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Dynamics of Human Capital in Rural Settlements of Russia: Problems of Preservation and Development
Authors: Pokrovsky Nikita , Shilova Valentina
Published: December 2020

This article identifies the main theoretical and methodological approaches for defining and researching the human capital. Following the scientific tendencies, the author distinguishes such structural elements of the human capital as the health capital, the cultural capital, the capital of education, the intellectual capital, the informational capital and the communicational capital. Based on the analysis of the official statistical data provided by the Federal State Statistics Service of Russia and the secondary
mathematical analysis of the RLMS-HSE data for the 1994–2019 period the author makes several conclusions about the changes of the human capital in rural settlements.
The structure of martial relationships of the population of rural areas did not undergo any major changes, however the number of residents who were never married or are currently divorced has insignificantly increased. There is also a tendency of the increase in the numbers of families with two children and the reduction of the large families In 1998 the number of the officially employed residents of the rural areas has reached its lowest point, up until 2010 the figures have been increasing, since 2010 there was a tendency of the decrease of the amount of jobs for the rural population. From 2000 to 2019 the practices of cattle breeding, poultry rearing and fish farming have reduced significantly, so as growing anything on the own’s property for sale or exchange between the residents of the rural area. The author comes to the conclusion that at the moment the residents of the rural areas are almost entirely ousted by the agricultural holdings and large commercial farms from the market relations and since are unable to make additional profit of their households.
Despite the reduction of the number of jobs in the rural area as well as the reduction of the livestock breeding and crop cultivation practices according to the analysis of the empirical data, we can claim that during the 1994–2019 period there is a strong tendency of the raise of the assessment of the material status of the residents of the rural areas. Following the 2000–2019 period dynamics we can also see the growing tendency of the increase of the level of satisfaction of one’s wealth. Also, the 1994–2019 period shows the stable tendency of the raise of the assessment of one’s legal status by the residents of the rural areas.
The author comes to the conclusion that the human capital of the rural area during the 1994–2019 period has undergone several changes because of the reduction of available jobs, changes of the forms of work and working relationship, the loss of specific work practices and the emergence of the new ones. There is also an active development of digital competence between the residents of the rural areas.
Tools for the development of educational motivation of students within the framework of the educational course “Psychology and Pedagogy”
Authors: Koroleva Anna V.
Published: December 2020

We presented a methodological toolkit of one of the blocks of own technology for designing the training course “Psychology and Pedagogy”. The main purpose of the tasks offered within this block of technology is to familiarize teachers with some practical tools aimed at developing self-understanding, self-regulation and self-development of students, as well as the formation of their skills and skills of group work at different levels of complexity. In general, these tools are aimed at the formation and development of soft and hard skills. We considered the tools of self-knowledge, self-regulation and self-development, which contribute to increasing the psychological literacy of students, “The Achiever”, “Will and Reason”, “King/Queen of the Mountain”, “My Beauty”. As part of these tasks, students learn to better understand themselves, plan their activities in the long and short term, conduct introspection, increase their level of psychological comfort and stress resistance, carry out self-education and self-action. As tools focused mainly on the development of communicative skills and interaction in microgroups, we considered “Pedagogical Practice”, “Co-Authors”, “Expert”, “Growth Technology”, “Educational Technology”, “Will and Reason”, “Mutual Control”. We developed methodological recommendations that contribute to the effective implementation of the presented practical tasks.
Reinterpretation of the Neogene sediments of the Bree Uplift, NE Belgium
Authors: HOUTHUYS Rik , MATTHIJS Johan
Published: December 2020

The present geological map of the Flemish Region shows a small lens-shaped isolated outcrop of the Miocene Bolderberg, Diest and Kasterlee Formations, surrounded by younger formations, in an area that coincides with the tectonic Bree Uplift segment, on the southwestern border of the Roer Valley Graben in NE Limburg. The fault, bordering the segment at its SW side, had been interpreted to be tectonically active throughout the Neogene. Now, it is argued that an erroneous lithostratigraphic interpretation of the outcropping strata supported that view. Field observations of some of the outcrops and sampled drill holes show that the sediments do not belong to an Opitter member of the Bolderberg Formation, a Gruitrode Mill member of the Diest Formation and a Dorperberg member of the Kasterlee Formation, but most probably to the lower, latest Miocene or early Pliocene part of the Mol Formation and an unknown Pliocene marginal marine deposit not unlike and at about the stratigraphic position of the Poederlee Formation. That glauconiferous sand deposit, which has always been interpreted as consisting of two successive sedimentary cycles, is now accommodated in a single cycle, using the sedimentary model of deposition in a confined, backbarrier tidal basin subject to marine sand input and local stages of flow constriction and intraformational incision. Like already proposed by Rossa (1986) and Demyttenaere (1989), reprocessed seismic sections show only minor movements along the southwestern fault of the Bree Uplift since the Paleocene, and no inverse tectonic movements at all since the Middle Miocene.
Abordagem urbana (para)métrica em áreas de habitação de interesse social
Authors: Lima Fernando Tadeu de Araujo , Costa Carlos Frederico Ribeiro , Rosa Ashiley Adelaide , Vallone Luiza Fischer Costa
Published: December 2020

