bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Morphological diversities and associated preference traits in Peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) landraces from central and southern Benin
Authors: Montcho David , Gbénou Pascal , Missihoun Antoine Abel , Assogba Fiacre , Hodehou Djidjoho A.T. , Gandonou Christophe , Agbangla Clément
Published: September 2021

Peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) production in Benin is limited by several biotic and abiotic stresses. The objectives of this study were to document varietal trait preferences and peanut genetic diversity for breeding programs. A survey in the South and Center of Benin and an agro-morphological characterization was carried out. Results showed that farmers used five criteria, namely yield (seeds and pods), size of seeds, number of seeds per pod, oil content, and quality of the paste for selecting a variety. The clustering based on ten qualitative traits showed a variability structure in three groups based on the leaflets shape, plant habit, and branching pattern. The principal component analysis carried out on the quantitative traits indicated six groups of accessions. The group 3 of the latest analysis is composed of Azii alorga and Kamalo with interesting characteristics and showing a good criteria as seeds size (SDL= 14.62 ± 0.48 mm), and pods size (average pod length and width respectively PoL = 33.70 ± 1.14 mm, Pow = 14.87 ± 0.29 mm). The results should be prioritized for breeding programs to improve the good criteria found in other peanut varieties. It will be helpful for farmers in selecting performant varieties.
Pathogenicity study of some seed-borne fungi of onion (Allium cepa L.) from Burkina Faso
Authors: Dabire Tobdem Gaston , Neya Bawomon Fidèle , Somda Irénée , Legreve Anne
Published: September 2021

Onion production in Burkina Faso faces to several constraints including diseases. Symptoms such as seedling damping-off are currently been observed. Most of the fungi responsible for onion diseases are seed-transmitted but in Burkina Faso, little information on onion seed quality were available. In a previous study, Aspergillus niger, Fusarium oxysporum and Fusarium solani were found to be the main fungi present on onion seeds but their responsibility in the development of seedlings damping-off has not been established. The overall aim of this study is to evaluate in vitro, the effect of these fungi on onion seed germination and coleoptile growth in order to establish this responsibility. Onion seeds were inoculated with mycelium suspension of the fungi concentrated at 13.3 g/ml and incubated for 6 days under appropriates conditions. All the tested fungal isolates had an inhibitory effect on onion seed germination at rates ranging from 31 to 60%. The Fusarium species were the most virulent. Coleoptile length was also reduced by the fungi, leading to significant growth time-lag at rates ranging from 34 to 100%. Aspergillus niger was the most virulent. In conclusion, Aspergillus niger, Fusarium oxysporum and Fusarium solani are responsible of seedling damping-off of onion in Burkina Faso.
Production et gestion des huiles usées de la ville de Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Authors: Yelemou Barthélémy , Gnamou Honoré , Yameogo Georges
Published: September 2021

La production des déchets est inhérente aux activités humaines, qu’elles soient domestiques, agricoles, industrielles ou commerciales. A la faveur d’une urbanisation galopante et de ses corollaires, l’assainissement et la gestion des déchets sont devenus des préoccupations importantes. Si la situation de déchets ménagers semble connaître une évolution dans la capitale burkinabé, ce n’est pas le cas pour les déchets des industries et des transports comme les huiles usées. Ce travail avait pour objectif d’étudier la production et la gestion des huiles usées dans la ville de Ouagadougou. La méthodologie de cette étude a été basée sur des observations et des enquêtes spécifiques auprès des groupes cibles. Les résultats obtenus ont montré qu’environ 5 721 459,45 litres d’huiles usée ont été générées à Ouagadougou en 2017. Les huiles usées sont exportées à 11%, utilisées par l’industrie locale à 67% et à 22% à des fins personnelles diverses. Les conséquences sont diverses sur l’environnement. Il apparaît nécessaire vu les différents usages prohibés que le domaine soit mieux réglementé.

Waste generation is inherent in human activities, whether domestic, agricultural, industrial or commercial. Thanks to rampant urbanization and its corollaries, sanitation and waste management have become major concerns. While the household waste situation seems to be changing in the Burkinabé capital, this is not the case for industrial and transport waste such as used oils. This work aimed at studying the production and management of used oils in the city of Ouagadougou. The methodology of this study was based on observations and surveys specific to the target groups. The results obtained showed that approximately 5,721,459.45 liters of used oil are generated in Ouagadougou. Used oils are exported at 11%, used by local industry at 67% and 22% for various personal purposes. The consequences for the environment are diverse. It appears necessary, given the various prohibited uses, for the area to be better regulated.
South-West Benin Coastal Lagoon: Waters and sediments’ toxicity and contents in heavy metals during high water period (Togbin to the Mono Mouth)
Authors: Bocodaho O.B.M. Lucinde , Chouti Waris Kéwouyèmi , Cakpo R. Arthur , Mama Daouda
Published: September 2021

