bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Thermal loss analysis of a solar flat collector using numerical simulation
Authors: Merembayev Timur , Amirgaliyev Yedilkhan , Kunelbayev Murat , Berdyshev Abdumauvlen
Published: April 2020

In this paper, we studied theoretically and numerically heat losses of a flat solar collector for the subsequent modelling of the solar water heating system for the Kazakhstan climate condition. For different climatic zones with a growing cost for energy or lack of central heating systems, promising is to find ways to improve the energy efficiency of the solar system. The solar system is simulated by the mathematical model (ODE model) of energy. To bridge the results of modelling and real values, our research investigated the important physical parameters such as loss coefficient, Nu, Ra, Pr values, which are impacting on the efficiency of solar flat collector and for heat losses of system. The developed mathematical models, the design and composition of the software and hardware complex, automated control and monitoring systems allow solar hot water heating system to increase the energy efficiency of a life support systems and heat supply of buildings, by reducing energy consumption for heat supply.
Mental Arithmetic Processes: Testing the Independence of Encoding and Calculation
Authors: Frampton Adam R. , Faulkenberry Thomas J.
Published: April 2020

Previous work has shown that the cognitive processes involved in mental arithmetic can bedecomposed into three stages: encoding, calculation, and production. Models of mental arithmetic hypothesize varying degrees of independence between these processes of encoding and calculation. In the present study, we tested whether encoding and calculation are independent by having participants complete an addition verification task. We manipulated problem size (small, large) as well as problem format, having participants verify equations presented either as Arabic digits (e.g., “3 + 7 = 10”) or using words (e.g., “three + seven = ten”). In addition, we collected trial-by-trial strategy reports. Though we found main effects of both problem size and format on response times, we found no interaction between the two factors, supporting the hypothesis that encoding and calculation function independently. However, strategy reports indicated that manipulating format caused a shift from retrieval based strategies to procedural strategies, particularly on large problems. We discuss these results in light of two competing models of mental arithmetic.
Neural Attribute Normalization: An Application to Product Portfolio Optimization
Authors: Daviet Remi
Published: April 2020

The importance of the choice set composition on individual preferences has been of wide interest in decision models. We propose a model seeking to elaborate on the role that choice set composition plays in a discrete choice problem through a normalization of the perceived value of each product's attributes. Our model extends the comprehension of context effects beyond the classical three-option cases of decoy, compromise and similarity. We apply a state-of-the-art class of models stemming from recent research on neural normalization to a multi-attribute choice setting. We also investigate the construction of the reference point by comparing different models, from simple cases to flexible neural networks. We highlight the performance of the model with an experimental application to credit card choices,and discuss the implications for product portfolio optimization. We find decisive evidence for attribute-based normalizing behavior. Understanding this normalization phenomenon will allow firms to optimize their portfolio with options whose main purpose is to increase the sales of their other products.
Validation of a set of stimuli to investigate the effect of attributional processes on social motivation in within-subject experiments
Authors: Fucci Enrico , Baquedano Constanza , Abdoun Oussama , Deroche Jessy , Lutz Antoine
Published: April 2020

Attribution of responsibility for the causes of suffering is one of the main factors that influence responses to individuals in distress. While the role of attributional processes on prosocial motivation has been widely investigated in social psychology, only few attempts have been made to characterize their behavioural and neurophysiological underpinnings. This is partly due to the lack of stimuli that can facilitate within-subject experimental designs. To overcome this problem, we created a set of stimuli consisting of videos depicting people in different situations of distress. Each video is paired with short stories that aim to manipulate the perceived degree of responsibility of the main character.To validate the stimuli, we investigated the effect of different context-video pairs on self-report measures of participants’ subjective experience. We found that different contexts preceding the same video can influence blame and responsibility judgments, affective responses and willingness to help.In a complementary analysis, we replicated previous findings on the influence of empathy and responsibility on willingness to help. However, we did not observe a negative correlation between responsibility and empathy as described in attribution theories.Finally, we observed a general increase in responses times when videos were paired with Responsible contexts. We provide interpretations of this finding that can relate attribution accounts to prominent theories in moral psychology.Overall, this study highlights the possibility of falsifying existing theories on attributional processes by implementing a set of stimuli that includes multiple scenarios and allow for the collection of third person measures in within-subject designs.
Markers of a plant-based diet relate to memory and executive function in older adults
Authors: Ramey Michelle M. , Shields Grant S. , Yonelinas Andrew
Published: April 2020

Background: Although it is widely known that consumption of plant-based foods is important for physical health, little is known about the relationship between plant-based foods and cognitive health. Emerging evidence suggests that some macronutrients may exert effects on cognition, but it is unclear which domains of cognition are involved; more importantly, it is unknown how a plant-based dietary pattern relates to cognition.Objective: To examine associations between a plant-based dietary pattern and multiple cognitive functions (i.e., memory and two aspects of executive function).Methods: Participants were 3,039 older adults who participated in the 2011-2014 waves of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). The present cross-sectional study used data on macronutrient intake from two 24-hour dietary interviews, as well as performance on tests of long-term memory and executive function (i.e., delayed word recall, digit symbol substitution test, and animal fluency). Principal component analysis was used to extract a dietary pattern consistent with a plant-based diet.Results: Greater adherence to a dietary pattern consistent with a plant-based diet was related to better performance on all cognitive tasks. Secondary analyses indicated that the associations between a plant-based dietary pattern and executive function accounted for the association between a plant-based dietary pattern and memory. Furthermore, this same plant-based dietary pattern was associated with reduced baseline inflammation in a separate dataset.Conclusions: Experimental manipulations are needed to determine the direction and timescale of the observed associations, but these results suggest that a plant-based diet is related to better cognition, especially through improved executive control. Future work should also attempt to extend these results by examining potential mechanisms underlying these associations, such as reduced inflammation.
Financial Constraint and Perceptions of COVID-19
Authors: Trueblood Jennifer S , Sussman Abigail , O'Leary Daniel , Holmes William
Published: April 2020

