bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
DESAFIOS PERCEBIDOS POR ALUNOS SURDOS NO ENSINO DA DISCIPLINA DE CONTABILIDADE INTRODUTÓRIA NOS CURSOS DE CIÊNCIAS CONTÁBEIS E ADMINISTRAÇÃO
Authors: Ribeiro Lages Santos Bianca , Costa Flaviano
Published: April 2021

Este estudo se propõe a investigar quais são os desafios percebidos pelos alunos surdos no ensino da disciplina de Contabilidade Introdutória nos cursos de Contabilidade e Administração. Trata-se de uma pesquisa qualitativa, que utilizou de entrevistas semiestruturadas com os dados examinados pela técnica de análise de conteúdo. Foi realizada entre março/2017 e março/2018, tendo como sujeitos alunos surdos. Está fundamentada na teoria histórico-cutural, nos pressupostos de Vigotsky (1989, 1991 e 1997). Como exemplos dos desafios identificados tem-se: [1] a barreira da linguagem; [2] a falta de conhecimento e de sensibilidade em relação à surdez; [3] a resistência com relação às adaptações possíveis de estratégias de ensino, de materiais e de utilização de recursos que facilitam a aprendizagem para alunos surdos; [4] a falta de sinais para representar os termos técnicos. Como contribuição traz sugestões para uma melhora no ensino de contabilidade nessa perspectiva da inclusão de surdos no ensino regular.
EFICIÊNCIA NA ALOCAÇÃO DOS RECURSOS PÚBLICOS DO PODER JUDICIÁRIO: UM ESTUDO NA 4ª REGIÃO FEDERAL
Authors: Dal Bem Venturini Lauren , Souza Ângela Rozane Leal de , Bianchi Márcia
Published: April 2021

O estudo analisa a eficiência na alocação dos recursos públicos do Poder Judiciário, na 4ª Região Federal (Tribunal Regional Federal da 4ª Região – TRF4; Rio Grande do Sul - SJRS; Santa Catarina - SJSC; e Paraná - SJPR), no período de 2013 a 2019. Apurou-se a eficiência padrão, invertida, composta e normalizada, nos modelos Constant Returns to Scale (CCR) e Variable Returns to Scale (BCC), ambos com orientação a input e output, por meio da Análise Envoltória de Dados (DEA), utilizando cinco inputs e um output. Os resultados revelaram na eficiência padrão pela DEA BCC, dez combinações ótimas na orientação a inputs e a outputs, que servem de benchmarks para as ineficientes. Na fronteira normalizada pelo CCR, SJRS, em 2019, alcançou a eficiência em inputs e outputs, e pelo BCC a outputs. Já, pelo BCC a insumos, foi SJSC em 2018. Na fronteira invertida as unidades judiciárias avaliadas foram eficientes em, no mínimo, uma vez, enquanto que na composta todas foram ineficientes. De forma geral, o TRF4 teve os melhores scores e o SJPR não atingiu a fronteira de eficiência nenhuma vez. Ainda, a unidade judiciária que julgou a maior quantidade de processos foi a mais eficiente. Contudo, essa associação não permaneceu constante nas demais avaliações do score de eficiência versus montante de processos julgados, de modo que eficiência, na esfera judiciária, não implica somente relação de mais processos julgados e, sim potencialização da utilização dos recursos. Assim, o estudo contribui na identificação dos insumos que podem ser reduzidos e os produtos que podem ser aumentados.
DESEMPENHO ACADÊMICO E CARACTERÍSTICAS SOCIODEMOGRÁFICAS, COMPORTAMENTAIS, PSICOLÓGICAS E DE FORMAÇÃO DOCENTE: ANÁLISE DE ALUNOS PORTUGUESES DA ÁREA DE NEGÓCIOS
Authors: Cunha dos Santos Márcia Juliana da , Vilhena Estela Maria dos Santos Ramos , Antonelli Ricardo Adriano , Meurer Alison Martins
Published: April 2021

Cabe às Instituições de Ensino Superior a responsabilidade pela qualificação de alto nível e a difusão do conhecimento tecnológico e científico aos seus estudantes para que, após o percurso acadêmico, atendam as expectativas profissionais, sociais e acadêmicas. Com isso, esta investigação teve como objetivo analisar a relação entre variáveis sociodemográficas, comportamentais, psicológicas e de formação docente com o desempenho acadêmico de universitários do Ensino Superior português da área de negócios. A população compreende os alunos dos cursos da área de negócios da Escola de Gestão do IPCA em Portugal. Os dados foram coletados por meio de levantamento com a aplicação de uma survey ano de 2017 (n = 188) e os dados secundários foram fornecidos pelos serviços acadêmicos da instituição (N = 435). Nas análises estatísticas foram utilizadas as técnicas de regressão linear múltipla e a path analysis. Os resultados das regressões lineares múltiplas indicaram que o desempenho acadêmico é explicado pela: nota de ingresso no ensino superior; facilidade em cálculos matemáticos; facilidade em interpretação de texto; horas de sono; horas de estudo extraclasse; nível de formação acadêmica do professor; e faltas. A path analysis indicou que o desempenho acadêmico também é explicado indiretamente pela: autoeficácia, otimismo e autoestima. Os resultados desta pesquisa pretendem contribuir proativamente com a gestão acadêmica, auxiliando no desenho de estratégias que visem a melhoria dos processos educacionais e, consequentemente, um maior desempenho acadêmico.
CONSTRUÇÃO DE UM INSTRUMENTO DE MEDIDA DA GOVERNANÇA NA EDUCAÇÃO BÁSICA DO BRASIL
Authors: Soares Furtado Oliveira Anderson , Nunes André , Guerra Mariana
Published: April 2021

