bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
La Turquie : une puissance émergente qui n’a pas les moyens de ses ambitions
Authors: Jabbour Jana
Published: December 2020

La Turquie adopte une posture de plus en plus hostile aux pays occidentaux. Son activisme en Méditerranée orientale et en Libye en est l’illustration. L’agressivité d’Ankara ne doit toutefois pas être sur-interprétée. La Turquie émerge depuis quelques années comme une puissance moyenne en quête de reconnaissance qui souhaite diversifier ses partenariats. Elle n’a en revanche pas intérêt à se lancer dans une confrontation ouverte avec l’Occident. Elle n’en aurait d’ailleurs pas les moyens. politique étrangère
Les dilemmes de la politique russe de l’Inde
Authors: Grare Frédéric
Published: December 2020

La politique russe de l’Inde a nettement évolué après la guerre froide. Elle est déterminée par la dépendance de l’Inde à l’égard de l’industrie de défense russe, par ses besoins en énergie, et plus encore par la crainte que la Russie, poussée par son antagonisme avec les États-Unis, ne tombe dans la sphère d’influence chinoise. L’asymétrie de puissance entre l’Inde, la Chine et la Russie, et les dynamiques stratégiques entre Pékin et Washington, renforcent toutefois les convergences entre Pékin et Moscou. politique étrangère
Esquisse d’une histoire française de la « philosophie générale »
Authors: Poucet Bruno
Published: December 2020

Cet article retrace l’histoire, dans l’enseignement français de la philosophie, de la « philosophie générale » comme catégorie institutionnelle et académique. Il en montre les enjeux philosophiques, politiques et sociaux, et retrace l’évolution d’une catégorie ayant connu des disparitions et des résurgences en fonction des combats de l’époque et des rapports complexes entre Secondaire et Université.
Qu’est-ce qu’une philosophie vivante ?
Authors: Feron Alexandre
Published: December 2020

La philosophie générale s’intéresse aux philosophies du passé en tant qu’elles sont vivantes , c’est-à-dire en tant qu’elles ont la capacité de nous aider à affronter certains problèmes philosophiques contemporains. Mais qu’est-ce qui fait que ces philosophies restent vivantes ? Nous nous sommes proposé d’explorer cette question en nous laissant guider par Sartre qui, à certains moments charnières de son élaboration théorique, s’interroge sur ce qui constitue le caractère absolu ou relatif, transhistorique ou historique, vivant ou mort d’une entreprise philosophique.
The Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Childhood Immunizations: Ways to Strengthen Routine Vaccination
Authors: McNally Veronica Valentine , Bernstein Henry H.
Published: December 2020

Primary care providers play key roles in ensuring that children and the community receive vaccines on time. Sometimes, this role includes the task of reassuring parents who are vaccine hesitant that vaccines are safe and effective. Now, because of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), providers are presented with the additional challenge of maintaining and strengthening routine vaccination during a pandemic. As COVID-19 cases increased and states implemented stay-at-home orders, outpatient visits declined significantly. As a result, childhood immunization rates also declined. Increasing communication efforts regarding the importance of vaccination will be worthwhile, as the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the threat of an infectious disease and has increased awareness of the vaccine development process. Prior to 2020, many parents had not seen the devastating consequences of an infectious disease. The pandemic may change a parent's perspective, particularly as it relates to the influenza vaccine. Providers should continue to promote the importance of well-child and vaccination visits.

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Fixed point theorems for weakly compatible mappings under implicit relations in quaternion valued $G$-metric spaces
Authors: Gamal Mohamed ,   Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, South Valley University, Luxor 85844, Egypt, Cholamjiak Watcharaporn ,   School of Science, University of Phayao, Phayao, 56000, Thailand
Published: December 2020

In this paper, we established some common fixed point theorems of four self-mappings in completed quaternion valued $G-$metric space. Moreover, we gave an example of completed quaternion valued $G-$metric space and example for supporting our main results. The results obtained in this paper extend and improve some recent results.
Protupravnost kao pretpostavka odštetnopravne odgovornosti u hrvatskom pravu
Authors:   Pravni fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska, Baretić Marko
Published: December 2020

The paper analyses, through the lens of case-law, some basic questions relating to unlawfulness in Croatian tort law, such as: Is unlawfulness a condition for liability? What are the elements of unlawfulness? What does unlawfulness relate to? What is the relationship between unlawfulness and fault? Based on what criteria should unlawfulness be assessed? The analysis conducted in this paper undoubtedly demonstrates that unlawfulness is a much more complex and dynamic notion than suggested in Croatian legal literature. In this respect, the analysis suggests that, when assessing unlawfulness of a tortfeasor’s actions, courts in Croatia often rely on some subjective elements legal literature commonly associates with fault. Furthermore, the analysis also demonstrates that, in the course of assessing unlawfulness of a tortfeasor's actions, courts in Croatia often take into consideration a number of elements, such as the nature and importance of the rights and interests involved, the level of peril involved in a particular activity, the level of violation of protective norms, availability of alternative protection measures, foreseeability of damage, but also the interplay between these elements. All this leads the author to the conclusion that the notion of unlawfulness, as understood in Croatian case-law, closely resembles the French notion of faute.
Kanonsko pravo i hrvatski pravni sustav (II). Codex Iuris Canonici i suvremeno hrvatsko pravo
Authors:   Pravni fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska, Petrak Marko
Published: December 2020

