bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Ser maestra en compañía. Entrevista a Carmen Cañabate
Authors: Caparrós Martín Ester , Sierra Nieto J. Eduardo , Sánchez García Ángela
Published: September 2021

Entrevistar a Carmen Cañabate, maestra de educación primaria del CEIP Clara Campoamor (Huércal de Almería), no es una decisión baladí. Significa, por un lado, continuar cuidando el espacio de Márgenes como un lugar donde la educación pueda ser dialogada, pensada y compartida desde distintas miradas. Por otro, significa disponer de la oportunidad de aprender de la experiencia viva de una maestra -de su sentir, de su pensar, de su hacer- y de lo que acontece en las escuelas. En el caso de Carmen, nos interesa mostrar cómo, a lo largo de toda su trayectoria profesional, ha experimentado cambios y retos que le han hecho vivir el magisterio como un oficio de lo humano; un oficio cocinado a fuego lento, lleno de tensiones, pero también de pasiones. En la entrevista a esta maestra encontramos, sin duda, la visión de un oficio y de una escuela que crece en compañía, y de un equipo y una comunidad fundada en las relaciones. https://youtu.be/1azAhPAArVE
Populist authoritarian neoliberalism in Brazil: making sense of Bolsonaro's anti-environment agenda
Authors: Deutsch Sierra
Published: September 2021

In Brazil, the looming threat of mass extinction has prompted increasingly exceptional measures to protect sensitive biomes. At the same time, such measures threaten to curtail capitalist expansion and thus Brazil's neoliberal model of economic development. Jair Bolsonaro's 2018 presidential campaign responded to these threats by fueling anti-environment sentiments and anti-environmentalist enmity. Once inaugurated, he immediately began the work of dismantling national environmental governance structures. Yet his strategies for doing so are often masked by what this article describes as a 'firehouse effect', where his tactics appear chaotic, confused, and lacking any particular goal. The article uses a combination of interviews with 35 environmental experts, participant observation, and a review of secondary sources to zoom in on Bolsonaro's anti-environmentalism within the context of the contemporary turn toward populist authoritarian neoliberalism. By focusing on how Bolsonaro's policies serve to weaken protective environmental measures that limit capitalist extraction, the article unearths the major anti-environment strategies of the Bolsonaro administration. This framework thus allows us to see through the 'firehouse effect' to make some sense of Bolsonaro's methods, further building on emerging research on the political ecologies of the contemporary populist authoritarian neoliberal turn. Moreover, the article shows the utility of applying a generalized populist authoritarian neoliberal framework to a particular context in order to identify its local processes and specificities.
Modeling and Simulation of the Methane Risk in the Mining Production Process
Authors: Palka Dorota
Published: September 2021

The mining production process is of particular importance for the area of Upper Silesia, as well as a very significant impact on the economy of the entire country. One of the most common and most dangerous threats to this process is the methane hazard. It is related to the presence of methane in coal seams, which under appropriate conditions is a flammable and explosive gas. Events related to the methane hazard constitute a huge threat to the life and health of the crew as well as the infrastructure and equipment of excavations. Therefore, they have a huge impact on the efficiency of the entire mining production process. In order to ensure the safety and continuity of the production process, it is necessary to prevent the formation of dangerous methane concentrations in the area covered by the operation. One of the tools that can be used to assess the state of methane hazard are model studies supported by numerical simulation. Based on these studies, the article analyzes the distribution of methane concentration in the mining area. This area included an actual mining excavation in one of the hard coal mines. The model tests were carried out with the use of the finite volume method in the ANSYS Fluent software. The obtained results can be used for preventive measures and constitute an important source of information for the assessment of the methane hazard state.
Multi-Criteria Assessment of Ergonomic Conditions of Work. Case Study
Authors: Korban Zygmunt
Published: September 2021

The supervision of OHS conditions (working conditions and the realization of work tasks) is one of the basic obligations of the employer. The number and variety of describing elements (and thus being subject to assessment) means that synthetic measures (measures that are one-dimensional images of complex phenomena) are more and more frequently applied to solve problems of that type. Although the methods of multivariate statistics used for this purpose differ in the way they treat assessment criteria (defining mutual dependency thresholds, unifying the field of compared criteria), the final effect of their application always offers the option to replace the entire set of features describing a given object with one variable (aggregate). The article presents a potential applicability of one of the so-called discrete multi-criteria decision-making methods (Simple Additive Weighting), which allows to determine a linear combination of normalized elements of the decision matrix and the elements of weight vector. As part of the article, the working conditions at 5 workstations were assessed (a miner’s workstation in 5 underground mine workings being excavated), taking into account 8 assessment criteria (6 were cost criteria and 2 – criteria of qualitative character). In effect of the application of the Simple Additive Weighting method, we could determine the ranking vector R, which allowed to order the examined objects and to carry out a comprehensive assessment of OSH conditions occurring in them.
Towards a Self-Service Approach in the Printing Industry. An Investigation of State of the Art Technologies Along with Industry 4.0 Changes
Authors: Urban Wiesław , Łukaszewicz Krzysztof
Published: September 2021

