bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
On Sex Offender Registry
Authors: Klyuchnikov A. Yu.
Published: March 2020

The paper examines the experience of the United States of America in recording and classifying convicted sexual offenders. The Federal register is a comprehensive criminal and administrative law tool for crime prevention. It has its origins in similar state registers. The author examines the principles of maintaining the register, the grounds for inclusion in the register and exclusion from it, the volume of data to be published, the frequency of data updates, and conducts a criminological characterization of the Institute. The paper analyzes the case law of the Supreme courts of the United States regarding the constitutionality of the rules and principles that form the institution of the registry, their retroactive application, and compliance with procedural and material guarantees of a fair trial. The author concludes that it is possible to introduce a similar Federal register in Russia, but taking into account the shortcomings identified in the study. Currently, the efforts of the legislator in this part are obvious (increasing criminal responsibility for violent sexual crimes with the establishment of restrictions on freedom, the emergence of new tools of "deterrence" in the hands of law enforcement agencies, such as administrative supervision). However, the measures are not comprehensive, often overlap, and do not achieve the stated goal (execution of restrictions under administrative supervision after serving the restriction of freedom). The author believes that it can be an independent institution, implemented from the stage of execution of the sentence, accessible to law enforcement agencies and victims, and in cases provided for by law — for social and educational institutions, guardianship authorities, family and child protection.
Unidirectional and bidirectional flow in a narrow corridor with body rotation
Authors: Yanagisawa Daichi , Feliciani Claudio , Nishinari Katsuhiro
Published: March 2020

In this paper, we developed a new pedestrian model, where pedestrians are represented with three circles and rotate their body to avoid others. In most pedestrian models, the body posture of pedestrians is statically connected with the walking direction; however, they may become different in our model, in other words, pedestrians can walk sideways. We conducted simulation on bidirectional flow in a narrow corridor where body rotation is necessary to avoid collisions and succeeded to reproduce realistic fundamental diagram.
Safe Evacuation for All A top 10 List of Requirements
Authors: Künzer Laura , Hofinger Gesine , Zinke Robert
Published: March 2020

Evacuations are an important aspect of emergency planning. Many persons with special needs could reach a safe area on their own or with assistance by other people around, if evacuation planning and guidance considered them. The so-called self-rescue is crucial for safe evacuation, as fire services and other first-responders need some time to arrive at the scene. In general, people should find the conditions to arrive at a safe area on their own. In many buildings and infrastructures today, self-rescue is difficult for persons with special needs, e.g. wheelchair users. Sometimes it appears that designers and fire safety engineers only think of “average”, healthy and agile people in evacuations. But for safe and effective evacuations, different groups of people and their needs have to be considered. The paper suggests a top 10 list of requirements for safe evacuation and improvement of self-rescue from a psychological point of view. Universal Design or Design for All in evacuation has become more relevant in recent times, since accessibility as a political goal has made it possible for persons with special needs to participate more easily in public life. Nonetheless, regulations focus on how people enter a building but not on how to evacuate safely. Preparing for safer evacuations requires knowledge about different occupant groups and their needs. Requirements for different phases of evacuations are discussed and their implications for simulation and modelling, e.g. the potential impact of physiological requirements. The need for a multi-method approach to gather and integrate data, factors to foster safe evacuations, just as practical and design requirements are included. When self-rescue is not possible, assisted evacuation will rely on good leadership fostering social motivation. Last but not least, implementing design for all will help everyone to evacuate safely.
Evacuation Guidance Design: An Experimental Study Based on Eye Tracking Devices
Authors: Ding Ning , Chen Tao , Liu Yuan
Published: March 2020

It is a crucial issue whether evacuees follow the evacuation guidance during evacuation. Good evacuation guidance is necessary to be designed to help the evacuees follow the guidance. In this paper, evacuation experiments based on wearable eye tracking devices were carried out to study the design effect of the evacuation guidance. Three factors were considered in these experiments: 1) the position of the evacuation guidance; 2) follow guidance or follow other evacuees; 3) follow a stranger or a familiar person. The results show that more participants noticed the guidance with low position and ground position than the guidance with up position. The evacuees intend to follow others rather than to follow the guidance, i.e. most evacuees act as “follower”. Eye tracking evacuation experiments can also be used to test the effectiveness of evacuation guidance signs.
Evacuation characteristics of preschool children through bottlenecks
Authors: Zhang Jun , Li Hongliu , Li Hongliu , Hu Yanghui , Hu Yanghui , Song Weiguo , Song Weiguo
Published: March 2020

Pedestrian movement through bottlenecks have been widely studied from various aspects to understand the effects of bottlenecks on the pedestrian flow. However, few attentions have been paid to the movement characteristics of preschool children, who show obvious differences behaviour compared to adults due to the poor balance and understanding of danger especial under emergencies. In this study, we focus on the evacuation characteristics of preschool children through bottlenecks with laboratory experiments. From all the experiment, we do not observe clear lane formation process from the trajectories diagrams. It is found that the first arrive first out principle does not work in the situation with competition. Compared to adults, children are more likely to fall and hard to be controlled during movement, which is very dangerous in emergencies. The highest speed for the preschool children can beyond 3 m/s and is depend on the location in the crowd for each individual. For a given number of evacuees, the total evacuation time firstly decreases a linear with the increasing the bottleneck width and then keeps a constant if nobody falls down during the movement. Falling down of children will increase the evacuation time incredibly. The findings will be beneficial for the evacuation drill design in kindergarten as well as the facility design for young children.
Analysis of Built Environment Influence on Pedestrian route choice behavior in Dutch Design Week using GPS Data
Authors: Liu Yanan , Yang Dujuan , De Vries Bauke , J.P. Timmermans Harry
Published: March 2020

