bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Does Size Matter in the Field?: Female Police Bodies in Online Television
Authors: Cusack Carmen
Published: March 2021

The purpose of this study is to investigate how female officers’ body sizes are depicted on the TV show, “Police Women of Broward County.” Little literature examines the media’s depiction of bodies belonging to women who are involved in traditionally masculine professions. However, feminist and masculinist literature, along with biophysical literature, tends to suggest that women are smaller and weaker than men or are perceived that way in society. It stands to reason that media may portray female officers this way or portray women attempting to overcome this stigma personally and professionally to appeal to viewers or as a reflection of mainstream attitudes or ideas. Using a record-review case study methodology, the researcher examined free snippets and numerous online episodes of the TLC Network show, “Police Women of Broward County.” The show, which includes fieldwork and interviews, contained quotations about size, and scenarios in which size appeared to be relevant to policing. Overcoming the stigma was a recurring theme, but it was not the only theme. Some comments were positively associated with female officers’ sizes insofar as police seemed tenaciously motivated by their smaller stature. However, some comments that connected size, gender, and professionalism seemed to be negative or to suggest diminution. Some comments discussed size differences within the female police population but the comments were neither negative nor positive because they were merely factual or informational.
Managing Illness through Creative Engagement: Women, HIV, and the Stitches Doll Project
Authors: Lewis Jacqueline , Gerus-Darbison Kathleen
Published: March 2021

The Stitches Doll Project is a community-based initiative that enables women and girls to express their feelings about living with HIV/AIDS through creating a doll that speaks for them. In a very personal and powerful way, women and girls are able to tell their stories both visually, through their dolls, and verbally/non-verbally, through their dolls’ monographs. The completed dolls become part of an online and traveling oral history exhibit. Based on an analysis of the dolls and their monographs, interviews with doll contributors and project coordinators, and archived Stitches materials, this paper explores the meaning making and identity work/repair articulated through textile creation and the cultural transmission of oral histories. Our analysis reveals four recurrent message themes: making sense of infection, the impact of HIV, the role of social support and connection, and educating others. These themes speak to the nature of the oral history the artists transmit via their dolls. As they design their contribution to the project at Stitches workshops, the healing benefits of creative engagement through textile artwork is made available to them. It is these two components of the project in combination that afford doll makers a unique opportunity to engage in a process of meaning making and identity work/repair. In the process they help advance public education efforts by challenging cultural beliefs regarding “the face of AIDS,” the experience of living with HIV/AIDS, and ultimately who is at risk for acquiring the virus and by poignantly calling attention to the variety of social factors (e.g., poverty, domestic violence, and sexual abuse and assault) that put women at risk for contracting HIV.
Academic Staff Perceptions of Factors Underlying Program Completion by Australian Indigenous Nursing Students
Authors: West Roianne , Usher Kim , Foster Kim , Stewart Lee
Published: March 2021

An increase in the number of Indigenous health professionals is one way to help reduce the poor health outcomes of Australia’s Indigenous people. However, while Indigenous students are enrolling in Australian tertiary undergraduate nursing courses in increasing numbers, their completion rates remain lower than non-Indigenous students and many barriers hinder course completion. This critical interpretive qualitative study explores academic staff perceptions of factors enabling successful course completions by Indigenous nursing students from universities in Queensland, Australia. Content analysis of data revealed five themes: (a) Individual student characteristics; (b) Institutional structures, systems, and processes; (c) Relationships, connections, and partnerships; (d) Family and community knowledge, awareness, and understanding; and (e) Academics’ knowledge, awareness, and understanding. To increase the number of Indigenous nurses, strategies such as appointing Indigenous nursing academics; partnerships between nursing schools and Indigenous Education Support Units, and the implementation of tailored cross-cultural awareness programs for nurse academics are proposed.
Revealing the Colour and Personality in Texts: Putting the "Person" Back into our Results
Authors: Pitcher Rod
Published: March 2021

The purpose of this paper is to show how the colour and personality contained in texts can be derived and analysed. This colour and personality indicates something important about the respondents’ thinking which is lost using normal analytical techniques. The method used to extract the meaningful words was largely intuitive. That is, I selected the words which seemed to me to indicate something about the thoughts of the respondents and provide colour and personality to the text. These words show how the subject under discussion is seen by the respondent. I would suggest that the method described in this paper is of great value since it allows us to understand better the responses of our respondents. It puts the “person” back into the analysis, showing that the respondents are real people not simply abstract figures.
TENURE AS A MODERATOR BETWEEN AFFECTIVE COMMITMENT AND PROACTIVELY
Authors:   Iqra University, Karachi., Usmani Sania
Published: March 2021

