bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The Association Between Vascular Inflammation and Depressive Disorder. Causality, Biomarkers and Targeted Treatment
Authors: Kalkman Hans O.
Published: May 2020

Diabetes, obesity, atherosclerosis, and myocardial infarction are frequently co-morbid with major depressive disorder. In the current review, it is argued that vascular inflammation is a factor that is common to all disorders and that an endothelial dysfunction of the blood-brain barrier could be involved in the induction of depression symptoms. Biomarkers for vascular inflammation include a high plasma level of C-reactive protein, soluble cell-adhesion molecules, von Willebrand factor, aldosterone, and proinflammatory cytokines like interleukin-6 or tumor necrosis factor α. A further possible biomarker is flow-mediated dilation of the brachial artery. Treatment of vascular inflammation is expected to prevent or to reduce symptoms of depression. Several tentative treatments for this form of depression can be envisioned: eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), valproate, Vagus-nerve stimulation, nicotinic α7 agonists, and agonists of the cannabinoid CB2-receptor.
Gravity-Sensing Tissues for Gravitropism Are Required for “Anti-Gravitropic” Phenotypes of lzy Multiple Mutants in Arabidopsis
Authors: Kawamoto Nozomi , Kanbe Yuta , Nakamura Moritaka , Mori Akiko , Terao Morita Miyo
Published: May 2020

Plant posture is controlled by various environmental cues, such as light, temperature, and gravity. The overall architecture is determined by the growth angles of lateral organs, such as roots and branches. The branch growth angle affected by gravity is known as the gravitropic setpoint angle (GSA), and it has been proposed that the GSA is determined by balancing two opposing growth components: gravitropism and anti-gravitropic offset (AGO). The molecular mechanisms underlying gravitropism have been studied extensively, but little is known about the nature of the AGO. Recent studies reported the importance of LAZY1-LIKE (LZY) family genes in the signaling process for gravitropism, such that loss-of-function mutants of LZY family genes resulted in reversed gravitropism, which we term it here as the “anti-gravitropic” phenotype. We assume that this peculiar phenotype manifests as the AGO due to the loss of gravitropism, we characterized the “anti-gravitropic” phenotype of Arabidopsis lzy multiple mutant genetically and physiologically. Our genetic interaction analyses strongly suggested that gravity-sensing cells are required for the “anti-gravitropic” phenotype in roots and lateral branches. We also show that starch-filled amyloplasts play a significant role in the “anti-gravitropic” phenotype, especially in the root of the lzy multiple mutant.
Preparation of Pyridylamido Hafnium Complexes for Coordinative Chain Transfer Polymerization
Authors: Park Kyung Lee , Baek Jun Won , Moon Seung Hyun , Bae Sung Moon , Lee Jong Chul , Lee Junseong , Jeong Myong Sun , Lee Bun Yeoul
Published: May 2020

The pyridylamido hafnium complex (I) discovered at Dow is a flagship catalyst among postmetallocenes, which are used in the polyolefin industry for PO-chain growth from a chain transfer agent, dialkylzinc. In the present work, with the aim to block a possible deactivation process in prototype compound I, the corresponding derivatives were prepared. A series of pyridylamido Hf complexes were prepared by replacing the 2,6-diisopropylphenylamido part in I with various 2,6-R2C6H3N-moieties (R = cycloheptyl, cyclohexyl, cyclopentyl, 3-pentyl, ethyl, or Ph) or by replacing 2-iPrC6H4C(H)- in I with the simple PhC(H)-moiety. The isopropyl substituent in the 2-iPrC6H4C(H)-moiety influences not only the geometry of the structures (revealed by X-ray crystallography), but also catalytic performance. In the complexes bearing the 2-iPrC6H4C(H)-moiety, the chelation framework forms a plane; however, this framework is distorted in the complexes containing the PhC(H)-moiety. The ability to incorporate α-olefin decreased upon replacing 2-iPrC6H4C(H)-with the PhC(H)-moiety. The complexes carrying the 2,6-di(cycloheptyl)phenylamido or 2,6-di(cyclohexyl)phenylamido moiety (replacing the 2,6-diisopropylphenylamido part in I) showed somewhat higher activity with greater longevity than did prototype catalyst I.
Identity, Social Mobility, and Trauma: Post-Conflict Educational Realities for Survivors of the Rohingya Genocide
Authors: Bakali Naved , Wasty Shujaat
Published: May 2020

