bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Manejo y uso de Cnidoscolus spp. en el Totonacapan, Puebla y Mixteca Baja, Oaxaca
Authors: Corro Contreras Rubicelia , Cuevas Sánchez Jesús Axayacat , Guerra Ramírez Diana , Serrato Cruz Miguel Ángel
Published: December 2022

Se aborda el estudio etnobotánico de dos especies de Cnidoscolus (Euphorbiaceae); C. rostratus y C. multilobus siendo ambas consideradas de importancia antropocéntrica en las comunidades involucradas en el presente trabajo: Acaquizapan, Oaxaca y Ecatlán, Puebla, respectivamente. El objetivo del presente estudio fue establecer la primera aproximación documental cuali-cuantitativa relacionada con su aprovechamiento. Considerando una muestra de 47 informantes de Ecatlán y 90 de Acaquizapan. Mediante investigación participativa y la utilización de índices etnobotánicos, se hicieron entrevistas incluyendo 14 variables. Con relación a el grado de manejo, C. rostratus, se registró en forma silvestre, tolerada y fomentada, usándose como alimento (semillas), medicina (ramas y hojas) y cerco vivo; obtuvó un valor de uso de 3, valor de importancia de uso 0.92 y significancia cultural 34.5. C. multilobus, ‘mala mujer’, con grado de manejo silvestre y tolerada, las flores se consumen como quelite, las hojas tienen uso medicinal y como utensilio doméstico; valor de uso de 3, valor de importancia de uso 0.234 y significancia cultural 5. Se considera que esta información es importante para ampliar el uso y conservación de su diversidad genética, así como de la cultura involucrada, además de representar fuente potencial de ingreso económico para los pobladores.
El Cauca, reintegración y postconflicto: un análisis del gobierno regional de multiactores
Authors: Cortés Landázury Raúl
Published: December 2022

Objetivo: examinar los alcances cohesivos de la ejecución de medidas de reintegración social, para evaluar el engranaje de atención pública junto a las prácticas colectivas de perdón y reconciliación frente a los vejámenes de la guerra. De allí que el artículo de cuenta de los alcances de la articulación efectiva de actores para la política de reintegración social. Metodología: mediante el enfoque analítico de datos agregados se recurrió a una encuesta sobre redes sociales y gobernanza, que se sistematizó y se procesó en el programa UCINET 6.5 y su herramienta de visualización Netdraw. Resultados: se obtuvieron indicadores de interacción y representaciones de los vínculos efectivos interorganizacionales, así mismo, se desplegó el análisis documental a los manifiestos oficiales y la revisión teórica respectiva a los clivajes del tema centrado en las redes de políticas. Conclusiones: Se encontraron arquetipos fragmentados que hablan de la baja eficiencia del entramado gubernamental y débiles niveles de cohesión social alrededor del problema, que dista de los grados de legitimidad proyectados.
La efectividad de la auditoría interna en el sector público: una revisión de literatura
Authors: Jurado-Zambrano Diego Armando , Armijo-Perea Jonathan David
Published: December 2022

La presente revisión de literatura busca identificar los habilitadores que impactan la efectividad de la auditoría interna en el sector público, así como las futuras líneas de investigación en relación con el tema. Para esto, se desarrolló una investigación con enfoque cualitativo y alcance descriptivo, empleando la técnica de revisión estructurada de literatura en bases de datos de alto impacto. Los resultados evidencian que la competencia, el apoyo de la administración, la independencia y la relación de la auditoría interna con la auditoría externa y con el comité de auditoría, fueron los habilitadores más recurrentes que podrían influir en la efectividad de la auditoría interna. De manera complementaria, es importante fijar la atención, tanto a nivel teórico como empírico, en el desarrollo de nuevas categorías de análisis sobre habilitadores basados en el uso de nuevas tecnologías, como las surgidas en la industria 4.0. A manera de conclusión, se evidencia que la efectividad de la función de auditoría interna en el sector público depende de la combinación de una serie de habilitadores que, si se incorporan en las organizaciones, podrían llevar a que las mismas agreguen un mayor valor en la toma de decisiones, la prevención de los riesgos y la protección de los recursos públicos.
Implicaciones de la falta de motivación del empleado público en su desempeño
Authors: Álvarez Collazos Augusto , Sánchez Rincón Diana
Published: December 2022

El artículo presenta un producto adicional de los resultados de la investigación titulada Incidencia de la motivación en el desempeño de los empleados públicos en Colombia, estudio en el que se analizan las implicaciones de la falta de motivación del empleado público y se identifican carencias de valores positivos en empleados del sector; insinuando una propuesta de formación profesional basada en la teoría de motivación del empleado público propuesta por James Perry (1996). La metodología utilizada en el estudio permitió un análisis de variables como la motivación y el desempeño, teniendo como resultado que los empleados públicos en Colombia no están lo suficientemente motivados, situación asociada a que las estrategias de motivación impulsadas por el Estado no tienen en cuenta los factores intrínsecos (valores) que motivan a los servidores públicos, fenómeno que genera graves consecuencias para la Administración Pública y la sociedad colombiana.
EFFECT OF GREEN PRODUCT, HALAL LABEL AND SAFI COSMETIC BRAND IMAGE ON PURCHASE DECISIONS MODERATED BY WORD OF MOUTH IN THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY OF PALEMBANG CITY
Authors: Fakhira Karinta , Mismiwati Mismiwati , Africano Fernando , Riduwansah Riduwansah , Riski Oki Sania
Published: December 2022

