bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Role of Inflammation in Coronary Epicardial and Microvascular Dysfunction
Authors: Godo Shigeo , Takahashi Jun , Yasuda Satoshi , Shimokawa Hiroaki
Published: April 2021

There is accumulating evidence highlighting a close relationship between inflammation and coronary microvascular dysfunction (CMD) in various experimental and clinical settings, with major clinical implications. Chronic low-grade vascular inflammation plays important roles in the underlying mechanisms behind CMD, especially in patients with coronary artery disease, obesity, heart failure with preserved ejection fraction and chronic inflammatory rheumatoid diseases. The central mechanisms of coronary vasomotion abnormalities comprise enhanced coronary vasoconstrictor reactivity, reduced endothelium-dependent and -independent coronary vasodilator capacity and increased coronary microvascular resistance, where inflammatory mediators and responses are substantially involved. How to modulate CMD to improve clinical outcomes of patients with the disorder and whether CMD management by targeting inflammatory responses can benefit patients remain challenging questions in need of further research. This review provides a concise overview of the current knowledge of the involvement of inflammation in the pathophysiology and molecular mechanisms of CMD from bench to bedside.
Variação da concentração de vitamina C em sucos de laranja armazenados com diferentes condições de luminosidade e temperatura
Authors: Acosta Mendonça Jean Karlo , Cesar Fontana Tanise
Published: April 2021

O suco de laranja é um alimento complexo, formado por vários componentes orgânicos voláteis e instáveis, açúcares, ácidos, sais minerais, pigmentos e vitaminas. Seu consumo é motivado pela presença de Vitamina C que tem participação em inúmeras reações no organismo humano. Os humanos não sintetizam a vitamina C e dependem da sua ingestão na sua dieta alimentar, o suco de laranja representa uma das importantes fontes da vitamina. A vitamina C conhecida cientificamente por ácido ascórbico, inicia um processo de degradação logo que se produz o suco da fruta, e os principais fatores que influenciam na degradação da vitamina C nos sucos de fruta são o tipo de processamento, as condições de estocagem, o tipo de embalagem, a presença de oxigênio, de luz e enzimas. Os fatores de degradação da vitamina C em sucos de frutas, são constantemente estudados pela indústria, já que os consumidores também estão em constante busca por hábitos alimentares saudáveis. Diante disso, o projeto propõe um experimento investigativo capaz de observar a influência de alguns fatores que o consumidor tem a possibilidade de controlar, e sugerir que este experimento investigativo seja desenvolvido na íntegra, parcialmente ou correlatamente por professores no ensino de Química.
Palavras-chave: Degradação; ácido ascórbico; ensino.
Francesca Ciancimino Howell, Food, Festival and Religion: Materiality and Place in Italy
Authors: Frascaroli Fabrizio
Published: April 2021

Francesca Ciancimino Howell, Food, Festival and Religion: Materiality and Place in Italy (London and New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2018), 224 pp., $114.00 (hbk), ISBN: 978-1-3500-2086-3.
Kenneth Worthy, Elizabeth Allison, and Whitney A. Bauman (eds.), After the Death of Nature: Carolyn Merchant and the Future of Human–Nature Relations
Authors: Nichols Amanda M.
Published: April 2021

Kenneth Worthy, Elizabeth Allison, and Whitney A. Bauman (eds.), After the Death of Nature: Carolyn Merchant and the Future of Human–Nature Relations (New York and London: Routledge, 2019), xxii + 308 pp., $195.00 (cloth), $44.95 (pbk), ISBN: 978-1- 138-29731-9.
Michael S. Hogue, American Immanence: Democracy for an Uncertain World
Authors: Wheeler Demian
Published: April 2021

Michael S. Hogue, American Immanence: Democracy for an Uncertain World (New York: Columbia University Press, 2018), 256 pp., $30.00 (pbk), ISBN: 9780231172332.
Do You See What I See?
Authors: Tullio-Pow Sandra , Yu Hong , Strickfaden Megan
Published: April 2021

This article reports on the shopping experiences of people with visual impairment (n = 7) and offers an alternative way to understand their needs. Our study adopted taskscape theory and multiple-method ethnographic perspectives to obtain viewpoints of shoppers with visual impairment and examined shopping activities through two lenses (wayfinding and signage) to determine criteria for improved design. We used taskscape theory to gain insights into how this population perceives signage as well as a participatory, human ecological, systems approach to identify the complexity of wayfinding among people with visual impairment. We used observation, notetaking, photography, and interviews to gain insights into personal and social factors affecting participants’ experiences when navigating in shopping malls. Our data-driven results include a characterization of seven activities—pre-shopping, traveling to the mall, mall navigation, in-store navigation, merchandise evaluation, checkout, and post-shopping—within the shopping taskscape of shoppers with visual impairments that help assess user needs regarding signage and wayfinding. The shopping taskscape provides a systems approach to advance ideas around designing complex environments for able-bodied people and those with disability.
Location, Location, Location
Authors: Hong Jennifer , Isaac Mathew
Published: April 2021

Academic scholars and practitioners uniformly suggest that off-premise signs such as billboards will be more effective if they are installed in high-traffic areas rather than low-traffic areas. In this research, we question the ubiquity of this claim and illustrate potential advantages of installing off-premise signs in low-traffic areas given that these environments also tend to be less cluttered (i.e., having fewer competing signs). Across two studies, we provide converging evidence that consumers evaluate a billboard more favorably when it is displayed by itself than when it is displayed next to other billboards. We show that the same billboard in a low-clutter (vs. high-clutter) location is judged to be more aesthetic, which in turn improves the overall evaluation of the billboard. We further delineate boundary conditions in which the benefits of a low-clutter environment are attenuated.
Risk Evaluation in Failure Mode and Effects Analysis Based on D Numbers Theory
Authors: Liu Baoyu , Deng Yong
Published: April 2021

Failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) is a useful technology for identifying the potential faults or errors in system, and simultaneously preventing them from occurring. In FMEA, risk evaluation is a vital procedure. Many methods are proposed to address this issue but they have some deficiencies, such as the complex calculation and two adjacent evaluation ratings being considered to be mutually exclusive. Aiming at these problems, in this paper, A novel method to risk evaluation based on D numbers theory is proposed. In the proposed method, for one thing, the assessments of each failure mode are aggregated through D numbers theory. For another, the combination usage of risk priority number (RPN) and the risk coefficient newly defined not only achieve less computation complexity compared with other methods, but also overcome the shortcomings of classical RPN. Furthermore, a numerical example is illustrated to demonstrate the effectiveness and superiority of the proposed method.
A Robust Adaptive Control using Fuzzy Neural Network for Robot Manipulators with Dead-Zone
Authors: Vu D. Ha , Huang Shoudao , Diep Tran T. , Yen Vu T. , Cuong Pham V.
Published: April 2021

In this paper, a robust-adaptive-fuzzy-neural-network controller (RAFNNs) bases on dead zone compensator for industrial robot manipulators (RM) is proposed to dead the unknown model and external disturbance. Here, the unknown dynamics of the robot system is deal by using fuzzy neural network to approximate the unknown dynamics. The online training laws and estimation of the dead-zone are determined by Lyapunov stability theory and the approximation theory. In this proposal, the robust sliding-mode-control (SMC) is constructed to optimize parameter vectors, solve the approximation error and higher order terms. Therefore, the stability, robustness, and desired tracking performance of RAFNNs for RM are guaranteed. The simulations and experiments performed on three-link RM are provided in comparison with neural-network (NNs) and proportional-integral-derivative (PID) to demonstrate the robustness and effectiveness of the RAFNNs.
VINERS Method for the Multiple Criteria Analysis and Neuromarketing of Best Places to Live
Authors: Kaklauskas Arturas , Dzitac Domnica , Sliogeriene Jurate , Lepkova Natalija , Vetloviene Ingrida
Published: April 2021

The best and worst places to live have been analysed in the world for many years and multiple criteria analysis has been used for that purpose. The quality of housing and its environment, pollution, green places, public spaces, physical movement and health, crime rates and individual safety, the wellbeing of youngsters, unemployment, job value, economic scarcity, governance, circadian rhythm, weekly rhythm and other factors are the focus of such analyses that aim to determine levels of positive emotions and happiness in built environment. Questionnaires are the most common tool for such analyses, where inhabitants are asked to rank their happiness experience as a whole in built environment. Many studies demonstrate that happy people are effective in multiple areas of their life including job efficiency, salary, health, human relations, etc. The innovative aspect of this research stems from the fact that biometric technologies (affective attitudes, emotional and physiological states) and the VINERS method developed by the authors are used to determine the best places to live and to serve neuro ads of homes for sale. To do this, rational segments of homebuyers are determined according to their demographic profiles (age, gender, education, marital status, families with children, main source of income), consumer psychographics and behaviour (happy, sad and angry along with valence and heart rate) and then select a rational video ad for such rational segment. The aim of our research is to develop the VINERS Method for the Multiple Criteria Analysis and Neuromarketing of Best Places to Live (VINERS method) by combining the Somatic Marker Hypothesis, biometrics, neuromarketing and COPRAS method. This article presents a case study to demonstrate the VINERS method put to practice.
Obituary
Authors: Dzitac Simona , Dzitac Domnica , Manolescu Misu-Jan , Filip Florin Gheorghe
Published: April 2021

On 6th February, Professor Ioan Dzitac passed away.
Clinical Characteristics of Pediatric with Germ Cell Tumor: Experience in a Developing Country
Authors: Reniarti Lelani , Febri Anisah , Sari Nur Melani
Published: April 2021

Background: Germ cell tumor (GCT) occurs in 3% of pregnancy malignancies and increases by 15% during adolescence. In developing countries, the five-year survival rate is 98% and 80% for GCT earlier stage and malignant tumor, respectively. This study aimed to gather information about clinical manifestations of GCT and to evaluate the treatment outcome in pediatric GCT patients at Dr. Hasan Sadikin General Hospital, Bandung, IndonesiaMethods: A descriptive cross-sectional study design with a total sampling method was conducted using secondary data from the medical record of pediatric patients diagnosed with GCT from 2015 to 2018. Data on nutritional status, clinical characteristics, histopathology stage, hematological profiles, chemical markers, treatment methods, completeness of treatment, and outcome at the end of treatment were collected and presented using tables and charts.Results: Of the 44 subjects, girls (77.3%) were predominant, with a mean age of 2 years old and normal nutritional status (59.1%). Patients generally had abdominal mass (97.7%) and most had intragonadal GCT (95.5%), with ovarium (76.2%) as the most common location. The most frequent GCT histopathology was yolk sac tumor (34.1%), with an Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) level of >100.000 (6.8%). Almost all patients (97.7%) had undergone surgery; however, 47% of patients did not complete their treatment. At the end of treatment, the majority of patients survived (86.4%).Conclusion: Germ cell tumor has various clinical characteristics. Understanding these characteristics will enable clinicians to make a proper diagnosis and provide immediate management that will lead to a better prognosis.
Relationship between Narcissism, Self-Esteem, and Social Media Addiction in Preclinical Medical Students
Authors: Susanto Helen , Suryani Eva , Astiarani Yunisa , Kurniawan Felicia
Published: April 2021