Purpose: This study tested the moderation of tenure between affective commitment and proactive work behavior in Karachi, Pakistan. Methodology/Sampling: The method of gathering the data was primary research. The respondents were managers from pharmaceutical, banking, education and textile sector. The respondents were managers working as permanent employees in middle level or senior level management positions. The sample selection technique was non probability based in which non-restricted sampling type was used. The sample size comprised of 1000 respondents, 250 from each sector but data from 697 respondents was usable in the analysis. Findings: The results showed that as the career progresses from trial stage towards stabilization and ultimately towards maintenance stage, employees are more emotionally committed with their organization and are keenly involved in proactive work behaviors. Practical Implications: This study has inculcated the theoretical assumption that committed employees are creative and innovative and tend to demonstrate much more profound behaviors of proactivity than non-committed ones.
Timbre of Trash
Authors: Cantrell Joe
Published: March 2021

Late capitalist production is highly dependent upon the continuous manufacture of new goods to be brought to market. The idea of obsolescence plays a key role in this process, as more recent commodities replace older, presumably less-effective products. This process is especially prominent in the technological sector, which routinely encourages the deliberate replacement of older devices— even when still functional. Digital audio technologies fall in line with these practices, and are often produced using exploitative labor practices. A serious consideration of these effects poses a difficult question for sonic artists who use electronic and digital equipment in their practice. Specifically, how can sound practitioners begin to account for and push against their tacit contribution to the detrimental effects of obsolescence entailed by the tools of their craft?
This article explores this question through the lens of new materialist discourse, which outlines modes of engaging with the physical world that reject the assumption that objects are static. Instead, they employ an understanding of objects as collective agents in constant active assemblage of shared material actions that include the presence of human bodies as part of a continuum of objects within larger systems of capital, labor, and politics. The  electronic audio practices of American sonic artists who incorporate obsolete, broken, and discarded objects in their work will act as case studies for this exploration. Their work helps understand possible collaborative implementations of technological audio production that recognize the collective agency involved in their physical and aural production.
Motion and the Noise
Authors: Sutton Matthew Daniel
Published: March 2021

William Faulkner's dislike of unwanted sound is well documented. The acoustic environment of rural Mississippi amplified irreversibly after the introduction of the automobile, airplane, and automated farm machinery. In his Intruder in the Dust (1948), the jukebox and radio absorb pointed criticism for producing "canned" sounds outside of their "proper" environment. The narrowing gap between town square and dance hall signifies encroaching chaos, as noise drowns out the attenuated "harmony" that keeps elite whites in power and Intruder's African American protagonist Lucas Beauchamp out of the hands of the lynch mob. For Faulkner, the shift in the auditory environment presents both a disruption and an impediment to a system built on white bourgeois ideals. However, Faulkner's pessimism is counterpointed by sociological studies undertaken by Fisk University researchers. The Fisk study identifies the emergence of a blues culture in the Delta whose energy and boundary-crossing impulses illustrate the liberating possibilities of an expanding soundscape. By juxtaposing Faulkner's damning descriptions of "the motion and the noise" with the Fisk University researchers' illuminating fieldwork, this essay interprets a transformative period in the constantly shifting soundscape of the U.S. South. In line with Jacques Attali's dictum that "our music foretells our future," Intruder in the Dust anticipates the cultural upheaval that would energize the Civil Rights Movement. Both in fiction and in fact, the "noise" emanating from jukeboxes and radios in 1940s Mississippi accelerated social change at a volume much higher and a tempo much faster than Faulkner and other gradualists desired.
'Ta, te, ti, toe, too'
Authors: Poole Ralph
Published: March 2021

Hollywood comedies of the 1950s saw the decline of a specific kind of female comedian, as unruly comediennes in the screwball tradition transformed into silly sexy vixens or tamed into homely sexless housewives. There are, however, some comedies which self-reflectively negotiate this shift. In this article, I would like to suggest that the voice of the comedienne serves as a marker of distinction. My article accordingly explores two pivotal examples of such transformative processes: Judy Holliday as Billie Dawn in Born Yesterday (1950) and Jean Hagen as Lina Lamont in Singin' in the Rain (1952). Both heroines feature what critics have called "the horrors of the harsh female voice." Whereas Billie's voice "survives" through schooling and refinement, Jean's voice resists all training and remains shrill and rowdy, leading to the violent expulsion of her character altogether. With the transformation and eventual disappearance of these extraordinary female actresses and their roles, such voices remained silent for a long time, until loud and brassy comediennes of a new generation were allowed to reappear on the silver screen and to raise their harsh and distinctive voices once again.
Advanced Technologies for Supporting Dispute Resolution: An Analysis
Authors: Kaya Serkan , Khan Muhammed Danyal , Habib Rao Imran
Published: March 2021

Current Traditional litigation in courts is still considered as the main dispute resolution forum for civil disputes. However, as a result of the digital revolution of society, traditional litigation has become very slow, expensive, formal, and complex. To meet the requirement of the digital age regarding the resolution of disputes, Online Dispute Resolution which is a combination of Alternative Dispute Resolution with Information Communication Technology, has become the new trend for resolving disputes. This article critically examines the use of Artificial Intelligence in ODR and gives some successful examples of global ODR services.
Exploring the Underlying Socio-Cultural Dynamics of Domestic Violence against Women by their Intimate Partners: A Contextualized Study of Rural Localities in Southern Punjab, Pakistan
Authors: Sattar Tehmina , Ullah Muhammad Imdad , Rehman Asad Ur , Tufail Sajid
Published: March 2021

