bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The Multicultural Liaison Officers' Perspective in Assessing
Refugee Children in the Schools
Authors: Beglari Afarin , Thai Huong
Published: June 2020

Any assessment, psychological, educational
or speech and language, even in the
native language, may pose many challenges
for refugee children and their
families in the schools. The Multicultural
Liaison Officers are based at the
schools to help families in dealing with a
new educational systern. One of the areas
the MLOs play a major role is in assisting
the schools in assessing students. This
article examines the involvement of the
Multicultural Liaison Oficers and their
perspectives on assessing refugee children
with disabilities as well as some of
the obstacles and possibilities the families
and the professionals face in dealing
with this process.
The Importance of Prioritizing The Issue of
Religious Freedom
Authors: Batha Elizabeth
Published: June 2020

This article explores the nature of the right to
freedom of religion as well as the nature and
the extent of growing religious intolerance in
the world today. The need to prevent religion
based violence and displacement that occupy
the contemporary international politics, this
article seeks to push this concern further.
Meeting the Refugee Challenge: The Dutch Experience
Authors: Droesen Loeky
Published: June 2020

The Dutch asylum policy has been one
of trial and error over the past four decades.
This article will chronicle its most
important twist and turns. It will do so
by looking at the general premise of Dutch Alien law and by exploring the
different residence statutes available to
asylum seekers. Attention will be paid
to the possibilities to appeal a decision,
the investigation procedure and the
Dutch reception model. Where relevant
the upcoming amendments to the Dutch
Alien Act are addressed as well.
Building the Infrastructure for the Observance of Refugee Rights in the Global South
Authors: Harrell-Bond Barbara
Published: June 2020

Refugees in the Global South face many serious violations of their rights. Several major host states have failed to ratify both the Refugee Convention and the 1967 Protocol. However, even among those states that have ratifi ed one or both, few have enacted the domestic legislation to implement the provisions, and no state in the South has made a serious effort to bring domestic law in other subjects—immigration, health, labour, education—into harmony with the rights of refugees and their international commitments. This article presents a multi-faceted proposal, a guide to building a new global infrastructure for the protection of refugees. An important precursor is the rapid expansion in the teaching and studying of refugee law. Today’s studentsof refugee issues are tomorrow’s researchers, lawyers, and scholars, all of which are desperately needed to help refugees navigate the process of status determination and resettlement, to advocate more generally for the rights of refugees, and to monitor states’ compliance with international obligations. Also, human rights NGOs need to embrace the fact that refugees are human beings, and refugee rights are human rights. Furthermore, advocacy groups, legal aid organizations, and other NGOs need to understand that advocacy, legal assistance, and research must go hand in hand: the provision of legal assistance to individual refugees not only makes the use of their life stories for research and advocacy more ethical, it improves the quality of the research and advocacy as well. Perhaps most importantly, all the groups working with refugees throughout the South must communicate with and assist each other. In an eff ort to facilitate this crucial networking and communication, sixteen refugee advocacy and legal aid NGOs from the South attended a fi ve-day workshop in Nairobi in January 2007. Th e group decided to form the Southern Refugee Legal Aid Network, and to produce a charter for membership. I have been acting as the group’s moderator informally since that time. In the coming months, SRLAN will attach itself to Fahamu, an advocacy NGO that publishes Africa’s largest circulation magazine and has a proven track record of facilitating emerging advocacy networks. Fahamu will do fearless advocacy, oft en too dangerous for individual NGOs, and the SRLAN will facilitate the communication and co-operation necessary to begin the construction of the new global infrastructure for the protection of refugees. Working together, as a network of organizations throughout the South, we truly can transform this broken and unjust system.
Environmental Migrants and Canada’s Refugee Policy
Authors: Murray Sheila
Published: June 2020

Canada is among the world’s foremost refugee resettlement countries and is signatory to international agreements that affirm its commitment to the protection of refugee rights. Asylum seekers come to Canada from around the globe. But as climate change continues to affect growing regions of the world—threatening to create as many as 200 million environmental migrants by the year 2050—Canada has not yet begun to address the issue of climate change migration. In an era defined by a neo-liberal approach to migration issues, and until international actors determine the status of environmental migrants, Canada’s policy response to the looming crisis may be conjectured from an historical review of its refugee policy. This provides an understanding of the various factors, both domestic and international, that may have the greatest influence on Canada’s future refugee policy.
New Approaches to Urban Refugee Livelihoods
Authors: Buscher Dale
Published: June 2020

Increasingly refugees live in urban areas—usually in slums impacted by unemployment, poverty, overcrowding and inadequate infrastructure. Host governments often restrict refugees’ access to the labor market, access that can be further impeded by language barriers, arbitrary fees, and discrimination. UNHCR and its partners are seldom equipped to understand and navigate the complex urban economic environment in order to create opportunities for refugees in these settings. Based on assessments undertaken in 2010 and 2011 in Kampala, New Delhi and Johannesburg, research findings indicate that refugees in urban areas adopt a variety of economic coping strategies, many of which place them at risk, and that new approaches and different partnerships are needed for the design and implementationof economic programs. This paper presents findings from the assessments and lays out strategies to address the challenges confronting urban refugees’ ability to enter and compete in the labor market.
Acknowledgements
Authors: Mpala Tanya
Published: June 2020

