bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Preschoolers’ Emotional Competence
and Parent-Child Relationships
Authors: Савенышева С.С. , Смирнова Н.Н.
Published: August 2020

В статье представлены результаты исследования эмоциональной компетентности дошкольников и ее взаимосвязи с характеристиками детско-родительского эмоционального взаимодействия. Исследование выявило достаточно тесную структуру взаимосвязей компонентов эмоциональной компетентности у дошкольников, а также более высокий уровень развития эмоциональной компетентности девочек по сравнению с мальчиками. Анализ взаимосвязей компонентов эмоциональной компетентности и детско-родительских отношений позволил обнаружить, что характеристики эмоционального взаимодействия матери и отца связаны с развитием разных компонентов эмоциональной компетентности, и данные взаимосвязи отличаются в группах мальчиков и девочек.

The article presents the result of a study of preschool children’s emotional competence and its relation to parent-child emotional communication. The article highlights that various components of preschool children’s emotional competence closely interact with each other. It also underlines that girls have a higher level of emotional competence than boys. The analysis of the interaction between various components of emotional competence and parent-child relationships shows that children’s emotional competence is predetermined by their parents’ emotional interaction with each other and the results are different for boys and girls.
Derecho al agua y minería en el municipio de Tasco
Authors: López Rojas Edna Ivonne
Published: August 2020

La situación que han venido afrontando los habitantes del municipio de Tasco  (Boyacá), debido a la vulneración e impacto del derecho humano al agua por la explotación minera de carbón por parte de la empresa Hunza Coal en el área delimitada del páramo de Pisba, por los títulos mineros aprobados por CORPOBOYACÁ, guiada por los supuestos beneficios del crecimiento económico y la apropiación de regalías, que se traducen en desarrollo económico y social del orden nacional, dejando de lado la garantía de los derechos y acabando con las fuentes hídricas en las zonas de páramo evidenciándose impactos medioambientales, llevando al proceso de movilización social que viene adelantando los habitantes de la zona para la defensa de su derecho humano al agua.
Patrimonio y territorio desde una experiencia pedagógica en el municipio de Ventaquemada, Boyacá, Colombia
Authors: Buitrago Umbarila Oscar Javier
Published: August 2020

El presente artículo se propone reflexionar en torno al proceso y resultados de una investigación realizada en el Municipio de Ventaquemada, Boyacá (2015 - 2018), que plantea al patrimonio cultural como eje dinamizador para el desarrollo de los territorios, partiendo de la implementación de procesos pedagógicos escolares a nivel local, para el diseño e implementación de estrategias posibles que permitan lograr una verdadera formación integral, desde la denominada consciencia de realidad, en pro de que las comunidades locales se apropien de sus referentes culturales, los entiendan y asimilen como verdaderos dinamizadores se sentido.
Disintegration of global security governance
Authors: Toloraya Georgy , Panova Victoria
Published: August 2020

Desde a Segunda Guerra Mundial, com rupturas globais e novas ordens mundiais, um dos assuntos que constantemente têm preocupado diversos países é a segurança global. À medida que os países foram se desenvolvendo e modernizando ao longo do tempo, devido à globalização, o sistema internacional se tornou cada vez mais polarizado e cada vez mais fragmentado. Entretanto, no contexto atual, um dos objetivos dos Estados se voltou para a prevenção do colapso das instituições mais fundamentais do mundo e da desintegração da governança mundial em matéria de segurança. O artigo tem como foco as ações do BRICS em relação ao tema da segurança global, sobre a forma como deve contribuir para a manutenção da paz e da segurança no mundo, trabalhando em ações conjuntas. O artigo também destaca a posição de gestão da segurança de cada membro constituinte do bloco, mostrando possíveis caminhos para a proteção e o desenvolvimento do BRICS.
Promoting BRICS cooperation for economic growth and development
Authors: Zhongxiu Zhao
Published: August 2020

BRICS will serve as a new engine of consumption-driven growth, in a way more dramatic and faster than many analysts expected. With impressive average growth rate in the past two decades, the BRICS became a powerful and prominent force in the global economy. To harness the gains BRICS nations have made, we should consider promoting cooperation for growth and development among the BRICS, and through dialogue with other like-minded partners. This paper argues that BRICS could consider market integration in the areas of trade, foreign investment and capital markets to counteract the effects of negative global trends and work towards more extensive consultation and closer cooperation in international economic and also poses recommendations for BRICS cooperation in key areas.
Development impact, public-private partnerships and regional integration: possible way-forward for the BRICS-led new development bank
Authors: Vazquez Karin Costa
Published: August 2020

