bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Research on the Potential of Forestry’s Carbon-Neutral Contribution in China from 2021 to 2060
Authors: Chen Zheng , Dayananda Buddhi , Fu Brendan , Li Ziwen , Jia Ziyu , Hu Yue , Cao Jiaxi , Liu Ying , Xie Lumeng , Chen Ye , Wu Shuhong
Published: May 2022

Forest ecosystems play a crucial role in mitigating climate change. To assess and quantify the specific emissions reduction benefits of forest carbon sequestration, this study used a combination of backpropagation neural networks, biomass conversion factor method, and logistic models to predict the carbon-neutral contribution from existing forests, planned afforestation, and forest tending activities in China from 2021 to 2060. The results showed that (1) the emissions reduction contribution of forestry pathways in China was 7.91% (8588.61 MtCO2) at the carbon peak stage and 8.71% (24,932.73 MtCO2) at the carbon-neutral stage; (2) the southwest was the main contributing region, while the east and north lagged; (3) afforestation activities made the largest emission reduction contribution during the forecast period, while the contribution of existing forests continued to decline; and (4) carbon sequestration contribution by different forest origins was comparable during the carbon peak, while the contribution of plantation forests was expected to surpass that of natural forests during the carbon-neutral period. In order to maximize the benefits of the carbon-neutral pathway of forestry, it is necessary to enhance the policy frameworks related to forestry activities, forestry financial investment systems, and sustainable forest management systems to maximize the potential of this sector. Furthermore, more focus should be placed on reduction sectors to ensure the timely achievement of carbon goals and boost sustainable development in the context of climate change.
Experimental Study on the Mechanical Characteristics of Saturated Granite under Conventional Triaxial Loading and Unloading Tests
Authors: Liu Zelin , Yi Wei
Published: May 2022

It is essential to study the mechanical properties of saturated rock under different loading and unloading paths for strength calculation, safety assessment and disaster prevention; however, current literature rarely mentions conventional triaxial loading and unloading conditions. To analyze the mechanical properties, strain energy evolution characteristics and failure mode, a series of conventional triaxial unloading tests (with axial loading rate va of 0.06–6 mm/min and circumferential unloading rate vu of 0.1–10 MPa/s) and conventional triaxial compression tests were carried out on saturated granite. The test results showed that the damage sources of specimens in the conventional triaxial unloading test were mainly related to circumferential deformation, while in the conventional triaxial compression test, it was related to the axial deformation. Under the same va, the confining pressure and axial stress at the failure point decreased with the increase of vu, and the stress coordinate of the failure point was located outside the conventional triaxial compression envelope of σ1–σ3. As vu increases, except for the variation of circumferential strain energy ΔUc decreasing slowly, the trend of strain energy changes must be determined together with va. As va increases, the relationship between the magnitude of each energy changes from ΔUa > ΔU > ΔUd > ΔUe > ΔUc to ΔUd > ΔUa > ΔU > ΔUe > ΔUc, while the change of dissipated energy is dominated by vu and va together to become dominated by va. In addition, with the increase of vu and va, the damage pattern of the specimen also changes from shear damage in a single shear plane to mixed damage with tensile strain failure and shear plane during which the dilation angle of the specimen increases in total except for vu = 10 MPa/s, va = 0.6 mm/min and 6 mm/min.
The Method of Determining Layer in Bottom Drainage Roadway Taking Account of the Influence of Drilling Angle on Gas Extraction Effect
Authors: Yang Yuliang , Han Penghua , Zhao Zhining , Chen Wei
Published: May 2022

The pre-drainage of coalbed methane through boreholes in the bottom drainage roadway (BDR) is the key measure to prevent and control coal and gas outburst. Different arrangement layers in the BDR will make a difference in the range of drilling angle and affect the gas extraction effect. In this paper, the mathematical model of the rock loose circle area around elliptical drilling was constructed. Meanwhile, the fluid–solid coupling model is constructed by using COMSOL software, the dynamic response of coal permeability and volumetric strain with gas pressure and the Klinkenberg effect of gas are considered, and the effect of the change of the elliptical drilling angle on the pressure relief effect of the coal seam is studied. The results showed that the distance between the layer in the BDR and the pre-drainage coal seam would decrease, and the effective extraction length at the same point of gas extraction in the coal seam increases. The area of the rock loose circle and permeability around the drilling decayed negatively and exponentially with the increase in drilling angle. As the drilling angle decreased, the stress in the major axis of the ellipse at the drilling cross-section increased, so the drilling was prone to collapse, and the gas extraction was hindered. Finally, an optimal method of determining the layer in the BDR under the coupling effect of multiple factors was established by combining the measured ground stress. Through field measurement, the drilling extraction rate of the optimized scheme is 60% higher than that of the original scheme.
Further Evidence on China’s B&R Impact on Host Countries’ Quality of Institutions
Authors: Yeung Hak , Huber Jürgen
Published: May 2022

