bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
THE INFLUENCE OF SERVICE QUALITY DIMENSIONS ON CUSTOMER SATISFACTION IN THE NIGERIAN BANKING INDUSTRY
Authors:   Department of Marketing, Faculty of Management Sciences, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria, Kubeyinje Gabriel Tuoyo , Omigie Samuel Obehi ,   Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Management Sciences, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria
Published: July 2022

The study explored the influence of service quality dimensions on customer satisfaction in the Nigerian banking industry. A collection of four hundred (400) customers of sixteen Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) quoted in the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) that operates in Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria were given questionnaires for the study, out of which three hundred and sixty seven (367) were found fit in testing the formulated hypotheses. Data collected through questionnaires administration were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistical instruments. Findings from the study show that service quality tangibility and reliability are statistically insignificant with customer satisfaction within the quoted DMBs in Nigeria. The study recommends that management of DMBs should enhance the appearance of staff, communication materials, physical facilities and equipment among others. Also, banks management and staff should provide adequate procedures to perform their promise service dependably and accurately.
The Perceived Roles of Exercise and Sports by inpatients of Rehabilitation Therapy at Karin Grech Rehabilitation Hospital (Malta)
Authors: MAYO Lawrence , BONNICI Georgiana FARRUGIA , ANASTASI Andrei AGIUS
Published: July 2022

BACKGROUNDː Exercise forms a crucial part of any rehabilitation program and is a key tool in inpatient therapy. The patients’ own perceived roles and benefits of exercise after discharge from hospital is pivotal in determining whether physical activity and exercise are continued within the community. Furthermore, the perception of the role of sports, as a separate entity from exercise, is also unknown, in spite of its several known benefits. METHODSː All patients under 75 years of age, that were admitted for inpatient rehabilitation between 2018 and 2019 to Karin Grech Rehabilitation Hospital (Malta) were invited to participate in a telephone based questionnaire. This questionnaire was aimed at identifying the patients’ views related to the roles of exercise and sports in their lives prior to their admission to hospital, and how such views have changed after being discharged from inpatient rehabilitation. RESULTSː Out of 165 patients that were recruited for the study, 93 patients have responded to the telephone based questionnaire. Most participants have reported that they have strongly agreed that exercise has helped in improving their quality of life (QOL) (62%), mental well-being (61%) and social life (52%). Similar results for views related to sports have also been obtained. Post rehabilitation, 65% of patients have stated that they were participating in a form of exercise, compared to 37% before rehab (χ2 = 42.3, p = 0.00 (p < 0.05)). The barriers limiting participation in exercise and sports were found to be personal (financial = 61%, lack of time =47% and dependence on others = 33%) as well as environmental (lack of suitable facilities = 42%, lack of assistance by trained personnel = 36% and lack of accessibility =33%). CONCLUSIONS: Individuals discharged following inpatient rehabilitation were significantly more prone to be participating in exercise or sports 1 year after discharge. Both personal and environmental barriers have been identified limiting participation. Work is needed in promoting changes in infrastructure that would facilitate participation as well as guidelines aimed at maximising exercise promotion in patients post rehabilitation.
Effects of Media Advertisement Representation of Womens’ Body Image on Violence against Women in Bangladesh
Authors: Sadia Halimatus , Jibon Md. Arman Sorif , Parvez Md. Shahin
Published: July 2022

In most societies, women are the victims of physical, sexual, psychological, and economic violence. Sexual abuse is the main obstacle to the achievement of their rights. Most of the advertisements on national television channels, newspapers, and magazines in Bangladesh were the depiction of a women’s body as a sexual thing. The present comprehensive study is to identify how advertisement represents women and its impact on woman’s identity construction. This research also investigates the effect of media advertisement on the young generation. This quantitative study was conducted, through 80 male and female students were randomly selected from the two reputed universities at Khulna in Bangladesh. This study found that about 80 percent of women and more than 77.5 percent of women were accordingly victims of sexual assault and faced body shaming. Women are always conscious about to be being thin-shaped body; consequently, they were dissatisfied with their body shape, which was calculated by almost about 70 percent of girls. Most of them (81.25%) men and their families looking for a bride consider girls with bright looks. This research observed that the viewpoint on women was all about the reflection of the media’s advertisement on society. This study will help to take initiatives where problems have arrived and how media advertisers promote the product more consciously which will maintain a certain cultural sentiment.
A criterion for the approximation of a semicontinuous functional by Lipschitz functional
Authors:   Pacific National University, Khabarovsk, Russia, Prudnikov V.Ya. , Podgaev A.G. ,   Pacific National University, Russia
Published: July 2022

It is proved in [1, 2] that a functional semi-continuous from below and bounded from below in the metric space X is represented as the limit of a non-decreasing family of Lipschitz functionals. In the lemma from [3], a sufficient condition for such a representation is given for a function semi-continuous from below with respect to one of the variables in a finite-dimensional space. This paper contains a criterion for approximation of a semi-continuous functional from below in a metric space by Lipschitz functionals.
Likelihood of Failure of Trees Along Electrical Utility Rights-of-Way: A Literature Review
Authors: Walker Mathew , Dahle Gregory
Published: July 2022