Com foco na governança aplicada à educação básica, mais especificamente ao processo de governança educacional, o presente estudo descreve a criação de um instrumento de avaliação da educação brasileira. Baseado no modelo Governance Analytical Framework [GAF] de Hufty (2011), e na metodologia de Pasquali (2009) para construção e validação de instrumento de avaliação, a presente pesquisa envolveu: (i) a delimitação do objeto e atributos medidos pelo instrumento; (ii) a definição constitutiva e a definição operacional do construto “governança educacional”; (iii) elaboração dos itens; e (iv) análise teórica dos itens. Consideraram-se a revisão da literatura e a análise da legislação pertinente, para elaborar a definição constitutiva do construto a ser medido no instrumento. Posteriormente, realizou-se (i) a análise teórica dos itens, por meio de entrevistas a grupos focais, e (ii) a aplicação do instrumento-piloto, sendo consolidada a versão final em 25 itens de avaliação. Considerando a exiguidade de pesquisas empíricas sobre governança nos sistemas de educação básica, principalmente no Brasil, o presente estudo traz válidas contribuições teóricas e práticas para esse campo de investigação. Especialmente, o instrumento proposto pode ser utilizado, após validação empírica por análise fatorial, para construção de indicadores globais dos Objetivos de Desenvolvimento Sustentável [ODS], em especial do ODS nº 4.
A novel network aligner for the analysis of multiple protein-protein interaction networks
Authors: Chen Jing , Huang Jia
Published: April 2021

The analysis of protein-protein interaction networks can transfer the knowledge of well-studied biological functions to functions that are not yet adequately investigated by constructing networks and extracting similar network structures in different species. Multiple network alignment can be used to find similar regions among multiple networks. In this paper, we introduce Accurate Combined Clustering Multiple Network Alignment (ACCMNA), which is a new and accurate multiple network alignment algorithm. It uses both topology and sequence similarity information. First, the importance of all the nodes is calculated according to the network structures. Second, the seed-and-extend framework is used to conduct an iterative search. In each iteration, a clustering method is combined to generate the alignment. Extensive experimental results show that ACCMNA outperformed the state-of-the-art algorithms in producing functionally consistent and topological conservation alignments within an acceptable running time.
Background modeling from video sequences via online motion-aware RPCA
Authors: Weiyao Xu , Ting Xia , Changqiang Jing
Published: April 2021

Background modeling of video frame sequences is a prerequisite for computer vision applications. Robust principal component analysis(RPCA), which aims to recover low rank matrix in applications of data mining and machine learning, has shown improved background modeling performance. Unfortunately, The traditional RPCA method considers the batch recovery of low rank matrix of all samples, which leads to higher storage cost. This paper proposes a novel online motion-aware RPCA algorithm, named OM-RPCAT, which adopt truncated nuclear norm regularization as an approximation method for of low rank constraint. And then, Two methods are employed to obtain the motion estimation matrix, the optical flow and the frame selection, which are merged into the data items to separate the foreground and background. Finally, an efficient alternating optimization algorithm is designed in an online manner. Experimental evaluations of challenging sequences demonstrate promising results over state-of-the-art methods in online application.
Reduction of automata in labyrinths and universal traps
Authors: Kilibarda Goran
Published: April 2021

We consider the problem of searching labyrinths by
colletives of independent automata and show that for such
colletives it is possible to construct, by using reduction of automata, traps of various types even in the class of all finite mosaic labyrinths.
On estimates of deviation of conjugate functions from matrix operators of their Fourier series by some expressions with r-differences of the entries
Authors: Łenski Włodzimierz , Szal Bogdan
Published: April 2021

We extend the results of the authors from [Abstract and Applied Analysis,
Volume 2016, Article ID 9712878] to the case conjugate Fourier series.
Construction of metrics on the set of elliptic curves over a finite field
Authors: Hakuta Keisuke
Published: April 2021

We consider metrics on the set of elliptic curves in short Weierstrass form
over a finite field of characteristic greater than three. The metrics have
been first found by Mishra and Gupta (2008). Vetro (2011) constructs other
metrics which are independent on the choice of a generator of the
multiplicative group of the underlying finite field, whereas the metrics
found by Mishra and Gupta, are dependent on the choice of a generator of the
multiplicative group of the underlying finite field. Hakuta (2015, 2018)
constructs metrics on the set of non-supersingular elliptic curves in
shortWeierstrass form over a finite field of characteristic two and three,
respectively. The aim of this paper is to point out that the metric found by
Mishra and Gupta is in fact not a metric. We also construct new metrics
which are slightly modified versions of the metric found by Mishra and
Gupta.
Predicting the mandibular growth spurt:
Authors: Franchi Lorenzo , Nieri Michele , Lomonaco Irene , McNamara James A. , Giuntini Veronica
Published: April 2021

Objectives

To develop a prediction model that combined information derived from chronological age, sex, and the cervical vertebral maturation (CVM) method to predict the pubertal spurt in mandibular growth.

