bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Budget Control under Bryant
Authors: Pugh Brian
Published: May 2021

This chapter discusses contributions made to the budget making process by Governor Phil Bryant. Chapter 10 explains how the budget process was changed by Bryant as well as the legislature. This chapters explains how Bryant recommended and was successful in getting the legislature to pass the Financial and Operational Responses That Invigorate Future Years (FORTIFY) Act, which was received positively by the legislature. It also discusses the legislature’s controversial bill known as the Budget Transparency and Simplification Act of 2016 or simply S.B. 2362, which was not well received by the credit rating agencies or state agencies that the bill affected. Chapter 10 also discusses a legislative/executive dispute that landed in court when two legislators sued the governor in Representative Bryant W. Clark and Senator John Horhn v. Governor Phil Bryant et al. (2018).
Hearing Cutting
Authors: Clayton Wickham
Published: May 2021

This chapter discusses the death sequences and murder set-pieces in the Friday the 13
th films to show how the combination of sound and editing work together to create perspective. First, the chapter looks at the idea of ‘unverified diegetic sound,’ which is a noise that comes from within the film (not from the score) where viewers do not see the source of the sound. Then, the chapter considers different approaches to using unverified diegetic sound with editing to show the killer’s perspective, the victim’s perspective, an omniscient perspective, and combinations of different perspectives within the death sequences.
The Last Frontier
Authors: Lambert Matthew M.
Published: May 2021

This chapter identifies ways that American authors and filmmakers during the 1930s and 40s depict the ecological, economic, and/or cultural value of wilderness spaces and inhabitants. While Walt Disney’s Bambi (1942) celebrates the value of nonthreatening forest animals through innovative animation techniques and critiques of human carelessness and hunting, Aldo Leopold, William Faulkner, and Ernest Hemingway acknowledge the ecological importance of nonhuman predators in their hunting stories. In his novel The Surrounded (1936), D’Arcy McNickle critiques the social and environmental legacy of the frontier by uncovering the environmental, social, and cultural effects of frontier practices on indigenous communities and lands.
Kevin Smith and the “Independent” Fanboy
Authors: Salter Anastasia , Stanfill Mel
Published: May 2021

Chapter 4 begins by discussing Smith’s “View Askewniverse,” which can be viewed as a series of films both by a fanboy and featuring fanboy characters. This chapter examines the ways Smith has leveraged his fandom to build his career—both in the sense of the body of people who follow him, especially on his website discussion board, and in the sense of parlaying his geek credibility into a transmedia career as a professional fanboy through projects such as Comic Book Men, the SModcast podcast, and comic book writing. However, while Smith’s fannishness is unimpeachable, his auteurishness is less well established, and he has not often been given the reins of film franchises, largely because he lacks the necessary reverence. The chapter also explores the ways Smith can never quite escape the conservatism of mainstream fanboy identity even as he expands his reach as an auteur.
Sly Stone and the Gospel of Funk
Authors: Bolden Tony
Published: May 2021

This chapter examines Sly Stone as an organic intellectual, that is, a poet-songwriter, imaginative thinker, and visionary artist whose band, Sly and the Family Stone, played a foundational role in creating funk music and the broader cultural aesthetic that exemplified funk. In this regard, the chapter demonstrates how Stone’s approach to music-making, which was largely determined by his extensive background in gospel, played a vital role in his construction of funk. Combining gospel, blues, jazz, and rock, the Family Stone created a new sound that not only fascinated listeners of rock and rhythm and blues but such acclaimed musicians as Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock as well. In addition, the chapter provides biographical information that contextualizes the artists’ development and illuminates the band’s aesthetic. Finally, the chapter provides key information on groundbreaking bass player Larry Graham and trumpeter Cynthia Robinson as well as detailed commentary on momentous recordings and live performances.
Funky Bluesology
Authors: Bolden Tony
Published: May 2021

This chapter examines Gil Scott-Heron as an exemplar of the socio-political manifestation of the contrarianism in funk aesthetics. Combining biographical information from Scott-Heron’s memoir and interviews, critical methods from literary scholarship, and insights from philosophy, the chapter highlights Scott-Heron’s understanding of the blues as a locus of black aesthetics and political philosophy. In doing so, the chapter illuminates Scott-Heron’s prescience, and examines many of his multiple talents, including poetry, songwriting, singing, and playing keyboards. Unlike most recording artists, however, Scott-Heron was influenced by writers, especially the Black Arts writers who generally believed that artists should create primarily for working-class African Americans. Consequently, he curtailed his budding career as a novelist and shifted his concentration to performing and recording songs and poems in the early 1970s. The chapter includes textual analyses of key recordings as well as discussions of Scott-Heron’s satire and social criticism. Additionally, Bolden highlights musical aspects of Scott-Heron’s appeal, especially the timbre of his voice but also the musicianship of the Midnight Band, which he co-led with longtime collaborator Brian Jackson.
French on Shifting Ground
Authors: Dajko Nathalie
Published: May 2021

