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NEGRITUDE EM TEMPOS DE SEGREGAÇÃO: ANÁLISE SEMIÓTICA DE MELANCTHA (1983), DE GERTRUDE STEIN
Authors: Louro Yasmine , Barreto Costa Diana
Published: July 2020

O presente trabalho resulta de um projeto de pesquisa que visa analisar, sob a perspectiva discursiva, uma novela da obra Três Vidas, da escritora norte-americana Gertrude Stein. Para isso, foi selecionado o conto Melanctha (1983), título homônimo à protagonista. O objetivo da pesquisa é compreender como a obra segmenta os seus personagens por meio de atributos designados a cada um deles a partir de sua etnia. A fundamentação teórica será norteada através da articulação de um diálogo entre os estudos culturais, como Woodward (2000) e teorias feministas de Bell Hooks (1981;2000) e Angela Davis (1982). Para a análise, mobilizamos as contribuições da teoria semiótica nos trabalhos de Barros (2005) e Fiorin (2008). Privilegia-se na análise o modo como a personagem é figurativizada, considerando os recursos sintáticos e semânticos mobilizados pelo enunciador. A transitoriedade que Melanctha realiza entre os supostos benefícios que a sua pele mais clara oferece e a busca constante pela aceitação da comunidade negra na qual vive é o que evidencia o limbo étnico, o entre-lugar, que preenche o cotidiano da protagonista. Como resultados finais, compreendemos que seus personagens não possuem apenas estereótipos raciais que remetem à situação escrava que perpetrou leis e costumes segregacionistas entre os cidadãos, mas, também, utilizou-se de representações pós-escravidão em que foram submetidos negros e negras pela população branca, expondo-os a situações tão revoltantes e subumanas quanto à escravidão que viveram outrora.
VOZES DA PERIFERIA EM MASTROS VOTIVOS DE OUTRORA E MASTRO DO DIVINO
Authors: Brandão Pinheiro Luiz Rodrigo
Published: July 2020

O presente trabalho tem por objetivo analisar as narrativas “Mastros Votivos de Outrora”, de De Campos Ribeiro e “Mastro do Divino” de Bruno de Menezes. Tal análise parte da observação das produções de ambos e sua relação com o social, a partir do envolvimento destes com a cultura popular e suas representações, tomadas por matéria prima, partindo do envolvimento do grupo ao qual faziam parte, a Academia do Peixe Frito. Deste modo dividiram-se os textos dando destaque a pontos específicos que permitiram realizar as abordagens propostas a partir dos estudos de Bourdieu (2004), Hall (2016), Motta (2013) e outros que complementarão as discussões deste trabalho.
PENSANDO SOBRE A INFLUÊNCIA DA ESTÉTICA POSITIVISTA NA POÉTICA DE GENERINO DOS SANTOS
Authors: Melim Borges Isabela
Published: July 2020

Este artigo tem como objetivo trazer e discutir algumas produções poéticas de Generino dos Santos (1849- 1877) sob a ótica da filosofia positivista proposta por Auguste Comte, da qual foi seguidor confesso. Entretanto, inserida na imensa obra filosófica e política que Comte deixa de legado para toda uma civilização, estava a sua estética, ou: Aptitude Esthétique du Positivisme. É a partir desses pensamentos do filósofo francês que discutirei alguns poemas do escritor citado. Para tal, considero uma produção dividida entre eclética e plural: a primeira, sumariamente, seria a submissão da escrita poética à diversidade literária daquele período, sem que o literário assumisse de fato a primazia, sem que fosse ele o condutor dessa incorporação da diversidade de temas, de vocabulários e até de conceitos (filosófico e científicos). Por pluralidade, ao contrário,  entendo justamente a submissão dessa diversidade de elementos não-literários ao literário, de modo que todo elemento extra-literário, quando trazido ao plano literário passa a funcionar diversamente do que faz quando se encontra em seu contexto original.
Potential Use of Compounds from Neem Leaves (Azadirachta indica Juss) as PPARg and ERa Inhibitors to Control Breast Cancer Cell Growth In Silico Model
Authors: Supriyanto Supriyanto , Rifa'i Muhaimin , Yunianta Yunianta , Widjanarko Simon Bambang
Published: July 2020

Treatment using herbs is currently growing rapidly. Compounds in herbal plants can cure various degenerative diseases. The study aims to analyze the potency of nimbin, deacetylnimbin, salanin, and deacetylsalanin compounds in the neem leaves extract to inhibit target proteins namely PPARg and ERa. PPARg is the main regulator of the function of adipose tissue microvascular endothelial cells (aMVECs) while ERa is a protein that mediates all estrogen effects and it is important in the growth of prostate and breast cancer. Inhibition of ERa can prevent the proliferation and growth of breast cancer cells by affecting the performance of estrogen which binds to hormonal receptors and causes inhibition of breast cancer cell proliferation. The results of in silico analysis show that deacetylnimbin can inhibit ERa protein. The docking analysis shows that deacetylnimbin has the potential to replace tamoxifen as a breast cancer drug. The other studies such in vitro and in vivo are needed to validate in silico study.
Sustainable initiatives in marginal rural areas of Serbia: A case study of dimitrovgrad municipality
Authors: Rodriguez Juan-Pablo
Published: July 2020