In early March 2020, two crises emerged: the COVID-19 public health crisis and a corresponding economic crisis resulting from business closures and skyrocketing job losses. While the link between socioeconomic status and infectious disease is well-documented, the psychological relationships among economic considerations, such as financial constraint and economic anxiety, and health considerations, such as perceptions of disease spread and preventative actions, is not well understood. Despite past research illustrating the strong link between financial fragility and a wide range of behaviors, surprisingly little research has examined the psychological relationship between the economic crisis and beliefs and behaviors related to the co-occurring health crisis. We show that financial constraint predicts people’s beliefs about both their personal risk of infection and the national spread of the virus as well as their social distancing behavior. In addition, we compare the predictive utility of financial constraint to two other commonly studied factors: political partisanship and local disease severity. We also show that negative affect partially mediates the relationship between financial constraint and COVID-19 beliefs and social distancing behaviors. These results suggest the economic crisis created by COVID-19 spilled over into people’s beliefs about the health crisis and their behaviors.
Can a Pandemic Make People More Socially Conservative? Political Ideology, Gender Roles, and the Case of COVID-19
Authors: Rosenfeld Daniel L. , Tomiyama A. Janet
Published: April 2020

The first months of 2020 rapidly threw people into a period of societal turmoil and pathogen threat with the COVID-19 pandemic. By promoting epistemic and existential motivational processes and activating people’s behavioral immune systems, this pandemic may have changed social and political attitudes. The current research specifically asked the following question: As COVID-19 became pronounced in the United States during the pandemic’s emergence, did people living there become more socially conservative? We present a repeated-measures study (N = 695) that assessed political ideology, gender role conformity, and gender stereotypes among U.S. adults before (January 25-26, 2020) versus during (March 19-April 2, 2020) the pandemic. During the pandemic, participants reported conforming more strongly to traditional gender roles and believing more strongly in traditional gender stereotypes than they did before the pandemic. Political ideology remained constant over time. These findings suggest that a pandemic may promote preference for traditional gender roles.
Subjective Socioeconomic Status Predicts Self-Rated Health Irrespective of Objective Family Socioeconomic Background
Authors: Präg Patrick
Published: April 2020

Aim: Subjective appraisals of socioeconomic status (SES) are robustly associated with health outcomes, even when controlling for objective SES. Is this because objective SES is not accounted for in a sufficiently exhaustive way?Methods: I pool eight waves of nationally representative survey data from Germany (German General Social Survey, 2004–18, N = 13,557) to assess the association between two separate subjective appraisals of SES (a ten-point scale and subjectively chosen social class membership) and poor self-rated health using logit and linear probability models. I account for an exhaustive range of objective SES variables, including respondents’ household incomes and social status as well as occupational status, social class, education of respondents, and of their partners, fathers, and mothers.Results: The association between subjective socioeconomic status and poor self-rated health remains stable even when accounting for a wide range of objective SES markers. This is true for both subjective SES measured on a ten-point scale and as a subjective class identification.Conclusions: Even when controlling for a large number of objective SES markers, subjective SES and self-rated health are linked, suggesting that subjective assessments of SES are meaningful measures of SES which form a distinct pathway to health.
Peran Vlog dalam Perkembangan Pola Pikir Siswa Sekolah Menengah Kejuruan Teknologi Informasi Komputer Darussalam Medan
Authors: Lubis Muya Syaroh Iwanda , Nasution Asrindah , Luthfi Muhammad
Published: April 2020

This article or article aims to develop students' talent into the world of Vlogs, not to be careless and have a negative impact, and to train the mindsets of adolescents to continue to develop according to the changes and developments of the times without ignoring the moral role in them. To approach this problem the theoretical reference from the Communication Technology book by Nurudin was used. Data collected through interviews, observation and documentation. Qualitative data analysis techniques using: Reduction, presentation and conclusion drawing. This study concludes that the role of Vlogs is in great demand by students in Indonesia, especially SMK TIK Darussalam. So that the development of their mindset develops when they have to think of what Vlog videos are good for public publication. By seeing Vlogs produced by others, students are able to hone the development of their thought patterns so that they can understand Vlog videos that are positive or negative for publication. That way what they do has a positive value for themselves, the school and the community
ПСИХОЛОГІЧНІ УСТАНОВКИ, КОМПЕТЕНЦІЇ ТА ОСОБИСТІ ЯКОСТІ ВИКЛАДАЧА ЯК ФАКТОР РОЗВИТКУ МАТЕМАТИЧНОЇ ОБДАРОВАНОСТІ УЧНЯ
Authors: Бончук Н. В.
Published: April 2020