The Rohingya refugee crisis is a humanitarian disaster with over 740,000 Rohingya leaving their homes in Rakhine State, Myanmar, since August 2017. In the process of this mass exodus, thousands have been brutally murdered and terrorized through a campaign of physical attacks by the Myanmar state including murder, beatings and mutilations; mass gang rape and sexual slavery of women and girls; and the burning of entire villages. The victims have been men, women, and children who were targeted because they belonged to a Muslim minority ethnic group. The crisis has been recognized as genocide by officials from several countries including Canada, France, Gambia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, and Turkey. Furthermore, a recent ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordered Myanmar to take all necessary measures to prevent the genocide of the Rohingya. The genocide of the Rohingya has resulted in a massive number of refugees fleeing to Bangladesh, with 1.1 million of an estimated 2.4 million Rohingya across the world currently encamped there. This crisis has led to questions about how the basic needs of these refugees are being met and if there is any possibility for a life beyond the refugee camps through educational programming. This study explores the educational realities of Rohingya refugees through a process of open-ended and semi-structured interviews of aid workers and educators working in the Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh. Through examining the educational programming in these camps, this article aims to better understand the educational opportunities for social mobility, identity preservation, and the availability of religious instruction to the Rohingya. The findings of this study suggest that religious instruction centers may serve to improve gender- based educational gaps for adolescent Rohingya women.
Biomethane Yield from Different European Phragmites australis Genotypes, Compared with Other Herbaceous Wetland Species Grown at Different Fertilization Regimes
Authors: Eller Franziska , Ehde Per Magnus , Oehmke Claudia , Ren Linjing , Brix Hans , Sorrell Brian K. , Weisner Stefan E. B.
Published: May 2020

Phragmites australis, Typha latifolia, T. angustifolia and Arundo donax are tall wetland graminoids with the potential to replace fossil fuels under sustainable cultivation conditions. We investigated the biomethane (CH4) production of these four species, including four different genotypes of P. australis, which represent the high intraspecific diversity of European reed. All plants were grown under three different macronutrient supplies (no nutrients added, an equivalent of 75 kg N ha−1 year−1 added and an equivalent of 500 kg N ha−1 year−1 added). Biomethane production was measured in four independent batch digestion tests. Across all experiments, fertilization regime had little effect on CH4 yield, which was on average 222 ± 31 L kg−1 volatile solids (VS). The lowest yield was produced by T. angustifolia (140 L kgVS−1) receiving no nutrients, while the highest yield was produced by A. donax (305 L kgVS−1) in the highest nutrient treatment. The intraspecific diversity of P. australis did not affect biomethane production. All P. australis genotypes produced on average 226 ± 19 L CH4 kgVS−1, which, although high, was still lower than conventional biogas species. The biomass production of P. australis was less increased by fertilization than that of Typha sp. and A. donax, but all species had similar biomass without fertilization.
A Highly Reliable Propulsion System with Onboard Uninterruptible Power Supply for Train Application: Topology and Control
Authors: Mohammadi Pirouz Hassan , Hajizadeh Amin
Published: May 2020

Providing uninterrupted electricity service aboard the urban trains is of vital importance not only for reliable signaling and accurate traffic management but also for ensuring the safety of passengers and supplying emergency equipment such as lighting and signage systems. Hence, to alleviate power shortages caused by power transmission failures while the uninterruptible power supplies installed in the railway stations are not available, this paper suggests an innovative traction drive topology which is equipped by an onboard hybrid energy storage system for railway vehicles. Besides, to limit currents magnitudes and voltages variations of the feeder during train acceleration and to recuperate braking energy during train deceleration, an energy management strategy is presented. Moreover, a new optimal model predictive method is developed to control the currents of converters and storages as well as the speeds of the two open-end-windings permanent-magnet-synchronous-machines in the intended modular drive, under their constraints. Although to improve control dynamic performance, the control laws are designed as a set of piecewise affine functions from the control signals based on an offline procedure, the controller can still withstand real-time non-measurable disturbances. The effectiveness of proposed multifunctional propulsion topology and the feasibility of the designed controller are demonstrated by simulation and experimental results.
Remarks on Distance Based Topological Indices for ℓ-Apex Trees
Authors: Knor Martin , Imran Muhammad , Jamil Muhammad Kamran , Škrekovski Riste
Published: May 2020

A graph G is called an ℓ-apex tree if there exist a vertex subset A ⊂ V ( G ) with cardinality ℓ such that G − A is a tree and there is no other subset of smaller cardinality with this property. In the paper, we investigate extremal values of several monotonic distance-based topological indices for this class of graphs, namely generalized Wiener index, and consequently for the Wiener index and the Harary index, and also for some newer indices as connective eccentricity index, generalized degree distance, and others. For the one extreme value we obtain that the extremal graph is a join of a tree and a clique. Regarding the other extreme value, which turns out to be a harder problem, we obtain results for ℓ = 1 and pose some open questions for higher ℓ. Symmetry has always played an important role in Graph Theory, in recent years, this role has increased significantly in several branches of this field, including topological indices of graphs.
High Dosage of Botulinum Toxin Type A in Adult Subjects with Spasticity Following Acquired Central Nervous System Damage: Where Are We at?
Authors: Intiso Domenico , Simone Valentina , Bartolo Michelangelo , Santamato Andrea , Ranieri Maurizio , Gatta Maria Teresa , Di Rienzo Filomena
Published: May 2020

