bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
In The Eye of the Beholder – Attitudes towards Visual Poetry in Latvian Literature
Authors: Laizāns Mārtiņš
Published: January 2020

Visual poetry in Latvian literature is still an extraordinary phenomenon. In this case, by extraordinary is meant its scarce appearance among the corpus of Latvian literary texts – only very few examples of it exist in Latvian literature even in the 21st century, though it has gained a visible presence in other literatures of the world since at least the era of Modernist poetry, and experienced in most cases a turn of critical attitude towards it from disregard or denial to acceptance and consideration. At first evaluated only as a pastime on the margins of serious literature, since Apollinaire it has evolved into a serious genre of poetry and art of its own, and is no longer considered a childish game. Given this situation in contemporary criticism, it is quite a peculiar situation that Latvian literature and literary criticism still does not pay adequate attention to it, thus visual poetry has stayed an outsider genre up to this day.

In this paper a concise historical account of Latvian visual poetry will be given and some examples of visual poetry from various decades of Latvian literature will be given, as well as quotations from Latvian literary critics and scholars regarding visual poetry will be provided, in order to illustrate the overall situation in Latvian visual poetry and the possible reasons why it is still being mostly neglected and disregarded both by poets/artists and critics, though there seems to be slight indications of a visual turn.
Metaficción historiográfica y autoficción: diferentes compromisos con la referencialidad en Estação das Chuvas de José Eduardo Agualusa y Soldados de Salamina de Javier Cercas
Authors: Cavaliere Mauro
Published: January 2020

Historiographic metafiction and autofiction: different commitments with the referentiality in Estação das Chuvas by José Eduardo Agualusa and Soldiers of Salamina by Javier Cercas. This article offers a comparative analysis of the novels Estação das Chuvas (1996) by the Angolan writer José Eduardo Agualusa (born in 1960) and Soldados de Salamina (2001) of the Spaniard Javier Cercas (born in 1962). The two novels belong to different geographical and cultural contexts. Nevertheless, a common sensibility – due perhaps to the same generational affiliation or to the prevalence of topics in force in the 1990s – makes evident the emergence of both a historical theme and the presence of a subject involved in historical processes. Ultimately, in both novels, we come across a subject that makes history although in quite different ways: involved firsthand in historical events with tragic implications, in the case of Agualusa, and absorbed in a reflection on apparently distant events in the case of Cercas. However, the result of the emphasis on the presence of a subjectivity within historical processes causes the two novels to share a common element, that is, a double generic affiliation. Both Estação das Chuvas and Soldados de Salamina actually share semantic traits that make it possible to classify them at the same time as autofictional novels and historiographic metafictions.

Despite their common architectural matrix, the two novels represent two very different expressions within these genres. This manifests itself at different levels: first, the treatment of the autofictional character and, secondly, the treatment of the other characters. Through the analysis of the characters that populate these two novels, I will try to show how the two writers adopt divergent attitudes regarding the degree of referentiality in their works and how they end up proposing two different poetic options. In the analysis of the characters, I consider it useful to introduce a taxonomy that, in addition to including already existing types (referential, historical, fictitious characters), introduces other types hopefully useful to the study of the currently abundant number of fictions that, through an ambiguous narrative pact, are located between fiction and faction.
Bleeding Edge of Postmodernism: Metamodern Writing in the Novel by Thomas Pynchon
Authors: Radchenko Simon
Published: January 2020

Many different models of co ntemporary novel’s description arose from the search for methods and approaches of post-postmodern texts analysis. One of them is the concept of metamodernism, proposed by Timotheus Vermeulen and Robin van den Akker and based on the culture and philosophy changes at the turn of this century. This article argues that the ideas of metamodernism and its main trends can be successfully used for the study of contemporary literature. The basic trends of metamodernism were determined and observed through the prism of literature studies. They were implemented in the analysis of Thomas Pynchon’s latest novel, Bleeding Edge (2013). Despite Pynchon being usually considered as postmodern writer, the use of metamodern categories for describing his narrative strategies confirms the idea of the novel’s post-postmodern orientation. The article makes an endeavor to use metamodern categories as a tool for post-postmodern text studies, in order to analyze and interpret Bleeding Edge through those categories.
The evaluation of the impact of anti-stigma training led by "experts by experience" on participants’ attitudes towards persons with mental illness
Authors: Świtaj Piotr , Grygiel Paweł , Krzyżanowska-Zbucka Joanna , Sonik Janina , Chrostek Anna , Jahołkowski Piotr , Wciórka Jacek , Anczewska Marta
Published: January 2020

Cel pracy

Badanie miało na celu ocenę wpływu szkoleń antystygmatyzacyjnych prowadzonych przez osoby po przebytych kryzysach psychicznych (czyli „ekspertów przez doświadczenie”) na różne aspekty postaw uczestników wobec osób chorujących psychicznie.

Metoda

W trzygodzinnych warsztatach wzięło udział 185 osób w 17 grupach liczących 3-19 osób (średnio 11). Blisko połowę (45,4%) stanowiły osoby zatrudnione w psychiatrycznej opiece zdrowotnej. Bezpośrednio przed i po szkoleniu uczestnicy wypełniali zestaw kwestionariuszy oceniających następujące aspekty postaw: dystans społeczny, stygmatyzujące atrybucje, przekonania o możliwości samostanowienia/osiągania ważnych celów życiowych przez osoby chorujące psychicznie oraz przekonania o społecznej wartości osób chorujących psychicznie. Po miesiącu i po pół roku od szkolenia respondenci wypełniali ten sam zestaw kwestionariuszy online. Dane analizowano w oparciu o segmentowy model latentnych krzywych rozwojowych.

