bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Socioemotional skills and their relationship with stress levels during the COVID-19 contingency in Mexican junior and high school students
Authors: Rodríguez-Leonardo Nayeli Melisa , Peña Peralta Andrés
Published: December 2020

Introduction. Due to the worldwide COVID-19 health contingency, school activities in Mexico were suspended, as a result of which students of all educational levels began to carry out their learning activities at home. Objective. Adapt a Socioemotional Skills (SES) Survey to the context of COVID-19 and undertake a diagnosis of the emotional state, stress, and learning experiences of Mexican junior and senior high school students. Method. A test battery was administered to 205 students from nine states in the country from schools where Enseña por México collaborates, and an exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was conducted for the SES survey. In addition, a Pearson’s correlation was calculated between SES and stress levels. Results. The EFA yielded four components that explain 51.71% of the sample variance. In addition, statistically significant negative correlations were found between SES and stress in the health field (r = -.316, p
Psychological impact of sociodemographic factors and medical conditions in older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico
Authors: González-González Alejandro , Toledo-Fernández Aldebarán , Romo-Parra Héctor , Reyes-Zamorano Ernesto , Betancourt-Ocampo Diana
Published: December 2020

Introduction. Older adults are not only at a higher medical risk during the COVID-19 pandemic, but they may also be a group particularly vulnerable to mental health diminishing. Objective. To analyze the effect of some sociodemographic factors (sex and age) and medical conditions (diabetes and hypertension) on mental health and concerns about COVID-19 in a sample of older adults. Method. A non-probabilistic sample of 2,992 older adults (37.7% men and 62.3% women) was selected, with an average age of 70.45 years (SD = 7.31). Participants were given the Impact of Event Scale-6 (IES-6), the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9), the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7), a questionnaire of concerns about COVID-19, and a sociodemographic questionnaire. Participants’ answers were captured via Google Forms. Results. The results showed that women had greater concerns about COVID-19 than men. The findings in general showed significant effects, with women showing higher scores in depressive symptoms, anxiety, and greater stress generated in addition by the impact of the event. Differences concerning event-related stress and depression were found in relation to subgroups by age. Discussion and conclusion. These finding could serve for the planning and development of strategies that provide attention to the mental health of this population group.
NOTE-TAKING AS A METHODOLOGICAL TECHNIQUE FOR RATIONALIZATION AND REPRODUCTION OF SPECIALIZED TEXTS IN FOREIGN STUDENTS’ EDUCATION
Authors: Paliy М.
Published: December 2020

The paper presents one of the most important moments in foreign language teaching and learning taking into accounts the relevance of the European language policy and the importance of foreign languages in education. Habit formation of taking notes on lectures and specialized subject literature is one of the primary tasks in teaching and training in a technical school. Questions concerning methodologically correct organization of note-taking learning process, increasing the level of listening habits for further successful involvement of foreign language students in the complete learning process, require attention and development of specialized training models, which can support students’ better perception of greater amount of audio materials, seminars, lectures, practical classes, etc. Particular attention should be paid to the deliberate, purposeful and well-organized students’ independent work, which promotes the acquisition of habits. Autonomous learning requires responsible attitude and becomes an effective tool for shaping their professional competence. The author considers some aspects concerning the peculiarities of foreign language teaching to overseas students in a polytechnic university. Described are
the stages of developing the skills for note-taking during lectures and during reading reference books on specialized disciplines. The author suggests methodological ideas for solving this language problem.
Key words: polytechnic university, обучение на foreign students, methodology for teaching Bulgarian language, note-taking, specialized vocabulary.
Historical Earthquake Scenarios for the Middle Strand of the North Anatolian Fault Deduced from Archeo-Damage Inventory and Building Deformation Modeling
Authors: Benjelloun Yacine , de Sigoyer Julia , Dessales Hélène , Baillet Laurent , Guéguen Philippe , Sahin Mustafa
Published: December 2020

The city of İznik (ancient Nicaea), located on the middle strand of the North Anatolian fault zone (MNAF), presents outstanding archeological monuments preserved from the Roman and Ottoman periods (first to fifteenth centuries A.D.), bearing deformations that can be linked to past seismic shaking. To constrain the date and intensity of these historical earthquakes, a systematic survey of earthquake archeological effects (EAEs) is carried out on the city’s damaged buildings. Each of the 235 EAEs found is given a quality ranking, and the corresponding damage is classified according to the European Macroseismic Scale 1998 (EMS-98). We show that the walls oriented north–south were preferentially damaged, and that most deformations are perpendicular to the walls’ axes. The date of postseismic repairs is constrained with available archeological data and new C14 dating of mortar charcoals. Three damage episodes are evidenced: (1) between the sixth and late eighth centuries, (2) between the nineth and late eleventh centuries A.D., and (3) after the late fourteenth century A.D. The repartition of damage as a function of building vulnerability points toward a global intensity VIII on the EMS-98. The 3D modeling of a deformed Roman obelisk shows that only earthquakes rupturing the MNAF can account for this deformation. Their magnitude can be bracketed between Mw 6 and 7. Our archeoseismological study complements the historical seismicity catalog and confirms paleoseismological data, suggesting several destructive earthquakes along the MNAF, since the first century A.D. We suggest the fault might still have accumulated enough stress to generate an Mw 7+ rupture.
Partial Characterization of Hydrolytic Enzymes Produced by Bacillus Strains Isolated from Balıklıgöl, Turkey
Authors: UYAR Ebru , ÇORBACI Cengiz
Published: December 2020

