bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Unpacking IPCC and IPBES Reports
Authors: Hegde Shweata , Garg Ayush , Murray-Rust Peter , Mietchen Daniel
Published: September 2022

Humanity is facing a set of existential challenges, including the handling of the parallel and interconnected crises of climate change and biodiversity loss. In an effort to address these challenges, international bodies like the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) have been created. These bodies are producing a series of reports that compile scientific information on specific aspects of climate and biodiversity research and discuss policy options and other social implications.

So far, these reports have been provided in formats that make it hard to mobilize the knowledge encapsulated in them. Our contribution demonstrates technical workflows for achieving such mobilization by mining the reports. Development of these workflows is spearheaded by young researchers from the SemanticClimate team of interns based at the National Institute of Plant Genome Research (NIPGR) in New Delhi, India, and volunteers from all over the world. The tool chain includes methods for cleaning up the formatting, for extracting and processing raw text, tables and figures and annotating them semantically with the help of controlled vocabularies, ontologies and Wikidata. The semantic information and the mined information can then be combined in a way that iteratively improves both, eventually resulting in versions of the reports wherein entities like species, countries or references are semantically marked up and rendered in responsive formats.

Our framework supports multilingual and specialist interests (e.g., endangered species, plant chemistry), and we will also briefly discuss how the use of standard open licensing could further contribute to mobilizing information from the reports. We are keen to work with other groups sharing these interests as well as with the teams involved in producing the reports.
Labour, Self -Care and Respite: Neoliberal Rationalities in Sleep Crisis Rhetoric
Authors: Leonard Suzanne , Negra Diane
Published: September 2022

This article tracks the emergence of sleep discourse in the past ten years in the USA, illustrating a democratisation of this rhetoric insofar as it has begun to interpellate populations beyond midlife women. Despite the sociological and demographic inequities associated with sleep
deficits in marginalised populations, the much vaunted 'sleep crisis' is more widely appreciated as a distinct self-care frontier. Such behavioural scripts resonate with exaltations of the self as resilient entrepreneurial problem-solver and are linked to the broader positioning of self-care
as salve for the injuries of neoliberalism. Beginning with sleep's ties to women's wellness and consumerist culture writ large, we apprehend sleep as an economy, one with staggering new commercial dimensions. Sleep remedies tend to be focused narrowly on the acquisition of products and technologies
(sleep sprays, essential oils and melatonin gummies, blackout curtains, premium bedding, sleep apps, sound machines, adult sleep coaches), all of which come under consideration here. The investigation then turns to the heightened attention paid to the experience of sleep during COVID-19, discusses
how sleep discourse articulates to and with a sense of ambivalent dispossession from work regimes and, finally, argues that the sleep crisis has been leveraged to intensify neoliberal brutalities.
Under My Skin: Critical Art and Its Impact
Authors: Donald Stephanie Hemelryk
Published: September 2022

This article explores the relationship between criticality, art and curatorial practice, and the condition of migration. Focussing on curated events in Lincoln, London and Liverpool, the argument centres on how the destabilising practices of curation might provoke sensorial and social
connections and disruptions between and across art and lived experience. Furthermore, it is suggested that the ways in which art irrupts into urban sensibility may be - both intentionally and surprisingly - powerful, violent, and mournful (or 'radioactive'). Finally, the article comments on
the curated work as a pathway to impact, noting both the irony and the serendipity of social consequences in an audit culture of knowledge production.
Quand les psychologues font du Wallon comme M. Jourdain fait de la prose : l’intérêt pour les milieux de développement
Authors: Mellier Daniel
Published: September 2022

Cet article examine comment est aujourd’hui décrit, voire mesuré et intégré, le milieu dans les évaluations psychologiques de l’enfant ou dans les recherches comparatives. Il évoque dans un premier temps les descriptions des niches de développement avec l’analyse des théories implicites, dont celles de la famille, et l’usage de questionnaires (comme le HOME) usités en psychologie interculturelle du développement. Il présente ensuite des échelles d’évaluation, comme l’ECP (Échelle Cognition Polyhandicap), qui s’appuient sur l’observation croisée du parent, d’un éducateur et de l’enfant (ou l’adulte) pour estimer les besoins de la personne dans ses milieux. Enfin il s’intéresse aux outils développés par l’équipe de Fougeyrollas (Québec) pour qualifier la qualité de l’environnement et les habitudes de vie de la personne en situation de handicap. Dans ce cadre, l’estimation de sa satisfaction pour les activités, et de leur soutien en fonction de ses besoins, sont intégrées dans l’évaluation des relations personne-milieux. Il s’agit finalement de montrer que, sans que les psychologues l’adoptent ou la nomment ouvertement, la conception wallonienne du milieu transparaît dans des approches éco-culturelles, interactionnistes et anthropologiques systémiques.
Wallon, le neurodéveloppement et ses troubles
Authors: Pry René
Published: September 2022

