bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Efeitos locais de amplificação sísmica pelos solos
Authors: Correia Rui
Published: October 2022

É abordado o tema dos efeitos locais de amplificação sísmica devidos à existência de solos, com particular ênfase nos efeitos de amplificação da aceleração horizontal máxima e de modificação do conteúdo de frequências dos movimentos sísmicos. Após uma breve revisão de alguns conceitos elementares de sismologia e de engenharia sísmica são analisados os múltiplos factorcs de que depende a severidade dos movimentos sísmicos, relacionados com a geração sísmica, com a propagação entre a fonte e o sítio e com os efeitos locais. São apontados exemplos de indícios macrossísmicos e de evidências instrumentais da profunda influência que as condições geotécnicas locais têm na amplitude, no conteúdo de frequências e na duração dos movimentos sísmicos fortes, e consequentemente nos efeitos destruidores dos sismos. Relativamente às evidências instrumentais são apresentados e analisados vários registos da aceleação horizontal em terreno rochoso e em solos brandos profundos obtidos nos grandes sismos de Michoacan, Loma Prieta, Kobe e Kocaeli. São analisados e discutidos, à luz de um modelo interpretativo simplificado, os principais factores e condições que favorecem a existência de efeitos locais de amplificação sísmica pelos solos. É feita uma apreciação da evolução mais recente das disposições regulamentares e normativas relativas à influências das condições geotécnicas na acção sísmica. A concluir, são feitas considerações sobre a relevância dos efeitos de amplificação sísmica pelos solos em Portugal e são apontados alguns tópicos em relação aos quais se torna necessário um aprofundamento dos conhecimentos.
Percutaneous ablation of liver metastases from colorectal cancer: a comparison between the outcomes of ultrasound guidance and CT guidance using propensity score matching
Authors: Luo Ma , Peng Sheng , Yang Guang , Lin Letao , Lu Ligong , Chen Jiawen , Zhang Fujun , Gao Fei
Published: October 2022

Purpose: The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness and outcomes of percutaneous ablation guided by ultrasonography (US) and computed tomography (CT) in colorectal liver oligometastases (CLOM).Methods: This study included patients with CLOM treated with percutaneous ablation from January 2008 to January 2021 in this observational study. Only lesions visualized on both CT and US images were further analyzed according to whether patients’ initial ablation treatments utilized US guidance or CT guidance. The Kaplan-Meier method was used to estimate local tumor progression (LTP)–free survival after propensity score matching (PSM). The LTP-free survival and treatment-related outcomes were compared between these two groups.Results: PSM identified 116 patients from each group, with 269 and 238 lesions in the USguided and CT-guided groups, respectively. US-guided ablation had a shorter average procedure time and lower cost than CT-guided ablation (27.54±12.06 minutes vs. 32.70±13.88 minutes, P=0.003; $2,175.13±618.17 vs. $2,455.49±710.25, P=0.002). For patients >60 years of age, the cumulative LTP rate at 1 year was lower in the US-guided group than in the CT-guided group (17.8% vs. 25.1%, P=0.038). For patients with perivascular liver lesions, the cumulative LTP rate at 1 year was lower in the US-guided group (14.4% vs. 28.2%, P=0.040).Conclusion: For patients whose age is >60 years or who have perivascular liver lesions, USguided ablation is better than CT-guided ablation, with a shorter treatment time and lower costs when both ablation methods are feasible for patients.
Ausgleichssysteme im nachhaltigen Flächenmanagement. Potenziale und Herausforderungen am Beispiel der Region Rendsburg
Authors: Goede Paul
Published: October 2022

Despite all efforts to date, the original 2020 targets for reducing land use have not been met. In growing urban regions, the most urgent challenge at present seems to be to moderate increasing conflicts over the use of land, a resource that is becoming increasingly scarce. For sustainable land management in times of surging interdependencies across municipal boundaries, inter-municipal cooperation is becoming increasingly important. However, competitive incentives make sustainable, cooperative settlement development more difficult. In this context, compensation systems that enable a systematic balance of interests and provide incentives for sustainable, land-saving settlement development, are currently being discussed. Ideally, they should resolve the contradictions between local interests and regional goals, if they are properly adapted to the respective region. This paper places compensation systems in the international debate and proposes a categorization for further analysis. Using the example of the Rendsburg region (Germany), success factors for compensation systems in land management are discussed.
Tipificación de nombres en Manettia (Rubiaceae, Spermacoceae) para la Flora de Argentina y Paraguay
Authors: Gauto Silvana Y. , Nuñez Florentin Mariela , Gonzalez Ana M. , Salas Roberto M.
Published: October 2022

Manettia is a Neotropical genus that includes 80 to 130 species. As part of the taxonomical review of the genus for the “Flora Argentina” and “Flora del Paraguay” projects, seven names were found in need of nomenclatural studies. As a result five lectotypes and two neotypes are here designated and notes on these typifications are included.
Legendre wavelet residual approach for moving boundary problem with variable thermal physical properties
Authors: Jitendra  , Chaurasiya Vikas , Rai Kabindra Nath , Singh Jitendra
Published: October 2022

