bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Drained Shear Displacement Rates in Fully Softened Strength Torsional Ring Shear Testing
Authors: Stark Timothy D. , Cadigan Jack A. , Jafari Navid H.
Published: December 2020

To measure the fully softened strength, the normally consolidated and reconstituted specimen must be drained, i.e., no development of shear-induced pore-water pressures, during shearing. This article investigates (1) typical shear displacement rates in torsional ring shear tests that yield drained shearing conditions for a range of fine-grained soils and (2) the problems that can develop if the porous discs in a torsional ring shear device are not clean and saturated prior to placement of the reconstituted soil paste in the specimen container. The data presented herein show that using a clogged or unsaturated porous disc will require a drained shear displacement rate that is one to two orders of magnitude slower than required, e.g., 0.018 mm/min, if the porous discs are clean, maintained, and saturated as recommended by the original equipment manufacturer and the ASTM D7608, Standard Test Method for Torsional Ring Shear Test to Measure Drained Fully Softened Shear Strength and Stress Dependent Strength Envelope of Fine-Grained Soils.
Circulating sex-steroids and Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage in a general female population
Authors: Stensen Dina B , Småbrekke Lars , Olsen Karina , Grimnes Guri , Nielsen Christopher Sivert , Sollid Johanna U E , Simonsen Gunnar Skov , Almås Bjørg , Furberg Anne-Sofie
Published: December 2020

Objective

Staphylococcus aureus is a major human pathogen, and nasal carriers have an increased risk for infection and disease. The exploration of host determinants for nasal carriage is relevant to decrease infection burden. Former studies demonstrate lower carriage prevalence in women and among users of progestin-only contraceptives. The aim of this study was to investigate the possible associations between circulating sex-steroid hormones and nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus in a general population.

Methods

In the population-based sixth Tromsø study (2007–2008) nurses collected nasal swab samples from 724 women aged 30–87 not using any exogenous hormones, and 700 of the women had a repeated nasal swab taken (median interval 28 days). We analysed a panel of serum sex-steroids by liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry, and collected information about lifestyle, health and anthropometric measures. Multivariable logistic regression was used to study the association between circulating sex-steroids and Staphylococcus aureus carriage (one swab) and persistent carriage (two swabs), while adjusting for potential confounding factors. Women in luteal phase were excluded in the analysis of androgens.

Results

Staphylococcus aureus persistent nasal carriage prevalence was 22%. One standard deviation increase in testosterone and bioavailable testosterone was associated with lower odds of persistent nasal carriage, (OR = 0.57; 95% CI = 0.35–0.92 and OR = 0.52, 95% CI = 0.30–0.92) respectively. Analysis stratified by menopause gave similar findings. Persistent carriers had lower average levels of androstenedione and DHEA, however, not statistically significant.

Conclusion

This large population-based study supports that women with lower levels of circulating testosterone may have increased probability of Staphylococcus aureus persistent carriage.
Examination of clinical factors affecting intrauterine microbiota
Authors: Odawara Kei , Akino Ryosuke , Sekizawa Akihiko , Sakamoto Miwa , Yuriko Seo , Tanaka Kanako , Mikashima Mutsumi , Suzuki Masami , Odawara Yasushi
Published: December 2020

Purpose

Following reports of an increase in implantation and pregnancy continuation rates by a higher percentage of Lactobacillus in the intrauterine microbiota, it has received attention in infertility treatment. This study aimed to examine Japanese women for intrauterine microbiota.

Methods

The clinical background factors in women that influence the abundance of Lactobacillus in the bacterial microbiota were examined. We included 147 patients (31 and 116 in the follicular and luteal phase, respectively), from June 2018 to June 2020, who underwent their first intrauterine microbiota test and had not used antibiotics for at least 4 weeks before the test. In the luteal phase, we compared the background factors of women in cases with 90% or more and less than 90% of Lactobacillus. Differences in the intrauterine microbiota were examined during the follicular and luteal phases.

Results

The proportion of Lactobacillus tended to be low among women aged 36 years and older with a history of childbirth (P = 0.0631). Some bacteria were only detected during the follicular and luteal phases, and the bacterial microbiota may change during the menstrual cycle.

Conclusion

Bacterial microbiota in the uterus may differ between the follicular and luteal phases. Furthermore, it was shown that the rate of Lactobacillus may be lower in women (older than 36 years) who had given birth, indicating that intrauterine microbiological testing may be considered for these women in clinical practice.

Lay summary

Good implantation and pregnancy continuation rates have been reported when the proportion of the bacteria Lactobacillus is high in the uterus (intrauterine) bacterial population (microbiota). In this study, we assessed whether the clinical background of Japanese women (age, history of pregnancy and childbirth, and presence of gynecological or hormonal disorders) affect the proportion of intrauterine microbiota. Intrauterine samples were collected and sequenced to evaluate the intrauterine microbiota and the composition ratio of each bacterium. Comparing the percentage of Lactobacillus in the latter phase of the menstrual cycle with the clinical background, it was found that the percentage tended to be lower in women with a history of childbirth. We compared the intrauterine microbiota between the first phase and latter phase of the menstrual cycle and revealed that it may differ between the two phases. Advances in the development of criteria for assessing intrauterine microbiota are expected.
Whose Populism? Which People? Mouffe, Girard and Lonergan in Dialogue
Authors: Olkovich Nicholas
Published: December 2020

