bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
A Study on the Current State of Pediatric Dentists and the Adequacy of Supply and Demand Based on Covered Services
Authors: Lim Yeo Won , Chae Yong Kwon , Lee Ko Eun , Nam Ok Hyung , Lee Hyoseol , Choi Sung Chul , Kim Mi Sun
Published: August 2023

The aim of this study was to identify the current state of pediatric dentists, evaluate the adequacy of pediatric dentist supply and demand, and find out the perception of all pediatric dentists on the current state of pediatric dentists and policy establishment. An Online survey was conducted among pediatric dentists. The questionnaire was subdivided into ‘general characteristics’, ‘number of dental treatments and working days per year’, ‘proportion of covered services’, ‘perceptions of supply and demand of pediatric dentists’. Through the Korean Academy of Pediatric Dentistry, the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Services, the National Health Insurance Service (NHIS), and the Korean Statistical Information Service, the current state of pediatric dentists, the number of claims for covered services, and the decrease in births per year were investigated. Dental clinics claiming to be pediatric dentistry reached half of all medical institutions, but only 3.78% of pediatric dentists actually worked. 61.36% of all pediatric dentists were concentrated in the metropolitan area, showing a national imbalance. Although the population of children and adolescents have continuously decreased over the past 20 years, the number of NHIS-covered services has shown a continuous increase. Over the past 10 years, the optimal supply of pediatric dentists has been maintained at around 4,000. According to the analysis, 92.15% of pediatric dentists thought that it was necessary to prepare policies and support measures at the government level. This study is expected to be used as basic data for establishing a demand estimation method for pediatric dentistry specialists in the future.
Personal Genomics Enters a New Phase
Authors: Edmunds Scott
Published: August 2023

Open data is a critical component of the scientific method, but genomes are both identifiable and predictive.
March of the Multiple Penguin Genomes
Authors: Edmunds Scott
Published: August 2023

 The Penguin Genome Consortium sequences all living penguin species genomes to understand the evolution of life on the ice.  Published today in  GigaScience  is an article that presents the first effort to capture the entirety of the genomic landscape of all living penguin species.
GigaScience – making open peer review more open: Q&A with Publons co-founder, Andrew Preston
Authors: Nogoy Nicole
Published: August 2023

At  GigaScience  , one of our major goals is to improve transparency and reproducibility of research and one of the ways we do this is through open peer review.
Accessing and reviewing Controlled Access Data of Rare Cancers. Q&A with Matthieu Foll
Authors: Edmunds Scott
Published: August 2023

 We have a Q&A with author Matthieu Foll from the WHO International Agency for Research on Cancer  (IARC)  on his new GigaScience paper presenting multi-omic data from rare lung neuroendocrine neoplasms and his experience having the precious   Controlled Access data peer reviewed by named peer reviewers.  As a journal focused on reproducibility of research  GigaScience  has a strict open-science policy, meaning
Medical Imaging with Deep Learning in the Time of Coronavirus
Authors: Armit Chris
Published: August 2023

Montréal was the venue for Medical Imaging with Deep Learning 2020 (MIDL 2020) that took place on 6-9 July 2020. Due to the COVID-19 crisis, like many meetings this year (such as the ISMB conference we attend every year), the new normal has been to make it a virtual conference.
Birthdays and Online Conferences go Viral. ISMB2020 & BCC2020 in the time of COVID-19
Authors: Armit Chris
Published: August 2023

 Meetings In the Time of Coronavirus: Conferences go Viral  June-July usually marks peak conference season when the  GigaScience  team is on the road, but with the COVID-19 pandemic shutting down travel and public gatherings it has been a strangely static summer.
Remember Remember, It’s Neuro-November!
Authors: Nogoy Nicole
Published: August 2023

Forget Movember – with all the cool open brain science activities happening at  GigaScience  and the upcoming Society for Neuroscience (SfN) 2016 meeting in San Diego (November 12-16), we are naming it Neuro-November!
Datacite summer meeting
Authors: Edmunds Scott
Published: August 2023

Working at a data center as big as the BGI, and launching a journal focused on maximizing data use, we have followed the many calls over the years for improved incentives and methods to aid and reward scientists in spending the considerable time and effort to share their data.
The State of the Curation Nation
Authors: Edmunds Scott
Published: August 2023

Of the of the many issues needing addressing in this era of the so-called “data deluge” (apologies genomics bingo), on top of the well documented difficulties in computing power, bandwidth and storage keeping pace with data production, less attention has been paid on the efforts required to present and package this biological information to users.
COVID-19 Data-Sharing Hero Wins GigaScience Prize
Authors: Edmunds Scott
Published: August 2023

 We are proud to announce Prof Zhang Yongzhen winner the 2020 ICG-15 GigaScience Prize for Outstanding Data Sharing during the COVID-19 Pandemic  .  Last month was the 10th consecutive year we’ve attended our co-publisher BGI’s annual ICG (International Conference on Genomics) gathering, and the third time we have presented a prize at the meeting.  This years award was for Dr. Zhang’s outstanding efforts in sharing the first
FUNC in the Fjords: Functional Metagenomics 2019 in Trondheim
Authors: Nogoy Nicole
Published: August 2023

Photograph by Giang-Son Nguyen (SINTEF) The Norwegian city of Trondheim seemed the place to be this June – with hotels in high demand
Update on Updates. GigaByte’s new article type to speed up science
Authors: Edmunds Scott
Published: August 2023

GigaScience Presses new  GigaByte Journal  was launched with the goal of speeding up the dissemination of science,  publishing at the speed of research  . Beyond speeding up the research process by incentivizing the early release of datasets and software/computational workflows by focusing on short descriptions of these two article types (called Data Release and Technical Release), we’ve also tried to greatly speed up the normally
GeoJSON and geophylogenies
Authors: Page Roderic
Published: August 2023