The main aim of the current article is to describe an uni-dimensional moving boundary problem with conduction and convection effect when thermal conductivity and specific heat varying linearly with temperature and time. The Mathematical model has nonlinearity due to presence of variable thermal conductivity and specific heat. A Legendre wavelet residual approach is introduced to get the solution of the problem with high accuracy. The surface heat flux is taken as an exponent function of time while latent heat is presented as an exponent function of position. Galerkin technique is used to obtain the numerical solution in case of constant physical properties while collocation technique is used for variable thermal physical properties. When it is considered that thermal physical properties are constant then obtained numerical solution was compared with exact solution and found in good acceptance. The effect of convection and variable thermal conductivity with time and temperature on the location of the moving layer thickness is analyzed. Further the effect of Peclet number and other physical parameters on the location of moving layer thickness are discussed in detail.
Xylooligosaccharides and aerobic training regulate metabolism and behavior in rats with streptozotocin-induced type 1 diabetes
Authors: Choneva Mariya , Shishmanova-Doseva Michaela , Dimov Ivica , Boyanov Krasimir , Dimitrov Iliyan , Vlaykova Tatyana , Georgieva Katerina , Hrischev Petar , Bivolarska Anelia
Published: October 2022

Type 1 diabetes mellitus is characterized with decreased microbial diversity. Gut microbiota is essential for the normal physiological functioning of many organs, especially the brain. Prebiotics are selectively fermentable oligosaccharides [xylooligosaccharides (XOS), galactooligosaccharides, etc.] that promote the growth and activity of gut microbes and influence the gut–brain axis. Aerobic exercise is a non-pharmacological approach for the control of diabetes and could improve cognitive functions. The potential beneficial effect of XOS and/or aerobic training on cognition, the lipid profile and oxidative stress markers of experimental rats were evaluated in this study. Male Wistar rats were randomly divided into three streptozotocin-induced diabetic groups and a control group. Some of the rats, either on a XOS treatment or a standard diet, underwent aerobic training. The results showed that the aerobic training independently lowered the total cholesterol levels compared to the sedentary diabetic rats (p = 0.032), while XOS lowers the malondialdehyde levels in the trained diabetic rats (p = 0.034). What is more the exercise, independently or in combination with XOS beneficially affected all parameters of the behavioral tests. We conclude that aerobic exercises alone or in a combination with the prebiotic XOS could ameliorate the dyslipidemia, oxidative stress, and cognitive abilities in experimental type 1 diabetic animals.
Ontology Generator
Authors: Pelman Alik
Published: October 2022

The paper proposes a simple method for constructing ontological theories—an ‘ontology generator’. It shows that such a generator manages to produce major existing ontological theories, e.g., Realism, Nominalism, Trope theory, Bundle theory, Perdurantism, Endurantism, Possibilism, Actualism and more. It thus turns out, surprisingly, that all these seemingly unrelated different ontological theories that were designed by thinkers hundreds of years apart, can all be generated using the same simple mechanism. Moreover, this same generator manages to produce entirely novel ontological theories, that fare no worse than existing ones in meeting the same common metaphysical challenges.
Pferdegestützte Psychotherapie – zwischen Mythologie, Praxis und Forschung
Authors: Heintz Birgit
Published: October 2022

Wenn Pferde als zusätzliches, lebendiges Medium in der ambulanten Psychotherapie eingesetzt werden, ist damit eine große Veränderung, d. h. Öffnung und Erweiterung des Settings verbunden. Das Einbeziehen von Pferden bzw. des Pferdes als lebendiges Subjekt ist eine psychotherapeutische Behandlungsvariante, nicht etwa eine neue Therapiemethode. Der Begriff des Mediums verweist auf die Rolle des Pferdes als Mittler, wobei die pferdegestützte Psychotherapie die Beibehaltung aller wesentlichen Grundsätze etablierter psychotherapeutischer (Richtlinien-)Verfahren impliziert und immer in die Behandlung in der Praxis integriert ist. Art und Weise, Dauer und Zeitpunkt des Einbeziehens der Pferde orientieren sich vor allem an den Themen und Inhalten der individuellen Psychotherapieprozesse.

Der Beitrag beleuchtet diese besondere Behandlungsvariante aus der Sicht einer Jung’schen Analytikerin in drei Teilen: Der Einführung über die mythologische Metapher des Chiron folgen Vignetten einer pferdegestützten Krisenintervention, in deren Zentrum die Auseinandersetzung mit einer transgenerationalen Konfliktthematik steht. Im letzten Teil werden einige grundsätzliche Wirkfaktoren pferdegestützter Psychotherapie beschrieben und aktuelle Forschungsansätze skizziert.
Detecting the Type of Attack in Healthcare Cloud Computing System Using Termite Deep Belief Neural Network (TDBNN) for Future Smart Cities
Authors: Balasubramaniam S. , Siva Sankar K. , Brindha Malar C. , Pallikonda Rajasekaran M. , Arunkumar N. , Thilagaraj M.
Published: October 2022

With the popularity of smart electronic devices, along with the development of clouds and cloudlet technology, there has been an increasing need to provide better medical care. The processing chain of medical data mainly includes data collection, data storage, data sharing, etc. The traditional healthcare system often requires the delivery of medical data to the cloud, which involves users’ sensitive information and causes communication energy consumption. Practically, medical data sharing is a critical and challenging issue. This issue motivates construction to maintain the security and privacy of healthcare data by applying the neural network approach. During this process, the system examines the various intermediate attacks; malwares for detecting the threats also eliminate the unauthorized access in the cloud storage-based healthcare system. In this paper, A termite colony optimization deep belief neural network (TDBNN) is proposed for the feature selection process with the combination of Levenberg-Marquardt for the back-propagation stage, which hence detects the list of attacks that occurred in the cloud and categorizes it. The proposed TDBNN is compared with two well-known, state-of-the-art methods, the recurrent neural network oppositional crow search algorithm and voting extreme learning machine, in terms of precision, sensitivity, specificity, f1-score, and kappa score. The proposed method achieves 99.03 % accuracy, 99.03 % precision, 99.03 % sensitivity, 99.76 % specificity, a 99.03 % f1-score, and a 98.79 % of kappa score.
Recent progress in cancer therapy based on the combination of ferroptosis with photodynamic therapy
Authors: Gao Zeping , Zheng Shunzhe , Kamei Ken-ichiro , Tian Chutong
Published: October 2022