Spasticity is a common disabling disorder in adult subjects suffering from stroke, brain injury, multiple sclerosis (MS) and spinal cord injury (SCI). Spasticity may be a disabling symptom in people during rehabilitation and botulinum toxin type A (BTX-A) has become the first-line therapy for the local form. High BTX-A doses are often used in clinical practice. Advantages and limitations are debated and the evidence is unclear. Therefore, we analysed the efficacy, safety and evidence for BTX-A high doses. Studies published from January 1989 to February 2020 were retrieved from MEDLINE/PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Central Register. Only obabotulinumtoxinA (obaBTX-A), onabotulinumtoxinA (onaBTX-A), and incobotulinumtoxinA (incoBTX-A) were considered. The term “high dosage” indicated ≥ 600 U. Thirteen studies met the inclusion criteria. Studies had variable method designs, sample sizes and aims, with only two randomised controlled trials. IncoBTX-A and onaBTX-A were injected in three and eight studies, respectively. BTX-A high doses were used predominantly in treating post-stroke spasticity. No studies were retrieved regarding treating spasticity in MS and SCI. Dosage of BTX-A up to 840 U resulted efficacious and safety without no serious adverse events (AEs). Evidence is insufficient to recommend high BTX-A use in clinical practice, but in selected patients, the benefits of high dose BTX-A may be clinically acceptable.
Gaps in Hepatitis B Vaccination Completion and Sero-Protection for People Who Inject Drugs in Hpakant, Myanmar, 2015–2018
Authors: Shwe Yee Nilar , Yu Naing Aung , Gil Cuesta Julita , Das Mrinalini , Dave Kapilkumar
Published: May 2020

Hepatitis B vaccination (HBV) is recommended for high-risk groups, such as people who inject drugs (PWIDs). As part of a harm reduction program by a non-governmental organization, hepatitis B screening, vaccination and antibody (HBAb) testing after completion of the vaccination schedule were offered to PWIDS in Myanmar. We determined the proportions of HBV non-completion and sero-unprotection among PWIDs enrolled in the program and their association with socio-demographic and clinical characteristics. We conducted a descriptive study based on routine program data in five selected clinics in Hpakant Township, Myanmar. PWIDs who were Hepatitis B antigen negative at screening during January 2015–December 2018 were included. Among 5386 participants eligible for HBV, 9% refused vaccination. Among those who accepted vaccination (n = 3177 individuals), 65% completed vaccination. Of those tested for HBsAb (n = 2202), 30% were sero-unprotected. Young-adults (aged 18–44 years) and migrant workers had a higher risk of incomplete vaccination. However, participants who used methadone had a lower risk of incomplete vaccination. Migrant workers had higher risk of not returning for HBsAb testing and HIV-positive participants had a higher risk of being HBV sero-unprotected. Efforts to increase HBV vaccination in PWIDs for young adults and clients during methadone and anti-retroviral services should be prioritized.
Changes in the Water Temperature of Rivers Impacted by the Urban Heat Island: Case Study of Suceava City
Authors: Briciu Andrei-Emil , Mihăilă Dumitru , Graur Adrian , Oprea Dinu Iulian , Prisăcariu Alin , Bistricean Petruţ Ionel
Published: May 2020

Cities alter the thermal regime of urban rivers in very variable ways which are not yet deciphered for the territory of Romania. The urban heat island of Suceava city was measured in 2019 and its impact on Suceava River was assessed using hourly and daily values from a network of 12 water and air monitoring stations. In 2019, Suceava River water temperature was 11.54 °C upstream of Suceava city (Mihoveni) and 11.97 °C downstream (Tişăuţi)—a 3.7% increase in the water temperature downstream. After the stream water passes through the city, the diurnal thermal profile of Suceava River water temperature shows steeper slopes and earlier moments of the maximum and minimum temperatures than upstream because of the urban heat island. In an average day, an increase of water temperature with a maximum of 0.99 °C occurred downstream, partly explained by the 2.46 °C corresponding difference between the urban floodplain and the surrounding area. The stream water diurnal cycle has been shifted towards a variation specific to that of the local air temperature. The heat exchange between Suceava River and Suceava city is bidirectional. The stream water diurnal thermal cycle is statistically more significant downstream due to the heat transfer from the city into the river. This transfer occurs partly through urban tributaries which are 1.94 °C warmer than Suceava River upstream of Suceava city. The wavelet coherence analyses and ANCOVA (analysis of covariance) prove that there are significant (0.95 confidence level) causal relationships between the changes in Suceava River water temperature downstream and the fluctuations of the urban air temperature. The complex bidirectional heat transfer and the changes in the diurnal thermal profiles are important to be analysed in other urban systems in order to decipher in more detail the observed causal relationships.
Changes in Hydromorphological Conditions in an Endorheic Lake Influenced by Climate and Increasing Water Consumption, and Potential Effects on Water Quality
Authors: Szumińska Danuta , Czapiewski Sebastian , Goszczyński Jacek
Published: May 2020