O Novo Banco de Desenvolvimento (NDB), liderado pelo BRICS, declarou que o compromisso com o financiamento de infraestrutura e desenvolvimento sustentável é talvez a característicamais importante que o diferencia de outros Bancos Multilaterais de Desenvolvimento (Multilateral Development Banks – MDBs) existentes. A ausência de uma definição e de critérios claros para qualificar a própria noção de “ infraestrutura sustentável”, no entanto, será um desafio para o NDB designar infraestrutura como sustentável e realizar sua visão em torno do desenvolvimento sustentável. Este artigo argumenta que o NDB tem a oportunidade de definir uma infraestrutura sustentável e abrir uma nova abordagem para o financiamento ao desenvolvimento. Além disso, sugere que o NDB deva considerar o desenvolvimento de parcerias público-privadas e projetos de integração regional como opções a serem perseguidas. Essa estratégia daria ao NDB as ferramentas necessárias para articular o seu mandato e criar um nicho para si próprio na arquitetura global do financiamento para o desenvolvimento.
Model-independent Constraints on Type Ia Supernova Light-curve Hyperparameters and Reconstructions of the Expansion History of the Universe
Authors: Koo Hanwool , Shafieloo Arman , Keeley Ryan E. , L’Huillier Benjamin
Published: August 2020

We reconstruct the expansion history of the universe using type Ia supernovae (SN Ia) in a manner independent of any cosmological model assumptions. To do so, we implement a nonparametric iterative smoothing method on the Joint Light-curve Analysis (JLA) data while exploring the SN Ia light-curve hyperparameter space by Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) sampling. We test to see how the posteriors of these hyperparameters depend on cosmology, whether using different dark energy models or reconstructions shift these posteriors. Our constraints on the SN Ia light-curve hyperparameters from our model-independent analysis are very consistent with the constraints from using different parameterizations of the equation of state of dark energy, namely the flat ΛCDM cosmology, the Chevallier–Polarski–Linder model, and the Phenomenologically Emergent Dark Energy (PEDE) model. This implies that the distance moduli constructed from the JLA data are mostly independent of the cosmological models. We also studied that the possibility the light-curve parameters evolve with redshift and our results show consistency with no evolution. The reconstructed expansion history of the universe and dark energy properties also seem to be in good agreement with the expectations of the standard ΛCDM model. However, our results also indicate that the data still allow for considerable flexibility in the expansion history of the universe.
MCSED: A Flexible Spectral Energy Distribution Fitting Code and Its Application to z ∼ 2 Emission-line Galaxies
Authors: Bowman William P. , Zeimann Gregory R. , Nagaraj Gautam , Ciardullo Robin , Gronwall Caryl , McCarron Adam P. , Weiss Laurel H. , Molina Mallory , Belles Alexander , Schneider Donald P.
Published: August 2020

We present MCSED, a new spectral energy distribution (SED) fitting code that mates flexible stellar evolution calculations with the Markov Chain Monte Carlo algorithms of the software package emcee. It takes broad-, intermediate-, and narrowband photometry, emission-line fluxes, and/or absorption-line spectral indices and returns probability distributions and covariance plots for all model parameters. It includes a variety of dust attenuation curves with parameters for varying the UV slopes and bump strengths, a prescription for continuum and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon emission from dust, models for continuum and line emission from ionized gas, options for fixed and variable stellar metallicity, and a selection of star formation rate (SFR) histories. The code is well suited for exploring parameter interdependencies in sets of galaxies with known redshifts for which there is multiband photometry and/or spectroscopy. We apply MCSED to a sample of ∼2000

galaxies in the five CANDELS fields that were selected via their strong [O iii] λ5007 emission, and we explore the systematic behavior of their SEDs. We find that the galaxies become redder with stellar mass due to both increasing internal attenuation and a greater population of older stars. The slope of the UV extinction curve also changes with stellar mass, and at least some galaxies exhibit an extinction excess at 2175 Å. Finally, we demonstrate that below M ≲ 109
M
⊙, the shape of the star-forming galaxy main sequence is highly dependent on the galaxies’ assumed SFR history, as calculations that assume a constant SFR produce stellar masses that are ∼1 dex smaller than those found using more realistic SFR histories.
The UV Luminosity Function of Protocluster Galaxies at z ∼ 4: The Bright-end Excess and the Enhanced Star Formation Rate Density
Authors: Ito Kei , Kashikawa Nobunari , Toshikawa Jun , Overzier Roderik , Kubo Mariko , Uchiyama Hisakazu , Liang Yongming , Onoue Masafusa , Tanaka Masayuki , Komiyama Yutaka , Lee Chien-Hsiu , Lin Yen-Ting , Marinello Murilo , Martin Crystal L. , Shibuya Takatoshi
Published: August 2020

We report the rest-frame ultraviolet luminosity function of g-dropout galaxies in 177 protocluster candidates (PC UVLF) at z ∼ 4 selected in the Hyper Suprime-Cam Subaru Strategic Program. Comparing it with the UVLF of field galaxies at the same redshift, we find that the PC UVLF shows a significant excess toward the bright end. This excess cannot be explained by the contribution of only active galactic nuclei, and we also find that this excess is more significant in higher density regions. Assuming that all protocluster members are located on the star formation main sequence, the PC UVLF can be converted into a stellar mass function. Consequently, our protocluster members are inferred to have a 2.8 times more massive characteristic stellar mass than that of the field Lyman break galaxies at the same redshift. This study, for the first time, clearly shows that the enhancement in star formation or stellar mass in overdense regions can generally be seen as early as at z ∼ 4. We also estimate the star formation rate density (SFRD) in protocluster regions as ≃6%–20% of the cosmic SFRD, based on the measured PC UVLF after correction for the selection incompleteness in our protocluster sample. This high value suggests that protoclusters make a nonnegligible contribution to the cosmic SFRD at z ∼ 4, as previously suggested by simulations. Our results suggest that protoclusters are essential components for galaxy evolution at z ∼ 4.
Temperature Dependence of NaI(Tl) Radiation Scintillation Detectors’ Characteristics
Authors: Csurgai J. , Padányi J. , Földi L.
Published: August 2020

