bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Vaccination programs, parity, and calving season as factors affecting the risk of fetal losses and mummified fetuses in Holstein cows
Authors: Mellado Miguel , Nájera Omar , Mellado Jesús , García José E. , Macías-Cruz Ulises , Rodríguez Álvaro F. , Meza-Herrera Cesar A. , Avendaño-Reyes Leonel
Published: July 2021

Aim of the study: To investigate vaccination programs, parity, and calving season as factors affecting the risk of abortion and mummified fetuses in Holstein cows.Area of study: Hot zone of Northeast Mexico.Material and methods: Multiple logistic regression models were used to examine the relationship between peripartum disorders, parity, previous occurrence of abortion, season of calving, vaccination program, incidence of abortion, and mummified fetuses in Holstein cows.Main results: For 7014 pregnancies (2886 cows), the percentage of cows aborting and having mummified fetuses was 17.7% and 1.1%, respectively. As the number of brucellosis vaccinations increased, the incidence of abortion increased (10.4% for a single vaccination and 38.0% for 6 accumulated vaccinations). Abortion for cows having 1-2 previous abortions (56%) and >2 abortions (77%) was fivefold and sevenfold greater (p<0.01), respectively, than that for cows without previous abortion. Other important risk factors for abortion were number of calvings (19.8% for nulliparous and primiparous vs. 13.8% for >3 parturitions; OR=1.7, p<0.01), leptospirosis vaccine application <55 days postpartum (dpp; OR=1.3, p<0.05), viral vaccine application >37 dpp (OR=1.3, p<0.01), brucellosis vaccine application >20 dpp (OR=1.6, p<0.01), and no application of clostridial vaccine (OR=3.7, p<0.01). Significant risk factors for mummified fetuses were application of ≥3 brucellosis vaccinations (OR=3.3, p<0.01), no application of 10-way clostridial vaccine (OR=2.3, p<0.01), >2 previous abortions (OR=18.4, p<0.01), and calving in autumn (OR=0.4, compared to winter, p<0.05).Research highlights: Risk of abortion and mummified fetuses in Holstein cows has been found to be related to vaccination programs.
The Feasibility of Controlled Environment in Horticulturally Poor Region: The Case of New Brunswick in Canada
Authors: Charlebois Sylvain , Faires Shannon , Music Janet , Williams Kent
Published: July 2021

More than 90% of the money spent on food in the Canadian province of New Brunswick was spent on food that was imported to the province from either other provinces or out of the country. The feasibility of controlled environment agriculture in the Canadian province of New Brunswick depends on a large variety of factors, some of which have no available data. Few studies have looked at this issue, including consumers’ willingness to pay for locally grown produce in that region. The study aims at understanding how agriculture can serve the region differently to increase its food autonomy and how consumers would be receptive to more locally grown produce. From the information in the survey conducted, unless CEA (Controlled Environment Agriculture) crops can compete with conventionally grown and imported alternatives pricewise, it could face many issues in New Brunswick and Canada considering the economic uncertainties surrounding COVID-19. Canadians were also surveyed specifically about paying a premium for food that they considered local, not necessarily Canada as a whole, and many of the larger regions in Canada, such as Ontario and Quebec, consider food grown within their region as local – a definition which would not include New Brunswick.
3D Dead
Authors: Robbins Schug Gwen , Killgrove Kristina , Atkin Alison , Baron Krista
Published: July 2021

Humans have interacted with the remains of our dead for aesthetic and ritual purposes for millennia, and we have utilized them for medical, educational, and scholarly pursuits for several centuries. Recently, it has become possible to use digital technologies such as 3D scanners and printers for reconstructing, representing, and disseminating bodies. At the same time, there is growing interest among academics and curators in taking a more reflexive approach to the ethical and social dimensions of conservation. This paper considers theoretical and practical aspects of ethics as they apply to the 3D scanning and printing of human skeletal remains for curation or dissemination, provides case studies from our work in the United States, and suggests guidelines for best practices.

 

Los seres humanos hemos interactuado con los restos humanos de nuestros muertos por razones estéticas y rituales por milenios. Asimismo, estos restos han sido utilizados para conducir investigaciones médicas, educativas, y académicas por varios siglos. Recientemente, con la ayuda de la tecnología digital de los escáneres e impresoras 3D ha sido posible reconstruir, representar, y difundir estos cuerpos. Al mismo tiempo, los académicos y los conservadores proponen ser más reflexivos al lidiar con las dimension eséticas y sociales del campo de la conservación. Este artículo considera los aspectos teóricos y prácticos de la ética de los escaneos e impresiones 3D de restos óseos humanos para su conservación y diseminación, aporta casos prácticos de nuestros trabajos investigativos en los Estados Unidos como ejemplos, y sugiere normas para una práctica adecuada.
Basilio y Agustín: Predicando sobre el cuidado de los pobres
Authors: Baker Kimberly F. ,   Order of Augustinian Recollects
Published: July 2021

