bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
https://inctpped.ie.ufrj.br/desenvolvimentoemdebate/pdf/dd_v_7_n_1_Francisco_Muzzo.pdf
Authors: Muzzo Francisco
Published: March 2021

El presente artículo presenta una propuesta de análisis sobre la industria argentina del biodiesel, centrado en los modos específicos de la intervención estatal asociada a la misma, particularmente a partir de la sanción, en el año 2007, de la Ley 26.093, llamada Ley de Biocombustibles, y la inmediatamente posterior consolidación del, hasta entonces, inexistente sector de biocombustibles, que fue potenciado y protegido por diversas normativas, tanto nacionales como provinciales. Se analiza, en ese marco, la aparente contradicción entre las estrategias en términos de política industrial y los modos de protección y fomento a una industria que, desde su origen, se caracteriza por su elevado nivel de concentración, y que está asentada en el contexto del complejo industrial – el oleaginoso aceitero – más dinámico y rentable del entramado productivo nacional, cuyo núcleo está conformado por un pequeño puñado de empresas transnacionales y grandes grupos económicos locales. A tal fin, se propone enmarcar al biodiesel en la trayectoria socio-histórica del patrón de acumulación exportador y de especialización productiva consolidado en el país desde mediados de la década de los setenta, cuyas características estructurales aparecen como elementos centrales a la hora de explicar los condicionamientos y las potencialidades del accionar estatal a partir de entonces.
Avaliação endógena e a legitimidade das políticas públicas: a experiência da Ouvidoria Geral do Município de Campinas (SP)
Authors: Gonçalves de Mario Camila
Published: March 2021

O intuito deste artigo é refletir sobre o processo de avaliação e a legitimidade das políticas públicas a partir da experiência de avaliação endógena da Ouvidoria Geral do município de Campinas (SP) entre 2002 e 2009. Adotando uma perspectiva substantiva de avaliação que incorpore as opiniões e expectativas dos atores que participam diretamente da produção da política - como os burocratas de nível de rua e dos cidadãos usuários diretos - defende-se que no momento da avaliação os valores que perpassam as políticas públicas e questões afeitas à sua legitimidade são cruciais para o entendimento de seus sentidos e dos resultados alcançados.
Fragmentação e convergências: a agenda da inovação da Câmara e no Senado
Authors: Lopoes da Luz Korb Ricardo , Balestro Moisés
Published: March 2021

O propósito deste artigo é analisar em que medida houve convergências e divergências em torno da pauta de inovação. O pressuposto teórico da relevância da convergência em torno da agenda de inovação está relacionado com o conceito de convenção tal como estabelecido por Erber (2004) na relação entre inovação e a convenção de desenvolvimento. As convenções constituem um conjunto de crenças partilhadas por uma comunidade (neste caso a comunidade das elites políticas no parlamento) para estabelecer o contexto do problema, os caminhos para a solução dos problemas. A convenção constitui um dispositivo heurístico para lidar com a incerteza. As convenções se assemelham aos paradigmas de Kuhn (1971) no que diz respeito à escolha dos problemas, ao repertório de técnicas procedimentos validados na comunidade para a busca de soluções. Em termos analíticos, são levadas em conta as contribuições do institucionalismo discursivo. A análise dos discursos dos parlamentares em torno de uma agenda de inovação também permite entender melhor a formação das preferências dos atores. De acordo com as contribuições do institucionalismo centradono ator (actor-centred institutionalism), há quatro elementos que ajudam a entender a formação de preferências (Treib, 2015). O primeiro se refere aos próprios interesses institucionais das organizações ou dos partidos como crescimento, força e poder (ainda que no caso brasileiro os partidos sejam fracos e as bancadas são estruturadas em função de grupos de interesse relacionados aos processos de lobby).
https://inctpped.ie.ufrj.br/desenvolvimentoemdebate/pdf/dd_v_6_n_2_Fred_Block.pdf
Authors: Block Fred
Published: March 2021

O artigo analisa a economia política dos Estados Unidos de América no contexto da Victoria electoral de Donald Traump. Para isso, é recuperada a historia econômica do capitalismo partindo de criticar um erro das análises sobre desenvolvimento: ignorar o papel do Estado na criação das economias de mercado modernas. O artigo salienta uma série de áreas em que o Estado é fundamental para impulsar economias de mercado e desenvolvimento.
Gleaning Insight from Antitrust Cases Using Machine Learning
Authors: Massarotto Giovanna , Ittoo Ashwin
Published: March 2021

The application of AI and Machine Learning (ML) techniques is becoming a primary issue of investigation in the legal and regulatory domains. Antitrust agencies are in the spotlight because they represent the first arm of government regulation in that they reach new markets before Congress has had time to draft a more specific regulatory scheme. A question the antitrust community is asking is whether antitrust agencies are equipped with the appropriate tools and powers to face today’s increasingly dynamic markets. Our study aims to tackle this question by building and testing an antitrust machine learning (AML) application based on an unsupervised approach, devoid of any human intervention. It shows how a relatively simple algorithm can, in an autonomous manner, discover underlying patterns from past antitrust cases by computing the similarity between these cases based on their measurable characteristics. Our results, achieved with simple algorithms, show much promise from the use of AI for antitrust applications. AI, in its current form, cannot replace antitrust agencies such as the FTC. Instead, it is a valuable tool that antitrust agencies can exploit for efficiency, with the potential to aid in preliminary screening, analysis of cases, or ultimate decision-making. Our contribution aims to pave the way for future AI applications in market regulation, starting with antitrust regulation. Government adoption of emerging technologies, such as AI, appears to be key for ensuring consumer welfare and market efficiency in the age of AI and big data.
Homoeopathic Viscum album (10-3) is More Cytotoxic to in vitro Culture of Human Breast Cancer Cell Line than to Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells
Authors: Valle Ana Catarina Viana , Aguiar Lana Ribeiro , Brunel Hilana dos Santos Sena , Malard Patricia Furtado , Villarroel Carla Lujan Pereira , Andrade Rosângela Vieira
Published: March 2021