The article deals with the problem of the role of professional competences, personal characteristics and psychological attitudes of the subject-teacher in the development of mathematical giftedness of students. The substantiation of the competence model of a teacher working with mathematically gifted children is presented. The urgency of the problem of formation of necessary competences for work with mathematically gifted students is substantiated. The three-level model of teacher's professional competence is considered as a set of key professional (reflecting the specificity of a certain professional activity, in our case - pedagogical) and special (reflecting the specificity of working in different conditions of professional activity with talented children) competencies.Within the competency model, the components of the cognitive, behavioral, and value components are examined. The role of the psychological ettitudes of the teacher in the motivational component of the educational process is substantiated. A number of problems of professional and personal development of teachers in the organization of teaching of mathematically gifted students have been identified. Recommendations are given for the construction of a postgraduate teacher education program aimed at the discovery and psychological and pedagogical support of mathematical talent.
МІСЬКА VS РЕГІОНАЛЬНА ІДЕНТИЧНІСТЬ: ДО ПИТАННЯ ХАРАКТЕРУ ФОРМУВАННЯ/АКТУАЛІЗАЦІЇ/ПРОТИСТАВЛЕННЯ В УМОВАХ СУЧАСНОГО УКРАЇНСЬКОГО СУСПІЛЬСТВА
Authors: Міхно Надія Костянтинівна
Published: April 2020

The main focus of this article is on identifying the features of regional and urban identity formation and actualization. An attempt was made to determine the nature of interaction and juxtaposition of these types of territorial identity in the conditions of modern Ukrainian society. The main mechanisms of formation of regional identity are distinguished: use of the mechanism of constructing crisis or opposition regional identity, ideological work as a mechanism of formation of regional identity, images, symbolism, mythologists, ideologists and communication slogans as mechanisms of formation of regional identity. Urban identity is formed during the symbolic production of urban meanings. It is emphasized that urban identity is a socio-cultural construct, which is formed as a result of socialization and adaptation in a certain settlement and is determined by the assimilation and reproduction of cultural symbols, accepted norms, traditions, lifestyle of the city residents. It is determined that in modern Ukrainian society urban identity prevails over regional identity.
ІНТЕРМЕДІАЛЬНА ТЕХНОЛОГІЯ ФОРМУВАННЯ КОМУНІКАТИВНОЇ КОМПЕТЕНТНОСТІ МАЙБУТНІХ УЧИТЕЛІВ МИСТЕЦТВА: СТРУКТУРНО-ФУНКЦІОНАЛЬНА МОДЕЛЬ
Authors: Лупак Н. М.
Published: April 2020

The problem of polyartistic thinking of future teachers of Art in the process of intermedial communicative activity has been actualized. It has been emphasized at the integrative approach to studying artistic disciplines; the necessity of using intermedial technology in the process of formation of communicative competence of future teachers of Art has been substantiated. It has been found that intermedial technology is a way of organizing communicative space, which combines different forms of media. It has been established that at concrete- subjective level (the sphere of artistic education) intermedial technology is considered as a procedural component of educational communicative activities. The structural-functional model of the process of formation of communicative competence of future teachers of Art on the basis of intermedial technologies has been developed. Three levels that make up the integrity of the model have been presented: conceptual-semantic, compositional, symbolic.
PROPER NAMES IN G. G. MARQUEZ’S NOVEL “ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE” AS BEARERS OF AUTHOR MISSION
Authors: Aysel Talibova Saleh
Published: April 2020

The article is about proper names that are found in the work “One Hundred Years of Solitude” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. The literary- ideological relation between the semantic and etymological meanings these names contain and the characters and activities of the images that are bearers of those names has been investigated. The names that have this kind of symbolic meanings are mainly toponyms and anthroponyms in the work. Firstly, the research about the meanings and historical originalities of those names has been carried out, then the relations between their literary missions and this information have been analyzed in the article. Almost all toponyms and anthroponyms have mystical- symbolic meanings in the work. The article contains the research basically about a toponym (Macondo), an ethnonym (gypsy), 3 anthroponyms (José, Úrsula, Melquíades).
DEVELOPMENT OF SOFTWARE ON THE BASE OF COMPONENT TECHNOLOGIES
Authors: Vasila Abasova
Published: April 2020

Component technology is currently considered the most advanced approach to software development. The use of ready software components, especially in the construction of large-volume and complex software (such as information systems), is highly effective. The article is of an overview nature and key concepts and principles of component technology, application of component technology in dispersed systems and the Internet, known component-oriented programming technologies are considered in the article.
The Role of TGFβ in Clinical Cancer Response
Authors: Nemunaitis John , Gillman Cassidy , Nemunaitis John , Creeden Justin , Dworkin Lance , Stanbery Laura , Atkinson Rachel , Ong Stephanie
Published: April 2020