On peut expliquer les phénomènes psychopathologiques de deux manières : par leur forme « le quoi et le comment » ou par leur fonction « le pourquoi ». Ces deux positions donnent, encore à ce jour, des résultats différents, probablement parce que leurs outils conceptuels sont difficilement conciliables. Dans le cadre de sa thèse, Wallon, en 1925, à partir d’un phénomène qui relèverait aujourd’hui du trouble du développement intellectuel, nous propose une brillante synthèse de ces deux positions. Pour ce faire, il adopte une position intégrative et développementale qui sera illustrée à partir d’une clinique des stéréotypies. La psychopathologie développementale est déjà en gestation.
Un centre Henri Wallon à Liège pour des enfants avec autisme
Authors: Debot-Sevrin Marie-Rose , Darras Bruno
Published: September 2022

Le centre Henri Wallon, inauguré en 1976 par René Zazzo, a été fondé par Robert et Marie-Rose Debot-Sevrin avec l’idée de développer des interventions thérapeutiques pluridisciplinaires pour enfants avec autisme basées sur les conceptions walloniennes du développement. Notre hypothèse de départ étant que chez ces enfants avec autisme, la fonction émotivo-tonique ne s’est pas bien organisée dans leur développement initial, l’approche thérapeutique devra en engager une restructuration. Pour parvenir à restructurer la fonction émotivo-tonique, la première étape de cette approche thérapeutique consiste à procurer aux enfants des stimulations agréables, au niveau des sensibilités organiques et sensorielles. Par ces stimulations, les thérapeutes déclenchent des réactions de plaisir qui vont s’exprimer par des modifications du tonus et des expressions faciales en rapport avec le caractère hédonique de la sensibilité sensorielle. En début de prise en charge, le canal privilégié est celui du toucher. Le travail dans l’eau permet de stimuler le contact au niveau de la peau, tout en y associant le regard, le canal auditif, les stimulations labyrinthiques et articulaires. La poursuite de l’intervention thérapeutique vise ensuite à développer les autres étapes du développement de l’enfant telles que décrites par Henri Wallon.
Après-propos. Henri Wallon et l’exploration dialectique du développement
Authors: Lehalle Henri
Published: September 2022

Les contributions à ce numéro d’hommage soulignent ce que nous apporte Henri Wallon sous au moins quatre aspects : les méthodes, les concepts de la psychologie du développement, la description des processus de changement, les déterminants ou facteurs du développement. Ce numéro est également l’occasion de rappels historiques, en particulier sur la comparaison des approches de Wallon et de Piaget et sur l’importance de Vygotsky. À la suite de Wallon, le caractère dialectique du développement psychologique apparaît au centre des discussions jusqu’à aujourd’hui. Mais le terme de dialectique est polysémique. Plusieurs significations sont dégagées et conduisent à relativiser les politiques actuelles de la recherche et la manière de se représenter l’histoire des sciences.
La quantification internationale au concret
Authors: Brissaud Constantin
Published: September 2022

Cette contribution éclaire la différenciation de l’ordre sanitaire international par l’analyse des réunions visant à refondre la nomenclature des comptes de santé établie par l’OCDE entre 2017 et 2019. Là où la sociologie politique de l’international privilégie les entretiens ou l’analyse d’archives, l’article combine ces méthodes avec l’observation des négociations impliquant États et organisations internationales sanitaires pour dévoiler la dimension fondamentalement agonistique de l’ordre sanitaire international. Il montre ainsi que les luttes entre organisations pour obtenir les fonds des États prennent, en réunion, la forme de luttes menées par les délégués pour imposer les indicateurs historiquement privilégiés par leur organisation d’appartenance. Au plan méthodologique, l’article plaide donc pour la combinaison plus systématique de l’observation aux autres méthodes de la « boîte à outils » du sociologue de l’international. Au plan théorique, il dévoile l’asymétrie de la structure de l’ordre sanitaire international et propose une typologie des stratégies à disposition des acteurs pour l’aménager.
JQ1 inhibits high glucose-induced migration of retinal microglial cells by regulating the PI3K/AKT signaling pathway
Authors: Zhu Ying , Guo Lipeng , Zou Jixin , Wang Liwen , Dong He , Yu Shengbo , Zhang Lijun , Li Jun , Qu Xueling
Published: September 2022

Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is one of the main leading causes of visual impairment worldwide. The current study elucidates the role of JQ1 in DR. A diabetic model was constructed by STZ injection and a high-fat diet. After establishment of the diabetic model, rats were assigned to treatment groups: 1) control, 2) diabetic model, and 3) diabetic+JQ1 model. In vitro Transwell and wound-healing assays were used to measure BV2 cell viability by stimulation with low glucose and high glucose with or without JQ1 and 740Y-P. Pathological methods were used to analyze DR, and Western blotting was used to analyze protein expression. Identification of enriched pathways in DR was performed by bioinformatics. Histopathological examination demonstrated that JQ1 rescued the loss of retinal cells and increased the thickness of retinal layers in diabetic rats. JQ1 attenuated high glucose-stimulated BV2 microglial motility and migration. The bioinformatics analysis implied that the Pl3K-Akt signaling pathway was enriched in DR. JQ1 decreased the phosphorylation of PI3K and AKT as well as the immunostaining of PI3K in BV2 cells. 740Y-P (a PI3K agonist) significantly reversed the decrease in p-PI3K and p-AK in BV2 cells. Additionally, JQ1 decreased the protein expression of p-PI3K, p-AKT, and MMP2/9 and immunostaining of PI3K in retinal tissues of rats. JQ1 suppresses the PI3K/Akt cascade by targeting MMP expression, thus decreasing the viability and invasion capacity of retinal microglia, suggesting an interesting treatment target for DR.
Slovene Classical karst: Kras Plateau and the Recharge Area of Ljubljanica River / Klasični kras: planota Kras in kraško zaledje izvirov Ljubljanice
Authors: Gabrovšek Franci , Mihevc Andrej , Mayaud Cyril , Blatnik Matej , Kogovšek Blaž
Published: September 2022

