bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Rethinking Disaster Theology: Combining Protestant Theology with Local Knowledge and Modern Science in Disaster Response
Authors: Rumahuru Yance Zadrak , Kakiay Agusthina Ch.
Published: November 2020

The interpretation of disaster through a religious lens has produced diverse theological perspectives regarding disaster. This article seeks to analyze the theology of disaster from a Protestant perspective, which may be combined with local knowledge and modern science to create disaster response strategies. This study is based on field studies and related literature analysis with qualitative method using an ethno science approach to see disaster phenomena in the context of Indonesian society, using primary data and secondary data. This study finds out that within Christian theology and among its followers disasters can be seen as the means through which God glorifies His creation while punishing those who have sinned and abandoned His teachings. It concludes, first, that God – the Creator – shows His love and mercy even through disaster. In the Protestant perspective, God seeks to honor His creation by mercifully creating balance. Second, disaster, as part of a natural cycle, should also be understood through local knowledge and modern science; as such, a holistic approach is necessary to understand and respond to disaster.
Circularly symmetric algorithm for UWB RF signal receiving channel based on noise cancellation
Authors: Huo Dongquan , Mao Luhong
Published: November 2020

Due to the high redundancy of ultra-wideband (UWB) radio frequency (RF) signal receiving channel and the channel’s non-rotation invariance, the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of signal transmission is increased. In order to solve this problem, a circularly symmetric algorithm for the UWB RF signal receiving channel based on spectrum compression cannot effectively reduce the redundancy of UWB RF signal receiving channel; the channel does not have rotation invariance; and the effect of noise reduction is poor. A circularly symmetric algorithm for the UWB RF signal receiving channel based on noise cancellation is proposed, and a noise cancellation structure at the input stage of the receiving channel is constructed to ensure channel noise cancellation and reduce noise in the channel. On this basis, five power zones are used to reasonably select RF devices, receive and downconvert UWB RF signal receiving channel, and convert the received UWB RF signal channel into circular symmetric Gabor transform to reduce redundancy and ensure the strict rotation invariance of the channel. The experimental results show that the proposed algorithm guarantees the quality of the signal and the stable transmission of the signal information. The SNR is 3.8672, and the root mean square error is 0.4078. The third-order cross-modulation coefficient of the signal receiving channel controlled by the algorithm meets the requirements of the index and the mirror frequency rejection requirement of the index.
New optical solitons of conformable resonant nonlinear Schrödinger’s equation
Authors: Rezazadeh Hadi , Abazari Reza , Khater Mostafa M. A. , Inc Mustafa , Baleanu Dumitru
Published: November 2020

Sardar subequation approach, which is one of the strong methods for solving nonlinear evolution equations, is applied to conformable resonant Schrödinger’s equation. In this technique, if we choose the special values of parameters, then we can acquire the travelling wave solutions. We conclude that these solutions are the solutions obtained by the first integral method, the trial equation method, and the functional variable method. Several new traveling wave solutions are obtained including generalized hyperbolic and trigonometric functions. The new derivation is of conformable derivation introduced by Atangana recently. Solutions are illustrated with some figures.
A probabilistic evaluation of human activity space for proactive approach behavior of a social robot
Authors: Sirithunge Chapa , T. Bandara H. M. Ravindu , P. Jayasekara A. G. Buddhika , Chandima D. P.
Published: November 2020

Intelligent robot companions contribute significantly to improve the living standards of people in the modern society. Therefore, humanlike decision-making skills are sought after during the design of such robots. On the one hand, such features enable the robot to be easily handled by its human user. On the other hand, the robot will have the capability of dealing with humans without disturbing them by its behavior. Perception of Behavioral Ontology prior to an interaction is an important aspect in this regard. Furthermore, humans make an instant evaluation of task-related movements of others before approaching them. In this article, we present a mechanism to monitor how the activity space is utilized by a particular user on a temporal basis as an ontological assessment of the situation and then determine an appropriate approach behavior for a proactive robot to initiate an interaction with its user. This evaluation was then used to determine appropriate proxemic behavior to approach that person. The usage of activity space varies depending on the task of an individual. We used a probabilistic approach to find the areas that are the most and least likely to be occupied within the activity space of a particular individual during various tasks. As the robot approaches its subject after analyzing the spatial behavior of the subject within his/her activity space, spatial constraints occurred as a result of which robot’s movement could be demolished. Hence, a more socially acceptable spatial behavior could be observed from the robot. In other words, an etiquette based on approach behavior is derived considering the user’s activity space. Experiment results used to validate the system are presented, and critical observations during the study and implications are discussed.
How context and design shape human-robot trust and attributions
Authors: Biermann Hannah , Brauner Philipp , Ziefle Martina
Published: November 2020

In increasingly digitized working and living environments, human-robot collaboration is growing fast with human trust toward robotic collaboration as a key factor for the innovative teamwork to succeed. This article explores the impact of design factors of the robotic interface (anthropomorphic vs functional) and usage context (production vs care) on human–robot trust and attributions. The results of a scenario-based survey with