In the present study, forty-five bacterial isolates were obtained from previously unstudied soil samples in Balıklıgöl, Şanlıurfa. Based on their enzim production capacities, six bacterial isolates designated as BGL-22, BGL-26, BGL-27, BGL-37, BGL-38 and BGL-39 were selected for further studies. Conventional and molecular identification results showed that the bacteria belonged to Bacillus genus. Among these strains, the highest activities for amylase (11.44 U mL-1), lipase (1.12 U mL-1) and protease (2.61 U mL-1) were determined for Bacillus sp. BGL-37. Enzymatic characterization studies demonstrated that the activities of acid-stable amylase and alkaline-stable lipase remained unchanged up to 50℃, while alkaline-protease was retained about 90% of its activity up to 40℃. The findings suggested that these enzymes providing environmentally compatible processes under relatively mild conditions have potential to be used in several fields such as food processing and detergent industry.
Выбор объема хирургического лечения у больных раком тела матки
Authors: Нечушкина В. М. , Морхов К. Ю. , Егорова А. В.
Published: December 2020

Статья посвящена вопросам хирургического лечения рака тела матки. Непрекращающиеся в течение нескольких десятилетий дискуссии относительно объема хирургических вмешательств при раке тела матки ранних стадий теперь распространились и на хирургическое лечение диссеминированных форм заболевания. В статье обсуждаются показания к лимфаденэктомии и ее объем, перспективы циторедуктивных операций при диссеминированном раке тела матки и ряд других вопросов.
Бактериальные возбудители инфекций у онкологических больных: куда мы движемся?
Authors: Петухова И. Н. , Григорьевская З. В. , Багирова Н. С. , Агинова В. В. , Дмитриева Н. В. , Терещенко И. В. , Ключникова И. А.
Published: December 2020

В работе обсуждается проблема бактериальных инфекций, вызывающих осложнения у онкологических больных. Продемонстрированы данные, полученные в «НМИЦ онкологии им. Н. Н. Блохина» МЗ РФ о частоте выявления резистентных грамотрицательных и грамположительных бактерий из биоматериалов от больных клиники. Приводятся данные исследований механизмов резистентности, которые проводились на молекулярно-генетическом уровне. Отмечено относительное увеличение доли грамположительных микроорганизмов, в частности, коагулазонегативных стафилококков. Резистентность стафилококков обусловлена наличием генов mecA. В то же время ген резистентности к антибиотикам cfr отсутствует. Однако, выявленная у коагулазонегативных стафилокококков мутация 23SrRNA свидительствует о формировании резистентности. Среди мультирезистентных грамотрицательных микроорганизмов превалируют Klebsiella pneumoniae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa. 88,2 % изолятов клебсиелл имеют гены продукции сериновых карбапенемаз OXA-48. 46,7 % изолятов синегнойных палочек имеют гены продукции металло-беталактамаз VIM. 97,1 % изолятов Acinetobacter baumannii имеют гены продукции серино- вых карбапенемаз OXA-23. В большинстве случаев продукции карбапенемаз сопутствовал механизм нарушения проникновения карбапенемов в микробную клетку. Знание механизмов резистентности основных возбудителей инфекции дает возможность врачу выбирать оптимальные комбинации антибиотиков. Увеличение разнообразия выделяемых от больных бактериальных микроорганизмов косвенно говорит о возможности появления новых резистентных возбудителей, таких как Burkholderia cepacia, Achromobacter xylosoxidans и др. Также возможен рост числа резистентных штаммов среди обычно чувствительных возбудителей — кишечной палочки, энтеробактеров и протеев.
Effects of objective function in PID controller design for an AVR system
Authors: Burnaz Seyit Ahmet Nafiz , Ayas Mustafa Şinasi
Published: December 2020

Regulation capability of an automatic voltage regulator (AVR) system still needs to be improved to keep the output voltage of the generator within the AVR system at the desired level. Researchers have been developing new control structures and designing controllers to improve the performance of the AVR system. Designing of PID controller, which is commonly preferred controller due to its simple structure and robustness against to system parameter changes, has an important place among these studies. Especially with the development of metaheuristic algorithms, more successful PID controller designs are emerging by using these algorithms than traditional design methods. Undoubtedly, the objective function utilized also has a significant effect on this success. Therefore, effects of the objective function in PID controller design process for an AVR system are examined in this study. Two different PID controllers are designed using two different metaheuristic algorithms, namely, crow search algorithm (CSA) and ant colony optimization (ACO) algorithm. The parameters of the PID controllers are optimally tuned by using five different objective functions in both algorithms. These objective functions are: Integral of absolute error (IAE), integral of squared error (ISE), integral of time-weighted absolute error (ITAE), integral of time-weighted squared error (ITSE), and a commonly used user-defined objective function. The performance of the designed PID controllers are compared in terms of transient response characteristics and performance metrics. In addition, in order to evaluate the stability of the AVR system with the designed controllers, bode analysis, pole-zero map analysis and robustness analysis are performed.
Pollution of the Territory of the Pribaikalsky National Park by Emissions from Forest Fires
Authors:   Irkutsk State University, Novikova Svetlana A. , Shcherbakova Irina V. ,   Saint Petersburg State University
Published: December 2020