The uncontrollable population growth is reaching Benin's rivers, especially the coastal lagoon, raising then the thorny problem of pollution, which is considerably accentuated by the malevolent behavior of the populations. The aim of this paper is to characterize the degree of contamination of the water and sediments of the lagoon in heavy metals (Cd, Cr, Zn, Cu, Pb and Fe) through the dosage with the molecular absorption spectrophotometer type DR 3900. At the same time, a cytotoxicity test with Allium cepa will be carried out in order to evaluate the toxic potential of the pollutants responsible for the degradation of the lagoon. The Cd, Cu and Zn contents in the water and sediments far exceed the accepted standards at almost all the stations. The Pollution Index (PI) and geo-accumulation index (Igeo) indicate the existence of polymetallic pollution in the sediments, which is extremely strong and dominated in order to decrease abundance by: Cd>Zn>Cu>Pb. The results of the cytotoxicity test highlight acute toxicity on 82% of the stations surveyed. The poor states of the coastal lagoon indexed by this study, impose the application of urgent measures of participative management, preservation and sanitation of the coastal zone
Quality of hydro-alcoholic products used in Senegal: pilot study
Authors: Aidara Souleymane , Dieng Assane , Diop Amadou , Dieye Maguette , Mbaye Pape Matar , Seye Mamadou Moustapha , Fall Mor , Diedhiou Adama , Fall Djibril
Published: September 2021

Antisepsis and disinfection have always played an important role in the fight against infectious diseases. The use of these products has been effective in breaking the chain of transmission of microorganisms. Today, with the advent of COVID-19, the main recommendations are, among other things, physical distance and the use of antiseptic products, including hydro-alcoholic products. In Senegal, with poor regulations on the acquisition and distribution of antiseptics and disinfectants, this situation has led to a proliferation of antiseptics and disinfectants on the national market. this work aimed to study the quality of hydroalcoholic products found in the trade. We evaluated ten samples of hydro-alcohol products collected during the month of March 2020. Physical and microbiological controls were performed at the National Drug Control Laboratory. The alcohol content of the samples ranged from 63 to 85% and were consistent with WHO recommendations except for samples E3 and E5. The pH values varied between 4.02 and 6.64 and the densities of the hydro-alcoholic gel samples ranged from 0.84 to 0.92 g/cm3; E2, E4, E5, E6 samples had densities greater than 0.89 g/cm3. The samples of hydro-alcoholic products all conformed to the sterility test and no microbiological contamination was observed. Antimicrobial activities of the hydro-alcoholic samples tested ranged from 58.3 to 100% with two samples showing no activity (E2 and E5). In view of the results of this study, it would be relevant to expand and deepen investigations by a significant increase in the number of samples and by carrying out as complete an analysis as possible.
Caractéristiques morphologique et histologique des gonades de Pseudotolithus elongatus (Bowdich, 1825) de la lagune Ebrié en Côte d’Ivoire
Authors: Kone Tiéhoua , Amon Yao Nicolas , Kouakou Irène Kessia Fokouo , N’da Konan
Published: September 2021

Pseudotolithus elongatus est un poisson régulièrement rencontré dans les débarquements de la pêche artisanale et commerciale pratiquée en lagune Ebrié. Cependant, en Côte d’Ivoire aucune étude n’a encore été menée sur cette espèce bien qu’elle ait une valeur commerciale élevée et qu’elle soit beaucoup prisée par la population. Du fait de l'intérêt commercial que présente P. elongatus, l'étude de sa reproduction est nécessaire si l'on souhaite assurer la pérennité de l’espèce et satisfaire le consommateur. L’étude de la morphologie et de l’histologie des gonades a été basée sur la taille, la forme, la coloration la présence ou l’absence d’ovocytes mûrs, le diamètre des ovocytes et l’observation histologique. Les résultats obtenus ont révélé six stades de maturation des gonades avec une gamétogenèse continue observée chez cette espèce. L’ensemble de ces informations contribueront à pérenniser l’espèce par une gestion rationnelle du stock.

 

English title: Morphological and histological characteristics of the gonads of pseudotolithus elongatus (Bowdich, 1825), from Ebrié lagoon, Côte d’Ivoire

Pseudotolithus elongatus is a fish regularly met in the landings of the artisanal and commercial fishing on Ebrie lagoon. However, in Ivory Coast no study has been conducted on this species although it has a high commercial value and it is very appreciated by the people. Because of the commercial interest of P. elongatus studying its reproduction is necessary if one wishes to improve operations in order to ensure the sustainability of the species and satisfy the consumer. The studies of gonads morphology and histology of Pseudotolithus elongatus was based on the size, shape, staining of the gonads, the presence or absence of ripe oocytes, the diameter of the oocytes and the histological observation. The results obtained indicate six stages of gonad maturation with continuous gametogenesis observed in this species. All of this information will contribute to perpetuate this species through rational management of the stock.
Diagnostique de production de l’oignon dans la partie Septentrionale du Cameroun
Authors: Dinissia Jérémie , Tcheunteu Lucien Tatchum , Maimouna Abba , Hawaou  , Alium Habib , Nwaga Dieudonné , Megueni Clautide
Published: September 2021

Oignon (Allium cepa L.) est une culture maraîchère présentant un atout économique important pour les paysans Camerounais. Cette étude visait à faire un diagnostic de production de l’oignon dans la partie Septentrionale du Cameroun afin de développer des stratégies d’amélioration durable de cette filière. Une enquête a été menée pour déterminer le profil des acteurs de la filière oignon, les variétés cultivées, les techniques culturales ainsi que les contraintes de production. Les enquêtes s’étaient déroulées en 2017 auprès des acteurs de la filière oignon. L’échantillonnage était constitué de 60 personnes dans chacune des trois régions du Grand Nord Cameroun, soit un échantillonnage global de 180 personnes. Les résultats montrent que la plupart des acteurs sont des producteurs et sont 1,47 fois plus nombreux que les commerçants. 04 variétés d’oignon sont cultivées : Goudami, Chagari, Belami et violet de Galmi. La variété Goudami avait un rendement en bulbe élevé (10 à 35 t/ha), une durée de conservation des bulbes plus importante et est la plus cultivée. La quasi-totalité (69%) des producteurs utilise les engrais chimiques pour améliorer le rendement de cette culture. Ces informations serviront de base de données dans le programme de perfectionnement de la filière oignon au Cameroun.

