bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Smart City: Zwischen Utopie und Dystopie
Authors: Sept Ariane
Published: December 2019

Der Band vermittelt kritisch zwischen zwei weitverbreiteten Polen, wonach Smart-City-Ansätze entweder als Utopie von Nachhaltigkeit und Lebensqualität oder als Dystopie der Fremdsteuerung beschrieben wird. In dem lesenswerten Buch nehmen die Autor_innen unterschiedliche Einzelphänomene von smartem Urbanismus über alternatives Mapping bis hin zu großstädtischen Smart-City-Konzepten in den Blick. Während einerseits vor dem Einfluss dominanter IT-Unternehmen gewarnt wird, werden andererseits die Möglichkeiten alternativer Konzepte von Digitalisierung für Stadtgesellschaften aufgezeigt. Über allem steht dabei die Forderung nach einer gesellschaftlichen Debatte zur zukünftigen Gestaltung von Stadt, die technische wie soziale Aspekte gleichermaßen berücksichtigt.
Städte zu verkaufen
Authors: España Kike , Toscano Beatriz V.
Published: December 2019

In Spanien zwingen die Wirtschaftszweige Tourismus und Immobilienspekulation zu einer Debatte um die Erosion der Demokratie im Schoß der Europäischen Union, wo sich seit dem Beitritt des Landes die Strategie etabliert hat, dessen Rolle als Produktionsraum für Tourismus zu betonen. Verstärkt seit der Finanzkrise 2008 hat die Tourismusbranche eine gewaltige Transformation erlebt, in deren Zuge Städte zu Hauptreisezielen und -anziehungspunkten geworden sind. Durch bereits vorhandene Raumvermarktungsstrukturen aus dem Immobiliengeschäft haben sich die Möglichkeiten der Tourismusbranche, sich Stadtraum anzueignen, vervielfältigt. Mit der Stadt als Ware werden ganze urbane Zentren in ‚Themenparks in Lebensgröße‘ umgewandelt und die Stadt samt all ihren Lebensressourcen konsumiert. Analysiert wird, inwieweit sich anhand dieser Situation neue Formen eines intra-territorialen Kolonialismus zwischen Touristen bzw. Stadteliten und Bürgern aufzeigen lassen. Ziel des Textes ist es, Möglichkeiten für eine Wiederaneignung dieser Stadträume anzuvisieren, die darauf basieren, Aspekte der Nutzung und des kulturellen Verständnisses dieser Orte neu zu bestimmen.
INVESTIGATIONS INTO NANOSCALE PARTICLES AS PART OF INDUSTRIAL AEROSOLS AND PARTICULATE MATTER IN THE AIR OF WORKING AREA
Authors: Zaitseva N. V. , Ulanova T. S. , Zlobina A. V. , Volkova M. V. , Gileva M. I.
Published: December 2019

Results of practical researches in the working area of mining, rubber and chemical industries in respect to the nanoscale particles content are reported. For reference, the air of the workplace of management and white-collars employees not involved in the production process was investigated. Research results are shown in the form of nanoparticles number concentration using peak particle distribution in cm3 and nanosize particles range, which accounts for the peak distribution, nm. For each kind of production. jobs with the highest possible characteristics in respect to the workplace to be compared to were set. Investigations reported can be used in assessing working conditions and occupational risks of exposure to nanomaterials in production processes as well as in manufacturing processes with nanoparticles formotion.
THE DEVELOPMENT OF TOXICOLOGICAL TOLERANCE TO ISONIAZID IN EXPERIMENT
Authors: Usov K. I. , Guskova T. A. , Jushkov G. G. , Mashanov A. V. , Igumenshcheva V. V.
Published: December 2019

Results of experimental studies are reported that made it possible to establish decrease in sensitivity and the development of toxicological tolerance (addiction) to the anti-tuberculosis drug “Isoniazid” repeatedly administered to laboratory animals in toxic doses and to determine growth rate of the toxicological tolerance development, maximum and average life expectancy, severity of seizures .
PROTECTIVE EFFECT OF POLYPEPTIDE AND AMINO ACIDS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NERVOUS TISSUE CULTURE IN THE PRESENCE OF CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE
Authors: Dolgo-Saburov V. B. , Chalisova N. I. , Lyanginen L. V. , Zalomaeva E. S.
Published: December 2019

In an organotypic culture, an investigation was conducted into combined effects of cyclophosphamide DNA as synthesis inhibitor used to model a resorptive action of mustard gas, and cortexin polypeptide or each of 20 encoded amino acids on the development of cell proliferation in cerebral cortex explants of the rat. The combined administration of cyclophosphamide together with cortexin or with each of the 20 encoded amino acids, except glycine, showed suppression of the cytostatic agent inhibitory effect. Thus, cortexin and amino acids have a protective effect on cell proliferation in the tissue culture of the central nervous system under the action of mustardlike substances.
ANTI-HYPOXIC ACTIVITY OF THE NEW COMPLEX COMPOUND OF OXYMETHYLURACIL WITH SODIUM SUCCINATE
Authors: Repina E. F. , Gimadiev A. R. , Myshkin V. A. , Bakirov A. B. , Timasheva G. V. , Khusnutdinova N. Y. , Smolyankin D. A.
Published: December 2019

