bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Dampak Peristiwa G30S Tahun 1965 Terhadap Kekristenan di Jawa, Sumatera Utara dan Timor.
Authors: Landena Salomi
Published: November 2020

Peristiwa 30 September 1965 telah memunculkan rezim baru di Republik Indonesia di bawah kendali Suharto. Rezim baru ini atas desakan dari mahasiswa akhirnya membubarkan PKI dengan mengeluarkan ketetapan MPRS No. XXV/MPRS/1966 yang menyatakan bahwa ideologi PKI tidak lagi dizinkan hidup di Indonesia. Akibat dari pelarangan ini maka banyak terjadi pembantaian terhadap anggota PKI yang notabene sebagian besar di antara mereka ialah orang abangan
Covid-19 Pandemic-Global Lesson Learnt so far
Authors: Cecilia Fetnani
Published: November 2020

According to the WHO, as at the 24th of September 2020, there has been 32,083,271 confirmed cases, 981,219 confirmed Coronavirus-related deaths and 23,657,572 recoveries from the disease. The pandemic has so far affected 213 countries and territories around the world and 2 international conveyances. The aim of this review is to identify all the lessons learnt so far with the global management of the current Covid-19 pandemic with the objective of building our global capacity to strategically manage current and future pandemics to enhance global public health. The recommendation moving forwards in the midst of this pandemic seems that we ensure a strong focus on comprehensive testing and surveillance strategies (including isolation and treatment of those infected, contact tracing and quarantining of close contacts of those infected), community measures (including physical distancing and wearing of non-medical face masks in public places), protection and strengthening of healthcare systems, provision of balanced accurate and transparent scientific –based information sharing, meticulous implementation of hand hygiene (hand washing and use of alcohol based hand sanitizers) and avoiding touching the face, nose, eyes and mouth, use of, global collaboration and information sharing, provision of social and economic assistance to the affected and vulnerable in communities, significant investment into national economies, provision of appropriate and adequate personal protective equipment, provision of an enabling environment that front line staff need to carry out their life saving responsibilities, the promotion of mental wellbeing among people living under physical distancing isolation measures and doubling effort at developing a vaccine against Covid-19.
E-Leadership: The Implication of Digital Transformation for Leadership in Organizations in Africa
Authors: Cecilia Fetnani
Published: November 2020

The paper discusses electronic leadership (e-leadership) competencies that would ensure organizational competitiveness in the digital transformation of an organisation or a unit of an organisation. Like any other large-scale transformation of a business that has high failure rates, digital transformation can fail and it is failing in organisations in Africa; making them bankrupt requiring business rescue or taking them completely out of business. Digital transformation is considered as the process of using digital technologies (integrating cyber-physical systems (CPS) i.e., (intelligent network systems) and business processes) to create and improve production, sustain customer experiences; thus, the use of digital technologies to integrate business process, office automation, industrial process and factory automation to transform business. It is therefore argued that most African organizations are currently faced with the critical challenge of determining the pre- convergence and convergence of technologies, their alignment with strategy and their integration with business processes and systems to build digital business infrastructure for competitiveness. The concept of enactment of technology-in-practice derived from Adaptive Structuration Theory was used as a lens through which to understand and interpret the implications of the digital transformation on leadership competencies to derive e-leadership profile to lead African businesses in the digital age. As such the objective of this paper is to determine the competencies of e-leadership to lead digital transformation agenda of an organization in a highly and digitally competitive marketplace. It is a qualitative study, using an interpretative paradigm in a case study methodology where semi- structured interviews were used to collect data from each unit of analysis representing specific South African based businesses. The selected Cases in South African were extensively investigated. The enactment of e-leadership derived from AST is proposed to lead digital transformation. The implication is that the deployment of e-leadership in an organization has a potential to yield benefits such as the creation of higher organisational flexibility, empowerment of staff and strategic/competitive advantages for the organization. This paper proposes that having effective e-leaders in an organisation would lead to adequate appropriation of digital technologies to digitally transform an organisation.
Green synthesis of Copper oxide and Cobalt oxide nanoparticles using Spinacia Oleracea leaf extract
Authors: Ahmed Yameen , Hussain Jamshaid , Asif Sohaib
Published: November 2020

