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Economic impact of COVID-19 pandemic in Armenia
Authors:   Russian-Armenian University, Voskanyan Mariam
Published: November 2020

Relevance. The world will certainly remember 2020 as a serious challenge in all aspects of human life. At the same time, while developed countries, despite the severity of the economic crisis, have sufficient reserves to help their economies go through the recovery growth, developing economies turned out to be the most vulnerable. This article describes the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic for the Armenian economy from the point of view of the most critical factors that have determined the country’s economic development over the past decade. Research objective. The key goal of the study was to try to identify and assess the economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic in Armenia. Data and methods. The study surveys macroeconomic indicators in Armenia over the past six months. The analysis is based on the statistical data characterizing the economic situation in Armenia and takes into account the key sectors of the economy as well as its weaknesses. Results. Some sectors of the Armenian economy will be very vulnerable to the crisis resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. Conclusion. The main conclusion of the study is that at the moment the economic system of Armenia is at the stage of stagnation and, in the light of the pandemic, will move to the stage of economic recession in the medium term.
No place to shelter: ethnography of the homeless population in the COVID-19 pandemic
Authors: Paula Hermes Candido de , Daher Donizete Vago , Koopmans Fabiana Ferreira , Faria Magda Guimarães de Araujo , Lemos Patricia Ferraccioli Siqueira , Moniz Marcela de Abreu
Published: November 2020

ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze how homeless people live, in times of COVID-19 pandemic, in the city of Rio de Janeiro. Method: an ethnographic research that used interviews and observations and articles published in newspapers and magazines of great circulation, using domain analysis. Results: the results tell how the COVID-19 pandemic emerged for the homeless population. Isolation led to emptying the streets and reducing passers-by, damaging their ways of living and their survival tactics. Hunger, thirst, absence of places for bathing and for fulfilling physiological needs became part of their daily lives. Final considerations: given the impossibility of having a place to shelter, acquiring food and water and the limitations in carrying out preventive measures, care actions offered by managers to limit the virus to spread, even in this population, are ineffective.
A centralidade de Paulo Freire para uma Educação pública, democrática e participativa: entrevista com Licínio C. Lima
Authors: Pavan Ruth , Lima Licínio C.
Published: November 2020

RESUMO A presente entrevista com o professor Licínio C. Lima, pesquisador e professor do Instituto de Educação da Universidade do Minho (Portugal), tem como objetivo explicitar as contribuições de Paulo Freire para o campo da Educação, com destaque para os estudos sobre educação ao longo da vida, autonomia das escolas, gestão democrática e formação de professores, entre outros.
Prevalência do risco de queda e fatores associados em idosos residentes na comunidade
Authors: Fioritto Aline Priori , Cruz Danielle Teles da , Leite Isabel Cristina Gonçalves
Published: November 2020

Resumo Objetivo: Estimar a prevalência do risco de queda e fatores associados. Método: Estudo transversal com 339 idosos comunitários residentes em Juiz de Fora, MG. O risco de queda foi avaliado pelo Teste Timed Up and Go categorizado em baixo (<10 segundos), moderado (11-20 segundos) e alto (>20 segundos). Os sintomas de ansiedade e depressão, medo de cair, capacidade funcional para atividades instrumentais de vida diária e força de preensão palmar foram avaliados pelo Patient Health Questionnaire, Falls Efficacy Scale – Internacional – Brasil, Escala de Lawton e Brody e dinamômetro manual JAMAR, respectivamente. Foi construído um modelo teórico de determinação com três blocos hierarquizados. As variáveis com valor de p≤0,05 permaneceram no modelo final. Resultados: A prevalência de baixo, moderado e alto risco de queda foi de 36%, 43,7% e 20,3%, respectivamente. As variáveis associadas ao moderado risco de queda foram sexo feminino, idade entre 71-80 anos e >80 anos. Permaneceram associadas ao alto risco idade >80 anos, autopercepção de saúde geral negativa, necessidade de ajuda para andar através de dispositivo auxiliar, auxílio humano e medo de cair. Conclusão: O estudo evidenciou alta prevalência de moderado e alto risco de queda. Com exceção da idade avançada, os fatores associados ao moderado e alto risco foram distintos. Esses resultados podem ser considerados na abordagem do idoso sob risco a fim de possibilitar a escolha da intervenção mais adequada e nos convoca a pensar em estratégias e políticas públicas que garantam a prevenção de quedas e um envelhecimento saudável.
The language aspects of children with high abilities/giftedness: an integrative literature review
Authors: Attoni Tiago , Coelho Rebeca , Martins Rafaela , Lemos Laura , Fernandes Laura , Francis Thamyris , Fernandes Sara , Fideles Karina
Published: November 2020

ABSTRACT Purpose: to analyze information and characteristics of the language of children diagnosed with high abilities and giftedness. Methods: an integrative literature review based on a search in LILACS, MEDLINE, and Google Scholar databases, combining the keywords “Speech-Language-Hearing and high abilities”, “giftedness and child language”. Results: a total of 45 articles that met the inclusion criteria were analyzed, of which 29 were excluded and 16 selected for the review. The analysis of these articles made it possible to verify, though superficially, the aspects in the oral and written language of children with high abilities and giftedness. These children’s vocabulary and discourse are usually rich, with excellent comprehension skills. There is early interest in reading, besides noteworthy writing comprehension and decoding skills. The studies indicate that these capacities are atypical when compared with those of the population referred to as normal. The discourse of gifted children tends to be compatible with that of children two years older, and their language develops faster. Conclusion: the language of children diagnosed with high abilities and giftedness has particularities that must be better studied, as their development differs from that of other children.
Pulupulu e warayumia: história e imagética do trocano do alto Xingu
Authors: Barcelos Neto Aristoteles
Published: November 2020