Background: Narcissism is a condition in which people have a constant demand to be complimented and prioritized. Self-esteem is a subjective evaluation of one's worth. Several studies have linked narcissism and low self-esteem as a risk factor of social media addiction, a disorder where individuals displayed an unhealthy compulsion to access social media until it disrupts other activities. This study aimed to discover the relationship between narcissism, self-esteem, and social media addiction in preclinical medical students. Methods: This study was a cross-sectional observational analytical study on 211 preclinical medical students at the Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia. Instruments used in this study were Narcissistic Personality Inventory-16 (NPI-16), Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES), and Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale (BSMAS). Data were analyzed statistically using Chi-square in STATA analytic program.Results: Of all respondents, 6.6% were narcissistic, 19.9% had low self-esteem, and 34.6% had social media addiction. There was a significant relationship between narcissism and social media addiction (p=0.021) and between self-esteem and social media addiction (p=0.002).Conclusion: There is a relationship between narcissism, self-esteem, and social media addiction in university students. This indicates the importance of preliminary psychological screening in students, especially regarding self-esteem, narcissism, and social media addiction, to develop approaches that will ensure good academic achievements and physical health among students.
Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio and Covid-19 Symptom-based Severity at Admission
Authors: Fuad M. , Oehadian Amaylia , Prihatni Delita , Marthoenis Marthoenis
Published: April 2021

Background: Increased Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio (NLR) is an independent risk factor for mortality in Covid-19 patients and is considered as an early warning sign of Covid-19 severity. This study aimed to observe the differences in NLR at admission between patients with mild, moderate, and severe symptoms of Covid-19 treated in a referral hospital in Banda Aceh, Indonesia.Methods:  A total of 114 patients with Covid-19 admitted to a referral hospital in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, during March–September 2020 were included in this study. Demographic information and baseline laboratory data, including the NLR, were collected. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the data. Results: The median NLR at admission was higher among patients with moderate to severe symptoms than those with mild symptoms [6.54 (2.80–97.00, IQR 4.81–9.44) vs 2.27 (0.79–5.07, IQR 1.43-2.98), p <0.001]. Covid-19 patients who died had a higher NLR than those who survived [10.88 (4.17–47.50, IQR 7.00–15.17) vs 6.15 (2.80–97.00, IQR 4.63–8.50), p 0.02]. Patients with moderate-severe symptoms had an initial NLR of 4.63–8.50 and decreased to 2.75–5.43 at the end of the treatment had a greater chance of survival. There was an increased probability of death in patients with moderate-severe symptoms whose initial NLR was 7.00–15.17, which was then elevated to 14.33–23.25.Conclusion: Different NLR at admission is seen among Covid-19 patients with mild and moderate-severe symptoms, leading to significantly different outcomes. The NLR can be used as a simple parameter to determine the severity of the disease and predict the outcome of Covid-19 patients.
Impacto de la aplicación de vacunas contra COVID-19 sobre la incidencia de nuevas infecciones por SARS-COV-2 en PS de la Provincia de Buenos Aires
Authors: Luzuriaga Juan Pedro , Marsico Franco , Garcia Enio , González Verónica , Kreplak Nicolás , Pifano Marina , González Soledad
Published: April 2021

Introducción. El plan de vacunación de la provincia de Buenos Aires ha priorizado los grupos de mayor riesgo epidemiológico, iniciando el proceso de inmunización sobre el Personal de Salud (PS).El presente trabajo tiene por objetivo evaluar el impacto de la vacunación sobre la evolución media de nuevos casos SARS-Cov-2 en PS comparada con la de la población general.

Metodología. La información de los casos confirmados se obtuvo del Sistema Nacional de Vigilancia de la Salud, período abril/2020 a marzo/2021. La cantidad de vacunados utilizó la base del sistema VacunatePBA.

Resultados. A partir de septiembre, el número de casos comienza a disminuir más pronunciadamente en PS que en la población general. Esta tendencia se consolida con el comienzo del plan de vacunación. Para febrero de 2021 se han inmunizado con la primera dosis el 42% del PS y con la segunda dosis el 24%. Se observa que, en marzo, mientras la cantidad de casos de la Población General aumenta un 10% respecto a febrero, PS disminuye un 35%. Esto indica un descenso significativamente más pronunciado en PS (p-valor < 0.00001).

Discusión. A partir de la introducción de la vacuna contra COVID-19 a finales de diciembre en distintos países, se ha comenzado a reportar una baja de la incidencia de nuevos casos de infección por SARS-CoV-2 en PS, coincidente con los hallazgos del presente estudio. Nuestro estudio aporta los primeros datos del país sobre el impacto de las vacunas COVID-19 en PS.
Conhecimento, atitude e prática de adolescentes escolares em relação ao uso do preservativo masculino
Authors: Aragão Joyce Mazza Nunes , Amaral Hiara Rose Moreno , Sousa Francisco Willian Melo de , Oliveira Eliany Nazaré , Vasconcelos Maristela Inês Osawa
Published: April 2021

