bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Online Company Reputation—A Thorny Problem for Optimizing Corporate Sustainability
Authors: Oncioiu Ionica , Popescu Delia-Mioara , Anghel Elena , Petrescu Anca-Gabriela , Bîlcan Florentina-Raluca , Petrescu Marius
Published: July 2020

The new economic environment, characterized as volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous, has been generated through the evolution of a world in which online reputation and corporate social responsibility have become closely interconnected. In this study, we assessed whether corporate social responsibility is a goal with multiple implications for the image of the organization and its financial results, which present a model for measuring online reputation in the context of optimizing corporate sustainability. We used an econometric approach that showed that the main purpose of the model is to determine the best value of the dependent variable by providing a number of new sets of explanatory variables on the exact quantification of the company’s online reputation. The main results can support the decision-making process in building and maintaining online reputation in the short or long term, and the information provided is useful for implementing online reputation management programs. We provide a rather nuanced picture of the relationship between the credibility of corporate sustainability claims, financial security, and the chance of preserving the online reputation built. The research shows that online reputation risk management is no longer optional; online reputation must become a strategic resource for sustainable business.
Socio-Environmental Problematic, End-Purposes, and Strategies Relating to Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) through the Perspectives of Spanish Secondary Education Trainee Teachers
Authors: Ortega-Sánchez Delfín , Alonso-Centeno Almudena , Corbí Miguel
Published: July 2020

In this paper, representations of Spanish Secondary Education trainee teachers (n = 163) are analyzed with regard to the socio-environmental problematic, end-purposes, and strategies of education for sustainable development (ESD). Likewise, the study seeks to identify the potential influence of sociodemographic variables on those representations and, in particular, possible differences between either the perceptions or the beliefs of trainee teachers of Geography and History and those from other disciplines. The study can be classified as a non-experimental ex post facto investigation based on a questionnaire, yielding results that reflected the commitment of the students towards teaching through the implementation of strategies directed at conflict resolution for social transformation, and towards teaching the development of critical and creative thinking skills for social interventions. Likewise, the study reports the promotion of specific socio-educational actions leading to sustainable development. These results show the absence of differences in terms of the sex, age, institutional affiliation, background discipline or specialism, or previous training in Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the students. Despite the identification of greater tendencies towards the conceptualized development of social awareness and active citizenship among trainee teachers of Geography and History, these results reflected the pertinence and the educational need for ESD in higher education from a holistic and transversal perspective.
A Novel Method for Detection of Tuberculosis in Chest Radiographs Using Artificial Ecosystem-Based Optimisation of Deep Neural Network Features
Authors: Sahlol Ahmed T. , Abd Elaziz Mohamed , Tariq Jamal Amani , Damaševičius Robertas , Farouk Hassan Osama
Published: July 2020

Tuberculosis (TB) is is an infectious disease that generally attacks the lungs and causes death for millions of people annually. Chest radiography and deep-learning-based image segmentation techniques can be utilized for TB diagnostics. Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) has shown advantages in medical image recognition applications as powerful models to extract informative features from images. Here, we present a novel hybrid method for efficient classification of chest X-ray images. First, the features are extracted from chest X-ray images using MobileNet, a CNN model, which was previously trained on the ImageNet dataset. Then, to determine which of these features are the most relevant, we apply the Artificial Ecosystem-based Optimization (AEO) algorithm as a feature selector. The proposed method is applied to two public benchmark datasets (Shenzhen and Dataset 2) and allows them to achieve high performance and reduced computational time. It selected successfully only the best 25 and 19 (for Shenzhen and Dataset 2, respectively) features out of about 50,000 features extracted with MobileNet, while improving the classification accuracy (90.2% for Shenzen dataset and 94.1% for Dataset 2). The proposed approach outperforms other deep learning methods, while the results are the best compared to other recently published works on both datasets.
Addendum: Susanto, H.; Karjanto, N.; Zulkarnain; Nusantara, T.; Widjanarko, T. Soliton and Breather Splitting on Star Graphs from Tricrystal Josephson Junctions. Symmetry 2019, 11, 271
Authors: Susanto Hadi , Karjanto Natanael , Zulkarnain  , Nusantara Toto , Widjanarko Taufiq
Published: July 2020

The authors would like to make the following addenda and correction to their paper [...]
Anti-Biofilm Activity of the Fungal Phytotoxin Sphaeropsidin A against Clinical Isolates of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
Authors: Roscetto Emanuela , Masi Marco , Esposito Matilde , Di Lecce Roberta , Delicato Antonella , Maddau Lucia , Calabrò Viola , Evidente Antonio , Catania Maria Rosaria
Published: July 2020

Many pathogens involved in human infection have rapidly increased their antibiotic resistance, reducing the effectiveness of therapies in recent decades. Most of them can form biofilms and effective drugs are not available to treat these formations. Natural products could represent an efficient solution in discovering and developing new drugs to overcome antimicrobial resistance and treat biofilm-related infections. In this study, 20 secondary metabolites produced by pathogenic fungi of forest plants and belonging to diverse classes of naturally occurring compounds were evaluated for the first time against clinical isolates of antibiotic-resistant Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria. epi-Epoformin, sphaeropsidone, and sphaeropsidin A showed antimicrobial activity on all test strains. In particular, sphaeropsidin A was effective at low concentrations with Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) values ranging from 6.25 μg/mL to 12.5 μg/mL against all reference and clinical test strains. Furthermore, sphaeropsidin A at sub-inhibitory concentrations decreased methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) and P. aeruginosa biofilm formation, as quantified by crystal violet staining. Interestingly, mixtures of sphaeropsidin A and epi-epoformin have shown antimicrobial synergistic effects with a concomitant reduction of cytotoxicity against human immortalized keratinocytes. Our data show that sphaeropsidin A and epi-epoformin possess promising antimicrobial properties.
Characterization of the Recharge-Storage-Runoff Process of the Yangtze River Source Region under Climate Change
Authors: Du Haochun , Fok Hok Sum , Chen Yutong , Ma Zhongtian
Published: July 2020

