bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Mobility, well-being, and community participation among people with depression: an observation study using geographically-explicit ecological momentary assessment (GEMA) v1
Authors: A Välimäki Maritta
Published: October 2022

Information on the mobility and daily routines of persons with depression remains limited. Our goal was to describe a preliminary explication of the relationship between mobility, well-being, and community participation of people with depression, and the relationship between mobility and environmental measures on well-being. We used a multivariate, time-series, single-subject, repeated measures design. People with depression (N=33) used a GPS device two weeks for mobility tracking, and the records were extracted from Geographical Information Systems (GIS). Logistic regression of mobility and environmental measures on well-being outcomes were adjusted for age and sex. The correlation coefficients showed that the more hours participants (N=32) stayed at home, the more often they had depressive symptoms, their satisfaction with life was still higher. Participants with longer total distance reported more stress. The fewer destinations participants travelled to, the more depressive symptoms they had. Time spent outside home was also negatively associated with satisfaction with life and self-esteem. Our work showed that depressive symptoms may limit people’s willingness to move outside home although the pattern is not clear. More studies should be conducted to verify our assumption with a larger sample size.
Plasmid Miniprep for 2022 v1
Authors: Fudan iGEM Team
Published: October 2022

Plasmid extraction and purification, based on Vazyme Mini-prep Kit manual.
Preparation and Preservation of the Female Reproductive System (Ovaries, Fallopian Tubes, and Uterus) v1
Authors: Fisher Stephen
Published: October 2022

This protocol describes procurement of the FRS after standard multiorgan procurement. The approach for multi-organ donation was pioneered by transplant surgeon Dr. Thomas Starzl more than three decades ago (Starzl, 2009). To minimize total ischemic time, surgery start time is defined by the organ procurement organization and all other team members, transplant teams, and transport systems. Multiple transplant teams may be responsible for the donor’s different organs. Removal of the organs typically proceeds as follows: heart, lung, liver, pancreas, small bowel, kidneys, and large vessels/tissues used as grafts. This order may be changed according to planned transplantations and center expertise. The FRS is recovered last.A standard or modified xipho-pubic incision may be used (Richards, Flyckt, Tzakis, & Falcone, 2018; Testa et al., 2018). This protocol describes a modified aortic cannulation scheme that ensures organ preservation solution is directed both cephalad to perfuse the abdominal organs and caudad to the pelvis in order to preserve the female reproductive tract. This protocol was developed as part of a uterus transplant clinical trial (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03307356). Richards, E. G., Flyckt, R., Tzakis, A., & Falcone, T. (2018). Uterus transplantation: Organ procurement in a deceased donor model.Fertility and Sterility,110(1), 183. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fertnstert.2018.04.014 Starzl, T. E. (2009). AN IMPROVED TECHNIQUE FOR MULTIPLE ORGAN HARVESTING, 12. Testa, G., Anthony, T., McKenna, G. J., Koon, E. C., Wallis, K., Klintmalm, G. B., … Johannesson, L. (2018). Deceased donor uterus retrieval: A novel technique and workflow.American Journal of Transplantation,18(3), 679–683. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajt.14476
Factors Influencing Young Malaysians’ Political Information Seeking Behaviour on Twitter
Authors:   Star Media Radio Group, Malaysia, Azwar Azmiera Izzati , Kho Suet Nie ,   Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
Published: October 2022

Youth participation in political discourses is an important element that needs to be looked into urgently in Malaysia. This is especially so with the historical milestone of the Undi18 constitutional amendment allowing youth from 18 years old to vote in the 15th General Election. This research was initiated to investigate the youth's behaviour in terms of attitude, awareness, and involvement in politics via social media, specifically Twitter. In this study, involvement in politics is described as youths' political information seeking behaviour on Twitter in relation to political attitudes such as political self-efficacy, situational political involvement, government trust, and processing of information, that is perceived information quality. An online survey form was disseminated across Twitter using snowball sampling for Klang Valley Twitter users aged between 18 to 30. The results garnered from 314 respondents revealed significant relationships between independent variables (self-efficacy, situational, political involvement, government trust, and information quality) and the dependent variable (Twitter motivation). It was hoped that this study would help researchers better grasp the pattern on how Malaysian youth use Twitter to get political information. This study may also provide important information on the online diffusion and consumption of political information through social media like Twitter. Keywords: Political information-seeking behaviour, processing information, youth, Twitter, Malaysia.
Tinder-Ly Yours: An Exploratory Study of Malaysian Indian Youths Online Dating Through The Culture
Authors:   Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Chandrasekaran Lishalini , Wilson Sharon Jacqueline ,   Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Roy Swagata Sinha ,   Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman
Published: October 2022