Domestic violence is considered as a serious socio-psychological and public health issue that has imperative implications on fecundity of women. This paper put forward consolidate findings about the prevalence of domestic violence in rural localities of Southern Punjab, Pakistan. The contextual realities demonstrated that women are considered to be subordinated in front of their marital partners where gender oppression is considered to be a “normal life phenomenon.” The researchers used obtrusive observations along with in-depth interviewing techniques to explore the contextualized underlying dynamics of the study phenomenon. The findings of this study demonstrate that husband was considered to own the hegemonic masculine powers, while women were subordinated in front of their intimate partners. Moreover, mother-in-law was also considered to be the most provoking person for aggravating domestic violence in household context. These violent acts directly affected the reproductive health of these victimized married females. Henceforth, education prevalence, gender awareness and role of sociologists to address the structural problems are the major recommendations that can be adopted to resolve this issue.
Public Perception towards Punjab Emergency Service (Rescue 1122): A Case Study of District Multan, Punjab, Pakistan
Authors: Imran Muhammad , Ishfaq Kamran , Zulfiqar Zahid
Published: March 2021

The objective of the present study was to examine the public opinion towards Punjab Emergency Service Rescue 1122 among general community. A total number of 600 respondents including both males and females from six towns of Multan District participated in this study through convenient sampling. Structured interview schedule was used as a tool for data collection from respondents. A 5-point likert type scale very satisfied=1; somewhat satisfied=2; Neither Satisfied nor Dissatisfied=3; somewhat Dissatisfied=4; Dissatisfied=5 was used to gather responses from the general public. Descriptive statistics was used to describe the data in frequency distribution, percentages, mean, and standard deviation. The data was analyzed through Statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) 24 version. Results indicated that majority 95% of the respondent swereaware about the services of Punjab emergency rescue 1122. Mostly 75% of the respondents reported that they were satisfied with the services provided by rescue 1122.The Respondents were satisfied with the behavior and first aid services provided by rescue 1122 department. About 52% respondents expressed that they were satisfied with the way of shifting by the rescue workers. Themajority 61% of the respondents weresatisfied with the free helpline service of Rescue 1122 department. The majority 72% of the respondents fully appreciated the initiative of Punjab Government to establish Rescue services for general public. About 58% respondents showed their interest to adopt Punjab emergency rescue 1122 department as a profession.Overall, people were satisfied by the services of Punjab emergency rescue 1122 department. There is a need to extend its services in other provinces.
Mediating Role of Social Support on the Relationship among Depression Perceive Stress, Stressful Life Event and Cardiovascular Diseases
Authors: Mubashir Khansa , Bajwa Ruqia Safdar , Hussain Malik Mureed
Published: March 2021

Study was designed to examine the relationship between well-being and environmental factors and their influence on cardiovascular disease. Cross sectional and co-relational research design were adopted. Data was collected over a span of 04 months from Multan Institute of Cardiology (MIC) and from the cardiology ward 1-A Nishtar Hospital Multan. A purposive sample of 200 cardiovascular patients was requested to provide information regarding stressful life events, perceived stress, depression, social support and cardiovascular diseases. Sample of 200 cardiovascular patients consisted of 100 males and 100 females. Independent sample t-test, ANOVA as well as PLS-SEM (structural equation modeling) was used to examine the hypothesis.  Results informed about the positive impact of psychological stressors on cardiovascular diseases which was partly mediated by social support, because social support effect the way CVD patients perceives the stress full events as well as decrease the threshold of psychological stressors. It was concluded that psychological stressors (Depression, Perceived stress, Stressful life events) and low social support increases the severity of cardiovascular diseases within a short duration among cardiovascular patients. Patients with mild psychological stressors and high social support sustain a milder form of CVD disease e.g. Hypertension for longer time duration without shifting to sever form of cardiovascular diseases while on the other hand contrary happen in the case of high   level of psychological stressors and lower level of social support.
Effect of Performance Appraisal on Employees’ Satisfaction: A Case Study of University of Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Authors: Khan Muhammad Asad , Hussain Altaf , Hussain Jawad , Khan Mohammad Hanif
Published: March 2021

