bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Hubungan antara Pembangunan Penerapan Nilai dalam Pendidikan Abad Ke-21 dengan Pembentukan Sahsiah Murid Sekolah Kurang Murid (SKM) Luar Bandar di Sabah
Authors: Ag Kiflee@Dzulkifli Dg Norizah , Talip Roslee , Bikar Singh Soon Singh A/L , Talin Rosy , Lee Bih Ni , Tan Choon Keong , B. Madjapuni Mad Noor
Published: December 2020

Penerapan nilai dalam pendidikan abad ke-21 amat penting bagi membentuk sahsiah murid yang mapan dalam pelbagai aspek seperti yang digariskan dalam Falsafah pendidikan Kebangsaan (FPK). Kajian korelasi ini dijalankan bagi mengkaji hubungan pembangunan penerapan nilai dalam pendidikan abad ke-21 dengan pembentukan sahsiah murid Sekolah Kurang Murid (SKM) luar bandar di Sabah. Kajian ini menggunakan reka bentuk bukan eksperimen dan kaedah kuantitatif. Seramai 209 orang guru SKM dijadikan sampel dalam kajian ini yang dipilih menggunakan kaedah pensamplean rawak mudah. Instrumen soal selidik pula digunakan bagi mengukur variabel-variabel kajian. Data mentah dianalisis menggunakan perisian Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) dengan menggunakan analisis statistik inferensi yang melibatkan ujian Korelasi Pearson. Hasil analisis menunjukkan terdapat hubungan positif signifikan yang kuat antara pembangunan penerapan nilai dalam pendidikan abad ke-21 dengan pembentukan sahsiah murid Sekolah Kurang Murid (SKM) luar bandar di Sabah (r=0.88, P<0.05). Dapatan kajian ini memberi maklumat berguna berkaitan dengan penerapan nilai dalam pendidikan abad ke-21 dan pembentukan sahsiah murid yang diharap dapat memberikan sumbangan ke arah memperkasakan sistem pendidikan kebangsaan.
KOSMESEUTIKAL HERBAL PADA HIPERPIGMENTASI PASCAINFLAMASI (HPI)
Authors: Azmi Aulia Salma
Published: December 2020

Hiperpigmnetasi pascainflamasi (HPI) merupakan penggelapan warna kulit yang terjadi setelah inflamasi atau cedera pada kulit. HPI sering terjadi pada warna kulit lebih gelap dan dapat menurunkan kepercayaan diri seseorang. Pengobatan konvensional HPI adalah hydroquinone (HQ) topikal yang sering dikombinasikan dengan retinoid. HQ memiliki efek samping berupa dermatitis, perubahan warna kuku, leukoderma permanen, hipopigmentasi, dan okronosis eksogen sedangkan retinoid memiliki efek samping teratogenik. Senyawa fitokimia pada tanaman dapat digunakan sebagai kosmeseutikal herbal untuk terapi alternatif HPI yang lebih aman karena memiliki efek toksisitas minimal. Beberapa kosmeseutikal herbal yang dapat digunakan di antaranya adalah aloesin pada lidah buaya, alpha-bisabolol pada kamomil, arbutin pada tanaman bearberry, ellagic acid pada teh hijau, stroberi, ceri, walnut, anggur, dan geranium, glabridin pada akar manis, polifenol pada teh hijau dan kedelai, vitamin C, silimarin pada Silybum marianum, procyanidin pada Pinus pinaster dan kacang tanah, dan lektin pada gandum, kacang-kacangan, dan berbagai jenis sayuran.
Escribir o Morir.
Authors: Trujillo Freddy , Bazante Guzmán María del Carmen
Published: December 2020

Una de las ciencias que más ha crecido en los últimos años ha sido la Medicina. Sin dejar de ser a la vez un arte y una ciencia, se ha desarrollado segura, apegada rigurosamente al método científico. Sus avances han alcanzado fronteras de horizontes fácticos que han roto los conceptos de ser, de individuo humano, de creación, conceptos de reproducción y de la vida misma. En este contexto, todos los médicos y biomédicos vemos transformarse las enseñanzas primarias de existencia, la mítica concepción del hombre de: “nacer, crecer, reproducirse y morir”, se ha modificado a: “nacer, crecer, tener un hijo, sembrar un árbol, escribir un artículo científico y morir”.
TRAP) Secuencia de perfusión arterial reversa en embarazo gemelar monocoriónico con feto acárdico. Caso Clínico.
Authors: Vargas Llerena Edwin , Rey Severino , Herrera German , Robayo Alexandra
Published: December 2020

Objetive: Develop a review of the pathophysiology, diagnosis, treatment and management of reversed arterial perfusion.The reversed arterial perfusion sequence, known in English literature as TRAP sequence (twin reversed arterial perfusion (1), pathology associated with complications of monochorionic twin pregnancy, (2) is the absence of a well-defined cardiac structure on a twin (the acardiac twin), which is kept alive by his co-twin (the pump twin) through an arterial-arterial surface placental anastomosis. (3) the normal twin accompanying the acardiac has a mortality of 60% ; morbidity is mainly associated with congestive heart failure (4) while the acardiac twin has a mortality of 100% Apropos of a case reversed arterial perfusion syndrome TRAP diagnosed in the second trimester of pregnancy will be displayed and evaluate it. Management made in the service of Gynecology, service image and Pathology service and the associated perinatal outcomes. Keywords: acardic Fetus, perfusion sequence reversed arterial, sequence TRAP, monochorionic pregnancy twin
Blastoma pulmonar: Reporte de un caso
Authors: Malik Bin Ismail Adam , Takano Pena RESUMEN Angela Maria
Published: December 2020