French on Shifting Ground introduces readers to the lower Lafourche Basin, Louisiana, where the land, a language, and a way of life are at risk due to climate change, environmental disaster, and coastal erosion.
Louisiana French is endangered all around the state, but in the lower Lafourche Basin the shift to English is accompanied by the equally rapid disappearance of the land on which its speakers live. The book outlines the development of French in the region, highlighting the features that make it unique in the world, and including the first published description of the way it is spoken by the American Indian population. It then weaves together evidence from multiple lines of linguistic research, years of extensive participant observation, and personal narratives from the residents themselves to illustrate the ways in which language–in this case French–is as fundamental to the creation of place as is the physical landscape. It is a story at once scholarly and personal: the loss of the land and the concomitant loss of the language have implications for the scientific community as well as for the people whose cultures–and identities–are literally at stake.
French in the Lower Lafourche Basin
Authors: Dajko Nathalie
Published: May 2021

Chapter Four provides a detailed account of the French of the Lafourche basin, outlining particularities especially at the lexical and phonetic/phonological levels. It shows how the language varies by ethnic group (Indigenous vs Cajun), and illustrates the importance the language plays for both Cajun and Indian ethnic identity–indeed, French is an Indian language in Terrebonne-Lafourche. Using excerpts from recorded interviews, the chapter then shows that these documented the unique features of the region are often recognized, and that residents feel an attachment not just to French, but to a very local variety of it: it is this French that is at the heart of identity in Terrebonne-Lafourche. The language identifies them as authentic members of the community; no other dialect of the language could perform this role.
Introduction
Authors: Johnson Andre E.
Published: May 2021

In this chapter, the author offers an introduction to No Future in This Country: The Prophetic Pessimism of Bishop Henry McNeal Turner. The book offers a rhetorical history of Turner’s prophetic rhetoric by examining exclusively his use of prophetic pessimism. The authors aim is to examine “historical events and processes from a rhetorical perspective.” This is accomplished by forgrounding Turner’s prophetic rhetoric in response to historical events. The book examines not only Turner’s response to the event in the moment of the crisis but also the rhetorical context that leads Turner to respond the way that he did. Since speech is not done in isolation, each chapter offers not only Turner’s public responses but other African Americans’ as well. Johnson argues that studying history from a rhetorical perspective helps us see that history is both dialectical and rhetorical. The introduction includes a brief summary of each chapter.
“An Unholy War of Conquest”
Authors: Johnson Andre E.
Published: May 2021

This chapter examines Turner’s war rhetoric by examining his rhetoric during the Civil War and contrasts it with his rhetoric during the Spanish-American and Cuban wars. Grounded in his prophetic pessimism, Turner’s rhetoric not only shifts, but in his critiques of the government and his outright denunciations of African Americans who support the war, the chapter argues that Turner creates his own anti-war rhetoric that anticipates the contemporary anti-war rhetoric of many African Americans.
A New Beginning
Authors: Storhoff Timothy P.
Published: May 2021

This chapter describes how President Obama enacted numerous policy changes that gradually moved towards improved relations with Cuba. The Cuban government and economy also underwent transformations instituted by President Raúl Castro during this period. Together these changes created opportunities for increased musical exchanges as demonstrated by numerous case studies including composer Juanes, Tania León, Jay-Z, and more.
Unacknowledged Realignment
Authors: Cobb Thomas J.
Published: May 2021

The chapter claims that it is uncertain whether Hollywood will address the Trump era’s ideological unorthodoxies. The Shape of Water’s magical realist narrative avoids critique of the Realpolitik central to Trump’s statecraft. It instead adopts a stance of anti-McCarthy liberalism by embracing the Russian other, averting the liberal antipathy towards modern Russia lampooned by the pro-Trump “Alt Right.” Red Sparrow also declines to interrogate the recent changes wrought to East-West relations. The film avoids invoking the current state of U.S.-Russia relations and even refuses to reference Vladimir Putin. Evaluating these two disparately received films, the chapter argues that the ideal cinematic representation of Cold War II has yet to arrive, and is precluded from doing so because of bewildering new ideological reconfigurations. Concluding with a reflection on the impact of Black Panther (2018), the chapter posits that allegory might be the most probable method of addressing new International Relations dynamics.
“Raw Power”: Protopunk Transformations of the Blues
Authors: Rapport Evan
Published: May 2021

Punk’s musical style can be considered as beginning with the transformations to blues resources explored mostly by white baby boomers invested in the sixties counterculture, especially in the northern Midwest, such as the Stooges and the MC5. Their approaches to the blues were a response to the changing stakes of musical expressions of whiteness and Blackness during the 1960s, connected to the social upheaval surrounding so-called white flight to the suburbs and the Second Great Migration of African Americans from the South. Some similar approaches to the blues were also cultivated in New York among musicians such as the Velvet Underground. Their music emphasized riffs, limited harmonic movement, and other features which are described in this chapter as the “Raw Power” approach to punk. But despite punk’s deep musical roots in the blues, the discourse around punk served to obscure these connections.
“The Words to Say It”: Using Flannery O’Connor to Reconsider Lacan
Authors: Fowler Doreen
Published: May 2021

Doreen Fowler takes a new approach to O’Connor by showing how her fiction both anticipates and revises the work of Jacques Lacan. Though others have used Lacan to read O’Connor’s fiction, this chapter is the first to note that both authors’ explorations of mystery (psychological for Lacan and theological for O’Connor) center around language, which they recognize as an obstacle to transcendent meaning. Fowler ultimately rereads the Lacanian Real as O’Connor’s encounter with the Divine Life, arguing that what Lacan sees as coming to the end of meaning making is what O’Connor sees as the precondition for grace.
Mystery and Myth: Friedrich Nietzsche, Flannery O’Connor, and the Limiting Power of Certainty
Authors: Murray William
Published: May 2021