On the models of acute hemic and acute histotoxic hypoxia, the activity of a new complex compound of 5-hydroxy- 6-methyluracil with sodium succinate was studied. It was found out that the compound under investigation in respects to its activity is comparable or superior to reference preparations-reamberin, sodium succinate and oxymethyluracil, and has low toxicity at intragastric and intraperitoneal administration to mice. Based on the results of the studies, the patent of the Russian Federation was awarded.
SOME PECULIARITIES OF THE ORGANISM’S RESPONSES TO A LONG-TERM INHALATION OF SILICA-CONTAINING SUBMICRON (PREDOMINANTLY, NANOSCALE) PARTICLES IN A REAL INDUSTRIAL AEROSOL
Authors: Sutunkova M. P. , Solovyeva S. N. , Katsnelson B. A. , Gurvich V. B. , Privalova L. I. , Minigalieva I. A. , Slyshkina T. V. , Valamina I. E. , Shur V. Ya. , Zubarev I. V. , Kuznetsov D. K.
Published: December 2019

Female white rats were exposed in a «nose only» inhalation device to an aerosol containing predominantly submicron (nanoscale included) particles of amorphous silica in a total concentration of 2.6±0.6 or 10.6±2.1 mg/m3, 4 h/day, 5 times a week, during up to 6 months. In an auxiliary experiment with a single-shot intratracheal instillation of these particles, it was shown that they induced a pulmonary cell response comparable with that when administrated a highly cytotoxic and fibrogenic standard quartz dust DQ12. However in a long-term inhalation test, the aerosol investigated proved to be of a very low systemic toxicity and fibrogenicity. This paradox may be explained by a low retention of SiO2 in lungs and other organs due to a relatively high in vivo solubility of those nanoparticles. Nevertheless their genotoxic action and transnasal penetration into the brain urge caution when assessing occupational or environmental hazard of that aerosol.
ON THE ROLE OF BIOMONITORING IN THE ASSESSMENT OF THE HEALTH OF THE POPULATION EXPOSED TO MERCURY
Authors: Lukovnikova L. V. , Sidorin G. I. , Alikbaeva L. A. , Galochina A. V.
Published: December 2019

When examining the population exposed to organic and inorganic compounds of mercury, a comprehensive approach is proposed, including chemical monitoring of environmental objects, biological monitoring, clinical examination of persons exposed to mercury, identification of high-risk groups.
Аnalysis of adolescents morbidity attributable to chronic alcoholism and drug addiction in the Russian Federation in 2011-2015 (based on data from sociohygienic monitoring)
Authors: Litvinovа O. S. , Kalinovskaya M. V.
Published: December 2019

The article presents results of assessing data on morbidity attributable to chronic alcoholism and drug addiction among teenagers over Russia, in federal districts and subjects of the Russian Federation over 2011-2915. The data are reported by the Federal Information Fund of Socio-Hygienic Monitoring, set up by the Federal Hygienic and Epidemiological Center of Rospotrebnadzor In the Russian Federation in 2015the incidence of the of alcohol dependence syndrome(alcoholism) in adolescents aged of 15to 17years was 2.98per 100thousand ; this value for adolescents of the same age was 5.6g.b. 5.65 in 2014, 3.74in 2013, 5.13in 2012, 9.50in 2011). As compared with 2011, in 2015the incidence of alcohol dependence among adolescents significantly decreased by 3.2-fold((P
USING FACTOR ANALYSIS FOR ASSESSING THE EFFICIENCY OF TREATMENT OF ACUTE POISONING IN THE REHABILITATION STAGE
Authors: Badalyan A. V. , Goldfarb Yu. S. , Elkov A. N. , Bitkova E. E. , Borovkova N. V. , Klychnikova E. V.
Published: December 2019

Observations of 153 patients admitted to the rehabilitation toxicological department of the Sklifosovsky Research Institute for Emergency Medicine after severe poisoning with psychopharmacological agents (36), cauterizing fluids (67) and neurotoxicants (drugs of the opium group, ethanol and psychopharmacological agents) (50) were summarized. To assess the systemic response of the body to a chemical injury of varying severity and the treatment used, the factor analysis method was used. For all of the estimated pathological conditions, high hemorrheological abnormalities are of high informational importance, especially during poisoning with psychopharmacological agents. The factor of endotoxicosis also has a noticeable effect, to the greatest extent during poisoning with psychopharmacological agents and cauterizing fluids. During the development of encephalopathy, the importance of blood viscosity, apoptosis and immune status is of informative significance. Factor analysis makes it possible to obtain new information on the pathogenesis of the studied poisonings. The data on the information value of the indicators used, obtained by the factor analysis, is in accordance with positive clinical results (shortening the hospitalization of patients), and therefore are recommended for practical use.
EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES OF THE TOXIC PROPERTIES OF HALOGEN-DERIVATIVES OF SATURATED HYDROCARBONS (CHLADONS)
Authors: Radilov A. S. , Shkayeva I. E. , Solntseva S. A. , Kondrashov V. A. , Menshikov N. M. , Nikulin O. S.
Published: December 2019