This research was on to find out the influence of green products, halal labels, the brand image of Safi Cosmetics, and word of mouth as moderators to wards purchasing decisions of the Muslim consumers in Palembang. The sample used in this research was the Muslim consumers in Palembang with purposive sampling techniques. The number of samples in this study was 90 samples obtained from the questionnaire. The research used the quantitative approach with Moderated Regression Analysis assisted by SPSS 21. The results reveal that green product has no effect on purchasing decisions, the halal label has a positive effect on purchasing decisions, brand image has a positive effect on purchasing decisions, word of mouth has a positive effect on purchasing decisions, and word of mouth weakens the relationship between green products and purchasing decisions.
ROLE OF COLLABORATION LEVELS IN THE INFLUENCE OF TRUST LEVEL ON PROJECT MANAGEMENT SUCCESS AT DEVELOPER COMPANIES IN BATAM
Authors: Setyawan Agustinus , Annalin Annalin
Published: December 2022

This study aims to determine and analyze the effect of the trust levels which include trust, exchange of knowledge, and expectations on project management success which includes project performance, and integration of knowledge and innovation through mediation of collaboration levels which include incentive, proximity, relationship, conflict, coordination, and commitment on developer companies in Batam. The survey conducted for this study was by distributing questionnaires to 275 respondents. The sample selection method uses purposive sampling method, which the selection of samples is in accordance with predetermined conditions that the respondents came from 5 developer companies in Batam with a total of 258 complete data to be processed. The researcher used the SPSS and Smart PLS programs to examine the effect of the independent variable on the dependent variable through the mediating variable.

The results of this study indicate that the variable trust levels have a significant effect on the variable collaboration levels and project management success. However, the variable collaboration levels do not have a significant effect on the variable of project management success. Likewise, the variable of trust on variable of project management success through mediation of collaboration levels does not have a significant effect. So, it can be said that the higher the trust levels, the higher the collaboration levels and project management success will be. On the other hand, there is no influence between collaboration and project management success.
EFFECT OF FINANCIAL ACCESS ON MSME BUSINESS PERFORMANCE, THE MODERATING ROLE OF FINANCIAL LITERACY (STUDY ON YOUTH ENTREPRENEURIAL GROUP IN JAMBI CITY)
Authors: Dewi Erwita , Hendriyaldi Hendriyaldi , Tialonawarmi Feni
Published: December 2022

This study aims to determine the effect of financial access on business performance by testing the moderation effect of financial literacy on entrepreneurial youth groups in Jambi city. Using a survey research design, the questionnaire was distributed to 252 respondents. Hypothesis testing using PLS-SEM analysis tools with Smart PLS 2.0 software. The results of the study indicate that the entire hypothesis was accepted. This proves that financial access affects the business performance of MSMEs and financial literacy acts as a moderation variable.
Hubungan Pemberian Reward dengan Motivasi Kerja Perawat di Ruang Inap Rumah Sakit
Authors: Kuswantoro Edy , Kustriyani Menik , Arifianto Arifianto
Published: December 2022

Nurses are the main key in a service. As a form of professional service, nursing is expected to improve the quality of the hospital in providing nursing care, be it promotive, preventive, curative and rehabilitative. By giving rewards aims to maintain the motivation of these employees so that they are always in good condition, so that the quality of hospital services increases. This research uses quantitative research, which is a non-experimental research with cross sectional design. The sample technique used in this study is Proportionate Random Sampling with a sample size of 102 respondents. Bivariate analysis was performed using the Rank Spearman Correlation test. The results of research and data analysis obtained Rho = 0,462 and ρ value of 0,000. The Rho value indicates that reward giving with work motivation is in moderate correlation strength with unidirectional correlation. The results of ρ value indicate that the hypothesis is accepted that there is a significant relationship between the provision of rewards and the work motivation of the nurses who work in the Inpatient Room of dr. Ario Wirawan Salatiga Hospital. Conclusion of this study indicate that there is a significant relationship between giving rewards and the work motivation of the nurses who work in the hospital room of dr. Ario Wirawan Salatiga.
Abstrak
Perawat menjadi kunci utama dalam sebuah pelayanan Sebagai bentuk pelayanan profesional, keperawatan diharapkan dapat meningkatkan mutu Rumah Sakit dalam memberikan asuhan keperawatan, baik itu bersifat promotif, preventif, kuratif dan rehabilitative. Dengan pemberian reward bertujuan untuk menjaga motivasi pegawai tersebut supaya selalu dalam kondisi yang baik, sehingga mutu pelayanan Rumah Sakit meningkat. Penelitian ini menggunakan jenis penelitian kuantitatif deskriptif analitik dengan desain cross sectional. Teknik sampel yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah Proportionate Random Sampling dengan jumlah sampel 102 responden. Penelitian ini menggunakan alat ukur kuesioner pemberian reward dan motivasi kerja. Analisis bivariat dilakukan dengan uji Korelasi Spearman Rank. Hasil penelitian dan analisis data diperoleh Rho = 0,462 dan ρ value sebesar 0,000 < 0. Nilai Rho tersebut menunjukkan bahwa pemberian reward dengan motivasi kerja berada dalam kekuatan korelasi sedang dengan arah korelasi yang searah. Hasil ρ value menunjukkan hipotesis diterima bahwa ada hubungan yang signifikan antara pemberian reward dengan motivasi kerja perawat pelaksana di Ruang Inap RS Paru dr. Ario Wirawan Salatiga. Simpulan hasil penelitian ini menunjukan bahwa ada hubungan signifikan pemberian  reward dengan motivasi kerja perawat pelaksana di Ruang Inap RS Paru dr. Ario Wirawan        alatiga. Dengan adanya reward yang jelas dapat mempengaruhi motivasi kerja perawat dalam melakukan asuhan keperawatan.
Kata kunci : Perawat, reward, motivasi kerja
Pijat Oketani untuk Meningkatkan Produksi Air Susu Ibu pada Ibu Post Partum: Literature Review
Authors: Nur Farida Lisnawati , Ismiakriatin Pentya
Published: December 2022