It is commonly believed that the current economic state of many countries is at the stage of the fourth industrial revolution. The changes resulting from this revolution are affecting all sectors of the economy, including the printing sector. The aim of this article is to analyse the state of the art technology in sheetfed printing and then to identify the challenges for further changes in the technology of this type of printing as well as technological and organisational changes in the processes of preparation and realisation of printing products. The article uses case studies of selected technologies offered by key technology suppliers in this area and case studies of selected business entities – manufacturers of printing products. The research approach adopted in this article also takes conceptual work into account. It was found that the observed changes in the printing industry are consistent with the assumptions of the Industry 4.0 concept in the aspect of the digitisation and mass personalisation of products, which leads to the thesis that in the future personalised digital printing ordered through self-service will play a dominant role.
Determination of Traffic Noise on the Selected Area of the City of Zabrze
Authors: Kuboszek Artur , Boczkowski Arkadiusz , Kocot Paweł , Midziak Marcin , Pociask Julia , Przybyła Krystian , Radziejewska Klaudia , Rosół Katarzyna
Published: September 2021

The article is a substantive summary of research conducted by the Institute of Production Engineering of the Silesian University of Technology in Zabrze, covering the determination of ways to reduce traffic noise in the selected area of the city of Zabrze using measurement and simulation methods. The analysis was conducted within the Project Based Learning (PBL) project which aimed at teaching a selected group of students teamwork, synthesizing information from various sources, making decisions and taking responsibility for them, planning and organizing work and proper time management.
Analysis of the Possibility of Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Thermovision for the Stocktaking of Big Game
Authors: Boczkowski Arkadiusz , Kuboszek Artur , Mańka Adam , Dutkiewicz Karolina , Gramatyka Wiktoria , Leśniak Aleksandra , Spyrka Magdalena , Stawinoga Ewa
Published: September 2021

Classic methods of stocktaking big game living in a given area have many disadvantages. The main result is the need to ensure appropriate terrain and weather conditions and also require the involvement of a large number of people, so-called observers. The development of technology makes it possible to create new stocktaking methods that will not have as many of the above-mentioned disadvantages, while reducing the cost of stocktaking and increasing its accuracy. This paper presents an analysis of the possibility of using unmanned aerial vehicles, so-called drones, in combination with the observation of game in the infrared wave range with the use of a thermal imaging camera. The paper presents the concept of such a solution, which will of course be further developed. Raids are planned with the use of thermal cameras over areas according to strictly defined transects and subjecting the obtained images to analysis, also with the use of artificial intelligence methods. This article was written as part of the PBL project carried out by a group of students from the Silesian University of Technology under the supervision of dr inż. Arkadiusz Boczkowski.
Comparative Analysis of Selected Car Parks
Authors: Baran Jolanta , Tandos Daria , Żabińska Iwona
Published: September 2021

Statistics from the Central Statistical Office (CSO) state that the total number of motor vehicles and mopeds in Poland in 2019 was 31,989,313 units. According to the Central Register of Vehicles (CEPiK) maintained by the Ministry of Digitalisation, the number of motor vehicles registered in Poland in 2019 was 23,878.8 thousand units. Among them, 18,302.4 thousand passenger cars were registered. The constantly increasing number of vehicles on the road has a significant impact on the deterioration of road capacity and drivers’ frustration with parking, especially during rush hours in the centres of large cities. Hence, urban logistics, including the country’s parking policy, is extremely important to a significant proportion of citizens. Unfortunately, citizens have different perspectives on parking issues. Most drivers expect to be able to leave their car as close as possible to their destination, while some residents, especially non-motorised ones, are against the conversion of free city space into car parks. In response to the presented issues, a comparative analysis of selected types of car parks was carried out. This analysis was one of the stages of the project entitled: “Analysis of the environmental impact of a vertical parking solution using life cycle assessment at the design stage” carried out at the Silesian University of Technology.
Research Towards Sustainable Parking Solutions
Authors: Baran Jolanta , Miklis Anna , Żabińska Iwona
Published: September 2021

The aim of the article is to identify problems and public expectations regarding parking and the application of different parking solutions. Based on the results of a CAWI questionnaire survey, an evaluation of selected parking solutions is presented. Among others, vertical parking has been taken into account, the use of which is associated with a reduction in the area required for parking and an improvement in environmental performance characteristics at the use stage. This study is part of the search for sustainable solutions in city logistics. The results of the study serve as an initial insight into the opinions of one group of users in the life cycle of a car park. They can be used as an introduction to the eco-design of parking solutions and to compare different parking systems. The study was carried out as part of a project entitled: “Analysis of the environmental impact of a vertical parking solution using life cycle assessment at the design stage” carried out at the Silesian University of Technology.
Migration Processes in a Globalizing Society: Challenges for Donor and Recipient Countries
Authors: Tolubyak Vitalii , Mosora Larysa , Kis Halyna , Petryshyn Roman
Published: September 2021