The pandemic has shifted the way we meet new people and thus, changed the concept of going on a date. With the sporadic and growing rates of Covid-19 cases, it may be difficult to find a relationship and maintain one while exercising social-distance. As we adjusted to this temporary reality, the dating sphere continued reinvent ways to connect people. “Today”, more Indian Malaysian youths have increased their presence on dating apps in search of love and intimacy despite their “traditional” Indian courtship practices. The main thrust of this study is to examine why the smartphone application ‘Tinder’ is increasingly popular among Malaysian Indian youth and to investigate why and how the youth use Tinder during this pandemic. The Uses and Gratifications Theory (U&G) holds major assumptions that individuals are active, rational, and objective, to the extent of being almost goal-oriented in their choices. This study conducted 30 in-depth, semi-structured interviews via convenience and snowball sampling found that online dating behaviour has the potential to help scholars have deeper understanding of how the Tinder mobile application integrated with existing religions and cultures gives insights into the nature of technological change as well as adaptation in society. This is by providing new insights into existing interpersonal communication theories focusing on relationship formation. Keywords: Courtships, Cultural studies, Indian, Tinder, Youth.
Islam and Science Fiction Film: The Portrayal of Kauniyah Verses in Interstellar (2014)
Authors:   Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia, Sabran Rosidayu , A. Rahman Suria Hani ,   Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia, Hussin Rosninawati ,   Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia, Yusoff Sofia Hayati ,   Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia, Hassan Fauziah ,   Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia, Muhammad Surani Nor Hafiz Zariq ,   Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia
Published: October 2022

Research on media representation on Islam and Muslims have been carried out widely in the post 9/11 tragedy from a cultural, religion, political and social group lens. However, this paper discusses a science fiction film, Interstellar (2014), directed by Christopher Nolan. It is a film about space exploration by a group of scientists in their quest to find a new planet for humankind to replace the earth. The film portrays scenes of the scientists travelling into places in space - the wormhole and other potential planets for a living. Apart from highlighting space and its discovery journey from the perspective of modern science, this film can also be explored from the perspective of Islam. Many scenes in the movie represent and translate what Allah SWT has thought of Muslims through verses in the al-Quran. What are the scenes, and how does it relate to verses in the Quran? This paper uses qualitative content analysis to highlight selected verses of Kauniyah (verses explaining about Allah’s creation of the universe and its system) in the al-Quran as evidence that reflects the truth of al-Quran and the Islamic teachings. The findings are highlighted based on the relationship of scenes containing this evidence in the film with the verses in the Quran and their meanings. Keywords: Sci-fi film, science fiction, interstellar, Kauniyah verses, Islamic science.
Exploring Practice and Engagement of Instagram by Malaysia Ministries During Covid-19
Authors:   Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia, Mustafa Muhamad Zaki , Mohd Ariffin Mohd Yahya ,   Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia, Mohd Sofian Muhammad Raqib ,   Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia
Published: October 2022

The rapid diffusion of social media applications is ushering in new possibilities for non-profit organisations to communicate with and engage the public. Social media can be a means of participation and engagement. In particular, it involves the delivery of information through social media that is directed to encourage public participation and engagement by providing comments, responses, and input to government agencies. Instagram, a mobile photo (and video) capturing and sharing service, has quickly emerged as a new medium in the spotlight in recent years. In this study, the researchers analysed the level of citizen engagement with Malaysia government ministries practices and calculated the engagement rate of each ministry on Instagram. This research was conducted for a period of one year which is from 1st January until 31st December 2020 through the formula of the Engagement Rate measurement. The data showed 21 accounts from 27 ministry Instagram accounts received a low Engagement Rate quality, which means 77.78% of ministry Instagram accounts had not been able to optimise their Instagram accounts to get engagement from their followers. Moreover, Engagement Rate is a very important measure for knowing Instagram optimisation. By knowing the Engagement Rate, we will find out how much influence the account has on followers. Keywords: Engagement, Instagram, Ministry, COVID-19, Malaysia.
News Reporting on Religious Issues: Malaysian Media Practitioners’ Perspective
Authors:   Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia, Ahmad Sabri Safiyyah , Abdullah Zaridah ,   Universiti Teknologi Mara
Published: October 2022

The nature of a multiracial and multireligious community is all about concern and awareness from all levels in the society. The differences of thoughts, beliefs and understanding requires tolerance over almost all factors including political and economic sectors. While the people agreed to the contents of the Federal Constitution, conflicts on race and religion continue to happen from time to time. Being the watchdog of the ruling party, it is not new for the Malaysian media practitioners to be in a dilemma in shaping the content in reporting controversial issues. Hence, this paper intends to study the perspectives of the media practitioners in Malaysia in shaping the content when reporting on religious issues such as the apostasy case of Lina Joy and the translation of ‘God’ to ‘Allah’ issue. Using a qualitative method, in-depth interviews were conducted with the media practitioners; journalists and editors of two mainstream newspapers, The Star and Utusan Malaysia. The results show that all of them have a mutual understanding of what they should and should not write in their reporting considering the background of Malaysian society. This is also understood when they are aware of the rules and regulations restricted in the contents of their reports for national security purposes. Keywords: Race, religion, media, news reporting, plural society.
Hybrid Detection Model for Meticulous Presaging of Heart Disease using Deep Learning: HDMPHD
Authors: Aggarwal Ritu , Kumar Suneet
Published: October 2022