This paper is based on a 2009 case study research on the role and impacts of rural initiatives in Dimitrovgrad, South-eastern Serbia region. This area is of interest, because of local efforts to conserve autochthonous livestock breeds, and the work of small holders and independent professionals involved farming and rural tourism activities. The research used participant visits to initiative places, drawing on farm visits, meetings with stakeholders and analysis of secondary information. The study highlights that local organizations are running without link to initiatives.Although, Serbia country has well structured rural developments programs, those still are harmonising.Thus, throughActor-Network approach is suggested which turn around a farm manager. This may represent to all stakeholders within itiatives (on-farm and non-farm). Besides, local food products issues from initiatives may reconnect providers and consumers, revaluing local food products. However, is necessary the institutional and organizational involvement to encourage the initiatives. Furthermore, to promote touristic places, by an integrated rural tourism approach it may involve all stakeholders to promote local products and issues from initiatives. Indirectly it may create local employs.
Moral hazard problem for poor under joint forest management programme evidence from west bengal in Indian context
Authors: Sarker Debnarayan
Published: July 2020

This study explores policy framework on current JFM programme, which secures traditional right of local need subject to the carrying capacity of forest, but face moral hazard problem in which Government cannot legally monitor actions against JFM householdswhich live below poverty line and that extract TFPs for their livelihood, and thereby threatening to sustainability of forest, whereas the incentive work opportunities that Government provides them is insufficient for their subsistence. A good incentive fee dependent on their work plus a lump sum fee (subsidy) are required for their livelihood sustenance and sustainability of forest resources.
Future role of agriculture in multifunctional development of rural areas
Authors: Runowski Henryk , Zietara Wojciech
Published: July 2020

In the paper the changes in agriculture in terms of falling share of agriculture in gross domestic product and decrease in the share of persons employed in agriculture in total employment in Poland and selected countries are discussed.The main driver of these changes is a faster pace of development of non-agricultural activities and continually deteriorating relations between the costs of production factors and prices of agricultural products. The rate of growth in labor costs and prices of the means of production for agriculture is much faster than the rate of increase in prices of agricultural products. This causes the decline in profitability of agricultural production which in creases the size of farms. The pace is dependent on the level of economic development of the country. The study also identified trends in the structure of farms, functions and systems of agriculture in the generational perspective.The polarization of the farms will deepen.A strong group of commodity farms and a group of so-called self – subsistence social farms will emerge. Agriculture in Poland will have a dual nature. In addition to the production function and social services agriculture will expand the scope of service functions for the environment and society.
Nieskazitelność charakteru w kontekście zatarcia skazania
Authors: Gałka Jan
Published: July 2020

W niniejszym artykule autor rozważa, czy jest możliwe, mając na uwadze postanowienia artykułu 106 k.k., wykazywanie, że dana osoba nie ma nieskazitelnego charakteru, poprzez powoływanie się właściwego organu na zatarte skazanie. Jak stanowi powołany przepis, z chwilą zatarcia skazania uważa się je za niebyłe. Oznacza to, iż organy władzy publicznej nie mogą wywodzić żadnych skutków prawnych z faktu, że dana osoba została w przeszłości skazana, jeżeli to skazanie uległo już zatarciu. Oczywiście prawo nie może wymazać faktu, iż ktoś dopuścił się w przeszłości czynu nagannego i nielegalnego. Mając to na uwadze, powstaje pytanie, w jaki sposób wykazać, że dana osoba nie cechuje się nieskazitelnym charakterem, ponieważ dopuściła się w przeszłości czynu nagannego i nielegalnego, bez powoływania się na prawomocne skazanie, które uległo już zatarciu.
Koncepcje podstaw skargi kasacyjnej w prawie o postępowaniu przed sądami administracyjnymi
Authors: Petrus Radosław
Published: July 2020

Artykuł odnosi się do pojęcia i istoty podstaw skargi kasacyjnej w postępowaniu sądowoadministracyjnym. Ich rozumienie i zakres budziły rozbieżności zarówno w doktrynie, jak w orzecznictwie oraz były przedmiotem wielu sporów. Opracowanie opisuje relację skargi kasacyjnej w postępowaniu sądowoadministracyjnym do skargi kasacyjnej z postępowania cywilnego. Artykuł ukazuje ewolucję poglądów orzecznictwa i doktryny w zakresie rozumienia podstaw kasacyjnych. Przybliża też kwestię możliwości zaskarżania skargą kasacyjną innych niż literalnie wskazanych w ustawie naruszeń prawa. Co więcej, prezentuje uzyskane dzięki zabiegom interpretacyjnym takie rozumienie podstaw skargi kasacyjnej, które zapewnia skarżącym skuteczną ochronę prawną.
Postępowanie dowodowe w sprawach mobbingowych i dyskryminacyjnych
Authors: Zajchowska Magdalena
Published: July 2020