Storage and runoff are the two fundamental surface hydrological variables of a catchment. Research studies have been focused on the storage-runoff (S-R) hysteretic relationship of a catchment and its explanation very recently, thanks to satellite gravimetry. However, a complete analysis of a hydrological process starting from recharge to runoff has not been investigated. The S-R hysteretic relationship of Yangtze River Source Region (YRSR) situated in the northeast Tibetan Plateau is also unexplored. This study aims to investigate the Recharge-Storage-Runoff relationship of this catchment using gravimetrically-derived terrestrial water storage (TWS), satellite-derived and gauged precipitation, land surface modeled and gauged evapotranspiration, and runoff data measured during 2003–2012. We found that the Pearson correlation coefficient (PCC) of S-R relationship is 0.7070, in addition to the fact that the peak of runoff every year comes earlier than that of the storage. This finding enables us to further calculate equivalent runoff based on water balance equation using the above data, while comparing to measured runoff time series. The comparison of Global Land Data Assimilation System (GLDAS)-derived (gauge-derived) equivalent runoff against measured runoff reveals a PCC of 0.8992 (0.9402), respectively, indicating both storage and runoff are largely controlled by the recharge derived from precipitation and evapotranspiration. This implies the storage is not coupled with runoff prominently due to steep topography in YRSR unable to hold the water in the form of storage. Exceptional anomalous water storage time series in 2006 has also been investigated. We speculate that the low rainfall might partly be related to an El Niño Southern Oscillation event. The low rainfall and abrupt groundwater transfer are likely to be the causes of the anomaly in 2006.
Prediction of Heavy Rain Damage Using Deep Learning
Authors: Lee Kanghyeok , Choi Changhyun , Shin Do Hyoung , Kim Hung Soo
Published: July 2020

Heavy rain damage prediction models were developed with a deep learning technique for predicting the damage to a region before heavy rain damage occurs. As a dependent variable, a damage scale comprising three categories (minor, significant, severe) was used, and meteorological data 7 days before the damage were used as independent variables. A deep neural network (DNN), convolutional neural network (CNN), and recurrent neural network (RNN), which are representative deep learning techniques, were employed for the model development. Each model was trained and tested 30 times to evaluate the predictive performance. As a result of evaluating the predicted performance, the DNN-based model and the CNN-based model showed good performance, and the RNN-based model was analyzed to have relatively low performance. For the DNN-based model, the convergence epoch of the training showed a relatively wide distribution, which may lead to difficulties in selecting an epoch suitable for practical use. Therefore, the CNN-based model would be acceptable for the heavy rain damage prediction in terms of the accuracy and robustness. These results demonstrated the applicability of deep learning in the development of the damage prediction model. The proposed prediction model can be used for disaster management as the basic data for decision making.
Impact of Indo-Pacific Climate Variability on High Streamflow Events in Mahanadi River Basin, India
Authors: Sahu Netrananda , Panda Arpita , Nayak Sridhara , Saini Atul , Mishra Manoranjan , Sayama Takahiro , Sahu Limonlisa , Duan Weili , Avtar Ram , Behera Swadhin
Published: July 2020

The potential impact of climate variability on the hydrological regime in the Mahanadi river basin is of great importance for sustainable water resources management. The impact of climate variability on streamflow is analyzed in this study. The impact of climate variability modes on extreme events of Mahanadi basin during June, July, and August (JJA), and September, October, and November (SON) seasons were analyzed, with daily streamflow data of four gauge stations for 34 years from 1980 to 2013 found to be associated with the sea surface temperature variations over Indo-Pacific oceans and Indian monsoon. Extreme events are identified based on their persistent flow for six days or more, where selection of the stations was based on the fact that there was no artificially regulated streamflow in any of the stations. Adequate scientific analysis was done to link the streamflow variability with the climate variability and very significant correlation was found with Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD), El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO), El Nino Modoki Index (EMI), and Indian monsoon. Agriculture covers major portion of the basin; hence, the streamflow is very much essential for agriculture as well as population depending on it. Any disturbances in the general flow of the river has subjected an adverse impact on the inhabitants’ livelihood. While analyzing the correlation values, it was found that all stations displayed a significant positive correlation with Indian Monsoon. The respective correlation values were 0.53, 0.38, 0.44, and 0.38 for Andhiyarkore, Baronda, Rajim, and Kesinga during JJA season. Again in the case of stepwise regression analysis, Monsoon Index for the June, July, and August (MI-JJA) season (0.537 for Andhiyarkore) plays significant role in determining streamflow of Mahanadi basin during the JJA season and Monsoon Index for July, August, and September (MI-JAS) season (0.410 for Baronda) has a strong effect in affecting streamflow of Mahanadi during the SON season. Flood frequency analysis with Weibull’s plotting position method indicates future floods in the Mahanadi river basin in JJA season.
Evaluating the Performance of a Lab-Scale Water Treatment Plant Using Non-Thermal Plasma Technology
Authors: Schönekerl Stefan , Weigert Astrid , Uhlig Stephan , Wellner Katharina , Pörschke Richard , Pfefferkorn Christel , Backhaus Karsten , Lerch André
Published: July 2020

