bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Managing Public Healthcare Services in an International Economy
Authors: Dalingwater Louise
Published: June 2021

This chapter differs somewhat in its approach to governance issues compared with the previous chapters as it goes beyond the national framework. In essence, the national and sub-national issues at stake do not quite capture the full picture when considering the future challenges of the provision of public healthcare services in the UK. This chapter looks at healthcare service exchanges across borders. Indeed, there has been a significant expansion of services trade, and in particular health services, which have grown not only thanks to a number of institutional frameworks but also to the support of the British government and health stakeholders. However, there are also a number of risks involved in the international exchange of health services, which can have a significant impact on public healthcare systems.
The Place-Based Challenge
Authors: Dalingwater Louise
Published: June 2021

When considering the provision of healthcare services, it is necessary to examine action at a local level and problems that local health service providers must face. This is essentially because it is within individual communities and neighbourhoods that most public healthcare interventions take place. Local intervention is also important in order to coordinate a more even pattern of healthcare provision across the regions. There are significant disparities between regions and inter-regions of the UK. Recent cuts to public services, welfare benefits, and public employment have severely affected those regions. This chapter will thus explore health inequalities and inequity of supply across the devolved administrations, regions, and sub-regions. It will then review policy to address health inequalities and consider to what extent the current public health service governance framework, and especially health service provision at the local level, can mitigate disparities in health outcomes. It includes a short section on the response to the Covid-19 pandemic in the regions.
Using Latent Fine-Grained Sentiment for Cross-Domain Sentiment Analysis
Authors: Lai Kwun-Ping , Ho Jackie Chun-Sing , Lam Wai
Published: June 2021

The authors investigate the problem task of multi-source cross-domain sentiment classification under the constraint of little labeled data. The authors propose a novel model which is capable of capturing both sentiment terms with strong or weak polarity from various source domains which are useful for knowledge transfer to unlabeled target domain. The authors propose a two-step training strategy with different granularities helping the model to identify sentiment terms with different degrees of sentiment polarity. Specifically, the coarse-grained training step captures the strong sentiment terms from the whole review while the fine-grained training step focuses on the latent fine-grained sentence sentiment which are helpful under the constraint of little labeled data. Experiments on a real-world product review dataset show that the proposed model has a good performance even under the little labeled data constraint.
The Dark Side of Technology-Enabled Teaching
Authors: Mehrolia Sangeeta , Alagarsamy Subburaj , Jeevananda S. (8bcd2ac9-364c-41ed-8a8a-249ca119d7f9
Published: June 2021

This study validates an instrument used to measure technostress creators, technostress support mechanisms, and their negative impact on students' satisfaction and performance. A research model is developed based on the stimulus, organism, and response model to analyse the mediating effect of technostress creators and understand how technostress inhibitors influence students' satisfaction and their performance. A group of 206 students from India pursuing higher education were selected as a sample to validate this model. Technostress creators act as a mediator between technostress inhibitors and students' satisfaction and their performance, while technostress inhibitors positively influence student satisfaction and performance indirectly. Insights from this study will enable higher education institutions to identify the students who are finding technology-based education problematic and help preserve their wellbeing by following supportive strategies to reduce stress and enhance the students' active participation in technology-based education.
COVID-19
Authors: Taneja Pranav , Arora Manan , Mendiratta Abhay , Aggarwal Alankrita , Kumar Shailender
Published: June 2021

The world is going through one of the worst pandemics ever seen. After concurrent lockdowns, as the government is easing out, more people are on the verge of risking their lives. This leads to a need for a system that not only provides a user with relevant updates regarding this disease but is essentially a useful tool that can be used to provide a safest path between a source and a destination. Most of the people now are equipped with smart devices. Since the spread is nowhere near its termination and the world is having a lot of breakdowns be it in the form of economic disruption or sociological imbalance due to this, though the government is already working hard on detecting and declaring hotspot zones, there is no real-time evaluation of potentially crowded zones that can be a source of disease synthesis too. There is a need for a system that can notify its users regarding any kind of potentially harmful zones, and since getting on the road is more than a necessity now, a safe route provisioning system is also a dire need of the situation in order to stop the spread.
Evaluation the relationship between psychological profile and salivary cortisol in patients with recurrent aphthous stomatitis
Authors: Mirzaei Marjan , Zarabadipour Mahdieh , Mirzadeh Monirsadat
Published: June 2021

Background:

Recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS) is one of the most common oral mucosal diseases which are diagnosed with recurrent and painful ulcers. The possible association between psychological factors and salivary stress related factors in patients with aphthous ulcers has been discussed in various studies. The aim of this study was to evaluate salivary cortisol level, anxiety, and depression in patients with RAS.

Materials and Methods:

In this case control study, 30 patients with RAS and 30 healthy individuals were enrolled by matching their age and sex. Anxiety and depression were assessed by beck anxiety inventory and beck depression inventory. Unstimulated saliva of both groups were collected and then tested by DiaMetra kit and the ELISA method. Data were analyzed by SPSS using an Independent t-test and Mann–Whitney test. A statistical significance level of <0.05 was considered.

