bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Melbourne’s Birrarung: the Missed Opportunity for Collaborative Urban River Governance
Authors: Goodwin David
Published: March 2022

A report submitted to Victoria’s Minister for Environment, Climate Change & Water in 2015 identified that the mechanisms in place for governance of Melbourne’s Lower Yarra River inhibit the river’s potential to enhance the liveability of the City of Melbourne. An absence of shared strategy and coordinated management across multiple government agencies was highlighted. Recommendations were made for revised governance arrangements, but they have been largely disregarded. Scholarship of the structure and function of river governance networks is at an early stage, but this study applies theory from a related field – collaborative governance – to investigate the implications of this lost opportunity for enhanced collaboration. The study explores the opportunity to apply an integrated framework for collaborative governance developed by Emerson, Nabatchi & Balogh, and its constituent elements, to an urban river governance context. The integrated framework is shown to be a valuable tool for illuminating the drivers, engagement processes, motivational attributes and joint capacities that can enable shared decision-making and implementation across multiple organisations and jurisdictions, to achieve desired ends. The study identifies the need to effectively manage political, legal, socioeconomic and environmental influences (the system context), along with the constraints of collaboration dynamics, if a collaborative governance regime is to be successfully implemented. The study identifies that factors such as interdependence, leadership direction, consequential incentives and uncertainty play a key role in driving collaboration dynamics, in the context of an urban river corridor. A collaborative multi-regulator partnership approach is advocated as the immediate way forward for the Lower Yarra.
Sustainable Development Goal Disclosures within Australian Superannuation Funds: An Exploratory Study
Authors: Moore David R.J , Sciulli Nick
Published: March 2022

The financial reporting landscape is continuing to expand with both regulated and voluntary disclosures making their way into various reporting frameworks. This increased attention to disclosures is being pursued by professional bodies, governments, companies and other organisations given the changing demands by stakeholders for sustainability disclosures. The Australian superannuation industry is a compulsory system developed to ensure a comfortable retirement income for members. It is now a trillion-dollar business and therefore, has significant influence on the investment decisions that it makes on behalf of its members. The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) are increasingly being used as a signal to the market that an organisation is meeting the demands of stakeholders. The objective of this study is exploratory in nature, investigating the types of SDG disclosures made by the largest superannuation funds in Australia. Data was collected through a content analysis of the annual and/or supplementary reports produced by Australian superannuation funds. The findings suggest that Australian superannuation funds currently disclose a minimal level information in accordance with the SDGs in different reporting formats and the SDGs tends to prevail where superannuation managers believe they can have the most impact. Our results have implications for SDG reporting, policy and management practice. Future research that helps explain how managers choose which SDGs to report would be a useful contribution in the context of superannuation.
Anthropozentrismus (in) der Krise: Warum Probleme nicht mit der Denkweise gelöst werden können, die sie auch hervorgerufen hat
Authors: Bossert Leonie N. , Schlegel Lena M.
Published: March 2022

Reaktion auf U. Eser inGAIA30/4 (2021): Mit Umweltethik gegen Pandemien? Zum Unterschied von Ethik und PolitikAnthropozentrische Perspektiven können nicht ausreichend zur Lösung sozial-ökologischer Krisen beitragen, da sie selbst Teil eines krisenhaften Systems gesellschaftlicher Naturverhältnisse sind. Daher ist eine Ausweitung des Anthropozentrismus-Begriffs moralphilosophisch problematisch. Um die Transformation gesellschaftlicher Naturverhältnisse differenziert zu bewerten, ist vielmehr eine nichtanthropozentrische intersektionale Perspektive in der Umweltethik hilfreich.
The Orientalist Semiotics of »Dune«
Authors: Jacob Frank
Published: March 2022

Frank Herbert’s »Dune« (1965) is considered to be one of the most successful Science Fiction novels of the 20th century. It introduces its readers to a future universe, in which the production of the most valuable resource of the universe – ›spice‹ – is only possible on one vast desert planet called Arrakis. »Dune« offers many different motifs, including a hero that eventually turns into a superhuman being. However, the novel is also rich of orientalist semiotics and relates to a sign system existent when Herbert wrote his book. Frank Jacob discusses these semiotics in detail and shows how much of »Lawrence of Arabia« is present in the story’s plot.
Analysis of Product Strategy to The Business Growth of Small Medium Enterprises
Authors: Isololipu Kurnianing , Hardianto Antonius Widi
Published: March 2022

A study has been conducted to examine the product strategy in relation to business growth among small medium enterprises in Setu District, East Jakarta, Indonesia. This study was critical since the small medium enterprises have limited access to gain understanding about marketing aspects of products. This study contributed to the understanding of product strategies importance that will lead to the business growth, specifically for the small medium enterprises. The study conducted by qualitative method of convenient sampling of twelve informants who was selected based on the criteria of informant. The results of this study showed that product quality has contributed to the increase sales. Meanwhile, the less various items of the product have to be considered since there might be new sellers penetrate the market existed.
Rumusan Program Membership, Poin Rewards dan Email Marketing untuk Meningkatkan Loyalitas Pelanggan: Studi pada Semanis Kamu Cafe
Authors: Pudjianingrum Puspa Ayu Aprillia , Barkah Cecep Safa’atul , Herawaty Tetty , Auliana Lina
Published: March 2022

