bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Horyzont — Nawrócenie — Narracja. Tożsamość i obcość w naukowym świecie humanistów
Authors: Wejland Andrzej Paweł
Published: March 2022

The subject I am considering is the narrative partitioning that is present in the discourse of research communities within the humanities, in particular in the field of cultural anthropology and sociology. Narrative partitioning, when it concerns individual researchers, rests upon a fact that what is private expresses itself solely outside the official public scientific discourse. On the other hand, when the mentioned narrative partitioning concerns the research community, it manifests itself as a sort of abstention or narrative quietness – “the silence” of private (experiences’) histories; their removal into the shadow, or even their annihilation by the dominant narrative, accepting, for instance, only “the pure scientificity”, and warning against any confessional attempts, or simply excluding them. I try to demonstrate how the phenomenon of narrative partitioning may be analyzed using concepts (borrowed from Bernard J.F. Lonergan and much indebted to hermeneutics) of the horizon (in the metaphorical sense) and conversion, understood as a change of the horizon and a transformation in belonging to the scientific community (i.e. – as in the case of Thomas S. Kuhn – where the replacement of a research paradigm had much to do with religious conversion). Moreover, I employ some additional terms that describe narrative ways, introduced by a humanist scholar, of coping with the situation of living in two separate “worlds”: public and private. This very duality occurs particularly glaringly when, for example, official scientific discourse demands religious indifference (or what has already been known by the name of an anthropological atheism), while private discourse is based upon religious faith and religious participation which together carry a religious obligation to bear witness through narratives, especially in public situations. Therefore, the case of Mircea Eliade helps me to present difficulties in accepting his phenomenology of religion – transformed, as it is said here and there, in a kind of confession – experienced by much of the scientific world of humanists, including ethnologists. Moreover, this case reveals how the search for identity that oversteps common schemes and accepted norms, exposes one, in science, to rejection, and evokes an undeniable feeling of foreignness (or alienation). The case of Margaret M. Poloma illustrates what the researcher does when she wishes to avoid such a sense of foreignness (alienation) and narrative partitioning, when she, thus, wishes to preserve the unity of narratives in the world of academic sociology and in the private world of engagement (after her religious conversion) in Pentecostal movement. Both of the cases, like many similar situations, manifest the clash of communal standards of a value-free science, in particular “unseasoned” with religious notions – as in the case of anthropology or sociology – and life experiences of researchers, leading to moral tensions inside individuals as well as within research communities.
Biograficzne epifanie w kontekście tworzenia podstaw jakościowego kolektywu myślowego
Authors: Kafar Marcin
Published: March 2022

Several autobiographical stories presented during a discussion panel held at the Second International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, May 4-6, 2006) provoke me to think over the use of the idea of “epiphany” as it appears in the context of developing the qualitative thought-collective. Widely recognized researchers, such as Yvonna Lincoln, Carolyn Ellis, Norman K. Denzin, Laurel Richardson and Arthur P. Bochner, consider their own epiphanies as the particular turning points affecting their private (“non-professional”) as well as “professional” lives. But what exactly does it mean to experience the moment of epiphany? What is the difference between epiphany and illumination? In what ways can epiphany actually change our lives? And finally, can we distinguish any special forms of scientific epiphanies? I pose these essential questions trying to analyze the role individuals play in the process of constructing new fields of knowledge.
Michel Foucault jako heterotopia
Authors: Kafar Marcin
Published: March 2022

Michel Foucault’s scattered “autobiographical pieces” supported by the vivid biographical reminiscences of Didier Eribon, George Dumézil and others, give the reader a unique opportunity to examine the interrelationship between life and work of that great thinker and unusual person. After Charles C. Lemert and Garth Gillan, I try to interpret the phenomenon of “Michel Foucault” within the scope of terms worked out by the author of “Les mots et les choses”. The key notions here are “heteroclicity” (a word used for the first time in “The Order of Things” [1966] in connection with two other words: “heterotopia” and “utopia”) and “heteroclite” (meaning a thing or person deviating from the common rules, or from common forms). In Foucault’s vocabulary heteroclicity relates to – hidden in language and transcending it – space potentialities that can be found in any type of culture and society. People are split permanently into aspiring to live either in the world of utopias or heterotiopias, in the world of “unreal” and the world of “questioning” of what is imagined as “stable”, or even “everlasting”. By saying that Michel Foucault is heterotopia, I mean – metaphorically – that on both social and intellectual levels he exists as a kind of “non-site – someone destabilized” (from a common point of view on sexuality and, in general, socially acceptable behavior) and at the same time destabilizing e.g. conventions of thought. Crossing the borders of outsider and genius reminds then of a list of paradoxical things placed in an old Chinese encyclopedia and derived from there by George Louis Borges (“vide Introduction to The Order of Things”).
„Historia każdego rozbitka jest zawsze moją historią” — o współistnieniu biografii badanego i badacza
Authors: Kostrzyńska Małgorzata
Published: March 2022