Scintillators belong to the oldest types of radiation detectors. Nowadays, for spectrometric purposes the use of semiconductive detectors is more common, but scintillation detectors are still in use for various specific measurement purposes. We have investigated the dependence of a gamma spectrum measured by NaI(Tl) scintillation detector on temperature changes. We examined the need of energy or efficiency recalibration and software compensation. Due to temperature dependence, scintillation detectors require energy recalibration before environmental and outdoor measurements or before the use of etalon sources for obtaining spectrum for follow-up calibration. We have elaborated on a simple method for energy recalibration of scintillation detectors at different temperatures. This method was converted into an algorithm and it can be either burned into instrument EPROM or used in software processing.
Analysis of the Impact of Hard PVD Coatings on the Abrasion Resistance of the Compressor Blades
Authors: Fördös P. , Čerňan J.
Published: August 2020

The article deals with the application of PVD (Physical Vapour Deposition) coatings onto the surface of compressor blades. In sandy or dusty conditions, compressor blades are the first obstacle for particles which are being sucked into the jet engine. Compressor blades equipped with a protective layer should have greater resistance against erosive and abrasive damage. To support this theory, an empirical experiment had to be conducted. Based on the data acquired from the experiment, we were able to summarise the effectiveness of coatings applied.
Estimating the Overhead of Flow Control in Hierarchical Software-Defined Networks
Authors: Vorotnikov V. V.
Published: August 2020

Software-defined networks of a large dimension have a complex and branched structure; they are inherent in them by continuous expansion and dynamic characteristics, which significantly limits the application of known methods for their modelling and optimization. Consequently, the problems of the analysis of next-generation networks at the system level and the study of their new features, mainly due to large size and complex geometry (topology), are relevant. The tasks of constructing optimal structures of complex networks are solved by means of the theory of hierarchical systems, which is widely used to describe network structures, in particular, flow control networks. The work is devoted to the load balancing in SDN depending on their topological hierarchical structure and type of traffic (vertical, horizontal, and hybrid).
Computational Reconstruction of an Anti-Aircraft Artillery Firing Scenario
Authors: Bużantowicz W. , Rodzik D.
Published: August 2020

The paper describes a computational reconstruction of an anti-aircraft artillery firing scenario and its use in analysing firing data. Computational reconstruction supported by 3D visualization can be a useful tool for evaluating soldiers’ training. A system for collecting, analysing and visualising the results of anti-aircraft artillery firing is described. The information collected can then be re-used to evaluate the effectiveness of soldiers’ training, and to make an optimal use of the available data. Particular attention is paid to the solution of the problem of restoring the trajectory of the target and the projectiles, and to their synchronisation in time.
Rapid survey of bats (Chiroptera) in the Atlantic Forest in eastern Sergipe, Brazil: unexpected diversity in a fragmented landscape
Authors: Pedroso Mônica A. , Pereira Arivania S. , Oliveira Helon S. , Souza J. Weverton S. , Caldas Francis L.S. , Beltrão-Mendes Raone , Ruiz-Esparza Juan , Rocha Patrício A. , Ferrari Stephen F.
Published: August 2020

Despite advances in recent decades, the Atlantic Forest of northeastern Brazil is still one of the least studied regions of the country, regarding, for instance, the bat fauna. The present study reports on the results of a rapid survey of the bat fauna of a fragmented landscape in the Atlantic Forest of eastern Sergipe, in the legal forest reserve of Fazenda Santana, a commercial sugarcane plantation located in the adjoining municipalities of Japoatã and Pacatuba. We recorded 272 bats belonging to 23 species and four families, from which 265 individuals from 18 species from two families (Phyllostomidae and Vespertilionidae) were captured in the mist-nets, and seven individuals of six species from four families (Emballonuridae, Molossidae, Phyllostomidae and Vespertilionidae) were recorded during the active searches. This species richness was higher than that found in previous studies in the Atlantic Forest of northeastern Brazil. Lasiurus blossevillii and Micronycteris minuta were recorded in Sergipe for the first time, increasing to 57 the number of bat species known to occur in this state. The use of alternative strategies (such as active search and sampling one night per point, seeking to areas with greater availability of resources) in rapid surveys may contribute to the compilation of a more robust sampling, reinforcing the usefulness of this approach for the inventory of the bat fauna of a given region.
Comment le droit européen déplace les frontières ? La proposition de règlement visant à lever les obstacles juridiques et administratifs à la coopération transfrontalière
Authors: Evrard Estelle
Published: August 2020

