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Turismo religioso y laicidad. Estudio jurídico de la Romería de Santa Marta de Ribarteme
Authors: Rodríguez García José Antonio
Published: October 2023

This paper is the legal study of the administrative file that declared the «Santa Marta de Ribarteme» pilgrimage as festival of tourist interest.
The originality of this Catholic festival was in the procession of coffins. The guiding thread of this work is the analysis of the content of the administrative file and the regulations of religious tourism. The objective of this paper is to determine the degree of compatibility of this administrative file, that declared the «Santa Marta de Ribarteme» pilgrimage as festival of tourist interest, with the constitutional principle of secularism, which includes the religious neutrality of public administrations and the principle of separation between the State and the Catholic Church.

El artículo es el estudio jurídico del expediente administrativo que declaró la romería de Santa Marta de Ribarteme como fiesta de interés turístico. La originalidad de esta fiesta católica se encontraba en la procesión de ataúdes. El hilo conductor de este artículo es el análisis del contenido del expediente administrativo y de la normativa sobre turismo religioso. El objetivo de este trabajo de investigación es determinar el grado de compatibilidad de este expediente administrativo, que declaró la romería de Santa Marta de barteme como fiesta de interés turístico, con el principio constitucional de laicidad que incluye la neutralidad religiosa de las Administraciones públicas y el principio de separación entre el Estado y la Iglesia católica.
Perspectiva de género, asociaciones religiosas y Ley 15/2022 de 12 de julio, integral para la igualdad de trato y la no discriminación: reflexiones a propósito de la STS 925/2021 de 23 de diciembre de 2021
Authors: Fernández-Rivera González Paz
Published: October 2023

The conflict between the right to self-organization of religious associations and the exercise of the right to religious freedom is resolved by the Supreme Court based on the criterion of dominant position. But beyond this debate and the decision of the high court, pending the appeal for protection announced by the plaintiff/appellant in cassation, this conflict is examined in the light of Law 15/2022 of July 12, comprehensive for equal treatment and non-discrimination. The aim is to analyze whether the new approach to gender theories has an impact on the perspective from which the organization of private associations of a religious nature should be studied, as well as possible arbitrary discrimination.

El conflicto entre el derecho de autoorganización de las asociaciones religiosas y el ejercicio del derecho a la libertad religiosa ha sido resuelto por el Tribunal Supremo atendiendo al criterio de posición dominante.
Pero más allá de dicho debate y de la citada resolución del alto tribunal, pendiente del Recurso de Amparo anunciado por la demandante/recurrente en casación, se examina este conflicto a la luz de la Ley 15/2022 de 12 de julio, integral para la igualdad de trato y la no discriminación. Se trata de analizar si el nuevo enfoque de las teorías de género repercute en la perspectiva desde la que se deba estudiar la organización de las asociaciones privadas de naturaleza religiosa, así como las posibles discriminaciones arbitrarias.
The methodology of research of Japanese myths (shinwa) in the studies of historian Tsuda Sōkichi (1873–1961)
Authors: Shupletsova K. V.
Published: October 2023

This article discusses the approaches of the historian Tsuda Sōkichi to the study of the myths about the gods described in the historical and mythological records “Kojik” and “Nihon chok”. Tsuda Sōkichi left his mark on Japanese historical science as a scientist who applied new methods to the study of ancient myths. The historian applied the accumulated knowledge gained as a result of studying the advanced Western research methods proposed by B. Chamberlain, L. Ranke, and took a fresh look at the ancient historical sources “Kojik” and “Nihon shok”.

During the Meiji period, the state established control over historical research and an official ideology developed around the figure of the emperor. In particular, the events of the era of the gods, described in the oldest written monuments, were believed to be the confirmation of the divine origin of the imperial family. However, the historian doubted the truth of the events relating to the era of the god, and made an attempt to clarify the origins of the myths. S. Tsuda does not consider myths to be entirely fictional stories, suggesting that they could be based on real events, but he denies the reality of the existence of gods

The historian compared the myths in the two monuments and singled out the main storyline, dedicated to the emperor’s ancestral gods, and the secondary one. Using the comparative method, the historian draws a conclusion about the Chinese influence on the official mythology of the ancient Japanese state, and also determines other reasons for the changes in the plots of myths. S. Tsuda sees the origins of myths in folk tales and considers them important ethnographic material. The historian identified several functions of myths: political, moral (or religious), the function of explaining physical phenomena and the origin of toponyms and names. The key function of myths, in his opinion, is precisely the political one, since the narrative of myths is built around the divine descendants of the emperor. The purpose of the myths was to strengthen the imperial family among the nobility,nto exalt his figure, and te creatn the image of a “righteous” ruler by proving blood relationship with the main goddess of the Japanese pantheon Amaterasu.
JUDOCULARIN SİRKADİYEN RİTİMLERİNE GÖRE SPORTMENLİK YÖNELİMLERİNİN İNCELENMESİ
Authors: SÜLÜN Fatih , SUSUZ Yunus Emre , KARAKAŞ İlyas , ÇOLAKOĞLU Filiz Fatma
Published: October 2023