BACKGROUND Adenocarcinomas can be of several types, and MCF-7 is an adenocarcinoma of human breast cell line useful as preclinical model to screen therapeutic agents such as ultra-diluted Viscum album, an European plant whose extract is commonly used in cancer therapy. AIMS MCF-7 and mesenchymal stem cells were used to evaluate the in vitro cytotoxicity of homoeopathic Viscum album 1x10-3 (VAD3). METHODS cells were cultured for 24 hours in controlled environment (37.5oC and 5% CO2) in 96-well plates. After this time, VAD3 was added to the culture medium in concentrations varying from 10 to 100 ?L/mL for MTT assay (evaluation of viability of cells). A control group was maintained with culture medium only. After 48 hours, the procedures of analysis of cells viability were performed. RESULTS MTT assay showed that the concentrations of 42 ?L/mL and 62 ?L/mL were able to reduce cell viability to 50% in MCF-7 and mesenchymal stem cells, respectively, which means that half of the cells cultured were dead after 48 hours in contact with VAD3. CONCLUSION Viscum album presented higher cytotoxic action on human breast cancer cell line culture than on mesenchymal stem cells. This medicine is extensively used against cancer, and the use of the homoeopathic form of it brings new possibilities as no or fewer adverse effects would be present.
Mortality Clustering in the Family. Fast Life History Trajectories and the Intergenerational Transfer of Infant Death in Late 19th- and Early 20th-Century Antwerp, Belgium
Authors: Donrovich Robyn , Puschmann Paul , Matthijs Koen
Published: March 2021

In this article, we investigate to what degree infant mortality risk was transferred from grandmothers to mothers in the Antwerp district, Belgium, during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. We also investigate some of the determinants of infant mortality and explore the role of the family - paternal factors (presence, age, and social class), mother’s childcare experience, and infant household location - in the survival of infants. The data for this research were retrieved from the Antwerp COR*-database and were transferred into the Intermediate Data Structure (IDS). The results of the survival models show that women whose mother experienced three or more infant deaths had a 77% higher risk of experiencing the loss of an infant themselves, compared to women whose mother experienced zero infant deaths in the past. These results remained robust after controlling for potential mediating and moderating factors. The results on the age of the mother at birth, her marital status, as well as the living environment suggest that at least part of the intergenerational transfer in infant mortality can be explained on the basis of life history theory: women who grew up in a high-risk family tended to reproduce earlier and faster, and often raised their children without a partner. In this way they unconsciously created riskier conditions for the raising of their own infants: the mothers had little life experience, limited resources, and often no assistance from a partner. As a result, their own children were also at an increased risk of dying in infancy.
Dutch Lives. The Historical Sample of the Netherlands (1987–): Development and Research
Authors: Mandemakers Kees , Kok Jan
Published: March 2021

The HSN was initiated during the period 1987–1989 when an interdisciplinary and interuniversity group of Dutch scholars started discussing the foundation of one large database with data on individuals. Building one general prospective database with multiple research possibilities was considered as the only way to realize a cost-effective and properly documented tool for historical research from economic, social, demographic, epidemiological and geographic perspective. The birth registration was considered the most adequate sample framework. The new database should be 'open' in the sense that extension should be possible in all kinds of ways: more sources or variables, more persons and larger time periods. The HSN was deliberately created as a nationwide sample covering the whole 19th and 20th century. Since 1991 about 12 million Euro has been invested in the database and related projects. Besides the basic sample about 25 additional projects have been realized that created all kind of extensions to the database. A special project is LINKS by which the indices of names from the Dutch civil registration are used to reconstruct pedigrees (for the period 1780–1940) and complete families (1811–1900) for the whole of the Netherlands or parts of it. In this article we will present an overview of the research that was done with the original themes and the new fields that were introduced over the years. We will also go into methodological issues that were picked up by the 'HSN community' and we will point out the present and future challenges for the HSN.
The 2020 IDS Release of the Antwerp COR*-Database. Evaluation, Development and Transformation of a Pre-Existing Database
Authors: Jenkinson Sam , Anguita Francisco , Paiva Diogo , Matsuo Hideko , Matthijs Koen
Published: March 2021