Results:

The mean salivary cortisol in the case group was 5.35 ng/ml and in the control group was 4.73 ng/ml which was not statistically significant (P > 0.05). There was no significant difference in anxiety and depression level between the two groups (P > 0.05). According to Spearman correlation coefficient, there was an average, negative, and significant correlation between salivary cortisol and anxiety and depression scores in the case group (P < 0.05).

Conclusion:

This study shows that, although the mean salivary cortisol was slightly higher in patients with aphthous lesions, anxiety, and depression were not possible factors for RAS. There was a moderate, negative correlation between salivary cortisol level and stress and anxiety in patients with RAS.
Chronic Cough with Fever
Authors: Sharma Vishnu M , Mohammed M. B. Sohail
Published: June 2021

In a country like India where the burden of tuberculosis is high, pulmonary tuberculosis is the first differential diagnosis when a patient presents with chronic cough, fever, and weight loss. However, many other infectious and noninfectious diseases also can present with similar symptoms. Infra diaphragmatic lesions also can present with chronic cough with fever and weight loss. We present a rare case of bilateral suprarenal mass diagnosed as Non-Hodgkin lymphoma presenting with chronic cough, fever, and weight loss. We aim to highlight extra thoracic causes for chronic cough with fever in this article.
Stigma related to coronavirus disease 2019 among the general population in India
Authors: Kumar Shishir , Shree Shubham , Sinha Setu , Singh Tulika , Kumar Sanjay
Published: June 2021

Background:

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak has provoked social stigma and discriminatory behaviors against the people suffering from it as well as its perceived threat of contamination. The possible reasons behind such behaviors may be poor knowledge about the disease and its safety measures. This is leading to drive people in hiding their illness or preventing them from seeking health-care facilities.

Objectives:

(1) To identify the factors of anxiety, fear, and stigma related to COVID-19 in the general population and (2) to assess the impact of information related to COVID-19 on the stigmatized behavior of the study population.

Materials and Methods:

This study is a descriptive, cross-sectional, anonymous online questionnaire-based survey using mixed (quantitative and qualitative) research methods. Random sampling technique was used through online snowballing technique.

Results:

About 52.4% respondent's feels having potential risk of COVID very dangerous. Only 31.3% respondents felt worried and depressed with the news of COVID-19 in the past 2 weeks. Whereas, 58.6% respondents found that this pandemic has affected their mental health negatively to some extent. Overall 44.1% respondents agreed that COVID-19 has generated stigma against the specific group of people. Although 81.3% respondents did not find any discrimination against service providers or caregivers of the COVID-19 patients in their community.

Conclusion:

COVID-19 has created a lot of fear and anxiety among the general population, but still correct information and prior knowledge about its prevention and care have generated a positive attitude among people to fight against this disease as well as reducing stigmatized behavior related to it.
Omental dermoid mimicking as an adnexal mass
Authors: Abhilashi Kavya , Kumari Pratibha , Rani Jyotsana , Pankaj Sangeeta
Published: June 2021

Dermoid cysts are one of the most frequently occurring ovarian tumor; parasitic dermoids however are extremely rare. Most of the omental teratomas appear to have developed from self-amputation of cysts in the ovary followed by their re-implantation into the omentum. Omental teratomas can be located in the pelvis and mimic as an adnexal mass. Preoperative diagnostic imaging methods may not provide adequate information. We present here a case of menopausal female who presented with pain abdomen and preoperative evaluation suggested an adnexal mass. However, when surgery was performed, there was no adnexal pathology; however, there was an omental dermoid. Thus, gynecologists should always keep in mind the possibility of intraabdominal ovarian teratomas in the differential diagnosis of suspicious adnexal masses during surgery. The awareness among the surgeons of such masses may help prevent misdiagnosis and delayed treatment.
Congenital mucocele of the tongue in a neonate
Authors: Hasan Zaheer , Chaubey Digamber , Thakur Vinit Kumar , Kumar Sujit
Published: June 2021

Congenital mucocele presenting over the anterior dorsum of the tongue is an uncommon condition where the infant is usually presented with fluctuant swelling in the oral cavity rarely with respiratory distress along with feeding difficulty. It was successfully managed by initial aspiration, followed by marsupialization in a neonate.
A prospective study on congenital anomalies at birth at a tertiary care teaching hospital in Bihar
Authors: Pushpa  , Kumari Shubhanti
Published: June 2021

Background:

Birth defect, also known as congenital anomaly, is a condition present at birth regardless of its cause. They may be structural or functional including metabolic disorders. Congenital anomalies are the important causes of stillbirth, infant and childhood deaths, chronic illness, and long-term disability. Congenital anomalies or birth defects are still not considered a significant health problem in India as they are low in the prevalence. However, scenario is changing fast. Data on the prevalence of congenital anomalies are needed to channelize the health service for the prevention and management. The objective was to study the prevalence of congenital malformations in new-borns and the associated factors.

Subjects and Methods:

This is a prospective study undertaken on women admitted in labor room of PMCH, Patna, from June 2018 to May 2019. All live and still born babies with congenital anomalies were included in the study. Sociodemographic factors and information of antenatal checkup of mothers recorded.