The role of transforming growth factor beta (TGFβ) is context dependent. Even within the specific context
of cancer, the functional significance of TGFβ varies according to environmental conditions. Therapies
targeting TGFβ capitalize upon recent discoveries in canonical SMAD-dependent biochemical signaling
networks as well as non-canonical SMAD-independent biochemical signal transduction pathways and
mechanobiological signal transduction pathways. TGFβ clinical trials utilizing vaccine, small molecule
inhibitor, antibody, and aptamer strategies support TGFβ as a viable anticancer target for a variety of
cancer diagnoses. Combination therapies incorporating TGFβ inhibition and immune checkpoint blockade
provide additional avenues for future TGFβ-based clinical intervention.
Understanding the Impact of Bipolar Disorder Experience from an Insiders' Perspective
Authors: Favre Sophie , Richard-Lepouriel Hélène , Favre Sophie
Published: April 2020

Introduction: Bipolar disorder is characterized by recurrent episodes of depression and hypomania and is
often associated with functional impairment even between mood episodes. A substantial proportion of
patients experience inter-episode mood swings, making bipolar disorder a complex psychiatric disorder to
manage. Patients’ perspectives can enhance clinical practice and research. The present study aimed to
explore the impact of the bipolar disorder experience from a patient’s perspective to facilitate better
understanding in clinical practice and future research.
Method: We conducted a single case study with a key informant living with bipolar disorder (type I) for
more than 20 years. The key informant constructed a chart of his mood disorder experiences. Subsequently,
he commented on the chart and these comments were noted down by his therapist.
Results: We present a chart of lived experience perception by a person living with bipolar disorder. The
main axis was reality perception and it was related with mood, identity, and functioning. The comments on
the chart provided a detailed and accurate description of a lived experience of functioning of bipolar disorder
and its impact on a person’s life.
Discussion: Globally, the experiences described by the key informant are consistent with previous literature.
The principal finding was the meaning of the subjective experiences of reality perception, their relation with
mood change, and impact on the person’s life. The perception of reality seems to be a key factor in the
experience of bipolar mood swings. Not only did the disorder affect the self and the functioning, but at its
extreme, reality “either did not matter or did not exist.” This feeling enhanced the sense of being
disconnected from the world and the surroundings and led to the experience of extreme loneliness.
Conclusion: The description in this study cannot be generalized, since it was conducted with only one
subject. However, it provided a better insight into the detailed real-life experience that can be useful for
clinicians treating persons living with bipolar disorder. Such descriptions obtained from a qualitative
procedure can also be combined with quantitative data in patients' assessments and research. This study
suggests that the experience of “disconnection” should be investigated further.
ARİFLER (DOMANİÇ, KÜTAHYA) YÖRESİ MANGANEZ CEVHERLEŞMESİNİN JEOLOJİK ÖZELLİKLERİ
Authors: SENDİR Hüseyin
Published: April 2020

İnceleme alanı Arifler
(Domaniç-Kütahya) güneyinde yer almaktadır. Yaklaşık 5 km2’ lik bir
alanı kapsamaktadır. Çalışma alanının temelini Üst Kretase yaşlı
bazik-ultrabazik kayaçlardan (diyabaz, spilit, serpantinit, radyolarit) oluşan
Arifler Melanjı oluşturmaktadır. Bu birim üzerine tektonik olarak ultramafik
birimler (peridotit, serpantinit, gabro) gelmektedir. Manganez oluşumları,
Arifler melanjına ait radyolarit ve çamurtaşları içerisinde bulunmaktadır.
Cevher mineralleri braunit, biksbiyit, psilomelan ve pirolusittir.
Ética de la vida pública. Crónica de un simposio.
Authors: Camacho Laraña Ildefonso
Published: April 2020

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La vida pública, sus agentes y sus referentes éticos
Authors: Etxeberria Xabier
Published: April 2020

El contenido de este texto se refiere a la ética en la vida pública. Para definir “vida pública” se marcan sus fronteras con la “vida privada”; se detecta una porosidad de fronteras ya que existe una interrelación entre ambas tanto por razones históricas como interculturales. En este sentido, se analizan los distintos espacios: 1) el privado de la intimidad; 2) el público físico; 3) el privado de la iniciativa civil; 4) el público–político institucionalizado; y 5) el social. Se identifican después los agentes que intervienen en el espacio público; distingue: los agentes profesionales (políticos y funcionarios) y los profesionales de los medios de comunicación. En tercer lugar se presentan los objetivos y referentes éticos que deben tener en cuenta los agentes de la vida pública: colaboración de estos agentes con el bien común integrador, ética cívica, necesidad de garantizar el adecuado funcionamiento del procedimentalismo democrático; fomento de la “política de principios”; responsabilidad de los políticos; y en cuanto a los funcionarios, el derecho de los ciudadanos a una buena administración. Rechaza finalmente el “inmediatismo” en los comportamientos de los agentes, aunque éstos estén lógicamente influidos por los períodos electorales.
"Capital social y organizaciones no lucrativas en España. El caso de las ONGD"
Authors: Morales gutiérrez Alfonso Carlos
Published: April 2020

Reseña de la obra de: Marcuello ser V ós , Carmen (2007) Capital social y organizaciones no lucrativas en España. El caso de las ONGD, Fundación BBVA, Bilbao, 281 pp.
STUDY ON APPLICATION OF WASP MODEL FOR SIMULATING WATER QUALITY OF DAU TIENG RESERVOIR
Authors: Nguyen Ha Thi Van , Tran Quynh Vu Nhu , Takizawa Satoshi
Published: April 2020

