bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Is Sustainable Performance Explained by Firm Effect in Small Business?
Authors: López-López Vicente , Iglesias-Antelo Susana , Fernández Esteban
Published: December 2020

To what extent a firm’s resources (firm effect) and the structure of the sector (industry effect) are sources of a firm’s competitiveness has been debated for years in strategic management. Most of the empirical studies carried out have focused on large firms and have used static performance measures, and in them the firm effect generally outweighs the industry effect. This research contributes to this debate in trying to verify whether the competitive advantage that relies on the firm’s resources is sustainable, especially in small firms. We used a sample of almost 15,000 Spanish firms to test the impact that the firm and the industry effects have on sustainable performance, for both small and large firms, applying hierarchical linear modelling with a variable measured through time-varying parameters. Our results confirm the absolute importance of the firm effect on sustainable organizational performance, regardless the firm size, and show that, even though the industry effect has little weight in explaining sustainability, it is significantly higher in the case of small firms. This means that managers must concentrate efforts on providing their firm with the necessary resources to achieve a competitive advantage while choosing a good sector to position itself.
Anthropogenic and Climate Effects on a Free Dam Tropical River: Measuring the Contributions on Flow Regime
Authors: Léo Verônica , Santos Hersília , Pereira Letícia , Oliveira Lilia
Published: December 2020

The demand for freshwater resources and climate change pose a simultaneous threat to rivers. Those impacts are often analyzed separately, and some human impacts are widely evaluated in river dynamics—especially in downstream areas rather than the consequences of land cover changes in headwater reaches. The distinction between anthropogenic and climate on the components of the flow regime is proposed here for an upstream free dam reach whose watershed is responsible for the water supply in Rio de Janeiro. Indicators of hydrologic alteration (IHA) and the range of variability approach (RVA) combined with statistical analyses of anthropogenic and climate parameters indicated that (1) four river flow components (magnitude, frequency, duration, and rate of change) were greatly altered from the previous period (1947 to 1967) and the actual (1994 to 2014); (2) shifts in the sea surface temperature of the Atlantic correlated with flow magnitude; (3) the cattle activity effects on the flow regime of the studied area decreased 42.6% of superficial discharge; global climate change led to a 10.8% reduction in the same river component. This research indicated that climate change will impact the intensification of human actions on rivers in the southeast Brazilian headwaters.
Academic Standards and Quality Assurance: The Impact of COVID-19 on University Degree Programs
Authors: Gamage Kelum A. A. , Pradeep R. G. G. Roshan , Najdanovic-Visak Vesna , Gunawardhana Nanda
Published: December 2020

COVID-19, caused by a member of the coronavirus family of viruses, has spread to most countries around the world since it was first recorded in humans in China in late 2019. Closing universities and cancelling all face-to-face activities have become a COVID-19 inevitable reality in many parts of the world. Its impact on university programs, particularly to maintain academic standards and quality assurance procedures, has become significantly more challenging and complex. New ways of working digitally, to minimize disruption to daily operations, have also led to enormous anxiety and uncertainty within the student population, and meeting students’ expectations has also become significantly more difficult. This paper reviews actions taken by universities to safeguard high academic standards and quality assurance procedures during this time and appraise the challenges and impacts on students’ academic performance.
Fostering Urban Sustainability through the Ecological Wisdom of Traditional Settlements
Authors: Akbar Naji , Abubakar Ismaila Rimi , Bouregh Adel Saleh
Published: December 2020

Several African and Asian countries have embarked on building new towns to address urbanization challenges such as crowded cities, slums, and pressure on existing infrastructure. These projects have been criticized for being inadequate in fostering environmental sustainability. Based on a desk study, this article reviews the environmental sustainability challenges of these projects and recommends some ecologically embedded practices of traditional settlements that wonderfully survived for many centuries with little adverse social and environmental impacts yet offered opportunities for urbanism. The article discusses how the architecture, urban form, and green infrastructure of traditional settlements present excellent cases of ecological wisdom and embeddedness where the local ecosystems are respected, and every human activity, including the creation of the built environment, is defined by the ecological allowances, where resilience is part of the built environment at both micro and macro scales, and where humanity and nature are equal stakeholders living in unison. The article concludes that these instances of successful ecological embeddedness in traditional settlements can provide lessons for contemporary cities to ponder when envisioning more sustainable built environments for the present and future generations.
Mixed Convection in a Double Lid-Driven Cavity Filled with Hybrid Nanofluid by Using Finite Volume Method
Authors: Ali I.R. , Alsabery Ammar I. , Bakar N.A. , Roslan Rozaini
Published: December 2020

The understanding of mixed convection heat transfer in cavity is crucial for studying the energy consumption and efficiency in many engineering devices. In the present work, the hybrid nanofluid (Al2O3-Cu-Water) is employed to increase the heat transfer rate in a double lid-driven rectangular cavity. The bottom movable horizontal wall is kept at a high temperature while the top movable horizontal wall is kept at a low temperature. The sidewalls are insulated. The mass, momentum and energy equations are numerically solved using the Finite Volume Method (FVM). The SIMPLE algorithm is used for pressure-velocity coupling. Parameters such as Reynold’s number (Re), Richardson number (Ri), moving wall direction, solid volume fraction, and cavity length are studied. The results show that the hybrid nanofluid in the rectangular cavity is able to augment the heat transfer significantly. When Re is high, a big size solid body can augment the heat transfer. Heat transfer increases with respect to Ri. Meanwhile, the local Nusselt number decreases with respect to the cavity length.
Composite and Background Fields in Non-Abelian Gauge Models
Authors: Moshin Pavel Yu. , Reshetnyak Alexander A.
Published: December 2020