Este artigo descreve relatos de uma experiência de abordagem computacional que visa a fornecer uma avaliação dinâmica e paramétrica de características (ou métricas) urbanas relacionadas à caminhabilidade, à diversidade de usos e à densidade em empreendimentos de baixa renda e em suas áreas circunvizinhas. Mais especificamente, este estudo utilizou de ferramentas do sistema computacional CityMetrics para análise e intervenção em dois empreendimentos de baixa renda - Minha Casa Minha Vida – da cidade de Juiz de Fora (MG), como um caso de estudo. Neste contexto, pretendeu-se identificar e avaliar um conjunto de fragilidades nas áreas abordadas e propor algumas melhorias nas configurações destes bairros, a fim de proporcionar cenários urbanos mais atrativos sob o ponto de vista da caminhada, usos e densidade. Assim, o objetivo final é contribuir para uma melhor compreensão dos problemas urbanos – em especial no contexto dos bairros de população de baixa renda - de acordo com princípios da caminhabilidade, da diversidade e da densidade. Do mesmo modo, fomentar a discussão sobre a concepção e, principalmente, a implementação de empreendimentos imobiliários de baixa renda nas cidades brasileiras, de maneira a facilitar a construção da informação e a gestão de soluções relacionadas ao escopo do planejamento urbano, sob a ótica da aplicação de ferramentas algoritmo-paramétricas.
Merske značilnosti slovenskega prevoda Lestvic za ocenjevanje nadarjenosti GRS-S
Authors: Lep Žan , Bucik Valentin
Published: December 2020

Postopek prepoznavanja nadarjenih je strokovno zahtevno opravilo, delo z nadarjenimi učenci pa v domačem in mednarodnem okolju prepoznano kot izjemno pomembno. Slovenski Koncept odkrivanja in dela z nadarjenimi je tudi v tujini prepoznan kot primer dobre prakse, trenutno pa poteka njegova prenova. Vzporedno s pripravo prenovljenega Koncepta odkrivanja in dela z nadarjenimi bi morali psihologi zagotoviti tudi metodološko ustrezne pripomočke za učiteljevo oceno nadarjenosti učencev. Ker so v šolskem okolju prav učitelji ključni pri identifikaciji nadarjenih učencev, v članku opisujeva postopek prevoda in priredbe Lestvic za ocenjevanje nadarjenosti GRS-S (Pfeiffer in Jarosewich, 2003), ki jih za ocenjevanje na področjih intelektualnih sposobnosti, učne učinkovitosti, ustvarjalnosti, umetniških talentov, vodstvenih sposobnosti in motivacije lahko uporabljajo učitelji ali drugi mentorji. Poleg preverjanja merskih značilnosti sva zbrala še mnenja ocenjevalcev in izvedla konvergentno preverjanje veljavnosti z obstoječimi Ocenjevalnimi lestvicami za oceno nadarjenosti učenca (OLNAD07). V študiji je sodelovalo 36 učiteljev razrednega pouka iz vse Slovenije, ki so skupaj ocenili 175 učencev četrtega razreda osnovne šole. Rezultati kažejo na ustrezne psihometrične značilnosti prevedenih lestvic (visoka notranja skladnost, kriterijska veljavnost, ustrezna faktorska struktura) in ustrezno konvergentno veljavnost pri primerjavi z OLNAD07. Do slednjih so učitelji precej kritični, predlagane lestvice GRS-S pa ocenjujejo kot primernejši pripomoček za ocenjevanje nadarjenosti. V zaključku predlagava izvedbo standardizacijske študije pri večjem vzorcu in morebitno vpeljavo lestvic v postopek identifikacije nadarjenih.
Task Performance Measures: A Cognitive Perspective
Authors: Li Qian
Published: December 2020

To explore more about task performance in second language acquisition research, how task performance is measured turns out to be an indispensible topic with much concern from different perspectives. The present study takes the cognitive perspective to analyze the measures of the different aspects of task performance, i.e. fluency, complexity, accuracy and lexical performance. It is revealed that for the same construct of performance measures, different features are involved in different indexes. Multivariate measures of the same construct need to be adopted to seek an overall picture of learners’ task performance.
Campos de vuelo : el nuevo papel de los viejos aeropuertos = Airfields : a new role for the old airports
Authors: Pico Valimaña Ramón A.
Published: December 2020

ResumenEste es un artículo en dos tiempos, mediados por un entreacto, en los que naturaleza, ciudad y aviación se entrecruzan.  El primero de ellos, centrado a finales de los años veinte del siglo pasado, describe un momento de emoción en el que los primeros aeródromos servirán a geógrafos, artistas y arquitectos como plataformas desde las que explorar las relaciones entre ciudad y naturaleza.  El segundo tiempo nos sitúa en la actualidad y lanza sus preguntas al futuro. Un momento en que los paisajes en secuencia, evolutivos, marcan la tendencia en el tratamiento de las instala­ciones aeroportuarias obsoletas, revirtiendo gran parte de sus tierras al campo original y difumi­nando las trazas de su etapa aérea.  La experiencia de Robert Smithson en Pine Barrens define el entreacto, subrayando la sensi­bilidad del artista en la apreciación del vacío del aeródromo como un lugar singular, cargado de valores sensoriales y patrimoniales.AbstractThis is an article in two stages, mediated by an intermission, where nature, city and aviation intersect.  The first one, focussed in the late twenties of the last century, describes a moment of emotion in which the first airfields will serve geographers, artists and architects as platfor­ms from which to explore the relationship between city and nature.  The second places us today and throws questions into the future. A moment in which the sequential, evolutionary landscapes mark the trend in the treatment of obsolete airport facilities, reversing much of their land to the original field and blurring the traces of their aerial stage.  The experience of Robert Smithson in Pine Barrens defines the intermission, underlining the artist’s sensitivity in appreciating the emptiness of the airfield as a unique place, loaded with sensory and heritage values.
ADORNO, GADAMER, THE WORK OF ART AND THE RETRIEVAL OF THE SACRED
Authors: Watson Stephen H.
Published: December 2020