This paper analyzes marketing strategies to increase customer loyalty. Customer loyalty can be used as a measure of a customer's level of loyalty to a particular product or brand. The higher the level of customer loyalty will increase the number of active customers who make transactions. Semanis Kamu Cafe reported that based on the update data in May only 40 percent of the number of transactions are active buyers or customers who make transactions. Meanwhile, the management targets active buyers to reach 50 percent of the number of transactions. Therefore, the author wants to propose a marketing strategy that can increase customer loyalty. This research resulted in three program proposals, namely membership using member cards, rewards points, and email marketing. The proposed program is expected to increase customer loyalty Semanis Kamu Cafe.Paper ini menganalisis mengenai strategi pemasaran untuk meningkatkan loyalitas pelanggan. Loyalitas pelanggan dapat digunakan sebagai suatu ukuran tingkat kesetiaan pelanggan terhadap suatu produk atau brand tertentu. Semakin tinggi tingkat kesetiaan pelanggan akan meningkatkan jumlah pelanggan aktif yang melakukan transaksi. Semanis Kamu Cafe melaporkan bahwa berdasarkan data keterkinian pada bulan Mei hanya 40 persen dari jumlah transaksi merupakan pembeli aktif atau pelanggan yang melakukan transaksi. Sementara, pihak pengelola menargetkan pembeli aktif mencapai 50 persen dari jumlah transaksi. Oleh karena itu, penulis ingin mengusulkan suatu strategi pemasaran yang dapat meningkatkan loyalitas pelanggan. Hasil penelitian menghasilkan tiga usulan program yaitu membership menggunakan member card, poin rewards, dan email marketing. Usulan program tersebut diharapkan dapat meningkatkan loyalitas pelanggan Semanis Kamu Cafe.
The Forms of Recognition of State Borders After World War II (With Particular Focus on the Arrangements Pertaining to the Polish-German Border)
Authors: Klafkowski Alfons
Published: March 2022

The paper is an English translation of Forma uznania granic państwowych po drugiej wojnie światowej, by Alfons Klafkowski, published originally in Polish in „Życie i Myśl” in 1964. The text is published as a part of a jubilee edition of the “Adam Mickiewicz University Law Review. 100th Anniversary of the Department of Public International Law” devoted to the achievements of the representatives of the Poznań studies on international law.
International Responsibility for Occupation Currency
Authors: Skubiszewski Krzysztof
Published: March 2022

The paper is an English translation of Odpowiedzialność międzynarodowa za pieniądz okupacyjny by Krzysztof Skubiszewski, published originally in Polish in “Ruch Prawniczy, Ekonomiczny i Socjologiczny” in 1960. The text is published as a part of a jubilee edition of the “Adam Mickiewicz University Law Review. 100th Anniversary of the Department of Public International Law” devoted to the achievements of the representatives of the Poznań studies on international law.
The Relationships and Connections Between International and National Law
Authors: Skubiszewski Krzysztof
Published: March 2022

The paper is an English translation of Wzajemny stosunek i związki pomiędzy prawem międzynarodowym i prawem krajowym by Krzysztof Skubiszewski, published originally in Polish in “Ruch Prawniczy, Ekonomiczny i Socjologiczny” in 1986. The text is published as a part of a jubilee edition of the “Adam Mickiewicz University Law Review. 100th Anniversary of the Department of Public International Law” devoted to the achievements of the representatives of the Poznań studies on international law.
The Economic Aspects of Sovereignty and Self-Determination in Contemporary International Law. Basic Issues
Authors: Tyranowski Jerzy
Published: March 2022

The paper is an English translation of Ekonomiczne aspekty suwerenności i samostanowienia we współczesnym prawie międzynarodowym (zagadnienia podstawowe) by Jerzy Tyranowski, published originally in Polish in “Ruch Prawniczy, Ekonomiczny i Socjologiczny” in 1992. The text is published as a part of a jubilee edition of the “Adam Mickiewicz University Law Review. 100th Anniversary of the Department of Public International Law” devoted to the achievements of the representatives of the Poznań studies on international law.
Statistics in diagnostic medicine
Authors: Schlattmann Peter
Published: March 2022

This tutorial gives an introduction into statistical methods for diagnostic medicine. The validity of a diagnostic test can be assessed using sensitivity and specificity which are defined for a binary diagnostic test with known reference or gold standard. As an example we use Procalcitonin with a cut off value ≥ 0.5 g/L as a test and Sepsis-2 criteria as a reference standard for the diagnosis of sepsis. Next likelihood ratios are introduced which combine the information given by sensitivity and specificity. For these measures the construction of confidence intervals is demonstrated. Then, we introduce predictive values using Bayes’ theorem. Predictive values are sometimes difficult to communicate. This can be improved using natural frequencies which are applied to our example. Procalcitonin is actually a continuous biomarker, hence we introduce the use of receiver operator curves (ROC) and the area under the curve (AUC). Finally we discuss sample size estimation for diagnostic studies. In order to show how to apply these concepts in practice we explain how to use the freely available software R.
Degeneration of curves on some polarized toric surfaces
Authors: Christ Karl , He Xiang , Tyomkin Ilya
Published: March 2022

We address the following question:
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, and a general integral curve C of geometric genus g in the linear system