Results:

Out of the total 6647 deliveries, 82 babies were malformed. Incidence was 1.33%. Live babies were 60, whereas 22 were still born. The incidence was higher in multigravidas and age more than 30 years. Neural tube defect was the most common.

Conclusions:

Birth defect surveillance at a larger level is required to understand it's magnitude in India. Most anomalies are preventable. Prevention and management of nutritional deficiency and medical disorders such as diabetes, hypothyroidism, and cardiac diseases can reduce the incidence. Regular antenatal care, folic acid supplementation, and vaccinations should be promoted.
Case Report: Diagnostic Pitfalls in an Atypical Case of Primary Neuritic Leprosy
Authors: Ooi Winnie , Saini Shrein
Published: June 2021

Primary neuritic leprosy is a form of leprosy clinically limited to the peripheral nerves without obvious skin lesions. Diagnosing leprosy in the absence of typical dermatological features is challenging and often causes a delay in diagnosis. We describe a case of primary neuritic leprosy with atypical features and the roles that histological confirmation using nerve biopsy of an unenlarged nerve and newer techniques, such as polymerase chain reaction and high-resolution ultrasonography, play in improving the diagnosis.
Farklı Konfigürasyonlarda Çelik Metamalzemeler Kullanarak Sismik Etkilerin Azaltılması
Authors: KAÇIN Selçuk , SEVİM Umur Korkut , ÖZTÜRK Murat , KARAASLAN Muharrem , DEMİRCİ Mustafa , AKGÖL Oğuzhan , ÜNAL Emin , ÖZER Zafer , BAŞAR Mustafa , MERT Bayram Ali , KAYA Şeyda , ERDOĞAN ALKURT Maide , ALKURT Fatih Özkan
Published: June 2021

Depremlerin yıkıcı etkilerini azaltmak için yapılan çalışmalar, son zamanlarda üzerinde durulan araştırma konuları arasındadır. Bu çalışmada, kare, üçgen, sinüs ve daire olmak üzere dört farklı saha dizisinde çelik metamalzemeler kullanılarak titreşim etkilerini azaltmak için bir dizi simülasyon çalışmaları gerçekleştirilmiştir. Oluşan iletim kayıpları sonlu elamanlar yöntemi (FEM) kullanılarak belirlenmiştir. Simülasyon çalışmasında, çelik yapıların çap ve malzeme özellikleri ile zemin yapısı ve boyutları sabit tutulurken parametrik tanımlamalar yapılmış, kazıkların dizilişleri geometrik olarak birbirinden farklı tutulmuştur. Çalışmanın amacı, çelik için en uygun saha uygulamasını belirlemek ve saha dizilimleri sonucunda ortaya çıkan farklılıkları incelemektir. Simülasyonlar sonucunda bütün uygulamalarda yüzey titreşimlerinin 5.8 ve 8.5 Hz frekans değerlerinde önemli ölçüde kısıtlandığı görülmüştür. Ancak uygulanan saha yapıları karşılaştırıldığında, üçgen dizilimindeki sahanın diğer saha uygulamalarına göre yüzey dalgalarını daha fazla engellediği sonucuna varılmıştır.
Experience of edition of training literature for railwayers
Authors: Nedbaeva I. A.
Published: June 2021

Discusses the experience of publishing educational literature for students of educational organizations under the jurisdiction of the Federal Agency for railway transport.
Processo de trabalho e produção do cuidado na Atenção Primária à Saúde durante a pandemia de COVID-19 em Florianópolis-SC: experiências vivenciadas por uma farmacêutica residente
Authors: Soncini Marina Dutra , Molina Leandro Ribeiro , Soares Luciano
Published: June 2021

Esse artigo é resultante do Trabalho de Conclusão de Curso da autora principal, no âmbito do Programa de Residência Multiprofissional em Saúde da Família da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, em parceria com a Secretaria Municipal de Saúde de Florianópolis-SC, Brasil. Tem como objetivo relatar uma experiência de trabalho na Atenção Primária à Saúde (APS), discutindo a construção do processo de trabalho e sua relação com o trabalho em si no contexto da pandemia da Covid-19, sob a perspectiva de uma farmacêutica residente. Esse é um trabalho de caráter qualitativo, que consiste num relato de experiência de abordagem narrativa e reflexiva. Os resultados estão organizados em três tópicos: mudanças no processo de trabalho; medos, desafios e dificuldades; potencialidades, superações e aprendizados.
Análise da distribuição de vacinas contra o covid-19 no Cariri Paraibano a partir do desenvolvimento de um dashboard em power BI
Authors: Pereira Daniel Augusto de Moura , Dos Santos Marcos , Costa David de Oliveira
Published: June 2021