The purpose of this study is to identify the effect of performance appraisal on employees’ satisfaction in university of Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Pakistan. We collected data from 60 administrative employees of university of Peshawar using survey questionnaire. We distributed 100 questionnaires among the employees of university of Peshawar, out of which 60 were returned back, so the response rate was 60 %. Findings of this study revealed that performance appraisal significantly and positively affect employee satisfaction in university of Peshawar, KP. It was concluded from this study that fair and accurate performance appraisal keep the employees satisfied and positively affect the efficiency and effectiveness of employees as well as organization. In line with the findings of this study it is recommended for top management of higher education of Pakistan to design such a performance appraisal system which is in accordance with the new challenges and developmental aspect of employees within different universities or organizations. This study has importance for both policy makers and academicians.
Impact of Poverty and Population Increase on Environmental Degradation: A Comparative Study of Pakistan and India
Authors: Ali Sher , Sadiqa Bibi Aisha , Ali Sajjad , Parveen Shabana
Published: March 2021

This study is devoted to elucidating the impact of poverty and population increase on air pollution (CO2-emission) in the two most populous countries of South Asia i.e. Pakistan and India. Annual time series data for the period of 1990-2018 are used to examine the said impact. To estimate the desired impact Autoregressive Distributed Lags (ARDL) technique is used. It is observed that CO2 emission is significantly determined by population increase and poverty in case of India. In the case of Pakistan population increase significantly affect CO2 emission in both the short run and long run, while poverty don not contributed significantly in the long run. Industrial production if found positive and statistically significant in both the runs. Stability of the model and other diagnostic tests are also employed not serious econometric problems are repowered. It is suggested on the bases of results that serious steps should be taken to reduce environmental pollution by reducing population increase and poverty. Industrial production also contributed to air pollution therefore industrial policies are also needed to be employed to reduce Air pollution.
Human Capital Formation and Economic Growth in Emerging Asia: Empirical Evidence Using Panel Data
Authors: Rehman Muhammad Atiq-ur- , Ghaffar Suleman , Shahzadi Kanwal , Ghazanfar Rabail
Published: March 2021

After the emergence of endogenous growth theory, the role of human capital along with physical capital is considered to be imperative in promoting economic growth. The government social sector spending, mainly on education and health, contributes in forming human capital and promotes economic growth. This study examines the impact of health and education provisions on economic growth of emerging Asian economies, including Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippine, and Thailand. Using the data set for 1995-2018, the fixed effects (FE) and the random effect (RE) methods of panel data estimation are employed. Both methods reveal that the health and education support the human capital formation and stimulate economic growth.
Community-Based Management Strategies in Sustainability of Rural Water Supply Schemes
Authors: Aashiq Uzma , Khalid Aliya , Alam Muhammad , Hassan Syed Salman
Published: March 2021

The sustainability of Rural Water Supply Schemes (RWSS), managed by communities, is a major concern in the developing world. A sustainable RWSS delivers safe and sufficient drinking water for a longer period to rural people. Community management was viewed as an accepted model that leads to sustainability, even though community management had difficulties and constraints in sustainability of RWSS due to social, technical, institutional and financial constraints. This paper reviews the sustainability factors of community managed RWSS. There is a need to take multi-stakeholder approach, a demand driven and community led approach, which ties these stakeholders like government, community and non-governmental sector for the effectiveness and sustainability of drinking water services. The synthesis evidenced that community management needs modifications, in terms of external factors, like, institutional support that include financial and technical support, trainings and administrative assistance to make RWSS sustainable. The community, like participation in all phases of planning, implementation, operation & maintenance, water tariff, sense of ownership, transparency, leadership and management are essential for the sustainability of RWSS. The participation by the community members in RWSS plays positive role for its sustainability. To conclude, analysis also highlighted commitment to community management should be pragmatic and rational. The scaling up of community management is an effective and efficient model to address the issues of sustainability in RWSS.
An Econometric Analysis of Exigent Determinants of Trade Balance in Finland: An Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) Approach
Authors: Ditta Allah , Asim Hafiz , Rehman Hafeez Ur
Published: March 2021

A number of research papers analyzed the factors that may have impacts on the balance of trade for the effective macroeconomic policies but the results of these studies have created ambiguity which implies that further research is needed as the worsening trade balance can limit the economic growth of any country. Hence the current paper is an effort to study the short-run and long-run relationships among trade balance, real effective exchange rate, GDP per capita, urbanization, unemployment and inflation rate for the Finnish economy. Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) bound testing methodology to co-integration along with error correction mechanism is applied by using time series data from 1990 to 2019 for checking the existence of long-run equilibrium between explained variable and its various determinants. Empirical findings of ARDL show that the long-run relationship among the factors of the estimated model holds. The results indicate that real effective exchange rate, urbanization and inflation are having a significant but negative impact on Finland’s trade balance for both the short-run and long-run while the impacts of GDP per capita and unemployment are significant and positive on the Finish balance of trade. In addition to above, the structural stability of mean and variance of the error term for the estimated ARDL model is verified with the help of CUSUM and CUSUM square graphs. Therefore, a reliable policy measure to improve the balance of trade by encouraging the domestic production and curtailing the imports is suggested in Finland.
Wage Setting Behaviour of Firms in Industrial Estates of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Authors: Iqbal Nadeem , Amin Amjad , Alam Danish Wadud
Published: March 2021