Current anticancer treatments have many limitations to achieving high efficacy. Hence, novel strategies that broaden therapeutic prospects must urgently be developed. Ferroptosis is an iron-dependent form of non-apoptotic programmed cell death that is induced by cellular antioxidative system inhibition. Photodynamic therapy (PDT) uses photosensitizers to generate reactive oxygen species and aggravate oxidative stress in tumor cells. Combining ferroptosis with PDT cooperatively regulates intracellular redox homeostasis, thus increasing cancer cell susceptibility to oxidative stress and yielding synergistic anticancer effects. In this review, various strategies for combining ferroptosis with PDT are comprehensively summarized and discussed, including mono-PDT and PDT-induced ferroptosis, combining PDT with small-molecule ferroptosis inducers, and combining PDT with metal-ion-induced ferroptosis. Additionally, the possibility of combining ferroptosis and PDT with other anti-tumor therapies is discussed. Finally, the prospects and challenges of combining ferroptosis with PDT in clinical cancer treatment are addressed. With increased understanding of the superiority of combination PDT with ferroptosis for cancer treatment, we hope that drug delivery systems based on this strategy will be further developed to increase anticancer efficiency and achieve successful clinical translation.
Hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells integrate microbial signals to promote post‐inflammation gut tissue repair
Authors: Sezaki Maiko , Hayashi Yoshikazu , Nakato Gaku , Wang Yuxin , Nakata Sayuri , Biswas Subinoy , Morishima Tatsuya , Fakruddin Md , Moon Jieun , Ahn Soyeon , Kim Pilhan , Miyamoto Yuji , Baba Hideo , Fukuda Shinji , Takizawa Hitoshi
Published: October 2022

Bone marrow (BM)‐resident hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs) are often activated following bacterial insults to replenish the host hemato‐immune system, but how they integrate the associated tissue damage signals to initiate distal tissue repair is largely unknown. Here, we show that acute gut inflammation expands HSPCs in the BM and directs them to inflamed mesenteric lymph nodes through GM–CSFR activation for further expansion and potential differentiation into Ly6C+/G+ myeloid cells specialized in gut tissue repair. We identified this process to be mediated by Bacteroides, a commensal gram‐negative bacteria that activates innate immune signaling. These findings establish cross‐organ communication between the BM and distant inflamed sites, whereby a certain subset of multipotent progenitors is specified to respond to imminent hematopoietic demands and to alleviate inflammatory symptoms.
Development and validation of an instrument to assess the knowledge of oncology nurses about a fully implanted catheter
Authors: Pereira Jamile Mineu , Guedes Nirla Gomes , Silva Viviane Martins da , Carvalho Rhanna Emanuela Fontenele Lima de
Published: October 2022

Objective: to develop and validate an instrument to assess the knowledge of oncology nurses about the fully implanted central venous catheter. Methods: this is a methodological study. The instrument was built based on an integrative review and included 25 questions (10 about general aspects of the device and puncture; 10 about heparinization and complications; and 5 about the dressing). After construction, the instrument was evaluated by five experts, in a single round, in four items, on the adequacy of the questions to the objectives of the instrument, the valuation of the questions, the content and the clarity of each question. Adequacy was confirmed by the minimum Concordance Index of 80%. Results: all items in the questions about heparinization and complications were considered adequate, and two questions about general aspects and puncture and one question about dressing had an agreement rate of 60%. Changes were made as suggested by experts. Conclusion: the instrument, for the most part, presented clear, relevant questions that serve the purpose. Contributions to practice: it is expected to contribute with institutions and with a safe care of nurses who assist cancer patients with fully implanted catheters.
Perception and use of the Child's Health Handbook by professionals and mothers: an interactionist approach
Authors: Soares Anniely Rodrigues , Guedes Anna Tereza Alves , Vieira Daniele de Souza , Pedrosa Rafaella Karolina Bezerra , Toso Beatriz Rosana Gonçalves de Oliveira , Collet Neusa , Reichert Altamira Pereira da Silva
Published: October 2022

Objective: to understand the perception of health professionals and mothers about the Children's Handbook. Methods: qualitative study, developed in Family Health Units, with 25 professionals and 11 mothers of children under three years old by means of semi-structured interviews. The empirical material was submitted to Inductive Thematic Analysis and interpreted in the light of Symbolic Interactionism. Results: Child Health Handbook was seen as a multi-professional and intersectoral tool that allows continuity of care, guides the professional's conduct and the care of the child's family. However, it was still seen as a vaccination card. As for use, weaknesses were mentioned during home visits and in professionals' records. In addition, mothers only used it when they took the child to the health service. Conclusion: professionals and mothers presented distinct opinions about the Child Health Notebook. Some considered it as an extension of the medical record and others as a tool like the child's card, being used by specific professionals and at specific times. Contributions to practice: the data reveal meanings and perceptions of the health team and mothers about the Child's Health Handbook and its use, bringing contributions to the scientific knowledge on the subject.
Spiritual well-being, anxiety and depression in the preoperative period of cardiac surgery
Authors: Gomes Eduardo Tavares , Bezerra Simone Maria Muniz da Silva
Published: October 2022