Materials and Methods

A total of 50 subjects (29 females, 21 males) were selected from the American Association of Orthodontists Foundation Craniofacial Growth Legacy Collection, the University of Michigan Growth Study, and the Denver Child Growth study. A total of 456 lateral cephalograms were analyzed, and a multilevel logistic model was applied. The outcome variable was the presence or absence of the mandibular pubertal growth peak. The predictive variables were chronological age up to the third order, sex, presence or absence of CS 3 interactions between age and sex, age and CS 3, sex and CS 3.

Results

The mean age ± standard deviation (SD) at the first cephalogram was 8.2 ± 0.5 years, whereas the mean age at the last cephalogram was 16.5 ± 1.1 years. The mean interval ± SD between two consecutive cephalograms was 1.0 ± 0.1 years. The mean age ± SD at the lateral cephalogram obtained immediately before the mandibular pubertal growth peak was 12.1 ± 1.1 years for females and 13.2 ± 0.8 years for males. The greatest increase in mandibular length occurred after CS 3 in 78% of the subjects. The presence of CS 3, age, second-order age, sex, and the interaction between age and sex were all statistically significant predictors of the mandibular pubertal growth spurt.

Conclusions

CS 3, chronological age, and sex can be used jointly to predict the pubertal peak in mandibular growth.
Izmenenie torka frontal'nyh zubov s ocenkoj tolshchiny kostnoj tkani na konusno-luchevom komp'yuternom tomografe
Authors: Копецкий И. С. , Месхия Н. Г. , Копецкая А. И. , Еремин Д. А. , Орехова Д. Д.
Published: April 2021

Izmeneniya vestibulo-oral'nogo polozheniya frontal'nyh zubov (torka) — vazhnyj etap v ortodonticheskom lechenii. Dlya naibolee tochnoj diagnostiki, obespechivayushchej vrachu-ortodontu bezopasnoe peremeshchenie i izmenenie naklona frontal'noj gruppy zubov, rekomendovano ispol'zovat' konusnoluchevuyu komp'yuternuyu tomografiyu. Dannaya metodika pozvolyaet ocenit' tolshchinu kostnoj tkani na razlichnyh urovnyah kornya issleduemogo zuba, izmerit' dlinu kornej frontal'nyh zubov, opredelit' naklon i polozhenie rezcov. Cel'yu issledovaniya bylo s pomoshch'yu komp'yuternyh tomogramm pacientov s patologicheskimi i fiziologicheskimi naklonami zubov provesti analiz tolshchiny kostnoj tkani i razrabotat' universal'nuyu tablicu, ispol'zovanie kotoroj dast vrachu-ortodontu svedeniya o neobhodimoj tolshchine kostnoj tkani v razlichnyh segmentah kornya pri izmenenii vestibulooral'nogo naklona. Ispol'zuya dannuyu tablicu, vrach mozhet ocenit' vozmozhnost' zaplanirovannogo peremeshcheniya zuba pri izmenenii torka, prinyav vo vnimanie zony kriticheskogo deficita kosti, chto obespechit bezopasnoe peremeshcheniya zuba, stabil'nuyu retenciyu i blagopriyatnyj iskhod ortodonticheskogo lecheniya.
Rasprostranennost' faktorov riska narusheniya zdorov'ya i emocional'nogo blagopoluchiya uchitelej v usloviyah distancionnogo obucheniya
Authors: Милушкина О. Ю. , Жуков О. Ф. , Луканова О. В. , Маркелова С. В. , Скоблина Н. А.
Published: April 2021

Distancionnoe obuchenie (DO) izmenilo rezhim truda i otdyha uchitelej, uvelichilo riski narusheniya sostoyaniya ih zdorov'ya i nastupleniya emocional'nogo vygoraniya (EV). Cel'yu issledovaniya bylo izuchit' rasprostranennost' faktorov riska, vozdejstvuyushchih na zdorov'e i emocional'noe sostoyanie uchitelej v usloviyah provedeniya DO, i sub"ektivnuyu ocenku uchitelyami znachimosti etih faktorov. Provedeno anketirovanie uchitelej v period tradicionnogo obucheniya (TO) (n = 224) i DO (n = 619), antropometricheskoe obsledovanie 45 uchitelej v period TO i 72 uchitelej po zaversheniyu DO. Izucheno EV u 72 uchitelej s ispol'zovaniem oprosnika V. V. Bojko. Dlya statisticheskoj obrabotki ispol'zovali paket Statistica 13 PL, t-kriterij St'yudenta, kriterij χ2; dlya vyyavleniya vzaimosvyazi pokazatelej — regressionnyj analiz, raschet shansov vozniknoveniya effekta. Menee poloviny pedagogov informirovany o faktorah riska narusheniya zdorov'ya (nizkaya dvigatel'naya aktivnost' — 36,1%, neracional'noe pitanie — 29,2%, otsutstvie znanij po profilaktike zabolevanij — 6,9%). Posle zaversheniya DO tol'ko 30% uchitelej schitali sebya zdorovymi, 13,1% otmetili otsutstvie simptomov EV. Ustanovleno uvelichenie srednego znacheniya indeksa massy tela. SHansy razvitiya izbytka massy tela i ozhireniya u uchitelej, nedoocenivayushchih faktory riska razvitiya narushenij zdorov'ya i EV, v 2,3 raza vyshe (OSH = 0,40; 95% DI = 0,22–0,70). Pokazano vysokoe gigienicheskoe znachenie dvigatel'noj aktivnosti kak upravlyaemogo faktora riska narusheniya sostoyaniya zdorov'ya. Povyshenie informirovannosti uchitelej v voprosah zdorov'esberezheniya pozvolit sohranit' ih zdorov'e, predupredit' razvitie EV i povysit' effektivnost' professional'noj deyatel'nosti.
Ensino médio público no passado e no presente: visões de docentes de distintas gerações do Distrito Federal
Authors: Weller Wivian , Vilarins Cardoso da Silva Cilene
Published: April 2021