The objective of the study is to analyze the wage setting behaviour of firms. For this study four major industrial estates of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Using stratified random sampling, data is collected from 342 firms. Multinomial logistic model is used to estimate the effects of determinants on wage change. Most of the firms change wage rate once in a year. Majority of the firms follow time-dependent wage policy. Half of the firms, which are following time-dependent wage policy, change the wage rate at the end or start of the fiscal year. Most of the firms are not found to index wages. Moreover, the percentage of firms not involved in wage indexation is higher for daily workers than for permanent worker. Labor productivity, employment level in the economy, government regulations, taxes, demand for the product, and inflation are important factors of wage change, but the most important factor is the labour productivity and least important is pressure from the labour union. Imperfect competition and size of the firms are the important determinants of wage flexibility, while wage indexation, information set of expected inflation and fringe benefits provided to workers are the important determinants of wage rigidity. It is important for Pakistan to avoid wage cuts at the times of recession and disinflationary policies be carefully designed as sacrifice ratio, albeit moderate, is not zero.
Relación del salto contramovimiento y pruebas de velocidad (10-30 m) y agilidad en jóvenes futbolistas chilenos (Relationship of counter-movement jump and speed tests (10-30 m) and agility in young Chilean soccer players)
Authors: Barrera Joel , Valenzuela Contreras Luis , Segueida Lorca Álvaro , Maureira Fernando , Zurita Eduardo , Sarmento Hugo
Published: March 2021

El objetivo de la presente investigación fue determinar la relación que existe entre el salto contramovimiento y pruebas de velocidad (10-30 m) y agilidad. La muestra estuvo constituida por 169 futbolistas jóvenes entre las categorías sub-13 y sub-19, a los cuales se les aplicó la prueba de salto contramovimiento, velocidad (10-30 m) y agilidad zigzag. Los resultados muestran que la altura del salto contramovimiento presenta una alta correlación negativa con la velocidad 10 m (r=-.693), 30 m (r=-.731) y agilidad (r=-.490). De igual modo, los resultados de la potencia del salto contramovimiento se correlacionan negativamente con la velocidad 10 m (r=-.658), 30 m (r=-.719) y agilidad (r=-.484). Los coeficientes de determinación más altos correspondieron a la altura del salto contramovimiento y velocidad (r2=.534) y la potencia del salto contramovimiento y velocidad (r2=.517). Los resultados obtenidos en el presente estudio sugieren que el salto contramovimiento tiene un alto grado de influencia en el rendimiento en la velocidad (10-30 m), lo cual, parece no estar tan claro en la variable de agilidad.
Abstract. The objective of this research was to determine the relationship between countermovement jumping and speed tests (10-30 m) and agility. The sample consisted of 169 young soccer players between the under-13 and under-19 categories, to whom the counter-movement jump test, speed (10-30 m) and zigzag agility were applied. The results show that the height of the countermovement jump shows a high negative correlation with speed 10 m (r = -. 693), 30 m (r = -. 731) and agility (r = -. 490). Similarly, the results of the countermovement jump power are negatively correlated with speed 10 m (r = -. 658), 30 m (r = -. 719) and agility (r = -. 484). The highest coefficients of determination corresponded to the height of the countermovement jump and speed (r2 = .534) and the power of the countermovement jump and speed (r2 = .517). The results obtained in the present study suggest that the countermovement jump has a high degree of influence on speed performance (10-30 m), which seems to be not so clear in the agility variable.
Calidad de movimiento en adolescentes practicantes y no practicantes de Gimnasia Acrobática mediante la batería Funtional Movement Screen (Quality of movement in Acrobatic Gymnastics teenagers and non-practitioners using the Funtional Movement Screen bat
Authors: Vernetta Santana Mercedes , Salas Morillas Alicia , Peláez-Barrios Eva Mª , López-Bedoya Jesús
Published: March 2021

