bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Sexualidades em trânsito: deslocamentos queer e conflitos espaciais em "Todos nós adorávamos caubóis", de Carol Bensimon
Authors: Silva Daniele Gallindo Gonçalves , Lebkuchen Jessé Carvalho
Published: June 2020

Este artigo trata da viagem como espaço de construção da sexualidade no romance Todos nós adorávamos caubóis (2013), de Carol Bensimon, discutindo o deslocamento como possibilidade de (auto)conhecimento identitário, os conflitos existentes entre o solo gaúcho e as sexualidades ex-cêntricas, bem como a articulação dos papéis de gênero nas atitudes das personagens. Justifica-se a análise da obra por narrar mulheres lésbicas/bissexuais como protagonistas em locais de predominância cultural machista, fundamentando-se em estudos da literatura brasileira contemporânea e na teoria queer, baseando-se principalmente em teóricas como Regina Dalcastagnè (2012; 2015), Judith Butler (2019) e Guacira Lopes Louro (2014; 2018). Entende-se que a viagem é importante para a compreensão das personagens, ao tornar visíveis aspectos não antes percebidos, tanto em relação às suas sexualidades quanto às outras relações sociais. Conclui-se que os espaços, mesmo quando conflituosos, atuam como necessários para a constituição identitária das personagens, e elas também se tornam definitivas para uma possível mutação nos ambientes. Além disso, percebe-se que, mesmo incorporando padrões de gêneros como norteadores identitários, as personagens queerizam os locais percorridos, ultrapassando as fronteiras e colocando-se continuamente em trânsito.
Macroprudential Policies, Economic Growth, and Banking Crises
Authors: Belkhir Mohamed , Ben Naceur Sami , Candelon Bertrand , Wijnandts Jean-Charles
Published: June 2020

Using a sample that covers more than 100 countries over the 2000-2017 period, we assess the impact of macroprudential policies on financial stability. In particular, we examine whether the activation of macroprudential policies is conducive to a lower incidence of systemic banking crises. Our empirical setup is designed to account for the potential direct and indirect effects that macroprudential policies can have on banking crises. We find that while macro-prudential policies exert a direct stabilizing effect, they also have an indirect destabilizing effect, which works through the depressing of economic growth. A Generalized Impulse Response Function analysis of a dynamic system composed of the probability of a banking crisis and economic growth reveals, however, that macroprudential policies have a positive net effect on financial stability (lower likelihood of systemic banking crises).
El Salvador
Authors:   International Monetary Fund. Statistics Dept.
Published: June 2020

A Technical Assistance (TA) mission was conducted by the Regional Technical Assistance Center for Central America, Panama, and the Dominican Republic (CAPTAC-DR) from February 26–March 2, 2018, to assist the Central Reserve Bank of El Salvador (BCRES) with concluding the compilation of the Monthly Volume Indicator of Economic Activity (Índice Mensual de Volumen de la Actividad Económica – IMVAE)1 for dissemination and the development of annual institutional sector accounts (AISAs). The purpose of this mission was to follow up on the recommendations made by a previous mission that took place in September 2017: to compile the IMVAE with base year 2005, and to assess the data sources available for AISA compilation, using the data previously compiled for 2005 as background. The mission considered the BCRES decision to start regular compilation as of 2014.
Georgia
Authors:   International Monetary Fund. Statistics Dept.
Published: June 2020

The purpose of the mission was to assist the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat) with expanding the coverage of the producer price index (PPI) to additional services activities. This was the fourth price statistics mission to Georgia conducted under the auspices of the three-year Project to Improve National Accounts and Price Statistics in Eastern and Southeastern Europe. This project is funded by the Government of the Netherlands.
MicroRNA-16 inhibits the growth and metastasis of human glioma cells via modulation of PI3K/AKT/mTOR signalling pathway
Authors: Yang Yan , Zhao Feng
Published: June 2020

Introduction

Gliomas are lethal cancers accounting for significant human mortality across the globe. MicroRNAs (miRs) have shown potential to act as therapeutic targets for the treatment of cancer. Herein the role and therapeutic implications of miR-16 in glioma were investigated.

Material and methods

Expression analysis was carried out by qRT-PCR. CellTiter-Glo assay (Promega) was used for the determination of cell proliferation. DAPI, AO/EB, and annexin V/PI assays were used to detect apoptosis. Wound healing and Transwell assays were used for cell migration and invasion, respectively. Western blot analysis was used for the determination of protein expression.

Results

The study revealed that miR-16 was significantly suppressed in the human glioma cells. Ectopic expression of miR-16 in U118 MG cells inhibited the proliferation via induction of apoptosis. The apoptosis induction was also accompanied by an upsurge of Bax and depletion of Bcl-2. The overexpression of miR-16 also inhibited the migration and invasion of the glioma U118 MG cells, as evident from the wound healing and transwell assays, which were accompanied by the inhibition of metalloproteinase-2 and -9 (MMP-2 and MMP-9). The effects of miR-16 overexpression were also examined on the PI3K/AKT/mTOR signalling pathway. The results showed that miR-16 overexpression inhibited the phosphorylation of the p70S6K, AKT, and mTOR at Ser473, Ser2448, and Thr389, respectively, with no apparent effects on the total PI3K and AKT.