A Pandemia do Novo Corona Vírus mobilizou grandes laboratórios e empresas de todo o mundo em busca de uma vacina eficaz. No Brasil, a vacinação iniciou-se no começo de 2021 e avança, a passos lentos, com a aplicação de 57.691.259 de vacinas. Na Paraíba, o número de doses aplicadas é de 1.237.177, sendo, a maioria direcionada para a capital do Estado, João Pessoa. Neste sentido, este trabalho teve como objetivo analisar, a partir da construção de um Dashboard em Power BI, a distribuição de vacinas na Fase 1 no Cariri Paraibano. Para a realização do trabalho, foram coletados dados secundários oficiais sobre a distribuição de doses em uma plataforma do Governo do Estado. Os dados foram tabulados e foi gerada a inteligência da campanha de vacinação a partir do software Power BI. Os resultados mostram os grupos mais beneficiados com a vacinação, o índice de eficiência, o percentual de imunização global, entre outros indicadores chaves de performance para os 30 municípios do Cariri Paraibano.
Hz. Peygamber’in Tebliğine Tepkileri Bakımından Abdülmuttalib’in Çocukları -Asabiyet Bağlamında Bir Değerlendirme-
Authors: ATMACA Esra
Published: June 2021

Câhiliye dönemi Arap toplumunun en belirgin özelliklerinden birisi kabilelerdeki birlik ve dayanışma ruhu anlamına gelen asabiyettir. Kabile üyesini koşulsuz koruyup kollamayı, haklının değil akrabanın yanında olmayı salık veren bu dayanışma biçimi İslâm’a uygun olmadığı için Hz. Peygamber, aynı inanç etrafında birleşmek suretiyle din kardeşliğini toplumda yerleştirmeye çalışmıştır. Ancak gerekli hallerde asabiyetten istifade de etmiştir. Hz. Peygamber önce en yakını olan akrabalarını, Benî Abdülmuttalib’i ve Benî Hâşim’i sonra da tüm Kureyş kabilelerini İslâm’a davet etmiştir. Bu süreçte Abdülmuttalib’in çocuklarından Hz. Peygamber’e her daim destek olan Ebû Tâlib, her fırsatta tebliğe engel olmaya çalışan ve âyetle lanetlenen Ebû Leheb, ilk anda asabiyet gereği yeni dine girdiğini ilan eden Hz. Hamza, yeğeninin güvenli bir çevreye kavuşması için çaba gösteren Hz. Abbas ve Hz. Peygamber’i her zaman cesaretlendiren, çocuklarını dayılarının oğluna destek olmaları için teşvik eden halalarının hem Hz. Peygamber ile hem de kendi aralarında İslâm tebliği hakkında bazı münakaşalar yaşanmıştır. Bu makalede onların aralarındaki tartışmalar ve tebliğe verdikleri tepkiler, asabiyet bağlamında ele alınmaktadır.
Augementation for liveability for transgender community through inclusionary public space: an architectural study of Raipur
Authors:   Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Dhruve Sakshi , Barbarwar Sarang ,   Dharohar SS, India
Published: June 2021

Public spaces are the locus of activity and interaction in any urban area. Such spaces provide identity to cities, towns or neighborhoods and define the people and culture over there. Inclusiveness is one of the core aspects of livability and is directly associated with Public or Community Spaces. Large population and rapidly expanding urban areas have prompted the need of more inclusivity in public spaces to attain true livable spaces. The aim of the paper is to discuss the livability of Transgender community at Public spaces in India. The study shows how this community was legally included as ‘Third Gender’ in country’s legislation yet lacks social acceptance and security. It shows the challenges and issues faced by them at public spaces. The community was studied on ethnographic basis to understand their culture, lifestyle etc. The findings have indicated towards a social stigma from people and insensitivity in designing of civic spaces. The larger objective of the study is also to provide recommendations on the design aspects and interventions in public places to educate common people to increase their inclusiveness towards the Transgender society, through an integrated approach in architecture. Active engagement of multiple communities is the key to socio-economic and socio-cultural growth. In response, communities have to collaborate on working and living environment and incorporates the no gender-limit adaptability for an augmented livability.
Traditional and modern systems for addressing wter scarcity in arid zones of India
Authors:   School of Architecture Ambi, Pune India, Nakil Seemantini
Published: June 2021

Water is essential for all socio-economic development and for maintaining a healthy ecosystem in the world. At present, reduction of water scarcity is prime goal of many countries and governments. Water scarcity is one of the most important concerns of present-day geographers as water is the central subject of all kinds of developmental activities. Rajasthan is the largest state in India covering an area of 34.22 million hectares, i.e.10.5 percent of the country’s geographical area, but sharing only 1.15 percent of its water resources. The state is predominantly agrarian as the livelihood of 70 percent of its people depends on agriculturebased activities. Most of the state (60-75%) is arid or semiarid. Waterways are a vital and productive resource to our environment. Rajasthan in India is characterized by very low mean annual rainfall (100-400 mm), high inter-annual variability in rainfall and stream flows, and poorquality soils and groundwater. Rajasthan has a rich history of use of traditional systems of water harvesting in almost all the districts of the state. These practices have often saved the droughtaffected regions from problems of water famine. The serious problems of water shortages in many parts of the country are being largely attributed to the discontinued use of traditional water harvesting practices. This paper discusses reasons of scarcity of water in arid zones and also explore various traditional & modern water systems to resolve the issue of water scarcity in arid parts of India.
Cultural approach to industrial heritage reuse: experiences from Shanghai, China
Authors:   Tongji University, China, Chen Jie , Wang Yiming ,   Tongji University, China
Published: June 2021