In this chapter I present both the situation of an encounter between the homeless and the researcher and a multiplication of challenges and doubts they face in the course of participatory research. My contribution starts with the characteristics of the first meeting (“the opening of relation: the homeless – the researcher”), in which I try to find something in common between “us” (“adjustment process between the researcher and the homeless”), so to get then to the point of “coexistence of the homeless and the researcher biographies”. These phases of a continuous process let the researcher achieve an “understanding” perspective in her research. At the same time close, the relationship between the homeless and the researcher reveals how the “professional” and “non-professional” meaning of biography is hard to distinguish, leading rather to coherence and to construction of a shared biography line.
A comprehensive Cervical Cancer Control Plan in a low-middle income country: Bangladesh perspective
Authors:   Dhaka Medical College, Baishnab M. , Roy T.​
Published: March 2022

Carcinoma cervix is one of the most important preventable and curable diseases of women of reproductive age. Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), especially the oncogenic HPV are the main culprit of this disease. Effective vaccination of HPV can prevent Carcinoma cervix and it is the preferred method for long-term reduction of Cervical neoplasia. Developed countries have established comprehensive HPV vaccination programs, but it is not established in the low-middle income countries yet. The objective of our paper is to evaluate the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of HPV vaccination for the prevention of Ca Cervix and make a comprehensive cancer control plan for Ca Cervix in a low-middle income country setting. We used narrative analysis to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of HPV vaccination for a low resource low-middle income country and propose a comprehensive cancer control plan appropriate for them. Primary prevention (HPV vaccination) along with Secondary prevention (Screening by Visual Inspection with Acetic Acid-VIA or Pap smear or HPV DNA detection) and early treatment of precancerous lesions are very much cost-effective for the prevention of Cervical cancer. Carcinoma cervix is a preventable and curable disease despite rapidly growing cancer with high mortality and morbidity. A comprehensive cancer control plan with effective screening and HPV vaccination will make a difference by reducing the national and global burden of Cervical.
Secondary school students’ awareness and practices of science practical work in Saudi Arabia
Authors: Alanazi Fayadh
Published: March 2022

The key objective of the present research is to investigate the nature of students’ knowledge and practical work in secondary school biology, chemistry, and physics (BCP). Furthermore, comparisons will be made between knowledge and practical work practices in different year groups (Grades 10, 11, and 12). The sample consisted of 438 secondary school students from the first, second, and third years of secondary schools in the Al-Jouf region of north-eastern Saudi Arabia. Additionally, an analytical framework has been applied in the study to assess students’ attitudes in the cognitive, affective, and psychomotor domains. A mixed methods approach was adopted for this study, in which questionnaires and interviews were used to collect data. The findings of the research indicated that Saudi students generally displayed positive attitudes towards practical learning in various domains (cognitive, affective, and psychomotor). Nonetheless, significant differences were identified in the psychomotor domain between Grade 10 and Grade 12 students, with Grade 10 showing the most favourable attitudes, followed by Grade 12 and lastly Grade 11. With regard to the cognitive and affective domains, no significant differences were found. Moreover, the findings of the study also showed that a majority of Saudi students understood the importance of practical work in learning science in Saudi secondary schools.

 

Keywords: Attitudes, Practical work, School science, Secondary school.
The development of teacher evaluation activities in updated educational contexts
Authors: Khalima Sartayeva , Rysbayeva Galiya , Tasbolat Baibolat , Abildaeva Roza , Shynar Bissenova
Published: March 2022

This research aims to reveal the opinions of teachers about the development of assessment activities in updated educational conditions. The study was conducted with the phenomenology pattern, one of the qualitative research designs. Study data were collected with semi-structured interview forms applied to primary, secondary, and high school teachers. The participants of the study consisted of 20 primary school teachers, 20 secondary school teachers, and 20 high school teachers who were working in various schools in Kazakhstan in the 2021-2022 academic year, who agreed to participate voluntarily in the research. As a result of the research, among the answers given to the question about the advantages of online education, the majority of the participants believed the advantages include financial advantages, time advantages, and transportation advantages. Among the answers given to the question about the disadvantages of online education, the majority of the participants believed the disadvantages include adaptation problems, problems in social relations, and connection problems.  

Keywords: Assessment; development of assessment; online education; training.
Methods of forming physical concepts for primary school students
Authors: Yerzhenbek Bulbul , Sydykova Zhainagul , Zhadrayeva Larissa , Zhumaliyeva Lyazzat , Yessenova Mariya
Published: March 2022

Improving the education quality, its compliance with modern requirements is closely related to the assimilation of scientific concepts by schoolchildren, which is one of the most important components of the scientific knowledge element. The article aims to present a methodology for the students’ formation of physical concepts. The stages of mastering the concepts are also shown in the article. The results of a pedagogical experiment reflecting the effectiveness of the proposed methodology are presented. The effectiveness of the proposed methodology was tested in a pedagogical experiment. The pedagogical experiment was conducted at 3 schools in Kazakhstan, control classes of 60 students and experimental classes of 56 students were taken for the pedagogical experiment from the 10th grade. A total of 116 students took part in the pedagogical experiment. The results of the study evinced that students’ high-level knowledge is determined by the level of assimilation of physical concepts, an important component of the physical knowledge elements.