Visitors not only have specific destinations targeting the Dutch Design Week (DDW) exhibitions distributed all over the city, but also visit the city in between exhibition activities. The mixed environment makes modeling behavior of DDW visitors more complex than shoppers and tourisms only. This research pays special attention to the influence of built environment on pedestrian route choice. The built environment includes building and transportation infrastructure. GPS tracking data and social demographic information were collected during the event. Multinomial logit model and path size logit model are used to analysis route choice behavior. The results show that some built environment factors have significant influence on route choice. Shops are more attractive for aged visitors. Females prefer shorter routes more. In big event, the alternative routes with more sharing links could increase the possibility to choose.
The Modelling of Pedestrian Vehicle Interaction for Post-Exiting Behaviour
Authors: Pellacini Veronica , Lawrence Peter , Galea Edwin
Published: March 2020

During a major evacuation of high capacity buildings, such as a tower block or transportation hub, the emergency services will need to consider the safety of the people within the vicinity of the emergency. However, in general, when assessing the safety of a building for evacuation only the behaviour within the building is considered. One method of assessing this is to utilise a computer based simulation tool. This research outlines a number of developments required to simulate the impact of traffic on the evacuation process in an urban environment in relation to post-exiting behaviour. It uses a unique data set and model capabilities for representing pedestrian-vehicle interaction post-evacuation, which also considers the impact of time pressures on decision making. In addition, a number of software developments and pedestrian behaviours are identified for bridging the behavioural gaps when interfacing an emergency pedestrian model with a traffic simulation.
A Method for Joint Estimation of Homogeneous Model Parameters and Heterogeneous Desired Speeds
Authors: Johansson Fredrik
Published: March 2020

One of the main strengths of microscopic pedestrian simulation models is the ability to explicitly represent the heterogeneity of the pedestrian population. Most pedestrian populations are heterogeneous with respect to the desired speed, and the outputs of microscopic models are naturally sensitive to the desired speed; it has a direct effect on the flow and travel time, thus strongly affecting results that are of interest when applying pedestrian simulation models in practice. An inaccurate desired speed distribution will in most cases lead to inaccurate simulation results. In this paper we propose a method to estimate the desired speed distribution by treating the desired speeds as model parameters to be adjusted in the calibration together with other model parameters. This leads to an optimization problem that is computationally costly to solve for large data sets. We propose a heuristic method to solve this optimization problem by decomposing the original problem in simpler parts that are solved separately. We demonstrate the method on trajectory data from Stockholm central station and analyze the results to conclude that the method is able to produce a plausible desired speed distribution under slightly congested conditions.
Concept of a Decision-Based Pedestrian Model
Authors: Von Krüchten Cornelia , Schadschneider Andreas
Published: March 2020

We develop a decision-based model for pedestrian dynamics which is an extension of the Stochastic Headway Distance Velocity (SHDV) model for single-file motion to two dimensions. The model is discrete in time, but continuous in space. It combines perception, anticipation and decision-making with the simplicity and stochasticity that are characteristic for cellular automaton models. The basic concept is discussed and preliminary results show that the model yield realistic trajectories and fundamental diagrams.
Parameter Calibration in Crowd Simulation Models using Approximate Bayesian Computation
Authors: Bode Nikolai
Published: March 2020

Simulation models for pedestrian crowds are a ubiquitous tool in research and industry. It is crucial that the parameters of these models are calibrated carefully and ultimately it will be of interest to compare competing models to decide which model is best suited for a particular purpose. In this contribution, I demonstrate how Approximate Bayesian Computation (ABC), which is already a popular tool in other areas of science, can be used for model fitting and model selection in a pedestrian dynamics context. I fit two different models for pedestrian dynamics to data on a crowd passing in one direction through a bottleneck. One model describes movement in continuous-space, the other model is a cellular automaton and thus describes movement in discrete-space. In addition, I compare models to data using two metrics. The first is based on egress times and the second on the velocity of pedestrians in front of the bottleneck. My results show that while model fitting is successful, a substantial degree of uncertainty about the value of some model parameters remains after model fitting. Importantly, the choice of metric in model fitting can influence parameter estimates. Model selection is inconclusive for the egress time metric but supports the continuous-space model for the velocity-based metric. These findings show that ABC is a flexible approach and highlights the difficulties associated with model fitting and model selection for pedestrian dynamics. ABC requires many simulation runs and choosing appropriate metrics for comparing data to simulations requires careful attention. Despite this, I suggest ABC is a promising tool, because it is versatile and easily implemented for the growing number of openly available crowd simulators and data sets.
Investigating pedestrians’ obstacle avoidance behaviour
Authors: Alhawsawi Abdullah , Sarvi Majid , Haghani Milad , Rajabifard Abbas
Published: March 2020