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to general integral curves of smaller geometric genera? We give an affirmative answer to this question for surfaces associated to h-transverse polygons, provided that the characteristic of the ground field is large enough. We give examples of surfaces in small characteristic, for which the answer to the question is negative. In case the answer is affirmative, we deduce that a general curve C as above is nodal. In characteristic 0, we use the result to show the irreducibility of Severi varieties of a large class of polarized toric surfaces with h-transverse polygon.
Highly Skilled International Migration, STEM Workers, and Innovation
Authors: Bongers Anelí , Díaz-Roldán Carmen , Torres José L.
Published: March 2022

This article studies the implications of highly skilled labor international migration in a two-country dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model. The model considers three types of workers: Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) workers, non-STEM college educated workers, and non-college educated workers. Aggregate productivity in each economy is a function of innovations, which can be produced only by STEM workers. The model predicts (i) the existence of a wage premium of STEM workers relative to non-STEM college educated workers, (ii) the skill wage premium is higher in the destination country and increases with positive technological shocks, (iii) a reduction in migration costs increases output, wages, and total labor in the destination country, with opposite effects in the country of origin, and (iv) high skilled immigrants reduce skilled native labor and do not affect unskilled labor. Finally, a migration policy designed to attract STEM workers generates similar effects to a positive aggregate productivity shock.
Eine Nation, „una di memorie, di sangue e di cor“? Das antike Sizilien und die Magna Graecia in der italienischen Altertumsforschung des 19. Jahrhunderts
Authors: Lupi Elisabetta
Published: March 2022

Der Aufsatz behandelt die nationalistische Vereinnahmung der antiken Geschichte Italiens in den Schriften von Gelehrten und Historikern des 19. Jahrhunderts, die auf der Suche nach den Ursprüngen der italienischen Nation und damit der Fundierung einer überregionalen Identität in den antiken Kulturen der Halbinsel waren. Während die Forschung zur neuzeitlichen Ursprungsrhetorik die nationalen Identifikationsmythen (Rom, Etrusker, italische Völker) und ihre ideologischen Komponenten umfassend untersucht hat, befasst sich dieser Beitrag mit der neuzeitlichen Darstellung der griechischen Vergangenheit Süditaliens, deren Zugehörigkeit zur Geschichte des Nationalstaates bis in die Zeit nach der Vereinigung aufgrund der nicht einheimischen Herkunft der Siedler problematisch blieb. In dem Aufsatz werden zwei neuzeitliche Diskurse über die griechische Ansiedlung in Magna Graecia und auf Sizilien unterschieden: der Ausgrenzungs- und der Integrationsdiskurs. Während Ersterer die Griechen als Fremdvölker und Invasoren versteht, begründet Letzterer die Identität der südlichen Regionen und ihre Anbindung an die Nation mit der kulturellen Bedeutung ihrer griechischen Vergangenheit. Der Beitrag beleuchtet dabei insbesondere die ideologischen Implikationen der Forschung von Ettore Pais und stellt die Kontinuitätslinien zwischen dem Antiquarianismus und der Altertumswissenschaft des 19. Jahrhunderts heraus.
Zwischen Ritualkulturen. Die Taufe in der frühneuzeitlichen Chinamission
Authors: Amsler Nadine
Published: March 2022

Die Geschichte der frühneuzeitlichen Jesuitenmission in China ist in jüngster Zeit vermehrt aus einer chinesischen Perspektive beleuchtet worden. Dabei haben mehrere Studien auf die innere Vielfalt des Phänomens des „chinesischen Christentums“ hingewiesen. Der vorliegende Artikel nähert sich diesem Phänomen über das Ritual der Taufe. Er schlägt vor, dieses missionarische „Kernritual“ nicht nur als Teil der katholischen, sondern auch der chinesischen Ritualkultur zu lesen und deren Verschränkungen in den Blick zu nehmen. Der Artikel beleuchtet verschiedene zeitgenössische Perspektiven auf das Taufritual, darunter jene von Missionaren und katholischen Literati, von einfachen Menschen, die auf der Suche nach effektiven Ritualen waren, sowie von chinesischen Gegnern der Jesuiten, die das Christentum der Heterodoxie verdächtigten. Es wird gezeigt, welche Wirkungen diese verschiedenen Gruppen der Taufe zuschrieben und welche Konsequenzen dies für ihr Verständnis des Christentums hatte. Abschließend skizziert der Artikel anhand des Taufrituals, wie die Unterschiede zwischen katholischer und chinesischer Ritualkultur – etwa der unterschiedliche Grad ritueller Normierung und die unterschiedliche Gewichtung von ritueller Orthodoxie und ritueller Orthopraxie – sich auf das Christentum in China auswirkten. Er zeigt, dass eine Analyse der Einbettung des chinesischen Christentums in verschiedene Ritualkulturen helfen kann, neue Perspektiven auf klassische Themen der katholischen Chinamission wie die jesuitische Akkommodation und den Ritenstreit zu entwickeln.
Infrastruktur, Raum, Deutungsmacht. Der Nord-Ostsee-Kanal als Handelsroute, Bedrohungs- und Verteidigungsraum (1895–1955)
Authors: Laucht Christoph
Published: March 2022