The study aims to analyse changes in the morphological conditions of the endorheic Lake Borówno (39.06 ha) that occurred in the 20th century and early 21st century. The analysis was based on bathymetric measurements carried out in 2018 and cartographic materials, and performed using QGIS 3.10 and SAGA GIS 6.4 software. Moreover, changes in physical (temperature, transparency), chemical (dissolved oxygen, phosphorus, and nitrogen content) and biological (chlorophyll a, phytoplankton) parameters were analysed based on the results of measurements conducted by the Voivodeship Inspectorate of Environment Protection (VIEP) in Bydgoszcz in the period 1984–2017. It was found that Lake Borówno is subject to a constant reduction in surface area and volume, the rate of which increased in the second decade of the 21st century. The lake’s progressive disappearance results from the co-occurrence of hydrological drought over the last several years and an increase in the use of groundwater resources. A decrease in the maximum depth of the lake entails a change in temperature distribution in the vertical profile, which contributes to the tendency toward the lake transforming into an unstratified reservoir. The increase in water temperature affects oxygen content in the bottom water, improves water transparency, and influences the maximum occurrence of chlorophyll a in spring.
Anthropogenic Impact on Tropical Perennial River in South India: Snapshot of Carbon Dynamics and Bacterial Community Composition
Authors: Premke Katrin , Dharanivasan Gunasekaran , Steger Kristin , Nitzsche Kai Nils , Jayavignesh Vijayan , Nambi Indumathi M , Seshadri Sundaram
Published: May 2020

Riverine systems play an important role in the global carbon cycle, and they are considered hotspots for bacterial activities such as organic matter decomposition. However, our knowledge about these processes in tropical or subtropical regions is limited. The aim of this study was to investigate anthropogenically induced changes of water quality, the distribution of selected pharmaceuticals, and the effects of pollution on greenhouse gas concentrations and bacterial community composition along the 800 km long Cauvery river, the main river serving as a potable and irrigation water supply in Southern India. We found that in situ measured pCO2 and pCH4 concentrations were supersaturated relative to the atmosphere and ranged from 7.9 to 168.7 μmol L−1, and from 0.01 to 2.76 μmol L−1, respectively. Pharmaceuticals like triclosan, carbamazepine, ibuprofen, naproxen, propylparaben, and diclofenac exceeded warning limits along the Cauvery. Proteobacteria was the major phylum in all samples, ranging between 26.1% and 82.2% relative abundance, and it coincided with the accumulation of nutrients in the flowing water. Results emphasized the impact of industrialization and increased population density on changes in water quality, riverine carbon fluxes, and bacterial community structure.
Impacts of River Engineering on River Channel Behaviour: Implications for Managing Downstream Flood Risk
Authors: Heritage George , Entwistle Neil
Published: May 2020

Although knowledge of sediment transport has improved over the last 25 years, our understanding of bedload transfer and sediment delivery is still based on a limited set of observations or on models that make assumptions on hydraulic and sediment transport processes. This study utilises repeat lidar survey data of the River Caldew above the City of Carlisle in the UK to investigate the balance of erosion and deposition associated with channel switching from an engineered and managed single thread channel to a naturalising incipient wandering system. Over the 11-year survey period (four bankfull flood events) around 271,000 m3 of sediment were delivered to the river and floodplain and 197,000 m3 eroded suggesting that storage rates of around 7000 m3/annum occurred. The balance of erosion and deposition is influenced by channelisation with very restricted overbank sedimentation and only limited local and transient in-channel bar deposition along the engineered reach (8000 m3 eroded). This contrasts with the activity of the naturalising reach downstream where a developing wandering channel system is acting to store coarse sediment in-stream as large bar complexes and the associated upstream aggrading plane bed reaches and overbank as splay deposits (87,000 m3 stored). Such behavior suggests that naturalisation of channelised systems upstream of flood vulnerable urban areas can have a significant impact on sediment induced flooding downstream. This conclusion must, however, be moderated in the light of the relatively small volumes of material needed to instigate local aggradation in over-capacity urban channels.
Influence of Flood Waves, Production Wells, and Precipitation on Shallow Groundwater Using a Linear Regression Model Approach Based on a Case Study of Mohács Island, Hungary
Authors: Hervai András , Farics Éva , Sisák István , Farkas Gábor , Kovács János , Lóczy Dénes
Published: May 2020

Studying the relationship between river water and shallow groundwater (SGW) during flood events is a research topic receiving increasing attention for many reasons. This phenomenon was studied with respect to Mohács Island of the Danube (Hungary) in an area protected by a levee. Floods only infiltrate into the island through the aquifer, where production wells for drinking water supply are located. Our objective was to reveal how the Danube and water abstraction from production wells control groundwater levels in the observation wells, and we also studied the effect of the precipitation events and the lag times of the influencing variables compared to the peak of groundwater waves in observation wells. The effects of these factors were summarized by a linear regression model (LM) with lag times. We developed an application because we had time-series for thirty groundwater wells and five major flood events of the Danube. Kriging was used to generate impact maps of the Danube and production wells. A propagation map of the Danube flood wave into the groundwater aquifer was also generated. We used geological information to explain the findings that the river flood waves propagate with the same wavelength and decreasing amplitude in the covered aquifer and with an elongated wavelength in uncovered conditions.
10th Anniversary of Water
Authors: Aerts Jeroen C. J. H.
Published: May 2020

This Special Issue was set up to mark the 10th anniversary of Water. The contributions to this Special Issue of Water were carefully selected by the late Guest Editor Prof. Dr. Arjen Hoekstra. Arjen was devoted to conducting excellent science and was motivated to create this Special Issue to be something ‘special’. It was therefore dedicated to the publication of 11 comprehensive papers and reviews encompassing the most significant developments in the realm of water sciences in the last decade.
Exploring Spatiotemporal Relations between Soil Moisture, Precipitation, and Streamflow for a Large Set of Watersheds Using Google Earth Engine
Authors: Sazib Nazmus , Bolten John , Mladenova Iliana
Published: May 2020