No ano em que Brasília comemora seus 60 anos e em que novas mudanças estão em vigor nas escolas de ensino médio em função da implementação da Lei nº 13.415/2017, faz-se necessário estabelecer um debate sobre os novos rumos do ensino médio no Distrito Federal e no País, sem esquecer o que já foi conquistado e o que a história pode nos ensinar. Nesse sentido, torna-se importante ouvir docentes de distintas gerações que atuaram ou ainda estão atuando em escolas de ensino médio, considerando que suas experiências na docência e na implementação de reformas desde a década de 1970 podem contribuir para o entendimento do ensino médio tanto no passado como no presente. Com base em grupos de discussão, o artigo analisa as orientações coletivas de distintas gerações de professores, levando em conta suas experiências passadas enquanto estudantes dessa etapa e suas visões a partir do momento em que se tornaram docentes. A particularidade deste estudo consiste em considerar as vozes de docentes que pertencem a gerações diversas, mas que coexistem no mesmo espaço e no mesmo tempo, o que gera por vezes conflitos e tensões e, em outros momentos, diálogos, compartilhamentos e aprendizados.
Writing Anxiety and Writing Performance: A Descriptive-Correlational Study of Grade 11 Students at Centro Escolar Integrated School Malolos
Authors: Cruz Edilberto Calayag
Published: April 2021

Using the descriptive-correlational approach, the researchers sought to establish a connection between writing anxiety and writing performance of Grade 11 students at Centro Escolar Integrated School in Malolos, Bulacan, Philippines. The results showed that majority of the respondents experience a “moderate” level of psychological symptoms of anxiety while experiencing “lack of focus,” and “fear of failure” which has the highest weighted average of among ten symptoms. In addition, no correlation was established between writing performance based on grades and level of anxiety based on physical and psychological symptoms of the respondents.
Hermeneutical Trajectories from the Third World: Aijaz Ahmad on Edward Said
Authors: Khare Stuti
Published: April 2021

Aijaz Ahmad has made serious critical interventions in Marxist and Postcolonialist readings of literature and culture. His book, In Theory: Classes, Nations, Literatures (1992) has made significant contribution to the postcolonial critical debates. It is a collection of critical articles with deliberations on postcolonial theory from different perspectives. In this book, one article on Edward Said discusses Said’s contribution to postcolonial discourse in the paradigm of Western influence on Eastern cultural narratives. Ahmad argues that Said’s critical writings on orientalism suffer from inconsistencies, overgeneralizations and selective applications. These methodological aberrations, Ahmad asserts, have shaped the trajectories of Said’s critical oeuvre. He criticizes Said for adopting western theoretical models for the cultural analysis and interpretations which are deeply immersed in the capitalist power structures. Ahmad accuses him of appropriating the western knowledge-structures for theorizing the Orient. His analysis of Said goes beyond the limits of critical debates as he questions Said’s vocation and space. He, in effect, considers Said an inauthentic critical voice. According to Ahmad, Said’s successful career in the West has rendered him incapable of a genuine engagement with the Orient. In this paper, I have attempted a critical re-reading of Ahmad’s arguments to suggest that Ahmad’s criticism of Said is intentionally provocative, seeking attention without engaging with Said’s theoretical perspectives in a comprehensive manner.
Secondary diseases of infectious and non-infectious origin in patients diagnosed with COVID-19
Authors: Goncharov Vitaly Viktorovich , Ugrovatov Mikhail Andreevich , Achmad Harun , Al Audah Nelly , Kishkina Mariya Andreevna
Published: April 2021

The article considers the features of the occurrence and course of secondary diseases of infectious and non-infectious genesis in patients with a diagnosis of COVID-19, and also examines individual clinical cases described in the literature. The author concludes that the results showed that major respiratory diseases, in particular COPD (chronical obstructive pulmonary disease) and smoking, are associated with severe COVID-19 outcomes. The results of this study can help policy makers, doctors and healthcare professionals in the front line to make evidence-based decisions and reduce the mortality and morbidity of this 21st century pandemic. Understanding the proportion of COVID-19 patients with acute respiratory bacterial co-infection and pathogens is critical for the treatment of COVID-19 patients and helps ensure responsible use of antibiotics and minimize the negative effects of overuse. In addition, this knowledge may have a significant impact on clarifying recommendations for empirical antibiotic therapy for patients with COVID-19.
Impact of aaker’s brand equity components on retail purchase intention
Authors: Pham Cuong Hung
Published: April 2021

Present research tried to examine the impact of Brand Equity components on Purchase intention in retail at Vietnam. In addition, the conceptual approach also suggested studying the relationship and effect of brand equity on Vietnam's retail buying intention. The research included an approximate 272 customers and their purchasing intentions were examined by various Vietnamese retail brands. Multiple regression and association analysis are used in this study to produce outcomes. Findings – Multiple regression research has shown that brand personality dimensions are powerful buying intentions predictors. Furthermore, the dimension of purchase intentions could have an immense influence on the dimensions of brand equity. The findings obtained about procurement intentions are vital as they can be used to define the areas of brand equity which seem to be the most relevant to explain customer likings.
Forming intercultural communication skills in students of non-language universities
Authors: Mizyurova Elvira Yu. , Rokityanskaya Kapitalina A. , Levchenko Galina V. , Tyurin Igor Yu. , Kusmartseva Elena V. , Gorbacheva Maria P.
Published: April 2021