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participants showed a higher willingness to collaborate with production robots compared to care. Context and design influenced the trust attributed to the robots: robots with a technical appearance in production were trusted more than anthropomorphic robots or robots in the care context. The evaluation of attributions by means of a semantic differential showed that differences in robot design were less pronounced for the production context in comparison to the care context. In the latter, anthropomorphic robots were associated with positive attributes. The results contribute to a better understanding of the complex nature of trust in automation and can be used to identify and shape use case-specific risk perceptions as well as perceived opportunities to interacting with collaborative robots. Findings of this study are pertinent to research (e.g., experts in human–robot interaction) and industry, with special regard given to the technical development and design.
Über die scheinbare Paradoxie von Weltablehnung und Erwerbsvirtuosität
Authors: Kurz Heinz D.
Published: November 2020

In diesem Aufsatz würdigt Heinz Kurz den Beitrag Max Webers zu den Sozial- und insbesondere Wirtschaftswissenschaften aus Anlass seines 100. Todestages. Nach einem Überblick über Leben, Werk und Wirken geht er kurz auf Webers methodologische Betrachtungen und seine Rolle im „Werturteilsstreit“ im Verein für Socialpolitik ein. Es folgt eine Auseinandersetzung mit Webers Aussagen zur Werttheorie und Grenznutzenlehre. Der Hauptteil der Arbeit gilt Webers Beiträgen zur Religionsökonomik. Nach einer Zusammenfassung des Werks „Die protestantische Ethik und der ‚Geist‘ des Kapitalismus“ und der darin exemplarisch behandelten historischen Macht von Ideen beleuchtet der Autor einige Aussagen Webers vor dem Hintergrund der neueren Theorie und macht auf Grenzen des Arguments aufmerksam. Es folgt ein Überblick über die Aufnahme des Werks damals und heute und die große Bedeutung der „Weber-These“ in der modernen Religions- und Kulturökonomik. Nach einer kurzen Erörterung des Verhältnisses von Weber zu Marx wirft Kurz ein Streiflicht auf Webers Beitrag zum Verständnis von Macht und Herrschaft. Webers Werk erweist sich als gewaltige Schatzkammer von Ideen, von denen mehrere noch darauf warten, aufgegriffen zu werden.
Interdependences of Products in Market Baskets: Comparing the Conditional Restricted Boltzmann Machine to the Multivariate Logit Model
Authors: Hruschka Harald
Published: November 2020

We analyze market baskets of individual households in two consumer durables categories (music, computer related products) by the multivariate logit (MVL) model, its finite mixture extension (FM-MVL) and the conditional restricted Boltzmann machine (CRBM). The CRBM attains a vastly better out-of-sample performance than MVL and FM-MVL models. Based on simulation-based likelihood ratio tests we prefer the CRBM to the FM-MVL model. To interpret hidden variables of conditional Boltzmann machines we look at their average probability differences between purchase and non-purchases of any sub-category across all baskets. To measure interdependences we compute cross effects between sub-categories for the best performing FM-MVL model and CRBM. In both product categories the CRBM indicates more or higher positive cross effects than the FM-MVL model. Finally, we suggest appropriate future research based on larger and more detailed data sets.
Conventional and unconventional materials used in the production of brake pads – review
Authors: Borawski Andrzej
Published: November 2020

Brakes are one of the most important components of vehicle. The brake system must be reliable and display unchanging action throughout its use, as it guards the health and life of many people. Properly matched friction pair, a disc and brake pad (in disc brakes), have a great impact on these factors. In most cases, the disc is made of grey cast iron. The brake pads are far more complex components. New technologies make it possible to develop materials with various compositions and different proportions, and connect them permanently in fully controllable processes. This elaboration shows that all these factors have a greater or lesser impact on the coefficient of friction, resistance to friction wear and high temperature, and brake pad’s operating life. This review collects the most important, the most interesting, and the most unconventional materials used in production of brake pads, and characterizes their impact on the tribological properties of pads.
Auf der Suche nach politischer Rationalität nuklearer Abschreckung
Authors: Nerlich Uwe
Published: November 2020

Derzeit endet eine Ära, in der nukleare Waffen ihre politische Wirkung verloren haben. Das Management nuklearer Risiken muss daher neu gedacht werden. Ausgangspunkt sind die diesbezüglichen Erfahrungen der beiden großen nuklearen Mächte. Dass es keinen Kernwaffenkrieg zwischen 1949 und 1990 gab, war ein Erfolg erlangter Stabilität, verstärkt durch Gewöhnung und Generationswechsel. Jede Seite nahm die Kompetenz der anderen wahr und respektierte diese. Nukleare Arsenale werden unter den heutigen Bedingungen auf längere Sicht weiterbestehen. Damit können sich neue Formen der Stabilisierung ergeben, aber auch das Risiko von Katastrophen. Es ist denkbar, dass zwischen den USA und China eine lang dauernde politisch-strategische Konkurrenz ansteht, in der nukleare Waffen eine politische Funktion bekommen. Dennoch ist diese geopolitische Situation grundlegend verschieden im Vergleich zum europäischen Kontext zwischen 1945 und 1990. Das neue Nuklearzeitalter ist zudem durch eine höhere Zahl von Akteuren geprägt. Sie sind zum großen Teil Nachbarn, bei denen sich Vorwarnzeiten in Minuten bemessen, und die nicht über Fähigkeiten verfügen, die jene gegenseitige Verständigung und Respektierung ermöglichen, die in zurückliegenden Zeiten zur Verhinderung von Nuklearkriegen beigetragen haben.
University language policy in Estonia and Catalonia. Is there a north-south divide in European higher education?
Authors: Soler Josep
Published: November 2020