A study was made on toxicity and hazards of 16 chladons which are representatives of various halogen derivatives of saturated hydrocarbons (fluorine derivatives of methane, ethane, propane, butane). It is shown that in terms of acute toxicity parameters, the studied chladons refer to low-toxic and low-risk substances (hazard class 4 according to GOST 12.1.007). The least toxic are fully fluorinated hydrocarbons: tetrafluoromethane, hexafluoroethane, octafluoropropane, decafluorobutane.` In the clinical picture of acute poisoning, signs of a narcotic effect prevail. Limit values Limac were determined for fluorocarbons in the range of 750-180 mg/l, for mixed fluorochlorinated hydrocarbons- up to 100 mg / l (45, 80 mg/l), for fluoriodohydrocarbns (pentafluoriodoethane) 10.5 mg/l. The main criteria tests were indicators of the state of the nervous and cardiovascular systems. Long-term exposure to the compounds studied (chladons Nos. 32, 125, 227, 218, 31-10) caused marked changes in the functional state of the nervous and cardiovascular systems, peripheral blood composition and metabolic processes. Hygiene standards for most tested chladons in the workplace air (MAC workplace) are approved at the level of 3000 mg/m3, hazard class 4;,vapors; in the atmospheric air of residential areas, the MAC. average daily of 10 (20) mg/m3 is set, and 100 mg/m3 for maximum single concentration (MAC.maximum single), reflective -resorptive effect, hazard class 4.
JUSTIFICATION OF MAXIMUM (ONE-TIME) ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION OF VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS, EMERGING DURING THE HIGH TEMPERATURE TREATMENT OF WOOD IN CHIPBOARD PRODUCTION, IN THE AMBIENT AIR
Authors: Budarina O. V. , Pinigin M. A. , Fedotova L. A. , Sabirova Z. F. , Shipulina Z. V.
Published: December 2019

Results of experimental studies are reported on the substantiation of the maximum single permissible concentration (MAC maximum single) of volatile organic compounds, formed during a high temperature processing of wood in chipboard production (based on tererpene hydrocarbons), in the atmospheric air of residential areas at the level of 0.05 mg/m3. The magnitude was established on the basis of olfacto-odorimetry taking into account new approaches to the determination of «obsessive» odor thresholds as a limiting criterion for the MAC maximum single justification in accordance with the international practice of setting odor limits and our home experience gained in the standardization of odorous substances in the ambient air. The selection of priority substances for the control of the designed value (α-pinene, β-pinene, 3-carene, limonene, camphene) was based on the analysis results of the composition of releases from a high temperature processing of wood and atmospheric air in the enterprise location area.
ISSUES OF TOXICOLOGY IN THE UNDERGRADUATE TRAINING OF PHARMACEUTICAL PROFILE SPECIALISTS
Authors: Strelova O. Yu. , Stepanova E. N. , Grebenyuk A. N.
Published: December 2019

The need for basic training in toxicology of students of pharmaceutical universities and departments of toxicology is justified. The experience of teaching toxicology and medical protection to students of the St. Petersburg State Chemical Pharmaceutical Academy was analyzed. Academic teaching staff were trained in the methodology of teaching toxicology, and a participated in the preparation of the all-Russian textbook «Toxicology and Medical Protection» (2016) and three tutorials for students of medical and pharmaceutical universities. It is shown that in accordance with the current Federal State Educational Standard of the third generation, toxicology issues are included in the curriculum of a complex discipline «Life Safety. Emergency Medicine» as a stand-alone module. Students study toxicology in the fifth year having received a good basic training in medical, biological, and professional disciplines in previous years. For realization of cognitive and creative activity of students in the educational process, modern educational technologies are used which make it possible to improve the quality of teaching and to use school time more efficiently. The potential of using algorithmic workbooks, interactive forms of training, test control, case-method for facilitating the perception of theoretical knowledge and improving the quality of practical skills development is demonstrated. Results of the anonymous questionnaire survey, in which 153 of 198 students who studied toxicology and medical protection in the autumn semester of the 2017/2018 academic year participated, are reported. It was shown that more than 80% of the students surveyed are convinced of the need to study toxicology during the undergraduate training of specialists of pharmaceutical profile and positively assessed the methodology of teaching toxicology that is performed at the St. Petersburg State Chemical Pharmaceutical Academy.
CLINICAL IMPACT OF 18F FDG PET-CT ON MANAGEMENT OF GERM CELL TUMORS
Authors: Riaz Saima , Bashir Humayun , Muzzafar Nargis , Murtaza Ahmed , Hayee Amin
Published: December 2019

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to review the impact of 18F- fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography (FDG-PET-CT) scans on the management of patients with germ cell tumours (GCT) at our centre. Methods: A descriptive, cross-sectional, retrospective review of a total of 29 FDG PET-CT scans acquired in 20 patients with GCT between December 2009 and May 2013. Results: Sixteen males and four females with the average age of 34.4 years (+18SD) were identi ed who underwent FDG PET-CT scans for treatment response/outcome evaluation on an average period of 3 months after completion of therapy. Hypermetabolic residual disease (PET-CT positive) was identi ed in 8 (40%). 6 (30%) had non-FDG-avid residual morphologic disease (PET negative and CT positive) and 6 (30%) were disease free (PET-CT negative). FDG PET-CT led to change in the management plan of 12 (60%) of cases as compared to the CT alone ndings. Follow-up was available for a median of 2.9 years (±1.5 SD). The overall 5-year disease-free survival was found to be PET-CT positive patients = 62%, PET-negative and CT-positive patients = 80% and PET-CT-negative patients = 100%. Conclusion: FDG PET-CT scanning has a potential role in the evaluation of response to treatment and can predict the survival outcome. Key words: 18F- uorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography computed tomography, disease-free survival, germ cell tumour, standardised uptake value
MONOSTOTIC OSTEOFIBROUS DYSPLASIA OF THE TIBIA
Authors: Siddique Maimoona , Bashir Humayun , Niazi Imran K , Shamim Ahsan
Published: December 2019