This paper considers the significant role the sacred played in Hans-Georg Gadamer and Theodor Adorno’s theories of post Enlightenment rationality and experience. While these thinkers are typically thought to be at odds with one another, on this topic, as will become evident, their work remained proximate: both appealed at crucial points to theological models, somewhat controversially, to combat the limitations of strict methodological accounts of their rational. This paper first traces their mutual reliance in this endeavor upon Kantian and post- -Kantian accounts of aesthetics, which imported classical metaphysical notions of Truth, Beauty, and the Good into their accounts. Against this backdrop, I trace how Gadamer and Adorno employed theological models to articulate accounts of the poverty of contemporary experience and theory, affording possibilities for its reinterpretation. Thereby, both viewed the sacred as a still not exhausted critical reserve in our rational history, one that extends beyond the constraints of Enlightenment, precisely in posing the critical question of tradition itself: the question, as Adorno put it, of how “a thinking obliged to relinquish tradition might preserve and transform tradition.”
Combination of Texture, Color and Shape Operators to Describe Image Content: A Survey
Authors: K. Ardestani Sana
Published: December 2020

In many image processing and computer vision applications, the main aim is to describe image contents. So, different visual properties such as color, texture and shape are extracted to make aim. In this respect, texture information play important role in image description and visual pattern classification. Texture is referred to a specific local distribution of intensities that is repeated throughout the image. Since now different operations or descriptors have been proposed to analysis texture characteristics. In the multi object images specific texture operators usually doesn’t provide accurate results. So, in many cases, combination of texture operators are used to achieve more discriminant features. In this paper, some combination methods are survived to analysis effect of combinational texture features in image content description. Also, in the result part, different related methods are compared in terms of accuracy and computational complexity.
Clinical Significance of Velamentous Cord Insertion Prenatally Diagnosed in Twin Pregnancy
Authors: Lee Hyun-mi , Lee SiWon , Park Min-Kyung , Han You Jung , Kim Moon Young , Boo Hye Yeon , Chung Jin Hoon
Published: December 2020

Background The purpose of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of velamentous cord insertion (VCI) and the actual association between pathologically confirmed VCI and perinatal outcomes in twins based on the chorionicity. Methods All twin pregnancies who received prenatal care at a specialty clinic for multiple pregnancies, from less than 12weeks of gestation until delivery in a single institution between 2015 and 2018 were included in this retrospective cohort study. Results A total of the 941 twins were included in the study. The prevalence of VCI in dichorionic (DC) twins and monochorionic diamniotic (MCDA) twins was 5.8% and 7.8%, respectively (p=0.251). In all study population, the prevalence of vasa previa and placenta accreta were higher in VCI group compared to that of non-VCI group (p=0.008 and 0.022). In MCDA twins with VCI, birth weight, 1 and 5-minute Apgar score were lower compared to DC twins with VCI (p=0.010, 0.002 and 0.000). There was no significant association between VCI and selective fetal growth restriction (p=0.708), twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome (p=0.400) and birth-weight discordance (>20% and >25%) (p= 0.378 and 0.161) in MCDA twins. Conclusion VCI in twins was not a risk factor for adverse perinatal outcomes and twin-specific complications.
Comparison of Environmental Effects from Oil and Gas Produced Fluids using Combined Field and Laboratory Investigations
Authors: Swigart Joshua , Heo Joonghyeok , Wolf Duane
Published: December 2020

Rotary drilling for oil and natural gas uses drilling fluid for lubrication of the bit, to seal off unstable shale layers, and floating out rock cuttings. Drilling fluid is a water-clay chemical mixture. Produced water is a water-sand chemical mixture. Land farming is a common disposal technique of drilling fluid and produced water. In the land farming process, amendments of fluid are repeatedly applied to the soil surface. Plant growth and soil chemical properties may be altered by additions of drilling fluid, because of alkalinity, salinity, trace elements, and petroleum residue contained in waste. The objective of this study was to determine the change in soil pH, electrical conductivity (EC), total nitrogen and carbon, and extractable nutrient levels following the land application of drilling fluid and produced water. The study was a comparison of three plots with similar soil properties and conditions. The three study plots had various levels of drilling fluid and produced water applications. The data show a major difference from field-to-field for EC, Na, and Cl levels. The EC and salt levels increased with additional applications of drilling fluid and produced water. The percent total nitrogen values and plant available P levels were very low in all fields. High EC and salt values, coupled with low N and P levels, would be detrimental to plant growth and development. To successfully vegetate this land-farm site, application of N and P fertilizer would be required. This study will help to give a better understanding of practical ways to land-farm drilling fluid and produced water in a fashion that both minimizes environmental issues and is economically feasible. Salinity changes to soil were expected to be high; there are excessive amounts of sodium and chloride in spent drilling fluid and produced water.
Hyperedge Entanglement in High-Order Multilayer Networks
Authors: Muscoloni Alessandro , Abdelhamid Ilyes , Decano Julius L. , Souza Edwin , Maiorino Enrico , Aikawa Masanori , Silverman Edwin K. , Sharma Amitabh , Cannistraci Carlo Vittorio
Published: December 2020