The area of the Classical Karst is roughly defined by a triangle with Ljubljana, Trieste and Rijeka as its vertices. This is the area where the first scientific studies of karst phenomena were conducted. Two sub-regions that particularly attracted researchers are presented. Kras/Carso plateau with the Škocjan caves and the underground course of the Reka river. The groundwater flow of Reka-Timavo is characterised by high recharge variability of allogenic inflow of Reka River and flow restrictions in the upper part of subterranean flow, which control regional backfloodings observed in cave systems. The recharge area of Ljubljanica Springs is known for a cascading series of poljes in intermediate cave systems. The area has been in focus of hydrological studies for over a century, but many phenomena have been resolved in the last decade based on results of continuous autonomous monitoring in the last decade.

Key words: Classical Karst, Kras, Škocjanske Jame, Reka-Timavo system, Ljubljanica Recharge Area, Polje.

 

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Območje Klasičnega krasa v grobem objema trikotnik z Ljubljano, Reko in Trstom v ogliščih. Tu se je začelo znanstveno proučevanje krasa. Dve kraški območji sta tu še posebej pritegnili pozornost raziskovalcev. Prvo je planota Kras s Škocjanskimi jamami in podzemnim tokom Reke med Škocjanskimi jamami in izviri Timave. Ta tok močno zaznamuje velika spremenljivost dotoka reke Reke in lokalne zožitve v vodonosniku, ki povzročajo regionalno poplavljanje, kot ga beležimo v jamah. Drugo je območje kraške Ljubljanice z značilnim nizom dinarskih kraških polj in jamskih sistemov, ki polja hidrološko povezujejo. Območje je že več kot stoletje predmet številnih raziskav, zvezno spremljanje parametrov toka v kraških jamah v zadnjih desetih letih, pa je omogočilo nova spoznanja o lastnostih in mehanizmih pretakanja vode v celotnem sistemu.

Ključne besede: Klasični kras, Kras, Škocjanske jame, podzemni tok reke Reke, kraško zaledje izvirov Ljubljanice, polje.
COVID-19 and Quality in Indigenous Tertiary Education
Authors: Rosales-Anderson Norma
Published: September 2022

Over the last decade, there have been two major shifts across the global education landscape, namely the emphasis on quality movement and the rise of indigenous voices. In tertiary education, the quality of teaching and learning is linked to a complex environment of expectations set through policy and stakeholders' demands. The teaching and learning quality in indigenous tertiary education organisations has added complexities; teachers and students are required to navigate two worlds, neoliberal and indigenous, simultaneously. The values and expectations of these two worlds are influenced by distinct worldviews resulting in tensions. At the onset of the year 2020, another layer of complexity became unavoidable: the teaching and learning shift to online delivery resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. This chapter provides a view of the teaching and learning quality of the online delivery within the Bachelor of Social Work programme in a Wānanga or Māori Tertiary Education organisation in Aotearoa New Zealand.
The Behaviour Change Wheel to Support the Design of Gameful Interventions
Authors: de Salas Kristy , Wells Lindsay , Quinn Michael , Scott Jenn , Lewis Ian
Published: September 2022

Gameful interventions (including serious games and gamification) are a popular tool to motivate and engage users towards improved behavioural outcomes. However, such interventions often fail due to poor design, specifically due to a fundamental lack of understanding of the audience and the required behavioural outcomes, and the consequent uninformed selection of potentially inappropriate game elements by designers. This chapter describes exploring the behaviour change wheel (BCW) method as a tool to augment gameful intervention design and selecting appropriate game elements to action gameful intervention strategies. This exploration is undertaken in the context of developing a gameful intervention targeted toward energy conservation. Within this context, the BCW is shown to assist the designers in understanding the audience and the intervention's behavioural outcomes, which has led to a theoretically informed and rigorous selection of game elements that better support the achievement of the targeted behavioural outcomes.
WorkAI
Authors: Tuomi Pauliina , Fager Kati , Multisilta Jari
Published: September 2022

