bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Incidence de l’anémie et de la carence en fer périopératoire chez les patientes en oncologie gynécologique
Authors: Jadunandan Saudia , Tano Ruby , Vicus Danielle , Callum Jeannie , Lin Yulia
Published: February 2022

De plus en plus, l’anémie préopératoire est reconnue comme un facteur de risque compromettant la santé des patients, notamment parce qu’elle prolonge l’hospitalisation et augmente le nombre de transfusions sanguines nécessaires. Vu la prévalence accrue de ce problème chez les patientes en gynécologie qui seront opérées, le dépistage doit être précoce afin d’optimiser l’issue de l’intervention chirurgicale. La présente étude quantitative, à devis observationnel rétrospectif, s’est penchée sur le cas de 284 patientes en oncologie gynécologique devant subir une opération. L’étude a été réalisée pendant la période du 1er janvier au 31 décembre 2014 dans le but de déterminer la fréquence de l’anémie et de la carence en fer, de même que le lien entre l’anémie et le nombre de transfusions sanguines. Les patientes souffrant d’anémie devaient plus souvent recevoir une transfusion (44 % contre 11 %, p < .0001), le nombre d’unités de sang transfusé par patiente était considérablement plus élevé (1,19 unité en moyenne contre 0,28 unité, p < .0001) et le séjour postopératoire plus long (5,9 jours en moyenne contre 4,6 jours, p = .0008). On en a conclu que le dépistage et le traitement précoces de l’anémie sont des éléments clés pour optimiser l’issue de l’opération.
HYBRIS CONTRA NATURAM
Authors: Ribeiro Tatiana , Cairus Henrique
Published: February 2022

A hýbris, cujo conceito é discutido brevemente no artigo, normalmente é tratada, na cultura grega arcaica e clássica, como um atentado contra mortais ou imortais. Para que exista uma hýbris, é necessário haver um excesso em relação a certo limite e uma contrapartida punitiva, a partir de uma themistosýnē, de um senso específico de justiça, um pouco diverso da dikaiosýnē. Este artigo propõe que se pense na hýbris contra a phýsis (cujo conceito também é discutido brevemente), como uma forma de entender-se tanto a contrapartida punitiva que redunda em doença (individual ou coletiva) quanto a forma de evitar ou contornar as consequências ou mesmo o cometimento da hýbris a partir da aplicação de conhecimentos específicos.
O ABSURDO DA MORTE NO NIILISMO DE BEAUVOIR E SCHOPENHAUER
Authors: Costa Roberto Marques
Published: February 2022

This article presents a basic and descriptive bibliographic research on death in the nihilistic conception of Beauvoir and Schopenhauer. Death is a natural, complex phenomenon that causes fear in individuals. Death is a fact for finitude, in which it reduces the human being to the absurdity of nothingness. The focus of the article is to discuss through secondary sources and by the hypothetical deductive method the problem of death in the philosophy of these two thinkers. The relevance of this scientific research is based on the insertion that death is an object of study of paramount importance, because it presents itself to the individual as an inexorable and imminent reality. In the philosophical theory of these authors, death is a fact that contains nothing but an absolute darkness. It is the finitude of all human
PSICANÁLISE: ADOECIMENTO E CURA...
Authors: Flecha Renata
Published: February 2022

Este trabalho objetiva discutir a maneira como a psicanálise concebe o termo cura. O surgimento da psicanálise se atrela ao trabalho clínico e teórico de Freud com pacientes histéricas, inaugurando uma nova maneira de compreender esse adoecimento psíquico, pouco considerado pela medicina da época. Freud, então, a partir de parcerias iniciais com Breuer e Charcot dá vez e voz a essas mulheres, que apresentavam sintomas associados ao corpo, tais como afasias e paralisias. A partir, então, dessa prática clínica, Freud propõe que as causas da histeria estariam intrinsecamente associadas à sexualidade, e postula a presença de uma sexualidade infantil, o que lhe custa a parceria com Breuer, que discordava dessa posição. Assim, em seu percurso de trabalho, Freud elege como objeto de estudo o inconsciente, que diferentemente de outras concepções, é um sistema psíquico que possui uma forma própria de funcionamento e, para se dar a conhecer, manifesta-se nas lacunas do sistema consciente, por meio de atos falhos, chistes, sintomas etc. A proposição de Freud sobre o inconsciente remete à constituição da subjetividade marcada por um desamparo biológico e psíquico provocador de um constante mal-estar. As formas de mal-estar e/ou sofrimento psíquico variam em tempos e lugares, bem como as proposições sobre a cura. A psicanálise não compartilha com a ideia da existência de uma cura entendida como remissão completa de sintomas e sofrimento, como preconiza, por exemplo a medicina. Freud propõe que o trabalho da psicanálise deve ser na direção da transformação de um sofrimento neurótico em uma infelicidade comum.

