limited geographical impact have been shifted to desalinating water, long-distance pipe-laying, large-scale electric-powered water pumping, and long-distance underground tunnels. Stakeholders have become more diverse, from the council members of a small village to high-level decision makers at the national level. This paper elaborates on these extraordinary alterations by exemplifying a few other contemporary case studies of water transfer plans in Iran. It also examines the fundamental logic, bottlenecks, and future scenarios of this large-scale plan.
Service Pressure and Energy Consumption Mitigation-Oriented Partitioning of Closed Water Distribution Networks
Authors: Creaco Enrico , Giudicianni Carlo , Tosco Alessandro
Published: September 2023

This paper presents the partitioning of the closed water distribution network (WDN) serving the city of Pavia, Italy. As a thus far poorly explored aspect in the scientific literature, clustering for the definition of size and extension of district metered areas (DMAs) and of inter-DMA boundary pipes is performed by ensuring that the DMAs respect the altimetric areas of the WDN by leaning on a modified formulation of modularity. To define the boundary pipes to be closed or alternatively fitted with a flow meter for the monitoring of DMA consumption, the dividing is performed with an innovative heuristic algorithm. This technique operates by sequentially implementing the boundary closures that do not cause significant head losses, to obtain an approximation of the Pareto front in the trade-off between number of flow meters installed and WDN reliability. In the last part of the work, the pumps present in the network are assumed to be equipped with the variable speed drive, and their hourly settings are optimized to regulate service pressure. Overall, WDN partitioning and pump setting optimization are proven to mitigate the service pressure and energy consumption of the WDN, offering evident and attractive benefits up to about 50% for water utilities.
Effect of Hydrochar Modification on the Adsorption of Methylene Blue from Aqueous Solution: An Experimental Study Followed by Intelligent Modeling
Authors: Kohzadi Shadi , Marzban Nader , Godini Kazem , Amini Nader , Maleki Afshin
Published: September 2023

Wheat straw, which is a carbon-rich precursor and a common agriculture waste in Sanandaj, was modified to produce hydrochar with high adsorption capacity by the hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) method. The hydrochars were tested as adsorbents to remove methylene blue (MB) from aqueous solution, and the effects of various interfering parameters, including pH, MB concentration, and adsorbent dosage, were investigated using artificial neural networks (ANNs) on adsorption modeling. Adsorption isotherms and kinetics were studied to explain the MB adsorption process. The prepared hydrochars were characterized using Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET), scanning electron microscopy-energy dispersive X-ray analysis (SEM-EDAX), and high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) instruments. The maximum MB removal efficiency achieved by hydrochar modified by KOH (0.1 M) and adsorption data fitted well with the Langmuir isotherm and pseudo-second-order kinetics. In terms of elemental composition, the hydrochar sample contained 52.19% carbon (C), 3.37% hydrogen (H), 0.1% nitrogen (N), 0.15% sulfur (S), and 35.66% oxygen (O). The ash content in the sample was 8.50%. The recorded hydrogen-to-carbon ratio (H/C) and oxygen-to-carbon ratio (O/C) indicated a shift towards humification, implying the influence of KOH addition during the hydrochar production process. Additionally, the specific surface area of the hydrochar, as measured by the BET method, was found to be 11.54 m²/g. Among the aromatics, a significant presence of hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) was detected, with a concentration of 4.70 g/kg DM. The modeling results demonstrated that the concentration of MB had the most substantial impact on the predicted removal, followed by pH, adsorbent dosage, and contact time.
Estimation of Hypoxic Areas in the Western Baltic Sea with Geostatistical Models
Authors: Friedland René , Vock Clarissa , Piehl Sarah
Published: September 2023

Dissolved oxygen is essential for all marine life, especially for benthic organisms that live on the seafloor and are unable to escape if oxygen concentrations fall below critical thresholds. Therefore, near-bottom oxygen concentrations are a key component of environmental assessments and are measured widely. To gain the full picture of hypoxic areas, spatial gaps between monitoring stations must be closed. Therefore, we applied two spatial interpolation methods, where estimated near-bottom oxygen concentrations were solely based on measurements. Furthermore, two variants of the machine learning algorithm Quantile Regression Forest were applied, and any uncertainties in the results were evaluated. All geostatistical methods were evaluated for one year and over a longer period, showing that Quantile Regression Forest methods achieved better results for both. Afterward, all geostatistical methods were applied to estimate the areas below different critical oxygen thresholds from 1950 to 2019 to compute oxygen-deficient areas and how they changed when faced with anthropogenic pressures, especially in terms of increased nutrient inputs.
Virtual sensor system for monitoring and detection of critical modes for the prevention of accidents in production
Authors: Milanoski Nikola , Vasilev Velimir , Petrov Georgi
Published: September 2023