Many real complex systems present multilayer structure where high-order metadata on one layer refers to dyadic data on a lower layer. Significant progresses to analyse high-order metadata under the assumption of community organization have been done. However, there are no planted communities in real-world networks, and the necessity of new frameworks to analyze high-order metadata regardless of community organization has been raised.Here, we propose to adopt hyperedge organization. Predicting ‘entanglements’ between a hyperedge and nodes scattered in the rest of the network might suggest structural or functional liaisons, without assumption of any community organization. We introduce a novel concept: hyperedge entanglement (HE), which associates to each hyperedge an entangled hyperedge, by means of a network operator that predicts significant ‘interactions at distance’ between network nodes and existing hyperedges. We also introduce a new challenge termed hyperedge entanglement prediction (HEP), and an algorithm to perform this task. We evaluated HEP performance on social, biological and synthetic data where, given only topology and hyperedges (such as communities or functional modules), the goal is to predict whether nodes not connected to a certain hyperedge might be candidates for a significant entanglement. Finally, as real application in diseasome systems biomedicine, we perform HEP on the human protein interactome to predict unknown gene entanglements with the COPD disease gene hyperedge. HEP predictions are validated by biological experiments, enlarging our understanding of molecular mechanisms behind COPD/aneurysm comorbidity.
Transmembrane 163 (TMEM163) Protein: A New Member of the Zinc Efflux Transporter Family
Authors: Styrpejko Daniel J. , Cuajungco Math  P.
Published: December 2020

A growing body of evidence continues to demonstrate the vital roles that zinc and its transporters play on human health. The solute carrier (SLC) 30 and 39 families, with ten and fourteen members, respectively, control zinc transport in cells. TMEM163, a recently characterized zinc transporter, has similar characteristics in both structure and function to the SLC30 family. This review examines recent data that reveal TMEM163 to be a zinc efflux transporter and a new member of the cation diffusion facilitator (CDF) family of mammalian zinc transporter (ZNT) proteins. It also discusses reports that implicate TMEM163 in various human diseases.
Corynebacterium Glutamicum Regulation beyond Transcription: Organizing Principles and Reconstruction of an Extended Regulatory Network Incorporating Regulations Mediated by Small Rna and Protein-Protein Interactions
Authors: Escorcia-Rodríguez Juan M. , Tauch Andreas , Freyre-González Julio A.
Published: December 2020

Corynebacterium glutamicum is a Gram-positive bacterium found in soil where the condition changes demand plasticity of the regulatory interactions, which study at the global scale has been challenged by the lack of data integration. Here, we update the manually-curated C. glutamicum transcriptional regulatory network, now including protein-protein interactions having a direct effect on gene transcription. The network model with regulations supported by any experimental evidence increased by 557 interactions regarding the previous (2018) version. 73 interactions supported by directed experiments were also included in a second model. We included 545 sRNA-mediated regulations in a third model with a total of 5164 interactions. We deposited the three network models in Abasy Atlas v2.4. We study the C. glutamicum regulatory structure by comparing it against the networks for more than 40 species, finding it to contrast in several global structural properties. We analyze the system-level components of the networks, finding that the inclusion of the sRNAs regulations changes their proportions, transferring part of the basal machinery to the modular class and increasing the number of modules while decreasing their size. Finally, we use strong networks of three model organisms to provide insights in future directions of the C. glutamicum network characterization.
The Demographic, Social, and Economic Correlates of HIV Infection Status in Sub-Saharan Africa
Authors: Bendavid Eran , Claypool Kajal , Chow Eric , Chung Jake , Mai Don , Patel Chirag
Published: December 2020

Background. Predisposition to HIV+ is influenced by a wide range of correlated economic, environmental, demographic, social, and behavioral factors. While evidence among a candidate handful have strong evidence, there is lack of a consensus among the vast array of variables measured in large surveys. Methods. We performed a comprehensive data-driven search for correlates of HIV positivity in >600,000 participants of the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) across 29 sub-Saharan African countries from 2003 to 2017. We associated a total of 7,251 and of 6,288 unique variables with HIV+ in females and males respectively in each of the 50 surveys. We performed a meta-analysis within countries to attain 29 country-specific associations. Results. We identified 344 (5.4% out possible) and 373 (5.1%) associations with HIV+ in males and females, respectively, with robust statistical support. The identified associations are consistent in directionality across countries and sexes. The association sizes among individual correlates and their predictive capability was low to modest, but comparable to established factors. Among the identified associations, variables identifying being head of household among females was identified in 17 countries with a mean odds ratio (OR) of 2.5 (OR range: 1.1-3.5, R2 = 0.01). Other common associations were identified with marital status, education, age, and ownership of land or livestock. Conclusions. Our continent-wide search for variables has identified under-recognized variables associated with HIV+ that are consistent across the continent and sex. Many of the association sizes are as high as established risk factors for HIV+, including male circumcision.
The Investigate of Vanadium-Containing Slurry Oxidation Roasting Process for Vanadium Extraction
Authors: Kologrieva Ulyana , Volkov Anton , Zinoveev Dmitry , Krasnyanskaya Irina , Stulov Pavel
Published: December 2020