The aim of the work is to assess the contribution of emissions from forest fires to air pollution using the example of the territory of the Pribaikalsky National park. To achieve this goal, calculations of gross emissions were carried out based on forestry data on fires. With the help of the program complex «Ecologist» calculations of concentrations of impurities emitted into the atmosphere during forest fires were carried out. Based on the results of the calculations, maps of the concentrations of pollutants released into the atmosphere from fires were created. The analysis of the received results obtained allowed us to conclude that the established sanitary and hygienic standards were exceeded. Among the considered list of emissions, the maximum concentrations of acrolein, carbon monoxide, acetone, and nitrogen dioxide were revealed. The areas located in the zone of increased atmospheric pollution created by fires on the territory of the forestries of the Pribaikalsky National park were identified.
Evaluating the Degree of Favourable Overwintering of Winter Crops on the Territory of the Saratov Region
Authors:   Saratov State University, Pryakhina Sofya I. , Ormeli Ekaterina I. ,   Saratov State University
Published: December 2020

The article presents the agroclimatic characteristic of the winter season on daily meteorological weather data for 1941–2019 at the Saratov South-East (SE) station. The agroclimatic characteristic of the winter season at the stations of the Saratov region (Khvalynsk, Balashov, Ershov, Alexandrov Gai) is presented for the last 10 years. The point rating of the degree of favorable overwintering of winter crops was carried out at the Saratov SE station for 1962–2019.
Basic Knowledge Standards for Evaluating Financial Literacy of Adults Population
Authors:   Saratov State University, Mityaeva Nataliya V.
Published: December 2020

Introduction. The article reflects the basic requirements for the results of the financial literacy system for the adult population. Theoretical analysis. The standard of basic knowledge is a tool in the field of education, fixing the level of knowledge that determines financial literacy. Empirical analysis. Financial knowledge is applied in nature, is a set of information and skills that have the property of universal applicability and are objectively necessary to maintain and improve financial well-being in daily life. Results. As a part of the implementation of the National Strategy for Financial Literacy in the Russian Federation for 2017–2023, the considered standards of basic knowledge for adults can be used in the process of developing regional programs aimed at a wide target audience, they can serve to identify factors and barriers to increasing the level of financial literacy of the Russian population, create effective tools for measuring the results of activities and a qualitative assessment of the results of work. The article was prepared as a part of the Project of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation and the World Bank “Promoting Improving the Level of Financial Literacy of the Population and the Development of Financial Education in the Russian Federation”.
Legal Certainty and Democracy: What the “Constitutional Legislator” Allows
Authors:   Stolypin Volga Region Institute of Administration of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Presnyakov Mikhail V.
Published: December 2020

Introduction. The article analyzes the legal certainty of the individual as the stability of the content of fundamental rights and freedoms in the context of democratic processes of reforming the current legislation and the Constitution of the Russian Federation. Theoretical analysis. The article notes that the need for stability of fundamental human rights and freedoms is in some contradiction with their dynamic, evolutionary nature. The author questions the possible and necessary limits of majority democratic will with regard to the transformation of the legal system, in general, and constitutional rights and freedoms, in particular. The article addresses some “points of tension” between democracy and the rule of law. Results. On the basis of the article, it is concluded that participation in the processes of democratic transformation of the legal system can be considered as a right to democracy and, in this understanding, it needs the search for a balance with other fundamental rights and freedoms. It is on the basis of this balance that the legal certainty of the individual must be ensured, combining, on the one hand, the stability of the substantive characteristics of fundamental rights and freedoms, and, on the other hand, the expansion of legal claims and the evolution of human rights.
Imbalance of the Law as a Factor of Counteraction to Its Implementation
Authors:   Saratov State Law Academy, Sukhova Nadezhda I.
Published: December 2020

Introduction. The article analyzes a particular manifestation of a defective state of legal matter that occurs in the content of acts of the highest legal force, leading to imbalance of the law and imbalance of legal regulation. The main task is to show the consequences of an unbalanced law, which are expressed in situations of counteraction to its implementation, and difficulties in achieving legally significant goals by various subjects of relations. Theoretical analysis. To solve this problem, the author has studied special literature on the issue of balance and imbalance of the legal sphere; on establishing opportunities to use categories that reflect the processes in larger legal entities; determining the grounds and reasons for the imbalance of the law, leading to the emergence of dual and incomprehensible practice of implementing the law, unequal reflection of rights and obligations, as well as the interests of contractors, and so on. A number of laws that are defective in their content, but do not give grounds for initiating procedures for declaring them invalid, unconstitutional, and so on, are subjected to empirical analysis. They only form conditions for opposing their implementation, as well as judicial practice for applying unbalanced laws. Results. The author comes to the conclusion that there are no grounds for inadmissibility of analyzing a normative legal act as unbalanced. The reasons for the imbalance of the law may be significant errors in the formulation of the content, violation of the principle of unity of rights and obligations, inconsistency of the legal status of the addressees of the law, discretion and limits of powers, powers and responsibilities.
Laws on Approval of Program-goal Documents: Genre Approach
Authors:   Legislative Assembly of Omsk Region, Batyushkina Marina Vladimirovna
Published: December 2020