The investigation aims at the synthesis of copper oxide and cobalt oxide nanoparticles using Spinacia Oleracea leaf extract. The Spinacia Oleracea leaf extract behaves as a reducing agent in the nanoparticle synthesis. Plant extract was first prepared and then treated with copper and cobalt salt solutions to get the precipitate. The salt solutions used for this purpose are copper sulphate pentahydrate (CuSO4.5H2O) and cobalt chloride hexahydrate (CoCl2.6H2O). The UV-Vis, XRD, EDX and SEM techniques are used to find optical, structural and morphological properties of copper oxide and cobalt oxide nanoparticles. The average crystallite size of copper oxide nanoparticles is 44 nm and have a hexapod structure. The UV absorption peaks are at 326 nm and 506 nm for copper oxide and cobalt oxide nanoparticles.
GEAC: Generating and Evaluating Handwritten Arabic Characters Using Generative Adversarial Networks
Authors: Alafif Tarik
Published: November 2020

Generative Adversarial Network (GAN) has made a breakthrough and great success in many research areas in computer vision. Different GANs generate different outputs. In this research work, we apply different GANs to generate handwritten Arabic characters. A basic GAN, Vanilla GAN, Deep Convolutional GAN (DCGAN), Bidirectional GAN (BiGAN), and Wasserstein GAN (WGAN) are used. Then, the results of the generated images are evaluated using native-Arabic human and Fréchet Inception Distance (FID). The qualitative and quantitative results are provided for the images generation and evaluation. In experimental evaluation, WGAN achieves better results in FID with a value of 96.007. On the other hand, DCGAN achieves better results in native-Arabic human evaluation with a value of 35%.
Climate activism: what we know and what more we need to learn. A psychological and sociological review
Authors: Castiglione Anna
Published: November 2020

Earth is experiencing severe global heating due to anthropogenic activities, and while measures to reduce CO2 emissions need to be quickly set in place, most governments are not doing so. Grassroot collective action plays a fundamental role in putting pressure on governments to increase emission regulations, yet few people engage in such collective action. It is important to better understand what triggers one’s decision to join collective action and why. In this review, I summarize some of the factors that have been found to correlate with engagement in environmental collective activism, drawing on the empirical psychological and sociological literature. I then propose that additional factors have been pointed out by theoretical sociology, that are relevant candidates for future empirical testing. I conclude by pointing out limitations of the current literature on climate activism, and I make suggestions for methodological improvements.
Longitudinal Study of Pandemic and Natural Disaster Distress
Authors: Bulbulia Joseph , Piven Sofia , Greaves Lara , Osborne Danny , Troughton Geoffrey , Yogeeswaran Kumar , Sibley Chris G
Published: November 2020

Recent research in New Zealand, Australia, China, and the United States finds that COVID-19 increased psychological distress as measured by the Kessler-6 inventory. It is theorised that health risks, loss of employment, and economic downturn precipitated by COVID-19 produced distress, and that confidence in government, social belonging, and sense of community may mitigate against pandemic distress. However, theories of pandemic distress mitigation remain untested. Here, we compare longitudinal responses from the New Zealand Attitudes and Values Study (NZAVS), March 26th to April 12th, 2020 (lockdown), with participants’ pre-COVID-19 baselines from the previous year (N=940) to investigate pandemic distress mechanisms during New Zealand's first stringent national lockdown.
The Strategic Environment of the US-Australia Alliance in the Indo-Pacific Era
Authors: Vuving Alexander
Published: November 2020