Utility vegetation managers need tools to predict tree-related risks and knowledge of the necessary management prescriptions to reduce the risk of windthrow damage to utilities’ electrical infrastructure. This review focuses on key studies involving the likelihood of failure of trees, beginning with a description and discussion of failure in trees, followed by an examination of methodologies that have been used to assess tree failure, before concluding with a review of factors which have been found to influence tree failure. Ultimately, a better understanding of the likelihood of failure of individual trees and the relationships governing tree failure and vegetation-related outages may allow for significant advances in the risk management of utility infrastructure.
A rare cause of biliary obstruction – a case study
Authors: Chrobok Ivo , Loveček Martin , Fritzová Dominika , Sedláček Martin , Vítek Petr
Published: July 2022

We present a case study of a 47-year-old woman with cholecystolithiasis, in whom a diagnostic examination showed a solid-cystic lesion in the subhepatic region, oppressing the biliary tract. After completing examinations with imaging techniques (ultrasound, CT, MR) and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) with biliary drainage through a duodeno-biliary stent, the patient was directly indicated for a resection. Mucinous neoplasia of the biliary tract or cystic anomalies were considered as possible diagnoses prior to the surgery. The lesion was resected together with the adjacent gallbladder and biliary ducts. Surprisingly, the histological examination of the resected tissue showed a non-tumorous affection – adenomyomatosis of extrahepatic biliary ducts. Keywords: benign biliary obstruction – adenomyomatosis of gallbladder and biliary ducts
Short-term and long-term results of pneumatic dilation in the treatment of patients with esophageal achalasia: 16 years of experience
Authors: Veseliny Eduard , Janičko Martin , Zakuciová Mária , Jarčuška Peter
Published: July 2022

Background: Pneumatic dilation (PD) is still a common treatment of oesophageal achalasia. This retrospective analysis informs about 16 years of experience with pneumatic dilation in the treatment of patients with achalasia. Patients and methods: Consecutive patients with achalasia treated with endoscopic balloon dilation therapy were analysed retrospectively. The success of endoscopic pneumatic dilation was defined as no treatment other than pneumatic dilation and the overall clinical Eckardt score ≤ 3 (and at the same time each individual item <2). Results: From January 2004 to December 2019, 140 patients with achalasia consecutively underwent pneumatic dilation (67 males [47.9%], mean age 54.9 ±16.2 years). The median follow-up since the first dilation was 125 months (range 6–263 months). Satisfactory results were observed in 130 patients (92.9%). Out of the remaining ten patients, two (1.4%) had periprocedural oesophageal perforation and in 8 (5.7%) patients the treatment effect was insufficient. Out of all patients, 107/140 (76.4%) had only one PD, 22/140 (15.7%) had two PDs, three PDs were performed in 8/140 (5.7%) and four PDs in 3/140 (2.1%). Treatment failure was more common in patients who had more pneumatic dilations (1 PD 37.5%, 2 and more PDs 62.5%; P = 0.019). Conclusions: Endoscopic balloon dilation, starting with a 35 mm balloon, is an effective treatment for achalasia in the short and long term, with minimal morbidity. The possible incomplete effect of dilation therapy is more often manifested in an earlier period after the initial dilation therapy. Keywords achalasia, pneumatic dilation, long-term results, complications
Yansıtma Seviyelerini Konu Alan Çalışmalara Yönelik Betimsel İçerik Analizi
Authors: CENGİZ Canan , ALKAN Şenem
Published: July 2022

En basit şekliyle deneyimlerden öğrenme olarak tanımlanan yansıtma (reflection) kavramının, öğretmenlerin mesleki gelişimlerinin ayrılmaz bir parçası olduğu söylenebilir. Öğretmenlerin ve öğretmen adaylarının ne derece yansıtıcı düşündüklerini ortaya koyan çalışmaların bütünsel olarak ele alınması, öğretmen eğitiminin planlanmasına rehberlik edeceği için önemlidir. Buradan yola çıkılarak, bu çalışma kapsamında ERIC veri tabanında yer alan dergilerde yayımlanmış öğretmen ve öğretmen adaylarının yansıtma seviyelerini konu alan makalelerin incelenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Çalışma, betimsel içerik analizi çerçevesinde yürütülmüş olup ilgili çalışmalar yayın yılı, örneklem grubu, çalışmada kullanılan yansıtma kategorileri, katılımcıların yansıtma seviyeleri ve çalışmalarda sunulan öneriler çerçevesinde incelenmiştir. Bu kapsamda incelenen çalışmalarda öğretmen veya öğretmen adaylarıyla çalışılmış olması, çalışmaların 2018-2021 yılları arasında gerçekleştirilmiş olması ve ERIC veri tabanında taranmış olması kriterleri dikkate alınmıştır. Veri tabanında “reflection level”, “level of reflection” ve “reflective thinking level” anahtar kelimeleri kullanılarak taramalar gerçekleştirilmiş ve ilgili 16 makale çalışma kapsamına dahil edilmiştir. Çalışmaların sayısının 2018’den 2021’e kadar artış gösterdiği ve katılımcıların çoğunlukla öğretmen adaylarından oluştuğu belirlenmiştir. Ayrıca yansıtma seviyelerini değerlendirmek için çalışmalarda 10 farklı kategorinin kullanıldığı ve katılımcıların çoğunlukla orta düzeyde yansıtma seviyesine sahip oldukları tespit edilmiştir. Çoğu çalışmada katılımcıların yansıtıcı düşünmeye yönelik eğitim almadıkları ve yansıtıcı yazılarını yazmaları için kendilerine herhangi bir yönlendirici soru verilmediği belirlenmiştir. Çalışmaların önerileri incelendiğinde araştırmacıların, öğretmen yetiştirme programlarında yansıtıcı düşünmeye yönelik uygulamalara daha fazla yer verilmesinin gerekliliğine vurgu yaptıkları belirlenmiştir
A Framework for Semantic Clustering of News Articles Based on Fuzzy
Authors: Nidhi Dewan  , Shagufta Farzana
Published: July 2022