The article examines the influence of migration processes on the formation and development of production capacities of countries. The main functions that perform population migration are indicated. Reasonably, the process of labor migration affects the redistribution of industry types that develop in different countries. The impact of international labor migration on the economies of donor and recipient countries is determined. It has been proven that labor migration has different effects on donor and recipient countries. Researched the question of how the human, social and financial capital of labor migrants can be better used for their counties of origin becomes more and more urgent. There is an opinion that labor migration is not always negative. It is emphasized that educational migration can have a positive impact on the development of industry in the donor country, provided that the population returns home. It is noted that Ukraine often acts as a labor donor for many countries, including Poland. The main spheres of activity in which Ukrainians work abroad are given. The main benefits that donor and recipient countries receive from population migration are identified. It is emphasized that the return flows, ie the return of emigrants home from earnings abroad, change over time the ratio of benefits and losses in the donor country.
Quality Policy With Regard to the Orientation Towards Improvement Among Industrial Enterprises with Various Types of Organizational Culture
Authors: Molenda Michał
Published: September 2021

The article is one of a series of articles (Molenda, 2020) in which the results of studies on the assessment of the quality policy in industrial enterprises operating in Poland have been described. When carrying out the surveys in the years 2015-2019, in addition to the quality policy, the type of organizational culture of enterprises was identified, among other things. This allowed to divide enterprises into 4 groups, depending on the dominant type of organizational culture identified according to the Cameron-Quinn methodology (Cameron K., Quinn R. 2003). This study compares the quality policies of these enterprises in terms of their orientation towards improvement characteristic of the TQM philosophy. The first part of the article describes the issue of the quality policy in the context of organizational culture. The body of the article contains the results of studies conducted among 166 enterprises. A preliminary statistical analysis of the results allowed to answer the question of what is the level of orientation of the implemented quality policy towards improvement and whether this level varies depending on the organizational culture.
PN-ISO 37120 Standard – Known or Unknown by Local Administration – Preliminary Study
Authors: Midor Katarzyna , Płaza Grażyna , Kuzior Aleksandra , Molenda Michał
Published: September 2021

Silesian cities are facing economic changes related, among others, to low-carbon transformation. The PN-ISO 37120 standard, which requires the analysis of a number of indicators that determine the directions of city development in particular areas of its functioning, may become a tool supporting city authorities in those activities. Having the above in mind, the authors of the article attempted to find an answer to the question whether the local administration employees of selected Silesian cities have knowledge of the PN-ISO 37120:2015 standard today, as it is an interesting tool for the implementation of the requirements for modern cities. Therefore, the knowledge of the content of the standard by the local government personnel seems to be necessary in order to decide whether this standard is an appropriate tool for the development of a particular city/municipality or not. The study was a pilot project and it involved two cities located in the Silesian agglomeration.
El concepto de idolatría en el Arzobispado de México
Authors: Avila Avila Víctor Manuel , López Ridaura Cecilia
Published: September 2021

La idolatría como concepto jurídico, teológico, filosófico y canonista jugó un papel muy importante en el desarrollo de la personalidad jurídica del indio en América. Este trabajo se centra en recorrer la historia del concepto de idolatría y de los usos políticos de éste en el arzobispado de México en el contexto del siglo XVI a partir del establecimiento del obispado de México y hasta inicios del siglo XVII en los años posteriores al Concilio Tercero Provincial Mexicano de 1585. Las fuentes utilizadas son variadas e incluyen archivos, impresos y manuscritos de la época y bibliografía complementaria que permite contextualizar a los autores y al concepto de idolatría en su justa dimensión.
RETORNO ÀS AULAS: ENTRE O ENSINO PRESENCIAL E O ENSINO A DISTÂNCIA, NOVAS TENDÊNCIAS
Authors: Almeida Patrícia Rodrigues de , Susana Jung Hildegard , De Quadros da Silva Louise
Published: September 2021

O tema do artigo versa sobre o ensino presencial e o ensino a distância, e também sobre o retorno às aulas após a pandemia do coronavírus, o qual será um desafio para os professores. A partir deste cenário, o estudo tem como objetivo refletir sobre o retorno às aulas e as possíveis tendências do ensino nas escolas municipais de ensino fundamental no município de Canoas no estado do Rio Grande do Sul. A abordagem metodológica desta pesquisa é qualitativa e caracteriza-se como uma revisão de literatura a partir de livros e artigos científicos dos últimos 5 anos. O referencial teórico da pesquisa ampara-se em autores como Moran (2015), Fürh (2019), Santana e Sales (2020), Horn e Staker (2015). Os resultados sinalizam que a pandemia da Covid-19 acelerou os processos de inovação nas escolas municipais de educação básica modificando os meios de ensino-aprendizagem. Entendemos que neste novo paradigma surge a educação digital com ênfase na alfabetização digital, personalizada e coletiva: o ensino híbrido.
UM ANO SEM ESCOLAS! NARRATIVAS DE CRIANÇAS EM TEMPOS (IM)PREVISTOS
Authors: Amorim Juliane dos Santos , Ribeiro Larissa Monique de Souza Almeida , Silva Elenice de Brito Teixeira
Published: September 2021