Jedną z możliwości dochodzenia roszczeń wynikających ze stosunków zatrudnienia jest sądowe rozwiązywanie spraw. Rozstrzygnięcie sprawy przed sądem jest jednocześnie rozstrzygnięciem o roszczeniach przysługujących powodowi, które musi być poprzedzone przeprowadzeniem postępowania dowodowego. W sprawach pracowniczych pozostaje ono szczególnie skomplikowane i rozbudowane z uwagi na wielość faktów występujących w tych kategoriach spraw pracowniczych i to, że świadkowie pozostają w relacjach prawnych i faktycznych. Celem opracowania jest zatem ukazanie niektórych aspektów procesowych wskazujących na specyfikę postępowania dowodowego w sprawach mobbingowych i dyskryminacyjnych. Autorka odnosi się do ogólnych reguł procesu dotyczących ciężaru dowodu, albowiem zarówno w zakresie zarzutu podejmowania przez pracodawcę mobbingu, jak też przy zarzucie działań dyskryminujących pracownika, to na pracowniku spoczywa obowiązek dowodowy w zakresie wskazania okoliczności, które uzasadniałby roszczenie oparte na tych zarzutach. Ponadto autorka omawia charakter postępowania dowodowego w sprawach pracowniczych, z jego specyfiką, która charakteryzuje się znacznym odformalizowaniem. Autorka analizuje również poszczególne środki dowodowe, to jest dowód z dokumentu, dowód z opinii biegłego sądowego czy też inne źródła dowodowe, o których mowa w art. 308 k.p.c.
The Identification of “The Art of War” Military Strategy On Netflix’s Business Strategy
Authors: Fawzia Ulfa , Wardhani Baiq
Published: July 2020

Karya sastra klasik “the Art of War” yang ditulis oleh Sun Tzu dipandang relevan ketika diterapkan di era kontemporer ini. Tidak terbatas pada lingkup militer saja, the Art of War juga dapat diterapkan di berbagai aspek kehidupan salah satunya di aspek bisnis. Tulisan ini bertujuan untuk meneliti strategi militer yang tertulis dalam the Art of War yang teridentifikasi dalam strategi bisnis Netflix, sebagai suatu perusahaan yang berhasil menghadirkan terobosan di tengah industri hiburan digital. Untuk mencapai tujuan tersebut, penulis menggunakan metode kualitatif yang menganalisis data primer dan sekunder, serta mengumpulkan data-data dari kajian terdahulu, buku, jurnal, dan artikel ilmiah. Hasil dari penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa Netflix mengadopsi beberapa strategi militer Sun Tzu dalam upayanya menduduki industri hiburan. Dengan beberapa penafsiran terminologi strategi militer yang kemudian disesuaikan dengan terminologi bisnis, penulis kemudian menelaah tahap-tahap perkembangan bisnis Netflix yang disertai dengan analisis strategi militer “the Art of War” sebagai upaya perusahaan melakukan penetrasi pasar dan menghadapi kompetitor, mendesain inovasi dan mengembangkan usaha, serta membentuk aliansi. Selain itu, penulis menemukan kesamaan pemikiran antara konsep pasifisme Sun Tzu dengan konsep binsis Netflix sebagai purpose-driven business. Kata-kata kunci: The Art of War, Netflix, dan Strategi Bisnis.  The classic literary work, "the Art of War" written by Sun Tzu, is considered to remain relevant applied in this contemporary era. Not limited to the military aspect, the Art of War also finds its place in various aspects of life, one of which is in business aspects. This paper aims to examine the military strategy written in the Art of War identified in the Netflix business strategy as a company that has succeeded in generating breakthroughs amid the digital entertainment industry. The authors employ qualitative methods to analyze both primary and secondary data collected from previous studies, books, journals, and scientific articles. The results of this study indicated that Netflix adopted several of Sun Tzu's military strategies in its efforts to occupy the entertainment industry. Some interpretations of military strategy terminologies have been adjusted into business terminologies to analyze the stages of Netflix's business development by using the Art of War military strategy as attempts by the company to penetrate the market and face competitors, designing innovation and business development, as well as forming alliances. Moreover, the authors found the similarity of ideas between the concept of pacifism by Sun Tzu with the business concept of Netflix as a purpose-driven business. Keywords: The Art of War, Netflix, and Business Strategy.
Beyond Consensus: Democratic Element in ASEAN Plus Three Economic Cooperation
Authors: Saputro Eko NM
Published: July 2020