Wyniki

Spośród 185 uczestników warsztatów po miesiącu od szkolenia kwestionariusze wypełniło 115 osób (62,2%), a po pół roku – 87 osób (47,0%). Analizy wykazały poprawę we wszystkich miarach postaw bezpośrednio po szkoleniu. W przypadku trzech spośród czterech badanych aspektów postaw (nasilenia dystansu społecznego, stygmatyzujących atrybucji oraz przekonań o możliwości samostanowienia przez osoby chorujące psychicznie) pozytywny wpływ szkolenia okazał się trwały, utrzymując się przez sześć miesięcy.

Wnioski

Wyniki badania dostarczają wstępnych dowodów empirycznych, że oceniana ustrukturyzowana interwencja antystygmatyzacyjna wykorzystująca elementy edukacji i kontaktu interpersonalnego może być skutecznym narzędziem służącym poprawie postaw społecznych wobec osób chorujących psychicznie.
Consumer Reactions to Drip Pricing
Authors: Santana Shelle , Dallas Steven K. , Morwitz Vicki G.
Published: January 2020

This research examines how drip pricing—a strategy whereby a firm advertises only part of a product’s price up front and then reveals additional mandatory or optional fees/surcharges as the consumer proceeds through the buying process—affects consumer choice and satisfaction.
CARTOGRAFIAS DE PESQUISA E CURRÍCULOS QUE MOVIMENTAM OS CORPOS NA EDUCAÇÃO INFANTIL
Authors: Zouain Ana Cláudia Santiago , Gomes Larissa Ferreira Rodrigues
Published: January 2020

Objetiva entender em que sentido a produção de imagens cinema com crianças e professores provoca composição de territórios existenciais para os currículos na Educação Infantil. Problematiza que imagens de currículos têm sido produzidas nas escolas? Usa como metodologia a pesquisa cartográfica com os cotidianos escolares de uma escola pública de Vitória/ES, ao acompanhar crianças de 5 a 6 anos, entre os anos de 2017 a 2019. Os procedimentos investigativos foram: observação participante, redes de conversações com crianças e professores, e registros em diário de campo nos quais os dados foram escritos e também gravados. Aposta que o currículo é tecido nos múltiplos enredamentos que atravessam o território escolar, para além de uma representação fixa, na composição de currículos acontecimento.
ANÁLISE DE PROSA ENREDADA NA PESQUISA COM OS COTIDIANOS: UM JEITO DE VER O CURRÍCULO E DIZER
Authors: Do Nascimento Valdriano Ferreira , Farias Isabel Maria de Sabino , Ramos Evódio Maurício Oliveira
Published: January 2020

Pesquisas qualitativas se caracterizam pela interpretação de dados da vivência, experiência e subjetividade dos praticantes. Isto implica na necessidade de reelaboração de novos procedimentos metodológicos e de análise que se adequem ao cenário de complexidade que se apresenta na atualidade. Com isto, este artigo apresenta o método de Análise de Prosa Enredado (APE), delieado em uma pesquisa com os cotidianos, focada na interação e triangulação das percepções e experiências registradas e na apresentação e enredamento dos resultados. A APE, apreende o caráter multidimensional, captando os diferentes sentidos de uma experiência vivida para a compreensão dos saberesfazeres, acompanhado dos seus significados.
CONVERSAS ENTRE PROFESSORES: PRODUÇÃO DE CURRÍCULOS NOS PROCESSOS DE FORMAÇÃO CONTÍNUA
Authors: Reis Graça , Santos Nunes de Campos Marina
Published: January 2020

Este artigo objetiva dar a conhecer o trabalho de um grupo de pesquisa e extensão voltado para a formação contínua de professores realizada por meio de outras epistemologias e metodologias que tecem possibilidades de diálogos com a produção de currículos nos cotidianos das escolas. Discute sobre o papel do compartilhamento das narrativas docentes para os percursos da formação e valorização dos conhecimentos próprios da docência. Por meio do entrelaçamento entre as narrativas docentes oriundas das ações de extensão e os referenciais teóricos conclui-se que as narrativas docentes englobam uma diversidade de experiências e saberes muito mais amplos do que as políticas hegemônicas de Formação Continuada percebem e valorizam.
A FORMAÇÃO EM PEDAGOGIA NA FACULDADE DE EDUCAÇÃO – UFC, ENTRE 1987 A 2007.
Authors: Chaves Flávio Muniz , De Andrade Francisco Ari
Published: January 2020

O presente artigo é parte integrante da tese de doutoramento em Educação na Universidade Federal do Ceará, intitulada “A formação docente nos percursos e itinerários dos projetos pedagógicos do curso de pedagogia da faculdade de educação - FACED/UFC, entre 1987 e 2007”. Para onde apontou a formação nas diversas versões dos PPC’s, conforme as exigências e adequações trazidas pelas reformas curriculares do Ministério da Educação – MEC, para os cursos de Pedagogia? O Projeto Pedagógico do Curso é considerado o instrumento fundamental de orientação da formação profissional superior. Admite-se que tal estudo seja oportuno para entender a formação em Pedagogia constantemente adequada às demandas de uma sociedade complexa, plural e democrática.
EDUCAÇÃO SOB CONTROLE: TENSÕES DO ACESSO À EDUCAÇÃO SUPERIOR
Authors: Rosa Ana Claudia Ferreira , Camargo Arlete Maria Monte de
Published: January 2020