Many enterprises with new and experimental processing plants use SCADA systems to control machinary, but these systems are not always complete, this is often due to financial or purely technological constraints or ignorance of the overall process at the time of its introduction. That is why the creation of a duplicative, elastic and scalable monitoring system for monitoring the operating parameters of heavy machines and processes significantly supports the work of the staff and their handling of tasks related to the planning repair activities, delivery of spare parts, avoidance of critical work modes leading to sudden catastrophic consequences and unexpected production shutdowns.
Assessment of risks of using local anesthetics in surgical practice in elderly patients
Authors:   Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education «Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia», Moscow, Zyryanov S. K. ,   State Budgetary Healthcare Institution «City Clinical Hospital No. 24» of the Moscow Healthcare Department, Baybulatova E. A. ,   Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education «Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia», Moscow
Published: September 2023

The consequence of the demographic aging of the population is an increase in the surgical pathology of the elderly. Local anesthetics (LA) play an important role in providing anesthetic care to this category of patients. Features of pharmacokinetic processes in the elderly, including the processes of absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion, underlie the change in the pharmacodynamic effects of LA. Elderly patients are at a higher risk of adverse reactions. This is due to physiological changes associated with the aging process, as well as patients’ comorbidity. Patients suffering from the senile asthenia syndrome, cardiovascular diseases, and impaired function of the excretory organs have the highest risks.
Thought: between Scylla (being) and Charybdis (nothing)
Authors:   member of the Union of cinematographers of Russia, film Director, screenwriter, Kuzin Yu.V.
Published: September 2023

The paper explores the philosophical argumentation of the Sophist Gorgias of Leontius. The article is a logical and thematic continuation of the experience started in the work “Back to Gorgius”. A thought experiment with the “philosophical zombie” is reproduced. The author defines the concepts “non-existent”, “non-existence”, “nothing”. For the first time, the concept of consciousness was put forward, allowing for a plurality of subjects within the borders of one person.
Claroscuros de la justicia transnacional en Chile
Authors: Rojas Hugo
Published: September 2023

Tras 17 años de dictadura militar (1973-1990), Chile recuperó pacífica y electoralmente su democracia e inició una larga y compleja senda de transición a la democracia todavía en curso. Este texto ofrece una visión panorámica de los principales logros y desafíos pendientes en el ámbito de la justicia transicional en Chile, esto es, en las búsquedas de i) verdad, ii) reparación, iii) memoria, iv) justicia y v) garantías de no repetición. Esta matriz analítica puede ser de utilidad para la construcción de diagnósticos en otros países. Para que Nunca Más se vulneren los derechos humanos de la población es necesario identificar y comprender las principales lecciones de los errores del pasado, y seguir impulsando cambios normativos, políticos e institucionales en el proceso de justicia transicional en el que Chile se encuentra inmerso. Junto con reconocer a las víctimas, el principal desafío pendiente sigue siendo fomentar en todos los sectores sociales una cultura democrática, comprometida con el Estado de derecho y la vigencia de los derechos humanos. Lamentablemente, entre octubre de 2019 y marzo de 2020 se cometieron violaciones a los derechos humanos en el denominado “estallido social”, por lo que reforzar el proyecto del Nunca Más sigue siendo apremiante.
PENGARUH FAKTOR LINGKUNGAN FISIK RUMAH DENGAN KEJADIAN PNEUMONIA BALITA
Authors: Laliyanto Laliyanto , Nurjazuli Nurjazuli , Suhartono Suhartono
Published: September 2023

Pneumonia adalah penyakit infeksi paru menular secara umum tersebar luas dan menyebabkan peradangan, yang dapat menyebabkan berkurangnya oksigenasi, sesak napas, dan kematian. Indonesia pneumonia masih menjadi permasalahan kesehatan. Prevalensi pneumonia Kabupaten Sleman sebesar 2,47%. Tujuan dari penelitian adalah diketahuinya assosiasi dan besaran risiko antara faktor lingkungan fisik rumah seperti suhu dan kelembapan dalam kamar balita dengan terjadinya pneumonia bayi lima tahun.  Metode penelitian adalah analitik observasional dengan pendekatan Cross Sectional survey. Sampel dalam penelitian ini berjumlah 100 balita dengan rentang usia 0-59 bulan. Sampel diambil menggunakan teknik Simple Random Sampling. Variabel yang diteliti pada penelitian ini variabel suhu dan kelembapan yang dihubungkan terhadap pneumonia balita. Hasil penelitian diketahui ada assosiasi antara variabel suhu dengan pneumonia balita p 0,04  dan PR (95%CI) 3,00 (1,11 - 8,07). Hasil pengukuran  pada 100 responden tidak ada kamar balita yang kelembapannya memenuhi syarat. Hasil rata-rata kelembapan adalah 76,02%Rh. Ada hubungan signifikan antara suhu dalam kamar balita dengan kejadian penyakit pneumonia balita. Kelembapan pada seluruh kamar balita tidak ada yang memenuhi syarat kesehatan dengan rata-rata kelembapan 76,02%Rh. Membuka ventilasi sebaiknya dilakukan secara berkala supaya terjadi sirkulasi udara sehingga suhu dan kelembapan dalam kamar balita dapat memenuhi syarat kesehatan.
Un anniversaire : l'introduction du terme de comportement (1908)
Authors: Piéron Henri
Published: September 2023

