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History on Foot: Walking Mexico City
Authors: Tenorio-Trillo Mauricio
Published: May 2020

Walking the city reveals the intimate urban tissues that keep megalopolises alive and functioning.
From Literary Fiction to Music: Schumann and the Unreliable Narrative
Authors: Schmalfeldt Janet
Published: May 2020

The theoretic model of the “unreliable narrative” in fiction took flight in the early 1960s; it has since become a key concept in narratology, and an indispensable one. Simply put, first-person unreliable narrators are ones about whom we as readers, in collusion with the author, learn more than they know about themselves. Romantic precursors of modernist experiments in fiction—incipient cases of narrative unreliability—arise in the works of, among others, Jean Paul Richter and Heinrich Heine, two of Robert Schumann's favorite writers. In his early solo piano cycle, Papillons, op. 2, Schumann draws inspiration from Jean Paul's novel Flegeljahre, surely capturing something of the author's unreliably quirky literary style, in part through the strategy of tonal pairing. Whereas Schumann ultimately played down the programmatic elements of Papillons that trace back to the unpredictable Jean Paul, a genuine instance of the unreliable narrator is Heine's troubled poet-persona in Schumann's Dichterliebe. Here the composer invites us to perceive a second persona through the voice of the piano—one that understands the poet better than he does, and whose music reveals from the outset that rejection in love lies ahead. The emergence of narrative unreliability in fiction may have served as an influence that drove experimentation not only for Schumann but also for some of his contemporaries and successors. Debates about musical narrativity might profit from considering the recent literary concept of a “feedback loop,” in which the author, the narrator (text), and the narratee (reader)—in our case, the composer, the performer, and the listener (including analysts, performers, and composers, who are also intensive listeners)—continually and recursively interact.
The Rhetoric of Seduction; or Materiality under Erasure
Authors: Pyle Marcus R.
Published: May 2020

Operatic versions of the femme fatale, the preeminent figure of European modernist aesthetics, compel and allure because we witness her coming into material presence through the course of her opera. Through vocalizing, the femme fatale manifests her corporeality under imminent threats of erasure by coopting and manipulating the offstage world as represented by the orchestra. The Seguidilla seduction scene in George Bizet's Carmen and the “Dance of the Seven Veils” in Richard Strauss's Salome raise the question of how subjectivity and material presence, especially of the femme fatale character, are depicted sonically, dramaturgically, and metaphysically.
Mild Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation: Is Revascularization Enough for Every Patient?
Authors: Shim Hunbo , Hwang Ji-won , Chung Won-Sang , Kim Chun Ki , Park Byung Jo , Lee Young Tak , Kim Wook Sung
Published: May 2020

Background: The progress of mild ischemic mitral regurgitation (MR) after isolated coronary artery bypass is not clear. We aimed to determine the proportion of patients with mild ischemic MR undergoing isolated coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) presenting with regression of or persistent MR one year after CABG and to identify the significantly different echocardiographic variables between regressing and persistent MR.
Methods: Sixty-three patients with preoperative mild ischemic MR were categorized into an MR-regression or an MR-persistence group one year after isolated CABG. The echocardiographic indices, indicating mitral leaflet configuration and remodeling of the left ventricle (LV), were measured before and one year after the surgery.
Results: One year after CABG, MR regressed in 60% (38/63) and persisted in 40% (25/63) of the patients. The left ventricular diameter, volume, and sphericity and anteroposterior diameter of the mitral annulus improved only in the MR-regression group, while the ejection fraction improved in both groups (47.7% ± 12.4% from 40.1% ± 11.3%, P < .001 in the regression group and 43.2% ± 14.0% from 39.3% ± 11.6%, P = .035 in the persistence group). A >15% decrease in the LV end-systolic volume was noted more frequently in the MR-regression group (60.5% versus 30%, P = .027). The leaflet angle did not show asymmetry or significant changes in both groups.
Conclusions: Isolated CABG improved mild MR in most patients with mild ischemic MR. These patients showed greater reverse remodeling after revascularization than the patients with persistent MR after isolated CABG. Additional tests, which can predict LV reverse remodeling, are needed to predict persistent MR.
Iatrogenic Dissection of The Right Coronary Artery and The Ascending Aorta Secondary to Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Case Report
Authors: Yu Changjiang , He Fan , Chen Huaidong , Hong Jianmao , Qian Ximing
Published: May 2020

Iatrogenic dissections of coronary artery and aorta is a rare and potentially fatal event, often following percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). The prognosis of patients often depends on early accurate diagnosis and timely and effective treatment. There are no definite guidelines for the treatment of acute coronary artery dissection caused by PCI. Here, we report a 50-year-old patient with iatrogenic dissection of the right coronary artery and type A aortic dissection who underwent PCI for chest pain. We performed emergency surgery of right coronary artery ostium repair, aortic valvoplasty, ascending aorta replacement, and aortic arch descending stent implantation for the patient. The operation went smoothly, and the patient successfully was discharged two weeks after the operation.
Contractions of the C-Terminal Domain ofSaccharomyces cerevisiaeRpb1p Are Mediated by Rad5p
Authors: Stewart Taylor , Exner Alexandra E , Patnaik Paras , Fuchs Stephen M
Published: May 2020