O estudo tem por objetivo compreender como a regulação da educação incide sobre o acesso à educação superior.  Parte-se do seguinte problema: Qual o papel da regulação no controle do acesso à educação superior e aos conhecimentos culturalmente produzidos? A metodologia prioriza a análise documental e considerou as mudanças provocadas tanto por inserção quanto por omissão de diretrizes nos documentos pesquisados. Os resultados indicam que o acesso à educação superior se dá sob tensões de projetos societários, políticos e alavancados por interesses de atendimento ao mercado e que as mudanças do cenário se materializam via regulações que agem normatizando oficialmente o controle aos níveis mais elevados do conhecimento ampliando ou restringindo o referido acesso.
EDUCAÇÃO INTEGRAL NO SISTEMA SOCIOEDUCATIVO: O CURRÍCULO COMO REDES DE SIGNIFICAÇÕES DISCURSIVAS
Authors: Honorato Rafael Ferreira de Souza , Albino Ângela Cristina Alves , Rodrigues Ana Cláudia da Silva
Published: January 2020

O artigo analisa as redes de significações discursivas presentes na organização curricular da Educação Integral para Jovens em Cumprimento de Medidas Socioeducativas em Privação de Liberdade do estado da Paraíba. Os procedimentos metodológicos centraram-se nas análises documentais e entrevistas semiestruturadas. Para as análises dos achados da pesquisa utilizamos a Teoria do Discurso de Laclau (2011, 2013) e Laclau e Mouffe (2015). Nas considerações destacamos que a política investigada vem estabelecendo padrões e compromissos para o sistema Socioeducativo, a partir do movimento de mobilidade e (re)contextualização que gerou currículos híbridos. Ressaltamos que o objetivo da política foi apresentar resultados rápidos quanto à redução da violência nos espaços sociais onde estavam inseridas as escolas.
OUTRAS METODOLOGIAS E OUTRAS EPISTEMOLOGIAS: PESQUISAS COM CURRÍCULOS A CAMINHO DE BACURAU
Authors: Sussekind Maria Luiza , Pavan Ruth
Published: January 2020

Em tempos de ataques conservadores à universidade e à intelectualidade, teorias e pesquisas no campo do currículo ocupam espaço de criação, resistência e diversidade apontando para importantes realizações e avanços dos estudos curriculares no Brasil que se comprometem com a defesa da educação pública. Campo de importantes conquistas teóricas, ineditismo e densidade internacionalmente reconhecidos e identificando-se com a luta contra políticas, teorias, práticas e propostas que afrontam a pluralidade e ameaçam a democracia, o currículo tem levado curriculistas do Brasil, também, a deslocamentos teóricos, experimentos metodológicos e invenções epistemológicas. Por isso, é com satisfação que convidamos às pessoas interessadas a acessarem a Seção temática Outras epistemologias e metodologias nas investigações sobre currículo
Sir Roger Bannister: pioneer of the cardiovascular autonomic nervous system
Authors: Cowan Helen
Published: January 2020

In the first article in the new quarterly Neurocardiology series, Helen Cowan takes a look at Sir Roger Bannister's life and some of his important findings with regard to cardiovascular disorders of the autonomic nervous system
An elusive force of nature
Authors: Dudhia Jayesh
Published: January 2020

Dr Jayesh Dudhia, BSc (Hons) PgCert(VetEd) PhD FHEA, discusses the latest research and current and future role of stem cells in veterinary medicine
Kidney disease in the horse
Authors: Jocelyn Natasha
Published: January 2020

An overview by Natasha Jocelyn MA, VetMB, MvetMed, Dip ECEIM, MRCVS, European specialist in equine internal medicine at Sussex Equine Hospital
Timing of artificial insemination in relation to ovulation
Authors: Crabtree James
Published: January 2020

Dr James Crabtree BVM&S CertEM(StudMed) MRCVS, RCVS Advanced Practitioner in Equine Stud Medicine discusses the timing of insemination with chilled and frozen semen
Effects of repetitive intensive arm swing indirect gait training on vasti and hamstring muscle activity and gait performance in children with cerebral palsy
Authors: Sim Yon Ju , Lee Dong Ryul , Yi Chung Hwi , Cynn Heon Seock
Published: January 2020

Background/aims

Both upper and lower limbs interact through neural coupling. Such interconnection leads to rhythmic interlimb coordination, which affects the central pattern generator for the lower limbs. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of repetitive intensive arm swing indirect gait training on muscle activity and gait parameters in children with cerebral palsy.

Methods

A total of 9 children with cerebral palsy were recruited for 20 sessions of repetitive intensive arm swing indirect gait training. They were tested before and after completion of this training using surface electromyography, spatiotemporal gait parameters assessments and clinical tests. A paired t-test was used to investigate differences in participants' vasti and hamstring activity, spatiotemporal gait parameters, and clinical test results before and after the training.

Results

Participants' vasti muscle activity increased significantly after the repetitive intensive arm swing indirect gait training, but there was no significant change in their hamstring muscles. However, spatiotemporal gait parameters and clinical motor function improved significantly.