OBJETIVO: Avaliar conhecimentos, atitudes e práticas de adolescentes escolares em relação ao preservativo masculino, como método contraceptivo de primeira escolha para os adolescentes. MÉTODO: Estudo com abordagem quantitativa, realizado com 143 adolescentes de uma escola estadual de ensino médio, no perído de outubro a novembro de 2019. Para a coleta de dados, aplicou-se o inquérito Conhecimento, Atitude e Prática (CAP) sobre o uso do preservativo masculino. RESULTADOS: Evidenciou-se que 133 (93%) dos adolescentes apresentaram conhecimento inadequado, 105 (73,4%) atitude inadequada e 130 (90,9%) prática inadequada a respeito do uso do preservativo masculino. Esses desfechos se mostram preocupantes, uma vez que a atividade sexual na adolescência está cada vez mais precoce, gerando, também, maior exposição a riscos, como IST/HIV/Aids e gravidez indesejada, principalmente quando esta prática é realizada sem uso ou com uso inadequado do preservativo.CONCLUSÃO: As fragilidades nas informações obtidas pelos adolescentes refletem o conhecimento inadequado pela quase totalidade deles, seguidas pela atitude e prática inadequadas quanto ao uso do preservativo masculino. Dessa forma, visualiza-se a necessidade de potencializar estratégias educativas, com intuito de ampliar o conhecimento de adolescentes acerca do uso do preservativo masculino e, consequentemente, desenvolver prática adequada desse método contraceptivo.
Covid-19 Aşıları
Authors: KAYA Onur
Published: April 2021

Covid-19 pandemisi 1 yılı aşkın bir süredir devam etmektedir. Alınan çeşitli önlemlere karşın pandemi sonlandırılamamıştır. Bu nedenle aşı çalışmaları önem kazanmıştır. Bazı aşıların etkinliklerinin yüksek olmasına rağmen çalışmalar hala devam etmektedir.
Cardiologia 2019. Cosa c’è di nuovo
Authors: Antoncecchi Ettore , Orsini Enrico
Published: April 2021

Si può ben dire che il panorama scientifico 2019 è stato ricco di novità per la cardiologia. Sono stati presentati nei principali congressi internazionali e pubblicati sulle riviste più prestigiose i risultati di numerosi ed importanti trials, attesi da anni su tematiche differenti. La Società Europea di Cardiologia è stata attivissima, emanando ben cinque nuove linee guida, su diabete e malattie cardiovascolari, dislipidemie, embolia polmonare, tachicardie parossistiche sopraventricolari e sindromi coronariche croniche. Le società americane sono state più prudenti, per certi aspetti opportunamente, limitandosi ad emanare due nuovi documenti sulla prevenzione primaria e sulla fibrillazione atriale. Non sempre tuttavia novità è sinonimo di progresso reale. Numerosi trials su farmaci già sviluppati o in via di sviluppo hanno dato risultati negativi o solo modestamente positivi, tanto da non consentire di supportarne nuove indicazioni. Uno dei nuovi documenti di indirizzo della Società Europea di Cardiologia si è rivelato, come sarà discusso, sostanzialmente privo di reali innovazioni. Uno dei trials maggiormente attesi, ISCHEMIA, presentato all’American Heart Association ma non ancora pubblicato, ha dato un risultato che possiamo definire “nullo”. Soltanto una classe di nuovi farmaci antidiabetici, gli inibitori SGLT-2, hanno ricevuto conferme molteplici nel 2019, tanto da permetterne la collocazione fra gli agenti più attivi per la prevenzione cardiovascolare. Questo editoriale, non potendo passare in rassegna tutte le novità cardiologiche 2019, tratterà soltanto alcuni temi che gli autori reputano maggiormente significativi. Sperando di incontrare l’approvazione dei lettori di Cardiologia Ambulatoriale.
Update su COVID-19 e Cardiologia
Authors: Antoncecchi Ettore , Orsini Enrico , Zito Giovanbattista
Published: April 2021

La Sindrome Respiratoria Acuta severa del 2019 (COVID-19), malattia causata da un coronavirus (SARS-CoV2), si è diffusa rapidamente in tutto il mondo con un numero impressionante di decessi, sovraccaricando i sistemi sanitari di tutti i paesi e creando gravi conseguenze economiche. Clinici e scienziati di tutto il mondo stanno collaborando per cercare soluzioni efficaci. Negli ultimi cinque mesi è stata pubblicata una mole enorme di lavori scientifici su questo argomento. Risulta difficile seguire tutti i continui aggiornamenti per chi combatte duramente nelle corsie degli ospedali. I cardiologi sono spesso chiamati ad occuparsi di pazienti critici con pregressi problemi cardiovascolari o pazienti con complicanze cardiovascolari appena insorte; inoltre essi devono continuare a fornire le stesse cure di prima ai propri pazienti ma in condizioni estreme. Nel presente lavoro abbiamo cercato di raccogliere quelle che ad oggi sembrano le principali evidenze riguardo la fisiopatologia, il decorso clinico e la terapia delle problematiche cardiovascolari nella COVID-19, sperando di poter fornire un aiuto ai colleghi nell’affrontare il loro arduo compito.
The TAVI: Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation
Authors: Esposito Giovanni , Franzone Anna
Published: April 2021

L’impianto transcatetere di valvola aortica (Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement, TAVI) è una procedura di cardiologia interventistica, introdotta nel 2002, che prevede il posizionamento e l’impianto di una protesi biologica a livello dell’annulus aortico mediante accesso percutaneo, prevalentemente transfemorale. Dopo le prime esperienze cliniche, riservate a pazienti senza altre opzioni terapeutiche, la TAVI si è affermata come alternativa all’intervento chirurgico tradizionale di sostituzione valvolare grazie ad una serie di studi randomizzati che ne hanno dimostrato l’efficacia e la sicurezza in pazienti appartenenti a tutto lo spettro del rischio operatorio (da estremo a basso). L’utilizzo della TAVI è in continua crescita, a livello mondiale, e si assiste ad una progressiva espansione delle sue indicazioni cliniche (stenosi di valvola bicuspide, insufficienza aortica severa). Il presente articolo ha lo scopo di riassumere i recenti progressi nell’ambito del trattamento transcatetere della stenosi valvolare aortica, descrivere le caratteristiche della procedura e analizzare i risultati degli studi che ne hanno favorito la diffusione nella pratica clinica.
Ligation Protocol with T4 DNA Ligase (M0202) v3
Authors: England Biolabs New
Published: April 2021