Dieser Artikel untersucht das bisher von der Geschichtswissenschaft vernachlässigte Verhältnis von Infrastruktur, Raum und Deutungsmacht am Beispiel des Nord-Ostsee-Kanals zwischen 1895 und 1955. Die treibende Kraft hinter dieser wechselseitigen Dreiecksbeziehung war der Widerstreit militärischer und ökonomischer Interpretationsmuster der Wasserstraße als militärischer Bedrohungs- bzw. Verteidigungsraum und europäische Handelsroute. Von der Eröffnung des Kanals 1895 bis 1942 existierten die konkurrierenden Deutungsmuster der multilateralen Handelsinfrastruktur und des national-bilateralen Bedrohungsraums für britische Sicherheitsinteressen nebeneinander her. Dabei dominierte über weite Strecken das öffentlichkeitswirksame Deutungsschema des Bedrohungsraums gegenüber dem ‚stillen‘ Narrativ der Handelsroute. Im Kontext der Deutschlandfrage, wie sie die Alliierten im Zeitraum von 1943 bis 1947 verhandelten, traten Aushandlungsprozesse zwischen beiden Interpretationsmustern offen zutage. Seit 1948 entwickelten sich beide Narrative dann in einem zusehends multilateralen Kontext fort, wobei das Interpretationsschema der Handelsroute die Oberhand gewann. Gleichzeitig wandelte sich das Konzept des national-bilateralen Bedrohungsraums vor dem Hintergrund des frühen Kalten Kriegs zu einem multilateralen Verteidigungsraum gegen einen möglichen sowjetischen Angriff auf Westeuropa unter dem Dach des Nordatlantikpakts (NATO). Der Untersuchungszeitraum endet mit der Teilsouveränität und dem NATO-Beitritt der Bundesrepublik 1955.
Reconstructing the Past, Enhancing the Traces from Frescos
Authors: Verdiani Giorgio , Charalambous Alexia , Corsini Federica
Published: March 2022

Architectures are always subject to transformation in time. When a historical building is seen by a tourist or by an occasional visitor, it appears like a complete and final artefact, showing its main characteristics like a clear example of a style or of an artistic phase. This interpretation may turn out to be mostly a simplification, while the building is often the result of a large set of interventions in time. It is the case of a large number of main and secondary architectures, changed according to the mutation of needs and tastes. In Fabriano, in central-eastern Italy, the St. Venanzio Church (later Cathedral) was subject to a significant transformation of the apse interiors during the XVII century, with the demolition of the original chapels’ asset and their replacement by a larger unitarian space behind the main altar.

This intervention has afflicted all the frescos that were the decoration of those chapels, they were partially deleted by the new masonry works, covered by paint, or walled in the new shape of the church. Since its early discovery, this patrimony has received various restorations. The research for a virtual reconstruction was based on a detailed digital survey of the building.
Review of the 2021 ChinaCALL conference
Authors: Zhang Shuai , Wang Qi
Published: March 2022

This paper aims to provide an overview of the 2021 ChinaCALL conference. The topics range from the traditional ones of teaching, learning and assessment to the emerging fields of intelligent computer-assisted language learning (iCALL), conversational agents and language development, the reconceptualisation of teacher digital literacy, reflections upon perfunctory gamification in language learning and particularly pedagogy in the post-pandemic era. In addition, the ability of technology to facilitate language education is explored, along with its potential to foster teacher and learner well-being.
Giving birth alone due to COVID-19-related hospital restrictions compared to accompanied birth: psychological distress in women with caesarean section or vaginal birth – a cross-sectional study
Authors: Oddo-Sommerfeld Silvia , Schermelleh-Engel Karin , Konopka Marie , La Rosa Valentina Lucia , Louwen Frank , Sommerlad Sarah
Published: March 2022

Objectives

We examined the mental health of mothers after unaccompanied birth (unaccompanied group, UG) due to COVID-19-related visiting bans and compared the data with a control group with accompanied birth (AG). Additionally, a distinction was made between caesarean section (CS) and vaginal birth (VB), as existing research indicates a higher risk for mental distress after CS.

Methods

The cross-sectional study included 27 mothers in the UG and 27 matched controls (AG). Anxiety, depression, postpartum traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS), and psychological well-being were assessed. Additionally, emotions and attitudes related to the restrictions were measured by self-developed items.

Results

Psychological distress was high especially in the UG (anxiety: 23%, PTSS: 34.6%, low well-being: 42.3%, depression: 11.5%). Mothers in the AG had lower psychological distress than those in the UG, but still had enhanced rates of PTSS (11.1%) and diminished well-being (22.2%). In both groups, women with CS reported higher anxiety and trauma scores and lower well-being than women with VB. Unaccompanied mothers with CS perceived visitation restrictions as less appropriate and felt more helpless, angry, worried, and frustrated about the partner’s absence than women with VB.

Conclusions

The partner’s absence during, but also after childbirth has a major impact on psychological outcomes. Particularly, higher rates of anxiety and PTSS can lead to negative consequences for mothers and their children. Therefore, it is strongly recommended to relax visitation bans and avoid unaccompanied births. Psychological treatment in obstetric units is more urgently needed than ever, especially for women with a caesarean section.
Abnormal placental villous maturity and dysregulated glucose metabolism: implications for stillbirth prevention
Authors: Siassakos Dimitrios , Bourne Isabella , Sebire Neil , Kindinger Lindsay , Whitten Sara Melissa , Battaglino Clarissa
Published: March 2022

Objectives

In the UK one in 250 pregnancies end in stillbirth. Abnormal placental villous maturation, commonly associated with gestational diabetes, is a risk factor for stillbirth. Histopathology reports of placental distal villous immaturity (DVI) are reported disproportionately in placentas from otherwise unexplained stillbirths in women without formal diagnosis of diabetes but with either clinical characteristics or risk factors for diabetes. This study aims to establish maternal factors associated with DVI in relation to stillbirth.

