bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Enhancing Student's Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) through the Socratic Method Approach with Technology
Authors: Suhadi Salihuddin Md , Mohamed Hasnah , Abdullah Zaleha , Zaid Norasykin Mohd , Aris Baharuddin , Sanmugam Mageswaran
Published: December 2020

Technologies have a potential to make learning more dynamic and capable of going conventional learning limits. With the utilization of online technologies for example, students can interact with teachers and other students, regardless of time and distance. The learning process can likewise happen in synchronize or asynchronies. Meaningful interaction is required in the Socratic method of learning because this is the concept of learning through question after question to build knowledge. The dialog collaboration, inquiries are either verbal or non-verbal. So this is where online innovation comes into the picture and allows students to always dialogue with certain individuals to construct new knowledge. Next, by using the Socratic method of learning, the high level of thinking can be increased which is emphasized in the field of education in Malaysia nowadays. This paper will discuss previous studies about the potential of technology in Socratic Methods to improve student's level of thinking.
Strengthening Performance of Civil Society Through Dialogue and Critical Thinking in Nigeria
Authors: Essien Essien
Published: December 2020

This chapter discusses dialogue and critical thinking as a tool for civil society's performance and achievements in contemporary societies. The problem statement raises the need for knowledge of what dialogue and critical thinking is, as well as the competence in how to employ and apply its tools in policy engagement. Drawing upon extensive contemporary literature on civil society and policy engagement, this study examines how to enhance the performance of civil society organizations through the paradigm of dialogue and critical thinking. Findings reveal that critical thinking and dialogue is crucial in the success story of civil society organizations, just as the quality of the work accomplished is contingent upon the quality of the ideas, critical thinking and analysis of the problems to be solved. This chapter therefore, has a significant implications for cumulative research on the nexus between critical thinking and dialogue in Civil Society in contemporary societies
The Impact of Transformational Leadership on Employee Well-being: A Narrative Synthesis
Authors: Liyanage Chaturi Pilane
Published: December 2020

Despite the growing popularity of the construct of Transformational leadership, there is little consensus and understanding on the socio-psychological process that facilitates the relationship between Transformational leadership and employee well-being. To address this gap in the literature a systematic analysis of 30 empirical research studies was conducted, guided by the primary review question, “how does Transformational leadership influence employee well-being?” The synthesis revealed that Transformational leadership predicts employee well-being through several socio-psychological mechanisms. Notably, meaningful work, perceived procedural justice, psychological empowerment, self and team efficacy, empowerment, psychological resources, trust, perception of work-life conflict and role clarity were identified as mediating the said relationship, and power distance, employee ambition and organisation commitment were identified as moderators. It is believed that introducing leadership training in the identified socio-psychological sources would result in a productive occupational health intervention, thus instigating a collaborative and healthy organisational culture built on employee well-being.
Impact of Idiosyncratic Volatility on Average Stock Returns: Evidence from Sri Lanka
Authors: Perera H. A. P. K. , Ediriwickrama T. C.
Published: December 2020

The complete diversification of idiosyncratic volatility is questionable due to factors such as market imperfections, investor irrationality and managerial decisions. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of idiosyncratic volatility on average stock returns in the Sri Lankan context. Using the five-factor asset pricing model of Fama and French (2015) along with Exponential Generalised Autoregressive Conditional Heteroskedasticity (EGARCH) estimated idiosyncratic volatility of stocks of firms listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE), except for firms in banks, finance and insurance sectors, this study reveals a positive and statistically significant association between average stock returns and idiosyncratic volatility for the sample period from September 2004 to March 2018. The empirical findings on firm profitability and investment yield striking evidence on idiosyncratic volatility of stocks from a frontier market perspective, while uncovering the importance of further research on the investor behaviour on asset pricing decisions.
The Impact of Lagged R&D Expenses on Firm Performance: Empirical Evidence from the BSE Healthcare Index
Authors: Sinha Abhijit , Mondal Keyarani
Published: December 2020

The study finds the impact of lagged Research and Development expenditure on financial performance. The investigation analyses 69 pharmaceutical companies included in the BSE healthcare index (India) using secondary data for the period of 2008 to 2017. The two dependent variables which are considered separately are Return on Asset (ROA) and Return on Equity (ROE). The two estimated regression models show that both the lagged value and its quadratic term have a significant influence on the accounting-based measures. With regard to the control variables, size and leverage are found to influence negatively whereas liquidity poses a positive effect on these two accounting-based performance measures. The article contributes by highlighting that the true relationship between R&D and financial performance is represented by a U-shaped curve as evident in few other studies.
Book Review: Brown, P., Lauder, H., & Cheung, S. Y., The Death of Human Capital? Its Failed Promise and How to Renew it in an Age of Disruption
Authors: Thennakoon Dharshani
Published: December 2020

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Psychological morbidity a year after treatment in intensive care unit
Authors: Zisopoulos George , Roussi Pagona , Mouloudi Eleni
Published: December 2020