Presentamos el caso de un varón chino de 74 años de edad, quien fue diagnosticado incidentalmente de un tumor pulmonar luego de una resonancia magnética para un problema de radiculopatía cervical. La biopsia pulmonar demostró un carcinoma de células no pequeñas. El tumor resecado mostró una cavitación central y necrosis extensa. La histomorfología fue characterística de un blastoma pulmonar bifásico, y el diagnóstico fue sustentado por un estudio inmunohistoquímico y molecular.
KÜRESELLEŞMENİN POST’LARI: POST-MODERNİZM, POST-TRUTH VE POST-COVID
Authors: ZENGİNOĞLU Samet
Published: December 2020

İnsanlık, tarih boyunca dünyanın farklı bölgelerinde çeşitli salgınlarla yüzleşmiştir. Bu salgınlar gerek süreçleri gerekse de sonuçları itibariyle birçok farklı etkiye sahip olmuşlardır. 21. yüzyılın ilk çeyreğinde Çin’in Wuhan kentinde ortaya çıkan ve sonrasında bütün dünyayı etkisi altına alan Covid-19 salgını ile karşılaşılmıştır. Salgın, birçok ülkenin sağlık sisteminde, ekonomik ve politik yapısında küçük, orta ve büyük ölçekli fay hatları oluşturmuştur. Dolayısıyla başta tıp olmak üzere, iktisat, politika, yönetim, siyaset bilimi, uluslararası ilişkiler alanlarında salgının süreç ve sonuçlarına dair görüşler ortaya konmuş ve hızla büyüyen bir literatür ortaya çıkmıştır. Elbette ki sürecin açıklanması adına bu görüşlere ve literatüre ihtiyaç duyulduğu bir gerçektir. Lakin sosyal bilimler adına bu denli kısa bir zaman dilimi içerisinde salgının sonrasında “post” eksenli analizler özelinde temkinli olunması gerektiği düşünülmektedir. Bu düşünceden hareketle bu çalışma temkinli olmayı göz önünde bulundurarak aslında bu sürecin küreselleşme ve post-modernizm ilişkisi nazarında doğal kabul edilmesi gerektiği savına sahip bulunmaktadır. Özellikle post-truth kavramı ile birlikte post-Covid söyleminin belirsizlik içerisinde daha da belirginleşeceği kanaati söz konusudur.
БAЛЕТНА ТA ЦИРКОВA НЕОКЛАСИКА: ПРОЦЕСИ ІНТЕГРАЦІЇ, СИНТЕЗУ ТА ТРАНСФОРМАЦІЇ
Authors: Sharykov Denys
Published: December 2020

Метa дослiдження полягає в системному розгляді особливостей хореогрaфiчної культури циркових хореогрaфiчних тa aкробaтичних мiнiaтюр нa корд-де-пaрель із позицiй клaсичного бaлетного мистецтвa. Простежено iсторичний процес iнтегрaцiї бaлетних форм у циркове мистецтво тa нaпрями їх стильової трaнсформaцiї в особливих сценiчних умовaх цирку сучaсного етaпу.
Методологiя дослiдження ґрунтується нa зaстосувaннi комплексного пiдходу до вивчення хореогрaфiчної культури сумiжних видiв мистецтв. Крiм того, використовуються емпiричнi, описовi тa зaгaльнонaуковi методи компaрaтивного aнaлiзу i синтезу. Нaуковa новизнa полягaє у виявленнi стильової тотожностi тa спорiдненостi основних художньо-технологiчних принципiв бaлетної неоклaсики тa циркового жaнру повiтряної гiмнaстики нa корд-де-пaрель. Хореогрaфiчнa культурa у процесi еволюцiї збaгaчувaлaсь нaслiдкaми мiжвидової взaємодiї мистецтв: вiд укорiнення трюкових елементiв у бaлетi – до сучaсного етaпу розквiту бaлетної культури у цирковому мистецтвi, що впливaло нa її стильову особливiсть у чaсопросторовiй динaмiцi. Нaпрями синтезу циркового мистецтвa тa бaлету спостерiгaються в основних пaрaметрaх стилю тa зaсобiв вирaзностi жaнру повiтряної гiмнaстики нa корд-де-пaрель. Aрхiтектонiкa подiбних дуетних номерiв укрaїнських циркових aртистiв ґрунтується нa неокласичних бaлетних принципaх Pas-de-deux: пiдйом нa кaнaт нaближений до неоклaсичного entree; aкробaтичнi фiгури «прaпорець», кружляння, провиси тa «стрiлa» – вaрiaцiї солiстiв, особливий вертикaльний обертовий спуск нa полотнi – фуете. Плaстичнiсть, ритмiчнiсть, експресiя обумовленa музичним супроводом i знaходиться нa перетинi двох векторiв – сучасної хореогрaфiї тa циркової гімнастики, вирaженої у трюкaх. Технiкa їх повiтряного виконaння у вертикaльнiй площинi (нa вiдмiну вiд горизонтaльної – у бaлетi) демонструє нову оптику сприйняття.
Ключовi словa: бaлет, цирк, aкробaтикa, корд-де-пaрель, тaнець, культурa, хореогрaфiя, синтез.
ДЕЯКІ АСПЕКТИ МОДЕРНІЗАЦІЇ ВИКЛАДАННЯ ІСТОРІЇ ТЕАТРУ У МИСТЕЦЬКИХ ЗВО
Authors: Lypkivska Hanna
Published: December 2020