Within the context of the internationalisation of higher education, language matters have become increasingly prominent for universities across a wide variety of contexts. This has made the higher education domain an attractive site for applied linguists and sociolinguists to investigate in close detail. One relatively consolidated idea is that contexts in which English has made further incursions in universities are more internationalised than those settings where English has penetrated to a lesser extent. In line with that, a supposed north-south divide in European higher education has been conceived of, with universities in the north leading in terms of internationalisation efforts, while those in the south lag behind. In this article, I problematise this idea and suggest instead that a narrower and more focused contrastive analysis between language ecologies across different countries and contexts might be more useful. In doing that, we can thus avoid the dangers of binarism and lumping that can come associated to holding preconceived geographical borders. In particular, the comparative analysis proposed here allows us to highlight two key issues that seem to be highly pressing in present-day higher education domains: the language-ideological and the socio-economic. I build the argument in the paper by utilising empirical material from Estonia and Catalonia, two contexts that have been at the centre of my own work in recent years.
Language policy in higher education in Flanders: Legislation and actual practice
Authors: Vandenbussche Wim
Published: November 2020

This article discusses a number of linguistic aspects of the internationalisation and anglicisation of higher education in Flanders. We aim to combine an overview of the applicable legal measures with the most detailed and complete information to date on the actual linguistic practices in universities and university colleges. To this end, we collected the most recent available data from a variety of official reports and databases on parameters including the number of English bachelor and master programmes currently on offer, the relative share of students involved in these international programmes, as well as the extent to which students and professors meet official language requirements. Next to these English-focused aspects, we also supply new figures on the required mother tongue proficiency to enrol in the regular Dutch-based curriculum (theory versus practice). The situation in the Dutch-speaking community of Belgium is then compared to that of the French-speaking Community, once again based on figures and data that were collated from a variety of official sources. All data indicate that the actual impact of anglicisation in Flemish universities and university colleges remains limited and unproblematic, compared to the situation in many other medium-sized language communities. The closing discussion advocates a language policy for higher education in Flanders that combines a strong focus on mother tongue proficiency with a solid training in English for academic purposes.
Psych predicates in European languages
Authors: Becker Laura , Guzmán Naranjo Matías
Published: November 2020

Previous work on psych predicates has so far mostly focused on verbs and their non-canonical argument structures within and across languages. In this study, we propose a usage-based account using parallel subtitles in seven European languages in order to examine the intralinguistic and crosslinguistic variation of psychological expressions. We start out from 12 semantically defined psychological concepts rather than concrete constructions; this allows us to include verbal and non-verbal expressions and thus to assess the variation and distribution of construction types of psychological expressions found in language use. We show that while there is a high degree of variation in terms of constructions used within languages, psychological expressions are relatively stable across languages. On the other hand, we find systematic, crosslinguistic concept-specific preferences for psychological expressions.
The Alternative Futures of the Lyric Characters:
Time Imagined and Time Sung in the Bucolic Corpus
Authors: Sistakou Evina
Published: November 2020

The aim of the present study is to explore the pattern of the alternative future in the example of three love stories in the bucolic corpus involving three characters, namely the anonymous goatherd of Idyll 3, the Cyclops and Daphnis. The alternative future is expressed through the rhetorical means of the future tense, the optative or imperative mood, and the conditional sentences, and may be described as imagined, performed or narrated. The test cases from the bucolic corpus are analyzed according to three criteria: the subjective viewpoint of the lyric mind, the distanced perspective of the bucolic singer and the words uttered by the dramatized characters and/or the narrator.
Reticulocyte hemoglobin equivalent in differential diagnosis of iron deficiency, iron deficiency anemia and β thalassemia trait in children.
Authors: Düzenli Kar Yeter , Altınkaynak Konca
Published: November 2020

Objectives

This study investigated the diagnostic power of reticulocyte hemoglobin equivalent (Ret-He) in the differential diagnosis of hypochromic microcytic anemia to differentiate iron deficiency anemia (IDA) and thalassemia trait (TT) based on the traditionally used erythrocyte index and formulas.

Methods

Twenty-six children with iron deficiency (ID), 26 with IDA, 33 with β-TT, 41 healthy children were assessed. Complete blood count parameters, Ret-He, immature reticulocyte fraction (IRF), low-fluorescence ratio (LFR), Mentzer’s indexes (MI) were evaluated. The diagnostic power of Ret-He in distinguishing between IDA and β-TT was investigated using ROC analysis.

Results

Ret-He levels were (median(Q1-Q3)) 20.6(19.7–21.5) pg in β-TT, 16.1(13.1–20) pg in IDA, 29.7(27.2–30.7) pg in ID, 30.5(29.8–31.7) pg in healthy controls. Based on ROC analysis, diagnostic power for distinguishing between IDA and β-TT was determined as RBC>MI>Ret-He>RDW>LFR>IRF. The highest sensitivity and specificity for differential diagnosis was obtained when the Ret-He cut-off value was 18.2pg. The AUC (95%CI) value was calculated as 0.765(0.637–0.866), and a statistically significant difference was found between groups (p<0.0006).