In their preaching on care for the poor, Basil and Augustine call for a transformation of one’s relationships. While the Roman patronage system rested on relationships of privilege and dependency, Basil and Augustine cultivate a different type of relationship between the giver and receiver of charity, a relationship based not on status and need but on a shared life and identity. For Basil, that relationship is rooted in the common humanity of all people, regardless of economic or social status. Giving is natural in Basil’s worldview because humanity shares in a common human nature and thus holds all goods in common. Those who fail to share with others risk cutting themselves off from their human nature. Basil’s call to care for the poor is a call to recognize that to be human is to share in what is κοινός, held in common. And for Augustine, the relationship of giver and receiver is grounded in Christ. In loving others, Christians come to discover Christ not only present in them, by virtue of their baptism, but also present in those they serve, wherever there is human need, as promised in Matthew 25. Augustine draws the attention of Christians to those in need, including those outside the usual ties of kinship and citizenship, and even church membership, and teaches them to see in the poor, people of dignity, defined not by dependency but by Christ’s loving solidarity. In laying claim to a common bond between giver and receiver, Basil and Augustine offer a counter-cultural social vision in which giver and receiver are defined not by power or need, but by mutuality and love.
¿Por qué «suicidas» en lugar de «mártires»?
Authors: Buenacasa Carles ,   Order of Augustinian Recollects
Published: July 2021

Catholic and Donatist sources demonstrate the importance that Donatism attached to the veneration of martyrs, whose acts were read during the feasts dedicated to them. This cult was one of the uestigia ecclesiae that linked Catholicism and Donatism. Therefore, it was important for Catholics to prove that not all those who were said to have died in the name of Christ should be considered martyrs. Augustine’s literary activity displayed a plethora of arguments seeking to show Donatists that these dotes ecclesiae did not really benefit them: martyres non facit poena, sed causa (c. Cresc. 3, 47, 51). At the same time, he strove to invalidate the justification of martyrdom that Donatists used to take from the Book of the Maccabees (Razias’ episode). According to Augustine, the tombs of Donatist martyrs came to be considered special pilgrimage sites due to the miracles and apparitions that were said to take place there. Such pilgrimages were an important source of income for the Donatist Church, generated by accommodations, religious souvenirs, food, and clothing of the pilgrims. These incomes were vital for the survival of the Donatist Church, since, unlike the Catholic Church, it could not count on imperial patronage. If the Donatists were deprived of private patronage they would end up in serious financial trouble. This article aims to analyze the Catholic/Donatist debates around the concept of martyrdom as well as the economical background underlying the efforts made by Catholics to present Donatist martyrs as mere suicides.
Quid faciunt hirci in grege Dei? Parenética, polémica e historia social en el s. 47 de Agustín
Authors: Colantuono Gaetano ,   Order of Augustinian Recollects
Published: July 2021

The article deals with s. 47, stressing the lexical, linguistic, rhetoric, symbolic, argumentative aspects, related to three main topics: 1) The exegetical and controversial elements of the symbolic value of goats (hirci); (2) the analysis of the vocabulary and of the polemical antidonatist motives in the homily; (3) the legal influence (also at the lexical level) as part of the controversial christian homiletics in post-Theodosian age.
Searching for Wisdom
Authors: Dadosky John ,   Philosophy Documentation Center
Published: July 2021

Sophiology has come to the fore over the past century due in large part to the Russian sophiologists and the rise of feminist hermeneutics. Nevertheless, sophiology remains suspect in many circles due to a lack of clarity as to the status Sophia, on the one hand, and a resistance to it due to its challenge to ‘traditional’ images of God as male, on the other hand. This article takes the theological ambiguities surrounding the ontological status of Sophia, the Wisdom of God, as a context for approaching a systematic clarification that may assist a broader reception of sophiology into mainstream theology.
Međuzavisnot berzanskih indeksa sa vodećih tržišta kapitala: SAD, Nemačka i Japan
Authors: Milena  , Mihailovic Ivan , Dimitrijević Ognjen
Published: July 2021