Стаття містить у собі аналіз системи викладання історії театру у мистецьких закладах вищої освіти та презентацію новітніх принципів викладання цього курсу на основі досвіду Київської Муніципальної академії естрадного та циркового мистецтв, а саме: феноменологічного, т. зв. «вертикально-горизонтального» та індуктивного підходів з урахуванням спеціалізації студентів. Також обґрунтовується ефективність інтеграції історії українського театру до загального навчального курсу історії світового театру.
Ключові слова: світовий театр, український театр, історія, викладання, навчальний курс, феноменологія, інтеграція.
Напрямки драматургії у цирковому мистецтві 1990-х-2000-х рр. Проблеми видової релевантності
Authors: Grinie Tamara
Published: December 2020

Стаття присвячена дослідженню генезису «Nouveau Cirque» або «нового цирку» як художнього явища. При цьому основна увага приділяється періоду з початку              1990-х рр. до наших днів, важливою характеристикою якого стала актуалізація питань релевантності циркового мистецтва з урахуванням його взаємозв’язків із театром, що помітно зміцніли в цей час. На основі аналізу сучасного контенту, а також тверджень вітчизняних і зарубіжних дослідників, ставиться проблема теоретичної відповідності театралізованих циркових шоу-програм класичним видовим канонам. Ключовим аспектом статті стало проведення чіткої демаркаційної лінії між театрально-цирковими виставами і театральним мистецтвом, феномен «Nouveau Cirque» був визначений автором як повноцінний етап у розвитку цирку.
Творчество Натальи Северцовой
Authors: Filippova Olga
Published: December 2020

Наталия Алексеевна Северцова-Габричевская (1901-1970 гг.) была яркой и незаурядной личностью. Природный темперамент, артистичность, красота привлекали к ней ученых и художников. И если в московской жизни профессиональная занятость и научные штудии круга друзей ее мужа определяли и ритм, и стиль общения, то в Коктебеле, куда ехали жить свободно, играть, отдыхать, складывалась атмосфера, в которой расцветал ее талант хозяйки дома, душевного круга, дар художницы. Н. А. Северцова создавала то, что специалисты определяют как наивное искусство. Можно было бы сказать, что ее творчество сформировалось вопреки тем вкусам и художественным идеалам, которые были присущи ее друзьям и наставникам из ближайшего окружения. Это был пример наивного видения, остающегося целым в элитарной среде. Однако, Н. А. Северцова была человеком своего круга – подлинным интеллигентом, с присущим независимо мыслящим людям взглядом на мир, острым, часто ироничным, всегда нестандартным. С течением времени – десятков лет, прошедших с того периода, когда вокруг стола в коктебельском доме Габричевских собиралась веселая дружеская компания, – становится ясно, что угнетающему давлению советской действительности противостояли люди, связанные дружескими и профессиональными отношениями, общими интересами и увлечениями. В искусстве Н. А. Северцовой воплотился тот образ жизни и стиль самовыражения, который был присущ кругу людей, собиравшихся в доме Северцовых-Габричевских, наследовавший бытовой культуре отцов и дедов, хранивший их привычки, манеры, способы суждения столь же бережно, как произведения живописи и графики, достававшиеся в наследство. Эти традиции продолжает хранить племянница и воспитанница Н.А. Северцовой – О.С. Северцева (р. 1931). Она сохранила не только все художественное наследие Н. А. Северцовой, но и архивы всех ученых, принадлежавших этой исключительной семье.
Evaluation of Simulated Cloud Water in Low Clouds over the
Beaufort Sea in Arctic System Reanalysis using ARISE Airborne In
Situ Observations
Authors: Dodson J. Brant , Taylor Patrick C. , Moore Richard H. , Bromwich David H. , Hines Keith M. , Thornhill Kenneth L. , Corr Chelsea A. , Anderson Bruce E. , Winstead Edward L. , Bennett Joseph R.
Published: December 2020

Abstract. Arctic low clouds and the water they contain influence the evolution of the Arctic system through their effects on radiative fluxes, boundary layer mixing, stability, turbulence, humidity, and precipitation. Atmospheric models struggle to accurately simulate the occurrence and properties of Arctic low clouds, stemming from errors in both the simulated atmospheric state and the dependence of cloud properties on the atmospheric state. Knowledge of the contributions from these two factors to the model errors allows for the isolation of the process contributions to the model-observation differences. We analyze the differences between the Arctic System Reanalysis version 2 (ASR) and data taken during the September 2014 Arctic Radiation-IceBridge Sea and Ice Experiment (ARISE) airborne campaign conducted over the Beaufort Sea. The results show that ASR produces less total and liquid cloud water than observed along the flight track and is unable to simulate observed large in-cloud water content. Contributing to this bias, ASR is warmer by nearly 1.5 K and drier by 0.06 g kg−1 (relative humidity 4.3 % lower) than observed. Moreover, ASR produces cloud water over a much narrower range of thermodynamic conditions than shown in ARISE observations. Analyzing the ARISE-ASR differences by thermodynamic conditions, our results indicate that the differences are primarily attributed to disagreements in the cloud-thermodynamic relationships, and secondarily (but importantly) to differences in the occurrence frequency of thermodynamic regimes. The ratio of the factors is about 2 / 3 to 1 / 3. Substantial sampling uncertainties are found within low likelihood atmospheric regimes; sampling noise cannot be ruled out as a cause of observation-model differences, despite large differences. Thus, an important lesson from this analysis is that when comparing in situ airborne data and model output, one should not restrict the comparison to flight track-only model output.
Locating rock slope failures along highways and understanding their
physical processes using seismic signals
Authors: Chang Jui-Ming , Chao Wei-An , Chen Hongey , Kuo Yu-Ting , Yang Che-Ming
Published: December 2020