Breastfeeding mothers often experience problems in the form of lack of milk. Oketani massage was known to be effective to increase breast milk production in postpartum mothers. The purpose of this study was to obtain an overview of giving oketani massage in increasing breast milk production based on empirical studies of the last 10 years. The design of this study used was a literature review with inclusion criteria in accordance with the PICOS format. Methods in searching for sources or articles through the National Library of Indonesia's E-Resources database, Proquest, Science Direct and Google Scholar (years 2011-2021) published in English and Indonesian. The keywords used were related to Breast Milk Production and Oketani Massage. Based on the Literature Review of 7 research journals, it was found that oketani massage was effective in increasing milk production, because oketani massage could stimulate the strength of the pectoralis muscle and make the breasts soft and elastic, making it easier for the baby to suck. Therefore, Oketani massage can be used as an alternative intervention in increasing breast milk in post partum mothers.
Abstrak
Ibu menyusui sering mengalami kendala berupa ASI kurang, atau tidak lancar. Salah satu cara yang diketahui dapat meningkatkan produksi ASI selama proses menyusui adalah dengan pijat oketani. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk memperoleh gambaran pemberian pijat oketani dalam meningkatkan produksi ASI berdasarkan studi empiris 10 tahun terakhir. Desain penelitian ini menggunakan literature review dengan kriteria inklusi yang sesuai dengan format PICOS. Metode dalam pencarian sumber atau artikel melalui database E-Resources Perpusnas, Proquest, Scient Direct dan google Scholar (tahun 2011-2021) yang diterbitkan dalam Bahasa Inggris dan Bahasa Indonesia. Kata kunci yang digunakan terkait dengan Produksi ASI dan Pijat Oketani. Berdasarkan Litelature Review dari 7 Jurnal penelitian didapatkan hasil bahwa pijat oketani efektif dalam meningkatkan produksi ASI, karena pijat oketani dapat menstimulus kekuatan otot pectoralis dan membuat payudara menjadi lembut dan elastis sehingga memudahkan bayi untuk menghisap. Oleh karena itu, Pijat oketani dapat dijadikan alternatif intervensi dalam meningkatkan ASI pada ibu post partum.
Genre Genesis and Plot Theory of Ivan Bunin’s Early Prose
Authors:   A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Ponomarev Evgeny R. ,   Russian Christian Humanitarian Academy
Published: December 2022

The article deals with the main texts of Bunin’s early prose in terms of genre classification and genre genesis. The author of the article singles out initial prose genres with which the young Bunin works and raises the question of the genesis of Bunin’s prose. The author believes that the newspaper work and the periodicals style influence early Bunin’s texts. The plots of Bunin’s early prose also use essay constructions. The special investigation helped to build a typology of plots in Bunin’s early prose. Since the mid-1890s, Bunin’s prose becomes more complicated: the writer is looking for ways to overcome the limitations of the essay forms. In the stories Uchitel’ (Teacher) and Na dache (At the Dacha), the essay poetics is complicated by genre scenes, the abundance of characters and their detailed portrayal, and the strengthening of the novelistic elements. The author considers the story Bez rodu-plemeni (Rootless) to be transitional to the new principles of poetics: it uses a number of new techniques developed by Bunin in his further work.
On the Sources of Some N.V. Gogol’s Records in the “Tarnovsky Notebook”
Authors:   А.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Zaitseva Irina A.
Published: December 2022

The presented work is directly related to the ongoing at the Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences preparation of the academic Complete Works of N.V. Gogol in 23 volumes. The article is devoted to the problem of establishing the sources of a number of texts introduced by Gogol’s hand in one of his notebooks, the so-called “Tarnovsky notebook” (1830–1834). The author of the article examines thematic intersections of part of these records with fragments of the Gogol letter dated April 2, 1830. The first of the records, indicating the author (K. Shtisser) and the title of his work, is first compared with the searched printed original. The article describes the volume and nature of its copying by Gogol, also it establishes the origin and authorship of the four “anonymous” texts written by Gogol’s hand in the “notebook.” The article includes the results of correlation of these texts with the primary sources, such as the volume and nature of the abbreviations when copying, lexical, stylistic, punctuation differences. The results of the research present options for the inclusion of attributed records in the upcoming Complete Works of N.V. Gogol, as well as the possibility of using the established facts when commenting on the mentioned letter.
Vyacheslav Ivanov’s Translations from Dante’s Vita Nuova
Authors:   Institute of Russian Literature (Pushkin House) of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Lappo-Danilevskii, Konstantin Yu.
Published: December 2022