In this study, a lab-scale plant was designed to treat water in continuous flow condition using non-thermal plasma technology. The core was an electrode system with connected high-voltage (HV) pulse generator. Its potentials and limitations were investigated in different experimental series with regard to the high-voltage settings, additions of oxygen-based species, different volume flow rates, and various physical-chemical properties of the process water such as conductivity, pH value, and temperature. Indigo carmine, para-Chlorobenzoic acid, and phenol were chosen as reference substances. The best HV settings was found for the voltage amplitude Û = 30 kV, the pulse repetition rate f = 0.4–0.6 kHz, and the pulse duration tb = 500 ns with an energy yield for 50% degradation G50, which is of 41.8 g∙kWh−1 for indigo carmine, 0.32 g∙kWh−1 for para-Chlorobenzoic acid, and 1.04 g∙kWh−1 for phenol. By adding 1 × 10−3 mol∙L−1 of oxygen, a 50% increase in degradation was achieved for para-Chlorobenzoic acid. Conductivity is the key parameter for degradation efficiency with a negative exponential dependence. The most important species for degradation are hydroxyl radicals (c ≈ 1.4 × 10−8 mol∙L−1) and solvated electrons (c ≈ 1.4 × 10−8 mol∙L−1). The results show that the technology could be upgraded from the small-scale experiments described in the literature to a pilot plant level and has the potential to be used on a large scale for different applications.
Trend and Sensitivity Analysis of Reference Evapotranspiration in the Senegal River Basin Using NASA Meteorological Data
Authors: Ndiaye Papa Malick , Bodian Ansoumana , Diop Lamine , Deme Abdoulaye , Dezetter Alain , Djaman Koffi , Ogilvie Andrew
Published: July 2020

Understanding evapotranspiration and its long-term trends is essential for water cycle studies, modeling and for water uses. Spatial and temporal analysis of evapotranspiration is therefore important for the management of water resources, particularly in the context of climate change. The objective of this study is to analyze the trend of reference evapotranspiration (ET0) as well as its sensitivity to climatic variables in the Senegal River basin. Mann-Kendall’s test and Sen’s slope were used to detect trends and amplitude changes in ET0 and climatic variables that most influence ET0. Results show a significant increase in annual ET0 for 32% of the watershed area over the 1984–2017 period. A significant decrease in annual ET0 is observed for less than 1% of the basin area, mainly in the Sahelian zone. On a seasonal scale, ET0 increases significantly for 32% of the basin area during the dry season and decreases significantly for 4% of the basin during the rainy season. Annual maximum, minimum temperatures and relative humidity increase significantly for 68%, 81% and 37% of the basin, respectively. However, a significant decrease in wind speed is noted in the Sahelian part of the basin. The wind speed decrease and relative humidity increase lead to the decrease in ET0 and highlight a “paradox of evaporation” in the Sahelian part of the Senegal River basin. Sensitivity analysis reveals that, in the Senegal River basin, ET0 is more sensitive to relative humidity, maximum temperature and solar radiation.
CO2 Degassing in Sicily (Central Mediterranean) as Inferred from Groundwater Composition
Authors: Cangemi Marianna , Di Figlia Maria Grazia , Favara Rocco , Liotta Marcello
Published: July 2020

The circulation of groundwater is influenced by several factors, including permeability changes due to the dynamics of the stress field acting along tectonic discontinuities. Open faults can act as preferential pathways for the escape of crustal and subcrustal gases, such as CO2, towards the surface, allowing their chemical interaction with meteoric fluids. Here, we present the first map of dissolved CO2 partial pressure in the groundwater of Sicily, Italy. Based on the chemical analysis of 557 samples of groundwater, which were collected in wells and springs, we calculated the related CO2 partial pressure (PCO2) using PHREEQC software. The spatial distribution of the calculated PCO2 values highlights a general homogeneity at the regional scale, interrupted by positive anomalies linked to the main seismogenic or volcanic areas. Faults work as preferential escape pathways for deep CO2. The subsequent CO2–water–rock interaction determines the chemical composition of circulating water. As a consequence, groundwater composition can be successfully used to identify anomalous degassing areas.
Aspectos sociodemográficos e qualidade de vida de pessoas com traumatismo da medula espinal
Authors: Soares Camila Ferreira de Assis , Andrade Paulo Henrique Muleta , Muller Karla de Toledo Cândido , Santos Serginaldo José dos
Published: July 2020