The relevance of this article derives from the consideration of the problem of development of students’ intercultural communication skills under significant influence of the globalization process on the development of higher education system, especially in those universities where there is a rapid growth of the export of learning services. Foreign language is thought of as the main means of intercultural communication. The object of this paper is to analyze the process of formation of intercultural communication, modern value attitudes towards foreign culture and its bearers among students with allowance for the reality of learning experiences in an agricultural university. The consideration of this issue made it possible to determine modern methods and forms of work in practical classes in a foreign language which will facilitate a solution to the problem. The authors of the article point out that industrial work placement abroad is an effective tool to develop intercultural communication skills. The role of a teacher is considered to be a key one in the formation of students’ intercultural communication skills.
Pre-trial agreement on cooperation in russia and abroad
Authors: Lukyanchikova Elena F. , Kripakova Dina R. , Potapov Vasily J. , Shlomina Valeria V. , Prokhorov Leonid A.
Published: April 2021

The article presents the results of a comparative legal analysis of the institute of pre-trial cooperation agreements in the criminal procedure legislation of foreign states. It is concluded that the specifics of the conclusion of this agreement and its subsequent implementation depend on the type of legal system and the nature of national criminal procedure legislation of each country. By its nature, the Russian institute of pre-trial cooperation agreement is similar to a number of conciliation procedures of the continental legal system, but it has distinctive features due to the peculiarities of domestic legislation.
Academic music of China
Authors: Xin Du
Published: April 2021

The objectives of the article are to reveal the level of students' awareness of the role of traditions in academic Chinese music, to reveal the attitude of students towards traditional Chinese music, and to present the results of empirical research. The research methodology is based others among methods: content analysis of scientific literature on the research topic; method of sociological survey and method of statistical analysis. An empirical research was carried out in the form of a survey of 3rd year students (bachelors) in three groups of 25 people each (the general sample consisted of 75 respondents). A special software had been used, a Neural Designer program - a tool for advanced analytics. Research materials include sources and data from student questionnaires. The main results of the study are students from the two experimental groups showed an increase in interest in the musical tradition of China and its implementation in modern academic music. After the experimental sessions, the motivation for learning increased from a low to a high level.
Artificial Intelligence: A Survey on Evolution and Future Trends
Authors: Mijwil Maad M. , Abttan Rana A.
Published: April 2021

Today, the world has heard a lot about artificial intelligence (AI) and its influence in accomplishing responsibilities, and it has become famous through films, series TV and social networking sites. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a combination of algorithms and techniques developed by developers and programmers to build metal bodies that can work for centuries with individuals. Despite the interest of everyone in this topic and its spread significantly, most people do not have adequate knowledge and understanding of this science. This science is considered as one of the essential topics in computer sciences and engineering. In this article, it has been decided to write an overview on the topic of artificial intelligence and understand how its ideas started and spread universally. In addition, there is a review of Expert Systems, Artificial Neural Networks, Fuzzy Logic, and AI applications in the medical field and power systems, especially in investigating lung images of people with COVID-19. The idea presented in this article is that the future will soon come when humans and machines will merge into cyborgs or cybernetic creatures, and they will work together when completing tasks. This idea is described as transhumanism.
Impact of regular consumption of the main Ivorian traditional foods on blood biochemical parameters and certain nutrition regulators: cases in growing rats (Rattus norvegicus)
Authors: Lunindjani Adou Koffi , Kadjo Vincent , Gbakayoro Jean Brice , Okon Abou Joel Ladry , Brou Kouakou
Published: April 2021

The aim of this work was to assess the impact of regular consumption of Ivorian traditional foods on growing wistar rats. Thus, a nutrition test was carried out with 40 rats divided into 5 groups of 8 rats. The rats in one batch were fed with an Ivorian traditional dish and the control rats ingested the control dish for 22 days. At the end of the experiment, biological examinations allowed us to assess the state of the body's functioning. The histopathology of the liver and kidney of the rats was performed. The blood sugar levels of the rats who consumed the Ivorian traditional dishes varied between 0.79 g / l (FFB / SC) and 0.89 g / l (FI / SNA) while that of the rats who consumed the reference dish was 0.87 g / l. The urea contents of the blood of the rats were between 0.22 and 0.26 g / l. They were identical to that of the control rats (0.26 g / l). The rats which consumed the traditional dishes had creatinine contents between 6.83 (FFB / SC) and 8 mg / l (FI / SNA) while the controls had a creatinine content of 7.83 mg / l. The uric acid contents of the rats fed with the Ivorian dishes varied between 22.5 and 26.0 mg / l while that of the control rats was 23.83 mg / l. The total cholesterol levels in the rats accustomed to Ivorian dishes were between 1.51 and 1.75 g / l while that of the rats having ingested the control dish was 1.69 g / l. The triglyceride values (0.84 to 1.02 g / l) were lower than that of the rats fed with the reference dish (1.05 g / l). Analysis of histopathological sections of the liver and of the kidney showed no organizational abnormalities of the tissues. The regular consumption of Ivorian local dishes ensures the proper functioning of the consumer's body.
La infancia en la prensa escrita en la última dictadura
Authors: Perelló Carolina
Published: April 2021