As it has now been over eight years since the introduction of the Belt and Road initiative, analysts and scholars continue to debate the impact of the initiative on host countries. Recent academic studies reported a mostly positive relationship between China’s Belt and Road investments and host countries, including the governance of the latter. However, these studies mainly utilised data compiled by Chinese institutions, and questions have often been raised as to the quality of the data. This paper conceptually replicated one such investigation but utilised datasets compiled by non-China sources. The empirical methodology followed a novel sequential model selection approach, removing criticisms on the flexibility of generalised method of moments (GMM) panel estimations for researchers. Robust results were obtained: China’s Belt and Road investments had a significant positive impact on some measures of governance from the World Bank, and no significant negative effects were found.
Urban Transition and the Return of Neighbourhood Planning. Questioning the Proximity Syndrome and the 15-Minute City
Authors: Marchigiani Elena , Bonfantini Bertrando
Published: May 2022

European policies acknowledge cities’ major roles in building greener and just urban habitats. When rethinking cities’ spatial organisation, the call is for creating better liveability conditions at the level closest to citizens. In this frame, research into the impacts of COVID-19 has led to a revival of neighbourhood planning and the 15-Minute City has been proposed as a successful model for cities’ recoveries in the name of regained proximity to collective facilities. This article questions the long-lasting neighbourhood image that the 15-Minute City refers to, by exploring recent experiences that renewed its application. We begin with a literature review, and then develop an evidence-based approach to a deeper analysis of policy design and implementation focusing on the Italian city of Milano. Discussion and conclusions highlight critical issues and potentials of the 15-Minute City. If the threat is that of a simplified and rhetorical use of this idea, its ability to gather plural actions under an appealing flagship can be a powerful driver for urban regeneration policies. However, being more than just a reproducible spatial model, the 15-Minute City needs to be handled as a complex planning device, whose effective implementation depends on the specific characteristics of the urban environments it applies to and on the strong intertwining of different policy fields and tools.
Actitud hacia la estadística en docentes de educación primaria que cursan estudios de pos título
Authors: Quispe Mamani Yony Abelardo
Published: May 2022

La formación en investigación es primordial para los profesionales en educación, sin embargo, el dominio y percepción de la estadística influye en el tipo y enfoque de los trabajos de investigación que proponen para la obtención de pos títulos y pos grados. En tal sentido, es necesario conocer si una de las causas sería la actitud hacia la estadística y si existen diferencias según sexo. Por lo indicado, se planteó el siguiente objetivo: identificar la actitud hacia la estadística según sexo docentes de educación primaria. El tipo de investigación fue el descriptivo comparativo y diseño No Experimental. El instrumento utilizado fue la Escala de Actitud hacia la Estadística (EAE) los resultados demuestran que la actitud hacia la estadística tiene tendencia positiva y el factor más relevante es la Utilidad.
Les interventions militaires étrangères contre le terrorisme international. Première partie : fondements juridiques (jus ad bellum)
Authors: Van Steenberghe Raphaël
Published: May 2022

Al-Qaida et le groupe autoproclamé «État islamique » sont actuellement les deux principales organisations terroristes qui, avec les entités qui leur sont affiliés, sont à l’origine de l’activité terroriste internationale, reconnue comme telle par l’ensemble des États. De nombreuses interventions militaires étrangères ont été récemment entreprises contre ces organisations. La plupart d’entre elles sont fondées sur un argument juridique peu contesté en droit international, à savoir le consentement, exprès ou implicite, de l’État sur le territoire duquel l’intervention a lieu. L’enseignement qui se dégage de telles interventions paraît en ligne avec la position majoritairement soutenue en doctrine quant à l’identification de l’autorité habilitée à consentir à un emploi de la force et confirme l’interdiction alléguée de l’intervention dans les guerres civiles, tout en montrant que cette interdiction ne s’applique pas à leur sujet. Certaines interventions, en l’occurrence celles menées en Syrie, ont par contre été justifiées sur la base de l’argument, plus controversé, de la légitime défense. Ces interventions s’inscrivent néanmoins dans la lignée des précédents, désormais significatifs, dans lesquels le droit de légitime défense a été invoqué pour riposter à une agression armée non étatique. Elles constituent une pratique supplémentaire qui tend à la reconnaissance d’un tel droit. Elles n’en soulèvent pas moins quelques difficultés, particulièrement en ce qui concerne la mise en oeuvre de certains aspects de l’exigence de nécessité qui conditionne le déclenchement de ce droit.
Éthique et sciences cognitives : Introduction au dossier
Authors: Khamassi Mehdi , Chatila Raja , Mille Alain
Published: May 2022

Ethics and Cognitive Sciences. This special issue presents a set of contributions aimed at discussing ethical questions related to the cognitive science field. The goal is dual : raising ethical questions that may appear specific to cognitive science, as well as more general ethical issues on which cognitive science knowledge could shed a new light. Among the specific questions, this issue raises a number of questions related to potential applications of cognitive science research, such as the application of neuroscience to the juridical domain, of artificial intelligence to the development of autonomous artificial systems or to the processing of personal data, and of behavioral sciences to public policies. Among the general questions is raised the question whether cognitive science can bring a new perspective on humans’ ethical decisions and moral dilemmas, given the fact that decision-making and cognition are core objects of research of the field. Shall our understanding of what ethics is at the XXIst century be revised given the new knowledge generated by cognitive science research ? The interdisciplinary points of views expressed in this special issue contribute to highlight that, rather than trying to give a sole response to ethical debates in replacement of other disciplines, cognitive science has the responsibility to underline with precaution and modesty some ethical questions to which the field can bring new knowledge which could contribute with other disciplines to update the characterization of ethical behaviors and reasoning in humans.
Neurobiologie des jugements moraux, avancée épistémique ou voie sans issue ?
Authors: Penavayre Marie , Brun Cédric , Boraud Thomas
Published: May 2022