Bu araştırmanın amacı üniversitede öğrenim gören judocuların cinsiyet, yaş, milli sporcu olma durumu ve kronotiplerine göre sportmenlik yönelimlerinin incelenmesidir. Araştırmaya 18 yaş üzeri 85 erkek 42 kadın toplamda 127 üniversiteli judocu gönüllü olarak katılmıştır. Katılımcılara “Kişisel Bilgi Formu”, “Çok Boyutlu Sportmenlik Yönelimi Ölçeği”, “İnsan Sirkadiyen Ritimde Sabahçıl ve Akşamcıl Tipleri Belirleme Ölçeği” uygulanmıştır. Verilerin analizinde SPSS-26 (Statistical Package for Social Sciences) istatistik programı kullanılmıştır. Veri seti normallik açısından incelenmiş ve normal dağılım göstermiştir. İkili grup karşılaştırmaları için yapılan bağımsız örneklem t-testi sonucunda judocuların sportmenlik yönelimlerinin cinsiyet, yaş ve milli sporcu olma durumuna göre anlamlı düzeyde farklılaşmadığı tespit edilmiştir (p>,05). Ancak kronotiplerine göre sportmenlik yönelimleri için yapılan ANOVA testi sonucunda “Kurallara ve Yönetime Saygı”, “Sporda Sorumluluklara Bağlılık” ve “Sportmenlik Toplam” boyutlarında sabahçıl ve aratip arasında sabahçıl judocular lehine anlamlı düzeyde fark bulunmuştur (p
Pesona Sriwijaya (Plant-based Recycling on Ecoprint Keramasan) Is an Urban Women Empowerment Program through the Production of Environmentally Friendly Traditional Cloth PT PLN Indonesia Power UPTD Keramasan
Authors: Maya Sari Ira , Purwanto Wahyu , Ghasani Anindya , Bakhtiar Fahmi Fuadi
Published: October 2023

This article explains the conditions of the Palembang City women's empowerment program by optimizing the production of environmentally friendly traditional cloth. Namely, PT PLN Indonesia Power UPDK Keramasan assists in training in making environmentally friendly products, making environmentally friendly filters, and digital marketing. The women's empowerment program in Palembang City is implemented with a Triple Bottom Line approach which focuses on planet, people, and profit goals, so that the program implemented will have an impact not only on social and economic life but also on the environment so that the empowerment program will be sustainable. As a result, the beneficiary groups feel the positive impact, this program produces new groups that are active in empowerment, and there is an increase in members' income environmentally this program is also better because the fabric produced uses natural dyes and the processing uses a closed water system—this saving on water and electricity usage.
The Mechanism of Friedel-Crafts Chlorination Historically Reconsidered
Authors: Jensen William B. , Kugel Roger W. , Pinhas Allan R.
Published: October 2023

This short review proposes a revision to the currently accepted textbook mechanism for the direct Friedel-Crafts chlorination of benzene. After briefly reviewing the history of Friedel-Crafts chemistry and the origins of the current textbook mechanism for the direct chlorination of benzene, it is pointed out how this mechanism is at variance with the predictions of both generalized Lewis acid-base chemistry and simple frontier orbital theory, which require that dichlorine should function as a sigma antibonding electron-pair acceptor (σ*-EPA) or electrophile (Lewis acid) rather than as a pi antibonding electron-pair donor (π*-EPD) or nucleophile (Lewis base). A modification of the currently accepted mechanism consistent with these concepts is then proposed. After reviewing the debates over the structure of the active catalyst, previous proposals for the modification of the current mechanism, and other examples in which the dihalogens function as σ*-EPA electrophiles, the revised mechanism is evaluated using DFT calculations.
Performance Analysis of OFDM under Rician Fading Channel using Various Digital Modulation Methods
Authors: Bharadwaja Bommagani , Swagath Jangili , Charan Elakatti Ram , Sandeep Vatte
Published: October 2023

The widespread use of mobile platforms has resulted in significant challenges related to power constraints and the Quality of Service(QoS) provided by Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) systems. The examination of Bit Error Rate (BER) and Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) is of significant importance in comprehending and enhancing the design of OFDM systems. The utilization of wireless technology in everyday life has experienced a gradual and consistent growth. OFDM is a prevalent technique for multicarrier transmission, which effectively utilizes parallel data streams. OFDM is considered an effective technique for achieving high-speed digital transmission over channels that exhibit time-varying characteristics. OFDM has several advantages compared to single carrier modulation. These include enhanced resistance to impulsive interference, increased spectral density, improved resilience to channel fading, greater tolerance to multipath effects, and reduced computational complexity. Nevertheless, OFDM has some notable challenges that hinder its practical use in telecommunications networks. Several examples of these are packet loss, bit loss, peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR), BER, and SNR. This research aims to investigate the BER and SNR performance of OFDM in the presence of Rician Fading Channel. The study also explores the impact of different modulation techniques on the performance of OFDM.
Het publiek belang geven
Authors: van Eck Lucy
Published: October 2023

Making the public matter How, by taking an imaginative outlook, public administration can make an impactful contribution to questions of digitalization