The C-terminal domain (CTD) is an essential domain of the largest subunit of RNA polymerase II, Rpb1p, and is composed of 26 tandem repeats of a seven-amino acid sequence, YSPTSPS. Despite being an essential domain within an essential gene, we have previously demonstrated that the CTD coding region is genetically unstable. Furthermore, yeast with a truncated or mutated CTD sequence are capable of promoting spontaneous genetic expansion or contraction of this coding region to improve fitness. We investigated the mechanism by which the CTD contracts using a tet-off reporter system for RPB1 to monitor genetic instability within the CTD coding region. We report that contractions require the post-replication repair factor Rad5p but, unlike expansions, not the homologous recombination factors Rad51p and Rad52p. Sequence analysis of contraction events reveals that deleted regions are flanked by microhomologies. We also find that G-quadruplex forming sequences predicted by the QGRS Mapper are enriched on the noncoding strand of the CTD compared to the body of RPB1. Formation of G-quadruplexes in the CTD coding region could block the replication fork, necessitating post-replication repair. We propose that contractions of the CTD result when microhomologies misalign during Rad5p-dependent template switching via fork reversal.
Innovación agropecuaria en Costa Rica y sus efectos en el desarrollo de territorios rurales: los desafíos de una agenda complementaria
Authors: Barboza Arias Luis M. , Sáenz Segura Fernando
Published: May 2020

El objetivo de este artículo es identificar la evolución del Sistema Nacional de Innovación Agropecuaria de Costa Rica mediante la caracterización de sus actores y el tipo de funciones que realizan. El artículo también explora el tipo de abordaje de las dinámicas de desarrollo territorial rural que se realiza desde la gestión pública de la innovación agropecuaria. La pregunta a la que se pretende dar respuesta con la realización de esta investigación es: ¿Cuál es la evolución del Sistema Nacional de Innovación Agropecuaria de Costa Rica y qué tipo de actores han influido en ella? La metodología que se utiliza es cualitativa. Los resultados de la investigación demuestran que el SNIA del país está evolucionando hacia un esquema de aprendizaje interactivo, en el que los actores locales están cada vez más presentes en los procesos de diseño e implementación de programas institucionales. No obstante, los efectos de esa relación en el desarrollo territorial continúan siendo poco abordados.
Bilateral Bell’s palsy in a young female: a rare case report
Authors: Kumar Mathangi , Acharya Shruthi , Vineetha Ravindranath , Pai Keerthilatha M
Published: May 2020

Bell’s palsy is described as a type of facial paralysis, which is unilateral in 70% of the cases. Bell’s palsy accounts for about 23% of bilateral facial paralysis. Here, we present a rare case of bilateral Bell’s palsy in a 15-year-old female who developed sudden facial weakness with no associated symptoms. The patient was subjected to thorough clinical, laboratory, and necessary radiological investigations. As there was no conclusive evidence from any of the investigations, this could be a case of idiopathic bilateral Bell’s palsy. This is the first ever case of bilateral Bell’s palsy in a young female which has been reported in the Indian population.
Unilateral buccal space masses: a case series
Authors: Kumar Mathangi , Kudva Adarsh , Vineetha Ravindranath , Solomon Monica
Published: May 2020

The head and neck region consists of several potential tissue spaces that are formed by the fascial layer. The buccal space is an area of anatomic significance due to its small size and distribution of adipose tissue. Unilateral buccal space masses often pose a diagnostic challenge owing to the diversity of tissues in the area. Here, we report four such cases of buccal space masses arising from different tissues, which presented as unilateral buccal space swelling.  This report also highlights the various causes and the differential diagnoses of unilateral buccal space masses.
Medios digitales y movimiento indígena en Brasil: la Organización de los Pueblos Indígenas Xavante
Authors: Coelho Rafael Franco
Published: May 2020

En este artículo, presento el estudio de caso de Aldea Digital, un proyecto de educación mediática e inclusión digital con talleres de formación y capacitación del pueblo Xavante para la producción de sus propios medios de comunicación. La investigación utilizo múltiples métodos como entrevistas, grupos focales, la investigación-acción, la observación participante y la etnografía, con destaque al uso de la fotografía y del audiovisual como métodos de observación en el campo. El argumento del artículo es que el uso de los medios digitales dado por el movimiento político Xavante transfiere la oposición política interna entre las facciones hacia un nuevo tipo de oposición política externa: entre “nosotros”, los Xavante y ellos, los blancos. Los resultados de la investigación demuestran que los medios digitales fueron utilizados para mediatizar las relaciones políticas del movimiento indígena Xavante con los blancos.***Mídia digital e movimento indígena no Brasil: o caso da Organização dos Povos indígenas Xavante***Neste artigo, apresento o estudo de caso de Aldeia Digital, um projeto de educação midiática e inclusão digital com oficinas de formação e capacitação do povo Xavante para a produção dos seus próprios meios de comunicação. A investigação utilizou múltiplos métodos como entrevistas, grupos focais, a investigação-ação, a observação participante e a etnografia, com destaque ao uso da fotografia e do audiovisual como métodos de observação em campo. O argumento do artigo é que o movimento político Xavante ao utilizar as mídias digitais, transfere a oposição politica interna entre as facções, para um novo tipo de oposição politica externa: entre “nós”, os Xavante e “eles”, os brancos. Os resultados da investigação demonstram que as mídias digitais foram utilizadas para midiatizar as relações politicas do movimento indígena Xavante com os brancos.Palavras-chave: Mídia indígena. Mídia digital. Movimento indígena.
Conceptual Bases of Forming the Regional Risk Regulatory Mechanism as a Factor of Sustainable Economic Growth
Authors: Buyanova Marina
Published: May 2020