Conclusions

miR-16 acts as tumour suppressor in glioma and may severe as therapeutic target for glioma treatment.
The tree of community knowledge and engagement
Authors: Gardner Morgan K , Scarth Kate
Published: June 2020

Deep-seated educational discourses have blamed low-income communities for their youth’s lack of high school completion. These deficit discourses reflect top–down knowledge hierarchies and a lack of knowledge democracy in education (de Sousa Santos 2007; Hall & Tandon 2017; Visvanathan 2009), and they are in need of critical and diverse knowledge reckoning by low-income communities themselves. This article relays how a community-university participatory action research (PAR) partnership became a dynamic site of knowledge democracy from which to counter and transform deficit-based knowledge systems imposed on economically disadvantaged communities. Steeped in the generative enactments of PAR, storytelling, ecological metaphor, strength-based approaches and the arts, this article explores a low-income/social housing community’s knowledge practices that are energising and growing its community power to support the success of their youth in school. These seven knowledge practices are narrated through the ecological metaphor of trees, specifically via a co-constructed PAR team narrative called the Tree of Community Knowledge and Engagement.

In the telling and retelling of this counternarrative-in-the-making, this article embodies knowledge democracy. Here, community members’ energising knowledge practices are recognised as invaluable forms of everyday educational knowing and leadership for their youth. This article further explores three broad ways of knowing that reside within and across community members’ seven knowledge practices: lived knowing, interconnected knowing and participatory/power-in-relation knowing. The three community ways of knowing illustrate how the community is growing its power to support youth’s success via a transformative educational worldview, from which other schools and universities could learn and, indeed, thrive.
Diseñar comunidades en paz: Enfoques participativos de investigación-acción anclados a una educación regional en Colombia
Authors: Lopera-Molano Daniel , Lopera-Molano Angela María
Published: June 2020

Gaitania es un corregimiento ubicado en la cordillera de los Andes, muy cerca de donde se formó la guerrilla de las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia, FARC, a mediados de la década de los 60. En este contexto, se realizó un proyecto de investigación y educación con organizaciones estatales, civiles y comunitarias, incluida la Agencia para la Reincorporación y Normalización del Gobierno colombiano, ARN, asociaciones de productores de café en el sur del Tolima, la comunidad indígena Nasa Wes'x y 150 excombatientes, así como profesores y estudiantes del Programa de Diseño de la Universidad de Ibagué, Colombia. El propósito de este artículo es demostrar cómo la formación en diseño puede transformarse orgánicamente de aprendizajes instrumentales a maneras creativas autónomas.

Este proyecto estableció procesos colectivos de reflexión-acción que funcionaron en conjunto con cuatro objetivos críticos de aprendizaje, según lo especificado por el Programa de Diseño. Se realizaron talleres para la co-creación de una marca colectiva de café, que reunió a víctimas y victimarios en un proceso conjunto de reconciliación e intercambio de memorias. A través de la generación de una marca colectiva de café especial, llamada El Tercer Acuerdo, la cual actualmente se comercializa, se está recuperando y construyendo memoria sobre los procesos de paz autónomos del territorio y sus propios esfuerzos de autovalidación. También, se desarrollaron habilidades críticas en estudiantes y comunidades para que pudieran comprender las implicaciones de producir un diseño que respondiera al mercado, al tiempo que se reconocía la importancia de construir caminos de transición para los participantes, especialmente en contextos de guerra y paz. Las reflexiones de los estudiantes condujeron a la construcción de distinciones para la praxis, como la plandisposición, escuchacción, síntesis honesta y sentipensar-actuar, que nos revelan una conciencia crítica de cómo el diseño puede abrir posibilidades para crear futuros en los que coexistan muchos mundos.
Francisco Umbral, lector de "Don Quijote"
Authors: Ramos Juan Pablo
Published: June 2020

El artículo discute la hasta ahora inadvertida relación entre Don Quijote de la Mancha de Miguel de Cervantes con la vida y obra del novelista español Francisco Umbral. A pesar de haber escrito una numerosa cantidad de textos sobre autores canónicos de la literatura española, Umbral prestó escasa atención a Cervantes. El propósito del artículo es establecer las escasas pero significativas afinidades que Umbral expresó hacia la figura de Cervantes y el protagonista de su novela. Para evidenciar este complejo vínculo, el artículo compara, en primer lugar, el personaje de Alonso Quijano con Umbral mismo en tanto figura pública. En ambos casos existe una negociación entre la realidad y la ficción, que nos conduce a problematizar el concepto de “mito” como paradigma del individualismo moderno según Ian Watt. La segunda parte del artículo examina las metáforas históricas que Umbral descubre en su lectura de Don Quijote. Finalmente, la tercera parte reflexiona en torno a las similitudes entre Quijano y Umbral como héroes y polemistas. Las conclusiones apuntan a que la interpretación de Umbral es sintomática de una perspectiva compartida por los escritores españoles a finales del siglo XX sobre la novela de Miguel de Cervantes.
Los Archivos Históricos Provinciales y la valoración documental en España
Authors: Flores Varela Carlos
Published: June 2020