U kontekstu globalizacije, usled ubrzanog procesa ekonomske integracije zemalja i finansijskih tržišta, međuzavisnost vodećih svetskih finansijskih tržišta je više nego očigledna. U ovom radu istražena je međuzavisnost berzanskih indeksa sa vodećih tržišta kapitala u svetu: SAD-u, Evropskoj uniji i Aziji. Namera autora je da utvrdi smer uzročnosti između posmatranih tržišta kapitala, kao i da li se i kako poremećaji na jednom prenose na ostala tržišta. Metodologija istraživanja uključuje proveru stacionarnosti, postojanje kointegracije, zatim primenu vektorskog autoregresionog modela (VAR) koji je upotpunjen Grendžerovim testom uzročnosti i analizom funkcije impulsnog odziva (IRF). Rezultati istraživanja su sledeći. Johansenov test kointegracije je pokazao da između posmatranih tržišta ne postoji dugoročna ravnotežna veza dok je Grejndžerov test pokazao da između tržišta kapitala Nemačke i SAD-a postoji obostrana uzročnost. Što se tiče japanskog indeksa, statistički su značajna prethodna dešavanja u Nemačkoj i u SAD-u, ali prethodna dešavanja na berzi u Tokiju ne mogu da objasne kretanja u Nemačkoj i SAD-u. U skladu sa rezultatima IRF analize, šokovi koji se mogu pojaviti na tržištu SAD-a imaju skoro identičan uticaj na svim posmatranim tržištima. Sa druge strane, poremećaji na japanskom tržištu se ne prenose na nemačko i američko tržište, tj. ostaju u Japanu
Inclusion – movement for open and fair education
Authors: Nikčević Ivan , Krulj Jelena , Krulj-Mladenovic Milica , Jokanović Vesna
Published: July 2021

Education is of inestimable importance for a person. The process of education implies the acquisition of knowledge and acquisition of skills and habits for developing abilities, forming a view of the world, as well as nurturing work on self-learning. However, there are also students with special educational needs who need to be included in the educational process. Inclusion is a new model of organized teaching and learning that implies not only the inclusion of children with disabilities in the regular educational system, but also the inclusion of the child in the social life of the community at all levels. Within the model of inclusive teaching, the rights of every child to education have been recognized and conditions have been created for the realization of that right. The sources of legal regulations on which inclusive education relies can be found in internationally ratified documents and documents of a national character that relate in whole or in part to inclusion. Having in mind the topicality of this problem and its application in the education system, inclusive education should be the subject of further research in our environment, because previous research has mainly focused on examining attitudes towards children with disabilities in inclusive education.
Okinawa Trough geophysical and topographic modeling by GDAL utilities and GRASS GIS
Authors: Lemenkova Polina
Published: July 2021

This paper presents using GDAL utilities and GRASS GIS for topographic analysis of the raster grids based on GEBCO DEM as NetCDF file at 15 arc-second intervals. The focus study area encompasses the area around Okinawa Trough, Ryukyu trench-arc system, southern Japan, East China Sea and the Philippine Sea, West Pacific Ocean. Several GDAL utilities were applied for data processing: gdaldem, gdalwarp, gdalinfo, gdal_translate. The data were imported to GRASS GIS via r.in.gdal. Data visualization highlighted high resolution and accuracy of GEBCO grid, enabling topographic modelling at the advanced level. The algorithm of DEM processing, implemented in GDAL utility gdaldem, was used for generating multi-purpose topographic models: aspect, hillshade, roughness and topographic indices, such as Topographic Position Index (TPI), Terrain Ruggedness Index (TRI). Thematic maps (topography, geoid, marine free-air gravity) were visualized using GRASS GIS modules for raster (d.rast, r.colors, r.contour) and vector (d.vect, v.in.region, d.legend) data processing. The results demonstrated smoother bathymetry in the East China Sea and rugged relief in the Philippine Sea which corresponds to their different geological and geophysical settings. The presented methodology of the topographic analysis based on DEM demonstrated technical aspects of GDAL and GRASS as scripting approach of advanced cartography.
Responsible research and innovation (RRI) in Hungary: A Western model, an Eastern illiberal regime, and a case of deferred institutional adaptation
Authors: Varju Márton
Published: July 2021

Responsible research and innovation (RRI) is a mode of research, development and innovation (RDI) governance which has proliferated primarily in European states with a tradition and/or culture of participatory and deliberative technology governance. It assumes the existence of open, transparent and accessible policy-making processes, and a culture of responsibility and accountability in government and in the private domain. In Hungary, where RDI is supposed to be the key to economic competitiveness, RRI has never taken root. Examining the regulation of the Hungarian RDI system, it becomes clear that there is a significant degree of institutional incompatibility with the solutions promoted by RRI. More significantly, the contemporary system of government and administration and the prevailing model of policy-making and governance prevent or exclude deliberately the implementation of RRI.
Interpretation and construction: An addendum to the discussion about creation and application of law
Authors: Spaić Bojan
Published: July 2021

As part of their regular activities, courts attach meaning to legal texts to determine the normative situation of the parties to the dispute. The activity of attributing meaning to legal texts by the courts is commonly called authoritative interpretation of law. In many cases, the meaning attributed to the text by the court deviates significantly from what laymen and even lawyers would expect, and the deviations themselves are explained in different ways in legal theory. In the purpose of explanation, the terms creation and application of law, extensive and restrictive interpretation, secundum, praeter and contra legem adjudication are used. This paper introduces and explains the concepts of interpretation, construction and their relationship, as possible explanations of situations in which authoritative judicial interpretations deviate from the expectations of the professional and lay public. For this purpose, contemporary textualist and intentionalist (cognitivist) conceptions of interpretation and construction are presented and compared with contemporary skeptical (realist, antiformalist) conceptions. Despite the simplicity and intuitive acceptability of some cognitivist views, skepticism is shown to provide a better theoretical basis for considering the application and creation of rights by courts. The very distinction between interpretation and construction proves to be a useful theoretical tool for explaining the actions of courts, as well as for specifying existing theoretical distinctions.
Facebook Oversight Board's decision on the indefinite suspension of Donald Trump's account
Authors: Vukčević Ivana
Published: July 2021