The modifying transformations of socio-economic processes taking place in Russian regions are largely characterized by high levels of dynamism and uncertainty, as well as multivariate effects, both positive and negative, that pose numerous threats and risks to the sustainable, safe development of socio-economic systems, which actualizes the need for scientific knowledge of the conditions and factors of risks and ways to manage them. The author studies adequate methods and tools for regulating the risks of socio-economic development of regions in the system of a holistic mechanism for ensuring sustainable economic growth. The paper highlights the characteristic regional features and the potential for applying such risk management methods as evasion, localization, dissipation and compensation, examines successful practices of their application in Volgograd region. The author proposes a concept of a mechanism for regulating the risks of the regional economy, which includes a system of directions and measures of state influence on socioeconomic processes and economic entities (regulation “from above”) and methods and means by which economic entities in the region influence risk (regulation “from below”). The researcher has carried out an element-wise analysis of the risk management mechanism. The paper highlights its attributes: consistency, complex- and multi-structure properties and effectiveness and systematizes its subject-object and functional characteristics depending on the level of management: national, regional, economic entity level. The author proposes priority directions for the regulation of socio-economic processes that ensure competitive, sustainable and safe development of the region: digitalization of individual markets and industries; improving the institutional environment; development of innovation infrastructure aimed at increasing the efficiency of innovation commercialization.
Strategic Priorities and Principles of Increasing the Investment Attractiveness of a Resource Deficient Region
Authors: Sorokina Ekaterina
Published: May 2020

In the article the author focuses on the existing internal economic contradictions in regional development. The researcher indicates that classifying a region or including it into the regions lagging in economic development correlates with its resource supply taking into account the raw material nature of Russian economy. The article offfers the author’s interpretation of the concept of a “resource-deficient region”, as well as a gradation of the level of resource deficiency in the region: easy (acceptable) resource deficiency, sufficient (medium) resource deficiency, and deep resource deficiency. The author analyses one of the sources of more effective strategic development of resource deficit regions, it is the growth of investment attractiveness. The author has made a review of measures increasing the investment attractiveness of a region, developed by scientists and researchers. The strategic priorities of increasing the investment attractiveness of a resource-deficient region (depending on the degree of provision of resources) are proposed in terms of types of resources: financial, labor, natural, infrastructural, informational ones. The author has developed a system of principles for the growth of the investment attractiveness in a resource-deficient region (protection of investors’ interests, reasonable preferential conditions, economic feasibility of measures being developed, variability of measures increasing the investment attractiveness, optimal use of resources). The suggested principles allow optimizing the implementation of the tasks of forming the investment attractiveness of a resource-deficient region, creating the most comfortable conditions for internal and external investors, thereby increasing the competitiveness of the investment sector of a resource-deficient region, and developing measures to increase the investment attractiveness taking into account the specifics of a particular resource-deficient region. The author recommends reflecting the principles of increasing the investment attractiveness of a resource-deficient region in the main strategic documents that determine the development measures of a resourcedeficient region, linking them with tools to achieve strategic goals and objectives of the investment development of a resource-deficient region. The mechanisms of increasing the investment attractiveness of a resource-deficient region are studied based on the Chuvash Republic.
Creation of Territorial Tourism and Recreational Clusters as a Factor of Increasing the Efficiency of Land Management in Rural Areas
Authors: Yarotskaya Elena
Published: May 2020

The article presents approaches to clustering of recreation and tourism facilities. The author sets the problem of sustainable development of rural areas which do not have agricultural specialization. Such territories include areas with the tourist and recreational potential. In these areas, agriculture is not developed due to its natural peculiarities, though they belong to rural areas. There, the standard of living is lower than in the areas with developed agricultural production. Rural areas with the tourist and recreational potential, as a rule, have land resources related to specially protected natural areas or are in close proximity to them which complicates the management process as applying generally accepted management methods to such specific areas does not give the desired effect. The author proposes to apply the elements of cluster policy in order to improve the efficiency of land management in such rural areas. The researcher analyzes Mostovsky district of Krasnodar Krai as the most striking example of a rural area with the tourist and recreational specialization. The creation of territorial tourist and recreational clusters was carried out in several steps. The property items were selected with the use of expert analysis. They are land plots for recreation and tourism facilities that meet the requirements. Three large groups of sites were created to simplify data processing. Further, the enlarged groups were divided into 12 sectors by the expert and graphical methods. This method is very approximate and does not give serious results. The author proposes to apply the mathematical methods for more accurate clustering. The author uses the Euclidean distance method and the “nested spheres method” resulting in the formation of three territorial tourism and recreation clusters of the district. The article describes the main directions of using the results of the suggested clustering methodology which will be the basis for making optimal management decisions to improve the land use efficiency in rural areas.
Strategic Cities in the Modern Map of Russia
Authors: Pribyshin Taras , Zhikharevich Boris
Published: May 2020