Based on some measurementS conducted at different timeS and different locations, the environmental managers need the model to imitate the natural process ocurred in the surrounding environment at different times. They are the tools to receive signs about possible existing status of environment which affected by human activities. This paper will present the summary of the preleminary application of the WASP model (Water Quality Analysis Simulation Program) developed by the USEPA to simulate water quality of Dau Tieng Reservoir. The results showed that the WASP model could be used for imitating and predicting water quality of reservoirs. However, in order to improve its application capacity and the precise of the model results, the input data, especially, water stratification and flow are important factors needed to be improved.
IMPLEMENTATION OF WATER SAFETY PLAN FOR TAN HIEP WATER PLANT
Authors: Dang Hung Viet , Le Tran Thi Hong , Tran Khanh Tuan
Published: April 2020

Water is the essential need in human daily life for health safety, living conditions improvement, national industrialization and modernization. Research and development of the water safety plan for Tan Hiep water treatment plant is necessary and urgent to solve this problems. The aims of water safety plan (WSP) include: • To prevent and control the contamination of the source of its raw water; • To treat efficiency of contamination pollutants in water; • To prevent from re-contamination during storage, distribution and handling; and • Ensure to meet target quality at all processes of the water treatment chain. The aim of this paper was to develop the WSP, personnel organization; writing documents, describing system, calculating, assessing, and forecasting risks through data on water quality, then proposing risk mitigation and protection of technical problems overcome. The results showed that water safety plan has been the correct direction to improve responsibilities of SAWACO in supply clean water from safe, water resource for human. Besides that, this research can provide SAWACO the good measures for prevention from the pathogenous risks raw water resoures.
APPLICATION GIS TO ESTABLISH THE MONITORING NETWORK OF WATER QUALITY BASA CATFISH POND AT AN GIANG
Authors: Tran Hanh Thi Hong , Le Tran Thi Hong , Dang Hanh Vu Bich , Duong Thanh Thi
Published: April 2020

Nowadays, with developing all over country of aquaculture, basa catfish in the Mekong River delta, included An Giang province, has kept important position and contributed to economic development in the area. However, aquaculture activities has faced with environmental risk and aquacultures diseases that cause quality of fish pond water has usually pollution and reducing total of basa fish yeild. The water and sludge samples were conducted for six months in order to carry out the current status of water quality of fish ponds at My Hoa Hung commune at Long Xuyen city. Based on analysis results, proposing establishment dada base and monitoring network of surface water by using GIS that were conducted to improve surface water quality and identify the risks that may cause damage the environmental of basa fish ponds in this reserach.
O contexto econômico das MPE e a influência da estrutura organizacional no processo de inovação: estudo realizado com pequenas empresas da região de São Sebastião – DF
Authors: Gomes Mislene Rodrigues de Aguiar , Guimarães Arthur Oscar
Published: April 2020

Este trabalho descreve como a estrutura administrativa influencia o processo de inovação da empresa, e busca responder qual a relação entre os tipos de estruturas existentes e o grau de inovação dessas empresas. O objeto de estudo foi uma amostra de 28 micro e pequenas empresas do segmento de comércio da Região de São Sebastião-DF, que no período de 2015 a 2017 participaram do programa ALI. Os dados foram coletados no Diagnóstico MPE e no Radar de Inovação, e a análise realizada concentrou-se na dimensão, organização, relacionando-a ao Grau de inovação Geral e ao Desempenho Geral Administrativo. Os resultados alcançados demonstraram que a estrutura organizacional influencia o grau de inovação, tendo diferenciação entre o tipo de estrutura adotado, de considerando as relações internas, processos e organização do trabalho e, as relações externas com o mercado, parcerias e estratégias competitivas com as inovações geradas pela empresa.
Psicopedagogia e arteterapia encontros no processo ensino aprendizagem
Authors: Mainardi Maria Lucia Teixeira , Amaral Célia Regina Da Silva
Published: April 2020

O objetivo deste estudo foi compreender o processo de ensino aprendizagem em crianças com dificuldades, visando melhorar seu desempenho escolar e interação com outras crianças. Os sujeitos escolhidos foram duas crianças: uma proveniente de escola particular e a outra de uma unidade de Educação Infantil Municipal por demonstrarem dificuldades de aprendizagem, linguagem, interação e socialização. Para esta pesquisa foi realizado o pareamento entre os conceitos da Psicopedagogia e Arteterapia , buscando subsidiar ambas como ferramenta estratégica para o desenvolvimento cognitivo, considerando que o encontro de atividades, desenhos, pinturas, e modelagens agem nas emoções das crianças que possuem dificuldade em verbalizar suas descobertas no aprendizado.
El melodrama como pulso esencial. Una mirada desde la narrativa serial
Authors: Cappello Giancarlo
Published: April 2020

Este artículo revisa la actualidad del melodrama como forma narrativa que modula el desarrollo dramático de muchos seriales contemporáneos, señalándolo como un impulso estético-creativo determinante al momento de explicar y evaluar la efectividad emocional que logra en el público. Estructuralmente, esta impronta se expresaría a partir de tres modulaciones particulares: la legibilidad moral potenciada por los mecanismos de la serialidad, el manierismo audiovisual y el abordaje particular que hace de las tensiones binarias propias del género, tales como lo masculino y lo femenino, el bien y el mal, el defecto y la virtud.
Compra compulsiva: um estudo com o público universitário
Authors: Chiusoli Cláudio , Pankevicz André Luiz , Loffi Caroline Roecker , Cirino Edilaine Luchtenberg , Hrysyk Lucas Rennan Miranda
Published: April 2020