The Antwerp COR*-IDS database 2020 is a transformed and harmonized historical demographic database in a cross-nationally comparable format designed to be open and easy to use for international researchers. The database is constructed from the 2010 release of the Antwerp COR*-historical demographic database, which was created using a letter sample of the whole district of Antwerp (Flanders, Belgium). It has a total sample size of +/- 33,000 residents of Antwerp. The sample spans nearly seven decades. The data is collected from historical records: including population registers and vital registration records covering births, marriages, in/external migrations and deaths. The database covers up to three linked generations (in some cases more), and contains micro-data on individual level life courses, and relationships deriving from addressbased household composition methods. An important characteristic is the sample's large migrant population, including the timings of their demographic events and living arrangements, whilst resident in the district of Antwerp. In addition, the sample also contains a large array of occupational level information. This paper presents the processes, methodologies and documentation regarding the evaluation and development of a pre-existing historical database. This includes the systematic evaluation of the original samples, methodologies for address based reconstructing of households, and the geocoding of a historical database which took place during the current development of this new version of the database.
The Scanian Economic-Demographic Database (SEDD)
Authors: Dribe Martin , Quaranta Luciana
Published: March 2021

The Scanian Economic-Demographic Database (SEDD) is a high-quality longitudinal data resource spanning the period 1646-1967. It covers all individuals born in or migrated to the city of Landskrona and five rural parishes in western Scania in southern Sweden. The entire population present in the area is fully covered after 1813. At the individual level, SEDD combines various demographic and socioeconomic records, including causes of death, place of birth and geographic data on the place of residence within a parish. At the family level, the data contain a combination of demographic records and information on occupation, landholding and income. The data for 1813-1967 was structured in the model of the Intermediate Data Structure (IDS). In addition to storing source data in the SEDD IDS tables, a wide range of individual- and context-level variables were constructed, which means that most types of analyses using SEDD can be conducted without the need of further elaboration of the data. This article discusses the source material, linkage methods, and structure of the database.
Pengaruh Media Leaflet dan Booklet Terhadap Pengetahuan Masyarakat Tentang Kejadian Filariasis (Kaki Gajah) di Desa Alue Ie Puteh Kecamatan Baktiya Kabupaten Aceh Utara
Authors: Indra Agussamad
Published: March 2021

Filariasis menjadi salah satu penyebab utama kecacatan menetap di seluruh dunia dan menyebabkan beban penyakit tertinggi dalam Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) di negara tropis. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh media leaflet dan booklet terhadap pengetahuan masyarakat tentang kejadian filariasis (kaki gajah) di Desa Alue Ie Puteh Kecamatan Baktiya Kabupaten Aceh Utara. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian analitik dengan pendekatan One-Group Pretest-Postest Design. Populasi yang akan diteliti adalah semua kepala keluarga dengan jmlah sampel 76 responden. Analisis data yang digunakan adalah analisis univariat dan bivariat digunakan uji T-test dependent dan t-test independen. Hasil uji paired t-test dengan nilai rata-rata untuk variabel sebelum diberikan penyuluhan (pre test) dengan nilai rata-rata sebanyak 14, sedangkan pengetahuan sesudah test dengan nilai rata-rata sebanyak 16, dari hasil uji tersebut diperoleh nilai p-value 0.009 < α 0.05 yang berarti ada Pengaruh Media Leaflet Dan Booklet Terhadap Pengetahuan Masyarakat Tentang Kejadian Filariasis (Kaki Gajah) Di Desa Alue Ie Puteh Kecamatan Baktiya Kabupaten Aceh Utara.
Faktor yang Berhubungan dengan Kepatuhan Perawat dalam Melaksanakan Five Moment Hand Hygiene di Ruang Rawat Inap RSUD dr. Zubir Mahmud Kabupaten Aceh Timur
Authors: Muhammad Khairurrozi  , Srie Wahyuni
Published: March 2021

Tingkat kepatuhan five moment hand hygiene di kalangan petugas kesehatan masih rendah dan dapat menyebabkan tingginya penyebaran HAIs.  Oleh karena itu, perlu dilakukan penyuluhan mengenai pentingnya hand hygiene petugas terhadap kesehatan pasien. Salah satu penyuluhan hand hygiene kepada petugas adalah melalui media cetak seperti poster. Tujuan dalam penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui faktor-faktor  yang  berhubungan dengan  kepatuhan perawat  dalam  melaksanakan five  moment  hand hygiene di Ruang Rawat Inap RSUD dr. Zubir Mahmud Kabupaten Aceh Timur. Jenis penelitian ini bersifat analitik dengan desain crossectional. Data yang telah dikumpulkan dianalisa secara univariat dalam bentuk distribusi frekuensi. Populasi dalam penelitian ini adalah seluruh perawat pelaksana di Ruang Rawat Inap RSUD dr. Zubir Mahmud Kabupaten Aceh Timur, jumlah sampel sebanyak 53 orang dengan teknik sampel secara Accidental Sampling. Data dianalisa secara univariat dan bivariat menggunakan uji chi-square. Hasil penelitian menyimpulkan bahwa ada hubungan sikap dengan pelaksanaan five moment hand hygiene oleh perawat pelaksana dengan CI = 95% dan α = 0,05 dimana P (0,000) < α = (0,05) sehingga Ho  ditolak.  Ada  hubungan    fasilitas  dengan  pelaksanaan  five  moment  hand  hygiene  oleh  perawat pelaksana dengan CI = 95% dan α = 0,05 dimana P (0,000) < α = (0,05) sehingga Ho ditolak. Ada hubungan supervisi dengan  pelaksanaan five  moment hand  hygiene oleh  perawat pelaksana dengan pelaksanaan five moment hand hygiene oleh perawat pelaksana dengan CI = 95% dan α = 0,05 dimana P (0,000) < α = (0,05) sehingga Ho ditolak.
Faktor - Faktor yang Berhubungan dengan Kunjungan K4 pada Ibu Hamil Trimester III di Wilayah Kerja Puskesmas Kejuruan Muda Kabupaten Aceh Tamiang
Authors: Wahyuni Srie
Published: March 2021

