bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Student Experience in Completing Thesis and its Implications for International Students in Indonesia
Authors: Ermiati Ermiati , Widiasih Restuning , Suryati Yayat , Murtianingsih Murtianingsih
Published: December 2021

Background: This study aims to explore student experiences in completing thesis courses and analyze the implications of these courses for international students.
Methods: This phenomenological research interviewed 18 students who had completed the thesis course. Data were collected through in-depth interviews to explore the experience of participants in completing the thesis. Data analysis was carried out using the Collazzi method.
Results: We found three main themes and nine sub-themes. The main themes include positive and negative support systems during the thesis, physical and psychological problems experienced by students during the thesis and learning & expectations in the thesis course.
Conclusion: The thesis has the potential for scientific development, impacts on students, psychological and suicidal ideation. Integrated mentoring services: academic and mental will be useful to prevent and overcome problems faced by Indonesian students and international students.
Factors Associated with Minimum Acceptable Diet in 6–11-Month-Old Indonesian Children Using the 2017 IDHS
Authors: Zebadia Eurika , Mahmudiono Trias , Atmaka Dominikus Raditya , Dewi Mira , Helmyati Siti , Yuniar Cindra Tri
Published: December 2021

BACKGROUND: Inadequate complementary feeding practices are known to contribute to children’s nutritional status. A minimum acceptable diet (MAD) is one of the simple, valid, and reliable indicators to assess complementary feeding practices in 6–23-month-old children on food diversity and meal frequency. Based on the UNICEF data, the MAD of 6–11 months in Indonesia was 26.3% in 2017 and the lowest compared to other groups. Hence, this study research question is posing toward several factors associated with the low MAD among 6–11 months infant.

AIM: This study aimed to determine factors associated with MAD in 6–11-month-old children in Indonesia.

METHODS: This study was a secondary analysis using the 2017 Indonesia Demographic and Health Survey. This is a cross-sectional study involving 17,848 children in Indonesia. Final sample to be analyzed were 1,441 children of 6–11-month-old. Logistic regression model was applied to identify the significant risk factors associated with MAD.

RESULTS: The result showed that the prevalence of MAD in this study is 29%. From the multivariate logistic regression, wealth index, television ownership, and mother’s occupation were significantly associated with MAD of 6–11-month-old children in Indonesia.

CONCLUSION: In conclusion, factors associated with MAD among 6–11-month-old children were wealth index, television ownership, and mother’s occupation.
Diagnostic Value of Dystrophin Immunostaining in the Diagnosis of Duchenne and Becker Muscular Dystrophy Patients
Authors: Sarasati Shinta Andi , Iskandar Kristy , Septianastiti Maria Alethea , Malueka Rusdy Ghazali , Dwianingsih Ery Kus
Published: December 2021

Background: Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD) are X-linked recessive muscular disorders caused by the absence or reduction of the muscle cytoskeletal protein dystrophin. Standard procedures to detect deletion and duplication of the DMD gene use Multiplex Ligation-Dependent Probe Amplification (MLPA). However, genetic testing, such as MLPA, is not covered by the national insurance scheme in Indonesia. Immunohistochemical (IHC) staining of dystrophin from muscle biopsy in the form of Formalin-Fixed Paraffin-Embedded (FFPE) specimens can be an alternative method to detect dystrophin expression in protein levels to establish the diagnosis of DMD or BMD.
Objectives: To determinate sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of IHC analysis of dystrophin in DMD/BMD patient in comparison with the standard genetic testing, MLPA.
Methods: Twenty-six patients enrolled in this study were clinically diagnosed as DMD/BMD in Dr. Sardjito Hospital and Universitas Gadjah Mada Academic Hospital. Genomic DNA was isolated from 3 mL of EDTA-peripheral whole blood samples. The deletion and duplication of DMD genes were detected by MLPA. IHC examination was performed using a specific antibody dystrophin (DYS2). Complete loss of dystrophin staining indicated DMD, while partial loss of dystrophin staining indicated BMD. MLPA result was used as the gold standard to determine sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy of IHC technique using a 2x2 table.
Results: MLPA results revealed 18 (18/26; 69.3%) patients with deletion and 3 (3/26; 11.5%) patients with duplication. Five (5/26; 19.2%) patients who showed no deletion nor duplication were excluded from the analysis. Among 21 patients with deletion or duplication, 18 (18/21; 85.7%) patients were out-of-frame (DMD) and 3 (3/21; 14.3%) patients were in-frame (BMD). Six patients showed a discrepancy between the IHC and MLPA results with 9.5% (2/21) false positive and 19% (4/21) false negative. The sensitivity of dystrophin IHC was 77.78%, specificity 33.33%, positive predictive value 87.5%, negative predictive value 20%, and accuracy 71.43%.
Conclusion: Muscle biopsy followed by IHC can be one of the diagnostic tools to diagnose BMD or DMD, with high sensitivity. The protein-based strategy is probably the most efficient way to approach the diagnosis of Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy in limited health care settings.
Potential Development of Digital Environmental Surveillance System in Dengue Control: A Qualitative Study
Authors: Purnama Sang , Susanna Dewi , Achmadi Umar Fachmi , Krianto Tri , Eryando Tris
Published: December 2021

Background: The development of digital environmental technology can be conducted to implement reports, surveillance, and manage dengue control. Therefore, this study aims to determine the barriers to the use of paper-based and the potential development of digital environmental technology in dengue control.
 