O objetivo do estudo é analisar as razões que influenciam a compra compulsiva entre o público universitário. O método utilizado foi a pesquisa bibliográfica e um estudo quantitativo. Utilizou-se a amostragem não probabilística por conveniência e por cota com acadêmicos de uma instituição pública e privada. Pode-se verificar que 32% dos acadêmicos consomem acima do orçamento. Por outro lado, apenas 25% têm o costume de adquirir produtos para aliviar o estresse; e 82% apresentam um sentimento negativo após a compra de itens desnecessários. Como resultado, essa pesquisa contribuiu para haver um maior conhecimento sobre a compra compulsiva no ambiente acadêmico.
O maná do deserto? A “Cabra Nossa de Cada Dia” foi o caminho de superar a dor e partilhar o amor
Authors: Sousa Antonia Márcia Rodrigues , Santos Ruan Carlos dos , Pimenta Alcineide Aguiar
Published: April 2020

Este caso para ensino apresenta a história de um projeto social chamado “A Cabra Nossa de Cada Dia” criado em 1993 pelo religioso Padre João Batista Frota, em Sobral-Ceará com o propósito de minimizar a fome e automaticamente combater a desnutrição e mortalidade infantil. Tornou-se mundialmente conhecido por sua capacidade de criação de fortes laços sociais que imprimiram compartilhamento e transferência de conhecimento capaz de mudar o cenário social e econômico de mais de 700 famílias em 17 comunidades atendidas. Os fatos comprobatórios do projeto foram coletados por meio de informações em livros, artigos, relatório técnico e entrevistas como o fundador e os coordenadores locais das comunidades assistidas. O caso apresenta distintas ramificações teóricas e práticas, entretanto a abordagem difundida tem viabilidade para os Cursos de graduação e Pós-graduação Lato Sensu em Administração e áreas afins. Especificamente a narrativa possibilita discussões nas disciplinas de Estratégia Empresarial no conteúdo de Capacidade Absortiva e no Terceiro Setor na disciplina de Inovação Social.
Animated Encounters: Transnational Movements of Chinese Animation, 1940s–1970s by Daisy Yan Du
Authors: Green Laurence
Published: April 2020

When Jonathan Clements’ Anime: A History was released in 2013, it felt like a breath of fresh air to the field of anime studies. For years, existing literature on anime – both populist and academic – had invariably focused on either the ‘contents’ of the medium, the fans viewing it, or both. We were told time and again of anime’s capacity for storytelling and visual spectacle, and why it meant so much to fans on the other side of the world from its country of origin – Japan. Clements’ study did something different [...]
Osamu Tezuka, el Dios del Manga
Authors: Loriguillo-López Antonio
Published: April 2020

2019 marked a significant date for the circulation of Japanese popular culture in Spain. Manga Barcelona, the multitudinous event formerly known as “Saló del Manga”, reached its 25th edition. A quarter of a century has passed since its modest beginning as a meetup that brought together around a thousand enthusiasts of manga, anime, and video games at the Estació de França in Barcelona. At twenty-five years, the most relevant event for Japanese popular culture in the country is [...]
Knowledge Catcher
Authors: Svabo Connie , Bønnelycke Julie
Published: April 2020

Knowledge is co-constituted by the forms in which it is developed and communicated. Methodological and epistemological designs determine which knowledge performance sequences are correct, which positions can follow each other, and which steps can evolve into another combination. The article directs attention to the performative agency of scholarly forms and engages in playful, emotional knowledge enactments, where the mood of the reader and the sentiment of the researcher form part of the ontological choreography. With the introduction of a ‘Knowledge Catcher’ the habitual format for engagement is challenged through the creation of space-time wormholes connecting reader and writers in a co-performance of knowledge.

The Knowledge Catcher
On the Fatigue Strength Improvement Factor for High Frequency Mechanical Impact Treatment Method
Authors: Mecséri Balázs József , Kövesdi Balázs
Published: April 2020

Nowadays, the most commonly applied post weld treatment method improving fatigue strength of welded structures is the High Frequency Mechanical Impact (HFMI) treatment method. However, the treatment process is already well-known and widely used, there are several unanswered questions about its impact on the mechanical properties and fatigue behavior of treated welded structures. For understanding the mechanical background of the fatigue properties of HFMI-treated, welded, normal and high strength steel structures, it is necessary to analyze fatigue test results from many different aspects. According to previous studies it can be observed that fatigue strength of HFMI-treated steel specimens increases with the yield strength of base material. However, the fatigue strength of as-welded details is independent of the steel grade; thus if yield strength increases, fatigue strength improvement factors (ratio between the fatigue strengths of as-welded and HFMI-treated specimens) of HFMI-treated steel specimens should increase as well. In this paper, the relationship between steel grade and fatigue strength improvement factors of HFMI-treated details is investigated by using previous experimental results. A large number of previous experimental results are revised by the authors; published test results were collected and re-evaluated. Using the analyzed measures, the effect of HFMI treatments was analyzed. Fatigue strength improvement factor related to HFMI is calculated for two different types of structural details (cruciform joints and longitudinal attachments). For both cruciform and longitudinal joints, it is observed that the improvement factor decreases with increasing yield strength.
Using the Angoff method to set a standard on mock exams for the Korean Nursing Licensing Examination
Authors: Yim Mi Kyoung , Shin Sujin
Published: April 2020