Des expériences concernant la perception des mimiques ont été effectuées sur plusieurs groupes d’enfants d’âge scolaire, de milieux économiques et sociaux différents. Les épreuves consistaient en des classements simples d’images où des critères mimiques et des critères «accessoires» (chapeau, boucles d’oreilles) étaient mis en concurrence. Les résultats ont fait ressortir un renversement de la hiérarchie de ces critères dans les sélections des enfants, les critères «accessoires» étant prédominants avant 9-10 ans, les critères mimiques devenant prédominants chez les enfants plus âgés (ainsi que chez les adultes). Ce renversement est plus précoce dans les groupes d’enfants de milieux aisés que dans ceux de milieux économiquement défavorisés.

On a discuté les relations possibles de ce phénomène d’émergence des mimiques avec l’évolution génétique de l’attitude sociale de l’enfant (processus de socialisation), avec son attitude mentale (évolution de sa pensée), et plus particulièrement avec les modalités de l’utilisation du langage suivant les âges.
Genèse de l'acte graphique
Authors: Lurçat Liliane
Published: September 2023

Les premiers modèles reproduits par l’enfant au cours de la genèse de l’acte graphique sont des modèles fonctionnels, ils naissent de l’activité graphique spontanée. C’est dans le perfectionnement de cette activité que convergent les différents contrôles kinesthésiques et visuels permettant la réalisation et la reproduction de formes géométriquement simples.

Progressivement, le système constitué par la main et l’œil permet la reproduction de modèles perçus visuellement, ou bien représentés. La convergence temporelle des contrôles kinesthésiques et visuels, puis la précession de la vue sur la kinesthésie paraissent constituer un facteur important dans la réalisation des modèles visuels.
Quelques mesures subjectives en psycholinguistique : fréquence des mots, significativité et qualité de traduction
Authors: Carroll John Bissell
Published: September 2023

Les mesures subjectives ont souvent la faculté de permettre d'évaluer d'importantes quantités psychologiques qui ne peuvent l’être par des méthodes objectives. Des données démonstratives sont tirées d’études sur (1) l'évaluation subjective de la fréquence des mots, (2) l’évaluation subjective de la «significativité», et (3) l’évaluation de la qualité des traductions humaines et mécaniques. Des observations suffisantes doivent être recueillies pour obtenir une fidélité adéquate et une attention appropriée doit être prêtée à la distribution des objets stimulus de façon à éviter un ancrage variable ou biaisé de l’échelle. Une étude de 6 traductions (trois humaines et trois mécaniques) du même ouvrage russe montre que les traductions humaines peuvent être fidèlement différenciées l’une de l'autre et des traductions mécaniques sur une échelle commune, et les résultats suggèrent fortement que l'échelle d’intelligibilité est à des fins pratiques la seule échelle qu’il soit nécessaire d'utiliser pour obtenir une mesure valable de l’exactitude des traductions si on évalue un échantillon suffisamment grand de phrases.
Approche et évitement du déviant dans des groupes de cohésion différente
Authors: Doise Willem , Moscovici Serge
Published: September 2023

L'influence d'un déviant a été étudiée dans des groupes de trois personnes à cohésion élevée et basse. Pour la moitié de ces groupes les réponses initiales du déviant étaient adéquates et devenaient ensuite graduellement inadéquates (déviant tardif), pour l'autre moitié des groupes les réponses inadéquates au début et adéquates à la fin (déviant précoce). En accord avec les conclusions d'une analyse des relations et décisions interpersonnelles, on a vérifié que le déviant basse, tandis que le déviant «précoce» provoque une réaction d’évitement qui est de nouveau plus importante dans les groupes à cohésion basse.
Le traitement des affects dépressifs dans le fonctionnement narcissique à l’épreuve du vieillissement. Apports de la méthodologie projective
Authors: Verdon Benoît
Published: September 2023