Text mining is a process that uses data mining approaches to extract valuable information held in the hidden form in textual data. In this paper, we are proposing a framework for fuzzy clustering of news articles. These news articles originate on different news portals on the web. The data obtained need to be stored in a central database and then pre-processing reduces the noise. The keyword extraction is used to extract keywords from the text and then word-frequency vector is generated. On these vectors, distance measure or similarity measure function is used to find the similarity between articles. One article may belong to more than one cluster so fuzzy context vector must be generated. Mutual Information can be used to find fuzzy membership values. The threshold values are required for the identification of clusters. The proposed framework shows that fuzzy clustering does not restrict each news article to belong exactly to one cluster. Therefore this framework when applied to information retrieval systems or other application systems, system gives better performance and relevance to the users.
Driver Drowsiness Detection Using Machine Learning
Authors: Chilaka Anvitha  , Mohammed Muzammil  , Soundaraya. A  , Raghu Kumar
Published: July 2022

In today’s world, the number of road accidents that occur is increasing very rapidly. Some of these road accidents are minor whereas some of them may seriously injure people or even take their lives. These road accidents may involve collision of vehicles with each other or crashing the vehicles on to the buildings or others. Road accidents may even result in the death of people. It is estimated that the total deaths due to road accidents in India is around 1,50,000 per year which is approximately 400 accidents per day. Almost 3 lives are lost in every 10 minutes due to road accidents. one of the main factors that lead to road accidents are fatigue and drowsiness. Some popular methods that detect drowsiness use ECG and EEG, which are very complex. Even though these approaches are very precise, they require human involvement and have limitations that make them unsuitable for real-time driving. We’re working on a technique to detect drowsiness in driver by monitoring the eyes and mouth while they’re driving. The proposed method uses python along with two libraries OpenCV and dlib for facial landmark detection. A mathematical values Eye Aspect Ratio (EAR) and Mouth Aspect Ratio (MAR) is then calculated for determining whether the eyes are closed or not and weather the person is Yawning, The proposed systems detects these signs and plays an alarm.
Marketing y comunicación cultural en España. Nuevas directrices para las estrategias actuales
Authors: Fragoso Mora María
Published: July 2022

El marketing como una disciplina de fomento, difusión y planeación abarca muchas esferas productivas de la sociedad, entre ellas, el sector cultural. El presente trabajo de investigación tuvo como objetivo la exploración respecto a la definición del marketing y la comunicación cultural en un marco geográfico español. La metodología del presente proyecto abarcó un análisis documental sobre el propio concepto de “marketing cultural” así como las implicaciones de la “comunicación cultural”. El trabajo presenta las novedades de la literatura del área, una muestra de buenas prácticas y oportunidades en la disciplina y la revaloración de la interdisciplinariedad de la gestión del sector de las artes y la cultura.
Revisitando Caramuru: os princípios da jornada do escritor no poema épico e no filme
Authors: Devides Dílson César
Published: July 2022

O artigo apresentado pretende explicitar os fundamentos de escrita criativa propostos por Vogler (2015). O artigo aborda a reinterpretação que Vogler fez do Herói de mil faces, de Joseph Campbell, livro em que discute os papéis dos arquétipos e suas funções nas narrativas, assim como, reorganiza as etapas da jornada do herói com vistas à escrita de roteiros. Para exemplificar a eficácia e pertinência das ideias de Vogler, primeiramente averiguou-se em Caramuru: poema épico do descobrimento da Bahia, de Frei José de Santa Rita Durão (2008 [1781]), a presença e função de tais arquétipos; e, posteriormente, a aplicabilidade dos estágios da jornada do herói em uma leitura do filme Caramuru, a invenção do Brasil (2001).
Apresentação - Ecos da pandemia: a Educação Física e as crises de nosso tempo...
Authors: Rezer Ricardo , Afonso Mariângela da Rosa , Crochemore-Silva Inácio
Published: July 2022

O texto pretende apresentar a concepção e a importância da temática central desta sessão, que se propõe a aglutinar contribuições de diferentes pesquisadores, por ocasião do 40º Simpósio Nacional de Educação Física, realizado pela ESEF/UFPel (Pelotas, 2021). Com o título Ecos da Pandemia: a Educação Física e as crises do nosso tempo, a Seção Temática propõe-se a uma reflexão dialógica, colaborativa e crítica sobre a conjuntura contemporânea, marcada por uma situação quase inimaginável há até pouco tempo: uma pandemia global, que já ceifou milhões de vida, uma guerra entre nações na Europa, que igualmente sacrifica vidas cotidianamente, e um cenário político absurdo na realidade brasileira. Desse quadro, emerge com ainda maior importância a produção de uma noção orgânica e radical de utopia.
Universidade e docência na contemporaneidade
Authors: Pithan da Silva Sidinei
Published: July 2022