Pour faciliter la gestion quotidienne d’un projet transfrontalier, la Commission européenne a formulé en 2018 une proposition de règlement « relatif à la création d’un mécanisme visant à lever les obstacles juridiques et administratifs dans un contexte transfrontalier » (« ECBM »). Ce règlement permet entre autres l’usage d’un droit unique dans la gestion d’un projet transfrontalier. Après avoir resitué cette proposition dans le contexte de l’intégration européenne et de l’objectif de cohésion territoriale, cette contribution s’appuie sur la géographie du droit pour montrer que cette proposition représente un changement de paradigme à deux titres. D’une part, elle agit en faveur d’une plus grande justice spatiale en établissant un mécanisme institutionnel permettant de lever les obstacles affectant spécifiquement les espaces frontaliers. D’autre part, elle impose aux droits nationaux d’étendre la portée spatiale de la norme nationale (i. e. extraterritorialité) et permet ainsi la construction d’une appropriation matérielle de l’espace transfrontalier. La proposition de règlement ECBM suggère donc que la réalisation de la territorialité européenne passe par une porosité accrue du territoire étatique dans les espaces frontaliers.
Les territoires du droit de l’environnement : effets de la judiciarisation dans le bassin Matanza-Riachuelo (Buenos Aires)
Authors: Melé Patrice , Merlinsky Gabriela , Scharager Andrés
Published: August 2020

Suite à une plainte collective déposée en 2004, la Cour suprême de la nation argentine a condamné en 2008 l’État fédéral, la ville et la province de Buenos Aires à mettre en œuvre un programme intégré d’assainissement et de restauration du bassin Matanza-Riachuelo. Ce bassin de 2 240 km 2  qui s’étend sur une partie de la ville de Buenos Aires et sur 14 municipes de la province de Buenos Aires est aujourd’hui peuplé de plus de 8 millions d’habitants. Or, 11 ans après la sentence, l’activisme des juges n’a pas permis d’éliminer les problèmes environnementaux, ni d’ailleurs de dissiper les controverses. La Cour suprême a néanmoins construit un ordre juridique local ancré sur un régime institutionnel spécifique et des modalités particulières de territorialisation du droit. À partir de l’étude d’un cas emblématique en Amérique Latine, cet article souhaite contribuer à la fois à l’analyse des dimensions spatiales et territoriales du droit et aux débats sur les effets de la judiciarisation de l’action publique dans le domaine environnemental. Nous confrontons l’analyse de la place du droit dans les controverses liées à l’assainissement du bassin Matanza-Riachuelo avec les différentes hypothèses d’interprétation sur les dimensions spatiales et territoriales du droit portées par le programme de recherche d’une géographie du droit en action.
Les formes du droit dans les centres anciens : territorialisation et effectivité de la règle patrimoniale
Authors: Gigot Mathieu
Published: August 2020

Cet article analyse les formes du droit dans les centres anciens avec une approche technique qui révèle des stratégies réglementaires mises en place par les acteurs dans les politiques patrimoniales. Il montre la complexité du droit du patrimoine, à la fois dans ses dimensions spatiales et dans son application. L’article questionne la territorialisation du droit au travers de la déclinaison d’instruments selon un gradient normatif plus ou moins intense et différencié en fonction des espaces. Cette analyse du droit en action dans plusieurs contextes ligériens (Blois, Chinon, La Riche, Orléans, Tours, Grand-Chambord) pose la question de l’effectivité de la norme et des formes de transactions qui s’opèrent dans l’application du droit : la règle constitue une ressource et un cadre de référence pour les acteurs.
Analyse de l’accès public aux rives du Léman (Suisse) par une enquête « géo-légale »
Authors: Ruegg Jean
Published: August 2020

Garantir l’accès public aux rives est un intérêt public reconnu. Mais sa mise en œuvre se heurte souvent à des mécanismes de privatisation des rives. Cet article mobilise la géographie du droit et la figure du « détective géo-légal » pour mettre l’accent sur les pratiques qui se sont développées en Suisse le long des rives du Léman pour réaliser un chemin public. Il aborde ainsi d’une manière indirecte les relations de pouvoir entre défenseurs de cet intérêt public et propriétaires privés. À partir d’observations de terrain et de confrontation avec le cadastre, les bases légales et la jurisprudence, un « travail d’enquête » est mené. Il permet de mettre en évidence, grâce à de nombreux allers-retours entre droit et territoire, un décalage significatif entre les logiques issues de la norme juridique et celles de sa mise en œuvre. Ce décalage est lié aux pratiques que les agents publics développent au travers des nombreuses interactions qu’ils entretiennent avec les propriétaires riverains, les autorités politiques, les acteurs favorables à l’accès public aux rives, la jurisprudence, les lois et le territoire, dans un contexte où la temporalité joue un rôle important. Ces différentes investigations sont menées dans le but in fine de repérer des pistes d’amélioration potentielle de l’action publique dédiée à l’accès aux rives.
The market of LPG (Liquefied petroleum gas) in Brazil: a brief structural, institutional-historical perspective
Authors: Colomer Marcelo , Lyra Marcos , Pires-Alves Camila , Delorme Prado Luiz Carlos
Published: August 2020