Conclusions

Repetitive intensive arm swing indirect gait training may be suitable as an effective exercise in gait training programmes for children with cerebral palsy.
Medicines adherence in respiratory disease
Authors: Scullion Jane
Published: January 2020

In respiratory diseases, there are good pharmacological and non pharmacological therapeutic interventions that can improve symptoms, health status and quality of life for many, and in some cases transform and even save lives. What is not in place is a robust method for ensuring that the therapies and interventions that are prescribed or advised can and will be taken as instructed, and we call this nonadherence. This article looks at medicines adherence, using examples from respiratory diseases and their treatments, discussing what what is meant by it, the reasons it remains problematic, and what could be done about it in respiratory prescribing
Assessing and managing patients with leg ulceration and oedema
Authors: Todd Marie
Published: January 2020

Leg ulcers are some of the most common wounds treated by the NHS. Ulceration is usually classified as being of venous or arterial origin. Arterial ulcers develop because of reduced arterial flow to the leg caused by peripheral arterial disease. Venous leg ulcers, the most common form, develop because of vein incompetence, with valve failure leading to pressure in the veins. Nurses working with patients with oedema find that chronic oedema can cause the affected limb to swell, causing skin to stretch and break and lead to ulceration. This is known as superficial ulceration. This article discusses the causes, assessment and prescribing practices of these different types of leg ulcer.
Ionising radiation in urology: consideration of individuals of childbearing age
Authors: McConkey Robert W , Dowling Maura
Published: January 2020

Nurse referrers of medical ionising radiation (X-ray) are educated to refer appropriately. One particular cohort of patients who warrant special consideration regarding the risks associated with X-ray are individuals of childbearing age. In the context of advanced nurse practitioner practice in urology, these patients attend for removal of ureteric stents and may require an abdominal X-ray. In reaching a decision, ANPs undertake a systematic assessment considering the individual's pregnancy status, as an X-ray of the abdomen, although low dose, carries a much higher risk of teratogenic effects than an X-ray of the extremities. This article considers the risks of ionising radiation in individuals of childbearing age, while paying attention to legislation and the application of the principles of justification, optimisation and dose limitation.
Drug Breakdown: Mercaptopurine
Authors: Rees Sharon
Published: January 2020

In this column, Sharon Rees aims to refresh knowledge and interest in some of the commonly used drugs in a series of tweets. This month she is talking about #mercaptopurine
Disciplinary action: how to get it right
Authors: Stevens Mark
Published: January 2020

Sadly, it is sometimes necessary for a business to begin disciplinary proceedings against a misbehaving employee. However, there are strict procedures to adhere to, and failure to do so can have serious consequences. Mark Stevens explains
Learning together to be ourselves: a collaborative portrait of affect in relation
Authors: Campbell Râna
Published: January 2020

Þjóðmyndir was a collaborative photography project carried out by individuals frequenting two social service organisations that work in close partnership in Ísafjörður, Iceland, under the guidance of the author. It offered participants an opportunity to express themselves creatively in the public sphere and aimed to engage them in participative processes of learning, creating and reflecting to this end. The project struggled with the participatory and collaborative research traditions that informed it, yet it defined its own, unique collaborative culture around the social learning that emerged from the participants’ entering into relation with and emotionally affecting one another. Consequently, it succeeded at creating a space for the processes of subject formation inherent to discussions of both collaborative research and social-relational affect. This paper examines instances of affect and collaboration particular to the project through the lens of disability studies in order to advance an understanding of the intersectional relevance of affect theory and collaborative methodologies to social care practice.
Optical method to characterize and assess setting evolution of cement pastes
Authors: Soto-Bernal Juan J. , Vázquez Gloria V. , González-Mota Rosario , Rosales-Candelas Iliana , Ortiz-Lozano José A. , De-León-Martínez Héctor A.
Published: January 2020

In this work, a nondestructive and noninvasive technique, based on
laser technology and the use of the Kubelka–Munk model to calculate
the dynamic behavior of the cement paste from the diffuse reflection
properties of both cement components and hydration products, is
proposed. Also, the Powers–Brunauer model is used to explain this
behavior during the first 9 h of the hydration process. This method
allows us to obtain the initial and final cement setting times from
the diffuse reflection measurements.
Passively Q-switched mode-locked ytterbium-doped fiber laser based on an Fe3O4-nanoparticle saturable absorber
Authors: Chen Guoliang , Yang Yan , Tian Meng , Li Cong , Huang Yanhua , Lv Min
Published: January 2020

A passively Q-switched mode-locked ytterbium-doped fiber laser (QMYDFL) at 1084.4 nm using ferroferric-oxide (Fe3O4) nanoparticles (FONPs) as the saturable absorber (SA) is reported. The FONPs SA exhibits a large nonlinear saturable absorption property with the modulation depth of 6.6% at the laser wavelength of 1µm band. Stable passively Q-switched pulse train with the repetition rate increasing from 5.43 kHz to 59 kHz, the corresponding pulse duration reducing from 18 µs to 2.68 µs are achieved when the input pump power increases from 100 mW to 330 mW. The maximum single pulse energy can reach 181.6 nJ. Q-switched mode-locked (QM) phenomenon is also observed by adjusting the state of the polarization controller (PC). When the input pump power is 150 mW, stable QM pulse train occurs. By continuous increasing the pump power to 320 mW, the QM pulse trains with the repetition rate increasing from 17.1 kHz to 34.3 kHz, mode-locked pulse repetition rate of 11.1 MHz and pulse duration of 880 ps are achieved. The observed phenomenon is interpreted as a mutual interaction of dispersion, non-linear effect and insertion loss. This work provides a new mechanism for fabricating cheap QMYDFL with FONPs SA.
Prácticas con TIC según estudiantes y profesores de una escuela de Honduras (Practices with ICT, according to students and teachers of a school in Honduras)
Authors: Cevallos Martínez Gabriel Francisco , Sabillón Cinthia Margarita , Ficoseco Verónica Sofía
Published: January 2020