The purpose of the study is to collect and analyze the complete database of social and economic development strategies of Russian cities with the population exceeding 100 thousand people approved by local regulatory acts in the period between mid-2014 (that is, after the adoption of the Federal Law “On Strategic Planning in the Russian Federation”) and the end of 2019. The task is challenging because despite the presence of the public federal state register of strategic documents in Russia, it does not contain complete and accurate information about documents at the municipal level. The studied range includes 168 cities. The search studies official websites of city administrations and legislative bodies as well as other open sources. Many documents are found on the websites of legal reference systems or in regional databases of strategic documents. As a result of the research, the database of documents under study includes 94 new strategies approved in 87 cities, which is about 51.8% of all cities in the studied group. In addition, 21 strategies had been updated and so only 60 cities out of 168 did not have an updated (in the sense of compliance with the Federal Law) strategy at the end of 2019. The analysis of the territorial distribution of cities that approved strategies after the adoption of the law shows the relative leadership of the cities of the Ural Federal District, the Siberian Federal District and the Far Eastern Federal District on strategic planning. On the basis of the results of studying the dynamics of approving strategic documents, the authors propose an updated periodization of strategic planning at the city level: Stage 1 – from 1997 to 2006 (“innovative strategic planning”); Stage 2 – from 2007 to 2014 (“mass proactive strategic planning”); Stage 3 – from 2014 to 2018 (“legal strategic planning”).
Updating the Approaches for Standardization of State Programs of Federal Subjects and Municipalities of the Russian Federation as a Condition for the Transition to Project Management
Authors: Lipina Svetlana , Bocharova Lina , Belyaevskaya-Plotnik Lyubov , Sorokina Natalya
Published: May 2020

State programs of federal subjects and municipalities of the Russian Federation have a heterogeneous structure which is connected with regional and municipal legislation and which sets different requirements for the content of documents. The current order violates the integrity of the system of strategic planning documents, does not ensure the coordination of goals and objectives between the federal, regional and municipal levels of the government, which in turn does not allow for a comprehensive monitoring of implementing regional and municipal documents at the programming level, but also does not make it possible to assess the contribution of federal subjects of the Russian Federation and their municipalities to achieve national development goals. The standardization of the structure of state programs of federal subjects and municipalities of the Russian Federation will contribute to the introduction of digital technologies into the practice of state and municipal administration, which can be based on the use of cognitive technologies for the analysis of strategic planning documents. The authors formulate specific proposals and practice-oriented recommendations for unification of state programs of federal subjects and municipalities of the Russian Federation on the basis of the analysis of the federal, regional and municipal legislation establishing the requirements for the order of development and content of state programs of subjects and municipalities of the Russian Federation. The paper shows that the unified structure of state programs of federal regions, republics and municipalities can be used in developing a “constructor” of strategic planning documents, the creation of which is possible on a digital platform for the interaction of strategic planning participants. This approach will allow users of the digital platform to generate digitally various types of strategic planning documents.
Forecasting of Capital Investments into the Fixed Capital in Regions Until 2024: Methods and Results of Territorial Forecast for Russia
Authors: Grishina Irina
Published: May 2020

The aim of the study is to improve the methodology of forecasting of the territorial proportions of fixed capital investments within the medium-term forecast of the social and economic development of Russia. The author proposes a method of decomposition of predicted national indicators at the regional level which takes into account the prospects of attracting private investments and implementing large investment projects with the state participation. The researcher describes the system of factors determining the interregional differences of private investors’ activity and forming the metric basis of complex estimation of the regional investment attractiveness using the official statistics. The paper presents the list and methods for estimating the indicators characterizing the production, financial, consumer, institutional, innovative, infrastructure and natural-resource components of the region’s investment potential, as well as social, environmental and technological regional investment risks. The paper shows the opportunities of using the functional relationship for the medium-term forecasting between the integral regional indicators of the investment attractiveness and activity. The national forecast has been decomposed by calculating the individual regional deviations of the forecasted national growth rate of fixed investment in Russia for 2019–2024. The developed variants of perspective territorial proportions confirm the possibility to achieve the national target of the forecast presented as a 25 percent share of the fixed investment in GDP of Russia and reflect the core perspective destinations of development for different parts of the country – the accelerated development of the Far East, the Arctic zone, the largest metropolitan areas of Russia, as well as the provision of national security in the geostrategic regions of the North Caucasus and Southern Federal Districts. The approach is designed to support the administrative decisions concerning the spatial development by linking regional and investment policy priorities.
Development of a Methodological Approach to Medium-Term Forecasting of the Regional Economic Growth Based on the Decomposition of Macro-Forecast Indicators for Russia
Authors: Polynev Andrey
Published: May 2020