Objective: to correlate religiosity and spiritual well-being with anxiety and depression in patients in the preoperative period of cardiac surgery. Methods: cross-sectional study conducted with 174 patients admitted to a university hospital using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, the Spiritual Well-Being Scale, and the DUKE Religiosity Index. Results: the religious well-being and religiosity dimensions did not present significant differences between anxious and non-anxious patients. Existential well-being showed lower scores than religious well-being, being significantly lower among anxious patients. Among patients with depressive symptoms, the existential well-being score was significantly lower. Religiosity and religious well-being were not different between depressed and non-depressed patients. Conclusion: religiosity and spirituality did not exempt patients from presenting anxiety and depression in the preoperative period of cardiac surgery, although they are cited as mediators of coping strategies and psychological adaptation. Contributions to practice: the present study provides evidence that religiosity does not exempt patients from being anxious while waiting for heart surgery.
Elderly people's knowledge and preventive practices about COVID-19
Authors: Nogueira Iara Sescon , Silva Emanuella Regina Vilhena da , Gallina Mariane Zancanaro , Constantino Fernando Henrique , Manjinski Everson
Published: October 2022

Objective: to understand the knowledge and preventive practices of elderly people about COVID-19. Methods: qualitative research developed with 11 elderly people living in a condominium for the elderly. Data were obtained using the technique of individual interviews and then submitted to lexicographic analysis by means of the Descending Hierarchical Classification using the software IRaMuTeQ®; and discussion in the light of the literature on COVID-19. Results: six classes emerged: Building knowledge and preventive practices about COVID-19; Emotional consequences; Preventive and control practices; Recognition and importance of prevention strategies; Physical, social, and economic impacts; and Individual and collective risk factors. Conclusion: the elderly understands the negative consequences of COVID-19, identifying the individual and collective risk factors, learned based on experiences during the pandemic, previous experiences, dialogues, and sources of information. They recognize the importance of preventive practices, carrying out care in the home and urban environment. Contributions to practice: the study contributes positively to the care of the elderly with the construction of knowledge about COVID-19, especially in the context of elderly residents in a condominium for the elderly, sensitizing and grounding health professionals to plan and develop problematizing educational actions, impacting on professional practice.
The Nature, Frequency, and Timing of Pediatric Sedation Adverse Events
Authors: Boriosi Juan P. , Lasarev Micheal L. , Ferrazano Peter A. , Peters Megan E.
Published: October 2022

OBJECTIVES

The nature and frequency of pediatric sedation adverse events (AEs) have been well described. However, the timing of specific AEs in induction, procedure, and recovery phase of sedation remains unknown. The objective was to describe the nature, frequency, and timing of AEs. We hypothesized that most AEs would start at the induction phase.

METHODS

We examined prospectively collected data of sedation encounters of children 3 months to 18 years of age, characterized by at least 1 AE, from January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2020. Patient characteristics, primary diagnosis, procedure type, nature, frequency, and timing of AEs were reported.

RESULTS

Of 12 012 sedation encounters, the mean age was 7.6 (SD = 4.9) years, most (89%) were American Society of Anesthesiologists II risk, the most common diagnosis was hematology/oncology (27.3%) and the most common procedure radiologic (47.8%). At least 1 AE occurred during 765 (6.4%) encounters. Respiratory AEs were most common (n = 645, 5.4% of all encounters) and started more often during induction (64.5% of respiratory AEs). Partial upper airway obstruction was the most common respiratory AE (2.8% of all encounters). Partial (59.4%) and complete (77.3%) upper airway obstruction and apnea (84%) all began more often during induction. Laryngospasm (48.4% vs 46.8%) and hypoxemia (59.3% vs 39%) were similarly distributed between induction and procedure, respectively, though they were rare during recovery.

CONCLUSIONS

Most respiratory events in this cohort started during the induction or procedure phases. The sedation team should be especially prepared to administer rescue maneuvers and allocate staff/resources during these phases.
Postharvest application of acibenzolar-S-methyl and plant extracts affect physicochemical properties of blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum L.) fruits
Authors: Jaime-Guerrero Marilcen , Álvarez-Herrera Javier Giovanni , Ruiz-Berrío Hernán David
Published: October 2022

The demand for fruits with high anthocyanin content, such as blueberries, has increased in recent years due to their health benefits. However, few studies are known on the postharvest behavior of blueberry fruits subjected to the application of plant extracts and acibenzolar-S-methyl (ASM). The objective of this research was to investigate the effect of the application of ASM and vegetable extracts (mint and coriander) on the organoleptic characteristics of blueberry fruits stored at 16°C during postharvest through a completely  randomized design with five treatments. The contents of total anthocyanins in fruits (TA) did not differ between treatments, with values that ranged between 74.1 mg and 83.9 mg 100 g-1 of fresh weight. The TA tended to increase during storage and then to decrease during senescence. The firmness of blueberry fruits increased during storage, but hardness did not increase, since the fruits are softer and show wrinkling over time, indicating that the epidermis of the fruits has great elasticity. The fruits with the application of vegetable extracts showed the highest total soluble solids and total titratable acidity. The values of red/green and yellow/blue ratio increased, so the blueberry fruits slightly lost their blue hue during postharvest. Fruits with ASM application reached a postharvest life of 15 d after harvest (dah) while the other treatments only maintained quality for 13 dah.
Selection of Myrciaria dubia clones under conditions of the savanna/forest transition of Roraima through multivariate analysis
Authors: Tadashi Sakazaki Roberto , Alves Chagas Edvan , Abanto-Rodriguez Carlos , Cardoso Chagas Pollyana , Rocha de Araujo Maria da Conceição , Lopes Monteiro Neto João Luiz , Grigio Maria Luiza , Carvalho Zborowski Luiz Guilherme , Da Silva Siqueira Raphael Henrique , Erazo Amaya Jorge Zamir
Published: October 2022