For the last few weeks I've been working on a little project to display phylogenies on web-based maps such as OpenStreetMap and Google Maps. Below I'll sketch out the rationale, but if you're in a hurry you can see a live demo here: http://iphylo.org/~rpage/geojson-phylogeny-demo/, and some examples below.
GBIF, biodiversity informatics and the "platform rant"
Authors: Page Roderic
Published: August 2023

Each year about this time, as I ponder what to devote my time on in the coming year, I get exasperated and frustrated that each year will be like the previous one, and biodiversity informatics will seem no closer to getting its act together. Sure, we are putting more and more data online, but we are no closer to linking this stuff together, or building things that people can use to do cool science with.
DNA Day 2019: How to sequence the genomes of the weird and wonderful
Authors: Zauner Hans
Published: August 2023

 It’s DNA day, commemorating the publication of the structure of DNA in 1953, as well as the completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003. Genomics has come a long way since then. Today it is possible to sequence whole genomes with a very reasonable investment of time and money. What an amazing time for scientists who are working with non-model organisms. 
Phenomics: from under the gum trees to the world – the 5th International Plant Phenotyping Symposium down under
Authors: Nogoy Nicole
Published: August 2023

View towards the National Wine Centre of Australia (conference venue) from the Adelaide Botanic Garden Having just attended our first plant phenomics conference – it was great to learn how far the field has progressed and how rapidly it continues to progress with the advancement of new technologies for high-throughput phenotyping.
Big data, big conferences, big plans: 2019 in review
Authors: Zauner Hans
Published: August 2023

This is the last blog post of 2019 and it is time again to look back at some of the amazing research published in  GigaScience  over the past year. Besides handling manuscripts, reviews and data, the editors and curators also attended conferences near and far, they contributed to policy discussions and prepared the launch of a new journal, GigaByte. More about all these activities below.
The lowest common denominator: marketing science with jIF
Authors: Edmunds Scott
Published: August 2023

 Shallow Impact. Tis the season.  In case people didn’t know— the world of scientific publishing has seasons: There is the Inundation season, which starts in November as authors rush to submit their papers before the end of year. Then there is the Recovery season beginning in January as editors come back from holidays to tackle the glut.
GigaByte and River Valley Technologies push the boundaries of Executable Research Articles using Stencila and Code Ocean
Authors: Edmunds Scott
Published: August 2023

 GigaScience Press and River Valley Technologies, with the help of Stencila, launch their first interactive  “  Executable Research Article  ”  from their new scientific journal, GigaByte. 
Curators Capture Cambridge. Biocuration 2019
Authors: Armit Chris
Published: August 2023

The 12th International  Biocuration  Conference was held in Cambridge, UK from April 7-10th 2019. As regular participants of the meeting you can read our write-ups of the meeting going back to 2012. This is a forum for biocurators and developers to discuss their work and to promote collaboration.
Uncovering the tangled roots of plant evolution
Authors: Edmunds Scott
Published: August 2023

 Using big data to understand the tree of life  New work just published in the  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences  and  GigaScience  reveals important details about key transitions in the evolution of plant life on our planet, and present a huge cache of computational results, data and tools for plant biologists.
GigaScience at ASCB|EMBO 2019 Meeting, Washington DC
Authors: Armit Chris
Published: August 2023

The Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington DC was the venue for this year’s ASCB|EMBO 2019 Meeting that took place on 7-11 December 2019. The American Society of Cell Biology conference, now merged with the EMBO meeting, is the largest yearly gathering for the cell imaging community, and  GigaScience  has attended in the past.
Decoding The Tree of Life: Olive joins the Genome Club
Authors: Edmunds Scott
Published: August 2023

 Teams of scientists from Spain have published the first complete genome of the olive tree. The specimen sequenced is of the Spanish Farga variety, and is over 1,200 years old. 
The cyber-centipede: giving online species descriptions a leg up
Authors: Edmunds Scott
Published: August 2023

The rate of species extinction has lent increasing urgency to the description of new species, but in this supposedly networked “big data” era the process of cataloging the rich tapestry of life has changed little since the time of Linnaeus.
Toads and toxins: The genome of the invasive cane toad
Authors: Zauner Hans
Published: August 2023

Photo: UNSW Sydney The cane toad  Rhinella marina  is native to Central and South America. But thanks to humans and the sugar cane trade, the species now thrives also in Australia and other places where it doesn’t belong. The invasive species comes with an unpleasant surprise for native Australian predators, such as snakes or freshwater crocodiles:  R. marina  kills them with its toxic secretions.
Mock the Metagenome. Author Q&A with Nick Loman & Sam Nicholls
Authors: Edmunds Scott
Published: August 2023

 The mock metagenome, MAGs and breaking the first rule of Long Read Club  Nick showing us some of his experiments with an early antecedent Short Read Club… Out today in  GigaScience  is a new “mock metagenome” Data Note from the Nick Loman lab in Birmingham showcasing the latest long-read sequencing technologies from Oxford Nanopore.
PAG Asia 2019: Plant and Animal Genomes (with Chinese Characteristics)
Authors: Armit Chris
Published: August 2023

Regular readers will know  GigaScience  has published a lot of plant and animal genomes, and the biggest conference for this research community is the appropriately named Plant &
GigaScience joins C19RapidReview: the COVID-19 Rapid Review Initiative
Authors: Edmunds Scott
Published: August 2023