A joint introduction of composite and background fields into non-Abelian quantum gauge theories is suggested based on the symmetries of the generating functional of Green’s functions, with the systematic analysis focused on quantum Yang–Mills theories, including the properties of the generating functional of vertex Green’s functions (effective action). For the effective action in such theories, gauge dependence is found in terms of a nilpotent operator with composite and background fields, and on-shell independence from gauge fixing is established. The basic concept of a joint introduction of composite and background fields into non-Abelian gauge theories is extended to the Volovich–Katanaev model of two-dimensional gravity with dynamical torsion, as well as to the Gribov–Zwanziger theory.
Fine-Grained Mechanical Chinese Named Entity Recognition Based on ALBERT-AttBiLSTM-CRF and Transfer Learning
Authors: Yao Liguo , Huang Haisong , Wang Kuan-Wei , Chen Shih-Huan , Xiong Qiaoqiao
Published: December 2020

Manufacturing text often exists as unlabeled data; the entity is fine-grained and the extraction is difficult. The above problems mean that the manufacturing industry knowledge utilization rate is low. This paper proposes a novel Chinese fine-grained NER (named entity recognition) method based on symmetry lightweight deep multinetwork collaboration (ALBERT-AttBiLSTM-CRF) and model transfer considering active learning (MTAL) to research fine-grained named entity recognition of a few labeled Chinese textual data types. The method is divided into two stages. In the first stage, the ALBERT-AttBiLSTM-CRF was applied for verification in the CLUENER2020 dataset (Public dataset) to get a pretrained model; the experiments show that the model obtains an F1 score of 0.8962, which is better than the best baseline algorithm, an improvement of 9.2%. In the second stage, the pretrained model was transferred into the Manufacturing-NER dataset (our dataset), and we used the active learning strategy to optimize the model effect. The final F1 result of Manufacturing-NER was 0.8931 after the model transfer (it was higher than 0.8576 before the model transfer); so, this method represents an improvement of 3.55%. Our method effectively transfers the existing knowledge from public source data to scientific target data, solving the problem of named entity recognition with scarce labeled domain data, and proves its effectiveness.
Field Chemical Immobilization of Free-Ranging Crested Porcupines with Zoletil®: A Reviewed Dosage
Authors: Coppola Francesca , D’Addio Enrico , Casini Lucia , Sagona Simona , Felicioli Antonio
Published: December 2020

The tiletamine-zolazepam mixture is a widely used anesthetic for chemical immobilization of wild mammals due to its short induction time, good muscle relaxation, smooth recovery with low convulsions occurrence, and minimal effect on respiration. An injection dose of 7–8 mg/kg of tiletamine-zolazepam has been proven to be an effective and safe immobilizing mixture for crested porcupines under field conditions. However, the occurrence of long immobilization and recovery times, with high excitement and convulsion during awakening, were recorded. In order to reduce such side effects after recovery, the effectiveness of a lower dosage (4–6 mg/kg) of tiletamine-zolazepam (Zoletil®) was tested. The results obtained confirm that the use of tiletamine-zolazepam in crested porcupine immobilization provides a quick induction, wide safety margin, and predictable awakening under field conditions. A smaller injection dosage of 5 mg/kg has been proven to be sufficient to ensure a short induction time (average: 7.1 min), with good muscle relaxation and little excitement of the animals during awakening. The lower dosage of tiletamine-zolazepam, while providing a shorter recovery time (average: 53.6 min), proves to be adequate for standard handling procedures. Furthermore, the smaller amount of tiletamine-zolazepam also ensures safe immobilization for pregnant individuals and porcupettes.
Wave Interaction and Overwash with a Flexible Plate by Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics
Authors: Tran-Duc Thien , Meylan Michael H. , Thamwattana Ngamta , Lamichhane Bishnu P.
Published: December 2020

The motion of a flexible elastic plate under wave action is simulated, and the well–known phenomena of overwash is investigated. The fluid motion is modelled by smoothed particle hydrodynamics, a mesh-free solution method which, while computationally demanding, is flexible and able to simulate complex fluid flows. The freely floating plate is modelled using linear thin plate elasticity plus the nonlinear rigid body motions. This assumption limits the elastic plate motion to be small but is valid for many cases both in geophysics and in the laboratory. The principal conclusion is that the inclusion of flexural motion causes significantly less overwash than that which occurs for a rigid plate.
Application of the Mesohabitat Simulation System (MesoHABSIM) for Assessing Impact of River Maintenance and Restoration Measures
Authors: Suska Katarzyna , Parasiewicz Piotr
Published: December 2020