Several studies have linked treatment in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) with negative psychological outcomes. This study explores the prevalence of negative psychological outcomes in Greek patients (N=29), a year after treatment in ICU. Percentages of participants with anxiety [41%, 95% CI (22%, 60%)] and Post- Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) [34%, 95% CI (16%, 53%)] symptoms were similar to the related literature. Percentages of participants with depressive [17%, 95% CI (3%, 32%)] symptoms were rather low. Only 10% of participants reported absence of quality of live issues. Anxiety symptoms were related to desire to talk about the ICU experience (p=0.010), duration of propofol administration (p=0.018) and loss of employment (p=0.019) and negatively related to duration of stay in the ICU (p=0.025). PTSD symptoms were related to experiencing other stressors during the year after the ICU stay (p=0.001), social constraint (p=0.003), duration of propofol administration (p=0.004), loss of employment (p=0.020), low income (p=0.022) and negative ICU memories (p=0.029). Depressive symptoms were related to loss of employment (p=0.003), low income (p=0.029) and social constraint (p=0.033). Patients experience elevated levels of psychological symptoms long after they are discharged from the hospital. Several psychosocial factors emerged as important factors to consider for predicting levels of distress.
Impact of psychosocial intervention on prognosis of cardiac surgery patients
Authors: Savio Marlyn Thomas , Hariharan Meena
Published: December 2020

The study examined the impact of two types of psychosocial intervention on prognosis and psychological distress of patients subjected to Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG), and investigated whether such impact was direct or mediated. A sample of 300 participants (243 men and 57 women; mean age: 56.1 years) was recruited into three groups. One group received a unique psycho-educational intervention called Programme for Affective and Cognitive Education (PACE), the second group was given a Relaxation intervention (Guided Imagery), and the third group had only standard medical treatment (Control). The PACE and Relaxation interventions were administered to patients alongside standard treatment a day before CABG as well as a day before discharge from hospital. Prognosis was assessed six weeks after discharge. Psychological distress was measured at baseline, week after discharge, and six weeks after discharge. Analyses of variance revealed a significant effect of groups on prognosis and a significant group × time interaction for psychological distress. The highest prognosis after CABG and the lowest psychological distress were found in the PACE group. Path analyses indicated that the PACE and Relaxation interventions negatively impacted psychological distress which in turn predicted higher prognosis. Only the PACE intervention additionally had a positive direct impact on prognosis. Both psychosocial interventions helped enhance the prognosis of patients after CABG primarily by reducing psychological distress. PACE emerged as a more effective intervention than Relaxation.
An exploration of the experience of trainee integrative psychotherapists on therapeutic alliance in the light of their attachment style
Authors: Rizou Eleni , Giannouli Vaitsa
Published: December 2020

Therapeutic Relationship has been regarded as a profound element of the psychotherapeutic procedure and crucial for the outcome of therapy. Research evidence so far claims that both therapist’s and client’s personality can impact the Therapeutic Relationship. Based on the well-researched Attachment Theory there has been some research mostly focused on how clients’ attachment patterns can affect the Alliance. Limited research, though, on how therapists experience the Relationship in relation with their Attachment Styles do exist. The current study investigates trainee therapists’ experience of the Therapeutic Relationship in the light of their Attachment Style. A qualitative approach was used for this research to investigate in depth the experience of five trainee Integrative psychotherapists who were recruited to take part in semi-structured interviews. Interviews were transcribed and verbatim was divided into superordinate and subordinate themes and analyzed by Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis method. Four master themes were identified. Findings were then compared and discussed according to existing literature. All participants referred to the relevance of Attachment Theory in psychotherapy. They also agreed on the activation of their Attachment Styles during the therapeutic process. The securely attached therapist confirms previous studies on her capability to offer a secure base for her clients. On the other hand therapists with insecure Attachment Styles appeared sensitive in their collaboration mostly with insecure clients. Anxiously attached therapists proved to experience difficulty in the initial stages of the Therapeutic Relationship while the combination of avoidant therapist-avoidant client appeared to be the most demanding one, regarding the concept of trust and relationship ruptures. We suggest that the exploration of trainee therapists’ Attachment Styles as well as the study of the Attachment Theory should be added to all Counseling and Psychotherapy curricula regardless the therapeutic orientation because of its contribution to forming positive Therapeutic Relationships.
Pulmonary sling in a patient with common arterial trunk
Authors: Sobh Mohamed , Langguth Patrick , Becker Kolja , Scheewe Jens , Uebing Anselm , Voges Inga
Published: December 2020

We report a rare association of common arterial trunk with left pulmonary artery sling and highlight the importance of cross-sectional imaging in complex congenital cardiac lesions. The patient was antenatally diagnosed with common arterial trunk and underwent surgical repair in the neonatal period. At the age of 20 months, the patient presented with respiratory symptoms and increased right ventricular pressure. Multislice computed tomography demonstrated a pulmonary sling with compression of the distal trachea. Surgical correction of the pulmonary sling and change of the right ventricular to pulmonary artery conduit to a bigger size was performed.
Phase II Trial of Postoperative Adjuvant Gemcitabine and Cisplatin Chemotherapy Followed by Chemoradiotherapy with Gemcitabine in Patients with Resected Pancreatic Cancer
Authors: Lee Kyung-Hun , Chie Eui Kyu , Im Seock-Ah , Kim Jee Hyun , Kwon Jihyun , Han Sae-Won , Oh Do-Youn , Jang Jin-Young , Kim Jae-Sung , Kim Tae-You , Bang Yung-Jue , Kim Sun Whe , Ha Sung W.
Published: December 2020