Introdução. O presente estudo aborda os aspectos sociodemográficos e epidemiológicos e sua correlação com a qualidade de vida das pessoas com traumatismo da medula espinal em processo de reabilitação física em um Centro Especializado em Reabilitação. Objetivo. Verificar e correlacionar variáveis sociodemográficas de pessoas com traumatismo da medula espinal com sua qualidade de vida. Método. Foram entrevistadas 25 pessoas, coletou-se seus dados sociodemográficos por meio de um questionário semiestruturado e aplicou-se a escala da ASIA e o instrumento geral da OMS-WHOQOL-bref. Resultados. Houve predomínio de homens adultos jovens, casados, renda baixa, a maioria com sequelas em paraplegia incompleta, entre 1 e 3 anos de lesão. A qualidade de vida geral foi avaliada como regular para 72% dos entrevistados, mantida nos domínios físico, psicológico e de meio ambiente, com melhor pontuação no domínio social prevaleceu considerado como bom. Não houve correlação entre as variáveis sociodemográficas e epidemiológicas, assim como com a Escala da ASIA e a qualidade de vida. Conclusão. Conclui-se que a qualidade de vida das pessoas com traumatismo da medula espinal foi percebida como regular, sem correlação com a idade do paciente, funcionalidade e tempo da lesão.
Leituras, democracia e liberdade
Authors: Marques Davina , Briani Maria Cristina
Published: July 2020

Leituras, democracia e liberdade
ANÁLISIS DE SENSIBILIDAD GLOBAL DEL MODELO DE CULTIVOS SUCROS APLICADO A TOMATE DE CÁSCARA
Authors: López-Cruz Irineo L. , Rojano-Aguilar Abraham , Salazar-Moreno Raquel , López-López Rutilo
Published: July 2020

Dado que el tomate de cáscara (Physalis ixocarpa Brot.) es relevante para la horticultura mexicana pues ocupa el cuarto lugar de la superficie cultivada de hortalizas, se aplicó el modelo SUCROS (a Simple and Universal Crop Growth Simulator) para simular crecimiento potencial de cultivos, en la ejecución de un análisis de sensibilidad y una calibración. Se llevó a cabo un experimento de crecimiento para cuantificar los cambios en biomasa y área foliar del cultivo. Para identificar a los parámetros de entrada del modelo que afectan más las predicciones de las variables respuesta peso seco total, foliar y de frutos, se realizó un análisis de sensibilidad global. Se definieron funciones de densidad uniformes para los parámetros y se usaron la prueba extendida de sensibilidad de amplitud de Fourier y el método de Sobol para calcular los índices de sensibilidad de primer orden y de efectos totales, al inicio, a la mitad y al final del periodo de cultivo. Se ejecutaron 5000 simulaciones Monte Carlo para el primer método y 2700 para el segundo. El modelo fue calibrado mediante el procedimiento de mínimos cuadrados ponderados mediante el uso de los parámetros para los cuales fue más sensible. Se encontró que los parámetros tasa relativa de crecimiento del área foliar, temperatura base, área foliar específica, tasa de asimilación potencial foliar de CO2, eficiencia de uso de la radiación y coeficiente de extinción de la radiación, afectan en mayor medida el comportamiento del modelo SUCROS aplicado a tomate de cáscara. Se obtuvo un buen ajuste para todo el ciclo del cultivo, ya que los coeficientes de correlación entre las predicciones y mediciones directas fueron 0.99, 0.99, 0.96, 0.89 y 0.95 para peso seco total, de tallos, de frutos, de hojas e índice de área foliar, respectivamente. El error entre el rendimiento estimado y medido fue de 6.2 t ha-1.
A Modified Version of Vigenere Cipher using 95 95 Table
Authors:   Department of CSE, Comilla University, Cumilla, Bangladesh, Nahar Khairun , Chakraborty Partha ,   Department of CSE, Comilla University, Cumilla, Bangladesh.
Published: July 2020

Cryptography is a current field of research at the moment as it can be crucial to offer protection to extremely delicate and confidential records from criminal wrongdoings throughout transmission over the network. The vigenere cipher is one of the standard cryptographic algorithms that prevent attackers from understanding the raw data throughout the transmission. The traditional vigenere cipher encrypts only the alphabetic plaintext with a 26×26 vigenere table because it includes only 26 English alphabets A to Z. The researcher extended the original vigenere table into 95×95 which introduces all possible characters, mathematical symbols, digits, and punctuations that are available on an ordinary QWERTY keyboard layout that can be encrypted easily by this technique and conjointly introduced case sensitivity. The objective of this modification makes the cryptanalysis procedure more difficult and increases the information security.
Tantangan Pemerintah Daerah dalam Penyusunan Peraturan Daerah Desa Adat: Upaya dalam Penetapan Desa Adat di Indragiri Hulu, Riau
Authors: Hirzan Adli , Abdul Mutalib Mimi Hanida
Published: July 2020

The objective of this article is to explain the challenges that occur in establishing customary villages. This research uses a qualitative approach with a case study design. This study uses thematic analysis, which aims to identify patterns and determine themes. Data collected using interviews and documentation. The results of the study found that there were four challenges in making regional regulations for the establishment of customary villages: first, the drafting period for the determination of customary villages was carried out in a short period. Second, not prioritizing socialization. Third, local wisdom is considered less critical for the sub-district government. Fourth, there is no follow-up from the local government to establish local regulations. The results of this study have implications for the miscommunication of local governments in understanding the village law no. 6/2014. As a result, local governments have not fully rearticulated the village law regarding the establishment of customary villages.
Centrocestus formosanus em peixes de água doce destinados ao consumo humano em Minas Gerais, Brasil
Authors: RELVAS R.S. , BALIAN S.C. , Magalhães Cardoso Pedro Henrique
Published: July 2020