Rendahnya kunjungan pemeriksaan kehamilan atau status ANC dalam bentuk K4 menjadi salah satu penyebab AKI dan AKB yang masih tinggi. Berdasarkan data yang diperoleh dari Puskesmas Kejuruan Muda pada tahun 2015 cakupan pelayanan kesehatan ibu hamil hamil K4 sebesar 88,86% dan terjadi penurunan pada tahun 2016 dimana cakupan pelayanan kesehatan ibu hamil hamil K4 sebesar 75,27%. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui faktor-faktor apa saja yang berhubungan dengan kunjungan K4 pada ibu hamil trimester III di Wilayah Kerja Puskesmas Kejuruan Muda Kabupaten Aceh Tamiang. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian observasional analitik dengan rancangan cross-sectional menggunakan pendekatan kuantitatif. Penetapan jumlah sampel menggunakan teknik total populasi yaitu berjumlah 57 ibu hamil usia kehamilan > 32 minggu. Analisa data berupa analisis univariat dan bivariat menggunakan uji Chi-Square. Hasil penelitian diperoleh ada hubungan antara pendidikan dengan kunjungan K4 pada ibu hamil trimester III diperoleh nilai p (sig) = 0,024 < 0,05; maka hipotesis diterima, ada hubungan antara sikap dengan kunjungan K4 pada ibu hamil trimester III diperoleh nilai p (sig) = 0,000 < 0,05; maka hipotesis diterima, ada hubungan antara dukungan suami dengan kunjungan K4 pada ibu hamil trimester III diperoleh nilai p (sig) = 0,002 < 0,05; maka hipotesis diterima. Kesimpulan dalam penelitian ini ada hubungan faktor pendidikan, sikap dan dukungan suami dengan kunjungan K4 pada ibu hamil trimester III.
Inovação na educação: projetos inovadores para a educação básica
Authors: Ivo Dickmann
Published: March 2021

Coletânea de projetos resultado do tcc da pós-graduação em inovação na educação da Unochapecó
Violencia intrafamiliar y el proceso de mediación familiar en Chile
Authors: Evert Díaz Tamara Valeria
Published: March 2021

A partir del proceso de problematización de la violencia intrafamiliar, se ha podido concebir el desarrollo de las políticas públicas en Chile que permiten la protección de todas aquellas personas que sean víctimas de algún acto discriminatorio o abusivo. Dentro de esta protección, se visualiza el derecho a la imparcialidad, el acceso a un proceso reparatorio, y un sistema de prevención de la violencia. Sin embargo, se plantea la discusión si en casos de violencia intrafamiliar es posible la mediación familiar considerando los contextos de vulneración que afectan a un grupo familiar. Este documento expone la necesidad de analizar sobre esta intervención social que se encuentra en las políticas públicas en Chile.
“¿Nacionales o Republicanos? —¡tú decides la historia! —” el mito de ‘las dos Españas’ en los videojuegos Sombras de Guerra (2007/2008) y 1936, España en llamas (2012)
Authors: Kuschel Daniela
Published: March 2021

Los dos videojuegos Sombras de Guerra y España en llamas, que representan hechos históricos de la Guerra Civil española, pertenecen a dos géneros diferentes —el primero es un juego de estrategia en tiempo real y el segundo un videojuego de disparos (o shooter) en primera persona. Tratan el contexto histórico según las convenciones de los géneros y disponen de escenarios contrafácticos en las que los republicanos pueden ganar la Guerra Civil si el jugador tiene la destreza necesaria. Lo que llama la atención es que se perpetúa el mito de las dos Españas, lo que parece ser parte integral de la mecánica y del sistema de los juegos. No obstante, hay jugadores que se niegan a cumplir las reglas y condiciones del juego, lo que les permite cuestionar las viejas tesis y la perpetuación del mito.
Detection of Stator and Rotor Asymmetries Faults in Wound Rotor Induction Machines: Modeling, Test and Real-Time Implementation
Authors: Hedayati Kia Shahin
Published: March 2021

This chapter deals with detection of stator and rotor asymmetries faults in wound rotor induction machines using rotor and stator currents signatures analysis. This is proposed as the experimental part of fault diagnosis in electrical machines course for master’s degree students in electrical engineering at University of Picardie “Jules Verne”. The aim is to demonstrate the main steps of real-time condition monitoring development for wound rotor induction machines. In this regard, the related parameters of classical model of wound rotor induction machine under study are initially estimated. Then, the latter model is validated through experiments in both healthy and faulty conditions at different levels of the load. Finally, an algorithm is implemented in a real-time data acquisition system for online detection of stator and rotor asymmetries faults. An experimental test bench based on a three-phase 90 W wound rotor induction machine and a real-time platform for hardware-in-the-loop test are utilized for validation of the proposed condition monitoring techniques.
Statins for Children with Familial Hypercholesterolemia
Authors: Sadykova Dinara , Galimova Liliia , Slastnikova Evgeniia , Khabibrakhmanova Zulfiia , Guseva Natalya
Published: March 2021

Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is the most common genetic disorder in the world. It is characterized by increased level of total cholesterol (TC), low-density lipoproteins (LDL-C) since childhood. The diagnosis and initiation of therapy are optimal in childhood before complications (aortic stenosis, atherosclerotic changes in the arterial walls) appear. The initiation of lipid-lowering therapy in FH since childhood is important to reduce the cumulative effect of LDL-C, to increase patient’s life expectancy. Statins are recommended as first-line drugs for treatment with monitoring of the recommended clinical, biochemical markers under the supervision of a physician. However, due to limited experience, there are differing opinions among clinicians regarding the age of initiation of lipid-lowering therapy. This review is an attempt to critically study the available data from the world literature concerning the use of statins in children with FH, their effectiveness, safety. It is important to determine the endpoints for determining the effectiveness of statins, such as lowering LDL-C, assessing the thickness of the intima-media complex. The frequency of occurrence of possible side effects in children is considered - diabetes mellitus, hepatotoxicity, muscle pain and others. There is a need to continue randomized trials to prove the lifelong benefit of low LDL-C in patients with FH.
Naxos Disease: Current Knowledge and Future Advances
Authors: Leopoulou Marianna , Mattsson Gustav , Kåks Ida , Magnusson Peter
Published: March 2021

Naxos disease is a genetic cardiocutaneous syndrome manifesting with a cardiomyopathy that belongs in the arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) spectrum and follows an autosomal recessive pattern. It manifests with wooly hair, keratosis of the extremities and right ventricular dysfunction. It is accompanied by risk of arrhythmias as well as sudden cardiac death (SCD), even at a young age. Furthermore, the disease often progresses to right ventricular heart failure, but can also affect the left ventricle. Patient management follows current guidelines on ARVC and principles for heart failure management. Bioengineering and research about pluripotent stem cells seem to have potential to improve future management of the disease. This chapter covers current knowledge on Naxos disease regarding clinical features, epidemiology, pathogenesis, guidelines on patient management and provides insights in research frontlines.
Mangrove Restoration under Different Disturbances Regime in the Niger Delta, Nigeria
Authors: O. Numbere Aroloye
Published: March 2021

Mangroves of the Niger Delta are the largest in Africa and are the source of numerous ecosystem services such as firewood, seafood, building materials and medicinal herbs. Their sustainable use and protection are important for future generations. However, anthropogenic activities such as oil and gas exploration, urbanization, industrialization, dredging, overexploitation and sand mining are the major disturbances that have pushed the mangroves to the brink of extinction. Therefore, in other to restore lost areas of the mangroves natural and artificial means can be adopted to bring them to a restored state. More often than not emphasis of recovery had been placed on artificial remediation and restoration, where polluted sites are cleaned with chemicals and nursery seedlings transplanted to remediated such sites. Nevertheless, this chapter discusses the possibility of utilizing natural means of forest recovery through seedling recruitment and regeneration. This can be achieved by establishing the right environmental conditions such as setting up of a hydro-channel to ensure smooth inflow and out flow of river water carrying seeds, availability of parent mangrove trees to supply the seeds, and the availability of the right soil condition to enable seedling germination and growth. The use of dried and ground mangrove parts as a new way for restoring polluted soil is discussed; in addition, the unconventional proposition of using low key pollution to manage and increase forest resilience is highlighted in this work even though further studies are recommended. Future direction of mangrove restoration should be tilted towards the application of the force of nature, which has the potentials of reversing the adverse effect of anthropogenic activities in well managed and protected sites.
Join me online: Supporting faculty and staff wellness in the Age of Zoom
Authors: Jackson Millie
Published: March 2021

At the beginning of March 2020, when everything in our world suddenly ground to a halt, I realized that we were not going to have an ordinary end to the semester. I did not imagine that we would still be in flux nearly a year later. Our faculty and staff were already heading for Spring Break when decisions were made to go online and to work from home. Over Spring Break, the administrative team prioritized creating the public facing messages and planned how we would continue to provide services to faculty and students in this unusual situation. These were the questions that libraries across the country were grappling with at the same time, and we were quickly learning from one another.
Virtually hired: Why I can’t wait to meet my colleagues after working with them for six months
Authors: O’Grady Karen
Published: March 2021

I interviewed for my dream academic librarian position in July 2020. I was thrilled beyond words to be hired as the nursing librarian for the University of San Diego in August 2020. Yes, August 2020. Yes, during the COVID-19 pandemic. I interviewed, was hired, and began working entirely on Zoom. It has been, and continues to be, a unique and strange experience.I have joined my new colleagues for committee meetings and faculty meetings. I have collaborated with them on our library’s newsletter and on our annual report. I have consulted with some of them on my LibGuides, my instructional videos, and my faculty’s database usage and interlibrary loan statistics. I have done all this sitting at my kitchen table, which, like many of our kitchen tables, has quickly morphed into my work area. I have yet to be in the physical presence of my new co-workers. I engage exclusively with their heads and torsos on my laptop screen. I do not know what kind of shoes any of them wear.
Time to play, access to attention: Addressing one academic library’s internal culture around computing tools and skills
Authors: Brooks-Kieffer Jamene
Published: March 2021

Library employees who try developing their skills with computing tools need to practice in order to use their learning in their work. However, time and space for practice may be elusive. Employees will meet frustration when applying emerging knowledge to problems on the fringes of their learning. Libraries can cultivate employees’ budding computing and data skills by sponsoring time to practice, holding space for peers to support each other, and normalizing the struggle inherent in learning and applying digital tools and methods.
YAIR (Yeshiva Academic Institutional Repository): How rethinking an open-source institutional repository is changing the visibility of faculty, students, and administration
Authors: Gross Stephanie L.
Published: March 2021