Camu-camu (Myrciaria dubia), a fruit from the Amazon region, has received attention due to its high content of antioxidant compounds such as ascorbic acid and polyphenols. This study’s objective was to select camu-camu clones according to their morphological characteristics using multivariate analyses. We evaluated 56 camu-camu clones distributed in three blocks with two plants per experimental plot. The variables measured were plant height (H), number of basal branches (NBB), number of terminal buds (NTB), basal stem diameter (BSD), chlorophylls a (Chl a) and b (Chl b), and total chlorophyll (Chl a + b). Principal component (PCA) and multivariate clustering analyses were performed using the average linkage mean and Mahalanobis distance algorithms. After 24 months, results showed that the characteristic that least contributed to clone selection was NBB. The plant height (H), number of terminal buds (NTB), basal stem diameter (BSD), chlorophylls a (Chl a) and b (Chl b), and total chlorophyll (Chl a + b) had the most positive contribution towards the initial selection of camu-camu clones at two years of age. The 22 camu-camu clones showed the highest rate of vegetative development or vegetative quality index (VQI) in the transitional savanna/forest area of the northern Amazon, Brazil, after two years of transplanting.
Abundance of Beauveria spp. and Metarhizium spp. in maize and banana agroecosystems in central Cuba
Authors: Ramos Yordanys , Taibo Alberto Daniel , Alvarez Vega Andy Luis , Abreu Lemes Chabeli , Castañeda-Ruiz Rafael Felipe , Portal Orelvis
Published: October 2022

Entomopathogenic fungi are an ecological alternative for the control of agricultural pests. These fungi live in organic matter in the soil and can cause natural epizootics in many arthropods associated with the rhizosphere. The aim of this study was to evaluate the abundance of Beauveria and Metarhizium spp. in maize and banana agroecosystems in central Cuba. Selective medium and insect baiting methods were used to isolate the entomopathogenic fungi from the soil. Metarhizium spp. were significantly more abundant than Beauveria spp. in both types of fields of agroecosystems. The abundance of Metarhizium spp. was higher in Sagua la Grande than in Santa Clara and Camajuaní municipalities. The insect bait method resulted as the most successful way to isolate entomopathogenic fungi from soil. These results show the composition of the entomopathogenic fungi in different agroecosystems, and they are an advance in the understanding of their ecology.
Selection of the minimum indicator set for agricultural sustainability assessments at the plot scale
Authors: Monsalve Camacho Oscar Iván , Henao Toro Martha Cecilia
Published: October 2022

Some authors raise concerns about the validity, reliability, and transparency of indicator selection in agricultural sustainability assessments. In this regard, several selection criteria have been put forward for sustainability assessments at the farm, regional, country, or planet levels. However, assessments at the plot or experimental unit level require, in addition to the adaptation of these criteria or the generation of new ones, the construction of a selection methodology. Thus, the aim of this study was to build a framework for selecting the minimum set of indicators that will be part of the agricultural sustainability analyses at the plot or experimental unit level. A hierarchical order of indicators was established, consisting of raw, baseline, and core indicators; the latter made up the minimum indicators set (MIS). Subsequently, selection procedures and criteria were established, consisting of mandatory, main non-mandatory, alternative non-mandatory, and correlation indicators. The selection method was evaluated with the results of a greenhouse tomato fertilization study. Of the 40 raw indicators with which the analysis began, the MIS was made up of eight core indicators: three environmental, four social, and one economic. This indicator selection method uses a rigorous process, with 22 selection criteria, distributed in four hierarchical groups. At the same time, it promotes less subjectivity, by including statistical analysis, algorithms, and mathematical processes.
Dual-purpose production of forage and seeds in maize by detopping and defoliation
Authors: Heidari Hassan , Amiriani Mozhgan
Published: October 2022

Maize is one of the most productive crops whose seeds are used in the poultry sector as one of the main ingredients in their diet. It is also important forage for ruminants as silage. The aim of this research was to assess the effect of defoliation and detopping on dual-purpose maize production in field (Kermanshah, Iran, Mediterranean climate conditions) and laboratory experiments. The study included a control (intact plant), removal of leaves at the top of the ear, removal of leaves under the ear, removal of all leaves, detopping stem removal at the top of the ear, and detopping including removal of leaves under the ear. In the laboratory experiment, germination traits were assessed in seeds obtained from the mother plants in the field experiment. The field and laboratory experiments were conducted with a randomized complete block design and completely randomized design. The data were analyzed using a general linear model. The removal of leaves under the ear produced an increased seed number per row compared to the removal of leaves at the top of the ear. Intact plants (control) and the plants defoliated under the ear had a higher 100-seed weight than other treatments. There was no difference between detopping and control plants in seed yield. Removal of leaves under the ear of mother plants produced a lower seed germination percentage (83%), radicle length (11.3 cm), and seed vigor than in other treatments. The results show that maize can be cultivated as a dual-purpose crop for forage and seed production.
La intervención de Trabajo Social en tiempos de covid-19. Una apuesta de proyección social universitaria desde el enfoque sindémico
Authors: Gonzalez Adriana , Falla Ramirez Uva
Published: October 2022