El objetivo de este artículo es analizar dinámicas de incorporación de tecnologías de la información y la comunicación - TIC, en procesos de enseñanza y aprendizaje en una escuela. Para ello se hace foco en cómo esas tecnologías digitales son aplicadas por los profesores y estudiantes en su cotidiano y en como esos grupos perciben, valoran y asumirían el rol del otro al enseñar y aprender con las tecnologías digitales, mediante un enfoque cualitativo, descriptivo y analítico. Los instrumentos de producción de datos fueron dos cuestionarios, uno de preguntas cerradas y otro de preguntas abiertas, administrados a través de una plataforma online a un grupo de estudiantes y profesores de último año de Bachillerato Técnico Profesional - BTP. El análisis de datos consideró un procedimiento estadístico analítico con las preguntas cerradas y análisis textual de las respuestas abiertas de deslocación. El trabajo de campo se realizó en Trinidad, Santa Bárbara, Honduras. Los resultados muestran presencia de lo digital en la cotidianidad de profesores y estudiantes, y buena evaluación de la práctica y formación docente en ambos grupos, revelándose debilidad en la gestión de información en profesores y pobre pensamiento crítico sobre esas tecnologías en los estudiantes. Adicionalmente, fue posible establecer que los estudiantes reconocen didácticas y potencialidades de integrar tecnologías digitales en la enseñanza, frente a pocas propuestas de los profesores en el mismo sentido.
Educação Ambiental mediada pelas tecnologias da informação e comunicação no Instituto Federal do Amazonas – Campus Humaitá
Authors: Barba Clarides Henrich de , Lopes Ana Paula Batista
Published: January 2020

Esta pesquisa tem por finalidade investigar como as Tecnologias da Informação e Comunicação – (TICs) podem ser utilizadas no processo da aprendizagem da Educação Ambiental, com estudantes do 2º ano do curso Técnico em Informática Integrado ao Ensino Médio, do Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência, Tecnologia do Amazonas – IFAM Campus Humaitá. O referencial teórico utilizado foi baseado em autores da Educação Ambiental bem como nas Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação na Educação Ambiental. Investigou-se, por meio da pesquisa bibliográfica, a utilização das TICs e suas contribuições pedagógicas. A metodologia utilizada foi a pesquisa qualitativa na forma de pesquisa-ação por meio de palestras e oficinas com estudantes, e a aplicação de um questionário para diagnosticar quais conhecimentos eles detinham sobre essas tecnologias. Abordou-se a relevância do cuidado com o meio ambiente visando à sensibilização ambiental, assim como o descarte de resíduos sólidos, tanto na escola quanto fora dela. Os resultados apontam que os educandos possuem conhecimentos sobre as TICs e as utilizam de forma consciente em respeito ao meio ambiente. Desse modo, por meio da utilização das tecnologias, os estudantes desenvolvem uma reflexão sobre a importância da Educação Ambiental para a conservação do meio ambiente, assim como o uso dos recursos tecnológicos para uma melhor qualidade de vida.
Por que professores utilizam vídeos como mediadores no processo de aprendizagem?
Authors: Pereira Bianca Cassola , Fernandes Hylio Laganá
Published: January 2020

Este artigo se constituiu a partir de uma pesquisa realizada para investigar os motivos que levam os professores a utilizar vídeos em suas aulas no município de Sorocaba/SP. Trata-se de uma pesquisa exploratória de cunho qualiquantitativo, que utilizou como instrumento de coleta de dados um questionário com roteiro de questões fechadas e abertas, aplicadas virtualmente; participaram do estudo vinte e cinco docentes, de diversos segmentos da educação básica. Foi realizada tabulação das questões fechadas e análise de conteúdo das questões dissertativas abertas. Os resultados apresentam os motivos que os docentes alegam para utilizar (ou não) vídeos em suas aulas e opções metodológicas daqueles que utilizam este recurso, inclusive relacionadas às fases do ciclo profissional em que se encontram. O grupo minoritário dos que não utilizam argumentam sobre falta de estrutura física e/ou tempo para assistir e selecionar as obras; os docentes que fazem uso do vídeo em aula utilizam para ilustrar e complementar o conteúdo da disciplina, destacando entre os motivos mais comuns para a escolha deste recurso a interatividade proporcionada, por considerarem a sociedade atual como uma “Sociedade da Imagem”. As justificativas apresentadas para a escolha deste instrumento mediador puderam ser categorizadas em seis temas: Complementação; Sociedade de Imagem; Introdução; Instigação; Interatividade; Lazer.  Tais categorias emergem consoantes aos objetivos de exibição do vídeo e fornecem indícios sobre as metodologias empregadas pelos docentes; nesse sentido verificou-se certo padrão estrutural, que consiste em três momentos: 1-apresentação do tema, 2-exibição do vídeo e 3-retorno. Houve, contudo, variação nas formas de apresentação do tema (exposição teórica, levantamento de conhecimentos prévios, questionário), na forma como ocorre a exibição (com ou sem pausas) e na conclusão da ação (roda de conversa e/ou produção textual).
Interview with Nadine Vincenten and Marnie Gelbart: Media and Education: what does pgEd have to tell us?
Authors: Fonseca Fabíola Simões Rodrigues da
Published: January 2020

Different experiences with the teaching of science and biology are always entry points for us to think about our teaching practices. They are doors that open before a scenario still permeated by a teaching based on the reproduction and memorization of the contents and that puts us the need to think alternative ways. Paths that lead us in other ways. In these wanderings, full of uncertainties, we have a meeting with media that has great potential to innovate and bring new possibilities for us teachers. What we want with this interview is just that: to socialize some experiences and experiments of the Personal Genetics Education Project (pgEd.org), linked to Harvard University School of Medicine, directed by Marnie Gelbart. Here in this interview with Marnie Gelbart (Director of Programs) and Nadine Vincenten (Science Associate) we aim to present some clues so that we can think of this teaching to come.
STUDY OF SYNTHETIC DYE REMOVAL USING FENTON/TiO2, FENTON/UV, AND FENTON/TiO2/UV METHODS AND THE APPLICATION TO JUMPUTAN FABRIC WASTEWATER
Authors: Agustina Tuty Emilia , Teguh Dedi , Wijaya Yourdan , Mermaliandi Febrian , Bustomi Ahmad , Manalaoon Jantan , Theodora Gita , Rebecca Tessa
Published: January 2020