De nombreuses personnes âgées d’au moins 50 ans consultent pour difficultés mnésiques sans, pour autant, que des troubles effectifs des processus cognitifs soient objectivés lors du bilan neuropsychologique. Notre réflexion est issue d’une recherche portant sur la psychopathologie générale d’une population de 31 patients, âgés de 53 à 85 ans, consultant pour difficultés mnésiques et pour lesquels le bilan neuropsychologique ne décèle aucune suspicion de détérioration. Elle porte ici sur la question spécifique du traitement des affects dépressifs chez des patients présentant un fonctionnement narcissique et chez lesquels la plainte mnésique se veut isolée de toute autre fragilité. La méthodologie associe un entretien clinique, un bilan neuropsychologique, une échelle de dépression, ainsi que des épreuves projectives (Rorschach et TAT). Les remaniements des assises narcissiques, inhérents au vieillissement, engagent chez ces sujets des mobilisations défensives drastiques, plus ou moins efficaces. Les épreuves projectives apparaissent particulièrement heuristiques pour rendre compte de la diversité de ces réaménagements. Elles permettent notamment une compréhension des difficultés de traitement des affects, offrant l’occasion d’en découvrir les traces et les possibilités de figuration toujours existantes ainsi que les luttes qui s’y opposent.
Art-thérapie, clinique winnicottienne et troubles neurologiques sévères
Authors: Aiello Vaisberg Tânia Maria José , Vitalli Lígia Masagão , Giorgio Sabrina , Follador e Ambrosio Fabiana
Published: September 2023

Dans le cadre d’un centre de soins de l’université de São Paulo, les auteurs mettent en œuvre une technique thérapeutique de composition florale. Le cas présenté est celui d’un patient atteint de sclérose latérale amyotrophique. Face à l’incapacité de faire, éprouvée par les malades atteints de ce trouble, la psychothérapie vise à réintroduire du sens, en se fondant sur la notion winnicottienne de «présentation».
Le travail entre fonctionnement et développement
Authors: Clot Yves
Published: September 2023

L'article porte sur les rapports entre fonctionnement et développement de l’activité psychologique dans l’analyse du travail. Il propose une situation de travail - celle de facteurs de la Poste - comme instrument de compréhension de ce problème. On montre d’abord comment Vygotski abordait ces questions en utilisant, ici, comme objet de réflexion, une expérimentation avec des enfants, mise au point par lui. On termine par l’énoncé, en conclusion, des quelques enseignements généraux qu’on peut tirer de ces analyses.
Interaction, cognition et identités situées : une analyse discursive des transactions de service
Authors: Filliettaz Laurent
Published: September 2023

Cet article se propose de préciser ce qu’une analyse instrumentée des processus discursifs peut apporter à l’étude des interactions de service. À partir d’un extrait de transaction commerciale, recueillie dans un centre commercial de Genève au printemps 2001, l’analyse tente d’établir les liens étroits qui se tissent, dans ce contexte, entre la maîtrise des contenus thématiques, la négociation des identités situées et le fonctionnement des processus communicationnels. Une attention particulière est accordée à la manière dont le client et le conseiller-vendeur co-construisent un épisode de requête, et aux effets de cette construction sur la définition de la situation d’action.
Typologie des focus groups à partir d’un dilemme sur le SIDA : le rôle du «compère spontané»
Authors: Orfali Birgitta
Published: September 2023

À partir d’un dilemme proposant la levée éventuelle de la confidentialité dans le cas du SIDA, la dynamique interne des focus groups est analysée, notamment à travers des formules de discussion précises (questions/réponses, phrases se complétant) et des conclusions différenciées. La présence d’un «compère spontané» permet de proposer une typologie des focus groups indiquant qu’une psychologie de l’influence sociale est à l’œuvre dans ces groupes, comme dans les groupes réels. Les représentations sociales du SIDA sont articulées à l’idée de contamination éventuelle par la seule sexualité tandis que des éléments restent occultés (notamment la transfusion ou la toxicomanie). L'importance des effets positionnels est ainsi mise en relief puisque les focus groups sont composés de jeunes adultes au début de leur vie sexuelle. Ainsi, la notion de fidélité dans le couple apparaît comme palliatif principal dans la lutte contre le SIDA et annule, en quelque sorte, le dilemme comme la nécessité d’une prise de décision.
Measuring Active Purchasing in Healthcare: Analysing Reallocations of Funds Between Providers to Evaluate Purchasing Systems Performance in the Netherlands
Authors: Stadhouders Niek Waltherus , Koolman Xander , Tanke Marit A.C. , Maarse Hans , Jeurissen Patrick P.T.
Published: September 2023