Objetivo: Valorar la calidad de movimiento aplicando el Functional Movement Screen (FMS) en adolescentes de 12 a 17 años practicantes o no de Gimnasia Acrobática (GA). Método: Estudio descriptivo, comparativo y transversal donde participaron 41 adolescentes (20 practicantes de GA y 21 no practicantes). Se usó la batería FMS, compuesta por siete pruebas: sentadilla profunda, paso de valla, estocada en línea, movilidad de hombro, elevación activa de la pierna recta, estabilidad del tronco en flexiones, estabilidad rotatoria del tronco. Resultados: se observó una relación estadísticamente significativa de signo positivo a través del estadístico R de Spearman, entre la puntuación global del FMS y la práctica de GA (p= .023). Las gimnastas presentan mejor calidad de movimiento que las no practicantes, con diferencias estadísticamente significativas, puntuando mejor en prácticamente todas las pruebas. Conclusión: se corrobora una relación entre la práctica de GA y una mayor puntuación del FMS. 
Abstract. Objective: To assess the quality of movement by applying the Functional Movement Screen (FMS) to teenagers aged 12 to 17, whether or not they practice Acrobatic Gymnastics (AG). Methods: Descriptive, comparative and cross-sectional study in which 41 teenagers (20 AG practitioners and 21 non-practitioners) participated. The FMS battery was used, consisting of seven tests: deep squat, fence step, line lunge, shoulder mobility, active straight leg lift, trunk stability in bending, trunk rotation stability. Results: a statistically significant positive relationship was observed through Spearman's R statistic, between the overall FMS score and the AG practice (p= .023). Gymnasts presented better quality of movement than non-gymnastics practitioners, with statistically significant differences, scoring better in practically all tests. Conclusion: a relationship between AG practice and a higher FMS score is corroborated.
La transcomplejidad de las tecnologías de información y comunicación en la universidad desde una visión tridimensional.
Authors:   Universidad Bicentenaria de Aragua, Gámez Ramón , Ojeda Magaly ,   Universidad Bicentenaria de Aragua, Valdez Adaisis ,   Universidad Bicentenaria de Aragua
Published: March 2021

Las universidades, en el cumplimiento de su función han de proveer la formación de profesionales capaces de responder a los requerimientos de la sociedad globalizada. Lo planteado refleja la importancia de una apropiación más proactiva de las tecnologías de información y comunicación y la consecuente incorporación de cambios estructurales en el espacio educativo. Se realizó con base al enfoque integrador transcomplejo y métodos mixtos, en un procedimiento de tres fases: a) documental hermenéutica, donde se discutieron las teorías de sistemas, teoría de la creatividad e innovación, teoría de procesamiento de la información; b) de campo deductiva colaborativa, en la cual el escenario de investigación fue la universidad Bicentenaria de Aragua, con una población siete estudiantes a los cuales se les realizó una entrevista a profundidad y una muestra 905 estudiantes, que representa al 6% de la población estudiantil, que asciende a 15 mil estudiantes a quienes se les aplicó un cuestionario y c) la integrativa donde se realizó el análisis cuantitativo, la interpretación cualitativa y la integración de los resultados. Se pudo constatar que la apropiación de las tecnologías de información y comunicación en la universidad es medianamente favorable en la dimensión tecnológica. Con base a lo cual se generó un estadio emergente transcomplejo donde se reticulan el espacio virtual, los docentes, los estudiantes y los recursos tecnológicos, con miras a generar innovación y crear una cultura tecnológica en la universidad.
Saberes e Diversidade: Aspectos Étnico-Raciais para Construção e Formação Docente
Authors: Lima Luana , Rosalen Marilena
Published: March 2021

A obra reúne capítulos que apresentam vivências, experiências, resultados de pesquisas em andamento e concluídas e relatos de experiências os quais destacam a importância dos saberes prático-experienciais e geram contribuições significativas para a formação inicial e continuada de professores acerca da relevância social e histórica das questões étnico-raciais.
Micropropagation of Pelargonium odoratissimum (L.) L’Her. through petioles and leaves
Authors: Ebrahimzadeh Asghar , Fathollahzadeh Maliheh , Bagher Hassanpouraghdam Mohammad , Aazami Mavaloo Mohammad
Published: March 2021

Pelargonium odoratissimum (L.) L’Her is a hard rooting plant and the common methods of propagation via stem cuttings are not successful with this species. therefore, tissue culture methods have been experienced for the mass-propagation of this high-valued species. Intact leaves, leaf segments and petiole sections derived from nodal explants in vitro were employed for the optimization of P. odoratissimum micropropagation. The treatment combinations used were MS and 1/2 MS media supplemented with 6-benzylaminopurine, BAP (1, 1.5, 2 and 4.5 mg.L-1) and 1-naphthaleneacetic acid, NAA (0.1, 1 and 1.5 mg.L-1). With leaf segments, the lowest browning incidence, the greatest callogenesis and the highest number of shoots were obtained with the media containing 1.5 mg.L-1 BAP and 1 mg.L-1 NAA. Two mg.L-1 BAP + 0.1 mg.L-1 NAA kept the same results for petiole explants. Intact leaves showed the best results for the three mentioned treatments with 1 mg.L-1 BAP + 1 mg.L-1 NAA. 0.2 mg.L-1 NAA caused the highest rooting percentage and the greatest mean data for the number and length of the roots. Rooted plantlets were transferred to the pots containing 1:1 peat-moss and perlite. Acclimatization of the plantlets was followed by 90 % of survival rate in the greenhouse. The protocol employed would be a potent one to present for the extension section.
Native fruits of Peru as a potential source of nutrients, bioactive compounds and antioxidant capacity in the nutritional requirements of vulnerable groups
Authors: Obregón La Rosa Antonio , Talledo Rodríguez Garbiña , Pinedo Taco Rember
Published: March 2021