Neurobiology of Moral Judgement: New Epistemic Highway or Dead End? Society increasingly challenges neuroscience to provide explanatory paradigms regarding foundations of moral judgements. This naturalization program of morality has led some neuroscientists to draw normative conclusions about the origin and nature of these judgments. Pioneers of this field of research developed experimental models of moral judgements based on moral dilemmas. They developed a theory stating that moral judgments result from a conflict between a "deontological" system, inherited from a distant past common to all vertebrates, and a "utilitarian" system that would have appeared with the development of the prefrontal cortex in humans. Moral judgment is therefore constantly torn between these two principles. In this article, we criticize this approach by showing its philosophical and scientific flaws. We question the ability of neuroscience to account for moral judgement on its own, and conclude that the contribution of neuroscience is significant but must be confronted with other disciplines.
Vers des dispositifs techniques numériques orientés éthiques ?
Authors: Mille Alain
Published: May 2022

Towards Ethically Oriented Digital Technical Devices? Technical innovations raise specific ethical questions, in particular questions raised by innovations in relation to the Web and artificial intelligence. This article focuses on the digital technical systems that deploy these proclaimed innovations. A digital technical system is a system whose general operation is based on information, memory and calculation. The focus on the Web is founded on the massive nature of the phenomenon. The focus on artificial intelligence is easily explained since for the past 5 to 10 years, the term Artificial Intelligence has been used again to designate desired or feared innovations in a massive way. Current digital technical systems are now capturing the cognition market. The need to propose ways to manage the ethical issues raised is often considered urgent. It is in this changing context and where marketing often prevails over rigour that we propose an ethically oriented approach, to put the user in a position to determine the knowledge to do well, when the question obviously arises for him. This article examines how a digital technical system could be mobilized to reveal ethical issues, understand them and support the processes of establishing appropriate behaviours. The first section focuses on elucidating what capacities a user would need to give in order to be able to manage an ethical question posed by or via a digital technical device. Assuming that these capacities have been correctly identified, the second section examines what would then be the general conditions and good technical properties to be guaranteed for these capacities to be put in place? To establish this grid of capabilities and associated good properties, we conducted a virtual survey of a number of philosophers from the earliest to the present. The main section of the article focuses on the study of existing possibilities, and on imagining those that should be given to technical devices so that they exhibit the right properties necessary for ethical encapacitation. The discussion is open to the value of the proposal, its credibility, the difficulties to be overcome and concludes that there is an urgent need to design ethically oriented digital technical devices.
Le corps spontané et l’Extrême-Orient chez W. Pauli et C.G. Jung
Authors: Traversi Bruno
Published: May 2022

En 1932, Wolfgang Pauli engage une thérapie avec Carl Gustav Jung, pour des problèmes de rapport au corps. Rapidement, leurs échanges prennent la forme d’une collaboration intellectuelle, au croisement de leurs deux disciplines, pour tenter de saisir le soubassement commun de la sphère physique et de la sphère psychique, du corps et de l’esprit. Leur recherche commune qui durera plus de vingt-cinq ans, jusqu’en 1958, s’articule autour du concept de complémentarité de Bohr qu’ils jugent propre à dépasser le paradigme du partage cartésien entre res cogitans et res extensa.

Ils forment l’hypothèse que l’esprit (sphère psychique) et le corps (sphère physique) sont deux aspects d’une réalité unique sous-jacente, réalité «psychoïde » ou «neutre » . Ils se réfèrent à certaines pratiques corporelles extrême-orientales, où le corps n’est pas une chose à maitriser, mais témoigne d’une spontanéité originelle

inscrivant le sujet dans son milieu, en deçà de l’acte volontaire et de la perception consciente.
Influence de l’apprentissage du « code secret » du jeu pour développer la créativité motrice. Une illustration en football chez des enfants de 8-9 ans
Authors: Obœuf Alexandre , Buffet Joséphine , Collard Luc , Martinez Dos Santos R. , Lecroisey L.
Published: May 2022

Impact of the Awareness of the Secret Code “of the Game” to Develop Motor Creativity. An Illustration in Football for Children Aged 8-9. Anybody can know how to play a team sport, but players in those games use to find themselves on the pitch unable to make real those inspiring principles and foundations. In this sense, there is a code, intimately related to the laws of the game, that drives covertly how players communicate in situ (“Call for the ball”, “Crossing run”, “Supporting run”, etc.). This code is frequently acquired unconsciously by the players as they learn to play, experienced without realization, “without being immediately available to conscience nor to verbal explanation” (Petitmengin, 2010). It is our hypothesis that becoming aware of this code can improve motor performance and creativity. In order to test it, two control groups and two experimental groups were defined (8-9 year old) and asked to take part. For a whole year, twice a week, control groups were coached accordingly to a traditional technical-tactical approach. At the same time, the practice for the experimental groups was focused on learning to play without the ball, on learning the motor signs of the code. All matches were thoroughly analyzed in order to report possible evolutions. Our results showed significative progressions in the experimental groups (p<. 01) in the use of signs, clear evidences of the impact that new coaching strategies can have on the decoding competence and the motor creativity of youth soccer players.
Architecture cognitive et comportements
Authors: Fruchart Bryan , Leblanc Benoît
Published: May 2022