 C19RapidReview: cross publisher collaboration against the coronavirus pandemic  The COVID-19 pandemic has created a new urgency to openly and rapidly share and review relevant research, with the world looking to science to solve the problems we currently face. While we’ve written about constructive things you can do while in lockdown, there are many more things you can’t do while locked out of the lab.
Q&A with Parice Brandies on the Antechinus Genome
Authors: Edmunds Scott
Published: August 2023

 With the recent launch of our new GigaByte journal you may have noticed some interesting genome datasets being published, including the banjo frog, common dragonet fish, and extremely rare Nyssa yunnanensis tree. Joining these species on the genomics tree of life this month is a small mouse-like marsupial called the brown antechinus. 
Open Data Publishing Goes New Zealand: A Cross Posting For Creative Commons Aotearoa
Authors: Nogoy Nicole
Published: August 2023

Tītitipounamu, Rifleman, female (left) and male (right)  Our New Zealand based Commissioning Editor, Nicole Nogoy, was asked by Creative Commons Aotearoa (New Zealand) to write a guest blog on open licensing from a Kiwi perspective. Being big users and fans of their licenses we were happy to oblige. 
Genomes mite surprise you
Authors: Zauner Hans
Published: August 2023

In  GigaScience  , Benjamin Makepiece and his co-authors from Liverpool present genome assemblies of two trombidid mite species, the itch-inducing chigger mite and its more benign cousin, the velvet mite.  The bite of the chigger mite can transmit a life-threatening bacterial disease, scrub typhus.
Open bioinformatics in the house of the mouse.
Authors: Edmunds Scott
Published: August 2023

 Join the Open Data club.  Every year we catch up with fellow enthusiasts of open data, open source and open science at BOSC, the Bioinformatics Open Source Conference that is a Special Interest Group of the ISCB’s annual ISMB conference. This year there is an interesting juxtaposition with the location, being held at the Disney World resort in Orlando.
GigaScience at the Genomic Standards Consortium meeting – call for papers for a special series
Authors: Edmunds Scott
Published: August 2023

To tie in with this week’s Genomic Standards Consortium (GSC) meeting in Shenzhen,  GigaScience  is launching a call for submissions to a thematic series of discussion and research from the conference and wider community highlighting best practice in genomics research.  As the 13th meeting of the GSC, the topic this year is “Genomes to Interactions to Communities to Models” – all areas key to the scope of the journal.
Guest Blog: Data in the time of Coronavirus, Pt. 2
Authors: Edmunds Scott
Published: August 2023

  With ongoing the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic providing us with unprecedented insight into the progression of a disease outbreak, and unprecedented time in the lock down to turn us all into armchair epidemiologists. This includes near real-time sharing and analysis of genomics data through platforms like nextstrain, and of ways to view the infection, mortality and testing statistics via a growing number of online dashboards.  
Nectar, fruits, and blood. A genomic view on the feeding habits of bats.
Authors: Zauner Hans
Published: August 2023

 Bats are mammals like no other – airborne, mostly nocturnal, often hidden away in caves, capable of using echolocation for in-flight navigation. No two bat species are alike, however. Their diversity of morphology, life styles and feeding habits is staggering. New bat genomics research published today in  GigaScience  explores 
The Importance of Annotation: A Q&A with Hypothes.is Director of Biosciences, Maryann Martone
Authors: Nogoy Nicole
Published: August 2023

“  To enable a conversation over the world’s knowledge  ” is the slogan for Hypothes.is, a open annotation layer that allows anyone to annotate anything.
GigaScience at Cell Bio 2020 Virtual
Authors: Armit Chris
Published: August 2023

Cell Bio 2020 Virtual – the online ASCB|EMBO Meeting – took place on 2-16 December 2020 and offered many invaluable insights on the structural and evolutionary basis of biological systems.
GigaScience special session at ISCB-Asia on Workflows & Cloud for Reproducible Bioinformatics
Authors: Edmunds Scott
Published: August 2023

With advances in sequencing technologies leading to a so-called “data deluge”, the amount of data supporting a biological study is becoming increasingly unwieldy and difficult to make available. These issues have led to a lack of transparency in analyses of sequencing data, resulting in an ever-increasing reproducibility gap.
Swallows and Optical Maps For Ever!
Authors: Edmunds Scott
Published: August 2023

 While they say one swallow doesn’t make a spring, one swallow genome makes a welcome contribution to the avian genome club.   Taking advantage of the latest genomic and optical mapping technologies, a team of Scientists from the University of Milan, California State Polytechnic University and the University of Pavia, have carried out the high quality sequencing of the barn swallow genome, published today in Gigascience. 
Genomics Standards on the Danube. GigaScience at GSC21 in Vienna
Authors: Armit Chris
Published: August 2023

The 21st meeting of the Genomics Standards Consortium (GSC21) took place last week in Vienna at one of the oldest universities in the world – the University of Vienna – from May 20th-23rd.  We’ve been long time supporters and participants of the Genomics Standards Consortium meetings going back to 2012’s GSC13 in Shenzhen, and have also published a special series of GSC “Best Practice in Genomics Research” papers.
Faster, Dataset! Kill! Kill!
Authors: Edmunds Scott
Published: August 2023

 The speed of data  Last week was the Bio-IT World Asia meeting in Singapore, and while we didn’t attend this year (see last years conference report in  Genome Biology  ), our editorial board member Tin-Lap Lee presented on the GigaGalaxy server that we have been collaborating with him on (see slides). Also timed for the meeting, Aspera made a press release on our recent adoption of their suite of software products to
Data Driven Conservation. Q&A with Taras Oleksyk on ConGen2016
Authors: Edmunds Scott
Published: August 2023