The director of libraries conceived of Yeshiva University’s institutional repository (IR) in 2018 in part as a cost-effective alternative to Digital Measures, a scholarly productivity tracking program used to determine faculty eligibility for tenure. It was mandated in Yeshiva University’s first Strategic Plan 2016-2010, under Strategic Imperative 2: Advance Faculty Development and Excellence in Teaching and Research. The IR would be a secure, prestigious, university-sanctioned platform for showcasing, documenting, and sharing intellectual output across the globe. It was important that most of the work would be open access, with accompanying Creative Commons Non-Commercial No-Derivatives licenses. In addition to faculty, undergraduate and graduate students would be given a platform to self-archive their intellectual output. Both faculty and students would have the option to opt-out from making their work public, or at least limiting the visibility to the university public only.
ACRL members running for ALA Council in the spring 2021 election
Authors: Of College and Research Libraries Association
Published: March 2021

The following ACRL members are either nominated or petition candidates for ALA councilor. ACRL members are encouraged to vote for these candidates to increase ACRL’s voice in ALA affairs.
Radiotherapy Remains Underused in the Treatment of Soft-Tissue Sarcomas: Disparities in Practice Patterns in the United States
Authors: Reddy Vishruth K. , Jain Varsha , Venigalla Sriram , Levin William P. , Wilson Robert J. , Weber Kristy L. , Kalbasi Anusha , Sebro Ronnie A. , Shabason Jacob E.
Published: March 2021

Background: Practice patterns of radiation therapy (RT) use for soft-tissue sarcoma (STS) remain quite variable, despite clinical practice guidelines recommending the addition of RT to surgery for patients with high-grade STS, particularly for larger tumors. Using the National Cancer Database (NCDB), we assessed patterns of overall RT use, neoadjuvant versus adjuvant treatment, and specific RT modalities in this population. Patients and Methods: Patients aged ≥18 years with stage II/III STS in 2004 through 2015 were identified from the NCDB. Patterns of care were assessed using multivariable logistic regression analysis. Results: Of 27,426 total patients, 11,654 (42%) were treated with surgery alone versus 15,772 (58%) with RT in addition to surgery, with no overall increase in RT use over the study period. Notable clinical predictors of receipt of RT included tumor size (>5 cm), grade III, and tumors arising in the extremities. Conversely, female sex, older age (≥70 years), Black race, noncommercial insurance coverage, farther distance to treatment, and poor performance status were negative predictors of RT use. Of those receiving RT, 27% were treated with neoadjuvant RT and 73% with adjuvant RT. The proportion of those receiving neoadjuvant RT increased over time. Relevant factors associated with neoadjuvant RT included treatment at academic centers, larger tumor size, and extremity tumors. Of those who received RT with a modality specified as either intensity-modulated RT (IMRT) or 3D conformal RT (3DCRT), 61% were treated with IMRT and 39% with 3DCRT. The proportion of patients treated with IMRT increased over time. Relevant factors associated with IMRT use included treatment at academic centers, commercial insurance coverage, and larger and nonextremity tumors. Conclusions: Although use of neoadjuvant RT and IMRT has increased over time, a significant number of patients with STS are not receiving adjuvant or neoadjuvant RT. Our findings also note potential sociodemographic disparities and highlight the concern that not all patients with STS are being equally considered for RT.
LongForm or Microcontent? An analysis of supports for digital content courseware
Authors: Santana Gomes Nicole , Ximenes Martins Ronei , Azevedo Daniela
Published: March 2021

Este artículo compara el formato de Microcontenido (MC), de unidades de información, pequeñas y fragmentadas, con el formato LongForm (LF) con contenido profundo y extenso, como soporte para materiales didácticos para cursos presenciales o no. El objetivo es encontrar alternativas que no simplifiquen el contenido o generen daños al proceso educativo. Se aplicó una actividad en ambos formatos a 67 estudiantes de una Universidad de Minas Gerais, que reveló las preferencias de los participantes: el MC demostró ser bueno para la construcción de materiales didácticos de menor tamaño y baja densidad de contenido. El formato LF es apropiado para contenido complejo. Éste se presenta como una alternativa viable para cursos en línea ya que está constituido por un único espacio virtual donde se pueden introducir textos más grandes y diversos recursos multimedia para facilitar la comprensión y enriquecer el contenido. Por otro lado, el formato MC está indicado para situaciones que ofrecen materiales didácticos en línea para hacer revisiones, presentación inicial y temas poco densos en extensión y en profundidad conceptual.

The article compares the Microcontent format (MC), with their small and fragmented information units, and LongForm format (LF) with in-depth and extensive content; when use as digital content for distance or face-to-face education. The research seeks alternatives that do not simplify the contents, nor they harm the educational process. An educational activity, elaborated in both formats, was applied to 67 students from a university of Minas Gerais state, in Brazil. Observation of student activity revealed their preferences: MC has been shown to be good for building learning with smaller materials in both size and content density, but LF has been appropriate when dealing with complex, dense, multimedia-requiring contents to facilitate understanding. It was confirmed that the LF presents itself as a viable alternative for online studying because it is constituted by a single virtual space where larger texts and varied multimedia resources can be inserted to enrich the educational material and to offer the full content for students. On the other hand, the use of the MC is indicated to offer online learning materials intended for revision, the initial presentation and for materials use in minor subjects, both in extension and conceptual deepening.
Transición a entornos de educación virtual en un contexto de emergencia sanitaria
Authors: García-de-Paz Sergio , Santana Bonilla Pablo Joel
Published: March 2021

La declaración del estado de alarma en marzo de 2020, ocasionada por la crisis sanitaria de la COVID-19, provocó en España el cierre de todos los centros educativos. Este artículo pretende explorar el proceso de transición de la docencia presencial a lo que se ha denominado docencia remota de emergencia, y sus implicaciones para las propuestas educativas futuras.