ABSTRAKForum kerja sama keuangan ASEAN Plus Three (APT) telah menunjukkan kemajuan signifikan sebagai sebuah kerja sama regional. Hal ini terbukti dari beberapa perjanjian kerja sama yang disepakati dan diimplementasikan. Menariknya, kemajuan ini dicapai di tengah eksistensi berbagai sistem politik maupun ekonomi di kawasan tersebut; sebuah kondisi yang sering dijadikan alasan atas sulitnya proses demokratisisasi. Alhasil, selain menciptakan manfaat bagi ekonomi, kerja sama keuangan APT telah memfasilitasi pengenalan elemen-elemen demokrasi melalui inisiatif-inisiatif yang ada. Terkait hal ini, penelitian ini mencoba mengeksplorasi unsur-unsur demokrasi dalam inisiatif keuangan APT, khususnya pada inisiatif dukungan likuiditas regional, dan fasilitas penjaminan kredit. Penelitian mengungkap bahwa proses pengambilan keputusan kedua inisiatif tersebut telah mengadopsi prinsip-prinsip dasar demokrasi prosedural. Temuan awal juga menunjukkan bahwa adopsi prinsip-prinsip demokrasi prosedural dipicu oleh bisnis proses kedua inisiatif tersebut daripada perubahan ideologi politik di dalam negeri negara-negara anggota forum APT.Kata-kata kunci: ASEAN Plus Three, kerja sama keuangan, prinsip demokrasi, tata kelola regional. ABSTRACTThe ASEAN Plus Three (APT) financial cooperation forum has shown significant progress as regional cooperation. It could be seen from several cooperation agreements that were agreed upon and implemented. Interestingly, the progress made amid the existence of various political and economic systems in the region; a condition that often used as an excuse for the difficulty of the process of democratization. As a result, besides creating economic benefits, APT's financial cooperation has facilitated the introduction of elements of democracy through existing initiatives. Furthermore, this research tries to explore the elements of democracy in APT financial initiatives, especially in regional liquidity support initiatives and credit guarantee facilities. Research reveals that the decision-making process of the two initiatives has adopted the basic principles of procedural democracy. Preliminary findings also indicate that the adoption of the principles of procedural democracy was triggered by the business process of the two initiatives rather than changes in the political ideology within the APT forum member countries.Keywords: ASEAN Plus Three, financial cooperation, democratic principles, regional governance.
GOBERNANZA DE LOS RECURSOS HIDRICOS TRANSFRONTERIZOS: UNA PROPUESTA
Authors: Mora Aliseda Julián , Garrido Velarde Jacinto , Mora Aliseda Consuelo
Published: July 2020

Existen numerosos precedentes de aplicación de la planificación estratégica y de los sistemas de planificación integrada a distintos ámbitos de la gestión de los recursos naturales. El antecedente más claro y evidente es la Estrategia Territorial Europea, consistente en un ambicioso proyecto y esfuerzo de homogeneización terminológica y de convención técnica en materia de ordenación territorial y urbana en el que se han involucrado todos los países de la Unión Europea. El modelo de la Estrategia Territorial Europea es sin duda un modelo muy válido, tanto como metodología de trabajo como de sistema de concertación de la clase investigadora y la clase política de los países implicados. En lo que toca específicamente a la planificación estratégica de los recursos hídricos y de la gestión del agua, evidentemente las experiencias existentes son escasas. Debe tenerse presente que hasta la fecha la gestión de los recursos hídricos y de las cuencas hidrográficas ha tenido un carácter muy sectorial y ha estado muy restringida al ámbito de actuación de las respectivas instituciones gubernamentales responsables de la gestión, esto es, las Confederaciones Hidrográficas en el caso español y el Instituto Nacional del Agua (INAG) en el caso portugués. Por ello, el presente estudio realiza un análisis de la Estrategia Territorial Europea como punto de partida para establecer la cooperación transfronteriza Hispano-Lusa en la gestión de los recursos hídricos, estableciendo tras dicho análisis las propuestas metodológicas a seguir para abordar y concretar dicha cooperación fronteriza transnacional, en pro de la gestión de los recursos hídricos de la Península Ibérica.
DIREITOS FUNDAMENTAIS NO BRASIL: SOBRE O CONCEITO DOUTRINÁRIO E JURÍDICO DA PRISÃO EM FLAGRANTE
Authors: Pereira Tharllisson Rafael , Lobo Lemes Fernando
Published: July 2020

O artigo aborda o conceito doutrinário e jurídico da prisão em flagrante no Brasil, visando analisá-la de uma ótica normativa e constitucional, a partir de uma abordagem histórica. De igual modo, pretende elucidar a relevância da interpretação do Processo Penal brasileiro segundo o viés garantista trazido pela constituição de 1988, enaltecendo os Direitos Fundamentais no enfoque da privação de liberdade de um indivíduo, conforme o instituto do flagrante de delito. Conclui-se que embora a prisão em flagrante cumpra a função de impedir que o crime produza consequências ulteriores e evite a fuga do acusado, os preceitos constitucionais poderão ser constantemente violados na prática, concedendo margens para eventuais ilegalidades no ato da privação de liberdade nos casos do flagrante de delito, aonde a legislação normativa vem a ser mais criteriosa.
Resenha: Fernandes, A. P. C. S. (2018). Educação Especial nas Ilhas. Curitiba: Appris.
Authors: Da Silva Oliveira Iranildo
Published: July 2020

O livro Educação Especial nas Ilhas, publicado no ano de 2018 é produto da Tese de Doutorado da Professora Ana Paula Cunha dos Santos Fernandes, professora na licenciatura e no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação - PPGED da Universidade do Estado do Pará. Nesta pesquisa, analisou como ocorre a escolarização das pessoas com deficiência que vivem ou estudam nas ilhas, nas comunidades ribeirinhas de Belém, a saber: Cotijuba, Combu, Caratateu e Mosqueiro, sendo essas as ilhas visitadas.
ANÁLISE DO TEOR DE ETANOL NA GASOLINA COMERCIALIZADA NOS POSTOS DE COMBUSTÍVEIS DO MUNICÍPIO DE GUARAÍ-TO
Authors: Gonzaga Lemos Anderson José
Published: July 2020

A gasolina é um produto derivado do petróleo constituído quimicamente por uma mistura complexa de hidrocarbonetos, sendo um dos principais combustíveis utilizados por veículos automotores. Por este motivo, é de grande importância que sua qualidade seja avaliada e assegurada. Por meio de uma resolução do Conselho Interministerial do Açúcar e do Álcool (CIMA), foi estabelecido como aceitável um teor de etanol em gasolina como de 27%. Dessa maneira, percentuais que excedam o valor exposto caracteriza o combustível como adulterado. Com base nisso, foi realizada a análise de amostras de gasolina comum comercializada no município de Guaraí – TO. Realizou-se análise físico-química em amostras de gasolina e verificou-se que os mesmo apresentavam teores de etanol entre 21 a 25%, encontrando-se dentro das especificações determinadas pela legislação brasileira.