O estudo tematiza uma possível forma de pensar, analisar e desenvolver a formação universitária em Educação Física em tempos de crises. O enfoque consiste em um ensaio teórico crítico-hermenêutico, tendo em vista a análise e a reflexão sobre os (des) caminhos históricos da Universidade e da Educação Física, em seu sentido reflexivo. Desdobra-se desse entendimento, uma forma especial de perceber a crise em que vivemos na atualidade, a partir da ampliação dos autoritarismos, do desemprego, da discriminação, da violência, e da destruição ambiental. Tem-se o entendimento de que um projeto de formação universitária em Educação Física, precisaria se ocupar em desenvolver novas formas de racionalidade, as quais estariam diametralmente ligadas com outras vias possíveis de se educar e viver corporalmente. Essas vias guardam vínculos com um projeto de democracia, que está sempre em processo e em reconstrução. Isso configura novos desafios em relação à docência universitária em Educação Física.
Interfaces entre Educação Física e Saúde Coletiva
Authors: Devidé Nogueira Júlia Aparecida , Gonçalves Rocha Dais
Published: July 2022

O texto traz reflexões sobre as crises do nosso tempo - acentuadas pela pandemia do Covid19 - e suas interfaces com a Educação Física (EF) e a Saúde Coletiva (SC). A pandemia explicitou questões que estão, de forma direta ou indireta, envolvidas com o contínuo adoecimento coletivo e planetário e suas repercussões na vida em sociedade. Considerar a EF como campo científico fronteiriço entre as ciências humanas e sociais e as ciências biológicas e da saúde, e como movimento ideológico comprometido com a transformação social é fundamental nesse cenário. Pode-se aproveitar que as práticas corporais e atividades físicas se tornaram prioridade no conjunto de políticas e programas de promoção da saúde e desenvolvimento sustentável para resgatar sua natureza multidimensional vinculada à saúde e suas determinações sociais. Para tal, é importante problematizar a linguagem do risco do sedentarismo. A aproximação com a SC favorece tais movimentos.
Ecos pandêmicos: as mudanças nas rotinas dos/as discentes, a prática da alteridade e a ética do cuidado de si
Authors: Urrutia Pereira Jéssica , Gudagnini Granada Guilherme , Silveira Machado Giovana
Published: July 2022

Ser estudante de Educação Física em tempos de pandemia. Os impactos da pandemia de covid-19 na rotina de estudantes e as estratégias, limitações e possibilidades para lidar com o ensino remoto emergencial. A partir das experiências divididas em uma roda de conversa, em um evento nacional da área, propomos a reflexão sobre as adversidades que interferem na rotina dos alunos e alunas. Desde suas tarefas diárias pré-pandêmicas, até as novas demandas impostas devido às implicações causadas pela pandemia. Pautadas em conceitos de Michel Foucault, busca articular-se a alteridade, tendo em vista as singularidades de adaptação ao momento atual. Salientando a importância de criar um espaço de fala franca entre os/as envolvidos/as no processo de ensino. Assim, foi produzida a roda de conversa, com o intuito de viabilizar este espaço, produzindo novos modos de dizer sobre os/as discentes e o curso de Educação Física.
Entre negacionismos e a entronização da ciência
Authors: Rezer Ricardo
Published: July 2022

O objetivo central deste texto é apresentar uma reflexão acerca de elementos complexos que se colocam de maneira intensa em nossos tempos: a entronização da ciência e a produção de narrativas negacionistas. Trabalho com a ideia de que a epistemologia poderia assumir um papel nevrálgico na possibilidade de qualificar a formação universitária, potencializando nossa capacidade de enfrentar, por um lado, a entronização das ciências, por outro, negacionismos carentes de fundamentação científica minimamente plausíveis. O texto se subdivide em três momentos. No primeiro, procuro abordar o paradoxo que vivemos na contemporaneidade, em que a produção da vida se dá entre negacionismos e cientificismos. No segundo, procuro evidenciar contribuições que a epistemologia poderia trazer, levando a discussão para o âmbito da formação universitária. Por fim, apresento nexos desta discussão com a Educação Física, um campo do conhecimento ainda recente, em fase de afirmação no amplo espectro acadêmico-científico contemporâneo.
Uzaktan Eğitim Döneminde Rehberlik Hizmetlerinin Öğrenci Deneyimleri Açısından Değerlendirilmesi
Authors: AKYAY Melek , YILDIZHAN Beyza Sultan
Published: July 2022

COVID-19 pandemisi nedeniyle ülkemizde acil uzaktan eğitime geçilmiştir. Bu doğrultuda rehberlik ve psikolojik danışma hizmetleri de çevrimiçi ortamlara taşınmıştır. Rehberlik hizmetleri, öğrencilerin kişisel, mesleki ve psikolojik gelişimi açısından önemli bir yere sahiptir. Dolayısıyla bu araştırmanın amacı uzaktan eğitimde lise son sınıf öğrencilerinin rehberlik ve psikolojik danışma servisi deneyimlerinin açığa çıkarılmasıdır. Araştırma sonucunda elde edilecek bulgular ışığında, uzaktan eğitimde rehberlik hizmetlerinin eksik ve güçlü yönlerinin ortaya çıkarılması ve bu yönde önerilerin sunulması hedeflenmiştir. TÜBİTAK 2209-A programı kapsamında yürütülen bu araştırmada nitel araştırma yöntemlerinden olgu bilim deseni kullanılmıştır. Araştırmanın çalışma grubu Adana ili Seyhan ve Saimbeyli ilçelerinden, araştırmacılar tarafından belirlenmiş ölçütlere göre seçilen 10 kişiden oluşmaktadır. Katılımcılar belirlenirken amaçlı örnekleme yöntemlerinden ölçüt örnekleme yöntemi kullanılmıştır. Yarı yapılandırılmış görüşme formu araştırmacılar tarafından hazırlanmıştır. Elde edilen verilere içerik analizi uygulanmıştır. Araştırmanın sonucuna göre uzaktan eğitim döneminde rehberlik hizmetlerinden faydalanan öğrencilerin sorunlar yaşadığı ve bu sistemden memnun olmadıkları görülmüştür. Öğrenciler genellikle internet sorunu, dersin sorumlusuna ulaşamama, zamanın kısıtlı olması gibi sorunlar yaşamıştır. Araştırmanın sonucu doğrultusunda ortaya çıkan bulguların uzaktan eğitim sisteminde nelerin düzeltilmesi gerektiği gibi birçok konuya ışık tutacağı ve gelecek araştırmalar için öncü nitelikte olacağı düşünülmektedir. Araştırmadan elde edilen bulgulara dayanarak çevrimiçi ortamlarda sunulan rehberlik hizmetlerinin öğrenci görüşleri açısından değerlendirilmesi önerilmektedir. Böylece rehberlik hizmetlerinin gelişime açık yönleri ile zorlukları ortaya çıkarılmış olacaktır.
Importancia de la ritmicidad en la coordinación motriz en tiempos de la pandemia COVID-19
Authors: Eyzaguirre-Maldonado Edwin Héctor , Solis-Trujillo Beymar Pedro
Published: July 2022