Heart diseases that occur due to the blockage of coronary arteries, which causes heart attack, are also commonly known as myocardial infarction. Rapid detection and acute diagnosis of myocardial infarction avoid death. The electrocardiographic test or ECG signals are used to diagnosis myocardial infarction with the help of ST variations in the heart rhythm. ECG helps to detect whether the patient is normal and suffering from myocardial infarction. In blood, when the enzyme value increases, after a certain time pass occurs, heart attack. For ECG images, the manual reviewing process is a very difficult task. Due to advancements in technology, computer-aided tools and software are used to diagnosis myocardial infarction,because manual ECG requires more expertise .so that automatic detection of myocardial infarction on ECG could be done by different machine learning tools. This study detects the normal and myocardial infarction patients by selecting the feature with their feature weights by selecting from the model and by Random forest classifier selecting the index value using DenseNet-121, ResNet_50, and EfficientNet_b0 deep learning techniques .This proposed work used the real dataset from Medanta hospital (India) at the time of covid 19. The dataset is in the form of ECG images for Normal and myocardial infarction (960 samples). With an end-to-end structure, deep learning implements the standard 12-lead ECG signals for the detection of normal and myocardial infarction..The proposed model provides high performance on normal and myocardial infarction detection. The accuracy achieved by the proposed model for Efficientnet_b0 Random Forest to Select from Model Accuracy 84.244792, Precision 84.396532, Recall 84.227410, F-Measure 84.222295.
Innovative Technique to Detect and Prevent Malicious Nodes in AOMDV against Blackhole Attacks in MANET for Increase the Network Efficiency
Authors: Rao Tandu Rama , Rao P.V. Nageswara
Published: October 2022

The Ad hoc on-demand multipath distance vector (AOMDV) routing protocol is one type of reactive routing protocol used in MANET. It is designed on top of the AODV routing protocol, so it utilizes the features of the AODV protocol. The MANET is a wireless ad hoc network without any physical infrastructure; all nodes can be moved across the network, and connections are made between them as needed simply with the help of RREQ, RREP, and RERR packets. Because the network is dynamic, nodes can quickly join and depart anytime. So far, no security threats have been caused by this feature. The blackhole attack is one type of active and dangerous attack in MANET. In this attack, the attackers use the AOMDV flaw to demonstrate their bad intent, causing data loss and decreasing network performance. Many studies have been done on various detection and prevention methods to prevent blackhole attacks. But it still goes on. To improve network performance against black hole attacks, this study offers a dynamic threshold value with multiple paths technique approach on AOMDV; it will be demonstrated in Network Simulator 2.
Intermediate-term earthquake prediction using the modified time-to-failure method in southern California
Authors: Brehm Daniel J. , Braile Lawrence W.
Published: October 2022

Based on retrospective modeling of earthquakes from the southern California earthquake catalog, along with previously published evaluations from the New Madrid Seismic Zone, the modified time-to-failure method may be used as an intermediate-term earthquake prediction technique for locating and predicting the size and time of a future mainshock. Modeling previous mainshocks for hypothesis development indicates that the method predicts the actual magnitude of the mainshock to within approximately ±0.5 magnitude units. The error associated with the time-of-failure is approximately ±1.1 years assuming the last precursory event is known. When the last event in the precursory sequence is not known, the predicted magnitude remains similar, but the predicted time will require refinement as additional events are added, with time, to the sequence. The mainshock location can also be identified within a circular region with a radius on the order of tens of kilometers. Criteria are provided for defining acceleration sequences and mainshock locations. The criteria reduce the number of false predictions but also eliminate some mainshocks from our evaluation. Mainshocks as small as magnitude 5.5, occurring between 1980 and 1995, were evaluated from the Southern California earthquake Catalog (SCC). The results were used in association with previous studies to develop a method that can be used for practical (future prediction) applications. The modified time-to-failure method was used to search the SCC for future mainshocks occurring after 17 August 1998. One region satisfied all the criteria and may be modeled by the modified time-to-failure method. The region likely to have a mainshock is a 65-km-radius area centered at 31.43° N, 115.47° W (northern Baja California, Mexico). The predicted magnitude is 6.36, ±0.55, and the predicted time of failure is 1998.565 (7/25/98), ±1.127 years. The addition of future precursory events will allow refinement of the predicted values.
Harmful life style practices and associated factors among fishermen in Cuddalore district, Tamil Nadu: a cross sectional study
Authors: V. Prabhaharan , P. Kalyani , A. John William Felix
Published: October 2022