PALAVRAS-CHAVE: psicanálise; inconsciente; adoecimentos psíquicos; sofrimento; cura.
PARA ALÉM DO PROCESSO
Authors: Silveira Marco Aurélio Nunes da , Couto Lohan Ribeiro
Published: February 2022

Este artigo avalia, em metodologia comparativa, em que medida o discurso político-criminal latino-americano, inerente às reformas processuais penais adversariais, pode contribuir para a efetiva implementação da justiça restaurativa no Brasil. Primeiramente, associa-se o discurso para além do processo, relativo às reformas de latino-americanas do final do Séc. XX, à criação de um amplo “cardápio” de saídas alternativas, dentre as quais a justiça restaurativa, que, inicialmente, figurou apenas como mera possibilidade dentre tantas outras. Então, apresenta-se os rumos assumidos pelas reformas em sua geração mais recente, no sentido de priorizar a resolução do “conflito primário” e a adoção de modelos composicionais de justiça. Deste quadro, extrai-se para o Brasil a perspectiva de uma construção dialógica da justiça restaurativa, partindo-se da experiência latino-americana para levantar um debate sobre a finalidade que o sistema penal deve ter no estado democrático. Assim, apesar da inércia do Brasil em democratizar seu sistema de justiça penal, o renovado e atual movimento “refundacional” do processo penal, no país, pode converter em impulso aquilo que hoje se apresenta como obstáculo, com a finalidade de projetar a efetivação da justiça restaurativa.
LA COVID 19 Y LAS POLÍTICAS EUROPEAS SOBRE LOS DERECHOS HUMANOS
Authors: Romeo Casabona Carlos María
Published: February 2022

Es aceptado sin discusión que la pandemia del coronavirus está afectando de forma primaria a la salud pública, como bien jurídico colectivo, pero también sabemos que ha costado miles de vidas y daños a la salud individual de millones de personas. Dada la gravedad que ha ido adquiriendo la enfermedad covid 19, también se plantea desde una perspectiva más básica, aunque todavía sea muy remota, que puede afectar asimismo a la especie humana, a su supervivencia. Las restricciones y privaciones de la libertad ambulatoria o de movimientos ha afectado no solo a ésta sino también a una larga lista de derechos de los ciudadanos, no poco de ellos fundamentales. La vuelta a la normalidad, incorrectamente llamada por algunos “nueva normalidad”, presenta sus propias complejidades, pero hay que volver a la situación anterior al inicio de la pandemia, de pleno ejercicio de los derechos de los ciudadanos, aunque sea de forma gradual y acompasada a la evolución de la pandemia.
TRABALHO DOMÉSTICO E ESCRAVIDÃO NO BRASIL SOB UMA PERSPECTIVA BIOPOLÍTICA
Authors: Wermuth Maiquel Ângelo Dezordi , Nielsson Joice Graciele
Published: February 2022

O artigo tem por objetivo apresentar as categorias filosóficas da biopolítica, do estado de exceção e do paradigma do campo, a partir da obra de Michel Foucault e Giorgio Agamben, como backgroud teórico para contextualizar a questão da violência perpetrada contra mulheres, majoritariamente pobres e negras no Brasil contemporâneo nos seus espaços de trabalho durante a pandemia da Covid-19. Busca-se responder ao seguinte problema de pesquisa: em que medida, sob uma perspectiva biopolítica, é possível estabelecer um continuum histórico entre escravidão e trabalho doméstico no Brasil, marcado pela violência e pela exploração dos corpos femininos nos espaços de trabalho? A pesquisa é perspectivada por meio da técnica da pesquisa bibliográfica e do método genealógico foucaultiano, pois aborda questões da contemporaneidade sem perder de vista fatos do passado histórico do país. O texto se estrutura em duas partes: a) inicialmente, discorre sobre a violência histórica perpetrada contra mulheres pobres e negras vinculadas ao trabalho doméstico desde o Brasil Colônia até o contexto contemporâneo; b) na sequência, analisa como a casa, especialmente em tempos de pandemia, pode constituir-se em uma espécie de campo, ao transformar-se em espaço de exceção que permite a perpetuação (permanente) das mais abjetas formas de escravidão, que colocam mulheres no centro das técnicas de politização e exploração da vida.
TELETRABALHO DE MULHERES DURANTE A PANDEMIA E O DISCURSO DO FEMINISMO LIBERAL
Authors: Cirino Samia Moda
Published: February 2022

O presente trabalho analisa o teletrabalho realizado por mulheres durante a pandemia, haja vista a discussão quanto ao acúmulo de atividades produtivas e reprodutivas durante esse período de forma mais expressiva por elas. Esse problema nos remete à análise da divisão sexual do trabalho de acordo com diferentes vertentes dos feminismos, especialmente o Feminismo Liberal, eis que é com base nessa perspectiva que os trabalhos produtivo e reprodutivo têm sido veiculados nas mídias.  Após a coleta de dados estatísticos sobre o trabalho das mulheres durante a pandemia e do levantamento bibliográfico sobre o tema, foi possível verificar que o discurso de mulheres quanto ao acúmulo de atividades reprodutivas e produtivas durante pandemia mascara um conteúdo racial e excludente fomentado pelo Feminismo Liberal no contexto do capitalismo neoliberal.  Ao contrapor esse discurso com perspectivas críticas do Feminismo Radical e Marxista, concluiu-se que, para uma parte das mulheres, o acúmulo das atividades de reprodução social durante o período de pandemia, em grande medida, decorre da dispensa de trabalhadoras domésticas ou, ainda, da impossibilidade dessas trabalhadoras laborarem durante esse período devido à falta de políticas públicas de apoio durante a crise de saúde.
MARGEM DE APRECIAÇÃO E DEFERÊNCIA DA JURISDIÇÃO CONSTITUCIONAL
Authors: Gaviao Filho Anizio Pires , Moreira Bianca Medran
Published: February 2022