Resumo Este artigo analisa as transformações históricas, visuais e cosmológicas de um raro ‘instrumento musical’ amazônico: o trocano, conhecido, respectivamente, como pulupulu e warayumia pelos Wauja e Kamayurá do alto Xingu. Historicamente produzido como um corpo artefatual da anaconda, esse ‘instrumento musical’ é central para a criação e a manutenção de um domínio de continuidade espaço-temporal entre o mundo dos espíritos aquáticos e a casa cerimonial da aldeia. Ausente da vida ritual xinguana por um período de 42 anos, o trocano foi feito, em 1998, pelos Kamayurá. Os Wauja, porém, não o fazem desde 1947. Embora entusiasmados com o retorno do trocano, os Wauja preferiram não incentivar a ideia de produzir, em sua própria aldeia, um objeto ritual tão poderoso e perigoso como esse. Pesava, então, sobre essa decisão o receio de não conseguirem alimentá-lo suficientemente. Esses fatos indicam duas coisas: que o trocano é, de fato, um objeto de ciclo ritual bastante longo e que modos mais sutis de embodiment dos poderes xamânicos da anaconda prevalecem no sistema de cultura material wauja. A principal hipótese desenvolvida neste artigo é que o trocano incorpora, por excelência, qualidades dos sistemas musical e gráfico, resultando, assim, em um hipercorpo de expressões sensoriais.
Entre naturalismos y metáforas: el código icónico en la pintura corporal de las urnas funerarias de la fase Napo
Authors: Viteri Tamia Alexandra
Published: November 2020

Abstract En el presente artículo se expone un estudio iconográfico sobre los motivos figurativos que forman parte de la decoración pictórica de las urnas funerarias de la fase Napo (1118-1480 d.C.) perteneciente a la Tradición Polícroma Amazónica (TPA). Se propone que estos motivos se expresan mediante distintos niveles de ejecución artística, desde formas estilizadas hasta llegar a abstracciones metafóricas y sinecdóquicas respondiendo a distintos procesos de cognición. Estas imágenes han podido ser identificadas mediante el concepto de código icónico, que, a su vez, permite otorgar ciertas inferencias sobre su sistema ontológico, basado en una estética de seres metafóricos e híbridos en contraposición a figuraciones naturalistas, en las cuales resalta el ícono de la serpiente. Formas similares de representación artística, también se encuentran en sociedades amazónicas ecuatorianas del presente; por lo que, una perspectiva etnoarqueológica puede otorgar ciertas pautas interpretativas para una re-significación de estas figuraciones pictóricas intrínsecas a la fase Napo.
Copper stress affect seed germination and seedling establishment of Schinus terebinthifolia Raddi
Authors: Siqueira Matheus Casarini , Tavares Armando Reis , Barbosa José Marcos , Santos Junior Nelson Augusto dos
Published: November 2020

ABSTRACT Pollution by the discharge of copper in the environment due to anthropogenic, industrial, and automobile activities is an environmental problem. Copper is also widely used in different forms as fertilizers and fungicides. Here, we aimed to evaluate seed germination and the establishment of Schinus terebinthifolia Raddi, popularly known as ‘Brazilian pepper tree’ seedlings submitted to different concentrations of copper. Five treatments were used, with four replicates and 20 seeds per replicate, totaling 400 seeds. Cu (CuSO4.5H2O) was added to the substrate at doses of 0; 60; 760; 2,100 or 10,000 mg kg-1. The variables percentage, speed, and mean germination time, as well as establishment of seedlings, were analyzed. Cu doses of 2,100 or 10,000 mg kg-1 inhibited seedling formation. Cu concentration of 10,000 mg kg-1 reduced the final values of germination and speed germination to about one third of those obtained in the control treatment. Compared to germination, establishment of seedlings was more affected by excess copper for the S. terebinthifolia. The species tolerated doses up to 760 mg kg-1 copper during seedling establishment, which indicates that it is a candidate for environmental restoration programs for soils with known copper contamination.
Nitrogen assimilation in the bromeliad Ananas comosus var. ananassoides (Baker) Coppens & F.Leal grown in vitro with different sources of inorganic nitrogen
Authors: Silva Priscila Primo Andrade , Medina Ivomar Aparecido , Young Jorge Luiz Marx , Tamaki Vívian
Published: November 2020

ABSTRACT Ananas comosus var. ananassoides (Baker) Coppens & F.Leal is a native ornamental bromeliad of the endangered biome Cerrado. Therefore, approaches aimed at the preservation of this species, such as in vitro cultivation and micropropagation are needed. Nitrogen (N) is absorbed by plants, mainly as NO3- and/or NH4+, and assimilated into amino acids. The aim of this work was to evaluate the N assimilation in this bromeliad. Plants were grown in vitro for seven months in modified MS medium with 15, 30, 60, and 90 mM of N as NO3-, NH4+ or NH4NO3, and then transferred to ex vitro conditions for acclimatization. Plants grown with NH4+ had high mortality. During acclimatization plants cultivated with 30, 60, and 90 mM of N as NH4NO3 showed higher biomass. With regard to N assimilation, GS and NR showed the highest activity in plants cultivated with NH4NO3, whereas plants cultivated with NH4+ had the highest GDH activity. Consequently, in vitro and ex vitro cultivation of this species with 60 mM N as NH4NO3 is recommended.
Abordaje de la enfermedad de Chagas en el primer nivel de atención: investigación cualitativa en una zona endémica de Argentina
Authors: Roberti Javier , Alonso Juan Pedro , Rouvier Mariel , Belizán María , Klein Karen
Published: November 2020