English title: Diagnosis of onion production in the Northern Part of Cameroon

Onion (Allium cepa L.) is a market garden crop that is a major economic asset for Cameroonian farmers. This study aimed at diagnosing onion production in the Northern part of Cameroon in order to develop strategies for onion sustainable improvement. A survey was conducted to determine the actors profile relative to onion sector, varieties grown, crop techniques as well as production constraints. The surveys were conducted in 2017 among actors of onion sector. The sample consisted of 60 people in each of the three regions of Far North Cameroon, for an overall sample of 180 people. The results shown that most of the actors are producers, they are 1.47 folds greater than traders. Four onion varieties are grown in the Northern part of Cameroon: Goudami, Chagari, Belami and Galmi violet. The Goudami variety presents high bulb yield (10 to 35 t/ha) and longer bulb shelf life, and is the most widely cultivated. Almost all (69%) of the producers use chemical fertilizers to improve onion growth. This information will be used as a database to improve the performance of onion sector in Cameroon.
What Is Romanticism?
Authors: Wu Duncan
Published: September 2021

The difficult question that provides the title of this essay is answered firstly by the Oxford English Dictionary – though not all that helpfully, given that its explanation is in need of explanation. Part of the problem is that the word ‘Romantic’ did not mean to the Romantics themselves what it now means to us (whatever that may be). True, German philosophers used it – though only in a highly specialized manner, as part of a binary opposition to the concept of Classicism. This essay goes on to take five poets of the period and attempts to suggest ways in which their thought comprises a unified, connected body of thought to which we can attach the label ‘Romantic’.
Religion and Atheism
Authors: Priestman Martin
Published: September 2021

The video focuses this large topic round a relatively few well-known literary
writers. The established Church of England, central in Jane Austen’s novels, may not
have been over-concerned about doctrine, but people who did included Calvinists both
within and outside the established churches of England and Scotland. Dissenters
outside the Church also included the Unitarians who influenced Coleridge for a
period, and more fringe groups like the Swedenborgians who influenced Blake. The use
of non-Christian mythologies to question Christianity is also considered, and
Shelley’s outspoken atheism is related to the frequent imprisonments of the
lower-class atheist publisher Richard Carlile.
The Gothic
Authors: Hughes Bill
Published: September 2021

This presentation considers the relationships between Gothic and Romanticism between
1764 and 1818. It locates the Gothic within the literary heritage of the Graveyard
Poets and the intellectual culture of the Enlightenment. Horace Walpole’s
The Castle of Otranto (1764), the first explicitly Gothic
novel, is then considered as a reference point for later Gothic stylistics. The
presentation concludes by considering the close of the First Phase of Gothic in
1818, not merely through Frankenstein – which had its origins in a
meeting of Romantic poets at the Villa Diodati in 1816 – but also by way of Jane
Austen’s Northanger Abbey and Thomas Love Peacock’s
Nightmare Abbey, which respectively satirised Gothic and
Romantic sensibilities.
Millenarianism
Authors: Strachan John
Published: September 2021

There was a Romantic-era generation of religious thinkers, philosophers, and poets
who believed that the chaotic events in France after the Revolution of 1789 were
apocalyptic, the period spoken of in the Book of the Apocalypse, that they were
portents of the end of the world and the Second Coming of Jesus Christ, who would
return and usher in a ‘Millennium’, a thousand-year period of justice, equity and
love. This video essay looks at the concept of Millenarianism in the 1790s and early
1800s as it was evident in the work of such key Romantic writers as Blake,
Coleridge, Southey and Wordsworth. It tracks the way in which belief in a in a
literal Millennium gave way to a more symbolic and psychological Millennium as the
1790s wore on.
Critical Approaches to Romanticism
Authors: Moore Jane , Strachan John
Published: September 2021

Romanticism has never been theory-neutral territory. All the Romantic poets and some of the novelists and dramatists of the period were critical theorists, avant la lettre, who demonstrated in their prefaces, letters, and essays a self-conscious awareness of theoretically and historically-informed ways of reading and writing literature, including their own work. Neither have subsequent generations of readers and critics been neglectful of the significance of critical approaches to their subject, especially in the modern era. The period stretching from the so-called ‘theory wars’ of the 1980s to the present has witnessed a proliferation of critical approaches unparalleled in the history of Romantic criticism. This essay represents the range and diversity of modern theoretical approaches to Romanticism, with a focus on some of the key critical approaches that have risen to dominance over the last few decades: deconstruction, new historicism, psychoanalysis, post-colonial criticism, gender theory, and ecological criticism.
Feminism and the Position of Women
Authors: Moore Jane
Published: September 2021