William Murray finds surprising continuity regarding the purpose of art in the works of Flannery O’Connor and Friedrich Nietzsche. Although these two are often mentioned together (based on the famous "wingless chickens” quotation), few writers other than Henry Edmonson III have offered any extended critique of the pair. Although the two writers differed in nationality, language, and most obviously, in their beliefs about religion, Murray reconsiders the notion that Nietzsche and O’Connor were fundamentally at odds with each other. He argues that O’Connor’s fiction engages with Nietzsche’s early work, in particular on the influence of art and myth on a culture. By putting these two writers in conversation, Murray challenges prevailing approaches that reduce them both to their most memorable quotes about God and instead foregrounds their shared belief that art can be a powerful tool for challenging calcified cultural knowledge.
“Herself but Black”: Richard Wright, Flannery O’Connor, and the “Near Enemy” of Civil Rights
Authors: Watson Rachel
Published: May 2021

Rachel Watson takes up O’Connor’s role as a political thinker and writer by examining issues of racial hierarchy in O’Connor’s fiction and putting her work in conversation with that of Richard Wright. Watson notes that although O’Connor invokes the “manners” of the Jim Crow South, she does not offer a sentimental or abject form of pity for her characters, regardless of their race. It is in this pity, so often connected with Cold War totalitarianism, that Watson finds a connection between the work of Flannery O’Connor and Richard Wright. This chapter shows the commonality between two authors whose work had previously seemed disparate, as Watson highlights their mutual fear of a racial and economic hegemony.
Cultura organizacional y cambio: reflexiones y discusiones desde la psicología organizacional
Authors: Vesga R. Juan Javier , García-Rubiano Mónica , Quiroz González Eliana , Castaño González Esther Julia , Aguilar Bustamante María Constanza , Andrade Jaramillo Verónica , Gómez Vélez María Alejandra , Forero-Aponte Carlos , Ángel Jaramillo Jairo A.
Published: May 2021

This book is the product of an institutional research project that seeks to carry out a theoretical and empirical contribution on culture and organizational change, variables important in organizational dynamics. This work addresses the perspective of organizational culture considering various topics that allow understanding their relations with other variables and in turn identifying how the organizational change is a construct that has an important impact on the organization. Therefore, the acceptance or rejection of changes in organizations will depend somehow on the organizational culture that is reflected in the organization. Finally, the connection between the variables under study is presented as a case study.
The cardinality of μ
M,D
‐orthogonal exponentials for the planar four digits
Authors: Liu Jing-Cheng , Liu Yao , Chen Ming-Liang , Wu Sha
Published: May 2021

In this work, we study the non-spectrality of the self-affine measure

μ

M
,
D

{\mu_{M,D}}

generated by an expanding integer matrix

M
∈

M
2

⁢

(
ℤ
)

{M\in M_{2}(\mathbb{Z})}

with

det
⁡

(
M
)

∉

2
⁢
ℤ

{\det(M)\notin 2\mathbb{Z}}

and the integer digit set

D
=

{

(
0
,
0
)

t

,

(

α
1

,

α
2

)

t

,

(

β
1

,

β
2

)

t

,

(

-

α
1

-

β
1

,

-

α
2

-

β
2

)

t

}

D=\bigl{\{}(0,0)^{t},(\alpha_{1},\alpha_{2})^{t},(\beta_{1},\beta_{2})^{t},(-%
\alpha_{1}-\beta_{1},-\alpha_{2}-\beta_{2})^{t}\bigr{\}}

with

α
1

⁢

β
2

-

α
2

⁢

β
1

≠
0

{\alpha_{1}\beta_{2}-\alpha_{2}\beta_{1}\neq 0}

. Let

η
=

max
⁡

{

s
:

2
s

|

(

α
1

⁢

β
2

-

α
2

⁢

β
1

)

}

{\eta=\max\{s:2^{s}|(\alpha_{1}\beta_{2}-\alpha_{2}\beta_{1})\}}

. We show that if

0
≤
η
≤
2

{0\leq\eta\leq 2}

, then

L
2

⁢

(

μ

M
,
D

)

{L^{2}(\mu_{M,D})}

contains at most

2

2
⁢

(

η
+
1

)

{2^{2(\eta+1)}}

mutually orthogonal exponential functions, and the number

2

2
⁢

(

η
+
1

)

{2^{2(\eta+1)}}

is the best. However, the number is strictly less than

2

2
⁢

(

η
+
1

)

{2^{2(\eta+1)}}

if

η
≥
3

{\eta\geq 3}

, and it is related to the order of the matrix M.
Novel gas measurement based on pressure triggered release cycles for biochemical methane potential tests
Authors: Bekmezci Ozan K. , Sapci-Ayas Zehra , Ucar Deniz
Published: May 2021