Cognitive Machinery and Behaviors. We present a functional model based on the articulation of three information processing systems that aim to model the sensorimotor cycle realized by the cognitive system of Man. To establish this bioinspired model, we use the formalism of information processing systems introduced in the 1950s by John Von Neumann, Norbert Wiener and Alan Turing, to characterize the cooperation of a set of heterogeneous systems in system of systems. This theoretical work uses the different studies conducted in Artificial Intelligence (connectionist models and symbolic models), in Cognitive Psychology (models describing decision-making in limited rationality) and in Neurobiology (experimental models on free will) to propose a systemic and extended approach of the human cognitive apparatus. Moreover, this modeling is based on the hypothesis according to which the conscious mechanisms emerge automatically from an unconscious activity, and from its computational counterpart, namely the possibility to make a symbolic logic emerge from the activity of a connectionist mechanism. The architecture that we have named IPSEL (Information Processing Systems with Emergent Logic), while it can not be considered as a theory of the mind, has the usefulness of being able to explain some empirical observations that we also present. Finally, the implications and limitations of such a model and the research that is being carried out to present its usefulness and likelihood as a model of the human cognitive system as part of the questions of trust in the decisions provided by automatic system.
Customer Loyalty: A Case Study Involving the Three Indian Airlines Indigo, SpiceJet, and AirIndia
Authors: Kumaran Thayumanavan Dr. , Jeyaraman Ayyan Mr. , Captain Prasath B Mr.
Published: May 2022

India’s aviation industry is largely untapped with huge growth opportunities. The three largest domestic airlines by market share in India are IndiGo, SpiceJet, and Air India.Some travellers have grown disillusioned with traditional loyalty programs, citing a focus on high-value business travellers with no attention to the less-frequent, leisure flyer. So, this research aims at how airlines should be rethinking customer loyalty. The objective of this research isto explore the nature of consumer loyalty and its major determinants for the three airlines in India-Indigo. SpiceJet, and Air India, and To identify the differences concerning attitude, habit, satisfaction, loyalty, and augmented service (Service, safety, comfort, luggage allowance and bonus) amongst the three airlines. The primary data was collected through a structuredquestionnaire from 600 travellers at leading airports in India. The findings of the research showed that the age andoccupation of the respondents suggest a significant variance among the three airlines. The augmented service factors (attitude, habit, loyalty, safety and bonus) of the respondents suggest a significant variance among the three airlines. Conclusion, implications of the study,and suggestions for future researchers are also included in the research.
Spiritual Gurus’ Influence on the Customer Purchase Intention of FMCG Products Endorsed by Them
Authors: Narendra N , Suman P , Indira S. K , Singh Brijesh , Nair Jessy
Published: May 2022

In recent times people have started focusing more on healthy and purposeful lifestyle. People have started yoga and meditation and started following spiritual gurus. Many people are looking for a spiritually transforming experience that influences many facets of their consumer behavior. This has given rise to establishment of brands such as Patanjali, Sri Sri Tattva and Isha as there is a lot of affinity by the people towards spirituality and they find a sense of credibility in the products endorsed by spiritual gurus. Spiritual gurus are the new face to the FMCG sector the sale of their products and services are increasing with a rapid pace in India. The product sold by these gurus are so popular that they are giving tough competition to giant MNCs and domestic companies that have been deep-rooted in India for several decades. In this paper, we are trying to analyse the influence of spiritual gurus on the FMCG products endorsed by them on the customer purchase intention. The purpose of this study is to find out the factors that influence the customer purchase intention and to analyse the significance of these factors on customer purchase intention.Data is collected through primary and secondary methods. The research paper attempts to weave through the maze of literature available about the factors influencing the customer purchase intention regarding FMCG products endorsed by spiritual gurus as a part of secondary method of data collection. Primary method was carried out by conducting a survey with the people of all age groups who have either used the products endorsed by spiritual gurus or have an intent to use them in future; they were asked to fill a form which had set of questionnaires. Multiple regression analysis is conducted and the major predictors which greatly influences customer purchase intention are; affordability, purity, personality of the spiritual leader, durability and advertisement. Marketers can use these variables to accurately market the products for the target customers through spiritualism as a context to improve upon their products.
Parametric separation of variables and the complete propagation law
Authors: Guruprasad V.
Published: May 2022

Solving partial differential equations by separation of variables is historically thought to require equating the parts to a constant. Shown, with robust observational support, is that equating to a function of time yields a dimension of novel solutions to the wave equation. They transform known solutions in time, represent Doppler with acceleration, and correct wave idealizations that wrongly constrained fundamental physics, as well as communication and spectrum use.