Le secteur brésilien du gaz de pétrole liquéfié (GPL) a connu des changements majeurs au cours des dernières décennies. Le fait que le prix du GPL soit très important pour un grand nombre de ménages au Brésil a impliqué que le marché de ce produit a été historiquement sous la surveillance étroite des autorités gouvernementales. Secteur fortement contrôlé, il a été déréglementé au moment des réformes de libéralisation des années 1990. Par la suite, il est devenu essentiel d’appliquer une politique de concurrence protégeant l’intérêt des consommateurs. Cet article analyse l’évolution des marchés du GPL au Brésil dans une perspective historique et institutionnelle, en considérant des facteurs tels que l’action de la politique de la concurrence, les questions de réglementation et la structure du marché. La mise en place d’un environnement concurrentiel pour le GPL s’est faite dans un marché très concentré. Néanmoins le marché a continué à se développer après la libéralisation avec la diffusion du GPL dans les foyers brésiliens. Les fusions entre entreprises dominantes augmentent potentiellement le risque d’abus de pouvoir de marché et de formation de cartels. Les récentes procédures antitrust attestent l’efficacité du droit brésilien de la concurrence en ce qui concerne l’industrie du GPL.
L’ascension des entreprises cimentières brésiliennes : l’exemple du groupe Votorantim
Authors: Barjot Dominique
Published: August 2020

Comme tous les grands pays émergents, le Brésil a donné naissance à de très grandes entreprises engagées dans un processus de multinationalisation. Tel est le cas dans l’industrie du ciment. Centenaire, le groupe Votorantim se caractérise à la fois par sa croissance régulière, sa bonne rentabilité et sa diversification sélective. Bien implanté dans le secteur des non ferreux (zinc, aluminium, cuivre), il s’est imposé aussi dans l’industrie des pâtes et papiers, dans l’agroalimentaire et dans la banque. Néanmoins c’est bien le ciment qui constitue le point fort du groupe. Devenu leader national du secteur, face à la concurrence de puissants groupes autochtones (Camargo Corrêa, puis Mover, avec InterCement) et étrangers (Lafarge Holcim), Votorantim Cimentos associe, encore aujourd’hui dans une conjoncture plutôt difficile, des marges élevées et une réelle compétitivité internationale, tout en s’affirmant comme une référence en matière de développement durable et de responsabilité sociale de l’entreprise.
Épargne de précaution, fluctuations macroéconomiques et politique monétaire
Authors: Challe Édouard
Published: August 2020

Cet article présente un nouveau modèle keynésien avec assurance imparfaite et chômage endogène, dans l’esprit de Ravn et Sterk [2017, 2020] et Challe [2020]. Sous certaines hypothèses, la dynamique du modèle se réduit à trois équations, dont la simplicité n’est pas sans rappeler celle du nouveau modèle keynésien élémentaire (où l’assurance est parfaite et où il n’y a pas de chômage). Nous utilisons ce cadre analytique pour montrer que, faute d’une politique macroéconomique adéquate, les comportements d’épargne de précaution des ménages peuvent fortement déstabiliser la demande agrégée, la production et l’emploi. On s’intéresse tout particulièrement à i) la détermination de l’état stationnaire et la possibilité de fluctuations auto-réalisatrices ; ii) l’amplification des chocs macroéconomiques (notamment de productivité) ; iii) la transmission et l’optimalité de la politique monétaire.
Quels déterminants aux préférences pour la redistribution ?
Authors: Magdalou Brice
Published: August 2020

Cet article propose un survol de la littérature récente, essentiellement empirique, sur les préférences pour la redistribution. Alors que les inégalités de revenu et de patrimoine ont significativement augmenté ces dernières décennies dans la plupart des pays occidentaux, la demande de redistribution n’a pas évolué selon les prédictions des principaux modèles d’économie politique. En outre, les trajectoires sont très différentes entre les pays, souvent sans lien apparent avec celles des inégalités. L’objectif de cet article est de comprendre les raisons d’une telle hétérogénéité internationale. Pour cela nous étudions les facteurs socioéconomiques, culturels, historiques ou de conjoncture économique qui peuvent influencer ces préférences. Nous distinguons également la redistribution comme demande de couverture sociale, ou comme demande de justice sociale. Un fil directeur concerne les perceptions souvent biaisées de la réalité pouvant justifier, pour des individus ayant des préférences fondamentales identiques, un souhait de redistribution différent.
Strategies to reduce reliance on soya bean meal and palm kernel meal in livestock nutrition
Authors: Wilkinson J.M. , Young R.H.
Published: August 2020

Greenhouse gas emissions and loss of wildlife habitats have stimulated growing global concern over the continued expansion of soya bean and palm oilseed production on land recently converted from forest and natural grasslands. This paper reviews the roles of soya bean meal and palm kernel meal in livestock nutrition, drawing on research data to explore the potential for their replacement in nutritionally balanced diets. Soya bean meal is a widely used livestock feed due to relatively high levels of total protein and essential amino acids. Palm kernel meal has been used for many years in compound feeds for ruminant livestock and as a supplement to grazed pasture in periods of drought. A range of alternative sources of protein is available to replace soya bean and palm kernel meals, e.g. protected rapeseed meal can replace soya bean meal in diets for productive dairy cows, but constraints to widespread adoption include insufficient supply, anti-nutritional factors which require feeds to be processed or supplemented with enzymes, and imbalances in essential amino acids. Soya ‘milk’ made directly from soya beans is a less efficient process than producing milk from dairy cows, especially when they are grazed on pastures or given diets that do not contain soya bean meal.
»Ne Srbi ne Slovenci, ne katoličani in ne pravoslavci, pa tudi ne italijanski in naši državljani«: Slovensko časopisje o slovenski koloniji v Bistrenici v letih 1930–1940
Authors: Mlekuž Jernej
Published: August 2020