Palavras-chave: Gasolina; Etanol; Análise físico – química.
DOCE EM MASSA DE CUPUAÇU: COMPOSIÇÃO QUÍMICA, TABELA NUTRICIONAL E APICAÇÃO DO SEMÁFORO NUTRICIONAL
Authors: Fernandes Pereira Ana Lúcia , Miranda da Silva Herlane , Souza Silva Djany , De Sousa Andrade Daniel , Gonçalves Abreu Virgínia Kelly , De Oliveira Lemos Tatiana
Published: July 2020

O cupuaçu é uma fruta bastante aproveitada na produção caseira de doces. Mas, poucos dados na literatura relatam sobre o seu aproveitamento industrial como doce em massa. O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar o doce em massa de cupuaçu quanto as suas características físico-químicas e a partir da caracterização e da legislação brasileira construir a tabela nutricional do produto e aplicar a ferramenta semáforo nutricional. As amostras de doce foram elaboradas em uma unidade fabril e conduzidas para a caracterização físico-química: atividade de água, teor de umidade, acidez total titulável, lipídios totais, teor de proteínas, açúcares redutores e totais, conteúdo de fibras, vitamina C, teor de cinzas e teor dos minerais sódio e potássio. O doce apresentou valor de atividade de água de 0,74, considerado adequado para estabilidade microbiológica; acidez total titulável (1,20%); lipídios totais (0,00%); teor de proteína (0,79%); açúcares redutores (23,20%); açúcares totais (73,55%); conteúdo de fibras (1,50%); vitamina C (16,84 mg/100 g); teor de cinzas (0,70%). Os resultados foram similares aos de outros doces em massa na literatura. A aplicação do semáforo nutricional à tabela nutricional mostrou que o doce não representa uma boa fonte de fibras, logo, o consumo esporádico é recomendado.
LIBRARY IN THE MEDIA ENVIRONMENT
Authors: Matveeva I. Yu.
Published: July 2020

Media environment, emerged from the traditional system of mass communications and enriched with new opportunities for the community, is intensively developing in the modern society.  Scientists’ research shows that media defines modern existence, consciousness and values of anindividual and social groups. Media environment acts as the place of human existence   and means of influencing his consciousness. The author characterizes the media environment as the social space for the library institution, reveals the possibilities of the public library as the leader of public opinion and identifies technological features of introducing information influence into the library media communications.  With the development of the Internet technologies, mass communication has become open   and accessible to the library community. Modern library simultaneously acts as an active user ofmedia content and as an actor creating its own media products for a wide audience. However, these opportunities are mainly used for internal purposes: to reflect the life of the institution   and to disclose its information resources.  The article justifies the possibility of strengthening the social position of the library by assuming the role of the local community information leader.  The author comes to the conclusion, that social effectiveness of the library actor behavior in the media environment will be determined by two factors: the correspondence of the communication product to social demands and the power of information influence of the message and social consequences (actions).
BOOK INDUSTRY OF SIBERIA PROGRESS IN THE XX – THE BEGINNING OF THE XXI CENT.: OVERVIEW OF RESEARCHES
Authors: Stepanov E. A.
Published: July 2020

Socio-economic transformations taking place in the XXI century affect all spheres of science, education, culture and production, including book industry. The article substantiates the necessity of studying the innovative potential of book industry of Siberia, the dynamics of its main industries development – book publishing and printing.  The innovative potential of book industry is defined as the ability of book production institutions to implement effectively the specific tasks of preparing, producing and replicating print and electronic publications with the maximum use of available resources.  Conception of current processes of regional publishing business functioning is impossible without studying the history of regional book publishing, Siberian printing industry, specifics of publishing houses activities in the XX cent.  and in the first decades of the XXI cent. for to accentuate attention on the book industry innovative component, perspectives of material, technical, infrastructural, human, financial and other resources development under the conditions of impending global economic crisis, provoked as well by pandemia entailed by coronavirus infection spreading.   Further study, analysis and characteristics of each resource individually are necessary for to actualize and mobilize all compensatory mechanisms of introducing innovations for the future regional book industry development.
BOOK PUBLISHING AND DISTRIBUTION IN THE REGIONS: PROBLEMS AND DECISIONS
Authors: Lizunova I. V. , Metelkov A. S.
Published: July 2020