Nuestros objetivos son: explorar qué condiciones de partida han influido en el proceso de transición a la docencia remota de emergencia (DRE), qué implicaciones pedagógicas y organizativas ha supuesto la DRE y hacia qué modelo de docencia debería transitarse en el contexto actual de emergencia sanitaria. Para ello hemos realizado un estudio de caso de un equipo docente de Formación Profesional Básica de un centro.

Las conclusiones principales sugieren que hay tres elementos que han facilitado el tránsito a una docencia remota de emergencia pero que también podrían contribuir a construcción de entornos de educación virtual: la existencia de una infraestructura digital en el centro para la docencia y la comunicación; un modelo de organización escolar basado en el liderazgo compartido y la autonomía de los equipos docentes; y la visión del profesorado acerca de la familia como agente educativo esencial.

The declaration of a state of emergency in March 2020, due to the COVID-19 health crisis, caused the closure of all schools in Spain. This article aims to explore the transition from face-to-face teaching to what has been called emergency remote teaching, as well as its implications for future educational proposals.

Our objectives are: to explore what conditions have influenced the process of transition toward emergency remote teaching (ERT), the pedagogical and organisational implications of EST and which teaching model should be transitioned to in the current heath emergency context. In order to achieve them we have conducted a case study of a teaching team in Initial Vocational Education and Training of a school.

The main conclusions suggest that there are three elements that have facilitated the transit to a remote emergency teaching which could also contribute to the building of virtual education environments: the presence of a digital infrastructure at the school for teaching and communication; an educational organisation model based on leadership and autonomy of teaching teams; and the teachers' vision of the family as an essential educational agent.
ГУМАНИЗМ ВОЗРОЖДЕНИЯ ПРОТИВ СРЕДНЕВЕКОВОЙ ИДЕИ «СТАРЕНИЯ МИРА»
Authors:   Ивановский государственный химико-технологический университет, Самотовинский Дмитрий Владимирович
Published: March 2021

В статье рассматривается малоизученный аспект отношений между средневековым и ренессансным взглядами на мир, которые сосуществовали в XIV-XVI вв. на христианском Западе. Средневековое сознание исходило из представления о «старости мира» и его близкой гибели, о моральной, интеллектуальной и физической деградации человечества. Это представление вступало в противоречие с антропологией и историческим оптимизмом ренессансных гуманистов, которые выдвинувшими идею неисчерпаемой мощи природы, способной в настоящем и в будущем порождать выдающихся личностей, не уступающих «древним» в интеллектуальном и нравственном отношении. Мир, верили гуманисты, не состарился, а его гибель будет иметь место в далёком и неопределённом будущем.
COVID-19: tentação e responsabilidade | COVID-19: temptation and responsibility
Authors: Von Sinner Rudolf , Arnold Henrique Luiz
Published: March 2021

Com base em pesquisa bibliográfica e documental, este ensaio reflete sobre a importância de uma postura, reflexão e ação responsáveis da igreja luterana em meio à pandemia do COVID-19, diante de posturas religiosas que, irresponsavelmente, negam a seriedade da situação e descartam resultados de pesquisas científicas e as recomendações de comportamento delas decorrentes. Recorrendo a Viktor Frankl e Martin Lutero, discorre sobre a tentação de Deus implicada nestas posturas, já presentes na época da Reforma protestante, e defende, com Dietrich Bonhoeffer, que o lugar da igreja é no centro da realidade, em diálogo, solidariedade e cuidado. Enquanto precisam fechar as portas dos tempos, não devem fechar-se à sua missão.AbstractBased on bibliographical and documentary research, this essay reflects on the importance of a responsible attitude, reflection and action of the Lutheran church in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, confronting religious attitudes that, irresponsibly, deny the seriousness of the situation and dismiss results of scientific research and the recommendations for adequate behaviour stemming from them. With reference to Viktor Frankl and Martin Luther, the article promotes a discourse on tempting God implied in such attitudes, already present during the Protestant Reformation, and defends, with Dietrich Bonhoeffer, that the church’s place is in the centre of reality, in dialogue, solidarity and care. While churches need to close their temple’s doors, they must not retreat from their mission. AbstractBased on bibliographical and documentary research, this essay reflects on the importance of a responsible attitude, reflection and action of the Lutheran church in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, confronting religious attitudes that, irresponsibly, deny the seriousness of the situation and dismiss results of scientific research and the recommendations for adequate behaviour stemming from them. With reference to Viktor Frankl and Martin Luther, the article promotes a discourse on tempting God implied in such attitudes, already present during the Protestant Reformation, and defends, with Dietrich Bonhoeffer, that the church’s place is in the centre of reality, in dialogue, solidarity and care. While churches need to close their temple’s doors, they must not retreat from their mission.
Periodismo, ‘podcasts’ y feminismo: entre el activismo y la identidad de marca
Authors: Pujol Cristina
Published: March 2021