El artículo analiza publicaciones de periódicos comerciales de gran tirada alusivas a niños, niñas y adolescentes abandonados o en conflicto con la ley, correspondientes al mes de la promulgación de la Ley 22.278 (1980) que estableció el Régimen Penal de la Minoridad durante la última dictadura en Argentina, y sancionó la edad de punibilidad en 14 años. El trabajo aplica herramientas de Análisis del Discurso con el objetivo de indagar si, en este contexto político, los medios actuaron como portavoces de una demanda por un aumento del control social de la minoridad.
Activar la resistencia
Authors: Carod Natalia
Published: April 2021

Las producciones artísticas de carácter feminista, enmarcadas dentro del arte político, inscriben su politicidad no solo en el contenido, sino, también, en las estrategias plásticas de construcción de la imagen. Algunas de estas propuestas trabajan con objetos y materialidades cargados de significados y afectos que, atravesados por procedimientos estéticos, activan la resistencia. A partir de esto se considera que la dimensión simbólica de los objetos puestos en escena posibilita otros imaginarios sobre el deber ser femenino, y consigo otras corporalidades y sujetos sociales en el campo social. Para realizar dicho análisis se toman tres producciones artísticas de carácter feminista: la acción performática del colectivo Las Amandas (2019); la instalación artística Material descartable: Pared de perejiles (2000), de Ana Gallardo; y la obra La sin título (1999), de Argelia Bravo.
Esaú e Raquel sem a letra ‘e’, por Fulgêncio, o mitógrafo
Authors: Santos Júnior Cristóvão
Published: April 2021

Esta é a primeira tradução lipogramática do Livro V da De aetatibus mundi et hominis, o mais antigo lipograma atestável. Essa composição é atribuída a Fábio Plancíades Fulgêncio, mais conhecido como Mitógrafo, que seria um escritor africano pertencente à Antiguidade Tardia, tendo vivido entre os séculos V e VI. Note-se, ainda, que o texto tradutório proposto é realizado a partir da edição crítica estabelecida pelo filólogo latinista Rudolf Helm (1898). Nesta quinta seção da obra, Fulgêncio condena o pecado da inveja descrevendo poeticamente as narrativas bíblicas dos irmãos Esaú e Jacó e das irmãs Lia e Raquel sem empregar unidades lexicais que apresentem a letra ‘e’, o que foi mantido em nosso texto de chegada.
sobre el significado de ΜΟΥΣΙΚΗ en los comentarios sobre música de Filodemo
Authors: Castillo Adrian
Published: April 2021

El presente artículo explora la discusión en torno al concepto de mousiké conservada en los Comentarios sobre música de Filodemo de Gadara, principalmente la relación entre poesía y música tal como la conciben Filodemo y sus adversarios estoicos. Esa misma relación se explora también en los textos de Platón, señalando los vínculos entre la defensa del concepto de mousiké como un arte poético-musical y el proyecto de una educación a través de la música. Finalmente, se sugiere la existencia de una correspondance, hasta ahora no reconocida, entre la larga cita de las Leyes con la que concluye la primera parte de los Comentarios y la sección de la “réplica” en la que Filodemo aboga por un concepto de mousiké como un arte independiente de la poesía.
An Empirical Model For Validity And Verification Of Ai Behavior: Overcoming Ai Hazards In Neural Networks
Authors: Arslan Ayse K
Published: April 2021

Rapid progress in machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) has brought increasing attention to the potential impacts of AI technologies on society. This paper discusses hazards in machine learning systems, defined as unintended and harmful behavior that may emerge from poor design of real-world AI systems with a particular focus on ANN. The paper provides a review of previous work in these areas as well as suggesting research directions with a focus on relevance to cutting-edge AI systems with a focus on neural networks. Finally, the paper considers the high-level question of how to think most productively about the safety of forward-looking applications of AI.
The Nexus of Government Spending, Price, Output, and Money in the ECOWAS Sub-Region: Evidence from Panel ARDL and Causality Approach
Authors: Dada Matthew Abiodun , Posu Sunday Mauton A. , Okungbowa Osaretin Godspower , Abalaba Bamidele P.
Published: April 2021

The question of how macroeconomic variables dynamically interact is very crucial in any broad-based economic integration aiming at expanding economic growth and living standard in any human society. This study examined the nexus of government spending, price, output, and money in the ECOWAS sub-region using panel ARDL and causality approach. Data covering the period (1981–2019) were collected mainly from the latest version of the World Development Indicators. The result showed a positive relationship between government spending with GDP, import, exchange rate, unemployment rate, and population growth rate but a negative relationship between government spending with inflation, money supply, export, and interest rate. The result further showed short-run unidirectional causality running from government spending to inflation, money supply to inflation as well as money supply to GDP. Short-run bi-directional causality existed between GDP and inflation but none between government spending and GDP nor between government spending and money supply. The result of long-run Granger causality test showed bi-directional causality between government spending with inflation, government spending, and money supply; GDP and inflation; and GDP and money supply. Unidirectional causality ran from GDP to government spending; and money supply to inflation. The overall implication of this study established that an increase in government spending lowered inflation and raised the living standard of people in the ECOWAS sub-region in the long run. The study therefore concluded that any rise in import, unemployment rate, exchange rate, and population growth rate would raise government spending growth rate in the short run; and an increase in government spending would shrink inflation and boost economic growth and living standard in the long run.
The Short Grit Scale (GRIT-S) does not Relate to Acute Muscular Endurance Performance
Authors: Haischer Michael , Cooke Daniel , Carzoli Joseph , Johnson Trevor , Shipherd Amber , Zourdos Michael
Published: April 2021