An 11-year-old boy presented with painful swelling of leg following fracture of tibia. Osteo brous dysplasia (OFD) is an uncommon, benign, non-hereditary bone disorder in which brous tissue develops in place of normal bone that affects the young adults in their rst and second decade of life. Tc-99m MDP whole-body bone scintigraphy revealed increased tracer uptake in dense proximal tibia. On single-photon remission computed tomography-computed tomography (SPECT-CT), radiological features of cortical-based lesion superimposed on abnormal tracer uptake con rmed it to be a monostotic OFD. This case emphasises the role of SPECT-CT and magnetic resonance imaging in detecting osteo brous dysplasia and differentiating it from other benign bone conditions. Key words: Bone scintigraphy, magnetic resonance imaging, monostotic osteo brous dysplasia, single-photon emission computed tomography computed tomography, tibia
CARDIO-ONCOLOGY – THE NEW KID ON THE BLOCK
Authors: Awais Ahmed , Vaziri Irfan A , George Benjamin
Published: December 2019

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RUPTURED INTRACRANIAL DERMOID CYST
Authors: Tariq Taimoor Ali , Qureshi Pir Abdul Ahad Aziz , Kaimkhani Muhammad Talha Yaseen
Published: December 2019

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TINGKAT STRES PERAWAT PELAKSANA DI RUANG ICU RS ADI HUSADA UNDAAN WETAN SURABAYA
Authors: Andriani Dewi
Published: December 2019

ICU nurses have a responsibility to maintain the state of a patient who has a terminal condition, leaving it vulnerable to stress. The ICU nurses stress can be caused by the workload of nurses very much and lack of connection with the working relationship. The purpose of this study was to determine the level of stress on the nurses in the ICU Hospital Surabaya Adi Husada Undaan. Type a descriptive study, the population of nurses with a number of 32 nurses. The sampling technique used nonprobability sampling; Purposive sampling, variable stress levels of nurses. Gathering data using questionnaires. The results showed 11 people (34%) did not experience stress, 12 people (38%) mild stress and 9 (28%) experienced moderate stress and no experience severe stress and severe stress once. Stress happens to the nurses who served in the ICU because of the factors that affect the workload among which, the type of personality, lack of relationships in the workplace, lack of activity for exercise.

Perawat pelaksana di ICU memiliki tanggung jawab untuk menjaga keadaan pasien yang memiliki kondisi terminal, sehingga rentan mengalami stress. Stress perawat pelaksana di ICU dapat disebabkan oleh beban kerja perawat yang sangat banyak dan kurangnya hubungan dengan relasi kerja. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui tingkat stress pada perawat pelaksana di ICU Rumah Sakit Adi Husada Undaan Surabaya. Jenis penelitian deskriptif, populasinya perawat  pelaksana dengan jumlah 32 perawat. Teknik sampling yang digunakan nonprobability sampling; Purposive sampling, variabel berupa tingkat stress perawat pelaksana. Pengumpulan data menggunakan kuesioner. Hasil penelitian  menunjukkan 11 orang (34%) tidak mengalami stress, 12 orang (38%) stress ringan dan  9 orang (28%) mengalami stres sedang dan  tidak ada yang mengalami stress berat  maupun stress  berat sekali. Stress yang terjadi pada perawat pelaksana  yang bertugas  di ICU  karena adanya faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi diantaranya yaitu  beban kerja, tipe kepribadian, kurangnya hubungan relasi ditempat kerja, kurangnya aktivitas untuk berolahraga.

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TINGKAT KESEJAHTERAAN RUMAH TANGGA PETANI MENURUT TIPOLOGI MASYARAKAT
Authors: Datau Tity Iriani , Canon Syarwani , Halid Amir
Published: December 2019

Upaya peningkatan kesejahteraan khususnya petani di pedesaan terus dilakukan oleh pemerintah dengan mengembangkan Kawasan Pertanian Terpadu. Penelitian ini bertujuan unutuk menganalisis tingkat pendapatan dan alokasi pengeluaran, dan tingkat kesejahteraan rumah tangga petani padi sawah di Kecamatan Wonosari Kabupaten Boalemo. Data yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah data cross section dari 88 petani dari keseluruhan tipologi petani yang menempati Kawasan Pertanian Terpadu Kecamatan Wonosari Kabupaten Boalemo. Tehnik analisis data menggunakan tehnik analisis deskriptif terhadap tingkat pendapatan dan alokasi pengeluaran, dan perhitungan rasio daya beli rumah tangga petani (DBPP) dan nilai tukar pendapatan rumah tangga petani (NTPRP) sebagai tolok ukur tingkat kesejahteraan petani. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa pendapatan dari usahatani padi sawah dan usahatani lainnya lebih besar dibanding pendapatan non-pertanian dari ketiga tipologi petani baik petani lokal, petani non-lokal dan petani campuran. Rata-rata tingkat daya beli petani dari ketiga tipologi petani berkisar antara 2,14 – 6,70, sedangkan rata-rata nilai NTPRP adalah lebih besar dari satu (1) dan berkisar antara 1,38 - 8,66. Pengembangan Kecamatan Wonosari sebagai Kawasan Pertanian Terpadu menjadikan para petani sejahtera secara ekonomi.
The Diffuse Ionized Gas Halo of the Small Magellanic Cloud
Authors: Smart B. M. , Haffner L. M. , Barger K. A. , Hill A. , Madsen G.
Published: December 2019