Maintenance and restoration activities alter the river morphology and hydrology, and in consequence, alter fish habitats. The aim of this research was to investigate the change of habitat availability for fish guilds after carrying out maintenance works, commonly used river restoration measures and a restoration derived from fish habitat requirements. The selected study site is located at a close to natural condition section of Swider River in central Poland. The MesoHABSIM model was used to assess the area of suitable habitats in this site and predict habitat distribution at all planning scenarios. The affinity index which is a measure of similarity of two distributions showed that the likely distribution of habitats for fish resulting from simulated maintenance is 76.5% similar to that under measured conditions. The distribution of habitats caused by river restoration is also similar to that of the baseline in 73.2%. The resemblance between the restoration scenario focusing on fish habitat requirements and the reference conditions is 93.1%. It is beneficial to define the river restoration measures based on habitat availability for fish community. Modelling is a useful tool to simulate the changes and predict which guilds there is abundance of suitable habitats, and for which there are too few. It allows for more effective use of resources according to quantitative target states.
Assessment the Seasonal Variability and Enrichment of Toxic Trace Metals Pollution in Sediments of Damietta Branch, Nile River, Egypt
Authors: Redwan Mostafa , Elhaddad Engy
Published: December 2020

This work appraises the extent of toxic trace metals and seasonal pollution degree in Damietta branch sediments of the River Nile of Egypt. The toxic trace metals Fe, Mn, Cd, Co, Cu, Ni, Pb, and Zn were analysed in sediments from six sites during the summer and winter seasons. The metal concentrations and organic matter were determined using inductively-coupled-plasma mass spectrometry and loss-on-ignition, respectively. Multivariate statistical methods were used in order to allocate the possible metals sources and their relationships in sediments. The seasonal mean sequence of toxic trace metals was: Fe > Mn > Zn > Pb > Cu > Ni > Co > Cd. The mean Cd, Pb, and Zn values exceeded the sediment quality guidelines and average shale and they represent severe potential toxicity for aquatic organisms. Cu and Co were enriched during winter. The geo-accumulation index stipulated that metal pollution degree in the sequence of: Pb > Zn > Cd > Co > Cu > Mn > Ni > Fe. The highest metal pollution index reported in winter in sites S4/S5 and during summer in sites S4–S6. Different agricultural, wastewater discharge, fisheries, and industrial activities, as well as the effect of dilution/concentration during summer/winter seasons, are the main factors that contributed to metal accumulations in Damietta branch sediments. Continuous monitoring and evaluation of toxic trace metal concentrations of the Damietta sediments and similar localities worldwide can help to protect the ecosystem from harmful metal contaminations.
Drought Monitoring Based on Remote Sensing in a Grain-Producing Region in the Cerrado–Amazon Transition, Brazil
Authors: Carvalho Mairon Ânderson Cordeiro Correa de , Uliana Eduardo Morgan , Silva Demetrius David da , Aires Uilson Ricardo Venâncio , Martins Camila Aparecida da Silva , Sousa Junior Marionei Fomaca de , Cruz Ibraim Fantin da , Mendes Múcio André dos Santos Alves
Published: December 2020

Drought is a natural disaster that affects a country’s economy and food security. The monitoring of droughts assists in planning assertive actions to mitigate the resulting environmental and economic impacts. This work aimed to evaluate the performance of the standardized precipitation index (SPI) using rainfall data estimated by orbital remote sensing in the monitoring of meteorological drought in the Cerrado–Amazon transition region, Brazil. Historical series from 34 rain gauge stations, in addition to indirect measurements of monthly precipitation obtained by remote sensing using the products CHIRPS-2.0, PERSIANN-CDR, PERSIANN-CCS, PERSIANN, GPM-3IMERGMv6, and GPM-3IMERGDLv6, were used in this study. Drought events detected by SPI were related to a reduction in soybean production. The SPI calculated from the historical rain series estimated by remote sensing allowed monitoring droughts, enabling a high detailing of the spatial variability of droughts in the region, mainly during the soybean development cycle. Indirect precipitation measures associated with SPI that have adequate performance for detecting droughts in the study region were PERSIANN-CCS (January), CHIRPS-2.0 (February and November), and GPM-3IMERGMv6 (March, September, and December). The SPI and the use of precipitation data estimated by remote sensing are effective for characterizing and monitoring meteorological drought in the study region.
Evaluating Efficiency Improvement of Deep-Cut Curb Inlets for Road-Bioretention Stripes
Authors: Li Xiaoning , Wang Chuanhai , Chen Gang , Wang Qiang , Hu Zunle , Wu Jinning , Wang Shan , Fang Xing
Published: December 2020

Making a deep cut on the curb inlet has been used in some sponge-city (SPC) projects for road-bioretention stripes to manage stormwater runoff since they were easily implemented in the field. The efficiencies of the deep-cut curb inlets in those projects were unknown for lacking equation to evaluate their efficiencies. Two kinds of retrofit scenarios are commonly used: (1) The curb-cut cases when the deep cut is made only over the width of the curb inlet; (2) the road-curb cut cases when both the curb inlet and a small part of the road surface have a deep cut. An updated two-dimensional flow simulation program, FullSWOF-ZG, was used to determine two important parameters in road curb inlet design: The 100% interception curb inlet lengths (LT) and the curb inlet efficiencies (Eci). Eight-hundred retrofit modeling cases were compared with the no-cut cases to quantify the efficiency improvement of the deep-cut curb inlets. The simulation results show both LT and Eci of the curb-cut cases do not improve much. This case study with limited combinations of longitudinal and cross slopes and inlet lengths demonstrated that Eci of the road-curb cut cases improves to a large extent so that they can be used in the SPC projects and other urban drainage projects to reduce the flooding potentials. A general equation used to design and evaluate the road-curb cut inlets can be developed based on more simulation cases with a wide range of input parameters in a future study.
Impact of primary care funding on patient satisfaction: a retrospective longitudinal study of English general practice, 2013–2016
Authors: L’Esperance Veline , Gravelle Hugh , Schofield Peter , Ashworth Mark
Published: December 2020

Background

Providing high-quality clinical care and good patient experience are priorities for most healthcare systems.