In 1913 the Russian symbolist poet Viacheslav Ivanov (1866–1949) proposed to the famous patron of the arts Michail Sabashnikov a new Russian translation of Dante’s Vita Nuova for Sabashnikov’s publishing house. Shortly thereafter the poet began this work, which he was never to complete. In Ivanov’s lifetime, the only published evidence of this project was a part of chapter III from the Vita Nuova that he interpolated in his essay “On the Limits of Art” in 1914. Ivanov’s translations from various works of Dante were discussed for the first time by Pamela Davidson in her monograph The poetic imagination of Viacheslav Ivanov: A Russian symbolist’s perception of Dante (1989). Davidson devoted a chapter to Vita Nuova and its significance for the Russian symbolist. Continuing Pamela Davidson’s investigations, we examined all the material preserved in the Russian State Library (Moscow) that allows us to document Ivanov’s translations from the Vita Nuova: the drafts of chapters I and V and of an introduction that the poet planned for his Russian edition of the Vita Nuova. Among other things it was possible to decipher the draft of the masterful translation of the “sonetto doppio” from chapter VII. An addendum to the paper contains chapters XX and XXI from Dante’s Vita Nuova in Ivanov’s translation, likewise found in manuscript form in the Russian State Library.
Reference to the Lamp in Aristophanes’ Assemblywomen (v. 2): Reading Choice
Authors:   А.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Buzurnyuk Ekaterina N. ,   Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
Published: December 2022

Aristophanes’ comedy “Assemblywomen” begins with an apostrophe. In paratragic style, the character addresses the lamp as if she were a solar deity. The second verse of the comedy should contain a characterization that praises the lamp. However, there is a textological problem in the manuscripts that does not allow us to understand the idea of this verse. Editors and commentators of the comedy proposes several conjectures and interpretations, but none of the proposed corrections gives a clear meaning and does not seem appropriate in praising the lamp as a solar deity. The article offers textological arguments and analysis of the beginning of the comedy and the author claims that the best reading is κάλλιστ’ ἐν εὐσκόποισιν ἐξηυρημένον —“…beautifully devised so as to be among the well-seeing [luminaries].”
Difundindo a cultura oceânica através da aprendizagem baseada em jogos digitais
Authors: Miranda Gabriel Ponciano de , Becker Valdecir , Bezerra Ed Porto
Published: December 2022

Os oceanos passam por uma crise ecológica global. Junto a isso, estudantes de ensino básico permanecem com percepções deturpadas acerca dos ecossistemas marinho e costeiro. Assim, iniciativas para o desenvolvimento da cultura oceânica são incentivadas por organizações de todo o mundo. Nesse contexto, este artigo tem o objetivo de apresentar e discutir os dados da validação de um protótipo do jogo “Litorália”, voltado para o ensino de biodiversidade e educação ambiental. Este artefato foi desenvolvido através do método Design Science Research e foi testado por professores de Biologia do ensino básico, que foram posteriormente entrevistados. As respostas dos especialistas indicam que a aprendizagem baseada em jogos digitais pode ser efetiva na difusão da cultura oceânica e que “Litorália” possui um alto potencial de engajamento e ensino em turmas da educação básica.
Case report of CT-guided lung biopsy complicated by air embolism
Authors:   Department of Hyperbaric Oxygen, 6th Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, 100048, China, Guo Dazhi , Li Dongtao ,   Department of Cardiology, 6th Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, 100048, China, Xue Ruijun ,   Department of Hyperbaric Oxygen, 6th Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, 100048, China,   South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China, Lv Yan ,   Department of Hyperbaric Oxygen, 6th Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, 100048, China, Pan Shuyi ,   Department of Hyperbaric Oxygen, 6th Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Beijing, 100048, China
Published: December 2022

Rationale: Cerebral arterial air embolism is a rare but potentially fatal complication of Computed Tomography (CT)-guided lung biopsy. Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO2) is the first line of treatment for arterial gas embolism and needs to be administered immediately after the event. Early HBO2 can reduce the mortality rate of cerebrovascular air embolism. Patient concerns: A 65-year-old woman was diagnosed with a pulmonary nodule with a diameter of approximately 0.8 cm in the right lower lung. The patient developed consciousness, convulsions, and arrhythmia after CT-guided lung biopsy. Diagnosis: Cranial CT revealed arborizing/linearly distributed gas in the right temporal, parietal, and occipital lobes and left frontal and parietal lobes. Chest CT showed a small amount of pneumothorax. Interventions: The patient was administered HBO2 twice and also received other medical treatments and bone flap decompressive craniectomy. Outcomes: The patient developed multiple acute cerebral infarctions and even brain herniation complicated with acute myocardial infarction. Three months after the event, the patient’s consciousness was still “open eyes coma” and GCS score was 8t points (E4VtM4). Head CT showed multiple cerebral infarctions and softening lesions. ECG showed sinus rhythm, normal range of the electrocardiogram axis, T wave change, and low voltage on the limb leads Lessons: Cerebral arterial air embolism is a serious complication of CT-guided lung biopsy. The recommended standard HBO2 should be used as early as possible. However, too severe injury caused by severe arterial air embolism may not be significantly improved by one to two sessions of HBO2.
Hyperbaric oxygen combined with hydrogen-rich saline protect against acute lung in rat model
Authors:   Department of Thoracic Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital of Naval Medical University, Chang Yintao , Han Qianyu ,   Department of Thoracic Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital of Naval Medical University, Bao Xiaochen ,   Navy Medical Center, Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine Institute, Wang Mingdong ,   Department of Thoracic Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital of Naval Medical University, Jin Yuxiang ,   Department of Thoracic Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital of Naval Medical University, Zhang Siang ,   Department of Thoracic Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital of Naval Medical University, Zhao Xuewei ,   Department of Thoracic Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital of Naval Medical University, Fang Yiqun ,   Navy Medical Center, Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine Institute, Xue Lei ,   Department of Thoracic Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital of Naval Medical University
Published: December 2022