On May 5, 2021 Facebook Oversight Board, a global body created by the company to act as an independent appeals mechanism for Facebook's content moderation, issued its highly awaited decision concerning the "indefinite suspension" of former US President Donald Trump's account. The suspension was originally imposed by Facebook between January 6 and 7, 2021 for Trump's posts related to the attacks on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. This case note shows the Oversight Board's almost exclusive reliance on international human rights standards in deciding the case. It sees it as a positive development. Additionally, the author argues that the decision also highlights Facebook's struggle and potential lack of willingness to develop a unified approach to its treatment of political leaders and the company's reluctance to grapple with the way its business model has potentially contributed to violent events, including the attacks on the Capitol Hill on January 6, 2021.
Cities as ways of worldmaking
Authors: Carter Curtis
Published: July 2021

The theme of "Ways of Worldmaking" appears in the writings of philosophers such as Ernst Cassirer and Nelson Goodman. Cassirer takes up this theme in Language and Myth (Tr. by Susan Langer (Harper, 1946)), and Goodman addresses "The Ways of World Making" in his book bearing the same title (Hackett, 1978, 1981). Both philosophers cite the arts as key ways of world making in their function as various forms of symbols. Following the insights of Cassirer and Goodman, "Ways of Worldmaking" is explored here first in reference to an imaginative world making roles of works of the arts that relate to cities. Examples including the literary works of J. R. R. Tolkien, an opera by Kurt Weill and Berthold Brecht, a film by Chinese artist Xu Bing, New York's Hudson Yards, the biggest private real estate development in US history to date, are used as instances of worldmaking in the arts and city development.
Buildings speak to us
Authors: Erzen Jale
Published: July 2021

Starting with a critical view of the general architectural and urban structures of today my paper will present buildings comparable to the body, thus their expression and the meanings they invoke will be presented as a language of form that affect the behavior and psychology of urban residents. Referring to the architectural criticisms of George Bataille, it is argued that the physicality of buildings are valuable insofar as they transcend materiality and lead to symbols and spirituality. Buildings are viewed as presenting different characteristics and attitudes depending on their form. Architecture is also viewed as the product of labour and thus a communal creation that has its roots in the origins of human culture. Each different institution has evolved historically from different senses becoming cultural articulations and resulting in architectures that connect people in enjoyment of shared interests. It is further argued that urban and spatial forms that are confusing as to their boundaries and appertainance can cause confusion and negative reactions. Thus it is important that urban forms' language is positive and clear.
Hegel's aesthetics and Soviet Marxism: Mikhail Lifshits's Communist ideal
Authors: Harutyunyan Angela
Published: July 2021

This paper discusses the materialist reading of Hegel's Aesthetics by Soviet philosopher Mikhail Lifshits in his writings in the 1930s. Engaged in the development of Soviet Marxian aesthetic theory, Lifshits adapted the Hegelian conception of art as a form of truth and actualisation of the Idea in a sensible form as ideal. However, he rejected Hegel's tragic fatalism regarding the historical fate of arts and their sublation in a new supra-sensual stage of the Spirit's development. Lifshits sought the only answer to the historical destiny of arts in the Marxian dialectic of history. Here, he identified the aesthetic ideal with the realisation of communism. It is on this basis that throughout the 1930s Soviet aesthetic theory combined readings of Hegel, Marx, Engels and Lenin in order to develop its own version of art's autonomy, one that was anchored in the concept of the ideal. The ideal in its historical and trans-historical dimension was seen as bridging between sensuousness and truth, and pointing towards the Communist ideal. The paper argues that this concept of the ideal pointed towards a dialectical futurity that could not succumb to the official Stalinist formulations of dialectical materialism. Unlike the Stalinist victory of "socialism in one country" as the consummation of the historical dialectic, the question of the historical destiny of arts pointed at communism as an incomplete and yet historically actualisable ideal.
Synthesis of the legal text and the program code: The case of the Ricardian Contract
Authors: Cvetković Predrag
Published: July 2021