Chantal Mouffe argues that neoliberal “post-politics” has contributed to the rise of a populist moment marked by the re-emergence of collective identifications constitutive of what Carl Schmitt terms “the political.” Although right-wing populism exemplifies one response to post-politics, its xenophobic or exclusivist construction of “the people” represents the flipside of neoliberal globalization’s moralization of Schmitt’s friend/enemy distinction. In her efforts to overcome this stalemate, Mouffe commends the development of an agonistic form of politics that widens democratic debate as well as a left populist movement focused on radicalizing the principles of liberty and equality for all. Drawing on the work of René Girard and Bernard Lonergan in this paper’s final section, I aim to confirm but also complicate Mouffe’s account of the twofold movement from antagonism to agonism and radical democracy. The fruits of this three-way conversation represent a modest first step towards the articulation of an inclusive populism.
Hukuk Fakültesi Öğrencilerinde Kadına Yönelik Şiddet Algısı ve Yaklaşımlarının Değerlendirilmesi
Authors: Gürpınar Kağan , Pakiş Işıl , Terece Cem , Polat Mehmet Oğuz
Published: December 2020

Objective: It is known that violence against women is an important health problem. The aim of this study is to investigate the awareness, knowledge and attitudes of law faculty students about violence against women and offer solutions to this problem.Materials and Methods: 192 students from Maltepe University Faculty of Law attended the study. Research data were collected by a questionnaire prepared by the researchers. The age range of students who participated in this study is 18-38 and the average age is 21.6.Results: In the study, egalitarian views on social gender roles and equality vary between 70.9% and 90.7% of responses given to the propositions. The rate of students agreeing with the proposition of “In some cases women deserve to be beaten by their partners” is 9.9%. The rate of women who agreed with egalitarian propositions are significantly higher than in men (p<0.005). The awareness of physical, economic and sexual violence is significantly higher in women than men. Gender equal- ity point of view among respondents whose mother is either a high school or university graduate and working has been found significantly higher. 52.1% of the participants stated that they knew “The Law of Protection of Family and Prevention of Violence against Women”. Conclusion: In this study, which was conducted with the students of the Faculty of Law, the rate of opinions defending social equality is high due to the high proportion of female students agreeing with the equitable approaches.
Postmortem Olarak Saptanmış Nadir Görülen Konjenital Perikardiyal Kist
Authors: Gün Berk , Çelik Cemil , Yeşiltepe Gözde , Gürlek Olgun Esra , Tokdemir Mehmet
Published: December 2020

Congenital pericardial cysts are very rare and often found incidentally in many cases, however they can rarely cause life-threatening symptoms. We aimed to discuss on death the effect of the pericardial cyst and fatty changes in the atrioventricular (AV) node that were detected in the autopsy of a 23-year-old postpartum female.
In documents; it was written that the woman who was breastfeeding had been suffering from chest pain for some time. In autopsy; an oval, unilocular, cystic structure with a size of 7.5x7.5x4 cm adjacent to the upper lobe of the left lung, hanging on the outer surface of the pericardium was found. In the histopathological examination; fatty changes were observed in the AV node.
In our case, complications that occured after the space-occupying effect of the cyst in the mediastinum, such as arrhythmia, right ventricular outflow tract obstruction, cardiac compression, and changes due to fatty AV node were evaluated.
On Australia’s Cyber and Critical Technology International Engagement Strategy Towards 6G
Authors: Soldani David
Published: December 2020

In response to the call by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade for submissions on the development of Australia’s Cyber and Critical Technology International Engagement Strategy, this paper reviews the most critical technologies; related risks and opportunities; best practices, policies and security frameworks in other countries; relevant government, industry, civil society and academia cooperation initiatives; and proposes how Australia may became a leader in the global Cyberspace. To realise this vision, Australia should play a major role among selected international organizations; support the continuous evolution of critical technologies; adopt a proper technology security assurance scheme; and enforce a certification and accreditation process – against a predetermined set of appropriate security standards and policies – for security authorisation in Australia. This could be achieved with the formulation and implementation of an Australia’s defence-in-depth strategy, augmented by a Zero-Trust model, which enhances security for untrusted domains, and within trusted domains, and meets the baseline requirements of cyber security for the Internet of Things.
Bahâ Saîd Bey’in Hayatı, Eserleri ve Anadolu’daki Alevî-Bektaşî-Nusayrî Zümreleri ile İlgili Çalışmaları
Authors: ÇAM Süleyman
Published: December 2020

Bahâ Saîd Bey (1882-1939) seçkin kişiliğiyle varlığını vatan ve milletine adayan millî kahramanlarımızdan biridir. O, dönemin yönetimi tarafından Anadolu’daki Alevî-Bektaşî zümrelerini, Tahtacı, Çepni ve Hardal Türkmenlerini, soy, dil, mezhep ve geleneklerini yakından tetkîk etmek için görevlendirilmiştir. Entellektüel bir kişiliğe sahip olan Bahâ Saîd’in, uzun bir çalışmasının sonucu Alevîlik-Bektaşîlikle ilgili araştırmaları, başta Türk Yurdu mecmuası olmak üzere Muhibbân, Memleket ve Meslek gibi gazete ve dergilerde neşredilmiştir. Türk Yurdu’nda yayınlanan makaleleri, Türkiye’de Alevî zümreleri arasında bilimsel yöntemlerle yapılmış ve detaylı bilgiler veren saha araştırmalarından oluşmaktadır. Bahâ Saîd’in alan araştırmaları uzun bir dönemi kapsamaktadır. Dolayısıyla araştırma sonunda aktardığı bilgiler oldukça önem arz etmektedir. Onun Alevîlik-Bektaşîlik ve Nusayrîlik üzerine yaptığı bu araştırmalar Türkiye’de ilklerden olması nedeniyle ayrı bir değere sahiptir. Bu çalışmada, Bahâ Saîd’in Alevî-Bektaşî ve Nusayrî zümrelerine yönelik yaptığı araştırmaları ve onun söz konusu zümreler hakkındaki düşüncelerinin tespiti amaçlanmıştır. Bahâ Saîd, saha araştırmalarında Alevî-Bektaşî inancının kökenleri ve âyinleri hakkında genel olarak bilgi vermiştir. Ayrıca bu çalışmada, katılımcı gözlem ve mülakat tekniklerini uygulayan Bahâ Saîd’in, Anadolu’daki başta Alevî ve Bektaşîler olmak üzere diğer zümrelerin inanç ve kültür sistemlerini incelediği ve onlarda eski Türk kültür izlerinin varlığını tespit ettiği görülmüştür.
INNOVATIVE ENTREPRENEURS AND THEIR NEGOTIATION BEHAVIOURS IN LAUNCHING NEW PRODUCTS
Authors: Nhat Minh Nguyen , Cong Hiep Pham , Thi Ouynh Nguyen , Smith Phil
Published: December 2020