Methods
In-depth qualitative interviews were conducted using 14 key informants and four focus group discussions (FGD) from May-August 2021 in Denpasar City, Bali. The interviews were consistent with the flow of the epidemiological and entomological surveillance system, the obstacles to the dengue control program, the potential for the application of digital technology, and the challenges in the application of digital surveillance technology. Furthermore, open-ended questions and content analysis by qualitative study procedures were adopted. The results were transcribed verbatim and triangulation of sources was conducted for data validation.
 
Results
The reporting system that used paper-based was not optimally implemented due to repetition of reporting, speed of information, data bias, performance measurement as well as case surveillance and reporting system constraints. An integrated digital environmental surveillance system (SILIRA) was also developed for dengue control. In the current Covid-19 pandemic, the need for digital applications is high due to the policy of not accepting guests and keeping a distance. Epidemiological surveillance for case data collection, entomological surveillance for larva density, case reporting, and educational videos are the required data in the application.
 
Conclusion
The development of an integrated application for an environmental monitoring system can be created for the continuous reporting of case information and larval density for dengue hemorrhagic fever control.
Keywords: digital, surveillance, environment, dengue
Information and Husband’s Support on Implementation Postpartum Gymnastics during COVID 19 Pandemic in Indonesia
Authors: Windarti Yunik , Anggasari Yasi , Hasina Siti Nur , Firdaus Firdaus
Published: December 2021

Background : The practice of postnatal gymnastics in Indonesia is still little done by postpartum mothers both before and during the covid pandemic 19. Some of the contributing factors include lack of knowledge about postnatal gymnastics, fatigue, and the mother's mindset about the importance of postnatal gymnastics for health which is still lacking. Post-delivery exercise can help mothers to get back to their normal health as they were before pregnancy.
Objective : This study aims to analyze the effect of information and husband's support on the implementation postnatal gymnastics during the covid 19 pandemic.
Methods : Non-experimental research design: cross sectional analytic, the independent variable is husband's information and support and the dependent variable is postpartum exercise. This research was conducted in April – August 2021. The population of postpartum mothers was 102, the sampling technique was incidental sampling in Wonokromo Village, Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia. Research instrument with a questionnaire. The data were analyzed using the Multiple Logistics Regression test.
Results : The results showed that partially there was a significant effect of husband's support (p = 0.013) on postnatal exercise, but for information during the pandemic there was no effect (p = 0.998) on postpartum exercise. The results of the analysis showed that the OR value of the information was 1.615E9 (95%CI: 0.000 – 0.000) and the OR of husband's support was 3.385 (95%CI: 1.289 – 8.886).
Conclusion : Husband's support during the covid 19 pandemic affects mothers in doing postnatal exercise. Obtaining information about postnatal exercise during the COVID-19 pandemic does not affect the mother in its implementation.
Monitoring Arthropods in Azorean Agroecosystems: the project AGRO-ECOSERVICES
Authors: Borges Paulo , Nunes Rui , Lamelas-López Lucas , Pereira Enésima , Costa Ricardo , Monjardino Paulo , Lopes David , Soares António , Gil Artur , Rigal François , Ferrante Marco , Lövei Gabor
Published: December 2021

The data we present are part of the AGRO-ECOSERVICES project (Assessing ecosystem services and disservices provided by arthropod species in Azorean agroecosystems). The project aims to evaluate the relative importance of native and non-native organisms as ecosystem services (ES) and disservices (ED) providers, by combining novel, direct and quantitative tools for monitoring agro-biodiversity. Ecosystem services include evaluation of natural pest control by predation, seed predation on weed plants, pollination, decomposition and ecosystem disservices, herbivory and seed predation on crop plants. Active Aerial Searching (AAS) (only in maize-fields) and pitfall traps were used to sample the arthropod biodiversity (predatory spiders, true-bugs and beetles and main insect pests) on four agricultural habitats of Terceira Island, namely citrus orchards, low and high elevation maize fields and vineyards.

We provided an inventory of all arthropods recorded in four Azorean agroecosystems (citrus orchards, low and high elevation maize fields and vineyards) from Terceira Island. A total of 50412 specimens were collected, belonging to four classes, 20 orders, 81 families and 200 identified species of arthropods. A total of 127 species are considered introduced (n = 22646) and 69 native non-endemic (n = 24117). Four endemic species were recorded with very few specimens (n = 14) and 3635 specimens belong to unidentified taxa recorded only at genus or family level. Five species are new records for Terceira Island, with Lagria hirta (Linnaeus, 1758) (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) being also a new record for the Azores. This publication contributes to a better knowledge of the arthropods communities present in agro-ecosystems of Terceira Island and will serve as a baseline for future monitoring schemes targeting the long-term change in arthropod diversity and abundance.
Global outlook on large-scale nuclear power development strategies
Authors: Adamov Evgeny O. , Rachkov Valeriy I. , Kashirsky Andrey A. , Orlov Alexander I.
Published: December 2021