Aim

To understand the relationship between general practice funding and patient-reported experience.

Design and setting

Retrospective longitudinal study of English general practice-level data for the financial years 2013–2014 to 2016–2017.

Method

Data for all general practices in England from the General and Personal Medical Services database were linked to patient experience data from the GP Patient Survey (GPPS). Panel data multivariate regression was used to estimate the impact of general practice funding (current or lagged 1 year) per patient on GPPS-reported patient experience of access, continuity of care, professionalism, and overall satisfaction. Confounding was controlled for by practice, demographic, and GPPS responder characteristics, and for year effects.

Results

Inflation-adjusted mean total annual funding per patient was £133.66 (standard deviation [SD] = £39.46). In all models, higher funding was associated with better patient experience. In the model with lagged funding and practice fixed effects (model 6), a 1 SD increase in funding was associated with increases in scores in the domains of access (1.18%; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.89 to 1.47), continuity (0.86%; 95% CI = 0.19 to 1.52), professionalism of GP (0.47%; 95% CI = 0.22 to 0.71), professionalism of nurse (0.51%; 95% CI = 0.24 to 0.77), professionalism of receptionist (0.51%; 95% CI = 0.24 to 0.78), and in overall satisfaction (0.88%; 95% CI = 0.52 to 1.24).

Conclusion

Better-funded general practices were more likely to have higher reported patient experience ratings across a wide range of domains.
La géopolitique jacobine à l’épreuve de l’Ouest
Authors: Peyrard Christine
Published: December 2020

L’interrogation formulée par cette recherche prend pour base les huit départements de la Basse Normandie et du Maine, sans s’interdire des extrapolations à la France de l’Ouest de la Bretagne à la Vendée, et inversement des sondages plus approfondis sur certains sites (la Sarthe). Partant d’une réflexion sur le réseau des sociétés, confronté à la densité du réseau urbain, on s’interroge ensuite sur les fondements du jacobinisme provincial, apprécié à partir des affiliations, des contacts et des abonnements à la presse parisienne. On pose la question de la pratique jacobine, à partir des registres de délibérations. On conclut sur la prise en compte des «entrelacements d’espaces» qui permettent de poser les bases d’une géopolitique de la Révolution dans cet Ouest réputé rebelle.
La citoyenneté à l’époque de la Constituante
Authors: Le Cour Grandmaison Olivier
Published: December 2020

Si la Révolution Française (1789-1791) n’a cessé d’être un objet de débats et d’interrogations, il est pourtant un domaine qui a longtemps échappé aux regards portés sur cet événement : C’est celui de la citoyenneté. Tenter de combler cette lacune, telle était notre volonté en mettant en évidence la logique essentielle des révolutionnaires de ces temps : On ne peut-être acteur de la Cité du simple fait que l’on est homme ; encore faut-il le devenir grâce à un processus complexe de fabrication au sortir duquel le sujet pourra jouir des droits politiques. A quelles conditions cet octroi est-il réalisable ? C'est ce que nous avons cherché à déterminer en étudiant les figures multiples des citoyens.
Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis, Risk Factors for End Stage Kidney Disease, and Response to Immunosuppression
Authors: Forster Benjamin M. , Nee Robert , Little Dustin J. , Greasley Peter J. , Hughes James B. , Gordon Sarah M. , Olson Stephen W.
Published: December 2020

Background

FSGS is a heterogeneic glomerular disease. Risk factors for kidney disease ESKD and the effect of immunosuppression treatment (IST) has varied in previously published cohorts. These cohorts were limited by relatively small case numbers, short follow-up, lack of racial/ethnic diversity, a mix of adult and pediatric patients, lack of renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) inhibition, or lack of subgroup analysis of IST.

Methods

We compared demographics, clinical characteristics, histopathology, and IST to long-term renal survival in a large, ethnically diverse, adult cohort of 338 patients with biopsy-proven FSGS with long-term follow-up in the era of RAAS inhibition using data from the US Department of Defense health care network.

Results

Multivariate analysis showed that nephrotic-range proteinuria (NRP), eGFR <60 ml/min per 1.73 m2, hypoalbuminemia, interstitial fibrosis and tubular atrophy, and interstitial inflammation at diagnosis and the absence of remission were all associated with worse long-term renal survival. IgM, C3, and a combination of IgM/C3 immunofluorescence staining were not associated with reduced renal survival. IST was not associated with improved renal survival in the whole cohort, or in a subgroup with NRP. However, IST was associated with better renal survival in a subgroup of patients with FSGS with both NRP and hypoalbuminemia and hypoalbuminemia alone.