This is a draft version meant to time-stamp & share for comments mainly the following:

discovery of incompleteness of Fourier's method and the full separation of variables for the wave equation (Section 2, Appendices A, B);

discovery of Green's function wave solutions with intrinsic phase acceleration and expansion (Section 3);

first explanation of the range data lags in the flyby anomalies (Sections 4, 5 and Appendix C);

elegant proof of redundancy of quantization postulate (improving over arXiv:1602.04136, Appendix D); and

possible redundancy of speed of light postulate over variable measuring rods and clocks (Section 7 conclusion).

An equivalence principle between true acceleration in Doppler and uplink transmitter frequency ramp appears already implied by the similarity of the anomalies with ramping (NEAR) and without (Rosetta 2005).

This revision corrects the volume of tracking data that was involved in the NASA/ESA trajectory analyses (pp 10,11).
Parametric separation of variables and the complete propagation law
Authors: Guruprasad V.
Published: May 2022

Solving partial differential equations by separation of variables is historically thought to require equating the parts to a constant. Shown, with robust observational support, is that equating to a function of time yields a dimension of novel solutions to the wave equation. They transform known solutions in time, represent Doppler with acceleration, and correct wave idealizations that wrongly constrained fundamental physics, as well as communication and spectrum use.

This is a draft version meant to time-stamp & share for comments mainly the following:

discovery of incompleteness of Fourier's method and the full separation of variables for the wave equation (Section 2, Appendices A, B);

discovery of Green's function wave solutions with intrinsic phase acceleration and expansion (Section 3);

first explanation of the range data lags in the flyby anomalies (Sections 4, 5 and Appendix C);

elegant proof of redundancy of quantization postulate (improving over arXiv:1602.04136, Appendix D); and

possible redundancy of speed of light postulate over variable measuring rods and clocks (Section 7 conclusion).

An equivalence principle between true acceleration in Doppler and uplink transmitter frequency ramp appears already implied by the similarity of the anomalies with ramping (NEAR) and without (Rosetta 2005). Experimental verification is being planned, to be performed in a proposed prototype of an acceleration spectrum receiver under funding review.
Activismo artístico como alternativa a estereotipos de género que constriñen los cuerpos
Authors: Castro Flores Alejandra
Published: May 2022

ARTÍCULO
Este artículo se ocupa del arte desde su posicionamiento político como modo de agenciamiento ante los estereotipos de género presentes en las representaciones corporales. El punto de partida son las figuraciones establecidas en el imaginario colectivo comprendidas desde la violencia simbólica que normalizan ideales y enmarcan las corporalidades, géneros y sexualidades disidentes a la heteronorma. Mediante el análisis del potencial de la práctica artística desde el artivismo, se da cuenta del proceso de realización de una intervención planteada desde la gráfica para cuestionar los estereotipos de género que enmarcan los cuerpos y visibilizar las problemáticas que atraviesan las diversidades sexogenéricas, con el fin de promover geografías de resistencia en la producción de imágenes.
Crítica Visual del Saber Solitario
Authors: Arce Arellano Karina Itzel
Published: May 2022

RESEÑA
Yo era muy bueno tirando bombas de semillas
Authors: Estrada López David Eduardo
Published: May 2022

ENSAYO VISUAL
Yo era muy bueno tirando bombas de semillas es una instalación que, desde las artes visuales, genera un diálogo entre las técnicas, inquietudes y los procesos de la agricultura y ecología, frente a, la poética de las formas de propagación ideológica. Ensayo visual que retoma como eje conceptual la frase de Siqueiros, “Yo era muy bueno tirando piedras”.
Frase que proviene de una entrevista a Siqueiros donde se refiere a sus participaciones en las manifestaciones y mítines. En ese contexto, la piedra era utilizada como instrumento de demarcación o proyectil para la defensa de un territorio, programa educativo o ideología.
En este ensayo visual se utiliza poética y políticamente la técnica de agricultura japonesa “Bombas de Semillas”, como forma de propagación de la Potencia de uno de los Símbolos Nacionales Mexicanos por excelencia: Semillas de Nopal.
Bombas de semillas que se encuentran envueltas o tensadas mediante impresiones sobre papel Revolución del manifiesto del sindicato de los obreros, escrito en 1923 y publicado en 1924 por Siqueiros. Mismas que fueron instaladas y dispuestas al público en el espacio abierto de la explanada principal de la “Sala de Arte Público Siqueiros: La Tallera”.
Cinematografía experimental y danza posmoderna en Film About a Woman Who... (1974) de Yvonne Rainer
Authors: Rabadan Villalpando María Eugenia , Olvera Rabadán Alejandra
Published: May 2022

ENSAYO ACADÉMICO
Este ensayo se propone examinar el carácter interdisciplinario de la cinematografía experimental y la danza posmoderna en el Film About a Woman Who… (1974) escrito y dirigido por Yvonne Rainer. Su narrativa autobiográfica permite suponer la separación de las disciplinas en su vida y obra cuando afirma que a la edad de cuarenta ella deja el campo ⎯danzario⎯ para dedicarse enteramente a filmar narrativas experimentales. No obstante, con base en los Estudios Visuales como método de investigación, que particularmente consideran a las imágenes como teoría, tanto como ejemplos de teoría y comentarios inteligentes de otras obras ⎯como After Many a Summer Dies the Swan (2000) y The Concept of Dust, or How do you look when there’s nothing left to move? (2015)⎯ este artículo conjetura que Rainer coreografió en esta filmación experimental como danza posmoderna y, en ese sentido, es probable analizarla como ambas disciplinas.
Paweł Gancarczyk, „Petrus Wilhelmi de Grudencz i muzyka Europy Środkowej XV wieku”, Warszawa: Instytut Sztuki PAN, 2021
Authors: Lubieniecki Ryszard
Published: May 2022