Editor-in-Chief: Michael BarutciskiEditorial Assistant: Tanya MpalaJunior Editors: Derek Armstrong, Kathryn Bodkin, Samantha Tamas
Becoming Queer Here: Integration and Adaptation Experiences of Sexual Minority Refugees in Toronto
Authors: Murray David AB
Published: June 2020

Since the early 1990s Canada has become a primary destination for individuals who make refugee claims on the basis of sexual orientation persecution. However, until recently, there was little research focusing on this growing component of Canadian urban queer communities and their experiences of the refugee claim process, and their integration and adaptation to Canadian society. This paper, based on interviews with lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) refugee claimants and participation in LGBT newcomer support groups in Toronto, explores the formal and informal processes, spaces and practices through which LGBT refugee claimants learn about the Canadian nation-state, citizenship and queer identities and communities, and in so doing enter a space/moment of becoming a ‘becoming’ refugee as they learn the social, cultural, and bureaucratic processes and norms of the Canadian refugee apparatus.
Introduction
Authors: Leung Linda
Published: June 2020

The Special Focus section of this issue of Refuge is being edited by an “outsider” to Refugee Studies. By that I mean that my professional life has not focused on investigating refugee issues per se, but instead has been concerned with how technology is accessed and deployed by groups and communities. Therefore, what this Special Focus section off ers are some different perspectives on technology’s role in the refugee experience through the lenses of various disciplines that actually study technology adoption and uses. In doing this, I am hoping to begin an interdisciplinary dialogue between Refugee Studies and Technology Studies scholars about policies, models, and politics of technology provision, access and use with specific reference to refugee service provision in situations of displacement. To this end, I have also included contributions from other “outsiders” to encourage the sharing of data and knowledge across sectors.
Social Media Usage, Tahriib (Migration), and Settlement among Somali Refugees in France
Authors: Charmarkeh Houssein
Published: June 2020

Technologies are omnipresent in our society, from mobile telephone systems to satellite television and Internet broadcasting, which shape the way we live, work, and interact. They have also transformed the experience of international migration, making it possible for migrants to maintain strong ties between the host society and the home country. In this article, we examine the precarious situation lived by Somali refugees in France, and we explore their uses of social media during tahriib or their migratory path and settlement in three French cities. Th e fi rst section discusses the method on which this fi eld study is based, that of critical and multi-sited ethnography. Aft er describing living conditions experienced by Somali refugees in France in the next section, the last section presents the findings of the field study. In doing so, the present research strives to fill a research gap by contributing to the advancement of knowledge on social media use by refugees.
Climate Refugees
Authors: Shaw Alana
Published: June 2020

Climate RefugeesCollectif Argos, Jean Jouzel and Hubert ReevesPalgrave Macmillan, 2010ISBN: 9780230347724, pp. 336
Sri Lankan Tamil Refugees in India: Conceptual Framework of Repatriation Success
Authors: George Miriam , Vaillancourt Anita , Rajan S. Irudaya
Published: June 2020

Repatriation to Sri Lanka has become a primary challenge to Sri Lankan Tamil refugees in Indian refugee camps, and a matter of significant public discussion in India and Sri Lanka. Anxiety about repatriation among Sri Lankan Tamil refugees and lack of initiation from the Sri Lankan government threatens the development of a coherent repatriation strategy. This article proposes a conceptual framework of repatriation success for Sri Lankan Tamil refugees, which the Sri Lankan government, non-governmental agencies, and Sri Lankan Tamil refugees may use to develop a concrete strategy for repatriation. Based upon the study results of two of the authors’ repatriation studies, this article identifies and describes the four key concepts of the repatriation framework: livelihood development, language and culture awareness, social relationships, and equal citizenship within a nation.
The Indochinese Refugee Movement: An Exploratory Case Study of the Windsor Experience
Authors: Roma Giovanna
Published: June 2020

Following the fall of Saigon in 1975, thousands fled Indochina in small boats to attain political asylum in neighbouring countries. Canada played a leading role in the resettlement of thousands of Indochinese refugees, and a significant part of this national effort was led by the city of Windsor, Ontario. This article examines Windsor’s local efforts to sponsor and integrate Indochinese refugees into Canadian society. In late 1977, Windsor Mayor Bert Weeks established an ad hoc committee on Indochinese refugees. Together with volunteers from local faith communities and non-governmental organizations, the city created a vast resettlement network and assumed the sponsorship of several families, well before the wave of refugees arrived in 1979. As an exploratory work, this article provides evidence of Windsor’s pivotal role in shaping the Canadian response to the Indochinese refugee crisis and may challenge the national narrative that large Canadian cities led refugee resettlement efforts. This study is timely, as important lessons can be drawn from the Windsor experience.
Tragic and Heroic Moments in the Lives of Forced Migrants: Memories of Political Asylum-Seekers in Post-Apartheid South Africa
Authors: Pineteh Ernest A. , Mulu Thecla N.
Published: June 2020

This article examines the memories of a group of Cameroonian asylum-seekers in South Africa, analyzing personal accounts of memories of fear, suffering, and pain as well as resilience and heroism during their forced migration. The article argues that the legitimacy of applications for asylum often depends on accurate and consistent memories of specific life-threatening episodes at home and during migration. Drawing on theoretical conceptions such as construction of memory, autobiographical memory, and politics of storytelling, this article teases out how personal memories of asylum-seekers provide a discursive space to access and understand the asymmetries of seeking political asylum in post-apartheid South Africa.
“They didn’t treat me as a Gypsy”: Romani Refugees in Toronto
Authors: Levine-Rasky Cynthia
Published: June 2020