Observations with the Wisconsin

Mapper reveal a large, diffuse ionized halo that surrounds the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC). We present the first kinematic

survey of an extended region around the galaxy, from

to

and covering

. The ionized gas emission extends far beyond the central stellar component of the galaxy, reaching similar distances to that of the diffuse neutral halo traced by 21 cm observations.

emission extends several degrees beyond the sensitivity of current H i surveys toward smaller galactic longitudes and more negative galactic latitudes. The velocity field of the ionized gas near the SMC appears similar to the neutral halo of the galaxy. Using the observed emission measure as a guide, we estimate the mass of this newly revealed ionized component to be roughly

, which is comparable to the total neutral mass in the same region of

. We find ratios of the total ionized gas mass divided by the total neutral plus ionized gas mass in three distinct subregions to be: (1) 46%–54% throughout the SMC and its extended halo, (2) 12%–32% in the SMC Tail that extends toward the Magellanic Bridge, and (3) 65%–79% in a filament that extends away from the SMC toward the Magellanic Stream. This newly discovered, coherent

filament does not appear to have a well-structured neutral component and is also not coincident with two previously identified filaments traced by 21 cm emission within the Stream.
Molecular phylogeny of Hiptage (Malpighiaceae) reveals a new species from Southwest China
Authors: Tan Ke , Zheng Hai-Lei , Dong Shu-Peng , Ren Ming-Xun
Published: December 2019

Hiptage is an Asia-endemic genus of Malpighiaceae currently placed in the tetrapteroid clade, representing one of the seven inter-continent dispersions from New to Old World. A molecular phylogeny based on sequences of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region was recovered for the first time for the genus. Our results showed that the most recent common ancestor of Hiptage probably originated in the South Indo-China Peninsula and diversified in this region. Based on phylogenetic evidence and relevant morphological traits, we propose a new species; Hiptage incurvatum is characterised by mericarps with arcuate anterior lateral wings, two large glands on the dorsal sepals, and small glands on the remaining sepals. The new species is from Mt. Cangshan, Dali City (25°35'N, 100°02'E) in North Yunnan, Southwest China and is notable for its occurrence at high altitude, 1400 m (the highest distribution currently known for the genus). The implications of this unusual species for the dispersal and evolution of the genus are discussed.
Des traditions nationales à l’importance de l’analyse des biographies pour l’histoire du sport. Carte blanche à Richard Holt
Authors: Holt Richard , Quin Grégory
Published: December 2019

Cette contribution est basée est la transcription d’un entretien réalisé avec Richard Holt à la fin de l’année 2018 à Leicester. L’ambition de cette discussion était de mieux comprendre à la fois certaines questions historiographiques concernant l’absence de véritables collaborations internationales collectives dans le domaine de l’histoire du sport et d’approfondir certaines des expériences de l’historien britannique pour mettre en avant l’importance de l’usage biographies (et d’autres méthodologies) comme moyen d’écrire une histoire du sport.
Complications of Prophylactic Argon Laser Treatment of Retinal Breaks and Degenerations in 2,000 Eyes
Authors: Mester U , Volker B , Kroll P , Berg P
Published: December 2019

ABSTRACT

The decision to treat retinal breaks and degenerations prophylactically should be made with an awareness of the incidence of complications associated with argon laser photocoagulation (ALP). We evaluated retrospectively 2,000 eyes with retinal breaks and degenerations treated with ALP, with follow-up from 6 to 84 months (mean 46 months).

The only complications during photocoagulation were petectal intra- and p re retinal hemorrhages, which absorbed after a few days. Complications after treatment were limited to epiretinal membrane formation in the macular area in four eyes (0.2%). The applied laser energy in three of these four eyes was significantly greater (mean 34.4 mJ) than in the total 2,000 eyes (mean 7.2 ml). This finding supports the observation by other authors that extensive photocoagulation is associated with an increased incidence of epiretinal membrane formation.
El Poema de Mio Cid y las colecciones de cuentos árabes y hebreos. Las arcas de los judíos Rachel y Vidas
Authors: Ramírez del Río José
Published: December 2019

El episodio del engaño de las arcas en el Poema de Mio Cid (PMC) ha recibido diferentes interpretaciones. Proponemos analizar de forma detenida aspectos relacionados con la representación del PMC cuya interpretación dependía de la reelaboración de narraciones cortas de origen árabe y hebreo, y que eran conocidas por el público al que iba dirigido el PMC. El motivo literario presente en las narraciones acerca de robos sufridos por judíos piadosos que eran resarcidos por Dios y que constituían una victoria sobre los paganos o los cristianos, va a ser invertido en esta ocasión para destacar la superioridad de la fe cristiana. La evolución del motivo literario propuesto en las diferentes tradiciones señaladas será también objeto de estudio.
El fénix sefardí. Sobre la existencia de un teatro judeo-ibérico en Italia (Proyecto E.S.THE.R.)
Authors: Bellomi Paola
Published: December 2019