Recenzja książki: Paweł Gancarczyk, Petrus Wilhelmi de Grudencz i muzyka Europy Środkowej XV wieku, Warszawa: Instytut Sztuki PAN, 2021.
Impact of vaccination on the epidemiology and prognosis of pneumonia
Authors: Luna Carlos M.
Published: May 2022

Adults with lung diseases, comorbidities, smokers, and elderly are at risk of lung infections and their consequences. Community-acquired pneumonia happen in more than 1% of people each year. Possible pathogens of community-acquired pneumonia include viruses, pneumococcus and atypicals. The CDC recommend vaccination throughout life to provide immunity, but vaccination rates in adults are poor. Tetravalent and trivalent influenza vaccine is designed annually during the previous summer for the next season. The available vaccines include inactivated, adjuvant, double dose, and attenuated vaccines. Their efficacy depends on the variant of viruses effectively responsible for the outbreak each year, and other reasons. Regarding the pneumococcal vaccine, there coexist the old polysaccharide 23-valent vaccine with the new conjugate 10-valent and 13-valent conjugate vaccines. Conjugate vaccines demonstrate their usefulness to reduce the incidence of pneumococcal pneumonia due to the serotypes present in the vaccine. Whooping cough is still present, with high morbidity and mortality rates in young infants. Adult’s pertussis vaccine is available, it could contribute to the control of whooping cough in the most susceptible, but it is not present yet in the calendar of adults around the world. About 10 vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 have been developed in a short time, requiring emergency use authorization. A high rate of vaccination was observed in most of the countries. Booster doses became frequent after the loss of effectiveness against new variants. The future of this vaccine is yet to be written.
A non-enzymatic electrochemical hydrogen peroxide sensor based on copper oxide nanostructures
Authors: Mihailova Irena , Gerbreders Vjaceslavs , Krasovska Marina , Sledevskis Eriks , Mizers Valdis , Bulanovs Andrejs , Ogurcovs Andrejs
Published: May 2022

This article describes the synthesis of nanostructured copper oxide on copper wires and its application for the detection of hydrogen peroxide. Copper oxide petal nanostructures were obtained by a one-step hydrothermal oxidation method. The resulting coating is uniform and dense and shows good adhesion to the wire surface. Structure, surface, and composition of the obtained samples were studied using field-emission scanning electron microscopy along with energy-dispersive spectroscopy and X-ray diffractometry. The resulting nanostructured samples were used for electrochemical determination of the H2O2 content in a 0.1 M NaOH buffer solution using cyclic voltammetry, differential pulse voltammetry, and i–t measurements. A good linear relationship between the peak current and the concentration of H2O2 in the range from 10 to 1800 μM was obtained. The sensitivity of the obtained CuO electrode is 439.19 μA·mM−1. The calculated limit of detection is 1.34 μM, assuming a signal-to-noise ratio of 3. The investigation of the system for sensitivity to interference showed that the most common interfering substances, that is, ascorbic acid, uric acid, dopamine, NaCl, glucose, and acetaminophen, do not affect the electrochemical response. The real milk sample test showed a high recovery rate (more than 95%). According to the obtained results, this sensor is suitable for practical use for the qualitative detection of H2O2 in real samples, as well as for the quantitative determination of its concentration.
2022 National Institute of Justice Forensic Science Research and Development Symposium
Authors: DiEmma Gabby , Fornaro Erica
Published: May 2022

The 2022 National Institute of Justice (NIJ) Forensic Science Research and Development (R&D) Symposium is intended to promote collaboration and enhance knowledge transfer of NIJ-funded research. The NIJ Forensic Science R&D Program funds both basic or applied R&D projects that will (1) increase the body of knowledge to guide and inform forensic science policy and practice or (2) result in the production of useful materials, devices, systems, or methods that have the potential for forensic application. The intent of this program is to direct the findings of basic scientific research; research and development in broader scientific fields applicable to forensic science; and ongoing forensic science research toward the development of highly discriminating, accurate, reliable, cost-effective, and rapid methods for the identification, analysis, and interpretation of physical evidence for criminal justice purposes.
Navigating Dual Legal Systems
Authors: Thompson Brooke
Published: May 2022