The article presents a methodological approach to the development of a medium-term forecast of GRP growth rates in regions (subjects of the Russian Federation and Federal districts) in the context of the main types of economic activity based on the decomposition of macroeconomic forecast indicators for Russia. The key factors that have a significant impact on the dynamics of the current regional economic growth, including macroeconomic, territorial and external ones, should be taken into account in forecasts of regional development. The author mentions examples of domestic practices of scientific research in the field of forecasting in the regions of Russia according to the main macroeconomic indicators, including GRP. The paper states the methodological basis and fundamental principles of forecasting of regional indicators of the economic growth according to the main types of economic activity. As a key factor an indicator determining the dynamics of production in the sectors of regional economy, the growth rate of investments into fixed capital is used which is determined by the presence of a functional relationship between these characteristics on the basis of the multiplier ratio. On the basis of the developed methodological approach, the author estimates the growth rate of GRP of Russian regions according to the main types of economic activity for the period until 2024. The paper presents the results of the GRP forecast for Federal districts, as well as the share of GRP investments in them. The article shows the regions of the Russian Federation with the highest GRP growth rates in the medium term and trends of changes in the levels of interregional differentiation in investment and economic activity in Russia from 2000 to 2017 and for the forecasted period until 2024.
Formation of the Spatial Development Strategy for an Agro-Industrial Region: Modernization of Approaches
Authors: Kazakov Mikhail , Mitrofanova Inna
Published: May 2020

The need to update and develop new provisions of the policy of regional social and economic development as a centre-peripheral system is determined by the impossibility to ensure balanced social and economic development and smooth spatial development of central and peripheral territories only within the framework of the long-term strategy and programmes of social and economic development. The factor of economic space, its qualitative characteristics, as well as life-affirming properties in the context of the transition to the post-industrial paradigm of economic dynamics began to perform a much larger range of functions than just a topographic placement of economic agents within the framework of the concept of physical and metric use of elements of space. This circumstance can no longer be ignored in the framework of regulating interterritorial proportions and developing adequate approaches ensuring the equal spatial and economic development of the relevant centre-peripheral systems. The inclusion of the center-periphery conditions into the processes of forming and implementing the regional social and economic policy makes it necessary to look at the problems and order of regional strategic targeting from another point of view. This process, i.e. the process of strategy development, as well as the resulting strategic document of regional perspective development, is quintessential of the general philosophy and ideological concept of development of the region taking into account its spatial position, specialization of economy and specificity of the center-peripheral architecture within the region. The article justifies the relevance of developing new approaches to the formation of a strategy of regional spatial development for the territories of the central-peripheral type or agricultural and industrial regions. It details the principles of strategy development, the recommended diagnostic procedures used in the development of the strategy document, as well as the technological routing of the strategy development process and its key components. The presented scientific results have practical value within the implementation of the policy of spatial development of agricultural and industrial regions.
Praksisnære profesjonssamtaler med studenter i barnehagelærerutdanningen
Authors: Fjellanger Liv Ingrid , Halland Sissel , Nordlie Randi , Winje Annette
Published: May 2020

Artikkelen retter søkelyset mot hvilke kjennetegn som preger de formelle profesjonsinnrettede profesjonssamtalene med førsteårsstudenter i en barnehagelærerutdanning i Norge. Målet med samtalene er å bidra til barnehagelærerstudentenes profesjonsinnretting. Metodisk hviler studien på aksjonsforskning, men det er datamateriale fra fokusgruppesamtaler med barnehagelærerstudenter og pedagogikklærere som danner grunnlaget for denne artikkelen. Analysen viser at samtalene er preget av nærhet og støtte, spor av utfordringer og ønske om bekreftelser. Dette indikerer noen utfordringer, men også noen muligheter, som kan ligge i profesjonssamtalen med tanke på å fremme studentenes profesjonsinnretting. Funnene drøftes i lys av profesjons, - kommunikasjons, - og veiledningsteori.
Potencialidades de bacterias productoras de polihidroxialcanoatos (PHA) aisladas de Asparagus officinalis L.
Authors: Altamirano Luz , Ramos Edwin , Iglesias-Osores Sebastian , Carreño-Farfan Carmen
Published: May 2020

Objetivo: determinar la producción de polihidroxialcanoatos producidos por bacterias potencialmente fijadoras de nitrógeno aisladas de Asparagus officinalis L. Métodos: Muestras de suelo rizosférico, raíces y tallos previamente desinfectados, se cultivaron en medios sin nitrógeno para aislar bacterias fijadoras rizosféricas y endófitas, respectivamente. En caldo fermentación con glicerol como fuente de carbono, se investigó la producción de gránulos de PHA por estas bacterias, coloreándolas con Sudan Negro B después de 24 y 48 horas. Los dos cultivos bacterianos en los que se observó el mayor número de células con gránulos de PHA se llevaron a fermentación con glicerol en los medios balanceado y desbalanceado durante 36 horas, determinándose la biomasa. Resultado: El 51,1 % de las bacterias fijadoras fueron rizosféricas y el 48,9 % endófitas. En el 56,67 % de las bacterias se detectaron gránulos de PHA. El rendimiento Yp/x fue de 0,57855 g/g (Azospirillum sp.155) y 0,22543 g/g (Azospirillum sp.130) en el medio balanceado y 0,76718 g/g (Azospirillum sp.155) y 0,26229 g/g (Azospirillum sp.130) en el medio desbalanceado, después de 32 horas de fermentación. Conclusión: Se demostró la producción de PHA por las bacterias fijadoras de nitrógeno aisladas de espárrago.
Miniaturised tsunami generator to model interaction of tsunami with coastal infrastructure
Authors: Jones Liam , Anastasopoulos Ioannis
Published: May 2020