Conclusions

Our study suggests that IST should be reserved for patients with FSGS and nephrotic syndrome. It also introduces interstitial inflammation as a potential risk factor for ESKD and does not support the proposed pathogenicity of IgM and complement activation.
role of cultivar susceptibility and vineyard age in GTD: examples from the Carpathian Basin
Authors: Csótó András , Balling Péter , Nagy Antal , Sándor Erzsébet
Published: December 2020

Grapevine trunk diseases (GTDs) are among the most severe problems in viticulture worldwide. The exact etiology and the role of endophytic microorganisms is not known yet and there is no adequate protection or curative treatment against the disease. Hungarian wine regions are also affected by the disease, and there is restricted information about the rate of infection nation-wide and about the susceptibility of the Hungarian cultivars.
The main objectives of our research are to measure the symptom expression and the damage caused by GTDs, to understand the epidemiology and etiology of the disease to establish a foundation of a proper disease management.
Cultivar susceptibility groups were created with the aim to allocate some Hungarian cultivars and the role of vineyard age was also examined in symptom expression.
impact of cultivar and irrigation on yield, leaf surface temperature and SPAD readings of chili pepper
Authors: Silva e Souza Carice , Agyemang Duah Stella , Neményi András , Pék Zoltán , Helyes Lajos
Published: December 2020

Paprika is an extremely popular and widespread plant species in Hungary. Chili peppers belongs to paprika and it can be consumed fresh or processed. The production of peppers began with the cultivation and control of some parameters for good results of paprika production. The aim of this article is to compare the water supply of four chili pepper hybrids ("Habanero", "Hetényi Parázs", "Unikal" and "Unijol") by means of investigation on open field and to examine how different temperatures and water stress factors influence the yield of chili peppers. The experiment area consisted of four different hybrids in three different irrigation treatments (control, deficit- and regular irrigation). The chlorophyll content was estimated with SPAD and the leaf surface temperature with Raytek MX4 TD. Our research concluded that deficit irrigation produced the highest yields for all cultivars and the lowest yields for the highest water supply.
Comparative analysis and interpretation of grace and grace-fo data
Authors:   Institute of Computational Modeling SB RAS, Simonov Konstantin , Matsulev Alexander
Published: December 2020

The study is devoted to the analysis of the features of the change in the Equivalent Water Height (EWH) parameter over the geoid based on satellite measurements of space systems. The study used the GRACE and GRACE-FO satellite data archive. The assessment was carried out on Earth as a whole, including land areas and the World Ocean. Interpretation of the anomalous state of the geoenvironment is performed using digital maps of the spatial distribution of the EWH parameter based on the histogram approach and correlation analysis. Also, a comparative analysis of the studied data from the GRACE mission and data from the new GRACE-FO satellite system launched into orbit in the summer of 2018 was carried out.
An approach to building a predictive model of the life cycle of information resources based on stochastic gert-networks and process mining technology
Authors:   Reshetnev Siberian State University of Science and Technology, Popov Anatoly , Dorrer Michael , Dorrer Alexandra , Trishkina Elizaveta , Romanov Nikita
Published: December 2020

The article proposes an approach to predicting the numerical parameters of the life cycle of information resources. The main task of this work is to develop a tool for numerical forecasting of the life cycle of information resources based on actual life cycle data in the form of resource history event logs. The forecast is carried out using the apparatus of stochastic GERT networks. The construction of the GERT model is performed using the Process Mining algorithmic apparatus and the ProM software framework. The object of the analysis was the data of the Scientific Electronic Library Online. The data is publicly available on the Kaggle.com website. To build a GERT network describing the life cycle model of an information resource, we used the methods of intellectual analysis of Process Mining processes implemented using the ProM Framework. In the course of the work, an analysis of the life cycle of information resources of the Scientific Electronic Online Library was carried out. The paper presents the process of extracting data used to model a GERT network using the ProM framework. The data obtained made it possible to restore the topology of the stochastic network and identify the laws of probability density distribution of the duration of the life cycle stages. On the basis of the constructed GERT-network, the law of distribution of the probability density of the duration of the life cycle of an information resource was described. The obtained result confirms the applicability of Process Mining technology to probabilistic analysis and forecasting of the life cycle of information resources.
A model for analysis of the external environment of the regional socio-economic system using measuring devices
Authors:   Bryansk State Technical University, Averchenkova Elena E. , Averchenkov Andrey V. , Gerashchenkova Tatyana M. , Skantsev Vitaly M.
Published: December 2020

The understanding of the control system of the regional socio-economic system in the context of the methodological analysis of the external environment with the help of measuring devices is presented. A model of the measuring device “Expert assessments of the impact of the external environment on the regional socio-economic system” is proposed, which evaluates the nature of the influence of disturbances in the external environment on the regional socio-economic system and is described by the concepts and techniques of the theory of expert assessments and fuzzy logic. The model of the measuring device “Monitoring the external environment of the regional socio-economic system” conducts a study of the state of the external environment on the basis of regularly repeating aggregating and analytical actions to collect and process relevant regional socio-economic information. The model of the measuring device “Dynamics of indicators of socio-economic development of the regional socio-economic system” analyzes the dynamics of indicators of socio-economic development of the RSES on the basis of open statistical information. The presented models of measuring devices make it possible to analyze the external environment of the regional socio-economic system.
Post-quantum digital signature schemes: setting a hidden group with two-dimensional cyclicity
Authors:   Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University, Guryanov D.Yu. , Moldovyan D.N. ,   SPC RAS, SPII RAS, Moldovyan A. A.
Published: December 2020