 

Keywords: mastering concepts; physics; physical concepts
PEMIKIRAN PENDIDIKAN ISLAM SYEKH NAWAWI AL-BANTANI DAN RELEVANSINYA TERHADAP PENDIDIKAN MORAL ERA KONTEMPORER
Authors: Muhammad Yusuf
Published: March 2022

Islamic education must be able to assist humans in developing the basic potentials of Islamic humans, including the creation of noble character, ethics, and perfect morals. Morals must go through a certain treatment process if someone wants to have good morals. To develop good morals or Islamic morals itself, one of them can be pursued through educational activities or processes, especially Islamic education. This research uses library research. Data collection techniques using documentation techniques and data analysis techniques are descriptive analysis. Syekh Nawawi al-Bantani in education is very much oriented to religious values ​​and how to make God the target object in the educational process so that some researchers classify him as a Conservative Religious scholar. The concepts of educational thought, especially those related to moral education, are still very relevant to be applied in today's contemporary era.
Influencia de la Orientación al Cliente en la Lealtad a Restaurantes Independientes, Mediada por la Innovación en Mercadotecnia
Authors: Figueroa Velázquez Juan Gabriel , Hernández Ortiz Iván , Alcántara Hernández Ruth Josefina
Published: March 2022

OBJETIVO: Validar la relación entre la orientación al cliente y la lealtad hacia empresas restauranteras independientes, mediada por la innovación en mercadotecnia.
MATERIAL Y MÉTODO: Se desarrolló una investigación cuantitativa, explicativa y transversal, aplicando un muestreo no probabilístico por conveniencia. Se suministró un cuestionario a directivos y propietarios de restaurantes integrado con escalas ya validadas, alcanzando un total de 238 cuestionarios. El modelo propuesto fue validado mediante la técnica estadística de modelado de ecuaciones estructurales, por el método de mínimos cuadrados parciales, utilizando el software Smart PLS en su versión 3.
RESULTADOS: El modelo obtenido cumplió con los criterios de fiabilidad de los constructos y validez discriminante, observando un nivel de ajuste aceptable del modelo, con un nivel del coeficiente de determinación (R2) del orden de 0.48.
CONCLUSIONES. Los resultados muestran una relación positiva y significativa tanto entre el efecto directo de la orientación al cliente y la lealtad de los clientes de las empresas restauranteras, como entre el efecto indirecto entre estas variables, mediada por el constructo de innovación en mercadotecnia.
“Homobiblismo”: abordagens bíblicas pró-homossexuais?
Authors: Follis Rodrigo , Carmo Felipe
Published: March 2022

FOR THE BIBLE tells me so. Produção e Direção: Daniel G. Karslake. NewYork: First Run Features, 2007. 1 DVD.
Uji Sitotoksisitas Hidroksiapatit Cangkang Telur Ayam Ras (Gallus gallus) terhadap Sel Fibroblas Ligamen Periodontal Manusia
Authors: Komala Devi , Amin Muhammad Nurul , Rahayu Yani Corvianindya
Published: March 2022

Periodontitis is an inflammation disease of the periodontal tissues surrounding the teeth, include periodontal ligament fibroblast cell. The recently researches developed tissue engineering concept to accelerate regeneration and proliferation periodontal ligament cells. One of the major components of tissue engineering is scaffold. The hydroxyapatite is biomaterial that can be used as scaffold. The egg shell has the potential biowaste to be a source of hydroxyapatite biomaterial. Before being applied as a scaffold in the medical field, cytotoxicity testing needs to be done. This study aimed to examine toxicity effect of egg shell hydroxyapatite in various concentration toward human periodontal ligament fibroblast cells. This study used human periodontal ligament fibroblast primary cells (5x103) in microplate 96 wells which divided into 7 groups, control cells, control media without cells and the treatment groups with concentration egg shell hydroxyapatite100 μg/ml, 75 μg/ml, 50 μg/ml, 25 μg/ml dan 25 μg/ml and incubated for 24 hours. Cytotoxicity test was conducted using MTT assay. Optical density values describe the viability of living cells and the readings were done using ELISA readers, subsequently the data were analyzed using One way ANOVA. The number of human periodontal ligament cells at all concentration showed that the percentage of cell life is more than 90%. Egg shell hydroxyapatite at all concentrations tested is not toxic toward human periodontal ligament fibroblas cells.
New data about Empididae and Hybotidae (Diptera, Empidoidea) from Croatia: new species, new name, new records
Authors:   Department of Zoology and Fisheries, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, 165 00 Praha-Suchdol, Czech Republic, Barták Miroslav , Kokan Bože ,   Natural History Museum Split, Kolombatovićevo šetalište 2, 21000 Split, Republic of Croatia
Published: March 2022