Centrocestus formosanus infesta as brânquias dos peixes, causando altas morbidades e mortalidades e, por consequência perdas econômicas. Este estudo relata a identificação de metacercárias de C. formosanus em peixes de água doce destinados ao consumo humano, provenientes de uma piscicultura em Minas Gerais. Um total de 172 peixes juvenis foram examinados e, destes, 107 apresentavam metacercárias. Esta ocorrência é indicativa de falhas nas práticas de controle de caramujos e representa risco à Saúde Pública.
Correlation of Ankle-Brachial Index and Ultrasound Findings on Dorsalis Pedis Artery and Posterior Tibial Artery in Patients with Diabetic Foot Ulcer
Authors: Pratama Dedy , Mulawardi Mulawardi , Darwis Patrianef
Published: July 2020

Introduction: In patients with diabetic foot ulcers, atherosclerosis, and endothelial dysfunction can worsen the patient’s vascular condition. Atherosclerosis is one of which is assessed by the ankle-brachial index (ABI). The occurrence of endothelial dysfunction can be identified indirectly from the examination of flow-mediated dilatation (FMD) via doppler ultrasound. This study was conducted to determine whether there is a correlation between the ankle-brachial index examination with ultrasound examinations of the dorsalis pedis artery and posterior tibial arteries in diabetic foot sufferers.

Method: The study design was a cross-sectional prospective conducted on 11th November – 15th December 2014 at Cipto Mangungkusumo National Hospital, Fatmawati National Hospital, and Tangerang Hospital. The inclusion criteria used were diabetics and allow for ABI examination and ultrasonography. Patients who did not have a precise diagnosis and had undergone a major amputation of the leg examined were excluded from the study.

Results: From the Spearman non-parametric correlation analysis test results obtained significant results on the correlation between ABI and posterior tibial artery volume flow (VF) (p=0.021). In contrast, insignificant results were obtained on the correlation between peak systolic velocity (PSV) dorsalis pedis artery with ABI (p=0.561), as well as an insignificant correlation between VF of dorsalis pedis artery with ABI (p=0.143), as well as insignificant correlation on PSV of posterior tibial artery with ABI (p=0.231) The results of Spearman’s non-parametric correlation analysis test results obtained significant results on the correlation between ABI and ABI spectral picture (p=0,000) in the diabetic foot.

Conclusion: There was a significant correlation between the posterior tibial artery VF with ABI and the Doppler ultrasound spectral picture with ABI.

Keywords: ultrasound doppler, ankle-brachial index, diabetic foot ulcer, dorsalis pedis artery, popliteal artery
Invisible Clothes in Messud’s the Emperor’s Children
Authors: Whitehead Sara M.
Published: July 2020

The Emperor’s Children by Claire Messud observes many different characters leading up to the fall of the Twin Towers on 9/11. These characters—all writers—seem to be following their own paths, but what they have in common is that of exposing truth. This essay explores the theme of truth being exposed by using the analogy of the children’s story The Emperor’s New Clothes to augment this subject. In this tale, it takes a child to reveal the truth that the emperor is not actually wearing any clothes when he fools the adults into thinking otherwise. Who the emperor and the child are changes repeatedly within each of the characters’ given pieces. The novel contains excerpts and descriptions of the characters’ writings, which are examined and compared to scholar’s writings in our world that cover similar topics. This illustrates the truths that are being revealed about the writers and others through the characters’ works. The climactic event of 9/11 is also related to the children’s tale proving the overall novel itself to be an additional example of unmasking truth. Each are examples of an external force that exposes the truth of the emperor’s nakedness. In comparison, society must strive to recognize the state of its clothing before the truth is glaringly exposed to the world.
The Myth of Murray in the Emperor’s Children
Authors: Garff Shalece
Published: July 2020

In Claire Messud’s The Emperor’s Children, the themes of perception versus reality for Murray Thwaite are particularly central to the story. These themes are analyzed through views of Marina Thwaite, Bootie, Roanne, and Murray himself by using the theoretical lenses of Guy Debord, Friedrich Nietzsche, Simone de Beauvoir, and Ferdinand de Saussure. The ideas of signs and signification, as well as the idea of truth and myths, play a large role in the way that perception acts as a theme in the story. Even in the most intimate relationships involve the deception that Murray represents as a character. Though Murray acts as a deceiver, he is not operating as one due to his own will, but due to the circumstances in which society has placed him in. Thus, the operations of deception are not capable of being influenced by the individual; they are set up and standardized by society as a whole.
Management of Diabetic Retinopathy
Authors: Nova Herdana  , Ansyori AK , Amin Ramzi
Published: July 2020

Introduction. Diabetic retinopathy (RD) is one of the most common complications of diabetes mellitus, and is a major cause of blindness in patients aged 20-64 years worldwide. The main principle of the management of RD is to prevent, inhibit and overcome complications that occur. Vitrectomy, laser photocoagulation, intravitreal anti VEGF injection become modalities in RD therapy. If PDR has occurred, vitreous hemorrhage can occur or the retina is attracted by proliferation tissue, vitrectomy should be performed.