This study aims to present a novel gas counter and to demonstrate its suitability for biochemical methane potential tests. In this system, the gas to be measured is collected in a chamber enclosed with two one-way solenoid valves and the absolute pressure is continuously monitored. After a trigger pressure is reached, a portion of the gas is released and the amount of the released gas is calculated according to ideal gas law and recorded. Three iterations of the supervisory control and data acquisition unit were constructed and tested for BMP measurement. Although it can be further improved and variations are possible, the presented final version works with eight reactors simultaneously and the recommended maximum gas flow is 1.24 mL/min. For those reactors, the measured/theoretical BMP ratio was 65.3% with 4.2% standard uncertainty, which is subjectively acceptable. Therefore, it can be concluded that the concept is valid and applicable to BMP tests.
Analysis on the effect of polyetherimide on energy distribution of radio frequency heating of viscous sauce
Authors: Shi Huojie , Chen Hui , Yan Zhiming
Published: May 2021

Radio frequency (RF) sterilization of low-moisture, high-oil, high-protein, and viscous sauces for instant food (LHHVS) demonstrates many advantages, but uneven heating is a main problem that must be addressed. Main factors that affect heating uniformity are generally considered dielectric properties, shape and size of the sample and its position relative to the electrode plate, in addition the structure and voltage of RF electrode. A method based on texture characteristics of the solid–gel–liquid mixing system of LHHVS for adjustment and control of energy distribution in the RF field is proposed in this study to improve the heating uniformity. First, energy conversion principles and control equations of RF heating were analyzed on the basis of dielectric theory. Second, the influence of RF electromagnetic field-medium polyetherimide (PEI) on the RF heating of peanut butter (RHPB) was investigated on the basis of the numerical model of RHPB that was verified through experiments. Finally, the influence mechanism and its regulation and control effect were analyzed and discussed. The following conclusions can be drawn from this study: the increase of electrode gaps exerts minimal effect although it reduces the unevenness of the energy distribution. However, RF heating protocols must use the smallest possible electrode gap to heat agrifoods and increase the heating rate significantly. The energy distribution on the part of the sample close to PEI varies with the change of geometry and size of PEI when its placement is bias or symmetric. The area of energy enhancement continues to expand where the sample is in contact with PEI as PEI gradually increases. The area where the temperature increases under the influence of PEI will expand along the direction of the sample radius when the thickness of PEI remains unchanged and the radius gradually enlarges; otherwise, it will expand along the direction of the sample thickness. The influence of PEI on the energy distribution of RHPB demonstrates local characteristics. PEI significantly influences the energy distribution and heating mode of RHPB, which is easy to adjust and control, but does not reduce the processing speed and does not increases energy consumption. Hence, PEI is an effective means to interfere with energy distribution of RHPB. Uniform energy distribution can be obtained by selecting the appropriate PEI shape and size. Results of this study can help determine the experimental protocol for RHPB with the optimal uniform distribution and promote the fast commercial application of this technology.
Brain size evolution in small mammals: test of the expensive tissue hypothesis
Authors: Jiang Ying , Wang Jia Yu , Huang Xiao Fu , Mai Chun Lan , Liao Wen Bo
Published: May 2021

Brain size exhibits significant changes within and between species. Evolution of large brains can be explained by the need to improve cognitive ability for processing more information in changing environments. However, brains are among the most energetically expensive organs. Enlarged brains can impose energetic demands that limit brain size evolution. The expensive tissue hypothesis (ETH) states that a decrease in the size of another expensive tissue, such as the gut, should compensate for the cost of a large brain. We studied the interplay between energetic limitations and brain size evolution in small mammals using phylogenetically generalized least squares (PGLS) regression analysis. Brain mass was not correlated with the length of the digestive tract in 37 species of small mammals after correcting for phylogenetic relationships and body size effects. We further found that the evolution of a large brain was not accompanied by a decrease in male reproductive investments into testes mass and in female reproductive investment into offspring number. The evolution of brain size in small mammals is inconsistent with the prediction of the ETH.
An Early Bronze Age Burial with a Golden Spiral Ring from Ammerbuch-Reusten, Southwestern Germany
Authors: Krauß Raiko , Breuer Lea , Korolnik Simone , Pernicka Ernst , Schorer Birgit , Spatzier André , Stein Veronika , Bofinger Jörg
Published: May 2021

A women’s burial of the Early Bronze Age that was uncovered near Ammerbuch-Reusten, Tübingen district in autumn 2020 shows clear relations to burial rites of the Final Neolithic in central Europe. The only grave good was in the rear of the burial. A small spiral ring made of gold wire at the left side of the burial at hip level, which can be considered to be the earliest securely dated precious metal find in southwestern Germany. The find fits into a small series of early spiral rings made of gold wire, which are among the oldest precious metal finds in central Europe. Its composition with c. 20 % silver and less than 2 % copper as well as traces of platinum and tin indicates the use of a naturally occurring gold alloy, most likely from so-called alluvial deposits obtained by panning from rivers. The trace element pattern strongly suggests that this type of gold derives from Cornwall, specifically from River Carnon. The burial matches a group of other burials from the Bronze Age on the plateau and is apparently related to a hilltop settlement on the nearby Kirchberg of Reusten.
Calix[4]arene-crown-5 as a selective extraction reagents for K+/H+, Rb+/H+ and Rb+/Cs+ separations
Authors: Vaňura Petr , Makrlík Emanuel , Selucký Pavel
Published: May 2021