Vanadium containing slurry is a by-product of vanadium pentoxide by hydrometallurgical methods from vanadium slag. It is promising technogenic raw material for vanadium production. The phase analysis of vanadium-containing slurry by X-ray diffraction method has shown that it contains vanadium in spinel form (FeO∙V2O3). The various oxidation roasting methods for slurry treatment have been studied for increasing vanadium extraction into the solution. It has shown that the most effective additive is 1% CaCO3 at a roasting temperature of 1000 °C. The oxidation roasting of vanadium-containing slurry with the additive led to increase acid-soluble form of V2O5 from 1.5 to 3.7% and decrease the content of FeO∙V2O3 from 3 to 0.4%. These results have confirmed the efficiency of the application of oxidation roasting to convert vanadium compounds into acid-soluble forms. The conversion mechanism of spinel to acid-soluble phases during oxidation roasting with additives was investigated by thermogravimetric analysis and thermodynamic simulation. It has shown that the formation of acid-soluble calcium vanadates during oxidation roasting without additives occurs at temperatures above 800 °C, but СаСО3 addition allows to reduce this temperature to 600 °C.
Comparative Analysis of C++ and Python in Terms of Memory and Time
Authors: Zehra Farzeen , Javed Maha , Khan Darakhshan , Pasha Maria
Published: December 2020

In this era of technology, programming has become more significant than ever before. Python and C++ are both widely used programming languages. Python, the most popular programming language in today’s world, is a high-level object-oriented language whereas C++, the language behind most operating systems, is a low-level object-oriented language. In this paper, we present a comparative study of Python and C++. This paper discusses the introduction to these languages, their memory management techniques, and the reasons behind their program execution speed. Furthermore, we analyzed the execution time and memory used by multiple algorithms in both the languages with best, average, and worst cases. They are also compared with respect to the benefits and issues related to them. Results indicate that C++ is faster than Python in execution speed but Python serves as a better language for beginners due to its simplicity. Moreover, for the best results, the language should be selected according to the type of project.
Tensile Fatigue Behaviour of Polyester and Vinyl Ester Based Gfrp Laminates – a Comparative Evaluation
Authors: Ferdous Wahid , Manalo Allan , Yu Peng , Salih Choman , Abousnina Rajab , Heyer Tom , Schubel Peter
Published: December 2020

Fatigue loading is critical to fibre reinforced polymer composites due to their anisotropic and heterogenous nature. This study investigated the tensile fatigue behaviour of polyester and vinyl ester based GFRP laminates to understand the critical aspects of failure mode and fatigue life under cyclic loading. GFRP laminates with two different resin systems (polyester and vinyl ester), two different stress ratios (0.1 and 0.5) and two different environmental conditions (air and water) were investigated at an applied stress of 80%, 60% and 40% of the ultimate capacity. Based on the investigated parameters (i.e., resin types, stress ratio, environmental conditioning and maximum applied stress), a fatigue model was proposed. Results show that the resin system plays a great role in fatigue failure mode while the stress ratio and environmental condition significantly affect the tensile fatigue life of GFRP laminates. The types of resin used in GFRP laminates and environmental conditions as input parameter in the proposed fatigue model is a unique contribution.
Linear Skin Defects with Multiple Congenital Anomalies (LSDMCA): an unconventional mitochondrial disorder
Authors: Indrieri Alessia , Franco Brunella
Published: December 2020

Mitochondrial disorders, although heterogeneous, are traditionally described as conditions characterized by encephalomyopathy, hypotonia and progressive postnatal organ failure. Here we provide a systematic review of Linear Skin Defects with Multiple Congenital Anomalies (LSDMCA), a rare unconventional mitochondrial disorder which presents as a developmental disease; its main clinical features include microphthalmia with different degrees of severity, linear skin lesions, and central nervous system malformations. The molecular basis of this disorder has been elusive for several years. Mutations were eventually identified in three X-linked genes, i.e., HCCS, COX7B, and NDUFB11, which are all endowed with defined roles in the mitochondrial respiratory chain. A peculiar feature of this condition is its inheritance pattern: X-linked dominant male-lethal. Only female or XX male individuals can be observed, implying that nullisomy for these transcripts is incompatible with normal embryonic development in mammals. All three genes undergo X-inactivation that, according to our hypothesis, may contribute to the extreme variable expressivity observed in this condition. We propose that mitochondrial dysfunction should be considered as an underlying cause in developmental disorders. Moreover, LSDMCA should be taken into consideration by clinicians when dealing with patients with microphthalmia with or without associated skin phenotypes.
COVID-19 Anxiety – A Longitudinal Survey Study of Psychological and Situational Risks among Finnish Workers
Authors: Savolainen Iina , Oksa Reetta , Savela Nina , Celuch Magdalena , Oksanen Atte
Published: December 2020