This article analyzes the relationship between canon law as the legal system of the Catholic Church, to which a majority of Croatian citizens belong, and the Croatian legal system, focusing on the issue of canon law (ius canonicum) as a source of law in the Croatian legal system on the basis of concordatarian law (ius concordatarium), i.e. the four international treaties between the Holy See and the Republic of Croatia. As regards canon law, in this contribution the author takes into account only its most important source: the Code of Canon Law (Codex Iuris Canonici – CIC) of 1983, the undoubtedly most important codification of religious law in the world. Following the systematization of CIC into seven books, the author highlights particular provisions of the said treaties, which introduced into the Croatian legal system a series of institutes and provisions of canon law as binding normative contents. In addition, the author concludes that the Code represents a relevant conceptual and normative common framework for all provisions of the international treaties between the Holy See and the Republic of Croatia based on canon law or its institutes. To be more precise, a closer analysis of the provisions of the treaties between the Holy See and the Republic of Croatia leads to the conclusion that CIC has, in its totality, become a relevant source of law in the Croatian legal system. The author also refers to relevant Croatian scholarly literature on canon law, and in particular to the case-law of Croatian state courts which involves the application of certain canons of the Code, pointing out good examples of such application, and providing a critical view of particular cases in which, in the author's opinion, the courts made certain errors in the interpretation and application of some aspects of canon law. Finally, the research suggests that the significance of canon law, particularly Codex iuris canonici as its primary source, in the Croatian legal system is undoubtedly increasing, which is why its deeper understanding both by legal doctrine and by the legal practice is becoming a necessity.
The Diphilos Dissertation Prize Winners
Authors: Uhlenbrock Jaimee
Published: December 2020

The Diphilos Dissertation Prize is a biennial monetary award of €1000 that is granted to a recent graduate student for an accepted dissertation that focuses on coroplastic material from the Mediterranean and Near Eastern worlds from the Neolithic period through late antiquity. This Prize is awarded in support of the eventual publication of the dissertation.
Les terres cuites des Salines de Kition : étude d’un culte chypriote d’époque classique
Authors: Maillard Pauline
Published: December 2020

The so-called “Salines sanctuary” was established close to old Kition, modern Larnaka, on the south coast of Cyprus. This place of worship, of which no traces have survived, was located outside the city walls and directly adjacent to a large salt lake. On those shores were found around 600 terracotta figurines, all dated from the sixth to the fourth century B.C.E. They mainly represent women, or goddesses, capped with high kalathoi. Produced in local workshops, those figurines are very close in iconography to contemporary Greek products. Nevertheless, they reveal the fine, local “tour de mains” of Kitian coroplasts. The use of specific processes, combining moulding and modelling, reveals the strong attachment of local workshops to Cypriot coroplastic techniques, as well as their adaptability to local cults and divinities, in the context of a cosmopolitan Cypro-Phoenician city.
Maenad Terracotta Antefix Returned to Italy
Authors: Uhlenbrock Jaimee
Published: December 2020

An Etruscan terracotta antefix in the form of a dancing maenad that had been looted from Veii was returned to Italy.
Restitution in the Time of COVID-19: A Fertility Statuette Representing a Mother Goddess Returns to Iraq.
Authors: Albertson Lynda
Published: December 2020

A looted statuette of a nude female belonging to the Halaf culture of northern Iraq was returned to Iraq by Italian authorities.
Preventing Household Failure: Figures of Authority in Familial Corporate Bodies (The Portuguese Morgadio System from the Fourteenth to the Seventeenth Century)
Authors: Rosa Maria de Lurdes
Published: December 2020

Departing from the widespread importance in the Portuguese and Castilian territories, from the 14th to the 19th centuries, of the morgado (entail), a specific Iberian form to frame institutionally the organization of the corporate family, this article puts forward a specific understanding of the phenomenon – one that considers the figure of authority supporting it, and which, in turn, came to be supported by it: the founder. The idea and the act of founding, the figure of the founder, the founder’s authority and credited capacity to rule the future, in premodern European culture, will be at the core of the questioning on the entail system’s logic. The perspective will be one of anthropological history, seeking to describe and understand the set of background conditions and elements of various nature, which at a certain point combined to allow an important change in social behavior towards heritage and family organization. The article begins with a characterization of the figure of the founder in its main aspects, and then proceeds to a brief discussion of the ways through which the model was transmitted and incorporated by the agents involved, but also of the limits which it produced. The second part of this article offers a preliminary analysis of the origins and functions of these reference elements, their contextual usage by engaged agents in late medieval Portugal, and the social-cultural responses thus constructed.
La tutelle institutionnelle des successions à Jérusalem au xive siècle
Authors: Müller Christian
Published: December 2020