The gamification of different work tasks remains an area where studies have focused mainly on conceptual considerations. This chapter focuses on the gamification process in facility services jobs – cleaning and maintenance. In general, gamification can improve productivity and workplace well-being. Better motivation is supposed to lead to better results and more enjoyable work. This chapter describes the process of gamifying facility services jobs, from the interviews of the staff to the implementation of the custom-made application, WorkAI. Eighteen employees participated in the pilot study, filled in a questionnaire, and attended semi-structured end-interview sessions. This chapter shows how personnel perceived the gamified solution and its possible effects on the employees and their work. Based on the results, the gamified solution must be easy to adapt and should not disturb work routines. This application's main benefit lies in the employee's self-reflection and self-evaluation.
COVID-Game
Authors: Estevam Leonardo da Conceição , Cruz de Oliveira Lúcio Leandro , Costa Fernando Augusto Ribeiro , Seruffo Marcos César da Rocha
Published: September 2022

This chapter presents the Covid-Game, a serious game developed out of the difficulties that various societies, specifically the Brazilian, have faced with the advent of the current COVID-19 pandemic. Such difficulties are not restricted to health or economic issues but unfold into problems such as the dissemination of untrue information about the virus, the disease, the ways of prevention, and the treatments available to the population, including immunization through vaccines. Using techniques already consolidated in the state of art of serious games and gamification, this proposal innovates by aiming to disseminate correct information about COVID-19 playfully and considering the players' age, regional, and cultural aspects. This chapter demonstrates its viability, versatility, and convenience in these times of dissemination of countless false information that endangers human life itself.
Gamified Information Systems as a Means to Achieve Energy-Saving at Work Through Employee Behaviour
Authors: Kotsopoulos Dimosthenis , Bardaki Cleopatra
Published: September 2022

Gamification is increasingly utilized in modern organizational environments to increase motivation and compliance toward organizational goals. To improve its effectiveness in achieving behavioral change, designers routinely design and implement specially designed information systems (IS) that effectively enable the interaction between employees and game elements and ultimately define the nature of the gamified experience. Such gamified IS have already been put to practice, with positive results regarding usability, user engagement, and enjoyment, and—more importantly—actual energy savings have been recorded during their usage. Apart from an introduction to this very interesting field of application for gamification in organizations, more importantly, this chapter also provides insight and specific guidelines that researchers, as well as practitioners in this field, may need to bear in mind in their efforts to design and implement gamified IS for energy-saving in organizational environments.
Affective Serious Games for GLAMs Institutions
Authors: Kalatha Eirini , Caridakis George
Published: September 2022

Serious games (SGs), which support the player to achieve learning targets and engage in learning activities through a fun experience, have been a flourishing field of research over the last decades. Their dual role as an educational and entertainment tool contributes to their widespread adoption and dissemination. Emotions play a key role in SGs and can be used in various ways to improve a player's experience and their learning outcomes or even contribute to a holistic UX evaluation. Even though SGs have several applications in the cultural heritage (CH) field and GLAMs (galleries, libraries, archives, and museums) institutions to improve their services, their impact has not been adequately studied. This chapter focuses on affective SGs and their use in GLAM institutions to contribute to improving their services. A review of SGs and aspects related to the integration of affective computing (AC) for developing affective SGs are also presented.
“Seven Cloaks on Campus”
Authors: Hayes Catherine
Published: September 2022

Using the metaphorical wearing of academic cloaks, this chapter centers on an autoethnographic account of a UK female professor. The narrative account illuminates the ways in which feminism and situated culture and context have coalesced, have defined, and continue to define, the scope and parameters of her experiences as a 51-year-old mid-career professional. The spanning of three decades of professional practice from the basis of how organisational context and culture have and continue to both create and impact upon the challenges faced by female members of staff in the institutions within which she has worked. This is discussed alongside the opportunities afforded by being able to transcend signature pedagogies and disciplines as well as the intersectional variables that temporally frame their everyday personal and professional lives.
A Case Study on the Development of an AI-Enabled Food Delivery System From Home to Home
Authors: Rawat Srishti , Rana Shreshtha , Lamba Gunika , Shweta Mongia  , Singh Thipendra P.
Published: September 2022

Like other domains of life, the food processing industry is also not untouched by the use of artificial intelligence. Though this industry has not been amenable to technology in the past, AI will play the role of catalyst in this industry going forward. Many working people who live alone in far-away cities and students living in PG have resorted to either consuming ready-to-eat food or ordering take-aways from restaurants. Moreover, people opting for tiffin service are usually bound to a single vendor for an indefinite period, giving them fewer options for customization and portion size. This chapter presents a case study for creating an AI-based platform where users can decide which supplier they want their meals from. The system will present the user with nearest tiffin suppliers who can provide home-cooked meals on weekly or monthly subscription bases. The user will also be able to customize the meal quantity and frequency. It will also empower homemakers to start their small businesses and have financial independence from the comfort of their homes.
E-Learning
Authors: Singh Anita , Sharma Richa , Thakur Risha
Published: September 2022

With the continuing development in the e-learning platforms, a great shift can be seen from traditional modes of education to AI-based education to provide lifelong learning prospects to the students. The implementation of e-learning technology has resulted in certain complications on academic professionals. The emphasis of this chapter is to highlight the challenges and factors that influence the usage of AI-enabled e-learning system during the COVID-19 pandemic; though the e-learning systems were introduced in many universities a few years back, the pace for its adaptability was enhanced during COVID-19, without any proper guidance and support to the teaching staff. This study seeks to investigate the challenges and identify the factors that impact the usage of e-learning systems during the COVID-19 pandemic by the teachers. This study will explore the teachers' perceptions towards e-learning and will provide contextual information on usage pattern and the nature of e-learning.
Blockchain in Gaming
Authors: Gahlot Alok Singh , Vyas Ruchi
Published: September 2022