The meeting of the section “Russian Book  Publishing: Regional Specifics, Channels  of Promotion,  Library Collections Formation”,  attended by theorists and practitioners of book  business: publishers, writers, booksellers, librarians, and readers, took place within the framework  of the “Book Siberia” International Festival and  the III Regional Book Forum with international  participation “The Information Society:  New Priorities of Book Culture”, held at SPSL SB  RAS on September 12–14, 2019.  There is a high degree of uneven development of territories in the Russian Federation compared with the majority of developed countries. This inequality is mainly determined by each region specifics, characterized by historically based specialization, particular geographical position, as well as innovation potential. The article presents the main problems of regional book industries: book publishing and dissemination, formation of book collections and brining books to the reader, stated by the discussion organizers – the authors of the paper, based on the participants’ opinions. Specialists discussed problems that exist in their field on the places and in Russian book culture in general, defined possible variants of cooperation of the process participants, perspective mechanisms of book industry functioning and developing for to create the united system of regional book publishing and distribution.
Cost-sensitive Ensemble Feature Ranking and Automatic Threshold Selection for Chronic Kidney Disease Diagnosis
Authors: Imran Ali Syed , Ali Bilal , Hussain Jamil , Hussain Musarrat , Satti Fahad Ahmed , Park Gwang Hoon , Lee Sungyoung
Published: July 2020

Automated medical diagnosis is one of the important machine learning applications in the domain of healthcare. In this regard, most of the approaches primarily focus on optimizing the accuracy of classification models. In this research, we argue that unlike general-purpose classification problems, medical applications, such as chronic kidney disease (CKD) diagnosis, require special treatment. In the case of CKD, apart from model performance, other factors such as the cost of data acquisition may also be taken into account to enhance the applicability of the automated diagnosis system. In this research, we have proposed two techniques for cost-sensitive feature ranking. An ensemble of decision tree models is employed in both the techniques for computing the worth of a feature in the CKD dataset. An automatic threshold selection heuristic is also introduced which is based on the intersection of features’ worth and their accumulated cost. A set of experiments are conducted to evaluate the efficacy of the proposed techniques on both tree-based and non-tree based classification models. The proposed approaches are also evaluated against several comparative techniques. Furthermore, it is demonstrated that the proposed techniques select around 1/4th of the original CKD features while reducing the cost by a factor of 7.42 of the original feature set. Based on the extensive experimentation it is concluded that the proposed techniques employing feature-cost interaction heuristic tend to select feature subsets that are both useful and cost-effective.
Semen Quality as a Potential Susceptibility Indicator to SARS-CoV-2 Insults in Polluted Areas
Authors: Montano Luigi , Bonapace Ian Marc , Donato Francesco , Bianco Pietro Massimiliano , Guglielmino Antonino , Piscopo Marina
Published: July 2020

High levels of air pollution can contribute to high rate of the COVID-19 outbreaks. Air pollutants induce oxidative stress, inflammatory process, immune imbalance and coagulation at systemic level, making the organism susceptible to complications caused by various pathogens, including viruses, resulting in a possible important damage co-factor. Sperm cells are highly sensitive to the pro-oxidant effects of environmental pollutants, and may represent an important alarm bell indicating that the burden of environmental pressure in a certain area is causing damage to humans. A comparison of the maps of COVID-19 case fatality rates, male infertility rates and air pollution may suggest a way to understand the dynamics of the virus impact. Semen quality may be considered as an early and sensitive environmental marker, and also a potential susceptibility indicator to viral insults (including SARS-CoV-2 ) in heavily polluted areas. Therefore, assessing the burden of environmental exposure of a given population and its potential susceptibility to insults through early biological stress indicators may be helpful for predicting the risk of the adverse effects by the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic .
The Basis For A Neurobiological-Associative Model of Personality and Group Cohesion: The Evolutionary And System Biological Origins Of Social Exclusion, Hierarchy, and Structure
Authors: Thomas Michael
Published: July 2020

By using a systems biological perspective and available literature on human social interaction, grouping, and cohesiveness, a new coherent model is proposed that integrates existing social integration and neurobiological research into a theoretical neurobiological framework of personality and social interaction. This model allows for the coherent analysis of complex social systems and interactions within them, and proposes a framework for estimating group cohesiveness and evaluating group structures in order to build and organize optimized social groups. This „Neurobiological-Associative“ model proposes two primary feedback loops, with environmental conditioning (learning) being sorted into an associative model that modulates interaction with the social environment, and which impacts the second feedback loop involving the individuals' neurobiological capacity. In this paper, the concept of neurobiological capacity is developed and based upon contemporary research on intelligence, personality, and social behavior with a focus on the oxytocin, serotonin, and dopamine systems. The basis of social exclusion and group structure is thus, expressed in the very most simple terms, neurobiological compatibility and risk assessment modulated by an internal associative model.
The Collapse of Barings Bank and Lehman Brothers Holdings INC: An Abridged Version
Authors: Juabin Matey
Published: July 2020

It is clear that bank crises occur when there is excess expenditure on investment due to low generated income emanating from bad credit management, market inefficiencies and operational risk. These undoubtedly trigger panic withdrawals by depositors for fear of bank collapse.In fact, the failure of these two banks is attributable to varied factors spanning from non-monitoring of employee activities, dubious accounting practices, unethical practices by management, over indulging in risky and unsecured investments in derivatives. It is recommended that, governments create legal rules to reduce externalities.
Lifestyle-induced Stress Drives the Natural Immune Oscillations and COVID-19 Infections
Authors: Kundu Swati , CARRASCO L Roman , Kini R Manjunatha
Published: July 2020