Modelling and simulating pedestrian motions are standard ways to investigate crowd dynamics aimed to enhance pedestrians’ safety. Movement of people is affected by interactions with one another and with the physical environment that it may be a worthy line of research. This paper studies the impact of speed on how pedestrians respond to the obstacles (i.e. Obstacles avoidance behaviour). A field experiment was performed in which a group of people were instructed to perform some obstacles avoidance tasks at two levels of normal and high speeds. Trajectories of the participants are extracted from the video recordings for the subsequent intentions:(i) to seek out the impact of total speed, x and yaxis (ii) to observe the impact of the speed on the movement direction, x-axis, (iii) to find out the impact of speed on the lateral direction, y-axis. The results of the experiments could be used to enhance the current pedestrian simulation models.
Otizm Spektrum Bozukluğuna Moleküler Bakış: Genetik ve İmmünolojik Etmenler ile Bağırsak Mikrobiyotası üzerine Bulgular
Authors: GURBANOV Rafig
Published: March 2020

Çağımızın giderek artan sorunlarından biri olan otizm
spektrum bozukluğu sosyal gelişimde yetersizlik, tekrarlayıcı motor hareketler
ve dil gelişiminde gerilik gibi heterojen nörogelişimsel rahatsızlıklar için
kullanılan şemsiye bir terimdir. Hastalığın etiyolojisini etkileyen en önemli
nedenlerin başında genetik etmenler gelmektedir. Otizmin, çoğu kromozom
üzerinde birçok lokus da meydana gelmiş mutasyonlardan etkilendiği
kanıtlanmıştır. Hastalığın etiyolojisine katkıda bulunan bir başka etmen ise
immün sistemdir. Yapılan çalışmalar immün sistemi oluşturan elemanlardaki
değişkenliklerin otizmi yakından etkilediğini göstermiştir. Otizmin kalıtımsal
rolü ne kadar güçlü olsa da çevresel etmenlerin sebep olduğu disfonksiyonlar da
göz ardı edilmemelidir. Bu bağlamda, bağırsak mikrobiyotasının, otizm ile
ilişkili olduğu güncel çalışmalarla kanıtlanmıştır. Ayrıca, bozulmuş bağırsak mikrobiyotanın
immün sistemi ve merkezi sinir sistemini etkileyerek otizm benzeri davranışlara
sebep olduğu da
bilinmektedir.  Bu derlemede, bahsedilen
etmenler moleküler düzeyde incelenmiş ve probiyotiklerle tedavi seçeneklerinin
potansiyelinden bahsedilmiştir.
Yaşlı Kadınların Cinselliğe Bakış Açısı, Yaşadığı Sorunlar ve Sağlık Profesyonellerinin Rolü
Authors: TOPTAŞ Belma , AKSU Hilmiye
Published: March 2020

Yaşlanma,
intrauterin hayatta başlayarak ölüme kadar devam eden ve geri dönüşümü olmayan
bir çağdır. Cinsellik ise, fetal hayatta başlayıp ömür boyu süren, üreme ve
cinsel doyumu içeren, tüm bedeni ve aklı ilgilendiren, toplumun kültürel
değerleri ve ahlaki unsurlarından etkilenen bir ihtiyaçtır. Yapılan araştırma
sonuçlarına bakıldığında, yaşlılık döneminde cinsel aktivitenin azalacağı veya
olumsuz yönde etkileneceğinin düşünüldüğü toplumlarda kadınların bu durumdan
etkilendiği görülmektedir. Bazı çalışmalarda yaşlı kadınlar cinselliği önemli
bulmaktadır. Cinsel yönden aktif olan kadınlarda yüksel cinsel doyum
yaşanmaktadır. Kadınlar için cinsellik sadece cinsel ilişki değil eşle beraber
geçirilen güzel vakitleri de içine almaktadır. İlerleyen yaş ile beraber
biyolojik ve hormonal değişimler cinsel fonksiyonu olumsuz yönde
etkileyebilmektedir. Kültürel faktörler, toplum baskısı, dini inanışlar da
cinsel yaşama etki etmektedir. Yaşlı kadınların cinsellik ile ilgili
sorunlarından birinin de eş bulamama olduğu görülmektedir. Sağlık
çalışanlarının yaşlılıktaki cinsel yaşama karşı olan düşünceleri bu dönemin
daha sağlıklı bir şekilde devam etmesi bakımından oldukça önemlidir. Yaşlılıkta
cinselliğe karşı,  profesyonel yaklaşımın
nasıl olması gerektiği ile ilgili çalışmaların arttırılması gerekmektedir.
Nörocerrahi ve Eras (Enhanced Recovery After Surgery)
Authors: BİRİCİK Ebru , GÜNEŞ Yasemin
Published: March 2020