Si bien la producción poética y narrativa sefardí es bien conocida, en Italia falta un estudio de la producción dramática, un género amado y atendido por el público sefardí. La tendencia de los estudiosos es considerar los primeros siglos de la diáspora como un período escasamente prolífico desde un punto de vista artístico, precisamente debido a las migraciones que involucraron a comunidades enteras. Por el contrario, en el caso italiano, algunos investigadores han hablado de un «Siglo de oro de las letras sefardíes», un florecimiento cultural que se justifica con la estabilidad socioeconómica que las comunidades alcanzaron entre los siglos XVI y XVII, una condición necesaria para que también la literatura pudiera desarrollarse en un ambiente no tan conflictivo; por ejemplo, el texto inédito Entremés de un dotor (1616) es un fruto de ese contexto. Por estas razones, en las páginas que siguen nos proponemos estudiar la influencia de la cultura sefardí en el teatro italiano, en particular centrándonos en el área de la Toscana, una región que, desde la expulsión, se transformó en un «puerto seguro» para los hebreos ibéricos. El objetivo es detectar la posible contribución de los sefardíes en el drama italiano desde finales del Renacimiento y el Barroco hasta la época moderna. Para acercarnos a nuestro objetivo, primero presentaremos una serie de reflexiones sobre la definición de «identidad sefardí» y después comentaremos algunas experiencias teatrales surgidas en el ámbito judeo-español italiano.
Developing Complex Problem-Solving Skills: An Engineering Perspective
Authors: Schefer-Wenzl Sigrid , Miladinovic Igor
Published: December 2019

While technical skills remain the core foundation for engineering graduates, professional competencies, including communication, teamwork, and complex problem solving, are increasingly important to succeed in work environments. To enhance the employability of our students, we have integrated several professional skills courses into our “Software Design and Engineering” Master study curriculum, and combined each of them with a technical course. In this paper, we present a blended-learning course design including didactic methods for teaching complex problem solving. The course is intertwined with a lecture on software integration topics, which enables the students to apply their complex problem solving skills on real projects in a domain-specific context.
Work, Family and School – Balanced Postgraduate Programs for Full-Time Workers in Finland
Authors: Koivisto Matti
Published: December 2019

Today employees have to update their knowledge, skills and competencies to excel in the working world. Therefore, the number of adult students has increased in all forms and levels of education including universities. Adult students bring non-traditional characteristics to campuses including part-time enrollment, full-time employment, and increased family obligations.  In this paper, an analytical model for analyzing different roles of professionals returning to university is developed. The model is then applied to describe the current support systems for adult learners in Finland and to analyze a Finnish postgraduate program solely targeted for professional returning to college. The findings of the study suggest that programs dedicated to adult learners help returning students to find a better balance between their work, family and school roles and thus overcome more easily the institutional, situational and dispositional barriers to study.
openSAP: Why Are Enterprise MOOCs Working?
Authors: Renz Jan , Meinel Christoph , Link Clemens
Published: December 2019

openSAP is one of the first and leading companies offering free online courses. After more than five years of offering openSAP.com this paper at hand takes a look at insight gained during this time and aims to identify
 success factors for enterprise MOOC providers.
Advanced Medical Simulation: Interactive Videos and Rapid Cycle Deliberate Practice to Enhance Teamwork and Event Management – Effective Event Management During Simulated Obstetrical Cases
Authors: Salvetti Fernando , Gardner Roxane , Minehart Rebecca , Bertagni Barbara
Published: December 2019

This article is about an experiential coursework focused on learning and improving teamwork and event management during simulated obstetrical cases. Effective team management during a crisis is a core element of expert practice. Medical simulation can contribute enormously to enhance teamwork during a crisis, fostering situational awareness and contextual intelligence, as well as cognitive retention of essential steps and procedures to be performed during an ongoing crisis. A crisis management organizational approach known as Name-Claim-Aim is being used � to facilitate crisis management and decision making. Augmented and virtual reality technology (e-REAL) reproduces a variety of different emergent situations, � enabling learners to interact with multimedia scenarios and practice using Name-Claim-Aim in a virtual environment. Subsequently, learners rapidly cycle between deliberate practice and directed feedback within a high-fidelity simulation scenario until mastery is achieved.So far, the early findings show that visualization, if linked in interactive ways to the learners, allows for the better use of the neural processes and for better learning and meaningful behavior change.Non-invasive technologies to monitor patterns of neural activity during the program delivery will be introduced.
La voix de la propagande
Authors: Bayly Susan
Published: December 2019

À partir d’enquêtes de terrain réalisées à Hanoï, capitale vibrante du Vietnam, cet article interroge la raison pour laquelle les tentatives de discussion autour de l’iconographie moralisatrice publique peuvent si souvent provoquer le silence chez des interlocuteurs habituellement loquaces. Il est suggéré ici qu’il s’agit d’instants de silence agentif, où le silence du locuteur peut être un acte de volonté morale et non l’écrasement de l’agentivité et de la voix. Derrière l’attitude d’un sujet silencieux se cache donc plus que l’effet de pouvoir d’un censeur pour contrôler ou réprimer la parole, en particulier dans des contextes où la propagande d’État peut agir par l’image et le texte pour réprimer ou autoriser l’expression de la voix du citoyen.
Tenir sa bouche
Authors: Colleyn Jean-Paul
Published: December 2019

Au Mali, le masque du N’tomo, emblème de la société d’initiation des jeunes garçons non encore circoncis, est en voie de disparition. Il s’agit d’un masque facial anthropomorphe, mais surmonté, d’une rangée de deux à onze cornes à la manière d’une fourche se présentant de face. La société initiatique du N’tomo imposait à ses membres des épreuves physiques et intellectuelles pour leur apprendre à contrôler leur parole et à garder les secrets. Dans cet essai, Jean-Paul Colleyn nous explique son rôle et les raisons pour lesquelles, sur le masque, la bouche est toujours très petite, discrète, à peine visible.
Preference for censorship
Authors: Brković Čarna
Published: December 2019