Grit has been previously presented as a personality trait that reflects an individual’s perseverance of effort and consistency of interest for achieving their long-term goals. In resistance training this could mean that a “grittier” individual may perform more repetitions at a given intensity as they are better able to overcome metabolic and neuromuscular fatigue. Thus, the purpose of this study was to examine if grit was related to back squat muscular endurance performance. Fifty-eight resistance-trained males and females volunteered for participation (age = 23±3 yrs; body height = 172.53 ± 8.64 cm; body mass = 80.64 ± 6.49 kg). The grit of each participant was assessed via the Short Grit Scale (GRIT-S), and muscular endurance performance was tested via completion of a back squat set to volitional failure at 70% of the participant’s one-repetition maximum. Spearman rho or Pearson’s correlations, depending on normality, were used with 1000 bootstrapped replicate samples and revealed no relationship between GRIT-S scores (3.78 ± 0.52) and repetitions performed (14 ± 4) in a combined cohort of all 58 individuals (ρ = -0.051), males only (r = 0.057) or females only (ρ = -0.441). Supplementary investigation of the data also showed that the five “best” performers (i.e. the five individuals who performed the most repetitions) tended to have lower GRIT-S scores than the five “worst” performers. The results of the current study suggest that the GRIT-S has limited value in the context of muscular endurance performance. The skewed range of GRIT-S scores (2.75-5.0) observed in this investigation, also highlights the potential for social desirability to bias one’s self-perception of grit.
Solid Waste Characterization and Recycling Potential for Decan and Junik Municipality
Authors: Spahiu Mimoza Hyseni , Abazi Albona Shala , Panxhaj Mergim
Published: April 2021

Solid waste management is one of the most environmentally challenging issues in Kosovo. Still there is not full coverage with waste collection service, there are a lot of illegal dumpsites, very few recycling initiatives and so on. In the study, we have investigated waste generation per day, solid waste characterization and recycling potential in two municipalities of Kosovo – Decan and Junik. The data were collected during 10 days in different locations in order to cover the whole territory of both municipalities. Both municipalities generate almost the same amount of waste per capita/kg/day, have very similar waste characterization when half of the waste is biodegradable. Only by selling recycling type of waste to waste treatment companies both of the municipalities generate incomes that can be used to improve waste management in their territory. So, as far as these municipalities start with waste separation, better waste management will be within their territory.
privGAN: Protecting GANs from membership inference attacks at low cost to utility
Authors: Mukherjee Sumit , Xu Yixi , Trivedi Anusua , Patowary Nabajyoti , Ferres Juan L.
Published: April 2021

Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) have made releasing of synthetic images a viable approach to share data without releasing the original dataset. It has been shown that such synthetic data can be used for a variety of downstream tasks such as training classifiers that would otherwise require the original dataset to be shared. However, recent work has shown that the GAN models and their synthetically generated data can be used to infer the training set membership by an adversary who has access to the entire dataset and some auxiliary information. Current approaches to mitigate this problem (such as DPGAN [1]) lead to dramatically poorer generated sample quality than the original non–private GANs. Here we develop a new GAN architecture (privGAN), where the generator is trained not only to cheat the discriminator but also to defend membership inference attacks. The new mechanism is shown to empirically provide protection against this mode of attack while leading to negligible loss in downstream performances. In addition, our algorithm has been shown to explicitly prevent memorization of the training set, which explains why our protection is so effective. The main contributions of this paper are: i) we propose a novel GAN architecture that can generate synthetic data in a privacy preserving manner with minimal hyperparameter tuning and architecture selection, ii) we provide a theoretical understanding of the optimal solution of the privGAN loss function, iii) we empirically demonstrate the effectiveness of our model against several white and black–box attacks on several benchmark datasets, iv) we empirically demonstrate on three common benchmark datasets that synthetic images generated by privGAN lead to negligible loss in downstream performance when compared against non– private GANs. While we have focused on benchmarking privGAN exclusively on image datasets, the architecture of privGAN is not exclusive to image datasets and can be easily extended to other types of datasets. Repository link: https://github.com/microsoft/privGAN.
The Role of Privacy in Digitalization – Analyzing Perspectives of German Farmers
Authors: Linsner Sebastian , Kuntke Franz , Steinbrink Enno , Franken Jonas , Reuter Christian
Published: April 2021

Technological progress can disrupt domains and change the way we work and collaborate. This paper presents a qualitative study with 52 German farmers that investigates the impact of the ongoing digitalization process in agriculture and discusses the implications for privacy research. As in other domains, the introduction of digital tools and services leads to the data itself becoming a resource. Sharing this data with products along the supply chain is favored by retailers and consumers, who benefit from traceability through transparency. However, transparency can pose a privacy risk. Having insight into the business data of others along the supply chain provides an advantage in terms of market position. This is particularly true in agriculture, where there is already a significant imbalance of power between actors. A multitude of small and medium-sized farming businesses are opposed by large upstream and downstream players that drive technological innovation. Further weakening the market position of farmers could lead to severe consequences for the entire sector. We found that on the one hand, privacy behaviors are affected by adoption of digitalization, and on the other hand, privacy itself influences adoption of digital tools. Our study sheds light on the emerging challenges for farmers and the role of privacy in the process of digitalization in agriculture.
Reliability of Friedewald formula in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and its relation to lipid profile in diabetes regulation
Authors: Keti Didem Barlak , Muhtaroglu Sabahattin
Published: April 2021

Introduction: Many laboratories utilize Friedewald formula (FF) to analyze LDL cholesterol levels of patients including diabetes mellitus (DM). Therefore, it is essential to consider the coherence of results acquired by FF and direct measurement. The number of studies that investigated the effect of lipid parameters, especially TG/HDL cholesterol ratio, on the difference between the two methods is limited. The study was designed to compare LDL cholesterol values obtained by using FF with direct measurement, and to evaluate the relationship between diabetes regulation and lipid profile.