With organized hate crime and institutionalized discrimination, thousands of European Roma have fled to Canada, where they claim refugee status. Their arrival coincided with far-ranging reforms to the refugee determination system in 2012–13 in addition to some actions aimed specifically at the Roma. Against this backdrop, former and current Romani refugee claimants substantiate the experience of migration and settlement, beginning with the first moments after arrival, to the tasks of finding housing and work. Agency and resilience are evinced, despite the government’s multiple instruments used against asylum-seekers. Romani refugees’ lives show how, for transnational groups, belongingness is always contested and the meaning of home is always nuanced.
Adjudicating Refugee and Asylum Status: The Role of Witness, Expertise and Testimony, edited by Benjamin N. Lawrance and Galya Ruffer
Authors: Rodgers Graeme
Published: June 2020

Adjudicating Refugee and Asylum Status: The Role of Witness, Expertise and TestimonyEdited by Benjamin N. Lawrance and Galya RufferNew York: Cambridge University Press, 2015
The Law of Refugee Status, 2nd edition, by James C. Hathaway and Michelle Foster
Authors: Cannon Douglas
Published: June 2020

The Law of Refugee Status, 2nd editionJames C. Hathaway and Michelle FosterCambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014
The Stories We Tell about Refugee Claimants: Contested Frames of the Health-Care Access Question in Canada
Authors: Beatson Jesse
Published: June 2020

A contested issue is the extent to which refugee claimants should have access to health care in Western host countries with publicly subsidized health-care systems. In Canada, for a period of over fifty years, the federal government provided relatively comprehensive health coverage to refugees and refugee claimants through the Interim Federal Health Plan (IFHP). Significant cuts to the IFHP were implemented in June 2012 by the Conservative federal government (2006–15), who justified these cuts through public statements portraying refugee claimants as bring- ing bogus claims that inundate the refugee determination system. A markedly different narrative was articulated by a pan-Canadian coalition of health providers who characterized refugee claimants as innocent victims done further harm by inhumane health-care cuts. This article presents an analysis of these two positions in terms of frame theory, with a greater emphasis on the health-provider position. This debate can be meaningfully analyzed as a contest between competing frames: bogus and victim. Frame theory suggests that frames by nature simplify and condense, in this case packaging complex realities about refugee claimants into singular images (bogus and victim), aiming to inspire suspicion and compassion respectively. It will be argued that the acceptance of current frames impoverishes the conversation by reinforcing problematic notions about refugee claimants while also obscuring a rights-based argument for why claimants should have substantial access to health care.
Narrating “Home”: Experiences of German Expellees after the Second World War
Authors: Hughes Vanessa
Published: June 2020

This article explores the experiences of forced displacement through the narratives of expellees in Germany after the Second World War. It considers how disruptions of “home” over time and space have led to constant deconstructing and reconstructing of home. Based on autobiographical interviews, this article argues that home is multidimensional and contradictory, changing over time and through experiences, becoming simultaneously connected to a specific place and time while transcending this rootedness. This continuous contestation of home has led expellees to form an imagined, idealized, and romanticized notion of their Heimat that exists in memory and is combined with their current home, Zuhause.
Should We Presume State Protection?
Authors: Hathaway James C. , Macklin Audrey
Published: June 2020

Professors Hathaway and Macklin debate the legality of the “presumption of state protection” that the Supreme Court of Canada established as a matter of Canadian refugee law in the Ward decision. Professor Hathaway argues that this presumption should be rejected because it lacks a sound empirical basis and because it conflicts with the relatively low evidentiary threshold set by the Refugee Convention’s “well founded fear” standard. Professor Macklin contends that the Ward presumption does not in and of itself impose an unduly onerous burden on claimants, and that much of the damage wrought by the presumption comes instead from misinterpretation and misapplication of the Supreme Court’s dictum by lower courts.
Navigating a River by Its Bends: A Comparison of Cambodian Remigration, by Gea Wijers
Authors: Kent Alexandra
Published: June 2020

Book Review:

 

Navigating a River by Its Bends: A Comparison of Cambodian RemigrationBy Gea Wijers

Amsterdam: VU University Press, 2013, 197 pp.
Immigration Detention: The Migration of a Policy and Its Human Impact, by Amy Nethery and Stephanie J Silverman (eds.)
Authors: Wilsher Dan
Published: June 2020

Book review

Immigration Detention: The Migration of a Policy and Its Human Impact

Edited by Amy Nethery and Stephanie J. Silverman

London: Routledge, 2015, 182 pp.
The Politics of Migration in Italy: Perspectives on Local Debates and Party Competition, by Pietro Castelli Gattinara
Authors: Donà Giorgia
Published: June 2020

Book review:

The Politics of Migration in Italy: Perspectives on Local Debates and Party Competition

by Pietro Castelli Gattinara

Abingdon, UK: Routledge, 2016, 214 pp.
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION OF CA DONG PEOPLE IN RESETTLEMENT AREA OF TRANH RIVER HYDROPOWER NUMBER 2: CURRENT SITUATION AND IMPACT FACTORS
Authors: Lan Bùi Thị Bích
Published: June 2020