 The use of “big data” genomics technologies may gather most attention and funding in “big money” settings such as healthcare and agriculture, but due to a precipitous drop in cost its use has become increasingly ubiquitous in all corners of biological research, including biodiversity research and conservation. 
#ISMB16: A Disney Coming of Age Tale.
Authors: Edmunds Scott
Published: August 2023

 At Disney World infancy ends at 3, or at least that is the age children have to start purchasing tickets. It seemed appropriate to celebrate our 4th birthday there. Or at least at the #ISMB16 Computational Biology meeting that was held this week at the Walt Disney World Resort. 
Putting credit back into the hands of researchers
Authors: Kenall Amye
Published: August 2023

 Today, GigaScience launched a project providing an alternative way to give authors credit for their work, contributing more to collaboration, transparency and better data. Amye Kenall tells us more about what this is and how it works.  There is a clear need for better transparency and credit around authorship. In the current system researchers are evaluated by publications and the Impact Factor of journals in which they appear.
DNA day 2020: The genomes of Dominette and Esperanza
Authors: Zauner Hans
Published: August 2023

 It’s DNA day, celebrating two historic milestones: The publication of the structure of DNA in 1953, and the completion of the human genome project in 2003. 
Searching for the (Open) Source at Long Beach
Authors: Edmunds Scott
Published: August 2023

As a project with the aim of revolutionizing data dissemination and use, on top of promoting open-access and open-data, open-source is a key part of the open-science equation, and this week  GigaScience  has been at the Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC2012 – program here) in Long Beach.
GigaScience Gets a Service. What’s new in GigaDB?
Authors: Hunter Chris
Published: August 2023

 Seek and Deploy.  If you’re a user of GigaDB (and why wouldn’t you be!) you’ll perhaps have been wondering why the search function is so slow and often missing obvious results! Well even if you’re not wondering, I can tell you that this has now been fixed.
Making sense of pangenome networks
Authors: Zauner Hans
Published: August 2023

 Navigating Pangenome’s Labyrinth  In the two decades since the first genomes were sequenced, with the exponential growth of new and closely related genomes it has become increasingly difficult to visualise and compare their structure. Particularly with the large diversity and difference in genes within microbial genomes.
And the winner is…volume 2. ICG13 prize winners on GigaTV
Authors: Edmunds Scott
Published: August 2023

Just out in  GigaScience  is a new paper presenting Rice Galaxy, an open resource for plant science using the Galaxy workflow management system we are so fond of. The authors from the International Rice Research Institute in the Phillipines are winners of our 2018 ICG13 Prize, and as this is the final paper to be published we can now present a summary of the  competition.
Apply for GigaScience Scholarships at ConGen 2018
Authors: Zauner Hans
Published: August 2023

 ConGen (Recent Advances in Conservation Genetics), an international course taught by leading experts in the field, is a fantastic opportunity to learn how the latest genomic and genetic methods contribute to conservation science.  Protecting endangered species also means we have to know as much as possible about them.
Diversity, Ancestry, and the Tenacious Concept of Race: GigaScience at GA4GH
Authors: Armit Chris
Published: August 2023

 Diversity, Ancestry, and the Tenacious Concept of Race  The Global Alliance for Genomics and Health (GA4GH) is a policy-framing and technical standards-setting organization, seeking to enable responsible genomic data sharing within a human rights framework.
Cazadores-Recolectores, Organización Social e Interacciones a Distancia. Un Modelado del Caso Antofagasta de la Sierra (Catamarca, Argentina)
Authors: Aschero Carlos A.
Published: August 2023

La propuesta de este trabajo es realizar un cruce entre los datos conocidos de la Arqueología de los Cazadores-recolectores de Antofagasta de la Sierra con otros datos publicados acerca de este modo de subsistencia en zonas desérticas. El propósito esentender cómo se conforman paisajes sociales o sistemas sociales de mayor extensión en el ámbito circumpuneño, a partir de las interacciones a distancia de esas unidades sociales, observadas con una perspectiva temporal amplia.
Historizando la producción de quinua en el Valle de El Bolsón (Departamento Belén, provincia de Catamarca)
Authors: Maloberti Mariana , Korstanje María Alejandra , Quesada Marcos
Published: August 2023

En este trabajo proponemos una interpretación histórica del cultivo de quinua en el Valle de El Bolsón. Recurrimos metodológicamente al análisis múltiple de microfósiles, a través del cual logramos reconocer tanto taxones cultivados como las técnicas agrícolas implicadas en su producción. Así, en campos de cultivo Formativos identificamos microalmidones observados en Chenopodium quinoa, asociados al cultivo de Zea mays L., ambos producidos a secano, con quema de rastrojos y labranza de campos. La continuidad en el tiempo del cultivo de quinua aparece sugerida a partir de su registro en un sitio del período de Desarrollos Regionales, nuevamente asociada al maíz pero con indicadores de riego y aportes de guano como abono. En algún momento, el cultivo de esta planta se interrumpió dado que hasta hace pocos años era desconocida entre los pobladores actuales. En el año 2010 vuelve a ser sembrada en el marco de un proyecto de reintroducción de cultivos andinos del INTA. Esta trayectoria histórica local presenta distintos escenarios temporales en los cuales se habría planteado la relación entre los campesinos del valle y la quinua, relación que en la actualidad adquiere matices particulares en los cuales ésta pasa a ser resignificada como cultivo novedoso, casi exótico.
Pensamientos de una etnógrafa acerca de la interpretación en la arqueología andina
Authors: Allen Catherine J. , Lépori Matías , Sillar Bill , Lazzari Marisa , Becerra M. Florencia
Published: August 2023