As of today, nuclear power together with hydropower provides three-quarters of global low-carbon electricity generation. Over the past 60 years since the time of its inception, the use of nuclear power has reduced CO2 emissions by over 60 gigatonnes. There is no doubt that nuclear power can play a major, and maybe even a decisive role in decarbonizing the electricity sector, as it is evident from the current energy mix of some European countries, especially France, and major economic powers like the Unites States, Russia and South Korea. It is also evident that in most advanced economies nuclear power has entered a phase of gradual decline with little new investment coming into new projects, regardless of the world’s desperate need for more low-carbon electricity. Although existing reactor and their corresponding fuel cycle technologies have enabled the global nuclear power fleet to reach ~ 400 GWe of net installed capacity, there is growing concern that the scale of NPP shutdowns expected in Europe and North America could offset new capacity additions in Asian markets. Theoretically, renewable energy could fill the void left by reactors taken offline but there is strong evidence that the potential of wind and solar for global decarbonization is limited by material, land and economic constraints. Large-scale renewable systems would also require massive energy storage capacity that would hamper economic sustainability of the energy supply for developing countries. Taking into account the potential benefits of developing nuclear power, some countries are determined to expand its share in their energy mix through technological innovation and application of new strategies, directed at improving or completely resolving current issues related to economics, environmental concerns or non-proliferation of nuclear weapons. There are many states in the world today pursuing some sort of nuclear power development. A limited number of countries envision expanding or transforming their nuclear energy system using truly game-changing strategies based on innovative reactor, fuel cycle and waste management technologies. The focus of this paper is to give an overview of the approaches to large-scale nuclear power development being applied today in Russia, China, USA and India.
The Voice of Florence Nightingale on Advocacy
Authors: Selanders Louise , Crane Patrick
Published: December 2021

Modern nursing is complex, ever changing, and multi focused. Since the time of Florence Nightingale, however, the goal of nursing has remained unchanged, namely to provide a safe and caring environment that promotes patient health and well being. Effective use of an interpersonal tool, such as advocacy, enhances the care-giving environment. Nightingale used advocacy early and often in the development of modern nursing. By reading her many letters and publications that have survived, it is possible to identify her professional goals and techniques. Specifically, Nightingale valued egalitarian human rights and developed leadership principles and practices that provide useful advocacy techniques for nurses practicing in the 21st century. In this article we will review the accomplishments of Florence Nightingale, discuss advocacy in nursing and show how Nightingale used advocacy through promoting both egalitarian human rights and leadership activities. We will conclude by exploring how Nightingale’s advocacy is as relevant for the 21st century as it was for the 19th century.
Rising to the Challenge of Health Care Reform with Entrepreneurial and Intrapreneurial Nursing Initiatives
Authors: Wilson Anne , Whitaker Nancy , Whitford Deirdre
Published: December 2021

Health reform worldwide is required due to the largely aging population, increase in chronic diseases, and rising costs. To meet these needs, nurses are being encouraged to practice to the full extent of their skills and take significant leadership roles in health policy, planning, and provision. This can involve entrepreneurial or intrapreneurial roles. Although nurses form the largest group of health professionals, they are frequently restricted in their scope of practice. Nurses can help to improve health services in a cost effective way, but to do so, they must be seen as equal partners in health service provision. This article provides a global perspective on evolving nursing roles for innovation in health care. A historical overview of entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship is offered. Included also is discussion of a social entrepreneurship approach for nursing, settings for nurse entre/intrapreneurship, and implications for research and practice.
Improving Communication With Low-Income Women Using Today’s Technology
Authors: Cibulka Nancy , Fischer Harry , Fischer Anna
Published: December 2021

The authors of this article examine reasons for missed appointments and preferences for appointment reminders among inner city obstetrics and gynecology clinic patients having a high missed-appointment rate. Sixty low-income women, including African Americans, Caucasians, and members of other ethnic groups, with a mean age of 27 years, were interviewed by telephone. The most frequently cited reason for missed appointments was forgetfulness. Almost all study participants indicated that they would like a text message reminder of upcoming appointments along with telephone and/or postal letter reminders. In this article the authors review the literature addressing both missed appointments and trends in mobile technologies, report their study of missed appointments, and conclude that text messaging appointment reminders can decrease missed appointments among young, low-income women.
Quand « l’irrigation verte » augmente la demande d’eau
Authors: Benjamin Catherine , Giraldo Hurtado Alejandra
Published: December 2021