Post-Yugoslav artists relatively often claim that the major international successes of Yugoslav films were the result of novel artistic approaches developed to circumscribe state censorship. Some filmmakers say that socialist censorship was better than being ignored, like they feel today. This article explores the preference for socialist censorship articulated by filmmakers from Serbia, suggesting that it needs to be situated in the change of the regime of visibility after the Cold War. The “regime of visibility” conventionally refers to the conditions of visibility within one particular social context, for example within a particular country. The post-Yugoslav preference for censorship indicates that there are also regimes of visibility that operate transnationally, regulating what can be seen and known across the borders of particular societies. In the Cold War regime of visibility, Yugoslav socialist “censorship without censorship” illuminated Yugoslav films in a way that made them visible in the West. The post-Cold-War shifts in the mechanisms of recognition made censorship preferable in comparison to the contemporary sense of invisibility.
The impact of Financial Information on Voting Behaviour
Authors: Brusca Isabel , Labrador Margarita , Olmo Jorge
Published: December 2019

In the public sector, citizens have been recognized as potential users of financial reporting elaborated by governments. A specific use of financial reporting by citizens is voting decisions, where they can approve or disapprove of the politicians' management. Political budget cycles literature contains many studies that evidence that politicians manage the budget in order to increase their possibilities of being reelected, but there is no consensus about the outcome. This chapter aims to study to what extent financial management influences electoral outcomes and if there is any evidence that the financial management of governments has an impact on election results. The study is focused on Spanish local governments and uses data from the elections of 2011 and 2015. The results indicate that governments with higher capital investments or fewer deficits have no advantages in the elections. However, citizens reward government policies with higher levels of social expenditures and punish higher fiscal pressure.
Financial Indicators as Determinants of Mayoral Elections
Authors: Santis Serena , Citro Francesca , Cuadrado-Ballesteros Beatriz , Bisogno Marco
Published: December 2019

The chapter seeks to contribute to the literature on determinants of local government election by adopting a different perspective focused on the effects of financial indicators on the elections of mayors. Using the agency and the public choice theory, this study implements a model where specific financial indicators—whose selection takes into account the increased autonomy and responsibility of local politicians—have been included to document their effect on mayoral re-election. Focusing on the Italian context, the chapter examines a sample of 129 municipalities during the period 2008-2014, where several elections were held. By using different estimators, findings indicate that the re-election of mayors is affected by the level of indebtedness and the current equilibrium. In addition, current spending is better valued by citizens/voters than capital expenditure, which increases the probability of being re-elected.
Does It Pay Off for Mayors to Accurately Manage Finance on Municipalities?
Authors: Costa Joana
Published: December 2019

Under the premise of rationality, politicians behave to maximize re-election probability. Favorable macroeconomic contexts, alignment with central governance, and balanced public finance will be rewarded leading to re-election. Logit estimations applied to Portuguese municipalities in the period 2002-2017 fail to empirically support these theoretical effects, providing no incentive-controlled policy actions. Local voters do not punish mayors for the adverse economic performance, staying loyal to ideological voting geographically and over time. Only turnout punishes incumbents over the entire period. The introduction of the law of limitation of terms did not change the incentives towards wise governance; therefore, lack of electoral punishments to undesirable policy actions withstands the potential misconduct of incumbents. Existing evidence points to the need of reforms in what concerns electoral participation as when we compel voters to express their democratic rights, they become more critical to undesirable achievements.
Sustainability Assessment of Portuguese Local Governments (2009 to 2017)
Authors: Santos Paula Gomes dos , Martinho Carla
Published: December 2019

Public governance must ensure financial sustainability. This investigation aims to assess Portuguese local governments financial sustainability as the ability to service the upcoming obligations in commercial transactions (under the Late Payment Directive framework) and to study if accounting information enables public local governance with greater transparency and accountability about their financial sustainability. The study will focus on the 308 Portuguese local governments from 2009 to 2017. The number of local governments with average payment periods (PMPs) within 30 days had an increasing tendency. However, their adjusted average payment periods greatly exceed the 30 days, which means limited financial sustainability. In 2017, only 29% of the local governments have an adjusted PMP within 30 days against the 63% if it is used the officials PMPs. Therefore, accounting information does not enable public governance with greater transparency and accountability about Portuguese local government financial sustainability.
Analysis of the Association Between Political Change in Local Government and Municipal Financial Condition in Spain During the Great Recession
Authors: Zafra-Gómez José L. , López-Hernández Antonio M. , Montabes Juan , Cazorla Ángel
Published: December 2019

The political influence on the financial condition of local government has been examined in various studies in the academic literature. However, no clear relationship has yet been established between such political factors and the constituent elements of financial condition sustainability in the context of the recent Great Recession. The aim of this study is to evaluate the dimensions of electoral size, defined for the chapter's purposes as the effective number of parties, and of transfer (i.e., how electoral gains and losses are related to the configuration of the party system) using a series of aggregate indices. Once these indicators are obtained, they are related to various indicators of financial condition for five Spanish cities. The results obtained show that financial condition either worsened or presented little change in the different cases considered and that various scenarios of aggregate volatility during the study period were detected.
Hybrid Multi-Cloud Demystifying SLAs for Smart City Enterprises Using IoT Applications
Authors: Dhirani Lubna Luxmi , Newe Thomas , Nizamani Shahzad
Published: December 2019