The article presents the results of a study of the functional, formal and substantive features of the texts of Russian laws, which approve program-goal docments (development strategies, concepts, programs, forecast plans, etc.). The article is based on discourse and genre approaches to the study of legislative texts, the legislative text space as a whole. It is noted that, on the one hand, this type of laws reflects the general features of modeling and transроforming of modern legal discourse; reproduces the institutional aspects of the legislative process; broadcasts legislative intentions, strategies and tactics. On the other hand, laws that approve documents of a program-goal nature have distinctive characteristics that allow defining these laws as a separate subgenre type. The subgenre of law is defined by the author on the basis of the following parameters: (1) intention of the uthor; (2) the purpose and functions of the law; (3) the factor of the subject of legal discourse (author/addressee of the law); (4) spatio-temporal and other circumstantially determining characteristics reflected in the text of the law explicitly or implicitly (who adopted and signed the law, during which period and in which territory it is applied, etc.); (5) type of institutional action; (6) the institutional status of the law within the system of laws; (7) subject-thematic “radius” of the text; (8) formal segmentation of text; (9) features of the correlation of functional semantic types of speech; (10) degree of uniformity, subgenre markers and clichés. The formal and informative structures of program-approving laws are analyzed on the basis of the fol-lowing segments: pretext and post-text details, intra-text components, post-text application (approved document). These segments are analyzed from various points of view: obligation, localization, combinatorics, unification, etc. When conducting research, special attention is paid to structural, typological, comparative and other types of analyzes.
Genre System of Russian XVIII Century Satirical Magazines
Authors:   Lomonosov Moscow State University, Trakhtenberg Lev Arkad’evich
Published: December 2020

Satirical magazines are a unique form of the XVIII century literature. Standing outside the dominant in the XVIII century normative poetics, they share its didactic intent. They develop a specific genre system consisting of short literary forms. The research aims to create a structural model of this system. It involves multiple factors: the literary forms it includes are defined on several irredundant criteria. Its main genres are the editor’s essay, the reader’s letter, and parodies. The editor as the subject of an essay is a fictional character. Readers’ letters, whoever their real authors might be, coexist with editor’s essays in a common fictional space. Such genres as newspaper articles, recipes, dictionaries are objects of parody. A character sketch is the basic element of the system. Compressed or extended, it can appear as a description or a narrative. A character sketch as well as other genre modes may take the shape of essays, letters, parodies. Many short forms show a tendency towards cyclization. The magazine as a whole is a literary unity held together with the help of several mechanisms: the editor’s and readers’ personae, formal and thematic parallels between texts, sometimes a common constructive principle or even a single plot. The diversity of simultaneous structuring principles makes the genre system of the satirical magazines complex and flexible, so as to vary aesthetic impressions for the sake of a common didactic goal.
BENOA BAY RECLAMATION: THE IMPACT OF POLICY-MAKING FOR SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENT
Authors: Adharani Yulinda , Astriani Nadia , Sarah Afifah Siti
Published: December 2020

Purpose: The purpose of this article to discover how policy-making that made by the Indonesia government related to the development of Bali Benoa Bay reclamation so that the environment around Benoa Bay stays sustain and the local community does not feel threatened by the development of Benoa Bay Reclamation, especially the Adat community.

Methodology: This article is a result of legal studies using the normative juridical method. First, a complete, thorough, and comprehensive approach becomes the base in identifying the subject matter of the problem. Second, it is made to know and understand the policy in settling the problems in spatial planning from the legal aspect of (Seokanto & Mamudji, 1994).

Main Findings: Policy change on Benoa Bay status affected social and environmental aspects. The policy that the Indonesia government made was led to a huge environmental impact on Benoa Bay. The status changed of Benoa Bay from a conservation area to an exploitation area can be a threat to the marine ecosystem and the migratory species, because in Presidential Regulation Number 54 the Year 2014 stated that it can develop reclamation in Benoa Bay.

Implications/Applications: This study discusses theories about environmental law, and analyzes them against cases so that sustainable development can be achieved. Policy or decision making must base on the use of the best information and the best science available, and in some situations, it is appropriate regarding environmental, social, and cultural factors.

Novelty/Originality of this study: As far as we are concerned, an environmental problem in Bali not particularly noticed in the development plan of the reclamation of Benoa Bay that caused by policy-making and the effect to the society and environment, this article is an attempt to viewed from a different side in addition to tourism in Bali.
Development of a stepwise tool to aide primary health care professionals in the process of deprescribing in older persons
Authors: De las Salas Roxana , Eslava-Schmalbach Javier , Vaca-González Claudia , Rodríguez Dolores , Figueras Albert
Published: December 2020

Objective: The aim of this study was to develop and validate a stepwise tool to aid primary health care professionals in the process of deprescribing potentially inappropriate medication in older persons.