Methods

Placental histopathology reports were reviewed for all pregnant women delivering at University College London Hospital between July 2018 to March 2020. Maternal characteristics and birth outcomes of those with DVI were compared to those with other placental lesions or abnormal villous maturation.

Results

Of the 752 placental histopathology reports reviewed, 11 (1.5%) were reported as diagnostic of DVI. Eighty cases were sampled for clinical record analysis. All women with DVI had normal PAPP-A (>0.4 MoM), normal uterine artery Doppler studies (UtA-PI) and were normotensive throughout pregnancy. Nearly one in five babies (2/11, 18.5%) with DVI were stillborn and 70% had at least one high glucose test result in pregnancy despite no formal diagnosis of diabetes.

Conclusions

These findings suggest that the mechanism underlying stillbirth in DVI likely relates to glucose dysmetabolism, not sufficient for diagnosis using current criteria for gestational diabetes, resulting in placental dysfunction that is not identifiable before the third trimester. Relying on conventional diabetes tests, foetal macrosomia or growth restriction, may not identify all pregnancies at risk of adverse outcomes from glucose dysmetabolism.
Supply Chain Organizing as a Worker-led Strategy for Trade: A Case Study of Unite the Union
Authors: Waterman Andrew , Norman Ben
Published: March 2022

Global trade is often understood by trade union officials to be an abstract policy-level issue without a direct role for workers or shop floor influence. As the UK establishes an independent trade policy in the wake of Brexit, this article explores the concept of strategic supply chain organizing as the basis for a shop steward-led strategy to counter the industrial impact of trade. Based on interviews with Unite shop stewards and work with the union’s Research Department, this article explores efforts within Unite the Union, the largest private and public sector trade union in the UK and Ireland, to advance such a strategy through the union’s activist shop stewards and democratic structures. While considering the limitations of existing union approaches to trade issues as well as the challenges of developing such a strategy within the context of a large multisector trade union, the article puts forward a methodology of applied industrial research rooted in the principles of workers’ inquiry and supply chain solidarity. Taken together, the article considers the potential for new collaboration between the union’s shop stewards within supply chains to more fully realize their latent collective industrial power.
Recent developments in tensile properties of friction welding of carbon fiber-reinforced composite: A review
Authors: Asmael Mohammed , Safaei Babak , Kalaf Omer , Zeeshan Qasim , Aldakheel Fadi , Nasir Tauqir , Yang Zhicheng
Published: March 2022

In this review article, the joining of carbon fiber-reinforced polymer composite with metallic materials by using friction welding techniques was discussed and the effects of process parameters on the weld properties were evaluated. Major parameters involved in this process were plunge depth (PD), dwell time, joining time, and tool rotational speed. A successful friction joint of carbon fiber-reinforced poly composite laminate (CF-PPS)-metal was formed with an interlayer film of additional polyphenylene sulfide. In addition, a detailed overview of the friction techniques was discussed, such as friction stir spot welding (FSSW), friction stir welding (FSW), and refill friction stir spot welding (RFSSW). In this current work, we had focused on the parameters, process, and their development during friction welding of similar and dissimilar metals with CFRP joint. Regarding the FSSW review, the best tensile shear load was 7.1 kN obtained from AA5182 and CFRP at a rotational speed of 3,000 rpm and 5 s welding time. The thickness for AA5182 and CFRP are 1.2 and 3 mm, respectively. The most efficient parameters are rotational speed, PD, dwell time, and shoulder penetration depth. In addition, the heat generated during the process parameters, its influence on mechanical and microstructure properties along with the possible defects and internal cracks of the similar and dissimilar welded joints will be reviewed and discussed.
Understanding the role of media and food labels to disseminate food related information in Lebanon
Authors: Boustani Nada Mallah , Cardoso Ana Paula , Guiné Raquel P. F.
Published: March 2022

Today’s consumers are becoming more aware of what they consume and the implications that a proper diet can have for their health. This work aimed to understand how Lebanese people get information about foods, and which communication media they consider the most appropriate. Also, the attitudes toward food labelling were assessed. This was a cross-sectional study undertaken by means of a questionnaire survey on a sample of 258 Lebanese participants. Data analysis used statistical tools such as T-test and ANOVA with post hoc to test possible group differences or Cronbach’s alpha to assess internal scale reliability. The results showed that radio was the first choice as a media tool used by Lebanese people for gathering food information (29.1%), followed by hospitals (23.3%), and the participants also considered that these are the most appropriate means to communicate information (28.3 and 22.5%, respectively). Regarding the Lebanese behaviour on nutrition labelling, nearly half of the participants (44.6%) very frequently or always check the food labels but some showed no interest in the components and the fibres they contain. Reliability analysis showed that the items used to assess the food labelling scale have a very high internal consistency (α = 0.847). So, the Lebanese people tend to rely on radio for information about food and the labels are considered as important source of information as well. Nevertheless, Lebanese don’t consult the nutritional composition as often as desirable in order to adjust their purchases or compare to different items, aimed at healthier food choices. So in order to inform Lebanese people about related food rich in fibres and to instigate their purchasing intentions, the producing companies must rely on marketing campaigns through radio and on labels not just the information in nutritional composition.
Triazine based chemical entities for anticancer activity
Authors: Gangasani Jagadees Kumar , Yarasi Siwaswarup , Naidu Vegi Ganga Modi , Vaidya Jayathirtha Rao
Published: March 2022