En agriculture, l’utilisation de techniques d’irrigation plus efficaces est souvent vue comme un moyen de protéger l’environnement en créant un impact positif sur la gestion de la ressource en eau. Utiliser des techniques efficaces doit ainsi permettre d’atteindre des rendements agricoles similaires à ceux obtenus initialement en utilisant un volume d’eau moins important (irrigation verte). Toutefois, un système d’irrigation plus efficace peut paradoxalement inciter les producteurs agricoles à utiliser plus d’eau. Cet effet, connu sous le nom d’effet rebond, est lié à l’augmentation de la productivité du facteur de production. L’objectif de cet article est d’identifier les facteurs qui garantissent l’efficacité de l’irrigation verte. Notre contribution porte sur le développement d’un modèle qui prend en compte l’évolution des charges énergétiques. Nos résultats suggèrent que des technologies d’irrigation plus efficaces peuvent conduire à une augmentation de la demande d’eau (effet rebond) et aussi de la demande d’énergie. L’effet rebond est, en partie, compensé par une augmentation des charges énergétiques, mais la consommation d’énergie peut contribuer à l’émission de gaz à effet de serre. Les décideurs publics doivent donc coordonner les objectifs de politiques environnementales en eau et en énergie, afin qu’ils soient atteints et non pas neutralisés. Classification JEL  : Q15, Q25, Q55.
Dynamics of a delayed Lotka-Volterra model with two predators competing for one prey
Authors: Xu Minzhen , Guo Shangjiang
Published: December 2021

In this paper, we study the local dynamics of a class of 3-dimensional Lotka-Volterra systems with a discrete delay. This system describes two predators competing for one prey. Firstly, linear stability and Hopf bifurcation are investigated. Then some regions of attraction for the positive steady state are obtained by means of Liapunov functional in a restricted region. Finally, sufficient and necessary conditions for the principle of competitive exclusion are obtained.
Set-valued problems under bounded variation assumptions involving the Hausdorff excess
Authors: Satco Bianca
Published: December 2021

In the very general framework of a (possibly infinite dimensional) Banach space \begin{document}$ X $\end{document}, we are concerned with the existence of bounded variation solutions for measure differential inclusions

   \begin{document}$ \begin{equation} \begin{split} &dx(t) \in G(t, x(t)) dg(t),\\ &x(0) = x_0, \end{split} \end{equation}\;\;\;\;\;\;(1) $\end{document}

where \begin{document}$ dg $\end{document} is the Stieltjes measure generated by a nondecreasing left-continuous function.

This class of differential problems covers a wide variety of problems occuring when studying the behaviour of dynamical systems, such as: differential and difference inclusions, dynamic inclusions on time scales and impulsive differential problems. The connection between the solution set associated to a given measure \begin{document}$ dg $\end{document} and the solution sets associated to some sequence of measures \begin{document}$ dg_n $\end{document} strongly convergent to \begin{document}$ dg $\end{document} is also investigated.

The multifunction \begin{document}$ G : [0,1] \times X \to \mathcal{P}(X) $\end{document} with compact values is assumed to satisfy excess bounded variation conditions, which are less restrictive comparing to bounded variation with respect to the Hausdorff-Pompeiu metric, thus the presented theory generalizes already known existence and continuous dependence results. The generalization is two-fold, since this is the first study in the setting of infinite dimensional spaces.

Next, by using a set-valued selection principle under excess bounded variation hypotheses, we obtain solutions for a functional inclusion

   \begin{document}$ \begin{equation} \begin{split} &Y(t)\subset F(t,Y(t)),\\ &Y(0) = Y_0. \end{split} \end{equation}\;\;\;\;(2) $\end{document}

It is shown that a recent parametrized version of Banach's Contraction Theorem given by V.V. Chistyakov follows from our result.
Additive actions on hyperquadrics of corank two
Authors: Liu Yingqi
Published: December 2021

For a projective variety $ X $ in $ {\mathbb{P}}^{m} $ of dimension $ n $, an additive action on $ X $ is an effective action of $ {\mathbb{G}}_{a}^{n} $ on $ {\mathbb{P}}^{m} $ such that $ X $ is $ {\mathbb{G}}_{a}^{n} $-invariant and the induced action on $ X $ has an open orbit. Arzhantsev and Popovskiy have classified additive actions on hyperquadrics of corank 0 or 1. In this paper, we give the classification of additive actions on hyperquadrics of corank 2 whose singularities are not fixed by the $ {\mathbb{G}}_{a}^{n} $-action.
A robust numerical method for single and multi-asset option pricing
Authors: Mashayekhi Sima ,   Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Sciences, Arak University, Arak 38156-8-8349, Iran, Mousavi Seyed Nourollah
Published: December 2021

In this work, we numerically solve some different single and multi-asset European options with the finite difference method (FDM) and take the advantages of the antithetic variate method in Monte Carlo simulation (AMC) as a variance reduction technique in comparison to the standard Monte Carlo simulation (MC) in the end point of the domain, and the linear boundary condition has been implemented in other boundaries. We also apply the grid stretching transformation to make a non-equidistance discretization with more nodal points around the strike price (K) which is the non-smooth point in the payoff function to reduce the numerical errors around this point and have more accurate results. Superiority of our method (GS&AMC) will be demonstrated by comparison with the finite difference scheme with the equidistance discretization and the linear boundary conditions (Equi&L), the grid stretching discretization around K with linear boundary conditions (GS&L) and also the equidistance discretization with combination of the standard Monte Carlo simulation at the end point of the domain (Equi&MC). Furthermore, the root mean square errors (RMSE) of these four schemes in the whole region and the most interesting region which is around the strike price, have been compared.
Determinants of Commercial Banks' Performance in Malawi: An Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) Approach
Authors: Banda Lloyd George ,   Department of Pension and Insurance Supervision, Reserve Bank of Malawi, Henderson Street, Malawi
Published: December 2021