How can public administration be of positive significance in contributing to major societal challenges? After fifty years, the Dutch Association for Public Administration (VB) takes stock of what has been achieved, offering an opportunity to look towards the future with hope. This essay revolves around the question of how public administration as an academic discipline can remain impactful in the next fifty years. This question is applied to a topic which seems to become more pressing day by day; digitalization and algorithmization of society. This essay is a plea for public administration that puts the public at its core again, and wherein public administration scholars engage with societal issues in an imaginative, explorative and playful way. Moreover, this essay serves as a space for personal reflections on a self-conscious discipline by a student who is at the brink of starting her career in this inspiring and challenging academic field.
Jeugdbescherming ten einde raad
Authors: Aro Engelina , Keulemans Shelena
Published: October 2023

Child protection services at their wits’ end: Towards a holistic perspective on child well-being in the Dutch child protection system

The Dutch child protection system is at its wits’ end when it concerns improving the quality of their services. Discussions about the problems in child protection overshadow a critical, substantive reflection on what high-quality child protection means, while explicit definitions are crucial to achieve, monitor and evaluate policy objectives. This article evaluates whether current child protection services sufficiently guarantee all aspects of ‘growing up and developing safely’. As such, this study aims to contribute to a more holistic perspective on child well-being in child protection, one that safeguards a child’s physical well-being, mental well-being and its social environment. A meta-study of four child protection evaluations shows that child protection services pay insufficient attention to a child’s basic physical needs and wider social environment. Attention to these well-being aspects is necessary to overcome a one-sided focus on child well-being in child protection and effectively provide child protection services.
Five Variations of Transformative Law: Beyond Private and Public Interests
Authors: Kjaer Poul F.
Published: October 2023

Five Variations of Transformative Law: Beyond Private and Public Interests

The regulation of the interfaces of private and public interests is a central and recurrent issue of modern law. The centrality of the distinction and the manifold conceptual and practical problems associated with it has moreover been exacerbated over the past fifty years through the dominance of the twin-episteme of law constituted by law and economics and human rights law. Against this background, an alternative approach to and concept of law, transformative law, is briefly introduced. An approach which implies replacing the notions of private and public interests with the concepts of legally constituted public power and societal power. In order to analyse the potential and limits of transformative law, five legal phenomena, central to the other contributions to this special issue, are analysed: public interest litigation; legal mobilisation in the preliminary ruling procedure; bankruptcy proceedings; third-party litigation and the Meta Oversight Board.
Euthanasie bij minderjarigen in België
Authors: Van Assche K.
Published: October 2023

Euthanasie bij minderjarigen in België

Sinds 2014 is euthanasie in België toegelaten voor oordeelsbekwame minderjarigen, zonder minimumleeftijdsgrens. In deze bijdrage worden de totstandkoming en receptie van de wetsuitbreiding besproken, alsook de toetsing door het Grondwettelijk Hof. Bovendien worden de bijkomende voorwaarden voor euthanasie bij minderjarigen kritisch geanalyseerd, en de verschillen met de Nederlandse regelgeving geduid.
Comparative Experimental and Theoretical Study on the Structure of Potassium 2,4-Hexadienoate: Structure-Activity Relationship
Authors: TAFERGUENNIT Manel , KICHOU Noura , HANK Zakia
Published: October 2023

For the first time, a density functional theory (DFT) study was conducted on the structure of a well-known antibacterial agent namely potassium 2,4-Hexadienoate, in order to elucidate its vibrational, electronic and reactivity proprieties. Structure optimization was performed using three common hybrid functionals (DFT/ B3LYP-D3; DFT/ M05-2X and DFT/M06-2X) to identify the suitable functional. Geometric parameters, IR and UV-vis spectra were well reproduced when using DFT/M06-2X with 6-311(d)G+ basis set (R2 = 0.99913). The assimilation of IR frequencies has been achieved using potential energy distribution (PED)analysis at M06-2X/6-311(d) G + level. Time-dependent density functional theory (TD-DFT) and natural bond orbital (NBO) analysis were realized to identify the excited states of 2,4-Hexadienoate anion in the liquid phase, using the solute electron density solvation model (SMD). Moreover, reactive sites in the molecule were localized by molecular electrostatic potential (MEP) analysis. Highest Occupied Molecular Orbitals (HOMO), lowest Unoccupied Molecular Orbitals (LUMO) and energy gap (HOMO-LUMO gap), were used to calculate global reactivity descriptors (GRDs), according to the frontier molecular orbitals (FMO) theory, the resulting values were analyzed to explore the chemical reactivity of the molecule and elucidate the structure-activity relationship.
On the Development of the Fluorescence Excitation-Emission Etalon Matrix Algorithm of Wine
Authors: KHAJISHVILI Miranda , SHAINIDZE Jaba , MAKHARADZE Kakha , GOMIDZE Nugzar
Published: October 2023

Our research provides for the analysis of different types of Georgian wine based on 3D fluorescence spectroscopy (3DF) using the Black Comet (200-950 nm) spectrometer manufactured by StellarNet. In this method, the 3D fluorescence signal is divided into a fixed number of statistical components. For each type of wine, a 3D database is strictly defined, which we conventionally call references. The etalon describe the excitation/emission spectra in detail. The advantage of the 3DF method compared to other statistical methods, such as peak component analysis (PCA), lies in the uniqueness of the unfolding of the spectra. The fluorescence spectra of the wine will be further analyzed by peak component analysis (PCA). After performing the PCA analysis, in order to reduce the number of tolerant etalon, we used the tolerant etalon sample (TES) comparison analysis, thus determining how tolerant the researched wine sample is to this or that specific etalon.
A Proposed Conceptual Design for a Computer-Based Ambulance System in Libya Using IoT
Authors: ALBILLALI Arwa F. , ELFALLAH Ehab A. Omar , ALJABOUR Bilal A. , TAWILL Tawfiq
Published: October 2023