From extraction experiments, the exchange extraction constants corresponding to the general equilibriums M+ (aq) + NaL+ (org) ⇔ ML+ (org) + Na+ (aq) or M+ (aq) + CsL+ (org) ⇔ ML+ (org) + Cs+ (aq), which take place in the two-phase water–nitrobenzene extraction system (M+ = Li+, H3O+, Ag+, K+, NH4
+, Tl+, Rb+; L = calix[4]arene-bis crown5(1,3-alternate), 26,28-dipropoxycalix[4]arene-crown-5(1,3-alternate), 11,23-dibromo-25,28-dipropoxycalix[4]arene-crown-5 (1,3-alternate) and 1,3-alternate-25,27-dihydroxycalix[4]arene-crown-5; aq = aqueous phase, org = organic phase), were evaluated. The stability constants of the NaL+ and CsL+ complexes were calculated from the extraction of the respective picrates in the system of water–nitrobenzene solution of L. Further, the stability constants of the ML+ complexes in nitrobenzene saturated with water were determined. High selectivities were found in some systems under study.
Influence of Bio-oil Modification on Moisture-Induced Damage Potential of Asphalt Binder and Mix
Authors: Girimath Shashibhushan , Singh Dharamveer , Showkat Burhan
Published: May 2021

Bio-oil (BO) derived from waste wood has the potential to be the modifier for asphalt binders. This study attempts to evaluate the effect of BO on the moisture damage potential of asphalt binder and mix by blending BO at two dosages (2 % and 4 %, by weight) in AC30. BO was obtained by fast pyrolysis of waste wood. To achieve this objective, surface free energy (SFE), bitumen bond strength, and indirect tensile strength tests were conducted for evaluating the cohesive and adhesive bond strength, the work of debonding, energy ratios (ERs), pull off tensile strength (POTS), and tensile strength ratio (TSR). The test results indicated that the addition of BO improves the cohesive and adhesive bond strength. Also, an increase in the work of debonding was observed by conducting the SFE test. Thereafter, ERs indicated that BO has compromised the moisture damage resistivity of AC30. A reduction in POTS was also observed on inclusion of BO. TSR of mixes reduced consistently on BO addition, thereby indicating that BO has compromised the moisture-induced damage resistivity of mixes. However, all mixes resulted in more than 80% TSR value, which is the minimum requirement to counter the moisture-induced damage. A “good” correlation was observed between ERs and TSR. This study concludes that although the inclusion of BO is a promising prospect, BO has the propensity to compromise the moisture-induced damage resistivity of the asphalt mix.
Quality of Life in People Living With HIV: An Exploratory Cross-Sectional Survey in Belgium
Authors: Scheerder Gert , Van den Eynde Sandra , Reyntiens Patrick , Koeck Ria , Deblonde Jessika , Ddungu Charles , Florence Eric , Joosten Christina , Van Wijngaerden Eric , Dewaele Alexis
Published: May 2021

This cross-sectional survey explored the quality of life in 505 people living with HIV in Belgium. Several domains of quality of life were impaired: 26% had been diagnosed with depression and 43% had weak social support. HIV-related stigma is still widespread, with 49% believing most people with HIV are rejected and 65% having experienced discrimination due to HIV. The impact of HIV was limited on professional life, but 40% experienced a negative impact on life satisfaction and 41% a negative impact on sexual life. For several domains, people with a recent diagnosis of HIV and long-term survivors had significantly worse scores. This survey also uncovered strengths of people living with HIV, such as positive coping and HIV self-image. Expanding the scope of quality of life in people living with HIV may provide a more complete picture of relevant life domains that may be impacted by living with HIV, but this needs further validation.
Decision Support for New Employee Admissions With Profile Matching And Electre Methods
Authors: Sri Rahajeng Dini Estu , Al Amin Iman Husni
Published: May 2021

In a company, employee turnover is something that often happens every year and even every month. Especially large companies that have many employees and departments. However, the frequent turnover of employees sometimes causes the company got a problem in selecting new employees, this is due to several factors, one of that is the company's inadequacy in selecting new employees. So, employees who are accepted are not as expected by the company. Therefore, we need a decision support system that can assist companies in assessing each prospective new employee that will be accepted by the company. A decision support system is a technology that can be used by companies in assessing prospective new employees based on the criteria that have been provided. Later on, the company can find out which candidate is the most suitable or approaching the criteria needed by the company. By using this decision support system of course can reduce the risk of mistakes in selecting new employee candidates and is expected to help companies find suitable candidates for employees who are ready to work well. This decision support system can be designed using profile matching and electre methods. Profile matching is used as the initial stage of selecting new employee candidates, then after getting the basic value of each candidate, the system finalizes the scores and ranks employees starting from the best using the Electre method.
Deep Learning-based Mobile Tourism Recommender System
Authors: Fudholi Dhomas Hatta , Rani Septia , Arifin Dimastyo Muhaimin , Satyatama Mochamad Rezky
Published: May 2021