Cultural approach has been gradually applied to urban regeneration practices. The scholars identified the progressive, creative and entrepreneurial cultural strategy in urban regeneration, and summarised four aspects of characteristics. These approaches form the theoretical framework within which to classify diverse sets of industrial heritage precincts. A scoping study of cases of industrial heritage reuse in Shanghai was undertaken based on this progressive, creative and entrepreneurial cultural framework. The selected cases have common characteristics: inhabiting the former abandoned industrial areas and having been changed to the three cultural uses. The scoping study investigates the commencement time of the adaptive reuse, the original factory characteristics, cultural approach, current precinct type, tenants and the reuse process. By summarising Shanghai’s experience on industrial heritage reuse, this paper expanded the main characteristics of the progressive, creative and entrepreneurial cultural approaches into seven aspects, namely, architectural type, potential value, goals, main stakeholders, target audience, type of cultural programs and facilities, and cultural activities. This paper attempts to in enrich existing literature on urban regeneration and heritage conservation, and provide a reference to the industrial land regeneration practice in China.
Participation in the decision making-making cities proces of regularization policies in Buenos Aires. The case of Villa 20 in Buenos Aires autonomous city
Authors:   Ph.D. Fellow in Regional Planning and Public Policy at IUAV University of Venice, Ferlicca Francesca
Published: June 2021

In Latin American cities informal settlements and insecure land tenure are the result of an exclusionary planning and urban management system which fails to provide legal and secure housing for lower-income groups. Against this backdrop, the State implemented land-title and urban regulatory policies, in order to improve the housing conditions of these neighbourhoods and integrate their residents into the legal regime. This paper proposes to address the conflicts implied in the processes of urbanization and regularization of the villas of the city of Buenos Aires during the first government of Rodríguez Larreta (2015-2019). In the official political discourse, the urbanization of informal settlements is considered one of the main axes of local management. Within this framework, institutional changes are being carried out, such as the creation of the Ministry of Social and Urban Integration. This report proposes to address the participation implied in the process of urbanization and regularization of Villa 20 in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires. This process have raised many challenges in the interaction between government decision-making and the needs of inhabitants of informal settlement. These challenges are linked to a) the democratic participation of the inhabitants in the decision-making process at all stages, b) land management policies and domain regularization; c) the modalities and logic of relocation of inhabitants; d) the provision and access to infrastructure services and public spaces; e) the treatment of tenants and other more vulnerable groups. Based on the analysis of the case study, we propose to account for the limits and scope of the implemented urbanization policy as well as for the opportunities to expand the horizon of tools and intervention modalities promote the right to the city and reduce territorial inequalities
Accessibilty of public urban green spaces within the spatial metropolitan network of Doha, Qatar
Authors:   Research Associate, Qatar, Tannous Heba T. , Major Mark David ,   Assistant Professor of Architecture and Urban Design, Qatar, Furlan Raffaello ,   Assistant Professor of Architecture and Urban Design, Qatar
Published: June 2021

Most people regard green spaces as a necessity to enhance the physical health and psychological well-being of residents in promoting the general health and welfare of citizens and the environment (Röbbel, 2016). In the Modern Era, the availability of green spaces has become an integral component of urban planning for sustaining the quality of life in city environments, especially since the dawn of the 20th century. Due to globalization in rapidly-developing cities around the world, studies about green spaces are becoming an increasingly important part of the urban planning process (Mitchell and Popham, 2007). Accessibility can play an essential role in determining the location of green public facilities to maximize their usability for large populations, or otherwise limit use to a smaller community (Ottensmann and Greg, 2008). However, some public green spaces are inefficiently located or distributed in urban environments (Beatley, 2000, Gehl, 2010, Gehl and Svarre, 2013). In this paper, the accessibility of urban green spaces means the ease of reaching such locations from many origins within the urban spatial network from the macro- to the micro-scale. The inaccessibility or absence of green spaces in some urban areas is a notable consequence of rapid urbanization in many cities around the world. It is especially noticeable in the capital city of Doha in the State of Qatar, where rapid urban expansion and globalization has had a significant impact on the quality and quantity of green spaces available (Salama and Wiedmann, 2013a). The paper utilizes the network analysis techniques of space syntax to objectively investigate the accessibility of urban green parks and promenades in the metropolitan region of Doha (Penn et al., 1998, Hillier et al., 1993, Hillier and Hanson, 1984). At the heart of the paper is the question, does the size and location of urban green spaces follow a discernible spatial logic in terms of accessibility, linked to the design intent of public planning policies? Some findings in the paper indicate there is distinctive spatial and social logic to the physical and spatial characteristics of urban green spaces above a certain size in terms of metric area. In contrast, these characteristics in smaller urban green spaces tend to be more random, primarily due to issues of land availability and amenity provision in private developments. We conclude by discussing the potential implications of the study for public planning policy about green urbanism in the State of Qatar and other rapidly urbanizing cities around the world
Study on the influece factors of rural landscape in cold regions based on qualitative analysis and SPSS analysis
Authors:   School of Architecture, Harbin Institute of Technology, Yuan Qing , Meng Jie ,   School of Architecture, Harbin Institute of Technology
Published: June 2021