Background: Purchasing systems aim to improve resource allocation in healthcare markets. The Netherlands is characterized by four different purchasing systems: managed competition in the hospital market, a non-competitive single payer system for long-term care (LTC), municipal procurement for home care and social services, and self-procurement via personal budgets. We hypothesize that managed competition and competitive payer reforms boost reallocations of provider market share by means of active purchasing, ie, redistributing funds from high-quality providers to low-quality providers. Methods: We define a Market Activity Index (MAI) as the sum of funds reallocated between providers annually. Provider expenditures are extracted from provider financial statements between 2006 and 2019. We compare MAI in six healthcare sectors under four different purchasing systems, adjusting for reforms, and market entry/exit. Next, we perform in-depth analyses on the hospital market. Using multivariate linear regressions, we relate reallocations to selective contracting, provider quality, and market characteristics. Results: No difference was found between reallocations in the hospital care market under managed competition and the non-competitive single payer LTC (MAI between 2% and 3%), while MAI was markedly higher under procurement by municipalities and personal budget holders (between 5% and 15%). While competitive reforms temporarily increased MAI, no structural effects were found. Relatively low hospital MAI could not be explained by market characteristics. Furthermore, the extent of selective contracting or hospital quality differences had no significant effects on reallocations of funds. Conclusion: Dutch managed competition and competitive purchaser reforms had no discernible effect on reallocations of funds between providers. This casts doubt on the mechanisms advocated by managed competition and active purchasing to improve allocative efficiency.
Women Consumers’ Views on Legislation to Restrict Prominent Placement and Multibuy Promotions of High Fat, Sugar, and Salt Products in England: A Qualitative Perspective
Authors: Dhuria Preeti , Muir Sarah , Lawrence Wendy , Roe Emma , Crozier Sarah , Cooper Cyrus , Baird Janis , Vogel Christina
Published: September 2023

Background: As part of the childhood obesity strategy, the UK Government has introduced regulations to restrict the ways high fat salt and sugar (HFSS) products can be promoted in retail settings from October 2022. This study explored (i) consumers’ views on the likely impact of the UK legislation restricting the placement and promotion of HFSS products on their shopping behaviours and (ii) consumers’ beliefs about who is responsible for healthy eating. Methods: Using a cross-sectional study design, qualitative semi-structured telephone interviews were conducted with a purposive sample of women who shopped at a discount supermarket. Thematic analysis was employed to identify key themes. Results: Participants’ (n = 34) had a median age of 35 years and over half were in paid employment. Five themes were identified: (1) The legislation is acceptable, but people can still (and should be able to) buy HFSS items; (2) The legislation is likely to have more impact on shoppers who do not plan their shopping; (3) Affordability of healthy food is just as, or more, important than the legislation; (4) It’s up to the individual to eat healthily; and (5) Government and retailers can better support consumers to make healthy choices. Conclusion: Most participants were optimistic about the incoming regulations and believed that it would support consumers to make healthier food choices. Many raised concerns, however, that the high price of healthy foods and continued availability of unhealthy foods within the stores could undermine the legislation’s benefits. Coupling the legislation with interventions to promote and reduce the costs of healthier products would go some way to ensure its success. Raising awareness about marketing strategies that play into consumer concerns for cost and autonomy could further increase acceptance of the policy.
Impact of COVID-19 on Utilisation of Funds by People With Disabilities: Lessons Drawn From the Australian National Disability Insurance Scheme
Authors: Zhang Yu , Chand Satish
Published: September 2023

Background: COVID-19 pandemic has affected everyone, especially people with disabilities (PwD). While there has been qualitative research on the impact of the pandemic on PwD in Australia, little quantitative evidence has been produced on the magnitude of this impact. Methods: A range of descriptive analytic methods are employed on the data merged from the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and COVID-19 data on national, state, and regional levels to compare the expenditure of the NDIS participants who are in pandemic-affected regions and time periods with those that are not. Regression analysis is also performed to estimate the participants’ utilisation of funds using explanatory variables drawn from the NDIS, COVID-19, and lockdown policy information. Results: Our analysis reveals that: (1) the pandemic reduced expenditure of the NDIS participants by approximately A$ 31.2 million, equal to 8.85% of the total expenditure over five quarters for the state of Victoria (VIC) alone; (2) the contractions in expenditure lasted for up to two quarters during the pandemic; (3) the reductions in expenditure were largely associated with the limited mobility imposed via lockdowns compared to the impaired access to services; and (4) the spread of COVID-19 that led to restrictions on mobility of people had a bearing on utilisation of funds by NDIS participants in the subsequent quarter. Conclusion: COVID-19 has affected the expenditure of the PwD in Australia. We overlaid the NDIS data on the COVID-19 outbreaks to estimate the impact of the pandemic on expenditure and utilisation rate of the funds allocated to the NDIS participants. Our findings point to potential policy interventions to mitigate some of the adverse consequences of similar nationwide emergencies.
Policy Makes Politics Comment on "Modelling the Health Policy Process: One Size Fits All or Horses for Courses?"
Authors: Greer Scott L.
Published: September 2023