Avtor v besedilu odgovarja na vprašanje, kako je o slovenski koloniji v makedonski Bistrenici pisalo slovensko časopisje v letih 1930–1940, v času, ko je bilo narodno vprašanje eno osrednjih vprašanj slovenske politike in kulture, kar se je odražalo tudi v pisanju ideološko polariziranega časopisja. Liberalnemu taboru naklonjeno časopisje, ki je vztrajalo pri jugoslovanstvu in centralizmu, je o koloniji večinoma pisalo naklonjeno, katoliškemu taboru naklonjeno časopisje, ki je zagovarjalo avtonomistično stališče, pa je bilo do kolonije bolj zadržano ali celo nenaklonjeno. V tridesetih letih so se pojavili tudi časopisi novih političnih in ideoloških gibanj, ki so v pisanje o koloniji vnesli drugačen ton.
Stališča (bodočih) pedagoških delavcev kot temelj kakovostnega vključevanja otrok priseljencev
Authors: Lesar Irena , Majcen Ivana , Podlesek Anja
Published: August 2020

Glede na sodobne dokumente in smernice tako na nacionalni kot na ravni EU je treba razmišljati o udejanjanju koncepta inkluzivnosti kot transformacije šolskega sistema, ki vključuje tudi načelo medkulturnosti. Prispevek analizira stališča (bodočih) pedagoških delavcev do načinov vključevanja otrok priseljencev v šolski sistem. V raziskavi so študenti (n = 411) izražali manj negativna stališča do otrok priseljencev ter bolj pozitivna stališča do kulturne raznolikosti in pomoči otrokom priseljencem kot pedagoški delavci (n = 763). V članku so predstavljeni nekateri razlogi za dobljene ugotovitve in možnosti vplivanja na spremembo nekonstruktivnih stališč strokovnih delavcev v šolstvu.
The Management Accounting System and Enterprise Innovation Ability
Authors: Uyar Metin
Published: August 2020

The chapter aims to explain the relationship between the management accounting system and enterprise innovation ability in the context of collaborative enterprise architecture. The study explains modeling the transformation process and outlining why and how the management accounting affects enterprise innovation ability through accounting information which is focused on the decision-making process. The study uses a survey designed and administered to accountants and managers who work in Turkish manufacturing enterprises as a data provider and decision-maker. The hypotheses were tested using multivariable data analysis techniques, and additional analyses were conducted for more details. The statistical findings show that management accounting affects innovation ability positively. Both product and process innovations are positively affected by managerial accounting. There is also a significant relationship between collaborative enterprise and innovation ability. The harmony between organizational architecture and management accounting increases the company's ability to innovate.
The Enterprise Architecture as Agent of Change for Government Enterprises
Authors: Iyamu Tiko
Published: August 2020

In the last three decades, two fundamental things have happened to the concept of the enterprise architecture (EA). One, the interest on EA continues to increase, which enacts popular debate and discourse at both academic and business platforms. Two, the pace of deployment within government enterprises is slow, which affects actualisation of the benefits towards service delivery. This can be attributed to confusions and misunderstandings about the concept, which manifests from the fact that the influential factors of the concept are not clear. As a result, many enterprises continue to be hesitant or dismissive about the concept. Thus, the purpose of this study was to develop a conceptual an EA framework that can be used to guide government enterprises towards transformative goal. The framework is intended to guide the fundamental components, which causes confusion about the deployment of EA as agent of change within government enterprises.
Contemporary Imagetics and Post-Images in Digital Media Art
Authors: Pinheiro Jose Alberto Raposo
Published: August 2020

Scientific studies have contributed, over the last years, to an expansion of the Image concept, in articulation with new developments in Computational Media, based in a stratification around technical digital properties, which frame its existence to the form of digital information – extending it beyond a visual surface idea. Biometric data, artificial intelligence, bitcoin, glitches or machine learning are examples of instantiation tools used by artists to explore elements of mediation included in Post-images. This chapter addresses today's perspectives in Contemporary Imagetics emerging from the field of Digital Media Art (DMA), curating contributions from classic postproduction techniques to computational media instantiations and contextualizing imagery creation practice in DMA.
The Confluence Between Materiality and Immateriality in Site-Specific Sound and Visual Performances
Authors: Dinis Frederico
Published: August 2020