Purpose Despite curative resection, the 5-year survival for patients with resectable pancreatic cancer is less than 20%. Recurrence occurs both locally and at distant sites and effective multimodality adjuvant treatment is needed.Materials and Methods Patients with curatively resected stage IB-IIB pancreatic adenocarcinoma were eligible. Treatment consisted of chemotherapy with gemcitabine 1,000 mg/m2 on days 1 and 8 and cisplatin 60 mg/m2 on day 1 every 3 weeks for two cycles, followed by chemoradiotherapy (50.4 Gy/28 fx) with weekly gemcitabine (300 mg/m2/wk), and then gemcitabine 1,000 mg/m2 on days 1 and 8 every 3 weeks for four cycles. The primary endpoint was 1-year disease-free survival rate. The secondary endpoints were disease-free survival, overall survival, and safety.Results Seventy-four patients were enrolled. One-year disease-free survival rate was 57.9%. Median disease-free and overall survival were 15.0 months (95% confidence interval [CI], 11.6 to 18.4) and 33.0 months (95% CI, 21.8 to 44.2), respectively. At the median follow-up of 32 months, 57 patients (77.0%) had recurrence including 11 patients whose recurrence was during the adjuvant treatment. Most of the recurrences were systemic (52 patients). Stage at the time of diagnosis (70.0% in IIA, 51.2% in IIB, p=0.006) were significantly related with 1-year disease-free survival rate. Toxicities were generally tolerable, with 53 events of grade 3 or 4 hematologic toxicity and four patients with febrile neutropenia.Conclusion Adjuvant gemcitabine and cisplatin chemotherapy followed by chemoradiotherapy with gemcitabine and maintenance gemcitabine showed efficacy and good tolerability in curatively resected pancreatic cancer.
О равномерной сходимости по Принсгейму двойных
тригонометрических рядов с редко меняющимися коэффициентами
Authors: Kolesnikov Victor Sergeevich
Published: December 2020

Находятся условия (в частности, на порядок убывания коэффициентов)
для равномерной сходимости по Принсгейму двойных тригонометрических
рядов с редко меняющимися коэффициентами.
Библиография: 4 названия.
Mice Pups Breastfed by Foster Mothers Whose Breast Milk Contains Plasmodium falciparum Recombinant SE36 Antigen Develop Specific Antibodies
Authors: Njoroge Margaret Mendi , Irungu Mwangi Victor , Owalla Tonny Jimmy , Ozwara Hastings , Egwang Thomas G.
Published: December 2020

Intranasal instillation of SE36, a malaria vaccine candidate antigen, in lactating BALB/c strain (derived from the Bagg and albino laboratory inbred mice) female mice resulted in the appearance of the antigen in breast milk as demonstrated by sandwich ELISA and Western blot. Pups born of immunologically naive mice and breastfed on lactating foster mothers exposed intranasally to SE36 developed IgG anti-SE36 antibodies. These data demonstrate that maternal immunization in mice by this route in lactating mothers can result in active immunization of offspring via ingestion of breast milk containing antigen. If confirmed in a nonhuman primate model and in human subjects, this strategy might be transformative for vaccination against malaria and other infant killer infectious diseases.
The Dynamics of Research of Instrumental Traditional Music at the Institute of Ethnomusicology at the Scientific Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts in Past and Present
Authors: Turk Teja
Published: December 2020

The article presents the research of instrumental traditional music in the Slovenian space carried out by associates of the ZRC SAZU Institute of Ethnomusicology. It examines the audio resources available for the research of instrumental traditional music practices, as well as the orientations that have had an impact on the interpretation of the collected and analysed material.
Contemporary Musicology and the Study of Musical Practices in Slovenia
Authors: Barbo Matjaž
Published: December 2020

Musicology in Slovenia is gradually evolving from a historiographical discipline into a system of intersecting research in the fields of reception history, institutional history, structural and genre analysis, acoustics, critical reflection, semiological analysis, hermeneutical reflection and epistemology. The discontinuities and inhomogeneities we perceive today can even be understood as one of the modes of contemporary musicology.
In Search of Maribor’s Musical Legacy
Authors: Ivec Anja
Published: December 2020

The article presents an overview of the literature on Maribor’s music history from the thirteenth  century to the present day and highlights the problem of the organised archive material of various institutions. An analysis of current achievements reveals gaps in our knowledge of the sections of Maribor’s music history discussed to date and suggests areas for further research.
A retrospective epidemiological study of paediatric femoral fractures
Authors: Valaikaite Raimonda , Tabard-Fougère Anne , Steiger Christina , Samara Eleftheria , Dayer Romain , Ceroni Dimitri
Published: December 2020

BACKGROUND
Femoral fracture is a significant major trauma in children and adolescents, sometimes resulting in serious complications. This study aimed to determine the epidemiology of femoral fractures and to define associated injuries and mortality incidence in a pediatric population below 16 years old.

METHODS
The medical records of all patients with a femoral fracture treated in our hospital from 1997–2016 were reviewed retrospectively. Age, gender, mechanism of the trauma, month and season of fracture occurrence, fracture type, associated injuries, and mortality data were collected. Patients were divided into four age groups and compared.