Purpose: This study explored the possibility of using the Angoff method, in which panel experts determine the cut score of an exam, for the Korean Nursing Licensing Examination (KNLE). Two mock exams for the KNLE were analyzed. The Angoff standard setting procedure was conducted and the results were analyzed. We also aimed to examine the procedural validity of applying the Angoff method in this context.Methods: For both mock exams, we set a pass-fail cut score using the Angoff method. The standard setting panel consisted of 16 nursing professors. After the Angoff procedure, the procedural validity of establishing the standard was evaluated by investigating the responses of the standard setters.Results: The descriptions of the minimally competent person for the KNLE were presented at the levels of general and subject performance. The cut scores of first and second mock exams were 74.4 and 76.8, respectively. These were higher than the traditional cut score (60% of the total score of the KNLE). The panel survey showed very positive responses, with scores higher than 4 out of 5 points on a Likert scale.Conclusion: The scores calculated for both mock tests were similar, and were much higher than the existing cut scores. In the second simulation, the standard deviation of the Angoff rating was lower than in the first simulation. According to the survey results, procedural validity was acceptable, as shown by a high level of confidence. The results show that determining cut scores by an expert panel is an applicable method.
A Modelagem Matemática na educação como recurso na formação crítica dos alunos no Ensino Fundamental
Authors: Rocha André Luiz , Pinto Marcia Maria Fusaro
Published: April 2020

Esse artigo traz resultados de pesquisa sobre possibilidades e limites de intervenção utilizando modelagem matemática em uma vertente crítica. O foco são as reflexões matemáticas que emergem em ambiente de modelagem constituído como um cenário para investigação, considerando as contribuições para uma formação crítica dos participantes. Referenciais em Skovsmose (2000, 2001, 2008) e a metodologia em Skovsmose e Borba (2004) sustentam seu desenvolvimento. Participantes são o primeiro autor do artigo e seis alunos voluntários de uma escola pública. Resultados evidenciam que as atividades de modelagem realizadas surgem como desencadeadoras de reflexões sobre a Matemática e seu uso, ampliando visão inicial que identifica aquele conhecimento com o que é ensinado na escola e o reduz às quatro operações em seu uso cotidiano, enquanto contribuem para a formação crítica dos estudantes.
Catchability of reef fish species in traps is strongly affected by water temperature and substrate
Authors: Bacheler NM , Shertzer KW
Published: April 2020

It is commonly assumed in surveys that the likelihood of capturing or observing individuals of a given species is constant. Yet evidence is building that catchability, or the likelihood of catching an individual present at a site, can vary. We used 5465 paired trap-video samples collected along the southeast US Atlantic coast in 2015-2018 to estimate trap catchabilities of 6 reef fish species (gray triggerfish Balistes capriscus, red porgy Pagrus pagrus, vermilion snapper Rhomboplites aurorubens, black sea bass Centropristis striata, red snapper Lutjanus campechanus, white grunt Haemulon plumierii) as the ratio of trap catch to standardized site abundance from corresponding videos. Species-specific trap catchabilities were then related to 2 primary predictor variables: water temperature and percent of the visible bottom consisting of rocky substrate. Water temperature strongly influenced trap catchabilities for all species after standardizing for all other variables. The 4 warm-water species displayed strong positive relationships between catchability and temperature; of these species, the smallest absolute increase in catchability occurred for vermilion snapper (0.0 at ~14°C to 0.05 at ~28°C) and the largest occurred for white grunt (0.0 at ~14°C to 0.49 at ~28°C). The 2 cooler-water species displayed either a dome-shaped (red porgy) or negative relationship (black sea bass) between catchability and temperature. Furthermore, trap catchabilities for all species declined substantially (42-80%) as the percent hard bottom of the site increased. Only when catchability is properly accounted for can results be considered unbiased and subsequent management advice be considered accurate.
Influence of Breathing on the Measurement of Lipids in the Myocardium by 1H MR Spectroscopy
Authors: DROBNY M. , SEDIVY P. , DEZORTOVA M. , WAGNEROVA D. , HAJEK M.
Published: April 2020

The myocardium examination by MR spectroscopy is very challenging due to movements caused by the cardiac rhythm and breathing. The aim of the study was to investigate the influence of breathing on the quantitative measurement of lipid/water ratios in different groups of volunteers and different measuring protocols. We examined the lipid content of myocardium at 3T using the proton single voxel spectroscopy. Three protocols (free breathing, breath hold and the use of respiratory navigator) controlled by ECG were used for the examination of 42 adult volunteers including 14 free divers. Spectra were evaluated using jMRUI software. An average content of lipids in the healthy interventricular septum, gained by all protocols was equal to 0.6 %, which is in agreement with other published data. Based on the quality of examinations and the highest technical success, the best protocol seems to be the one containing a respiratory navigator since it is more acceptable by patients. Based on our results and the literature data we can conclude that MR spectroscopy is able to distinguish patients from controls only if their myocardial lipid content is higher than 1.6 % (mean value of lipids plus two standard deviations).
Association Between Fasting Plasma Triglycerides, All-Cause and Cardiovascular Mortality in Czech Population. Results From the HAPIEE Study
Authors: PIKHART H. , HUBÁČEK J. A. , PEASEY A. , KUBÍNOVÁ R. , BOBÁK M.
Published: April 2020