El artículo analiza el papel de los Archivos Históricos Provinciales (AHP) en los mecanismos de valoración documental en España, tanto en la Administración General del Estado como en las Comunidades Autónomas. Se estudia la presencia de los AHP en los órganos de valoración, su peso en el conjunto de series documentales valoradas y, cuando es posible, las consecuencias en cuanto a volumen de documentación eliminada.
Reviewer Acknowledgements for Business and Economic Research, Vol. 10, No. 2
Authors: Young Daisy
Published: June 2020

Business and Economic Research (BER) would like to thank the following reviewers for reviewing manuscripts from March 1, 2020, to June 1, 2020. Their comments and suggestions were of great help to the authors in improving the quality of their papers. Many authors, regardless of whether BER publishes their work, appreciate the helpful feedback provided by the reviewers. Macrothink Publishing appreciates the following reviewers’ rigorous and conscientious efforts for this journal. Each of the reviewers listed below returned at least one review during this period. Almir A. AlihodžićAngela WrightBilal Khalaf SakarnehBratu (Simionescu) MihaelaCorina M RadulescuCristina Alina NaftanailaE. A. C. P. KarunarathneFayez Bassam ShriedehGerasimos T. SoldatosGrigorios L KyriakopoulosHengky Sumisto HalimMouhamadou T SowNana Osei-BonsuOfgaha Dire AlemuPiotr SiemiątkowskiRoderikus A. TrihatmokoRomeo Victor IonescuRoni BhowmikSameera M. FernandoSamuel Asumadu-SarkodieSantosh B. ManjegowdaSerhii KozlovskyiZakayo Samson KisavaZi-Yi GuoZoran Wittine
Application of Servqual Model on Measuring Service Quality: A Bayesian Approach
Authors: RAVICHANDRAN K. , PRABAKARAN S. , KUMAR S. Arun
Published: June 2020

Financial liberalization has led to intense competitive pressures and private banks dealing in retail banking are consequently directing their strategies towards increasing service quality level which fosters customer satisfaction and loyalty through improved service quality. This article examines the influence of perceived service quality on customer satisfaction suing an adaptive Bayesian frame work in private sector banks Bayesian structural regression estimates are shown to provide a banking institution with reliable information for use in positioning the private banks in its market place.. The article concludes that increase in service quality of the banks can develop customer satisfaction which ultimately retains valued customers.   Keywords: Perceived Service Quality, SERVQUAL, customer satisfaction, BSR, Structural Regression
Prevalence of Morbidity Profile among Geriatric Population in Urban Field Practice Area, Manikeshwari
Authors: Dabade Kuldeep Jagannath , Kalasker Pavan Sayappa , Gududur Ajay Kumar
Published: June 2020

Introduction: India has got the label of “an ageing nation” due to contribution of elderly population to demographic figures increasing day by day. Elderly persons face dual disease burden that is communicable as well as non-communicable diseases.

Objectives: To find out prevalence of various geriatric morbidities.

Methodology: A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 463 geriatric persons residing in urban field practice area from Jan 2018 to June 2018.

Results: Overall prevalence of musculoskeletal problems was found 72.3%. Prevalence of respiratory problems like asthma, tuberculosis etc. was 17.3%. As the age increases number of participants with presence of any morbidities also increases and this difference was found statistically significant. Presence of any morbidity was found higher among widow or widower compared to married participants and this difference was also found statistically significant.

Conclusions: Present study shows higher prevalence of morbidities among geriatric population like musculoskeletal disorders, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, impaired vision, anemia etc. Increased life expectancy, rapid urbanization and lifestyle changes all contribute to higher prevalence of morbidities. Lifestyle modification, appropriate delivery of preventive, curative and rehabilitative health care services to geriatric age group would definitely help them to lead a life in a healthy manner.
The Impact of a Revenue-Neutral Carbon Tax on GDP Dynamics: The Case of British Columbia
Authors: Bernard Jean-Thomas , Kichian Maral
Published: June 2020

We study the impact over time of revenue-neutral-designed carbon taxes on GDP in the Canadian province of British Columbia (B.C.). The tax is broad-based, and all rate hikes and their timings were pre-announced. Our time series approach accounts for these pre-announcement effects, as well as for the possible saliency of the tax. Estimated impulse response functions and statistical comparisons of GDP dynamics in the presence and (counterfactual) absence of carbon taxes lead to the same result. Overall, revenue-neutral carbon taxation has no significant negative impacts on GDP. Our setup also allows us to examine the extent of the carbon tax pass-through into energy prices. We find that pass-through is complete. We conclude that implementing revenue-neutral carbon taxation contributes to lowering harmful greenhouse gases into the atmosphere without hurting the economy.
Do Foreign Gifts Buy Corporate Political Action? Evidence from the Saudi Crude Discount Program
Authors: Peck Jennifer R.
Published: June 2020

Between 1991 and 2003, Saudi Aramco sold crude to U.S. refineries at a substantial discount, with a total cost of approximately 8.5 billion dollars. This paper assesses the incidence of these discount rents in the U.S. market and yields the first empirical evidence for the use of oil as a tool of political leverage through transfers to American firms. Using panel variation in discount receipts, I find that rents were captured by refiners as profits. Discounts were also associated with increases in refiners’ political donations and strategic reallocations of these contributions.
Geen VOG, geen werk? Een studie naar VOG-aanvragen en werkkansen na vrijlating
Authors: Ramakers Anke
Published: June 2020

No certificate of conduct, no employment? A study on post-release criminal record screenings and employment chances.