Case Presentation. The patient is a 52-year-old man who came with the main complaint that both eyes have blurred slowly since ± 6 months ago. Blurred vision is not accompanied by red eyes, there is smoke-like vision. In the past the history of the disease obtained a history of DM 15 years of irregular control and hypertension of 3 years with regular control, a history of spectacles present. The ophthalmological examination of the right eye revealed a vision of 6/30 pH (-), TIOD within normal limits, and a grade II nuclear cataract in the lens. Right eye fundoscopy revealed decreased foveal reflexes and exudates in the macula, dot, blot, flame-shaped bleeding in 4 quadrants of the retina, exudate, venous beading, micro-aneurism. Management in these patients is pars plana vitrectomy, endolaser, and intravenous OS anti-VEGF injection under general anesthesia. Whereas the right eye was intravitreal photocoagulation laser and anti-VEGF laser (done 2 weeks before).

Conclusion. A case of advanced left eye PDR with severe NPDR and right eye DME and grade II nuclear cataracts has been described in both eyes. Patients treated with laser photocoagulation in the right eye. In the left eye pars plana vitrectomy, endolaser, and intravitreal bevacizumab injection. Sharp vision of the left eye progressed postoperatively.
Anti-Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Injection in Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Authors: M. Usman Salim  , Ansyori AK , Amin Ramzi
Published: July 2020

Introduction. AMD is a macular progressive degeneration that arises at the age of more than 50 years, which is characterized by the presence of drusen which is a deposit of material between the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) and the Bruch membrane. The prevalence of AMD is 29.2% unilateral and 70.8% bilateral. In unilateral wet AMD, 50% will develop on the other eye in a period of 5 years.

Case Presentation. A woman, Mrs. S, 59 years old, civil servant working, located in the city, came to the Polyclinic RSMH on January 21, 2019. Anamnesis (Auto-anamnesis) the main complaint of vision of the left eye blurred since, 2 months ago. Since about two months ago, sufferers complained of vision in the left eye blurred, blurred felt suddenly, darker vision in the middle. Since about two weeks ago, sufferers complained that his left eye vision had become blurred. The view in the middle is covered with black shadows and accompanied by waves. Working diagnosis of macular oculi sinistra ec wet age-related macular degeneration. The treatment is informed consent, Pro injection of anti-VEGF intravitreal oculi sinistra, Pro laboratory check, Pro X-ray of thorax PA, Pro consul of internal medicine.

Conclusion. A clinically significant case of macular edema (CSME) has been reported that is treated with intravitreal anti-VEGF combined with focal photon photocoagulation laser. A woman aged 55 years, with complaints of vision both eyes blurred since ± 6 months ago.
Phytosociological study of submontane genistoid scrub communities from the Southeastern Balkans
Authors: Kunev Georgi , Tzonev Rossen , Tsiripidis Ioannis , Pachedjieva Kalina
Published: July 2020

Genista lydia Boiss. is an endemic Balkan-Anatolian species which forms rare communities in the territory of south Bulgaria and northeast Greece. They are spread exclusively on acidic, siliceous substrates. This study presents new data on their distribution, floristic and ecological structure and phytosociological affinities. The research is based on 156 phytosociological relevés. Unweighted pair–group method with arithmetic averages (UPGMA) was employed and a detrended correspondence analysis (DCA) was performed prior to the syntaxonomical decision. Three new associations and the new alliance Genistion lydiae have been described and classified within the order Lavandulo stoechadis-Hypericetalia olympici Mucina in Mucina et al. 2016 of the class Cisto-Lavanduletea stoechadis Br.-Bl. in Br.-Bl. et al. 1940. The study has also emphazised the potential threats concerning a decline of the habitat area and proposed some conservation measures.
Growth inhibition of the toxic cyanobacterium Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii by extremely low-frequency electromagnetic fields
Authors: Mohamed Zakaria , Ali Fadel , Abdel-Lateef Medahat , Hosny Asmaa
Published: July 2020

This study investigates the effects of extremely low-frequency electromagnetic fields (ELF-EMFs) on the growth and antioxidant defence enzymes of the toxic cyanobacterium Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii (Woloszynska) Seenayya et Subba Raju. To determine resonance frequency of growth inhibition of C. raciborskii, cells were subjected to ELF square amplitude modulated waves (QAMW) with a range of frequencies (0.1, 0.3, 0.5, 0.7, 0.9 Hz) at single intensity of 100 V m–1 for 30 minutes. The results revealed that the highest growth inhibition of Cylindrospermopsis occurred upon exposure to 0.7 Hz QAMW for 30 min. ELF-EMF-exposed cultures exhibited a marked decrease in cell number, chlorophyll-a content and activity of antioxidant enzymes compared to control cultures, and this effect increased with the prolongation of exposure time. Moreover, ELF-EMF induced morphological changes in Cylindrospermopsis cells upon exposure to 0.7 Hz QAMW for 120 min, including shrinking and disintegration of cytoplasmic contents, and thickening of the cell wall. Changes in dielectric properties, as a measure of interaction of cellular constituents (e.g., plasma membrane, cell wall and cytoplasm), with electromagnetic fields were also observed
for treated cells. Our results provide a new possibility for using ELF-EMFs to eliminate toxic cyanobacteria from drinking and recreational
water sources.
Kinetic-scale Flux Rope in the Magnetosheath Boundary Layer
Authors: Yao S. T. , Shi Q. Q. , Guo R. L. , Yao Z. H. , Fu H. S. , Degeling A. W. , Zong Q. G. , Wang X. G. , Russell C. T. , Tian A. M. , Xiao Y. C. , Zhang H. , Wang S. M. , Hu H. Q. , Liu J. , Liu H. , Li B. , Giles B. L.
Published: July 2020