Feminism in its modern meanings attests to a movement for change in the social, economic
and legal position of women. In the Romantic period, no such movement existed. There
were, however, individual women whose voices, separately and together, suggest the
existence of a commonality of feeling around the intellectual advancement of the female
sex. This article examines writing by women on female education and sexual and social
reform, focussing on the work of Mary Wollstonecraft, Mary Hays, Mary Robinson, and Mary
Lamb. It connects political writing and educational treatises to the novels and essays
written by these women and it reflects on the shared concerns from which modern feminism
emerged.
Romanticism and Gender Criticism
Authors: Wolfson Susan J.
Published: September 2021

Gender criticism, an evolution from feminist criticism, studies representations of gender and gender difference in literary representation and, more broadly, in the ‘social text’, the languages and systems of representation in culture at large. Gender language is conspicuous in the binaries masculine and feminine, allied to manly, unmanly, effeminate, boyish, girlish, womanish, womanly, etc. It also involves the complications and challenges to these binaries by same-sex associations and intimacies, ‘queer’ configurations (unreadable by traditional measures), trans- or fluid figures, and performativity in all these aspects – including ventures in cross-dressing or cross-living, closeted or coterie-identifiable. In the Romantic era, gender criticism suggests that the sex/gender coordinates male/masculine and female/feminine are historically specific determinations, not inevitabilities. This essay focuses on dismantling critiques and attendant reinforcements. Critique often takes the form of satires of the ‘feminine’ qualities of delicacy, sentiment, soft-headedness, and dependence, ‘girls’ for life, even in a adult woman’s body; it also satirizes masculine swagger and presumption. It becomes interested in aberrant but not necessarily stigmatized variants – say, the rational woman and the man who respects such a woman, without being unmanned. Traditional understandings get put into question and into play, with critical implications.
COVID-19 Süreci ve Fizyoterapide Telerehabilitasyon Uygulamaları: Derleme
Authors: CEYLAN Ali
Published: September 2021

2019 Aralık ayının son günlerinde Çin’de nedeni açıklanamayan ve solunum yollarında ciddi harabiyete neden olan bir hastalık tespit edilmiş ve Dünya Sağlık Örgütü tarafından hastalığa COVID-19 adı verilmiştir. COVID-19 hastalığı sadece enfekte olanları değil, karantina uygulamaları nedeniyle evlerinde kalan her kesimden insanı fiziksel ve psikolojik yönden olumsuz etkilemiştir. Sağlık hizmeti veren kuruluşlarda yoğunluk yaşanmasına ve sağlık hizmetlerinin sunumunda güçlüklerin yaşanmasına neden olmuştur. Bu nedenle COVID-19 hastalığı; telesağlık/ tele-tıp veya telerehabilitasyon gibi web tabanlı uygulamalara olan ilgiyi artırmıştır. Fizyoterapistler, tedavi sırasında hastalarıyla yakın temas içerisinde uygulamalarını gerçekleştirdikleri için enfeksiyon açısından riskli meslek grubundadır. Böyle bir dönemde araştırmacılar fizyoterapistlerin acil durumlar dışında tedavilerine ara vermeleri gerektiğini, zorunlu tedavilerde ise enfeksiyon kurallarına uyumun önemli olduğunu bildirmiştir. Ayrıca bilim insanları tarafından enfeksiyon yayılım hızını azaltabileceği düşüncesiyle telerehabilitasyon uygulamalarının alternatif bir tedavi seçeneği olabileceği de belirtilmiştir. Telerehabilitasyon, teknoloji tabanlı bir dizi araçlar kullanarak fizyoterapistler tarafından bireylerin sağlığının geliştirilmesi için rehabilitasyon hizmetlerinin uzaktan verilmesi olarak tanımlanmıştır. Fizyoterapistler, COVID-19 döneminde telerehabilitasyon ile sağlık hizmetlerini uzaktan sunarak bireylerin egzersizlerini gerçekleştirebilir, hastalarını değerlendirebilir ve enfeksiyon yayılım hızını azaltabilir. Araştırmalarda telerehabilitasyon hizmetlerinin geleneksel tedavi yöntemleri kadar etkili olduğunu, hastaların fonksiyonelliğini sağlamada ve ağrının azaltılmasında faydalı olabileceği belirtilmiştir. Ayrıca taburculuk sonrası rehabilitasyon uygulamalarının devamlılığını sağladığı da ifade edilmiştir. Bu yüzden salgın döneminde telerehabilitasyon uygulamalarının yaygınlaştırılması için sağlık çalışanları ile yeterli personel ve teknik alt yapının sağlandığı ortak bir platformda sağlık bakanlığına bağlı web tabanlı bir sistemin kazandırılması önem arz etmektedir. Daha geniş bir kitleyi içine alan kalıcı uygulamaların yaygınlaştırılması ile literatürde kısıtlı sayıda bulunan telerehabilitasyon çalışmalarının niteliğinin ve sayısının artabileceği düşüncesindeyiz.
Migrenli Bireylerin Klinik Özellikleri ve Fiziksel Aktivite İlişkisi
Authors: ALTAY Hafize , TOPRAK ÇELENAY Şeyda
Published: September 2021