Due to the increase in the world’s population which increased road congestion, the ambulances that carry patients have so many difficulties in getting to the hospital before the patient’s condition gets worse. The problem of the delayed arrival of the patient to the hospital was found globally in most countries. Especially in Libya, the problem is more complex, the ambulance services are weak, patients face problems in getting fresh blood packages, and the health system lacks an electronic health record. In this paper, a descriptive comparison is conducted to evaluate, compare, and analyze different proposed solutions. Then, a new different solution is proposed. To check the feasibility of the newly proposed solution, a survey was conducted to review the audience’s level of satisfaction with the traditional ambulance services, as well as the proposed solution, the results showed the people’s lack of trust in the current ambulance services, and their reluctance to rely on the service. However, the results also revealed the people’s acceptance of the proposed solution, and their willingness to rely on it.
Improved Tailings Consolidation Using Dewatering Agents: A Step towards Safer and Sustainable Mining Waste Management
Authors: DIMITROV Ljupcho , GRIGOROVA Irena
Published: October 2023

Tailings consolidation is a critical step in mining waste management. Tailings are a byproduct of mining and mineral processing operations, and they are typically composed of finely ground rock particles, water, and reagents used in the mineral processing. The tailings disposal is a significant environmental and safety concern, as unconsolidated or unstable tailings can result in catastrophic failures and environmental damage. Therefore, it is crucial to use reagents for tailings consolidation to ensure the stability and safety of tailings storage facilities (TSFs). That is the reason to decide to test different dewatering aids to determine which one gives the best results in tailings dewatering. Many experiments were carried out using the reagents Aerodri 104, Aerodri 105, PEG – 400, and polyvinylpyrrolidone K30 and K90. Factors such as water release, consolidation speed, and consolidation time were considered and monitored. The best results are obtained with the Aerodri 104 using 300 g/t and 500 g/t reagents.
Benefits of Circular Design Adoption in the Nigerian Building Industry
Authors: SULEMAN Taofeek , EZEMA Isidore , ADERONMU Peter
Published: October 2023

Circular economy (CE) is hinged upon resource optimisation as a more viable and sustainable approach against the extractivist linear economic model that has resulted in resource scarcity, affordability issues, and environmental degradation. Design plays a critical role as the foundation of the circular approach, however, limited studies have examined the inherent benefits of circular design (CD) adoption from the building design firms’ (BDFs) perspectives, more importantly, none exist in Nigeria to the best of the author’s knowledge. This study assesses the benefits of CD adoption in the Nigerian building industry (NBI). Primary data were collected from 216 architectural and engineering design firms domiciled in Lagos using a questionnaire survey. The findings indicated the top five benefits which include reduction in energy use by efficient utilization through design, development of new skill sets in circularity by design teams, reduction in pollution through reduced burning of fossil fuel, reduction of construction/demolition waste generation, improvement of public health by preserving local biodiversity. While increasing competitiveness amongst BDFs and resource security through optimisation and dematerialisation were ranked the least. The outcome can be ascribed to the fact that Nigeria currently faces an energy crisis with efforts being made in developing energy-efficient buildings and the need to minimize the environmental impact of construction practices. It was suggested that BDFs need to invest in CD expertise development through training and education, voluntary stewardship, and providing the requisite technologies to aid CD implementation. This study provided the basis for the needed debates on the relative benefits of CD adoption in the NBI.
Improvement of Solution Using Local Search Operators on the Multi-Trip Electric Vehicle Routing Problem Backhaul with Time Window
Authors: HARYANTO Zelania In , ARVITRIDA Niniet Indah
Published: October 2023

In order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, logistics companies are strongly encouraged to make their operations more environmentally friendly through efficient solutions by implementing electric vehicles (EVs). However, the driving range is one of the aspects that restricts the introduction of EVs in logistics fleets as it poses new challenges in designing distribution routes. In this regard, this paper investigates the issue of the Electric Vehicle Routing Problem (EVRP) raised by logistics companies in real time. There are many models that extend the classic VRP model to consider electric vehicles, but VRP by combining the features of capacity VRP, VRP with time window, backhaul VRP, multi-trip VRP, and electric VRP (MT-EVRPBTW) has not been worked out yet. We present a mathematical model of the MT-EVRPBTW to explain the problem in detail with the objective function to minimize the total distance travelled, where each vehicle could be charged nightly at the depot and during the day at the rest time of the driver in the depot. A feasible initial solution is built using a constructive heuristic to solve this problem, namely, the sequential insertion heuristic, which will be done by improving the solution using Local Search operators. Several Local Search processes using inter-route and intra-route operators for improvement solutions are tested and compared to their performance in measuring the impact of Local Search operator usage on overall travelled distance. Computational experiments for five Local Search operators will be presented and analyzed based on data from one of Indonesia’s post and parcel companies.
Activation Condition of a Fan that Cools a PV Panel by Blowing Ambient Air on Its Rear Face
Authors: ZEMBRI-NEBBALI Djamila , KECILI Idir , AIT SAADA Sonia , NEBBALI Rezki
Published: October 2023