Synthetic dyes were commonly used in textile industries such as Jumputan fabric industries in South Sumatera. Most of these industries were categorized as a home industry without a wastewater treatment plant, so the wastewater is released directly into waterbody. In general, the wastewater contains synthetic dyes, which are harmful to the environment and human body. Therefore, the wastewater needs to be treated before its release into the environment. Reactive Red 2 (RR2) is one of important synthetic dyes usually applied for colouring textile materials such as Jumputan fabric. The RR2 was used as a pollutant model in this research. The objective of the study is to compare the removal of RR2 by using Fenton/TiO2, Fenton/UV, and Fenton/TiO2/UV methods. Furthermore, the optimum conditions obtained were applied for the treatment of wastewater from Jumputan fabric industry. As a conclusion, the highest RR2 degradation of 100% was reached by using the Fenton/TiO2/UV method after 5 minutes of reaction. It was discovered that the optimum conditions were found when using [Fe2+]/[H2O2] molar ratio of 1:80, pH of 3, and TiO2 concentration of 0.4% (w/v). However, the application of the condition to the Jumputan wastewater treatment leads to Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) removal of 94% within 120 minutes of reaction.
PNEUMATIC SYSTEMS FOR AUTOMATIC SORTING EQUIPMENT
Authors: Onderová Iveta , Čačko Viliam , Kolláth Ľudovít , Šooš Ľubomír , Smelík Andrej , Varga Alexander
Published: January 2020

The aim of the research work was focused on a research of manipulators design using suction grippers. The results of the research can be applied in the design of jigs - manipulators for handling thin sheets. The FME analysis was used in the investigation to show the course of elastic deformations and stresses in stressed areas. An experimental observation of the change in the free deflection of the workpiece from the positioning of the suction cups under gravity load by means of a laser 3D scanner was carried out for the FEM deflection detection method.
ANALYSIS OF THE PROPERTIES OF AW2099 ALUMINIUM-LITHIUM ALLOY WELDED BY LASER BEAM WITH AW5087 ALUMINIUM-MAGNESIUM FILLER MATERIAL
Authors: Sahul Miroslav , Sahul Martin , Pašák Matej , Marônek Milan
Published: January 2020

EN AW2099 aluminium lithium alloy, 2.0mm in thickness, was used as an experimental material. EN AW2099 belongs to the 3rd generation of aluminium lithium alloys. The third generation was developed to improve the disadvantages of the previous generation, such as anisotropy in mechanical properties, low fracture toughness, corrosion resistance and resistance to fatigue crack growth, as well. Aluminium magnesium 5087 filler wire with a diameter of 1.2mm was used for the welding. Crack free weld joints were produced after an optimization of welding parameters. The microstructure of weld metal and mechanical properties of weld joints were investigated. Equiaxed zone (EQZ) was observed at the fusion boundary. The character of grains changed in the direction towards the weld centre, from the columnar dendrite zone to equiaxed dendrite zone in the weld centre. The microstructure of the weld metal matrix consisted of -aluminium. Alloying elements enrichment was found at the inter-dendritic areas, namely copper and magnesium. The microhardness decrease in the weld metal due to a dissolution of strengthening precipitates was measured. The microhardness was slightly higher in comparison to a weld produced by a laser welding without a filler material. The tensile strength of the weld joint reached around 67% of the base material’s strength and the fracture occurred in the weld metal.
OPTIMIZATION OF COMPUTATIONAL BURDEN OF THE POINT INFORMATION GAIN
Authors: Urban Jan , Rychtáriková Renata , Macháček Petr , Štys Dalibor , Urbanová Pavla , Císař Petr
Published: January 2020

We developed a method of image preprocessing based on the information entropy, namely, on the information contribution made by each individual pixel to the whole image or to image’s part (i.e., a Point Information Gain; PIG). An idea of the PIG calculation is that an image background remains informatively poor, whereas objects carry relevant information. In one calculation, this method preserves details, highlights edges, and decreases random noise. This paper describes optimization and implementation of the PIG calculation on graphical processing units (GPU) to overcome a high computational burden.
Migrações Internacionais no Brasil
Authors: Georg Uebel Roberto Rodolfo
Published: January 2020

Nas últimas duas décadas, o Brasil observou um movimento migratório hiperdinâmico, atrelado sobretudo aos condicionantes internos do país, destacadamente nas searas econômica, política e social, além do aparato normativo e legal, que sofreu transformações. Essas transformações, que chamaremos de rupturas e continuidades, foram capitaneadas por uma agenda de políticas – denominada de política externa migratória – e pela tramitação e promulgação da nova Lei de Migração. A partir da leitura desse contexto, portanto, o presente artigo analisará essas transformações, sustentadas em cadeias e redes migratórias internacionais, e discutirá as perspectivas institucionais do Estado brasileiro e seus últimos governos, face o surgimento de um novo tipo migratório: as migrações de perspectiva. O texto, oriundo do campo das Relações Internacionais, tem como objetivo ainda aproximar a leitura das Ciências Jurídicas e Políticas à temática migratória no contexto brasileiro.
Challenges to Modern Methods of Dispute Resolution with Respect to Outer Space Activities
Authors: Minchev Evgeny
Published: January 2020