Coronavirus and COVID-19 infections continue to wreak havoc across the world. Interestingly, the COVID-19 infections and deaths display a clear seven-day cycles. Mathematical analysis using linear mixed-effects models show that this periodicity is not due to reporting errors. We hypothesize that these COVID-19 cycles are related to natural immune cycles which also oscillate every seven days. These immune cycles are regulated by stress and mediated through the endocrine and the central nervous systems. Our routine activities and lifestyle of more stressful weekdays flanked by less stressful, relaxing weekends define the seven-day immune cycles. The synchronized low immunity levels in the population is responsible for repeated seven-day waves of pathogenic infections such as COVID-19. The new understanding of the role of immune oscillations will help in developing strategies to enhance our immunity through modified lifestyle and better, innovative prophylactic and therapeutic approaches against infectious diseases.
Coronavirus and Football (Soccer): Why Mid-Day Matches Are Much Safer for Players
Authors: Kashtan Nadav , Fedorenko Aliza , Orevi Tomer
Published: July 2020

Safely resuming sporting events while the coronavirus is spreading is challenging – yet possible – if the science is taken into account. Two main ways the coronavirus can spread among football players is through air-suspended microdroplets (and possibly aerosols), and via contact with contaminated surfaces. Here we estimated virus survival in dried saliva droplets on a football pitch (i.e., on the grass) and on the ball itself, and compared these measures between mid-day and nighttime matches. We find, based on experiments with the enveloped phage Phi6 – a surrogate for SARS-Cov-2 – that while the virus survives reasonably well on both pitch and ball during a nighttime match (~10% survival), virtually no viruses survived the 90-minute duration of a mid-day match on a hot, sunny day. These results, taken together with studies reporting rapid deactivation of coronavirus in aerosols by sunlight, suggest that playing football in mid-day reduces the likelihood of transmission between players, and thus increases players’ safety.
Gambogic Acid as Anticancer Agent: A Review
Authors: Gilani Syed Amir , Imran Muhammad , Haq Iahtisham-ul , Mehboob Riffat , Fatima Wafa , Hassan Amber
Published: July 2020

Gambogic acid, a common traditional Chinese medicine and widely distributed throughout South China, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Thailand. It is prenylated xanthone which is the significant bioactive compound of gamboge. Gambogic acid is known as a strong apoptotic inducer in cancer cells. It has been found as strong anticancer agent against various types of cancer cells lines such as breast cancer, pancreatic, and cervical cancer. It induces apoptosis, down regulates the anti-apoptotic proteins (survivin and BCL2,) and down regulates the activities of P-glycoprotein in drug sensitive human breast MCF-7 and drug-resistant MCF-7/ADR cells. Similarly, it also exerts alteration in P13K, AKT, p21, MMP-2 &-9, and phosphorylated-AKT expressions. The current review highlights the anticancer and chemo-preventive perspectives of gambogic acid and its mechanistic role against human and animal cancers.
Research Data Recycling through Open Sharing and Reuse: A Case Study of Sustainable Digital Good Consumption in the Sharing Economy
Authors: Niankara Ibrahim
Published: July 2020

In order to meet the needs of an increasingly complex research landscape, researchers engage in “collaborative prosumption” through open data sharing and reuse. Although significant gains have been achieved in this regards because of growing requirements from funding agencies, governments and journals, the question of how reuse of openly available data for new research contribute to sustainability is yet to be appropriately addressed in the literature. Therefore, relying on a three stage stratified clustered random sampling of the Journal of Applied Econometrics data archive (JAEDA), the present research provides a case study of the value of research data recycling for sustainable research and economic development. More specifically our analysis show that reformatting from wide to long format, openly shared equity price index data on eleven European countries’ extracted from JAEDA, and augmented with country level geospatial Meta data, provides a new basis for interesting descriptive analytics and spatio-temporal econometric modeling and inference. Given the ever-increasing volume of openly available research data, our study provides a first-hand insight on open data reuse, which should benefit all stakeholders in the research community, as they seek sustainable solutions for scientific productivity and progress.
On Type 2 Degenerate Poly-Frobenius-Genocchi Polynomials and Numbers
Authors: Duran Ugur , Acikgoz Mehmet , Araci Serkan
Published: July 2020

In this paper, we consider a class of new generating function for the Frobenius-Genocchi polynomials, called the type 2 degenerate poly-Frobenius-Genocchi polynomials, by means of the polyexponential function. Then, we investigate diverse explicit expressions and some identities for those polynomials.
Factors Associated with Perception of Risk and Knowledge of Contracting the Novel COVID-19 among Adults in Bangladesh: Analysis of Online Surveys
Authors: Abir Tanvir , Kalimullah Nazmul  Ahsan , Osuagwu Uchechukwu Levi , Yazdani Dewan Muhammad Nur -A , Mamun Abdullah Al , Husain Taha , Basak Palash , Permarupan P. Yukthamarani , Agho Kingsley
Published: July 2020