For the construction of post-quantum digital signature schemes that satisfy the strengthened criterion of resistance to quantum attacks, an algebraic carrier is proposed that allows one to define a hidden commutative group with two-dimensional cyclicity. Formulas are obtained that describe the set of elements that are permutable with a given fixed element. A post-quantum signature scheme based on the considered finite non-commutative associative algebra is described.
Successful adaptation during COVID-19 pandemic: suspected head and neck cancer biopsies under local anaesthetic
Authors:   Department of otolaryngology-head and neck surgery, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen, AB25 2ZN, UK, Cooper Fergus , Baig Hassan ,   Foundation Year doctor, Department of surgery, Ninewells hospital, NHS Tayside, Dundee, UK, Asimakopoulos Panagiotis ,   Foundation Year doctor, Department of surgery, Ninewells hospital, NHS Tayside, Dundee, UK, W Ah-See Kim ,   Department of otolaryngology-head and neck surgery, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen, AB25 2ZN, UK, Shakeel Muhammad ,   Department of otolaryngology-head and neck surgery, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen, UK
Published: December 2020

The patients suspected to have cancer in the head and neck region including pharynx and larynx undergo biopsy of the suspicious lesion under general anaesthetic. This is a long established practice but lately, biopsy of such lesions under local anaesthetic in the outpatient setting is promoted. During the current COVID-19 pandemic our access to operating theatre is significantly reduced. We have, therefore, modified our practice to allow us to carry out such biopsies under local anaesthetic in the outpatient setting. We share our experience with 20 patients who successfully underwent this procedure. The patients reported no side effects and were happy to avoid undergoing a general anaesthetic and its associated risks. We would encourage colleagues in other units to consider this option when dealing with such patients.
Prácticas patrimoniales en el contexto de la celebración por el centenario del primer despacho de cemento en Argentina
Authors: Conforti María Eugenia , Lemiez Griselda , Giacomasso María Vanesa , Endere María Luz
Published: December 2020

En este trabajo se presentan y analizan un conjunto de actividades enmarcadas en la conmemoración del centenario del primer despacho de cemento de Argentina que se realizó en el año 1919 desde la Fábrica de Cemento San Martín, ubicada en la localidad de Sierras Bayas, partido de Olavarría, Buenos Aires. Su abordaje metodológico se basó en el estudio de casos cualitativos referidos a: tres exhibiciones y un monumento conmemorativo construido e instaurado con motivo del aniversario. Este acontecimiento histórico, vinculado con los inicios de la industria minera, marcó un hito fundamental en la identidad del partido de Olavarría ya que contribuyó a su crecimiento poblacional, económico y social que repercutió, además, en la consolidación de su imagen como “ciudad del cemento”. A 100 años del primer despacho, las acciones de activación del patrimonio industrial buscaron comunicar su historia con marcas particulares y distintivas. En este punto, este estudio cobra relevancia porque permite identificar los procesos de puesta en valor del patrimonio local, los principales grupos de interés y los desafíos futuros que afronta esta comunidad a partir de las transformaciones recientes.
La primavera que no fue: el gobierno de Roberto Heredia en Tres de Febrero, 1973-1975
Authors: Mingrone Luciana
Published: December 2020

Este trabajo aborda el período de gobierno municipal de Roberto Heredia en un distrito del primer cordón del conurbano bonaerense. La intendencia de Heredia fue atravesada por un conflicto interno del peronismo que se intentó presentar como un choque ideológico entre los sectores tradicionales de ese partido y Montoneros. Ningún militante de esa organización armada integraba la composición electoral o el elenco de gobierno de Heredia, pero dos concejales (uno titular y otra, suplente) eran parte de otra organización: el Movimiento Revolucionario 17 de octubre. Es por eso que este artículo, además de intentar contribuir a conocer más profundamente el período en general, también ahonda en la historia de ese espacio a nivel nacional y local.
Si Dionisio lo dice, o no? Sancti Spiritus y el acto de toma de posesión del territorio
Authors: Sánchez-Pinto Iban , Cocco Gabriel
Published: December 2020

La proximidad del V centenario de la construcción del asentamiento de Sancti Spiritus, ha hecho necesaria una reflexión en torno a la efeméride del arribo de Sebastián Gaboto a la confluencia de los ríos Carcarañá y Paraná y la toma de posesión del territorio. Esta revisión ha culminado en la propuesta de una nueva data sobre el momento del arribo de la expedición y la construcción del asentamiento.
La ópera tras la contienda: La soprano Mercedes Capsir y el renacer del Gran Teatro del Liceo de Barcelona tras la Guerra Civil Española (1939)
Authors: Sánchez Rodríguez Virginia
Published: December 2020