O presente estudo tem por escopo analisar o problema da dimensão institucional da aplicação do teste da proporcionalidade pela jurisdição constitucional para controlar as decisões do legislador sobre restrições a direitos fundamentais. Cuida-se de investigação assentada em pesquisa bibliográfica, desenvolvida com base no método dedutivo, que pretende demonstrar, primeiramente, que a objeção da ilegitimidade pode ser superada por meio de um controle moderado, justificado e de argumentação racional e, segundo, que a teoria da margem de apreciação desempenha papel central para a justificação da deferência judicial.
JUDICIALIZAÇÃO DA POLÍTICA E DAS RELAÇÕES SOCIAIS EM REVISTA – A CONSTITUIÇÃO CIDADÃ E A MODERNIZAÇÃO DA TRADIÇÃO
Authors: Périssé Paulo G. S.
Published: February 2022

Resumo

O transcurso dos trinta e um anos da publicação da Constituição Federal permite uma análise retrospectiva do cenário dentro do qual desenvolveu-se o processo de judicialização da política e das relações sociais, no Brasil.

Nesse artigo pretendo explorar o processo de judicialização das relações de trabalho que antecede ao período de vigência da Constituição Federal de 1988 e seus fortes vínculos com o processo de modernização brasileiro.

Nessa perspectiva sustento que, a partir dos anos 1930, o sistema jurídico laboral teria sido instrumentalizado para atuar como um dos pilares de uma renovada articulação entre a vida social e os sistemas econômico e político. Por outro lado, destaco como tal arranjo teria sido funcional para a preservação dos interesses hegemônicos e a chamada “modernização da tradição”, conceito que estrutura o argumento.

A hipótese é de que a estratégia da judicialização, rearticulada desde os anos 1980, encontrou seus limites ao replicar o deslocamento para o campo jurídico e defini-lo como espaço privilegiado para fazer avançar o projeto político inscrito no texto constitucional.
Abuse in Patients with Spinal Cord Injury During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Authors: Komlakh Khalil , Hatefi Masoud
Published: February 2022

Background: One of the chronic diseases with various challenges for patients and caregivers is spinal cord injury (SCI). The spread and prevalence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have been an influential risk factor for abuse. Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess the rate of abuse in patients with SCI during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: This cross-sectional descriptive study population was all SCI cases in Ilam, Iran. Researcher-made forms and questionnaires with confirmed validity and reliability, including the demographic characteristics, form and perceived abuse researcher-made questionnaire for people with SCI, were used. The perceived abuse questionnaire for patients with SCI was a researcher-made questionnaire designed based on library studies, interviews with patients, and determination of abuse instances. This instrument consists of 20 questions answered as yes (score 1) or no (score 0). After data collection, statistical analyzes were performed using the SPSS software version 16. Results: According to our results, the mean ± SD of the perceived abuse score by caregivers and patients was 8.48 ± 2.31 and 42.45% during the COVID-19 pandemic, respectively. Moreover, the mean ± SD of the age of patients was 62.86 ± 19.15 years, and the patient abuse increased with elevation in age (P = 0, F = 27.42). The possible abuse score was 0 - 20 divided into three categories of low (20, 20.4%), moderate (76, 76.5%), and high (2, 2%). The perceived abuse score was significantly higher among women and patients with a history of more than 10 years of SCI. Abuse prevalence did not have a significant relationship with income and marital status. Regarding age and abuse, our results showed a rise in perceived abuse scores with an increase in age. Conclusions: The present study showed that it is necessary to take measures to prevent abuse in patients with SCI. Moreover, the prevalence of abuse related to COVID-19 in patients with SCI was high. Therefore, preventive actions need to be proposed in this field.
Virtual Medical Education During COVID-19 Pandemic in Iran: A Qualitative Study of Perspectives on Challenges and Strategies
Authors: Abedi Pouya , Iranmanesh Foad , Seyed Bagheri Seyed Hamid , Rafiei Mehrad , Afshari Hojat
Published: February 2022

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic led to virtual education for students, causing many problems in many countries, including Iran. Objectives: This study explains the challenges of virtual medical education and strategies to promote it from the perspective of students, faculty members, and educational staff of Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences to meet the needs and expectations of learners and educators. Methods: This qualitative study was conducted using a conventional content analysis approach in 2021. The sample size criterion was to achieve data saturation, based on which 14 faculty members, students, and educational staff were selected by purposive sampling and interviewed using a semi-structured interview guide. The accuracy of the data was ensured through participants’ views, peer review, and an external observer. MAXQDA version 10 was used to facilitate the analysis process. Results: Based on the analysis, 4 main categories for virtual education challenges, including managerial factors, problems related to the nature of virtual education, infrastructural factors, and individual factors, were extracted. Further, 4 main categories, including improving management, improving education, providing infrastructure, and informing and empowering educators, students, and educational staff, were extracted to promote virtual education during the COVID-19 pandemic at Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences. Conclusions: The challenges to which virtual education is faced and unique strategies to promote it during the COVID-19 pandemic were discussed. Understanding these challenges helps to their elimination and provides practical solutions for them. These challenges and solutions can lead to effective virtual education and thus increase the quality of learning.
Evaluation of Perceived Social Support Status and Quality of Life in Improved COVID-19 Patients in Birjand, Iran
Authors: Moodi Mitra , Sharifzadeh Gholamreza , Baghernejad Fatemeh
Published: February 2022

Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a viral infectious disease and a pandemic since late 2019. One of the factors affecting the quality of life (QoL) and longevity of patients is social support. Social support reduces the effects of stress and calls for effective coping responses in the face of illness. Patients behave better if they have social support. Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the QoL and perceived social support in patients with improved COVID-19 in Birjand, Iran, in 2020. Methods: Using the available sampling method, the participants of this descriptive-analytical study were selected from the list of patients in the health center. A total of 100 patients with improved COVID-19 were included. Data were collected using the demographic information, the Perceived Social Support (PSS) Questionnaire (Kanti-Michel and Zimmet 2000), and WHOQOL-BREF Questionnaire. Data were analyzed by descriptive and analytical tests (one-way analysis of variance and correlation test) using SPSS version 22 at a significance level of P < 0.05. Results: The mean age of participants was 50.08 ± 9.63 years and 44% of the samples were male. The mean score of perceived social support was 52.15 ± 7.62 (out of 60), and the mean QoL score was 86.63 ± 16.72 (out of 100). Also, there was a significant relationship between perceived social support and QoL (P = 0.03, r = 0.21). Conclusions: Our findings showed a significant relationship between perceived social support and QoL. Thus, implementation of interventions to promote perceived social support and QoL by the governments, health care workers, family, and friends is essential.
Evaluation of stabilization rate of high and low molecular organic matter in cryoconite holes from the Arctic, Antarctic and Caucasus mountain ecosystems by 13C–NMR spectroscopy
Authors: Polyakov Vyacheslav , Abakumov Evgeny , Tembotov Rustam , Mavludov Bulat
Published: February 2022

Cryoconite holes are considered as a place of accumulation of organomineral matter, including black carbon. It is formed as a result of incomplete combustion of carboncontaining fragments of natural and anthropogenic origin. Such material is transported by the wind and participates in the formation of cryoconite on the ice surface. The accumulation of organic matter in cryoconite can significantly affect the climate of our planet. To assess the processes of resistance to biodegradation of organic matter in cryoconite, molecular methods of analysis were used. This work presents the qualitative and quantitative evaluation of composition of humic acids, formed in selected cryoconite holes of various geographical regions. To identify them, the 13C–NMR spectroscopy method was used, which makes it possible to reveal trends in the accumulation of specific structural fragments and the rate of stabilization of cryoconite organic matter. The analysis of the elemental composition revealed that the most condensed macromolecules of humic acids accumulate in cryoconite holes on Mount Elbrus. In the molecules of humic acids, the accumulation of aliphatic structural fragments up to 71-73% occurs to a greater extent, while the composition of the aliphatic fragments depended on local precursors of humification. In the Arctic and Antarctic ecosystems, humic acids with relatively homogeneous composition are formed. These ecosystems are characterized by the domination of moss-lichen communities, which are characterized by a predominance of lipids and carbohydrates in the chemical composition. Black carbon is an important part of the planetary carbon cycle. Under the conditions of active deglaciation, cryoconite material can enter the periglacial zone, and under the action of soil microorganisms, it can become an additional source of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
Ecophysiological features of Larix sibirica in urban ecosystems of the Kola north in the railway influence zone
Authors: Saltan Natalya V. , Sviatkovskaya Ekaterina A.
Published: February 2022

For the first time, a study of the ecophysiological features of the introduced Larix sibirica (middle-aged plantations old 40-50 years) was carried out at a tree nursery and railway stations in four cities in the Kola Subarctic. Content of photosynthetic pigments (per fresh weight) ranged 1185 – 1894 μg·g-1 (chlorophyll a), 377 – 666 μg·g-1 (chlorophyll b), and 256 – 387 μg·g-1 (carotenoids). Exception was found for the specimens from Murmansk (significantly higher) and Olenegorsk (significantly lower values). High content of Fe was found in needles (1865 – 4278 mg·kg-1), however, it did not lead to any damage or abnormalities in the development of Larix sibirica. A close positive correlation was shown between the Fe and Mn contents (r = 0.91). Ni and Cu content in needles increased in all cities from 3 to 8 times in comparison with the background, Pb content increased only in the cities of Apatity and Olenegorsk (2–4 times). The amount of Cd and Zn was found within the optimal range. This study revealed the negative effects of the main pollutants (Ni, Cu, and Pb from the mining industry) on chlorophyll a (r = -0.81) and carotenoids (r = -0.70).
Diabetic ketoacidosis: Our experiences
Authors: Miolski Jelena , Ješić Maja , Kovačević Smiljka , Blagojević Jelena , Zdravković Vera
Published: February 2022