Methods: We carried out a systematic review to identify previously published tools. A composite proposal of algorithm was made by following the steps from clinical experience to deprescribe medications. A 2-round electronic Delphi method was conducted to establish consensus. Eighteen experts from different countries (Colombia, Spain and Argentina) accepted to be part of the panel representing geriatricians, internists, endocrinologist, general practitioners, pharmacologists, clinical pharmacists, family physicians and nurses. Panel members were asked to mark a Likert Scale from 1 to 9 points (1= strongly disagree, 9= strongly agree). The content validity‏ ratio, item-level content validity, and Fleiss’ Kappa statistics was measured to establish reliability. The same voting method was used for round 2.

Results: A 7-question algorithm was proposed. Each question was part of a domain and conduct into a decision. In round 1, a consensus was not reached but statements were grouped and organized. In round 2, the tool met consensus. The inter-rater reliability was between substantial and almost perfect for questions with Kappa=0.77 (95% CI 0.60-0.93), for domains with Kappa= 0.73 (95%CI 0.60-0.86) and for decisions with Kappa= 0.97 (95%CI 0.90-1.00).

Conclusions: This is a novel tool that captures and supports healthcare professionals in clinical decision-making for deprescribing potentially inappropriate medication. This includes patient’s and caregiver’s preferences about medication. This tool will help to standardize care and provide guidance on the prescribing/deprescribing process of older persons’ medications. Also, it provides a holistic way to reduce polypharmacy and inappropriate medications in clinical practice.
Vista Bella Elma Çeşidinde Farklı Tozlayıcı Çeşitlerin Meyve Tutumu ve Bazı Meyve Kalite Özellikleri Üzerine Etkisi
Authors: AKKURT Emre , MERTOĞLU Kerem , EVRENOSOĞLU Yasemin
Published: December 2020

2018 ve 2019 yıllarında yürütülen bu çalışmada, yazlık grupta yer alan ‘Vista Bella’ çeşidine yine yazlık grupta yer alan ‘Summer Red’, ‘Williams Pride’ ve ‘Jersey Mac’ çeşitlerinin tozlayıcı olarak kullanılabilme potansiyelleri tespit edilmiştir. Sonuçlar doğrultusunda, ‘Vista Bella’ çeşidinin kendilenmesi neticesinde, meyve tutumunun %10,68 düzeyinde kaldığı ve kısmen kendine uyuşmaz olduğu görülmüştür. Çeşitlerin, çiçek tozu canlılığı ve çimlenme oranları sırası ile %74,33 - %67,00 ve %44,33 - 45,67 aralıklarında bulunurken, tam çiçeklenme tarihlerinin örtüştüğü görülmüştür. Ayrıca, yüksek meyve tutum oranı (%26,12 - 33,62) neticesinde, çeşitler arasında, gametofitik olarak uyuşmazlık olmadığı kanaatine varılmıştır. Ancak, elde edilen meyvelerde, çekirdek sayılarının kritik düzeyde olması sebebi ile minimum iki farklı çeşidin tozlayıcı olarak kullanılması gerektiği ortaya çıkmış olup, ‘Summer Red’ ve ‘Jersey Mac’ çeşitlerinin, ‘Vista Bella’ çeşidine tozlayıcı olarak kullanılması durumunda, fitokimyasal özellikleri nispeten iyileştirdiği tespit edilmiştir. Korelasyon analizleri sonucunda, meyve tutum miktarında meydana gelen artışın fitokimyasal birikimi azalttığı, buna karşın asitliğin artması ile birikimin teşvik edildiği bulunmuştur. Ayrıca antioksidan aktivitenin, toplam fenol (r= 0,57***) ve C vitamin (r= 0,31*) ile pozitif ilişki içerisinde olduğu tespit edilmiştir.
Geograficidades nas Toadas do Bumba-meu-boi de Maracanã: dos Manifestos de Amor ao Lugar às Possibilidades na Gestão da APA da Região de Maracanã, São Luís - MA, Brasil
Authors: CORREIA FABIANA PEREIRA , RISSO LUCIENE CRISTINA
Published: December 2020

Este artigo resulta de uma pesquisa fenomenológica sobre sentidos de lugar e geograficidades na gestão da Área de Proteção Ambiental (APA) da Região de Maracanã, localizada no município de São Luís, Estado do Maranhão. O principal objetivo é refletir sobre as geograficidades expressas nas toadas do Bumba-meu-Boi de Maracanã, visando demonstrar seu potencial na gestão da APA. Dentre os procedimentos metodológicos, se destacam: revisão teórica, participação em eventos do Bumba-meu-Boi, consultas a jornais e sítios eletrônicos, registros fotográficos e conversas com representantes do Bumba-meu-Boi. Os resultados demonstram que as geograficidades identificadas são manifestos de topofilia, fatos relevantes à gestão pública da APA. Ademais, indicam a necessidade de incluir aspectos das geograficidades na gestão de territórios protegidos. Agradecemos à Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa e ao Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico do Maranhão (FAPEMA), bem como a todas as pessoas e instituições que apoiam a realização da pesquisa.Palavras-chave: Topofilia. Cultura popular. Conservação ambiental.Geographicities in the Tunes of the Maracanã’s Bumba-meu-boi: from Manifests of Topophilia to Possibilities in the Management of the EPA of the Maracanã Region, São Luís - MA, BrazilABSTRACT This article results from a phenomenological research on meanings of place and geographicities in the management of the Environmental Protection Area (EPA) of the Maracanã Region, located in São Luís, Maranhão State. The main objective is to reflect about the geographicities expressed in the tunes of Maracanã’s Bumba-meu-Boi, to demonstrate its potential in EPA management. Among the methodological procedures, the following stand out: theoretical review, participation in Bumba-meu-Boi events, newspapers and websites searches, photographic register and conversations with representatives of Bumba-meu-Boi. The results show that the identified geographicities are manifest of topophilia, facts relevant to EPA's public management. Moreover, they indicate the need to include aspects of geographicities in the management of protected territories. We thank the Support Foundation for Research and Scientific and Technological Development of Maranhão (FAPEMA), as well as all the people and institutions that support the research.Keywords: Topophilia. Popular culture. Environmental conservation.
O Lugar, A Velhice e A Mulher: Uma Leitura da Geograficidade no Conto “As Mimosas”
Authors: SILVA ROSÂNGELA GUEDÊLHA DA
Published: December 2020