Este texto é sobre as infâncias que lemos e inferimos em narrativas de crianças. Nele, os tempos que oferecemos às crianças, seus processos coletivos de cuidado e educação, seus modos de participação nas pesquisas e as perspectivas de futuro frente à conjuntura atual constituem partes que se conectam ao objeto de reflexão. As discussões fazem parte da pesquisa sobre as experiências das crianças durante a pandemia de Covid-19, sobre como esse fato social circunscreve muitas mudanças na organização familiar, nas relações com as pessoas e lugares. A pandemia narrada pelas crianças segue o fluxo dos acontecimentos, como o fechamento das escolas no primeiro semestre de 2020, a ampliação das restrições de locomoção, o discurso da emergência da vacina e, por fim, a permanência do quadro social anterior, a descoberta da vacina e o aumento do número de mortes. O argumento principal é o de que as crianças são afetadas por estas mudanças que são registradas nas perguntas, relatos, diálogos e fotografias. Portanto, ler as narrativas das crianças como construções culturais nesse tempo histórico é uma forma de compreender como elas vivenciam os tempos de casa e da escola que se tornaram fluidos e atravessados cotidianamente. Os tempos dos acontecimentos e os tempos narrativos revelam a complexidade de ser criança em um cenário que aprisiona a liberdade, constrange as interações, institui a doença e a morte como assunto e não oferece previsão de mudança.
A REALIDADE DA EDUCAÇÃO RIBEIRINHA NO CONTEXTO DA COVID-19: SABERES PEDAGÓGICOS PARA A AÇÃO DOCENTE
Authors: Santos Larissa Batista dos , Backes Luciana , Gabriel Naidi Carmen , Felicetti Vera Lucia
Published: September 2021

A necessidade de distanciamento social físico, instaurada pela pandemia da Covid-19, fez emergir problemáticas que antes eram amenizadas pelo contato precário em regiões que já viviam um certo isolamento. O objetivo deste artigo consiste em identificar a articulação entre os saberes e as problemáticas na educação, para proposições alternativas na educação ribeirinha. Para realizar a pesquisa exploratória, a produção de dados empíricos ocorreu na Escola Municipal José Sobreira do Nascimento, localizada na Comunidade de Fátima, no Rio Negro – Amazonas. Participaram deste estudo uma professora e alunos do 6º ano e da Educação de Jovens e Adultos – EJA. Foi utilizado como instrumento para a produção de dados o comunicador instantâneo whatsapp. As reflexões iniciais revelaram os entraves tecnológicos vivenciados no contexto educacional ribeirinho e como os saberes pedagógicos, contemplando docente e alunos, estão em constante construção oportunizando formas de aprendizagem condizentes com a realidade dos alunos.
Prudential exception in the case “Argentina-Financial Services”
Authors: Gatina Dilyara Rustemovna
Published: September 2021

This article discusses the conclusions of the World Trade Organization Dispute Settlement Body (WTO DSB) on the case “Argentina – Financial Services” pertaining to interpretation of the Paragraph 2 (a) of the Annex on Financial Services to the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), which contains a prudential exception that allows the countries, regardless of their obligations in accordance with GATS, taking measures on the national level that are aimed at maintaining stability in the domestic financial market. The need for studying the approaches applied due to interpretation of this norm, is substantiated by the ambiguous wording of the Paragraph 2 (a) of the Annex on Financial Services, which raises questions on its proper application. The author attempts to give assessment to the decisions of the Arbitration Group on the interpretation of prudential exception, as well as shed light on the instances of its application. This article is the first work within the Russian legal science dedicated to examination of the peculiarities of application of prudential exception. Having analyzed the corresponding provision of GATS, as well as the decisions of the Arbitration Group on the case “Argentina – Financial Services”, the author concludes that virtually any measure introduced by the government on the national level, which serves the purpose of risk prevention that may create a threat to the stability and integrity of the financial market of the country and normal activity of the participant of the financial services market, can fall under Paragraph 2 (a). At the same time, the key and practically the only obstacle for abuse such norm consists in the need to adhere to the principle of good faith in the context of implementation of the corresponding prudential measures.
Tingkat Pengetahuan Reproduksi dan Kondisi Fertilitas Generasi Milenial di Desa Kerik, Kabupaten Magetan
Authors: Pratiwi Intan Cristia Ega , Rahmadianti Indah , Nuha Faliq Dzyi , Yuhanna Wachidatul Linda
Published: September 2021