Powell and Mannion’s review of reviews maps the landscape of health policy research, showing a number of problematic and longstanding features. This commentary focuses on the extent to which health parochialism is good for the scientific development of the literature, the extent to which a "tournament of theories" actually develops our understanding of health policy process, and, finally, whether circumscribed theories of the policy process might be missing some of the most important and useful findings of broader comparative politics, which focus on the ways policies create politics over time. It concludes that health parochialism and focus on a circumscribed policy process is not likely to be helpful because it distracts attention from the ways in which coalitions and institutions over time shape politics and policy, a finding explored by scholars of many sectors whose findings should influence health policy research.
Avaliação de competências do enfermeiro hospitalar como subsídio para o cotidiano da educação permanente
Authors: Garbelini Maria Cecilia Da Lozzo , Dias Cristiane Pavelski , Ribeiro Elaine Rossi
Published: September 2023

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As competências dos enfermeiros são concebidas como um conjunto dos seus conhecimentos, habilidades e atitudes para exercer com eficácia suas funções. Objetivou-se, neste estudo, identificar as competências dos enfermeiros no gerenciamento de seis dimensões, em contexto hospitalar. Trata-se de um estudo exploratório descritivo com abordagem quantitativa realizado com 28 enfermeiros. A coleta de dados foi realizada pela aplicação de um instrumento relativo aos dados sociodemográficos e pela Escala de Avaliação de Competência do Enfermeiro, construída e validada por Bernardina (2019). Como resultado os enfermeiros se autoavaliaram como competentes em relação às ações na prática de trabalho, ou seja, quanto às dimensões de trabalho técnico e em equipe, bem como no gerenciamento de recursos humanos. Somente a dimensão gerenciamento de recursos materiais apontou para uma lacuna de um item de conhecimento, o que indica a possibilidade de desenvolvimento de estratégias pedagógicas na perspectiva responder as necessidades da organização hospitalar neste quesito. Considera-se a avaliação por competências é um tema que merece atenção, pois tem impactos no gerenciamento da assistência e do cuidado, assim como em funções administrativas, com consequente melhoria dos indicadores de saúde.

Palavras chave:  Equipe de Enfermagem. Hospital. Competência profissional.
An Eco-philosophical and A Phenomenological Journey in William Wordsworth’s The Prelude
Authors: ÖZSERT Seher
Published: September 2023

The present paper analyses William Wordsworth’s The Prelude form an eco-philosophical perspective, which suggests a harmonical existence of human and nonhuman worlds. The main argument is based on Arne Næss’ “ecosophy” following his deep ecological thoughts and David Bohm’s “undivided wholeness” supporting the intimate interconnectedness of human and Nature. Following this eco-philosophical vision, Wordsworth believes that Nature has an essential place in children’s learning. He even suggests stopping formal education of children and meditating them through the subjective experiences in Nature. This study investigates how Wordsworth reflects a child’s journey of gaining poetic consciousness through his interaction with Nature in his The Prelude. Nature is personified as a mother, a friend and a teacher helping his maturity. As a child and the speaker of his poem, Wordsworth feels freedom and joy while acquiring a great deal of knowledge at every step through different experiences. From this perspective, this study bases its arguments on Edmund Husserl and Martin Heidegger’s phenomenological insights to comprehend the essence of our “Being” through subjective experiences collected in our “life world”. Wordsworth emphasizes the growing maturity of the child in Nature by conceiving his existence in this perfect universe. The power of intuition and imagination, which preserves Nature in our minds, is also accentuated as the main factor educating and maturing us in time by shaping our ideas and feelings. In parallel with the eco-philosophical and phenomenological thoughts, Wordsworth stresses the truth, pureness, peace, and pleasure accompanied by the solitude in Nature. This paper observes the transformation of a naive child into a wise poet through the eco-philosophical and phenomenological journey in Nature through the power of intuition and imagination in Wordsworth’s The Prelude.
Pertinencia del programa de formación de asistencia administrativa en la institución educativa distrital “Los Comuneros Oswaldo Guayasamín” en Bogotá, Colombia
Authors: Ochoa Guevara Nancy Edith , Acuña Reyes Deisy Mireya , Torres Segovia Ana Elizabeth
Published: September 2023