Apresenta-se a leitura do espaço no conto “As mimosas”, de Teolinda Gersão, a partir do conceito de “geograficidade” teorizado por Dardel (2015). Nessa narrativa, o quarto da idosa origina lugares distintos para a mãe senil inválida e sua única filha, Luísa. As experiências de perda de lugaridade e de intenso apinhamento, vivenciadas pela filha, permitem antever a ambivalência do espaço narrativo no qual se acham inscritos o gesto da filha abnegada que cuida da mãe senil e o mascaramento da sujeição feminina. Nessa situação, pesam a condição da mulher no contexto patriarcal e a exclusão na velhice, momento em que o mundo se torna, tão somente, um espaço para a protagonista. É um estudo bibliográfico, de base qualitativa, interdisciplinar, envolvendo a Literatura e a Geografia Humanista Cultural, com aporte teórico em Tuan (2012; 2013), Dardel (2015), Relph (2014) e importantes contribuições de Beauvoir (2018) e Bosi (2006) acerca da velhice.Palavras-chave: Geograficidade. Literatura portuguesa contemporânea. Teolinda Gersão.Place, Old Age and Woman: A Reading of Geographicity in the Tale “As Mimosas” ABSTRACTIt presents the reading of space in the short story “As Mimosas”, by Teolinda Gersão, based on the concept of “geographicity” theorized by Dardel (2015). In this narrative, the old woman's room it gives rise to distinct places for the invalid senile mother and her only daughter, Luisa. The experiences of loss of place and intense crowding experienced by the daughter allow us to foresee the ambivalence of the narrative space in which the gesture of the selfless daughter who cares for the senile mother and the masking of female subjection are inscribed. In this situation, weigh the condition of women in the patriarchal context and the exclusion in old age, when the world becomes only a space for the protagonist. It is a qualitative, interdisciplinary bibliographical study, involving Literature and Cultural Humanist Geography, with theoretical support in Tuan (2012; 2013), Dardel (2015), Relph (2014) and important contributions by Beauvoir (2018) and Bosi (2006) about old age.Keywords: Geographicity. Contemporary portuguese literature. Teolinda Gersão.
As Tranças de Ifemelu: a Migração e o Entre-lugar no Livro Americanah
Authors: COSTA CLARA CARDOSO FERREIRA
Published: December 2020

Em Americanah (ADICHIE, 2014), conhecemos Ifemelu, que se descobre nigeriana, imigrante, negra, escritora e mulher, assim que chega aos Estados Unidos e se depara com a necessidade de afirmar e encarar todas as identidades que, previamente, não precisou afirmar. Quinze anos depois, prepara-se para retornar à terra natal, receosa de ser vista como “americanah” (como os nigerianos chamam aqueles que retornam à Nigéria com trejeitos e sotaques estadunidenses). Nesse artigo, analisamos a migração, suas consequências nas identidades dos que se deslocam, as dificuldades no convívio com as diferenças culturais e conceitos como hibridismo e entre-lugar (BHABHA, 1998), a partir da história de Ifemelu. Portanto, faremos uma análise do livro e do desenvolvimento de suas personagens a partir da seguinte trança de conceitos: identidade, cultura, deslocamento, hibridismo e entre-lugar.Palavras-chave: Americanah. Entre-lugar. Migração.Ifemelu’s Braids: Migration and In-between in the Book Americanah ABSTRACTIn Americanah (ADICHIE, 2014), we meet Ifemelu, who discovers herself as a Nigerian, an immigrant, a black woman, a writer and a woman, as soon as she arrives at the United States of America and encounters all of the identities that she did not have to claim previously. Fifteen years later, she prepares herself to go back to her homeland, afraid to be seen as “americanah” (Nigerians use this term to call those who come back to Nigeria with American grimaces and accents). In this article, we analyze migration, its consequences in the identities of those who move, the difficulties they encounter while coexist among cultural differences and concepts as hybridism and in-between (BHABHA, 1998), after Ifemelu’s story. Therefore, we will analyze the book and its characters’ development after the following braid of concepts: identity, culture, displacement, hybridism and in-between.Keywords: Americanah. In-between. Migration.
W poszukiwaniu nowoczesnego języka krytycznego. Sztuka awangardowa w ujęciu Stefanii Zahorskiej
Authors: Wasilewska Diana
Published: December 2020