We here present a new type of kinetic-scale (∼1 ion gyroradius) flux rope (KFR) in the Earth’s dayside magnetosheath boundary layer with Magnetospheric Multiscale high temporal cadence data. This structure exhibits a slight twist of magnetic field that is possibly generated by a field-aligned current, which differs from typical dayside flux ropes usually observed within the current sheet where magnetic reconnection can occur. The perpendicular electron fluxes within 19–52 eV are increased ∼10% inside the KFR. Detailed analysis shows that these perpendicular electrons may encounter their mirror point (at the position of the KFR, strong field region) when traveling from the magnetosheath toward the ionosphere and will be reflected to the magnetosheath. A possible scenario is that this KFR is different from previous flux ropes that transfer electron flux to the magnetosphere but could intercept magnetosheath large pitch angle electron flux to the magnetosphere.
The High-mass Protostellar Population of a Massive Infrared Dark Cloud
Authors: Moser Emily , Liu Mengyao , Tan Jonathan C. , Lim Wanggi , Zhang Yichen , Farias Juan Pablo
Published: July 2020

We conduct a census of the high-mass protostellar population of the ∼70,000 M
⊙ infrared dark cloud (IRDC) G028.37+00.07, identifying 35 sources based on their 70 μm emission, as reported in the Herschel Hi-GAL catalog of Molinari et al. We perform aperture photometry to construct spectral energy distributions, which are then fit with the massive protostar models of Zhang & Tan. We find that the sources span a range of isotropic luminosities from ∼20 to 4500 L
⊙. The most luminous sources are predicted to have current protostellar masses of m
* ∼ 10 M
⊙ forming from cores of mass M

c
 ∼ 40 to 400 M
⊙. The least luminous sources in our sample are predicted to be protostars with masses as low as ∼0.5 M
⊙ forming from cores with M

c
 ∼ 10 M
⊙, which are the minimum values explored in the protostellar model grid. The detected protostellar population has a total estimated protostellar mass of M
* ∼ 100 M
⊙. Allowing for completeness corrections, which are constrained by comparison with an ALMA study in part of the cloud, we estimate a star formation efficiency per freefall time of ∼3% in the IRDC. Finally, analyzing the spatial distribution of the sources, we find relatively low degrees of central concentration of the protostars. The protostars, including the most massive ones, do not appear to be especially centrally concentrated in the protocluster as defined by the IRDC boundary.
Les « sanglants trophées » de la conquête
Authors: Arzel Lancelot
Published: July 2020

Cet article analyse la question des trophées humains collectés durant la longue « guerre de Trente Ans » qui caractérisa la colonie du roi des Belges, Léopold II, des années 1880 à 1900. Dans cet État indépendant du Congo, les guerres de conquête furent marquées par de nombreuses pratiques de collecte de trophées humains par les troupes coloniales et leurs chefs européens. Après avoir rappelé que le démembrement des corps constitue avant tout une critique faite aux pratiques combattantes des sociétés africaines, cet article étudie la réutilisation de ces pratiques, leur typologie (mains coupées, décapitations, etc.) et leurs significations politiques dans le cadre de la société coloniale naissante. Enfin, il analyse le scandale constitué par ces trophées humains dans les sociétés européennes au début du xx e  siècle, marquant là l’une des plus fortes critiques adressées aux militaires de l’État indépendant du Congo.
« L’Union sacrée de la finance et de la diplomatie » ?
Authors: Truong-Loï Blaise
Published: July 2020

Cet article s’intéresse aux interactions entre les banquiers et les diplomates européens en Chine à la fin de la dynastie Qing (1895-1913). Se fondant sur des sources françaises et britanniques, il critique l’idée d’une « union sacrée de la finance et de la diplomatie » et explore les désaccords et les dissensions qui émaillèrent les relations entre ces deux groupes d’acteurs.
The Birth of the Death Drive
Authors: Rozmarin Eyal
Published: July 2020

L’objectif de l’article est d'argumenter que l’association entre pulsion de mort, violence et autodestruction peut être trompeuse et artificielle. Cette association est le camouflage symptomatique de quelque chose de complètement différent, à savoir la psychologisation qui rend inconscient l'impact des forces sociales. Les forces sociales, lorsque incorporées au sein de la famille et dans notre constitution en tant que sujets, nous font penser qu’il est naturel et souhaitable de vouloir tuer et mourir. Mais une telle représentation pourrait être vue comme une construction ou l’invention d’un père abandonnique.
A Clinical Instance of the Death Drive in a Child Analysis
Authors: Lichtenstein David
Published: July 2020

La pulsion est un concept fondamental, une « fiction nécessaire » pour la psychanalyse. Dans l’intérêt d’enraciner le sujet dans les structures socioculturelles, nombre de psychanalystes contemporains considèrent cette fiction ou mythologie comme inutile. Ils s’y opposent soit à l’aspect biologique, soit à l’aspect solipsiste de la théorie des pulsions. Pourtant, si nous considérons ce qu’il y a de plus subtil et dialectique dans l’idée de pulsion chez Freud et aussi dans l’élaboration qu’en font Lacan et Laplanche, nous pouvons construire une approche proprement psychanalytique de cette idée, jusqu’à son corollaire le plus controversé, la pulsion de mort. Le présent article examine la pulsion de mort comme une façon d’amplifier une vision de la division du sujet comme un effet du discours.
Information Visualization in the Educational Process: Current Trends
Authors: Liu Zhi-Jiang , Levina Vera , Frolova Yuliya
Published: July 2020