Probablemente el nombre de Mercedes Capsir (1897-1969) no sea especialmente recordado en la actualidad, a pesar de las numerosas investigaciones sobre ópera realizadas en las últimas décadas. Sin embargo, no solo fue una de las sopranos de coloratura más célebres de su época, con presencia en Europa y América, sino que Capsir también ha pasado a la historia por haber participado en la primera función celebrada en el Gran Teatro del Liceo de Barcelona una vez finalizada la Guerra Civil Española, en el año 1939. En este trabajo ofrecemos un reconocimiento a la soprano, así como una profundización al mencionado acontecimiento histórico, caracterizado por la calidad artística de sus participantes y por la significativa carga ideológica del mismo.
La explicación histórica. Punto de quiebre entre el Relato histórico y la Narración histórica
Authors: Ojeda Lopeda Pablo César
Published: December 2020

El artículo plantea el concepto Explicación Histórica como eje que permite diferenciar entre un Relato Histórico con características narrativas y la Narración Histórica. Presenta cinco elementos extratextuales -la prueba documental, la conceptualización disciplinar, la conexión de eventos, la reflexividad crítica y el tratamiento con entidades-, y ejemplifica cómo aparecen en uno y otro género textual. Se concluye que el relato histórico es un texto límite que, siendo verosímil como cualquier producto narrativo, aspira a ser verdadero.
Innovative technologies of measurement, testing and control in industry and transport: development, implementation, application
Authors: Bogoyavlenskiy A.
Published: December 2020

The article provides an overview of the reports and presentations of the participants of the All-Russian Conference “Measurements. Test. Control”, held from 27 to 29 October 2020 in the framework of the 17th International Exhibition of Testing and Measuring Equipment “Testing & Control” in the IEC Crocus-Expo (Moscow).
Mobile Information Breastfeeding Model (MIB-Model) On Behaviors and Self-Efficacy of Breastfeeding Among Mothers
Authors: Usman Ausanti , Rasipin Rasipin , Patriajati Sutopo
Published: December 2020

Breastfeeding is proven to have long-term health benefits for both mothers and infants. The advancement of mobile technology is very useful in promoting health that can change health behaviors. The success of breast milk is not separated from the methods and media used. The study aimed to develop MIB-Model and to examine the effect of MIB-Model on behavior and self-efficacy of breastfeeding among mothers in providing breast milk. The application development method with the software development Live cycle (SDLC) with the waterfall model. The test model is conducted with Quasi-experiment with pre-test, post-test, and control group design. The number of respondents in this study amounted to 40 0rang, 20 for the experimental group, and 20 for the control group. MIB-Model proved its worth having performed with the ISO 9126 standard and can improve knowledge, attitudes, actions, and the baby's weight to the P-value <0.05. In unpaired data analysis, self-efficacy with P-value> 0.05 showed no differences between the intervention and control, support, and experience of being part of self-efficacy formation. MIB-Model is feasible to be utilized and improved primiparous breastfeeding mothers' behavior and the baby's weight and does not increase the self-efficacy mother
Analysis of parameter changes of a neuronal network model using transfer entropy
Authors: ŞENGÜL AYAN Sevgi , GENÇAĞA Deniz
Published: December 2020

Understanding the dynamics of coupled neurons is one of the fundamental problems in the analysis of neuronal model dynamics. The transfer entropy (TE) method is one of the primary analyses to explore the information flow between the neuronal populations. We perform the TE analysis on the two-neuron conductance-based Hodgkin-Huxley (HH) neuronal network to analyze how their connectivity changes due to conductances. We find that the information flow due to underlying synaptic connectivity changes direction by changing conductances individually and/or simultaneously as a result of TE analysis through numerical simulations.
桥梁工程中高墩施工的翻模技术应用框架
Authors: 王 忠涛
Published: December 2020

翻模技术是当代高科技下的产物，能够有效地对桥梁工程中所遇到的各类风险隐患进行预防与修正。论文以桥梁工程中的高墩施工为例，提出翻模技术在其中的应用框架。
甚高频通信信道的多径衰落基础模型分析
Authors: 王 颖
Published: December 2020

在民航地空通信中，甚高频通信是目前民航地空通信中主要的通信手段，作为无线通信的方式之一，其电磁信号的空间传输过程具备通用无线通信系统的基本特点。信号在无线传输的过程中，影响和限制通信信号传输质量的因素有很多，其中最主要因素是多径干扰。论文重点分析了两种情形下简化的多径衰落信道。
大型工业技改项目工程设计管理及方法
Authors: 姜 哲 , 闵 晗彤 , 张 哲
Published: December 2020

工程设计在整个项目中的重要性决定了设计管理的重要性。提高设计管理水平有利于保证设计结果的科学性和合理性。大型技术改造项目的项目管理是一个复杂而系统的过程。要协调利用原始资源，考虑现有的生产和工程建设，在改造项目技术中促进管理模式的创新，实现技术改造项目的经济和社会效益。
ETIOLOGICAL PROFILE OF 50 CASES 0F ANAEMIA IN CKD
Authors: Choudary Yalavarthi Hema , Karthik E. , Sudhakar Ch.
Published: December 2020