The resilience of coastal infrastructure to tsunamis is of utmost importance for the survivability of communities at risk. A substantial part of such infrastructure, such as breakwaters and quay walls, is not only extremely expensive to replace, but also forms a vital part of relief efforts. Their response to tsunamis is a function of complex hydro-mechanical interaction mechanisms, which are not fully understood. Physical modelling can be instrumental in improving one's understanding. In this context, this research study aimed at developing a miniaturised tsunami generator (MTG). In contrast to the tidal generator concept, which requires a large-volume tank to store the entire volume of water needed to produce the tsunami, the MTG employs a novel recirculation system, comprising one-way valves and air-pressure-controlled dual reservoirs, operating out of phase like a pair of bellows. The recirculation system allows minimisation of the size and weight of the apparatus, which are both crucial for its future adaptation to centrifuge modelling. The hydraulic capabilities of the MTG are investigated in terms of its ability to produce target waveforms of solitary waves of arbitrary length. The efficacy of the experimental set-up is verified against published solutions, referring to the evolution of scouring around circular piers under steady-state flow.
Diwygio AGA ym Mhrifysgol Glasgow: Egwyddorion, Sylfaen Ymchwil a Goblygiadau
Authors: Dickson Beth
Published: May 2020

Cafodd addysg gychwynnol i athrawon y Gyfadran Addysg ym Mhrifysgol Glasgow ei diwygio ar sail ymchwil gyfredol o fewn seilwaith addysgol aeddfed. O fewn y brifysgol defnyddiwyd gwybodaeth ymchwil mewn dwy ffordd: awgrymodd ymchwil ar addysg athrawon y gallai ymholi ddod yn agwedd allweddol ar hunaniaeth athrawon; ac roedd yn nodi'r angen am gwricwlwm ar gyfer athrawon cyngwasanaeth mewn ysgolion. Felly rhoddwyd lle canolog i ddysgu drwy ymholi mewn ysgolion ac roedd tair elfen i'r cwricwlwm newydd yn yr ysgol: seminarau; dysgu gan gymheiriaid drwy gylchoedd dysgu; ymweliadau a asesir ar y cyd. Cafodd y datblygiadau arloesol hyn eu hatgyfnerthu'n gadarnhaol gan Teaching Scotland's Future (Donaldson, 2011). Mae gan y gyfres hon o ddiwygiadau oblygiadau i Gymru a gellir eu dadansoddi'n fuddiol yn erbyn y meddylfryd deuaidd sy'n dominyddu'r trafodaethau mewn addysg athrawon; a barn Williams am fregusrwydd diwylliant datblygol. Caiff pedair system ddeuaidd eu nodi a'u hail-gysyniadu: systemau deuaidd amser, gofod, cynnwys a phersonau. Caiff system ddeuaidd amser (addysg gychwynnol ac addysg barhaus i athrawon) ei hystyried yn broses gydol gyrfa); caiff system ddeuaidd gofod (ysgol a phrifysgol) ei hail-lunio fel trydydd gofod; caiff system ddeuaidd cynnwys (theori ac ymarfer) ei hail-lunio fel gwahanol ffurfiau o wybodaeth yn treiddio gofod ac amser; a chaiff system ddeuaidd personau (addysgwr athrawon mewn prifysgol ac athro cyngwasanaeth) ei hail-lunio fel triawd sy'n gosod y tri mewn deialog. Mae goblygiadau yn cynnwys ystyriaeth ddyfnach o athrawon yn dysgu gydol eu gyrfa; a rÃ´l yr addysgwr athrawon. Gallai'r ymarfer datblygol hwn gael ei anwybyddu o blaid ymarfer dominyddol.
Atebolrwydd a Diwygio Addysg Gychwynnol i Athrawon: Safbwynt o Dramor
Authors: Cochran-Smith Marilyn
Published: May 2020

Mae'r erthygl hon yn canolbwyntio ar atebolrwydd fel dull o ddiwygio addysg athrawon. Mae'r erthygl yn seiliedig ar fy mhrofiad fel ysgolhaig ac addysgwr ym maes addysg athrawon dros y deugain mlynedd diwethaf, ac yn enwedig ar ddadansoddiadau o atebolrwydd paratoi athrawon yn yr Unol Daleithiau, a gynhaliwyd yn ddiweddar gan y Prosiect TEER (Teacher Education and Education Reform), sef grŵp o addysgwyr, ymchwilwyr ac ysgolheigion ym maes addysg athrawon yng Ngholeg Boston. Yr hyn a unai aelodau'r grŵp oedd pryder cynyddol ynglŷn â chyfeiriad y diwygiadau addysg a'r effaith ar addysg athrawon yn UDA ac ymrwymiad i degwch i bob myfyriwr yn ysgolion y wlad. Am bum mlynedd, buom yn olrhain y gwaith o ddiwygio addysg athrawon yn UDA, gan ganolbwyntio ar y prif fentrau atebolrwydd a oedd yn llywio'r maes. Ffrwyth terfynol y gwaith hwn oedd y llyfr Reclaiming Accountability in Teacher Education (Cochran-Smith et al ., 2018). Gan bwyso ar y gwaith hwn ac ar fy mhrofiad yn y cymunedau addysg athrawon cenedlaethol a rhyngwladol, mae tri diben i'r erthygl hon: cyflwyno fframwaith ar gyfer datgloi polisïau atebolrwydd yn ymwneud ag addysg gychwynnol i athrawon; defnyddio'r fframwaith hwnnw i ddisgrifio'n gryno'r prif baradeim atebolrwydd yn UDA a dewis amgen i'r prif baradeim – atebolrwydd democrataidd mewn addysg athrawon; ac yn olaf, defnyddio syniadau o'r fframwaith ac o'n dadansoddiadau yn UDA i wneud sylwadau ar y broses o ddiwygio addysg gychwynnol i athrawon yng Nghymru ar hyn o bryd.
Criminal Investigation and Canadian National Identity in Murdoch Mysteries
Authors: Sheley Erin
Published: May 2020