Conclusions

In patients with hypochromic microcytic anemia, Ret-He≤18.2pg combined with RBC≤5.3x106/L and MI>10.42 can be safely used to distinguish IDA from β-TT. In particular, patients with low Ret-He who don’t respond to iron therapy should be examined for β-TT.
Therapeutic agents currently employed against Covid-19: an effort to control the pandemic
Authors: Matías-Pérez Diana , Pérez-Santiago Alma Dolores , Sánchez-Medina Marco Antonio , García-Montalvo Iván Antonio
Published: November 2020

The disease caused by the new coronavirus (COVID-19) is characterized by fever and cough, in addition to affecting the lower respiratory tract and being associated with age, comorbidities and a weakened immune system. Lymphopenias occur in severe cases and an excessive production of inflammatory cytokines, which would explain the role of the hyperinflammatory response in the pathogenesis of COVID-19. In the absence of treatment for this virus, there is an urgent need to find alternative methods to control the spread of the disease, so we have conducted an online search for all treatment options related to coronavirus infections, as well as some infections due to viruses, general treatments, specific coronavirus treatments and antiviral treatments should be useful in the fight against COVID-19, the therapeutic agents evaluated included chloroquine/hydroxychloroquine, lopinavir/ritonavir, tocilizumab, ribavirin, interferons, nelfinavir, ivermectin, monoclonal antibodies and convalescent plasma.
Modeling and mode transition simulation of over-under turbine based combined cycle (TBCC) propulsion system based on inlet/engine matching
Authors: Gao Yuan , Xi Zhihua , Hu Chenxu , Zhang Haibo
Published: November 2020

The over-under turbine based combined cycle (TBCC) propulsion system dynamic model is established, including the engine model and inlet model. A dual-channel inlet is designed to match the engine and the inlet performance parameters are obtained by computational fluid dynamics (CFD) calculation, which provides original data for the integrated Inlet/Engine matching model. Control plan is designed to ensure that the engine is not over-temperature, over-rotation or surging based on correlation analysis. The simulation results show that the designed control plan can keep the TBCC propulsion system continuous in thrust during the mode transition, and the thrust fluctuation is about 10%.
The Nabonidus Inscription in Sela (Jordan): Epigraphic Study and Historical Meaning
Authors: Da Riva Rocío
Published: November 2020

King Nabonidus’ (556–539 BCE) military campaigns in the Levant and his long sojourn in Arabia are well known, and evidence of his activities in the area of Udummu (Edom) is found in the impressive cuneiform inscription and relief carved at the site of al-Sila‛ (Sela) in Jordan. The study of the inscription presented here comprises the documentation of the monument, the digital treatment of the data obtained, and the epigraphic, textual and historical analysis of the cuneiform inscription.
Investigations on the g factors and local structure for the trigonal Ce3+ center in YAl3(BO3)4 crystal
Authors: Dong Hui-Ning , Ye Rong , Zhang Rong
Published: November 2020

The perturbation formulae of the EPR gyromagnetic factors g
// and g
⊥ for the lowest Kramers doublet of a 4f1 ion in trigonal symmetry are established. By using the above perturbation formulae, the anisotropic g factors and the local structure for the trigonal Ce3+ center in YAl3(BO3)4 crystal are theoretically studied. From the studies, this center is attributed to the impurity Ce3+ occupying the trigonal prism Y3+ site in YAl3(BO3)4. The Ce3+–O2− bond is found to undergo an angular variation Δθ(≈ 1.72°) related to the C3 axis. The calculated g factors based on the above impurity angular distortion display consistence with the measured results. The anisotropic g factors and the trigonal distortion of the Ce3+ center are analyzed with respect to the host Y3+ site in YAl3(BO3)4.
Fiber-optic Fabry–Perot temperature sensor based on the ultraviolet curable glue-filled cavity and two-beam interference principle
Authors: Peng Jin , Feng Wenlin , Yue Zizheng , Yang Xiaozhan
Published: November 2020

An ultraviolet curable glue (UCG)-filled microprobe Fabry–Perot fiber temperature sensor, which based on the two-beam interference principle, is proposed and fabricated. In the range of 25.7–250 °C, the average sensitivity and average linear correlation coefficient of the sensor are −41.69 pm/°C and 0.98558, respectively. Under the same temperature, the maximum fluctuation (0.56 pm) of the trough’s wavelength and the standard error (0.0023 ± 0.04%) are obtained. The proposed interferometer exhibits excellent stability and has a potential application in the field of temperature monitoring.
Dust-acoustic Gardner solitons in cryogenic plasma with the effect of polarization in the presence of a quantizing magnetic field
Authors: El-Monier Shady Y. , Atteya Ahmed
Published: November 2020

A theoretical investigation is presented for dust-acoustic (DA), Gardner solitons (GSs), and double layers (DLs) in a magnetized cryogenic plasma system. The plasma consists of inertial negatively charged dust, Boltzmann distributed electrons, and ions, all existing in a quantizing magnetic field. The Korteweg–de Vries (KdV), a modified KdV (mKdV), and Gardner equations are derived by using the reductive perturbation method. It is found that the KdV solitons and DLs are either compressive or rarefactive depending on the plasma parameters, whereas only compressive mKdV and rarefactive GSs solitons exist. These GSs and DLs are significantly modified due to the introduction of the polarization force effect. The present results are considered to be beneficial in understanding the waves propagating at cryogenic temperatures in the experiments of the nano-electromechanical application such as cryogenic etching of silicon that leads to etched silicon and makes it highly anisotropic with a high etch rate, lower side etching, and increases the dry etch resistance of organic masks.
petits jeux,combat douxundfleurs écloses: Sexualität und ihre Kodierung im französischen Renaissancelied
Authors: Reutner Ursula , Heidepeter Philipp
Published: November 2020