In Vietnam, the construction of hydropower projects has contributed significantly in the cause of industrialization and modernization of the country. The place where hydropower projects are built is mostly inhabited by ethnic minorities - communities that rely primarily on land, a very important source of livelihood security. In the context of the lack of common productive land in resettlement areas, the orientation for agricultural production is to promote indigenous knowledge combined with increasing scientific and technical application; shifting from small-scale production practices to large-scale commodity production. However, the research results of this article show that many obstacles in the transition process are being posed such as limitations on natural resources, traditional production thinking or the suitability and effectiveness of scientific - technical application models. When agricultural production does not ensure food security, a number of implications for people’s lives are increasingly evident, such as poverty, preserving cultural identity, social relations and resource protection. Since then, it has set the role of the State in researching and building appropriate agricultural production models to exploit local strengths and ensure sustainability.
Karakteristik Morfometrik Ayam Kampung Jantan dan Betina di Desa Tirtomulyo Kecamatan Plantungan, Kabupaten Kendal, Jawa Tengah
Authors: Permadi A. N. N. , Kurnianto E. , Sutiyono Sutiyono
Published: June 2020

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis karakteristik morfometrik ayam kampung yang disukai dan tidak disukai di Desa Tirtomulyo, Kecamatan Plantungan, Kabupaten Kendal, Jawa Tengah. Materi menggunakan 105 ekor ayam kampung yang terdiri dari 5 ekor jantan dan 100 ekor betina. 30 peternak sebagai responden untuk menentukan ayam disukai dan tidak disukai. Data dianalisis menggunakanujit, Principal Component Analysis dengan menggunakan alatbantuStatistical Analysis System (SAS) University Edition. Hasil penelitian memperlihatkan bahwa ayam jantan memiliki perbedaan yang nyata (P<0,05) pada lingkar tarsometatarsus dan panjang sternum, sedangkan ayam betina memiliki perbedaan  nyata (P<0,05) pada bobot badan dan tinggi jengger. Parameter pembeda pada ayam kampung jantan dan betina yang disukai dan tidak disukai adalah panjang sayap yaitu 0,619 dan 0,922. Peta penyebaran ayam jantan dan betina yang disukai dan tidak disukai mempunyai ukuran tubuh yang lebih besar dibandingkan ayam jantan dan betina yang tidak disukai.
Komposisi Kimia dan Korelasi Beberapa Karakteristik Daging Pipi Sapi Bali
Authors: Rosmawati Rosmawati , Said M. I. , Abustam E. , Tawali A. B.
Published: June 2020

Daging pipi termasuk hasil samping pemotongan ternak dan tidak dikategorikan sebagai karkas. Tujuan penelitian adalah mengidentifikasi sifat fisikokimia daging pipi sapi Bali untuk menjadi pertimbangan bahan baku dalam berbagai proses pengolahan pangan berbasis hewani. Sampel berasal dari Rumah Potong Hewan Tamangapa Makassar yang dianalisis setelah enam jam pemotongan. Hasil analisis menunjukkan komposisi kimia daging pipi menyerupai daging skeletal pada umumnya. Rataan pH otot berkisar pada 5,73 sampai 6,01, daya mengikat air sebagai refleksi dari kadar air lepas 32,64 sampai 51,64 mg, susut masak 26,84 sampai 35,90%, daya putus daging 2,96 sampai 3,53 kg/cm2, dan warna menunjukkan tingkat kecerahan (L) 33,86 sampai 43,13, kemerahan (a*) 18,20 sampai 24,78, dan kekuningan (b*) 0,80 sampai 3,85. Koefisien korelasi antara pH dan daya mengikat air adalah r = -0,92, artinya semakin rendah pH maka kemampuan otot melepaskan air semakin tinggi. Terdapat korelasi sangat kuat antara pH dan susut masak, yaitu r = -0,84, menunjukkan semakin rendah pH daging susut masak semakin tinggi. Kofisien korelasi antara nilai L, a* dan b*, secara berturut turut terhadap pH daging pipi adalah r = -0,62, r = -0,71, dan r = -0,56.
AMBIÊNCIAS UBÍQUAS FORMATIVAS NA EDUCAÇÃO ONLINE
Authors: Carvalho Felipe Da Silva Ponte de , Santos Edmea
Published: June 2020

RESUMONesta pesquisa-formação na cibercultura, analisamos os usos de wikis em atos de currículo na educação on-line. Para isso, propomos atividades de escrita colaborativa com as/os estudantes da disciplina de Informática na Educação do curso de Licenciatura em Pedagogia a distância da UERJ/CEDERJ/UAB. As atividades foram arquitetadas na plataforma Moodle do curso, contam com tutoriais de como criar e usar um wiki, fóruns de discussão e link de acesso à plataforma Wikispaces, espaço para realizar a atividade de escrita colaborativa. Como resultado desta pesquisa em rede, destacamos os seguintes apontamentos: a) as atividades propostas se desdobraram para o grupo da disciplina no Facebook – os/as estudantes o utilizaram para formar grupos e partilhar dúvidas e achados – e para grupos de prática pelo WhatsApp – criados para discutir, negociar e produzir o texto e para trocas de experiências cotidianas –; b) as diversas ambiências acionadas contribuem para a compreensão da formação em contextos ciberculturais expandidos, os quais não estão fora de tensões, dilemas e relações de poder; c) e, por fim, os textos coletivos produzidos são reflexões, partilhas e saberes de si, fragmentos de nossos múltiplos “eus” e de experiências vividas.Palavras-chave: Escrita colaborativa. Ambiências. Pesquisa-formação na cibercultura.ABSTRACTIn this research-training in cyberculture, we analyze the uses of wikis in curriculum acts in online education. For this, we propose collaborative writing activities with the students of the discipline of Informatics in Education of the distance education degree course UERJ / CEDERJ / UAB. The activities were architects on the course's Moodle platform, with tutorials on how to create and use a wiki, discussion forums and a link to access the Wikispaces platform, a space to perform the collaborative writing activity. As a result of this network research, we highlight the following notes: a) the proposed activities unfolded for the discipline group on Facebook - the students used it to form groups and share doubts and findings - and for practice groups via WhatsApp - created to discuss, negotiate and produce the text and to exchange daily experiences -; b) the diverse ambiences triggered contribute to the understanding of training in expanded cybercultural contexts, which are not out of tensions, dilemmas and power relations; c) and, finally, the collective texts produced are reflections, shares and knowledge of themselves, fragments of our multiple “selves” and of lived experiences.Keywords: Collaborative writing. Ambiences. Research-training in cyberculture.
Plyometrics: Meningkatkan Power Otot Tungkai dan Under Shoot Atlet Bola Basket
Authors: Arisetiawan Rachlai Eko , Fepriyanto Andi , Supriyanto Nugroho Agung
Published: June 2020