It is unclear to what extent criminal record screening policies can explain low employment rates after release. This descriptive study provides more insight into this matter by examining whether ex-prisoners applied for a certificate of conduct, found employment and whether this job was found without such a certificate. To answer these questions interview data on ex-prisoners (N=931) are combined with data on criminal record screenings. Only 6 percent applied for a certificate, half of which were granted. Many ex-prisoners did not report any employment, but almost all working ex-prisoners found this job without a certificate. These findings bring nuance to discussions on the role of criminal record screening after release.
Fiscale bemiddeling in België
Authors: Vanheeswijck Luc
Published: June 2020

Fiscal mediation in Belgium – a Belgian successful method

Luc Vanheeswijck summarizes the current position of tax mediation in Belgium and outlines the differences between the Belgian and Dutch mediation method in fiscal matters. He also outlines the differences between mediation in tax matters and ‘classic’ mediation. He concludes that Belgian tax mediation is not mediation as is commonly understood. The article closes on a description of the results of de ‘Fiscale Bemiddelingsdienst’ (the Fiscal Mediation Service).
Exploring Diversity Management in Transnational Corporations Through the Lens of Migration and Expatriation
Authors: Utam Kingsley U , Archibong Uduak , Walton Sean , Eshareturi Cyril
Published: June 2020

In this study, we aim to develop an understanding of the similarity between migration and expatriation, identify both as elements in diversity, and draw attention to the additional layer of ethnic diversity created by the high number of top management expatriates in some Nigerian subsidiaries of transnational corporations. Using the qualitative research design, we thematically analysed data from semistructured interviews with six indigenous managers in four transnational corporations. We found a significant number of expatriate managers in two subsidiaries and a lack of diversity management framework to address the new layer of diversity as reflected in the unequal treatment of indigenous managers. We conclude that migration and expatriation are similar and could be better managed through effective diversity management framework
PROHIBITION OF DISCRIMINATION ON GROUNDS OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION IN EU LAW AFTER THE JUDGEMENT OF THE CJEU IN THE EGENBERGER CASE
Authors: Pudło-Jaremek Anna
Published: June 2020

The article contains an analysis regarding the issue of the normative approach to art. 21 paragraph 1 Charter after the Court’s judgment in Egenberger, which is crucial in this area. The main attention was paid to the analysis of art. 21 paragraph 1 of the Charter regarding the conditions previously taken into account by the Court in determining the normative nature of legal norms included in the Charter of Fundamental Rights.
FIRST INSTANCE DECISIONS IN THE DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS OF ACADEMIC TEACHERS
Authors: Baran Beata
Published: June 2020

The purpose of the article is to present the issue of the first instance decisions in disciplinary proceedings of academic teachers. The author analyzes different categories of the first instance disciplinary decisions’. In the publication also, the formal aspect of the decisions was scrutinized.
REPRESENTATION UNDER PETITIONARY PROCEEDINGS AND PROCEEDINGS IN THE MATTER OF COMPLAINTS AND PROPOSALS
Authors: Wszołek Michał
Published: June 2020

The article discusses the issue of representation under petitionary proceedings and proceedings in the matter of complaints and proposals. The above mentioned issue has been analysed within the context of relations between provisions on administrative proceedings in cases individually decided by way of administrative decision and provisions of the above mentioned proceedings due to lack of regulation on representation in parts of legal texts directly concerning them. The author’s goal is to present the theoretical basis of the representatives’ actions in above mentioned proceedings. Consequently, the article is supported by opinions of legal scholars specialised in administrative procedural law and
theoreticians of law, contains analysis of the rule concerning application mutatis mutandis of provisions on administrative proceedings in cases individually decided by way of administrative decision in petitionary proceedings and analysis of application of provisions on administrative proceedings in cases individually decided by way of administrative decision
in proceedings in the matter of complaints and proposals based on analogy.
DEFINITION OF THE REGISTERED OFFICE OF POLISH COMMERCIAL COMPANY AND THE PROCEDURE OF ITS CROSS-BORDER TRANSFER TO THE EU
Authors: Słapczyński Tomasz
Published: June 2020

The study characterizes the problem of transferring the registered office of a Polish commercial company and the dependence of its procedures on the definition and interpretation of the concept of a commercial company. This problem is significant from the point of view of the procedure of transferring the company’s registered office. Case law and doctrine and are not in the same line when the definition of registered office of polish commercial company is on the topic. The significance of this issue indirectly influence on the rules of freedom of economic markets. The goal of the article thesis is to describe a unite point of view, by linguistic and functional analysis of national and EU law, case law of the Polish jurisdiction and the Court of Justice of the European Union. The doctrine is also important. The transfer of a commercial company abroad
is an important problem from the point of view of economic freedom and guarantees in force in the EU. It is reasonable to assume that the registered office of the Polish commercial company is the registered office, which consequently raises fewer problems during the transfer procedure. An attempt to confirm the above thesis will be included in the following text by analyzing the aforementioned national and EU regulations, case law of the Polish courts and the CJEU. The term ‚registered office of a commercial company’ can be interpreted differently
Generation of Millennials on the labor market. Win or lose generation?
Authors: Barszcz Patryk
Published: June 2020