This article explains the distinctive nature of Islamic inheritance law and considers the extent to which Muslim residents in Australia can assimilate their faith-based obligations with their country-based obligations in matters of inheritance. The article identifies conflict in the Islamic and Australian intestacy rules and sets out three ways that Muslims can manage this conflict. The article considers the scope for, and feasibility of, the execution of Islamic wills in Australia to demonstrate how they assist Muslims to comply with their religious inheritance obligations. While there is no manifest inadequacy in the current legal framework that impedes Muslims from maintaining an Islamic inheritance, the article establishes two instances where Muslims remain at a disadvantage and adds to calls for reform in the area of family provision.
Measuring the labour efficiency in Andalusia (Spain): A DEA approach
Authors: Sánchez Sánchez Francisca Jesús , Sánchez Sánchez Ana María , Pulido Noemí , Borrero Molina Diego Vicente
Published: May 2022

This paper analyses the labour efficiency in Andalusia, and takes into account labour and demographic characteristics of the Andalusian municipalities. Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is the methodology employed. The results obtained indicate differences at the municipal level that depend on the geographical arrangement, with the provincial capitals being the least efficient. An inverse relationship is established between the size of the municipality (in terms of number of inhabitants) and its labour efficiency:  the smaller the size of the municipality, the greater the efficiency. The distance to the capital is also important in establishing the efficiency: the greater the distance to the capital, the greater the efficiency.
Apertura comercial, choques productivos y externalidades con ciclos espacio-tiempo en el crecimiento económico por entidad federativa en México, 1980-2018
Authors: Mendoza González Miguel Ángel
Published: May 2022

En esta investigación se analiza la relación de la apertura comercial con las condiciones en que choques productivos provocan externalidades con ciclos espacio-tiempo en el crecimiento económico por entidad federativa de México. Para tal objetivo se utiliza la metodología de modelos STARMA en el crecimiento económico por entidad federativa que se explica por el comportamiento de las regiones de influencia de acuerdo con los vecinos territoriales de primer y segundo orden. Con simulaciones de los modelos se comprueba que choques productivos múltiples provocan externalidades con ciclos espacio-tiempo en todas las entidades federativas. En tanto, los choques productivos individuales, como los casos de la Ciudad de México y Estado de México, muestran que las mayores externalidades se observan en los vecinos territoriales de segundo orden.
Centros Especiales de Empleo ¿Objetivo mercantil o social? Un análisis a través del estudio de su situación económico-financiera
Authors: Santos Jaén Jose Manuel , Ortiz Martínez Esther , Marín Hernández Salvador
Published: May 2022

El objetivo del artículo es analizar si existen diferencias en indicadores económico-financieros de los Centros Especiales de Empleo (CEE), en base a si fueron constituidos con ánimo de lucro o con fines sociales. Para ello se ha elaborado una base de datos con 166 cuentas anuales de los CEE de la Región de Murcia para el período 2012-2016, con la que realizar un análisis descriptivo y explicativo de sus principales ratios económico-financieros. Los resultados permiten concluir que, si bien el tipo de CEE no determina directamente su rentabilidad, sí que aparecen diferencias significativas en liquidez y solvencia en base a la iniciativa con la que han sido constituidos los CEE.
El escenario Smart y sus derivadas en la estrategia de marketing online de los destinos turísticos. El caso de la Comunitat Valenciana
Authors: Giner Sánchez David , Celdrán Bernabeu Marco Antonio
Published: May 2022

La revolución tecnológica ha configurado un escenario turístico renovado caracterizado por un uso intensivo de las tecnologías en todo el ciclo del viaje, que evoluciona hacia un contexto de gestión Smart en el que destacan las tecnologías asociadas con el social media, por su influencia en la estrategia y operativa del marketing online de los destinos. Las nuevas pautas de comportamiento de la oferta y la demanda asociados al social media determinan ahora la imagen de los destinos e influyen en su competitividad, situando así al social media en el eje de la gestión del marketing de las entidades responsables de la promoción y gestión del destino. El social media y las tecnologías que lo sustentan representan la principal vía para acercar a los destinos al modelo de destino turístico inteligente. La presente investigación se aproxima al escenario turístico actual con el objeto de conocer su influencia sobre los procesos de marketing online desarrollados por los destinos turísticos. Concretamente y para un conjunto de destinos de la Comunitat Valenciana, se realiza un análisis aplicado sustentado en un índice de medición de los medios sociales.
Instrumentos de captura de valor: evolución de la participación en plusvalía en Colombia 1997-2017
Authors: Contreras Ortiz Yency
Published: May 2022

Este artículo analiza el concepto de captura de valor, las tipologías de instrumentos existentes y examina las oportunidades y restricciones normativas y operativas de la “participación en plusvalía” como una de las principales apuestas en Colombia. A partir de herramientas cualitativas y cuantitativas se muestran los resultados de la reglamentación e implementación del instrumento en 20 años de existencia formal para 444 municipios del país. Se evidencia que, aunque una importante cantidad de municipios incorpora el tributo en sus normas territoriales, este instrumento, pese a sus potencialidades, no se ha consolidado como fuente importante de financiación, siendo los pequeños y medianos municipios aquellos que más han movilizado dicha participación en el contexto de sus transformaciones de crecimiento urbano y decisiones de ordenamiento territorial.
VERTICAL ACCURACY ASSESSMENT OF OPEN ACCESS DIGITAL ELEVATION MODELS: BUCARAMANGA-COLOMBIA CASE STUDY
Authors: Aponte Saravia Jhonathan
Published: May 2022