Background: To investigate therapeutic effects of hydrogen-rich saline (HRS) combined with hyperbaric oxygen (HBO2) in an experimental rat model of acute lung injury (ALI). Methods: 40 Male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into sham, LPS, LPS + HBO2, LPS + HRS and LPS + HBO2 + HRS groups. ALI was induced by an intratracheal injection of LPS, then the rats were respectively given single agent treatment of HBO2 or HRS or HBO2 + HRS treatment. The treatments were continued for three days in an experimental rat model of ALI. At the end of the experiment, the lung pathological, inflammatory factors, and cell apoptosis in the pulmonary tissue were detected by Tunel method and cell apoptosis rate was calculated accordingly. Results: In the groups treated with HBO2 + HRS, pulmonary pathological data, wet-dry weight ratio and inflammatory factors of pulmonary tissues and aveolar lavage fluid were signficantly superiror to those of the sham group (p<0.05). Cell apoptosis detection revealed that no matter single agent treatment of HRS or HBO2, or combination treatment, could all alleviate cell apoptosis, and HRS combined with HBO2 treatment was obviously superior to single treatment (p<0.05). Conclusions: HRS or HBO2 single treatment could decrease inflammatory cytokines release in lung tissue, reduce accumulation of oxidative products and alleviate apoptosis of pulmoanry cells, then lead to positive therapeutic effects on ALI induced by LPS. Furthermore, HBO2 combined with HRS treatment presented a synergy effect on cell apoptosis decrease, and a declined trend in inflammatory cytokines release and related inflammatory products generation, compared with single treatment.
ALPHA-2A ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR (α2AR) ACTIVATION IN GENETIC ABSENCE EPILEPSY: AN ABSENCE STATUS MODEL?
Authors: Yavuz Melis , AKKOL SERDAR , Onat Filiz
Published: December 2022

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The updates in the definition of absence status
epilepticus raise questions about the pathophysiological aspects of
absence status. Here, we propose an animal model of absence status
epilepticus, induced by specific alpha 2a adrenergic receptor (α2AR)
activation. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH: An α2AR agonist, dexmedetomidine was
injected intracerebroventricularly into the adult rats with genetic
absence epilepsy and the electroencephalography (EEG) from animals was
recorded. The total duration, number and mean duration of each
spike-and-wave discharges (SWDs) were evaluated. The blocks of absence
status events were classified as first and second set of absence
statuses. Ethosuximide was given as a pre-treatment to another group of
animals, later injected with 2.5 μg dexmedetomidine. Power spectral
characteristics and coherence analysis for the absence status events and
sleep were performed on the EEG. KEY RESULTS: The 2.5 µg dose of
dexmedetomidine increased the total SWD duration and induced continuous
SWDs up to 26 min. Following a first absence status event, sleep is
induced and it was followed by the second set of absence status events.
Ethosuximide pre-treatment blocked the occurrence of these events. Power
spectral density analyses revealed that dexmedetomidine
injection-induced absence seizures and the absence seizures following
sleep had lower spectral power than typical SWDs in the frequency bands.
CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS: This study presents that activation of
α2AR may induce absence status epilepticus and this can be an animal
model to study the pathophysiological role of absence status. Our
results strengthen the significant role of α2AR in SWD generation or
termination.
Towards The Ultimate Brain: Exploring Scientific Discovery with ChatGPT AI
Authors: Adesso Gerardo
Published: December 2022

We introduce a powerful general probabilistic theory, GPT$^4$, that
extends classical and quantum theories to include higher-dimensional
probabilistic models. GPT$^4$ results from the four-fold
integration of GPT in physics (General Probabilistic Theory) and GPT in
AI (Generative Pretrained Transformer). In this paper, which is entirely
generated by GPT$^4$, we demonstrate the capabilities of
GPT$^4$ by using it to construct a new model of the universe that
includes all known physical laws and phenomena. We show that
GPT$^4$ can use its built-in mathematical and statistical
capabilities to simulate and analyze the behavior of the universe,
making predictions and testing the validity of different physical
theories. As a demonstration of its language capabilities, GPT$^4$
also generates a limerick about itself. GPT$^4$ estimates that AI
will have a probability of over 95% to surpass humanity within
approximately 5 years. Our results show that GPT$^4$ provides a
self-aware description of the physical world, making it a useful tool
for understanding and analyzing the universe.
Extracting information from ocean color
Authors: Cael B. B. , Bisson Kelsey M , Boss Emmanuel S , Erickson Zachary K
Published: December 2022