Este artículo presenta los resultados parciales de la sistematización de la Línea de Atención y Acompañamiento Social: Unicolmayor Te Escucha, del programa de Trabajo Social. Se destaca el trabajo en equipo, la creación colectiva del conocimiento, la apuesta por la intervención de Trabajo Social desde la proyección social universitaria, fundamentada epistemológicamente para comprender y superar los horizontes de sentido tradicionales. Se trata de una intervención mediada por la virtualidad y en el marco de las prácticas académicas, sin perder el sentido ético político y con lanovedad de entender la proyección social universitaria desde la mirada sindémica que revela la relación entre lo biológico, económico y social.
Gel’fand Γ-Semirings
Authors: Sharma Tilak Raj , Ranote Hitesh Kumar
Published: October 2022

In this paper, we introduce the notion of a Gel’fand Γ-semiring and discuss the various characterization of simple, k-ideal, strong ideal, t-small elements and additively cancellative elements of a Gel’fand Γ-semiring R, and prove that the set of additively cancellative elements, set of all t-small elements of R and set of all maximal ideal of R are strong ideals. Further, let R be a simple Gel’fand Γ-semiring and 1 ≠ t ∈ R. Let M be the set of all maximal left (right) ideals of R. Then an element x of R is t-small if and only if it belongs to every maximal one sided left (right)ideal of R containing t.
La exigencia cristiana según San Pablo
Authors: Delhaye Philippe
Published: October 2022

INTRODUCCIÓN. I. LA NUEVA CRIATURA EN CRISTO : 1. La transformación del hombre por la acción divina. 2. Circunstancias y consecuencias de esta transformación. 3. La «divinización» no perjudica la «humanización», II. LA VIDA EN EL ESPÍRITU: 1. Expresiones imaginativas. 2. Consecuencias morales: aspecto negativo. 3. Aspecto positivo. III. EL TEMA DE LA IMAGEN DE DIOS: 1. Oposición entre «psyché» y «pneuma». 2. Elemento de conocimiento. 3. Asimilación progresiva. IV. LA IMITACIÓN DE DIOS y DE CRISTO: 1. Imitación en la Iglesia. 2. Imitación de Cristo. V. EL RESPETO DE LA VOLUNTAD DE DIOS y DE CRISTO: 1. La obediencia al Evangelio de nuestro Señor Jesús. 2. La ley. 3. La ley de Cristo. VI. LA LIBERTAD ESPIRITUAL DEL CRISTIANO : 1. La vida nueva, liberación del hombre. 2. Libertad responsable. 3. El Espíritu Santo, principio interior de la libertad. VII. LAS PERSPECTIVAS ESCATOLÓGICAS: A LA ESPERA DEL DÍA DEL SEÑOR: 1. El marco del pensamiento paulino. 2. Moral del tiempo de la esperanza. 3. Moral del tiempo de la tribulación, de la paciencia, de la diversidad de «llamadas» y situaciones terrenas.
La Santísima Trinidad, comunión de personas
Authors: González-Alió José Luis
Published: October 2022

Introducción I. EL VERBO MENTAL EN LA CONSTITUCIÓN DE LA «COMUNIÓN DE PERSONAS»: 1. El hombre, señor de las cosas. 2. El «autoconocimiento» humano. 3. El hombre frente a Dios. 4. El descubrimiento de «el otro». 5. La comunicación como donación. 6. La comunicación de personas y la unidad del «verbo». 7. La comunión de personas imagen de la Trinidad. II. CARACTERÍSTICAS DEL VERBO DIVINO: 1. El Verbo de Dios: «Deus dictus». 2. El Verbo de Dios: «Deus intellectus». 3. El caracter manifestativo del Verbo divino. 4. Los argumentos de congruencia en la teología trinitaria. III. LAS PERSONAS DIVINAS SON RELACIONES SUBSISTENTES DE CONOCIMIENTO: 1. El entender divino: entender trinitario. 2. Las relaciones interpersonales de conocimiento en la Trinidad. 3. La mediación intradivina del Verbo: El Verbo divino como medio in quo de las relaciones interpersonales de conocimiento en Dios. 4. Las personas divinas se conocen «in Verbo». 5. La identidad in re y la distinción formal de cada Persona divina. 6. Recapitulación y síntesis. IV: LA VIDA DIVINA: VIDA TRINITARIA: 1. La vida divina: vida trinitaria. 2. La Trinidad como «comunidad de origen». 3. La Trinidad como «comunidad social». 4. La Trinidad como «comunión de Personas». 5. La triple donación trinitaria. Conclusiones.
Semblanza religiosa y significado teológico del movimiento de Oxford
Authors: Morales José
Published: October 2022

I. INTRODUCCIÓN: 1. El escenario y los protagonistas. 2. Un proyecto de restauración católica en la Iglesia anglicana. II. Los TRACTARIANOS COMO PARTIDO RELIGIOSO BIEN DEFINIDO POR PRINCIPIOS COMUNES Y PRECISOS: 1. Un grupo coherente . 2. La formación gradual de una visión del cristianismo y de la Iglesia. III. EL RETRATO ESPIRITUAL DEL MOVIMIENTO DE OXFORD: 1. Veneración hacia los misterios y dogmas cristianos. 2. Una empresa esencialmente religiosa y no simplemente un impulso romántico. 3. Defensor de la libertad eclesiástica: a. En favor de una Iglesia independiente del Estado. b. La política del movimiento tractariano. 4. El Movimiento de Oxford, crítico del protestantismo: a. Una tendencia general y dominante. b. La contribución de Hurrell Froude. c. La crítica decisiva. 5. Un verdadero «movimiento» de naturaleza no estacionaria. 6. Un movimiento ajeno al espíritu religioso inglés. IV. UN SISTEMA DOCTRINAL PROPIO. V. LA OPCION ENTRE ROMA y LUTERO.
Sull'antropologia di Mario Vittorino
Authors: Stefani Massimo
Published: October 2022