This paper is committed to improving the rural landscape in cold regions. Taking 619 samples of cold rural areas in China as the research object, this paper discusses the influence factors and the relationship of the rural landscape in cold regions. In this paper, the depth structure interview and field survey methods are used to analyze and refine the important influence factors of rural landscape in cold regions. Through the qualitative analysis of NVivo, this paper analyzes the hierarchical relationship of influence factors, and constructs the framework system of influence factors for rural landscape shaping. Then, through questionnaire survey, 619 rural samples are investigated and analyzed for the status of rural landscape impact factors, and the weight of the status quo influence factors is evaluated by SPSS multiple linear regression model. Through the comparative analysis of the results, it is found that exogenous factors play a significant role, endogenous factors lack of power; serious industrial homogenization, high landscape convergence; lack of cultural connotation, weak awareness of protection and inheritance; insufficient use of natural resources, not obvious characteristic climate advantage, and so on. According to the problems, the paper puts forward planning guidance suggestions, in order to make a beneficial contribution to the rural landscape construction in cold regions.
Using photovoice method to explore the female freshmen's place attachment to the campus
Authors:   Faculty of Urban Planning, Tongji University, China, Yu Yifan , Zhang Qinglai ,   Age-friendly Community Research Centre, Tongji University, China
Published: June 2021

University campus has a profound impact on the growth and development of college students. In this study, we use Photovoice method to explore how female freshmen perceive and build up the sentimental ties with the campus. Participants (n=54; aged 18-19 years) were asked to photograph and discuss perceived positive/negative places on Tongji University campus (Shanghai). In the process of analysis, thematic and content analysis was conducted by natural language processing software, the correlation of key words were examined by Rost Content Mining. The study shows that place attachment comes from the fulfilment of activity demand, which is not only related to the place function itself, but also caused by people’s place cognition and emotional experience. Architecture, roads(and its affiliated facilities), greening and landscape, public space, and atmosphere are particularly important for creating place cognition and emotional experience. Meanwhile, Photovoice, as an emerging participatory research method, shows great potential in the place-making, as it significantly improved the students’ participation, critical thinking and constructive suggestions in this campus study
Contribution of planed urban green spaces for promoting human health. Case of Chandigarh, India
Authors:   School of Planning and Architecture, India, Tripathi Neha Goel , Mahavir Mahavir ,   School of Planning and Architecture, India, Bedi Prabh ,   School of Planning and Architecture, India
Published: June 2021

Goal 11 of the Sustainable Development Goals has the seventh target of its Sustainable Cities and Communities focused on providing access to safe and inclusive green and public spaces. Principles of sustainable development necessitate that a balance is struck between environment and development to ensure healthy urban living. It has long been established that the presence of natural areas and planned open green spaces in and around urban settlements contributes to a quality of life by providing important ecological, social and psychological benefits to humans. In India, rapid urbanisation is resulting in significant land being used for developmental activities resulting in decline in open spaces across cities. It needs to be noted, the case in Chandigarh, India is different from rest of the country, where open spaces are considered as inviolable land use. Being a rare exception amongst the cities established immediately after India’s Independence, urban greens were visualized and planned as an integral component in the city’s Master Plan. Le Corbusier conceived the master plan of Chandigarh as analogous to human body, where green spaces symbolized the lungs. The greens in Chandigarh were created as functional, organized and natural spaces for integration and convergence of mind and body, that is the city as well as of its population. The research delves into the aspect of inclusivity of its various green spaces based on the social survey of the city’s residents. The intent is to determine the usability and accessibility of the greens by the residents for various recreational, cultural and ecosystem services. The measures of inclusivity of the green spaces are defined to address the key question being researched upon, that is if green spaces have contributed to Chandigarh being a healthy city. Built upon the social survey tools, the authors discern the typologies of green spaces as the measure for building a healthy city contextualized for Chandigarh.
Thoughts on epidemic preventuon and control. Impact of population migration on epidemic preventon and control in labour-intensive cities and towns during spring festival
Authors:   Chongqing University, China, Zang Wei , Yang Xue Mei ,   Chongqing University, China, Zhao Ying Jie ,   Chongqing University, China
Published: June 2021

Novel coronavirus pneumonia strikes the city in 2020, making this year special. It also brings us to the attention of the city's public safety and health problem, which directly affects the city's healthy and sustainable development. During the Spring Festival, a large number of migrant workers in labour-intensive cities and towns returned to their places of residence, forming a large-scale population migration across the country, increasing the difficulty of controlling the epidemic. This paper analyzes the labour migration, medical support, government measures and residents of labour-intensive cities and towns, understands the underlying logic of the epidemic situation, puts forward some solutions for urban disaster prevention and control, and increases urban resilience. It mainly includes: 1) building a population mobility information platform, using big data and network to accurately locate, to guide the later epidemic prevention and control and to prevent secondary infection; 2)To solve the problem of insufficient implementation of urban medical supporting facilities and avoid infection on the way to medical treatment, we should set up a temporary medical treatment point according to the "cell neighbourhood" approach in the city; 3)Make good use of online official channels to shorten the time lag between governments in transmitting information and taking measures; 4) It is significant to encourage residents to join in the epidemic prevention and control, to improve the residents' awareness of prevention and control and the ability to distinguish the authenticity of information.
Window Glass from the Excavations in the Seljuk Palace at Alanya
Authors: BAKIRER Ömür
Published: June 2021