This essay argues that Canadian detective show Murdoch Mysteries uses the legal conflict between Canadian criminal investigation and American foreign policy to shore up an idea of Canadian national identity against an explicitly American other. First, I discuss the character of William Murdoch as a distinct departure from the literary tradition of the nineteenth-century police officer. Second, I show how Murdoch Mysteries attempts to serve as social criticism concerning socio-legal issues still relevant to Canadian society in the present day. Third, I argue that the show’s ongoing depiction of criminal jurisdictional conflict between the Toronto constabulary and Her Majesty’s government in Ottawa reveals anxieties over the present-day American threat to Canadian security and way of life. Finally, I conclude that the repeated narrative contrast between Murdoch’s scientific criminal investigations and federal strategies of American appeasement serves the secondary purpose of displacing domestic social anxieties onto an American other and reifying a Canadian national identity premised on objectivity and the rule of law.
The Good, the Gothic and the Transnational Rules of the Afterlife in The Good Place
Authors: Craven Allison
Published: May 2020

The Good Place (Schur 2016–2020) is a sitcom farce about the afterlife. The scenario concerns the designer tortures of a postmodern hell which conceal the illusion that an ensemble of recently deceased humans, who have supposedly arrived at ‘the Good Place’, are actually in ‘the Bad Place’. The plot is built around the quasi-legal ‘rules’ that govern admission to the Good Place, where, like social media, everything you ‘like’ is in your profile, and goodness is calculated using metrics tallied from markers of moral virtue. The legalistic ‘rules’ are overseen by a parodic Judge. This article is concerned with the competition at the heart of the series narrative between the quest for moral virtue and the legal parody of the rules that govern admission to the afterlife. It also examines how the Gothic mode of the comedy works to assert the priority of the rules. Anthony Bradney’s discussion of Buffy the Vampire Slayer provides the basis for comparing the law-like discourses of ethics and rules and in considering how popular culture representations use the law in entertainment formats. The afterlife fiction of The Good Place is seen as an example of Catherine Spooner’s notion of ‘happy Gothic’, but the show is ultimately dystopian, particularly due to the role and power of the Judge. In its double layer of debate about moral virtue and legalistic rules in the afterlife, The Good Place is a syncretic fantasy of ethical and legal order.
Investigation of Frauds in Signature Rubber-Stamps
Authors: Vivekkumar Mangilal Chayal  , Rakesh Rawal  , Deepak Raj Handa  , Vijay Verma  , Himanshu A. Pandya
Published: May 2020

In the 21st century, new digital electronic technologies like computer, scanner, digital camera, computerized photo-stat machines and different types of printers, editing soft-wares are used, which can be utilize to commit document frauds. Rubber-stamps are used as an official seal describing government, private officer’s designation, department information etc. They sometimes use rubber-stamp for authentication, certification or verification of original documents. Fraudster uses digital technology to develop imitation of ‘signature rubber-stamp’ to perform white caller crime. Such rubber-stamps containing ‘Signatures’ and utilize it for committing crime by applying on documents. This is a case study, which defines a specific modus operandi used by fraudsters in India. Authors have investigated such modus operandi of fraud, which is very difficult to identify by a layman. This type of modus operandi could only be detected with the scientific instrument namely VSC-6000/HS with different functionality. The main aim of this research work is to develop simple, rapid, sensitive, eco-friendly and non-destructive method to identify signatures applied with rubber-stamps. The research in such field will be directly beneficial to society, financial institutions, law enforcement agencies which give additional motivation to do research for examination of questioned documents.
Competencias administrativas en la calidad del servicio en las instituciones educativas del nivel inicial
Authors: Núñez Lira Luis Alberto , Giordano Silva Marisol Verónica , Menacho Vargas Isabel , Uribe Hernández Yrene Cecilia , Rodríguez Fuentes Luis
Published: May 2020

Se buscó determinar la influencia de las competencias administrativas desarrolladas en las directoras sobre la calidad del servicio educativo que ofrecen las instituciones educativas del nivel inicial en la Unidad de Gestión Local 07, Perú. Esta investigación se enmarca dentro del modelo positivista y de tipo básica-sustantiva, con nivel explicativo y de diseño transversal y no experimental. Fueron 155 docentes del nivel inicial que conformaron una muestra probabilística, aleatoria simple; se aplicaron dos escalas de opinión o percepción como instrumentos para la recolección de datos cuya validez y confiabilidad fueron establecidas previamente; los datos fueron procesados estadísticamente mediante el análisis de regresión. Se halló que el 71,3% de las profesoras de inicial percibían que en las directoras de las Instituciones Educativas de nivel Inicial del distrito  habían desarrollado las competencias administrativas y que el 85% de las profesoras de inicial perciben que el servicio que brindan en su escuela es de alta calidad y para el 12,5% el servicio es de calidad, concluyéndose que la influencia de las capacidades administrativas de las directoras fue del 45,63% y sobre la percepción de alta calidad en el servicio que se brinda en las instituciones educativas del nivel inicial de la UGEL 07.
Estrategias metacognitivas y comprensión lectora en estudiantes universitarios
Authors: Alcas Zapata Noel , Alarcón Diaz Mitchell Alberto , Alarcón Diaz Henry Hugo , Gonzáles LLontop Rosa , Rodríguez Fuentes Antonio
Published: May 2020