En se basant sur des actes notariés conservés dans le corpus du Ḥaram al-Šarīf à Jérusalem, l’article étudie la gestion des successions latentes et vacantes à travers le rôle qu’y jouent les institutions judiciaires et administratives, notamment celle du tribunal du cadi, en étroite collaboration avec le Bureau des avoirs en déshérence à la période mamelouke. Il en ressort l’importance du cadi pour la certification des inventaires après décès, les testaments, ainsi que pour toute procédure menant à la distribution finale des biens entre les ayants droit. Un cas d’espèce présente les procédures légales utilisées de façon stratégique par une famille afin de permettre la récupération des biens après le décès du défunt en outrepassant le strict droit de l’héritage. La tutelle des enfants mineurs ayant perdu leur père, des « orphelins », par un fiduciaire sous contrôle judiciaire, constitue un dernier aspect illustré par des sources.
Les héritiers incertains. L’incapacité juridique face à l’épreuve de la discontinuité patrimoniale (Valachie, fin du XVIIIe siècle - début du XIXe)
Authors: Iancu Andreea-Roxana
Published: December 2020

Le point de départ de notre analyse est la création, en 1814, à la demande des grands boyards du Divan de Ioan Caradja, d’un nouveau département pour protéger les patrimoines appartenant aux mineurs prodigues des maisons des boyards, alors qu’il existait déjà une tutelle institutionnelle (Epitropia obștească). Cette institution préparera le terrain pour un recadrage en 1818, puis en 1833 – par rapport au droit byzantin – de l’incapacité juridique, notamment des prodigues et des « sans raison ». Avant 1818, la pratique juridique témoigne, entre autres, d’une superposition des deux catégories d’incapables, ainsi que de l’existence d’une alternative au déshéritement comme sanction des mineurs émancipés prodigues : la mise sous tutelle de l’héritier en vue de protéger la descendance de celui-ci. À cette occasion les notions d’émancipation du mineur, de majorité, de capacité et d’exercice du droit de propriété furent interprétées par les différents acteurs. Nous nous proposons de saisir à la fois les changements dans la reconfiguration des catégories d’incapables et le rapport, au niveau de la pratique juridique, entre la fragilité physique/psychique/sociale de l’incapable, les stratégies parentales et l’intervention de l’autorité publique face à la menace de discontinuité du patrimoine. La question centrale de notre démarche est : que fait-on de la condition incertaine de la transmission ?
Death is Nothing at All. Heirs, their Absence and Lineage Strategies in Traditional China
Authors: Matsubara Kentaro
Published: December 2020

The term “inheritance” may not be best suited to describe the traditional Chinese system for transmitting property rights through generations. What was absent was the notion that property was owned by an individual who could unequivocally decide how to use or dispose of the same property. This absence was part and parcel with a system where property (which was nominally held by the household and could be disposed of as the household head) was seen to ultimately belong to the continuity of the male line (zong), and would be transferred through generations in manners not necessarily related to the death (or survival) of the current household head. Through a reconstruction of this system and a description of various strategies, including ancestral property and posthumous marriages, this chapter explains how a very different view of life and death led to the development of a very different system regarding the treatment of property in the absence of living, unequivocally recognised owners.
Dangerous Women or Women in Danger? Women and Properties of Extinct Households in Late Imperial China
Authors: Jiahong Sun , Gabbiani Luca
Published: December 2020

Over its evolution, imperial China’s legal tradition has produced as series of laws and regulations on the issue of vacant successions, which were supplemented by a host of local practices or “customs”. This body of legal and customary rules had a profound impact on the rights of women to ownership, in a context in which there existed a profound cultural bias in favor of men. Even though social status and the role played in the family circle did account for some differentiation, fundamentally, it was all but impossible for women to be treated on an equal footing with men, especially with regard to assets’ inheritance. In fact, in the eyes of male family members, widows, daughters and daughters-in-law were often considered as threats to the integrity of a household’s properties. As numerous Qing dynasty judicial cases show, these “dangerous women” –especially widows– were regularly confronted to all sorts of pressures from the families to which they belonged, which could end up jeopardizing their material and physical well-being. Confronted with this category of “endangered women”, in time state authorities devised legal tools and highly symbolic gestures in order to provide some form of protection for them.
Identification of Challenges to Attract Public Private Partnerships for Power Generation Infrastructures: A Review
Authors: Fernando S. N. , Nanayakkara K. G. M.
Published: December 2020

Although the required capital investments for electricity generation infrastructure from 2018 to 2037 have been projected around USD 14,568 in Sri Lanka, Ceylon Electricity Board is not in a position to meet this requirement due to its negative cash flows. Full private investments are restricted by the law stating that any person to generate capacity above and over of 25 MW, shall Government hold 51% of ownership. Since the funding of power generation is a top urgent priority in the country, this paper investigates the challenges and critical factors involved in going for a public private partnership (PPP) by reviewing the related literature in other countries and identifying main themes that Sri Lanka needs to take into account. Narrative literature review with thematic analysis revealed that 1) Political Instability, 2) State Credibility on policies, 3) Regulatory and legal framework, 4) Transparent and efficient procurement process, 5) Financial Market, 6) Favourable investment environment, and 7) a strong and good private consortium as the mostly influencing macro factors to build PPP for power generation infrastructure projects in Sri Lanka.
Factors influencing quality of life in post-menopausal women
Authors: Shin Hyunsook , Lee Eunjoo
Published: December 2020