This article concerns a small group of crown glass fragments recovered in the excavations of the Palace built inside the inner citadel of Alanya, Turkey. It was constructed during the reign of the Seljuk Sultan ‘Ala’-al-Dın Kay- Qubad I around 1221-1223 and used until 1246. This makes the dates for the utilization of the glass known, if not the date of their production. The studied glass was recovered during the first period of the excavations conducted by Prof. Dr. Oluş Arık and his team between 1985-1992. Fragments of glass for everyday use, glass with prunts, and a few fragments from the so-called luxury glass enameled beakers, all recovered in the same context, were published by the author in two earlier papers. This group of glass was possibly used for the windows of the private chambers of the elite. Reference is also made to three archaeometry studies that helped in establishing the material properties of the glass finds.
Observations and Assessments of Some Epigraphic Graffiti Found on Entrances in Kaleiçi/Antalya
Authors: DEMİR Mahmut , DUGGAN Terrance Michael Patrick , KURUL Erkan
Published: June 2021

Antalya has a long memory, home to buildings dating from Antiquity and the Medieval periods. Many of these have been studied within the scope of various disciplines, especially over the course of the last century. However, there still remain surprising remains and traces that are unrecorded/unpublished, and doubtless much still remains to be discovered, recovered, reinterpreted and further understood. In this study some graffiti, previously undocumented on some buildings in Kaleiçi/Antalya, are introduced and analyzed. These are examples in Arabic from the portal of the Atabey Armağanşah Madrasa, one of the important buildings dating from the Seljuk Period. In addition, some Rumi and Osmanlica examples of graffiti on the Alaeddin Camii (formerly the Panaya Church) and the Yeni Kapı hamam-bathhouse are introduced and analyzed. After providing some basic information on the buildings on which these graffiti are found, the graffiti on each is examined with their characteristic features-calligraphic style, morphological properties and measurements-then evaluated and commented upon.
http://habibiaislamicus.com/index.php/hirj/article/view/208
Authors:   Research Scholar, Dept., of Islamic Studies, University Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Khalid Muhammad Usman
Published: June 2021

Nowadays, in order to understand the Shari'ah rules regarding the spread of the coronavirus and the precautions to be taken against it, it seems appropriate to consider the following points: The cause of deadly epidemics is the negligence in the rights of Allah and the rights of His bondsmen and the abundance and audacity of the declared sins, ignoring the punishment of Allah. When a nation openly becomes a victim of collective negligence in religious rules, Allah Almighty draws them to Himself by frightening them in various ways. One of these methods is to spread any of the deadly epidemics. However, if one abides by the rules of Islam in such a situation, this punishment will also become a mercy of Allah for him. Therefore, in this world, suffering and calamity befalls the righteous believer and the believer who commits sins and the disbeliever is of course no exception. The worldly grip is proved before the torment of the day of judgement so that the disbelievers and sinners may see it and learn a lesson and turn to Allah Almighty. The sign of illness or suffering being a sign of mercy is that as a result of illness or affliction one turns to Allah Almighty and there is improvement and positive change in one's practical life. It is a sign of trial or persecution if the grievance turns to worldly causes and grief instead of returning to Allah Almighty. All these things have been proved in the light of Qur'an and Sunnah.
Interaction
Authors: Frozzini Jorge
Published: June 2021

L’interaction suggère une action réciproque ou une influence qui peut se faire entre deux ou plusieurs acteurs, phénomènes ou éléments. Cette notion est le fruit de réflexions dans diverses disciplines qui ont su l’adapter à leurs besoins tout en gardant des caractéristiques communes. Aujourd’hui, elle est utilisée avec ses variantes, notamment en sociologie, anthropologie, communication, mais aussi dans des domaines plus récents comme l’interaction entre l’humain et l’ordinateur.
Django Website for Disease Prediction using Machine Learning
Authors:   B.E (Computer Engineering), Pimpri Chinchwad College of Engineering and Research, Ravet, Pune, Maharashtra, India., Kulkarni Sayali , Sawant Isha ,   B.E (Computer Engineering), Pimpri Chinchwad College of Engineering and Research, Ravet, Pune, Maharashtra, India., Shinde Megha ,   B.E (Computer Engineering), Pimpri Chinchwad College of Engineering and Research, Ravet, Pune, Maharashtra, India., Sonar Vishal ,   B.E (Computer Engineering), Pimpri Chinchwad College of Engineering and Research, Ravet, Pune, Maharashtra, India., Latke Vaishali ,   Asst. Professor, Department of Computer Engineering, Pimpri Chinchwad College Of Engineering And Research, Ravet, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
Published: June 2021