Pengetahuan serta pemahaman kesehatan reproduksi serta fertilitas sangatlah dibutuhkan bagi generasi milenial untuk mempersiapkan pernikahan mereka. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah mengetahui pengetahuan dan kondisi fertilitas generasi milenial di Desa Kerik Kabupaten Magetan. Penelitian ini telah di lakukan pada bulan Juni 2021 di Desa Kerik. Penelitian ini adalah penelitian kuantitatif dengan metode survey. Populasi sejumlah 145, sampel sebanyak 45. Pengambilan sampel dilakukan secara purposive. Hasil yang diperoleh adalah tingkat pengetahuan reproduksi dari generasi milenial di Desa Kerik menunjukkan bahwa 31 responden sebagian besar memiliki pengetahuan kriteria sangat baik sebanyak 68,90% dan 14 responden yang memiliki pengetahuan kriteria baik sebanyak 31,10%. Data diperoleh bahwa 45 responden sudah menikah dan tidak pernah bercerai. Kondisi mengandung, perempuan di Desa Kerik yang sudah pernah mengandung sebanyak 71% dan 29% belum pernah mengandung. Kondisi melahirkan istri di Desa Kerik diperoleh data perempuan melahirkan bayinya secara sesar sebanyak 49%. Usia melahirkan pertama di bawah usia kurang dari 20 tahun sebanyak 16%, melahirkan di usia 20-25 tahun sebanyak 47%. Kondisi anak yang dilahirkan dengan selamat dan sehat sebanyak 100%, sedangkan pada saat bayi dilahirkan tidak ada angka kematian bayi setelah dilahirkan. Istri mengandung lagi setelah melahirkan anak pertama sebanyak 9%. Di desa Kerik yang memiliki satu anak sebanyak 51%, yang memiliki lebih dari satu anak sebanyak 18%, sedangkan yang berencana memiliki anak lagi sebanyak 47%. Kondisi istri yang menggunakan alat kontrasepsi sebanyak 24%, istri yang sering menggunakan alat kontrasepsi sebanyak 13%, sedangkan istri yang rutin memeriksakan pemakaian alat kontrasepsi sebanyak 16%.
Problem Based Learning untuk Meningkatkan Kemampuan Matematika di Sekolah Inklusi
Authors: Darmawan Dwiky Sakti , Nuresa Quitita Oktavelia Anizhandi , Khoirunisa Dinadya Nurfahmi , Widodo Ega Rahayu , Wulandari Yuni , Suprapto Edy
Published: September 2021

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengkaji efektifitas penerapan Problem Based Learning (PBL) dalam pembelajaran matematika bagi siswa di sekolah inklusi. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah studi litelatur tentang penerapan pembelajaran PBL pada sekolah inklusi pada mata pelajaran matematika. Sumber penelitian adalah data-data yang dikumpulkan dari e-book, teks, artikel, dan sumber lain yang relevan dengan penelitian yang akan dibuat. Pengumpulan literatur dilakukan melalui proses identification, screening dan eligibility, menggunakan google scholar. Berdasarkan hasil penelusuran, disimpulkan bahwa PBL dapat menjadi alternatif model yang diterapkan bagi siswa di sekolah inklusi. Model ini dapat membantu siswa untuk dapat meningkatkan kemampuan penyelesaian permasalahan dan juga menunjukkan hasil belajar matematika yang baik bagi anak normal maupun berkebutuhan khusus.

 
Flood Vulnerability Analysis using Weighted Overlay
Authors: Putra Utama Ferzha , Setiawan Yudi , Vatresia Arie , Purnama Sari Julia
Published: September 2021

Several areas in Bengkulu City are affected by floods every year; one of the worst is the Sungai Serut sub-district.  The existence of a river that stretches along Sungai Serut also plays a role in floods over the Bengkulu area. Furthermore, this study to see the priority area over this district is still limited.  Mapping flood areas is one way to provide information, especially for decision-makers in flood control using geographic information systems. Our research aims to map flood vulnerability areas based on land height, slope, and river buffer by weighting these criteria. This thematic map is the result of overlaying several maps according to the flood vulnerability criteria. The results of this study indicate that Sungai Serut is an area with "Very Vulnerable" and "Vulnerable" levels of flood vulnerability. The story of flood vulnerability is dominated by gently sloping contours, with land elevation levels mostly below 20 m above sea level. In addition, the thing that exacerbates the potential for flood vulnerability is the existence of the river that runs along the Sungai Serut sub-district.
The Students’ Perspective of Using Instagram as a Writing Assignment Platform
Authors: Ramalia Tenia
Published: September 2021

This study aimed to find out the students’ perspective of using Instagram as a writing assignment platform. Using a qualitative research method, this study involved the students of the 2nd semester in English Department Universitas Islam Syekh-Yusuf Tangerang. There were 61 students in writing class who were involved as the participants. It used the technique of survey with open-ended questionnaire as the instrument of data collection The results show that almost all students have positive perspective towards Instagram as a writing assignment platform. The participants found out that Instagram was fun, easy, and effective media to be used in doing writing assignment. Although, there were also some barriers in using it such as, bad internet network and privacy issue. It can be concluded that, Instagram can be one of useful teaching media, especially for writing, as long as it is used and supervised appropriately.
Analysis of Factors Causing High Non-Specialized Referral Ratio of Inpatient Primary Health Centers
Authors: Fadila Rizki , Purnomo Alifia Firda
Published: September 2021

Sebagai bagian dari sistem kendali mutu dan kendali biaya dalam pelayanan kesehatan, pemberian layanan kesehatan kepada peserta JKN harus dilaksanakan secara berjenjang sesuai indikasi medis. Fakta menunjukkan bahwa Puskesmas belum menjalankan fungsinya sebagai gatekeeper dengan baik karena tingginya angka rujukan terutama untuk pelayanan non spesialistik. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mendapatkan gambaran terkait penyebab tingginya angka rasio rujukan non spesialistik di Puskesmas Kabupaten Pasuruan. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian deskriptif kuantitatif dengan rancang bangun penelitian yaitu cross sectional. Sampel penelitian sebanyak 4 puskesmas yang merupakan puskesmas rawat inap dengan rasio rujukan non spesialistik > 2% di Kabupaten Pasuruan. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa penyakit yang paling banyak dirujuk adalah insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. Seluruh puskesmas rawat inap dengan rasio rujukan non spesialistik tinggi tidak memiliki sarana dan prasarana yang lengkap sesuai dengan standar. Selain itu, sebanyak 75% Puskesmas tidak memiliki jenis tenaga kesehatan berdasarkan Permenkes 43 tahun 2019. Dalam hal ini, pemerintah daerah harus selalu berupaya untuk memenuhi kebutuhan sarana, prasarana dan tenaga kesehatan, agar puskesmas dapat memberikan pelayanan kesehatan yang prima.
Philosophical Poshumanism
Authors: Rignani Orsola
Published: September 2021