1. Introduzione.- 2. I testi di Vittorino.- 3. Paralleli con alcuni autori pagani speculativamente prossimi a Vittorino .- 4. Le realtà ilemorfiche e la nozione di «summitates puriores tes hyles» .- 5. La discesa in senso astronomico e la dottrina dell' ochema-pneuma .- 6. La dottrina della discesa dell'anima in Vittorino ed il rifiuto della nozione di pneuma «quo consistit fluens corpus».- 7. La 'doxa' del nous doppio. Paralleli nella riflessione pagana.- 8. La esegesi alessandrina di Gen 2, 7 come fonte del dualismo di anima e nous (Filone, Teodoto, Clemente, Origene, Ambrogio).- 9. La ricezione della esegesi di Gen 2, 7 in Vittorino
La doctrina social de la Iglesia como Teología moral
Authors: Illanes José Luis
Published: October 2022

I. LA DISCUSIÓN SOBRE LA NATURALEZA DE LA DOCTRINA SOCIAL DE LA IGLESIA.- 1. La «Rerum novarum», paradigma de la doctrina social de la Iglesia. 2. De la «Rerum novarum» a las discusiones sobre la naturaleza de la doctrina social de la Iglesia. 3. El debate sobre la doctrina social de la iglesia. 4. La reafirmación de la doctrina social de la Iglesia. II. EL CARÁCTER TEOLÓGICO DE LA DOCTRINA SOCIAL DE LA IGLESIA. ALCANCE E IMPLICACIONES.- 1. Estructura interna de la doctrina social de la Iglesia. 2. Carácter teológico de la doctrina social de la Iglesia. 3. Doctrina social, utopía y ética. 4. Doctrina social. análisis socio-económico y ciencias sociales
El universo creado y la encarnación redentora de cristo
Authors: Muñoz León Domingo
Published: October 2022

Introducción: Delimitación del ámbito de la ponencia.- 1. Creación y redención en el A. T.- 2. La Encarnación redentora en el Prólogo de Juan.- A) La dimensión histórico-salvífica del Prólogo (Etapas de la Historia de la Salvación). B) Estudio analítico de la relación entre creación y encarnación en el Prólogo de Juan. C) Estudio sintético de la relación entre Creación y Encarnación en el Prólogo.- 3) La dimensión redentora de la Encarnación en el resto del evangelio. 4) Creación (Universo creado) y Encarnación redentora integradas en un mismo designio de comunicación divina. A) La visión joánica de la Encarnación redentora afirma la bondad radical del Universo creado (incluyendo el Hombre que es su culminación) como obra del Verbo y, tras la caída del hombre, lo restablece de manera admirable. B) La carne de Cristo y la resurrección de la carne. C) La integración de creación y redención en un único plan divino para con la humanidad, a la luz del conjunto del Nuevo Testamento.- 5. Conclusión: El río de la redención que lava el Universo.
La presentación de la Iglesia particular en las Guías Diocesanas
Authors: Arévalo Fernando
Published: October 2022

I. INTRODUCCIÓN.- II. LAS GUÍAS DE LAS DIÓCESIS DE ESPAÑA.A. Estudio de la estructura y sistemática general de las guías. 1. Finalidad y características. 2. Estructura y constitución básica de una guía. B. Estudio temático. 1. La Iglesia universal y la Iglesia en España. 2. El Obispo, cabeza de la Iglesia particular. 3. El Presbiterio diocesano. 4. Organismos diocesanos. 5. Los laicos. 6. La vida consagrada. 7. Presencia de estructuras pastorales de naturaleza transdiocesana. El Ordinariato militar y las Prelaturas personales. 8. Asociaciones y movimientos. 9. Dimensión misionera de la Iglesia particular. C. Conclusiones. III. PUBLICACIONES DE OTROS PAÍSES.- A. Estudio descriptivo. B. Conclusiones valorativas. IV. TEOLOGÍA DE LA IGLESIA PARTICULAR.- A. La relación Iglesia particular-Iglesia universal. 1. La Iglesia existe en las Iglesias particulares. 2. La Iglesia existe a partir de las Iglesias particulares. B. Constitución de la Iglesia particular. 1. Elementos esenciales de la Iglesia particular. 2. Elementos accidentales que configuran la Iglesia particular. 3. Medios para la edificación de la Iglesia particular. V. POSIBLE ESQUEMA DE GUÍA DIOCESANA.- La diócesis en la Iglesia universal. Los elementos constitutivos de la diócesis. Otras instituciones que contribuyen a la edificación de la Iglesia en la diócesis. Aspectos de la vida de la diócesis. Apéndices.
Organization
Authors: Horswill Ian
Published: October 2022

List of organizers of the Tenth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment.
AIIDE 2014 StarCraft Competition
Authors: Buro Michael , Churchill David
Published: October 2022