An understanding of streamflow variability and its response to changes in climate conditions is essential for water resource planning and management practices that will help to mitigate the impacts of extreme events such as floods and droughts on agriculture and other human activities. This study investigated the relationship between precipitation, soil moisture, and streamflow over a wide range of watersheds across the United States using Google Earth Engine (GEE). The correlation analyses disclosed a strong association between precipitation, soil moisture, and streamflow, however, soil moisture was found to have a higher correlation with the streamflow relative to precipitation. Results indicated different strength of the association depends on the watershed classes and lag times assessments. The perennial watersheds showed higher coherence compared to intermittent watersheds. Previous month precipitation and soil moisture have a stronger influence on the current month streamflow, particularly in the snow-dominated watersheds. Monthly streamflow forecasting models were developed using an autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) and support vector machine (SVM). The results showed that the SVM model generally performed better than the ARIMA model. Overall streamflow forecasting model performance varied considerably among watershed classes, and perennial watersheds tend to exhibit better predictably compared to intermittent watersheds due to lower streamflow variability. The SVM models with precipitation and streamflow inputs performed better than those with streamflow input only. Results indicated that the inclusion of antecedent root-zone soil moisture improved the streamflow forecasting in most of the watersheds, and the largest improvements occurred in the intermittent watersheds. In conclusion, this work demonstrated that knowing the relationship between precipitation, soil moisture, and streamflow in different watershed classes will enhance the understanding of the hydrologic process and can be effectively utilized in improving streamflow forecasting for better satellite-based water resource management strategies.
Revisiting the Lectotypification of Saussurea laneana (Asteraceae, Cardueae)
Authors: Kasana Shruti , Pandey Arun K.
Published: May 2020

The lectotypification of Saussurea laneana W. W. Sm. is discussed. The name has been considered to be lectotypified based on in sched. annotation of a Dungboo collection at K. However, that did not constitute effective lectotypification, and moreover, it is unclear whether the collection is original material. Original material preserved at CAL is designated here as the lectotype for the name. This lectotypification does not change the application of the name.
Translation and Cross-Cultural Adaptation of the Harris Hip Score into Arabic
Authors: Al-Samhan Dr. Awdhah , Al-Mutairi Dr. Owayed , Al-Kudair Dr. Abdulaziz , Khaja Dr. Aliaa
Published: May 2020

Background: The Harris Hip Score (HHS) is a widely used Patient-Related Outcomes score. It measures pain and function levels in patients with hip pathologies.
Objectives: The main objective of this study is to translate and culturally adapt the HHS into Arabic, and to assess the reliability and validity of the translated version.
Material & Methods: 110 patients participated in this survey. The internal consistency tests were calculated using Cronbach’s alpha. Test-retest reliability (intra-correlation coefficient), convergent construct validity, convergent validity, floor & ceiling effects, and responsiveness were calculated. Bland-Altman Plot and forest plots were done to measure the level of agreement.
Results: Test reliability for the first testing situation - calculated using Cronbach's alpha - was 0.98 for the pain subscale, 0.98 for the stiffness, and 0.99 for the physical function subscale. For the second testing, reliability was 0.99, 0.97, and 0.99 (pain, stiffness, and physical function, respectively).
Translational Science: A Roadmap for the Science of Reading
Authors: Solari Emily , Terry Nicole Patton , Gaab Nadine , Hogan Tiffany P. , Nelson Nancy , Pentimonti Jill , Petscher Yaacov , Sayko Sarah
Published: May 2020

Despite tremendous scientific advances that have informed our understanding of reading acquisition, a profound gap exists between empirical findings and the implementation of evidence-based practices in the assessment and instruction of reading in school settings. The current debate regarding the practical implications of the science of reading (SOR), and its implementation in authentic school settings is palpable. As researchers, practitioners, policymakers, parents, and other educational stakeholders engage in this latest version of the debate on how best to teach children to read in schools, a familiar almost cyclical narrative has emerged. As an interdisciplinary group of researchers, who study diverse facets of reading development, assessment, and instruction, it is troubling how little the current and past debates have focused on processes that could ensure that the instructional experience students receive in classrooms is informed by the science. Specifically, we contend that the persistent gap between SOR and its school-based implementation exists because the field has yet to invest in the appropriate methodologies and processes to develop an effective model of translational science. We argue not only that much can be learned from previous iterations of this debate but also that advances in translational science provide a framework for how to address the debate on the SOR differently and more productively in the current climate. Thus, we propose a roadmap for translational science for the SOR, acknowledging the breadth of work done in translational science in other fields and recognizing and describing the added complexities of translational science in educational settings.
ANALISIS VOLATILITAS DAN FORECAST SAHAM PT ANTAM (PERSERO) Tbk. DAN PT ADARO ENERGY Tbk. DENGAN GARCH, EGARCH DAN GJR
Authors: Maulana Yasir
Published: May 2020