The rapid development of computer visualization techniques as well as virtual and augmented reality has led to the possibility of perfect data visualization and the creation of a special virtual space for educating new generation. Simultaneously, the increase in the amount of data to be processed requires a proper selection and presentation of data for solving specific problems. Education sets such tasks as 1) improving the efficiency of presenting information and its assimilation by stu-dents, and 2) increasing the convenience and quality of the teachers’ work. The purpose of this study is to test an acceleration and improvement of the teacher’s response to students studying with more productive visualized learning material. Meanwhile, the created visualization system was based on minimizing the efforts and costs of its preparation and constant support. Only free cloud-based services and visualization tools were used. Students were given the opportunity to con-stantly, in real time control their learning process and create education markers with the help of perspicuous visual environment. To create a visualization system, already existing works on the implementation and verification of the system was used. The study was based on the results of applying this technology. A survey of 300 students from three universities in China, Russia and Kazakhstan was conducted. The control group consisted of 150 students from the same universi-ties who did not use visualization to master the same educational material. Ac-cording to the results of the study, students who used information visualization showed a sharp increase in the subjective assessment of the speed and quality of their learning (58.58% and 37.73%, respectively, of the total number of partici-pants gave a high rating, while in the control group – only12.25%). Further, the level of anxiety associated with an assimilation of new language material was significantly decreased (13.54% in the study group did not feel anxiety, while on-ly 7% – in the control group).
Effectiveness of the Partial Implementation of a Cloud-Based Knowledge Management System
Authors: Liu Zhi-Qin , Dorozhkin Evgenij , Davydova Nataliia , Sadovnikova Nadezhda
Published: July 2020

Nowadays cloud computing technologies are cost-effective services enabling to generate the learning quality. The goal of this research is to define the borderline of the effectiveness and limitation of the partial implementation of Knowledge Management System based on cloud computing technologies. In view of this, the research in the form of knowledge testing as well as objective and subjective assessment of the learning quality within a wide sampling of 396 students in two independent reference groups was conducted. One of the groups has used traditional methods of the training conducted in classrooms by applying e-learning, and the other one has used the Knowledge Management System based on cloud services under the most budgetary option. As a result, a range of certain differences in the quality of training of two groups was found out and the latter must be used for a further study. According to the results of all tests related to the quality of training, in the group, that has used Knowledge Management Systems and cloud computing technologies, the students have demonstrated results above average in various tests than in the group where these technologies have not been used. The results allow defining specific advanced features of Knowledge Management Systems with the application of cloud computing technologies in the education.
E-Commerce Competence Assessment Mobile Application Development for SMEs in Thailand
Authors: Wongkhamdi Thipsuda , Cooharojananone Nagul , Khlaisang Jintavee
Published: July 2020

The objectives of this study are to develop e-Commerce self-assessment application based on research and to evaluate the adoption of the system by using the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) which are designed for SMEs self-assessment and the government agencies are able to retrieve the report. The system development deployed Microsoft .NET CORE Technology with C# language, HTML/CSS/JS for Mobile Web Development. All data will store on Aurora RDS. The web deployed on Amazon public cloud that will automatic scale when a lot of traffic arrived. Since the indicators from the research have been developed as an application, users will be able to use it conveniently anytime and anywhere. The system will help entrepreneurs realize the level of ecommerce knowledge of their own in various areas and help them to know what needs to be improved and more importantly, government officials can allocate budget for training in order to improve entrepreneurs’ performance. The evaluation result of system adoption in 30 cosmetic and supplementary food entrepreneurs showed that for Perceive Usefulness, the use of application systematically revealed the strength, weakness and potential of themselves and was beneficial for self-assessment in online selling skills, xÌ„ = 4.50 equally. Perceived Ease of Use, it is very easy to do self-assessment through application, xÌ„ = 4.63. Attitude Toward Using, in general, the attitude toward using the application was positive, xÌ„ = 4.73. Behavioral Intention to Use, the intention to use this application in the future, xÌ„ = 4.57 and 100% of 30 respondents were interested to use the system.
Influence of Different Fibers on Cracking Resistance of Shaft Wall Mass Concrete
Authors: Zhang Ji Wei , Li Fang Zheng , Liu Shu Jie
Published: July 2020

Early-age cracks in shaft concrete has become a serious problem in 1000m-plus deep mine due to the high internal temperature and thermal stresses. For the purpose of improve the cracking resistance of concrete, we report a novel experimental design by Temperature Stress Test Machine (TSTM) to study the influence of three fibers including basalt fiber, polyvinyl alcohol fiber and steel fiber on early-age cracking resistance of shaft wall mass concrete. Results of the experimental research indicated that (1) Three fibers can restrain expansion and shrinkage deformation finitely, and the shrinkage resistance effect of different fibers was steel fiber>polyvinyl alcohol fiber>basalt fiber; (2) Three fibers can finitely reduce the tensile stress increasing speed which was basalt fiber>polyvinyl alcohol fiber>steel fiber during; (3) The main function of fibers is restrain crack expansion and brittle failure rather than reduce cracking potential, and the rank of function is steel fiber>basalt fiber>polyvinyl alcohol fiber.