Triazine is a six-membered aromatic nitrogen heterocyclic moiety that was extensively investigated because of its biological properties and, in particular anticancer potentials. Kinases play a crucial role in cancer cell proliferation and metabolism. Triazine derivatives show anticancer activity by inhibiting the lipid kinases like phosphoinositide 3-kinases, mammalian target of rapamycin, receptor tyrosine kinases, like focal adhesion kinase, cyclin-dependent kinases, Rho-associated protein kinases, p21-activated kinases, carbonic anhydrases, enolase inhibitors, microtubules inhibitors, and histone deacetylases. The present chapter highlights the synthesis of triazine-based derivatives, their characterization, evaluation of anticancer properties, and their journey towards possible medicine for cancer.
„Vulnerable Gruppen“ und ihre Bedeutung für die ethische Begründung gesundheitsbezogener Maßnahmen
Authors: Inthorn Julia
Published: March 2022

Vulnerabilität einer Gruppe wird häufig als Begründung für gesundheitsbezogene Maßnahmen zum Schutz dieser Gruppe angeführt. Der Beitrag untersucht verschiedene Verständnisse von Vulnerabilität und deren Bedeutung für die ethische Begründung und Abwägung von Maßnahmen.
Zuckersteuer - staatlicher Paternalismus oder wichtige Public Health-Maßnahme?
Authors: Schaller Katrin
Published: March 2022

Das Überangebot an Zucker trägt zur Entstehung von Übergewicht bei. Eine Zuckersteuer hat das Potenzial, die Menschen zu einer geringeren Zuckeraufnahme zu motivieren und damit Übergewicht vorzubeugen. Gegner einer solchen Steuer bewerten diese als einen paternalistischen Eingriff in die Entscheidungsfreiheit der Konsumierenden. Die vorliegende wissenschaftliche Evidenz spricht für den Einsatz einer Zuckersteuer, zumal der Schutz der Gesundheit der Bevölkerung zu den Aufgaben des Staates gehört.
Humanität, Gesundheit und Verantwortung in der Arbeitswelt
Authors: Hien Wolfgang
Published: March 2022

Ausgehend vom Aufklärungspostulat, dass jedem menschlichen Wesen Menschenwürde und Gesundheit zusteht, wird der industriell etablierte Utilitarismus kritisiert. Dies wird am Beispiel eines krebserzeugenden Stoffes an einem Arbeitsplatz der chemischen Industrie exemplifiziert. In Fortführung des Kantschen Gedankens wird für eine Verantwortungsethik im Sinne einer persönlichen moralischen Verpflichtung plädiert, die dem Konflikt mit vorherrschenden Rechtfertigungsmustern nicht aus dem Weg geht.
Resilience and specialization – How German regions weathered the Great Recession
Authors: Hundt Christian , Grün Lennart
Published: March 2022

This paper takes an explorative approach for analyzing the economic development of German Spatial Planning Regions during and after the Great Recession covering the period from 2007 to 2017. Specifically, we are interested in the relation between the short- and the mid-term resilience of regions and in the role of the underlying economic structure in this regard. For this purpose, we categorize regions by their GDP per capita growth in the resistance and recovery phase and then characterize the resulting region types by their average structural characteristics and track their performance through the renewal and reorientation phase.

Our analysis reveals that, in general, larger shares of manufacturing, higher degrees of export orientation and specialization, and lower shares of public sector services are associated with weaker resilience and stronger recovery capacity. In addition, we observe a catch-up effect of regions with at least either an above-average resistance or recovery compared to regions with both weak resistance and slow recovery. However, we do not find a substantial reorientation effect because, in the case of Germany, the advantages of regional economic specialization still outweigh its potential disadvantages.
Palaeolithic archaeology in the conglomerate caves of north-eastern Iberia
Authors: Morales Juan I. , Cebrià Artur , Vergès Josep M. , Bañuls-Cardona Sandra , Cervelló Josep M. , Hernando Raquel , Lombao Diego , Marín Juan , Marsal Roser , Oms F. Xavier , Rabuñal José , Rodríguez-Hidalgo Antonio , Soto María , Rosas Antonio , Fullola Josep M.
Published: March 2022

Large, conglomerate caves in north-eastern Iberia have been significant places since the Neolithic through to historical times; however, their significance during the Palaeolithic has barely been explored. This project is the first systematic study of the use of these iconic geological landmarks among Pleistocene hunter-gatherers.
El papel de la comunicación interna en la gestión del teletrabajo durante la crisis de la COVID-19
Authors: Castro-Martínez Andrea , Díaz-Morilla Pablo , Torres-Martín José Luis
Published: March 2022

Entre los cambios que ha traído consigo la crisis de la COVID-19 muchos afectan a la gestión de las organizaciones. Es el caso de la repentina implantación de las políticas de teletrabajo, que con las medidas de distanciamiento social y los periodos de confinamiento se generalizaron en el periodo más crudo de la pandemia. Esta investigación estudia el papel de la comunicación interna en la gestión del teletrabajo durante la crisis de la Covid-19 a través de la revisión documental y de entrevistas a expertos. Los resultados indican que la comunicación interna es un elemento de gran importancia para estas políticas y que durante la pandemia se ha puesto de manifiesto su relevancia para mantener alineados a los trabajadores con los intereses de las marcas. Para ejecutarlas, las organizaciones han desarrollado nuevos canales, potenciado la cohesión de los equipos y fomentado la empatía de los líderes y la separación del tiempo laboral y la vida personal. La comunicación con los empleados resulta la piedra angular de estas políticas de teletrabajo, que requieren de la implementación de estrategias y herramientas para facilitar el bienestar y la felicidad de las plantillas que trabajan en remoto. Este trabajo también incorpora recomendaciones para la gestión de la comunicación interna en relación a las nuevas necesidades organizativas surgidas durante este periodo.
Remaining Creep Life Prediction Method for In-Service Boiler Pipe Weldment Using Small Scale Specimen
Authors: Yaguchi Masatsugu
Published: March 2022