Bicellaria croatica sp. nov. (Hybotidae) is described and illustrated from Croatia. In Empididae, new records for Rhamphomyia brevis Daugeron & Lefebvre, 2015 (preoccupied, Rhamphomyia brevis Loew, 1861) are presented and a new substitute name for this species is proposed: Rhamphomyia daugeroni nom. nov. The species is transferred to the subgenus Holoclera. Three species of Empididae are first recorded from Croatia: Empis pleurica (Collin, 1960), Rhamphomyia (Amydroneura) pseudogibba Strobl, 1910 and Empis (Xanthempis) hypandrialis Daugeron, 2000 (the female is described for the first time). It is hypothesised that Empis pleurica (Collin, 1960) is extending its distribution area northwest (from Israel through Turkey to Croatia), northwards (to the Caucasus) and eastward (to Iran), probably due to climate change.
New records of Zygaena brizae (Esper, 1800) (Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae) in Croatia
Authors:   Association Hyla, Lipovac I, n. 7, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia, Koren Toni
Published: March 2022

Zygaena brizae is one of the rarer species of burnet moths on the Balkan peninsula, with only a handful of recent records. While it has been listed as part of the fauna of Croatia, prior to this survey, records from the country were scarce and imprecise, referring only to Istria or Dalmatia, without any exact locality. During 2021 this species has been recorded in Plitvice Lakes National Park at two localities. At Homoljac only a single specimen was observed, but at the meadows near Prijeboj a seemingly numerous population was recorded. These are the first exact records of Z. brizae in Croatia.
Democracia y cambio constitucional
Authors: Turégano Mansilla Isabel
Published: March 2022

Desde los presupuestos del constitucionalismo democrático, un orden constitucional será legítimo no solo cuando se refuercen en el proceso de elaboración del texto constitucional los mecanismos que favorecen la inclusión, participación y deliberación sino, además, cuando existen mecanismos para que la ciudadanía pueda efectivamente participar en su desarrollo y actualización. El trabajo revisa desde esta perspectiva el debate acerca de los modos diversos, formales e informales, en que las constituciones pueden cambiar. Centrándose especialmente en los cambios informales que se producen mediante prácticas interpretativas institucionales generadas desde bases sociales reivindicativas, se plantea qué contexto es más favorable a cambios informales o formales de la constitución, cómo se pueden identificar los cambios informales y si estos pueden tener un valor democrático.
La agravante de discriminación por género como respuesta a las limitaciones penales en la violencia de género
Authors: López de Zubiría Díaz Sandra
Published: March 2022

Con la incorporación del «género» como motivo discriminatorio de la agravante del art. 22.4 del Código Penal (en adelante, CP) se produce un giro en la política criminal desarrollada hasta la época. Así, las agravaciones específicas se complementan con una agravante genérica que, si bien da respuesta a las demandas señaladas por amplios sectores, también fomenta numerosos debates doctrinales especialmente críticos con la problemática práctica que podría derivarse de esta modificación. En este texto, a partir de una revisión doctrinal, complementada con un análisis jurisprudencial, se pretende apoyar la incorporación de esta circunstancia, rechazando que existan problemas de aplicación que supongan la innecesariedad de la agravante. Por contra, se suscribe su existencia argumentando que puede dar una respuesta ante las constricciones penales actuales, que imposibilitan advertir las diferentes expresiones violentas como un todo, diferenciando indebidamente entre víctimas en función de la vinculación con el agresor y estimulando la reticente incomprensión de esta violencia.
De la connivencia a la ruptura en la estrategia procesal de Jordi Cuixart
Authors: Alonso de la Torre Merchán Carlos
Published: March 2022

Este artículo analiza las estrategias de defensa de Jordi Cuixart durante la causa especial 20907/2017 ante el Tribunal Supremo. El enfoque se compone a partir de la obra de Jacques Vergès y su distinción entre estrategias de ruptura y connivencia, tomando aportes de otras fuentes para contextualizar el análisis y comprender la caracterización de la justicia como institución política al servicio del poder establecido, lo cual es elemental para situar las categorías de Vergès y el comportamiento de Cuixart. Busca así mismo constatar la existencia de fines políticos que explican el comportamiento procesal del acusado y el cambio que acontece entre la instrucción y el juicio oral. Conocerlos es útil para comprender, por un lado, la dicotomía entre ruptura y connivencia en base a un ejemplo actual; y por otro, las razones que mueven a Cuixart, lo que ayuda a conocer mejor el proceso y los escenarios que, tras el mismo, aparecen.
Cinco ideas para la formación del jurista de mediados del siglo XXI
Authors: Atienza Manuel
Published: March 2022

Las cinco ideas giran en torno a si la universidad va a poder seguir siendo el centro de la formación del jurista, a qué cambios deberían introducirse para ello y al papel que debería jugar la filosofía del Derecho y la argumentación jurídica.
Retrospección de un historiador jurista en tiempos posboloñeses
Authors: Clavero Bartolomé
Published: March 2022

El artículo realiza un recorrido crítico por los diferentes planes de estudio que ha conocido la universidad española entre la segunda mitad del siglo XX y las primeras décadas del siglo XXI. Se señalan algunas de sus deficiencias y se propone avanzar hacia un modelo donde la constitución sea el centro que articule los estudios de derecho, tanto público como privado. En este modelo, las asignaturas propedéuticas pasarían a ubicarse en los estudios de postgrado y/o especialización.
La formación del jurista en España en la actualidad
Authors: Quintero Olivares Gonzalo
Published: March 2022