An extraordinary event that causes shock can affect volatility which causes asymmetric variance and error or commonly called asimetric shock / effect. This paper aims to analyze the volatility of stock returns of PT ANTAM (Persero) Tbk and PT Adaro Energy Tbk in the period of 2008 to 2016. The research results show that ANTM and ADRO have a GARCH effect and also have a leverage effect where the optimal model is found in the GJR model (0,1,1) for ANTM and GJR (1,1,1) for ADRO. Forecasting results shows that ADRO has higher volatility but in a relatively low percentage of volatility about 0.001 while ANTM have a tendency to decrease volatility with a fairly large percentage of volatility about 0.0025.
ANALISIS DETERMINAN PENDAPATAN PEDAGANG PASAR BANJARSARI KOTA PEKALONGAN PASCA KEBAKARAN
Authors: Insan Nur Elitami , Pujiyono Arif
Published: May 2020

The income of traders in the Banjarsari Emergency Market Pekalongan is influenced by various factors, one of which is the trader resources (capital, working hours, business length, education, and business location). This study aims to determine the effect of capital, working hours, business length, education, and business location on the income of traders in the Banjarsari Emergency Market in Pekalongan. There as 95 traders of Banjarsari Emergency Market in Pekalongan were taken as samples with purposive sampling and accidental sampling. This study uses multiple linear regression analysis tools with the Ordinary Least Square (OLS) method. The results showed that capital, length of business, and location of business affect the income of traders. While working hours and education have not affected the income of the trader. Capital provides the most dominant influence on income trader
DETERMINAN NILAI PERUSAHAAN PROPERTI DAN REAL ESTATE DI BURSA EFEK INDONESIA
Authors: Nurhasanah Devy Ai , Metta Kusumaningtyas Metta
Published: May 2020

This study aims to examine the effect of profitability, leverage, company size, and dividend policy on firm value. This research was conducted on property and real estate companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) for the period 2013-2017. The data used in this study are secondary data obtained from annual financial statements. The research method was carried out using multiple linear regression and sample selection using a purposive sampling method. Samples obtained as many as 114 companies in the period 2013-2017. The results showed that profitability and dividend policy had a positive effect on firm value. Likewise, leverage has a negative effect on firm value. Sometimes the size of the company does not affect the value of the company.
Issues of Regulatory Framework for Fire Safety in Water Transport
Authors: Kudryavtsev D. I. , Yanchenko A. Yu. , Androsenko N. V.
Published: May 2020

The presented study analyzes fire statistics in water transport and documents regulating fire safety requirements.

Aim. The study aims to highlight the need to use technical regulations and fire statistics to develop a fire safety system and to enhance the supervision of compliance with safety regulations during hot works and day-to-day operations on ships.

Tasks. The authors analyze fire statistics over the past years; determine the shipboard spaces where the greatest number of fires occur; examine the causes of fires on ships; identify the major directions in which fires spread in different shipboard spaces; describe the existing types of fire protection and fire-extinguishing equipment and methods for different shipboard spaces; highlight the importance of organizational measures taken by the management during fire-fighting operations and documents regulating fire safety during the construction and operation of ships.

Methods. This study uses the methods of logical and statistical analysis that allow the authors to accumulate information about fires and their consequences, to present the major regulatory documents, and to formulate conclusions regarding the need for a fire safety system.

Results. Statistics on the occurrence and propagation of fires in different shipboard spaces is analyzed. The characteristic features of fire protection measures used in water transport are identified. Fireextinguishing methods used in different shipboard spaces are described. A fire safety regulation system for water transport based on the major regulatory documents is presented.

Conclusions. The conducted study highlights the importance and relevance of organizational measures aimed at the compliance with fire safety requirements and regulatory documents that make it possible to systematize measures necessary to protect the lives of people and to maintain smooth functioning of water transport.
Development of the Urban Environment Based on the Optimization of Management Decision-Making
Authors: Medvedev V. M.
Published: May 2020

The presented study identifies approaches to decision-making aimed at the optimal development of the urban environment.

Aim. The study aims to develop proposals for improving methodological approaches aimed at the development of the urban environment and for using these approaches in the preparation of the corresponding management decisions.

Tasks. The author assesses the problem of urbanization and shows how it affects the need to modernize the urban environment; formulates the principles of optimization of management decision-making aimed at the development of the urban environment; evaluates the possibility of the practical implementation of these principles (through the example of the federal city of St. Petersburg).

Methods. This study uses strategic analysis, systems and case-based approach, comparative and retrospective analysis.

Results. The practical aspects of designing the processes and approaches to urban environment management are examined. The efficiency of management is shown to depend largely on the optimization of management decisions that could improve the effectiveness of individual services aimed at the formation and development of a modern urban environment in the long term. The study describes the successful experience of St. Petersburg in developing the complex of urban environment management services.