Under particular climatic conditions, the equilibrium temperature of a PV panel can increase excessively.This can significantly affect its electrical efficiency.The use of a cooling system, minimizing the negative effect of this temperature increase, can improves the efficiency of the cooled PV panel. In this work, we are interested in the cooling by a fan which blows ambient air on the rear face of a PV panel. This fan was activated by the PV panel itself. Thus, for an efficient use of this cooling system, it was necessary to define the activation conditions of this fan. To do this, a thermal model was used to determine the equilibrium temperature of the uncooled PV panel. Then, numerical simulations were performed by CFD code to evaluate the new equilibrium temperature of the cooled PV panel. This allowed to determine, by a one-diode electrical model, the improvement of electrical efficiency. The fan will then be activated from 5% improvement. This difference is then associated to the minimum temperature difference between the uncooled PV panel and the ambient air. For different values of solar radiation and air temperature, a correlation was established with this minimum difference.
Rainbow Options with MS–VAR process
Authors: Gankhuu Battulga
Published: October 2023

This paper presents pricing and hedging methods for rainbow options and lookback options under Markov-Switching Vector Autoregressive (MS–VAR) process. Here we assumed that a regime–switching process is generated by a homogeneous Markovprocess. An advantage of our model is it depends on economic variables and simple as compared with previous existing papers.
La importancia de la metodología feminista en una criminología crítica global
Authors: Gómez Garmendia Jon
Published: October 2023

Este artículo parte de la propuesta dada por Rivera Beiras en esta revista en 2016: la criminología crítica global. Una posible ruptura epistemológica en la disciplina que implica ampliar sus límites de estudio y no volver a cometer los errores del pasado. Sobre esta base, en este texto se marca como objetivo justificar la importancia de la metodología feminista en la forma de hacer y entender esta nueva corriente criminológica. Una metodología o, mejor dicho, diversas características feministas que, como tentativa de afirmación, pueden ser consideradas indispensables en las maneras de denunciar y visibilizar los daños sociales, las violencias estructurales y hacer memoria. Por ello, en este escrito se recorrerá el papel histórico de la mujer en la disciplina, se abordarán algunas de las propuestas y aportes en defensa de la satisfacción de las necesidades humanas y se intentará reflejar empíricamente esta posición a través de un caso de estudio.
Narrativas de mujeres indígenas víctimas del conflicto colombiano tras la firma del Acuerdo de paz
Authors: Ruíz Moreno Sandra Lucía , Postigo Gómez M. Inmaculada
Published: October 2023

Tras más de 50 años de conflicto armado en Colombia, se firma un Acuerdo de Paz con enfoque de género y un capítulo étnico buscando la reconstrucción de los territorios indígenas y la restitución de las mujeres. Desde esta perspectiva, en el presente artículo se plantea una revisión documental al Acuerdo de Paz, a los documentos relacionados con su seguimiento, y a las narrativas de los testimonios de las mujeres del territorio indígena Nasa durante estos cinco años desde su implementación, con el objetivo de determinar cómo ellas han vivido este proceso de transformación.
When Extra Sweet Turns Sour: Supporting Cats with Behavior Changes Related to Feline Diabetes
Authors: Hamboyan Harrison T
Published: October 2023

Diabetes in cats is not uncommon, and can be managed with the appropriate veterinary care. There are, however, often some challenging behaviors that accompany a cat’s experience of the symptoms of diabetes. If these behaviors are not managed, the cat-human relationship can become strained, which can makes providing the consistent care a diabetic cat needs more difficult. This article introduces the most common behavioral issues reported in diabetic cats and suggests interventions a behavior consultant could make to improve them.
Pesticide Residues in Water and Sediment
Authors: Bursić Vojislava , Vuković Gorica , Konstantinović Bojan , Samardžić Nataša , Popov Milena
Published: October 2023

The term pesticide refers to all chemical compounds predominantly used in agriculture for the control of the pathogens, weeds and pests. In order to intensify the agricultural production the use of pesticides has increased over the years in many developing countries. Since the monitoring of the presence of pesticides is rarely conducted and fairly difficult, the potential hazardous effects towards the human health, the biodiversity and the environment are hard to anticipate. The aim of the study is to provide a preliminary assessment of the situation by looking for the presence of pesticides in the water and sediment of the lake used for the irrigation. SPE and LC-MS/MS were used to purify and analyze the samples for the presence of 150 pesticides. The nicosulfuron was detected in the unusually high concentrations in water (97.80 µg/L) and the sediment (224 µg/kg).
Sustainable and accessible container house: developing soft skills in an interdisciplinary way
Authors: Campos Andromeda Goretti de Menezes , De Oliveira Danieli Soares
Published: October 2023