La actual formación del jurista en España es deficiente. La causa no está en el desafortunado y casi inviable Plan Bolonia, sino que es anterior, y no se reduce a una. La formación preuniversitaria en humanidades es casi inexistente. Hay un exceso de Facultades de Derecho y de centros que enseñan Derecho, con lo que abunda el profesorado improvisado, y, con ello, la formación del estudiante es con frecuencia superficial, a lo que se suma el poco interés por la carrera. La introducción de unas pruebas nacionales para acceder a la abogacía, en las que tienen un peso excesivo los Colegios de Abogados, no ha remediado la situación.
Money Supply Movement and Food Inflation in Nigeria
Authors: Ashiru Yusuff Olatunji
Published: March 2022

Among the major macroeconomic objectives of any nation is to ensure higher economic growth without significant and persistent upward trend in the general price level. No wonder monetary authorities do emphasis low inflation-output growth. In Nigeria, all efforts of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to achieve single digits inflation over the years have been abortive. Against this background, this paper examines the impact of money supply on food inflation in Nigeria using monthly data between 1996:01 and 2021:12. The augmented Dickey-Fuller test of unit root is to check the stationary of money supply growth and food inflation. Thereafter, an autoregressive distributed lag model (ARDL) model is specified in order to capture both contemporaneous and effects of money supply on food inflation and the model is estimated using the ordinary least squares (OLS) estimation technique. The results reveal that money supply has contemporaneous effect on food inflation. No evidence of lagged effect is found. It is therefore concluded that controlling the growth in money supply is an effective measure to control food inflation.
Two-dimensional nanofluidics for blue energy harvesting
Authors: Xie Linhan , Tang Jiadong , Qin Runan , Liu Jingbing , Zhang Qianqian , Jin Yuhong , Wang Hao
Published: March 2022

Blue energy harvesting based on the ion flow obtained from seas and rivers provides a clean, stable and continuous electric output that is highly dependent on ion-selective membranes (ISMs) that conduct single ions. In recent years, ISMs constructed based on two-dimensional (2D) nanofluidics have demonstrated promising application prospects in blue energy harvesting due to their facile fabrication, excellent ion selectivity and high ion flux. In this review, the principles of 2D nanofluidics in regulating ionic transport are firstly proposed and discussed, including ion selectivity and ultrafast ion transmission, which are considered as two critical factors for achieving highly efficient blue energy harvesting. The advantages of 2D nanofluidics towards blue energy harvesting are analyzed to reveal the necessity of this review. The construction of 2D nanofluidic membranes based on several typical materials and their recent research advances in salinity gradient- and pressure-driven blue energy harvesting are also summarized in detail. Finally, the existing challenges of 2D nanofluidic membranes regarding blue energy harvesting applications are discussed to provide new insights for the development of high-performance blue energy harvesting systems based on 2D nanofluidics.
Influence of softening annealing on microstructural heredity and mechanical properties of medium-Mn steel
Authors: Ding Fanglin , Guo Qinyi , Hu Bin , Luo Haiwen
Published: March 2022

Softening annealing (SA) is often required for producing medium-Mn steels (MMS) as it lowers hardness so that they can be cold rolled to reduce thickness. The influences of different SA processes on the microstructural heredity during the processing route and the final tensile properties were studied. It was found that the SA process could either intensify or weaken the influence of the Mn segregation resulting from solidification on the subsequent microstructural evolution during the process, i.e., microstructural heredity. In the case when no SA was employed, both recrystallization and rapid growth of ferrite grains preceded the reverse austenitic transformation during the intercritical annealing (IA) in the Mn-lean regions, where very coarse ferrite grains were formed. This deteriorated ductility was due to the propagation of cracking along the boundary of the coarse-grained and fine-grained regions. In contrast, SA at a sufficiently high temperature could dissolve cementite, producing uniformly distributed austenite grains. They transformed to martensite during cold rolling but were reborn during IA. As a result, ultrafine austenite and ferrite grains were uniformly distributed, which improved ductility significantly. This study hints at a new approach to altering the microstructural heredity resulting from the heterogeneous Mn distribution in MMS.
Polygraph analyses: technical and practical background
Authors: Winkler-Galicki Jakub , Bartkowiak-Wieczorek Joanna , Synowiec Dominik , Dąbrowska Renata , Mądry Edyta
Published: March 2022

A lie is not the truth, a common definition found in each dictionary or encyclopaedia. Humans use it in different situations and for various reasons, but in the case of forensics, recruitment, and trust in the company or family, it can be curtailed in order to avoid it or to detect it. One of the possible detection tools is the polygraph, whereby lies may be registered and interpreted by means of physiological activities controlled by the autonomic nervous system, such as sweating, trembling, or changes in breathing or in the heart rate. The analyses of the aforementioned parameters are monitored in response to questions, thus, providing information about a possible lie. Questions should be asked according to one of the approved protocols and given procedures and algorithms, which are constantly developed and revised to provide the best possible results.
Pulmonary embolism in patients with the Coronavirus Disease 2019
Authors: Kapała Przemysław , Versace Mattia , Tuchendler Ewelina , Marciniak Anna , Guzik Przemysław
Published: March 2022