There has been a monotonic increase in research investigating the performance of commercial banks across the globe. This is a recognition that the banking industry has a significant contribution to the service sector and national output. This paper examined the existence of the structure-conduct performance (SCP) and efficient market hypotheses by employing an autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) approach for a period between 1990 and 2020. The study revealed the existed of both paradigms due to a strongly statistically positive and significant coefficients of bank concentration and the size of the banking sector using the computed composite profitability measure (CPM). The paper suggests various policy implications on internal and external determinants of commercial bank's performance.
Arendt’s Break with the Liberal Imaginary of Society
Authors: Kovačič Gorazd
Published: December 2021

The first part of the article analyses the imaginary of the characteristics and form of (civil) society as developed in early modern liberal political philosophy, especially by John Locke and Thomas Paine. It uses different contemporary receptions of the key authors of this tradition, namely the liberal reception of John Keane, which emphasizes the theoretical distinction between civil society and the state, the materialist reception of Ellen Meiksins Wood, which contextualizes political ideas in the political struggles and class interests of the time, and the reception of Foucault, which focuses on the development of biopolitical governmentality. The article finds that the liberal tradition imagined (civil) society as a given and self-regulating sphere that does not require interference from the state. A socio-historical presupposition of this imaginary was the economic sovereignty of individuals, and it overlooked the relations of domination and exploitation. In its second part, the article presents Hannah Arendt’s critical concept of society. She did not conceptualize society as a given totality and in a spatial way, but used it as a qualifier of a specific, impoverished mode of being, in particular to analyse the situation and perspective of minorities.
De Delia a Marcela: preludios cervantinos en el prólogo de la Tercera parte de Espejo de príncipes y caballeros
Authors: Izquierdo Andreu Almudena
Published: December 2021

Este artículo analiza los paralelismos entre la pastora Delia y su enamorado Polio Sincelo, y Marcela con Grisóstomo. La primera se localiza en el prólogo de la Tercera parte del Espejo de príncipes y caballeros (1587), y la segunda en la Primera parte del Quijote (1605). Este trabajo examina los elementos comunes de ambas historias, como los rechazos de Delia y Marcela, y las muertes posteriores de Polio Sincelo y Grisóstomo. Asimismo, se estudian los epitafios que se colocan sobre sus tumbas. Por otro lado, se profundiza en el tratamiento que dan a Delia y Marcela los personajes masculinos de las historias, quienes las tachan de mujeres crueles e ingratas.
El traductor olvidado: Ma Yifu y el primer intento de traducir Don Quijote al chino (1905)
Authors: Mengyun Chen
Published: December 2021

Hasta hoy en día, la mayoría de los estudios cervantistas sostienen la idea de que Lin Shu (1852-1924) es el primer traductor de Don Quijote al chino (1922). Sin embargo, durante mucho tiempo, se ha ignorado a otro traductor chino, Ma Yifu (1883-1967), que tradujo Don Quijote mucho antes que Lin Shu, en 1905. De hecho, en 2008, el estudioso japonés Tarumoto Teruo ya había descubierto su traducción, publicada en el Semanario de la independencia, en 1913. Pero la idea errónea es tan popular y arraigada que continúa en muchos estudios hasta la actualidad. Por otro lado, Ma Yifu es mucho menos conocido que Lin Shu, incluso para los chinos, lo que hace más difícil corregir esta idea equivocada. El presente trabajo pretende presentar una visión general de la vida de Ma Yifu y de su traducción de Don Quijote, «La biografía del señor Ji». De manera intencionada, hemos querido prestar especial atención a los factores extratextuales de la traducción, los cuales configuran su contexto sociocultural de creación y de recepción, intentando recuperar el proceso poco conocido de la recepción del Quijote en China.
Cervantes y la corte: La española inglesa y la lógica del servicio-merced
Authors: Santos de la Morena Blanca , Piqueras Flores Manuel
Published: December 2021

En este artículo estudiamos la aparición de la corte de Elisabeth I de Inglaterra en La española inglesa, de Cervantes. En primer lugar, repasamos brevemente las relaciones de Cervantes con el sistema cortesano y las ideas principales sobre la corte que se contienen en su obra. A continuación, mostramos cómo se representa en esta novela la lógica del servicio-merced. Mientras que todos los personajes ingleses pertenecen a la alta nobleza, los padres de Isabela, por su condición de burgueses, son ajenos a la cultura cortesana. La pareja protagonista, que en Londres está sujeta al servicio a la reina de Inglaterra y depende de sus mercedes, solo puede desarrollar su amor de una manera libre cuando se reúne en Sevilla y el personaje masculino renuncia a su nobleza y se inserta en el linaje burgués de su esposa.
«Chè per tal variar natura è bella»: variaciones cervantinas sobre el tópico de la navegación amorosa
Authors: Santa-Aguilar Sara
Published: December 2021