COVID-19 is an infectious disease spreading through human touch. This study explored the risk perception and knowledge towards COVID-19 infection among Bangladeshi adult participants. Two self-administered online surveys were administered at two different time points from 26-31 March 2020 (Early lockdown) and 11-16 May 2020 (Late lockdown) through social media on 1005 respondents (322 and 683 participants, respectively) during COVID-19 lockdown period in Bangladesh. Univariate and multiple linear regression models were used to examine factors associated with risk perception and knowledge towards COVID-19. The mean knowledge (8.4 vs. 8.1, P=0.022) and risk perception (11.2 vs. 10.6, P < 0.001) scores differ significantly between early and late lockdown. Compared to the early lockdown period, the scores for perceived risk of contracting COVID-19 decreased significantly while public knowledge about COVID-19 was lower but not statistically significant. Female participants who practiced high quarantine particularly those who did so at the public health order during the lockdown reported increased knowledge towards the spread of COVID-19 and perceived high risk of contracting COVID-19. Education intervention using awareness to increase public knowledge and perception towards COVID-19 in Bangladesh should target male participants who practiced low quarantine and are less worried about the spread of such novel coronavirus even as the physical distancing persists.
Ecology of the Culpeo (Lycalopex culpaeus): A Review of Knowledge and Current Gaps
Authors: Guntiñas Marta , Lozano Jorge , Cisneros Rodrigo , Malo Aurelio F.
Published: July 2020

A deep review of the existing literature on the culpeo ecology is carried out, using scientific articles, book chapters and web resources. For information published before 1988, the synthesis made by a previous report was used. For subsequent information, bibliographic searches were carried out through the main servers, considering all of the generic names used to define the species so far. From this update, new general patterns on ecology, behavior and conservation concerns about culpeos are described. Gaps in current knowledge have been identified and new lines of research are proposed.Most of the studies focused on diet, conflicts with the species in livestock areas, and on the use of space and habitat. We found an incomplete, poor justification for all of the proposed subspecies and their supposed geographical distribution, as well as a scarcity of studies on genetic issues, population dynamics and conservation concerns. It is remarkable that vast regions in South America holding culpeos lacked basic information on the species.Diet studies describe a marked trend towards resources selection at the local level, which supports the view of the culpeo as a facultative trophic specialist. In addition, it has been confirmed that in the high Andes the culpeo is also a top predator that may regulate carnivorous communities, as well as that in arid environments culpeos can act as important seed dispersers. The assessment of the conservation status of the species differs among regions, although there is no sufficient information to reach clear conclusions in most cases. Even so, in Ecuador and Colombia the species has been listed as ‘Vulnerable’. Direct persecution and habitat alteration are considered to be the most important threats that the species is facing in many countries, although other risk factors such as climate change could also have serious consequences for the canid at the global scale.
The Impact of Microbes in Plant Immunity: Sustainable Approach for Crop Protection
Authors: Singh Prashant
Published: July 2020

One of the biggest demanding situations for food security in the 21st century is to enhance crop yield stability through the improvement of diseases-resistant crops. Managing plant health is a major challenge for modern food production and compounded by the lack of common ground among the many disease control disciplines involved. All plants simultaneously engage with billions of microbes which can be collectively referred to as the plant microbiome. Most microbes inside the plant microbiome are harmless or even beneficial to the plant as they promote plant growth or provide protection in opposition to diseases. However, some of these microbes also cause disease with devastating effects on crop yields. To prevent pathogen infection, plants have evolved an advanced innate immune system that recognizes conserved cell surface molecules that most pathogen possesses. Activation of the plant immune system stops the invading pathogen, however this comes with fitness cost that significantly reduces plant growth and leads to yield penalty. Apart from their innate immune system controlling pre-programmed defense reactions, plants can also increase the responsiveness of their immune system in response to selected environmental signals. This phenomenon is known as “defense priming”. Although defense priming rarely provides full protection, its broad-spectrum effectiveness, low-fitness cost, long‐lasting durability and inherited to future generations make it attractive for sustainable crop protection.
Preliminary Recommendations for National IUCN Red Listing Conservation Status of the “Dryophytes immaculatus group” in North East Asia
Authors: Borzée Amaël
Published: July 2020

Threat assessment is important to prioritize species conservation projects and planning. The taxonomic resolution regarding the status of the “Dryophytes immaculatus group” and the description of a new species in the Republic of Korea resulted in a shift in ranges and population sizes. Thus, reviewing the IUCN Red List status of the three species from the group: D. immaculatus, D. suweonensis and D. flaviventris and recommending an update is needed. While the three species have similar ecological requirements and are distributed around the Yellow sea, they are under contrasting anthropological pressure and threats. Here, based on the literature available, I have applied all IUCN Red List criteria and tested the fit of each species in each criteria to recommend listing under the adequate threat level. This resulted in the recommendation of the following categories: Near Threatened for D. immaculatus, Endangered following the criteria C2a(i)b for D. suweonensis and Critically Endangered following the criteria E for D. flaviventris. All three species are declining, mostly because of landscape changes as a result of human activities, but the differences in range, population dynamics and already extirpated sub-populations result in different threat levels for each species. Dryophytes flaviventris is under the highest threat category mostly because of its limited range, segregated into two sub-populations and several known historical sub-populations are now extirpated. Immediate actions for the conservation of this species are required. Dryophytes suweonensis is present in both the Republic of Korea and the Democratic Republic of Korea and is under lower ecological pressure in DPR Korea. Dryophytes immaculatus is present in the People’s Republic of China, on a very large range despite a marked decline. I recommend joint efforts for the conservation of these species.