El formato podcast ha permitido la proliferación de voces y temas muy diversos, pero, en el contexto de esta revista y de los Estudios de Ciencias de la Información y de la Comunicación de la UOC, me parece interesante reflexionar sobre los que han sido creados por mujeres periodistas con vocación crítica y feminista.
Zivju apstrādes efektivitātes ceļvedis
Authors: Balode Lauma , Bumbiere Ketija , Indzere Zane , Spalviņš Krišs , Vēciņa Anita , Tamane Antra
Published: March 2021

Zinātniskā monogrāfija veltīta inovāciju ieviešanai zivju apstrādes uzņēmumos, un tajā apkopoti pētījumu rezultāti, lai ikviens Latvijas zivju pārstrādes uzņēmums iegūtu visjaunāko un zinātnes atziņās balstīto informāciju par nozares attīstības iespējām. Monogrāfijā plaši aprakstīta visa veida resursu ilgtspējīga izmantošana, datu apkopošanas un apstrādāšanas iespējas, iegūto rezultātu vērtēšana, piedāvātas dažādas rezultātu analīzes metodikas un to lietojuma iespējas, aprakstīti pasaules, Eiropas un Latvijas uzņēmumos jau realizēti zivju apstrādes tehnoloģisko inovāciju piemēri. Monogrāfijā akcentēts efektivitātes paaugstināšanas pasākumu svarīgums, tā noteikšana un sarindošana, balstoties uz ilgtspējīgas attīstības principiem un nosacījumiem, aprakstīti veidi, kā lietot dažādas lēmumu pieņemšanas metodikas, balstoties uz inženiertehniskajiem, ekonomiskajiem, sociālekonomiskajiem, vides un klimata aspektiem. Monogrāfijas noslēgumā autori piedāvā gatavu risinājumu zivju apstrādes uzņēmuma inovatīvai ilgtspējīgai attīstībai, veidojot industriālo simbiozi ar akvakultūras elementiem. Monogrāfija paredzēta zivju apstrādes uzņēmumu speciālistiem, zinātniekiem, studentiem, citu tautsaimniecības nozaru, kā arī valsts un nevalstisko institūciju darbiniekiem.
Persian sentiment analysis of an online store independent of pre-processing using convolutional neural network with fastText embeddings
Authors: Shumaly Sajjad , Yazdinejad Mohsen , Guo Yanhui
Published: March 2021

Sentiment analysis plays a key role in companies, especially stores, and increasing the accuracy in determining customers’ opinions about products assists to maintain their competitive conditions. We intend to analyze the users’ opinions on the website of the most immense online store in Iran; Digikala. However, the Persian language is unstructured which makes the pre-processing stage very difficult and it is the main problem of sentiment analysis in Persian. What exacerbates this problem is the lack of available libraries for Persian pre-processing, while most libraries focus on English. To tackle this, approximately 3 million reviews were gathered in Persian from the Digikala website using web-mining techniques, and the fastText method was used to create a word embedding. It was assumed that this would dramatically cut down on the need for text pre-processing through the skip-gram method considering the position of the words in the sentence and the words’ relations to each other. Another word embedding has been created using the TF-IDF in parallel with fastText to compare their performance. In addition, the results of the Convolutional Neural Network (CNN), BiLSTM, Logistic Regression, and Naïve Bayes models have been compared. As a significant result, we obtained 0.996 AUC and 0.956 F-score using fastText and CNN. In this article, not only has it been demonstrated to what extent it is possible to be independent of pre-processing but also the accuracy obtained is better than other researches done in Persian. Avoiding complex text preprocessing is also important for other languages since most text preprocessing algorithms have been developed for English and cannot be used for other languages. The created word embedding due to its high accuracy and independence of pre-processing has other applications in Persian besides sentiment analysis.
Identification of the hub genes in gastric cancer through weighted gene co-expression network analysis
Authors: Li Chunyang , Yu Haopeng , Sun Yajing , Zeng Xiaoxi , Zhang Wei
Published: March 2021

Background

Gastric cancer is one of the most lethal tumors and is characterized by poor prognosis and lack of effective diagnostic or therapeutic biomarkers. The aim of this study was to find hub genes serving as biomarkers in gastric cancer diagnosis and therapy.

Methods

GSE66229 from Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) was used as training set. Genes bearing the top 25% standard deviations among all the samples in training set were performed to systematic weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA) to find candidate genes. Then, hub genes were further screened by using the “least absolute shrinkage and selection operator” (LASSO) logistic regression. Finally, hub genes were validated in the GSE54129 dataset from GEO by supervised learning method artificial neural network (ANN) algorithm.

Results

Twelve modules with strong preservation were identified by using WGCNA methods in training set. Of which, five modules significantly related to gastric cancer were selected as clinically significant modules, and 713 candidate genes were identified from these five modules. Then, ADIPOQ, ARHGAP39, ATAD3A, C1orf95, CWH43, GRIK3, INHBA, RDH12, SCNN1G, SIGLEC11 and LYVE1 were screened as the hub genes. These hub genes successfully differentiated the tumor samples from the healthy tissues in an independent testing set through artificial neural network algorithm with the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve at 0.946.

Conclusions

These hub genes bearing diagnostic and therapeutic values, and our results may provide a novel prospect for the diagnosis and treatment of gastric cancer in the future.