The author proposes a remaining creep life prediction method for weldment of Grade 91 steel using a small specimen taken not from the weldment but from the base metal. Analysis of creep data obtained from long-term used steels indicates that the shape of the master rupture curve given by the Larson-Miller parameter remains almost the same regardless of the heat-to-heat variation of the creep life of the steels, and the life of each steel can be expressed by the parallel displacement of the master rupture curves along the abscissa direction. Therefore, we can estimate the life of used steels with only one datum even if it is obtained with a short-time creep test. This approach of extrapolation is effective for the proposed method because the number of test specimens taken from the pipe is at most two or three in power plants in Japan. The results of investigation of the relationships among creep strength, deformation, and ductility suggest that the creep deformation property primarily determines the creep life of the materials used in this study. Finally, the proposed method is applied to the in-service boiler pipe weldment of Grade 91 steel, and its features are described in comparison with the conventional life assessment method.
Photocatalytic Degradation of Printing and Dyeing Wastewater by F-N/TiO2/AC and F-N/TiO2/MAC Composite Photocatalysts
Authors: Lu Yu , Chen Zhen , Zhu Yingying , Xia Zhenguo , Chen Geng
Published: March 2022

A fluorine/nitrogen-co-doped titania/activated carbon (F-N/TiO2/AC) composite has been prepared through an immersion–hydrothermal method. Magnetic activated carbon (MAC) has been prepared through a chemical coprecipitation method and used to assemble the analogous composite F-N/TiO2/MAC. The characterization results show that F-N/TiO2/MAC contains a certain amount of magnetic ferrous oxide material, and the presence of magnetic ferrous oxide material will not affect the crystalline shape of TiO2. F-N/TiO2/MAC is a weak magnetic material, and it could be conveniently recycled by applying a strong magnetic field. Methyl orange solution has been used as a target to assess the photocatalytic degradation and recycling performances of the composites. Results show that the adsorption of methyl orange on the photocatalysts follows a pseudo second-order kinetic model, and the adsorption rate of F-N/TiO2/AC is higher. In the photocatalytic degradation of methyl orange pseudo first-order reaction kinetics study, the k value of F-N/TiO2/MAC was 0.00497 min−1, which was higher than that of F-N/TiO2/AC. Even though the adsorption performance of F-N/TiO2/MAC is not as good as that of F-N/TiO2/AC, its photocatalytic degradation performance is superior. Overall, the two composite materials show roughly the same removal efficiencies for methyl orange, reaching 100 % for F-N/TiO2/AC and 98.9 % for F-N/TiO2/MAC. In terms of recycling performance, the magnetic property of F-N/TiO2/MAC makes it easier to recover from mixed solutions.
Shared Reality Effects of Tuning Messages to Multiple Audiences
Authors: Pinelli Federica , Davachi Lila , Higgins E. Tory
Published: March 2022

Our study explores how communicating with audiences who hold opposite opinions about a target person can lead to a biased recall of the target's behaviors depending on whom a shared reality is created with. By extending the standard “saying-is-believing” paradigm to the case of two audiences with opposite attitudes toward a target person, we found that communicators evaluatively tune their message to the attitude of each audience. Still, their later recall of the target's behavior is biased toward the audience's attitude only for the audience with whom they created a shared reality. Shared reality creation was manipulated by receiving feedback that, based on the communicator's message, an audience was either able (success) or unable (failure) to successfully identify the target person, with the former creating a shared reality. These results highlight the importance of shared reality creation for subsequent recall when communicating with multiple audiences on a topic.
Biexponential decrease of PAR in coastal waters (Northern Adriatic)
Authors: Umer Borut , Malačič Vlado
Published: March 2022

The attenuation coefficients of photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) were extracted from the vertical profiles of PAR in coastal waters (the Gulf of Trieste, Northern Adriatic). The vertical profiles were collected roughly twice per month from July 2011 to December 2015, and the PAR values just above the sea surface were compared with the PAR data measured on a buoy.This research supports the nonlinear fit with the biexponential expression for the dependence of PAR with depth, yielding a much better match with the data than the fit with a mono-exponential expression. However, another reasoning for biexponential attenuation is because it functions as a solution for a homogeneous differential equation of a second order. The method for estimating the water type is offered with an analysis of the attenuation coefficients of PAR. It was found that for a particular location (the Gulf of Trieste), the attenuation coefficient in a mono-exponential decrease of PAR is 0.19-0.21 m-1, while for a biexponential decrease of PAR, the coefficient of the long-range attenuation is 0.12-0.14 m-1 and that of short-range attenuation is 0.8-0.9 m-1. This leads to the conclusion that most water columns match coastal water type 1, while the surface layer is represented by coastal water types 7 or 9. From the estimate of the water types, the coefficients of downward irradiation were inferred as 0.19 m-1∓0.01 m-1 (long-range attenua-tion) and 3.0 m-1∓0.7 m-1 (short-range attenuation). These coefficients can determine the heat source inside the water column.
Locked crustal faults associated with the subducting Indian Lithosphere and its implications in seismotectonic activity in the Central Indo-Burmese Ranges, Northeast India
Authors: Rakshit Raghupratim , Saikia Sowrav , Bharali Bubul , Zaman Farha , Bezbaruah Devojit
Published: March 2022