This product can be used for the following applications: Cloning of restriction fragments Joining linkers and adapters to blunt-ended DNA
Comparison of the Attitudes of Dagestani and the Krasnodar Region Students to Mediated Conflict Resolution
Authors: Rogochaya Galina P. , Ulko Elena V.
Published: April 2021

The article presents the results of a socio-psychological study of students’ mindsets about mediated conflict resolution. By such mindsets, we understand a systematic development of personal readiness to conflict situations that involve the idea of a possible conflict resolution method, attitude and evaluation of such methods, as well as the readiness of implementing them in certain conflict situations with the help of different categories of intermediaries (including mediators). Empirical study sample: 159 university students (77 from Dagestan and 82 from the Krasnodar Region). Methods of empirical research: «The Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument (TKI)» (adaptation by N. V. Grishina); interview; questioning; list of personality traits of a mediator. Statistical methods: descriptive statistics, comparison method (Student’s t-test). The substantive differences in the cognitive, emotional and behavioural components of attitudes towards conflict resolution of the respondents of the compared groups were revealed. The Krasnodar Region students demonstrated the ability of independent conflict resolution, low importance of the social context, lack of understanding of the cultural mediation traditions, and a willingness to turn to professional mediators. Dagestani students are characterized by knowledge of traditional mediation practices and low readiness to turn to professional mediators. The role of the social environment and the social status of a mediator for them is high. The culturally determined preferences of different types of mediators in different conflict situations, the specificity of the students’ expectations of the mediator’s personality, his psychological and professional characteristics were revealed. The achieved results can be used to consider the ethnocultural properties of the conflict parties in the professional activities of mediators, their training and education. The research results can be also used for the organization and operation of mediation and psychological services at universities
Reconstruction of the Water Supply to the City of Igarka of Krasnoyarsk Region
Authors: Krasavin Gregory V. , Matiushenko Anatoly I.
Published: April 2021

Some features of use of water supply systems in the conditions of the Far North are stated. the considered water supply system in Igarka prior to the reconstruction. The reasons for the need for reconstruction of existing water intake facilities are presented. The composition of the reconstructed water intake facilities is described. The experience of operation of reconstructed water supply facilities in Igarka is summarized
An Introduction to Vladimir Solovyev’s Three Conversations on War, Morals and Religion
Authors: Marchadier B.
Published: April 2021

This paper aims at reflecting on Vl. Solovyev's Three Conversations as a philosophical and religious fable. The stress is put on studying each of the protagonists: the Lady, the General, the Politician, Mr. Z, the Prince, as well as the Antichrist and the heads of the three main Christian denominations: the pope, the starets John and prof. Pauli. Each of them is presented both as a real type with his own idiosyncrasies (which is very important) and as an illustration of the truths and deficiencies of his time and milieu, keeping in mind the idea (so dear to Solovyev) that the people who actually promote and contribute to the good can only be those who have maintained a sense of humour and are the bearers of an honest, simple and authentic cultural and spiritual tradition, even if it is incomplete. The Antichrist seduces people by encouraging muddle-headedness, libido dominandi, intellectual pride and the taste for the sublime. Through those means he conquers, before being ultimately defeated by his own nothingness.
CONSTITUTIONALIZATION OF UKRAINE-EU COOPERATION ON THE BASIS OF THE ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT: DEVELOPMENT PROSPECTS
Authors: Strieltsova O.
Published: April 2021

The article studies the process of constitutionalization of associative relations between Ukraine and the European Union. The author distinguishes and reveals two significant aspects of this process, namely meaningful and implementing. It is determined that meaningful constitutionalization by its essence is the constitutional modernization, where the meaningful updating of the Constitutional provisions is made in order to form the constitutional pillars for further democratization of social and political life in Ukraine, the approximation of the national political and legal system in accordance with the European values and principles, the improvement of the internal legal framework. The implementing aspect of constitutionalization means the purposeful formation of constitutional preconditions for the implementation of Association Agreement's provisions to the national legal system. The author stipulates that the fulfillment of both meaningful and implementing aspects of constitutionalization of Ukraine's association with the EU shall be implemented mainly by incorporating of this process directly into the context of the constitutional reform in Ukraine. The special attention is paid to certain problems of the reformation of the Constitution of Ukraine ensuring the European integration. The author expresses the critical reservations related to the amendments to the Constitution with the provisions of strategic orientation of Ukraine for the long term perspective.
Interrelation of Values and Emigration Intentions of Student’s Youth of Smolensk
Authors: Murashcenkova N.V.
Published: April 2021