The purpose of this article is to identify the means of dispute settlement that are available to both states and private actors in cases relating to outer space commercial activities, as well as to show what each of these means has to offer to its potential users. In furtherance of this purpose, the article will analyze the challenges typically associated with different types of dispute settlement, such as mediation, arbitration and adjudication. In Part I, the author will present the questions and issues of interest regarding space activities’ dispute resolution that will be examined in Parts II and III. Part II will deal with some of the venues before which parties to a dispute involving outer space activities may bring their cases and will try to identify key advantages and disadvantages posed by each of those methods. Finally, Part III will include some conclusory remarks, wherein the author will attempt to identify by virtue of comparison the best ways to resolve a dispute pertaining to outer space activities based on the status of the parties under international law and the remaining challenges to be tackled by the existing regime of dispute settlement.
أثر الانفاق العام على بعض المتغيرات الاقتصادية الكلية في العراق
Authors: Ghazi Kovan T. , Semo Fatima R.
Published: January 2020

يعد الانفاق العام العنصر الاساس في التأثير على المتغيرات الاقتصادية الكلية ويعد أحد أدوات السياسة المالية فهو يمثل ويعبر عن دور الدولة وتدخلها في الحياة الاقتصادية وذلك عن طريق توجيه النشاط الاقتصادي في القطاعات الاقتصادية المختلفة لتحقيق الأهداف الاقتصادية والاجتماعية المرسومة من قبل الدولة، يعاني الاقتصاد العراقي جملة تحديات تتعلق بالمتغيرات الاقتصادية الكلية فضلاً عن الاختلال الهيكلي فيه وضعف مساهمة القطاعات الاقتصادية في الناتج المحلي باستثناء قطاع النفط. ومن هنا تبرز مشكلة البحث التي تناولت الدور الذي يمكن ان يؤديه الانفاق العام بالتأثير على المتغيرات الاقتصادية الكلية. هدفت البحث الى معرفة أثر الانفاق العام على المتغيرات الاقتصادية الكلية (النمو الاقتصادي، الاستهلاك، الاستثمار، البطالة، التضخم). وقد توصلت البحث الى أن أثر الانفاق العام ايجابي ومهم على أغلب متغيرات البحث وهذا بطبيعته يتفق مع النظرية الاقتصادية والتجارب الدولية المتعلقة بالنمو والتنمية الاقتصادية، وأوصت البحث بضرورة تعزيز الانفاق العام ولاسيما الانفاق الاستثماري على القطاعات الاقتصادية الاساسية وتوفير القاعدة الاساسية التي تنطلق منها القطاعات الاقتصادية، وانتهاج سياسة استثمارية جديدة لاسيما في مرحلة اعداد الميزانية، تستند على رؤية اقتصادية واجتماعية واضحة تتبنى مبدأ التنوع في المجالات الاستثمارية تهدف الى تحويل موارد البلاد الطبيعية الى ثروة اخرى لتحقيق النمو الاقتصادي المستدام، وهذا يمكن ان يساعد على توفير التحتية التي ينطلق منها الاقتصاد العراقي لتجاوز العقبات التي يواجهها في المتغيرات قيد البحث من أجل النهوض في الانتاج المحلي وتحقيق التنمية المستدامة، فضلا عن فسح المجال امام القطاع الخاص ليساهم في تعزيز الانفاق الخاص عبر المشاريع الاستثمارية التي تناط به مما يعزز مجمل التنمية الاقتصادية للبلد .
Sprawozdanie z ogólnopolskiej Konferencji Naukowej Dyskurs (para)medyczny. Gatunki, funkcje, przeobrażenia, Wrocław, 7-8.12.2017
Authors: Dombrowski Adam
Published: January 2020

Sprawozdanie z ogólnopolskiej Konferencji Naukowej Dyskurs (para)medyczny. Gatunki, funkcje, przeobrażenia, Wrocław, 7-8.12.2017
Communication in Europe – some language policy aspects
Authors: Blanke Detlev
Published: January 2020

The Council of Europe and the European Union (EU) together declared 2001 to be the „European Year of Languages”. Since then, September 26 of each year has been celebrated as the “European Day of Languages”. These initiatives are indications that the significance of European language policy and the complex problems related to it have been receiving more and more attention. For present purposes, European language policy should be understood as consciously realized public influence on the status, use and spread of languages spoken in the EU. In this study, it is only possible to touch upon a few problems of this very broad field, including legal solutions, the languages and language knowledge of Europeans, practical language transfer, the costs of mulitilingualism and various language policy models.
Esperanto and the Market State
Authors: Farris Michael
Published: January 2020

The nation state is a form of government that merges a dominant ethnic or culture group with a political entity on a shared territory. It dates from the 17th and 18th centuries and it was the dominant state form in the 19th and 20th centuries. In this model, government legitimacy stems from providing services (such as education, infrastructure and social programs) to the citizenry. Esperanto is a product of the nation state period and much of the symbolism and structure of the Esperanto movement is tied to nation state ideas. At present however, according to many social and political analysts, this form of state organization is now in decline and a new state form, often referred to as the market state, is emerging. In the market state the relationship between citizens and governments, as well as governments with each other, undergo profound, far reaching changes. This article examines opportunities and obstacles that this new state form poses for the Esperanto movement.
The discourse of language suppression and the contemporary university
Authors: Manzano-Arrondo Vicente
Published: January 2020