Aiming to explore the diverse nature of sound and image, thereby establishing a bridge with the symbiotic creation of sensations and emotions, this chapter intends to present the development and the construction of a proposal for the confluence between materiality and immateriality in site-specific sound and visual performances. Using as a focal point sound and visual narratives, the author tries to look beyond space and time and create a representative atmosphere of sense of place, attempting to understand the past and sketching new configurations for the (re)presentation of identity, guiding the audience through a journey of perceptual experiences, using field recordings, ambient electronic music, and videos. This chapter also presents the development of an experimental approach, based on a real-time sound and visual performance, and some critical forms of expression and communication that relate or incorporate sound and image, articulating concerns about their aesthetic experience and communicative functionality.
The Presence of the Uncanny Valley Between Animation and Cinema
Authors: Assaf Rodrigo , Kunz Sahra , Teixeira Luís
Published: August 2020

Despite all the technological advances in the field of computer graphics, the uncanny valley effect is still an observed phenomenon affecting not only how animated digital characters are developed but also the audience's reaction during a film session. With the emergence of computer-generated images being used in films, this chapter aims at presenting a multidisciplinary approach concerning the uncanny valley topic. This phenomenon is mainly explained by several psychological theories based on human perception; however, this chapter contributes to the discussion presenting a communication perspective based on the uses and gratification theory connected to the genre theory proposed by Daniel Chandler. In addition, the authors discuss how the technological evolution in rendering is helping out artists to cross the valley, which ends up being unveiled only by motion. As a result of this technical evolution, it is proposed a new animation art style category defined as quasi-real.
Hereditary Syndromes and Gynaecological Cancer
Authors: Timotheadou Eleni
Published: August 2020

Hereditary cancer has been a long-standing research field, but recent advances in technology have allowed for extensive gene expression analysis, offering results for large populations. The growing volume of data presents an advantage in the validity of conclusions, but on the other hand is accompanied by new dilemmas and questions on data interpretation. However, despite increasing availability of gene testing globally, hereditary cancer still remains a rare event. The majority of cancer cases are sporadic, without any correlation with known pathogenic gene mutations. Gradually, the ratio of hereditary to sporadic cancers is expected to increase, as more patients are tested and more mutations are registered as pathogenic. The chapter summarizes the main hereditary syndromes related with gynaecological cancer along with current implications and innovations in clinical practice.
Deep Learning for Medical Image Segmentation
Authors: Sarkar Kanchan , Li Bohang
Published: August 2020

Pixel accurate 2-D, 3-D medical image segmentation to identify abnormalities for further analysis is on high demand for computer-aided medical imaging applications. Various segmentation algorithms have been studied and applied in medical imaging for many years, but the problem remains challenging due to growing a large number of variety of applications starting from lung disease diagnosis based on x-ray images, nucleus detection, and segmentation based on microscopic pictures to kidney tumour segmentation. The recent innovation in deep learning brought revolutionary advances in computer vision. Image segmentation is one such area where deep learning shows its capacity and improves the performance by a larger margin than its successor. This chapter overviews the most popular deep learning-based image segmentation techniques and discusses their capabilities and basic advantages and limitations in the domain of medical imaging.
An Article on Big Data Analytics in Healthcare Applications and Challenges
Authors: Undavia Jaimin Navinchandra , Patel Atul Manubhai
Published: August 2020

The technological advancement has also opened up various ways to collect data through automatic mechanisms. One installed mechanism collects a huge amount of data without any further maintenance or human interventions. The health industry has been confronted by the need to manage the big data being produced by various sources, which are well known for producing high volumes of heterogeneous data. A high level of sophistication has been incorporated in almost all the industry, and healthcare is also one of them. The article explores the existence of a huge amount of data in the healthcare industry, and the data generated in the healthcare industry is neither homogeneous nor simple. Then the various sources and objectives of data are highlighted and discussed. As data come from various sources, they must be versatile in nature in all aspects. So, rightly and meaningfully, big data analytics has penetrated the healthcare industry, and its impact is highlighted.
Contributions of Flipped Classroom Method to Student Learning
Authors: Abu-Shanab Emad Ahmed , Anagreh Laila Fawaz
Published: August 2020

Educational institutions are striving for new methods for effective teaching. Flipped classroom (FC) method is one of the new trends spreading in higher education and attracting more instructors. This study aims at exploring the factors influencing the adoption of such a method and its benefits and challenges based on students' perceptions. The literature review suggested a few factors like benefits, enjoyment, innovation development, and social influence as major predictors of flipped classroom adoption. Responses from a sample of 200 students from Qatar University supported all predictors except the role of FC benefits in influencing the adoption. The model explained 62.9% of the adoption variance based on the coefficient of determination value. The authors conducted analysis on items and constructs levels to give more insights on the issues covered in this paper.
Energy Performance of Renewable Technologies
Authors: Tabrizi Aydin
Published: August 2020