Background: Tobacco and alcohol consumption are considered as major public health problems in the world. The strenuous nature of the job, long and irregular working hours, long stay in the sea while fishing may lead to an increased rate of tobacco and alcohol consumption in fishermen. Aim of the study was to find out the prevalence of harmful lifestyle practices among fishermen, and also to find the association between harmful lifestyle practices and selected variables among the fishermen.Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out among 275 fishermen in Cuddalore district, Tamil Nadu during October 2021 to March 2022. A Pre tested, semi-structured proforma was used to collect data about the basic socio-demographic variables, detailed occupational history, health status of fishermen and tobacco consumption and alcohol intake. Data were entered in Microsoft excel and analysis was done using statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) version 17.Results: The proportion of cigarette smoking, tobacco chewing and alcohol consumption was 24.7%, 15.3% and 19.6% respectively. Variables such as boat ownership, diabetes, hypertension, sleep duration, income were found to be statistically significant.Conclusions: Harmful lifestyle practices among fishermen found
Case report of step cut osteotomy for cubitus varus: a superior surgical technique
Authors: Jayan Jeeno , Hameed Hany , Latheef Momin Bin
Published: October 2022

Lateral closing wedge osteotomy is a commonly described procedure for correcting cosmetically unacceptable post-traumatic cubitus varus deformity in children. We report a case of 12-year-old boy who underwent step cut osteotomy for cubitus varus deformity. Preoperative measurements of varus deformity followed by planning of osteotomy using a template was done. Intraoperatively the preplanned cuts were made using a posterior approach and then fixation was done using k wire. Patient recovered completely with correction of deformity. Step cut osteotomy has key advantages over traditional closing wedge osteotomy and hence can be used as an alternative surgical technique.

 
RUA COMO CENTRALIDADE URBANA NUMA CIDADE AMAZÔNICA
Authors: Oliveira José Aldemir de
Published: October 2022

Este artigo, sem perder a dimensão de totalidade, trata de uma rua e apresenta a análise da centralidade urbana numa cidade ribeirinha da Amazônia. A partir da identificação do papel e das funções decorrentes do vai e vem das pessoas numa rua que se constitui como a principal via nas várias etapas de expansão da cidade, infere-se a centralidade da cidade de Parintins-AM na contemporaneidade. A rua contém e está contida nas mudanças ocorridas na cidade e é o ponto de partida para se compreender as transformações e permanências ocorridas no espaço urbano no século XX e nas primeiras décadas do século XXI. O artigo trata da Avenida Amazonas a mais antiga e, ainda, a mais importante via por concentrar tudo o que a cidade tem e que nela falta. A pesquisa que deu origem ao texto teve como base a análise documental e a observação de campo feita durante vários anos, mas de modo mais sistemático no ano de 2016, utilizando-se da descrição e de dados quantitativos, demonstra as transformações da avenida e as atividades e os serviços que nela foram e são desenvolvidos. O texto situa a cidade, discute a centralidade a partir da geografia, toma a rua como ponto de partida para concluir que as cidades ribeirinhas amazônicas são específicas, mas não únicas, pois que estão articuladas e inseridas no sistema geral de reprodução da sociedade.
Geomorfotecnogênese na sub bacia hidrográfica do Rio Macambira, Ceará, Brasil
Authors: Carvalho Bruna Lima , Sobrinho José Falcão , Gramata Ana Paula Pinho Pacheco , Beserra Neta Luiza Câmara
Published: October 2022

A pesquisa utilizou o relevo como elemento norteador, o qual integra o substrato de todas as atividades humanas. O relevo como elemento natural, está em contínuo processo de evolução através de suas dinâmicas, o que ocorre naturalmente na natureza. Entretanto, o constante uso que sobre este se estabelece pelo homem impõe uma nova dinâmica a essa evolução, alterando de forma significativa a escala temporal da mesma. É em função disso, que o homem pode ser considerado um agente geológico-geomorfológico de caráter novo e diferenciado, pois possui a capacidade de fazer novas combinações das propriedades e do modo de ser da natureza, gerando novos modos de funcionamento conforme suas necessidades e intenções. No contexto das formas que advém da ação humana denominamos as mesmas de Geomorfotecnogênese, uma ampliação ao entendimento de tecnogênese. Isto posto, em pesquisa realizada na Sub Bacia Hidrográfica do Rio Macambira, no estado do Ceará.
Kalite Fonksiyon Göçerimi ile Ödül Sistemlerinin Tasarımı: Nitel Bir Çalışma
Authors: Güner Bircan
Published: October 2022

Kalite fonksiyon göçeriminin bir aracı olan kalite evinden yararlanılarak bu araştırmada örgüt çalışanları, iç müşteri olarak nitelendirilip onların işletmeden ödül olarak neler beklediği belirlenerek bir ödül sistemi önerilmiştir. Araştırmada ödüllerin belirlenebilmesi için kamu sektöründe enerji lisanslama projesi için oluşturulmuş bir proje tipi örgütlenme seçilmiştir. Araştırmaya projede görev alan çalışanlar arasından 50 kişi katılım sağlamıştır. Farklı kademelerde görev alan çalışanlar ile farklı teknikler (odak grup mülakatları, anket, mülakat vb.) kullanılarak, çalışanların ihtiyaç ve beklentileri belirlenmiştir. Kurumdaki mevcut ödül sistemi analiz edilip, ödül sisteminin yeniden tasarlanması için öneriler hazırlanmıştır. Araştırma bulgularına göre çalışanlar yurt dışı görevlendirme, teşekkür, takdir, prim, yurt dışı eğitim, sağlık sigortası, dil eğitimi gibi ödülleri beklemektedirler.
Neonatal Clinical Early-onset Sepsis and COVID-19: A Case Presentation
Authors: Saeedi Maryam , Sangsari Razieh , Mirnia Kayvan
Published: October 2022