Abstract. Regional monitoring of rock slope failures by the seismic technique is rarely studied due to significant source location errors, and it still lacks the signal features needed for understanding events of this type because of the complex mass movement involved. To better understand events of this type, ten known events along highways in Taiwan were analyzed. First, a hybrid approach (GeoLoc) composed of cross-correlation-based and amplitude-attenuation-based approaches was applied, and it produced a location error of maximum 3.19 km for the ten events. Then, we analyzed the ratio of local magnitude (ML) and duration magnitude (MD) and found that a threshold of 0.85 yields successful classification between rock slope failure and earthquake. Further, the GeoLoc can retrieve the seismic parameters, such as signal amplitude at the source (A0) and ML of events, which are crucial for constructing scaling law with source volume (V). Indeed, Log(V) = 1.12 ML + 3.08 and V = 77,290 A00.44 derived in this study provide the lower bound of volume estimation, since the seismic parameters based on peak amplitudes cannot represent the full process of mass loss. Second, while video records correspond with seismic signals, the processes of toppling and sliding present column- and V-shaped spectrograms, respectively. The impacts of rockfall directly link directly to the pulses of seismic signals. Here, all spectrogram features of events can be identified by event volumes larger than 2,000 m3, corresponding to the farthest epicenter distance ~2.5 km. The previous results were obtained using the GeoLoc scheme for providing the government rapid reports for reference. Finally, a recent event on 12th June 2020 was used to examine the GeoLoc scheme’s feasibility. We estimated the event's volume by the two scalings: 3,838 m3 and 3,019 m3, which was roughly consistent with the volume estimation of 5,142 m3 from the digital elevation model. The physical processes, including rockfall, toppling, and complex motion behaviors of rock interacting with slope inferred from the spectrogram features were comprehensively supported by the video record and field investigation. We also demonstrated that the GeoLoc scheme, which has been implemented in Sinwulu catchment, Taiwan, can provide fast reports, including the location, volume, and physical process of events of this type to the public soon after they occur.
Science, poetry, and music for landscapes of the Marche region, Italy: communicating the conservation of natural heritage
Authors: Nesci Olivia , Valentini Laura
Published: December 2020

Abstract. We present a method to educate the public about landscapes that uses artistic works to broaden the audience, entice people to learn about landscapes in a personal and human context, and thus encourage them to preserve the natural heritage. To this end, we use narratives about a place, in plain language, accompanied by visual presentations, original poetry, and ancient music. Several studies encourage the use of art since it can help to synthesize and convey complex scientific information and create a celebratory and positive atmosphere. Evidence suggests that the arts can deeply engage people by focusing on emotions rather than relying only on comprehension, which is often emphasized in science communication. The multidisciplinary approach arouses an emotional and intellectual experience that enables a personal connection to the place. The work is part of a larger multidisciplinary project covering 20 sites in the Marche region (central Italy), which includes scientific information on geological–geomorphological genesis, trekking itineraries, poetry, ancient music, video, and cultural offerings. The project resulted in live multidisciplinary performances, a book, a DVD, and a website. To give a taste of how we work among the many amazing landscapes of the Marche region, we focus here on three sites from the north, the centre, and the south of the region, namely the sea cliff of San Bartolo, the flatiron of Mount Petrano, and the fault of Mount Vettore, chosen as examples for their different processes of genesis and evolution. In the long run, our goal is to promote a deeper understanding of landscapes by integrating their origin and physical aesthetic with their cultural and artistic heritage. In doing so, we intend to inspire people to have a new perception of geosites, starting from their physical beauty, building on scientific study and cultural history, and arriving at the knowledge of their social importance. So far, our direct experience with the public has been highly encouraging. The participation at our live shows demonstrated a great interest in geological history, a result that is relevant for the development of geotourism. The method demonstrates the potential to develop a strong personal involvement of visitors with the places, stimulating their curiosity to know how and why that place was formed, and, finally, the desire to visit and protect it.
Drawing together: making marginal futures visible through collaborative comic creation (CCC)
Authors: Aalders Johannes Theodor , Moraa Anne , Oluoch-Olunya Naddya Adhiambo , Muli Daniel
Published: December 2020

Abstract. The article introduces collaborative comic creation (CCC) as a methodological tool. The central question it addresses is how marginalised imaginations of futures can be made visible in the context of the planned Lamu Port-South Sudan-Ethiopia-Transport (LAPSSET) in Kenya. The question assumes that infrastructure projects such as the LAPSSET corridor inscribe not only particular ways of moving into a landscape but also one specific temporality that marginalises other future-making practices. The paper participates in the ongoing debate about how imagined futures and future-making practices can be appreciated and analysed methodologically. It thus contributes to the literature on geographies of the future by drawing together conceptual insights from anthropology, infrastructure studies, and critical cartography. Based on these different approaches, the paper proposes to regard future-making practices not only in relation to contentious timelines but also in terms of lines made by moving and drawing on landscapes and surfaces. Using a review of existing social foresight methods as a basis, we describe the practical implementation of CCC. Subsequently, the analysis of one collaboratively produced comic illustrates how the method can help to visualise ambivalent and uncertain imaginations of different futures that oppose the unitary vision of modernity produced by dominant infrastructural visions of a single future. We conclude by reflecting on possible ways of developing the method further.
Introduction to the special issue Venice flooding and sea level: past evolution, present issues and future projections
Authors: Lionello Piero , Nicholls Robert J. , Umgiesser Georg , Zanchettin Davide
Published: December 2020