The Andean region has a great variety of native species, which can satisfy a large part of the daily nutritional requirements, necessary for vulnerable populations, due to their high nutrient content. In this work, the physicochemical characterization of three types of native fruits from the Andean region of Peru was carried out: Aguaymanto (Physalis peruviana), yellow pitahaya (Selenericeus megalanthus) and Quito (Solanum quitoense), the potential of nutrients, the bioactive compounds, antioxidant capacity and was compared with the nutritional requirement of vulnerable groups (older adults, pregnant mothers and lactating mothers). For each vulnerable group, the average contribution of the fruits and the theoretical average contribution of a five-day diet were contrasted with the IDR10, which represents 10 % of the total requirement of the Dietary Reference Intake (IDR) considering that the consumption of the fruit represents 10 % of the total food intake per day. To test the hypothesis, a global index was determined as a function of desirability, determined from the geometric mean of the indices of physical-chemical, nutritional, bioactive compounds and antioxidant capacity of the studied fruits. The non-parametric statistical method of Kruskal Wallis was used with a significant level of 5 %, significantly verifying (p≤ 0.05) that the content of the components of the native fruits represent a potential source of nutrients, bioactive compounds and antioxidant capacity in the nutritional requirements of vulnerable groups.
Comparative Advantage Following (CAF) Strategy and Integration into the World Market for Manufactured Export Products
Authors: GNANGNON Sèna
Published: March 2021

This article investigates the impact of countries' comparative advantage following (CAF) strategy on their integration into the world markets for manufactured exports. The analysis uses a panel dataset of 113 countries (comprising both developed and developing countries) over the period 1995-2015. Based on the two-step system Generalized Method of Moments approach, the findings have shown that the CAF development strategy induces a rise in countries' share of manufactured export products in the world's total manufactured exports. Interestingly, the magnitude of this positive effect of the CAF strategy increases as the size of inward FDI stock rises. An important implication of this analysis is that countries that promote industries in line with their comparative advantage are likely to enjoy a greater integration into the world market for manufactured export products, notably when they experience a greater size of inward FDI stock.
Effect of Export Product Quality on Export Product Diversification at the Extensive Margins
Authors: GNANGNON Sèna
Published: March 2021

This paper explores the effect of improvement in export product quality on export product diversification at the extensive margins. The analysis relies on a sample of 135 countries (both developed and developing countries) over the period 1970-2014. It uses the two-step system Generalized Methods of Moments (GMM) estimator to perform the empirical exercise. Results show the existence of a non-linear effect of export product quality on export product diversification at the extensive margins: improvement of export product quality in countries with low levels of export product quality leads to greater export product diversification at the extensive margins. However, countries with a high quality of export products experience greater export product concentration at the extensive margins. The SE findings have policy implications discussed in the conclusion section of the paper.
Relevance of Self-Help Groups in Economic and Social Development of India
Authors: Pant Vyomesh
Published: March 2021

In this paper, a model for development of Self-Help Groups (SHGs) has been presented in perspective of India to ensure the Economic and Social development of the country and addressing, simultaneously, some of the major challenges being faced by India. Adequate microfinancing to the SHGs and developing entrepreneurship among its members may help in achieving several targets like poverty alleviation, women empowerment, employment generation, homogeneous development etc. If planned properly, the SHGs can become an instrument for all round and all-inclusive development of India or any other similarly placed developing country. SHGs may also play an import role in the endeavour of India to become a five trillion economy, to achieve self-sustainability and to attain the Sustainable Development Goals.
A year of hepatocellular carcinoma at a glance. Demographics, biochemical and radiological characteristics and treatment modalities from a specialized facility of Pakistan
Authors: Alam Laima
Published: March 2021

Objectives:Relation of demographics of hepatocellular-carcinoma with the aetiology.Tumour characteristics in relation to anti-viral therapy and presence of viral-DNA/RNATreatment modalities offeredMethods: This cross-sectional study enrolled all the patients aged 18-70 years with diagnosed hepatocellular carcinoma either through Triphasic Contrast-Enhanced-CT scan and/or Magnetic Resonance Imaging or biopsy presenting to the Outpatient-Department or multi-disciplinary-team meetings for the year 2019. Demographic variables, biochemical analysis including liver profile and stage of cirrhosis, viral-status, tumour staging and the treatment modalities offered were all noted. ANOVA (normal) and Kruskal-Wallis (non-normal) tests were used to compare quantitative data whereas chi-square-test and fisher-exact-test were used to compare qualitative-data.Results: Out of 195 patients with hepatocellular carcinoma, 76% were males in their fifth to sixth decades of life, 96% had cirrhosis, 94% corresponded to viral hepatocellular-carcinoma (82% Hepatitis-C-Virus, 9% Hepatitis-B-Virus and 3% coinfection), 60% of the cirrhotics landed in Child-Pugh A category with tumour staging BCLC-B being the predominant one (43.6%) and single and multiple bilateral nodules were the commonest lesions encountered. Platelets and Alanine-Transaminase had a significant relation across aetiological groups. Lymph-nodes were the most common extra-hepatic organs for metastasis and the presence of viral PCR had a significant impact on the tumour aggressiveness. Thirty-two percent of the patients were amenable to curative treatment.Conclusion: Viral infection is the main cause of rising prevalence of this tumour in Pakistan. Treatment modalities are expensive and expertise are lacking. A nationwide cancer registry is required for the exact disease burden and tumour behaviour for our population.
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Creation of source breeding material of oat with high bioenergy indicators and variety ‘Denka’ on its basis
Authors: Necheporenko L. P. , Orlov S. D.
Published: March 2021