Purpose: This study aimed to identify factors influencing quality of life in post-menopausal women. Methods: The participants were 194 post-menopausal women who visited a women’s clinic in Changwon, Korea from July 1 to August 31, 2018, and completed questionnaires containing items on menopausal symptoms, marital intimacy, current menopausal hormone therapy (MHT), and quality of life. Collected data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, the independent t-test, Pearson correlation coefficients, and multiple regression using SPSS for Windows version 23.0. Results: Quality of life had a significant negative correlation with menopausal symptoms (r=–.40, p<.001), and a significant positive correlation with marital intimacy (r=.54, p<.001). The factors influencing the quality of life of post-menopausal women were current MHT (t=6.32, p<.001), marital intimacy (t=4.94, p<.001), monthly family income (t=4.78, p<.001), menopausal symptoms (t=–4.37, p<.001), and education level (t=3.66, p<.001). These variables had an explanatory power of 59.2% for quality of life in post-menopausal women. Conclusion: In order to improve the quality of life of post-menopausal women, nursing interventions are needed to help menopausal women choose appropriate MHT, alleviate menopausal symptoms, and increase marital intimacy. Interventions should also be prioritized for women of a low educational level and with a low income in consideration of their health problems.
Occurrence of two distinct lineages of the freshwater jellyfish Craspedacusta sowerbii (Hydrozoa: Limnomedusae) in Italy
Authors: Morpurgo Massimo , Schuchert Peter , Vorhauser Samuel , Alber Renate
Published: December 2020

The freshwater jellyfish Craspedacusta sowerbii Lankester 1880 is a cryptic cosmopolitan invasive species, which occurs in all continents except Antarctica. Recent molecular studies suggest the existence of at least three very different genetic lineages of Craspedacusta: the “sowerbii”, the “kiatingi”, and the “sinensis” lineages. We report the presence of both medusae and polyps of this alien taxon in the Large Lake of Monticolo / Montiggl, a meso-eutrophic natural lake in the Province of Bolzano / Bozen in Northern Italy. Molecular analyses of mitochondrial 16S sequences showed that this population belongs to a different lineage than that recently described for Sicily (Southern Italy). Therefore, there are two different genetic lineages of C. sowerbii in Italy. In the Large Lake of Monticolo / Montiggl medusae were observed in 6 consecutive summers (2015–2020), from July to September. All the examined medusae were males. The stomach content analyses showed that zooplanktonic copepods and cladocerans with size range between 0.3 and 0.8 mm were the preferred prey of medusae. Polyps of C. sowerbii were recorded in the lake on the zebra mussel Dreissena polymorpha in shallow water and on the underside of artificial substrates. The analyses of zebra mussels would therefore be a simple method to check for the presence of the polyp stage of C. sowerbii in various aquatic environments.
A level set approach for multi-layered interface systems
Authors: Mitake Hiroyoshi , Ninomiya Hirokazu , Todoroki Kenta
Published: December 2020

In this paper, a multi-layered interface system is introduced, which is formally derived by a singular limit of a weakly coupled system of the Allen–Cahn type equation. By using the level set approach, this system is written as a quasi-monotone degenerate parabolic system with discontinuous functions. The well-posedness of viscosity solutions is shown, and the singularity of particular viscosity solutions is discussed.
Regularity of solutions of a fractional porous medium equation
Authors: Imbert Cyril , Tarhini Rana , Vigneron François
Published: December 2020

This article is concerned with a porous medium equation whose pressure law is both nonlinear and nonlocal, namely

\partial_t u = { \nabla \cdot} \left(u \nabla(-\Delta)^{\frac{\alpha}{2}-1}u^{m-1} \right)

where

u:\mathbb{R}_+\times \mathbb{R}^N \to \mathbb{R}_+

, for

0 < \alpha < 2

and

m\geq2

. We prove that the

L^1\cap L^\infty

weak solutions constructed by Biler, Imbert and Karch (2015) are locally Hölder-continuous in time and space. In this article, the classical parabolic De Giorgi techniques for the regularity of PDEs are tailored to fit this particular variant of the PME equation. In the spirit of the work of Caffarelli, Chan and Vasseur (2011), the two main ingredients are the derivation of local energy estimates and a so-called “intermediate value lemma”. For

\alpha\leq1

, we adapt the proof of Caffarelli, Soria and Vázquez (2013), who treated the case of a linear pressure law. We then use a non-linear drift to cancel out the singular terms that would otherwise appear in the energy estimates.
A convergent algorithm for forced mean curvature flow driven by diffusion on the surface
Authors: Kovács Balázs , Li Buyang , Lubich Christian
Published: December 2020