El objetivo de este estudio fue evaluar la percepción de equipos de salud de atención en primer nivel y público objetivo acerca de facilitadores y barreras para el abordaje de Chagas a partir de una intervención multifacética, en una zona endémica. Se realizaron 12 entrevistas semiestructuradas y grupos focales en Centros de Atención Primaria en Resistencia, Chaco. El estudio fue guiado por el Marco Consolidado para la Investigación de la Implementación. Los profesionales tuvieron una impresión positiva de la intervención pero mostraron preocupación acerca de la factibilidad. Los profesionales perciben un número excesivo de programas, pocos insumos y recursos humanos, insuficiente capacitación, material informativo desactualizado, trabas burocrática para pedido de insumos y medicación; asimismo perciben falta de vinculación en niveles de atención y fragmentación de registros. Esta investigación contribuiría a la adaptación de intervenciones según barreras y facilitadores existentes.
O processo de facilitação de Educação Permanente em Saúde para formação em saúde mental na Atenção Primária à Saúde
Authors: Rezio Larissa de Almeida , Conciani Marta Ester , Queiroz Marilene Alves
Published: November 2020

Este estudo analisou a facilitação de Educação Permanente em Saúde (EPS) para formação em saúde mental na Atenção Primária à Saúde (APS) e compõe uma das etapas de uma pesquisa-intervenção que utilizou o referencial teórico-metodológico de Análise Institucional e Socioclínica Institucional. O estudo identificou as demandas com profissionais de duas equipes de Estratégia de Saúde da Família (ESF) para subsidiar os 12 encontros de EPS com cada equipe. As facilitadoras propiciaram reflexão sobre aspectos conceituais vinculados ao cuidado em saúde mental e à EPS e contataram atravessamentos institucionais e controle do processo de aprendizagem em serviço, resultante da sobreimplicação delas. Mesmo sendo um trabalho restrito a um contexto local, é possível ampliar as suas contribuições referentes ao campo analítico para outras experiências, vislumbrar diferentes pesquisas e apontar a necessidade de análise do processo de facilitação em contextos diversos.
Escuela y procesos de construcción identitaria en la niñez indígena desde los dibujos en diálogo
Authors: Patiño Kathia Núñez
Published: November 2020

Resumen En este artículo se presenta el resultado del análisis de cuatro dibujos producidos y descritos por niñas y niños, de dos comunidades indígenas del estado de Chiapas, México. Estos dibujos son considerados textos semióticos y forman un corpus de documentos que permiten hacer una lectura y encontrar ciertas pistas, acerca de cómo interpretan su mundo en un campo semántico que da sentido a su entorno cotidiano, la escuela, en contextos complejos que estructuran su relación con las comunidades indígenas. Con una metodología y una gramática semiológica y etnográfica, los dibujos y sus propias descripciones permiten dar cuenta de imágenes e ideas de sí mismos como niños y niñas que, de formas diversas, son parte de una comunidad. En este análisis se articulan sus discursos y prácticas con sus procesos de identificación, para entender cómo es que ocurren estos procesos de configuración y creación identitaria en su vida cotidiana, desde los dibujos y las etnografías de sus contextos. En síntesis, se trata de mirar en uno de sus cimientos, la relación entre la cultura comunitaria y la cultura escolar, en distintas formas de asimilación, cambio y resistencia, bajo la experiencia de la autonomía indígena zapatista. Desde este abordaje, los dibujos configuran la recreación de herramientas de investigación que aspiran a la horizontalidad: en realidad, más que acompañados de una breve descripción a modo de entrevista, abren un diálogo con las niñas, los niños y sus contextos, en constante cambio.
Castor oil based polyurethane adhesive content on OSSB produced with soybean straw
Authors: Silva João Vitor Felippe , Silva Maria Fernanda Felippe , Ferreira Bruno Santos , Fiorelli Juliano , Christoforo André Luis , Campos Cristiane Inácio de
Published: November 2020

Abstract Oriented Structural Straw Board (OSSB) panels are composites made from straw originally from agricultural residues and non-formaldehyde based adhesive, whose main application is for construction as a closing and ceiling material. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of the polyurethane adhesive content on physical and mechanical properties of OSSB produced with locally available SbS (soybean straw). Four castor oil based polyurethane ratios (6%, 9%, 12% and 15%, by mass of the SbS) were tested. OSSB was evaluated according to European standards for wood-based composites; also, a physical and chemical characterization of the SbS was performed. SbS has an irregular shape, which reduced the OSSB mechanical performance due to the low densification of the composite and the development of transversal cracks on the SbS after the OSSB manufacturing process. The static bending and thickness swelling performance of SbS OSSB was not improved by the increase of polyurethane adhesive content. SbS low ash content and neutral pH extractives indicates that probably its chemical properties should not affect the setting of the adhesive.
Caracterização e uso da cinza do bagaço de cana-de-açúcar em tijolos de solo-cimento
Authors: Moura Elda Marra de , Sales Joel Neto Bispo de , Nascimento Natalia Cristina do , Sousa Vitor Magalini Zago de , Silva Danilo Duarte Costa e , Libera Junior Vilson Dalla
Published: November 2020

Resumo No Brasil, as indústrias sucroalcooleiras, além de gerar produtos importantes como o álcool e o açúcar, produzem subprodutos como a cinza do bagaço de cana de açúcar (CBC). A CBC possui um alto material pozolânico, podendo ser aplicado em materiais de construção civil como substituto parcial do cimento. O presente trabalho teve como objetivo caracterizar a cinza do bagaço da cana-de-açúcar e utilizá-la como material cimentício suplementar na produção de tijolos solo-cimento. A CBC foi utilizada substituindo percentuais de cimento utilizados na composição de de tijolos nas proporções de 10, 20 e 50% em massa. A caracterização química da CBC indicou a presença de sílica cristalina na forma de quartzo e cristobalita. Após a substituição parcial do cimento pela cinza, os tijolos conservaram sua resistência à compressão. Entre as composições estudadas, a substituição parcial do cimento pela CBC em 20% apresentou a maior resistência a compressão simples. De acordo com o estudo, a CBC se mostrou como um subproduto indicado para a produção de materiais de construção sustentáveis.
Veículos Aéreos Não Tripulados (VANT) para inspeção de manifestações patológicas em fachadas com revestimento cerâmico
Authors: Ballesteros Ramiro Daniel , Lordsleem Junior Alberto Casado
Published: November 2020