ERAS (Enhanced Recovery After Surgery) protokolleri, hasta sonuçlarının iyileştirilmesi, komplikasyon oranlarının azalması, daha kısa yatış süresi ve önemli oranda maliyet tasarrufu sağlamaktadır. ERAS yaklaşımları ilk önce major karın ameliyatlarında çalışılmıştır; günümüzde bu protokoller beyin cerrahisi operasyonu geçiren hastalara da uygulanmaktadır. Ameliyat öncesi hastanın değerlendirilmesi, perioperatif yönetim ve postoperatif dönemi birlikte kapsayan bir protokoldür. Gerek cerrahi hazırlık, gerek hastaların bilgilendirilmesi, gerekse anestezi yönetimi ERAS protokollerinin bir parçasıdır. Elektif spinal veya kranial cerrahi hastalarında optimizasyonun sağlanması ve ERAS protokollerinin kullanılması post-operatif morbidite ve mortaliteyi minimize etmeye yardımcı olacaktır. Bu derlemede hem spinal cerrahi operasyonlarda hem de kraniyotomi operasyonlarında ERAS protokollerinin yeri tartışılmıştır.
MATERIAL SELECTION FOR MICROSTRIP ANTENNA USING CRITIC-MIACRA INTEGRATION AS A PRACTICAL APPROACH
Authors: SARALOĞLU GÜLER Ebru , CAN Gülin Feryal
Published: March 2020

Selection of
suitable material is a critical step in design of microstrip antenna.
Dielectric constant, thermal expansion coefficient, conductivity, mechanical
properties, weight are leading material properties to select the proper
material. Besides these factors, environmental factors, cost and size are among
prominent design criteria. In this study to analyze material selection
situation for microstrip antenna manufacturing a multi criteria decision making
(MCDM) structure is proposed. In this context, CRITIC-MAIRCA integration which
are the one of the MCDM approaches are performed to determine the best material
for microstrip antenna. Dielectric constant, loss tangent and thermal expansion
coefficient criteria are considered to select the best among eighteen different
materials. The impact of each criterion on selection process is computed via
using CRITIC. To rank alternative considering the weights of criteria, MAIRCA
was utilized. As a result, BaSrTi2O6 (bulk form) is
determined as the best material for microstrip antenna manufacturing. This
study provides an initial insight related to the suitable material in a
practical manner.
ANGELICA SYLVESTRIS VAR. SYLVESTRIS L.: ESSENTIAL OILS AND ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY EVALUATION
Authors: AĞALAR Hale Gamze , GÖGER Fatih , DEMİRCİ Betül , MALYER Prof.dr.hulusi , KIRIMER Neşe
Published: March 2020

In the present study, the volatile
compounds and antioxidant activities of A.
sylvestris var. sylvestris
belongs to the Apiaceae family were evaluated. The essential oils from roots,
leaves, flowers and fruits obtained by hydrodistillation were analyzed by Gas
Chromatography (GC) and Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectroscopy (GC-MS),
simultaneously. The volatile compounds were identified by using in-house and commercially libraries. The
possible antioxidant activities of each essential oil were determined at in vitro conditions and the results were
compared with positive controls.
CONFIGURATIONS OF SEVERAL SOFT DECISION-MAKING METHODS TO OPERATE IN FUZZY PARAMETERIZED FUZZY SOFT MATRICES SPACE
Authors: ENGİNOĞLU Serdar , ÖNGEL Tutku
Published: March 2020

The concept of fuzzy parameterized fuzzy soft matrices (fpfs-matrices), which allows for processing fuzzy parameters and fuzzy subsets of the alternatives by using computers, is a novel and efficient mathematical tool to cope with uncertainties. Contrary to the methods constructed by fpfs-matrices, the known soft decision-making (SDM) methods based on soft sets and fuzzy sets cannot model problems whose parameters and alternatives are fuzzy. Therefore, such methods have been configured to operate in the fpfs-matrices space. In this paper, we configure two SDM methods constructed by soft sets, six SDM methods constructed by fuzzy soft sets, two SDM methods constructed by soft matrices, and four SDM methods constructed by fuzzy soft matrices. We then apply the configured methods using one fpfs-matrix as input data to a performance-based value assignment problem. Finally, we discuss the need for further research.
Patient-specific 3D-printed Splint for Mallet Finger Injury
Authors: Zolfagharian Ali , M. Gregory Timothy , Bodaghi Mahdi , Gharaie Saleh , Fay Pearse
Published: March 2020

Despite the frequency of mallet finger injuries, treatment options can often be costly, time-consuming, and ill-fitted. Three-dimensional (3D) printing allows for the production of highly customized and inexpensive splints, which suggests potential efficacy in the prescription of casts for musculoskeletal injuries. This study explores how the use of engineering concepts such as 3D printing and topology optimization (TO) can improve outcomes for patients. 3D printing enables the direct fabrication of the patient-specific complex shapes while utilizing finite element analysis and TO in the design of the splint allowed for the most efficient distribution of material to achieve mechanical requirements while reducing the amount of material used. The reduction in used material leads to significant improvements in weight reduction and heat dissipation, which would improve breathability and less sweating for the patient, greatly increasing comfort for the duration of their recovery.
The Role of Dysphonia and Voice Recordings in Diagnosis of Parkinson’s Disease
Authors: Çetinel Gökçen , Sarıca Elif , Alkhatıb Alhasan
Published: March 2020