Introduction: After the Ministry of the health of Iran officially announced widespread of COVID-19 on 19 February 2020, our attention focused on novel coronavirus. In our case, a2-day- old neonate shows symptoms of sepsis. The main presentation was hypothermia and desaturation. The mother was COVID-19 positive with an active cough. The PCR of the neonate was negative. We don’t claim that the neonate is affected by COVID-19, but this may be an atypical form of sepsis in neonates with positive mothers following COVID-19. 
Case presentation: A2-day- old female neonate with a gestational age of 40 weeks and a birth weight of 2370 grams was born via the cesarean route from a mother who was a 34-year-old primigravida woman without any history of disease during pregnancy. Two days before delivery, the mother had malaise and dry cough. She was diagnosed as a COVID-19 positive case based on RT-PCR after delivery. On the second day after birth, the parents brought the baby to the emergency room of the children’s medical center hospital with complaints of poor feeding, poor sucking and decreased urination. Physical examination revealed the following signs; hypothermia; T=36℃, diminished primitive reflexes, hypotonia, and oxygen desaturation until 85% without respiratory distress that increased to 98% with oxy hood. We admitted and treated her early-onset sepsis and discharged in excellent condition.
Conclusion: Early-onset sepsis as defined is a clinical state that is transferred from mother. The presentations in our case maybe a new form of clinical sepsis following a mother with COVID-19. We don’t claim that our case is COVID-19 positive but in neonates with affected mother’s insidious symptoms should be in concern.
A Diagnostic Challenge of Methotrexate-Induced Mucositis: A Case Report
Authors: Katebi Katayoun , Zenouz Ali Taghavi , Ghavimi Mohammad Ali
Published: October 2022

Methotrexate is an anti metabolite drug that is used for treating several autoimmune diseases in low doses. It has been reported that oral ulcers occur in 11-17% of patients receiving low doses of Methotrexate. The purpose of this article is to report the Methotrexate-induced oral ulcers and their effects on patient’s quality of life. The patient was a 69-year-old woman with a complaint of oral ulcers. She was taking alendronate, Methotrexate, and hydroxychloroquine for osteoporosis and rheumatoid arthritis diseases. The possibility of bisphosphonate-induced osteonecrosis was recognized due to necrotic ulcers with mandibular bone exposure in the first therapy session. Then, a new necrotizing ulcer on the hard palate appeared in the next session. Methotrexate consumption was discontinued and folic acid was initiated. The oral ulcers were fully recovered in three weeks. Methotrexate-induced mucositis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of patients with oral ulcers who receive low-dose Methotrexate.
Customer Service During the Health Emergency in the La Condamine Shopping Centre
Authors: Trujillo S. , Moyano P. , Espín E.
Published: October 2022

Sales management involves the establishment of strategic objectives, development and control of the action plan, and planning and management of the necessary resources to increase revenue. Customer service is a fundamental marketing tool and has a direct impact on sales. It is responsible for establishing places of contact with customers and for using channels while establishing relationships with them before, during, and after the sale of a good or service [6]. The purpose of this work was to analyze and predetermine how the quality of customer service influenced sales during the health emergency at the La Condamine Shopping Center in the city of Riobamba. The study sample included 200 merchants. The results show a need for improvement in customer service by the sales representative in order to increase their sales.
Keywords: customer care, service, sales, consumers, pandemic.
Resumen
La gestión en ventas involucra el establecimiento de objetivos estratégicos, el desarrollo y el control del plan de acción, la planificación y la gestión de los recursos necesarios que permita incrementar los ingresos. La atención al cliente es una herramienta fundamental del marketing y consecuentemente tiene una incidencia directa sobre las ventas, es la encargada de establecer lugares de contacto con los clientes, utilizando canales al tiempo de establecer relaciones con ellos, antes durante y después de la venta de un bien o un servicio. [6]. El propósito del presente trabajo fue analizar y predeterminar como el servicio de atención al cliente influyo en las ventas durante la emergencia sanitaria en el Centro Comercial La Condamine de la ciudad de Riobamba La muestra con quienes se realizó el estudio corresponden a 200 comerciantes. Los resultados muestran que los vendedores deben mejorar la atención al cliente para poder aumentar las ventas en sus negocios.
Palabras Clave: atención al cliente, servicio, ventas, consumidores, pandemia.
Impact of COVID-19 on Child Labor in the Province of Chimborazo
Authors: Alexander Mejía Ortiz Cristian , Rojas Gissela Estefania Mera , Sudario Vivian Lizbeth Ruiz , Mora Jessenia Lizbeth Sánchez
Published: October 2022