Conclusions. Improving urban environment management is an important aspect of increasing the population’s quality of life. As evidenced by St. Petersburg’s experience, to achieve a high level of comfort in the urban environment it is necessary to actively use the principles of consistency, innovation, and public participation in decision-making. The author recommends normative consolidation of these principles and their more active practical application in the management of Russian cities.
Pengaruh Gaya Kepemimpinan dan Disiplin Kerja terhadap Kinerja Pegawai Kantor Kecamatan Cambai Kota Prabumulih
Authors: Mindari Ellisyah
Published: May 2020

Purpose. Formulations of the problem in this research is there any influence leadership style and discipline to employee performance. Design/methodology.  This research was associative. The location of this study addressed at Jalan Sudirman No. 01 KM. 10 Village Cambai District of Cambai Prabumulih zip code 31141. The sample in this study as many as 50 people, with saturated Sampling analysis techniques. The data used are primary data. Data were collected through questionnaires. Analysis of the data used is the qualitative and quantitative analysis. Techniques using multiple linear regression analysis, F test (simultaneous) and t test (partial). Finding. Results of the testing that has been done from this study indicate that the multiple linear regression calculation results obtained Y = 1.881 + 0,391X1 + 0,354X2, for the F test obtained Fhitung (9.175)> F table (3.20), meaning that there is influence leadership style and discipline work on employee performance SDOs Cambai Prabumulih, for the t test of leadership style variable (X1) obtained t (4.333)> t table (2.011), meaning that the leadership style partially influence on employee performance. T test variable work discipline (X2) obtained t (2.545)> t table (2.011), meaning that the work discipline partially influence on employee performance.
Pengaruh Rekrutmen, Pelatihan, dan Penempatan Tenaga Ahli terhadap Capacity Building Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Daerah Kota Palembang
Authors: Puranti Wenny Yudi , Zamzam Fakhry , Romli Harsi
Published: May 2020

The research purpose was specifically to analyze and assess the effect of recruitment, training, and placement of experts on the capacity building of  regional representatives council partially and simultaneously. The research method used an associative survey approach, the collection of field data used questionnaires and interviews,analyzing data used quantitative techniques (tools, spss 23). The research population was 114 DPRD secretariat employees with 60 employees as the sample. The t-test results implied that partially recruitment affected on capacity building with t count 2.511 > t table 2.003, while partially training had a positive  and not significant effect with t count 0.200 < t table 2.003, and partially placement had a negative and not significant effect on capacity building. The results of the F test revealed that simultaneously recruitment, training,and  placement had a positive and significant effect on capacity building with F count 2.809 > F table 2.76.
PALAVRAS DO EDITOR
Authors: CECCHINATO Giorgia , FERRAGUTO Federico
Published: May 2020

Esse primeiro fascículo de 2016 de Estudos Kantianos, periódico que pelo quarto ano consecutivo compõe o cenário de revistas brasileiras consagradas ao pensamento de Kant, exibe um rico dossiê “Kant e Fichte” preparado por Giorgia Cecchinato e Federico Ferraguto – cuja introdução apresenta cada um dos seis estudos que o compõem –, além de quatro outros artigos respectivamente dedicados à rejeição de Kant ao uso de explicações fisiológicas no âmbito de sua antropologia, aos opúsculos kantianos sobre o terremoto de Lisboa e o sublime dinâmico da terceira Crítica, às particularidades da leitura rawlsiana de Kant e à interpretação de Giuseppe Zamboni do filósofo de Königsberg.
INTRODUÇÃO
Authors: CECCHINATO Giorgia , FERRAGUTO Federico
Published: May 2020

recentes da pesquisa sobre as relações entre a doutrina da ciência de Fichte e o criticismo kantiano nas suas implicações. O dossiê aqui publicado apresenta a contribuição original de vários estudiosos brasileiros internacionais, cuja atividade favorece significativamente, seja em relação a perspectivas teóricas, seja em relação aos contextos históricos, a criação e consolidação de um novo rumo para a pesquisa sobre Fichte e, de modo geral, sobre a filosofia pós-kantiana, proporcionando também a oportunidade para que sejam revistos esquemas conceituais que há muito já mereciam ter sido questionados. Em face tanto da recente conclusão da edição crítica das obras de J. G. Fichte, pela Academia de Ciências da Baviera, como também do desenvolvimento da pesquisa historiográfica sobre a gênese e os conceitos da Doutrina da Ciência (Wissenschaftslehre), a identificação entre doutrina da ciência e idealismo foi profundamente revista ao longo dos últimos anos. Tal revisão não levou apenas a uma valorização do pensamento fichteano como “filosofia do espírito finito”, como descrição da consciência concreta ou como teoria da intersubjetividade;
RAWLS LEITOR DE KANT
Authors: SILVA Walter Valdevino Oliveira
Published: May 2020

São dois os objetivos deste texto: primeiramente, mostrar que, para compreendermos as mudanças de interpretação que o filósofo norte-americano John Rawls realiza entre suas obras Uma teoria da justiça (1971) e O liberalismo político (1993) acerca da teoria de Immanuel Kant, é fundamental voltarmos aos textos dos cursos ministrados por Rawls, em Harvard, sobre a teoria kantiana. A simples leitura de suas duas principais obras não nos permite compreender inteiramente sua análise a respeito de sua inspiração na filosofia moral kantiana. Em segundo lugar, o texto procura percorrer, em uma tentativa de síntese, os pontos essenciais da leitura que Rawls faz de Kant, mostrando os aspectos apropriados e os rejeitados da teoria do filósofo de Königsberg.
LEIBNIZ A-T-IL“INTELLECTUALISÉ LES PHÉNOMÈNES” ? ELÉMENTS POUR L’HISTOIRED’UNEMÉPRISE
Authors: FICHANT Michel
Published: May 2020