Amaç: Migrenli bireylerin klinik özelliklerini belirlemek ve bu özellikler ile fiziksel aktivite arasındaki ilişkiyi saptamaktı.Yöntem: Çalışmaya 310 migrenli birey dahil edildi. Migrenin ağrı karakteristiği ve klinik semptomları sorgulandı. Fiziksel aktivite seviyesi, migrene bağlı özür durumu ve yaşam kalitesi sırasıyla Uluslararası Fiziksel Aktivite Anketi kısa form ile, Migren Özür Değerlendirme Skalası ile ve Baş Ağrısı Etki Ölçeği ile değerlendirildi.Bulgular: Bireylerin son bir aydaki ortalama ağrı şiddeti, atak sayısı ve süresi sırasıyla 8 (4-10), 4 (1-30) ve 120 (50-4320) dk olarak bulundu. Bireylerin %89.7 sinin (n=278) aura yaşadığı saptandı. Bireylerin atak sırasında en çok fotofobi (%91.3; n=283) ve fonofobi (%95.2; n=295) şikayeti olduğu belirlendi. Migren Özür Değerlendirme Skalası ve Baş Ağrısı Etki Ölçeği skorları sırasıyla 24.0 (1.0-180.0) ve 66.0 (38.0-78.0) idi. Bireylerde fiziksel aktivite düzeyi ile ağrı şiddeti (rho=-0.022; p=0.730), atak sayısı (rho=0.070; p=0.221) ve süresi (rho=-0.057; p=0.318), migrene bağlı özür durumu (rho=0.005; p=0.932) ve yaşam kalitesi (rho=-0.021; p=0.714) arasında bir ilişki yoktu.Sonuç: Bireylerin migren atakları sırasında şiddetli ağrı ve aura yaşadığı, migrenle ilişkili en çok ciddi özür durumu olduğu ve yaşam kalitesinde en çok şiddetli etkilenimi olduğu bulundu. Bireylerin büyük çoğunluğunun fiziksel olarak aktif olmadığı tespit edildi. Fakat fiziksel aktivite düzeyi ile ağrı karakteristiği, özür durumu ve yaşam kalitesi arasında bir ilişki görülmedi.
Ultrasonik Destekli Asit Hidrolizi ile Nanokristalin Selüloz Üretimi
Authors: ÇİÇEK OZKAN Betul , GÜNER Melek
Published: September 2021

Selüloz nanokristalin (SN) atkestanesi tohumu kabuğundan asit hidrolizi ile ekstrakte edilmiştir. Ham kabuklar küçük parçalara bölünmüş, alkali işleme tabi tutulmuş, ağartılmış ve sülfirik asit ile muamele edilmiştir. Hidroliz reaksisyonunun süresinin elde edilen SN’lerin yapısına, kristalinitesine, termal, morfolojik ve topolojik özelliklerine etkisi araştırılmıştır. Fouriere kızıl ötesi spektrumları incelendiğinde ligninin ve hemiselülozun alkali ve ağartma işlemleri sırasında üretilen ürünlerin yapısından tamamen uzaklaştırıldığı görülmüştür. Üretilen SN’lerin kristalinite dereceleri artan reaksiyon sürei ile birlikte önce artmış ve 20 dakikadan sonra azalmaya başlamıştır. Atkestanesi kabuğundan SN üretiminde optimal isolasyon süresi 20 dakika (45 °C’de ve % 50’lik sülfirik asit çözeltisi içerisinde) olarak belirlenmiştir. Selüloz ve SN’nin morfolojik özellikler Taramalı Elektron Mikroskobu ilen incelenmiş ve selüloza göre SN’nin iğne benzeri değişmiş bir yapıya sahip olduğu gözlenmiştir. 585 nm’lik Ra değeri ile selülozun yüzey pürüzlülüğünün SN’ye göre (111 nm) dah yüzek olduğu Atomik Kuvvet mikrokobu ile karakterize edilmiştir. SN’lerin termal stabilitesi artan isolasyon süresi ile selüloza göre azalmıştır.
Students’ Personality and Susceptibility to Persuasion during Mathematics Groupwork: An Exploratory Study
Authors: Lee Jieun , Albert Lillie R.
Published: September 2021

The purpose of this exploratory study was to understand how and to what extent personality traits, positionality, and content knowledge influence students’ susceptibility to persuasion during groupwork. Personality surveys, recorded videos, and semi-structured interviews provided evidence to support the findings. The findings confirmed that individuals who have low levels of conscientiousness or high levels of neuroticism are more likely to be convinced during a group activity. Additionally, individual background of content knowledge influenced the group persuasion process. A rich body of content knowledge about a subject area helped students feel that they were more confident; those who had confidence were more actively involved in discussions and firmly stood by their own opinions during the social persuasion process. However, the findings indicated there was not a link between susceptibility to persuasion and learners’ sociocultural factors. These findings provide educators with insights for improving the design of constructive groups in the mathematics classroom.
Roles y prácticas educativas en el proceso de inclusión de estudiantes con dificultades de comunicación
Authors: Figueroa María Julieta Maldonado , Leyva María Angélica Quiroz , Antonio Gamboa Robles Marco , Corral Dinorah Burgos
Published: September 2021

Las prácticas docentes inclusivas para abordar los problemas de lenguaje más comunes en una escuela regular y su proceso de intervención lo realiza la Unidad de Servicio de Apoyo a la Educación Regular (USAER), desde el área de comunicación, por lo cual, el estudio se perfila a las estrategias didácticas que favorecen el nivel fonológico en alumnos que presentan dislalia funcional. Las prácticas docentes del especialista logopeda, se traducen  en acciones inclusivas que atienden el trastorno lingüístico como una necesidad actual de relevancia, sobre todo en aquellos alumnos que lo presentan por rotacismo, es decir, con dificultad con el fonema r en todas sus dimensiones, siendo éste, el de mayor grado de dificultad, debido al proceso de maduración fisiológica. Por lo tanto, favorecer y proporcionar herramientas que permitan minimizar y posiblemente erradicar dichas dificultades, implica indagar acerca de la estrategia inclusiva que permitirá de una manera atractiva e innovadora, estimular la producción del lenguaje. Para esto, el diseño de programas específicos,  aplicación de diversas pruebas estandarizadas para evaluar el lenguaje, entrevistas, cuadernos de seguimiento para casa y registros anecdóticos, fungen como instrumentos de recogida de datos eficaz para elegir la estrategia de intervención efectiva para el estudio en cuestión.