The aim of this study was to determine the effect of plyometric exercises in single leg jump and depth on explosive power and under shoot. This study used 18 basketball players. The results showed a significant influence between before and after training in group I plyometric single leg jump to increase power and under shoot results, in group II depth jump was a significant effect between before and after training on increasing power and under shoot, whereas in group III the control had no significant effect on increasing power and under shooting. It can be concluded that the group I plyometric single leg jump and group II depth jump explosive power and under shoot both have a significant influence on basketball athletes.
CNC-Milled Superhydrophobic Macroporous Monoliths for 3D Cell Culture
Authors: Hayase Gen , Yoshino Daisuke
Published: June 2020

High-strength macroporous monoliths can be obtained by simply mixing boehmite nanofiber aqueous acetate dispersions with methyltrimethoxysilane. On the boehmite nanofiber-polymethylsilsesquioxane monoliths, we can fabricate structures smaller than a millimeter in size by computer numerical control (CNC) milling, resulting in a machined surface that is superhydrophobic and biocompatible. Using this strategy, we fabricated a superhydrophobic multiwell plate which holds water droplets to produce 3D cell culture environments for various cell types. We expect these superhydrophobic monoliths to have future applications in 3D tissue construction.
The SARS-COV-2 Spike Protein Binds Sialic Acids, and Enables Rapid Detection in a Lateral Flow Point of Care Diagnostic Device
Authors: Baker Alexander N. , Richards Sarah-Jane , Guy Collette S. , Congdon Thomas R. , Hasan Muhammad , Zwetsloot Alexander J. , straube anne , Walker Marc , Chessa Simona , Pergolizzi Giulia , Dedola Simone , Field Robert , Gibson Matthew
Published: June 2020

There is an urgent need to understand the behavior of novel coronavirus (SARS-COV-2), which is the causative agent of COVID-19, and to develop point-of-care diagnostics. Here, a glyconanoparticle platform is used to discover that N-acetyl neuraminic acid has high affinity towards the SARS-COV-2 spike glycoprotein, demonstrating its glycan-binding function. Optimization of the particle size and coating enabled detection of the spike glycoprotein in lateral flow and showed selectivity over the SARS-COV-1 spike protein. Using a viral particle mimic, paper-based lateral flow detection was demonstrated in under 30 minutes showing the potential of this system as a low-cost detection platform.
Terrestrial Trapping of the Interstellar Gas, Phosphorus Nitride
Authors: Martinez Jorge L. , Lutz Sean A. , beagan daniel , Gao Xinfeng , Pink Maren , Chen Chun-Hsing , carta veronica , Moënne-Loccoz Pierre , Smith Jeremy
Published: June 2020

The N2 analogue phosphorus nitride (PN) was the first phosphorus containing compound to be detected in the interstellar medium, however this thermodynamically unstable compound has a fleeting existence on Earth. Here, we show that reductive coupling of iron(IV) nitride and molybdenum(VI) phosphide complexes assembles PN as a bridging ligand in a structurally-characterized bimetallic complex. Reaction with C≡NtBu releases the mononuclear complex [(N3N)Mo-PN]−, N3N = [(Me3SiNCH2CH2)3N]3−), which undergoes light-induced linkage isomerization to provide [(N3N)Mo-NP]−, as revealed by photocrystallography. While structural and spectroscopic characterization, supported by electronic structure calculations reveal PN multiple bond character, coordination to molybdenum creates nucleophilic character at the terminal atom of the PN/NP ligands. Indeed, the linkage isomers can be trapped in solution by reaction with a Rh(I) electrophile.
A Connectivity Map-Based Drug Repurposing Study and Integrative Analysis of Transcriptomic Profiling of SARS-CoV-2 Infection
Authors: mousavi seyedeh zahra , rahmanian mojdeh , sami ashkan
Published: June 2020