Tekst jest próbą przyjrzenia się krytycznemu pisarstwu Stefanii Zahorskiej, przede wszystkim z uwzględnieniem wystąpień krytyczki dotyczących awangardy. Analizie poddane zostały ewoluujące poglądy autorki, jej koncepcja sztuki, uwzględniająca również estetyczne i metodologiczne inspiracje, a także kryteria, jakie stosowała do oceny dzieł czy kierunków artystycznych. Dokonując druzgocącej diagnozy stanu międzywojennego pisarstwa o sztuce, Zahorska wielokrotnie apelowała o odrzucenie impresjonistycznej schedy i stworzenie nowego modelu krytyki artystycznej, będącego w stanie zmierzyć się ze sztuką nowoczesną. Odpowiedzią na te potrzeby miała być również jej własna praktyka krytyczna. Dlatego przedmiotem artykułu jest również język krytyczny Zahorskiej – pojęcia wypracowane przez krytyczkę, retoryka wypowiedzi, dominujący w tekstach styl odbioru itp. Jest to zarazem sposób, by oddać specyfikę pisarstwa Zahorskiej i określić jej miejsce na mapie międzywojennej krytyki artystycznej w Polsce.
Estado de la investigación sobre la patología de la construcción: un análisis bibliométrico
Authors: Porras-Alfaro David , García-Baltodano Kenia , Méndez-Álvarez Dawa
Published: December 2020

Este artículo aporta conocimiento al estado de la investigación de la patología de la construcción, tema poco desarrollado en Costa Rica, pero con potencial de generar investigación aplicada y contextualizada a las particularidades del país. Metodológicamente, el artículo se basó en un estudio bibliométrico realizado a partir de la base de datos de Scopus y analizada a través del programa Bibliometrix. 

Como principales resultados del estudio se obtuvieron 268 registros de publicaciones asociadas a los términos de búsqueda “building pathology”, “construction pathology” y “patología de la construcción”, abarcando un período de 1983 al 2020 y siendo las revistas, la fuente de mayor recurrencia en cuanto a publicaciones se refiere. A partir del análisis de las palabras clave se determinaron temáticas asociadas tales como: edificaciones, concreto, paredes, preservación histórica, construcción, técnicas no destructivas, entre otras. Entre los autores con mayor cantidad de publicaciones destaca Jorge De Brito, con el mayor índice H. En cuanto a la procedencia de la producción científica resalta España con un total de 147 contribuciones, siendo además, el país que presenta la mayor cantidad de colaboraciones internacionales.

Se concluye que la mayor producción científica sobre patología de la construcción se ha centrado en la última década, en idioma inglés, siendo España el país con mayor aportación. Se logra evidenciar el vínculo de la patología de la construcción con áreas como la restauración patrimonial, las técnicas no invasivas y materiales de construcción, principalmente concreto.
Addressing Intergenerational Trauma with an Innovative Instrument and Process
Authors: Sweeney Sheila
Published: December 2020

Parent-child relationships have been researched in many ways. This article describes a qualitative study using the concept of reflective functioning (defined by Slade as the parent's capacity to hold and reflect upon her own and her child's internal mental experience) as a framework. The study focused on understanding the experiences of early childhood adversities, social supports, and the reflective functioning capacity of 11 young adult African American mothers and their children in urban and suburban areas of Minnesota. Findings included that the participants did not perceive adversities as bad, but as part of a daily norm; they demonstrated that they have social support and know how to access it; and they showed the ability to reflect on their children's emotions and experiences as well as the parent-child relationship. Participants talked about transmitting good things to their children while simultaneously protecting them from negative experiences. Thus, parents were able to change patterns that could affect their children's well-being.
Undergraduate Rehabilitation Accreditation as a Tool in the Social Justice Movement
Authors: Willmering Penny Pears
Published: December 2020

Accreditation of undergraduate rehabilitation education (URE) programs is a tool to further the cause of social justice. In addition to supporting this statement, this article explores the relationship between URE, accreditation curriculum, and the training of graduates to facilitate justice for all members of society. The social justice struggle for accreditation equity for URE is reviewed, as well as continued threats to accreditation, and the need for consistent professional identity and nomenclature. The new accreditation curriculum standards and their attention to social justice concepts is discussed. Accreditation advantages and disadvantages as they relate to justice are offered. Advantages include the strength of consistency of curriculum, while disadvantages involve leaning toward homogenization of the course of study, and a threat of return to a paternalistic view of consumers. In addition, financial challenges presented by the pandemic to URE programs is discussed, along with a strategy to address those issues. An analysis of advantages and disadvantages to accreditation as it relates to social justice and consumers reveals that benefits far outweigh potential issues. Further, short-term and long-term strategies to address threats to accreditation, challenges to consistent names for the profession, its graduates and professional scope, and a stratagem to address nomenclature is offered. Finally, strategies to strengthen the new curriculum to reflect current day understanding of social justice are presented. The country has awakened to social justice issues, and is time that intentional curriculum, driven by accreditation, trains graduates to become social justice advocates and allies.
How Many and Which Sexual Minorities Will Be Impacted by The New “Tobacco 21” Law? Evidence from the National Health Interview Survey
Authors: Gonzales Gilbert , Patel Rohan
Published: December 2020