 

The inclusive teaching practices to address the most common language problems in a regular school and its intervention process is carried out by the Unit of Support Service to Regular Education (USAER), from the area of communication, therefore, the study is profiled to didactic strategies that favor the phonological level in students who present functional dyslalia. The teaching practices of the speech therapist specialist, are translated into inclusive actions that address the linguistic disorder as a current need of relevance, especially in those students who present it by rotacism, that is, with difficulty with the phoneme r in all its dimensions, this being the one with the highest degree of difficulty, due to the physiological maturation process. Therefore, favoring and providing tools that allow minimizing and possibly eradicating such difficulties, implies investigating about the inclusive strategy that will allow, in an attractive and innovative way, stimulating the production of language. For this purpose, the design of specific programs, the application of various standardized tests to evaluate language, interviews, home follow-up notebooks and anecdotal records, serve as effective data collection instruments to choose the effective intervention strategy for the study in question.
Proyecto cubiertas mosaico. Hagamos sostenibles nuestras cubiertas Barcelona + sostenible: proyectos por el clima
Authors: Diez Lluïsa Arranz
Published: September 2021

Con motivo de la celebración en París de la 21a Conferencia, de la Convención Marco de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Cambio Climático, donde se reúnen los 196 Estados que la han ratificado, para conseguir un nuevo acuerdo internacional aplicable a todos los países, con el objetivo de mantener el calentamiento global por debajo de los 2°C, 800 entidades ciudadanas vinculadas a la red B+S, firman el Compromiso Ciudadano por la Sostenibilidad 2012-2022 con el Ayuntamiento de Bcn.

En el otoño de 2015, 9 equipos que han trabajado 9 proyectos, elaboran un documento marco, el “Compromiso de Bcn por el Clima”[1], incluyendo una primera hoja de ruta para el 2015-2017, con la acción colectiva de conseguir que, para el año 2030, Bcn haya reducido un 40% sus emisiones de CO2, aumentando 1 m2 de verde urbano por habitante.

Cubierta ajardinada

 

[1] Ayuntamiento de Barcelona (2015). Compromiso de Barcelona por el clima 2015-2017.

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Enhancing the Quality of Learning through Changes in Students’ Approach to Learning
Authors: Asad Ali Md. , Masih Aejaz
Published: September 2021

Learning causes relatively a permanent change in one's behavior. There are multiple paradigms in the theories of learning, the latest theory in this group being Constructivism. This particular theory postulates that a learner himself/herself constructs his/her learning through an active and consistent engagement. This theory also brings the learning process to the center, where the concerned learner's prior experience is used as the base for future learning. Although quality learning is the global agenda in the 21st century, there is still no clear and concise definition. Quality of learning has diverse connotations. Researchers in this area search for it in its process as well as in its product. However, one may say the quality learning process motivates a student to have a deep engagement with the learning task possible through some suitable strategies. Kevin Warburton (2009) identified three main factors that greatly impact a student's motivation, leading to high or low engagement in the learning activity. A conducive learning environment, sophisticated course content, and favorable individual factors could enhance the student's motivation and make him/her have a deep engagement in the learning activity. The product of quality learning is measured by the nature and versatility of the learning outcome. The learning, which is extensive, integrative, and generative, may fulfill the rising demand for quality of learning.
EVALUATION OF THE SIMULATION RESULTS OF VARIOUS ELECTRIC DRIVE SYSTEMS OF A MINING ENTERPRISE
Authors: Semenov Alexander S. , Bebikhov Yuriy V. , Vasilyev Pavel F. , Kharitonov Yakov S.
Published: September 2021

For the mining industry, the key problem is to ensure maximum energy efficiency at each technological stage of mining production, therefore this article is devoted to assessing the results of modeling two different electric drive systems of the main fan unit of the mine from the point of view of ensuring the energy efficiency of the most energy-intensive unit equipment. In 2017, the main fan units were replaced at one of the mines for the extraction of diamond-bearing raw materials. The main reason for the replacement was the depletion of their resource, as well as an increase in the resistance of the mine network, which required an increase in the depression created by the fan. Comparison of the actual operating parameters of the existing electric drive system and the newly installed one can give an idea of the real scale and directions of development of technologies in the field of electric drive. Collection, processing, analysis and comparison of real data on two fans and electric drive systems of domestic and foreign production can contribute to the disclosure and solution of the problems of import substitution of such equipment. To analyze energy efficiency, methods were applied that involve the creation of mathematical models of two systems in the MatLab/Simulink software package, as well as a technical and economic comparison of the two options in terms of energy consumption. Based on the data obtained as a result of modeling for the TAF-36/21.5-1 and VOD-50 fans, graphical dependencies of static pressure, supply and power on the angular speed were built, and the annual electricity consumption was calculated for each option.
NEURAL NET USING TO DETERMINE DEPTH AND FREQUENCY OF SIGNALS’ MODULATION FOR ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT ULTRASONIC VIBROCONTROL
Authors: Bychkov Anatoly V. , Bychkova Irina Yu. , Suslova Nadezhda N. , Alimov Kurbangali K.
Published: September 2021