Northeast India is a geodynamic hotspot for tectonic activities where three different plates viz., Indian, Eurasian and Burma Plates collide and deform with respect to each other. Northeast moving Indian Plate subducting transversely beneath Burma Plate results in the formation of the Indo-Burmese Ranges (IBR). In central IBR, the north-south trending Churachandpur-Mao Fault (CMF) is situated in the east of the Mizoram-Tripura Fold belt. The northwest-southeast trending Mat River Fault or Mat Fault (MF), which is another major crustal-scale strike-slip transverse fault, upholds the movement of the CMF. In this work, seismotectonic analysis of these two active intra-plate faults which are related to the June-September 2020 earthquake series, have been discussed. It is observed from satellite imageries, earthquake data and confirmed by the field investigation that these faults are not directly involved in the generation of the earthquakes; rather epicenters are distributed in the junction between the MF and CMF. It is evident from the seismotectonic analysis that this stress is distributed through some northwest-southeast synthetic faults, located north of MF and parallel to it, close to the junction with the CMF. The focal solution of the strongest of the 2020 earthquakes, the 5.5 Mw Champhai earthquake (on 22nd June 2020 at 04:10 IST) in Mizoram shows that the principal nodal plane was aligning along MF. Therefore, it is these synthetic faults that are responsible for the earthquakes rather than the locked zone between intra-plate MF and CMF crustal faults. This juxtaposition has caused a major shift in the geodynamic regime in the central IBR. Champhai earthquake might not be the only large devastating earthquake in the region and could be followed by more major earthquakes in the future.
The Choice of the Paradigm of Discussion on the Right of Poland to Obtain Compensation From Germany Because of the WWII Aggression and Occupation
Authors:   Institute of Law Studies Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland, Saganek Przemysław
Published: March 2022

The text is devoted to the choice of the paradigm of discussion on the right of Poland to obtain compensation from Germany in connection with the Second World War. In the opinion of the author the main failure of the hitherto discussion on the rights of Poland vis-a-vis Germany is a very infrequent reference to the rules on state responsibility. They are simple and lead to a very simple conclusion – namely the obligation of international law to pay a compensation which would wipe out all the consequences of the breach of international law. The author analyses in more detail the influence of the Potsdam Agreement and the 1953 declaration of the government of the Polish People’s Republic. In his opinion the Potsdam Agreement had no adverse effect on the scope of the Polish rights. While it is impossible to deny such an influence of the 1953 declaration, the author shows that even on a very wide interpretation it cannot be seen as a definitive end of all rights of Poland. The main message is that it is the set of psychological errors on the Polish side which make the discussion on the Polish rights so difficult and unfruitful.
Civil Code as a Legal Basis for Defining the Term. An Agricultural Holding
Authors:   University of Lodz, Faculty of Law and Administration, Poland, Mikołajczyk Joanna
Published: March 2022

The aim of the publication is to assess the current legal solution within the scope of placing the notion of an agricultural holding as a basic conceptual category of the agricultural law in the Civil Code. This problem is directly connected with the postulate of coherence of the whole system of private law when it comes to the most important structural elements or just the understanding of basic notions. The statutory regulation of trade in agricultural real estate and agricultural holdings should be a code regulation, and the location of the definition of an agricultural holding in the Civil Code should be conducive to strengthening ownership. In the dilemma whether to keep in the Civil Code the regulation of trade in agricultural land (including its conceptual network with an agricultural holding at the forefront) or to transfer it to a special act (or perhaps even to the Agricultural Code), it is impossible to point to a just and possible solution. On the basis of arguments of teleological nature, especially from the scope of legislative policy, one should definitely opt for keeping the regulation of trade in agricultural land in the Civil Code.
Unidades fraseológicas y competencia comunicativa: las frases hechas
Authors: Quintanilla Anglas Rómulo F.
Published: March 2022

Un recurso comunicativo,  cada vez más frecuente, es el empleo de unidades fraseológicas,  especialmente de las llamadas frases hechas. La presencia de estas unidades se destaca por su  cantidad y frecuencia en la comunicación  oral coloquial frente a otras unidades farseològicas,  como las   metáforas o las paremias (refranes, proverbios, dichos,  citas, sentencias, adagios, aforismos, eslóganes) que suelen ocurrir, sobre todo, en situaciones más formales.El español que se habla en el Perú se encuentra  matizado con estas unidades de valor lèxico  que, a pesar de las  estructuras complejas y fijas que presentan, forman parte de estructuras mayores como la oraciòn,  dentro de las cuales  cumplen funciones sintácticas y semánticas muy importantes.  Son expresiones que añaden matices semánticos de carácter enfático, expresivo y de precisión, acordes con la intención comunicativa de los hablantes usuarios.Dada la importancia que tiene la  fraseología en la comunicación, sería saludable que las autoridades educativas consideren su estudio dentro de los programas escolares, lo cual sería un aporte valioso que coadyuvaría a superar las deficiencias comunicativas que muestan los estudiantes en ese nivel.