Background: COVID-19 crisis has changed the conditions of many throughout the globe. One negative consequence of the on-going pandemic is anxiety brought by uncertainty and the COVID-19 disease. Increased anxiety is a potential risk factor for wellbeing at work. This study investigated psychological, situational, and socio-demographic predictors of COVID-19 anxiety using longitudinal data. Methods: Nationally representative sample of Finnish workers (N = 1308) was collected before and during the COVID-19 crisis. Eighty percent of the participants responded to the follow-up study (N=1044). COVID-19 anxiety was measured with a modified Spielberger State–Trait Anxiety Inventory. Psychological and situational predictors included perceived loneliness, psychological distress, technostress, personality, social support received from work community, and remote working. Also, number of socio-demographic factors were investigated. Results: Perceived loneliness, psychological distress, technostress, and neuroticism were identified as robust psychological predictors of COVID-19 anxiety. Increase in psychological distress and technostress during the COVID-19 crisis predicted higher COVID-19 anxiety. Recent change in work field and decreased social support from work community predicted COVID-19 anxiety. Women and young people experienced higher anxiety. Conclusions: Different factors explain workers’ COVID-19 anxiety. Increased anxiety can disrupt wellbeing at work, emphasizing organizations’ role in maintaining an inclusive and caring work culture and providing technical and psychological support to workers during crisis.
O Kaizen como sistema de melhoria contínua: um estudo de caso em uma indústria de nutrição animal
Authors: Bresciani Jorzimar Benhur , Bianchet Fernanda Schwanke , Zanetti Micheli , Mello Josiane Maria Muneron de , Costella Marcelo Fabiano , Dalcanton Francieli
Published: December 2020

A demanda por alimentos destinados à nutrição animal tem aumentado com o passar dos anos, fazendo com que as indústrias invistam cada vez mais nos processos produtivos. Para melhorar a eficiência dos processos, a utilização do Kaizen é uma ferramenta viável para a implantação de melhorias contínuas. Nesse sentido, o objetivo deste estudo foi implantar o Kaizen em uma indústria de nutrição animal para obter diversas melhorias no processo produtivo desta empresa. O método de pesquisa consistiu em um estudo de caso com aplicação dos passos propostos pela ferramenta Kaizen, o qual iniciou com a definição do mapa de fluxo de valor e seguiu com planos de ações para as melhorias propostas. Dentre os resultados, foram implantadas dez medidas de melhoria nos diferentes setores da empresa, as quais permitiram uma melhoria na produção de produtos para a nutrição animal. A implicação prática é o método de aplicação do Kaizen como ferramenta de melhoria contínua com o auxílio do mapa de fluxo de valor em uma empresa do ramo alimentício.
PENGARUH TAX AVOIDANCE, EARNINGS MANAGEMENT, DAN KEPEMILIKAN MANAJERIAL TERHADAP COST OF DEBT
Authors: Dan Suminar  , Luh Nadi
Published: December 2020

This study aims to see and obtain empirical evidence regarding the effects of Tax Avoidance, Revenue Management and Managerial Ownership Against Debt Costs. This research was conducted at the manufacturing sector company consumer goods listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange in 2014-2018. Population in this study were 51 companies listed on the Stock Exchange Indonesia se;ected using purposive sampling method, namely technique taking data sources with certain considerations. Data analysis method this research uses multiple linear regression analysis. Based on the research results show that Tax Avoidance has no effect on the Cost of Debt, Earning Management affects the Cost of Debt, and Managerial Ownership has no effect on the cost of accounts payable.
AUDIOBOOK FOR INCLUSIVE STUDENTS: ITS EFFECTIVE PRACTICE
Authors: Amalia Rizki , Istiqomah Faizatul
Published: December 2020

The purpose of this study is to describe audiobook as learning media and todescribe factors influencing the successful used of audiobook by the blind studentsin inclusive school. This study was conducted at MA Muhammadiyah 1 Ponorogo.The instruments were observation, interview, and documentation. The result ofthis study revealed that the process of the use audiobook for supportingreferences in learning English, the teacher introduces an audio application andthen installing it on a blind students’ hand phone or laptop. The factor influencingthe successful use of audiobook by the blind students there are two factors thatare internal and external factor. Internal factor that influencing the success ofblind students in English learning by using audiobook the existence of enthusiasmfrom within. External factor that from parents, teacher, caregivers, and also theirfriends. All of them always help the blind students when needed.
THE USE OF ICT IN ENGLISH TEACHING AT SMK (VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL) REGENCY OF NGAWI DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Authors: Amnan Ari
Published: December 2020