Background and objectives:
Anaemia is a common and significant complication of chronic kidney disease (CKD). When present it may cause symptoms such as fatigue and shortness of breath. It is associated with reduced quality of life and increased cardiovascular disease, hospitalizations, cognitive impairment and mortality. As kidney disease progresses, anaemia increases in prevalence affecting nearly all patients with stage V CKD. In patients with CKD, anaemia is defined as the situation in which the concentration of haemoglobin (Hb) in the blood is below 2 times the SD of the mean Hb of the general population. As the pathogenesis of anaemia in CKD is mutlifactorial, this study is intended to know various etiological factors responsible for anaemia in CKD patients.
Methods:
50 patients who met with inclusion criteria and exclusion criteria are subjected to detail clinical examination and investigations. Depending upon data obtained, results are evaluated and the percentage of various types of anaemia in CKD was calculated.
Results:
At the end of study, anaemia of chronic disease (60%) constitutes the commonest cause of anaemia in CKD, followed by iron deficiency anaemia (30%) and megaloblastic anaemia (10%) due to vitamin B12 deficiency.
Conclusion:
Among 50 cases of anaemia in CKD, anaemia of chronic disease due to erythropoietin deficiency was the most common cause followed by iron deficiency anaemia. Usually clinical examination and routine simple investigations will clinch the diagnosis in most of the cases.
Examining the Interrelationships Among Reward Systems, Organizational Climate, and Cultural Changes in the Hospitality Industry
Authors: Kakarougkas Christos , Stavrinoudis Theodoros
Published: December 2020

This article aims to explore the impact of a hotel's reward system on strengthening: positive relationships and communication among employees; the creation of a change-friendly organizational climate and cultural change barriers, within the context of a cultural change process in a
hotel. Quantitative data were collected from a proportionally stratified, representative sample of 207 Greek five-star hotels' senior executives and analyzed with the principal component method of extraction and structural equation modeling. This led to the creation and validation of three
prototype second-order latent variable models, which highlight and depict the impact of individual variables and their importance for a reward system creating an organizational climate for or against cultural change in hotels. The originality of the article lays on both theoretical and practical
levels. On a theoretical level, the article's findings manage to fill a knowledge gap through a novel modeling of a reward system on a hotel's organizational climate in times of cultural change. On a practical level, the article findings enable hotels' executives to focus on specific variables
of a reward system that can enhance and/or prevent a cultural change initiative.
Karawitan Art as Local Cultural Wisdom in the Management of Autism Spectrum Disorder
Authors: Sukinah Sukinah
Published: December 2020

To arrange all life to be in harmony in worldly and spiritual / inner life is the viewof life and daily life of the Javanese people in general, for example how to dressproperly, harmony in speaking even though they are in an explosive inneremotion, still trying to be polite in expressing their hearts. Children with specialneeds are part of the nation's children who have the same rights in all aspects oflife in this country, including one of which is preserving local culture that hasexisted for a long time. One of the children with special needs is an autistic childwho has complex developmental disorders including barriers in social interaction,deficient or excessive behavior and language barriers, so they need variousalternative management. This literature review aims to discuss the use of musicalarts as an effort to rehabilitate children with autism spectrum disorder.
E-learning Based Innovation in Social Science Education
Authors: Al-Ghifari Fauzi Tazkia
Published: December 2020

In essence, social studies online learning innovation is an effort to meet thecontinuous improvement in the quality of the educational process, to meet thegrowing demands of society for education. Therefore, the innovation does notmean an increase in refinement and renewal of invention in the learning processthat is contrary to these principles which will quickly lag and will even becomean obstacle, change or delay in the innovation process. Thus innovation in socialstudies learning will be effectively carried out when indicated by the results ofevaluation and research in the field of social studies learning. Web-based learningwhich is popularly known as web-based treading or sometimes called web-basededucation can be defined as technology applications—web in the world of learningfor an educational process. In simple terms, it can be said that all learning byutilizing internet technology, and while the learning process is felt to occur bythose who follow it, this activity can be called web-based learning. Website media-based knowledge is part of the use of the internet in the world of education. It isa learning activity that utilizes website media that can be accessed via the internetnetwork. Website media-based learning is also a learning activity that uses mediasites (websites) that can be accessed through the internet network. Websitemedia-based learning or also known as web-based learning is one type ofapplication of electronic learning (e-learning). Website media-based knowledge ispart of the use of the internet in education and is a learning activity that utilizeswebsite media. which can be accessed via the internet network.
PRODIGAL SON IN THE CITY: INTERPRETATIVE POTENTIAL OF THE IMAGE
Authors:   Russian state University for the Humanities, Markov A. D.
Published: December 2020

The transformations of the image of the prodigal son in Russian culture show a transition from the naive and idyllic atmosphere of poetry at the beginning of the XXth century to the novel detailing of the late XXh century. The image of the prodigal son as presented by S. S. Averintsev, who criticized any spontaneous fiction about the Gospel, was enriched with a number of details taken from urban imaginary in the XXth-century family novel and Pasternak’s poetry. This new form of religious fiction was justified by the approach to the novel, introduced by M. M. Bakhtin, who opposed the effects of the sublime in the idyll and the effects of the beautiful in the family romance. The story of the prodigal son then explicates these effects, actualizing urban chronotope for a new type of cultural reflection on the Gospel parables.