En los estudios del tópico de la navegación amorosa, la poesía de Cervantes se menciona o por el romance de don Luis inserto en el Quijote o por el soneto del enamorado portugués inserto en el Persiles. Sin embargo, se trata de un motivo muy recurrente en la poesía inserta del alcalaíno. Pero más allá del aspecto cuantitativo, la importancia de Cervantes para los estudios del tópico reside en que no se limita a repetir unas metáforas cristalizadas por la tradición, sino que las transforma. Desde el proceso mismo de inserción, el motivo se recontextualiza a la luz de las historias de sus autores ficcionales, pero, además, varios de estos poetas ficcionales llevan a cabo diferentes variaciones y giros novedosos sobre el motivo, ampliando los límites expresivos de la tradición que heredan. El propósito del presente artículo es llevar a cabo un estudio detallado del tópico en la poesía inserta de Cervantes, encuadrándola en las coordenadas de la tradición petrarquista –italiana y española– de la que parte para destacar sus innovaciones poéticas en la apropiación del motivo.
«Nunca hazañas de escuderos se escribieron». Porfía e imitación entre Cervantes y Espinel
Authors: Palomino Tizado Natalia
Published: December 2021

Este trabajo atiende al ejercicio de imitación y emulación literaria que Vicente Espinel llevó a cabo con el Quijote de Miguel de Cervantes, cuya segunda parte se había publicado tres años antes de que se estamparan las Relaciones de la vida del escudero Marcos de Obregón (1618). Indagamos en la problemática posición que el Marcos de Obregón tiene dentro del corpus picaresco, cuya extraña naturaleza ha hecho que, a día de hoy, siga viviendo en una suerte de limbo literario. La causa, según entendemos y como intentaremos demostrar en estas páginas, se encuentra en la especial relación que la obra de Espinel mantiene con el Quijote cervantino.
La ilusión teatral: su construcción desde la escritura
Authors: Nieto Nuño Miguel
Published: December 2021

Este artículo refleja el estado de la cuestión de las correspondencias conceptuales, formales, lingüísticas y sociopolíticas del ensayo fílmico / audiovisual respecto a los cánones del ensayo literario. Resume los aportes teóricos esenciales en ambos campos. La exploración descifra cómo unos patrones de base permanecen idénticos por compartir una misma raíz en la experiencia reflexionada por el sujeto, pero su traslación al medio audiovisual, aun manteniendo una indudable convivencia de equivalencias, da cuenta de diferencias lingüísticas relativas a las propiedades de un dispositivo complejo, también determinantes para la evidencia mayor o menor de unos rasgos dados. Aunque las nuevas tecnologías ponen en alza la manifestación de la subjetividad, faltan estudios orientados hacia la incidencia de estas sobre la construcción del texto ensayístico y sus efectos sociales. Como efecto de este vacío, las referencias canónicas para analizar las correspondencias entre ambas manifestaciones no parecen contemplar experiencias de cinematografías periféricas ni profundizar en prácticas experimentales que dieran respuesta a lo anterior.
Incertidumbre, desconexión y ruralidad, tres claves latentes para la reforma del Sistema para la Autonomía de Atención a la Dependencia (SAAD)
Authors: Morales Romo Noelia , Huete García Agustín , Chaverri Carvajal Alexander
Published: December 2021

El Sistema para la Autonomía y Atención a la Dependencia (SAAD), es un recurso de enorme calado cuyo proceso de implementación y optimización está sometido a permanentes debates sobre sus necesidades de reforma. En este artículo se ofrecen resultados de aplicación de una encuesta a personas en situación de dependencia (total de personas encuestadas: 800) y un estudio Delphi a personas expertas. Los resultados arrojan tres elementos clave poco tratados en la literatura sobre el tema: 1. En términos demográficos, existe un amplio grupo poblacional potencialmente relacionado con el SAAD, pero fuera de su radio de acción. 2. La incertidumbre, como variable de análisis, explica en gran parte la posición de los usuarios ante el sistema, en sus diferentes etapas. 3. El medio rural es básico para la reforma del SAAD, constituyéndose en sí mismo como un foco de dificultad, pero también una herramienta de transformación.
Una nueva especie de Zwicknia Murányi, 2014 de España (Plecoptera: Capniidae)
Authors: Reding Jean-Paul G. , Pardo Isabel , Vinçon Gilles
Published: December 2021

Se describe e ilustra una nueva especie, Zwicknia avilensis sp. n., de España a partir de machos y hembras adultos y de larvas del último estadio. También se discuten las afinidades morfológicas de esta nueva especie y se propone una clave para los adultos de Zwicknia de Europa occidental y meridional. Desde el punto de vista morfológico, Zwicknia avilensis sp. n. difiere claramente de todas las demás especies o subespecies conocidas del género Zwicknia.
Challenges and Trends of Agile
Authors: Salma Fayez , Gómez Jorge Marx
Published: December 2021