The aim of a contract is to provide legal certainty to the parties and to define the toolkit of remedies available in the event of a dispute. In modern business practice, the ultimate goal of a contract is to eliminate or reduce the possibility of legal liability; the issue of efficiency and effectiveness of contract implementation is not the primary goal. The impact of technology in the concept of contract creation, implementation and control has redefined the traditional approach which implies that contracts are written by "lawyers for lawyers". The contemporary practice bears witness of the correlation and intertwining of law and technology in a way that exceeds the scope and goes beyond the relationship between the regulator and the regulated object; in effect, technology becomes an organic element of law, its origin, application, control and development. A smart contract, as an example of the influence of technology in the field of regulating contractual relations, automatically activates the obligation, in accordance with the terms and conditions that the parties agreed upon and entered in the program code. Based on the Blockchain technology, a smart contract profoundly changes the paradigm of trust in a person with the paradigm of trust in a program code. The basic limitation of smart contracts is their capacity to convert complex legal concepts into the computational form readable by a program code. Thus, they cannot function in a pure form (entirely defined by a program code). The code needs to be complemented by text. The legal form that should bridge the gap between the smart contract and the traditional contract is the Ricardian agreement. The Ricardian contract uses the best from both worlds. On the one hand, the key terms of the contract are in software-readable program code format; on the other hand, more complex provisions that are not suitable for conversion into an algorithm are contained in additional instructions that are part of the Ricardian agreement. In terms of legal obligation, the Ricardian contract reflects exclusively and only the intention of the parties, without implying a legal obligation that could be formally established only by concluding the intended future agreement. As such, the Ricardian contract can play the role of a guide for the interpretation of the prospective agreement, which gives it a certain value in case of a dispute.
Tax fraud as the most severe form of tax evasion: Review of legislation and practice in Serbia
Authors: Dimić Suzana
Published: July 2021

Bearing in mind that taxation reduces disposable income, taxpayers' resistance to tax compliance is quite understandable. For this reason, the contemporary financial theory and practice pay special attention to the popularization of taxes, with special reference to the purpose of taxation. Taxes are acceptable to taxpayers insofar as they are used for funding public goods which are at the disposal of taxpayers as beneficiaries. Unlike other criminal offenses, where the detrimental effect may be directly visible, the immediate detrimental effect of tax offenses is not transparent. It generates a significant problem: there is a psychological effect that tax offences cause little or negligible social danger, which cannot be accepted as true. In effect, tax offenses entail very harmful and socially dangerous conduct because they threaten the fiscal interests of the state. Timely payment of taxes and other dues ensures continuity in financing public needs and provide for the proper functioning of the state. In case of tax evasion, or tax fraud as its most aggravated form, the state is deprived of the amount of revenue that would have been collected had all taxpayers abided by their tax liability. This paper focuses on the normative framework in the Republic of Serbia and the basic issues arising in practice, which are the result of the long-standing lenient penal policy of Serbian courts and numerous problems encountered in tax evasion proceedings (ranging from difficulties in conducting a financial investigation to the judges' professional competences and relevant knowledge to adjudicate cases in this field). In view of the harmful consequences for the fiscal system of the state, the question arises whether tax evasion and tax fraud have been relevantly criminalized in Serbian legislation. It seems that the latest amendments, which have increased the census (the amount of evaded tax) for the existence of this crime, will entail "moving away" from an adequate condemnation of such socially unacceptable conduct. This can only adversely affect the already low level of tax morale in Serbia.
Desajustes entre las percepciones familiares y docentes sobre la implicación parental. Un estudio etnográfico en la educación secundaria obligatoria
Authors: Alonso Carmona Carlos
Published: July 2021

El artículo analiza cómo el profesorado percibe la implicación escolar de los progenitores del alumnado y compara dichas percepciones con la implicación declarada por los propios progenitores. Se realizaron entrevistas en profundidad a madres y padres de alumnado de secundaria en dos momentos de la carrera escolar filial y se realizó observación etnográfica en los institutos a los que acuden los hijos e hijas. Los resultados muestran importantes distancias entre las percepciones del profesorado y los comportamientos expuestos por las familias. Los docentes sobreestiman el apoyo parental que recibe el alumnado de alto rendimiento, e infraestiman el apoyo que recibe el alumnado de bajo rendimiento. Las estrategias y actitudes de los hijos e hijas juegan un papel clave para explicar estas percepciones.
The utility of voluntary weighing in captive group-living rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta)
Authors: Zijlmans DGM , Vernes MK , Sterck EHM , Langermans JAM
Published: July 2021

Bodyweight is an important health and welfare indicator for captive non-human primates (NHPs). Bodyweight can be measured during routine handling procedures, which cause stress. Alternatively, animals can be trained to step onto a scale, but training success varies greatly between individuals. Being able to weigh animals regularly without having to handle or train them is thus desirable for monitoring animal health and welfare. This study investigates the utility, ie the participation, reliability and time investment, of voluntary weighing in captive NHPs living in large social groups. Subjects of the study were 92 rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) housed in four social groups at the Biomedical Primate Research Centre in Rijswijk, The Netherlands. A scale was placed in their home enclosure during several sessions. Individuals were unwilling to step onto an unbaited scale. When likeable food items were used to attract individuals to the scale, 68% of them stepped onto the scale. Age and dominance rank did not affect stepping onto the scale, whereas exploratory tendency and social group did. The level of agreement between bodyweight by voluntary weighing and bodyweight measured during sedation was very high. These results show that the majority of rhesus macaques in social groups can be weighed voluntarily and that voluntary weighing is reliable. When optimising and further developing the method, voluntary weighing can form a valuable tool in the captive management of NHPs.
Your happiness or mine: Influence of affective states and level of contact on public perceptions of elephant tourism
Authors: Weston ME , Mills KE , von Keyserlingk MAG
Published: July 2021