Parkinsonism is a syndrome that occurs as a combination of six cardinal signs; resting tremor, rigidity, bradykinesia, loss of postural reflex, flexion posture and freezing (motor block). Parkinson disease occurs with the loss of brain cells which are generating dopamine. The most important primary motor symptoms of Parkinson’s disease are shaking of hands, slowness of movement, and speech changes. Sound changes are not recognized at the early stages of the disease while it becomes evident at the progressive stages. However, speech changes can be detected with some acoustic parameters. This study aims to detect Parkinson’s disease by using voice recordings. In this study, 342 voice recordings that belong to 174 healthy subjects and 168 Parkinson’s disease patients are used. 21 features are extracted from each voice record. The classification of subjects as healthy or with Parkinson disease is achieved by using logistic regression, k-nearest neighboring and ensemble gentle boost techniques. Furthermore, ten-fold and leave-one-out cross validation techniques are applied to improve the performance and reliability of the classifier. Sensitivity, specificity, maximum and average accuracy values are calculated to evaluate the success of the system. The obtained results show that the proposed system can be utilized by the neurologists to diagnose Parkinson’s disease at its early stages.
EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS AND KINETIC MODELLING FOR STEAM GASIFICATION OF THE TURKISH LIGNITES
Authors: GÜNEY Ömer Faruk , KOYUN Ahmet
Published: March 2020

During the last decades, the importance of structural parameters has been increased because the models which have been developed using structural parameter can define the gasification process effectively. In this study, structural parameters, rates of conversion and activation energies of Zonguldak coal and Beypazari lignite have obtained. The samples of Zonguldak coal and Beypazari lignite used in this study have different characteristics. Pore dimensions, distribution of pores and surface areas were used as structural parameters. Suitable kinetic parameters were determined by fitting the gasification model to experimental data. The random pore model was used to define these kinetic parameters. The data were taken from experiments of Balci and Durusoy and the results obtained from Zonguldak coal and Beypazarı lignite pyrolysed in a vertical tube heated from outside by an inert gas and gasified with steam at elevated temperatures (between 700 °C and 1000 °C) were used in the model.
MATHEMATICAL MODELLING OF LOW GRADE THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE USING AN ENCAPSULATED LIQUID MEDIUM
Authors: SEVİLLA Law Torres , RADULOVİC Jovana
Published: March 2020

In the present study, we report the results obtained from numerical simulations of low grade heat storage. Four different fluid encapsulated materials were tested in four design types for their suitability as a small scale, low temperature thermal energy storage (TES). This was done by analysing and evaluating the maximum temperature reached per sphere for three different positions inside the tank, which correspond to the top right, centre and bottom right sphere. The influences of the material properties and the inlet/outlet tank designs were analysed and evaluated based on the results. The heat transfer fluid (HTF) was water and the storage materials selected were water, glycerol, MDM and MD3M. These were heated sensibly from an ambient temperature of 20°C to 90°C. The analysis shows that the materials with the highest relevant properties do not in fact charge the tank the fastest. Furthermore, the design of the inlet greatly affects the heating dynamics of the system, whereas changing the outlet design marginally affects the results.
Perspectivas sobre práticas sustentáveis aplicadas a projetos e obras de edificações em Maceió - AL.
Authors: Ferreira Dilson Batista , Schlick Beltrand Ghisleine Edelways , Oliveira Érico Albuquerque
Published: March 2020

O crescimento urbano tem causado impacto significativo no meio ambiente fazendo com que haja uma crescente preocupação em práticas menos agressivas ao meio ambiente. Práticas construtivas sustentáveis que minimizam o impacto ambiental em projetos e obras são fundamentais para o alcance dos objetivos de desenvolvimento sustentáveis propostos pela ONU. Sendo assim, o objetivo deste artigo é analisar, sob o ponto de vista dos critérios sustentáveis, a contribuição universitária e a internalização da temática sustentável em projetos e obras entre arquitetos e engenheiros civis. Em vista disso, foram pesquisados indicadores sustentáveis baseados em padrões de gestão de risco e oportunidades voltados para projetos de engenharia civil. Em seguida, foi realizada uma pesquisa empírica com arquitetos, engenheiros de construção civil e estudantes de arquitetura e engenharia civil de várias universidades de Maceió. Conclui- se que o mercado consumidor alagoano ainda não se encontra receptivo à empreendimentos de viés sustentável assim como os profissionais do setor construtivo não se encontram preparados para aplicar critérios sustentáveis em seus projetos e obras. Embora tenha sido verificada uma melhora na educação ambiental nos últimos anos, as universidades em Maceió estão a formar ou formaram recentemente pelo menos 30% de seus alunos com nenhum tipo de informação em adoção de critérios sustentáveis em projetos e obras.
Titulação docente na avaliação dos cursos de Engenharia de Produção no Brasil
Authors: Mello José André Villas Boas , Guimarães Raquel Octavio , Bastos Edson Vinicius Pontes
Published: March 2020