Decision-making has become easier due to advancements in machine learning and data mining. Machine learning algorithms have helped to solve a lot of real-world problems in many fields. Taking about the medical field, data mining, deep learning has made it possible to process huge data and provide more efficient health care to the patients. The types of diseases are increasing day by day and it has been necessary for people to know about the disease. The early-stage prediction of a disease based on the symptoms becomes difficult for the patient alone. The information available online may always not be correct and may lead to tension and unnecessary panic. To avoid this people should look for their health-related queries in the right place. Thus, to make it easier for people to predict the right disease, the development of a machine learning-based system has become important. The system collects the symptoms from the user and predicts the correct disease. This will help people to recognize the disease at an earlier stage and take further decisions based on it.
Satisfação com a Experiência Acadêmica de Estudantes do Ensino Superior
Authors: De Aragão Bruno Saboya , Alfinito Solange , Luís Correia José
Published: June 2021

O presente estudo tem por objetivo avaliar a satisfação com a experiência acadêmica dos estudantes do ensino superior no curso de administração da Universidade de Brasília, fazendo o comparativo entre os estudantes ingressantes, os que se encontram no meio do curso e aqueles em fase de conclusão. Para tanto, cem alunos de cada etapa do curso participaram do estudo, de caráter quantitativo e descritivo, com coleta de dados realizada presencialmente na Universidade de Brasília, totalizando trezentos estudantes que responderam o questionário sobre satisfação. Os resultados encontrados evidenciam que os estudantes em fase de conclusão estão menos satisfeitos em comparação aos estudantes iniciantes e aqueles que se encontram no meio do curso. Os resultados podem ser utilizados por gestores de instituições de ensino superior, servindo como base para melhorias ao curso, a criação de novas estratégias de ensino e aprendizagem, e melhorias das instalações físicas das IES.
ilustração
Authors: Cahú Guilherme
Published: June 2021

Obra selecionada por meio da chamada Ilustra: Pandemia, promovida pela Diretoria de Cultura da Proexc em parceria com a Estudos Universitários como parte da QuarentenArte, campanha promovida pela Diretoria entre os meses de abril e novembro de 2020, com o objetivo de apresentar, através das redes sociais, um panorama da produção cultural e artística da universidade. Guilherme Cahú é mestrando em Design pela UFPE. Instagram: @guilhermecahu
A review on recent electroanalytical methods for the analysis of antiviral COVID-19 drugs
Authors: EMRE Deniz , ÖZALTIN Nuran , YILMAZ Selehattin
Published: June 2021

Currently, there are no specific drugs for the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, designated as coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Several therapeutic options including antiviral, antithrombotic, immunosuppressive, and anti-rheumatic drugs are researched all over the world. Analytical methods are needed in every step of innovation, research, development, and manufacturing process of pharmaceuticals, therefore new analytical methods for pharmaceuticals are developed and validated increasingly over time. In this review, recent reports on electroanalytical techniques for the determination of selected COVID-19 drugs, favipiravir (FAV), remdesivir (REM), lopinavir (LOP) / ritonavir (RIT), and hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) were emphasized. Electroanalysis of antiviral active pharmaceutical ingredients carried out at various modified or non-modified electrodes by cyclic voltammetry (CV), linear sweep voltammetry (LSV), differential pulse voltammetry (DPV), and square wave voltammetry (SWV) were compiled from the literature. The effects of supporting electrolyte and pH on the current and potential of the analytical signal were evaluated. Scan rate results obtained by the CV method showed whether the redox process of the drug active ingredient diffusion or adsorption controlled at the electrode used in the selected solvent-supporting electrolyte and pH systems. Linearity range and the limit of detection (LOD) of applied electroanalytical methods were compared by combining the results obtained from drug active ingredients given in references.
Ready to Hire a Freelance Journalist: the Change in Estonian Newsrooms’ Willingness to Outsource Journalistic Content Production
Authors: Himma-Kadakas Marju , Mõttus Mirjam
Published: June 2021

This paper explores the change in Estonian media organizations’ readiness to cooperate with freelance journalists. The interviews with editors of newsrooms of magazines, newspapers, and radio and television broadcasters were conducted in 2014 and 2019. The findings were additionally tested in the conditions of the Covid-19 crisis in 2020. The paper outlines how over the five years the editors have not only changed their perception of who freelance journalists are but how they express the readiness to outsource content from journalistic entrepreneurs. We conclude that the Estonian media market shows signs of adopting diverse collaborative forms that diverge from the journalistic field. The freelancers’ concept has changed, indicating integration of journalistic and entrepreneurial roles – the entrepreneurial journalist is seen less as the odd-jobber working on commission and more of a business partner.
Poison in the Well: Securing the Shared Resources of Machine Learning
Authors:   Center for Security and Emerging Technology, Lohn Andrew
Published: June 2021

Modern machine learning often relies on open-source datasets, pretrained models, and machine learning libraries from across the internet, but are those resources safe to use? Previously successful digital supply chain attacks against cyber infrastructure suggest the answer may be no. This report introduces policymakers to these emerging threats and provides recommendations for how to secure the machine learning supply chain.