Diabetic ketoacidosis is an acute complication in children with type 1 diabetes mellitus. It is diagnosed if the sugar value is > 11 mmol / l, pH <7.3, HCO3≤ 15 mmol / l, with ketonemia or ketonuria. Based on serum pH and bicarbonate values it could be mild, moderate, and severe. It is manifested by rapid breathing, abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, altered state of consciousness. Early recognition of symptoms prevents the possibility of serious complications. Treatment includes fluid replacement, rehydration, insulin therapy, electrolyte replacement, glucose correction. This paper presents female patients, aged 2.5 to 15.3 years, with different symptoms. Clinical findings and laboratory test results indicated diabetic ketoacidosis. After starting urgent therapy, they were referred to intensive care units in tertiary centers, where it was concluded that the resulting condition was a newlydiagnosed type 1 diabetes mellitus. Such patients require early recognition of symptoms, urgent care, and treatment in intensive care units, in order to prevent possible complications.
Google trends as an aid in predicting the course of the COVID-19 epidemic in Serbia
Authors: Nikolić Vladimir , Subotić Nikola , Subotić Jovana , Marković-Denić Ljiljana
Published: February 2022

Objective. Determination of the correlations between the search for key terms related to the COVID-19 pandemic and the course of the epidemic in Serbia. Methods. A survey was conducted as a cross-sectional study, in November 2020. The research was conducted through the Google Trends website. This open-access platform is based on automatic data collection to estimate the percentage of searches for relevant keywords of interest. The data collected were anonymous and were divided by days, months, years, and geographical regions. Results. The study included 32 key terms related to the COVID-19 pandemic. There was a statistically significant positive correlation with the number of registered cases per day for the terms: "coronavirus", "corona", "covid-19", "covid", " COVID", "virus", "corona symptoms", "loss of smell", "loss of taste", "loss of smell and taste", "loss of sense of smell", "loss of sense of taste", "pneumonia", " COVID infirmary", "infirmary", " COVID test", "corona test", "PCR", "serology ", "antibodies ", "corona antibodies", "vaccine ", "corona vaccine". Conclusion. The shown correlation between the search for appropriate terms related to the COVID-19 pandemic and the course of the epidemic in Serbia can significantly help in predicting the course of the COVID-19 epidemic. In the future, we should work on developing predictive models and software tools based on these resources, not only for COVID-19, but also for other diseases, which would monitor Internet searches in real-time, all with the aim of adequate and timely organization of public health activities.
Consumer preferences and attitudes in relation to the social and environmental dimensions of corporate social responsibility
Authors: Vlastelica Tamara , Jović Marija , Pavković Vladimir
Published: February 2022

Corporate social responsibility, as a business philosophy and managerial concept, is increasingly represented in contemporary business operations and marketing, as well as in the scientific literature in this field. The importance that consumers attach to different aspects of social responsibility when evaluating companies and products and making purchasing decisions, is determined by economic, sociological, institutional and technological development of the environment, differing in developed countries and emerging markets. The aim of this paper is to investigate how consumers perceive the responsibility of companies operating in the market of the Republic of Serbia and which aspects of social responsibility they perceive as crucial or more important. In order to examine how consumers perceive the social and environmental dimensions of corporate social responsibility, an empirical study was conducted, using the survey method. For the purposes of the research, the questionnaire was adapted from the similar studies in foreign countries, which enables a comparison of the importance of different dimensions of corporate responsibility with consumers from different markets. In addition to standard demographic questions, the questionnaire also contains questions related to different perception, beliefs and attitudes, as well as expectations of respondents' in relation to the social and environmental dimension of company responsibility. The results of the research showed that there is a significant correlation between the perception of environmental and social aspects of corporate social responsibility and consumer preferences, expressed in company's evaluation and intention to buy its products or services. One of the conclusions of the survey is that demographic characteristics of respondents determine this connection.
Fir and Norway spruce stands from the planning aspect in the area of Đerekarski Omar forest management unit in southwestern Serbia
Authors: Martać Nikola , Kanjevac Branko , Čokeša Vlado , Momirović Natalija , Pavlović Branka , Furtula Danilo
Published: February 2022

The results of the research of fir and Norway spruce mixed stands in the area of Đerekarski Omar Forest management unit situated in southwestern Serbia are presented in this paper. The stands which are the subject of this research belong to a complex of frigophilic coniferous forest types. The forests in the Đerekarski Omar Forest management unit are managed in accordance with the planning documents starting from 1961 when the first planning of these forests was performed. The results of this paper were based on the measurement of stationary sample plots established in homogeneous parts of the stands. In all sample plots fir is a dominant tree species. The values of volume and volume increment in studied stands are significantly above the average at the level of Serbia for fir and Norway spruce stands. The health condition of the stands is good, whereby a positive circumstance is the process of natural regeneration of these stands both on locations where there is a sparse canopy and in closed-canopy stands. On the other hand, number of trees, mean tree diameter and qualitative stand structure indicate the need for a detailed analysis of the planned works.
Determination of leaf area index (LAI) at Level II Sample plots according ICP manual
Authors: Mitrović Suzana , Veselinović Milorad , Čule Nevena , Češljar Goran , Brašanac-Bosanac Ljiljana , Eremija Saša , Petrović Uroš
Published: February 2022