Aims: The recent outbreak of COVID-19 has become a global health concern. There are currently no effective treatment strategies and vaccines for the treatment or prevention of this fatal disease. The current study aims to determine promising treatment options for the COVID-19 through a computational drug repurposing approach.Materials and methods: In this study, we focus on differentially expressed genes (DEGs), detected in SARS-CoV-2 infected cell lines including “the primary human lung epithelial cell line NHBE” and “the transformed lung alveolar cell line A549”. Next, the identified DEGs are used in the connectivity map (CMap) analysis to identify similarly acting therapeutic candidates. Furthermore, to interpret lists of DEGs, pathway enrichment and protein network analysis are performed. Genes are categorized into easily interpretable pathways based on their biological functions, and overrepresentations of each pathway are tested in comparison to what is expected randomly.Key findings: The results suggest the effectiveness of Saquinavir, lansoprazole, folic acid, ebselen, aminocaproic acid, simvastatin, surfactant stimulant drugs, heat shock protein 90 (HSP90) inhibitors, histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors, metronidazole, inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) and many other clinically approved drugs and investigational compounds as potent drugs against COVID-19 outbreak.Significance: Making new drugs remain a lengthy process, so the drug repurposing approach provides an insight into the therapeutics that might be helpful in this pandemic. In this study, pathway enrichment and protein network analysis are also performed, and the effectiveness of some drugs obtained from the CMap analysis has been investigated according to previous research.
Decoupling Salt- and Polymer-Dependent Dynamics in Polyelectrolyte Complex Coacervates via Salt Addition
Authors: Morin Frances J. , Puppo Marissa L. , Laaser Jennifer
Published: June 2020

In polyelectrolyte complex coacervates, changes in salt concentration and changes in polymer concentration are typically strongly coupled, complicating interpretation of the salt- and polymer concentration-dependent dynamics of these materials. To address this problem, we developed a “salt addition” method for preparation of complex coacervates that allows the salt concentration of a coacervate sample to be varied without changing its polymer concentration. This method was used to prepare coacervates of poly(styrene sulfonate) (PSS) with poly(diallyldimethylammonium chloride) (PDADMAC) with salt concentrations between 1.2 and 2 M and volume fractions of polymer between 0.1 and 0.25. Characterization of these samples by small-amplitude oscillatory shear rheology revealed that the relaxation times scale significantly more strongly with polymer volume fraction than has been previously assumed, highlighting the need to account for both salt and polymer-dependent contributions to the dynamics of these complex materials.
In-Silico Interaction of Hydroxychloroquine Drug with Various Proteins of Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2): A Computational Approaches to Combat COVID-19
Authors: Kalaria Rishee , Patel Hiren K.
Published: June 2020

In silico docking study showed that hydroxychloroquine drug interactions with SARS-CoV2 show a higher binding affinity with spike glycoprotein and PLPRO protein compared to protein envelopes that could be ladder for potential targeting and synthesizing of another aniviral drug. In silico methods used in this study, the efficacy of a wide variety of repositioned and/or novel drug candidates could also be tested prior to clinical evaluation.
Phosphine-Catalyzed Intermolecular Acylfluorination of Alkynes via a P(V) Intermediate
Authors: Fujimoto Hayato , Kodama Takuya , Yamanaka Masahiro , Tobisu Mamoru
Published: June 2020

We report on the phosphine-catalyzed intermolecular carbofluorination of alkynes using acyl fluorides as fluorinating reagents. This reaction promises to be a useful method for the synthesis of highly substituted monofluoroalkene derivatives, since acyl fluorides can be easily prepared from the corresponding carboxylic acid derivatives and the reaction proceeds under ambient conditions without the need for a transition-metal catalyst. Experimental and computational studies indicate that a five-coordinated fluorophosphorane is involved as the key intermediate in the fluorination step.
α-Tertiary Dialkyl Ether Synthesis via Reductive Photocatalytic α-Functionalization of Alkyl Enol Ethers
Authors: Leitch Jamie , Rossolini Thomas , Rogova Tatiana , Dixon Darren J.
Published: June 2020

The photocatalytic construction of C(sp3)-rich α-tertiary dialkyl ethers through the reductive α-functionalization of alkyl enol ether substrates with conjugated alkenes in the presence of a Hantzsch ester terminal reductant under blue LED irradiation, is described. Pivoting on oxocarbenium ion generation via an initial TMSCl-facilitated protic activation of the enol ether substrate, subsequent single electron transfer delivers the key nucleophilic α-oxy tertiary radical capable of productively combining with a variety of alkene substrates. The new reductive functionalization strategy was simple to perform, efficient, broad in scope with respect to both alkene acceptor and enol ether donor fragments and delivered a wide range of complex α-tertiary dialkyl ether architectures.
Taming Troublesome Suzuki-Miyaura Reactions in Water Solution of Surfactants by the Use of Lecithin: A Step Beyond the Micellar Model
Authors: Ceriani Chiara , Ghiglietti Erika , Sassi Mauro , Mattiello Sara , Beverina Luca
Published: June 2020

The use of water solutions of industrial and designer surfactants enables performing a wide variety of chemical transformation on hydrophobic precursors. Mostly reactions are clean, fast and efficient with vast benefits for overall sustainability. The widespread adoption of such methods is somewhat hampered by a lack of generality in the case of troublesome substrates and scaling up. The common literature solution for such issues is the use of small amounts of organic solvents. We here show that the use of a mixture of L-α-lecithin and Tween 80 is a preferable solution enabling the taming of particularly troublesome reactions, where even the cosolvent approach fails. The strong reduction of all interface tensions characterizing such complex multiphase systems is key to the results achieved. The protocol, applied to Suzuki-Miyaura couplings, allows to obtain complete reactions conversion at room temperature within one hour, is general and scalable from milligrams to up to 10 grams without further adjustments.
Effect of Secondary Additives on the Properties of Vanadium-Aluminum Mixed Oxide Catalysts Used in the Oxidation of Propane
Authors: Baldovino Medrano Víctor Gabriel , Farin Benjamin , Gaigneaux Eric M.
Published: June 2020