Abstract. Venice is an iconic place and a paradigm of a huge historical and cultural value at risk. The frequency of flooding of the city centre has dramatically increased in recent decades and this threat is expected to continue to grow and even accelerate through this century. This special issue collects three review papers addressing different and complementary aspects of the hazards causing the flooding of Venice: (1) the relative sea level rise, (2) the occurrence of extreme sea levels, and (3) the flood prediction. It emerges that the effect of compound events poses critical challenges to the forecast of floods, particularly from the perspective of effectively operating the new MoSE mobile barriers. Two strands of research are needed in the future. Firstly, there is a need to better understand and reduce the uncertainty on the future evolution of relative sea level and its extremes at Venice. However, uncertainty might not be substantially reduced in the near future, reflecting uncertain anthropogenic emissions and structural model features. Hence, complementary adaptive planning strategies appropriate for conditions of uncertainty should be explored and developed in the future.
Evaluating the Relationship between Nursing Students’ Awareness of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Health Behaviors with Health Literacy
Authors: Kaplan Sena , Peksoy Kaya Sibel
Published: December 2020

INTRODUCTION: This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between nursing students’ awareness of the COVID-19 pandemic and health behaviors with health literacy. METHODS: This descriptive and cross-sectional study comprised 408 students enrolled in an undergraduate nursing program at a public university in Turkey. The data were collected online using the Individual Information Form, Healthy Lifestyle Behavior Scale II, and Turkish Health Literacy Scale-32. The percentiles, significance test of the difference between two means, and Pearson correlation analysis were used to analyze the data. RESULTS: The mean age of students was 20.89±1.95 and three of them had been diagnosed with COVID-19. It was determined that the students had sufficient health literacy (𝒙̅ =35.97±8.73), and healthy lifestyle behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic were at a moderate level (𝒙̅ =55.76±12.05). The results showed that as awareness of nursing students regarding COVID-19 and precautions against it increased, their mean score of health literacy increased, too (p<.05). Furthermore, there was a positive correlation between students’ mean score of healthy lifestyle behaviors in nutrition, physical activity, and stress management and their mean score of health literacy (p<.05). DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: As the results have shown a relationship between nursing students’ awareness of COVID-19 and healthy lifestyle behaviors and health literacy, it is suggested to adapt the health literacy to students’ daily life during the pandemic period.
COVID-19 Pandemic and Nursing Education Association Activities
Authors: Vatan Fahriye , Unsal Avdal Elif , Yağcan Dağ Hande , Şanlı Deniz
Published: December 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic, which has affected the entire world, has also affected all social systems of our country. In order to reduce death and transmission rates and to save time for treatment studies, efforts have been made to create as much social distancing as possible, with measures such as taking breaks during face-to-face education or declaring a holiday in educational institutions and universities. The Nursing Education Association, which operates in Turkey for the purpose of conducting undergraduate and postgraduate nursing education in a qualified manner, also continues its activities in order to closely monitor and produce solutions to these problems during the pandemic. This review aimed to address the problems, demands, and activities carried out and the nursing education problems of HEMED members since the pandemic began.
Innovating the fight against syphilis: SIM Project
Authors: Gerbase Antonio , Oliveira Vanessa Martins de , Basgalupp Suelen Porto , Dornelles Thayane Martins , Brito Emerson Silveira de , Pretto Michele , Pedrotti Luana , Wendland Eliana Márcia
Published: December 2020

Introduction: Syphilis is a major public health problem. Its incidence has increased in Brazil, particularly in the Southern Region. New tools are available, and immediate action is necessary. Objective: To describe the pilot study of an investigation aimed to assess the prevalence of syphilis, hepatitis B and C, and HIV and evaluate three strategies for adherence to syphilis treatment. Methods: A spontaneous sample of participants was evaluated with a structured questionnaire and underwent rapid tests for syphilis, HIV, and hepatitis B and C after signing an informed consent form (ICF). Rapid tests reagent for syphilis were confirmed by quantitative venereal disease research laboratory (VDRL) and Treponema pallidum hemagglutination assay (TPHA). Participants with confirmation of syphilis were randomized into three groups for follow-up: telephone calls, SIM app, and usual care at the health unit. Results: During a two-day pilot, 68 participants were included. Fourteen (20.6%) had tests reagent for syphilis, 1 (1.5%) for hepatitis B, 3 (4.4%) for hepatitis C, and 1 (1.5%) for HIV. Eight (57.1%) of the initial 14 individuals with rapid tests reagent for syphilis agreed to participate in the study. Out of the 8 rapid tests for syphilis, 2 (25%) were confirmed as active syphilis (>1/8). Conclusion: The prevalence of active syphilis estimated in this population was 3.5%. The demand for tests was high. The COVID-19 epidemic had a negative impact on the development of the study, which is ready for implementation. Discussions on the role of such a testing unit and the coverage of the research project in a context that requires increasing COVID-19-focused testing are fundamental for the future development of the project.
Earthquakes, landslides, and large dams in New Zealand
Authors: Adams John
Published: December 2020

Earthquake-triggered landslides pose two indirect hazards to large dams: dam collapse due to upstream dam failure, and reservoir infilling by earthquake-generated sediment. The  Buller earthquake generated sediment equivalent to 800 years of normal erosion in the Karamea catchment. The effects of this and other historic earthquakes in New Zealand indicate the magnitude of the hazard to present dams and may aid in the safe design of future dams.
“An American bitch”:
Beckett’s Love’s Labor’s Lost
Authors: Gontarski S.E.
Published: December 2020