This review traces the correspondence between the main purpose of Bloomsbury’s Series Theory in the New Humanities (i.e. the presentation of cartographical accounts of emerging critical theories), and Francesca Ferrando’s book, with its combination of genealogical-cartographic approach and critical response in contributing philosophical posthumanism. The review also highlights the value of Ferrando’s work, both on the theoretical-scientific-didactic level and on that of existential praxis. Through a critical recognition of the book’s thematic joints (defining philosophical posthumanism, determining what is meant by “post”, questioning whether humans have always been posthuman) and of the main contents, the review explores the work’s pioneering aspects, including its original structure, scientific rigor, and historical reconstruction through a critical mastery of sources, and praises Ferrando’s enthusiastic proposal of a posthumanism as the philosophy/praxis of our time.
Queer Reproductions in Vergil’s Georgics and Brian Britigan’s Golden
Authors: Bosak-Schroeder Clara
Published: September 2021

Pairing Vergil’s Latin poem, the Georgics, with Golden, a 2012 painting by Brian Britigan, I explore the sexualities and ecologies of animal bodies.

First, I argue that Golden responds to the “bugonias” of the Georgics, scenes in which a dead ox spontaneously generates bees. Through the image of one species emerging from another Vergil and Britigan queer straight ideas of reproduction in different ways. Vergil’s queering is processual, describing bugonia as a collision of human and nonhuman bodies and practices. In Britigan’s paintings, which omit human figures, queerness is stylistic. Britigan pays homage to the foundational work of Thomas Hart Benton while reworking Benton’s beliefs about sex/gender and sexuality.

Painted just a few years after CCD devastated the world’s honeybees, Golden poignantly represents the hope of life even after extinction. While earlier criticizing Britigan’s human-less nature, I conclude by considering that the regeneration of life may require our absence.
Life as Performance
Authors: McCormack Brian
Published: September 2021

In this article I draw on Jakob von Uexküll and a number of thinkers who engage, extend or otherwise resonate with his work to argue for a theory of meaning as dynamic process. Uexküll enables a view of meaning as something an embodied subject does rather than something possessed or accessed. The ongoing life of an organism – relations to self, to environment, to past experience and to anticipated future events – forms an experiential context within which any encounter must take place. It is this broader context which I refer to as dynamic meaning-making processes. I discuss some recent experiments and observations on hermit crabs to illustrate how a view of meaning as dynamic process informs relations of interspecies care. Interspecies care is conceived here as the modulation of human meaning-making practices: spinning out, folding in and strengthening meaningful relations across forms of life, in anticipation of better futures.
Deleuze, Guattari et le posthumanisme
Authors: Beaulieu Alain
Published: September 2021

Le texte présente quelques avenues possibles pour situer la pensée de Deleuze et Guattari en regard du postumanisme. Les thèmes des machines, des devenirs non-humains et des forces cosmiques de déterritorialisation y sont notamment discutés.
Estudiar las redes sociales: perspectivas teóricas para un análisis
Authors: Gómez-Barrera Juan Camilo
Published: September 2021

Las actuales redes sociales digitales se han convertido en un foco de múltiples análisis y temas de investigación. Como consecuencia, circulan en las diversas bases de datos múltiples investigaciones que privilegian marcos conceptuales y referentes teóricos sobre ciertos temas de interés en el análisis de las redes sociales. Frente a esto, el objetivo del presente artículo es mostrar dos marcos conceptuales diferentes desde los cuales se pueden analizar las redes sociales, que se distancian de las miradas, los temas y los marcos teóricos privilegiados sobre el estudio de las redes sociales más abundantes, y que a su vez permiten comprender su relación con las máquinas y los problemas socio-políticos. Con ello, se pretende aportar elementos teóricos a investigaciones que giren en torno a preguntas como ¿qué son las redes sociales y cómo se las puede estudiar en torno a problemas socio-políticos?
Leadership toward positive workplace culture in Aotearoa New Zealand: clinical nurse manager perspectives
Authors: Graham Krystle
Published: September 2021

Clinical nurse managers play a vital role in the healthcare system. They are responsible for the day to day running of departments and ensuring that patients are safely cared for. The leadership behaviour and practices of a clinical nurse manager are fundamental for establishing and maintaining positive workplace culture, which is important for nurse performance and quality patient outcomes. This research sought to understand how clinical nurse managers build positive culture in their workplace and to identify leadership attributes and actions that they perceive to be important for generating positive workplace culture. Furthermore, it aimed to identify the challenges of creating positive workplace culture in Aotearoa New Zealand.