La ritmicidad es un factor importante para el desarrollo de la coordinación motriz, que permite realizar los movimientos con una adecuada duración, frecuencia y economizando esfuerzo al cuerpo. El estudio tuvo como objetivo argumentar y sustentar la importancia de la capacidad rítmica en la coordinación motriz en el contexto de la pandemia COVID-19. La metodología aplicada fue el uso de la técnica de análisis de información sobre un tema; para ello, se realizó una revisión de artículos y publicaciones en revistas indexadas sobre la unidad de análisis que es la ritmicidad. Las conclusiones, relevantes son: La performance rítmica es importante en la persona porque permite la integración social, así como influye en los factores físicos, psicológicos y emocionales. Un adecuado desenvolvimiento o disponibilidad corporal tiene como base la regulación rítmica que se manifiesta en conductas positivas ante situaciones variadas de la vida diaria. La danza, como actividad rítmica genera procesos mentales de atención, y concentración que ayudan a consolidar una expresividad corporal y emocional equilibrada. El ritmo, como capacidad coordinativa influye significativamente en las demás capacidades como andamiaje fundamental para una regulación de la coordinación motriz en general. Los ritmos circadianos biológicos son un indicador de la presencia rítmica al interior de nuestro organismo que posibilita una regulación neuromotriz rítmica. La actividad rítmica sistematizada es una estrategia que promueve un accionar competente e idóneo en la persona. Su práctica debe incluir una combinación entre ritmo-cognición-socialización que se expresa en la danza y los bailes.
Ética social y desarrollo humano en educación superior: análisis comparado
Authors: Ramírez-Hernández Adoniram
Published: July 2022

El presente artículo ofrece examinar el contenido principal relativo a dos marcos normativos socioeducativos comparados, sobre la base de dimensiones en ética social y desarrollo humano. La literatura religiosa contemporánea suscita contenidos referenciales al aprendizaje ético-social con arreglo del pensamiento moral individual, de otra parte, el enfoque por capacidades globalizado sostiene que una política educativa utilitarista o mercantilista genera como punto de partida la desatención educativa-formativa en desarrollo humano. Metodológicamente, a través del análisis comparado se identifican premisas básicas paralelas y coetáneas en ambos marcos normativos, toda vez que, las premisas en la literatura de Jorge Bergoglio hipotéticamente coinciden con la propuesta afín del enfoque por capacidades de Amartya Sen y Martha Nussbaum. Por este motivo, los resultados se confirman y derivan en función de una visión ética social en desarrollo humano de raigambre espiritual para la educación superior. De ordinario, destacamos la relevancia de focalizar ambos marcos normativos como posibilidad armónica de mejora curricular en instituciones de educación superior, que tienen por objeto desarrollar un perfil de egreso ejercitante en competencias y capacidades. Se concluye que estas premisas se interpretan en clave ética-pragmática bajo tres dimensiones socioformativas genéricas: económica-evolutiva, ético-educativa y social-espiritual; apegadas a la construcción multitemática de ejes de actuación sustanciales en competencias y capacidades para la educación superior.
Manejo de información y desarrollo de competencias de los estudiantes peruanos durante la educación virtual
Authors: Chalco-Fernández Julio César , García-Huamán Marizol , Vila-Garrafa Jhakelinne Yovanna , Ccallohuanca-Mamani Lourdes , Salluca-Rodríguez Valeria Volodia , Higuera-Quispe Vilma
Published: July 2022

El objetivo del presente ensayo es analizar algunas cuestiones relacionadas con las responsabilidades tanto del magisterio como de los padres de familia y que fueron determinantes para que el mal manejo y control de la información, por parte de los estudiantes peruanos, redunde en problemas en el desarrollo de las competencias educativas durante el periodo de pandemia. Para lo cual, hemos planteado algunas ideas que nos ayudarán a explicar el problema. En primer lugar, no es posible replicar los logros de una educación presencial en una educación virtual. Por otra parte, la información que ofrece internet es importante para el desarrollo de capacidades, pero su uso requiere de una adecuada orientación y control: o que, dada su edad, los estudiantes tienden al inmediatismo y desechan el trabajo más elaborado (lo mismo sucede con el manejo de la información) y que. definitivamente hay una responsabilidad compartida entre padres y profesores, respecto a esta problemática. Finalmente, analizamos una contradicción: cuando la brecha digital era alta, los estudiantes tenían acceso a información física confiable; ahora que se ha acortado, el acceso a la información es mayor, pero también, los riesgos son mayores. La conclusión más importante a la que llegamos es que estamos más que convencidos que el mal uso y manejo de la información durante esta educación virtual ha sido determinante en el mediocre desempeño académico y otros problemas en el desarrollo de las competencias de las áreas de educación del sistema de educación básica peruano.
Pertinencia metodológica en las investigaciones educativas
Authors: Quispe Morales Rolando Alfredo
Published: July 2022