Currently, sustainability is being widely evaluated as a way to ensure the development of society, meeting the needs of the current generation, without compromising the ability to meet the needs of future generations. Another very evident aspect is accessibility, which aims to implement measures to remove barriers, to promote broad and unrestricted access, with safety and autonomy, for people with disabilities or reduced mobility. Therefore, educational actions related to these aspects are valid, in the sense of making society aware of the importance of taking care of oneself, others and the environment that surrounds them. With the objective of contributing to the professional training of the Production Engineer, as well as to the construction of a more correct and fair society, in the themes of sustainability and accessibility, this paper aims to describe and discuss the results of the application of the Project Based Learning (PBL) approach in a Production Engineering course. For this, it was necessary to: carry out a bibliographic review of the content; collect data from projects developed by students; analyze the collected data; and present the results. The theme was the development of sustainable and affordable container house projects. In this sense, the teams worked to highlight the potential of this form of construction as a viable alternative to the conventional method, according to the specificity of each client, indicating its potential and limitations in the face of obtaining sustainable and accessible spaces. As a result, it was possible to verify the students' knowledge about the themes; the development of technical and transversal skills; in addition to consolidating PBL as the methodology adopted in the discipline. Finally, the project reached the proposed aim, thus contributing to the construction of an environmentally correct, economically viable and socially just society.
Insights on cognitive effects of hippotherapy in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and intellectual disability in Brazil
Authors: Oliveira Natália Soares , Santos Carolina de Sousa Américo Batista , Sousa Eduardo Sérgio Soares , De Azevedo Sérgio Santos
Published: October 2023

Hippotherapy has been used as a rehabilitative treatment in several pathologies, with behavioral and cognitive changes. Therefore, this study aimed to analyze the profile of hippotherapy practitioners in Brazil and identify the effects of hippotherapy on the cognitive aspects of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Intellectual Disability (ID). Mixed procedures were carried out with professionals and guardians of practitioners present in centers located in the state of Paraíba, Brazil, and application of online questionnaires based on pre-existing assessments. Resulting in a neurological clinical profile of the practitioners and a similarity between the structures and organization of the analyzed riding therapy centers. There were significant responses in the cognitive areas associated with behavior, environmental interaction and empathy of practitioners with ASD and ID. These results indicate that hippotherapy promotes the cognitive development of children with ASD and ID.
Tecnologias educativas utilizadas na promoção e prevenção à saúde mental no contexto da COVID 19: revisão de escopo
Authors: Souza Perpétua Alexsandra Araújo , Jorge Maria Salete Bessa , Gurgel Júnior Francisco Freitas , Menezes Raila Souto Pinto , Vasconcelos Samila Sousa , De Farias Isabelle Carolline Verissimo
Published: October 2023

Uma das principais consequências da pandemia, foi a elevação de traumas psicológicos e de transtornos mentais. Esta revisão de Escopo que segue as recomendações do manual do JBI objetivou mapear os estudos que revelam as tecnologias educativas de cuidado utilizadas pelos serviços de saúde na promoção e prevenção à saúde mental no contexto da COVID-19. Utilizou-se a estratégia de busca individual das seguintes bases de dados: MEDLINE via PubMed; LILACS e BDENF via BVS. A busca na literatura cinza foi feita no Google Scholar. O processo de seleção foi realizado por dois revisores independentes e as discordâncias foram resolvidas por um terceiro revisor, totalizando uma quantidade de dezessete publicações. A partir dos dados extraídos, foi construída uma síntese descritiva dos estudos para relatar os resultados da análise. Os resultados emergiram em duas categorias: “Estratégias encontradas pelos profissionais para fortalecimento do cuidado em saúde Mental mediante contexto da COVID-19” e “Limitações da APS e da rede de atenção psicossocial na utilização de tecnologias educativas de cuidado na promoção e prevenção à saúde mental”. Conclui-se que na tentativa de promover à saúde mental, várias estratégias foram desenvolvidas, como a utilização de tecnologia de cuidado, sob diferentes metodologias.
On the Concept of Alien
Authors: Gyenge Zoltán
Published: October 2023

How do Game of Thrones and Hegel fit together? My answer: easily. Now, at a time of a great wave of immigration or migration, emotions are running completely out of control. At one end there is a thoughtless "Willkommenskultur" (love the stranger), at the other the wall (defend yourself against the stranger). To be fair, neither 'side' felt that their position needed any substantiation, but rather beliefs and the sharp emotions, even hatreds, that sprouted from those beliefs were/are pitted against each other. It is difficult to argue against emotions. Therefore, this writing is in no way intended to take a position for or even against one or the other view, idea, ideology, etc. It merely draws attention: One cannot speak of the notion of the foreign or the other without 'the same' being the origin of any analysis. It is quite interesting that almost nobody pays attention to this, when really it would be enough to read a little Hegel. For there is no 'same' without 'other', and vice versa. Then comes the 'other', which is not necessarily the same as the concept of 'other': for the 'other' is always the 'other', but the 'other' is not necessarily the 'other'. Lastly, anyone who has read Game of Thrones will know that the radical concept of the alien follows: the 'enemy'. And 'enemy' is always 'alien', but 'alien' is not necessarily 'enemy'. Identical, other, alien and enemy. This paper merely seeks to try to formulate some basic principles from an ideological-historical point of view, without claiming any exclusivity, reserving the possibility (and the right) to be wrong. For let us not think that the problem is as easy as Samwell thinks: 'he watches wide-eyed as the Other shrinks and melts into a puddle (...) and finally there is nothing left of it but the dragonglass dagger surrounded by a smouldering wreath of steam' (Game of Thrones).
Encouraging Pro-environmental Behaviour Through an Educational Mobile Application: Preliminary Insights from Early Adopters
Authors: Duda Ewa , Anacka Helena , Kowal Jolanta , Nowakowska Iwona , Obracht-Prondzyńska Hanna , Geirbo Hanne Cecilie , Radziszewski Kacper , Romanowska Małgorzata , Wyciszkiewicz Aleksandra , Zawieska Jakub
Published: October 2023