A qualitative descriptive design was used to capture rich in-depth understanding and insight into clinical nurse manager experiences of positive workplace culture from their position in nursing leadership. Ten clinical nurse managers from one secondary hospital within the North Island of Aotearoa participated in semi structured face-to-face interviews. Data was transcribed and analysed using thematic analysis with assistance of NVIVO 12 coding software to manage the process of analysing transcripts.

Findings demonstrated that clinical nurse managers deliberately engage in strategies to build positive workplace culture and the more prepared they were for their role, the better equipped they were to do so. Three themes were identified: role preparation, achieving perspective, and intentionality. The theme of role preparation describes the actions clinical nurse managers use to cope with realities of the job, build good teams, and manage uncertainty. The second theme achieving perspective represents the internal processes clinical nurse managers use to understand situations and make decisions. The final theme intentionality describes the leadership strategies clinical nurse managers use to enhance collaborative behaviour and positive relationships within the team.

To prepare and develop nurses into leadership positions, organisations and executive leadership teams must actively invest in the preparation of this workforce. Establishing educational prerequisites and having structured orientation and mentoring programmes will build a clinical nurse manager workforce that is equipped to foster positive workplace culture in Aotearoa. Furthermore, conducting performance appraisals habitually will provide a foundation for training and development that is needed to keep nurses motivated and engaged in their workplace.
Risk from extreme precipitation and climate change on New Zealand’s residential property
Authors: Pastor Paz Jacob
Published: September 2021

Three manuscripts form the basis of this dissertation exploring the effect of extreme precipitation and climate change on residential property in New Zealand. The first manuscript investigates the public insurer’s expected future liabilities, given future climate projections. Specifically, it examines the effect of extreme precipitation on direct property damage associated with rainfall-induced landslides, storms and floods. This study applies a fixed-effects panel regression model using claim data linked to extreme precipitation data over 2000-2017 and future climate change scenarios until 2100. The results show that liabilities will increase more if future greenhouse gasses emissions are higher. At the aggregate level, the percent change between past and future liabilities ranges between an increase of 7 to 8% higher in the next 20 years, and an increase between 9 to 25% increase by the end of the century, depending on the greenhouse gases emissions scenario.

The second manuscript examines the risk of property damage from landslides associated with extreme precipitation. The focus is on the Nelson region as it displays the highest number of claims and pay-outs relative to its population and residential stock asset, and two thirds of the pay-outs come from a single event. The focus is on this event. This research combines past insurance claim data with geographic and sociodemographic data to estimate probability of damage, which is then combined with property replacement values and damage-ratio information to calculate the expected loses and map the spatial distribution of risk. The study integrates into the risk estimates the impact of climate change on precipitation based on an ‘attribution’ study. The analysis shows that slope and social deprivation play a significant role in the probability of damage. Furthermore, higher expected losses are associated with higher property values.

The third manuscript studies the current and future risk of property damage from floods associated with extreme precipitation and climate change. The focus is on the most expensive event on record. This study applies a logistic cross-sectional regression model that exploits spatial variation of rainfall intensity-duration-frequency (with and without the effect of climate change), while controlling for other factors that might make a property more or less likely to experience damage. The expected monetary losses are calculated by factoring in the likelihood of flood damage derived from the regression model, property replacement values, and property vulnerability (based on flood-depth fragility functions). The results show that highest losses are associated with lowest annual exceedance probabilities (AEPs), still, sizeable losses are associated with higher AEPs. In this case, the effect of climate change for different emissions scenarios is too small to cause an economically meaningful increase in risk levels in the next 80 years (2100).
Prevalenceof hypertension in south-western Saudi Arabia
Authors: Abol Fotouh M. A. , Abu Zeid Hassan A. H. , Abdel Aziz Mostafa , Alakija Wole , Mahfouz Ahmed A. , Bassuni Wagih A.
Published: September 2021

Prevalence of hypertension was surveyed in south-western Saudi Arabia. Hypertension was ascertained by measuring blood pressure under standard conditions and by interview for positive history. The overall prevalence was 11.1%, and the age-adjusted prevalence was 10.6% in men and 11.4% in women. Prevalence increased significantly by age. Among previously known cases, 76% were receiving treatment, but only 20% were found controlled. It is concluded that hypertension affects a sizeable proportion of Saudi communities. Further efforts are needed to improve control of the disease
Current nutritional status of mothers and children in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
Authors: Dawson, K. P. , Hughes P. , Mpofu D. , Patel M.
Published: September 2021

Forty-six mothers and children from the United Arab Emirates participated in a pilot study to determine possible micronutrient deficiencies in the country. Thirty-five per cent [35%] of the children and 21% of the mothers had low serum ferritin levels, while 30% of the mothers had low serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D with 28% of mothers having a low serum folate status. These deficiencies are widespread in the nationals of the United Arab Emirates. In view of the increasing importance of intrauterine and early infant nutrition, further investigation and a national study seem warranted
Dietary management of surgical patients: effects on incisional wound healing
Authors: El Banna H. M. , Tolba K. G. , Darwish O. A.
Published: September 2021