Resumo O mundo passa por uma revolução de ordem abrangente, destacando-se a demanda por inserção tecnológica nos processos industriais, notadamente pela necessidade da otimização do tempo. Em especial, os veículos aéreos não tripulados (VANT), ou “drones”, estão tendo crescente relevância como novo mecanismo de obtenção de dados e inspeções visuais, mais ágeis e seguros. Este artigo teve o objetivo de realizar o estudo experimental do uso de VANT como ferramenta visual para inspeção de manifestações patológicas em fachadas de edifícios. A metodologia contemplou a realização de dois estudos de caso em edificações de mediana e grande altura, em que foram contempladas as etapas de coleta de imagens e processamento. Os resultados da pesquisa exibiram a viabilidade técnica e a eficácia da inspeção, e mostraram que entre os ativos visuais produzidos as fotografias digitais geradas pela aeronave foram mais efetivas para a detecção de manifestações patológicas quando comparadas com os modelos gerados pelo software Agisoft PhotoScan. Como principal contribuição, têm-se a validação do pacote tecnológico destinado a auxiliar no diagnóstico de manifestações patológicas a partir da formulação do protocolo para a inspeção de fachadas com uso de VANT e a análise comparativa dos ativos visuais que podem ser gerados.
Processamento digital de imagens para detecção automática de fissuras em revestimentos cerâmicos de edifícios
Authors: Ruiz Ramiro Daniel Ballesteros , Lordsleem Junior Alberto Casado , Sousa Neto Arthur Flor de , Fernandes Bruno José Torres
Published: November 2020

Resumo Va fase de diagnóstico das manifestações patológicas em fachadas, a etapa de inspeção visual merece destacada atenção em virtude da inerente complexidade (altura, tamanho, dificuldades de acesso e condições de exposição). Nos últimos anos, o uso de técnicas de deep learning para detectar e classificar características específicas em imagens e vídeos vem crescendo cada vez mais e, quando combinado com o uso de veículos aéreos não tripulados (VANT) para a captura de imagens, constitui uma ferramenta que pode auxiliar e automatizar o procedimento de inspeção visual de fachadas. Este artigo teve o objetivo de realizar a análise do processamento digital de imagens para detecção automática de fissuras em revestimentos cerâmicos de edifícios, associada ao VANT ou drone, o que, potencialmente, resultaria em benefícios (prazo, custo e segurança) no que diz respeito ao diagnóstico. Assim, os resultados da pesquisa exibiram a viabilidade técnica da detecção de fissuras por técnicas de PDI. O procedimento é considerado um trabalho complexo quando há elevada variação nas imagens de estudo. No entanto, mesmo diante de um cenário limitante como a falta de datasets públicos para o problema, o projeto conseguiu desenvolver uma metodologia simples e eficiente para o tema para o qual foi proposto.
COVID-19: estudo seccional de casos suspeitos internados em um hospital federal do Rio de Janeiro e fatores associados ao óbito hospitalar
Authors: Escosteguy Claudia Caminha , Eleuterio Tatiana de Araujo , Pereira Alessandra Gonçalves Lisbôa , Marques Marcio Renan Vinícius Espínola , Brandão Amanda Dantas , Batista Juliana Paranhos Moreno
Published: November 2020

Resumo Objetivo Descrever o perfil clínico-epidemiológico dos casos suspeitos de COVID-19 internados em hospital federal do Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil, e identificar fatores associados ao óbito. Métodos Estudo seccional, utilizando dados da vigilância epidemiológica local até a Semana Epidemiológica 27 de 2020. Empregou-se regressão logística. Resultados Foram incluídos 376 casos internados suspeitos de COVID-19, dos quais 52,9% eram mulheres, 57,4% tinham 50 anos ou mais de idade e 80,1% exibiam comorbidades. Foram confirmados para COVID-19 195 casos (51,9%), cuja letalidade (37,9%) foi maior, comparada à dos descartados (24,2%). Na análise ajustada, associaram-se ao óbito, nos casos confirmados, ter 50 a 69 (OR=11,65 – IC95% 1,69;80,33) e 70 ou mais anos (OR=8,43 – IC95% 1,22;58,14), apresentar neoplasia (OR=4,34 – IC95% 1,28;14,76) e usar suporte ventilatório invasivo (OR=70,20 – IC95% 19,09;258,19). Conclusão Houve elevada prevalência de comorbidades e letalidade; os principais fatores associados ao óbito foram idade, presença de neoplasia e suporte ventilatório invasivo.
Alzheimer ve Vasküler Demanslı hastalarda lipid profili ile yağda eriyen vitaminlerin değerlendirilmesi
Authors: BAYDEMİR Recep , GÜLTEKİN Murat , KÖSEOĞLU Rahmi , SARAYMEN Recep , KÖSEOĞLU Emel
Published: November 2020

Giriş: Bu çalışmada, Alzheimer Demans (AD) ve Vasküler demans (VaD)’lı hastalarda serum lipid düzeyleri ile yağda eriyen vitamin düzeylerinin demans ile ilişkilerinin incelenmesi amaçlanmıştır.

Gereç ve yöntem: Çalışmaya uluslarası kriterlere göre tanıları konulmuş 60 AD, 52 VaD hastası ile 61 kontrol vakası alındı. Serum lipid profilleri ve yağda eriyen vitamin düzeyleri (D, K) çalışıldı.