Renaissance songs are full of sexual content, which, however, generally appears in an encoded manner. Based on a corpus of 278 texts from an anthology representing a broad range of French Renaissance songs, the article analyses the excerpts that show clear traces of sexual content from both a qualitative and a quantitative perspective. In a qualitative analysis, the study presents the images that describe male and female body parts, the coitus, and orgasm. It categorizes them according to the underlying techniques of codification, such as metaphor, synecdoche, metonymy, metalinguistic reference, and projection, and further subdivides the metaphors into the semantic fields they originate in, such as flora and fauna, physical activity (playing, dancing, planting, fighting), objects (spear, instrument, and others) or fainting and death. Using a quantitative approach, the article shows the distribution of these images, techniques, and sexual content. The metaphor is the most frequently used technique, in terms of tokens, followed by metonymy and synecdoche. The coitus appears, again in terms of tokens, as the dominant encoded content, followed by the orgasm, and male and female body parts. The article hence delivers a corpus-based presentation and evaluation of common euphemisms used for the coding of sexuality, thus allowing a deeper understanding of French Renaissance songs as well as a systematic grasp of the early use of sexual euphemisms in French.
Race, Ethnicity, Ancestry, and Genomics in Hawai‘i
Authors: Fujimura Joan H. , Rajagopalan Ramya M.
Published: November 2020

This paper examines how populations in a multiethnic cohort project used to study environmental causes of cancer in Hawai‘i have been reorganized in ways that have contributed to the racialization of the human genome. We examine the development of two central genomic data infrastructures, the multiethnic cohort (MEC) and a collection of reference DNA called the HapMap. The MEC study populations were initially designed to examine differences in nutrition as risk factors for disease, and then were repurposed to search for potential genomic risk factors for disease. The biomaterials collected from these populations became institutionalized in a data repository that later became a major source of “diverse” DNA for other studies of genomic risk factors for disease. We examine what happened when the MEC biorepository and dataset, organized by ethnic labels, came to be used, in conjunction with the data from the HapMap reference populations, to construct human population genetic categories.

Developing theory on genomic racialization, we examine (1) how and why Hawai‘i became sited as a “virtual natural laboratory” for collecting and examining biomaterials from different ethnic groups, and the consequences of the transformation of those local Hawaiian ethnic groups into five racial and ethnic OMB categories meant to represent global continental groups for genomic studies. We then discuss (2) how this transformation, via the geneticists’ effort to standardize the study of genomic risk for disease around the globe, led to the construction of humans as statistical genetic resources and entities for genomic biomedicine and the human population genetics discipline. Through this transformation of populations and biorepositories, we argue (3) that the twenty-first century has seen the intertwining of “race,” “population,” and “genome” via large-scale genomic association studies. We show how “race” has become imbricated in human population genetics and genomic biomedicine.

This essay is part of a special issue entitled Pacific Biologies: How Humans Become Genetic, edited by Warwick Anderson and M. Susan Lindee.
Planes estratégicos en el sistema educativo de Bogotá para la atención a minorías étnicas
Authors: Díaz Sánchez Edisson
Published: November 2020

Este artículo científico da a conocer un informe sobre grupos estudiantiles étnicos (indígenas y afrodescendientes), presentes en el sistema educativo de Bogotá (Colombia), y específicamente, en el Colegio Técnico José Félix Restrepo IED; además de analizar las políticas públicas y estrategias que se han adoptado para la atención en materia educativa a estas comunidades escolares, por parte de la Secretaría de Educación del Distrito Capital y de la institución en mención. La perspectiva teórica bajo la cual se aborda esta indagación está relacionada con el grupo-red denominado Pensamiento decolonial, que pretende hacer una visibilización de los procesos que adelantan aquellas comunidades, colectivos y sectores que tradicionalmente han sido soslayados por el saber, el poder y el ser de la colonialidad. El método es de carácter mixto, donde se muestran, tanto datos estadísticos, producto de una encuesta social estudiantil de la institución escolar, como el análisis documental para conocer los avances en inclusión étnica que se han venido desarrollando en las organizaciones educativas de la capital colombiana. A modo de conclusión general, se puede establecer que en los últimos años el número de educandos no mestizos matriculados en el sistema educativo distrital (tanto en colegios oficiales como privados) ha aumentado significativamente y, por consiguiente, se han gestionado estrategias de atención a estas comunidades, ya sea desde el enfoque diferencial o interseccional.
La ciudadanía ateniense como modelo de exclusión social de las mujeres desde la perspectiva foucaultiana
Authors: García Jiménez Ricardo
Published: November 2020