We investigated how secondary additives for tableting vanadium-aluminummixed-oxides affect the mechanical resistance, surface chemistry, and catalytic performance inpropane oxidation of tablets based on this material. The secondary additives were magnesium oxide, silica, boron nitride, sepiolite, and zinc oxide while graphite was used as the primaryshaping agent. Our results showed that the changes in mechanical strength and porosity weredirectly related to the softness and ductility of the secondary additive. Overall, we learned thatwhen manufacturing catalyst tablets, there is a compromise between mechanical strength andloss in mesoporosity and surface area. On the other hand, the components of the formulatedtablets did not show signs of establishing a chemical interaction with the vanadium-aluminummixed oxide. Therefore, the effects of the additives that we found on the catalytic performancewere ascribed to the fact that the selected secondary additives may act as co-catalysts duringpropane oxidation. In this sense, boron nitride and sepiolite were best for promoting both thereactivity of the catalytic formulations while showing a better productivity of propene. The datawas interpreted suggesting that the promotion effect may be due to the combination of a redoxmechanism over the vanadium-aluminum mixed oxide phase and to a surface radical mechanismoccurring over the active moieties of these secondary additives.
Luminescence, Chiroptical, Magnetic and Ab-Initio Crystal-Field Characterizations of an Enantiopure Helicoidal Yb(III) Complex: The Van Vleck Rennaissance
Authors: Gendron Frédéric , Di Pietro Sebastiano , Abad Galan Laura , Riobé François , Placide Virginie , Guy Laure , Zinna Francesco , Di Bari Lorenzo , Bensalah-Ledoux Amina , Guyot Yannick , Pilet Guillaume , Pointillart Fabrice , Baguenard Bruno , Guy Stephan , Cador Olivier , MAURY Olivier , Le Guennic Boris
Published: June 2020

The electronic structure of a chiral Yb(III)-based complex is fully determined by taking advantage of experimental magnetic, luminescence, and chiroptical characterizations in combination with ab-initio wavefunction calculations. The combined use of these techniques allows determining with high resolution the electronic structure diagram as well as the nature of the different states involved in the magnetic and chiroptical properties of the investigated complex. The different crystal-field pictures deduced from spectroscopic measurements are re-conciliated in light of the magnetic properties and ab-initio results in the frame of the van Vleck initial vision. Advanced ab-initio calculations demonstrate that global chiroptical spectra correspond to the sum of intricated transitions with similar or opposite polarizations.
Integrating Health Behavior Theory and Design Elements in Serious Games
Authors: Cheek Colleen , Fleming Theresa , Lucassen Mathijs FG , Bridgman Heather , Stasiak Karolina , Shepherd Matthew , Orpin Peter
Published: June 2020

Background
Internet interventions for improving health and well-being have the potential to reach many people and fill gaps in service provision. Serious gaming interfaces provide opportunities to optimize user adherence and impact. Health interventions based in theory and evidence and tailored to psychological constructs have been found to be more effective to promote behavior change. Defining the design elements which engage users and help them to meet their goals can contribute to better informed serious games.

Objective
To elucidate design elements important in SPARX, a serious game for adolescents with depression, from a user-centered perspective.

Methods
We proposed a model based on an established theory of health behavior change and practical features of serious game design to organize ideas and rationale. We analyzed data from 5 studies comprising a total of 22 focus groups and 66 semistructured interviews conducted with youth and families in New Zealand and Australia who had viewed or used SPARX. User perceptions of the game were applied to this framework.

Results
A coherent framework was established using the three constructs of self-determination theory (SDT), autonomy, competence, and relatedness, to organize user perceptions and design elements within four areas important in design: computer game, accessibility, working alliance, and learning in immersion. User perceptions mapped well to the framework, which may assist developers in understanding the context of user needs. By mapping these elements against the constructs of SDT, we were able to propose a sound theoretical base for the model.

Conclusions
This study’s method allowed for the articulation of design elements in a serious game from a user-centered perspective within a coherent overarching framework. The framework can be used to deliberately incorporate serious game design elements that support a user’s sense of autonomy, competence, and relatedness, key constructs which have been found to mediate motivation at all stages of the change process. The resulting model introduces promising avenues for future exploration. Involving users in program design remains an imperative if serious games are to be fit for purpose.
ANALISIS INDIKATOR KETERCAPAIAN NILAI-NILAI KEWIRAUSAHAAN MATA PELAJARAN PRAKARYA DAN KEWIRAUSAHAAN JENJANG PENDIDIKAN MENENGAH
Authors: Wahidmurni Wahidmurni
Published: June 2020