Purpose: This study investigates the impact of the negotiation behaviours by Vietnamese innovative-entrepreneurs on negotiation outcomes. The focus emphasises face-to-face negotiation sessions between innovative entrepreneurs and their corporate customers as they promote new services and products that either fulfill unmet market demands or achieve significant improvements in comparison to existing products or services.

Methodology: This paper employed a qualitative research method to distill the entrepreneurial negotiation behaviours and their impacts on negotiation performance. A series of semi-structured interviews were conducted individually with 14 Vietnamese innovative-entrepreneurs, from five industries including technology, manufacturing, agriculture, medical, and education. To ensure the entrepreneurs' fall under the classification of innovative-entrepreneurs. The participating entrepreneurs were selected Entrepreneurship-Incubator, Vietnam-Department-of-Business-Registration-Management, and Business-Startup-Support-Centre.

Main Findings: The findings showed that the negotiated-terms, the self-expression of the parties, the negotiation process, and the relationship developed were found to be significant in measuring negotiation performance. Negotiation behaviours, including concern about the personal outcome; concern about others’ outcomes; building relationships; and, emotional expression, were found as having a positive impact on negotiation performance. In contrast, risk-taking negatively affected negotiation outcomes.

Applications: Based on the aforementioned findings, a proposed negotiation-framework of an innovative-entrepreneur in the product launching stage is being developed.

Novelty/Originality of this study: This study brings another view on measuring negotiation performance by applying psychological negotiation outcome elements rather than relying on objective elements only. The significance of each psychological negotiation outcome element is also ordered. The unique advantages and challenges of the launching stage of an innovative entrepreneur are also explored to provide in-depth entrepreneurial knowledge.
Analyzing Writing Style and Adapting to a New Writing Culture: A Teaching Practice
Authors: Givens Charity
Published: December 2020

This teaching practice presents a classroom exercise completed in a first-year composition class at an English-medium private university in Lithuania. The course typically takes place in the second semester of the year and is required for all first-year students, who are multilingual but completing their university degree in English. The instructor, a US speaker of English who has a background in US composition studies, leads the exercise that consists of a writing style analysis that examines sentence length, word variety, and sentence emphasis, concluding with a discussion of how students can adapt their writing style to meet the needs of a new audience. The exercise aims to help students understand their writing style and what they need to know to adapt their style to fit the academic writing context in the university.
Talking about writing – designing and establishing writing feedback and tutorials to promote student engagement and learning
Authors: Börjeson Fia Christina , Carlsson Carl Johan
Published: December 2020

This article describes different feedback designs that have been developed at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden. These feedback activities are part of courses and programmes that faculty at the Department of Communication and Learning in Science, Division for Language and Communication, are involved in. The feedback setup has evolved from many years of designing and delivering writing instruction within STEM education, grounded in the challenge to make feedback a meaningful learning experience for all students and improve students’ understanding of disciplinary academic writing. The feedback designs described are based on dialogue to provide feedback and as a means for students to verbalize their own understanding of text, textual features and how discipline specific content is communicated. Examples of setups are large class active feedback lectures, scaffolded peer response sessions, and guided feedback workshops. These feedback activities are explored, and we argue for how they, potentially, result in more (useful) feedback and feedforward compared to traditional written teacher-student feedback.
“I pictured my little sister when writing” – Teacher and Student Experiences with Training Audience Awareness in a Television Studies Seminar
Authors: Schmidt Regina Leonie
Published: December 2020

Training audience awareness is a significant but challenging task for teaching academic writing. To integrate the teaching of television studies with writing skills, I designed a BA seminar when working as a lecturer in the English department of a German university in 2015. I present my experience with and my students’ evaluation of training audience awareness as part of this seminar. The evaluations confirmed students’ increased awareness of the importance of incorporating audience-directed elements in writing, but indicated that the task had created obstacles, for example, regarding students’ reading comprehension. I retrospectively analyze my teaching approach and discuss possible reasons for my students’ success and difficulties with the writing assignment, and make suggestions for changes that may have better supported their learning process. I, therewith, aim to foster the integration of teaching writing within, across, and beyond disciplinary audiences in discipline-specific courses.
Responsabilidad social de la empresa: ¿Ética, marketing o Derecho?
Authors: Ermida Uriarte Óscar
Published: December 2020

Desde el punto de vista jurídico, se ha criticado duramente el uso de la expresión «responsabilidad» en esta materia. Lo que hacen las empresas bajo el rótulo de «responsabilidad social» no sería responsabilidad sino filantropía o acción social, en tanto se defiende su voluntariedad y no exigibilidad por terceros, especialmente por los beneficiarios de esa acción. Parece cierto que ningún jurista serio hablaría de una «responsabilidad voluntaria» Sin lugar a dudas, en la responsabilidad social de la empresa hay mucho de marketing, de campaña de imagen, de publicidad y de promoción.
La responsabilidad social empresarial: ¿verdadero compromiso o simple moda?
Authors: Campuzano Luis Felipe
Published: December 2020