La investigación educativa, en nuestro país, viene tomando impulso en los últimos años como consecuencia de la dación de la ley 30220; sin embargo, se encuentra con grandes retos en su desarrollo que pasan por la carencia de diversos factores: económicos, profesionales, infraestructura, entre otros, que generan en muchos casos la conducción de la investigación de manera empírica. Esta situación se ve reflejada en los diversos trabajos de investigación publicados en los diferentes repositorios de la universidades, en las que se observa investigaciones con serias limitaciones metodológicas, siendo una de ellas la carencia de una pertinencia metodológica en las investigaciones, debido a que no presentan congruencia metodológica, expresada en la relación lógica entre el tipo, nivel, método, diseño y las técnicas e instrumentos de investigación requeridos por los objetivos e hipótesis establecidos en el proyecto elaborado y concordante con el paradigma epistemológico.
Neutrophil reactivity parameters in monitoring inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis
Authors: Zhelezko V. V. , Novikova I. A.
Published: July 2022

Objective. To assess the possibility of using blood neutrophil reactivity parameters to monitor the inflammatory process in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).Materials and methods. The parameters of the functional activity of neutrophils (netosis activity, absorbing capacity, production of active oxygen species and nitric oxide) were assessed in 61 patients with a verified RA diagnosis in the dynamics of inflammatory process.Results. In the patients, the values of netosis parameters (NETSP30, NETCT30, NETSP150, NETST150) and oxygen-producing activity (NSTSP) are increased during the exacerbation period compared to the clinical improvement phase. The threshold values of the parameters were determined using the categorical regression analysis, on the basis of which an assessment scoring system of the activity of inflammation in patients with RA has been proposed.Conclusion. The parameters for evaluating the functional activity of neutrophils (NETSP30, NETST30, NETSP150, NETST150 and NSTSP) are additional laboratory criteria for assessing the activity of inflammation in RA.
Colonized, critically colonized and infected wounds: differentiation using clinical and microbiological and morphological methods of investigation
Authors: Yarets Yu. I. , Slavnikov I. A. , Dundarov Z. A.
Published: July 2022

Objective. To analyze the clinical and microbiological and morphological features of wounds of different duration, allowing to differentiate the stages of the infectious process and to determine recommendations for further tactics of preoperative preparation.Materials and methods. Clinical and microbiological and morphological assessment of the state of acute and chronic wounds in 313 patients was performed.Results. Colonized wounds were characterized by the presence of pathological signs (atrophy, cicatricial changes) in fine-grained granulations, the frequency of which increased from 38.5% for wounds lasting 22–28 days up to 85.1% for wounds lasting more than 2 months (χ2 = 14.0 ; p=0.003). Infected wounds were more often detected at terms of 22–28 days (24.6%, vs 3.9% for wounds more than 2 months old, χ2=40.51; p<0.001). Critically colonized wounds made up with coarse-grained granulations were detected at all stages of wound existence (from 21.6 to 32.8%). The analysis of biopsy specimens revealed the initial signs of proliferation disorders in 22-28 day wounds, which justifies the need to classify them as chronic. Second phase reparation failure was detected in all cases of chronic wounds; the severity of the signs of purulent inflammation increased depending on the stage of the infectious process.Conclusion. Differentiation of the stages of the infectious process in wounds using the clinical and microbiological and morphological research methods is necessary for the determination of the indications for the use of local wound debridement and systemic antibiotic therapy at the stage of wound preparation for plastic closure.
Instrumental method with optical detection for evaluating the antimicrobial potential of materials used for medical mask production
Authors: Dudchik N. V.
Published: July 2022

Objective. To optimize the parameters for testing the antimicrobial activity of modified non-woven materials used for the production of medical masks against sanitary-indicative microorganisms and to quantify their antimicrobial potential using a method with optical detection.Materials and methods. The antimicrobial potential was assessed by simulating a direct contact of the material with antimicrobial impregnation under in vitro conditions by the method with optical detection based on the proposed marker Ts – the time it takes for a population of microorganisms to reach the stationary phase of development under conditions of periodic cultivation. The antimicrobial potential was calculated according to the proposed formula and evaluated in accordance with a reasonable quantitative scale.Results. In laboratory conditions, the parameters for testing the antimicrobial activity of nonwoven materials with antimicrobial treatment with zinc oxide - ZnO - using an instrumental method with optical detection have been optimized. It was found that the sample obtained using electron beam spraying from the active gas phase demonstrated more pronounced antimicrobial potential of AMP against the tested strains of Staphylococcus aureus compared with the sample obtained by wet chemistry impregnation from a solution in vacuum.Conclusion. An instrumental method with optical detection for quantitive assessment of the antimicrobial potential of nonwoven materials has been developed. The criterion-significant marker Ts (the time it takes a population of microorganisms to reach the stationary phase of development in a periodic culture system) has been substantiated, and a discrete scale for assessing the antimicrobial potential has been proposed.
La pandemia del covid-19, una visión desde la tecnología
Authors: Briseño López Armando
Published: July 2022