« D’un mot : Leibniz intellectualisait les phénomènes » (KrV, B 327).Telle est la formule dans laquelle Kant concentre la caractérisation de la philosophie de Leibniz comme la construction d’un « système intellectuel du monde » (KrV, B 326). Les substances simples ou monades sont les éléments de ce monde intelligible, les choses mêmes y sont des « substances intelligibles (substantiae noumena » (KrV, B 332), qui ne peuvent être connues que par la pensée d’un entendement pur, sans aucune référence sensible. Cette fiction métaphysique résulte selon Kant du traitement réservé par Leibniz à la sensibilité, qu’il n’aurait pas reconnue comme une source originelle et nécessaire de toute connaissance. Selon Kant, comme on sait, sensibilité et entendement sont « deux souches de la connaissance humaine […] par la première desquelles des objets nous sont donnés, alors que par la deuxième ils sont pensés » (KrV, B 29). La sensibilité est une réceptivité de l’esprit ; l’entendement un pouvoir de spontanéité. D’autre part, la sensibilité fournit des représentations qui sont des intuitions, c’est-à-dire des représentations immédiates et singulières de leur objet ; l’entendement produit des concepts, ou représentations médiates et générales de leurs objets. « Pour nous hommes », il n’y a pas d’autre intuition que sensible. La conséquence, résultat principal de toute la Critique, en est que « entendement et sensibilité ne peuvent en nous déterminer des objets que par leur liaison. Si nous les séparons, nous obtenons des intuitions sans concepts ou des concepts sans intuition, mais dans les deux cas des représentations que nous ne pouvons référer à aucun objet » (KrV, B 314).
THE PRIORITY OF JUDGING: KANT ON WOLFF’S GENERAL LOGIC
Authors: DYCK Corey W.
Published: May 2020

One would be forgiven for suspecting that Kant did not think much of Christian Wolff’s contributions to logic. Wolff’s works on logic are, of course, implicated in Kant’s far-ranging verdict that the discipline has not taken a single step forward since Aristotle’s time, and Wolff in particular frequently comes up for criticism in Kant’s own lectures on the topic. In the Wiener Logik, for example, Kant is reported as referring to Wolff’s claim that the content of a concept can be completely analysed as “too dictatorial” and that as a result Wolff’s attempts to ground his philosophy on the precise definitions of concepts is “entirely false” (V-Lo/Wiener, AA 24: 917). Given this, it is to say the least surprising that (from the late 1770’s onwards1) Kant should regularly single out Wolff’s general logic in those lectures as “the best one has” (V-Lo/ Pölitz, AA 24: 509), “the best that one encounters” (V-Lo/Wiener, AA 24:796), or even simply “the best” (V-Lo/Busolt, AA 24: 613; cf. also Log 9: 20).2 Nor would this seem to be a sort of backhanded compliment, praising Wolff’s as only the best of a bad lot of modern general logics, since this high estimation is echoed by some of Kant’s closest disciples: so, we find unadulterated praise in L. H. Jakob’s preface to his Grundriß der allgemeinen Logik, where it is claimed “Wolff grasped the idea of a general logic exceedingly well,”3 a passage that is also approvingly quoted in Jäsche’s introduction to his edition of Kant’s Logik.
TERTIUM DATUR: KANT ENTRE HARMONIA PRÉ-ESTABELECIDA E INFLUXO FÍSICO
Authors: LORINI GUALTIERO
Published: May 2020

Estudos Kantianos, Marília, v. 4, n. 2, p. 133-148, Jul./Dez., 2016 133 Tertium datur: Kant entre harmonia pré-estabelecida e influxo físico Gualtiero LoriniA abordagem de Kant das diferentes teorias da causalidade que se confrontam no debate científico e filosófico de sua época é caracterizada, por um lado, pela referência a suas fontes mais diretas e, por outro lado, pela tendência à elaboração de uma perspectiva original, que não é totalmente redutível a estas mesmas fontes. Neste contexto, um dos primeiros pontos focais é representado pela referência a Leibniz, muitas vezes mediada por autores como Wolff e Baumgarten, o que, a propósito, leva o próprio Kant a por vezes acreditar esteja posicionando-se contra as teorias de Leibniz, ao passo que, na realidade, ele está, por exemplo, atacando uma tese de Wolff ou de um discípulo de Wolff.
LARA DENIS, OLIVER SENSEN (EDS.), KANT’S LECTURES ON ETHICS. ACRITICALGUIDE, CAMBRIDGE: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2015, 310 PP.
Authors: GRAPOTTE Sophie
Published: May 2020

Lara Denis et Oliver Sensen présentent Kant’s Lectures on Ethics comme le premier livre à examiner les cours de philosophie morale que Kant a dispensés1 et à offrir, ce faisant, une approche différente du développement des idées, notions et concepts importants de la philosophie morale kantienne. Plus précisément, ce volume, avec les 15 études qui le constituent, se propose de faciliter l’accès à la matière, à la fois riche et complexe, que recèlent les notes de cours de philosophie morale et de venir ainsi accroître la compréhension que nous avons de la philosophie morale de Kant.