The objective of this research is to find out the English teaching during covid-19 pandemic. Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, all institutions of education in Indonesia held the teaching and learning from home as a way to reduce the outbreak the virus spread. The ministry of education has a partnership with some providers (online class) where teachers and students can utilize it as media freely, on the other hand, Teachers preferred to employ WhatsApp (WA) in conducting the class. Not all students have enough access to gain the facilities, such as the cost for buying internet data, mobile phone, and the reachable and stable signal for internet. Teachers and students may require eligible infrastructures to run the class properly.
A utilização do laboratório de desenvolvimento, demonstração e experimentação de física (LabDDEF) como instrumento de divulgação científica
Authors: Lapolli Emerson
Published: December 2020

Este projeto foi realizado com o intuito de aproximar estudantes, e público em geral, dos conteúdos de física, por meio de um laboratório itinerante com característica de museu. Este laboratório apresenta um conjunto de experimentos construídos com materiais reciclados, reutilizados e de baixo custo. As apresentações dos fenômenos físicos foram guiadas, com foco na interação direta e lúdica. Além de atender escolas, o projeto também participou de alguns eventos, sendo que ao final dele, contabilizou-se um total de 427 pessoas atendidas, sendo a maioria estudantes.
Escola de rock: um olhar sociológico sobre o rock’n’roll
Authors: Mesquita Marcos
Published: December 2020

O presente artigo aborda o projeto de extensão “Escola de Rock: um olhar sociológico sobre o rock'n'roll”, desenvolvido no Instituto Federal Catarinense (IFC), campus de Videira - SC, unindo arte e a reflexão sobre o mundo e a sociedade. Este artigo tem como objetivo pensar o rock’n’roll como instrumento para a reflexão crítica da sociedade, bem como elemento que pode ser utilizado no pensamento sociológico e sua aplicação em um projeto de extensão. Por meio de encontros quinzenais no IFC, no contraturno das aulas e com alunos dos mais variados cursos, conseguimos estudar temas relacionados à sociologia com uma temática previamente escolhida, relacionando bandas, músicas e a sociedade. O projeto também realizou atividades mensalmente em uma escola pública do município de Videira, com alunos do segundo ano do Ensino Médio, durante o período de aulas da disciplina de Sociologia. Nessa escola focou-se na discussão de como o rock brasileiro, dos anos 1980, pensou o processo de redemocratização do país e a criação da nova Constituição Federal em 1988, o que estimulou nos alunos dessa escola reflexões sobre o rock e a sociedade brasileira. O rock’n’roll influenciou estilos de vida, a moda e os comportamentos dos jovens questionando a realidade. Assim, conhecer a evolução do rock e suas conexões e interações com os processos sociais, políticos, econômicos e culturais permite que se discutam as estruturas econômicas, políticas e culturais de nossa sociedade.
Investigating the validity and reliability of the traditional checklist for assessment of specific inhalation techniques with pressurized metered-dose inhalers using the Aerosol Inhalation Monitor
Authors: Lin Tzu-Yu , Yan Dah-Chin , Wang Yi-Jung , Liang Yu-Ting , Chen Tun-Liang
Published: December 2020

Background: Correct inhalation techniques are essential for optimum delivery of drugs to the airways for patients with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder. Checklists often are used to assess the techniques, but the validity of checklists is unknown and few studies have been conducted to date. We investigated the validity and reliability of checklists.Methods: A prospective, observational study was conducted at a tertiary care teaching hospital in Taiwan using an objective tool, the aerosol inhalation monitor (AIM). Inhalation techniques using pressurized metered-dose inhalers (pMDIs) were assessed by checklist and AIM. The κ coefficient and prevalence and bias-adjusted κ (PABAK) were calculated to determine the consistency between the checklist and AIM in four specific techniques, including actuation, inspiratory flow, inhalation time, and breath hold time. Sensitivity and specificity were used to evaluate the validity of the checklist using these techniques.Results: The κ and PABAK values were −0.023 and −0.176 for actuation, 0.43 and 0.529 for inspiratory flow, −0.046 and −0.412 for inhalation time, and 0.12 and 0.686 for breath hold time, respectively. Sensitivity and specificity for the four individual steps were 0.706 versus 0.265, 0.833 versus 0.600, 1 versus 0.1, and 0.955 versus 0.143, respectively.Conclusion: Our results invalidate use of the checklist alone as a reliable tool to assess inhalation techniques. The low specificity indicates that the checklist tends to overestimate the accuracy of inhalation techniques. AIM can be added as an objective tool to assess and quantify specific steps for MDIs.
Pregnant Women's Perspectives on Integrating Preventive Oral Health in Prenatal Care.
Authors: Adeniyi Abiola , Donnelly Leeann , Janssen Patricia , Jevitt Cecilia , Kardeh Bahareh , vonBergmann HsingChi , Brondani Mario
Published: December 2020