The objective of this study was to identify and describe the number of sexual minority and heterosexual young adults who will be impacted by the new “Tobacco 21” law signed by President Trump in December 2019. Data came from the 2015 to 2018 National Health Interview Survey. We used descriptive statistics and multivariable logistic regression to identify key risk factors for tobacco use among adults aged 18–20 years by sexual orientation. Sexual minority tobacco users were more likely to be women, have a high school degree or less, and not living with a parent. Sexual minority tobacco users share similarities with heterosexual tobacco users, but they may remain a hard-to-reach population for tobacco cessation interventions.
Risk-Based Capital and Investment Returns of Insurance Companies in Kenya: Moderating Effect of Firm Size
Authors: Chache Willys Obuba , Mwangi Cyrus Iraya , Nyamute Winnie , Angima Caren
Published: December 2020

The link between risk-based capital and investment returns remains unclear due to divergence in findings. Mixed findings can be attributed to operationalization of study variables, selection of variables and control variables, the choice of econometric models, and contextual differences which give rise to conceptual, methodological, and contextual gaps. This paper focuses on the moderating effect of firm size on the relationship between RBC and investment returns. Risk-based capital was computed by incorporating market, insurance, credit and operational risk charges. The firm size was measured using gross written premium, while investment returns were measured using investment income ratio. The study population comprised of 63 insurance companies licenced by Insurance Regulatory Authority from 2014 to 2018, where a longitudinal panel design was adopted. Multiple linear regression was used to evaluate the nature of the relationship among variables based on the hypothesis in the study and at a significance level of 5%. The findings confirmed that firm size, both gross written premiums and total assets, had a moderating effect on the relationship between risk-based capital and investment returns. Insurance companies who intend to hold a reasonable risk-based capital so as to ensure stability in times of financial crisis should consider their size either in asset base or the gross premium written. Firms can strive to underwrite more insurance business and increase their asset base in order to safeguard themselves from a one in two-hundred-year crisis and concurrently maximize the investment returns.
Residential Mortgage Default Risk and Market Returns of Public Mortgage Originator Firms in Kenya
Authors: Mutugi Mwikamba Tumaini , Muturi Willy M. , Oluoch Oluoch J.
Published: December 2020

The mortgage market plays a vital role in the development of the real estate sector. The mortgage industry in Kenya has experienced tremendous growth since the year 2000. Despite this growth, Kenyaâ€™s mortgage debt to GDP ratio is still relatively low when compared to other economies like South Africa. Default risk has been revealed as one of the risks that significantly impacts on the profitability of mortgagees. However, literature is inconclusive with reference to the relationship between default risk and the market returns of mortgage firms. Consequently, this study sought to determine the extent to which residential mortgage default risk influences the market returns of publicly listed mortgage firms in Kenya. Default risk in this case was measured using the non-performing loans ratio: the ratio of non-performing residential mortgage loans to total residential mortgage loans and advances. The study adopted descriptive and quantitative forms of research design. A census was conducted on the eleven NSE listed mortgage originating firms. A panel data regression model was utilized to draw inference from the secondary data collected. Descriptive statistical findings revealed a mean of 0.0796 with a standard deviation of 0.04219 for residential mortgage default risk. Inferential statistics revealed an R square value of 0.2794 between residential mortgage default risk and market returns of publicly listed mortgage originators. In addition, there was significant effect between default risk and the market returns of public mortgage originators. Consequently, mortgagees should develop strategies of reducing nonperforming loans. For instance, mortgage firms can improve their credit rating systems.
The Successor Training as a Success Factor in the Management and Continuity of the Family Business
Authors: Arroyo Luz del Carmen GarcÃ­a , MÃ¡rquez Montserrat GÃ³mez- , Fuentes Martha PatrÃ­cia Quintero- , PÃ©rez Manuel GonzÃ¡lez-
Published: December 2020

The formation of the successor is a process that begins at home from an early age, and its main objective is to preserve the family legacy and keep the company's administration in the hands of the family. The family business's continuity depends mainly on the training received by their predecessors' successors to replace them in business management when retirement them. A descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out that identified the influence of the successors' formation to achieve success in business management and the family business's continuity. This study collected data from 15 family businesses located in southeastern Mexico. The data collection instrument used was a closed-order questionnaire that was validated using Pearson's correlation. The chi-square test of statistical independence generates the calculation of the dependency between the variables studied. The theoretical chi-square graph is the pair of variables that make up the hypothesis and its theoretical inverse function: p-value = 0.05 vs. chi-square of 1 degree of freedom to observe the intersection. In conclusion, the statistical tests yielded six variables more dependent on each other. Items three and four, four and one, and two and seven associated with 95% reliability in theoretical or critical chi and 100% reliability in observed or experimental chi. Therefore, these results found are statistically significant. It observed that the training of successors influences business management's success and the family business's continuity. This hypothesis verified an observed or experimental chi value of 5.2387 and a theoretical or critical chi of 3.8415.