En este ensayo se busca ofrecer una perspectiva etnográfica del entendimiento andino de la materialidad en el contexto de la interpretación arqueológica. Se referirá específicamente a algunas de las formas en que la etnografía puede ser de ayuda para el pensamiento arqueológico. En la actualidad, el denominado “giro ontológico” de la antropología desafía a los arqueólogos a comprometerse seriamente con realidades alternativas que cuestionan los términos analíticos de la tradición intelectual “occidental”.
La Herradura, un espacio de memoria en el norte del Valle Calchaquí (Salta, Argentina)
Authors: Páez María Cecilia , Bonfigli Facundo Nahuel , Pifano Pablo José
Published: August 2023

El sitio La Herradura se ubica a 18 km al NO de la población de Cachi, en el norte del Valle Calchaquí. Se compone de cuatro plataformas con grabados rupestres, asociadas a recintos subrectangulares, que son interpretadas en términos de un espacio ritual. A partir de un análisis iconográfico y espacial pudieron diferenciarse, caracterizarse e interpretarse representaciones asignables a diferentes momentos del desarrollo cultural de la región, correspondientes a los momentos tempranos y tardíos. Los primeros, que aparecen representados a través de la figura del felino, habrían sido incorporados en la composición tardía,al estar integrados dentro de los mismos soportes. La disparidad cronológica de las representaciones nos lleva a plantear que La Herradura podría constituirse en un espacio de memoria. La elección de los mismos lugares para los grabados de uno y otro momento estaría remitiendo a un continuum en el proceso mnemónico donde los elementos más tempranos juegan un rol activo en la práctica ritual tardía.
El valle de Tafí en tiempos del imperio incaico: inferencias a partir de la tecnología alfarera
Authors: Manasse Bárbara , Páez María Cecilia
Published: August 2023

A partir del análisis y la caracterización de un rasgo tecnológico particular de alfarería tardía del Valle de Tafí –pastas con alta densidad de inclusiones blanquecinas– nos interesa evaluarlo como un posible indicador más de procesos socioculturales vinculados históricamente a los tiempos de la conquista y dominio inca. Con tal fin seleccionamos un conjunto de fragmentos provenientes de contextos de hallazgo subsuperficiales del Sitio LC ZVIII S1 en las Cumbres Calchaquíes meridionales, a los cuales se le han realizado estudios submacroscópicos y microscópicos. Los resultados fueron correlacionados con datos correspondientes a forma y decoración de las piezas. Las pastas con este tipo de inclusiones blancas –rocas piroclásticas de origen posiblemente local– aparecen en la cerámica inca, pero también, y en notable cantidad, en la Santamariana, sugiriendo un espectro aún mayor de bienes implicados en los procesos de producción y circulación hacia finales del siglo XV y comienzos del XVI. Sostenemos la peculiaridad de los procesos históricos (sociales, culturales y políticos) de estas regiones, más allá de su integración y grado de sujeción al estado inca. Las evidencias arqueológicas en el Valle de Tafí sugieren una participación particular en los complejos procesos de producción, distribución y circulación de bienes.
El 'Culto-fiesta' entre los Wichi del Chaco argentino
Authors: Contini Lavinia
Published: August 2023

El objetivo del presente artículo es analizar una modalidad especial de culto cristiano, festivo y danzado, entre los wichís de la zona sur del Bermejo (familia lingüística Mataco-Maká), relacionada con el movimiento de la Iglesia Evangélica Unida. La ejecución de este culto expone los aspectos que vinculan el fenómeno de la fiesta con el pasado y el presente de una sociedad en transición, y trata de definir su identidad. En el culto-fiesta los wichís parecen reunir las funciones y los significados de dos antiguas instituciones rituales (el chamanismo y la fiesta) reconfigurándolas también con la potencia del ritual cristiano. El culto-fiesta se convierte así en una ocasión de reafirmación de la tradición o de apertura, cambio y reproducción social, donde se manifiestan todas las polaridades y las contradicciones de la cultura y donde se ritualiza la relación con la alteridad y con lo nuevo.
ARBORIZAÇÃO URBANA COMO UM CORREDOR ECOLÓGICO
Authors: Pries Devide Antonio Carlos , Frederico Lúcio de Almeida Gama  , Renata Egydio de Carvalho
Published: August 2023

A arborização urbana beneficia o meio ambiente e promove o bem estar humano. As árvores abrigam e alimentam a fauna, que promovem o equilíbrio biológico e a polinização. Em termos ambientais, reduzem a temperatura do ar, os ruídos e os efeitos dos fortes ventos. Além disso, convertem energia luminosa em carbono, reduzindo os gases de efeito estufa (GEE) na atmosfera. As árvores interceptam a água da chuva e reforçam a recarga hídrica, combatem enchentes e fortalecem a produção de água subterrânea. Este trabalho registra a adequação da arborização urbana no bairro Residencial Dr. Lessa, em Pindamonhangaba (SP), Brasil. Inicialmente, caracterizou-se a situação em relação aos confrontantes, áreas de relevante interesse ecológico e levantamento quanti-qualitativo da arborização (fitossociologia) emuma área teste. Em seguida, realizou-se visita ao viveiro municipal e elaboração de memorial descritivo. Por último, a ação executiva de plantio. O bairro se localiza na fronteira agrícola, com nascente e ribeirão em seus limites e áreas verdes parcialmente arborizadas. Em uma área de 4mil m2 de um canteiro central as falhas na arborização e a baixa conectividade, com predomínio de 65% de espécies exóticas, prejudicam a ligação entre corpos d’água. A ação executiva para adequação da arborização com fins ecológicos e paisagísticos consistiu de um plantio de espécies nativas floríferas perenifólias de médio porte em contorno do passeio e, na porção central, entre palmeiras de grande porte adultas, foram introduzidas mudas nativas de frutíferas e madeiras de grande porte. Esta adequação da arborização serve de experiência para novas intervenções.
IMPACTOS DA PANDEMIA DE COVID-19 NO MUNICÍPIO DE SÃO PAULO: A DESIGUALDADE MATA ATÉ 100 VEZES MAIS EM DIFERENTES DISTRITOS
Authors: Pedro Moreira de Mello  , Gonçalves Luciana Márcia , Luli Miyasaka Elza
Published: August 2023