This article aims to explore the extent to which the educational mobile application PULA supports and promotes pro-environmental behaviours, identify the most utilised functionalities by early adopters, and explore the least engaged functionalities. The study employs a quantitative approach based on data collected from the application. The analysis provides a comprehensive understanding of users' experiences and behaviours within the application, contributing valuable insights into its potential to foster pro-environmental attitudes and behaviours. The results suggested that the users, especially women, were generally interested in the learning activities. Pro-environmental transport-related activities were also frequently undertaken by the users. While women tended to split their time into various functionalities of the application, men focused mainly on the transport-related ones. This research contributes to the emerging field of using educational mobile applications for promoting pro-environmental behaviour. The study's focus on early adopters provides unique perspectives on the mechanisms behind behaviour change and offers implications for future interventions. The findings of this study can impact environmental conservation efforts. By encouraging pro-environmental behaviour through an accessible mobile application, a broader audience can be reached and motivated to adopt greener habits. The insights gained from this research can inform the design and development of future applications to foster sustainable practices, benefiting society and contributing to building a more sustainable future.
POLICY ARENA E POLÍTICA REGULATÓRIA: PODER EXECUTIVO E GRUPOS DE INTERESSE NO PROCESSO DE REGULAÇÃO DO ENSINO SUPERIOR NO BRASIL
Authors: Lopes Jonathan Felix Ribeiro
Published: October 2023

O presente artigo tem como objetivo mapear os grupos sociais envolvidos no processo de elaboração do Instituto Nacional de Supervisão e Avaliação da Educação Superior (INSAES), proposta de autarquia que tem como atribuição avaliar e regular o ensino superior no Brasil, busca-se, assim, identificar o poder de negociação e os interesses dos grupos envolvidos. Estudar o INSAES torna-se relevante, pois este órgão insere o importante setor do ensino superior ao arranjo institucional regulatório que se desenvolveu no país, a partir da Reforma do Estado. Este arranjo tem modificado suas atribuições com relação ao desenvolvimento do Brasil, acompanhando o processo de substituição do desenvolvimentismo para o neoliberalismo e deste para o neodesenvolvimentismo. A metodologia é composta por pesquisa documental e análise de conteúdo tendo como fontes: a) a Câmara dos deputados, na qual constam os documentos relativos à tramitação do projeto de lei (PL 4372/2012), além de b) artigos disponibilizados em veículos de comunicação como jornais, revistas e sítios na internet. Foi possível identificar conflitos e consensos a respeito da matéria como, por exemplo, a cobrança da taxa de avaliação e a defesa da qualidade do ensino, respectivamente, configurando-se, assim, uma arena de política pública que envolve grupos patronais e proletários, além de setores do Estado, no qual, tem destaque o forte papel do Executivo. De maneira a organizar o estudo, este artigo está divido em subcategorais. Após introdução, tem início o referencial teórico acerca da análise de políticas públicas, com foco na Policy Arena e na regulação de setores sociais, em seguida descreve-se de maneira breve a trajetória das políticas e instituições regulatórias da educação superior no Brasil, a essas etapas sucede a análise documental e, por fim, as conclusões.
Integrated management of arthropod pests of veterinary importance: Recent up-dates on unconventional but feasible measures
Authors: NARLADKAR BABASAHEB WAMANRAO
Published: October 2023

Prevalence of vector-borne diseases is on a rising trend. Global warming is one of the reasons for this exceptional rise. World Health Organization (WHO) declared “Protect yourself from vector- borne diseases” “Small bite : Big threat” as theme of the year on the occasion of World Health Day (7 April 2014). It is the need of the hour to combat the vectors and protect our animals from vector flies and pests. The best way for combating the vectors is implementation of integrated pest management (IPM) or integrated vector management (IVM) practices suitable to local conditions. One of the objectives of such control programmes is to control the pest/vector population with least damage to environment by using biocontrol agents and if necessary use of chemical pesticides. Present review has attempted to concise all such information pertaining to recent developments in the area of IPM. The other objective of the paper is to highlight and promote the research needed to be undertaken in the area of vector epidemics, biology and biological control.
Establishment of diagnostic test for enteric diarrhea in pigs using efficient multiplex polymerase chain reaction
Authors: KANG SEUNGTAE , SHARMA NEELESH , KANG HEE SEOG , MOON GEE YOUNG , OH SANG-KYOO , PARK SANG-YI , LEE JU YEUN , JEONG DONG KEE
Published: October 2023