Esta investigación parte de la problemática que presenta la Institución Educativa Distrital “Los Comuneros Oswaldo Guayasamín” en la ciudad de Bogotá - Colombia, al desconocer el grado de pertinencia del programa de formación de Asistencia Administrativa que ofrece el Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje en sus egresados en los últimos cinco años del 2016 al 2020, incluyendo a los estudiantes activos en el 2021. Su propósito está centrado en evaluar la pertinencia de dicho programa para el acceso a la educación superior y al mercado laboral de los egresados de la IDE. Con el apoyo de una metodología mixta, un estudio descriptivo y un componente de juicio de valor presentado por el modelo de evaluación de Scriven partiendo de las expectativas, el nivel de satisfacción, las estrategias metodológicas en el seguimiento a estudiantes activos y egresados en una línea de tiempos del 2016 al 2020 y 2021(estudiantes activos). Con una población de 934 sujeto y una muestra voluntaria de 140 sujetos entre estudiantes, docentes, coordinadores y orientadores del grado décimo y undécimo del programa de Asistencia Administrativa, incluyendo sus padres de familia o acudientes. Se aplicaron dos instrumentos de evaluación: una encuesta cerrada y una entrevista semiestructurada, acompañados de una intervención pedagógica. Los resultados demuestran que, al utilizar un modelo de evaluación por juicio de valor, sin tomar como base los objetos del programa, sino los resultados del mismo encaminados a las competencias laborales acorde al programa del SENA, la articulación de los egresados y estudiantes se visualiza positiva desde sus expectativas, nivel de satisfacción y estrategias metodológicas en pro de la mejora de este en tiempo real.
La gestión educativa: factor clave en la calidad educacional
Authors: Lule-Uriarte María Nilda , Serrano-Mesía Max Michael , Montenegro-Cruz Nilson Yover
Published: September 2023

La investigación tuvo como objetivo aproximarse a la comprensión de la gestión educativa como eje fundamental para alcanzar la calidad educacional, por lo que se aplicó una investigación de tipo revisión documental, en la que se hizo uso del análisis de contenido para la construcción del conocimiento; los documentos revisados fueron recuperados de las bases de datos Scopus, Scielo y Google Académico, y seleccionados a partir de un muestreo basado en criterios que permitió identificar un total de treinta (n= 30) artículos a revisar, que fueron tratados a través de técnicas de análisis artesanales. Los resultados de la revisión permitieron identificar tres categorías de análisis fundamentales dentro del estudio, siendo estas: a) Gestión educativa: clave para brindar un servicio de calidad a la comunidad, b) Gestión educativa: elemento primordial para brindar atención oportuna a las necesidades de la población y, c) Gestión educativa, amalgama entre el liderazgo institucional, práctica docente y aprendizaje. Dentro de las conclusiones alcanzadas se destaca que las categorías de análisis que emergieron desde el horizonte de comprensión asumido presentan una característica en común y se relaciona con la necesidad de realizar una transformación desde las condiciones sociales y el contexto propio de los estudiantes para garantizar la emancipación racional de todos los actores educativos, generando una educación con calidad, democrática y de justicia social.
“Sentirme exiliado dentro de mi propio país”. Experiencias de militantes políticos que migraron al sur argentino a finales de la dictadura
Authors: Fernández Gabriela
Published: September 2023

La provincia de Tierra del Fuego experimentó en los años ´80 del siglo pasado un importante crecimiento demográfico gracias al traslado de población desde diferentes lugares del país como consecuencia de las oportunidades laborales que brindaba la expansión de la industria local. En ese contexto podemos identificar algunas trayectorias de militantes políticos de los años ´70 que se instalaron en la isla a fines del gobierno militar. Este trabajo se propone, a través del análisis de dos testimonios de militantes de los años ´70, identificar la dimensión política y el sentido que tuvieron esas experiencias de traslado a una región tan alejada de los grandes centros urbanos del país. Pero, además, nuestro objetivo es indagar de qué forma estas experiencias se pueden vincular con la noción de “exilio interno” o “insilio”, aportando de esta manera a la caracterización de estas categorías poco abordadas dentro del campo de estudio de nuestra historia reciente.
La Orquesta Sinfónica de Vientos de Boyacá 2001-2005: Reconstrucción histórica y perspectiva de los intérpretes
Authors: Velásquez Merchán Karen Viviana , Cárdenas Soler Ruth Nayibe , Gutiérrez Torres Adriana Marien , Palencia Dotor Rosa María
Published: September 2023

El artículo presenta los resultados de investigación del proyecto La Orquesta Sinfónica de Vientos de Boyacá 2001-2005: Reconstrucción histórica y perspectiva de los intérpretes. A través de un análisis documental a los archivos del ensamble, archivos personales de exintegrantes de la orquesta y programas de mano se consolidó parte de la memoria histórica del último período de trabajo de la única orquesta formato sinfónico de carácter profesional que ha tenido el departamento de Boyacá. Además, se realizaron entrevistas a músicos del ensamble para, sumado a la información documental recabada, reconstruir los últimos años de funcionamiento del ensamble boyacense.