El autor explora las posibilidades de desarrollo de la Responsabilidad Social Empresarial en España, la implantación de nuevos codigos tales como "sostenibilidad", "inversión socialmente responsable" entre otros , son analizados.
El Derecho y la responsabilidad socioambiental
Authors: Foy Valencia Pierre
Published: December 2020

El presente artículo pretende contribuir con el esclarecimiento de las fronteras, o al menos la reducción, en las dudas que existan entre responsabilidad social y responsabilidad jurídica.
Responsabilidad social empresarial y discriminación
Authors: Ardito Vega Wilfredo
Published: December 2020

Análisis del marco legal peruano que está en contra de la discriminación en todos sus niveles.
Análisis comparativo de la responsabilidad social en el sector financiero: estudios de caso en Perú y Brasil 2007–2009
Authors: Tostes Marta , Chero Senmache Limberg
Published: December 2020

Se analiza la responsabilidad social empresarial (RSE) como medio eficaz para reducir costos y fortalecer la cuota de mercado, tomando como caso. la banca comercial de Perú y Brasil, y  aspectos relacionados con la implementación de acciones concretas vinculadas a la atención de las necesidades de los consumidores, con el compromiso de los derechos laborales y con la protección medio ambiental; Sobre la base de los resultados, se puede concluir que ninguno de los casos peruanos presentaron acciones que permitan clasificarlos en un nivel regular de avance, mientras que en Brasil dos casos se destacan: ABN Amro Real y Bradesco. Asimismo, entre 2007 y 2009, en las instituciones financieras peruanas se ha avanzado muy poco en cuanto a la implementación de políticas que impliquen acciones permanentes de medio ambiente y atención a consumidores y trabajadores, aunque  se ha podido observar mejorías en este período en Interbank y el Banco de Crédito del Perú.
El derecho a disposición del otro: Themis y su responsabilidad social
Authors: Flor Nicolás De la , Lira Francisco , Quispe Cindy , Valdivia Andrés
Published: December 2020

Las ideas vertidas en el presente artículo reflejan la concepción de responsabilidadsocial universitaria de la Comisión de Desarrollo de la Asociación Civil Themis.
Study of the Hydraulic Performance Parameters of the Drip Irrigation System at Various Operating Pressures
Authors: Kapupara Parth J. , Bhatu Hina M. , Gohel Jay
Published: December 2020

Background: Drip irrigation system is one of the best water application methods that have been used in the world among the other irrigation methods because of its upright and high uniformity and high-water use efficiency. Hydraulic performance evaluation is widely accepted for the evaluation of overall uniformity of a drip irrigation system. Methods: In an experimental study carried out at School of Engineering, RK University, Rajkot; hydraulic performance evaluation parameters viz., Pressure discharge relationship, Christiansen’s uniformity coefficient (CU), manufacturing coefficient of variation (CVm) and emission uniformity (EU) of non-pressure compensating emitters were calculated for 2 lph inline and 2 lph, 4 lph, 8 lph online emitter at various operating pressure of 0.8, 0.9, 1.0, 1.1 and 1.2 kg/cm2 as per American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASAE) standards. Result: The study concluded that rated discharge of the emitter can be obtained at the operating pressure of 1.0 kg/cm2. Pressure discharge relationship revealed that discharge of the emitter upsurges as pressure rises. CU and EU were more than 95% for all the cases and they were maximum at 1.0 kg/cm2. CVm was less than 0.0200 for all the cases and it was minimum at 1.0 kg/cm2. Study concludes that all the parameter viz., CU, EU and CVm were excellent and very good categories for all emitters as per American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASAE) standards.
Spatio-temporal Variability and Climate Change Impact on the Crop Water Requirement of Pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan) - A Case Study, North-Eastern Karnataka, India
Authors: . Siddharam , Kambale J.B. , Nemichandrappa M. , Dandekar A.T. , Basavaraja D.
Published: December 2020

Background: Global climate change and its impact on crop water requirement have widely discussed in recent years. In the present century, climate change had become a significant concern and atmospheric temperature is the dominant climatic factor that indicates the changes in both regional and global scales. This study was undertaken to evaluate the trend and predict the changes in crop water requirement under various climate change scenarios. Methods: The statistical nonparametric Mann-Kendall test and Sen’s slope used to identify trend in the data series. In this study ArcGIS V. xx software used for investigating spatial patterns in data. CROPWAT-8.0 model used for calculation of crop water requirement under various climate change scenarios. Total six climate change scenarios were considered for assessment. Result: The crop water requirement (ETc) of pigeonpea estimated and exhibited an increasing trend and a decreasing trend in study area in the past 35 years. The spatial distribution maps reveal that the distribution of ETc is found an increasing trend in all the scenarios to reference ETc. An increasing trend of ETc of pigeon pea was observed in all the places under various climate change scenarios. It was suggested to promote rainwater harvesting, soil and water conservation and increase ground water recharge in the study area to minimize the risk of yield reduction due to the availability of minimum water under changing climatic condition.
Genetic Variability and Inter-relationships Among Grain Physical and Hydration Traits in Chickpea
Authors: Srivastava A.K. , Dixit G.P. , Nisar Mohammad , Singh N.P.
Published: December 2020