The apparatus of artificial neural networks (ANN) is proposed to be used for signal processing in active ultrasonic (US) vibration control of electrical equipment. A feature of the applied neural network algorithm is that the required information about vibration parameters is embedded in the ultrasound signal’s phase change at its constant amplitude. Under these conditions, traditional spectral analysis of signals requires a high sampling rate and a significant recording duration. When using the direct propagation’s ANN with three hidden layers, it was shown that it is sufficient to use a sampling frequency of 5-6 points for the period of an ultrasonic wave and a recording duration of 4-5 periods to estimate the nonstationary frequency and amplitude of the vibration signal. Estimates of the error in determining the amplitude, frequency and phase of vibrations are obtained. The root-mean-square errors of the neural network algorithm do not exceed units of percent. The possibilities of using a trained neural network for signal processing in a «sliding window» are demonstrated. The accuracy characteristics of the proposed neural network algorithm of signal processing and the possibility of its optimization for electrical equipment’s vibration control are discussed.
SMART ALGORITHM FOR INTERVAL ESTIMATION OF ARC-QUENCHING REACTOR PARAMETERS
Authors: Dementiy Yuri A. , Shornikov Evgeny V. , Nikolaev Kirill P.
Published: September 2021

The purpose of the arc suppression reactor is to reduce the capacitive current of the network to a safe level where the single-phase earth fault current at the fault location does not exceed five amperes. The current reduced to a permissible level prevents open arcing at the fault location. For proper operation of this device, the arc suppression reactor control automatics needs to adjust the zero-sequence circuit to resonance, which balances the capacitive current of the mains and the inductive current of the reactor. To perform this tuning, it is not necessary to have information about the absolute values of the parameters of the zero-sequence circuit, but by determining them, the automation device is able to solve a wider range of tasks related to network diagnostics and increasing the efficiency of the arc suppression reactor. In this article we consider an approach to solving the problem of parametric identification of arc suppression reactor using the method of interval estimation of object parameters. The information about the operation modes of the arc suppression reactor is obtained by means of a simulation model of the object. Using the observed values, the object parameters are obtained by use of the inverse function to the simulation model. The dependence of the object parameters on the observed parameters is approximated using upper and lower parameter estimation models. The quantile regression method was applied to tune the estimation models. The need to increase the generalization ability of the algorithm is revealed. The method of adjustment of parameters of regularization of learning process to increase generalization ability of algorithm without increase of informativity of data in a training sample is offered. The results of algorithm performance are presented on the example of magnetization branch parameters estimation of arc suppression reactor. The boundaries of the interval of equivalent magnetic core loss resistance and magnetizing inductance are obtained. The limitations of the methods are analyzed, and recommendations for improving the quality of the algorithms are given.
ASSESSMENT OF THE ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT INSULATION STATE USING THE GRADIENT BOOSTING ALGORITHM
Authors: Mironenko Yaroslav V. , Kurzanov Alexey D.
Published: September 2021

The creation of analytical software products aimed at assessing the electrical equipment state has become a priority in the development of diagnostics in the power industry. The artificial intelligence methods are useful for this problem-solving. In the article, we propose a method for analyzing the monitoring data of partial discharges in the insulation of electrical equipment using machine-learning technologies. An analytical assessment of the partial discharges characteristics allows us to conclude on the insulation state of the object. It is proposed to use integrated diagnostic parameters, such as partial discharges intensity – the maximum measured value of the apparent charge of a single, repetitive and regular partial discharges. The total sample is characterized by an imbalance, which is typical for technical diagnostics in general. Among machine learning algorithms, bagging and boosting have proven to be the most effective. The mathematical apparatus of gradient boosting is considered in the example of the most common algorithms GBM (Gradient Boosting Machine) and CatBoost. The model was created in the Python programming language. The model created on the basis of the CatBoost algorithm was used for assessing the condition of the oil insulation of power transformers. The model’s accuracy of 68.85% was achieved after optimizing the parameters of the CatBoost algorithm. The article concluded that it is necessary to increase the training sample size and improve its balance. It is inadvisable to interpret the predicted data in the field of diagnostics parameters at the available accuracy of the model’s wok.
MILITARY PERSONNEL AND REPRESSION OF THE 1930s
Authors: Evstratov Maxim V.
Published: September 2021