Background: Oral diseases are considered a silent epidemic including among pregnant women. Given the prevalence of oral conditions among pregnant women and the reported association with adverse pregnancy outcomes, there have been suggestions for the inclusion of preventive oral care in routine prenatal care. However, due to the different administrative and funding structure for oral health and prenatal care in Canada, progress towards this integration has been slow. Our study sought to qualitatively explore the views of pregnant women in British Columbia (BC) on the strategies for integrating preventive oral health care into prenatal care services.Methods: A qualitative approach was utilized involving semi-structured interviews with fourteen (14) purposefully selected pregnant women in Vancouver and Surrey, BC. The interviews were audio-recorded and transcribed. The transcripts were analyzed using an inductive thematic approach. Study validity was ensured via memoing, field-notes, and member checking.Results: Interviews ranged from 28 to 65 minutes producing over 140 pages of transcripts. Analysis resulted in three major themes: oral health experiences during pregnancy, perspectives on integration and integrated prenatal oral care, and strategies for addressing prenatal oral health care. A majority of participants were supportive of integrating preventive oral care in routine prenatal services, with referrals identified as a critical strategy. Oral health education was recognized as important before, during, and after pregnancy; oral health assessments should therefore be included in the prenatal care checklist. Limited funding was acknowledged as a barrier to oral health care access, which may explain why few participants visited their dentists during pregnancy. Interprofessional education surfaced as a bridge to provide prenatal oral health education.Conclusion: Pregnant women interviewed in this study support the inclusion of educational and preventive oral care during prenatal care, although their views differed on how such inclusion can be achieved in BC. They advocated the establishment of a referral system as an acceptable strategy for providing integrated prenatal oral health care.
Factors Predicting the Physical Activity Behavior based on Theory of Reasoned Action among Chronic Low Back Pain of the Patients Referring to Comprehensive Health Service Centers in the Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences in Tehran, Iran.
Authors: Delshad Mohammad , Hidarnia Alireza , Pourhaji Fatemeh
Published: December 2020

Background: Low-level physical activity (PA) among Chronic Low Back Pain (cLBP) is associated with various biopsychosocial factors. This research aimed to study the predictors of PA behavior among cLBP patients. Methods: In the present study 300 eligible patients with cLBP who referred to comprehensive health service centers in the Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (SBUMS) in Tehran, Iran were random selected.To diagnose the predictors of PA behavior, all the Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA) constructs were examined as risk factors to see if they influence on the probability of PA behavior occurrence and were interpreted through odds ratio (OR). SPSS version 19 was used to analyze the data. Results: Totally 280 cLBP patients with mean age of 57.07 ±13.09 years old participated in the study. This study showed that motivation to comply significant predictor the cLBP patients for subjective norm OR (%95CI): 2.095(0.116-2.792), p-value<0.001), intention was significant predictor for perform the PA behavior OR (%95CI): 1.431(0.138-1.538), p-value <0.001), behavior beliefs could predictor for attitude OR (%95CI): 1.276(0.106-1.355), p-value= 0.002). attitude, normative beliefs, subjective norm ,and evaluation outcome behavior could predictors the cLBP patients for intention to perform the PA behavior OR (%95CI): 1.188(0.032-1.312), p-value<0.001)., OR (%95CI): 1.158(0.076-2.208), p-value=0.003) ., OR (%95CI): 1.104(0.076-1.128), p-value<0.001) ., OR (%95CI): 0.814(0.301-1.440), p-value=0.007). Conclusions: This study showed that the cLBP patients who were normative beliefs and evaluation regarding PA behavior could effect on the intention to engage in greater PA than those via other constructs (attitude and subjective norm).
Determinants of Diabetes Ketoacidosis Among Diabetes Mellitus patients at North Wollo and Waghimra Zone Public Hospitals, Amhara Region, Northern Ethiopia
Authors: Getie Addisu , Wondmieneh Adam , Bimerew Melaku , Gedefaw Getnet , Demis Asmamaw
Published: December 2020

Background: Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a metabolic disorder associated with acute nonmetabolic and metabolic complications. Diabetic ketoacidosis is the most serious diabetic emergency in patients with diabetes mellitus. It is the leading cause of mortality in children and young adults. Even though the burden of diabetes ketoacidosis has increased over the past years in Sub-Saharan Africa, no research has been conducted on the determinants of Diabetes ketoacidosis in Ethiopia, particularly in the Amhara region. Thus, this study aimed to identify the determinants of diabetes Ketoacidosis among Diabetes Mellitus patients at North Wollo and Waghimra Zone public Hospitals.Methods: An institution-based unmatched case-control study design was employed on 408 patients (102 cases and 306 controls) at North Wollo and Waghimra Zone Public Hospitals from March 1st to April 30th, 2020. A consecutive sampling method was used to select study participants. The data were collected using structured interviewer-administered questioners and reviewing of patient charts. The analysis was done using a binary logistic regression model. Then, P-value < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.Result: The mean (±SD) age of the study participants was 46.96 (± 15.175 SD) years. Irregular follow-up in diabetes clinic (AOR:4.19, 95% CI :2.28-7.71), not received diabetic education (AOR: 2.87, 95% CI:1.44-5.72), alcohol drinking (AOR:2.99, 95% CI :1.46-6.12), discontinuation of medications (AOR: 4.31, 95% CI:1.92-9.68), presence of comorbidity (AOR:2.57, 95% CI :1.37-4.84), and being type one of diabetes mellitus (AOR: 2.01, 95% CI:1.11-3.63) were determinant factors of diabetic ketoacidosis . Conclusions: This study showed that the behavioral and clinical characteristics of diabetic patients were risk factors of diabetic ketoacidosis. Follow-up in the diabetic clinic, diabetic education, discontinuation of medications, alcohol drinking, presence of comorbidities, and type of diabetes mellitus were independent determinants of diabetic ketoacidosis.