Products derived from remote sensing reflectances
($R_{rs}(\lambda)$), e.g. chlorophyll, phytoplankton
carbon, euphotic depth, or particle size, are widely used in
oceanography. Problematically, $R_{rs}(\lambda)$ may
have fewer degrees of freedom (DoF) than measured wavebands or derived
products. A global sea surface hyperspectral
$R_{rs}(\lambda)$ dataset has DoF=4. MODIS-like
multispectral equivalent data also have DoF=4, while their SeaWiFS
equivalent has DoF=3. Both multispectral-equivalent datasets predict
individual hyperspectral wavelengths’
$R_{rs}(\lambda)$ within nominal uncertainties.
Remotely sensed climatological multispectral
$R_{rs}(\lambda)$ have DoF=2, as information is lost
by atmospheric correction, shifting to larger spatiotemporal scales,
and/or more open-ocean measurements, but suites of
$R_{rs}(\lambda)$-derived products have DoF=1. These
results suggest that remote sensing products based on existing
satellites’ $R_{rs}(\lambda)$ are not independent
and should not be treated as such, that existing
$R_{rs}(\lambda)$ measurements hold unutilized
information, and that future multi- or especially hyper-spectral
algorithms must rigorously consider correlations between
$R_{rs}(\lambda)$ wavebands.
Contrasting trends in short-lived and long-lived mesoscale eddies in the Southern Ocean since the 1990s
Authors: Shi Fei , Luo Yiyong , Wu Renhao , Yang Qinghua , Chen Ruiyi , Wang Chuanyin , Lin Yichen , Chen Dake , Wang Guihua , Cheng Xuhua , He Yinghui , Martínez-Moreno Josué , Hogg Andrew
Published: December 2022

Mesoscale eddies play an important role in both momentum and heat
balances in the Southern Ocean. Previous studies have documented an
increasing intensity of the Southern Ocean eddy field during recent
decades; however, it is still unclear whether the mesoscale eddies with
different lifetimes have different temporal variations. Using satellite
altimeter observations from 1993 to 2020, we find that the increasing
trend in the intensity of eddies is dominated by long-lived eddies (with
lifetimes ≥ 90 days), whose amplitude has increased at a rate of
~2.8% per decade; the increase is concentrated
downstream of topography. In contrast, short-lived eddies (with
lifetimes < 90 days) do not appear to have a significant trend
in their amplitudes since the early 1990s. An energy conversion analysis
indicates that the increased baroclinic instabilities of the mean flows
associated with topography are responsible for the amplitude increase of
the long-lived eddies.
Cryptic Magma Chamber in the Deccan Traps imaged using receiver function
Authors: Saha Gokul , Kumar Vivek , Chaubey Dipak Kumar , Rai Shyam S
Published: December 2022

We present the first evidence for a lower S-wave velocity (Vs
~3.3 to 3.5 km/s) at 8-17 km depth underlying a 4 km
thick high-velocity zone with Vs >3.8 km/s beneath the west
coast and the neighbouring parts of the Deccan Volcanic Province, India,
coinciding with the last phase of volcanism. The velocity structure is
derived from joint inversion of receiver function from 9 seismographs
operated along ~106 km long W-E profile with the surface
wave dispersion data. The low-velocity layer possibly represents the
horizontally elongated frozen magma reservoir, the source for the magma
eruption at ~65 million years produced due to the
interaction of the Reunion hotspot with India. The shallow,
high-velocity layer could be basaltic mafic intrusions responsible for
the production of massive CO2 degassing. The Moho deepens beneath the
west coast to ~45 km due to 10-15 km of underplating as
a consequence of magma upwelling.
Some properties of the inverse degree index and coindex of trees
Authors: Mitic Bojan , Milovanovic Emina , Matejic Marjan , Milovanovic Igor
Published: December 2022

Let G = (V, E), V = {v1, v2,..., vn}, be a simple graph without isolated
vertices, with the sequence of vertex degrees d1 ? d2 ?...? dn > 0, di =
d(vi). If vertices vi and vj are adjacent in G, we write i ~ j, otherwise we
write i ~/ j. The inverse degree topological index of G is defined to be
ID(G) = ?ni=1 1/di = ? i~j (1/d2i + 1/d2j), and the inverse degree
coindex ?ID(G) = ? i~/j(1/d2i + 1/d2j). We obtain a number of inequalities
which determine bounds for the ID(G) and ?ID(G) when G is a tree.
On the large O−rates of convergence in limit theorems for compound random sums of arrays of row-wise independent random variables
Authors: Hung Tran
Published: December 2022

Compound random sums are extensions of random sums when the random number of summands is a partial sum of independent and identically distributed positive integer-valued random variables, which assumed independent of summands. In the paper, upper bounds for the large O?rates of convergence in weak limit theorems for compound random sums of arrays of row-wise independent random variables, in term of Trotter distance are studied. The main results are approximation theorems which give the Trotter distance between normalized compound random sums of the given independent random variables and the compound ??decomposable random variables. By these results the converging rates in central limit theorem, weak law of large numbers and stable limit theorem for compound random sums are then established. The obtained results in this paper are closely related to the classical ones.
Generalizations and refinements of Niezgoda inequality for similarly separable vectors with applications
Authors: Khan Asif , Saadi Sumayyah
Published: December 2022