RESULTS
The study included 348 children with 353 femoral fractures. The mean annual prevalence of femoral fracture during the study period was 22.7 per 100,000 children. Except for children less than 1 year old, most fractures occurred in male patients (69%), with a male-to-female ratio of 2.2:1. Road accidents were the most common mechanism at all ages. Femoral fractures were mainly due to low-energy trauma in neonates and infants, to road accidents and low-energy trauma in preschool children, to sports accidents in school-age children, and to road traffic accidents in teenagers. February was the month with the most occurrences of femoral fractures. Winter was the peak season for femoral fractures in children aged <1 year and 6–11 years (37.8% and 46.4% of fractures respectively), whereas autumn was the most common season (29.5%) for preschool children and spring (31.1%) the most common in the teenagers group. Diaphyseal fractures were the most commonly reported lesions in all four age groups, representing 72.3% of all fractures. Only 18 fractures were open (5.1%). Eighty-eight patients (25.3%) presented with associated injuries at admission, 12 presented with Waddell’s triad of injuries, and the mortality rate was calculated to be 1.1% (four cases).

CONCLUSION
The circumstances of injury and the seasonality of femoral fractures differed significantly depending on the children’s ages. Moreover, the morbidity of femoral fractures in children was closely correlated with associated injuries. (Level of evidence: Level III)
37-year incidence and mortality time trends of common cancer types by sex, age, and stage in the canton of Zurich
Authors: Wanner Miriam , Matthes Katarina Luise , Karavasiloglou Nena , Limam Manuela , Korol Dimitri , Rohrmann Sabine
Published: December 2020

AIMS OF THE STUDY
The Cancer Registry Zurich, Zug, Schaffhausen and Schwyz is one of the oldest cancer registries in Switzerland, first registering tumours in 1980 for the canton of Zurich. The aim of this study was to analyse trends in incidence and mortality for the most common types of cancer in the canton of Zurich from 1981 to 2017.

METHODS
In this analysis of population-based cancer registry data, we included malignant tumours of the breast (ICD10 C50), prostate (C61), colon/rectum (C18–C21), lung (C33–C34), and melanoma (C43), diagnosed between 1981 and 2017. Age-standardised incidence and mortality rates per 100,000 person-years were computed using the 1976 European Standard Population. Incidence and mortality time trends were assessed using joinpoint regression analysis.

RESULTS
In men, incidence for prostate cancer and melanoma increased over the study period, while it decreased for colon/rectum and lung cancer. A joinpoint for prostate cancer indicated the start of a decreasing trend in 2002. In women, incidence increased for breast cancer, lung cancer and melanoma; no trend was observed for colon/rectum cancer. Cancer mortality decreased for prostate, colon/rectum and lung cancer in men, with no clear trend for melanoma. In women, mortality decreased for breast cancer, colon/rectum cancer and melanoma, but increased for lung cancer.

CONCLUSIONS
The overall increasing incidence trends for prostate and breast cancer, as well as for melanoma, are in line with data from other Western countries. While lung cancer incidence is decreasing in men, it is still on the rise in women. Despite increasing incidence rates, mortality rates are decreasing for all localisations except for lung cancer in women. The opposite direction of incidence and mortality curves is probably mostly due to better and more effective treatment options, as well as earlier detection.
Isolation and Characterization of Fifteen Microsatellite Loci for the Use in Breeding of Gmelina arborea Roxb. (Lamiaceae)
Authors: Rocha Oscar , Méndez-Álvarez Dawa , Rojas Parajeles Fabiana , Murillo Gamboa Olman
Published: December 2020

Gmelina arborea (melina) is a valuable tree species throughout tropical areas, and there are extensive commercial plantations of this species in Southeast Asia, West Africa, and Latin America. As part of a research program for the genetic improvement and management of G. arborea at Instituto Tecn´ologico de Costa Rica, we developed, validated, and optimized ﬁfteen microsatellite loci. We used 23 clones belonging to ﬁve different companies currently using clonal selection to manage their commercial plantations. Our results showed that all ﬁfteen loci were polymorphic and together had 75 alleles (2-7 alleles/locus). We also found that eleven loci showed lower heterozygosity than expected under Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium (HWE). We calculated the genetic similarity among all clone pairs using the number of shared alleles to examine the potential of these loci for clone discrimination. Overall, pairwise similarity among clones ranged from 0.36 to 0.83, and our ﬁndings also showed that clones from the same commercial plantation tended to be more similar to each other than to clones from other plantations. These microsatellite loci will contribute toward the characterization of the genetic diversity, the identiﬁcation of elite clone lines for timber production, and breeding and adequate management of commercial plantations of G. arborea.
Comparison Study Between Neural STSM and ANFIS-STSM Method in DPC Control Scheme of DFIG-based Dual-rotor Wind Turbines
Authors: Habib Benbouhenni , Zinelaabidine Boudjema , Abdelkader Belidi
Published: December 2020

This work presents the comparison study between neural super-twisting sliding mode control (NSTSM) and adaptive-network-based fuzzy inference system-STSM (ANFIS-STSM) algorithm of the doubly fed induction generator (DFIG) controlled by direct power control (DPC). The mathematical model of the three-phase DFIG has been described. The descriptions of the DPC strategy, NSTSM and the ANFIS-STSM algorithm have been presented. The DPC strategy with NSTSM and ANFIS-STSM has been described. The simulation studies of the DPC strategy with intelligent STSM algorithms have been performed, and the results of these studies are presented and discussed.
Metaheuristic Techniques in Optimizing Traffic Control Lights: A Systematic Review
Authors: Abu-Shawish Israa , Ghunaim Sara , Nassif Ali Bou , Azzeh Mohammad
Published: December 2020