Coronaviruses are RNA viruses causing infectious diseases. They had been responsible for 15% cases of a common cold before December 2019. With the new strain of coronavirus SARS CoV2 which causes COVID-19 disease, the ongoing pandemic surprised with the severity of symptoms and its course compared to the previously known mild respiratory tract infections. In the end of December 2021, over 274 million people were diagnosed with COVID-19 disease, and the total mortality amounted to nearly 5.4 million deaths in more than 200 countries. One of the potentially fatal complications of COVID-19 is pulmonary embolism (PE). It appears that PE has been associated with several coagulation abnormalities as well as with frequent significantly elevated concentration of D‑dimer's. A higher D‑dimer concentration in blood serum, in turn, has been associated with an increased risk of premature death. Moreover, inflammation, typical in the course of COVID-19, is considered a prothrombotic condition; higher interleukin 6 (Il-6) and C‑reactive protein concentrations have been found in patients with more severe forms of COVID-19. So far, none specific for COVID-19 studies have been available with regard to the diagnosis and treatment of PE. Therefore, the practical approach is based on the experience of other groups of patients. Prevention of thrombotic events seems reasonable, at least in COVID-19 patients with the risk factors of developing venous thromboembolism. Low‑molecular‑weight heparins are most commonly prescribed (e.g. enoxaparin, dalteparin). Following the confirmed definite PE diagnosis, proper anticoagulation or, if necessary, thrombolytic treatment must be introduced.
Rare occurrence of type 2 diabetes mellitus in patients with sickle cell anaemia: assessing the contribution of inflammation, insulin resistance and glucose buffering capacity of abnormal haemoglobin
Authors: Rahamon Sheu Kadiri , Ogundeji Sunday Peter , Olerimi Samson Eshihokhale , Akinlade Kehinde Sola
Published: March 2022

This review was designed to discuss the rare occurrence of diabetes mellitus (DM) in patients with sickle cell anaemia (SCA) with a particular focus on factors, such as life expectancy, body weight, chronic inflammation, insulin resistance, glucose buffering property of haemoglobin, and microRNAs (miRNAs), aiming to stimulate research which will fill the existing knowledge gaps regarding the interplay between SCA and DM. Additionally, possible pharmacotherapeutic approaches to DM were also highlighted in the review. Google Scholar and PubMed search engines were used to search for the relevant keywords, such as sickle cell trait, sickle cell disease, sickle cell anaemia, insulin resistance, and diabetes mellitus. SCA patients appear to have β-cell dysfunction with a reduced insulin secretion, but present a similar insulin sensitivity status as other patients without haemoglobinopathy. Glucose buffering property of haemoglobin and the possible DM-protective roles of miRNAs in the sickled erythrocytes constitute some of the potential factors protecting SCA patients from developing DM. Sickle cell anaemia is associated with several complications and endocrinopathies, nevertheless, its coexistence with DM continues to be a rare observation. Proper elucidation of the mechanisms which seemingly confer ‘protection’ against DM in patients with SCA may provide some therapeutic insights regarding DM.
Comparison of Hand Eczema in Iraq Before and During SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic Using Frequentist Statistics and Polynomial Models
Authors: Al-Imam Ahmed , Al-Ward Nada , Younus Manal M. , Aimer Omar , Al-Shalchy Ali K.
Published: March 2022

Introduction. SARS-CoV-2 pandemic spread around the world exponentially. People use disinfectants excessively to protect themselves from the novel coronavirus, which may cause contact eczema; local health authorities can monitor these. Our study explores the internet to detect significant changes in online information search (seeking) behaviors connected with eczema in Iraq during the pandemic.
Material and Methods. We searched the internet, via Google Trends, using five search terms; "اكزيما", "الاكزيما", "اكزيما اليد", "كحول", and "مطهر"; these are the Arabic translation for "eczema", "the eczema", "hand eczema", "alcohol", and "disinfectant". We explored the internet covering two years, one before and one during the pandemic.
Results. Spatial mapping conveyed data from six governorates in Iraq, including Ninawa, Babil, Al-Najaf, Baghdad, Basrah, and Erbil. Basrah governorate had the highest score (interest) for the search term "the eczema" (الاكزيما), while Al-Najaf had the highest score for the search term "disinfectant" (مطهر). Temporal mapping exhibited high variability, the highest of which was for the search terms "the eczema" (الاكزيما) and "alcohol" (كحول). Exploring the temporal variabilities, using polynomial models showed weak predictive power over the two years. However, during the pandemic year, the predictive models for each search term possessed a moderate power.
Conclusions. Changes in human behavior during pandemic events are of prime importance for pharmacovigilance experts. Pandemics can influence medical conditions, including hand eczema, as a manifestation of disinfectants' overuse. Combining data analytics and artificial intelligence facilitates screening, detecting, and collecting pharmacovigilance and safety data.
Analysis of greedy perimeter stateless routing protocol network simulation using bird flocking algorithm
Authors: Perdana Doan , Zaim Albion Apta , Hikmaturokhman Alfin , Irsyad Ananda , Marthaliana Nindy Ayu
Published: March 2022