The application of renewable technologies and in particular solar photovoltaic (PV) market has grown rapidly throughout the past 15 years worldwide. Despite the market growth, one of the main factors limiting the application of PV panels is the degradation issue or power decline over time, highlighting the need of further studies on degradation rate and reliability assessment to predict panel life expectancy, economic values and financial risks. PV panels behave differently under certain conditions, and energy production of panels varies not only with the capacity of the system but also with the type of modules in panel. Researchers have also studied how different modules/panels perform for long periods of time, when exposed out in the field. In this article, a literature review of PV panel performance over time was accumulated from different resources to identify the sources of uncertainty about their performance, reliability, and durability under internal and external factors. The results show that both the internal factors such as cell interconnect breakages alongside external ones such as the sunlight, temperature change or dirt accumulation were determined to be the primary causes for the power loss and reduced energy generation in the PV panels and highlights further research in this area.
Forecasting and Technical Comparison of Inflation in Turkey With Box-Jenkins (ARIMA) Models and the Artificial Neural Network
Authors: Işığıçok Erkan , Öz Ramazan , Tarkun Savaş
Published: August 2020

Inflation refers to an ongoing and overall comprehensive increase in the overall level of goods and services price in the economy. Today, inflation, which is attempted to be kept under control by central banks or, in the same way, whose price stability is attempted, consists of continuous price changes that occur in all the goods and services used by the consumers. Undoubtedly, in terms of economy, in addition to the realized inflation, inflation expectations are also gaining importance. This situation requires forecasting the future rates of inflation. Therefore, reliable forecasting of the future rates of inflation in a country will determine the policies to be applied by the decision-makers in the economy. The aim of this study is to predict inflation in the next period based on the consumer price index (CPI) data with two alternative techniques and to examine the predictive performance of these two techniques comparatively. Thus, the first of the two main objectives of the study are to forecast the future rates of inflation with two alternative techniques, while the second is to compare the two techniques with respect to statistical and econometric criteria and determine which technique performs better in comparison. In this context, the 9-month inflation in April-December 2019 was forecast by Box-Jenkins (ARIMA) models and Artificial Neural Networks (ANN), using the CPI data which consist of 207 data from January 2002 to March 2019 and the predictive performance of both techniques was examined comparatively. It was observed that the results obtained from both techniques were close to each other.
Human Resource Information System Adoption and Implementation Factors
Authors: Srivastava Sonalee , Bajaj Badri , Dev Santosh
Published: August 2020

In the modern era, human resource management is accompanied by the information system which is instrumental in managing human resource processes. In the current competitive and challenging environment, organizational success depends on its effective and efficient human resource. Human resource along with IT professionals can create an environment in an organization for successful adoption of human resource information systems. While considering it as a key factor in modern enterprise management, its burgeoning interest has led to the foundation of this article. The study is to delve deep into the literature and to explore the factors responsible for human resource information system adoption and to identify the barriers in its implementation and to provide suggestions to overcome these barriers. The findings reveal that the factors of human resource information system mentioned in literature are important. These factors should be taken into consideration while adopting Human Resource Information System by integrating Technology-Organization-Environment (TOE) framework with Human-Organization-Technology (HOT) framework.
Exploring Carers' Views and Experiences of Being Involved in Research and Development Work
Authors: Yusuf Ria Mardiana
Published: August 2020

This article aims to move knowledge beyond the first response, by outlining a framework for interpreting and evaluating the experiences of carers regarding their involvement in R&D work. The study adopted a descriptive and explorative qualitative design. The inclusion criterion to enroll in the study was being a career and having participated in an FGI in the ICS consultation phase. The sample of twelve participants ranged in age from 35 to 77 years (mean value 60 years). Data collection consisted of individual interviews, via the “Zoom” videoconference system, telephone or face-to-face, depending on the preferences of the participants. Face-to-face interviews were conducted at the university or a café. The result is participants emphasized the significance of lived experience and practical knowledge. There is a limited amount of systematic research carried out that also actively takes into account possible negative experiences, barriers, and issues.
Value of modified Burns Wean Assessment Program scores in the respiratory intensive care unit: An Egyptian study
Authors: Abdelaleem Nermeen A. , Mohamed Sherif A.A. , Abd ElHafeez Azza S. , Bayoumi Hassan A.
Published: August 2020

Background: There is no consensus on the most useful predictive indicator for weaning patients from mechanical ventilation (MV). We aimed to evaluate the utility of the modified Burns Wean Assessment Program (m-BWAP) in predicting the weaning success in patients with respiratory disorders admitted to the respiratory intensive care unit (RICU).Methods: Patients with respiratory failure requiring MV for longer than 48 hours were included. They were weaned by pressure support ventilation and spontaneous breathing trails. Patients were divided into successful and unsuccessful weaning groups according to their outcomes.Results: A total of 91 patients were enrolled. The majority had chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD); 40%, overlap syndrome (24%), and obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS): 15%. The successful group had significantly higher m-BWAP scores than that in the unsuccessful group (median 65; range 35 to 80 vs median 45; range 30 to 65; p=0.000), with area under the curve (AUC) of 0.854; 95% CI 0.766 to 0.919), p<0.001. At cut-off value of ≥55, the sensitivity and specificity of m-BWAP to predict successful weaning were 73.77% and 84.85%, respectively. The AUC for m-BWAP was significantly higher than that for rapid shallow breathing index (RSBI).Conclusion: We conclude that m-BWAP scores represent a good predictor of weaning success among patient with chronic respiratory disorders in the RICU. The m-BWAP checklist has many factors that are closely related to the weaning outcomes of patients with chronic respiratory disorders. Further, large-scale, multicenter studies are warrented.