Child labor violates the children’s fundamental rights and interrupts their intellectual growth and potential. The prevalence of child labor in Ecuador has increased significantly in recent years, and the COVID-19 health crisis has only aided it. The province of Chimborazo over time has taken the lead amongst the other Ecuadorian provinces, showing a significant increase in the rate of child labor which has now become too complex to solve. Although, as a result of COVID-19, the rate of child labor has increased worldwide, the national and provincial rate of child labor in Ecuador significantly reduced due to the social distancing policies. However, once the infections were controlled, it resumed the pre-pandemic situation as many children from low-income families were forced to seek alternative income to survive during the pandemic; likewise, all commercial, production, and service activities were affected.
Keywords: protection, rights, child labor, violence, diseases, vulnerability, public policy, education, health, Covid-19.
Resumen
El trabajo infantil es una actividad prohibida para los niños, niñas y adolescentes ya que existe derechos que los amparan de esta acción, esta actividad interrumpe el proceso de crecimiento en cuanto a su intelecto, capacidades, aspiraciones y el potencial que cada uno de ellos puede demostrar, para su desarrollo integral. El trabajo Infantil en el Ecuador ha incrementado de manera significativa durante los últimos años, y a causa de la crisis sanitaria el índice de trabajo infantil siguió prevaleciendo en el Ecuador. Chimborazo con el paso del tiempo ha ocupado el primer lugar con relación a las otras provincias del Ecuador, mostrando un progreso significativo de este problema social que es complejo de solventar. A raíz de la Covid-19 el índice de trabajo infantil a incrementado a nivel mundial, sin embargo, a nivel país y a nivel provincias, se ha reducido significativamente por el confinamiento, pero una vez que se controló los contagios, esta volvió a tomar posición ya que muchos niños y niñas de familias de escasos recursos se vieron en la obligación de buscar alternativas de ingresos para subsistir durante la pandemia, así mismo toda actividad comercial, de producción y servicios se vio afectada.
Palabras Clave: protección, derechos, trabajo infantil, violencia, enfermedades, vulnerabilidad, política pública, educación, salud, Covid-19.
Production Costs of the Agricultural Association of the ”Jaems” Farm Dedicated to the Purchase, Breeding, and Sale of Beef Cattle
Authors: Marianela Arguello Ledesma Patricia , Eliabeth Salazar Bonoso Patricia
Published: October 2022

The “Jaems” Farm is located in the canton of Santo Domingo, via Las Mercedes, and is spread across an area of 40 hectares. Established 18 months ago, the farm activities include purchasing, breeding, and selling beef cattle. The cattle are usually bought when they are about five months old, raised at the farm for a maximum of six months, and then sold. Although the farm has good agricultural management, the same cannot be said about their administrative management, as the owners did not have accounting knowledge and did not know the production cost of the farm activities. Thus, the objective of this investigation was to examine the production cost of the organization. For this, a series of questions directed to the data, costs, and expenses of the farm was asked to the person in charge of the farm. With this information, a production cost of 45,489.5 for every 100 head of cattle produced per semester and an income of 50,000, which reflects a profit of 4,511.5, were estimated. Therefore, we can conclude that through the estimation of the farm’s production costs, we were able to know the real cost generated by its livestock activities for each batch they produced.
Keywords: livestock, production, interview, costs, meat.
Resumen
En el cantón de Santo Domingo, vía Las Mercedes queda ubicada la Finca “Jaems” misma que cuenta con una extensión de 40 hectáreas que utiliza para la compra, crianza y venta de ganado de carne, se dedica a comprar ganado de una edad promedio de 5 meses, luego procede a criarlos por un tiempo límite de 6 meses para proceder a su respectiva venta, llevan un tiempo de 18 meses en el mercado, la finca ha tenido un buen manejo técnico agropecuario sin embargo no podíamos decir lo mismo del manejo administrativo porque los dueños no tenían conocimientos en contabilidad por ende no conocían el costo de producción que les estaba generando dicha actividad por eso el objetivo de la investigación fue la elaboración del costo de producción de la organización, para el cumplimiento del mismo se empleó la técnica de la entrevista, que consto un dialogo donde se realizó una serie de preguntas a la encargada de la finca direccionadas a los datos, costos, gastos de la empresa, con esta información se procedió a la elaboración del costo de producción donde pudimos determinar mediante los resultados que la empresa genera un costo de 45489,5 de por cada 100 cabezas de ganado que produzca por semestre, un ingreso de 50000, lo que reflejaría una utilidad de 4511,5, podemos concluir que a través del diseño de costos de producción que se presentó la empresa pudo conocer el costo real que le generaba su actividad ganadera por cada lote que producían.
Palabras Clave: ganado, producción, entrevista, costos, carne..
Elaboration of a Feasibility Analysis of the Husipi Tabruna Project for the Creation of Hydroponic Gardens in the City of Quito Elaboración de
Authors: Minaya Nelly Paulina Achance , Saúl Hidalgo García Anthony , Javier Guevara Guerrero Jeremy , Armijos Kevin Santiago Calderón
Published: October 2022