Rapidly increasing of requirements of business pushed researchers to define new approaches and methodologies to meet marketing needs. Agile methodology has been created and replaced the traditional-driven development methods that focus on soliciting, documenting a complete set of requirements, and take a long time comparing to market change. On the other hand, customers need to be closer to the development process and collaborate with team development. Despite agile advantages, introducing new tools, coordination, and collaboration concepts, some challenges still need to be discussed and improved. These challenges relate to achieve balanced IT service development process in the organization. As a result, new trends have been created to facilitate new changes in software development. This chapter will study agile methodologies and different challenges with suggested solutions generated from agile philosophy itself.
Analysis and Comparison of Neural Network Models for Software Development Effort Estimation
Authors: Dutta Kamlesh , Gupta Varun , Dave Vachik S.
Published: December 2021

Prediction of software development is the key task for the effective management of any software industry. The accuracy and reliability of the prediction mechanisms used for the estimation of software development effort is also important. A series of experiments are conducted to gradually progress towards the improved accurate estimation of the software development effort. However, while conducting these experiments, it was found that the size of the training set was not sufficient to train a large and complex artificial neural network (ANN). To overcome the problem of the size of the available training data set, a novel multilayered architecture based on a neural network model is proposed. The accuracy of the proposed multi-layered model is assessed using different criteria, which proves the pre-eminence of the proposed model.
Agent-Based Approach for Monitoring Risks in Software Development Projects
Authors: Daengdej Jirapun
Published: December 2021

According to various surveys conducted, regardless of how many studies in software development projects have been done, the chance that software development projects may fail remains very high. A relatively new approach to the problem of failure is using the concept of artificial intelligence (AI) to help automate a certain part(s) of the projects in order to minimize the issue. Unfortunately, most of the works proposed to date use AI as a standalone system, which leads to limiting the degree of automation that the overall system can benefit from the technology. This chapter discusses a preliminary work on a novel risk monitoring, which utilizes a number of agent-based systems that cooperate with each other in minimizing risks for the projects. The proposed model not only leads to a high degree of automation in risk management, but this extensible model also allows additional tasks in risk monitoring to be easily added and automated if required.
Cloud Enhances Agile Software Development
Authors: Gochhait Saikat , Butt Shariq Aziz , Jamal Tauseef , Ali Arshad
Published: December 2021

The software industries follow some patterns (i.e., process model to develop any software product). Agile methodology is the most famous and used process model. It is a trend to develop efficient software products with high client satisfaction. In this chapter, the authors discuss agile methodology and its components, benefits, and drawbacks while using the cloud computing in agile software development, existing frameworks for agile-cloud combination, and some security measures.
A Simulation Model for Application Development in Data Warehouses
Authors: Rahman Nayem
Published: December 2021

Software development projects have been blamed for being behind schedule, cost overruns, and the delivery of poor quality product. This paper presents a simulation model of a data warehouse to evaluate the feasibility of different software development controls and measures to better manage a software development lifecycle, and improve the performance of the launched software. This paper attempts to address the practical issue of code defects in each stage of data warehouse application development. The author has compared the defect removal rate of their previous project to the newly proposed enhanced project development life cycle that uses code inspection and code scorecard along with other phases of software development life cycle. Simulation results show that the code inspection and code score-carding have achieved a significant code defect reduction. This has also significantly improved the software development process and allowed for a flawless production execution. The author proposes this simulation model to a data warehouse application development process to enable developers to improve their current process.
Using Epistemic Game Development to Teach Software Development Skills
Authors: Gatzoulis Christos , Andreou Andreas S. , Zaharias Panagiotis , Chrysanthou Yiorgos
Published: December 2021

This paper presents a pilot study on the evaluation of instruments for data gathering for an epistemic game development competition for high school students. The initial results show that a significant percentage of the students who participated in the competition appear to exhibit a skillset of professional attitude, software-related knowledge, and employability traits, and this skillset may be attributed to the intervention. The data was validated through a two-method triangulation technique that utilized expert evaluation and participant interviews. The data analysis shows early indicators of the desired learning outcomes, although a more thorough methodology is needed to verify this. Furthermore, the competition acts as an awareness campaign that promotes computer science studies through a gamification process. It is proposed that competitions of this type are held and evaluated on an annual basis to maximize the benefits and to further prepare students to acquire early in their studies a skillset that will make them the innovators of the future society.
Techniques and Trends Towards Various Dimensions of Robust Security Testing in Global Software Engineering
Authors: Memon Muhammad Sulleman , Bhatti Mairaj Nabi , Hashmani Manzoor Ahmed , Malik Muhammad Shafique , Dahri Naveed Murad
Published: December 2021