Blockchain is a leading-edge innovation that gives the possibility to streamline numerous enterprises like gaming. There have been many investigations done utilizing blockchain innovation in money, wellbeing, and different areas, yet gaming is a region yet to be conquered. This chapter will explain how blockchain innovation can be utilized in games. Blockchain is known to make exceptional computerized resources that can be copied and make decentralized environments. There are two parts of blockchain innovation that can change the gaming industry. Blockchain has generally affected our ways of life somewhat recently. A word that frequently emerges while discussing blockchain is bitcoin. Current answers for planning and building decentralized blockchain applications need interoperability. Thus, blockchains and existing advancements don't incorporate well in a brought together system. The authors propose a design expecting to effortlessly connect existing decentralized advances and blockchains. Blockchain gaming is an arising diversion worldview.
Global Oil Price Shocks and Sustainability
Authors: Bayramov Vugar , Islamli Nigar
Published: September 2022

For countries whose economies are largely based on oil revenues, the impacts of global oil price shocks play a significant role. This research aims at investigating the impacts of the post-2014 oil price shock on the post-soviet resources-rich countries of the Caspian Basin, namely Azerbaijan, Russia, and Kazakhstan. The drop in oil prices caused the economic slowdown in all three countries. In comparison with the other two countries, Azerbaijan was able to prevent the negative impact with a social package. The post-shock social package was implemented by the Azerbaijani government in 2019, which covered more than 3 million people. This package can be considered as an “Azerbaijani model” for the stability of macroeconomic indicators during the devaluation period.
Environmental Financial Reporting Adoption Lag
Authors: Nalwoga Mukokoma Mary Maurice , Vincent Kisenyi , Nangayi Peter Masaba , Kasule George
Published: September 2022

Financial reporting without integration of environmental issues is not sustainable. The purpose of this chapter is to discuss the need for financial environmental reporting and also to provide empirical evidence for environmental financial reporting disclosure (EFRD) of listed companies in Uganda. Historical, theoretical, and contextual issues of environmental financial reporting are analyzed. Empirical results on the environmental financial reporting disclosure levels in Uganda are presented, and the implications of the current disclosure levels are discussed. The chapter concludes that a low EFRD level demonstrates the lag in the adoption of environmental financial reporting. It is suggested that certain actions are required by the entities to publish environmental financial information and to reduce the lag.
Optimizing Cement Quarry Dust Ratio in Concrete Asphalt Using for Industrial Purposes
Authors: De Silva D. H. J. M. V. R. , Udayakumara G.
Published: September 2022

Scarcity and the high cost of natural river sand due to government restrictions are the major problems for the construction industry. It was observed that cement quarry dust ratio is higher in quarry dust concrete mixes compared to conventional concrete mixes used for highway projects due to the effects influenced by shape, surface & content of micro fines of quarry dust. In this study, the cement quarry dust ratios were optimized to obtain the optimum strength, workability & to use quarry dust concrete using for industrial purposes. Workability, compressive strength tests were conducted on basic three quarry dust concrete grade mixes which vary quarry dust ratio percentage from 0.41 to 0.43 according to the British design approach. Workability of designed M20, M30 & M40 quarry dust concrete mixes has shown lower workability & compressive strengths on M20 0.41 and 0.42 grade quarry dust concrete mixes were higher compared to conventional concrete mixes. Cost analysis indicates that the percentage of cost reduction on optimized cement quarry dust ratio concrete mixes stands between 27% to 31% than conventional concrete mixes. It can be concluded that M20 – 0.41 and M20 – 0.42 QD concrete mixes can be used for industrial purposes as a replacement for conventional concrete mixes & using superplasticizer, M30 grade quarry dust concrete mixes and M40 – 0.41 quarry dust concrete mix can be used for industrial purposes with enhancing the workability and compressive strength than conventional concrete mixes. Further, it is concluded that optimized cement quarry dust ratio concrete mixes are cost effective compared to conventional concrete mixes.
Use of Concrete Waste from Industries as an Alternative Material for the Permeable Concrete Production
Authors: Manuwansha B. A. S. R. , Sugandika T. A. N.
Published: September 2022