The paper describes the methodology for determining LAI according to the ICP forest methodology, where hemispherical photographs were taken on a network of fixed points placed on the surfaces of three Sample plots Level II. Hemispherical photographs were processed by the Hemisfer software package. The data obtained by image processing were entered into the ICP Forests database. The obtained LAI values represent the response to the state of vegetation under the influence of different ecological conditions as well as anthropogenic influences, and will be the part of future annual monitoring at Sample plots of the Level II points.
Corporate social responsibility as an element of strategy of insurance companies
Authors: Njegomir Vladimir , Demko-Rihter Jelena
Published: February 2022

This study aims to analyse the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) of insurance companies and their market share. The main idea of the research is to indicate that activities aimed at implementing CSR should be considered as an investment, rather than a cost. Insurance is based on trust, and trust is built mostly by a socially responsible business. Effective implementation of the CSR is a crucial instrument for achieving a competitive advantage in the insurance industry, given that it allows the development of positive awareness in relation to a particular insurance company. The research is based on publicly available data on 16 insurance companies operating in the Serbian insurance market. Research results indicate that those insurance companies that have integrated CSR in their strategy, implementing a sustainable business principle, have been recognized as socially responsible by the actual and potential insured persons and other stakeholders, which results in an increase of their insurance premium and market share.
Criminal intelligence as a prerequisite for quality crime forecasting
Authors: Stupar Davor
Published: February 2022

Crime forecasting in studying new and adapting one's own methods, and as a part of criminalistic strategy in combating crime as a preliminary stage, must gain a wider knowledge of the same. For any crime forecasting, it is necessary to have crime data, which are systematically processed in their form and structure and stored in records and databases, while data collection is an essential part on which criminal intelligence activity is based. Criminal intelligence activity precedes criminal intelligence analysis, which can be defined as a system in the process of collecting, processing and presenting data to achieve police goals and thus quality crime forecasting. Basically, this task can be described as data collection and storage through criminal intelligence activity, which are then analytically processed in order to shed light on crimes in the tactical sense, and crime forecasting in the strategic sense. This paper addresses the role of data collection through criminal intelligence and criminal intelligence system as a prerequisite for quality crime forecasting.
The relationship between terrorism and violent crime, organized crime, and corruption as a subject matter of criminalistics
Authors: Popović Predrag , Stupar Davor
Published: February 2022

This paper discusses the relationship between terrorism and violent crime, organized crime, and corruption as a subject matter of criminalistics. It is clear that their relationship is multiple and in certain situations they represent significant mutual support, which is manifested in terms of the emergence of different manifestations as a product of their symbiosis. Since terrorism shares common features with violent crime, organized crime, and corruption, the aim of this paper is to consider the relationship between them, both because of their similarity and the actuality of their forms of manifestation, which certainly indicates their interconnectedness and different influences, and also because of the possible strategies for their prevention, detection, clarification and proof, which is of special importance for criminalistics, more precisely, its theory and practice.
Protein targets in red complex pathogens for catechin
Authors:   Saveetha Dental College and Hospital Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences (SIMATS), Chennai-600077, Tamil Nadu, India, Cibikkarthik, T
Published: February 2022

The development of antimicrobial drug resistance has encouraged scientists to develop alternate methods to combat infectious pathogens associated with dental diseases. Therefore, it is of interest to predict interactions for catechin (a plant derived compound) with protein targets in the red complex pathogens using computer aided network tools. However, in vitro and in vivo studies are warranted to confirm the antimicrobial effect of catechin (gallocatechin, epicatechin, epigallactocatechin (EGC) and gallolyl catechins) on the dental pathogens.
Ornamented Worlds and Textures of Feeling: The Power of Abundance
Authors: Valsiner Jaan
Published: February 2022

Human development takes place in an ornamented –redundantly patterned and highly repetitive – world.The emergence of knowledge takes the form of episodicunpredictable synthetic events at the intersectionof the fields of internal and external cultural meaningsystems – through the mutually linked processes ofconstructive internalization and externalization. Patterns ofdecorations – ornaments – are relevant as redundant “inputs”into the internalization/externalization processes.Ornaments can be viewed not merely as "aestheticaccessories" to human activity contexts but as holisticdevices of cultural guidance of human conduct thatacts through the subjectivity of personal feelings. Thisguidance is peripheral in its nature – surrounding theordinary life activities with affectively oriented texturesof cultural meanings.
Learning to Become Youth. An Action Theory Approach
Authors: Mørch Sven
Published: February 2022

Youth is a historical construction and an answer to a specific challenge of individualisation in biography. And, as a historical and social construction, youth has to be learned. This article focuses on youth development from an action or activity theory perspective and as a learning process. It demonstrates how different youth problems and forms of youth differentiation follow forms of youth learning. Moreover, it shows how late modern development creates the demand for a new non-formal learning perspective to secure the development of new forms of competence. Based on Danish research concerning peer learning as a non-formal learning context, some perspectives of peer-learning competence are discussed.
Difficult secularity: Talmud as symbolic resource
Authors: Zittoun Tania
Published: February 2022