El interés de la presente reflexión es indagar cómo los conceptos de tecnología del poder, biopoder, anormalidad, vigilancia y mecanismos disciplinarios, desarrollados por Michel Foucault, pueden abonar para la comprensión de la arquitectura que trazó las características que definieron la noción de ciudadanía ateniense como modelo de exclusión y dominación de las mujeres de esa época. El documento conjetura que, a pesar de que existían factores impelentes que restringen las libertades de las mujeres, ello no las limitaba para incidir en asuntos de carácter público, pues existían otras formas de participación no convencionales que les permitía intervenir de manera indirecta en asuntos de carácter político, siendo paradójicamente los mismos micro-espacios a los cuales fueron confinadas, los lugares donde podían influir en la vida política del Estado Ateniense.
VALOR DE USO Y VALOR DE CAMBIO EN LOS SISTEMAS EVALUATIVOS UNIVERSITARIOS. ANÁLISIS DE DOS INSTITUCIONES: UNIVERSIDAD DE MATANZAS, CUBA Y UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CIUDAD JUÁREZ, MÉXICO
Authors: Corral Soto Sofía Guadalupe
Published: November 2020

Se analiza la evaluación académica y científica universitaria a través de la teoría del valor marxista, como instrumento inscrito en la lógica del capitalismo cognitivo, el cual se define como una forma inédita de la economía, que ha puesto un mayor énfasis en la producción de bienes fundados en las disposiciones intelectuales, y que ha transformado las relaciones de los sujetos con el producto de su conocimiento. Retoma algunas aportaciones sobre el concepto de valor de Ernest Mandel, Antonio Negri y Bolívar Echeverría. Se consideran las categorías de valor de uso y valor de cambio del conocimiento, para diferenciar dos modos en los que esta condición se manifiesta en el ámbito universitario, así como algunas de sus implicaciones en la subjetividad de los docentes investigadores. Aborda críticamente las características sumativa, heterónoma, criterial, normativa, jerarquizadora y punitiva de la evaluación. Finalmente, se presentan de modo ilustrativo los modelos evaluativos del profesorado en la Universidad de Matanzas y la Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez.
Estimation of errors in determining corrosion grain sizes by analysis of diffuse light reflection signal
Authors:   Karpenko Physico-Mechanical Institute of the NAS of Ukraine, Ivasiv I.B.
Published: November 2020

The approaches to estimation of lower boundary of the inverse problem solution error concerning the sizing the corrosion micro defects inside the submillimeter corrosion spots has been proposed. It is assumed that pointed error depends on random location of the corrosion spots. The method based on comparison of two estimations of light diffusion reflectance sensor’s signal discrepancy. The first estimation is based on the standard deviation for the discrepancy caused by randomly located corrosion spots. The second one is based on corrosion grains’ size deviation. Also, it is found that the discrepancy based on deviations of signal peaks positions provides more stable solution for the corrosion micro defects sizes.
Who were those MEN hiding behind the Ulcers?: A Case Report
Authors:   Hospital Tengku Ampuan Rahimah, Malaysia, Redzuan Shazatul Reza Binti Mohd , Liang Yong Sy
Published: November 2020

Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN1) is a rare autosomal dominant disease caused by a mutation in the MEN1 gene. We present a 65-year-old man with MEN1 who has primary hyperparathyroidism, microprolactinoma, meningioma and gastrinoma. He had undergone parathyroidectomy followed by tumour excision of meningioma. The duodenal gastrinoma lesion was inoperable as it was close to the superior mesenteric artery with high surgery risk. Medical therapy with octreotide LAR had been initiated and showed good biochemical response as well as disease progression control. Chemoembolization was proposed if the duodenum lesion reduces in size on maintenance treatment with octreotide LAR. This case highlights the challenges in managing this rare condition and octreotide LAR has shown to be effective in controlling the disease progression in MEN1 with inoperable gastrinoma.
Agoitrous Graves’ Hyperthyroidism with Markedly Elevated Thyroid Stimulating Immunoglobulin Titre displaying Rapid Response to Carbimazole with Discordant Thyroid Function
Authors:   Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore, Kon Yin Chian , Lim Brenda Su Ping , Lee Yingshan , Aw Swee Eng , Wong Yoko Kin Yoke
Published: November 2020

We characterize the clinical and laboratory characteristics of 5 patients with Graves’ thyrotoxicosis whose serum free thyroxine (fT4) concentration decreased unexpectedly to low levels on conventional doses of carbimazole (CMZ) therapy. The initial fT4 mean was 40.0 pM, range 25-69 pM. Thyroid volume by ultrasound measured as mean 11 ml, range 9.0-15.6 ml. Initial TSI levels measured 1487% to >4444%. Serum fT4 fell to low-normal or hypothyroid levels within 3.6 to 9.3 weeks of initiating CMZ 5 to 15 mg daily, and subsequently modulated by fine dosage adjustments. In one patient, serum fT4 fluctuated in a “yo-yo” pattern. There also emerged a pattern of low normal/low serum fT4 levels associated with discordant low/mid normal serum TSH levels respectively, at normal serum fT3 levels. The longterm daily-averaged CMZ maintenance dose ranged from 0.7 mg to 3.2 mg. Patients with newly diagnosed Graves' hyperthyroidism who have small thyroid glands and markedly elevated TSI titres appear to be “ATD dose sensitive.” Their TFT on ATD therapy may display a “central hypothyroid” pattern. We suggest finer CMZ dose titration at closer follow-up intervals to achieve biochemical euthyroidism.
Better Normal, A Silver Lining in 2020: JAFES is Accepted for Indexing in PubMed Central
Authors:   University of the Philippines-Philippine General Hospital, Paz-Pacheco Elizabeth
Published: November 2020