Every year, tons of demolished concrete waste items dump into the environment from the construction industry. With this process, a massive environmental pollution occurs. Therefore, in this research, the main aim is to find a solution for this environmental pollution by recycling this waste products. The main objective is to recycle these concrete waste materials from industries to use as an alternative material for the production of permeable concrete by maintaining the recommended compressive strength and the recommended permeability. Permeable concrete can be used for the concreting of floor areas like car parks. It provides environmentally friendly way to drain storm water without flooding. For this research, cement to aggregate ratio was used 1:5 and 14mm to 20mm size natural coarse aggregate and concrete waste were used. The control sample was prepared using 100% aggregate. With total amount of aggregate weight 5%, 10%, 20%, 30%, 40% amounts were replaced with the waste concrete after preparing 14mm to 20mm size samples. The slump test, compressive strength test and the permeability tests were conducted. According the results of the 28 days compressive strength test, the control sample was obtained 7.423MPa strength but neither of any other sample could not reached this strength. However, the sample which replaced with the 10% of waste concrete with 90% natural coarse aggregate has obtained 88.683% strength compared to the control sample. According to the permeability results it shows that there will not have a great impact by using concrete waste as an alternative material in permeable concrete production. The results were varied between 15.8L/m2/s to 15.08L/m2/s.
Vasomotor Symptoms (VMS): Pharmacological Management and Updates
Authors: Jayalath J. A. V. S.
Published: September 2022

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Evaluation of Usage and User Satisfaction of Undergraduates on Library Resources and Services: A Study based on the Library of the Institute of Indigenous Medicine (IIM), University of Colombo
Authors: Gamage C. K.
Published: September 2022

The study focused on usage and user satisfaction of undergraduates of the library facilities provided by the library of the Institute of Indigenous Medicine, University of Colombo. The objective of the study was to determine the users’ satisfaction with information resources and services provided by the library. Also, it was aimed to investigate the purpose and frequency of library visits by undergraduates, to examine frequently used information resources and services, to find out undergraduates’ perceptions regarding future developments of the library and to provide suitable recommendations to meet undergraduates’ unmet needs.  A structured questionnaire was used to collect data. Among the total students of Level 1 to Level 5, 20% of students from two Departments of Ayurveda and Unani were randomly selected as the sample. A number of 202 questionnaires were distributed and 154 students responded. The achieved response rate was 75.7%. Data were analyzed using SPSS and Wilcoxon signed-rank test was used to analyze the Likert scale responses. The study revealed that the majority of undergraduates, 77.3% of the Institute of the Indigenous Medicine were satisfied with the resources and services provided by the library and they had a positive perception of the library. The study especially revealed that existing electronic resources in the library were inadequate. Hence, steps should be taken to further the development of e-resources that effectively meet the needs of undergraduates. Improving the physical facilities and reading environment of the IIM library deserves high priority. Conducting more user awareness programs is a necessity. This should be apart from the orientation programs. Implementing marketing strategies on library resources and services needs to be raised.
Use of Technology Acceptance Model to Investigate the Acceptance of Learning Management System Amongst Academics using Selected Universities in Sri Lanka
Authors: Wickramasinghe D. , Suraweera N.
Published: September 2022

This study aimed to investigate the technology acceptance of Moodle learning management system (LMS) amongst academics in public and private universities in Sri Lanka. The study was carried out in 2019 before the Covid-19 pandemic plaguing Sri Lanka. As a result of e-learning adoption, LMS is a very popular tool that is used in an e-learning environment in public and private universities around the globe. The study population of this research was the academics who teach in Social Sciences & Humanities, Commerce & Management Studies and Computing & Technology at the University of Kelaniya (UOK) and Business, Humanities & Sciences and Computing in the Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (SLIIT). The sample selected using the Morgan table and sample size was 174 and 64 academics from UOK and SLIIT. This study selected stratified random sampling to get an accurate population. A total of 121 academics responded to this survey and those were 60 from a public university and 61 from a private university. The online and printed questionnaires were distributed to academics from selected faculties such as Social Sciences, Humanities, Commerce and Management Studies, and Computing & Technology in public and private universities. The objective of this paper was to develop a theoretical framework by testing five variables Perceived Ease of Use (PEOU), Perceived Usefulness (PU), Attitude toward use (ATU), Behavior Intention to Use (BIU) and Actual Use (AU) and tested model was Technology Acceptance Model (TAM). Both types of universities have been using common LMS which is based on Moodle, the public university called it ‘Computer Assisted Learning/CAL’ while the private university called it ‘COURSE WEB’. The research findings indicate that there is the strongest path coefficient between BIU and AU in both universities and the private university indicated the highest coefficient. Further, there is no significant relationship shown between perceived usefulness (PU) and behavioural intention to use (BIU) of Moodle LMS in both universities and no significant relationship between perceived ease of use (PEOU) and attitude towards use (ATU) of Moodle LMS in academics in the private university.
Hidden biases in clinical decision-making: potential solutions, challenges, and perspectives
Authors: Vitacca Matteo , Giardini Anna , Gazzi Lidia , Vitacca Michele
Published: September 2022

Every day, we must make decisions that range from simple and risk-free to difficult and risky. Our cognitive sources' limitations, as well as the need for speed, can frequently impair the quality and accuracy of our reasoning processes. Indeed, cognitive shortcuts lead us to solutions that are sufficiently satisfying to allow us to make quick decisions. Unfortunately, heuristics frequently misguide us, and we fall victim to biases and systematic distortions of our perceptions and judgments. Because suboptimal diagnostic reasoning processes can have dramatic consequences, the clinical setting is an ideal setting for developing targeted interventions to reduce the rates and magnitude of biases. There are several approaches to bias mitigation, some of which may be impractical. Furthermore, advances in information technology have given us powerful tools for addressing and preventing errors in health care. Recognizing and accepting the role of biases is only the first and unavoidable step toward any effective intervention proposal. As a result, our narrative review aims to present some insights on this contentious topic based on both medical and psychological literature.
Chest ultrasound findings in usual interstitial pneumonia patterns: a pilot study
Authors: Joërg Laetitia , Trouillon Tiffany , Jalaber Carole , Court Fortune Isabelle , Luchez Antoine , Boutet Claire , Vergnon Jean Michel , Bertoletti Laurent , Froudarakis Marios E.
Published: September 2022