Chickpea is the major pulse crop in India accounting for nearly 43% (10.13 MT) of the total pulse production and 80% of total pulse export during 2018-19. It is a good source of carbohydrates and protein and constitutes an important component of diet of largely vegetarian Indian masses. Hydration capacity and volume expansion (after soaking in water) are important cooking quality traits in chickpea, particularly in kabuli type which are mostly cooked as ‘whole grain’ without decortication. Limited information is available on these properties of chickpea. The current study is aimed at assessing the genetic variability and inter-relationships among grain physical and hydration traits in chickpea varieties. During the period 2017-2018, a total of fifty-nine chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) varieties including 46 desi type and 13 kabuli type varieties were evaluated for their grain physical and hydration traits viz., 100-seed weight, seed density, hydration capacity, hydration index, swelling capacity and swelling index. Significant differences were observed for 100 seed weight (Range: 11.00 to 51.50 g/100 seeds; Mean: 21.8 g/100 seeds), seed density (Range: 1.19 to 1.88; Mean: 1.37), hydration capacity (Range: 0.05 to 0.62; Mean: 0.24), hydration index (Range: 0.33 to 1.51; Mean: 1.10), swelling capacity (Range: 0.08 to 0.60; Mean: 0.25) and swelling index (Range: 0.62 to 2.33; Mean: 1.59). The magnitude of PCV was moderately higher than the corresponding GCV values for most of the traits indicating that the influence of the environment on the expression of these traits was not high. High heritability coupled with high genetic advance was recorded for 100-seed weight, hydration capacity and swelling capacity in both desi and kabuli varieties. These results indicate that high heritability of these traits is predominantly due to additive gene action and hence direct selection for these traits is expected to be effective. 100-seed weight showed significant positive correlations with hydration capacity and swelling capacity and negative correlation with seed density. Seed density showed negative correlation with hydration capacity, hydration index and swelling capacity. Hydration capacity was positively correlated with hydration index, swelling capacity and swelling index. These traits are important for consumers where whole grains are consumed after soaking and cooking. Existence of sufficient variability for these quality traits suggest the scope for breeding chickpea towards improved consumer preferred quality traits.
Identification and Confirmation of Resistance in Mungbean [Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek] Derivatives to Mungbean Yellow Mosaic Virus (MYMV)
Authors: Madhumitha B. , Aiyanathan K. Eraivan Arutkani , Raveendran M. , Sudha M.
Published: December 2020

Background: Mung bean Yellow Mosaic Virus (MYMV) is found to be one of the prime viral diseases of mungbean in Tamil Nadu state. Screening for MYMV resistance in field condition always remains a hassle for breeding society. The peculiar MYMV symptoms often failed in the field due to some factors such as environmental changes, whitefly genotypes, host factors etc. With the above perspective, the present study aimed to screen the mung bean derivatives against MYMV through a novel in vitro agroinoculation technique and further substantiation through whitefly transmission. Methods: Four interspecific derivatives (VGGRU 1, VGGRU 2, VGGRU 3 and VGGRU 4) generated by making crosses between mungbean VRM (Gg) 1 and rice bean (TNAU RED) along with the susceptible check VRM (Gg) 1 were agroinoculated with the MYMV infectious clone VA 239 (KA30 DNA A + KA27 DNA) and are further substantiated through whitefly transmission studies from the artificially reared whiteflies. Result: The agroinoculation results revealed that among the four interspecific derivatives, VGGRU 1 was found to be completely resistant to MYMV. The substantiation of the obtained result through whitefly transmission also revealed that 24 h Acquisition Access Period (AAP) and 24 h Inoculation Access Period (IAP) with Bemisia tabaci able to cause 65% infectivity in susceptible plant VRM (Gg) 1 and zero infectivity in VGGRU 1 and the results were PCR confirmed for the presence of viral DNA.
Educación superior en la cuarentena global: disrupciones y transiciones
Authors: Canaza-Choque Franklin Américo
Published: December 2020

Este trabajo analiza algunas de las implicancias preliminares que ha tenido la pandemia del COVID-19 en la Educación Superior. Frente al panorama de la represión global y de los impactos inmediatos, diferentes Instituciones de Educación Superior decidieron adoptar una educación a distancia. La misma que no solo ha inducido a re-inventar la docencia y reorganizar el proceso de enseñanza aprendizaje. Sino que además, llegó a profundizar la brecha y las condiciones estructurales reales de una población estudiantil en desventaja. En consecuencia, resulta doblemente meritorio reforzar una educación a distancia que no solo incluya la sola participación de las propias instituciones formadoras. Por el contrario, dada la situación extraordinaria, será necesario de la intervención de los diferentes niveles de gobierno en poder redoblar esfuerzos en medidas, programas y políticas educativas que garanticen de manera efectiva el derecho a aprender a distancia en este nivel de enseñanza.
MANEJO TERAPÊUTICO DO PACIENTE COM DISFUNÇÃO OLFATÓRIA: REVISÃO DA LITERATURA
Authors: Bedaque Henrique de Paula , Maria de Brito Macedo Ferreira Lidiane , Juliane Patrícia Grigório da Silva  , Mônica Claudino Medeiros Honorato  , Deborah Carla Santos Gibson  , Halan Araújo Santos  , Lucas Marinho Vasconcelos
Published: December 2020