Material and Methods: In the cross-sectional study, 529 type 2 DM patients and 1703 non-DM subjects were divided into four groups regarding TG concentrations. Unlike other studies, the study focuses on direct LDL (DLDL) cholesterol levels obtained with the help of different DLDL cholesterol kits (n=20). The correlations were implemented between HbA1c and lipid profiles.

Results: It was determined that the bias% was over 10% in 24% of patients with 100-199 mg/dL TG levels. The parameter revealed that the most significant difference and the strongest correlation with HbA1c was TG/HDL cholesterol ratio in patients with type 2 DM.

Conclusions: In patients with type 2 DM, even if it was TG <200 mg/dL, LDL calculated with FF should be evaluated together with the TG/HDL cholesterol ratio. Otherwise, direct measurement can be recommended. This ratio is related to diabetes regulation and may be used to monitor patients..
The possibility of clinical use for the oxidative stress marker in correlation with blood flow parameters in pregnancy-induced hypertension
Authors: Draganovic Dragica , Cancarevic-Djajic Branka , Jojic Dragica , Ljubojevic Vesna , Todorovic Jelena
Published: April 2021

Introduction: In pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH) there is a disorder in placental blood flow which causes intrauterine fetal hypoxia, and oxidative stress has a significant role in this condition. The aims of this research were to analyze the relation of thiobarbituric acid reactive substance (TBARS), as a marker of oxidative stress and absent end-diastolic flow (AEDF), as well as the relation of TBARS and cerebroplacental ratio (CPR).

Methods: The research included 200 pregnant women in the gestation period from 28th to 40th, 100 were in a control group and 100 were with PIH. The CPR and TBARS were analyzed in all examined pregnant women. The CPR was calculated by dividing the Doppler indices of the middle cerebral artery by the umbilical artery.

Results: Mean value of TBARS in the group with the PIH who had AEDF was in the interval of high values - 43.22 μmol/l. The result shows that through the application of Spearman’s coefficient, the correlation results in a statistically significant correlation between CPR and TBARS values: ρ = - 0.249, p = 0.0001.

Conclusion: PIH has a very high level of oxidative stress, especially in pregnant women with absent end-diastolic flow in the umbilical artery and pathologic CPR. The Spearman’s test results in statistical significance and negative correlation, which means that in higher TBARS values, values of CPR are lower and vice versa, which indicates a possibility of clinical application of TBARS.
Assessing the condition of the financial system of the Russian Federation on the basis of key financial parameters of the national economy
Authors: LEBEDEV Aleksei V. , RAZUMOVSKAYA Elena A.
Published: April 2021

Subject. We consider financial parameters of the Russian Federation economy. Objectives. The purpose is to assess the condition of the financial system of the Russian Federation based on the analysis of financial parameters of the national economy. Methods. The study employs analytical and expert methods on the basis of the analysis of data of the Bank of Russia and the Federal State Statistics Service. Results. The paper analyzes certain financial parameters of the Russian national economy, i.e. investments in fixed assets by fixed asset type, the country's external debt, the national currency rate of exchange, in comparison with indicators, characterizing the condition of the financial system, i.e. capitalization of commercial banks, monetary aggregates, the volume of reserves of the Bank of Russia. The analysis shows a better dynamics against that predicted at the beginning of the crisis period. Conclusions. To justify the assessment of the condition of the financial system, it is necessary to rely on a deeper analysis of a wider range of indicators, both economic and financial.
The necessary State financial support to the Russian economy and citizens during the coronavirus pandemic, using online services
Authors: KULIKOV Nikolai I. , KULIKOVA Mariya A. , SHUSTOVA Vera N.
Published: April 2021

Subject. The article assesses the State financial support to the Russian economy and citizens during the COVID-19 pandemic, using online services.
Objectives. The aim is to assess the value and significance of the State financial support to businesses and individuals during the pandemic and determine its impact on the decline in GDP growth and income of the population.
Methods. We employ the following methods: systems analysis, economic, statistical, abstract analysis, expert assessment, analysis of scientific and information base, synthesis of obtained data based on principles of interrelation, consistency, and proportionality.
Results. The paper offers measures to prevent the disruption of production chains due to non-payments and to support consumer demand. The Russian government should allocate at least 10% of GDP to support the economy and citizens, which will amount to 10 trillion RUB. The said support will enable to reach the level of pre-crisis 2019 by the end of 2021.
Conclusions. Other measures include an increase in the cost of direct payments to citizens and small businesses from the State budget. It will reduce the burden on businesses and generate consumer demand. A reduction in the weighted average interest rate on loans to 5–6% per annum will result in the significant growth of lending to the real sector. The government should also soften regulatory measures or cover some costs by providing guarantees to banks. We conclude that the Russian Federation has a great number of online services that are powerful, effective, and competitive in the global market.