Many captive Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) in Thailand participate in the tourism industry at attractions known as ‘elephant camps.’ There has been significant criticism of low welfare venues, where the elephants may experience injuries, poor nutrition, unnatural social environments and aversive handling. Despite increasing concern for animal welfare, the general public often have difficulty identifying the welfare issues affecting captive animals. The aim of this study was to investigate participants’ willingness to support an elephant attraction and their perceived emotional value from the experience, based on the affective state of the captive elephant and their level of contact with it. Participants (n = 590) from the United States were randomly assigned to one of four vignettes (using a 2 × 2 experimental design) that described an elephant attraction, varying the affective state of the elephant (feels excellent, feels terrible) and the level of contact they could have with the elephant (low, high). A mixed methods approach was used, where participants provided answers to Likert-type questions, followed by an open-ended response. Participants showed greater willingness to support the elephant attraction and greater perceived emotional value from the experience when the elephant felt excellent, as opposed to when the elephant felt terrible. There were no significant differences between low and high contact for the measures included in this study. Qualitative responses varied greatly, with participants making many assumptions about the elephant and the attraction, revealing potential misconceptions that they had regarding the welfare of captive elephants. This research may be used to encourage a shift in tourism preferences to venues that reflect positive elephant welfare.
Welfare of broiler chickens reared under two different types of housing
Authors: Sans ECO , Tuyttens FAM , Taconeli CA , Rueda PM , Ciocca JR , Molento CFM
Published: July 2021

We compared closed- and open-sided industrial houses with respect to the welfare of broiler chickens in southern Brazil. Ten flocks from each design were evaluated and measures divided into the following categories: i) bird health: contact dermatitis on the breast and abdominal areas, bird soiling, foot-pad dermatitis, hock burn, lameness, fractures, bruising, scratches, dead on arrival, diseases; ii) environmental measurements: relative humidity, temperature, air velocity, ammonia (NH3), carbon dioxide (CO2), light intensity, litter moisture; iii) behaviour: bird behaviour, touch test; and iv) affective states: qualitative behaviour assessment. Closed-sided houses showed worse contact dermatitis on the breast and abdominal areas, lower exploratory behaviour prevalence, higher NH3(11.2 [± 6.8] vs 7.5 [± 3.9] ppm) and CO2(1,124.9 [± 561.5] vs 841.0 [± 158.0] ppm), lower light intensity (6.9 [± 6.3] vs 274.2 [± 241.9] lux), while open-sided houses had a higher prevalence for scratches and panting behaviour, and lower air velocity (2.1 [± 0.7] vs 1.1 [± 1.0] m s−1). Stocking densities of 13.9 (± 0.4) and 12.0 (± 0.3) per m2for closed- and open-sided houses, respectively, likely influenced some results. All values shown are means (± SD). Even though open-sided houses presented fewer animal welfare restrictions (according to five indicators as opposed to three for closed-sided houses), both revealed important welfare problems, evidenced by poor environmental indicators, behavioural restrictions and injuries.
Admisibilidad (o no) de la mediación familiar en contextos de violencia y una particular referencia a la situación en Portugal
Authors: Martingo Cruz Rossana
Published: July 2021

La mediación familiar es uno de los métodos privilegiados de resolución alternativa de litigios en el ámbito de los conflictos familiares. Estos están dotados de características emocionales que los hacen más adecuados a un contexto extrajudicial. Y, al mismo tiempo, son de una complejidad humana que obliga a un análisis distinto en el contexto de la mediación.
También es cierto que no todos los conflictos familiares son susceptibles de mediación, manteniendo los tribunales tradicionales toda su relevancia. Sin embargo, cada vez con mayor frecuencia se vislumbran las ventajas de un método autocompositivo en la búsqueda de una solución que responda a los intereses y deseos de aquellos que, durante un tiempo, compartieron otra experiencia de proximidad e intimidad.
Surge la cuestión de si una pareja que pasó por episodios de violencia puede o no acogerse a la mediación familiar. Los autores y profesionales de la mediación parecen no compartir la misma postura al respecto. Es importante percibir cuáles son los argumentos utilizados en esta divergencia. Al final, prestaremos especial atención al caso portugués.
Women's Institutes in Imperial Russia in the wording of the normative documents (1764 – early XX century): terms, typology, dates
Authors: Ponomareva Varvara Vital'evna
Published: July 2021