Traffic congestion is a serious problem on every roadway and streets in many cities around the world. This systematic review is devoted to analyze research papers that deal with the optimization of traffic signal timing. The main objective of such optimization is maximizing the number of the vehicles leaving the network in a given period of time. This will lead to enhancing the performance of the road system. In this work, we researched the most recent metaheuristic optimized traffic light control techniques. It was shown that integrating optimization techniques in the field of traffic lights control had a great impact on the performance of traffic monitoring. During our research, we found that the most used method was the Genetic Algorithm (GA).
Elasto-Damage Constitutive Modelling of Recycled Aggregate Concrete
Authors: Khan Asad-ur-Rehman , Khalid Fatima , Fareed Shamsoon
Published: December 2020

Use of recycled aggregates in concrete has proved to be beneficial in attaining sustainable construction without compromising overall material and structural performance when compared with concrete containing natural aggregates. However, use of the recycled aggregates in concrete have resulted in reduction in compressive and tensile strengths with the recycled aggregates percentage increase in concrete. Furthermore, it is important to note that most of the finite element software used in the construction industry use concrete model derived from the test results of the conventional concrete, therefore, they may not always predict safe solution for recycled aggregates concrete (RAC). Therefore, in this investigation elasto-damage, proposed by Khan and Zahra, for natural aggregate concrete (NAC) was modified to incorporate the influence of recycled aggregates on the behaviour of concrete. Model use four parameters α, β, γ critical energy release rate (Rc) to predict the behaviour of recycled aggregate concrete for multi axial stress states. Parameters α, β and γ are used to predict the different behavior of concrete in tension and compression while Rc controls the damage growth rate. These parameters are defined as a function of concrete compressive strength (fc/) and its initial elastic modulus (Eo). Existing test results for uniaxial compressive state of stress were used to validate this model and it was found that it predicts better post cracking and post peak-behaviour of RAC as compared to the commercially available models for conventional concrete
Vasyl Kapustyan (1942–2020) of blessed memory
Authors: Gaidarzhy Marina , Kolomiychuk Vitaliy , Nikitina Vira , Belemets Natalia
Published: December 2020

The article represents the scientific achievements and work of a Ukrainian botanist, candidate of agricultural sciences, director of the O.V. Fomin Botanical Garden (1987–2006, 2008–2012), Vasyl Kapustyan, who died on August 19, 2020, after a long illness.Vasyl Kapustyan was born on July 24, 1942. In 1965 he graduated from the Ukrainian Agricultural Academy, and in 1972 received the degree of candidate of agricultural sciences. Since 1974, the work of Vasyl Kapustyan was associated with the O.V. Fomin Botanical Garden, where he served in 1975–1987 as deputy director and head of the sector of tropical and subtropical plants, in 1987–1997 – as director and head of the sector of tropical and subtropical plants, and from 1997 – exclusively as director of the Botanical Garden.The scientific work of Vasyl Kapustyan was related to the introduction of tropical and subtropical plants, their conservation, and rational use. He was the author of over 80 scientific articles and monographs, the last of which was dedicated to the 180th anniversary of the botanical garden. Since the founding of the series “Introduction and Conservation of Plant Diversity” of the “Bulletin of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv”, Vasyl Kapustyan was its editor-in-chief. He was also a member of the Academic Councils of Kyiv University and Faculty of Biology, chairman of the Academic Council of the Botanical Garden, a member of the Bureau of the Council of Botanical Gardens of Ukraine, and a member of the editorial board of the international scientific journal “Plant Introduction”. He was the founder and scientific director of the Museum of the Botanical Garden History, which opened in 2004.
Drenaje ácido de minas y su influencia en ecosistemas asociados al yacimiento Santa Lucía, Cuba.
Authors: Gallardo Martínez Damaris , Bruguera Amarán Noel , Díaz Duque José Antonio , Cabrera Díaz Ileana
Published: December 2020

En las actividades mineras realizadas en yacimientos sulfurosos ocurren procesos que inciden en los ecosistemas. El presente trabajo tuvo como objetivo evaluar el comportamiento de los impactos negativos provocados por el drenaje ácido de minas en el medio ambiente, tomándose como caso de estudio al yacimiento Santa Lucía del municipio Minas de Matahambre, Pinar del Río, Cuba. Las muestras fueron tomadas en la cantera abierta del yacimiento, la salida del antiguo socavón y los escurrimientos superficiales provenientes de la mina, que drenan al río Santa Lucía. Se realizó una valoración de las causas y los mecanismos de formación del drenaje ácido de minas. Se determinó su incidencia negativa en el deterioro de los ecosistemas asociados a la explotación de esos yacimientos, y se le identificó como la causa fundamental de contaminación por metales pesados en el yacimiento objeto de estudio, debido a la oxidación biótica y abiótica de los sulfuros. A partir de los impactos identificados, se diseñó el mecanismo de formación del drenaje ácido de minas en los ecosistemas. Las alternativas desarrolladas para la neutralización y tratamiento del drenaje ácido de minas, en el yacimiento Santa Lucía, son una propuesta de gestión responsable para los tomadores de decisiones.
recurso agua en punta Colorada, zona de interés para el sector turístico en Cuba.
Authors: Aldana Vilas Carlos , Balado Piedra Evelio , Corvea Porras José Luis
Published: December 2020