In this article we provide generalizations of Niezgoda inequality for similarly separable vectors followed by refinements. We also highlight its importance by giving applications. Our results will be generalizing many previously established results.
Study of weakly Ricci-symmetric spacetimes under gray’s decomposition and f (R,T)-gravity
Authors: Chen Bang-Yen , de Uday , Mofarreh Fatemah
Published: December 2022

In this paper we characterize weakly Ricci-symmetric spacetimes (WRS)n
endowed with the Gray?s Decomposition. We provide, several interesting
results of (WRS)n in Gray?s Decomposition. In addition we discuss some
results based on weakly Ricci-symmetric Generalized Robertson Walker (GRW)
spacetimes. Moreover, we study (WRS)n spacetimes which satisfy the f (R,
T)-gravity equation.
Some mean and uniform ergodic type theorems
Authors: Oğuz Gencay , Orhan Cihan
Published: December 2022

Let X be a Banach space and T ? B(X). Cohen determined a class of regular infinite matrices A = (ank) for which Ln := ?? k=1 ankTk converges strongly to an element invariant under T. In the present paper we study A-mean and A-uniform ergodic type results when A = (ank) is a regular infinite matrix satisfying Cohen?s uniformity condition lim j ?? k=j |an,k+1 ? ank| = 0, uniformly in n.
Beyond Us Now: Speculations Toward a Post-Art Education World
Authors: Congdon Kristin G. , Hicks Laurie E. , Bolin Paul E. , Blandy Doug
Published: December 2022

In this paper, four art educators, writing individually, speculate about the future of their field. Conjecturing about the condition and direction of art education in years to come, the authors have each addressed to some extent the following questions: If art is over and if it can no longer be defined (if it ever could), what then are we to teach? If there is no longer history, how then can we deal with the present and future? If everything is, as Martinez and Strauss (2005) claim, "commodification, decoration, [and] entertainment" (p. 43), then can art education continue as a field of study? With new media demanding collaboration as a methodology, who can claim to be an artist? Wondering beyond Dissanayake (1988), who asserts that everyone makes art, who then can claim not to be an artist? So too, what does it mean to be an art educator today? In the age of "No Child Left Behind" and the further marginalization of our discipline in school programs, can our field, such as it is, continue to exist as an educational program? If craft stores proliferate across our country, conducting and supporting numerous classes in quilting, flower arranging, crocheting, and painting, what is our role as a field? Is our existence possible? It is even desirable? The positions of the four writers are not offered with a voice of unison. Each author has addressed these questions from separate locations, and with different purposes and viewpoints in mind. The speculative outcomes, while not harmonious, offer the field a range of responses to these critical questions about the future of art education.
Beyond Still Life: Collecting the World in Small Handfuls
Authors: Grube Vicky
Published: December 2022

This study uses portraiture methodology to understand how ideas travel among preschool children in an art studio. The researcher, also the art teacher, is watchful of the children’s feelings, perspectives, and experiences, and analyzes her data through the writing. The researcher sees children co-constructing knowledge, negotiating truth, and redefining themselves while their relationships deepen. Buber and Husserl’s reflections concerning our search for an identical other are layered in with anecdotal episodes of the researcher and the children. Relationships, influenced by the cultural and practical world, are in constant flux. External needs and desires impact subjective experiences, and pairs — once engaged in shared consciousness — rebound, searching for a mirror more in focus. In the preschool art studio, intersubjectivity, married somehow to repetition, sets forth the proliferation of ideas.
Sufficient Foundation: Theory in the Practice of Art Museum Education
Authors: Ebitz David
Published: December 2022

Three groups of museum educators were invited to list theories that inform their practice at annual conventions of the National Art Education Association and at a workshop sponsored by the Museum Educators of Southern California. Most educators cited psychological theories of learning, beginning with Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences and Csikszentmihalyi’s flow or psychology of optimal experience, stage theories of development beginning with Piaget, and constructivist theories of learning and meaning making beginning with Dewey, Vygotsky, and Falk and Dierking’s contextual model of free choice learning. There was little evidence of interest in critical pedagogy or in other critical theories that problematize our understanding of art, art history, or the nature and function of museums. Museum educators have adopted theories to which they have been exposed through their education and professional networking, which facilitate their practical work as educators, and which are easy to implement, such as the questions to guide novice viewers in Housen and Yenawine’s Visual Thinking Strategies. Educators do not cite theories which might address their professionalstatus within their museums or the position of their institutions within a global economy.
Learning from Comics on the Wall: Sequential art narrative design in museology and multimodal education
Authors: Duffy Damian
Published: December 2022

Out of Sequence: Underrepresented Voices in American Comics is a comics art exhibition that was displayed from October 23, 2008 to January 4, 2009 in the Krannert Art Museum on the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign.
Wrinkles in Visual Culture: Hyphen-UnPress
Authors: Keifer-Boyd Karen , Smith-Shank Deborah
Published: December 2022

Perhaps because we mentor young adults developing as educators, researchers, and artists, or because we espouse feminist issues and content as a critical part of art education, or perhaps because we have lived long enough to confront our own wrinkled visual culture, our focus is the visual and textual connotations of older women. Our text is liberally laced with our own experiences and spiced with metaphor, especially the metaphors of iron(s) and wrinkle(s). This article reflects our positionality as senior level art educators, mothers of adult children, daughters of octogenarians, and having lived for more than half a century, most of it working in art education.
Art Education in Higher Education: A Personal View
Authors: Hausman Jerome J.
Published: December 2022