Religious systems are organised semiotic structures providing people with values and rules, identities, regularity, and meaning. Consequently, a person moving out of a religious system might be exposed to meaning-ruptures. The paper presents the situation of young people who have been in Yeshiva, a rabbinic high-school, and who have to join secular university life. It analyses the changes to which they are exposed. On the bases of this case study, the paper examines the following questions: can the religious symbolic system internalised by a person in a religious sphere of experience be mobilised as a symbolic resource once the person moves to a secular environment? If yes, how do religious symbolic resources facilitate the transition to a secular life? And if not, what other symbolic and social resources might facilitate such transitions?
Experimenting for long-term transformation. Key insidhts into 20 years of German pilot scheme for innovative rural public service and infrastructure provision
Authors: Hernández Alistair Adam , Schneider Carolin
Published: February 2022

In a context of highly heterogeneous development prospects for rural areas in the German Federal Republic, maintaining public services and infrastructure in peripheral locations is facing major challenges. Since the 1990s, a number of nationwide and publicly-funded pilot schemes have experimented with innovative approaches for the long-term transformation of the way public services and infrastructure are provided in the countryside. Nevertheless, the continuity of these approaches often turns out to be problematic. This paper analyses a series of pilot schemes as instruments for territorial development and presents new findings at multiple levels for enhancing their performance.
De la reconnaissance à l’invisibilisation : une modélisation des enjeux conceptuels de la diversité en éducation inclusive
Authors: Bauer Stéphanie , Borri-Anadon Corina
Published: February 2022

Le mouvement de l’école inclusive est aujourd’hui présent dans la plupart des réformes des systèmes éducatifs d’Europe francophone et d’Amérique du Nord. Il vise à plus de justice sociale, à travers la réussite de tous les élèves. Néanmoins, il n’est pas exempt de certaines tensions épistémologiques et théoriques pouvant faire obstacle à cette visée. La conceptualisation de la « diversité » soulève en effet des enjeux qui relèvent parfois d’implicites ou d’impensés. Par exemple, la mobilisation des marqueurs de la diversité met en lumière la tension autour du statut que la lumière projetée sur une population revêt au regard des effets de la catégorisation. De la même manière, elle porte sur le rapport entre ces différents marqueurs, leur hiérarchisation et l’invisibilité des marqueurs non mobilisés. L’objectif de cet article est de présenter un outil théorique permettant de cerner les enjeux autour de la conceptualisation de la diversité. Reposant sur une adaptation du carré dialectique de la différence culturelle d’Ogay et Edelmann, il propose, dans le domaine de l’éducation inclusive et dans une perspective critique et intersectionnelle, une grille de lecture élargie du rapport à la différence.
Comparer l’incomparable ? Défis et enjeux de la réalisation de recherches internationales comparatives sur la situation de familles migrantes ayant un enfant à besoins spéciaux
Authors: Arneton Mélissa
Published: February 2022

Dans cet entretien, Geneviève Piérart et Alida Gulfi, professeures à la Haute école en travail social de Fribourg (Suisse), et Elena Albertini-Früh, professeure associée du département en soins infirmiers et promotion de la santé de OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University (Norvège), livrent quelques-unes de leurs réflexions sur les défis et les spécificités à mener des études sur l’accompagnement des familles migrantes ayant un enfant à besoins spéciaux. En lien avec leurs expériences et leurs pratiques, elles abordent les défis que comporte, pour les familles et les professionnels, la prise en compte de résultats scientifiques en partie tributaires des politiques publiques nationales concernant la désignation des publics et les moyens mis à disposition.
Eventos en el metaverso
Authors:   Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Estanyol Elisenda
Published: February 2022

El metaverso ha sido bautizado como el nuevo capítulo de internet, un mundo virtual en el que las personas se conectan mediante gafas 3D y más adelante con otros dispositivos de realidad virtual y realidad aumentada más avanzados y ligeros. ¿Cómo serán los eventos en el metaverso? ¿Cómo se diseñarán los espacios y las actividades en este nuevo mundo virtual?
Serum RNAs can predict lung cancer up to 10 years prior to diagnosis
Authors: Umu Sinan U , Langseth Hilde , Zuber Verena , Helland Åslaug , Lyle Robert , Rounge Trine B
Published: February 2022

Lung cancer (LC) prognosis is closely linked to the stage of disease when diagnosed. We investigated the biomarker potential of serum RNAs for the early detection of LC in smokers at different prediagnostic time intervals and histological subtypes. In total, 1061 samples from 925 individuals were analyzed. RNA sequencing with an average of 18 million reads per sample was performed. We generated machine learning models using normalized serum RNA levels and found that smokers later diagnosed with LC in 10 years can be robustly separated from healthy controls regardless of histology with an average area under the ROC curve (AUC) of 0.76 (95% CI, 0.68–0.83). Furthermore, the strongest models that took both time to diagnosis and histology into account successfully predicted non-small cell LC (NSCLC) between 6 and 8 years, with an AUC of 0.82 (95% CI, 0.76–0.88), and SCLC between 2 and 5 years, with an AUC of 0.89 (95% CI, 0.77–1.0), before diagnosis. The most important separators were microRNAs, miscellaneous RNAs, isomiRs, and tRNA-derived fragments. We have shown that LC can be detected years before diagnosis and manifestation of disease symptoms independently of histological subtype. However, the highest AUCs were achieved for specific subtypes and time intervals before diagnosis. The collection of models may therefore also predict the severity of cancer development and its histology. Our study demonstrates that serum RNAs can be promising prediagnostic biomarkers in an LC screening setting, from early detection to risk assessment.
Barcoded bulk QTL mapping reveals highly polygenic and epistatic architecture of complex traits in yeast
Authors: Nguyen Ba Alex N , Lawrence Katherine R , Rego-Costa Artur , Gopalakrishnan Shreyas , Temko Daniel , Michor Franziska , Desai Michael M
Published: February 2022