La investigación tuvo como objetivo evaluar el recurso agua como elemento clave en una zona de alto potencial turístico, identificada para el desarrollo de un proyecto en la modalidad de golf y marina, el cual implica a punta Colorada en su primera fase. Considerando la distribución, la dinámica y la calidad del agua en el ámbito superficial y subterráneo, se caracterizaron el medio físico del área de estudio y la zona de influencia. Mediante la revisión documental y el uso de las herramientas Flow accumulation de QGIS 2.18.5 y Watershed Maps de Surfer 11, a partir del modelo digital del terreno, se identificaron las direcciones de flujo y acumulación superficial, así como las cuencas locales y su orden de activación. En campaña de campo fueron muestreadas 42 estaciones de aguas terrestres con la medición de todos los parámetros geofísicos in situ y su posterior análisis de laboratorio. Los resultados confirmaron una estrecha relación entre drenaje superficial-humedales; la diferenciación de las lagunas interiores, según su mineralización, y de las aguas subterráneas, según su calidad química. Se concluye que las posibilidades de contaminación, alteración del drenaje y la calidad de las aguas constituyen impactos negativos de dicha inversión en el territorio.
Early Greek Cosmology: A Historiographical Review
Authors: Hetherington Norris S.
Published: December 2020

Early Greek cosmology has attracted much attention from classicists, historians, philosophers, and scientists, with each group bringing to the subject its own interests and biases. Purportedly authoritative reconstructions and analyses of ancient Greek cosmology exist in abundance, even though no philosophical writings of the Presocratic period, circa 600 to 400 BC, have survived. The Greeks’ attempt to explain celestial phenomena in natural terms and to avoid supernatural or divine intervention is a common theme linking many otherwise disparate scholarly studies. A frequent point of dispute involves the degree to which ancient ideas are to be judged in the context of modern science.
Kepler’s Tertius Interveniens
Authors: Negus Ken
Published: December 2020

Tertius Interveniens, written in 1610, is one of Kepler's most powerful and passionate treatises on astrology, written as a defence of the subject against extremists on both sides, on the one hand those who would condemn astrology altogether, and on the other those who accepted everything said and done in its name, no matter how preposterous. Hence he is the ‘third party intervening’, as indicated by the title.
Belief in Astrology: a social-psychological analysis
Authors: Bauer Martin , Durant John
Published: December 2020

Social scientists have suggested several different hypotheses to account for the prevalence of belief in astrology among certain sections of the public in modern times. It has been proposed: (1) that as an elaborate and systematic belief system, astrology is attractive to people with intermediate levels of scientific knowledge [the superficial knowledge hypothesis]; (2) that belief in astrology reflects a kind of 'metaphysical unrest' that is to be found amongst those with a religious orientation but little or no integration into the structures of organized religion, perhaps as a result of 'social disintegration' consequent upon the collapse of community or upon social mobility [the metaphysical unrest hypothesis]; and (3) that belief in astrology is prevalent amongst those with an 'authoritarian character' [authoritarian personality hypothesis]. The paper tests these hypotheses against the results of British survey data from 1988. The evidence appears to support variants of hypotheses (1) and (2), but not hypothesis (3). It is proposed that serious interest or involvement in astrology is not primarily the result of a lack of scientific knowledge or understanding; rather, it is a compensatory activity with considerable attractions to segments of the population whose social world is labile or transitional; belief in astrology may be an indicator of the disintegration of community and its concomitant uncertainties and anxieties. Paradoxical as it may appear, astrology may be part and parcel of late modernity.
Sigmund Freud’s Investigation of Astrology
Authors: Campion Nicholas
Published: December 2020

Following the First World War there was an increase in the use of psychics and clairvoyants as the bereaved attempted to contact their dead relations. Sigmund Freud saw this as a dangerous development and in 1921 set out to study it. As part of this he considered the visit of one of his patients to an astrologer, placing the incident in its historical context, looking at the causes and possible consequences of the occult boom.
Manuel I Komnenos and Michael Glykas: A Twelfth-Century Defence and Refutation of Astrology
Authors: George Demetra
Published: December 2020

Manuel Komnenos I, Emperor of the Byzantine Empire, composed a defence of astrology to the Church Fathers, in which he asserted that this discipline was compatible with Christian doctrine. Theologian Michael Glykas, possibly imprisoned and blinded by Manuel for political sedition, refuted this defence, claiming that the astrological art was heretical. This is the first time that this exchange of treatises has been translated into any language since their composition in the twelfth-century. The introduction sets these works into their historical framework, a time when the belief in the validity of astrology was held by some of the best scholars of this century as a result of the flood of Arabic astrological translations coming into the Latin West and Greek East. The writings of these two antagonists precipitated anew in mediaeval thought the problem of the correct relationship between man, the celestial bodies and God who dwelled in Heaven.
Galileo's Letter to Piero Dini, Rome 21 May 1611 _______________________________________
Authors: Edwards Michael
Published: December 2020