O objetivo desta pesquisa é comparar os diferentes impactos da Pandemia de Coronavírus (COVID-19) até meados de agosto de 2020, em dois distritos do município de São Paulo. A doença, causada pelo vírus SARS-CoV-2, tornou-se rapidamente um evento de proporções globais e afetou todo o planeta em diferentes aspectos e escalas. O estudo de caso contemplará os distritos de Itaquera e Jardim Paulista, na periferia da Zona Leste e na Zona Oeste, respectivamente. Serão expostos parâmetros de infraestrutura domiciliar, disponibilidade de equipamentos de saúde, características das populações e, posteriormente, das consequências diretas da Síndrome Respiratória Aguda Grave (SRAG) – complicação grave da COVID-19. Dados de portais da Prefeitura, Governo do estado, meios de comunicação de massa e artigos serão levantados para realização de comparações, que levarão em conta as condições socioeconômicas, espaciais e os danos da doença. Até o momento, os impactos são de proporções assustadoramente diferentes para distritos que distam apenas 20km entre si e se localizam no mesmo município.
APLICAÇÃO DE TECNOLOGIA DE INFORMAÇÃO PARA AUMENTO DE PRODUTIVIDADE EM UM PONTO DE ENTREGA VOLUNTÁRIA
Authors: José de Assis Barony Flávio , Gaiba de Oliveira Rodrigo , Kelvim Caetano da Silva Alysson , Clara Rodrigues Santana Ana
Published: August 2023

Menos de 10% dos Resíduos Sólidos Domésticos são destinados para a coleta seletiva no Brasil. Uma das formas de intensificar a coleta seletiva é através dos PEVs (Ponto de Entrega Voluntária), pois permitem o acondicionamento de maior quantidade de resíduos em um único ponto de uma determinada região geográfica, o que facilita a coleta do resíduo passível de reciclagem, mas que também enfrenta percalços em função da sua operacionalidade ou até mesmo pela ausência da correta segregação dos resíduos por parte da população, em geral. O objetivo do trabalho é reduzir os custos com deslocamento do caminhão da coleta seletiva do município de Timóteo até o CEFET-MG (Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica de Minas Gerais) Campus Timóteo para recolher os resíduos recicláveis. A implantação do PEV deu-se por três etapas, sendo: a) primeiramente iniciou-se a construção do PEV, com preceitos de segurança, resistência e acessibilidade; b) logo após, deu-se o desenvolvimento de um dispositivo medidor de nível (PEVTEC – PEV Tecnológico modelo CEFETMG campus Timóteo) e; c) em sequência as campanhas de conscientização quanto ao uso do PEVTEC. Ao longo de 4 meses de operação em 2019 foram coletados 48m3 de resíduos sólidos não compactados, e em 2020 foram 66m3, mesmo com a suspensão do calendário acadêmico em função da pandemia. O PEVTEC é de uso exclusivo da comunidade acadêmica do CEFET, mas possibilitaria uma redução de no mínimo 37,0% de combustível se usado por setores/zonas urbanas, em detrimento da coleta “porta a porta”, além da perda de produtividade com este modelo de coleta seletiva. Com baixo custo (R$150,00) para instalação, o dispositivo de medição reduziu o deslocamento do caminhão coletor até o PEVTEC, ou seja, somente quando a Associação de Catadores recebe o e-mail com uma alerta de que o PEVTEC se encontra em sua capacidade máxima. O custo total do PEVTEC foi de R$1.700,00 (incluso R$150,00 para o sensor), com uso de mão-de-obra interna para soldagem da estrutura metálica, o que não gerou custo. A solução proposta por meio do PEVTEC requer ponto de energia elétrica e acesso à internet sem fio, mas oferece plenas condições de potencializar a coleta seletiva na malha urbana das cidades, reduzir custos operacionais e aumentar a produtividade da Associação de Catadores.
Palavras-chave: PEV, Coleta seletiva, Resíduos sólidos, Sensor, Tecnologia da Informação.
ESGOTAMENTO SANITÁRIO NO TERRITÓRIO DA BACIA HIDROGRÁFICA DO RIO PARAÍBA DO SUL - TRECHO PAULISTA
Authors: Machado Maria Auxiliadora , Gutierres Arteiro da Paz Mariana , Dantas Barros Jocilene , Albiach Branco Evandro
Published: August 2023