The subject of this research is the foundation of women’s education system in the Russian Empire, namely of the Office of the Institutions of Empress Maria, which totaled up to three dozen by the early XX century. Actualization of the knowledge about the best examples of the Russian school in the past is determined by the fundamental importance of education in the context of ongoing modernization of the country. The topic of Women's institutes of Imperial Russia, which existed for over 150 years, is poorly studied. Despite the extensive source base, in the historical literature one can often come across improper names of the institutes, determination of their departmental affiliation, class composition of the students, as well as incorrect dating and topography. Using the historical-systemic and typological analysis, the author determines and clarifies the conceptual framework of the problematic as a necessary research toolset. The author's contribution to selected topic consists in discovery of a wide variety of sources, including those introduced into the scientific discourse for the first time, accurate names of the institutes and variations in the official documents and everyday practice., their renaming and the causes. The article also traces the dynamics of changes in the class and confessional composition of students since the establishment of the institutes until the beginning of the XX century. Subordination and departmental affiliation at different stages of the history of these institutes is clarified.
School education reform in the party discourse (based on the materials of the election to the State Duma of the 7th convocation)
Authors: Timshina Ekaterina Leonidovna
Published: July 2021

In recent years, the reforms of the educational system have become a pressing public concern. The subject of this research is the proposals of the political parties pertaining to school education. The article considers the election programs of political parties with the federal lists of candidates officially registered for the 2016 State Duma Elections. The author explores reference to the problems of public education in the election campaign, attitude of the parties to such topical aspects as the implementation of the Unified State Exam, social status and salary of the pedagogues, and future trends in the education reforms. With the exception of the “United Russia”, which noted a number of positive trends, the parties criticized the current situation in education. Most criticism was expressed towards drawbacks of the Unified State Exam procedure; therefore, the parties demonstrated different approaches – from its cancellation to modification. Instead of submitting new comprehensive proposals, the political actors suggested focusing on the Soviet system of education or the Russian system of education formed after 1991. The problem of school education will remain relevant in the next election cycle; however, the priority topic of discussion may change to distant education.
On jurisdiction in case of extradition of a foreign citizen by the Russian Federation: the problems of theory and law enforcement practice
Authors: Fedyunin Alexander
Published: July 2021

The subject of this research is the issues emerging in consideration of jurisdiction of the material on extradition of a foreign citizen by the Russian Federation. The article touches upon the peculiarities of national and territorial aspect of jurisdiction, and its specific regulation in the criminal procedure law. The article employs the general scientific and private scientific methods, such as scientific analysis, generalization, comparative-legal, formal-logical, which allowed to most fully reflect the essence and problematic aspects of the selected topic. The question at hand is of major importance for the theory of criminal procedure and law enforcement practice, as the mistakes in determination of jurisdiction of the material are a severe violation of the rights, including the convict, and entail the unconditional annulment of court decision. The analysis of the most common mistakes occurred in application of the norms regulating the jurisdiction of extradition of a foreign citizen convicted by the court of the Russian Federation, as well as theoretical issues associated with determination of the court that deals with the particular issue allows outlining the vector and finding solution to the indicated problems.
Methodology of studying art: sociology, culturology, and art history
Authors: Popov Evgenii Aleksandrovich
Published: July 2021

This article describes the capabilities of methodology of studying art in the three interrelated scientific fields – sociology, culturology, and art history. Emphasis is placed on determination of the key criteria of comprehensive approach towards the analysis of art: each of the three scientific fields may have its own unique criteria for such analysis, but there also universal criteria that allow most fully assessing the essence and purpose of art, considering the general trends of its development in modern reality. The subject of this research is the methodology of comprehensive analysis of art using the instruments of sociology, culturology, and art history. The main conclusions are as follows: 1) disclosure of the content of the methodology of studying art; 2) determination of various criteria for comprehensive analysis of art within the framework of sociology, culturology, and art history; 3) demonstration of capabilities of using certain criteria in analyzing the essence of art and artworks; 4) focus on the social dimension of art, touching upon the heuristic value of the methods of applied sociological research; 5) characteristics of the capabilities of studying the symbolic nature of art in the context of culturology; 6) assessment of the development trends of the methodology of modern art history.
Study of the structure and characteristics of autoclaved aerated concrete
Authors: Alipova Veronika Aleksandrovna
Published: July 2021

The lightweight and porous building material has many advantages over conventional concrete, such as a higher strength-to-weight ratio, a lower coefficient of thermal expansion and good sound insulation. This article focuses on the historical periodization of the development of autoclaved aerated concrete and a literature review that focuses on the influence of porosity, vapor permeability and strength properties of a given building material. The subject of this research is the analysis of the key historical events and manufacturing technologies that influenced the creation and transformation of the structural components of autoclaved aerated concrete. In the course of research, the author revealed that although aerated concrete is a new material in construction, it appeared a long time ago. Initially, five thousand years ago, this composition of the material was used as a plaster and brickwork mortar; showing a positive effect in construction, the aerated concrete over the years took the form of a cellular block, and its characteristics continue to be discovered. The properties, composition and structure of autoclaved aerated concrete are being improved through its composition and geometry of the shape of block, which contributed to environmental friendliness of the new building material, its durability, and creation of comfortable living conditions for people. However, the material requires new rational manufacturing technologies are needed in order to improve its quality and characteristics.
(Preventing) Secondary Victimisation of Trafficking Victims through Law Enforcement Interventions
Authors: Rijken Conny , Khadraoui Leyla , Tankink Marian
Published: July 2021