A tourism recommendation system is a crucial solution to help tourists discover more diverse tourism destinations. A content-based approach in a recommender system can be an effective way of recommending items because it looks at the user's preference histories. For a cold-start problem in the tourism domain, where rating data or past access may not be found, we can treat the user's past-travel-photos as the histories data. Besides, the use of photos as an input makes the user experience seamless and more effortless. The current development in Artificial Intelligence-based services enable the possibilities to implement such experience. This research developed a Deep Learning-based mobile tourism recommender system that gives recommendations on local tourism destinations based on the user's favorite traveling photos. To provide a recommendation, we use cosine similarity to measure the similarity score between one's pictures and tourism destination's galleries through their label tag vectors. The label tag is inferred using an image classifier model that runs from a mobile user device through Tensorflow Lite. There are 40 label tags, which refer to local tourism destination categories, activities, and objects. The model is trained using state-of-the-art mobile deep learning architecture EfficientNet-Lite. We did several experiments and got an accuracy result of more than 85% on average, using EfficientNet-Lite as the base architecture. The implementation of the system as an Android application has been proved to give an excellent recommendation with Mean Absolute Percentage Error (MAPE) equals to 5%.
A Combination of K-Means and Fuzzy C-Means for Brain Tumor Identification
Authors: Sari Christy Atika , Sari Wellia Shinta , Rahmalan Hidayah
Published: May 2021

Keywords are the labels of your manuscript and critical to correct indexing and searching. MRI or Magnetic Resonance Imaging is one of the health technologies used to scan the human body in order to get an image of an orgasm in the body. MRI imagery has a lot of noise that blends with the tumor object, so the tumor is quite difficult to detect automatically. In addition, it will be difficult to distinguish tumors from brain texture. Various methods have been carried out in previous studies. The method often used in the previous method is segmentation, but the process is quite heavy and the results that are less accurate are still the main obstacles. This study combines the K-Means method and Fuzzy C-Means (FCM) to detect tumors on MRI. The purpose of the combination is to get the advantages of each algorithm and minimize weaknesses. The method used is Contrast Adjustment using Fast Local Laplacian, K-Means FCM, Canny edge detection, Median Filter, and Morphological Area Selection. The dataset is taken from www.radiopedia.org. Data taken were 73 MRI of the brain, of which 57 MRIs with brain tumors and 16 MRIs of normal brain Evaluation of research results will be calculated using Confusion Matrix. The accuracy obtained is 91.78%.
Ionic solution pretreatment of oil palm empty fruit bunch to produce sugars
Authors: Hassan Nursia , Wen Tan Li , Khairil Anwar Nur Amirah Khairina , Idris Ani
Published: May 2021

Ferric (III) chloride, when prepared as an ionic solution, was used to pretreat oil palm empty fruit bunch (OPEFB) before undergoing enzymatic hydrolysis to convert into value-added products. The pretreatment was assisted with microwave irradiation to improve the degradation of recalcitrant structure of lignocellulosic materials with minimum time. The effects of salt concentration, temperature, and duration of pretreatment on the chemical composition of OPEFB and total reducing sugar (TRS) yield were investigated. The results revealed that the best pretreatment occurred at pretreatment time of 10 min, 100 °C, and ferric chloride concentration of 10 w/v%. The TRS yield achieved using the pretreated OPEFB was approximately 0.485 g/g, which was three times higher than the non-pretreated OPEFB, which was only 0.154 g/g. Thus, the ionic solution pretreatment method is a promising alternative for replacing other pretreatment methods.
Relationship between Economic Growth and Unemployment Rates in the Algerian Economy: Application of Okun’s Law during 1991–2019
Authors: Louail Bilal , Benarous Djamel
Published: May 2021

This paper aims to examine the Algerian economy by applying Okun’s law to study the impact of real GDP on unemployment rates and examine the impact of labour market protection policies on Okun’s coefficients. The annual data on the Algerian economy for the period 1991–2019 were used. The autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) bounds testing technique model was used in conjunction with the gap version for Okun’s coefficients. The empirical results show that Okun’s law operates in Algeria’s economy. Coefficients estimated using the gap version led to the conclusion that there was a negative and significant impact of the GDP gap on unemployment rates. Though there was a decline in unemployment as GDP increased, the rise in employment was very weak for each 1% increase in the GDP. These findings should be of significant interest to regulators and policymakers in the Algerian economy, practitioners and academic researchers, international and national investors, managers and any other groups interested in the labour market in the Algerian economy and the labour markets of other developing economies. The paper provides the real GDP’s effect on unemployment rates in Algeria by releasing the gap version for Okun’s coefficient. Also, it provides evidence that increased labour market protection mitigates the adverse effects of a decrease in output growth rate on employment.
ARTE PARA TODOS (Y TODAS): LA MEDIDA 40 EN EL PROGRAMA DE LA UNIDAD POPULAR
Authors: Espinoza Cartes Carolina
Published: May 2021

El gobierno de la Unidad Popular otorga un papel activo y protagonista a la cultura como elemento transformador de la sociedad. Su presidente, Salvador Allende, cree fervientemente en que los derechos de los ciudadanos van más allá de la resolución de sus necesidades básicas y equipara en su programa de gobierno —las 40 medidas— derechos vanguardistas, tales como, el medio litro de leche diario para luchar contra la desnutrición infantil, con el acceso de los ciudadanos a una cultura popular y descentralizada.
50 AÑOS EN PRIMERA VOZ
Authors: Espinoza Cartes Carolina , Rosenmann Marcos Roitman
Published: May 2021

Quienes participaron en el programa de gobierno o compartieron los ideales de la Unidad Popular en Chile, vivieron un cambio en sus vidas que los marcó para siempre. Medio siglo después, actores desde diferentes disciplinas y áreas del saber, relatan cómo recuerdan aquellos días y las transformaciones que ha sufrido el país, desde ese entonces. Desde la victoria de Salvador Allende a las reivindicaciones del estallido social de octubre del año pasado, poetas, políticos, médicos, jugadores de fútbol, sociólogos y analistas revisan sus testimonios y rescatan similitudes y diferencias.
Academic track mismatch and the temporal development of well-being and competences in German secondary education
Authors: Bittmann Felix
Published: May 2021