The purpose of this article is to verify if the different academic degrees may interfere with the preliminary course concept (CPC) track obtained by the Production Engineering courses in Brazil. In this documentary study, the data regarding the CPC results of the Production Engineering courses of 2014 were tabulated and analyzed in order to enable a different view of the performance, qualifying the results achieved by the teacher segments: specialists, masters and doctors. As a result, it has been found that the North region is the least attended by the offer of Production Engineering courses in Brazil. With the statistical model of Multiple Linear Regression it was possible to conclude that the grades depend on the academic degree of teachers, in other words, the increase in the number of doctoral teachers significantly influences the cpc performance note.
Influência do tempo de estocagem do leite nas características físico-químicas de iogurtes naturais
Authors: De Oliveira Kênia Borges , Célia Juliana Aparecida , Souza Diene Gonçalves , Medeiros Jéssica Silva , Nicolau Edmar Soares , Da Silva Marco Antônio Pereira
Published: March 2020

Objetivou-se avaliar o efeito do armazenamento do leite durante 0, 24, 48 e 72 horas, analisando a qualidade de iogurtes naturais durante o 1°, 8°, 15°, 22° e 29° dias de estocagem. Analisou-se no leite cru refrigerado, acidez titulável, pH, viscosidade, rendimento e crescimento de microrganismos psicrotróficos, nos iogurtes produzidos avaliou-se a cinética de fermentação, pH, acidez titulável, viscosidade, crescimento de microrganismos psicrotróficos e viabilidade de bactérias lácticas durante o armazenamento, foram realizadas as análises de proteínas, lipídeos, cinzas, matéria seca e espectroscopia de absorção na região do infravermelho. Leite cru refrigerado apresentou baixa acidez, para todos os tempos de refrigeração e pH acima de 6,8. A acidez titulável e pH foram inversamente proporcionais, o iogurte produzido com o leite de 24 horas de estocagem apresentou-se maior durante o período de armazenamento e menor pH a partir do 22° ao 29° dia de armazenamento. As bactérias lácticas apresentaram redução durante os 29 dias de armazenamento, mas foram superiores a 107 UFC/mL. Na composição centesimal do iogurte a matéria seca variou de 11,28 a 12,90%, cinzas de 0,78 a 0,85 %, proteína 3,33 a 3,47% e gordura 3,32 a 4,50%, os valores encontrados estão de acordo com a legislação.
Estado da arte de pesquisas sobre Tecnologia Assistiva na Região Norte, no período de 2015 a 2019
Authors: Matos Maria Almerinda De Souza , Dos Santos Christiane Bruce
Published: March 2020

 

 

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Esse estudo se propôsThis study aimed to investigate the presence or absence Assistive Technology. Special Education. Accessibility. Social Inclusion. Assistive Technology. Special Education. Accessibility. Social Inclusion. Assistive Technology. Special Education. Accessibility. Social Inclusion. o sensu post-graduate research on Assistive Technology (AT) in the northern region of the country. This state- of- art is part of our doctoral thesis on TA which is still being written. Assistive Technology is an interdisciplinary area that encompasses resources and services that aim to give functionality to the lives of people with disabilities or reduced mobility. The object of study was the Brazilian Library of Theses and Dissertations and the Data base of Post-graduate Programs in Education of the Northern Region, recognized by the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education - Capes. Improvement Cordination A study was made from 2015 to 2019. The survey results indicate that only three researches related to the theme were found in the entire Northern Region. This indicates the low capillarity of AT research in Brazil and the urgency for investiments on AT research in the states that are part of the studied region, since the literature indicates that the demands on AT are distributed throughout Brazil. a investigar a presença ou ausência de pesquisas de Pós-graduação stricto sensu acerca da Tecnologia Assistiva (TA) na Região Norte do país. Esse estado da Arte faz parte de nossa tese de doutorado sobre TA a qual está em processo de construção. Tecnologia Assistiva é uma área de conhecimento de característica interdisciplinar que engloba recursos e serviços que objetivam dar funcionalidade a vida das pessoas com deficiência, incapacidade ou mobilidade reduzida. Serviram como objeto de estudo a Biblioteca Brasileira de Teses e Dissertações e os Banco de Dados dos Programas de Pós-graduação em Educação da Região Norte reconhecidos pela Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior- Capes. Foi feito um recorte do período de 2015 a 2019. Os resultados da pesquisa indicam que foram encontradas apenas três pesquisas relacionadas a temática em toda Região Norte. Isso indica a baixa capilaridade das pesquisas em TA no Brasil e a urgência de investimento em pesquisas em TA nos estados que compõem a região estudada, uma vez que a literatura indica que as demandas em TA estão distribuídas em todo o Brasil.

 
ASSOCIAÇÃO DA QUALIDADE DO SONO E PERFIL ACADÊMICO COM O ESTRESSE DE ESTUDANTES DE ENFERMAGEM
Authors: Negreiros Cíntia Taumaturgo Fernandes de , Silva Sarah Rebecca Sousa da , Silva Rodrigo Marques da , Costa Ana Lúcia Siqueira , Farias Fabiane Coelho , Cangussu Débora Dadiani Dantas , Kimura Cristilene Akiko
Published: March 2020