Digital Elevation Models (DEMs), are fundamental data that allow to represent topographic information continuously. They are widely used in various applications such as geoscience, and in the graphical representation of the landscape surface. Performing the analysis by using DEMs in which the real shape of the surface is adjusted, this would contribute significantly in obtaining their results as we would be approaching the actual occurrence of the object of study in the landscape. Currently, several global DEMs are freely available. However, various investigations have produced different results, so there are uncertainties as to which model is more appropriate for some areas. In that sense, the research was aimed at comparing the vertical accuracy of four DEMs in the city of Bucaramanga using central tendency statistical methods such as mean analysis, standard deviation and root mean squared error. As a result, the model that showed the best vertical accuracy was the one generated by the Advanced Land Observation Satellite program – Synthetic Aperture Radar and X-band Shuttle Radar Topography Mission, with a root mean squared error of 8.22 and 8.55 m respectively. Moreover, the one that best represented the shape of the landscape was the X-band Shuttle Radar Topography Mission X model.
AN EXTENSION OF THE MABAC AND OS MODEL USING LINGUISTIC NEUTROSOPHIC NUMBERS: SELECTION OF UNMANNED AIRCRAFT FOR FIGHTING FOREST FIRES
Authors: Pamučar Dragan , Petrović Ivan , Ćirović Goran , Stević Željko
Published: May 2022

The paper presents a new approach to the treatment of uncertainty and subjectivity in the decision-making process based on the modification of Multi-Attributive Border Approximation area Comparison (MABAC) and an Objective–Subjective (OS) model by applying Linguistic Neutrosophic Numbers (LNN) instead of traditional numerical values. By integrating these models with LNN it was shown that it is possible to a significant extent to eliminate subjective qualitative assessments and assumptions by decision makers in complex decision-making conditions. On this basis, a new hybrid LNN–OS–MABAC model was formed. This model was tested and validated on a case-study in which the optimal unmanned aircraft were selected to combat forest fires. After defining the criteria and their attributes, they were prioritized using the LNN–OS model, in which the weights of the criteria and their attributes are a combination of the objective values obtained by the method of maximum deviation and the subjective values of the criteria obtained by expert examination using LNN. The ranking and selection of the optimal unmanned aircraft from those on offer with similar characteristics was carried out using the LNN–MABAC model. Testing of the model showed that the proposed model based on LNN provides an objective expert evaluation by eliminating subjective assessments when determining the numerical values of criteria. A sensitivity analysis of the LNN–OS–MABAC model, carried out through 54 scenarios of changes in the weight coefficients, showed a high degree of stability in the solutions obtained when the alternatives were ranked. The results were validated by comparison with LNN extensions of the Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) model.
Hitting a New Low: The Unique 28 hr Cessation of Accretion in the TESS Light Curve of YY Dra (DO Dra)
Authors: Hill Katherine L. , Littlefield Colin , Garnavich Peter , Scaringi Simone , Szkody Paula , Mason Paul A. , Kennedy Mark R. , Shaw Aarran W. , Covington Ava E.
Published: May 2022

We present the Transiting Exoplanet Surveying Satellite light curve of the intermediate polar YY Draconis (YY Dra, also known as DO Dra). The power spectrum indicates that while there is stream-fed accretion for most of the observational period, there is a day-long, flat-bottomed low state at the beginning of 2020 during which the only periodic signal is ellipsoidal variation and there is no appreciable flickering. We interpret this low state to be a complete cessation of accretion, a phenomenon that has been observed only once before in an intermediate polar. Simultaneous ground-based observations of this faint state establish that when accretion is negligible, YY Dra fades to g = 17.37 ± 0.12, which we infer to be the magnitude of the combined photospheric contributions of the white dwarf and its red dwarf companion. Using survey photometry, we identify additional low states in 2018–2019 during which YY Dra repeatedly fades to—but never below—this threshold. This implies relatively frequent cessations in accretion. Spectroscopic observations during future episodes of negligible accretion can be used to directly measure the field strength of the white dwarf by Zeeman splitting. Separately, we search newly available catalogs of variable stars in an attempt to resolve the long-standing dispute over the proper identifier of this system.
Two new Drawida (Oligochaeta, Moniligastridae) earthworms from Vietnam
Authors: Nguyen Tung T. , Lam Dang H. , Tran Binh T. T. , Nguyen Anh D.
Published: May 2022

Two new earthworm species are described, namely Drawida angiangsp. nov. and Drawida cochinchinasp. nov. The former can be recognized by having male pores on spiniform penises in intersegment 10/11, an erect and sac-shaped spermathecal atrium, glandular prostate, the capsule coiled one round, the vas deferens strongly coiled but small, two large, round, genital markings on segments ix–x, and three gizzards in xiii–xv. The latter species is distinguished in having the male pores placed on highly elevated, backwardly directed, conical penises in 10/11, a slender spermathecal atrium, a glandular prostate, a somewhat folded capsule, the vas deferens strongly coiled as a bunch and equal size to the testis sacs, a pair of genital markings located closely anterior to the penises with 1–3 additional ones in xi–xii, and three or four gizzards in xiii–xvi. The DNA barcode fragment of the COI gene was extracted for each species, and the COI genetic distances and phylogenetic analysis also supported two new species..