Formal education is one of the most influential predictors of professional success. As parents in Germany are aware of the importance of education, they often try to enable their children to enrol in the prestigious academic schooling track (Gymnasium). This explains why the transition recommendation made by the teacher after the fourth grade is sometimes ignored if the desired track was not recommended for a particular student. How the mismatch between the teacher’s recommendation and the parents’ choice of schooling for their child affects the child’s development is not sufficiently known. It is very likely that such a mismatch can have consequences for the child’s well-being, competences and overall academic success. Based on five consecutive panel waves of German National Educational Panel Study (NEPS) data (waves 1 to 5, collected between 2010 and 2016) (n = 2;790 in wave 1), our analyses demonstrate that social background and the probability of ignoring a teacher’s recommendation are associated, and that highly educated parents are more likely to overrule the teacher’s recommendation. Panel regression models show that pupils who pursued the academic track (Gymnasium) despite the absence of a teacher’s recommendation were more likely to drop out of the academic schooling track, and were not able to catch up with their peers with respect to both objective and subjective academic competences over the entire observation window. However, the models also show that academic track mismatch did not seem to negatively influence the health and well-being of these pupils.
Multidisciplinary perspectives on the origins of past foodways and farming practice in South Asia
Authors: Nayak Ayushi , Boivin Nicole , Roberts Patrick
Published: May 2021

Today, over half of the people living in South Asia are employed in an agricultural sector that supports one of the most densely populated regions on Earth. Yet the origins of agriculture in this environmentally and culturally diverse region have received relatively little attention compared to other parts of the Old World. Narratives of agricultural origins have frequently been monocausal, treating this massive landmass as a single entity. Recently, multidisciplinary applications of diverse methods (including archaeobotany, systematic radiometric dating, stable isotope analysis, and ancient DNA) have facilitated more nuanced insights into the origins, as well as the social and environmental consequences, of different farming foodways in prehistory. Here, we review the current application of these techniques across the Indian Subcontinent, focusing on the insights they have provided into cultivation and herding practices, dietary reliance on particular foods and culinary techniques, demographic turnover, changing settlement patterns, and the environmental impacts of agricultural practice in the Holocene. We argue that such approaches are essential if we are to properly understand the diverse drivers of different farming practices, as well as their demographic, ecological and dietary outcomes on the production and consumption of food in different parts of South Asia. Only then can we begin to discuss the prehistoric origins of the culinary and agronomic diversity that characterises this region today.
Editorial
Authors: Torres Vivian Gregori
Published: May 2021

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O direito à saúde no Brasil – uma análise sobre o exercício desse direito no contexto de pandemia da Covid-19
Authors: Carmona Raquel Torcani
Published: May 2021

Este artigo tem como meta analisar o exercício do direito à saúde, garantido constitucionalmente a todos aqueles que se encontrarem, em caráter temporário ou definitivo em território brasileiro, sob a perspectiva da pandemia oriunda do contágio do coronavírus. Nesse contexto, foi possível verificar, por exemplo, que ao contrário do que muitos preferem alardear, o Sistema Único de Saúde brasileiro, mesmo com tantas deficiências e problemas foi de fundamental importância para o combate à doença. Novos caminhos e soluções devem ser implementados, mas é importante, também, conhecer os aspectos positivos para que todos tenham ânimo em prosseguir na busca pelo aperfeiçoamento do sistema e sua ampliação.
A origem das fundações públicas de direito privado na saúde brasileira
Authors: Sandmann de Deus Estéfani Sandmann , Rodrigues Krusser Tainara
Published: May 2021

O presente artigo efetua uma revisão teórica acerca de uma nova forma de prestação de serviços públicos de saúde brasileira: as Fundações Públicas de Direito Privado. Tal trabalho trata de uma pesquisa de abordagem qualitativa, que através da pesquisa bibliográfica e documental apresentará as origens deste novo serviço de saúde. Para compreender sua historicidade também efetuou-se uma revisão das origens do sistema de saúde brasileiro. Desta forma, pode-se verificar que as origens das fundações correspondem às reformas gerenciais propostas na administração pública brasileira. E ainda que tais reformas distanciam-se da proposta inicial verificadas nas origens do sistema de saúde brasileiro.
Diagnóstico clinicopatológico do neuroma circunscrito solitário: Relato de caso clínico
Authors: Morais Anne Diollina Araújo , Sampieri Marcelo Bonifácio da Silva , Chaves Filipe Nobre , Pereira de Oliveira Denise Hélen Imaculada
Published: May 2021