La investigación tuvo como objetivo determinar la influencia de las estrategias metacognitivas en la comprensión lectora de estudiantes de una universidad de Lima (Perú). Metodológicamente, se empleó el método hipotético deductivo, con un enfoque cuantitativo y diseño cuasiexperimental. La muestra estuvo conformada por 62 estudiantes pertenecientes a la especialidad de educación. Los resultados descriptivos e inferenciales permitieron demostrar la influencia de las estrategias de metacognitivas en la comprensión lectora de los participantes. En todos los casos analizados se alcanzó el logro previsto evidenciándose así la efectividad de la intervención realizada.
İspir Meşesinin farklı bir yayılış alanı: Hınzır Dağı (Akkışla-Kayseri)
Authors: POLAT Selahattin , EGE İsmail
Published: May 2020

Türkiye gerek tür zenginliği gerekse yaklaşık 6 milyon hektar meşe orman varlığıyla dünyanın sayılı ülkelerinden biridir. Türkiye’de doğal olarak yetişen 18 meşe türü ve bu türlerden 6 tanesinin 11 alt türü bulunmaktadır. Bunlardan Quercus vulcanica, Quercus macranthera subsp.syspirensis, Q.trojana subsp.yaltirikii endemik meşe türleridir. Meşe türleri içinde endemik bir alt tür olan İspir meşesi (Quercus macranthera subsp.syspirensis), Türkiye’nin Avrupa-Sibirya fitocoğrafya bölümleri içerisinde yer almaktadır. Bu tür Anadolu’nun kuzeyinde Karadeniz Bölgesi, İç Anadolu Bölgesi’nin kuzeyi ve Doğu Anadolu Bölgesi’nin kuzey yarısında 1000-2250 m yükseltileri arasında yayılış gösterir. Mevcut bitki coğrafyası literatüründe İspir meşesinin Türkiye’deki doğal yayılış alanları içerisinde Erciyes Dağı üzerinde bulunduğu belirtilmektedir. İspir meşesinin Kayseri ilinin diğer yerlerinde varlığı bilinmemektedir. 2018 yılında Kayseri ilinin Akkışla İlçesi Ortaköy idari sınırları içinde Hınzır Dağı kuzeybatı yamacında yapılan arazi çalışmaları esnasında İspir meşesinin topluluk oluşturduğu görülmüştür. Burada 1600-1800 m yükselti basamakları arasında yayılış gösterir. İspir meşesi topluluğu çalı ve ağaççık formuna sahip olup, toprak tabakasının zayıflığı ve çeşitli beşerî etkenlerden dolayı hayatta kalma mücadelesi vermektedir. Bu çalışma, daha önce hakkında detaylı araştırma yapılmamış İspir meşesinin Hınzır Dağı’ndaki doğal yayılışını konu almaktadır. Böylece bu türün Türkiye’de doğal yayılışı ile ilgili bilgilere katkı sağlanması amaçlanmaktadır.
Implementation of integrated science curriculum: a critical review of the literature
Authors: WİNARNO Nanang , RUSDİANA Dadi , - Riandi , SUSİLOWATİ Eko , AFİFAH Ratih Mega Ayu
Published: May 2020

The current trend in science learning leans more towards interdisciplinary (integrated) learning. Before 1989, there were several studies that reviewed articles related to integrated science. However, research discussing articles on integrated science from 1996 until the present day is not yet available. The purpose of this study was to review 36 empirical research articles on integrated science published from 1996 to 2019. Most of these articles were taken from Scopus-indexed journals. The research approach used was a qualitative research design. The results of this study show that integrated science has been implemented in various countries. Nonetheless, the implementation of integrated science did not prove out as successful as expected. Students find this method of learning difficult, boring, uninteresting and abstract. There are several issues in the implementation of integrated science learning: the incongruity of teachers’ educational backgrounds with integrated science, as well as underdeveloped textbooks and curriculum. The integrated science learning is an effective method to improve students’ skills.
PENGGUNAAN GOOGLE TRANSLATE DALAM PENERJEMAHAN TEKS BAHASA ARAB KE DALAM BAHASA INDONESIA
Authors: Faqih Ahmad
Published: May 2020

This research was conducted to overcome the problems faced by academics on the difficulty of understanding Arabic texts with the application of Google Translate.  Through qualitative descriptive methods, data obtained by interviews and questionnaires.  Then data is collected which finally found various problems.  Departing from these problems, the data are analyzed to find solutions to overcome them.  From the results of the study found a solution, namely there need to be several steps that can be used as a guide so that the translation results are commensurate in the target language.  These steps are (1) enter the whole text into the machine;  (2) copy the translated text into Microsoft words;  (3) read the entire equivalent in the target text;  (4) compile the target text according to the structure in the target language;  and (5) looking for the right equivalent in accordance with the culture contained in the source language and target language.