Se concluye que el período de cierre estuvo marcado por entramados normativos y burocráticos que se tejieron gracias a la ley 617 de 2000 y fue ejecutado por voluntades políticas durante el gobierno de Álvaro Uribe Vélez. Además, los integrantes y personal logístico correspondían a jerarquías y formas de contratación propias de categoría profesional. Así mismo, el repertorio vinculó obras de compositores universales, latinoamericanos y colombianos, con mayor sesgo hacia las músicas centroeuropeas.
Entre el peronismo, el socialismo y la revolución: las revistas Pasado y Presente y Nuevo Hombre ante la apertura democrática (1973)
Authors: Stavale Santiago
Published: September 2023

Los años ‘70 en Argentina estuvieron marcados por un proceso de radicalización política, social y cultural que tuvo como protagonistas a un conjunto de actores y organizaciones que conformaron la nueva izquierda y que albergó en su seno a distintos proyectos político-editoriales. En el presente artículo estudiaremos comparativamente dos de ellos: las revistas Pasado y Presente y Nuevo Hombre. Específicamente analizaremos cómo pensaron y articularon los ejes peronismo, socialismo y revolución, qué estrategia pregonaron, cómo se vincularon con las organizaciones revolucionarias y de qué manera se posicionaron ante la coyuntura del año 1973, atravesada por la salida democrática a la dictadura y el retorno del peronismo al gobierno.
La FORA IX antes de Yrigoyen: estructura, funcionamiento interno y elenco dirigente (1915-1916)
Authors: Belkin Alejandro
Published: September 2023

El período comprendido entre el Centenario y la primera presidencia de Yrigoyen representa una fase de transición en varios sentidos, a nivel de la estructura económica, del sistema político y del movimiento obrero. En estos años acontece el declive del anarquismo y el fortalecimiento de la flamante corriente sindicalista. El estudio del movimiento obrero en este período resulta fundamental, no sólo para conocer su propia dinámica interna, sino también para comprender el devenir del conjunto de la sociedad argentina, por la centralidad que ocupan las organizaciones obreras en la historia nacional. En este artículo apuntamos nuestro análisis hacia la principal central obrera de la época, la denominada Federación Obrera Regional Argentina del IX congreso (FORA IX). Hemos recortado el período comprendido entre el noveno congreso de la entidad, realizado en abril de 1915 y la asunción de Hipólito Yrigoyen, en octubre de 1916, para comprender el tipo de central obrera con la que tuvo que lidiar el nuevo mandatario al momento de acceder a la presidencia. Para realizar la presente investigación hemos consultado un amplio abanico de fuentes, periódicos gremiales, prensa partidaria, diarios comerciales y documentos oficiales.
Convenios Colectivos de Trabajo en el Sistema Pesquero Argentino: un análisis de los CCT del procesamiento de materia prima
Authors: Schulze María Soledad , Azcárate Josefina
Published: September 2023

En el siguiente trabajo presentamos un relevamiento de los Convenios Colectivos de Trabajo (en adelante CCT) que regulan la actividad pesquera industrial argentina, realizando una breve caracterización general según el año en que se firmaron y la participación sindical y empresarial, mientras que profundizaremos en el análisis de los CCT que regulan el trabajo del procesamiento en tierra. Partimos del supuesto que los CCT son un indicador sociolaboral para comprender cómo se estructura una actividad económica, expresando la forma que asumen una parte de las relaciones sociales de producción, asegurando un piso mínimo de condiciones sociales y laborales, de derechos y obligaciones. Veremos que, al unísono de lo que estaba sucediendo a nivel país, a partir del año 2003 aumenta significativamente la cantidad de convenios y acuerdos colectivos de trabajo celebrados. De todas maneras, consideramos que se trató de una recuperación del rol de los sindicatos más que de una revitalización ya que los CCT firmados en este periodo flexibilizan condiciones laborales reguladas con anterioridad. En este sentido, el CCT 161/75, firmado en el año 1975 es convenio que ofrece las mejores condiciones de trabajo para quienes se encuentran en las fábricas. Utilizaremos como fuente de datos un relevamiento realizado por el Observatorio del Sistema Pesquero Argentino.
Narrativas exiliares en la contemporaneidad de las dictaduras de la Doctrina de la Seguridad Nacional en el Cono Sur de América Latina
Authors: Jensen Silvina
Published: September 2023

Este artículo se propone incidir en una coyuntura que identifico como fundacional para la articulación y/o visibilización de narrativas identitarias sobre la experiencia de expatriación política. Y postula que más allá de las singularidades de los procesos exiliares brasileño, uruguayo, chileno y argentino, entre finales de los años 1970 y principios de los 1980, los perseguidos de todas las dictaduras del Cono Sur protagonizaron una común empresa de toma de consciencia del estado de exilio.

Atento a las posibilidades hermenéuticas de la Historia Conectada, el trabajo construye algunas hipótesis acerca de la urgencia, interés y preocupación de explicar(se) el exilio que pareció afectar al mismo tiempo a huidos y expulsados de todas las dictaduras de la Doctrina de la Seguridad Nacional, quienes con propósitos diversos y construyendo interlocuciones singulares (los propios compañeros de la diáspora, la comunidad internacional, sus connacionales que no habían salido al exilio) convergieron en la tarea de dar sentido a una experiencia a la que comenzaban a tipificar como inédita, tanto por su masividad como por su carácter violento en la región.