It is unknown what role chest ultrasound plays in distinguishing the various usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP) patterns of high-resolution chest tomography (HRCT). The purpose of this study was to see if there was a link between the results of chest ultrasound (u/s) and HRCT in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). We performed chest u/s in 16 patients with UIP and probable UIP patterns to indeterminate UIP and alternative diagnosis patterns in this single center prospective study to determine any possible relationship with the HRCT findings. A chest radiologist reviewed each HRCT to determine the pattern in accordance with the American Thoracic Society (ATS) / European Respiratory Society (ERS) Guidelines. The local multidisciplinary committee validated the patients' diagnoses before they were included. When compared to the indeterminate for UIP or alternative diagnosis pattern group, there was a trend (p=0.07) toward the presence of more B lines in UIP or probable UIP patterns. There was no statistically significant difference in the presence of small, large, white lung, or pleural line thickening >5mm. Subgroup analysis revealed that patients with honeycombing were more likely to have a fragmented pleural line (p=0.04). To summarize, in our pilot study, chest u/s appears unable to differentiate UIP and probable UIP patterns from indeterminate UIP and alternative diagnosis patterns. However, it appears that this technique can be used to recognize the honeycombing pattern.
Les politiques de soutien à l'agriculture et la pêche en Algérie - une prospective stratégique vers la sécurité alimentaire durable 2035
Authors: Ferroukhi Sid Ahmed , Bouzid Amel , Grimes Samir , Kaabache Rachida , Lazereg Messaoud , Tifouri M'hamed
Published: September 2022

Le covid19 et la crise ukrainienne ont remis à l’ordre du jour, pour tous, la question de « l’urgence alimentaire ». Si la nécessité d’assurer la sécurité alimentaire fait l’unanimité, en Algérie, ce n’est cependant pas le cas pour l’orientation future des politiques publiques dans ce domaine. Ce travail tente de contribuer à ce débat à travers une analyse en prospective stratégique à 2035 identifiant de nouvelles orientations des politiques de soutien des systèmes productifs agricole et halieutique. Il démontre qu’il est nécessaire, pour mieux se préparer à ces enjeux du « temps long et court », d'agir maintenant et d’aller plus loin « qu’en lieu et place » d’ajustements à la marge. Aussi, ces nouvelles politiques doivent accompagner « un double changement de paradigme » celui du modèle alimentaire et des systèmes productifs agricole et halieutique. La mise en place d’une politique transversale de la sécurité alimentaire en Algérie apparait alors comme indispensable pour promouvoir et réussir cette nouvelle dynamique.
Régimes de change sous un modèle DGSE : question de choix dans une petite économie exportatrice du pétrole dans une perspective de diversification
Authors: Oughlissi Mohand Akli , Mehibel Samer
Published: September 2022

Dans la perspective d’une diversification économique en Algérie, il est intéressant de s’interroger sur la pertinence du régime de change à adopter ou plutôt le degré de flottement optimal du régime actuel. Nos résultats indiquent que le degré de flottement, dans une situation optimale, est estimé à 32,22% ce qui peut caractériser un régime flottant dirigé. A ce niveau du taux de change le producteur national est prêt à utiliser dans sa production finale 36% de la matière première importée tenant compte du niveau du taux de change, alors que la quantité requise pour la production est de 21%. Il y a lieu de signaler que notre simulation concerne les mêmes pourcentages, mais avant de simuler le niveau optimal du taux de change, était respectivement de 30% et 25%. Au niveau microéconomique nos résultats indiquent une forte stabilité des coûts marginaux à ce niveau du taux de change.
Emploi des diplômés, capacité d’absorption et économie de la connaissance en Algérie : analyse et perspectives
Authors: Djeflat Abdelkader
Published: September 2022

Les différentes politiques de développement n’ont pas réussi à résoudre la question de l’emploi en Algérie et notamment celui des diplômés. L’un des traits communs à toutes ces politiques est d’avoir marginalisé la sphère du savoir notamment par des politiques de formation et de recherche qui ont largement évolué en marge de la sphère économique et n’ont pas déployé l’effort nécessaire pour relever le défi de l’emploi des jeunes. Nous examinerons dans cette contribution, comment les différentes politiques ont appréhendé cette question de l’investissement dans ces domaines de la formation de l’innovation et de la recherche et poserons la question de la capacité de l’économie du savoir à répondre à ces questions. Sur le plan méthodologique, le travail s’appuie sur plusieurs études de terrain conduite au fil des années sur ces questions à la fois auprès des institutions et organismes nationaux qu’auprès des entreprises. Il s’appuiera également sur des travaux faits pour le compte d’organisations internationales dont le PNUD, l’Union Européenne et l’institut de la Banque Mondiale. Il bénéficiera de l’expérience de l’auteur en tant qu’observateur participant. Nos résultats pointent aux déficits liés à la sphère de la formation et la recherche et la difficulté d’absorption du marché du travail de profils à haute intensité en connaissance. Des pistes de réponses seront présentées au niveau de la partie perspective.
Les inégalités salariales et les perspectives de développement durable en Algérie
Authors: Boutaleb Kouider , Boutaleb Oussama
Published: September 2022