The evolution of a closed two-dimensional surface driven by both mean curvature flow and a reaction–diffusion process on the surface is formulated as a system that couples the velocity law not only to the surface partial differential equation but also to the evolution equations for the normal vector and the mean curvature on the surface. Two algorithms are considered for the obtained system. Both methods combine surface finite elements for space discretization and linearly implicit backward difference formulae for time integration. Based on our recent results for mean curvature flow, one of the algorithms directly admits a convergence proof for its full discretization in the case of finite elements of polynomial degree at least two and backward difference formulae of orders two to five, with optimal-order error bounds. Numerical examples are provided to support and complement the theoretical convergence results (illustrating the convergence behaviour of both algorithms) and demonstrate the effectiveness of the methods in simulating a three-dimensional tumour growth model.
Minimisers of a fractional seminorm and nonlocal minimal surfaces
Authors: Bucur Claudia , Dipierro Serena , Lombardini Luca , Valdinoci Enrico
Published: December 2020

The recent literature has intensively studied two classes of nonlocal variational problems, namely the ones related to the minimisation of energy functionals that act on functions in suitable Sobolev–Gagliardo spaces, and the ones related to the minimisation of fractional perimeters that act on measurable sets of the Euclidean space.

In this article, we relate these two types of variational problems. Specifically, we investigate the connection between the nonlocal minimal surfaces and the minimisers of the

W^{s,1}

-seminorm.

In particular, we show that a function is a minimiser for the fractional seminorm if and only if its level sets are minimisers for the fractional perimeter, and that the characteristic function of a nonlocal minimal surface is a minimiser for the fractional seminorm; we also provide an existence result for minimisers of the fractional seminorm, an explicit non-uniqueness example for nonlocal minimal surfaces, and a Yin–Yang result describing the full and void patterns of nonlocal minimal surfaces.
Existence and regularity theorems of one-dimensional Brakke flows
Authors: Kim Lami , Tonegawa Yoshihiro
Published: December 2020

Given a closed countably 1-rectifiable set in

\mathbb R^2

with locally finite

1

-dimensional Hausdorff measure, we prove that there exists a Brakke flow starting from the given set with the following regularity property. For almost all time, the flow locally consists of a finite number of embedded curves of class

W^{2,2}

whose endpoints meet at junctions with angles of either 0, 60 or 120 degrees.
La sécurité des médicaments – Une priorité sanitaire mondiale
Authors: Moles Rebekah
Published: December 2020

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Should Hospital Admission Be Used as an Opportunity for Deprescribing in Older Adults?
Authors: Kouladjian O’Donnell (Pro) Lisa , Dearing (Con) Marci E
Published: December 2020

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Case Report: Rhinosporidiosis Literature Review
Authors: Arias Andrés F. , Romero Sergio D. , Garcés Carlos G.
Published: December 2020

Rhinosporidiosis is caused by Rhinosporidium seeberi, a pathogen currently considered a fungus-like parasite of the eukaryotic group Mesomycetozoea. It is usually a benign condition, with slow growth of polypoid lesions, with involvement of the nose, nasopharynx, or eyes. The clinical characteristics of a painless, friable, polypoid mass, usually unilateral, can guide the diagnosis, but the gold standard for diagnosis is histopathological findings. This article reviews the epidemiology, pathobiology, clinical manifestations, diagnostic strategies, and treatment approach for rhinosporidiosis.
Analysis of stakeholder perceptions and practices related to climate change adaptation in Burkina Faso.
Authors: Gahi Z.N. , Kablan M.K.A. , Kpan O.J.G. , Dongo K. , Badolo M.
Published: December 2020

Burkina Faso, like other Sahelian countries, has experienced a profound change in its climatic regime,with the new context characterised by high rainfall variability with an overall downward trend and ashortening of the seasons. The future rainfall pattern anticipates a decrease in the frequency of lowrainfall (0.1 to 5 mm per day), a lengthening of the average duration of dry sequences, and an early endand late start of rainy seasons. The objective of this study was to perform an in-depth analysis of stakeholder perceptions about agricultural water (AgWater) resources sustainability, practices in the context of climate variability and change in Burkina Faso. Interviews were held with institutional actors involved in water resources decision making and initiatives (Government, Research, Non-Governmental Organisations) in the country. In addition, based on four main criteria (climate condition, type of farm and crop, type of AgWater sources, reliability of AgWater), three agricultural sites were investigated using household surveys. The results showed that organisations and farmers in Burkina Faso were aware of climate impacts and had initiated and implemented for many years, diverse options and water control mechanisms for AgWater adaptation. However, there were still gaps in strategies for adapting the water sector to climate threats. Institutional bodies had not got yet attained capacity to sustainably anticipate the effects of climate change on AgWater. There was a lack of mainstreaming hydroclimate services at farm levels, especially for the dry season crops; lack of on-farm flood control mechanisms, absence of a clear gender approach and no standardised monitoring system, Farmers also lacked anticipatory resilience strategies, particularly those who used water sources that were considered as “reliable” then. In general, most of the climate adaptation initiatives implemented lacked synergies, sustainability, and were uncertain about sound water resource management such as moving towards “no regret” and “win-win” options.
Determinants of contract farming for smallholder sunflower producers in northern Uganda
Authors: Akumu J. , Odongo W. , Mugonola B.
Published: December 2020