On the publication of Sidereus Nuncius the British Ambassador Sir Henry Wotton sent a letter to King James about the discovery of four 'new planets' revolving around Jupiter, enclosing a copy of the book. He added that the new little planets would affect Jupiter's perceived astrological influence: 'For the virtue of the new planets must needs vary the Judicial part'.[1] A year later, a query on this matter was put to Galileo by his friend at the Vatican, Piero Dini: if the Stella Medici really existed, how could one ascertain their influence? His reply is here translated into English, for the first time ever. This is the only Galileo letter which we present unabridged - not least because of its eloquent and poetic passages, about the qualities of things. Galileo's affirmation that the new stars do really exist appears here as inseparable from his averring that they must also, like Jupiter, exert an influence. The one theme moves seamlessly into the other, or rather they are for him one and the same issue. He also proposes what could be the first program for astrological research: from past case-histories, by scrutinising the configuration of the little Jupiter-moons, one should in principle be able to ascertain how they work. He here disagreed with Kepler. In his letter to Galileo of 1610, the Imperial Mathematician had expressed the view that, because the new moons did not depart appreciably from the side of Jupiter, viewed from Earth, therefore they could not exert any 'influence' - and they must exist purely for the benefit of the inhabitants of Jupiter! For comparison, a brief citation from the Kepler letter is made at the end [2]. Galileo wanted to avoid conjecture and speculation, which could be why he never replied to Kepler.
The Dragon of the Eclipses—A Note
Authors: van der Sluijs Marinus Anthony
Published: December 2020

The astrological concept of the ‘dragon of the lunar nodes’, responsible for eclipses of the sun and the moon, may have derived from a combination of ideas prevailing in Late Antiquity with respect to the ourobóros or ‘tail-biting serpent’—that it constituted a ring of darkness, that it was bent around the sun and that it was positioned on the ecliptic band. Various Mithraic, astrological and alchemical images of celestial dragons appear to represent this aspect of the dragon.
The Tokugawa Shoguns and Onmyōdō
Authors: Makoto Hayashi
Published: December 2020

Onmyōdō was widely disseminated in Japan from around the tenth century. Astronomy, calendar making, yin-yang practices, and the allotment of time were under the jurisdiction of the Onmyōryō (Ministry of Yin-Yang), but Onmyōdō soon developed from a yin-yang practice into religious practice. Onmyōdō rituals were created in Japan under the influence of kami worship, Buddhism, and Daoism. The study of Onmyōdō was initially focused on activities performed within the aristocratic society, but increasingly new research is being conducted on the relationship between the military government (bakufu) and Onmyōdō. The interest in political history has encouraged the study of the different ways in which the shoguns of the Kamakura, Muromachi and Edo periods have utilized yin-yang practitioners (onmyōji) and conducted rituals. Source evidence suggests that Tokugawa shoguns were not afraid of astronomical irregularities (with the one exception of the fifth Shogun). During the rule of Tsunayoshi, a new calendar, created by Shibukawa Shunkai, made it possible to predict solar and lunar eclipses more accurately, and consequently people were no longer afraid of these phenomena. At the same time, the Tsuchimikado family was given official sanction to control the onmyōji of all provinces.
The Development of an Astrological Term – from Greek hairesis to Arabic ḥayyiz
Authors: Bezza Guiseppe
Published: December 2020

The purpose of this paper is to present the history of an astrological technical term, hairesis in Greek and ḥayyiz in Arabic (often called ‘sect’ in English). Every scholar is fully aware of the importance and the necessity of a reliable lexicon of astrological terminology. Moreover, it is important to understand the meaning of these astrological terms, which are so numerous and manifold, within an historical context
Tycho Brahe's Geniture
Authors: Oestmann Günther
Published: December 2020

The paper deals with the astronomical contents of a horoscope for Tycho Brahe cast by himself. Two versions of the horoscope are extant in a manuscript written by Georg Ludwig Frobenius (1566-1645), who was an eminent astronomer and astrologer. Frobenius had stayed for a short time with Tycho on the island of Hven and belonged to the learned circle around Heinrich Rantzau, Danish governor of Schleswig and Holstein. Tycho's geniture can also be found in a collection of nativities compiled by Conrad Cellarius (1574-1636) in Tübingen.
Planetary Signification from the Second Century until the Present Day
Authors: Brockbank James
Published: December 2020

This paper surveys planetary meanings used by astrologers from the second century to the present day, and considers why those meanings have changed. It examines the rationalisation that astrologers have used to justify those meanings, and whether they have been successful. It argues that the planetary meanings used by astrologers are derived from the requirements of their practice and not from any rationalisation that might be used to justify those meanings.
Pemuridan Bagi Jemaat Penyandang Disabilitas
Authors: Teddywono Innawati
Published: December 2020

Abstrak

Gereja harus berperan aktif di dalam masyarakat dengan memberdayakan jemaatnya, tanpa kecuali kaum marjinal - penyandang disabilitas; yang seyogyanya mendapat hak dan kesempatan yang sama, serta perlakuan yang setara; diberdayakan dan terlibat dalam pelayanan gereja, memberi arti bagi kehidupan orang lain dan dirinya sendiri bagi kemuliaan Allah. Tidak dapat dipungkiri bahwa penyandang disabilitas mengalami diskriminasi dalam berbagai bidang kehidupan, tidak terkecuali, juga di dalam pelayanan gereja. Metode penelitian yang digunakan kualitatif; melakukan observasi, wawancara terfokus dan wawancara terpilih terhadap informan yang terpilih secara mendalam dan terbuka. Tujuan penelitian adalah untuk menemukan model pemuridan bagi jemaat penyandang disabilitas di Gereja M Malang. Temuan hasil penelitian mengemukakan bahwa model pemuridan di gereja M Malang adalah kombinasi dari pembekalan melalui pengajaran nilai-nilai Kristen, pembinaan sikap, serta pemberdayaan jemaatnya. Gembala mengutamakan pemberdayaan dengan kegiatan mission trip sebagai model pemuridan bagi jemaat penyandang disabilitas.
Menjawab Persoalan tentang Imam Besar Abyatar dalam Markus 2:26: Sebuah Kritik Teks
Authors: Hardjosanjoto Pujianto , Jatmiko Bakhoh
Published: December 2020