Invited lecture presented by, and on the occasion of, Jerome J. Hausman receiving the Higher Education Art Educator of the Year Award at the Higher Education Division Luncheon and Awards Ceremony, National Art Education Association Convention, New Orleans, 2008.
Spectral Childhoods and Educational Consequences of Images of Children
Authors: McClure Marissa
Published: December 2022

In this essay, I contrast spectral images of the eternal, naturalized child with the "image of the child" as educators in Reggio Emilia, Italy, construct it. Their image of the competent child allows them to produce educational relationships that respond to children in continually shifting contexts. They attempt to welcome into classrooms competent children armed with their own contradictory theories, cultures, pleasures, and desires. Based on these practices, I argue for localized, site-specific reconsideration of images of children and pedagogy that renders images of young children as constructions simultaneously mythologized and marginalized by the categorizations of art and education.
Usefulness ofVideo Game Experience for Students Learning and Creating Digital 3-D
Authors: Gill David V.
Published: December 2022

This essay reports on findings from doctoral research that investigated learning outcomes from one public high-school digital art class using three-dimensional (3-D) modeling and animation software to produce original short animations. The study’s findings are organized into two areas: examination of how students use knowledge constructed outside of the classroom in animation production, and how that knowledge is used for the task of learning professional-grade software within collaborative working groups. Findings indicate that a situated learning classroom environment allows students to use knowledge about visual culture gained primarily thorough playing video games. Results from the study demonstrate that everyday participant experiences with video games informed, motivated, and guided creative efforts in 3-D computer animation.
Highlighting Katherine Dunham’s Illinois Connection: Digitized Material from the Special Collections Research Center Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Authors: Broaddus Leah , Cross Jeanne G. , Myers Ann K. D.
Published: December 2022

Katherine Dunham was a world-renowned dancer and choreographer whose works helped to invent and transform African American dance, with influences from the West Indies and wider African Diaspora. Born and raised in Illinois, Ms. Dunham returned to her home state in the 1960s to teach at Southern Illinois University. The portion of her papers held at this institution have recently become more accessible online, and the collection is increasingly popular with distance researchers from around the country and the globe. As a result, three members of the library faculty at Southern Illinois University have begun a pilot project to digitize and transcribe a portion of a series of Ms. Dunham’s article clippings, taking a sample of articles which span primarily from the late thirties to the late fifties which relate to her performances and activities within the state of Illinois. The details of this project are described, along with background information about this important historical figure, and a summary of her related primary source collections at other prestigious institutions around the country is offered as an aid to further research.
Memory systems, processes, and tasks: Taxonomic clarification via factor analysis
Authors: BRUSS PETER J. , MITCHELL DAVID B.
Published: December 2022

The nature of various memory systems was examined using factor analysis. We reanalyzed data from 11 memory tasks previously reported in Mitchell and Bruss (2003). Four well-defined factors emerged, closely resembling episodic and semantic memory and conceptual and perceptual implicit memory, in line with both memory systems and transfer-appropriate processing accounts. To explore taxonomic issues, we ran separate analyses on the implicit tasks. Using a cross-format manipulation (pictures vs. words), we identified 3 prototypical tasks. Word fragment completion and picture fragment identification tasks were "factor pure," tapping perceptual processes uniquely. Category exemplar generation revealed its conceptual nature, yielding both cross-format priming and a picture superiority effect. In contrast, word stem completion and picture naming were more complex, revealing attributes of both processes.
Reversed effects of spatial compatibility in natural scenes
Authors: MÜSSELER JOCHEN , ASCHERSLEBEN GISA , ARNING KATRIN , PROCTOR ROBERT W.
Published: December 2022

Effects of spatial stimulus–response compatibility are often attributed to automatic position-based activation of the response elicited by a stimulus. Three experiments examined this assumption in natural scenes. In Experiments 1 and 2, participants performed simulated driving, and a person appeared periodically on either side of the road. Participants were to turn toward a person calling a taxi and away from a person carelessly entering the street. The spatially incompatible response was faster than the compatible response, but neutral stimuli showed a typical benefit for spatially compatible responses. Placing the people further in the visual periphery eliminated the advantage for the incompatible response and showed an advantage for the compatible response. In Experiment 3, participants made left–right joystick responses to a vicious dog or puppy in a walking scenario. Instructions were to avoid the vicious dog and approach the puppy or vice versa. Results again showed an advantage for the spatially incompatible response. Thus, the typically observed advantage of spatially compatible responses was reversed for dangerous situations in natural scenes.
Walking down memory lane: Where walkers look as they descend stairs provides hints about how they control their walking behavior
Authors: ROSENBAUM DAVID A.
Published: December 2022

Walking down stairs is a challenging perceptual–motor activity, as indicated by the large number of documented falls on stairs each year. The present study suggests that descending stairs is also a challenging memorial activity. A total of 147 people were videotaped as they descended a staircase. When the walkers were in the middle of the stairs, they looked down every third step on average, but as they neared the bottom, they looked down with high probability on or around the fourth step. The trigger for the last look down, by hypothesis, was disappearance of the stairs from the lower visual field. A model is proposed in which mid-stair walking is controlled primarily on the basis of visual guidance, whereas end-stair walking is controlled primarily on the basis of memory.