This article presents the casus of Millenials generation in labour market. The topic of this article is situated in aspects of generation and it is connected with such sociological subdiscipline as: sociology of education, youth and sociology of work. In this article, it was presented the current generation in society such as: Traditionalist generation, Baby Boomers, X generation, Y generation, XD generation in terms of characteristics of its in labour market. The main aim of this work was to present characteristic of Millenials generation in comparision to other current generations in social life and job market, such as: social change, edycation, job, loyality to employer and attitude to new technology. The main interest was advantages and disadventages of Millenials, opportunities and dangers in job market. In sum up, Author try to answer to question in title of article: Is it a generation of winners or losers?
"Molly Monster" (2016), as a (wasted) lesson of democratic education and upbringing for democracy, openness and tolerance.
Authors: Sanecka Anna
Published: June 2020

"Molly Monster" is a perfect example of preparing the preschool audience for openness and respect for difference, tolerance, dialogue and listening, cooperation, joint decision making and wise acceptance of change. The film, showing how the main character, Molly, eagerly and joyfully awaits a big change in her family life - the birth of a sister or a brother, and emphasizes the importance of family ties, can therefore inspire to accept changes and adapt to new situations. In addition, the film presents a land where every inhabitant is very different - in size or physical appearance, and the story teaches that being different does not disturb cooperation, mutual help or making joint decisions and taking actions. The film presents an open approach to traditional social roles, emphasizes the role of self-confidence, but also the importance of admitting one's mistake and freedom in decision making.
Learning to remember the Shoah - human rights education and prevention of anti-Semitism
Authors: Schwendemann Wilhelm
Published: June 2020

Anti-Semitism and group hostility undermine coexistence in a democratic civil soci-ety. That is why the prevention of anti-Semitism, Islamophobia and xenophobia is one of the educational tasks of schools, but also of religious education in particular. In religious educa-tion, therefore, the concept of learning to learn about and after Auschwitz must be combined with a stringent model of human rights education, which brings with it new didactic chal-lenges.
Carta de Cuiabá - Mulheres, Médicas de Família e Comunidade, no Brasil
Authors: Oliveira Denize Ornelas Pereira Salvador de , Chueiri Patrícia Sampaio , Albuquerque Natalia Pontes
Published: June 2020

Este artigo é um breve relato histórico sobre a formação do Grupo de trabalho de Mulheres na Medicina de Família e Comunidade da SBMFC (GT-MMFC), que ocorreu em 2016. Em paralelo, descreve-se as principais ações do Wonca Working Party on Women & Family Medicine e do próprio GT-MMFC até os dias atuais. Os objetivos do artigo são registrar a construção deste grupo de trabalho assim como fomentar e fortalecer o debate de todas as dimensões relacionadas às mulheres e a medicina de família e comunidade e a equidade de gênero.
Predictability and Flexibility in Private International Law: Allies or Enemies?
Authors: Valdhans Jiří
Published: June 2020

The chapter discusses the relationship between predictability and flexibility as the values currently expected for private international law standards. While predictability has been perceived for a long time, flexibility has been gaining momentum in the US since the 1930s and in Europe in the second half of the last century. At present, however, the demand for flexibility in the standards of private international law is expressed in all modern codifications. Therefore, the chapter also outlines the institutes through which flexible elements intended to enable to take into account individual aspects of a particular case can be incorporated to traditional predictable blind conflict-law-rules methodology.
Reciprocity as a Presumption for the Recognition of Foreign Decision
Authors: Sedláková Kristina
Published: June 2020

The paper deals with the principle of reciprocity in the field of recognition and enforcement of foreign decisions. The aim is to ascertain the approach of the Czech legal doctrine and the rules of international procedural law in relation to this institute. The issue of reciprocity outside the European judicial area is addressed, as well as the question of whether reciprocity is a non-essential condition in the area of recognition and is interchangeable with other mechanisms affecting this issue.
Development of EU Private International Law Rules for Intellectual Property Rights
Authors: Kyselovská Tereza
Published: June 2020

The aim of this article is to analyze the development of the EU conflict of law rules for contractual and non-contractual obligations with international element concerning intellectual property rights. The main focus of the analysis is the legislative history of Rome I Regulation and Rome II Regulation and the development of respective conflict of law rules and connecting factors.
In the News
Authors: Free David
Published: June 2020

Welcome to the June 2020 issue of C&RL News. Every two years, ACRL’s Research Planning and Review Committee produces their “Top trends in academic libraries.” The 2020 edition discusses change management; evolving integrated library systems; learning analytics; machine learning and AI; the state of open access and research data services; social justice, critical librarianship, and critical digital pedagogy; streaming media; and student wellbeing. Many thanks to the committee for pulling together this important survey of the current landscape of academic and research librarianship.
2020 top trends in academic libraries: A review of the trends and issues affecting academic libraries in higher education
Authors: Research Planning and Review Committee ACRL
Published: June 2020

This article summarizes trending topics in academic librarianship from the past two years. These highlights provide a starting point or an update, depending on one’s familiarity with the topic. Overarching themes across the profession continue to emphasize the significant amount of change our institutions are driving, managing, and navigating.
Pythagoras's Quilt
Authors: Hobson Natalie L. F.
Published: June 2020