The article examines the issue of carrying out Stalinist repressions against the officers of the late 1930s. Separate problematic plots associated with repressions in relation to the command and control and political composition of the Red Army are highlighted. Mass repressions began in the early 1930s. thanks to falsified charges related to the Viasna case. Based on special research literature, the article reveals the reasons and consequences of the peak of repressions against the military, which fell on the period of the disclosure of the so-called «military conspiracy» in 1937. The background of the conspiracy itself was connected with the fact that around J.V. Stalin there were two large opposing forces, consisting of eminent military men, who had different views on the further development of the army. As a result, the «leader» supported KE Voroshilov’s group, and MN Tukhachevsky’s associates were repressed. The article notes that about 40 thousand people from among the commanders suffered from the repressions of 1937-1938. In 1939, by order of JV Stalin, the mass coverage of repression was suspended, as a result, 11,178 people were reinstated in the army. Any interrelated events inevitably have a cause-and-effect relationship. Many historians, discussing the failures of the Soviet Union in the first year of the Great Patriotic War, come to the conclusion that the professionally formed army, which led to successes during the Civil War, was largely destroyed by the internal policy of the state, which was directly related to the repression of the end 1930s. The massive repressions carried out against the commanding and commanding personnel in the pre-war years inflicted great losses on the Red Army. Events of the 1930s became the main reason for personnel problems in the Red Army, which entailed tragic consequences during the Great Patriotic War.
FORMATION AND SOCIAL STRUCTURE CITY COUNCILS IN THE 1870–1880s AND THEIR SOCIAL STRUCTURE (BASED ON THE MATERIALS OF THE VLADIMIR, NIZHNY NOVGOROD AND TULA PROVINCES)
Authors: Popova Vera V.
Published: September 2021

The article examines the procedure for the formation of city dumas in the towns of Nizhny Novgorod, Vladimir and Tula governorates in the 1870–1880s on the basis of archival materials. The author studies the electorate, their distribution by categories in accordance with the Municipal statutes of 1870, as well as the estate composition of councilors in city dumas.

As a result of the reform of 1870, not all urban residents received the right to vote. The property qualification gave the opportunity to participate in the elections only to the most affluent part of the population. Distribution of voters into three categories, depending on the amount of taxes paid, was one of the characteristic features and one of the main problems of the electoral system that operated in towns of the second half of the 19th century.

In practice, as a result of restrictions established by the law, a significant part of urban residents were deprived of the right to vote.

As follows from the collected archival data, the persons who voted in the first and second categories showed the greatest activity as voters. At this, the turnout among the electors in the third category was extremely low.

The central government, determining the procedure for the formation of self-governance bodies, was interested in ensuring a privileged position of the noble estate. Nevertheless, the analysis of city dumas composition based on the materials of the selected provinces shows that a significant part of councilors was made by representatives of the merchant class and petty bourgeoisie. The appearance of peasant class representatives in the city dumas is noteworthy.

Thus, despite equality of estates in the municipal self-governance bodies created as a result of the reform of 1870, not all urban residents could vote. But even those who were granted the right to vote often did not use it. As a rule, the least activity was characteristic for the third category voters, which included the less affluent segments of the urban population and who did not see the point in participating in public life. Among the more affluent citizens who voted in the first and second categories, electoral activity was quite high. Merchants and rich representatives of the petty-bourgeoisie estate showed the greatest interest in the sphere of self-governance.
HISTORIOGRAPHY OF THE PROBLEM OF SOLDIERS ‘ UNREST DURING MOBILIZATION IN THE YEARS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR
Authors: Blinjaev Semen N. , Shirokov Oleg N.
Published: September 2021

The article covers the problem of analyzing such an important and relevant issue as the soldiers’ riots at the beginning of mobilization during the First World War and its consequences for the socio-economic and political situation in the Russian Empire. The authors give an overview of the Soviet, Russian and foreign historiography on the problem and describe the content of scientific works on this issue. Based on the analysis of scientists’ research works, the authors make a conclusion about their contribution to the development of certain aspects of the theme and coverage of the problematics as a whole. It is shown that there is a significant difference in the degree of research of the issue’s various aspects. The historiography reflects the most completely the socio-economic and political consequences of large-scale mobilization measures: socio-demographic shifts in the town and the village, changes in modernization processes, increasing problems in the agricultural sector, emergence and development of the revolutionary factor under the influence of the war, the least developed are aspects related to the character, scale, driving forces, mental and ethno – psychological springs of soldiers’ riots during the conscription campaigns. The authors point out the difference in interpreting the causes of such a social phenomenon as soldiers’ riots during the development of the problematics by Soviet scientists and Russian researchers in the 1990s and at the present moment. Regional historiography is considered separately with clarification of the issue determining the current stage of studying the scientific problem in Chuvashia, the republics of Tatarstan and Mari El. The authors come to the conclusion that, despite the multifaceted study of the problem on a Russian scale, it remains poorly studied on the territory of the three named republics of the Volga region, which indicates the current need for complex and holistic work.
Diabetes mellitus management strategies in athletes
Authors: Dergacheva LI , Derevoyedov AA , Vykhodets IT , Pavlova AA , Parastaev SA
Published: September 2021

Glycemic control is the biggest challenge for athletes with diabetes mellitus (DM) on insulin therapy. Done well, it can keep glycogen metabolism normal and allow performance improvement through adjustment of the insulin doses to the specifics of nutrition and exercising. In DM Type 1 and Type 2 patients, intense physical activity and resistance exercising, as well as interval training, enable optimal physiological adaptation during the training period and prove to be beneficial when the athlete does one-time exercise sets. But for athletes with DM on insulin therapy, keeping blood glucose at the optimal level is not the only important issue. It is also necessary to factor in the potential body temperature regulation disturbances that increase the risk of heat stress during training/competition, learn the effects the drugs used by athletes may have on the glycemic status, control electrolyte balance and dehydration, know how to execute the application for permission to use insulin for therapeutic purposes submitted to the anti-doping organization. The purpose of this review was to draw attention of sports medicine physicians and coaches to the above problems and to the need for wider use of the new DM control technology; help athletes with DM on insulin therapy continuously perform well and ensure their athletic longevity.