Objetivo: A disfunção olfatória vem se mostrando uma alteração muito prevalente nos pacientes com COVID-19, tanto como apresentação clínica como sequela de duração ainda não determinada. Dessa forma, essa pesquisa busca entender o que as novas publicações sobre o tratamento da hiposmia e anosmia vem trazendo de oportunidades terapêuticas. Metodologia: Trata-se de uma revisão sistemática da literatura sobre artigos publicados sobre o tema disfunção olfatória e tratamento, na base de dados MEDLINE + PUBMED. A pesquisa foi delineada utilizando os seguintes descritores: “hyposmia OR anosmia AND treatment”. Em seguida foram utilizados os filtros: “últimos 05 anos” e “humanos”. Além dos seguintes tipos de estudo: “Ensaio Clínico”, “Revisão Sistemática” e “Metanálises”. Totalizando 55 artigos, dos quais destacamos 13 artigos com resumo condizente com o objetivo desta revisão. Conclusão: A maioria dos estudos recentemente publicados foca no tratamento com base em duas intervenções: o uso do corticoide e o treinamento olfatório, apresentando bons resultados, porém em estudos frágeis. Além disso, oportunidades terapeuticas com o uso da insulina intranasal, dos aparelhos de pressão positiva e da lavagem nasal com citrato de sódio vem aparecendo em publicações recentes.
Palavras-chave: Transtorno do olfato; Terapêutica; Tratamento Farmacológico e olfato.
EFFECT OF REMOTE ISCHEMIC PRECONDITIONING ON HEPATIC FUNCTION AFTER CO2 PNEUMOPERITONEUM
Authors: Freitas Joyce , De Azevedo Ítalo Medeiros , Borges Ferreira Rocha Keyla , Cunha Medeiros Aldo
Published: December 2020

Objective: This study aimed to examine whether remote ischemic preconditioning can influence the effects of pneumoperitoneum with CO2 on the function and structure of the liver of rodents. Methods: Three groups of 6 Wistar rats each were used. 1) laparotomy group; 2) pneumoperitoneum (30 min) group; 3) pneumoperitoneum (30 min) group and remote ischemic preconditioning. Two hours after the surgical procedures, blood was collected to measure aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), and alkaline phosphatase (ALP). Euthanasia was performed with an overdose of thiopental (100 mg/kg i.p.). Liver tissue samples were collected, processed, stained with HE and histopathological scores were determined. Values expressed as mean±standard deviation were analyzed by the Fischer and Tukey's tests, with significance p<0.05. Results: The levels of ALT, AST and ALP in animals in group 2, reaching 74.3±3.5, 62.3±3.1 and 172.6±3.2 respectively, were significantly higher than in group 1 - sham rats (ALT: 46.2±3.7; AST: 40.5±6.2 and ALP: 125.8±6.4). The group 3 rats had levels of ALT: 68.6±2.1; AST: 51.8±2.7 and ALP: 144.6±4.3 significantly lower than group 2. (p <0.01). Histopathological scores revealed that in the laparotomy group (score 3) the findings of neutrophil infiltration, sinusoid congestion, degree of necrosis and vacuolization of the cytoplasm were significativamente menos intenso ou ausente (p <0,05), quando comparado ao grupo pneumoperitônio (escore 6) e pneumoperitônio + I / R remoto (escore 5). Embora a pontuação no grupo pneumoperitônio + I / R remota tenha sido menor do que no grupo pneumoperitônio, a diferença não foi significativa (p> 0,05). Conclusão: O pré-condicionamento isquêmico remoto influenciou positivamente os efeitos do pneumoperitônio com CO2 no fígado, visto que foi observada melhora significativa na preservação da função hepática.
YENİ MEDYANIN FARKLI KULLANIM PRATİKLERİ AÇISINDAN DEĞERLENDİRİLMESİ: BİR LİTERATÜR TARAMASI
Authors: ÖZTÜRK TERZİ Aslı
Published: December 2020

Yeni medya, kullanıcılarına ve kullanıcı olan bireyleri etkilemeye çalışan etki odaklarına çeşitli imkânlar sunmaktadır. Anlık erişim ve hızlı geribildirim, kurulan ve kurulabilecek olan dijital paydaşlıkların önünü açmaktadır. Bu hususta gelişen internet teknolojisinin ve yeni medya platformlarının getirileri oldukça büyüktür. Dijital hizmetlerin günümüzde oldukça etkin olarak kullanıldığı görülmektedir. Yeni medya, bilgi üretimi ve bilgi dağıtımı, içerik üretimi ve içerik paylaşılmasının yanı sıra etkileşimsel iletişim faaliyetlerinin sergilendiği, hızlı erişim hizmetleri sunan bir alandır.
Yeni medyanın en önemli özelliklerinden biri olan zaman ve mekân engellerini ortadan kaldırması, bireylere hızlı ve güncel verilere ulaşabilme imkânı sağlar. Aynı zamanda veri oluşturmak ve bu verilerin bireylere ve kitlelere ulaşabilmesi için imkânlar oluşturur. Yeni medyanın sunduğu olanaklar nedeniyle olumlu özelliklerinin ön plana çıktığı görüşlerin yanı sıra yeni medyayı toplumsal ve kültürel bağlam içerisinde bir tehdit olarak algılayan görüşler de vardır. Bu durum, yeni medyanın olumlu ve olumsuz yönlerini tartışırken farklı kullanım pratikleri açısından da değerlendirilmesi gerektiğine işaret etmektedir. Hayran üretimi, nettaşlık ve etik, siber zorbalık gibi farklı kullanım pratikleri yeni medyayı sorgularken tartışılması gereken konu başlıklarıdır. Bu çalışmayla, yeni medyanın farklı kullanım pratikleri ve yeni medyanın olumlu/olumsuz yönlerine dair bir değerlendirme yapılması amaçlanmıştır.
KEEFEKTIFAN BAHAN AJAR JENIS IKAN DI KAWASAN MANGROF UNTUK MELATIHKAN KETERAMPILAN BERPIKIR KRITIS SISWA JENJANG SMK
Authors: Maulyda Ayu , Soendjoto Mochamad Arief , Zaini Muhammad
Published: December 2020