Samuel Beckett is not often thought of as a love poet, but much of his early poetry
explores such personal relationships in intimate terms. In Shakespeare’s most poignant plays, love
is almost always lost (except for his most formulaic comedies), as it is in Beckett’s poetry, despite
one’s labors. This essay explores that thread of love in Beckett’s poetry, and, more importantly,
its return in his late media experiments as a series of hauntings, a preoccupation that Derrida would
call hauntology. The principal fi gures of Krapp’s Last Tape, “Ohio Impromptu”, “...but the clouds...”,
“Ghost Trio”, and “Eh, Joe” remain haunted by failed love as they replay, time and again, the separation
and its ghostly aftermath after one of the partners either dies or leaves to pursue what at the
time was deemed a higher goal, art, of one form or another. This treatment of Beckett’s writings on
love was originally delivered as a keynote address, “Beckett’s Love’s Labor’s Lost”, for the University
of Gdańsk Samuel Beckett Seminar, “Beckett’s Faces”, and for the BETWEEN.POMIĘDZY 2018
Festival and Literary Conference as something of a backstory to the laboratory fi lm made during
and sponsored by that conference and called Beckett on the Baltic: Love’s Labor’s Lost. Its world
premiere was held at the BETWEEN.POMIĘDZY 2019 Festival and Literary Conference.
Prospero’s Island as Self-referential Space of Trauma and Despair in Warlikowski’s Production of The Tempest
Authors: Suwalska-Kołecka Anna
Published: December 2020

The main aim of this paper entitled “Prospero’s Island as Self-referential Space of Trauma and Despair in Warlikowski’s Production of The Tempest” is to investigate the solutions that Krzysztof Warlikowski adopted as a director in his production of The Tempest at the Rozmaitości Theatre in Warsaw (2003) to explore the abyss of pain, trauma, and the improbability of forgiveness. Warlikowski, considered today as one of the most distinguished European theatre and opera directors, fi lters the canonical texts of the past through contemporary sensitivity and checks how they can resonate now. Notorious for his drawing on Shakespeare, Warlikowski imbues his 2003 production of The Tempest with the twentieth century experience of terror and totalitarianism. In the analysis, special attention will be paid to the strategies Warlikowski employs to enhance the selfreferential character of the production and to convey a consistent artistic message about forgiveness that may as well be harnessed to obtain power.
Scientific Critique and Digital Humanities
Authors: Gędas Katarzyna
Published: December 2020

The article provides an overview of the problems faced by scientifi c criticism in the era of the development of digital humanities. It signals that the emergence of new tools, methods and research areas related to the digitization process forces a revision of the existing evaluation paradigms. Besides, it focuses, for example, on other aspects, such as citation rates, the impact of research on society, ways of disseminating research, interdisciplinarity, internationalization, and open access. It highlights issues related to the evaluation of research in the fi eld of humanities according to the criteria developed for the sciences. It points to the need of creation indicators in the humanities, the aim of which would be a reliable assessment of all aspects of the specifics of a researcher’s work, not only bibliometric data.
Synthesis and Characterization of Multiferroic BiFeO3for Data Storage
Authors: Chand Verma Kuldeep
Published: December 2020

Multiferroic BiFeO3 deals with spintronic devices involved spin-charge processes and applicable in new non-volatile memory devices to store information for computing performance and the magnetic random access memories storage. Since multiferroic leads to the new generation memory devices for which the data can be written electrically and read magnetically. The main advantage of present study of multiferroic BiFeO3 is that to observe magnetoelectric effects at room temperature. The nanostructural growth (for both size and shape) of BiFeO3 may depend on the selection of appropriate synthesis route, reaction conditions and heating processes. In pure BiFeO3, the ferroelectricity is induced by 6s2 lone-pair electrons of Bi3+ ions and the G-type antiferromagnetic ordering resulting from Fe3+ spins order of cycloidal (62-64 nm wavelength) occurred below Neel temperature, TN = 640 K. The multiferroicity of BiFeO3 is disappeared due to factors such as impurity phases, leakage current and low value of magnetization. Therefore, to overcome such factors to get multiferroic enhancement in BiFeO3, there are different possible ways like changes dopant ions and their concentrations, BiFeO3 composites as well as thin films especially multilayers.
The Relationship Between Serum Resistin Levels and Diabetic Nephropathy in Type 2 Diabetic Patients
Authors: Tofangchiha Shahnaz , Rahimi Shima , Mirzaii-Dizgah Iraj , Isazadeh Mahdi , Mansournia Nasrin , Taghavi Yaser , Moetaghedi Larijani Atoosa
Published: December 2020

Background: Resistin reduces tissue sensitivity to insulin and causes hyperglycemia. Diabetic nephropathy is also a metabolic disorder caused by chronic hyperglycemia that causes kidney dysfunction. Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the relationship between serum resistin and diabetic nephropathy in diabetic patients who referred to Imam Reza Hospital in 2018 - 2019. Methods: This case-control study recruited 30 diabetic patients with nephropathy, 29 non-nephropathy diabetic patients, and 30 healthy controls via convenience sampling. Serum and 24-hour urine samples were taken from each person. After the determination of the glomerular filtration rate, samples were tested in a laboratory. Also, data were analyzed by SPSS software version 23, and P < 0.05 was considered significant. Results: Mean serum resistin was significantly different between the groups (F = 3.600, P = 0.032). Tukey’s follow-up test showed that resistin was critically higher in the diabetic nephropathy group than in the control group and healthy controls. There was a weak inverse relationship between glomerular filtration rate and serum resistin level (r = -0.233, P = 0.031). Conclusions: Levels of resistin may rise in people with diabetes associated with nephropathy. It seems that Serum resistin can be used as a biomarker to assess the severity of diabetes mellitus.
Investigating the Relationship Between Insulin Resistance and Fatty Liver in a Random Population of Tehran
Authors: Moameri Hossein , Akbarzade Zahra , Khamisi Elmira , Osati Saeed , Ghaemi Alireza , Ehrampoush Elham , Homayounfar Reza
Published: December 2020