Bulgular: Serum D vitamini değerleri AD ve VaD hasta gruplarında, kontrol grubuna göre daha düşük bulundu. Vitamin K açısından ise anlamlı bir fark görülmedi. Grupların lipid profilleri incelendiğinde total kolesterol(TK) değerlerinin, her iki hasta grubunda kontrol grubuna göre daha yüksek olduğu saptandı. Kontrol grubunda, TK ile D vitamini arasında negatif bir ilişki gözlendi. Hasta gruplarında D vitamini ile ve tüm gruplarda K vitamini ile lipidler arasında bir ilişki bulunmadı. Yüksek dansiteli lipoprotein (HDL), trigliserid (TG) ve düşük dansiteli lipoprotein (LDL) değerleri açısından hasta grupları ve kontrol grubu arasında fark bulunmadı.

Sonuç: Vitamin D düşüklüğü ile TK yüksekliği AD ve VaD hastalığı ile birliktelik göstermektedir. Bu iki demans tipi arasında bu parametreler açısından bir fark saptanmamıştır. Sağlıklı kontrol vakalarında vitamin D ile TK arasında saptanan ters ilişki demans hastalarında gözlenmemiştir. Verilerimiz; demans hastalarında, vitamin D ve TK ilişkisinin daha ayrıntılı incelenmesinin gerektiğini ortaya koymaktadır.
Bringing Dynamism and Engagement in Classroom Through WhatsApp
Authors:   Mathmateics and Humanities, Institute of Technology, Nirma University, Ahmedabad, India, Mishra Richa , Kartikeya M. ,   Eletctrical Engineering, Pandit Deendayal University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India
Published: November 2020

Digital natives in our classrooms have different orientation and learning mind-set. The information they need is to be accessible instantly and all the time. Sometimes engaging tools can add more interest and excitement in the whole learning experience. The students' sample of this research work were connected and disseminated through very dynamic tool: Whatsapp. The cross-messaging platform was easily accessible and could be used for diverse kinds of files/links/documents sharing, which benefitted all. This app brings dynamism and more engagement between teacher-student since it is a very familiar tool and has ease of use.
Question Items for Specific Lecture Types in College for More Adequate Student Evaluation on Instructors' Teaching Performance
Authors:   Assistant Professor, Early Childhood Education Department, Woosong University, Daejeon, Korea, Republic of, Kim Pyong Ho , Hong Sung Hee ,   Assistant Professor, Early Childhood Education Department, Changshin University, Changwon, Korea, Republic of
Published: November 2020

The study attempted to propose refined question items used for eight types of lectures practiced in college settings (i.e., theory-based learning, flipped learning, discussion-based lectures, problem-based learning, co-teaching, Capstone Design, e-learning, and laboratory lectures). Its purpose was to help students objectively and accurately evaluate the lectures so that the instructors could use the data to improve their teaching effectiveness and to heighten student satisfaction. Extracting data from 15 journal publishers, the study investigated 34 articles published since 2013 in relation to lecture evaluations. Results entail different lecture evaluation question items that well match distinct features each lecture type entails. Further implications for future studies are proposed based on the findings.
Kastamonu Turnalı Camii’nde Candaroğulları Ve Osmanlılar Zamanına Ait Yeni Bulunmuş Vakıf Hatim Cüzleri
Authors: YAKUPOĞLU Cevdet , MUSALI Namiq
Published: November 2020

Candaroğulları Beyliği, XIV. yüzyılın başlarında Çobanoğulları hanedanının hâkimiyetinin kesin olarak sona ermesi üzerine Kastamonu bölgesine hükmetmeye başlamış ve 1461 yılına kadar varlığını sürdürmüştür. Daha Çobanoğulları tarafından bu bölgede yürütülen imar faaliyetleri Candaroğulları zamanında da devam etmiştir. Bu faaliyetler sonucunda Kastamonu ve havalisinde çok sayıda Türk-İslâm medeniyeti eserleri meydana getirilmiştir. Bunlardan biri de Candaroğulları Beyliği’nin kurucusu I. Süleyman Paşa’nın oğlu Candaroğlu Ali Bey tarafından yaptırılmış olan Turnalı Camii’dir. Caminin 733 / 1333 tarihli vakfiyesinde her Cuma günü camide hatim okuma şartı getirilmiştir. Tarihen Azdavay nahiyesine bağlı olan Turnalı yöresinin bir diğer adı da Bereketli’dir. Günümüzde Bereketli köyü Ağlı ilçesine bağlıdır. Ali Candar Bey’in inşa etmiş olduğu tarihî cami günümüze ulaşmamıştır; zamanla yıpranarak yenisi yapılmış ve en nihayetinde onun yerinde 1990’larda yeni bir cami inşa edilmiştir. 2016-2017 yıllarında yaptığımız saha araştırmaları sırasında Bereketli köyündeki bu camiye birkaç kez uğramış ve orada XIV-XIX. yüzyıllara ait 58 adet elyazması Kur’ân-ı Kerîm cüzü bulmuştuk. İncelemelerimiz sırasında bu cüzlerin Candaroğlu Ali Bey’in ilgili vakfiyesinde geçen hatim okuma şartı ile bağlantılı olduğunu belirledik. Kur’ân-ı Kerîm cüzleri üzerindeki en eski tarihin 789 / 1387, en son tarihin ise 1271 / 1855 olduğunu tespit ettik. Bu bulgularımızın, Candaroğulları ve Osmanlılar döneminde Kastamonu çevresinde vakıf geleneğinin gelişimi, buradaki hat ve kitap sanatının seviyesi, yörede faaliyet gösteren ilim ehli ve kâtiplerin isimleri gibi hususların belirlenmesine, kısacası bu bölgenin sosyo-kültürel tarihinin araştırılmasına yardımcı olacağı kanaatindeyiz.
How the Federal Reserve's Central Bank Swap Lines Have Supported U.S. Corporate Borrowers in the Leveraged Loan Market
Authors: McCrone Annie , Meisenzahl Ralf , Niepmann Friederike , Schmidt-Eisenlohr Tim
Published: November 2020