Contract farming is a form of vertical coordination, largely aimed at correcting market failures associated with spot markets that arise due to imperfect information. The objective of this study was to assess the determinants of farmer engagement in sunflower (Helianthus annus L.) contracts in northern Uganda. Stratified random sampling was used to select 150 contracted and 150 non-contracted sunflower farmers in Oyam District, from where primary data were collected using a semi-structured questionnaire. A Logistic regression model was used to examine the factors that influenced farmer participation in contract farming. The major determinants of participation in contract farming by smallholder farmers were age (P<0.1), sunflower production experience (P<0.01), access to credit (P<0.01) and unit produce price (P<0.01).Collaborative efforts by all parties engaged in contracting arrangements are necessary to negotiate a minimum price with the farmers, with a possibility to re-negotiate whenever the market price is above the set price. The study pointed out that improvement in rural roads to enhance transportation of produce to mini-store is vital in driving sunflower contract farming in Oyam district. Therefore, policies aimed at improving rural roads are urgently needed.
Uniform buttons within the context of the collection of the Waldes Museum of Buttons and Fasteners
Authors: Hrušková Kateřina
Published: December 2020

The study deals with uniform buttons in the collection of the Waldes Museum of Buttons and Fasteners in Prague-Vršovice, which was founded at the initiative of Prague industrialist and philanthropist Jindřich Waldes. Over the course of the museum’s existence, from 1916 to 1945, the collection came to include more than 350 uniform buttons. This study tries to capture the significance of the collection at the Waldes Museum, both as exhibits in themselves, and as study material connected with the museum’s publication work or the building of a specialised archive and library on the other. It also presents selected exhibits from the collection in question, together with other associated objects and specialised materials. The study draws on expert consideration of the preserved collection, original publications and materials from the Waldes Museum Archive and specialised literature.
“Bones in the sandbox”: museum as “world picture” vs museum as “lifeworld”
Authors: Plokhotnyuk Vladimir , Przhilenskaya Irina , Przhilenskiy Vladimir
Published: December 2020

This article deals with the issues of museum communication and interpretation of museum exhibits in a philosophical and cultural context. As an example, it considers two different ways of presenting palaeontological material – specifically, the skeleton of a southern mammoth – revealing differences in how the semantic content is interpreted. The first method – the traditional approach of assembling the skeleton – gives a “world picture” of a certain era, as it appears to a palaeontologist. The second approach presents the skeleton in a “sandbox”, representing how it was found during excavations, such that viewers deal not with the interpreted “ready-made” material, but with the contemporary experienced reality – the “life-world”, the “raw” source material. This allows visitors to realize their own creative potential and to recreate the nature of the Pleistocene epoch in their imagination. Thus, through the mutual correlation of the roles exhibition’s author and of the visitor as an interpreter, the semantic field of museum communication expands. In Heidegger’s conception, a “ hides the world rather than explains it, while the “life world” represents it as it is.
Musealisation of communism, or how to create national identity in historical museums
Authors: Ziębińska-Witek Anna
Published: December 2020

The goal of the article is to critically analyse and deconstruct museum narratives about communism in East-Central Europe 30 years after transformation. The research material is museum exhibitions interpreted in accordance with the methodology of visual research (composition analysis, content analysis, analysis of material objects, and analysis of meanings). The first and most important museum type from the perspective of the memory cano The Act of 6 June 1997 Penal Code (Journal of Laws of 1997, item 553). Art. 125. § 1. Whoever destroys, damages or takes away a cultural object in an occupied area or in which military operations are taking place, violating international law, shall be subject to the penalty of deprivation of liberty for a term of between one and 10 years. § 2. If the act concerns goods of particular importance for culture, the perpetrator shall be subject to the penalty of deprivation of liberty for not less than 3 years. Art. 278. § 1. Whoever takes away someone else’s movable property for the purpose of appropriation shall be subject to the penalty of deprivation of liberty for a term of between 3 months and 5 years. § 2. The same punishment shall be imposed on anyone who, without the consent of the authorised person, obtains someone else’s computer program in order to gain financial benefits. § 3. In the case of an act of a lesser significance, the perpetrator is subject to a fine, limitation of liberty or deprivation of liberty for one year. § 4. If the theft was committed to the detriment of the closest person, the prosecution takes place at the request of the injured party. Art. 279. § 1. Whoever steals by burglary is punishable by imprisonment from one to 10 years. § 2. If the burglary was committed to the detriment of the closest person, the prosecution takes place at the request of the injured party. n, as it represents the official historical policy of most East-European states, is the so-called identity or heroic museum. Its purpose is not so much to show the truth about the past but to create the collective memory of a society and its positive self-image.
How to exhibit a human mummy in a former monastery? The case of the body of Michael Willmann (1630–1706)
Authors: Kozieł Andrzej
Published: December 2020