A study of 38 patients was undertaken at the main University Hospital in Alexandria. The sample was divided into a control group and an experimental group. Findings show statistically significant differences between the two groups in the level of education, but no difference in blood picture, body mass index or nutritional status. There was a difference in the rate of wound healing in the two groups, and a relationship between the nutritional status and wound healing in the control group. Total hospital stays for the control group were longer than those for the experimental group. The nutritional status of surgical patients, as well as their food intake, should be evaluated at short intervals before and after surgery
Prevalenceof gestational diabetes and pregnancy outcome in Pakistan
Authors: Jawad F. , Irshad uddin P
Published: September 2021

Prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus and the pregnancy outcome of women registered at the Aga Khan Maternity Home, Karachi was studied. Initial screening was by a glucose challenge test with 50 g glucose. If the 1-hour blood glucose level exceeded 130 mg%, then a 3-hour oral glucose tolerance test with 100 g glucose was performed. Diagnosis was based on O’Sullivan’s criteria. Insulin was prescribed if the fasting blood glucose was more than 95 mg%, and the 2-hour post-prandial over 125 mg%, after a week of diet therapy. The prevalence of gestational diabetes was 3.45% with an aggregate birth weight of 3.24 kg, and perinatal loss of 2.08%. The mean blood glucose values were 93.46 mg% fasting and 117.03 mg%, 2 hours post-prandial
[Prevalenceof dental caries in children with low birth weight]
Authors: Maatouk F. , Belgacem B. , Belgacem R. , Ghedira H. , Jemmali B.
Published: September 2021

Dental caries was evaluated in 58 children with low birth weight [750-2500 g] and in a control group of 58 children with birth weights greater than 2500 g. All children were examined for their caries experience using a standardized clinical examination. The results showed a higher prevalence of caries in the children with low birth weight [77.5%] than in the children with birth weights greater than 2500 g [44.8%], the difference being statistically significant [P < 0.001]. There was a negative correlation between birth weight groups and prevalence of caries [r = -0.34]. It was concluded that children with low birth weight have a greater risk of dental caries than others
Outbreak of pertussis in Basra, Iraq
Authors: Al Bargish K. A.
Published: September 2021

A total of 133 pertussis cases were studied during an outbreak in Basra from June to December 1996. Most were females and were immunized. Bordetella spp. was isolated in 48.1% of the cases. The isolation rate was highest among infants and decreased with increasing age, and was highest during the catarrhal stage. B. pertussis was the most common species; however, B. parapertussis infection did occur. There were some severe cases of pertussis among infants caused mainly by B. pertussis and dual Bordetella infection. Infection was transmitted by close contact with a pertussis case
Study of mortality risk factors for children under age 5 in Abu Dhabi
Authors: Al Hosani H. A. , Brebner J. , Bener A. B. , Norman J. N.
Published: September 2021

We investigated the association of biological, sociocultural and economic risk factors with child mortality in Abu Dhabi from 1 January-31 December 1997. With McNemar chi-squared test, most selected biological risk factors were statistically associated with child mortality, although maternal age older than 40 years and history of fetal death were not positively correlated with neonate, infant or age under 5 mortality. Among sociocultural and economic risk factors, maternal lack of formal education and low monthly income were significantly associated with child death. Consanguinity was significantly associated with under 5 and infant but not neonatal mortality. Gestation <37 weeks was highly associated with mortality among all ages. Strengthening health care programmes and emphasizing the need to identify high risk groups should be priorities
[Knowledge and practice of doctors and midwives working in primary health care regarding screening for cervical and breast cancers]
Authors: Hsairi M. , Fakhfakh R. , Bellaaj R. , Achour N.
Published: September 2021

Nous avons évalué les connaissances et les pratiques de 286 médecins et 126 sages-femmes exercant dans les soins de santé primaires à Tunis en ce qui concerne les cancers du col utérin et du sein au moyen d’un auto-questionnaire anonyme. Les questions avaient trait aux connaissances de l’épidémiologie de ces deux cancers, aux chances de survie en cas de détection précoce, au suivi antérieur d’une formation dans ce domaine et au degré de participation à ce dépistage. Le niveau de connaissances épidémiologiques des deux cancers en Tunisie, aussi bien des médecins que des sages-femmes, est relativement modeste. La pratique systématique du frottis cervico-vaginal [FCV] a été significativement plus fréquente chez les sages-femmes que chez les médecins. Il en est de méme pour l’examen systématique des seins. Le manque de formation en matière de pratique du FCV et le nombre élevé de consultants par jour ont été identifies comme les principaux facteurs freinant respectivement la pratique du FCV et l’examen des seins
Epstein-Barr virus in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma
Authors: Kamel A. H. , El Barawy M. A. , Hashish M. H. , El Sheikh S. M.
Published: September 2021

We compared 50 patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinomas [cases] and 45 matched healthy controls. Biopsy specimens were taken from tumours and normal tissue of the cases and controls respectively and serial paraffin embedded sections were processed to detect Epstein-Barr [EB] viral antigen. We found EB viral proteins in 38% of cases and none in controls, which suggests a positive correlation. Serum samples were also tested for the presence of EB virus IgG by ELISA for comparison with immunohistochemical findings. Patients with positive immunohistochemical staining results had significantly higher mean antibody titres compared with those with negative results. ELISA may be useful in determining the etiology of head and neck cancers, but the results are not unequivocally reliable