The spread of English both inside and outside of universities can be regarded as a consequence supported by a discourse of power. Here, this will be referred to as DANPI (Diskurso pri la Angla lingvo kiel Neceso kaj Profitindaĵo Individuaj – Discourse on English as an Individual Need and Means-of-Enrichment). There are five components to this discourse: (1) Learn English or perish!; (2) You are the only person who still doesn’t know this language; (3) Use your own resources to solve this problem!; (4) Don’t worry: English will open amazing doors for you; and (5) What ethical problem? English is neutral!DANPI carries important nuances in universities, where those inside demonstrate more individualized ways of thinking than those outside the university do. Apart from the importance of DANPI on its own, this discourse plays its main role inside of a more complex process: language suppression. Therefore, this article will describe this last concept and the role that DANPI plays within it. In order to operate outside a purely theoretical dimension, I have two proposals. The first contains a number of actions that could be undertaken to solve the problem at the university level. That is, it is important to (1) highlight the fact that all native written languages are useful in carrying out normal university business; (2) stress the importance of research and instruction on concrete problems in local environments where doubtless the local language is more useful; (3) facilitate the use of Esperanto at universities when the international dimension is important; and (4) find effective solutions for those situations when those in a university environment feel the need to communicate internationally without using an international language. The second proposal is a collection of hypotheses which are worthy of research in order to improve knowledge and action for the goal of working together to highlight a freer and more socially just university, primarily though not entirely related to language issues.
The cone topology on masures
Authors: Ciobotaru Corina , Mühlherr Bernhard , Rousseau Guy
Published: January 2020

Masures are generalizations of Bruhat–Tits buildings and the main examples are associated with almost split Kac–Moody groups G over non-Archimedean local fields. In this case, G acts strongly transitively on its corresponding masure Δ as well as on the building at infinity of Δ, which is the twin building associated with G. The aim of this article is twofold: firstly, to introduce and study the cone topology on the twin building at infinity of a masure. It turns out that this topology has various favorable properties that are required in the literature as axioms for a topological twin building. Secondly, by making use of the cone topology, we study strongly transitive actions of a group G on a masure Δ. Under some hypotheses, with respect to the masure and the group action of G, we prove that G acts strongly transitively on Δ if and only if it acts strongly transitively on the twin building at infinity ∂ Δ. Along the way a criterion for strong transitivity is given and the existence and good dynamical properties of strongly regular hyperbolic automorphisms of the masure are proven.
Asymmetric wage adjustment and employment in European firms
Authors: Marotzke Petra , Anderton Robert , Bairrao Ana , Berson Clémence , Tóth Peter
Published: January 2020

We explore the impact of wage adjustment on employment with a focus on the role of downward nominal wage rigidities. We use a harmonised survey dataset, which covers 25 European countries in the period 2010–2013. These data are particularly useful for this paper given the firm-level information on the change in economic conditions and collective pay agreements. Our findings confirm the presence of wage rigidities in Europe: first, collective pay agreements reduce the probability of downward wage adjustment; second, wage responses to demand developments are asymmetric with a weaker downward response. Estimation results show that a wage reduction significantly lowers the probability of a decrease in employment at the firm level when demand falls and thereby point to a negative effect of downward wage rigidities on employment at the firm level.
Analyzing high dimensional correlated data using feature ranking and classifiers
Authors: Patil Abhijeet R , Chang Jongwha , Leung Ming-Ying , Kim Sangjin
Published: January 2020

The Illumina Infinium HumanMethylation27 (Illumina 27K) BeadChip assay is a relatively recent high-throughput technology that allows over 27,000 CpGs to be assayed. The Illumina 27K methylation data is less commonly used in comparison to gene expression in bioinformatics. It provides a critical need to find the optimal feature ranking (FR) method for handling the high dimensional data. The optimal FR method on the classifier is not well known, and choosing the best performing FR method becomes more challenging in high dimensional data setting. Therefore, identifying the statistical methods which boost the inference is of crucial importance in this context. This paper describes the detailed performances of FR methods such as fisher score, information gain, chi-square, and minimum redundancy and maximum relevance on different classification methods such as Adaboost, Random Forest, Naive Bayes, and Support Vector Machines. Through simulation study and real data applications, we show that the fisher score as an FR method, when applied on all the classifiers, achieved best prediction accuracy with significantly small number of ranked features.
Patients’ characteristics and their adherence to insulin therapy
Authors: Fitriani Yunti , Pristianty Liza , Hermansyah Andi
Published: January 2020

Background

The prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (DMT2) in Indonesia increased significantly from 6.9% (2013) to 8.5% (2018), putting Indonesia in top six countries in the world with maximum DMT2 patients. Patients with uncontrolled DMT2 are at risk for complications. As such, insulin is often administered to keep the levels under control. Unfortunately, poor adherence to insulin therapy is common, reflecting some factors that may affect the therapy. The aim of this study was to identify and analyze the characteristics of patients contributing to adherence to insulin therapy among DMT2 outpatients using the Health Belief Model (HBM) approach.

Methods

A cross-sectional survey was conducted on a sample of 84 DMT2 outpatients in a private hospital in Surabaya between April and May 2019. Respondents were selected using the accidental sampling technique. Data were analyzed using descriptive analysis and chi-square.

Results

The level of respondents’ adherence was high (73.8%). There was no significant relationship between sex, age, level of education, occupation, and duration of use and patient adherence. Using the HBM approach, this study showed a significant relationship between the five components of HBM (perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, perceived benefit, perceived barrier and perceived self-efficacy) and patient adherence.

Conclusions

Patient adherence was influenced primarily by patient belief to the therapy of insulin. The characteristics of patients had no effect on adherence, yet further research is recommended to examine such adherence to a different population.