Mapping the genetic basis of complex traits is critical to uncovering the biological mechanisms that underlie disease and other phenotypes. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) in humans and quantitative trait locus (QTL) mapping in model organisms can now explain much of the observed heritability in many traits, allowing us to predict phenotype from genotype. However, constraints on power due to statistical confounders in large GWAS and smaller sample sizes in QTL studies still limit our ability to resolve numerous small-effect variants, map them to causal genes, identify pleiotropic effects across multiple traits, and infer non-additive interactions between loci (epistasis). Here, we introduce barcoded bulk quantitative trait locus (BB-QTL) mapping, which allows us to construct, genotype, and phenotype 100,000 offspring of a budding yeast cross, two orders of magnitude larger than the previous state of the art. We use this panel to map the genetic basis of eighteen complex traits, finding that the genetic architecture of these traits involves hundreds of small-effect loci densely spaced throughout the genome, many with widespread pleiotropic effects across multiple traits. Epistasis plays a central role, with thousands of interactions that provide insight into genetic networks. By dramatically increasing sample size, BB-QTL mapping demonstrates the potential of natural variants in high-powered QTL studies to reveal the highly polygenic, pleiotropic, and epistatic architecture of complex traits.
Defense mechanism responses to COVID-19
Authors: Altwaijri Nouf , Abualait Turki , Aljumaan Mohammed , Albaradie Raidah , Arain Zahid , Bashir Shahid
Published: February 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a wide range of negative physical and mental impacts. This review begins with a theoretical explanation of the psychological defense mechanisms used to deal with the pandemic. It then discusses different categories of defense mechanisms and their roles in managing the impacts of psychological distress. The aim of this review is to highlight the various psychological defense mechanisms individuals use to deal with the pandemic and to discuss how adjustment mechanisms can protect individuals from internal and external threats by shielding the integrity of the ego (the mind) and helping individuals maintain their self-schema.
Autoantibody Profile of Childhood Onset Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: An Audit of Immunopathology Laboratory of a Tertiary Care Centre
Authors: Naik Bitan , Yadav Mahima , Bharti Anju , Kailashiya Vikas , Sharma Pooja , Gupta Ojas , Paul Paramita
Published: February 2022

ntroduction: Systemic Lupus Erythematous (SLE) is an autoimmune disease, which commonly affects females and is associated with formation of various Antinuclear Antibodies (ANA). Childhood onset SLE has some similarities and differences in immunological profile and clinical manifestations from adult onset SLE patients. Aim: To study the spectrum of clinical manifestation and autoantibody profile of childhood onset SLE patients and to compare with adult SLE patients. Materials and Methods: The present study was a retrospective observational study in which 74 patients of childhood onset SLE and 91 patients of adult SLE were included. The study was conducted from October 2017 to March 2021 in Department of Immunopathology, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India. Detailed clinical and laboratory data were collected from medical records. Serum ANA and anti-dsDNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid) detection was done by solid phase enzyme immunoassay methods. Antibodies to extractable nuclear antigen were detected by dot blot immunoassay. Chi-square test (International Business Machines (IBM) Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 21.0) was used to compare categorical data of childhood onset SLE and adult SLE patient groups. Results: The mean age of childhood onset SLE patients was 13.05±4.26 years with female: male ratio of 3.93:1. Malar rash (p=0.001) and renal involvement (p=0.021) was significantly more frequent in childhood onset SLE but oral ulcer was significantly more frequent (p=0.038) in adult patients. Anti-ds DNA positivity and reduction in complements C3 and C4 were more commonly seen in childhood onset SLE patients. Conclusion: Age is an important influence on clinical manifestations and autoantibody profile of SLE. Childhood onset SLE showed more frequent renal and skin involvement and more significant activity measured by reduction of complements. Awareness of the same will help our clinicians to detect renal involvement at an early stage and develop organ specific management protocol.
Generalized Exponential Poisson Geometric Distribution using Marshall-Olkin Technique
Authors: El-Monsef M. M. E. Abd , Sohsah N. M. , Hassanein W. A.
Published: February 2022

A new continuous distribution is generated by using Marshall Olkin method; it is probability function has been generated also distribution function. Reliability function and hazard function. The proposed called geometric Poisson exponential distribution (GEPGD). some of it is properties are investigated; parameters estimation are obtained using more than one methods such as maximum likelihood method, least square method, weighted least square method and Cramér- Von- Mises. The simulation study for GEPGD parameters. Finally. A real-life application is applied for studying the importance and the flexibility of the proposed distributions comparing with other well-known distributions.