Dyslipidemia is the risk factor of cardiovascular disease, but the relationship between the plasma triglyceride (TG) levels and total/cardiovascular mortality has not yet been analyzed in Slavs. The aim of our study was to analyze the association between the fasting TG levels and all-cause/cardiovascular mortality. We have examined 3,143 males and 3,650 females, aged 58.3±7.1 years. 729 deaths (274 cardiovascular deaths) have been registered during up to 11.8 years of follow-up. Age-sex adjusted all-cause mortality was higher in individuals with TG values 3.01-4.00 mmol/l (HR 1.37, 95 % CI 1.02-1.83, P=0.035) and over 4.00 mmol/l (HR 1.66, 95 % CI 1.21-2.27, P=0.002) when compared with a reference group (TG 1.41-1.80 mmol/l). Elevated risk remains significant when adjusted for education, marital status and unemployment. When further adjusted for smoking, BMI and dyslipidemia interventions, HR for those in above 4.00 mmol/l group decreased (1.42, P=0.04). The results have been similar when cardiovascular mortality has been examined, however, results reached statistical significance only for the TG over 4.0 mmol/l (P=0.028). Our results confirmed that enhanced plasma levels of plasma triglycerides are dose dependently associated with increased risk of all-cause mortality, however, it seems that individuals with TG values 1.8-3.0 mmol/l are not in higher risk of death.
Pedagogical approaches to the teaching of ESL/EFL writing: a literature review
Authors: Iskandar Iskandar
Published: April 2020

Since the dawn time of the teaching of ESL/EFL writing, teachers and researchers have established and developed pedagogical approaches for the purpose of meeting the needs of students. This paper highlights some prominent approaches to ESL/EFL writing that have taken place; starting from earlier approaches, such as form-dominated approach, writer-focused approach, content-based approach, and reader oriented approach, followed by collaborative approach, computer-assisted, and lastly social media approach as the state of the art. Advantages and weaknesses of each approach were elaborated. Polarization between process and product oriented of writing were also highlighted. This study contributes to the understanding of pedagogical approaches that teachers may apply based on their specific context and students’ circumstances.
Cloud Resource Optimization System Based on Time and Cost
Authors: Dewangan Bhupesh Kumar , Agarwal Amit , Tanupriya Tanupriya , Pasricha Ashutosh
Published: April 2020

Resource management in cloud could be a time and cost-effective activity if it is managed property. These resources are accessible and computable which is totally dependent upon the management techniques applied in cloud. In a cloud setting, heterogeneous, vulnerability, and scattering of resources creates many issues of distribution among the workloads which need to be compute. Specialists still face inconveniences to pick the prudent, material and expend less time to execution of resource portion to the cloud. This investigation delineates an expansive composed writing examination of asset administration inside the space of cloud typically and cloud asset administration based on SLA with multi-objective functions like cost and time. In this paper, an autonomic cloud resource-management technique is proposed to resolve identified issues by adopting the self-characteristics mechanism and improved Antlion optimization algorithm and tested in cloudsim toolkit and Aws Ec2 environment. The implementation results of proposed work are the evidence that it is better performing as compared with the existing frameworks, however, the performance evaluation method depends upon the different cloud environment and it may vary.
RETRACTED: Abscisic Acid Is Required for Root Elongation Associated With Ca2+ Influx in Response to Water Stress
Authors: Yuan Wei , Zhang Qian , Li Ying , Wang Qianwen , Xu Feiyun , Dang Xiaolin , Xu Weifeng , Zhang Jianhua , Miao Rui
Published: April 2020

Abscisic acid (ABA) is a critical hormone for plant survival under water stress. In this study, large-scale mutants of the Arabidopsis ecotype Columbia-0 (Col-0) were generated by ethyl methanesulfonate (EMS)-mutagenesis, and an improved root elongation under water-stress 1 (irew1) mutant showing significantly enhanced root growth was isolated under a water potential gradient assay. Then, irew1 and ABA-related mutants in Arabidopsis or tomato plants were observed under water potential gradient assay or water-deficient conditions. ABA pathway, Ca2+ response, and primary root (PR) elongation rate were monitored in addition to DNA- and RNA-Seq analyses. We found that based on phenotyping and transcriptional analyses, irew1 exhibited enhanced PR growth, ABA, and Ca2+ responses, compared to wild type subjected to water stress. Interestingly, exogenous Ca2+ application enhanced PR growth of irew1, ABA-biosynthesis deficient mutants in Arabidopsis, and tomato plants, in response to water potential gradients or water-deficient conditions. In combination with other ABA-related mutants and pharmacological studies, our results suggest that ABA is required for root elongation associated with Ca2+ influx in response to water stress.