El presente artículo está desarrollado desde la perspectiva personal, y se ha tomado como experiencia la incursión en varios campos del desarrollo tecnológico de nuestro país. Hablar de tecnología en tiempos del coronavirus significa incursionar en un campo muy amplio y con un sinnúmero de aristas; sin embargo, en tiempos de pandemia parece que hay una ley mordaza en el campo tecnológico, en nuestro territorio nacional. Como referente obligado está China, país al que se debe seguir mirando, y no solo por haberse originado allí el coronavirus, en la ciudad de Wuhan; también porque allí se está desplegando todo tipo de tecnologías para luchar contra la enfermedad. Antes de este episodio, el continente asiático, y en especial China, ya daba grandes pasos en tecnología de última generación, en conexión con todos los campos de la vida. Al mismo tiempo, revolucionaba los mercados en el mundo y obligaba a muchos países a cambiar sus estrategias comerciales; por ello se decía que el dragón chino había despertado. Por lo tanto, no debe sorprendernos que meses antes de la pandemia, por distintos lugares, como hoteles, restaurantes, hospitales y muchas cadenas de servicios, se podían ver robots que atendían al público, así como en incontables actividades del sector productivo. Ahora se observan robots desinfectantes, cascos inteligentes, drones equipados con cámaras térmicas y hasta un avanzado software de reconocimiento facial. Es así como el sector sanitario se está beneficiando de la tecnología, para identificar los síntomas del coronavirus, y ha encontrado nuevos tratamientos, a la vez que ha controlado la propagación de la enfermedad
Pan-Arctic soil element availability estimations
Authors: Stimmler Peter , Goeckede Mathias , Elberling Bo , Natali Susan , Kuhry Peter , Perron Nia , Lacroix Fabrice , Hugelius Gustaf , Sonnentag Oliver , Strauss Jens , Minions Christina , Sommer Michael , Schaller Jörg
Published: July 2022

Abstract. Arctic soils store large amounts of organic carbon and other elements such as amorphous silica, silicon, calcium, iron, aluminium, and phosphorous. Global warming is projected to be most pronounced in the Arctic leading to thawing permafrost, which in turn is changing the soil element availability. To project how biogeochemical cycling in Arctic ecosystems will be affected by climate change, there is a need for data on element availability. Here, we analysed amorphous silica (ASi), silicon (Si), calcium (Ca), iron (Fe), phosphorus (P), and aluminium (Al) availability from 574 soil samples from the circumpolar Arctic region. We show large differences in ASi, Si, Ca, Fe, P, and Al availability among different lithologies and Arctic regions. We summarized these data in pan-Arctic maps of ASi, Si, Ca, Fe, P, and Al concentrations focussing on the top 100 cm of Arctic soil. Furthermore, we provide values for element availability for the organic and the mineral layer of the seasonally thawing active layer as well as for the uppermost permafrost layer. Our spatially explicit data on differences in the availability of elements between the different lithological classes and regions now and in the future will improve Arctic Earth system models for estimating current and future carbon and nutrient feedbacks under climate change.
TiP-Leaf: A dataset of leaf traits across vegetation types on the Tibetan Plateau
Authors: Jin Yili , Wang Haoyan , Xia Jie , Ni Jian , Li Kai , Hou Ying , Hu Jing , Wei Linfeng , Wu Kai , Xia Haojun , Zhou Borui
Published: July 2022

Abstract. Functional trait databases are emerging as a crucial tool for a wide range of ecological studies including the next-generation vegetation modeling across the world. However, few large-scale studies have been reported on plant traits in the Tibetan Plateau (TP), the cradle of East Asian flora and fauna with specific alpine ecosystems, no report on plant trait databases could be found. Here an extensive dataset of 11 leaf functional traits (TiP-Leaf) for mainly herbs and shrubs and a few trees on the TP was compiled through field surveys. The TiP-Leaf dataset, compiled from 336 sites distributed mainly in the plateau surface and the northern margin of the TP across alpine and temperate vegetation regions and sampled from 2018 to 2021, contains 1692 morphological trait measurements of leaf thickness, leaf fresh weight, leaf dry weight, leaf dry-matter content, leaf water content, leaf area, specific leaf area and leaf mass per area and 1645 chemical element trait measurements of leaf carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus contents. Thus, 468 species belonging to 184 genera and 51 families were obtained and measured. In addition to leaf trait measurements, geographic coordinates, bioclimate variables, disturbance intensity and vegetation types of each site were also recorded. The dataset could provide solid data support for effectively quantifying the modern ecological features of alpine ecosystems, further evaluating the response of alpine ecosystem to climate change and human disturbances and improving the next-generation vegetation model. It could be a great contribution to the regional and global plant trait databases. The dataset is available from the National Tibetan Plateau Data Center (TPDC; Jin et al., 2022; https://doi.org/10.11888/Terre.tpdc.272516).
Twelve years profile soil moisture and temperature measurements in Twente, the Netherlands
Authors: van der Velde Rogier , Benninga Harm-Jan F. , Retsios Bas
Published: July 2022