This paper discusses the mummified body of Michael Willmann (1630–1706) – one of the most outstanding painters of the Baroque period in Central Europe. Willmann’s mummy was preserved in the crypt of the former Cistercian monastery church in Lubiąż, Silesia (Poland). The article presents the history of the mummy and possibilities for opening the crypt and displaying it to the public, following the example of similar expositions in Europe which have found respectful and sensitive solutions for presenting the bodies of the deceased (e.g. Capuchin Crypt in Palermo and Capuchin Church in Brno). Willmann’s mummy is not only the body of an artist, but also a part of the cultural heritage of the Lubiąż Cistercians, making it worthy museification. This issue is particularly important in the context of the plans for establishing the Michael Willmann Museum in the former Cistercian monastery church in Lubiąż.
α and β-defensins and bacterial vaginosis as preterm birth predictors. A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Authors:   Laboratorio Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Sociedad Española de Beneficencia, Pachuca, Hgo., Castillo-López Mariel
Published: December 2020

Preterm birth is an entity with potential damage to the newborn and it is the leading cause of mortality in children under 5 years old. Even though research on this topic has been increasing in the last decade, it has not reflected in a reduction in the incidence of this problem. Nowadays, raised cervical-vaginal fetal fibronectin concentration and short cervical length are considered the only predictors of spontaneous preterm birth [1], and given the adverse and severe consequences of preterm birth, the early identification of women with a higher risk of presenting this type of delivery is crucial for pregnancy care. Several studies have tried to find new inflammation markers that may allow the early identification of pregnant women at high risk of premature delivery, because as on many diseases, inflammatory mediators play a role on the pathophysiology of this entity. This literature review aims to discuss recent findings regarding to the association between the innate immune response, specifically β-defensins with preterm birth.
Leq+X - Lärmexposition, Ereignishäufigkeiten und Belästigung: Re-Analyse von Daten zur Belästigung und Schlafstörung durch Fluglärm an deutschen und Schweizer Flughäfen
Authors: Haubrich Julia , Benz Sarah , Isermann Ullrich , Schäffer Beat , Schmid Rainer , Schreckenberg Dirk , Wunderli Jean Marc , Guski Rainer
Published: December 2020

In this study, part of the data sets from 4 large Swiss and German aircraft noise impact studies are re-analysed using logistic multi-level regression models. The aim is to investigate the assumptions that the prediction of a) the percentage of persons highly annoyed by aircraft noise or b) the percentage of persons highly sleep disturbed by aircraft noise can be improved if (i) instead of the energy-equivalent continuous noise level alone, either additional or alternative, more frequency-based aircraft noise metrics and (ii) also airport-specific characteristics are used as predictors. The results support both assumptions; both regarding the percentage of persons highly annoyed and regarding the percentage of persons highly sleep disturbed.
Multicriteria Decision Analysis on Information Security Policy: A Prioritization Approach
Authors: Jonathan Salar Cabrera  , Ariel Roy Luceño Reyes  , Cindy Almosura Lasco
Published: December 2020

Security is the most serious concern in the digital environment. To provide a sound and firm security policy, a multi-holistic approach must be considered when making strategic decisions. Thus, the objective of this study was to evaluate the information security (IS) and decision making of Davao Oriental State University (DORSU) using the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) approach. The four aspects of IS, namely, the technology, management, economy, and culture were used with the three IS components consisting of confidentiality, integrity, and availability to implement the AHP. The results showed that the technology and management have higher significant values than the economic and cultural aspects. Meanwhile, for the IS components, the integrity signifies the highest priority followed by confidentiality, lastly, and availability. These results emphasize an imbalance in implementing IS policy, which must be addressed to ensure that the data integrity, confidentiality, and availability are balanced, particularly during the information exchange transactions.
Case Study of Classroom Practice: A Quiet Form of Research
Authors: Showler Janice
Published: December 2020

This paper documents the use of ethnographic research methods as a heuristic for inquiry and teaching. More specifically, it focuses on reflection as situated at the heart of teacher-research, including research conducted by prospective English language arts teachers. In a retrospective analysis of her student's case studies in literacy at an urban site, a teacher researcher explores whether and how her students come to "know their knowledge." She explores students' construction of knowledge and theories of practice, how these develop over time and what impact they may have on teaching and learning. These constructions inform not only her students' practice but also her own.
Affirmative Action: An Analysis of AA/EEO Officers' Perceptions of Campus Policies in the University of Missouri System
Authors: Woodhouse Shawn
Published: December 2020

This study sought to explore the perceptions of affirmative action officers in the University of Missouri System. Each affirmative action officer on the four University of Missouri campuses participated in an electronic or personal interview in which they responded to eight questions regarding the implementation of affirmative action policies on their respective campuses. A comparison of the officer responses revealed that each university complies with federal affirmative action guidelines, but some of the institutions in the system developed additional strategies to attract minority faculty candidates.
Let's Get Personal: Exploring the Professional Persona in Health Care
Authors: MacCormack Terry
Published: December 2020