The emergence of new social problems has brought about a proliferation of alternative issues that must be solved and mitigated immediately. One such issue is the complication faced by the inhabitants of larger cities in acquiring healthy agricultural produce at an affordable price. Thus, the present investigation seeks to demonstrate the feasibility of offering hydroponic orchards in the city of Quito – the city with the second largest urban agglomerations in Ecuador according to the VII Population Census and VI Housing Census carried out on November 28, 2010. The objective of this research was to develop a feasibility project for the supply of customized hydroponic gardens in the city of Quito through related studies and analyses, and thereby being able to satisfy the need for organic and healthy produce. A field and documentary research was conducted and data were extracted directly from the inhabitants of Quito. Additional information was collected through the main national databases. The results obtained through comparative analysis showed that offering hydroponic gardens in the city of Quito is feasible.
Keywords: social problem, feasibility study, hydroponic gardens, Quito, organic products.
Resumen
Con la presencia de nuevas problemáticas sociales, se ha visto la proliferación de alternativas que han buscado la solución o mitigación de las mismas. De ello, se ha podido desatacar en las grandes urbes la complejidad para que sus habitantes adquieran productos agrícolas saludables y a un precio asequible, lo cual ocupó a la siguiente investigación para evidenciar la factibilidad de la oferta de huertos hidropónicos en la ciudad de Quito, siendo la urbe la segunda con mayores aglomeraciones urbanas del Ecuador según el VII Censo de Población y VI de Vivienda, realizado el 28 de noviembre de 2010. La presente investigación tuvo como objetivo desarrollar un proyecto de factibilidad de la oferta de huertos hidropónicos personalizados en la ciudad de Quito mediante estudios y análisis que coadyuvaron a la determinación de la factibilidad, con ello poder satisfacer la necesidad de cultivos de productos orgánicos y saludables. El presente documento se ha desarrollado a través de la investigación de campo y documental, debido a que se han extraído datos directamente de la realidad de los habitantes de Quito y, por otra parte, se recabó información en bases en las principales bases de datos del país. Los resultados obtenidos de los estudios realizados permitieron determinar, a través del análisis comparativo, que el ofertar huertos hidropónicos en la ciudad de Quito es factible.
Palabras Clave: problema social, estudio de factibilidad, huertos hidropónicos, Quito, productos orgánicos.
Production of Sports T-Shirts from Pet Bottles to Reduce Pollution in the Parish of Nayón, Quito
Authors: Geovanny Chicaiza Rivera Wilson , Morales Paola Janeth Marcalla , Zumba Luis Mateo Yumisaca
Published: October 2022

Plastic as a polluting material takes about 100 to 500 years to decompose. Each fragment of plastic severely pollutes the environment and causes serious damage to the underwater flora and fauna. About 8 million tons of plastic garbage is generated every year, causing an alarming need for developing alternative use for the plastic garbage – such as the use of plastic fibers for the production of sports t-shirts. We analyze the current situation of plastic pollution in the city of Quito, in the Nayón Parish, to highlight the critical issue and the need for projects that resolve it. A mixed approach was applied to collect necessary and timely information and to analyze and interpret qualitative and quantitative data, emphasizing the description of the research problem, among other techniques and tools. Knowing that the city of Quito produces 112,420 tons of annual plastic garbage, which means 308 tons of plastic per day, it can be determined that PET bottles are a material that can be recycled, and usable fabric can be obtained from them for the creation of sports t-shirts, thus helping to minimize the environmental impact.
Keywords: plastic, pollution, sports shirt, Quito
Resumen
El plástico es un material contaminante que necesita de 500 hasta 100 años para que se descomponga, y cada fragmento de este contamina gravemente al ambiente, ya que los mismos dañan a la flora y fauna, debido a que cada año se generan 8 millones de toneladas de basura plástica. Por lo que es indispensable encontrar otro uso para la basura plástica que se genera a diario, como es el uso de las fibras del plástico para la elaboración de camisetas deportivas, para lo cual se enfatiza analizar la situación actual de la contaminación plástica en la ciudad de Quito, en la Parroquia Nayón, a partir de la búsqueda de información, para resaltar la importancia de la problemática y la necesidad de proyectos que solucione al mismo. Se aplicó el Enfoque Mixto el cual permitió recolectar información necesaria y oportuna, para analizar e interpretar datos cualitativos y cuantitativos, enfatizando la descripción del problema de investigación, entre otras técnicas y herramientas, conociendo así que la Ciudad de Quito anualmente arroja 112,420 toneladas de plástico a la basura, si a este valor lo dividimos por los 360 días del año, nos da como resultado 308 toneladas de plástico diario, por lo que se puede determinar que las botellas PET son un material que al ser reciclado se puede obtener tela utilizable para la creación de camisetas deportivas, por lo que se contribuye a minimizar el impacto ambiental.
Palabras Clave: plástico, contaminación, camiseta deportiva, Quito.
Human Talent Management to Improve Customer Service by Travel Companies in Riobamba
Authors: Viñán J , D Viñán D , Miño M , Pinto S
Published: October 2022