L’objet de cette contribution porte sur la problématique des inégalités salariales et la réalisation du développement humain durable en Algérie. Les rapports de l’Organisation Internationale du Travail (OIT) ont clairement établi l’influence directe et indirecte des inégalités, et des inégalités salariales de manière particulière, sur la réalisation de nombreuses cibles des Objectifs du Développement Durable 2030 (ODD 2030)Dans cette contribution nous avons tenté de faire le point sur cette problématique, partant de l’hypothèse que les inégalités salariales peuvent contrecarrer la réalisation de nombreux ODD si elles s’élargissent encore plus à l’avenir (ce qui semble en toute hypothèse se produire)Notre démarche méthodologique nous a conduit à aborder successivement, dans un premier temps les politiques salariales et les objectifs de développement durable pour éclairer l’influence directe qu’ont les salaires sur la réalisation de nombreuses cibles des ODD 2003, avant d’expliciter, très synthétiquement, les fondements de la politique des salaires poursuivie en Algérie depuis 1990 contenus dans la loi 90-11 du 21-04-1990, pour ensuite présenter des données (puisées essentiellement, dans la base de données de l’ONS) qui nous permettra de faire le point sur la question des inégalités salariales et montrer qu’elles sont bien réelles et qu’elles s’élargissent, ce qui risque de contrecarrer et/ retarder la concrétisation de nombreux objectifs des ODD2030.
Soutenir l'innovation dans l'industrie pharmaceutique algérienne
Authors: Bellahcene-Belkhemsa Ouerdia
Published: September 2022

L'industrie pharmaceutique algérienne est élevée au rang de priorité nationale et la R&D et l'innovation sont identifiées comme les deux vecteurs majeurs de création de valeur et de développement. À partir de l'analyse thématique de nombreux documents et textes juridiques et des enquêtes réalisées en 2015, 2017 et 2020, cet article se propose d'examiner les réponses novatrices amenées à la fois par les entreprises et par l'Etat pour soutenir l'innovation dans cette industrie. Les résultats obtenus montrent que les leviers stratégiques sont pluriels et s'inscrivent dans une perspective de prise en charge efficiente des besoins de santé de la population. Mais ces réponses novatrices pour soutenir l'innovation n'ont pas, pour le moment, véritablement modifié le potentiel d'innovation dans cette industrie.
Les effets macroéconomiques du financement non conventionnel en Algérie
Authors: Merouani Chiraz , Zourdani Safia
Published: September 2022

La crise financière internationale de 2008 a remis en selle les politiques monétaires non conventionnelles. L’Algérie n’a pas été en reste, suite à l’effondrement des cours du pétrole en 2014, qui avait eu un impact négatif sur l’ensemble de l’activité économique, ce qui avait nécessité de profondes restructurations dans la conduite de la politique économique. A cet effet, les autorités monétaires ont fait recours au financement non conventionnel dit (FNC), à travers l’amendement de la loi sur la monnaie et le crédit (loi n°17-10 du 11/10/2017). Cet article a pour objet d’analyser l’impact du FNC sur les agrégats macroéconomiques du modèle de Kaldor (1971) et quelques agrégats financiers, à l’aide de la méthode d’analyse en composantes principales. Les résultats obtenus montrent que le financement non conventionnel n’a fait que combler d’une manière partielle le déficit budgétaire. En effet, il ne peut pas être à lui seul une source de relance économique sans qu’il soit accompagné d’un certain nombre de mesures qui lui permettront d’être efficace et de réaliser ses objectifs.
Oil dependence and business cycles in Algeria: new keynesian DSGE framework analysis
Authors: TCHOKETCH-KEBIR Hacéne
Published: September 2022

This study aims to investigate the macroeconomic effect of oil price shock in Algeria at different levels of oil dependency. To do this, an extensive version of small open DSGE model developed by Medina and Soto (2005) has been used. This version of DSGE model is attentive to the fact that the Algerian economic structure is characterized by oil dependency. After we calibrate model parameters, this paper presents simulation results for positive oil price shock to illustrate how the structure of the model and its theoretical underpinnings shape the transmission of the shock to real variables of the domestic economy. In particular, the paper shows 3D impulse responses for oil price shock and characterizes their impact on real GDP, CPI inflation, external position and real effective exchange rate. The results show that the effect of the real oil price shock on the main macroeconomic variables varies according to the level of oil dependency. High oil dependence makes the economy more vulnerable to oil price fluctuations compared to low oil dependence. Therefore, structural transformation is unavoidable necessity for Algerian economy.