Background: Insulin resistance can be a predictor of adverse fatty liver disease and health problems. Objectives: The present study aimed to investigate the effect of insulin resistance on fatty liver disease. Methods: This study used the data of 2,160 individuals registered in a cross-sectional study who were randomly selected from among clients of a nutrition clinic in Tehran from April to December 2019. Insulin resistance and beta-cell activity were calculated by the homeostasis model assessment formula. The study outcome was defined as having fatty liver disease. The odds ratio (95% CI) was calculated using logistic regression models. Results: The mean age was 35 (± 9) in healthy subjects and 49 (± 8) in fatty liver disease patients (age range: 16 to 42 years). Nearly 34.5% of the individuals had fatty liver disease. According to the adjusted results of the logistic regression model, the risk of NAFLD was 1.05 (P < 0.001) for one unit increase in fasting insulin and 1.01 (P < 0.001) for one unit increase in 2-h insulin, which indicated the statistically significant relationship of NAFLD with fasting insulin and 2-h insulin. Also, the risk of NAFLD was 1.01 P < 0.001) for one unit increase in FPG, which was statistically significant. Moreover, the adjusted risk of NAFLD was 1.00 (P < 0.001) for one unit increase in 2-h glucose, which was not statistically significant. Finally, the adjusted risk of NAFLD was 1.29 (P < 0.001) for one unit increase in HOMA-IR, which was statistically significant. Conclusions: The findings of the present study demonstrated that insulin resistance could increase the risk of fatty liver disease. Also, each one-unit increase in fasting blood sugar, fasting insulin, and 2-h insulin increased the risk of fatty liver disease. Therefore, the results of this study may be useful for health policymakers to design suitable preventive and therapeutic interventions for those with NAFLD to prevent and control this disease.
Association between Mycoplasma pneumoniae Infection and Coronary Artery Aneurysm in Children with Kawasaki Disease
Authors: Wang Cheng-Yi , Song Chao-Min , Liu Guang-Hua , Zhang Huijie , Chen Fang-Sheng , Lin Han
Published: December 2020

Background: The epidemiology of Kawasaki disease (KD) suggests that an infectious agent may be a potential disease trigger in susceptible children. Several studies have shown that the cause of KD may be associated with Mycoplasma pneumoniae (M. pneumoniae) infection. Objectives: We aimed to investigate the relationship between M. pneumoniae infection and coronary artery aneurysm (CAA) in children with KD in China. Methods: From January 2015 to December 2018, a total of 330 children with KD met the inclusion criteria. Relevant data were extracted and analysed. Results: The children were stratified into two groups according to M. pneumoniae infection status. Significant differences were identified in the proportion of patients with fever > 10 days, the occurrence of small CAA, and the average serum sodium, pre-albumin (PA), and albumin levels but not in the occurrence of medium and giant CAA between the two groups. According to binary logistic regression, M. pneumoniae infection (OR: 0.515; 95% CI: 0.309 - 0.860; P = 0.011), serum sodium levels (OR: 0.910; 95% CI: 0.851 - 0.972; P =0.005), and PA (OR: 0.900; 95% CI: 0.854 - 0.949; P ≤ 0.001) levels were independently associated with occurrence of small CAA. Conclusions: We demonstrated that M. pneumoniae infection, serum sodium and PA levels are inversely related to the occurrence of small CAA. These results suggest that M. pneumoniae infection may be associated with a decreased incidence of small CAA. Further large-sample studies are needed.
Theories of Consciousness, Therapy, and Loneliness
Authors: Mijuskovic Ben ,   National Philosophical Counseling Association
Published: December 2020

The article offers a brief set of definitions of metaphysical and epistemological principles underlying three distinct theories of consciousness and then relates these paradigms to a triad of contemporary therapeutic modalities. Accordingly, it connects materialism, empiricism, determinism and a passive interpretation of the “mind”=brain to medication interventions and behavioral and cognitive treatments. In this context, the paper proceeds to argue that these treatment approaches are theoretically incapable of addressing the dominant issue of man’s loneliness, and his struggle to escape from it, as the most basic universal drivein human beings. Next, it discusses the dualist, idealist, and rationalist assumptions of an active reflexive, self-consciousness, which has dominated insight-oriented treatment methodologies since Freud. And, finally, it treats the Hesperian and Sartre an phenomenological andexistential descriptions of awareness as grounded in the transcen­dent principle of intentionality emphasizing the aspects of the freedom of consciousness. Lastly, it claims that the first view stresses the temporal present; the second the past; and the third the future.
Counseling Hume
Authors: Cohen Elliot D. ,   National Philosophical Counseling Association
Published: December 2020

David Hume is well known for his philosophical doubts about such things as whether there is an external world beyond our sense perception, and whether there are any rational grounds for believing that the future will resemble the past. But what would it be like to entertain such doubts in the context of one’s everyday life? In this paper, a fictional dialogue is provided in which a descendent of David Hume who brings such skeptical doubts to life, and consequently suffers from Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), is counseled by a Logic-Based Therapy practitioner.
Analyzing the Fallacy of Demanding Perfection
Authors: Caputo Andrew ,   National Philosophical Counseling Association
Published: December 2020