A quilt design repeating the use of Pythagoras's Theorem provides a variety of questions we can begin to ponder.
Structural Design of High Performance Composite Sailing Yachts Under the New BS EN ISO 12215-5
Authors: Souppez Jean-Baptiste R. G.
Published: June 2020

The forthcoming publication of the revised BS EN ISO 12215-5 is set to transform the structural design of most small crafts for the next decade, with the implementation of significant changes to the scope and underpinning theory, such as an applicability extended up to 24 m Load Line, and the use of finite element methods as part of the compliance assessment process. This paper represents the first public release of the major changes and novelty in the standard, with a strong emphasis on high performance composite sailing yachts. The aim is to provide designers and builders with an insight into the technical background and practical applications of the new regulation for structural optimization, and how the marine industry will be impacted.
Hand position affects performance on multiplication tasks
Authors: Davoli Christopher C. , O’Rear Connor D. , McAulay Emily , McNeil Nicole M. , Brockmole James R.
Published: June 2020

We investigated whether or not hand placement affects people’s ability to apply learned mathematical information in new and familiar contexts. Participants learned a set of arithmetic facts presented one way (i.e., in a × b = c format) and then were tested on those same facts shown in either a novel format (b × a = __) in Experiment 1 or in the previously-learned format (a × b = __) in Experiment 2. Throughout study and test, participants’ hands were either near to or far from the stimuli. Performance on the novel format was worse when the hands were near compared to far, but performance on the previously-learned format did not depend on hand placement. Together, results indicate that hand proximity impairs mathematical performance when performance depends on the abstracting of conceptual information from sensory information. We conclude that hand placement may be involved in the application of knowledge.
Produits alimentaires locaux. Les motivations d’achat en fonction des circuits de distribution
Authors: Abid Tarek , Rodier Francine , Durif Fabien
Published: June 2020

Alors que les produits locaux peuvent être achetés dans divers circuits de distribution (circuit direct, circuit indirect et circuit conventionnel) la plupart des recherches et des études les associent presque exclusivement aux circuits directs. L’objectif de cette recherche, menée auprès de 731 consommateurs québécois, est de distinguer les motivations d’achat de produits locaux dans ces différents circuits de distribution. Nous démontrons que les motivations des consommateurs ne sont pas identiques dans les trois circuits de distribution de produits alimentaires locaux étudiés. Le circuit conventionnel bénéficie d’une motivation fonctionnelle supérieure à celle du circuit direct d’une part, et d’une motivation économique supérieure à celle du circuit indirect d’autre part. Nos résultats suggèrent également que le choix du canal de distribution n’a aucun effet sur la perception de la qualité des produits locaux par les consommateurs. Cette recherche offre aux marketeurs et aux différents acteurs locaux, tels que les producteurs et les pouvoirs publics, des éléments pour soutenir et accroître les ventes des produits locaux.
„ПОХВАЛА КЊИЗИ“ – БЕСЈЕДА О БЕСЈЕДНИШТВУ ГАВРИЛА СТЕФАНОВИЋА ВЕНЦЛОВИЋА
Authors: Певуља Душко В
Published: June 2020

Гаврил Стефановић Венцловић, знаменити проповједники српски писац из прве половине осамнаестог вијека, оставио јеобиман опус од близу двадесет хиљада рукописних страница.Половина тог опуса писана је на народном језику и претежно уоблику бесједа. У његовом бесједничком искуству сустекле су седвије традиције: источнохришћанска/византијска и савременаукрајинска омилитика, чији су главни представници били ЛазарБаранович и Јоаникије Гаљатовски. На основу модела из овихтрадиција на које се угледао, али и слиједом импулса властитихразноврсних дарова, Венцловић је састављао своје бесједе. Занеке од њих, у којима се оцртава вјерни колективни портрет ње-гових парохијана/слушалаца, може се поуздано устврдити да суоригиналне творевине овог знаменитог бесједника. Измеђувише бесједа у којима се Венцловић спорадично дотиче и пи-тања важних за препознатљивости овога древнога жанра,издваја се она под насловом „Похвала књизи“, која се може ту-мачити и као теоријска платформа Венцловићеве бесједничкепраксе.
A “MOUSE-TRAP” FOR INDONESIAN KILLERS: OPPENHEIMER’S THE ACT OF KILLING
Authors: Ognjenović Svjetlana R.
Published: June 2020

This paper was inspired by the documentary The Act ofKilling, directed by an American-born, British filmmaker JoshuaOppenheimer and released in 2012. Provoked and appalled by whatis described as one of the worst mass murders in the 20th century,the movie director focuses not so much on the crime itself but theperpetrators of the crimes and the ensuing consequences. Apartfrom the need to bring to open and discuss this part of Indonesianhistory, as well as the consequences of the communist andsubsequent anti-communist political rules, this paper deals, on theone hand, with the question and the essence of human naturecapable of such monstrosity and on the other, with the role that artmust take in understanding and healing of the open wounds in anynation’s history as well as individual perpetrators of the crimes. Forthis purpose, the ideological framework of Erich Fromm as givenin his study Anatomy of Human Destructiveness and alsophilosophical ideas of Hanna Arendt, specifically concerning thenature of evil itself were used as theoretical framework.
НАУЧНИ СКУП ПОВОДОМ 90 ГОДИНА ОД РОЂЕЊА ГОЈКА БАБИЋА И 25 ГОДИНА ОД ОБНАВЉАЊА РАДА КАТЕДРЕ ЗА ПЕДАГОГИЈУ
Authors: Павловић Златко М.
Published: June 2020