In 2014, AIIDE will host the Fifth Annual StarCraft AI Competition. Participants are given the task of building the best performing AI system for the popular real-time strategy game StarCraft Brood War (Blizzard Entertainment). The goals of the competition are to provide a testbed for real-time AI systems and to promote game AI research by ex- hibiting AI techniques such as scripting, planning, optimization, spatial reasoning, and opponent modeling in a fast-paced popular video game.
Spice It Up! Enriching Open World NPC Simulation Using Constraint Satisfaction
Authors: Cerny Martin , Brom Cyril , Bartak Roman , Antos Martin
Published: October 2022

With more computing power available, video games may spare increasing amounts of processing time for AI. One prospective application of the newly available resources is the simulation of large amounts of non-player characters (NPCs) in open world games. While it is relatively easy to simulate simple behaviours of individual NPCs it is much more difficult to create meaningful interactions between the NPCs. However, without interaction, the world cannot look very alive. In this paper we present a technique that enriches the NPC simulation with pre-scripted situations - short sketches involving coordinated interaction between several NPCs that do not substantially alter the state of the game world but increase the appeal of the world to the player. We use constraint satisfaction techniques to find NPCs suitable to enact the situations at runtime. We have implemented situations on top of the AI system for an upcoming AAA open-world game and show that this approach satisfies functional and computational requirements for practical deployment in the final version of the game.
Fuzzy Affective Player Models: A Physiology-Based Hierarchical Clustering Method
Authors: Nogueira Pedro , Aguiar Rúben , Rodrigues Rui , Oliveira Eugénio , Nacke Lennart
Published: October 2022

Current approaches to game design improvements rely on time-consuming gameplay testing processes, which rely on highly subjective feedback from a target audience. In this paper, we propose a generalizable approach for building predictive models of players’ emotional reactions across different games and game genres, as well as other forms of digital stimuli. Our input agnostic approach relies on the following steps: (a) collecting players' physiologically-inferred emotional states during actual gameplay sessions, (b) extrapolating the causal relations between changes in players' emotional states and recorded game events, and (c) building hierarchical cluster models of players' emotional reactions that can later be used to infer individual player models via fuzzy cluster membership vectors. We expect this work to benefit game designers by accelerating the affective play-testing process through the offline simulation of players' reactions to game design adaptations, as well as to contribute towards individually-tailored affective gaming.
The Real-Time Strategy Game Multi-Objective Build Order Problem
Authors: Blackford Jason , Lamont Gary
Published: October 2022

In this paper we examine the build order problem in real-time strategy (RTS) games in which the objective is to optimize execution of a strategy by scheduling actions with respect to a set of subgoals. We model the build order problem as a multi-objective problem (MOP), and solutions are generated utilizing a multi-objective evolutionary algorithm (MOEA). A three dimensional solution space is presented providing a depiction of a Pareto front for the build order MOP. Results of the online strategic planning tool are provided which demonstrate that our planner out-performs an expert scripted player. This is demonstrated for an AI agent in the Spring Engine Balanced Annihilation RTS game.
Developing Social Identity Models of Players from Game Telemetry Data
Authors: Lim Chong-U , Harrell D.
Published: October 2022

In this paper, we present an approach to modeling aspects of the identities of videogame players by data mining game telemetry information on in-game player performance and customization preferences. Our model demonstrates that such data can be used to reveal aspects of the identities players express by their social networking profile information. We tested our model on players of the multiplayer first-person shooter videogame Team Fortress 2. It was able to significantly explain the variances of the players' number of friends (35.1%), number of uploaded screenshots (49.6%), and number of uploaded videos (39.2%) of their profiles on the gaming social network Steam. Our results revealed several findings, such as criteria indicating how players customized avatars differently according to notions of aesthetics and practicality, and how these notions contributed to predicting their number of friends on their social networking profiles.Responses evaluated from a conducted survey reaffirmed several of these findings.
Learning Micro-Management Skills in RTS Games by Imitating Experts
Authors: Young Jay , Hawes Nick
Published: October 2022

We investigate the problem of learning the control of small groups of units in combat situations in Real Time Strategy (RTS) games. AI systems may acquire such skills by observing and learning from expert players, or other AI systems performing those tasks. However, access to training data may be limited, and representations based on metric information -- position, velocity, orientation etc. -- may be brittle, difficult for learning mechanisms to work with, and generalise poorly to new situations. In this work we apply \textit{qualitative spatial relations} to compress such continuous, metric state-spaces into symbolic states, and show that this makes the learning problem easier, and allows for more general models of behaviour. Models learnt from this representation are used to control situated agents, and imitate the observed behaviour of both synthetic (pre-programmed) agents, as well as the behaviour of human-controlled agents on a number of canonical micro-management tasks. We show how a Monte-Carlo method can be used to decompress qualitative data back in to quantitative data for practical use in our control system. We present our work applied to the popular RTS game Starcraft.
Sequential Pattern Mining in StarCraft: Brood War for Short and Long-Term Goals
Authors: Leece Michael , Jhala Arnav
Published: October 2022

A wide variety of strategies have been used to create agents in the growing field of real-time strategy AI. However, a frequent problem is the necessity of hand-crafting competencies, which becomes prohibitively difficult in a large space with many corner cases. A preferable approach would be to learn these competencies from the wealth of expert play available. We present a system that uses the Generalized Sequential Pattern (GSP) algorithm from data mining to find common patterns in StarCraft:Brood War replays at both the micro- and macro-level, and verify that these correspond to human understandings of expert play. In the future, we hope to use these patterns to learn tasks and goals in an unsupervised manner for an HTN planner.