Objetivo: avaliar a associação da qualidade do sono e o perfil acadêmico com o nível de estresse entre discentes de enfermagem. Método: trata-se de uma pesquisa transversal, analítica, de abordagem quantitativa, realizada com 117 estudantes de enfermagem por meio de um questionário acadêmico de Avaliação do Estresse em Estudantes de Enfermagem e do Índice de Qualidade de Sono Pittsburgh. Os dados foram coletados em 2016. A análise dos dados foi realizada por meio dos testes de Exato de Fischer e t de Student para amostras independentes. Resultados: verificou-se predomínio de nível médio de estresse (51,3%), seguido por nível alto de estresse (42,7%) e má qualidade de sono (94,8%). Os discentes que levavam, em média, mais tempo para chegar à instituição de ensino (p=0,001), estudavam mais horas por dia (p=0,014) e realizavam atividades de trabalho (p=0,013), possuíam maior nível de estresse. Houve associação significativa entre estresse acadêmico e qualidade do sono (p<0,0001). Conclusão: além dos fatores acadêmicos, os estudantes vivenciavam situações pessoais e sociais que estavam associadas ao nível de estresse apresentado, o qual impactava negativamente na qualidade do sono e podia afetar o processo de aprendizado.

Descritores: Enfermagem. Estresse Psicológico. Sono. Estudantes de Enfermagem.
Eminence and Genius in the Real-World: Seven Critical Skills that Make Possible Eminent Achievement
Authors: Mumford Michael D. , Todd E. Michelle , Higgs Cory A.
Published: March 2020

Genius and eminence has traditionally been understood in terms of basic abilities such as intel- ligence and creative thinking. Although we do not dispute the importance of basic abilities, we argue that eminent achievement in real-world settings also depends on the skills people acquire with experience. In the present effort, seven skills which appear critical to real-world eminent achievement are identified: 1) problem finding, 2) causal analysis, 3) constraint analysis, 4) forecasting, 5) elaboration, 6) compensation, and 7) wisdom. The findings obtained in various quantitative studies, along with the evidence drawn from the careers of those who have made eminent achievements, are used to provide evidence for the nature and significance of each of these skills. The implications of our observations for the development of eminent individuals are discussed.
Foreign labour in the russian labour market: Problems and decisions
Authors: Krasinets Evgeny S.
Published: March 2020

In the current conditions of economic and socio-demographic development of the Russian Federation, the role of migration processes in making up for the loss of labour potential and ensuring a sustainable and balanced growth of the economy is increasing. Of great relevance are becoming studies of the problems of labour market balance in their interaction with migration processes and development of practical measures in the field of improving the regulation of labour immigration. The article analyzes statistical material characterizing the trends in attracting and using foreign labor in the modern Russian economy. The peculiarities of the functioning of the national labour market are identified and revealed. Quantitative and structural imbalances in the labour market between labour demand and supply are analyzed. It is shown that the labour market is central among the socio-economic determinants of labour immigration. There is made an assessment of the state and dynamics of the processes of attracting and using foreign labour in connection with the analysis of trends in the situation at the labour market. The impact of labor immigration and its structure on the functioning of the labour market and employment is revealed. The ambiguous consequences of the use of foreign labour for development of the national economy were considered. The positive and negative effects of labour immigration were highlighted. A special attention was paid to development of the issues of improving the state migration policy in the field of labour immigration. The most problematic components of attracting and using foreign workers are shown. There is proposed the development of tasks related to overcoming the existing miscalculations in the labour immigration management practice. There are identified specific measures for solution of the existing problems of receiving foreign labour in order to ensure both short-term and long-term economic and geopolitical interests of the country's development. There are developed proposals and recommendations on the regulation of flows of foreign migrant workers.
Suffering Exhausted Life Like Burning at Both Ends of a Candle - Women With Menopausal Fatigue
Authors: Chiu Hsiao-Hui , Tsao Lee-Ing , Lin Mei-Hsiang
Published: March 2020

Background: Fatigue is a common complaints for perimenopausal or menopausal women. It is a subjective feeling and deeply affect women's lives. Studies evaluating it as a marker for diseases or the transition of menopause among menopausal women are lacking.Aims: To explore the life experiences among women with menopausal fatigue.Methods: In- depth interview were conducted with 17 Taiwanese women with a mean age of 52.2years, who perceived themselves as getting tired or exhausted life but have no major or serious diseases were invited by in-depth interviewed. Data were analyzed by constant comparative method.Results: “Suffering exhausted life like burning at both ends of a candle” was the core category for describing and guiding the process of women with menopausal fatigue. During this process, “Energy Exhaustion” was identified as the antecedent condition. Once the woman became aware, she would begin the process of “Suffering exhausted life like burning at both ends of a candle”. This process would be marked by action and interaction among the categories of “Need refreshing or diverting attention”, “Seeking family or significance others help and supports”, and “Arranging leisure activities and exercise”. Throughout this process women viewed their fatigue life by acceptance by “Slowing and modifying my life paces” or retrieval it but felt frustration and recycling the process of Energy Exhaustion.Conclusion: Menopausal fatigue was viewed as suffering exhausted life like burning at both ends of a candle instead of a silent life message. It is like menopausal symptoms needing to attention.
Generational Perspective of Digital Literacy Among Ghanaians in the 21st Century
Authors: Dovie Delali Adjoa , Dzokoto Gloria , Attiogbe Alexander , Foli Agbe Albert , Nana Mensah Helen , Mate-Kole Charles C. , Dzorgbo Dan-Bright S.
Published: March 2020