This study attempts to put into practice the acquired knowledge in college readiness and daily living. Assuming that travel companies lack an efficient administrative organization and change needed in this era of knowledge and information, it is essential that human talent is motivated and that employees are clear about their obligations toward the company, allowing for the healthy development of human talent. That being said, it is important to prioritize a management plan for human talent in the tourism sector. This study aims to be a guide for improving the service and establishing strategies for good customer service. The research was accomplished by taking into account 12 travel companies in the city of Riobamba. The survey results showed that the success or failure of a company relies heavily on its workers as they perform their work efficiently and effectively if they work in an optimal work environment.
Keywords: operators, talent, staff, service, customers.
Resumen
El presente trabajo de investigación tiene como objetivo fundamental llevar a la práctica los conocimientos adquiridos en la preparación universitaria y el diario vivir. Partiendo que las operadoras de turismo carecen una de una organización administrativa eficiente y del cambio que las empresas están viviendo en esta la era del conocimiento y la información, hace que sea indispensable que el talento humano este motivado, que conozca de manera clara y detallada cuales son las obligaciones que tienen para con las empresas, permitiendo que el talento humano se desenvuelva correctamente. Dado esto es importante se aplique de manera prioritaria un plan de gestión del talento humano en las operadoras de turismo, el mismo que busca ser una guía para perfeccionar el servicio, además de establecer estrategias que permitan siempre el buen desempeño del servicio al cliente. La investigación se la realizó tomando en cuenta 12 operadoras de turismo existentes en la ciudad de Riobamba, después de la aplicación de las encuestas se procedió a la tabulación para después concluir con los resultados. Para finalizar cabe indicar que el éxito o fracaso de una empresa depende en gran medida de sus trabajadores, ya que ellos realizarán su trabajo de manera eficiente, eficaz y efectiva si se desenvuelven en un ambiente de trabajo óptimo.
Palabras Clave: operadoras de turismo, talento, personal, servicio, cclientes.
The Credit Portfolio and Its Impact on the Liquidity of Savings and Credit Cooperatives Segment 3, Province of Chimborazo, Case: San Miguel de Pallatanga Cooperative, 2017– 2019
Authors: D Vallejo , A Garcia , G Pilaguano , E Atiencia
Published: October 2022

The objective of this research is to analyze the credit portfolio and its impact on the Liquidity of the Savings and Credit Cooperatives Segment 3, Province of Chimborazo, during the period 2017–2019 Case: Cooperativa San Miguel de Pallatanga. The design of this research refers to a set of systematic and empirical processes, since the diagnostic processes are dynamic and evolutionary, which allowed the information to be quantitative in nature, further allowing deriving a deductive thinking scheme based on the logic and reasoning of the researcher. After analyzing the accounting balances disclosed in the 2017–2018 and 2019 Statements of Financial Position, the joint liquidity calculation was proceeded to the financial analysis from which the highest liquidity indicator registered in the Cooperativa San Jorge LTDA corresponding to a greater capacity for responding to immediate cash requirements by its depositors or reserve requirements, followed by Cooperativa San Miguel de Pallatanga, Cooperativa Nueva Esperanza LTDA, and Cooperativa Minga LTDA. In addition, according to the data obtained in 2019, the San Miguel de Pallatanga Cooperative reports 100% non-payments in the priority commercial portfolio, which indicates that the institution has serious problems to recover the priority commercial loan portfolio.
Keywords: credit portfolio, liquidity, cash-outs, financial analysis, savings and credit cooperatives.
Resumen
El objetivo de la investigación es analizar la Cartera de Crédito y su incidencia en la Liquidez de las Cooperativas de Ahorro y Crédito Segmento 3, Provincia de Chimborazo, periodo 2017 – 2019 Caso: Cooperativa San Miguel de Pallatanga. El diseño de esta investigación refiere un conjunto de procesos sistemáticos y empíricos, ya que los procesos de diagnóstico son dinámicos y evolutivos, lo cual permitió que la información al ser de carácter cuantitativa permita derivar un esquema de pensamiento deductivo, basado en lógica y el razonamiento del investigador. Luego de analizar los saldos contables revelados en los Estados de Situación Financiera 2017-2018 y 2019 se procedió al cálculo de liquidez conjunto al análisis financiero del cual se obtuvo el indicador de liquidez más alto registrado en la Cooperativa San Jorge LTDA correspondiente a mayor capacidad para responder los requerimientos de efectivo inmediatos por parte de sus depositantes o requerimientos de encaje, seguido de la Cooperativa San Miguel de Pallatanga, la Cooperativa Nueva Esperanza LTDA y Cooperativa Minga LTDA. Además, según los datos obtenidos en el año 2019 la Cooperativa San Miguel de Pallatanga reporta el 100% de morosidad de cartera comercial prioritaria lo que indica que la institución tiene graves problemas para recuperar la cartera de créditos comerciales prioritarios.
Palabras Clave: cartera de crédito, liquidez, cobranza, análisis financiero, cooperativas de ahorro y crédito