Cloud computing migrations are increasing rapidly. The main influencing factor being IT management costs. IoT-based enterprises that started their cloud journey by setting up small private clouds within their enterprise have often found that as the applications and services they use broaden. Then the shift towards incorporating public clouds becomes inevitable. The current problem that many of these firms are encountering is the difficulty of managing multiple clouds that reside within different vendors running on different platforms, computational requirements, and vendor SLAs. Lack of support for a single standard for an overall multi-cloud hybrid model exposes the hybrid IT-management to further threats. This makes it difficult for an adopting enterprise to manage and maintain its cloud-based systems during peak performance hours, which often leads to system downtime. This chapter discusses various SLA issues specific to a hybrid multi-cloud environment and suggests possible solutions to help adopting firms in their management.
Non-Edible Oil Biodiesel Production via Microwave Irradiation Technologies Using Waste-Heterogeneous Catalyst Derived From Natural Calcium Oxide
Authors: Mohd Zamberi Mahanum , Ani Farid Nasir
Published: December 2019

Biodiesel production or synthesis by non-edible oils has been introduced recently due to its potential to overcome the problems associated with first generation of feedstock, especially the competition between food and transport biofuel. The production of this non-edible resource could be done without major investment and benefit many parties involved: agricultural sector, job creator, biodiversity, and many other benefits. Microwave-assisted technique has been found as one of the methods that has the potential to be a highlight due to its ability to reduce the cost production and produce higher quality biodiesel as well. This method has been identified to enhanced and accelerate the transesterification process in order to obtain higher yields in the biodiesel synthesis. Continuous process in the other hand seems to be more significant when compared to batch solution. This review is an attempt to gather and summarize the existing literature and study the natural heterogeneous catalyst as one of the green and economic methods using microwave irradiation method.
Designing Curricular Games in Teacher Education
Authors: Kellinger Janna Jackson
Published: December 2019

This chapter explores the use of game-based teaching in teacher education courses. It compares a version of a course taught in a traditional manner to the game-based version. It then traces the evolution of the author's use of game-based teaching and details ways the author overcame various obstacles in subsequent courses. In doing so, it discusses the affordances and constraints of learning management systems and concludes that small changes in learning management systems would greatly improve the ability to use them to create curricular games.
Indigenizing and Mentoring Technology Usage in Undergraduate Teacher Education
Authors: Reid Doug
Published: December 2019

As a partnership between a teacher education program and a public school, an introductory course in education was modernized to reflect the current technological and cultural contexts of the teaching profession. This was done to ensure the course would still be a transfer credit at other universities in the region and to ensure undergraduate students would receive a current perspective of teaching in Canada. The result of this initiative was the development of an undergraduate course infused with modeling technology used in classrooms today designed upon an indigenous pedagogical model. In theory, this allowed the students to explore the interaction of technology-enabled learning and indigenous pedagogy. In practice, this allowed the students to learn in a low-risk environment designed to reflect current realities and advances in educational practices.
Big Data, Machine Learning, and Health Knowledge Discovery in the Elderly in China
Authors: Ding Bin , Gu Dongxiao , Jiang Zheng
Published: December 2019

According to the national strategic plan for healthy aging and the construction of the pension system in China, it is expected that by 2020 the population of elderly aged 60 and above will reach 255 million, accounting for about 17.8% of the total population. Currently, population aging is a serious social problem in China, and thus, health status of the elderly becomes increasingly critical. The present research uses machine learning to identify factors influencing elderly's health status and life satisfaction with data from the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey. The results show that some common factors are important for both self-rated health status and life satisfaction for elderly, namely positive and optimistic attitudes, a healthy diet, and economic status. Health status and life satisfaction also have their unique predicting factors, such as mobility ability for health status and living conditions for life satisfaction. Theoretical and practical implications of the findings are discussed.
Nutritional quality of Cavendish banana (Musa acuminata, AAA) as affected by basil oil and determination of basil oil residues by GC-MS
Authors: Siriwardana Harshani , Abeywickrama Krishanthi , Kannangara Sagarika , Jayawardena Bimali
Published: December 2019

The effectiveness of basil oil on the nutritional properties of Cavendish banana and chemical composition of basil oil and oil residue levels of treated banana fruits were evaluated in this study. Cavendish banana hands were treated with 1% alum (w/v), 1% alum (w/v) + 0.4% Ocimum basilicum (basil) oil, distilled water (control) and packaged in Low Density Polyethylene (LDPE) bags and stored at a cold room at 12-14ºC. After two weeks of cold storage banana were induced ripened and nutritional contents of treated Cavendish banana were determined. Gas Chromatography - Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS) was instrumental in identifying the chemical constituents of basil oil as well as residues in basil oil treated Cavendish banana peel after two weeks of storage at 12-14ºC. Nutritional properties of basil oil treated Cavendish banana showed no adverse changes compared to control. Methyl chavicol (estragole) was the most abundant component (74.44%) of basil oil followed by linalool (15.01%). GC-MS data revealed that negligible amount of residues of basil oil retained in treated Cavendish banana after 14 days. Basil oil treatment and subsequent modified atmosphere packaging of Cavendish banana is recommended as an ecofriendly strategy for air freight or long distance transport over land.