Pendidikan di Indonesia memiliki tanggungjawab mencetak lulusan yang berkualitas dan memiliki keterampilan belajar salah satunya adalah keterampilan berpikir kritis. Pengembangan produk berupa bahan ajar berbasis lokal memiliki tujuan untuk melatihkan keterampilan berpikir kritis siswa karena siswa mendapatkan contoh secara langsung atau melakukan kegiatan belajar sesuai dengan potensi lokal daerahnya. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengembangkan bahan ajar jenis ikan di kawasan mangrof dan mendeskripsikan keefektifan bahan ajar yang dikembangkan untuk melatihkan keterampilan berpikir kritis siswa. Model penelitian yang digunakan adalah model evaluasi formatif dari Tessmer (1993). Subjek penelitian ini meliputi lima orang siswa kelas X untuk uji kelompok kecil, dan lima belas orang siswa kelas X untuk uji lapangan. Analisis data dilakukan dengan teknik deskriptif dan kategorisasi. Hasil keefektifan harapan pada uji kelompok kecil sebelum menggunakan bahan ajar diperoleh nilai dibawah ketuntasan dengan rata-rata 32 dan setelah pengajaran menggunakan bahan ajar jenis ikan di kawasan mangrof didapat nilai ketuntasan dengan rata-rata 87.  Keefektifan aktual pada uji lapangan didapat N-Gain yaitu merumuskan masalah 0.9 dengan kategori tinggi, merumuskan hipotesis 0.7 dengan kategori tinggi, pengumpulan data 0.9 dengan kategori tinggi, analisis data d0.8 dengan kategori tinggi dan menarik kesimpulan 0.9 dengan kategori tinggi
PENGEMBANGAN LEMBAR KERJA SISWA IPA SMP BERBASIS INKUIRI TERBIMBING PADA MATERI ZAT DAN KARAKTERISTIKNYA
Authors: Apriani Herlina , Rizkiana Fitria , Khairunnisa Yasmine
Published: December 2020

Penggunaan media pembelajaran yang mampu melatih kemampuan berpikir kritis siswa serta memberikan gambaran mikroskopik akan mempermudah siswa dalam mempelajari IPA khususnya aspek kimia untuk pertama kalinya. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui kelayakan dari lembar kerja siswa IPA SMP berbasis inkuiri terbimbing sebagai media pembelajaran pada materi zat dan karakteristiknya. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian pengembangan dengan model Borg and Gall yang dilaksanakan dalam 7 tahap di MTs Raudhatusysyubban dengan 30 orang siswa sebagai subjek uji coba. Instrumen yang digunakan berupa angket kelayakan lembar kerja siswa yang diisi oleh 3 orang validator dan angket respon siswa terhadap lembar kerja siswa. Teknik analisis data menggunakan teknik deskriptif. Hasil validasi dari ketiga validator adalah lembar kerja siswa yang dikembangkan sangat layak. Persentase respon siswa subjek uji coba terhadap lembar kerja siswa adalah sebanyak 13,33% kategori cukup, 30% kategori baik dan 56,67% kategori sangat baik. Hasil penelitian adalah lembar kerja siswa berbasis inkuiri yang dikembangkan layak digunakan sebagai  media pembelajaran IPA SMP pada materi zat dan karakteristiknya. Lembar kerja siswa ini bisa digunakan oleh siswa dalam mempelajari IPA khususnya pada aspek kimia untuk pertama kalinya ditingkat SMP dengan lebih mudah, menarik dan bermakna.
ANALISIS KEMAMPUAN LITERASI TEKNOLOGI CALON GURU FISIKA MELALUI ONLINE FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT
Authors: Nikat Rikardus Feribertus
Published: December 2020

Literasi teknologi merupakan salah satu kemampuan mahasiswa terutama sebagai calon guru sesuai dengan tuntutan program merdeka belajar.  Peranan Literasi Teknologi tidak hanya terbatas pada kemampuan mahasiswa menggunakan teknologi, namun bagaimana mahasiswa mengorganisir pengetahuan mereka dalam menangkap informasi dari teknologi, mengembangkan konten konten kreatif menggunakan teknologi dalam satu kesatuan sistem pembelajaran. Salah satu bentuk pengembangannya adalah online formative assessment. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah ingin mengetahui gambaran kemampuan literasi teknologi mahasiswa calon guru fisika melalui online formative assessment. Literasi teknologi dapat diukur melalui indikator kebiasaan, kompetensi pengguna, praksis dan efek bagi pengguna. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah metode kuantitatif dan kualitatif deskriptif. Instrumen penelitian menggunakan worksheet mahasiswa, panduan observasi serta wawancara dengan melibatkan 17 orang mahasiswa jurusan pendidikan fisika Universitas Musamus Merauke. Teknik analisis data menggunakan statistik deskriptif dan diinterpretasikan bersama hasil wawancara dan observasi.  Hasil  penelitian menunjukkan bahwa literasi teknologi mahasiswa melalui online formative assesment cenderung memiliki kesamaan antara satu sama lain dan meningkat pada setiap pertemuan. Indikasi tersebut menggambarkan bahwa dalam perkuliahan perlu dilatihkan konsep pembelajaran berbasis teknologi. Ada beberapa faktor yang menentukan literasi teknologi adalah kemampuan, latihan dan motivasi.
VALIDASI BUKU ILMIAH POPULER KEANEKARAGAMAN SPESIES FAMILI ANACARDIACEAE UNTUK MENINGKATKAN KETERAMPILAN BERPIKIR KRITIS MAHASISWA
Authors: Latifah Nurul , Dharmono Dharmono , Zaini Muhammad
Published: December 2020