Objectives. Define the relationship between values and emigration intentions of student youth.
Background. In the current conditions of growing emigration sentiment and real emigration behavior of Russian youth, the problem of identifying psychological predictors of emigration intentions of students as a group characterized by expressed cognitive motivation, high educational level, social activity and mobility is particularly significant.
Study design. The author draws on the provisions of A. Aisen’s theory of planned behavior and S. Schwartz’s theory of basic individual values. A face-to-face anonymous questionnaire was conducted on the basis of the four largest universities in the city of Smolensk. The choice of the region is due to its border situation and low indicators of economic development.
Participants. 255 students aged 17 to 24 (47% young man and 53% young girls).
Measurements. The main empirical method was poll. The questionnaire included “Portrait Value Questionnaire” (PVQ-RR) by S. Schwartz, closed questions to identify emigration intentions and open and closed questions to identify socio-demographics data of respondents. Data processing methods were used. These were frequency analysis, descriptive statistics, α-Chronbach, structural equation modeling (SEM).
Results. The desire to emigrate from Russia is expressed in more than half of respondents. Statistically significant connections of emigration intentions of respondents and meta-values “Conservation” (negative interrelation), “Self-Transcendence” and “Self-Enhancement” (positive interrelations) have been found.
Conclusions. The emigration sentiment of most student youth is passive and not linked to active activity. The relationships between meta-values and emigration intentions confirm the presence of two different types of emigration motivation in modern students. On the one hand, tolerance, understanding, care, justice and their implementation in the future in the country of planned stay are significant for them. Emigration, on the other hand, is an opportunity to gain wealth and power. Denying the value of the “Conservation” meta-value is more the value basis of emigration readiness than the manifestation of a particular emigration motive.
Vardiyalı Çalışanlarda Uykusuzluk ve Kalp Hastalıkları Riskleri: Sistematik Derleme
Authors: KOLAÇ Nurcan
Published: April 2021

Gece vardiyasında çalışan bireylerde gündüz çalışanlara göre daha fazla metabolik risk faktörleri rastlanmaktadır. Bu çalışmanın amacı, literatürde vardiyalı çalışanlarda uykusuzluk ve kalp hastalıkları risklerini araştıran çalışmaları tanımlamaktır. Değerlendirmeye tanımlayıcı, kesitsel, kohort, sistematik derleme, ve meta-analiz, prospektif kohort ve ilişki arayıcı türde toplam 12 çalışma dahil edilmiştir.

Bulgular: Litaratürde vardiyalı çalışanlarda uykusuzluk ve kalp hastalıkları risklerini tanılamaya yönelik olarak yapılan çalışmalar değerlendirildiğinde, vardiyalı çalışanların uyku bozuklukları yaşadıkları ve sirkadiyen ritmin bozulduğu görülmüştür. Bunun sonucunda çalışanların, vardiyalı çalışmayanlara göre kardiyovasküler hastalık ve koroner kalp hastalığı riskinin yüksek olduğu; bu riskin çalışma yılı ile birlikte arttığı belirlenmiştir. Ayrıca kardiyovasküler hastalık mortalite riskinin çalışanlar için yüksek olduğu bulunmuştur.

Sonuç: Bu sistematik derleme sonucunda vardiya çalışmanın uykusuzluk ile kardiyovasküler hastalık arasında ilişkisi olduğu fakat vardiyalı çalışmanın kalp hastalıkları üzerindeki etkisini değerlendiren çalışmaların sayıca yetersizliği olmasının yanı sıra fiziki etmenlerden ve psikososyal faktörlerden bağımsız olarak vardiyalı çalışma ile kardiyovasküler hastalık riski arasındaki ilişkinin değerlendirilememiştir.
O galego na producción de Emilia Pardo Bazán
Authors: González García Luis , Soto Arias M.ª Rosario
Published: April 2021

O pouso que o galego deixa nalgúns autores que utilizan o castelán como lingua literaria, como foi o caso de Emilia Pardo Bazán, é innegable. Así, preséntase inicialmente a relación mantida pola escritora a respecto de Galicia, da súa realidade e da súa lingua. Aquí móstranse algúns feitos significativos e trazos culturais galegos, así como a postura da escritora ante o “dialecto” galego, que foxe dos conflitos e enfrontamentos. Pola súa parte, a autora realista opta na súa obra literaria por empregar a lingua castelá con galeguismos para caracterizar os personaxes campesiños; deste xeito, en lugar de alternar os dous idiomas, Bazán crea unha lingua mixta, con entrada de expresións puntuais que reflicten fenómenos gramaticais, fonéticos e léxicos galegos, dando lugar a un produto verosímil e cun dramatismo arredado do folclorismo.
Descrioulização lexical no contacto entre o caboverdiano e o português
Authors: Pereira Dulce
Published: April 2021

Em determinadas comunidades como a caboverdiana, em que um crioulo coexiste com uma língua de maior prestígio social, há certa tendência para que as estruturas e unidades crioulas sejam substituídas pelas da língua de contato. Este processo, denominado descrioulização, pode atingir todos os componentes da gramática e do léxico, dando origem a um continuum de variedades que, nomeadamente a nível lexical, são dificilmente classificáveis dentro dos limites de uma ou de outra língua. Assim, o léxico crioulo é uma das áreas mais vulneráveis, já que este é maioritariamente português, embora tenha sofrido transformações fonológicas, sintáticas e semânticas. Finalmente, após estabelecer critérios para classificar uma unidade como “menos crioula” e considerar a descrioulização como catalisador da sua desaparição no crioulo, reflite-se sobre o interesse das unidades lexicais “portuguesas” como elementos para preencher lacunas em áreas lexicais novas.
Recensión: Juan Carlos Moreno Cabrera, La dignidad e igualdad de las lenguas: crítica de la discriminación lingüística
Authors: Fernández Ferreiro Manuel
Published: April 2021

Recensión: Juan Carlos Moreno Cabrera (2000), La dignidad e igualdad de las lenguas: crítica de la discriminación lingüística (= Alianza Ensayo; 154), Madrid: Alianza Editorial. 316 pp. (234 pp. + 5 apéndices + bibliografía + 2 índices).
The Use of Accounting Information in Financing Decision: The Context of Bangladeshi Private Commercial Banks
Authors: Saha Sumi , Sil Subhash Chandra , Sayaduzzaman Md.
Published: April 2021