ABSTRAK

Markus 2:26 menjadi salah satu teks yang banyak diperdebatkan. Poros persoalan dari teks ini berkisar pada akurasi narasi Yesus dengan fakta sejarah dalam Perjanjian Lama (1Sam. 21:1-6). Ketidaksesuian ini berimplikasi pada otoritas Kristologi dan Bibliologi dalam iman Kristen. Penelitian ini dilakukan untuk mengadakan penggalian teks tersebut untuk menjawab silang pendapat seputar ayat tersebut. Penulis menggunakan metodologi penelitian deskreptif kualitatif dengan pendekatan kritik tekstual. Pendekatan di dalam Analisa yang dilakukan terdiri dari kajian terhadap sejarah naskah, sejarah kepenulisan teks, serta untuk tata bahasa di dalam teks. Penelitian ini menemukan bahwa teks yang dibahas tidak mengandung kesalahan teks, maupun kekeliruan Yesus dalam mengutip kisah sejarah. Penyebutan nama Abyatar sebagai imam besar merupakan bagian dari budaya patristik dalam tradisi keimaman di Israel. Motif penggunaan nama Abyatar oleh Yesus sangat terkait dengan riwayat ketidaksetiaannya, yang membuatnya ditolak sebagai imam besar. Dengan demikian, otoritas Kristus dan Alkitab sebagai Firman Allah tidak dapat dibantah dengan menggunakan ayat ini.

 

Kata kunci :

Abyatar; Imam Besar; Markus 2:26

 

[1] Biblical Studies Press, The NET Bible First Edition; Bible. English. NET Bible (Biblical Studies Press, 2006; 2006), Mk 2:26.
Abrindo brechas
Authors: Barão Freire Vieira Victor , Oliveira Obliziner Pedro , Vaz Anita
Published: December 2020

Seguindo o trabalho do coletivo Margens Clínicas de atenção em saúde mental a uma população oprimida pela violência política e injustiça social, somos levados a questionar o ponto de intersecção entre o campo da saúde e o campo da justiça.  O artigo é desenvolvido a partir de uma crítica à justiça tradicional como meio puramente punitivista, desigual e que tem, como prioridade, a manutenção do capital e da propriedade privada. Considerando isto, apresentamos algumas formas alternativas mais comuns, como a Justiça Restaurativa, encontramos nelas boas diretrizes e contribuições para uma prática de justiça, mas também certas limitações. É sobre essas limitações que desenvolvemos uma pesquisa há um ano e meio e apresentamos aqui resultados parciais, no esforço de desenvolvimento de uma prática de justiça alternativa e comunitária que se utilize das discussões sobre o abolicionismo penal, de uma crítica materialista histórica do Estado e de contribuições de psicanálise implicada politicamente.
Desafios freireanos
Authors: Bezerra de  Castro Magalhães Silvana
Published: December 2020

O presente artigo é um ensaio teórico interdisciplinar, que se propõe a discutir as bases atuais da sociedade (anti) democrática brasileira e como esta engendra relações autoritárias e violentas. O contexto atual brasileiro tem sinalizado um quadro assustador marcado por relações violentas e antidemocráticas nos mais diversos setores sociais. Discute-se, a partir dessa problemática tão atual, os conceitos de democracia e sociedade democrática como base necessária para a construção de relações dialógicas na sociedade como um todo, e especificamente no contexto pedagógico educacional. Apresenta uma discussão a partir do pensamento freireano e suas amplas e pertinentes dimensões das relações dialógicas e antidialógicas que podem ser construídas na sociedade, em contraposição à relações baseadas na violência e nos silenciamentos de determinados setores sociais cada vez mais invisibilizados. Discute-se, em diálogo com outros autores, os conceitos de Liberdade, utopia e humanização como possibilidades de transformação e luta em tempos de violência e ódio.
As palavras da selva
Authors: Andrango Quisaguano Daysi Tatiana
Published: December 2020

Neste livro, os autores apresentam uma profunda avaliação psicossocial do impacto das explorações petroleiras e de seus efeitos sobre a vida das comunidades Amazônicas do Equador ao longo da operação da empresa Texaco. A obra, apresenta a luta histórica por respeito à natureza e às comunidades. Eles trazem um modelo de análise no território com trabalho de campo, conversando com cada um dos afetados e visitando os cenários de contaminação. O livro também argumenta as análises com revisão de documentação da época, com imagens, enquetes e depoimentos com uma perspectiva cronológica até 2009. Mas é necessário, pois, pensar que o enclave econômico pela exploração do petróleo tem consequências ao logo da vida. O livro analisou até 2009, mas no momento de escrever a resenha, as crises seguem com a mesma magnitude.