The purpose of this study is to simulate the GPSR protocol network on NS3 using the bird flocking algorithm and to analyze the comparison of performance measurements obtained from the simulation results. The Greedy Perimeter Stateless Routing network was simulated using NS-3 in this simulation. The simulation area is created in length, width. The distance between nodes is 50 meters and is simulated in an area of 1000m x 300m for 30 seconds and 802.11 MAC protocol is used. This simulation was successfully implemented in finding the location of the nearest node using the GPSR protocol with the PSO / BFA algorithm. The number of nodes used in the simulation is 150 nodes and 2 nodes, so it can be concluded that the performance of Quality of Service (QoS) is greatly affected by the number of nodes and the algorithm used in the simulation.
Using field experiments to analyze changes in electronic data capture adoption decisions
Authors: Susanto Irwan
Published: March 2022

Lacovou presented research results in a framework that describes the role of the determinants of technology, organization, and environment simultaneously influencing the innovation adoption decision-making process. The Lacovou framework is an extension study of the Tornatzky framework. Tornatzky's framework addresses three determinants that influence innovation adoption. Unfortunately, Lacovou did not present how the decision process took place. Decisions can be rational or irrational. Ajzen and several other studies defined rational decisions as decisions based on considered information or for a reason as. Previous research had not revealed empirically the rational calculation process in making innovation adoption decisions. Innovation adoption is someone's choice when he/she perceive the benefit and feel appropriate the innovation and will use or intend to use it. This study intends to reveal how the process of rational calculation in the decision-making adoption of innovations through the field experiment method. This study also reveals whether the decision of Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to adopt Electronic Data Capture (EDC) is rational. Research analysis using descriptive analysis method. The results show that the rational calculation process can be observed through the field experiment method. The shift in decisions represented by changes in the data on the number of subjects who make adoption decisions illustrate the rational calculation process. The results show that the decision of SMEs in adopting EDC is mostly rational. The yields of this field experiment- research was confirming Lacovou framework. The research illustrates the simulation of the effect of a combination of perceived benefits, organizational readiness, and environmental factors simultaneously
Livelihood Status and Health Condition of Waste Pickers in Sylhet City Corporation: A Study
Authors: Paul Krittebas , Bhattacharjee Priyanka
Published: March 2022

Urban poor are engaged in waste picking in the city areas of Bangladesh, as it requires no skills and experience. Though several studies have been conducted on waste management, the livelihood of waste pickers remains unexplored. So, this study has been undertaken to investigate the livelihood and health status of the informal waste pickers living in the Sylhet City Corporation, Bangladesh using the five capitals of the sustainable livelihood framework. To achieve the study objectives, at first, purposively selected one hundred waste pickers were surveyed. Then, to substantiate quantitative data gathered by the survey, ten in-depth interviews and a focus group discussion (FGD) were conducted. This study found that the vulnerabilities of waste pickers in the city area are the consequences of their poor education and lack of skills, lower earnings, miserable living and working conditions, lower social status, and no access to social services. In addition, they face chronic injuries and occupational health risks, but they are not aware of this. As a result, they cannot maintain a standard of living by their efforts. So, Government and non-government organisations should recognise their contribution and take necessary steps for improving their livelihood and health status.
Evolutionary Ecology of Fixed Alternative Male Mating Strategies in the Ruff (Calidris pugnax)
Authors: Baguette Michel , Bataille Baptiste , Stevens Virginie M.
Published: March 2022

A few empirical examples document fixed alternative male mating strategies in animals. Here we focus on the polymorphism of male mating strategies in the ruff (Calidris pugnax, Aves Charadriiformes). In ruffs, three fixed alternative male mating strategies coexist and are signaled by extreme plumage polymorphism. We first present relevant data on the biology of the species. Then we review the available knowledge of the behavioral ecology of ruffs during the breeding season and we detail the characteristics of each of the three known fixed male mating strategies. We next turn to the exceptional quality results accumulated on both the structural and functional genomics of the ruff over the past few years. We show how much these genomic data can shed a new, mechanistic light on the evolution and maintenance of the three fixed alternative male mating strategies. We then look if there are sufficient indication to support frequency-dependent selection as key mechanism in maintaining these three strategies. Specifically, we search for evidences of equal fitness among individuals using each of the three strategies. Finally, we propose three lines of research avenues that will help to understand the eco-evolutionary dynamics of phenotypic differences within natural populations of this iconic model species.
BiGAMi: Bi-Objective Genetic Algorithm Fitness Function for Feature Selection on Microbiome Datasets
Authors: Lenske Mike , Bottacini Francesca , Afli Haithem , Andrade Bruno G. N.
Published: March 2022