Present study was planned to develop and validate a new methodology using multiplex PCR (M-PCR) assay for the detection of maximum number of diarrhea causing bacteria from pig faeces samples in a single test. Two M- PCR assays were designed to identify the diarrheic fecal bacteria and amplified the target genes including control group. Moreover, the unique primers were designed for the simultaneous detection of enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC; F4, F5, F6, F41, LT, STa, STb), Salmonella Enteritidis and Salmonella Typhimurium. The designed primers showed higher specificity and sensitivity to detect the targeted genes. The M-PCR method was able to detect at the 1 µg concentration of microbial DNA for all the genes detected by the designed primers. Further, the efficacy of M-PCR was investigated using 3 non-E. coli pathogenic strains L. intracellularis, B. hyodysenteriae, and Salmonella from different pig farms. Results sufficiently revealed that the developed M-PCR assay is an efficient tool for detection of ETEC and other non-E. coli strains from naturally infected pigs. The ability of M-PCR to identify the many bacteria simultaneously without biochemical identification would facilitate early diagnosis and treatment of diarrhea in pigs.
Determination of critical heat stress zone for fertility traits using temperature humidity index in Murrah buffaloes
Authors: DASH SOUMYA , CHAKRAVARTY A K , SINGH AVTAR , BEHERA RAJALAXMI , UPADHYAY ARPAN , SHIVAHRE PUSHP RAJ
Published: October 2023

The objective of the present study was to determine critical heat stress zone (CHSZ) in a year for fertility traits of Murrah buffaloes like service period (SP), pregnancy rate (PR) and conception rate (CR). Fertility data on 1,379 lactations and climatic parameters, viz. dry bulb temperature (Tdb) and relative humidity (RH) spanned over 20 years (1993–2012) were collected from NDRI and CSSRI, Karnal. The regression analysis indicated that the maximum increase in SP and maximum decline in PR and CR with per unit increase in THI value. Two zones in a year were classified as non-heat stress zone (NHSZ) with THI < 75 for months October to March and heat stress zone (HSZ) with THI > 75 during April to September. SP increased by 8 and 19 days under NHSZ (56.71 - 73.21) and HSZ (75.39 - 81.60), while there was maximum increase in 28 days service period in May and June with per unit rise in monthly average THI value. A negative association between THI and PR, CR were also observed under NHSZ and HSZ. However, maximum decline in PR (7%) was found for May and June while June, July and August showed the highest depression in CR at 9 % with per unit increase in THI. Therefore, May and June were determined as CHSZ for SP and PR, whereas June, July and August as CHSZ for CR in Murrah buffaloes with THI 80.27 - 81.60.
Development of valuation index for dairy cattle and buffalo in Tamil Nadu
Authors: KUMAR N K SUDEEP , NISHA P R , KUMAR S SENTHIL , KUMAR G SENTHIL
Published: October 2023

The present study was carried out to develop valuation index for dairy cattle and buffalo in Tamil Nadu. The data were collected through personal interview using pre-tested interview schedule from 525 dairy cattle and buffalo owners from 7 districts in Tamil Nadu, viz. Tiruvannamalai, Vellore, Namakkal, Salem, Tirunelveli, Madurai and Thiruchirapalli covering 4 agro-climatic zones of Tamil Nadu. A multiple linear regression equation was fitted for arriving at the valuation index for various breeds of dairy cattle and buffaloes. The overall dairy cow valuation index was also fitted and it explained 57.70% of variations through the included variables. The factors like activeness, triple wedge, pregnancy and milk yield were found to be highly significant and each unit of the above variables had influenced the value of animals to the tune of ₹2,431.81, ₹2,728.59, ₹1,114.07 and ₹719.54, respectively. The factors like milk yield and pregnancy were found to be significant and had influenced the value of buffaloes to the tune of ₹1,746.81 and ₹4,188.62, respectively. On the other hand, the factor on calving interval had significant negative influence on the buffalo value to the tune of ` 575.22 per year. As a whole, many variables like activeness, whirls, triple wedge, pregnancy and milk yield were highly significant and each unit of the above variables had influenced the value of dairy animals to the tune of ₹ 2,543.45, ₹2,462.60, ₹2,414.79, ₹1,706.37 and ₹1,044.27, respectively. In addition, 2 variables namely breed and species were included to fit the overall cattle and buffalo valuation index and the results implied that these variables were significant at 1% level and they had the influence of ₹2,178.00 and ₹3,462.99, respectively on the cattle and buffalo value.
Technology is essential but not sufficient for its adoption evidence from fodder Innovation Project
Authors: RAO S V N , NATCHIMUTHU K , RAMKUMAR S , SULAIMAN V RASHEED , PUSKUR RANJITHA
Published: October 2023

The aim of the paper is to better understand how various social and policy issues constrain the adoption of innovations among dairy farmers and presents the observations of the relationship between the adoption of green fodder feeding to dairy cattle and marketing of milk in Puducherry. Though there are some isolated successes of promoting fodder entrepreneurs by the development departments in Puducherry, these approaches could not be sustained due to lack of complementary or supportive institutional arrangements. Adoption of an innovation (fodder transaction) is more constrained by social, economic and policy issues, which include transportation of fodder, relations between the fodder growers, buyers, secretary, Milk Cooperative Society, leaders of Women Self Help Groups, government policy on milk pricing, urbanization and, industrialization, rather than technological issues. The insights offered in this paper could be useful in the design of policies to address complex economic and social issues associated with fodder usage by the dairy farmers in general and landless dairy farmers in particular.