This paper describes how a group of counselors and counseling lecturers at a rural university in New South Wales, Australia, initiated an exploration of their personal experiences as health care providers using an innovative research approach in which they engaged in a series of open, tape-recorded conversations with one another about their work. Their method also included transcribing and analyzing their narratives in a search for underlying themes in the thoughts and feelings that they shared. The intent behind their project was to find a way to voice how health care providers are affected by their work, and in so doing to make public the kinds of concerns, disappointments, fears, and difficulties they encounter -- feelings that are seldom mentioned in the literature. The group was also hoping that their approach might invite other health care providers to engage in similar dialogues about how they, too, are personally affected by the work they do.
The Journey of a Beginning Researcher
Authors: Schwarz McCotter Susanne
Published: December 2020

As I embarked on the first major research project of my career as a researcher, I sought a clearly written article that would help me through some common obstacles in qualitative research. This article outlines those problems and offers some solutions from one researcher's perspective. Some of the problems described and discussed include how to use theory and integrate it with data, the issues that arise from being a simultaneous researcher and participant, and how to represent participants with integrity and authenticity. This methodological piece offers suggestions for novice researchers as they embark on their own journeys as qualitative scientists.
Telling Transitions At The Table: Re-Served Seats of Higher Learning?
Authors: Lander Dorothy
Published: December 2020

This paper traces the transitions of first year students and other adults of the university as they partake in an intergenerational shared inquiry at a common table. My transformative research invites students, faculty, and staff to attend to (eat) and transform (digest) the moral and political encounters in successive becomings from their speaking positions at a common table. This dialogical partaking of words disrupts the market discourse of student as consumer and re-stories the university as a service organization where all organizational actors are consuming and being consumed. Eating together and telling transitions dissolve boundaries between service and knowledge, between students and other organizational actors, between serving and being served. To transform my writing into a service encounter, I re-present my research as the serving up of a multi-storied, multi-course meal at a common table. Bon appetit!
Our New Children: The Surrogate Role of Companion Animals in Women's Lives
Authors: Turner Wendy
Published: December 2020

As the rate of pet ownership increases, companion animals are fulfilling a variety of roles in the lives of their humans. This article provides insight on the role that companion animals play in the lives of women. The women in this study showed stronger attachments to those animals that either preceded the birth of their children, or followed the children leaving home. This finding has potential implications for services provided to women by various helping professions.
INVESTIGATION OF THE PEDAGOGICAL PRACTICES LITERATURE TEACHERS USE FOR TEACHING MODERN GREEK LANGUAGE IN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL: A SOCIOLOGICAL APPROACH
Authors: Asimaki Anna , Berdeni Nikolitsa , Koustourakis Gerasimos , Lagiou Archontoula
Published: December 2020

The aim of this paper, which makes use of Basil Bernstein’s theoretical framework, is to take a sociological approach to the pedagogical practices that are implemented by literature teachers for teaching Modern Greek Language in the first year of Senior High School, which is a transitional year in the second tier of Greek secondary education. We also aim to investigate the corrective ‘strategies’ that these teachers adopt in order to contribute to their pupils’ successful acquisition of school knowledge related to the Language lesson. The research was carried out using the tools of structured observation and semi-structured interview with a sample of 14 literature teachers, who were working in Greek secondary education. The most significant research findings revealed that the pedagogical practices that were implemented by the teachers in the sample are linked to the implementation of explicit regulative and instructional rules that originate in a visible pedagogical practice. What’s more, ‘corrective’ strategies were implemented with the pupils who weren’t able to satisfy the sequencing and pacing rules of the transmitted knowledge. It also emerged that an important site for the completion of the acquisition of transmitted school knowledge is related to the field of ‘shadow’ education.

 

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The legal protection of the marine environment: The Marine Strategy Framework Directive and its implementation in Spain
Authors: Barreira Ana
Published: December 2020

Marine ecosystems are open systems with complex interactions within and among them. Impacts on or alterations to one ecosystem in one site of the marine environment will influence other sites, i.e: human activities, conducted in the coastal zone can have significant impacts on the offshore environment, and vice-versa. Within the European Union, bathed by two oceans (the Atlantic and the Arctic) and four seas (the Baltic, Black, Mediterranean and North seas) and with 22 coastal states, the Sixth Environmental Action Programme of the European Community set the process to establish an Integrated Maritime Policy (IMP) when it proposed the development of a strategy for marine protection identifying marine protection as one of its priority areas.
The IMP was adopted in 2007. The environmental dimension of the IMP is the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Its aim is to protect more effectively the marine environment across Europe through the achievement of good environmental status of the EU's marine waters by 2020 and to protect the resource base upon which marine-related economic and social activities depend. The purpose of this article is to analyse the main elements of the MSFD and to examine how Spain, as an EU country with 8000 km of coastal fringe, ist complying with it and will review its marine governance framework.