This paper investigates the nexus between generations and digital literacy. For the study, simple random sampling was undertaken in selecting 361 respondents, while ten participants were selected through purposive sampling. The authors made use of mixed methods, including the intervju survey method. The data were subjected to bivariate, correlation and thematic analysis. Concerning theresults, younger people turn out to be comparatively more digitally active and more digitally skilled than older people, which is indicative of the fact that there is a generational gap between the two distinct generations in terms of being in a technologically savvy position. This was influenced significantly by the era in which they were born, as each generation comes with its own technological innovations, the phenomena of socialization and social interaction with self-organization as the focus. It is concluded that digital literacy, expositions and exploits are significant in relation to how they shape generational interactions, including the adaptation to digital device utilization in later life.
Bridge over Troubled Waters
Authors: Bickl Thomas
Published: March 2020

This single-case study seeks, first, to analyse the Pelješac bridge project’s EU dimension, and the impact on the bilateral relations between Croatia and Bosnia- Herzegovina. The bridge is part of the so-called Road Connection to South Dalmatia, an infrastructure project linking the southern exclave of Croatia with the rest of the country. This article is going to reconstruct the considerable controversy between Sarajevo and Zagreb over the project. Second, this piece of research aims at highlighting the context of the bridge being built by a State-owned Chinese company and why the EU has been paralysed over the question of third-country bidders in national EU-wide public tenders. Lastly, this paper presents a recommendation on how the problem of maritime access to and from the territorial waters of Bosnia-Herzegovina through Croatian internal waters can be solved. The article demonstrates that the three issues of controversy related to the Pelješac bridge project can and must be unbundled to arrive at sustainable solutions for the region as a whole. The method employed in this article is process-tracing covering the period between 1999 and today based on interviews, documents, and secondary literature.
Producing European Modernity
Authors: Cvijanović Hrvoje
Published: March 2020

This paper examines the ways in which modern philosophical and literary accounts have shaped and produced European modernity. The author looks at the myth as such, but especially in the quest, justifications, and narratives provided by Rousseau, Locke, and Daniel Defoe, among all. They are seen as grounding examples of modern mythmaking in which the concept of savagery has been uplifted and opposed to cultivating and civilizational practices, and used as a conceptual axis for articulating ideas of progress, self-preservation, and the state of nature. It is shown that modern bourgeois power of mythmaking through writing cannot be detached from racial bourgeois-capitalist worldmaking, or from the production and reproduction of racial capitalism – a structural and historical nexus of capitalism and racial oppression. The article concludes that by perpetuating myths of rational individuals rationally organizing the world, cultivating the wilderness, and enjoying freedom of production and consumption, European bourgeoisie conceptualized and constructed a fictional framework of modern man set within the mechanism of the modern state and capitalist production, that legitimized the predatory socio-economic practices based on harvesting social and natural resources, the same practices held by global capitalism as well.
Russia’s Foreign Policy Evolution in the New Balkan Landscape
Authors: Entina Ekaterina , Pivovarenko Alexander
Published: March 2020

The article reflects on the issue of the foreign policy strategy of modern Russia in the Balkans region. One of the most significant aspects of this problem is the difference in views between Russia and the West. Authors show how different interpretations of the events in former Yugoslavia in the 1990s and the beginning of the 2000s predetermined the sense of mutual suspicion and mistrust which spread to other regions such as the post-Soviet space. Exploring differences between the Russian and the Western (Euro-Atlantic) views on the current matters, authors draw attention to fundamental differences in terminology: while the Western narrative promotes more narrow geographical and political definitions (such as the Western Balkan Six), traditional Russian experts are more inclined to wider or integral definitions such as “the Balkans” and “Central and Southeast Europe”. Meanwhile none of these terms are applicable for analysis of the current trends such as the growing transit role of the Balkans region and its embedding in the European regional security architecture. Therefore, a new definition is needed to overcome the differences in vision and better understand significant recent developments in the region. Conceptualizing major foreign policy events in Central and Southeast Europe during the last three decades (the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s), authors demonstrate the significance of differences in tools and methods between the Soviet Union and the modern Russia. Permanent need for adaptation to changing political and security context led to inconsistence in Russian Balkan policy in the 1990s. Nevertheless, Russia was able to preserve an integral vision of the region and even to elaborate new transregional constructive projects, which in right political circumstances may promote stability and become beneficial for both Russia and the Euro-Atlantic community.
The Implications of the “New Course” Strategy
Authors: Ivašković Igor
Published: March 2020

This article examines the political framework of “novi kurs” (“New Course”) from the beginning of the 20th century, its strategic aims and its function within the battle of different visions of a South Slavic state. The evidence shows that the new political direction contributed to the improvement of conflicting relations between Croats and Serbs, but, at the same time, it had a negative impact on the Croatian-Slovenian alliance along the Adriatic coast. In the context of the latter relation, the author analyses the reactions of Slovenians from Trieste and Primorska region who were supposed to be the collaterals due to what seemed to be an agreement between Serbs and Croats. However, although the “New Course” may be seen as long expected consensus between Croats and Serbs, a thorough analysis undermines that thesis. This became evident with the formation of two political factions within the Croatian-Serbian Coalition in which different views on the fundamental geopolitical parameters of the South Slavic state were developed.