Tujuan penelitian adalah mengungkap kesenjangan rumusan kompetensi sikap, pengetahuan dan ketrampilan dalam silabus mata pelajaran Prakarya dan Kewirausahaan sebagai fenomena dengan naskah indikator ketercapaian nilai-nilai kewirausahaan dan standar proses sebagai kriteria. Desain penelitian Goal Oriented Evalution Model digunakan, dan langkah analisisnya dengan menetapkan kriteria, standar, pengukuran dan sintesis. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa nilai-nilai sikap kepribadian dan sikap sosial wirausaha tidak terumuskan dengan baik dalam naskah silabus, rumusan kata kerja kompetensi pengetahuan seluruhnya mengunakan kata kerja memahami padahal sebagian besar menuntut kompetensi kemampuan berpikir tingkat tinggi, dan sebagian besar rumusan kata kerja  kompetensi ketrampilan kurang tepat, karena menggunakan kata kerja ranah pengetahuan.Kata Kunci:  Kompetensi Sikap,  Kompetensi Pengetahuan,  Kompetensi Ketrampilan, Nilai-nilai Kewirausahaan, dan Pendidikan Kewirausahaan.
Gambaran Faktor Risiko Pasien Stroke Iskemik yang dirawat di Bangsal Saraf RSUD Arifin Achmad Provinsi Riau Periode 1 Januari 2018 31 Desember 2018
Authors: Maryanti Yossi , Susanti Devi , Maulidyastuti Dhea
Published: June 2020

Ischemic stroke is neurological dysfuntion caused by focal cerebral, spinal, or retinal infarction with symptoms persistingfor more than 24 hours. Prevalence of ischemic stroke is 87% of the total stroke. This study aims to describe the riskfactors of ischemic stroke patients in neurology ward Arifin Achmad General Hospital Riau province 1 January 2018−31 December 2018 period. The cross sectional used in this study and the sampling methode was consecutive sampling.There was 150 cases in this study. The result shown that most of ischemic stroke patients at 51−65 year age group(52,0%), female (50,7%), have optimal total cholesterol levels (46,7%), optimal levels of LDL (28,0%), medium levels ofHDL (55,3%), optimal levels of trygliceryde (66,0%), normal uric acid levels (63,3), have history of hypertension(60,0%), have not history of diabetes mellitus (72,7%) and history of heart disease (89,3%).
EFFECTIVENESS OF BLENDED LEARNING CLASSROOM IN COMPUTER SCIENCE TEACHING AND LEARNING
Authors: Latha R. , Ramakrishnan
Published: June 2020

In recent trends teaching and learning become very interesting due to the innovative methods of teaching using many technologies and practical tools.  This study is dealing with new trends in education that can help one to become a modern teacher.  Students like the teaching of modern teachers because they can actively participate in the learning process.  E-content, Video Lessons and Online teaching and many other tools are used to present the subject innovatively and productively.  Blended learning classroom is the latest educational technique that is being adapted in modern classrooms to enhance the learning experience of the students.  The researcher is a Computer Science educator and she prepared a video lesson on "Working with Linux - Ubuntu" which is in Volume-I, Unit-I, Chapter 5 of XI Standard Computer Science text book in Tamil Nadu State Board Samacheer Kalvi new syllabus.  The conclusion of her study reveals that blended learning classroom has positive impact on XI Std pupil's academic fulfilment of Computer Science.
DEMONSTRATION OF THE HUMAN HAIR FOLLICLE MAGNETORECEPTION OF BIOMAGNETISM RADIATED BY THE CONCAVE PART OF THE HUMAN HAND
Authors: Embi Abraham A.
Published: June 2020

Biological material has been documented to produce an external magnetic field that radiates out. There have been several papers documenting the magnetic fields produced by steady currents in the body. The most notable was published in 1980 by Cohen et al. where the human hair follicle was used as sentinel and biophysically evaluated via sophisticated equipment such as a double planar Superconducting Quantum Interference Devices (SQUID). Most recently, in 2019 Cohen’s work was duplicated by Khan,S by also using double-planar gladiometers. Of interest to this manuscript is that since the introduction of anovel optical microscopy method in 2016 by Scherlag BJ et al is that numerous papers have been introduced in the literature now identifying intrinsic biomagnetic properties of the follicle such as penetration through glass barriers. In this manuscript, a concept of biomagnetic fields by the concave part of the human hand transferring energy to hair follicles is introduced, this was accomplished by using a novel optical microscopy method, in other words, the hair follicle is not limited to radiate out biomagnetism; but also, to receive externally radiated biomagnetic fields from a body part. This magneto receptive property is herein introduced.
Factors Affecting the Distribution of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Financing in Islamic Banks
Authors: Zaimsyah Annisa Masruri
Published: June 2020

Purpose:This study aims to analyses of the influence of the external and internal factors on medium and small micro Enterprise financing in Indonesia Islamic Bank exsternal factors consist of inflation, BI Rate and Exceng Rate, while the internal factors consists of ROA, CAR, BOPO, FDR and NPF. Design/Method/Approach: The analysis technique used in this study is multiple regression with OLS approach. The data used this study are monthly data from 2014-2018. Data obtained from OJK and Bank Indonesia reports.Findings: The finding results of this study, change in macroeconomic conditions (external factor) will indirectly have an impact on the internal conditions od Islamic Bank and will have an impact on intermediation function, especially for the MSME sector, while partially the factors that influence MSME financing are only in inflation and Exceng rates, CAR, BOPO, NPF. FDR and BI Rate does not affect MSME financing because Islamic Bank do not use the interest system but instead use the profit sharing system.Originality/Values: The main contribution of this study to industry platetrs, Islamic bank and policy makers. Islamic bank must make more efferts to provide financing for MSME. Islamic Banks must be innovative and creative in creating and offering new products related to financing to MSME.