Introdução: O neuroma circunscrito solitário, também denominado neuroma encapsulado em paliçada, é um tumor benigno neural, predominantemente cutâneo, constituído por quantidades variáveis de componentes de nervo periférico. Clinicamente, é descrito como uma pápula ou pequeno nódulo de superfície lisa, indolor e geralmente único. Na cavidade oral a lesão é mais comum em palato duro.Objetivo: O objetivo deste artigo é relatar um caso de neuroma circunscrito solitário focando nas características clínicas e histopatológicas, além de discutir os critérios morfológicos do diagnóstico diferencial com outras lesões derivadas da bainha nervosa periférica.Relato de caso: O presente trabalho relata o caso de uma paciente do sexo feminino, 46 anos, que se queixava de uma lesão assintomática na mucosa labial inferior com tempo de evolução de 2 anos. A lesão apresentava-se como um nódulo de 5 mm de diâmetro, de cor semelhante a mucosa, superfície lisa, implantação séssil, consistência fibrosa e com um fator traumático associado. Foi realizada uma biópsia excisional e os cortes histológicos revelaram lóbulos de tecido conjuntivo fibroso contendo proliferação de células de núcleos ovoides e fusiformes, com cromatina frouxa e nucléolos inconspícuos. A reação imunohistoquímica apresentou-se positiva para proteína S-100 suportando o diagnóstico de neuroma circunscrito solitário.Conclusão: O neuroma circunscrito solitário é pouco relatado na literatura e, por não se tratar de uma lesão comum, faz-se necessário um minucioso exame clínico e histopatológico com o auxílio de uma análise imunohistoquímica para um diagnóstico preciso e correto. Além disso, é importante a realização de diagnósticos diferenciais com outras lesões.
Parotidite supurativa aguda em paciente jovem e sistemicamente saudável
Authors: Sousa Millena Lorrana de Almeida , Barreto Jaqueline Oliveira , Calado Ramalho dos Santos Maria Vitória , Patriota Irley Gonzaga Machado , Freitas George Borja , Rocha Julierme Ferreira
Published: May 2021

Objetivo: Este trabalho teve por objetivo descrever um caso de um paciente jovem e sistemicamente saudável que desenvolveu um quadro de parotidite supurativa aguda. Relato de caso: Paciente do gênero masculino, 21 anos de idade, feoderma, procurou os serviços da Liga Acadêmica de Cirurgia, no Departamento de Cirurgia Bucomaxilofacial do curso de odontologia da Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, campus Patos, Paraíba, Brasil, apresentando como queixa principal aumento de volume e dor na região esquerda da face. No exame físico observou-se drenagem de secreção purulenta pelo ducto de Stensen e o diagnóstico clínico foi de parotidite supurativa aguda. O tratamento indicado foi a base de antibiótico e anti-inflamatório não esteroidal, o paciente evoluiu bem e após sete dias não apresentava qualquer queixa clínica. Conclusão: Esta infeção é incomum em pacientes jovens e saudáveis, mas quando diagnosticada precocemente e tratada de maneira adequada apresenta um bom prognóstico.
Diagnóstico e tratamento de um caso de odontoma composto-complexo: relato de caso e revisão da literatura
Authors: Arantes Eugênio Braz Rodrigues , Merat Bruna Valeria Teixeira , De Andrade Lídia Souza , Leite Ana Flávia Schueler de Assumpção , Lourenço Simone De Queiroz Chaves
Published: May 2021

Objetivo: Apresentar o relato de um caso clínico de um odontoma em maxila anterior e apresentar uma revisão de literatura atualizada do tema. Relato de caso: Paciente com aumento de volume em região palatina de maxila do lado direito, com evolução de aproximadamente dois anos. Após exames radiológicos e hipótese diagnóstica, foi realizada remoção cirúrgica completa da lesão e análise histopatológica com laudo histopatológico de odontoma composto-complexo. A paciente segue em controle pós-operatório clínico e radiográfico de um ano sem recidiva. Conclusão: Destaca-se nesse relato a apresentação incomum de um odontoma com características histopatológicas do tipo composto e complexo simultaneamente, achado esse que não alterou o manejo do paciente, nem o prognóstico do caso.
The Effect of Kendo’s Chudan-no-kamae and Three Striking Movements on Changes in Brainwaves Related to Concentration Index
Authors: Shin Yun-A , Hong Sang-Min , Kim Seung-Ho , Lee Byung-Kun
Published: May 2021

OBJECTIVES This study was conducted to figure out the effects of kendo training on the activity of brainwaves by analyzing changes in brainwaves during chudan-no-kamae and three-movement-striking, which are basic movements of kendo, in elementary school students who undergo kendo training and comparing left and right side brainwave activities to find out differences.METHODS This study was conducted with 29 male elementary school students living in K City who were experts in kendo with a career as an athlete or a kendo training period not shorter than six months. The brainwave activity was measured by measuring and analyzing brainwaves at eight regions at the prefrontal lobe, the frontal lobe, the temporal lobe, and the occipital lobe using brainwave measuring equipment. Brainwaves were measured for 5 minutes in a sitting position in a stable state and were also measured for 5 minutes after 15 minutes of the chudan-no-kamae movement, which is aiming at the opponent with the point of the sword while moving along eight moving lines of the opponents, and for 5 minutes after 15 minutes of three striking movements.RESULTS Alpha waves showed higher brainwave activity during the stable state than during the kendo movements (three striking movements, chudan-no-kamae) while SMR, M-beta, and H-beta showed higher brainwave activity after kendo movements than during the resting state. The asymmetry between the left and right sides increased after the movements compared to during the resting state.CONCLUSIONS These results are considered attributable to kendo training that partly increased their concentration thereby increasing brainwave activity. However, it is unclear that kendo training will be helpful for concentration through physical activities and brain activity in this study. Therefore, further study should be conducted with the measurement of factors related to emotional aspects, concentration, and brainwaves according to kendo training.