Este estudo tem por objetivo interpretar o território paulista da Bacia Hidrográfica do Rio Paraíba do Sul a partir dos índices de saneamento básico e qualidade das águas dos corpos hídricos . Para isso, se utiliza dos critérios de “luminosidades” definidos por Santos e Silveira (2005) e dados sobre o esgotamento sanitário do SNIS e do IBGE, e os explica à luz dos contrastes demográficos e sanitários existentes no território. Esses contrastes ficam mais evidentes quando apresentados os índices de atendimento em saneamento básico e os volumes de esgotamento sanitário, tratados ou não, que atingem os corpos hídricos da Bacia Hidrográfica. Aspectos estes que são indicativos de forte desalinhamento entre as políticas públicas adotadas e a real necessidade de investimento na infraestrutura sanitária, considerando as peculiaridades em cada localidade. Por fim, traça um paralelo entre o cumprimento da Agenda 2030, neste caso representada pela ODS 6, e os municípios que se encontram mais vulneráveis em relação à qualidade da água de seus corpos hídricos, propondo um realinhamento nos investimentos àquelas localidades que estão aquém das metas estabelecidas pela Agenda.
DRENAGEM SUSTENTÁVEL E REVITALIZAÇÃO DE RIOS URBANOS NO ÂMBITO DO COMITÊ DA BACIA HIDROGRÁFICA DO TIETÊ-JACARÉ
Authors: Rezende Jozrael , Tognetti Érica Rodrigues
Published: August 2023

A degradação dos cursos d’água urbanos da Unidade de Gerenciamento de Recursos Hídricos Tietê-Jacaré (UGRHI TJ) reflete um modelo de desenvolvimento que não considera os aspectos ecológicos e hidrológicos no planejamento e governança das cidades. Os impactos ambientais advindos desta estratégia, tais como a poluição hídrica decorrente da inadequação do saneamento, a escassez de água na estação seca e as inundações e alagamentos frequentes no período chuvoso, evidenciam a necessidade de mudança na maneira de gerir as águas urbanas. É preciso integrar os usos do solo e das águas no âmbito das bacias hidrográficas, com ênfase na infiltração de água no solo e na manutenção das funções ecossistêmicas dos cursos d’água. Este trabalho tem como objetivo apresentar as diretrizes e o termo de referência do programa de drenagem urbana e revitalização de rios da UGRHI TJ.
Research on the Practice Strategy of Ideological and Political Education in the Basic Korean Course
Authors:   Yixin Publisher, Zhang Xin
Published: August 2023

Since the concept of ideological and political education in the curriculum was officially proposed, the education system in various stages and subjects in China has undergone substantial changes and actively integrated ideological and political education in the curriculum through teaching practice and exploration. Although the concept of ideological and political education in the curriculum is not a universal educational formula, it still shows significant advantages in promoting teaching in various subjects. In this regard, starting from the Basic Korean course, this article summarizes the requirements of ideological and political education in the Basic Korean course from the aspects of theoretical educational requirements and practical educational requirements and proposes practical strategies on how to integrate ideological and political education in the teaching of the Basic Korean course, with the aim of exploring the ideological and political elements in the “Basic Korean” course, clarifying the educational goals of the course, improving the effectiveness of ideological and political education in the curriculum, cultivating high-quality talents, and strengthening students’ sense of patriotism, love for their families, and sense of social responsibility.
A Retrospective Study of the No-Contact Technique to Obtain Radial Arteries for Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
Authors: Zhao Yi , Zhang Xiaodi , Song Yang , Xia Yu , Huang Derong , Zhang Jian , Liu Daxing , Zhang Dengshen
Published: August 2023

Background: To retrospectively study the experience with application of no-touch technique in radial artery (RA)-based coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). Methods: Clinical data of patients who underwent RA-based multi- (n = 45) or full-arterial CABG (n = 27) between January 2019 and June 2022 in the Affiliated Hospital of ZunYi Medical University were collected. The incidence of main cardiovascular events at 30-day follow-up, the antebrachial union condition and the vessel patency rate were analyzed. Results: A total of 66 RAs were harvested and 70 RAs used as grafts. The number of RA used per patient was 1.46. Delayed antebrachial union occurred in 1 patient (1.45%). There was no death, cerebral infarction, myocardial infarction or revascularization at follow-up. Early coronary computed tomography (CT) after surgery revealed occlusion in 1 RA, with the patency rate being 98.57%. Conclusions: The No-touch RA harvesting technique, preservation and postoperative management applied in this study are effective and rational, and the application of RA as the graft in CABG is safe.
Razão, Ciência e Humanismo por Steven Pinker
Authors: Gomes Rosangela da Silva , Silva Mardem Leandro
Published: August 2023

Steven Arthur Pinker (1954) é psicólogo e linguísta canadense, professor de Harvard e se apresenta como um notável defensor da razão. Tal como se faz notar em seu livro “O novo iluminismo” (2018), Pinker mobiliza todo um arsenal de fatos, dados e sofisticada interpretação para lançar luz nova por sobre a visão de mundo contemporânea. Indo na contramão do Zeitgeist filosófico contemporâneo, sobretudo do eixo continental, posto que na atualidade o conjunto de proposições que compõe o arsenal da filosofia tida como pós-moderna avança em uma direção francamente oposta, na qual não faltam exemplos ou narrativas que deponham contra o argumento de que estaríamos vivendo um novo iluminismo.
Biblioteconomia Social
Authors: Tanus Gabrielle Francinne de S. C.
Published: August 2023

Uma das maneiras esquemáticas ou mesmo didática de compreender as características que se sobressaem nos diferentes momentos históricos da Biblioteconomia se dá pela via dos paradigmas. O texto discute o conceito de Biblioteconomia Social. O “paradigma social” não se substitui, muito pelo contrário,ele, como marca de uma sociedade que o elaborou, precisa ser ainda mais desenvolvido, debatido e aplicado em comunhão com os profissionais da área. Em suma, a “virada social”,que se delineia, revela a potencialidade de uma mudança e um compromisso da Biblioteconomia em um outro espaço que não mais exclusivo da manutenção de uma ordem,em manter as coisas como estão. Por isso, é preciso acompanhar os movimentos, e girar, virandopara o social, encantando-se com as pessoas e fortalecendo as comunidades.
Gesundheitsberichterstattung. Lehrbuch für den Öffentlichen Gesundheitsdienst, Bd. 1, Version 2.0
Authors: Arnold Laura , Claßen Thomas , Galante-Gottschalk Annette , Kuhn Joseph , Rosenkötter Nicole , Starke Dagmar , Szagun Bertram , Tempel Günter , Wollenberg Birgit , Ziese Thomas
Published: August 2023