Accounting information is essential to elucidate the financial scenario of any organization. The use of accounting information enhances the decision-making process that has a good role in managerial efficiency. This research study has attempted to know the use of accounting information contained in the annual reports in making a financing decision. Five components of financing decision like selecting the best source of financing,  assessing the cash flows,  preparing the budget and profit planning,  valuation of bond and share as well as financial statement analysis have been considered for the purpose of the study and collected opinions from the selected respondents amounts to one hundred fifty with the use of structured questionnaire and the outcomes of this survey report that the most of the respondents strongly agreed that the accounting information has been used in making a financing decision. The study also reveals that there is a significant relationship among the opinions of the respondents regarding using accounting information in making decisions about the different components of financing decisions.
Mercado energético pos-SARS-CoV-2: relación estructural de sus factores críticos
Authors: Lámbarry-Vilchis Fernando , Moreno-Jiménez Juan Carlos
Published: April 2021

El objetivo de este artículo consistió en modelar estructuralmente los factores de alta prioridad ante el impacto del coronavirus 2 del síndrome respiratorio agudo severo en el mercado energético. Para ello, el método se fundamentó en el modelado estruc­tural interpretativo y en la matriz de impactos cruzados-multiplicación aplicada a una clasificación. Se propone un modelo de 12 factores estructurados jerárquicamente en seis niveles, en el que las preferencias de consumo, las modificaciones regulatorias y normativas, las restricciones políticas y las estrategias de planeación son las de mayor influencia en el mercado energético desde la perspectiva de México. Derivado de ello, se sugiere transitar hacia una mayor participación de actores públicos y privados en vectores de energía renovable.
A betegek által riportált kimeneti mutatók jelentősége Pompe-kórban
Authors: Molnár Mária Judit , Molnár Viktor , László Izabella , Szegedi Márta , Várhegyi Vera , Grosz Zoltán
Published: April 2021

A modern, betegcentrikus egészségügyi ellátásban a beteg aktivitása, elvárásai, félelmei nagyobb szerepet kapnak a diagnózis gyors felállításának, objektíven mérhető terápiás válasz feltárásának alárendelt, orvoscentrikus információszerzéssel szemben. A krónikus betegségekben elengedhetetlen a betegek gyógyulási folyamatba történő bevonása. A Pompe-betegség egy ritka, örökletes, a lizoszomális tárolási rendellenességek közé tartozó kórkép, amelyben az α-glükozidáz enzimet kódoló gén funkcióvesztő mutációi következtében végtagöv- és axiális típusú izomgyengeség, légzési elégtelenség alakul ki. A betegség felismerésének jelentőségét kiemeli, hogy 15 éve elérhető a hiányzó enzimet a szervezetbe juttató, betegségmoduláló enzimterápia (ERT). Jelen vizsgálatunkban a Pompe-kórban szen­vedő betegek számára készítettünk beteg által riportált kimeneti mutatókat felmérő (PROM) kérdőívcsomagot, amelyben az általános életminőségi skálákat (EuroQoL, EQ-5D, SF-36), a mindennapi tevékenységekhez kapcsolt funkcionális képességeket, a mozgásteljesítményt és a vitalitást felmérő (R-PAct-Scale, Rotterdam és Bartel moz­gás­korlátozottsági skála, Fatigue Severity Score) modulo­kat kombináltuk. Az adatokat három éven át gyűjtöttük. A PROMs kérdőívek (patient reported outcome measures) jól kiegészítik az orvos által rögzített állapotfelmérést, és bizonyos aspektusokról (például a betegek objektív izomgyengeséget meghaladó mértékű fáradékonysága, stagnáló fizikai képességek és aktivitás mellett is romló társadalmi aktivitás, bizonyos doménekben igen jelentős individuális különbségek) csak a PROM-ok nyújtottak információt. A betegségteher pszichés hatásai is tükröződnek a PROM-okban. Az új, innovatív kezelések hatásosságának követésében az orvos által megfigyelt végpontok mellett szükséges a betegek nézőpontjainak figyelembevétele is. A terápiás fejlesztések aktív szereplőivé váló betegek közreműködésével olyan információk nyerhetők, amelyek a reguláris orvosi vizitek alkalmával nem kerülnek felszínre, jóllehet alapvető fontosságúak a klinikai kutatások kérdéseinek és prioritásainak meghatározásában. Minden forgalomban levő orphan gyógyszer vonatkozásában kívánatosnak tartjuk a betegek bevonását az általános és az adott kórképre jellemző állapotleírók többdimenziós gyűjtésébe, azok időbeli változásának követését pedig javasoljuk felhasználni a kezelés hatásosságának monitorozása érdekében.
The effect of sniffing Turkish coffee on olfactory disorders in COVID-19 patients : An experimental clinical study
Authors: Bulbuloglu Semra , Altun Yasar
Published: April 2021