У организацији Филозофског факултета на Палама 25. маја 2019.године одржан је научни скуп посвећен животу и дјелу проф. др Гојка И.Бабића. Скуп је одржан поводом 90 година од рођења Гојка Бабића и 25година од обнављања рада Катедре за педагогију.
Expression and clinical significance of HSP27 and its phosphorylation in lower extremity arteriosclerosis obliterans
Authors: Bai Junqing , Wang Fule , Wang Xuguang , Mutu Eerde , Duan Chen , Qi Yili , Hu Liqiang , Gao Zhanfeng
Published: June 2020

Objectives

This study set out to analyze the difference of heat shock protein 27 (HSP27) and its phosphorylation in patients with lower extremity arteriosclerosis obliterans (LEASO) at different stages. This research also examined their clinical significance in this disease.

Methods

Blood samples from 60 patients with LEASO were collected and divided into two groups according to ankle-brachial index (ABI): group A (ABI ≤ 0.43) and group B (ABI > 0.43). The expression of HSP27 in each stage of Fontaine was measured by ELISA, and the difference of HSP27 concentration and ABI between the two groups was analyzed. Meanwhile, three normal femoral artery specimens (normal group) and three atherosclerotic femoral artery specimens (lesion group) were collected, and HSP27 and its Phospho-HSP27 (Ser15), Phospho-HSP27 (Ser78) and Phospho-HSP27 (Ser82) were detected by western blotting. The data of the protein level between the normal group and the lesion group was made a statistical analysis.

Results

HSP27 concentration in group A was (40.73 ± 15.99) ng/ml, and ABI was 0.26 ± 0.20. HSP27 concentration in group B was (66.30 ± 24.70) ng/ml, and ABI was 0.64 ± 0.20. The protein expression of HSP27 and its phosphorylation in the normal group was 0.82 ± 0.13, 0.66 ± 0.12, 0.91 ± 0.24 and 0.90 ± 0.16, respectively; the protein expression of the lesion group was 0.45 ± 0.08, 0.42 ± 0.09, 0.39 ± 0.12 and 0.58 ± 0.11.

Conclusion

Patients with higher LEASO Fontaine stage and lower ABI had a lower HSP27 concentration. Serum HSP27 concentration was negatively correlated with the severity of LEASO, while HSP27 concentration was positively correlated with ABI value. The content of HSP27 and its phosphorylation of lesion group is significantly lower than that of normal group, which may be closely related to the occurrence and development of atherosclerosis.
Haematology and serum biochemical indices of broiler chickens fed varying levels of indomie waste meal based diet
Authors: Omoikhoje S. O. , Eguaoje S. A. , Edonije J. , Osayande E. , Edonije J
Published: June 2020

An eight-week feeding trial was conducted to evaluate the effect of substituting maize with indomie waste meal on the haematology and serum biochemical indices of 90-dayold Anak 2000 broiler chickens. Three experimental broiler starter and finisher diets were formulated with diet 1 serving as control containing 0% Indomie waste meal (IWM), while diets 2 and 3 contained IWM at 50 and 100% inclusion levels for maize. The chicks were randomly assigned to the three treatment diets (1, 2 and 3) in a completely randomized design and each treatment group contained three replicates with ten chickens per replicate. The result on the haematological indices revealed that MCV values were significantly influenced (p<0.05) by the treatment diets with highest value of (135.50±0.21fl) among birds fed 50% IWM. MCH also significantly varied(p<0.05) among birds fed the treatment diets with highest (42.77±0.31pg) recorded among birds maintained on the control diet. Serum biochemical indices revealed that phosphorus value were significantly higher (p<0.05) in birds fed the control diet with the mean value of 3.63±0.09mg/100ml. Total cholesterol was significantly higher (p<0.05) in birds fed 100% IWM. The overall results from this study conclusively suggest that the inclusion of indomie waste meal in the diet of broilers up to 100% did not have any detrimental effect on the blood profile of the birds. But precaution had to be taken in the incorporation of IWM at this level because of the increase effect on the cholesterol level of the blood.Mr. Omoikhoje, B. (Laboratory Technologist)
Comparison of Autophagy mRNA Expression between Chronic Otitis Media With and Without Cholesteatoma
Authors: Jung Junyang , Jung Su Young , Kim Myung Gu , Kim Young Il , Kim Sang Hoon , Yeo Seung Geun
Published: June 2020