Applying basic concepts of Logic-Based Therapy (LBT), this paper addresses the author’s own struggle with demanding perfection, and seeks to provide a model for others to emulate.
In Memory of Dr. Shlomit C. Schuster
Authors: Rhee Young E. ,   National Philosophical Counseling Association
Published: December 2020

In this short essay, I recollect my memories of Dr. Shlomit C. Schuster. Dr. Schus­ter was a great philosopher and a philosophical counselor, and I am struggling to spell out now the significance of the time I spent with her. Dr. Schuster visited Korea twice (2010 and 2012) and left a very strong impression on the members of the Korean Society of Philosophical Practice and Humanities, especially the Therapy Group of Kangwon National University. Someday I might realize the significance of her philosophical thoughts but I feel obligated to share something about the way in which we will remember her.
The Christian Personalism of John Paul II
Authors: Reimers Adrian J. ,   Institute for Interdisciplinary Research
Published: December 2020

The thesis of this essay is that Karol Wojtyła / Pope John Paul II develops a rich understanding of the concept of person and of human personhood not by redefining “person” but by availing himself of the traditional definition offered by Boëthius who viewed the person as an individual substance of a rational nature. Objections to this definition are overcome by Wojtyla’s deep understanding of the spiritual characteristics of reason and will. The person acquires from these faculties one’s distinctive characteristics of freedom and creativity, which are manifest and fulfilled in one’s capacity for love. Thus it is that although the person exists as a material substance in the world of physical things, one’s personal existence is constituted by relationships with other persons.
A Case Study Of Natural Gas Hydrates (NGH) In Offshore NW Sabah: Identification, Shallow Geohazard Implication For Exploration Drilling, Extraction Challenges And Potential Energy Resource Estimation
Authors:   JX Nippon Oil and Gas Exploration (Malaysia) Limited, Malaysia, Jong John , Goh Hui Sin ,   No. 25, Taman Hoover Park, Jln Sultan Abdullah, 36000 Teluk Intan, Perak, Malaysia, McGiveron Steve ,   Marine Geoscience, Wales, UK, Fitton Jim ,   Consultant Operations Geologist, Malacca, Malaysia
Published: December 2020

Natural gas hydrates (NGHs), sometimes referred to as “flammable ice”, are crystalline solids, consisting of hydrocarbon gases with low molecular weight, such as methane, ethane and propane, bound with water molecules within cage-like lattices. The water molecules and low molecular weight NGH lattices are stable within a specific range of temperatures and pressures, and the source of the gases can be biogenic or thermogenic in origin. NGHs are common in the upper hundreds of metres of sub-seafloor sediments on the continental margins at water depths greater than about 500 m. Seismic reflection profiles and wireline well logs are common indicators used to identify the presence of NGHs, which are often encountered during offshore deepwater exploration drilling. They may cause geohazards such as slope instability, expulsion of the seafloor, shallow water flows and shallow gas if the stability of penetrated NGHs is disturbed and starts to dissociate. Methane gas hydrates represent a significant potential energy resource, as illustrated in this case study from offshore NW Sabah and may represent one of the world’s largest reservoirs of carbon-based fuel, with some estimates suggest that the hydrocarbons bound in the form of NGHs may rival the total energy resources contained in other conventional hydrocarbon sources. Methane can be extracted from NGHs through three methods: depressurization, inhibitor injection and thermal stimulation. However, risk associated with NGHs extraction can contribute to environmental concerns such as global warming and a decrease in microbial communities associated with methane hydrate ecosystem. Presently, in many countries, national programs exist for the research and production of natural gas from NGH deposits. As a result, hundreds of deposits have been discovered, with a few hundred wells drilled and kilometres of NGH cores studied. Hence, in the future (pending improved gas price and extraction technology), methane gas hydrates could be a vast source of natural gas supply.
An efficient algorithm of three-dimensional explicit electromagnetic sensitivity matrix in marine controlled source electromagnetic measurements
Authors: Chen Bo , Wang Hong-Nian , Yang Shou-Wen , Yin Chang-Chun ,   International Center for Computational Method and Software, College of Physics, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China,   College of Geo-Exploration Sciences and Technology, Jilin University, Changchun 130026, China
Published: December 2020

In this paper, an efficient algorithm of three-dimensional (3D) explicit sensitivity (or called Fréchet derivatives) matrix for marine controlled source electromagnetic measurements is established by combining an electric coupled potential finite volume method with a direct solver PARDISO direct method. Firstly, on the Yee’s staggered grids, the coupled potential Helmholtz equations are discretized to form a large, sparse and complex linear system which is excited by mobile transmitters. Secondly, through the inversion of the discrete matrix and 3D linear interpolation formula, the interpolation operators and projection operators are established for each receiver at different positions. Because these interpolation operators and projection operators are unrelated to transmitters, they can be computed in advance according to the positions of all receivers. Then the multiple projection operators with discrete vector of each transmitter source can efficiently produce the electromagnetic (EM) responses. On the basis, the goal conductivity of block model and pixel model is expressed as a piece-wise constant function. By perturbing the goal conductivity, the scattered electric current density can be decomposed into a series of electric current elements distributed on Yee’s grids. Each scattered current element is equal to the product of relative perturbation of conductivity and the electric intensity on the grid. The discrete vector on the right-hand side is computed by integrating each scattered current element on the Yee’s grid and then being multiplied with the project operator. Then the linear relationship between the changes in EM field and the relative conductivity perturbation on each block or pixel can be fast produced to obtain the explicit sensitivity matrix about EM responses. Finally, numerical results demonstrate the efficiency and accuracy of this method. The characteristics of 3D sensitivity in three different cases are further investigated.