The cost of borrowing U.S. dollars through foreign exchange (FX) swap markets increased significantly in the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic in February 2020, indicated by larger deviations from Covered Interest Rate Parity (CIP). CIP deviations narrowed again when the Federal Reserve expanded its swap lines to support U.S. dollar liquidity globally—by enhancing and extending its swap facility with foreign central banks and introducing the new temporary Foreign and International Monetary Authorities (FIMA) repurchase agreement facility.
Stuck At Home? The Drag of Homeownership on Earnings After Job Separation
Authors: De Francisco Eva , Garcia-Cabo Joaquin , Powell Tyler
Published: November 2020

This note takes a novel approach to study the question of whether housing ownership has negative effects on workers' mobility. While most of the literature has focused on studying differential migration rates between owners and renters, commonly known as "house-lock", we analyze this question from the perspective of differences in earnings.
Selected Sufi texts of Shaykh Yusuf: Translations and commentaries
Authors: Haron Muhammed , Keraan Mustapha
Published: November 2020

Shaykh Yusuf Al-Khalwati Al-Maqassari has made his mark in Southeast Asia as a heroic figure who fought valiantly against the Dutch. However, it was his position as a Sufi shaykh that catapulted him into prominence. Before and during his period of exile, the shaykh wrote a number of important texts on tasawwuf (Sufism) that have circulated among and influenced many of his companions and students. In this article we have translated three short treatises that had been attributed to him. Although none of them was written whilst he was in exile at the Cape of Good Hope between the time of his arrival there in1694 and the time of his death in 1699, he was able to disseminate its contents to members of the nascent Cape Muslim community who had come into contact with him.
Atmospheric Coalitions: Shifting the Middle in Late Industrial Baltimore
Authors: Ahmann Chloe
Published: November 2020

STS scholars offer the atmosphere as an antidote to the homogenizing Anthropocene. They teach us that atmospheres are good to think because they are both diffuse and differential; they reflect the scale of planetary problems without forgetting that those problems manifest unevenly. The atmosphere has, then, become a useful tool for theory work. But it is also being picked up on the ground as a model for grassroots coalition building. This article follows one group we might call an atmospheric coalition, which coalesced to fight a trash incinerator proposed in south Baltimore City. That incinerator would have had a major impact on the local air, particularly due to heavy-metal toxics that land close to their source. But it also would have affected a large regional airshed and released thousands of tons of greenhouse gases. Taking a cue from these multi-scalar impacts, the coalition to stop the incinerator both used the medium of air to trouble insider/outsider dichotomies and valued an uneven distribution of power, letting youth from the frontline community lead. Participants, in other words, built a flexible alliance—and they utilized its flexibility. Sometimes it was advantageous to call the incinerator “everyone’s problem.” Sometimes it was necessary to underscore its differential effects on local people. And sometimes the transience of atmospheric claims worked to transfer jurisdiction over the plant from one group to another. In the process of exploring these maneuvers, I argue that activists used the atmosphere to define a problem-space with pliant parameters of authority and vulnerability.
Scrotal abscess with xanthogranulomatous epididymo-orchitis: a case report of rare diagnostic entity
Authors:   Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana, India, Verma Dr. Renuka , Dalal Dr. Niti ,   Senior Resident, Department of Pathology, Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana, India, Yadav Dr. Archana ,   Resident, Department of Pathology, Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana, India, Pawar Dr. Richa ,   Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana, India, Singh Dr. Sunita ,   Senior Professor, Department of Pathology, Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana, India
Published: November 2020

Xanthogranulomatous epididymo-orchitis is an extremely rare diagnostic entity presenting as ascrotal mass with or without pain. Rarely, it can affect prostate, epididymis, and testicle. It canmimic a testicular malignancy both clinically as well as radiologically, hence, careful pathologicalexamination and biomarker study are essential to rule out malignancy. We report a case of 50 yearsold male with increasing right testicular swelling with a discharging pus. Skin over scrotum wasgangrenous. Right orchidectomy was performed. Histopathological diagnosis revealed features ofxanthogranulomatous epididymo-orchitis with no evidence of malignancy. IHC markers for tumorwere negative.
Cerrahi Geçiren Hastaların Erken Dönem Konfor Düzeyleri
Authors: AYDINGÜLÜ Nursevim , ARSLAN Sevban
Published: November 2020

Amaç: Çalışma, cerrahi geçiren hastaların işlem sonrası erken dönemde konfor düzeylerini belirlemek amacıyla, tanımlayıcı ve kesitsel olarak yürütülmüştür.
Gereç ve yöntemler: Bir üniversite hastanesinin cerrahi kliniklerinde yürütülen araştırmanın örneklemini; bu kliniklerde belirlenen tarihler arasında yatmakta olan, araştırma kriterlerine uyan ve katılımı kabul eden 157 hasta oluşturmuştur. Verilerin toplanmasında ‘’Kişisel Bilgi Formu’’, ağrı değerlendirmesi için ‘’Görsel Kıyaslama Ölçeği’’, konfor düzeyini belirlemek için ‘’Erken Postoperatif Konfor Ölçeği - EPKÖ‘’ kullanılmıştır. Verilerin değerlendirmesinde tanımlayıcı istatistikler kullanılmıştır.
Bulgular: Araştırma sonucunda hastaların yaş ortalamasının 47,57±18,96 olduğu, %26,1’inin genel cerrahi, %9,6’sının ortopedi kliniklerinde ameliyat olduğu; %60,5’inin klinik öyküsünde kronik hastalığının olmadığı, %43,9’unun sürekli ilaç kullandığı, %73,2’sinin daha önce bir cerrahi işlem deneyimlediği, %49’unun ASA I (American Society of Anesthesiologists) grubunda yer aldığı, %63,7’sinin cerrahi işleminin yaklaşık 1 saat sürdüğü tespit edilmiştir. Hastaların %33,1’inin hafif ağrı yaşarken, %3,2’sinin çok şiddetli ağrı yaşadığı belirlenmiştir. Hastaların düzenli ilaç kullanma durumlarına ve ağrı düzeylerine göre EPKÖ puan ortalamaları arasında istatistiksel olarak anlamlı fark olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Düzenli ilaç kullanan ve hafif ağrı deneyimleyen hastaların ölçek puan ortalamaları diğer gruplara göre daha yüksek bulunmuştur.
Sonuç: Yapılan araştırmada hastaların düzenli ilaç kullanması ve ağrı şiddetinin hafif olması erken dönem konfor düzeyini olumlu etkilemiştir.
A GENE SYNTHESIS REGIME FOR MALAYSIA TO EMULATE IN SECURING FUTURE BIOPRINTED VACCINES
Authors: MAJID MARINA ABDUL
Published: November 2020