The relationship between the host and the microbiome, or the assemblage of microorganisms (including bacteria, archaea, fungi, and viruses), has been proven crucial for its health and disease development. The high dimensionality of microbiome datasets has often been addressed as a major difficulty for data analysis, such as the use of Machine Learning (ML) and Deep Learning (DL) models. Here we present BiGAMi, a bi-objective genetic algorithm fitness function for feature selection in microbial datasets to train high-performing phenotype classifiers. The proposed fitness function allowed us to build classifiers that outperformed the baseline performance estimated by the original studies by using as few as 0.04% to 2.32% features of the original dataset. In 19 out of 21 classification exercises, BiGAMi achieved its results by selecting 6-68% fewer features than the highest performance of a Sequential Forward Feature Selection algorithm. This study showed that the application of a bi-objective GA fitness function against microbiome datasets succeeded in selecting small subsets of bacteria whose contribution to understood diseases and the host state was already experimentally proven. Applying this feature selection approach to novel diseases is expected to quickly reveal the microbes most relevant to a specific condition.
Behavioral Change Prediction from Physiological Signals Using Deep Learned Features
Authors: Diraco Giovanni , Siciliano Pietro , Leone Alessandro
Published: March 2022

Predicting change from multivariate time series has relevant applications ranging from medical to engineering fields. Multisensory stimulation therapy in patients with dementia aims to change the patient’s behavioral state. For example, patients who exhibit a baseline of agitation may be paced to change their behavioral state to relaxed. This study aims to predict changes in behavioral state from the analysis of the physiological and neurovegetative parameters to support the therapist during the stimulation session. In order to extract valuable indicators for predicting changes, both handcrafted and learned features were evaluated and compared. The handcrafted features were defined starting from the CATCH22 feature collection, while the learned ones were extracted using a Temporal Convolutional Network, and the behavioral state was predicted through Bidirectional Long Short-Term Memory Auto-Encoder, operating jointly. From the comparison with the state-of-the-art, the learned features-based approach exhibits superior performance with accuracy rates of up to 99.42% with a time window of 70 seconds and up to 98.44% with a time window of 10 seconds.
Ecosystem Monitoring on Leaves of Leaf Rust Disease of Maize (Zea mays L.)
Authors: Sopialena Sopialena , Suyadi Suyadi , Noor Septri Alfian
Published: March 2022

Endemic leaf rust disease always occurs in almost all maize plantations in Indonesia. Furthermore, the development of this disease differs concurrently and is greatly influenced by the ecological conditions of maize cultivation. Therefore, this study fills the epidemiological gap of diseases that has not been conducted against the epidemiology of maize rust. This identifies the causes of leaf rust that attacked the maize plants in two locations, namely Bayur and Muang Dalam, Lempake, Samarinda, Indonesia. This study also analyzed the relationship or model between ecological factors of temperature, humidity, and soil fertility on the intensity of leaf rust and the infection rate of maize leaf rust. Measurement of disease intensity, the rate at which it developed, soil fertility and temperature and humidity of the area are conducted in this study. Meanwhile, soil fertility also influenced disease progression and the nutrient-poor soils in two sites cause leaf rust disease to develop well. The identification results showed that the cause of maize leaf rust was Puccinia sorghi Schw. Therefore, the temperature accompanied by the increased humidity is directly proportional to the development of the leaf rust.
(fragmentos de su obra)
Authors: Solórzano Castillo Graciela
Published: March 2022

Fragmento: El arco no es mío Pero lo sostengo mejor que el arquero
Busco un atajo a Santa Antenas
Authors: Bonilla Arredondo José Manuel
Published: March 2022

Fragmento: Hay ciudades de cristal, de barro, de hierro oxidado. Ciudades malditas que extirpan los corazones destituyendo las arritmias, la presión a un frío de reptil en la tersa porosidad de la gente.
Las manifestaciones del arte como promotoras de inequidades desde la infancia
Authors: Piedra Sarría Honey , Castellanos Cabrera Roxanne
Published: March 2022

La infancia debe ser vista como un grupo social con sus peculiaridades biopsicosociales y no como un mero período de transición hacia la adultez. Desde esa óptica, vale acotar que niñas y niños reconocen el mundo que les rodea e impacta en su actuación diaria, entre ello se encuentra todo lo relativo al género.
La ciudad que más busca a su gente
Authors: Avendaño Fernanda
Published: March 2022

Artículo ganador del Primer Concurso Independiente de Crítica Teatral Norteatro.
ZrO2-doped ZnO-PDMS nanocomposites as protective coatings for the stone materials
Authors: Weththimuni Maduka Lankani , Ben Chobba Marwa , Tredici Ilenia , Licchelli Maurizio
Published: March 2022

ZnO is a semiconductor that has found wide application in the optics and electronics areas. Moreover, it is widely used in different technological areas due to its beneficial qualities (high chemical stability, non-toxicity, high photo-reactivity, and cheapness). Based on its antibacterial activity, recently it has found also application to prevent bio-deterioration of cultural heritage buildings. As many authors suggested, doped ZnO nano-structures exhibit better antibacterial properties than undoped analogues. In the present work, ZnO nanoparticles doped with ZrO2 have been prepared by a sol-gel method in order to enhance the photocatalytic properties as well as the antibacterial activity of ZnO. Then, ZrO2-ZnO-PDMS nanocomposite (PDMS, polydimethylsiloxane used as the binder) was synthesized by in-situ reaction. The resulting nanocomposite has been investigated as a possible protective material for cultural heritage building substrates. The performances of newly prepared coating were evaluated in three different stones (Lecce stone, Carrara Marble and Brick) and compared with Plain PDMS as a reference coating.