Amid the uncertainties and challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, we celebrate another major milestone in the continuing journey of the JAFES. We formally announce here our acceptance to PubMed Central after being included in Scopus and Clarivate Analytics Emerging Sources Citation Index in the last 2 years. Launched in 2000, PubMed Central is a free archive of full-text biomedical and life sciences journal articles, serving as a digital counterpart to the print journal collection of the US National Library of Medicine. As a participating journal, JAFES shall be depositing full text articles starting from 2017 and these shall be available 100% open access and searchable also in MedLine.
THE INFLUENCE OF NANOPARTICLES OF BIOGENIC METALS ON CULTURING THE YEAST SACCHAROMYCES СEREVISIAE
Authors: Sychevsky М. , Danilova К. , Oliynichuk S.
Published: November 2020

The effect of nanoparticles of biogenic metals (Fe, Mg, Zn, Mn) and their combinations on culturing the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae and on fermentation of sugar-containing raw materials into ethanol  have been investigated . The research involved the use of nanometal preparations obtained by volumetric electric-spark dispersion. It has proved effective to add nanozinc and a preparation containing nanomanganese and nanomagnesium, prior to yeast cultivation, to the growth media agar and wort agar in the concentrations 0.5 μg/cm3 and 11 μg/cm3 respectively. The experimental yeast grown on the medium containing these preparations increased the alcohol concentration in the distiller’s wort by 0.2%, whereas the content of unfermented carbohydrates remained within the prescribed limits 0.32–0.39 g/100 сm3. The yeast biomass increased by 1.2–1.4 times. Zinc and manganese/magnesium nanopreparations increased the maltase and invertase activities of the yeast under study by 40–25%. The nanoiron preparation contributed to inhibiting the fermentation activity of the yeast biomass. Biogenic metal nanocomplexes are used by yeast as an additional nutrient source. They form organometallic and intracomplex active compounds with yeast cell enzymes, primarily with hexokinase, aldolase, enolase. This intensifies synthesis of enzymes and increases their catalytic effect. The results obtained prove the effectiveness of biogenic metal nanopreparations as catalysts for biochemical transformations in a yeast cell. Using nanometals increases the productivity of bakery yeast, improves the technological process of alcoholic fermentation, and offers ample opportunity to increase the activity of enzyme preparations in the course of their production.
PTTB e DiTMAO: modularità di alcune applicazioni per le Digital Humanities
Authors:   ILC-CNR-Pisa, Bozzi Andrea
Published: November 2020

For several years now, computational linguistics has been addressing the problems of and developing technological tools for automatic translation, with its important economic implications. At the same time, projects dedicated to facilitating translations of ancient works, which are often fraught with considerable hermeneutical difficulties, are far rarer. The PTTB system, which was designed and constructed at the Institute for Computational Linguistics (National Research Council) in Pisa, enables a group of about fifty scholars to translate the entire Babylonian Talmud, written in Aramaic and Biblical Hebrew, more quickly and uniformly. While the language and structure of the textual corpus made the development of machine translation algorithms impossible, translation memory and edit distance techniques have produced excellent results. Based on them, the system offers scholars a high percentage of correct translations, accessible through a very intuitive graphic user interface. The results are easily exportable to xml files suitable for the final editing and printing operations. So far, these innovations have made it possible to publish four treatises in six printed volumes with translations, annotations and thematic indexes within a relatively short time. Several other volumes have already been processed and are currently being edited. Various perspectives open up for the use of the digital Talmud in Italian. One of the most interesting options involves using machine learning and named entity recognition techniques to associate semantic or conceptual values (Talmud Ontological Framework) with and make cross-references among portions of the text that report or discuss similar themes. This will help various groups of (general and specialised) users to browse this vast and heterogeneous textual archive on the semantic basis. The strategy adopted here is also aligned with the Dictionnaire des Termes Médico-botaniques de l’Ancien Occitan (DiTMAO), another ongoing lexicographical project. It will enable users to semantically navigate within an extensive medical-pharmaceutical and botanical textual corpus in medieval Occitan. For these reasons, PTTB and DiTMAO can be regarded as two instances of one innovative technological infrastructure for linguistic and philological research in the field of digital humanities.
Da Internet alla galleria d’arte, ovvero gli esperimenti traduttivi con gli emoji
Authors:   Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicach, Majdzik Papić Katarzyna
Published: November 2020

The article presents various forms of intersemiotic and intrasemiotic translations which use emoji signs, i.e. iconic characters employed in digital communication by users of popular Internet applications and platforms (e.g. Twitter, Facebook and Messenger). The use of emojis is becoming more and more widespread, as evidenced by the increasing number of text messages and works of art which consist exclusively of these characters. At the same time, attempts are being made to translate more extensive verbal texts (including literary works) into the nonverbal system of emojis. One of the feats such efforts have so far accomplished is an experimental translation of Carlo Collodi’s Pinocchio (La storia di un burattino), a classic of children’s literature, from Italian to emojitaliano (a system codified by the participants of the experiment), which was developed on Twitter and appeared in print in 2017. Emoji-based works of art have also found their way to art galleries. The Garden of Emoji Delights, a triptych by Carla Gannis, is a conspicuous example of intrasemiotic translation (from a non-verbal code to another non-verbal code) involving Hieronymus Bosch’s celebrated painting. Such applications of emoji are associated with paradigmatic changes in the humanities, which are related to the digital, iconic and performative turns and to today’s remix culture (Lawrence Lessig, Lev Manovich).
Cristina Campo e la ricezione di Gustaw Herling-Grudziński in Italia
Authors:   Uniwersytet Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego w Warszawie, Ślarzyńska Małgorzata
Published: November 2020