Secondary victimisation during criminal proceedings is a serious risk for victims of trafficking who participate in these proceedings. Psychological consequences of trafficking and pre-existing vulnerabilities make them prone to secondary victimisation. Based on empirical research among
trafficking victims, stakeholders and of criminal files, the article provides insights on the psychological consequences of human trafficking and identifies a number of risk factors. These are: lack of identification, lack of safety and trust, not being believed, repetition and intensity of
hearings, disrespectful treatment, lack of empathy and lack of knowledge about victim's rights. These factors are discussed and contextualised in the current discourse with the ultimate aim to provide indications on the prevention of secondary victimisation. The article unveils the discrepancy
between victims' expectations towards the police to take them out of a trafficking situation, even if they decline assistance and police's perceptions on their ability to intervene only if the victim accepts assistance. This leads to the call for further research in order to answer the question
to intervene or not to intervene.
Better Late than Never: Reparations for Sexual Violence in the Ntaganda case before the International Criminal Court
Authors: Gilmore Sunneva
Published: July 2021

The Prosecutor v Bosco Ntaganda case at the International Criminal Court (ICC) represents the long awaited first reparation order for sexual violence at the court. This will hopefully see the implementation of reparations for the war crimes and crimes against humanity of rape and sexual
slavery among civilians and former child soldiers, after previous cases such as against Jean-Pierre Bembe and Laurent Gbagbo were acquitted of rape. This article drawing from the author's role as a reparation expert in the case, is a reflection on the challenges of designing and providing
reparations at the ICC against convicted individuals, as well as amidst insecurity and the COVID-19 infectious disease pandemic. It begins by discussing how the Ntaganda reparation order expanded reparation principles for the first time since the Lubanga case, in particular for crimes of a
sexual nature. This is followed by an outline of some of the harms as a result of sexual violence from the perspective of an expert with a medical background. The analysis then turns to the appropriate reparations in this case and the details contained within the chamber's reparation order.
Final conclusions consider how the procedural and substantive elements of reparations in this case will be instructive to future cases that address sexual violence. Ultimately, key insights are offered on the modest contribution an appointed reparation expert can do in assisting a trial chamber
in the reparation process.
Inter-ethnic genetic variations and novel variant identification in the partial sequences of CYP2B6 gene in Pakistani population
Authors: Ahmed Sagheer , Khan Hizbullah , Khan Asifullah , Bangash Muhammad Hanif , Hussain Abrar , Qayum Mughal , Hamdard Mohammad Hamid
Published: July 2021

Background

Some single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the cytochrome P450 (CYP)2B6 gene lead to decreased enzyme activity and have an impact on drug metabolism. The present study was designed to investigate the patterns of genetic distinction across a hypervariable region of the CYP2B6 gene, known to contain important SNPs, i.e. rs4803419 and rs3745274, among five major ethnic groups of the Pakistani population.

Methods

Arlequin v3.5.DnaSPv6.12. and network 5 resources were used to analyze population genetic variance in the partial CYP2B6 gene sequences obtained from 104 human samples belonging to Punjabi, Pathan, Sindhi, Seraiki and Baloch ethnicities of Pakistan. The partial CYP2B6 gene region analyzed in the current study is previously known to possess important SNPs.

Results

The data analyses revealed that genetic variance among samples mainly came from differentiation within the ethnic groups. However, significant genetic variation was also found among the various ethnic groups. The high pairwise Fst genetic distinction was observed between Seraiki and Sindhi ethnic groups (Fst = 0.13392, P-value = 0.026) as well as between Seraiki and Balochi groups (Fst = 0.04303, P-value = −0.0030). However, the degree of genetic distinction was low between Pathan and Punjabi ethnic groups. Some SNPs, including rs3745274 and rs4803419, which are previously shown in strong association with increased plasma Efavirenz level, were found in high frequency. Besides, a novel SNP, which was not found in dbSNP and Ensemble databases, was identified in the Balochi ethnicity. This novel SNP is predicted to affect the CYP2B6 splicing pattern.

Conclusion

These results may have significant implications in Pakistani ethnicities in the context of drugs metabolized by CYP2B6, especially in Seraiki and Balochi ethnicity. The novel heterogeneous SNP, found in the present study, might lead to altered drug-metabolizing potential of CYP2B6 and, therefore, may be implicated in non-responder phenomenon.