Das Buch hilft dabei, einen informativen Einstieg in die kommunale Gesundheitsberichterstattung (GBE) zu finden. Es wendet sich in erster Linie an Anfänger und Anfängerinnen der Gesundheitsberichterstattung, an Menschen, die neu im Gesundheitsamt anfangen, an Studierende in gesundheitswissenschaftlichen Fächern. Aber auch diejenigen, die schon erste Erfahrungen mit Gesundheitsberichten hinter sich haben, finden noch den einen oder anderen hilfreichen Hinweis. Neben einführenden Begriffsbestimmungen bietet der Band einen Überblick über Strukturen, in denen sich die GBE bewegt, liefert praktische Hinweise zur Umsetzung und zeigt, wie GBE gestaltet sein muss, damit ihre Ergebnisse in kommunalen Planungsvorhaben berücksichtigt werden.
YAP/TAZ enhances P-body formation to promote tumorigenesis
Authors: Shen Xia , Peng Xiang , Guo YueGui , Dai Zhujiang , Cui Long , Yu Wei , Liu Yun , Liu Chen-Ying
Published: August 2023

The role of processing bodies (P-bodies) in tumorigenesis and tumor progression is not well understood. Here, we showed that the oncogenes YAP/TAZ promote P-body formation in a series of cancer cell lines. Mechanistically, both transcriptional activation of the P-body-related genes SAMD4A, AJUBA, and WTIP and transcriptional suppression of the tumor suppressor gene PNRC1 are involved in enhancing the effects of YAP/TAZ on P-body formation in colorectal cancer (CRC) cells. By reexpression of PNRC1 or knockdown of P-body core genes (DDX6, DCP1A, and LSM14A), we determined that disruption of P-bodies attenuates cell proliferation, cell migration, and tumor growth induced by overexpression of YAP5SA in CRC. Analysis of a pancancer CRISPR screen database (DepMap) revealed co-dependencies between YAP/TEAD and the P-body core genes and correlations between the mRNA levels of SAMD4A, AJUBA, WTIP, PNRC1, and YAP target genes. Our study suggests that the P-body is a new downstream effector of YAP/TAZ, which implies that reexpression of PNRC1 or disruption of P-bodies is a potential therapeutic strategy for tumors with active YAP.
A Novel Evolutionary Algorithm for Capacitor Placement in Distribution Systems
Authors: Chiou Ji-Pyng , Chang Chung-Fu
Published: August 2023

This paper uses an effective method, CODEQ method, with integer programming for solving the capacitor placement problems in distribution systems. Different from the original differential evolution (DE), the concepts of chaotic search, opposition-based learning, and quantum mechanics are used in the CODEQ method to overcome the drawback of selection of the crossover factor and scaling factor used in the original DE method. One benchmark function and one 9-bus system from the literature are used to compare the performance of the CODEQ method with the DE, and simulated annealing (SA). Numerical results show that the performance of the CODEQ method is better than the other methods. Also, the CODEQ method used in 9-bus system is superior to some other methods in terms of solution power loss and costs.
Investigation on the Effects of Magnetic Saturation in Induction Machines During Transients
Authors: Conradi Alexander , Schmülling Christoph , Schmülling Stefan
Published: August 2023

Magnetic saturation in electrical machines is of major influence on the operating characteristics during transients. For induction machines, the assumption of linear magnetic behavior of the iron core in classical machine models may be adequate for the calculation of steady-state rated operation. In operating points or during transients following a short-circuit or out-of-phase synchronization, where currents can reach values as high as 25 pu, especially the magnetic paths of the leakage fluxes are highly saturated, leading to a significant raise in currents and machine torque. Therefore an investigation on the effect of magnetic saturation has been performed by comparing inductances calculated by analytical methods for assumed linear magnetic behavior with results of static finite-element-method (FEM) models taking magnetic saturation into account. These results are subsequently converted into simplified current-depending parameter functions that can be used in transient machine models. Therefore, based on an enhanced space phasor approach, a newly modified machine model is presented, where the parameters can be used according to the dependencies worked out in the paper in order to identify deviations with the classical approach using constant inductances. Furthermore the newly acquired set of current-depending machine inductances is validated by simulating a series of transients using dynamic FEM calculation, showing a significant improvement in accuracy compared to sets of constant parameters.
Equipment Performance Due to Voltage Sags – Test Results for Contactor and Induction Motor
Authors: Hardi Surya , Hafizi Muhd , Isa Muzamir , Ismail Rohana
Published: August 2023

This paper presents experimental test results of contactor and induction motor performances when they were supplied by voltage sags. A Programmable source is used to generate various voltage sag characteristics. A small of contactor and induction motor were used for this purpose. Test results show that magnitude and duration are very important aspects that determine performance of the equipments. Influence of other characteristics such as point on wave and repetitive of voltage sag are discussed. Difference of point on wave of sag initiation will cause contactor performance is different for tripping. The occurrence of the second sag after the first one may affect the contactor performance. The contactor performance becomes sensitive when it is supplied by repetitive voltage sags. Voltage sag cause transient current drawn by the motor is too high and it occurs at recovery voltage instant and the value depending on magnitude of the sags. The current peak is not significant influenced by sag duration. The current peak in the second sag is similar to first sag. Therefore presence repetitive of voltage sags on induction motor is not influence on the current peaks.