The merger between synthetic biology and bioprinting will someday enable vaccines to be bioprinted utilising genetic material. Unregulated gene synthesis companies may unwittingly supply genetic material to a terrorist if there is no verification of purchasers’ personal identity and affiliation with a legitimate research organisation. This study has the objective of focusing on whether Malaysia regulates and conducts Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) sequence screening among gene synthesis companies which are meant for bioprinting vaccines that can be misused for bioterrorism. This study is qualitative. Gene synthesis guidelines from the United States (US), the International Gene Synthesis Consortium (IGSC), the Nuclear Threat Initiative-World Economic Forum (NTI-WEF) Biosecurity Innovation and Risk Reduction report were referred as examples for changes in Malaysia’s draft National Code of Conduct for Biosecurity [thereafter known as Code]. These soft law documents constitute the regime for gene synthesis and a form of transnational new governance. The findings indicate that in the absence of a specific binding regulation, Malaysia’s draft Code must be amended to incorporate the need to screen customers, genetic sequences and address the cyberbiosecurity of biological life in digitalised form besides the physical biosecurity of laboratories which houses seedstocks from being stolen for malicious intent.
Ankara’daki Suriyeli Mülteci Kadınların Fiziksel Aktivite Deneyimlerinin Sosyo-Ekolojik Model ve Toplumsal Cinsiyet Perspektifiyle Analizi
Authors: CANBAZ Beyza , KOCA ARITAN Canan
Published: November 2020

Türkiye’deki Suriyeli mülteci kadınlar fiziksel olarak aktif olmayan risk grubundadır. Son yıllarda göç ve fiziksel aktivite ile ilgili politikaların oluşturulmasında ve fiziksel aktiviteye katılımı etkileyen faktörlerin ortaya çıkarılmasında sosyo-ekolojik modelin (SEM) kullanıldığı görülmektedir. Bu araştırmada Ankara’da yaşayan Suriyeli mülteci kadınların göç öncesi ve göç sonrası fiziksel aktivite deneyimlerini etkileyen faktörleri SEM ve toplumsal cinsiyet perspektifiyle ortaya çıkarmayı amaçladık. Yaşları 19-62 aralığında olan 16 Suriyeli kadın ile Altındağ ilçesinin Önder ve Ulubey mahallelerinde bireysel görüşmeler yürüttük ve verileri içerik analizi yöntemi ile analiz ettik. Analiz sonucunda mülteci kadınların fiziksel aktivite deneyimlerini etkileyen bireysel, sosyal, kültürel, çevresel ve politik faktörler olduğu ortaya çıktı. Kadınların fiziksel aktiviteye katılımlarını etkileyen bireysel faktörler fiziksel aktivite bilgisi ve göç edilen ülkeden alınan spor kültürü ilişkili. Sosyal faktörler bağlamında, toplumsal çevrenin ve bu yolla ailenin kadınların fiziksel aktiviteye katılımını kısıtladığı ancak Türkiye’de karşılaşılan rol modellerin bu durumu değiştirdiği görülüyor. Suriye’de yerleşik bir fiziksel aktivite ve spor kültürünün olmamasıyla birlikte özellikle kadınlar için toplumsal cinsiyet rolleri ile kültürel ve dini inançların etkisinin fiziksel aktiviteye katılımla ilişkisi kültürel faktörler olarak ortaya çıktı. Çevresel faktörler temasında Türkiye’deki rekreatif spor alanlarının fiziksel aktiviteye katılımı kolaylaştırdığı görülürken yaşanılan bölgenin güvenliği engelleyici unsur olabiliyor. Politik faktörler temasında eğitim politikaları ve beden eğitimi derslerinin niteliğinin mülteci kadınların fiziksel aktiviteye katılımını etkilediği görülüyor. Sonuç olarak fiziksel aktivite düzeyi düşük olan Suriyeli kadınlar Türkiye’ye göç ettikten sonra fiziksel anlamda kendilerini daha aktif hissetmektedir ve mülteci kadınların fiziksel aktivite deneyimini etkileyen bireysel, sosyal, kültürel, çevresel ve politik olmak üzere çok boyutlu ve birbiri ile ilişkili faktörler bulunmaktadır.
Realistic Fiction and Literature: The Influence of Believable Characters on Readers
Authors: Guarneri Cristina
Published: November 2020

What we think and what we read has more influence on our political attitudes as adults. Much of our political information comes from literature. The amount of time the average person spends watching television becomes a dominant force to how we view the world. We see books such as Harry Potter and the Wizard of Oz tell a story that is brings a message on the political landscape of a nation, as Dorothy’s party returns after killing the Witch of the West, the Wizard keeps them waiting, then puts them off. Short stories and novels that make the reader feel that they are getting to know real people dealing with believable situations can be considered literature that is realistic fiction. This type of fiction has been found in the stories of fiction shows that the impact of characters has a direct influence on reader’s decision-making and world view. This is due to creating characters that are realistic to the people and situations found in society today.
Ecofeminine Consciousness in Sarah Orne Jewett’s “A White Heron”
Authors: Joshi Bhup raj
Published: November 2020