The current study aimed to examine the effect of sniffing Turkish coffee on the sense of smell in COVID-19 patients. This study utilized the experiment-control method. Data were collected using a patient and disease information form and the Connecticut Chemosensory Clinical Research Center (CCCRC) Test. An experimental group of patients sniffed Turkish coffee, and the coffee’s effect on the patients’ sense of smell was examined. All data were analyzed using SPSS version 25 (IBM). Of the patients in the experimental group, 25% had moderate hyposmia, 58.3% had severe hyposmia, and 16.7% had anosmia prior to sniffing Turkish coffee. After sniffing the Turkish coffee, 13.3% of these patients regained their ability to smell normally, while 18.3% had mild hyposmia, 45% had moderate hyposmia, 6.7% had severe hyposmia, and 16.7% had anosmia. There was no difference in the control group between first and second measurement. COVID-19 patients who sniffed Turkish coffee intermittently regained some of their sense of smell for one hour. Turkish coffee is cheap, fragrant, widely available, and easy to access. Therefore, results of this study suggest that it may be recommended for treating olfactory disorder in COVID-19 patients.
Bingkai Pemberitaan Tirto.id dan Suara.com tentang Konflik antara Mahasiswa Papua dan Masyarakat Lokal di Surabaya Tahun 2019
Authors: Aji Aditya Purnama
Published: April 2021

Peristiwa pengepungan mahasiswa Papua oleh aparat pemerintah dan organisasi massa di Asrama Mahasiswa Papua, Jalan Kalasan, Surabaya pada 16 Agustus 2019, berujung penangkapan 42 mahasiswa oleh pihak Kepolisian. Banyak pro dan kontra di berbagai headline media online. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui bagaimana framing tirto.id dan suara.com dalam memberitakan konflik antara mahasiswa Papua dan masyarakat lokal di Surabaya serta faktor-faktor yang memengaruhinya. Mengunakan pendekatan kualitatif dengan model analisis framing Zhongdang Pan dan Gerald M. Kosicki. Data penelitian ini diambil selama periode 17 Agustus – 10 September 2019. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukan bahwa (1) Media online tirto.id memosisikan peranya dalam memperluas eskalasi konflik dengan menunjukan keritik terhadap pemerintah melalui dua pembingkaian diantaranya; aparat pemerintah refresif terhadap mahasiswa Papua, dan rasisme dalam konflik Papua Surabaya. (2) suara.com yang memosisikan peranya dalam mendamaikan eskalasi konflik menunjukan citra positif pemerintah melalui dua pembingkaian diantaranya: kesigapan aparat pemerintah menangani konflik, dan persekusi memicu konflik yang lebih besar. Ada beberapa faktor yang memengaruhi pembingkaian. Secara internal seperti, ideologi, individu, organisasi media, dan rutinitas media. Sedangkan secara eksternal seperti, sumber berita, khalayak, sumber pendanaan, teknologi, dll.
Resepsi Audiens atas Kekerasan Seksual Terhadap Pemberitaan Korban Pelecehan Seksual Baiq Nuril
Authors: Prihandini Miranda Ainin
Published: April 2021

Penelitian ini ingin mengetahui bagaimana resepsi audiens atas kekerasan seksual terhadap pemberitaan korban pelecehan seksual Baiq Nuril. Isu kekerasan seksual di media menarik untuk diteliti karena melalui pemberitaan yang dilakukan oleh media dapat memunculkan pemaknaan dari audiens. Audiens memiliki pemaknaan mereka masing-masing atas kekerasan seksual dalam kasus ini maupun yang terjadi di Indonesia sekarang ini. Tujuan dari penelitian ini yaitu bagaimana resepsi audiens atas kekerasan seksual terhadap pemberitaan korban pelecehan seksual Baiq Nuril? Penelitian ini menggunakan paradigma kritis dari pemikiran Hall dengan menggunakan metode kualitatif dan jenis penelitian deskriptif. Teknik sampling yang digunakan yaitu purposive dan snowball sampling. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa informan memiliki pemaknaan yang beragam mengenai pemberitaan kasus Baiq Nuril. Informan memiliki pemaknaan atas kekerasan seksual berdasarkan latar belakang mereka masing-masing yaitu perspektif, pendidikan, gender, dan peran sosial mereka. Berdasarkan pemaknaan informan, posisi perempuan pada kasus kekerasan seksual sebagai pihak yang rentan karena perempuan dianggap sebagai objek bahkan pemicu.
Rasisme Terhadap Kulit Hitam dalam Iklan H&M
Authors: Tirahmawan Jaza , Melody Bryan Atfis Luthfi , Ahly Muhammad Naufal Nur
Published: April 2021

Penelitian ini dimulai dari rasisme terhadap kulit hitam di iklan HM. Awalnya iklan ini ditayangkan pada tahun 2018 dan dianggap rasis dan menyerang komunitas kulit hitam karena menggunakan sebuah foto seorang anak kulit hitam dalam ceritanya. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk melihat bagaimana rasisme yang dilakukan ras kulit putih terhadap ras kulit hitam. Dalam hal ini merupakan suatu bentuk gambaran ideal yang bertujuan untuk menarik perhatian melalui cara-cara seperti digunakan dalam teks termasuk iklan sebagai produk media massa untuk mempresentasikan citra tertentu tentang dunia. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode nalisis semiotika dengan metode Semiotika. Iklan dianalisis melalui analisis semiotik Roland Barthes. Tanda-tanda dalam iklan dikaji secara bertahap untuk mendapatkan makna pesan dan bentuk rasisme terhadap kulit hitam. Hasil analisis semiotik menemukan bahwa iklan HM menunjukkan unsur rasisme yang terlihat dari model seseorang yang memiliki warna kulit hitam yang diagapnya sebagai monyet. Lelucon yang menjadikan ras hitam sebagai objek rasisme. Praktek merendahkan ras kulit hitam menjadi hal yang biasa karena kepercayaan pada ideologi supremasi kulit. Di mana gagasan bahwa kulit putih lebih unggul daripada kulit hitam adalah keyakinan yang tidak berdasar untuk merendahkan ras kulit berwarna.