Background and Objectives: Autophagy is known to be associated with pathogen infection. However, the expression of autophagy-related proteins has not been studied in chronic otitis media without cholesteatoma (COM) or with cholesteatoma (CholeOM). This study aimed to determine whether there is a difference between COM and CholeOM in autophagy-related gene mRNA expression. Subjects and Methods: For 47 patients with chronic otitis media, the inflammatory tissues were classified into granulation tissue (COM) or cholesteatoma (CholeOM) according to biopsy results. Results: PI3K mRNA expression (COM vs. CholeOM, mean±SD, 0.009±0.010 vs. 0.003±0.004; p=0.004) was lower, whereas Beclin-1 mRNA expression (0.089±0.107 vs. 0.176±0.163; p=0.034) was higher in the CholeOM group. Expression of PI3K mRNA in the CholeOM group was lower than that in the COM subgroups with presence of bacteria (0.022±0.019 vs. 0.001±0.001; p=0.001), otorrhea (0.049±0.068 vs. 0.003±0.004; p=0.004), and hearing loss over 40 dB (0.083±0.130 vs. 0.003±0.004; p=0.005). Conclusions: The data suggested that different autophagy proteins play important roles in chronic otitis media according to the presence or absence of cholesteatoma.
Application of Categorical Data-nested Design of Knowledge & Control Practices of HBV Infection
Authors: Otaru O. A. P. , Ogbonda P. N.
Published: June 2020

In real-life, most experimental data are presented in frequencies with no underlying metric probably because of some reasons such as less susceptibility to observational errors. Unfortunately, some of these data have been erroneously analyzed resulting to either type I or type II error. The significance of main factor (University) and sub-factor (Faculty) are studied using categorical data in nested classification. The CATANOVA technique used is suitable for mixed design, having some factors crossed and others nested. The study considered frequency data involving response scores of student’s knowledge and control practices of HBV infection using a scale of good, fair and poor. Numerical results revealed that the main factor, University and the sub-factor, Faculty are not significant (p>0.05) in each case. More so, there was poor level of student’s knowledge and control practices of HBV infection which were also found to be significantly (p>0.05) same in Universities.
On the Computation of the Lagrange Multiplier for the Variational Iteration Method (VIM) for Solving Differential Equations
Authors: Okiotor N. , Ogunfiditimi F. , Durojaye M. O.
Published: June 2020

In this study, the Variational Iteration Method (VIM) is applied in finding the solution of differential equations with emphasis laid on the choice of the Lagrange multiplier used while employing VIM. Building on existing methods and variational theories, the operator D-Method and integrating factor are employed in certain aspects in the determination of exact Lagrange multiplier for VIM. When results of the computed exact Lagrange multiplier were compared with results of approximate Lagrange multiplier, it was observed that the computed exact Lagrange multiplier reduced significantly the number of iterations required to get a good approximate result, and in some cases the result converged to the exact solution after a single iteration. Evaluations are carried out using MAPLE Software.
Youth, Parental-determined Strategy towards Tackling Perennial Unemployment in Nigeria as Device for a Safe Future
Authors: Akinde Sunday Israel , Fagbohunka Adejompo
Published: June 2020

This study focuses on the youth and the parent fighting future unemployment through present combination of apprenticeship with studentship.  A phenomenon of which little is known, conducted in 4 selected secondary schools in Ondo state, Nigeria. Data through a multistage sampling technique, from 160 students’ terminal mean scores of third and first terminal results of 2016/2017 and 2017/2018 sessions respectively, were analyzed. Results showed that consideration of the possibility of future unemployment has significant relationship with students’ combination of apprenticeship with academics [r (158) = 0.211, p < .05] among others. Although parents seek to play safe regarding future employment opportunity for their children,   differences in mean scores in academic performance indicate that those who did not combine studentship with apprenticeship (M=515.75; SD=171.58) outperformed those who did (M=513.52; SD=146.24). Similarly, combined activities have a direct relationship with stress capable of affecting physical and mental life of students thus casting doubt on the future safety net of the decision.
Competitive abilities and distribution ranges of four asexual Daphnia pulex lineages and Daphnia mitsukuri in Eurasian continental islands
Authors: Maruoka Natsumi , Urabe Jotaro
Published: June 2020

Daphnia pulex and D. mitsukuri are morphologically similar and distributed in small lowland Japanese lakes. Daphnia pulex in Japan reproduces by obligate parthenogenesis and is composed of four different lineages (JPN1–JPN4) with North American origins. Although this species is found throughout Japan, JPN1 has the largest distribution range, followed by JPN2. Daphnia mitsukuri is a putatively endemic species that is now rarely found in Japan. Since Daphnia share the same algal food, the difference in distribution ranges among the four asexual D. pulex lineages and D. mitsukuri may be caused by exploitative competition for algal food. To examine this possibility, we measured the threshold food concentration (TFC) at zero‐net growth rate and the food concentration required for 50% of the individuals to survive (FC50). In addition, we examined the effects of temperature on the somatic growth rate (SGR) and the mortality rates of four asexual D. pulex lineages and D. mitsukuri. The experiments showed that TFC was lowest in D. pulex JPN1 and highest in D. mitsukuri, supporting the idea that the largest distribution range of JPN1 is due to its superiority in inter‐lineage competition, and that the distribution area of D. mitsukuri is reduced through exploitative competition with D. pulex. However, although JPN2 was found in relatively large areas, it had higher TFC than JPN3 and JPN4, which appear in very limited areas. These results clearly showed that the difference in distribution ranges among D. pulex lineages are not necessarily determined by their competitive superiority alone.