The purpose of the study was to create a source breeding material and a variety of oat with high productivity, resistance to fungal diseases and high energy performance.

Research methods. Field, laboratory, analytical and statistical.

Results. When creating a new source breeding of oat, we used an individual offspring of hybrid material obtained as a result of long-term hybridization. According to the results of studies of five oat lines, breeding numbers of 12–5, 437–99, and 570–6 were selected, which have high grain yield of 5.3–6.4 t/ha, oil content of 4.2–6.1%, protein content of 10.7–15.6% and estimated energy yield from 243.6 / 1023.1 to 349.7 / 1469.0 kcal/kJ. The affection of the oat sowing lines by flying smut averaged 8–9 points and the crown rust 7–9 points. Line 12–5 had an average yield of 6.30 t/ha, which exceeded the average group standard by plant height by 4 cm, shorter vegetation period by 13 days, resistance to smut by 2 points, to rust by 1 point, lodging and shedding of grain by 0.5–1.5 points, low husk share of 23.1%, weight of 1000 grains 35.2 g under contrasting weather conditions. The line of oat ‘Denka was transferred to the State Scientific and Technical Expertise, where it was found that the growing season averaged 92 days, plant height 81–90 cm, resistance to lodging 8.5 points, high resistance to fungal diseases (8.5–9.0 points) and drought (9 points), grain yield was 4.31 (Polissia) and 4.80 t/ha (Forest-Steppe), respectively that by 0.99 and 1.25 t/ha exceeded the average yield of varieties.

Conclusions. The lines of oat by plant height, panicle length, 1000 grains weight, grain nature, resistance to fungal diseases, productivity, quality, energy value were created. The ‘Denka’ oat cultivar had an average yield of 4.31 (Polissia) and 4.80 t/ha (ForestSteppe), which, respectively, exceeded the average yield of the varieties resistant to flying smut by 0.99 and 1.25 t/ha, respectively. The variety is listed in the Register of Plant Varieties of Ukraine Suitable for Distribution in the Forest-Steppe and Polissia since 2018.
Pavlovnia - highly productive culture for the production of biofuels and wood
Authors: Humentyk M. Ya. , Yaholnyk O. O.
Published: March 2021

Purpose. Creating Ukraine’s own feedstock base for the development of the biofuel industry through the use of energy-efficient technologies for growing high-yielding bioenergy crops on special energy plantations, which, along with high biomass growth for biofuel production, actively absorb carbon dioxide and emit significant amounts of oxygen.

Research methods. Field, accounting, statistical, analytical.

Results. Energy plantations of wood crops, which in a short term gives an opportunity to obtain a variety of high quality wood products. This line of business is new, which has already proven itself in world practice as one of the most profitable and reliable ways of investment. This process occurs most intensively in highly productive bioenergy crops of group C4, such as: paulownia, sugar sorghum, corn and sugar beets. As a rule, the invested funds are repaid for 3−5 years from the beginning of planting the energy plantation. For plantations with a short growing season, mostly fast-growing trees are used, which allows to reduce the growing season of trees from 10−20 to 3−5 years. This type of wood from specially created energy plantations can be used as a business and to process part of the raw material from waste, which is about 50% in the form of twigs, for fuel chips.

Conclusions. The expediency of growing highly productive bioenergy crop of paulownia in different soil and climatic zones of the country in order to produce feedstock for the construction industry and biofuel production is substantiated. Ukraine has all the necessary prerequisites for this.
The influence of biological formulations on sugar beet productivity and the biofuel output in the conditions of the western Polissya Ukraine
Authors: Sychuk L. V. , Cherevko T. V. , Myskovets K. V.
Published: March 2021

Introduction. The article presents the results of studies on the impact of biological products on sugar beet productivity and biofuel yield in Western Polissia.

Conclusions. The use of mineral fertilizers at a dose of N150 P100 K150 + green manure provided the best yield of sugar beet roots of 58.1 t/ha. Biofuel output was 4.7 t/ha for bioethanol and 13.6 m3 for biogas. The highest profitability of growing sugar beet for biofuels (116%) was noted for the introduction of BTU (universal) + mustard white as a green manure crop.
Coronavirus and features of green generation development in Ukraine
Authors: Yaholnyk O. H. O. H.
Published: March 2021

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