Among other records, the Archive of Gustaw Herling-Grudziński in Naples holds Cristina Campo’s unpublished letters to him. The letters bear witness to a literary relation between the two writers and intellectuals which began when Pale d’altare, a volume of short stories by HerlingGrudziński, was translated into Italian and published in Italy in 1960. Cristina Campo, a poet, essayist, translator and prominent figure in 20th-century Italian literature, was enthusiastic about HerlingGrudziński’s volume. She comprehensively discussed it in an insightful review entitled ‘La torre e l’isola,’ published in Il Punto in 1961. Her review marked Herling-Grudziński’s debut in Italy and became a highly influential factor in the Italian reception of his literary works. The author himself regarded it as one of the most important critical texts addressing his writings. The aim of my paper is to highlight the relevance of Cristina Campo to the Italian reception of Herling-Grudziński’s works and to illumine the relations between the Polish writer and his Italian critic through the unpublished letters preserved in the Herling-Grudziński Archive. The paper also refers to other reviews of Pale d’altare, which were offered by Elèmire Zolla, Roberto Calasso, Margherita Guidacci and Leone Traverso, associated with the same literary circle, and shows the impact of Campo’s enthusiasm on some of these appraisals.
Efeito da Técnica de Esmerilhamento do Cordão na Dureza da ZTA de Soldas Multipasses Subaquáticas Molhadas
Authors: Carvalho Gabriel Mendes de Almeida , Bracarense Alexandre Queiroz , Pessoa Ezequiel Caires Pereira , Gonçalves Caroline Nazaré
Published: November 2020

Resumo: A Soldagem Subaquática Molhada com Eletrodo Revestido (SMER) tem sido vastamente utilizada devido ao seu baixo custo em relação a outros processos aplicados debaixo d'água e por alcançar resultados de boa qualidade. Um dos principais problemas encontrados é a perda de ductilidade na Zona Termicamente Afetada (ZTA) devido ao rápido resfriamento. Uma opção para a redução da dureza e consequente aumento da ductilidade é a aplicação de um Tratamento Térmico Pós-Soldagem (TTPS). Entretanto, sua utilização por vezes se torna impraticável no ambiente subaquático. Uma alternativa é a utilização do próprio calor proveniente de passes subsequentes, promovendo o revenimento de regiões endurecidas (técnica do passe de revenimento). Neste trabalho foi estudado o efeito do esmerilhamento do cordão de solda após cada passe, visando otimizar o calor de passes subsequentes e controlar a dureza da ZTA no processo de soldagem molhada. Todas as soldas foram realizadas em um tanque hiperbárico simulando a profundidade de 10 m. Os resultados demonstraram que quando utilizada a técnica do esmerilhamento, o calor do passe subsequente é melhor utilizado e o revenimento promove o amaciamento de toda a extensão da ZTA, alcançando menores valores de dureza em relação ao processo convencional e dentro dos limites estabelecidos por normas reguladoras.
O Radiômetro de Crookes é um cata-luz
Authors: Lunazzi José Joaquín , Souza Antonio Marcos de
Published: November 2020

Dentre os experimentos mais importantes do século XIX está um que liga o eletromagnetismo com a mecânica de forma direta. No chamado “Radiômetro de Crookes” a luz, empurrando palhetas, surpreende dando a imediata percepção de sua energia. O público percebe que o lado preto é quem recebe a maior ação. O estudante de escola, e o universitário, tentam entender o porquê disso, mas ficam com dúvidas. Neste artigo fazemos um recenso das dúvidas que acontecem, em nível de escola, graduação, e pós-graduação. É comum pensar em termos de eletromagnetismo, de termodinâmica, mas não conhecemos artigo algum que tenha incluído o atrito na análise. Mostramos aqui a influência do atrito por meio de um experimento simples.
Corporeizar las etnografías desde perspectivas feministas
Authors: Pozo Lola Martínez
Published: November 2020

Resumen: En este artículo propongo una reflexión sobre el lugar de los cuerpos en la producción de conocimientos. En la tarea de repensar cuestiones epistemológicas, metodológicas y políticas orientadas a corporeizar las etnografías y desarrollar una antropología encarnada, en estas páginas destaco diversas perspectivas socio-antropológicas y feministas críticas que me han permitido experimentar la práctica etnográfica como corporal. A continuación, comparto algunas reflexiones procedentes de la experiencia etnográfica sobre la politización de los cuerpos y las tecnologías desde perspectivas (trans)feministas y prácticas hacking, donde conecto los feminismos, la etnografía feminista y los proyectos (trans)feministas compartidos por lxs entrevistadxs, en tanto genealogías diferenciadas dirigidas a hackear los códigos normativos de producción de conocimiento y a desarrollar conocimientos de resistencia desde las experiencias corporales