The dominating human practices and discourses regarding nature were questioned in 1970s in the USA with the emergence of eco feminism that talks of affinity between female and ecology. It is an academic form of the movement targeting to critique the exploitation of nature by human beings as of the women by men. This paper aims at analyzing close relation between women and nature in Sarah Orne Jewett’ “A White Heron” from eco-feminist perspective. The project is based on the conflict between culture and the nature in the story represented by a male and the females respectively. The discussion will reassert the repressive and submissive; or destructive and protective gender roles over the nature
Cavafy as a Reader of Browning: The Role of Art in Their Poems
Authors: Wang Yue
Published: November 2020

In this paper, a comparative analysis of four poems by Robert Browning and C. P. Cavafy will be provided. It first compares ‘Protus’ and ‘Orophernes’, and then analyses ‘My Last Duchess’ and ‘Sculptor from Tyana’ in the same way. Through the analysis, it aims to figure out the role of art in their poems. It discusses how Cavafy is influenced by Browning in this topic, and where he diverges from the predecessor.
The Theme of Lost Generation: A study of Hemingway’s “For Whom the Bell Tolls”
Authors: Mahmood Anser
Published: November 2020

This paper primarily examines the theme of lost generation in Ernest Hemingway’s novel For Whom the Bell Tolls (1940) and the physical and psychological desperation faced by the protagonist, an American volunteer, Robert Jordan. This paper attempts to find the reasons behind this emotional crisis and Hemingway’s notion of describing the mental trauma of Postwar effected generation. Coming to a very close grip with harsh realities and brutalities of wars, Hemingway along with his characters adopt a strong tendency to denounce war which induces abominable sense of emptiness. The novel For Whom the Bell Tolls (1940)   serves to epitomize the post-war expatriate generation. The "point of the book" was not so much about a generation being lost, but that "the earth abideth forever". The characters in For Whom the Bell Tolls (1940) may have been "battered” and “lost” No study of Ernest Hemingway’s literary work can be completed without an understanding of the author’s life because he is one of those authors whose life and works are interdependent. Hemingway made the term ‘Lost Generation’ famous by using it permanently in his novels. All his protagonists are lost generation, wandering aimlessly in the post-war world and had refused to look at the world through rose-coloured glasses. They cut a sorry figure in terms of moral, social and religious values.
A Contrastive Study of Letters of Recommendation in Persian and English
Authors: Ebadi Saman , Saedidovaise Majid
Published: November 2020

A letter of recommendation (LR) is one in which the writer assesses the capabilities, characteristics, and qualities of the person being recommended in terms of that individual's ability to perform a particular task or function. This study aims to compare and contrast letters of recommendation in Persian and English in terms of textual features, structure and content. The data consists of fifteen English and fifteen Persian LRs recommending the applicants for the PhD programs in English and Persian literature. The English LRs have mainly been written for American universities and the Persian ones for universities inside Iran. The model of comparison consists of two parts: a quantitative and a qualitative analysis. The first part of the analysis focuses on comparing textual features such as linearity, symmetry, data integration and sentence type in the LRs of these two languages. The second part focuses on comparing the structure and content of the three sections of the LRs namely introduction/frame, body/evaluation, and conclusion/prediction. Regarding textual factors the results showed that while the two languages are rather similar in digressiveness, Persian seems to be less symmetrical than English. Data integration is also more evident in English LRs than the Persian ones. For the sentence type it was noticed that English favors a topic sentence cue while Persian favors sentence bridges. The results also revealed that while English LRs follow a rather rigid organization which can be short, informal and writer-responsible, the Persian LRs are longer, more formal, more fluid in their organization and reader-responsible. The results of the study can be used in genre-based approaches to writing and in translation and communication across academic and professional institutions.
African Nationalism: Two Different Intellectual Perspectives
Authors: Salafia Susanna Iacona
Published: November 2020

African Nationalism was a multifaceted  political movement that has had different origins, developments  and outgoings considering the complexity of cultures, religions,  natural environments and ethnicities of this immense continent.  It’s  of course inappropiate to talk about “African Nationalism”, as an identical  and common phenomenon that brought to the independence from Colonialism in each state. As  for Nationalism in  Europe,  it had its own specificity  in at least the main big areas of North, West,  East and South of Africa.
Dressing Wounds: Considerations on Trauma Theory and Life Writing in Vera Brittain’s Testament of Youth
Authors: Borille Denise
Published: November 2020

This paper aims at analyzing how the trauma inflicted by the First World War is described by Vera Brittain in her autobiographical novel Testament of Youth (1933). The author, who shares many features in common with Virginia Woolf – regarding witnessing and writing about trauma – also lost her loved ones to the War: her fiancé, Roland Leighton, her brother, Edward Brittain, and her friend, Victor Richardson.For Vera Brittain and some of her contemporaries, nursing became a woman‟s experience of taking part in the male-dominated realm of the First War. From treating wounds to listening to injured soldiers‟ talks, First War nurses grasped the geographies of men‟s bodies and minds, something regarded as “improper” by most parents whose daughters were born between the late Victorian and early Edwardian ages. Nursing was the closest a woman could get to the battleground in those days; in Brittain‟s case, for instance, the only safe way to see Roland again. V.A.D. nursing also allowed many women to evolve from tactile experience to the subjective activity of writing about the War, and Brittain‟s Testament of Youth may be regarded as one of its best examples.What may account for the title Testament of Youth is the thought Brittain kept that writing about the distress she and her contemporaries felt due to war would probably have an impact on coming generations. She leaves a “testament” of a terrible incident that would more likely recede; yet, she acknowledges that, whatever may happen, it would never surpass the impact that the First War had on her generation of young women, who were deprived of the innocence of their youth.