With the growth of software vulnerabilities, the demand for security integration is increasingly necessary to more effectively achieve the goal of secure software development globally. Different practices are used to keep the software intact. These practices should also be examined to obtain better results depending on the level of security. The security of a software program device is a characteristic that permeates the whole system. To resolve safety issues in a software program security solutions have to be implemented continually throughout each web page. The motive of this study is to offer a complete analysis of safety, wherein protection testing strategies and equipment can be categorized into: technical evaluation strategies and non-technical assessment strategies. This study presents high-level ideas in an easy form that would help professionals and researchers solve software security testing problems around the world. One way to achieve these goals is to separate security issues from other enforcement issues so that they can be resolved independently and applied globally.
The Role of Functional Diversity, Collective Team Identification, and Task Cohesion in Influencing Innovation Speed
Authors: Chen Jin , Lim Wei Yang , Tan Bernard C.Y. , Ling Hong
Published: December 2021

This article opens up the black box of innovation and examines the relationship between functional diversity in software teams and the often neglected dimension of innovation – speed, over the two phases of innovation: creativity and idea implementation. By combining information processing view and social identity theory, the authors hypothesize that when collective team identification is low, functional diversity positively affects the time spent in the creativity phase; however, when collective team identification is high, this relationship is inverted U-shaped. When task cohesion is high, functional diversity negatively affects the time spent in the idea implementation phase; however, when task cohesion is low, this relationship is U-shaped. Results from 96 IT software-teams confirmed the authors' hypotheses. Theoretical and managerial implications are discussed.
Structuration and Learning in a Software Firm
Authors: Gonzalez Rafael A. , Vargas Marisela , Malaver Florentino , Ortiz Efraín
Published: December 2021

This case study presents the evolution of a software firm from startup into early internationalization. Building on a structuration theory, the case is framed within a conceptual model that illustrates the way skills and routines co-evolve both at the level of the founding entrepreneur (agency) and of the firm (structure). As such, this article contributes to an emergent structurational view of technology-based entrepreneurship. Such views places emphasis on learning both at the individual and collective level, in terms of software engineering, commercial, managerial and strategic capabilities. In addition, it supports a dynamic perspective of entrepreneurship in the software industry by covering not only the startup phase but also early growth and consolidation of the firm.
Evaluation of stress distribution of porous tantalum and solid titanium implant-assisted overdenture in the mandible
Authors: Akbarzadeh Ayshin , Hemmati Yasser , Saleh-Saber Fariba
Published: December 2021

Aims:

The present study aimed to evaluate the stress distribution of porous tantalum implant and titanium solid implant assisted overdenture (IAO) in mandibular bone by utilizing three-dimensional (3D) finite element (FE) analysis.

Materials and Methods:

In this FE study, an existing cone-beam volumetric tomography scan of a patient without any maxillofacial anomaly with an available acceptable IAO for mandible was used to attain the compartments of a completely edentulous mandible. Zimmer trabecular implants and locator attachment systems were selected as the case group (Model B), and Zimmer Screw-Vent implants and locator attachment system were chosen for the control (Model A), as overdenture attachments in the present study. The mandibular overdenture was scanned and digitized as a FE model. Two 3D FE models were designed as edentulous lower jaws, each with four implants in the anterior section of the mandible. Three forms of loads were directed to the IAO in each model: Vertical loads on the left first molar vertical molar (VM). Vertical loads on the lower incisors (VI). Inclined force buccolingually applied at left first molar (IM).

Results:

Under all loading conditions, the maximum strain values in peri-implant bone in Model A were less than Model B. Under VI, the greatest stress value around abutments in both models was about 2–3 times higher than the other loads. Under VM and IM loads, no significant difference was observed between models.

Conclusion:

Using trabecular metal implants instead of solid implants reduces strain values around both cortical and trabecular bone.
Evaluation of physical properties of polyamide and methacrylate based denture base resins polymerized by different techniques
Authors: Gökay G Deste , Durkan R , Oyar P
Published: December 2021

Aim:

This study aims to comparatively evaluate the flexural strength, internal adaptation, elastic modulus, and maximum deflection of a newly introduced, strengthened injection-molded semi-flexed polyamide resin (Deflex) and a conventional heat-cured resin containing cross-linking polymethyl methacrylate denture base polymers (QC-20).

Materials and Methods:

A vinyl polysiloxane film replicating the gap between the denture base and the metallic master model of an edentulous maxilla was weighed using an analytical balance with an accuracy of 0.0001 g for the measurement of internal adaptation. The measurements were performed immediately after surface finishing. Seven rectangular test samples measuring 65 × 10 × 3.3 mm3 were set up for flexural strength test. Flexural strength test (three-point bending test) was performed using a universal machine under axial load at a crosshead speed of 5 mm/min. One-way ANOVA (α = 0.05) following by t tests was utilized in statistical analysis.

Results:

The difference between the flexural strength of the denture base resins of Deflex and QC-20 was found to be statistically significant. The injection-molded resin demonstrated better internal adaptation compared to the conventional heat-polymerized resin. Evaluation of the physical test results revealed that the polyamide samples were more flexible than polymethyl methacrylate and did not break during flexural strength tests.

Conclusion:

Some properties of denture base resins, such as resin types, internal adaptation, and mechanical strength, may play a significant role in clinical performance of complete dentures and removable partial prostheses. Because of the superior flexural strength properties and internal adaptation characteristics, Deflex may prove to be a useful alternative to conventional denture base resin.