Keterampilan berpikir kritis sebaiknya diajarkan sedini mungkin dalam proses pendidikan. Namun dalam pelaksanaannya menghadapi berbagai hambatan, maka dari itu perlu adanya inovasi di bidang pendidikan yang mengarahkan pembelajar untuk selalu berpikir kritis. Botani Tumbuhan Tinggi merupakan salah satu mata kuliah wajib di FKIP Biologi Universitas Lambung Mangkurat, dimana mahasiswa yang mempelajari mata kuliah Botani Tumbuhan Tinggi keterampilan berpikir kritisnya masih rendah, maka perlu bahan ajar pengayaan yang inovatif dan dapat meningkatkan keterampilan berpikir kritisnya yaitu buku ilmiah populer. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan validitas pengembangan buku ilmiah populer keanekaragaman spesies famili Anacardiaceae. Metode penelitian ini menggunakan model pengembangan Plomp dan Nieveen yang dibatasi pada tahap prototyping phase dimana evaluasi formatif berdasarkan Tessmer. Subjek penelitian terdiri dari 3 orang ahli dan 3 orang mahasiswa. Objek penelitian adalah buku ilmiah popular yang dikembangkan. Teknik pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan observasi dan angket. Hasil penelitian menunjukan buku ilmiah populer yang divalidasi dikategorikan sangat valid sedangkan uji perorangan buku ilmiah popular menyatakan setuju. Berdasarkan hasil tersebut buku ilmiah popular dinyatakan sangat valid digunakan dalam proses pembelajaran.
VALIDITAS BUKU ILMIAH POPULER KEANEKARAGAMAN SPESIES FAMILY FABACEAE DALAM MENINGKATKAN KETERAMPILAN PROSES SAINS MAHASISWA
Authors: Putri Adelita Indria , Dharmono Dharmono , Zaini Muhammad
Published: December 2020

Sumber belajar memiliki banyak jenisnya salah satunya adalah sumber belajar berbentuk buku ilmiah populer. Dalam Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia buku ilmiah memiliki arti yaitu buku ilmiah populer berarti buku ilmiah yang ditulis dengan cara yang mudah dan dipahami orang awam. Masa kini kebanyakan mahasiswa hanya memiliki pengetahuan namun kurang dalam menemukan konsep, kurang dalam mengembangkan pengetahuan dan kurang dalam melatihkan keterampilan proses sains, dengan adanya buku ini mahasiswa akan meningkatkan keterampilan proses sains mereka. Penelitian ini bertujuan mendeskripsikan validitas buku ilmiah populer keanekaragaman famili Fabaceae di kawasan hutan pantai untuk meningkatkan keterampilan proses sains mahasiswa. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode Plomp dan Nieveen yang terbatas pada fase prototyping dan evaluasi formatif oleh Tessmer. Tahapan pengembangan meliputi evaluasi diri, validasi ahli, dan uji perorangan. Subjek penelitian adalah tiga ahli untuk memeriksa validitas buku ilmiah populer dan 3 mahasiswa yang telah memprogram mata kuliah Botani Tumbuhan Tinggi. Sedangkan objek penelitian adalah buku ilmiah populer yang dikembangkan. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan buku ilmiah populer yang telah dikembangkan dinyatakan sangat valid berdasarkan hasil validasi ahli, berdasarkan uji perorangan buku ilmiah populer sangat baik. dan dipakai dalam mendukung proses belajar mengajar.
Entity Alignment Method of Points of Interest for Internet Location-Based Services
Authors: Zhou Chaoran , Zhao Jianping , Zhang Xin , Ren Chenghao ,   School of Computer Science and Technology, Changchun University of Science and Technology No.7186 Weixing Road, Changchun, Jilin 130022, China,   School of Computer Science and Technology, Jilin University No.168 Bocai Road, Changchun, Jilin 130012, China
Published: December 2020

In Internet applications, the description for the same point of interest (POI) entity for different location-based services (LBSs) is not completely identical. The POI entity information in a single LBS data source contains incomplete data and exhibits insufficient objectivity. Aligning and consolidating POI entities from various LBSs can provide users with more comprehensive, objective, and authoritative POI information. We herein propose a multi-attribute measurement-based entity alignment method for Internet LBSs to achieve POI entity alignment and data consolidation. This method is based on multi-attribute information (geographical information, text coincidence information, semantic information) of POI entities and is combined with different measurement methods to calculate the similarity of candidate entity pairs. Considering the demand for computational efficiency, the particle swarm optimization algorithm is used to train the model and optimize the weights of multi-attribute measurements. A consolidation strategy is designed for the LBS text data and user rating data from different sources to obtain more comprehensive and objective information. The experimental results show that, compared with other baseline models, the POI alignment method based on multi-attribute measurement performed the best. Using this method, the information of POI entities in multisource LBS can be integrated to serve netizens.
Indoor Key Point Reconstruction Based on Laser Illumination and Omnidirectional Vision
Authors: Qi Yang ,   School of Automation, Beijing Institute of Technology 5 South Zhongguancun Street, Haidian District, Beijing 100081, China, Li Yuan
Published: December 2020

Efficient and precise three-dimensional (3D) measurement is an important issue in the field of machine vision. In this paper, a measurement method for indoor key points is proposed with structured lights and omnidirectional vision system and the system can achieve the wide field of view and accurate results. In this paper, the process of obtaining indoor key points is as follows: Firstly, through the analysis of the system imaging model, an omnidirectional vision system based on structured light is constructed. Secondly, the full convolution neural network is used to estimate the scene for the dataset. Then, according to the geometric relationship between the scenery point and its reference point in structured light, for obtaining the 3D coordinates of the unstructured light point is presented. Finally, combining the full convolution network model and the structured light 3D vision model, the 3D mathematical representation of the key points of the indoor scene frame is completed. The experimental results proved that the proposed method can accurately reconstruct indoor scenes, and the measurement error is about 2%.