Abstract. Spread across the Twente and neighbouring regions in the east of the Netherlands, a network of 20 profile soil moisture and temperature (5 cm, 10 cm, 20 cm, 40 cm and 80 cm) monitoring stations has been operational since 2009. In addition, field campaigns have been conducted covering the growing seasons of 2009, 2015, 2016 and 2017 during which soil sampling rings and handheld probes were used to measure the soil moisture content of in total 28 fields near 12 different monitoring stations. In this paper, we describe the design of the monitoring network and the field campaigns, adopted instrumentation, experimental setup, field sampling strategies, and the development of sensor calibration functions. The maintenance and quality control procedures, known issues specific to the Twente network, and time series of profile soil moisture and groundwater level for three stations are discussed. Further, an overview is provided of open third-party datasets (i.e. land cover/use, soil information, elevation, groundwater and meteorological observations) that can support the use and analysis of the Twente soil moisture and temperature datasets beyond the scope of this contribution. The data discussed are publicly available at https://doi.org/10.17026/dans-xr2-m6d8 (Van der Velde and Benninga, 2022) under the Creative Commons, CC BY 4.0 license.
Suspended sediment and discharge dynamics in a glaciated alpine environment: identifying crucial areas and time periods on several spatial and temporal scales in the Ötztal, Austria
Authors: Schmidt Lena Katharina , Francke Till , Rottler Erwin , Blume Theresa , Schöber Johannes , Bronstert Axel
Published: July 2022

Abstract. Glaciated high-alpine areas are fundamentally altered by
climate change, with well-known implications for hydrology, e.g., due to
glacier retreat, longer snow-free periods, and more frequent and intense
summer rainstorms. While knowledge on how these hydrological changes will
propagate to suspended sediment dynamics is still scarce, it is needed to
inform mitigation and adaptation strategies. To understand the processes and
source areas most relevant to sediment dynamics, we analyzed discharge and
sediment dynamics in high temporal resolution as well as their patterns on
several spatial scales, which to date few studies have done. We used a nested catchment setup in the Upper Ötztal in Tyrol, Austria,
where high-resolution (15 min) time series of discharge and suspended
sediment concentrations are available for up to 15 years (2006–2020). The
catchments of the gauges in Vent, Sölden and Tumpen range from 100 to
almost 800 km2 with 10 % to 30 % glacier cover and span an
elevation range of 930 to 3772 m a.s.l. We analyzed discharge and suspended
sediment yields (SSY), their distribution in space, their seasonality and
spatial differences therein, and the relative importance of short-term
events. We complemented our analysis by linking the observations to
satellite-based snow cover maps, glacier inventories, mass balances and
precipitation data. Our results indicate that the areas above 2500 m a.s.l., characterized by
glacier tongues and the most recently deglaciated areas, are crucial for
sediment generation in all sub-catchments. This notion is supported by the
synchronous spring onset of sediment export at the three gauges, which
coincides with snowmelt above 2500 m but lags behind spring discharge
onsets. This points at a limitation of suspended sediment supply as long as
the areas above 2500 m are snow-covered. The positive correlation of annual
SSY with glacier cover (among catchments) and glacier mass balances (within a
catchment) further supports the importance of the glacier-dominated areas.
The analysis of short-term events showed that summer precipitation events
were associated with peak sediment concentrations and yields but on average
accounted for only 21 % of the annual SSY in the headwaters. These
results indicate that under current conditions, thermally induced sediment
export (through snow and glacier melt) is dominant in the study area. Our results extend the scientific knowledge on current
hydro-sedimentological conditions in glaciated high-alpine areas and provide
a baseline for studies on projected future changes in hydro-sedimentological
system dynamics.
Using a surrogate-assisted Bayesian framework to calibrate the runoff-generation scheme in the Energy Exascale Earth System Model (E3SM) v1
Authors: Xu Donghui , Bisht Gautam , Sargsyan Khachik , Liao Chang , Leung L. Ruby
Published: July 2022

Abstract. Runoff is a critical component of the terrestrial water cycle, and
Earth system models (ESMs) are essential tools to study its spatiotemporal
variability. Runoff schemes in ESMs typically include many parameters so that model calibration is necessary to improve the accuracy of simulated runoff. However, runoff calibration at a global scale is challenging because of the high computational cost and the lack of reliable observational datasets. In this study, we calibrated 11 runoff relevant parameters in the Energy Exascale Earth System Model (E3SM) Land Model (ELM) using a surrogate-assisted Bayesian framework. First, the polynomial chaos expansion machinery with Bayesian compressed sensing is used to construct computationally inexpensive surrogate models for ELM-simulated runoff at 0.5∘ × 0.5∘ for 1991–2010. The error metric between the ELM simulations and the benchmark data is selected to construct the surrogates, which facilitates efficient calibration and avoids the more conventional, but challenging, construction of high-dimensional surrogates for the ELM simulated runoff. Second, the Sobol' index sensitivity analysis is performed using the surrogate models to identify the most sensitive parameters, and our results show that, in most regions, ELM-simulated runoff is strongly sensitive to 3 of the 11 uncertain parameters. Third, a Bayesian method is used to infer the optimal values of the most sensitive parameters using an observation-based global runoff dataset as the benchmark. Our results show that model performance is significantly improved with the inferred parameter values. Although the parametric uncertainty of simulated runoff is reduced after the parameter inference, it remains comparable to the multimodel ensemble uncertainty represented by the global hydrological models in ISMIP2a. Additionally, the annual global runoff trend during the simulation period is not well constrained by the inferred parameter values, suggesting the importance of including parametric uncertainty in future runoff projections.