The strategic environment is best likened to an ever-changing river that consists of a myriad of interacting currents residing at various depths and moving with different speeds. Shaping this environment effectively is not the same as causing changes or making differences, but is similar to swimming efficiently in this river. The most powerful currents in this river are related to climate, demographic, technological and economic changes, great power relations, big catastrophes, and human dynamics. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic will have the largest impact on the strategic environment in the short to medium term. Although the directions of many changes brought about by the global plague are still unfathomable as the pandemic continues to unfold, four trends accelerated by the pandemic—the growth in importance of the cyber domain, the bifurcation of the world economy, the intensification of great power competition, and the transformation of international architecture—are constituting the shape of things to come. In the medium to long term, the hegemonic contest between China and the United States will have the largest impact on the strategic environment. Metaphorically speaking, it is creating the largest vortex in the river that is the strategic environment. East Asia and Australia will be drawn into this vortex even against the best effort to stay outside. This chapter argues that, contrary to the belief of many, there is no Thucydides Trap—the structural cause of war—in this hegemonic contest because it is structured as a game of chicken, not a prisoner’s dilemma. It is important for any player in this environment to recognize the strategic structure of the US-PRC hegemonic contest and apply the best strategy for it as suggested by this structure. China has masterfully played the game of chicken with its gray zone tactics, its pursuit of ‘war by other means’, i.e., its weaponization of the non-military, even of risks. The US-PRC hegemonic contest will not resemble the Cold War much beyond this strategic structure. It will be very different from the Cold War in important aspects, including the ideological and economic realm. Most strikingly, the main front lines of the contest will be in the maritime and cyber domains and, consequently, will be far more fluid and unstable than those of the Cold War.
The Role of Health Promotion during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Authors: Simkhada Padam , Mahato Preeti , Tamang Pasang , Teijlingen Edwin Van , Shahi Prakash
Published: November 2020

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Factors Associated with Early Marriage in Rural Mid-Western Nepal
Authors: Yogi Belpatra Nath
Published: November 2020

Early (or child) marriage is a global public health issue influenced by a complex web of factors including socio-demographic conditions of the people. The present paper aims to examine factors associated with early marriageamong the people in rural communities of Nepal. A cross-sectional end-line study was carried out among 155 married respondents selected through cluster cum convenience sampling from six clusters of two rural districts of Mid-western Nepal. The mean age at first marriage was 18.4 years (SD=3.83). Two-third of them had an early marriage and the proportion of early marriage was remarkably higher among women than men (77.8% vs. 42.6%). The prevalence of early marriage was the most common among those of women, age-group of 35-44 years, illiterate and basic literate ones, nuclear and small families, and Janajatis. Sex and educational status of the respondents had a statistically significant association with their marital age (p < 0.05) and were major factors associated with early marriage but other socio-demographic factors such as age, caste/ethnicity, family type, family size and source of income were notfound directlyassociated with early marriage for the sample. Future research efforts should prioritize gender-transformative interventions to recognize and confront inequitable gender norms and actions.
Street Children in Nepal: Causes and Health Status
Authors: Sharma Mohan Kumar
Published: November 2020

Street children refer to the children who have not reached adulthood, for whom the street has become their habitual abode and/or a source of livelihood. The reasons for their connection to the street will vary from nation to nation, city to city, and from person to person. This research envisaged to explore the causes of being street children and assess their health status of two study areas, Kathmandu and Birjung, Nepal. The research followed descriptive, exploratory and applied 'QUAN-qual', quantitative dominant mixed methods. The two: semi-structured questionnaire with 150 participants for quantitative data and Key-in-depth interviews (KIIs) with 18 participants for qualitative data were employed in this research. The research areas were purposively selected as per the researcher's pre-observation and respondents on the basis of convenience sampling. The quantitative data were analyzed using the Statical Package for the Social Science (SPSS) software version 20.0 and qualitative data were thematically analyzed using content analysis. The findings of the study depicted that the dominant causes to be street children are family-based causes. Economic, social, and other causes are second, third, and fourth respectively in the study area. Additionally, gender and alcohol consumed behavior was found significant where education level and age had no significance to determinants of the health status of street children. The overall implication of the study signifies that the attention has been shifted from treating the biological to encouraging street children to gain positive necessary health skills that are based on self-care and self-management behaviors including knowledge, beliefs, attitude, motivation, and behaviors.
Ludobójstwo w świetle wybranych relacji więźniów obozów koncentracyjnych Auschwitz, Majdanek, Stutthof i Gross-Rosen
Authors: Sadzikowska Lucyna
Published: November 2020

The article is devoted to the analysis of testimonies, accounts, memoirs, ego-documents by concentration camp prisoners of Auschwitz, Majdanek, Stutthof, and Gross-Rosen. Thesource material kept in the said KLs’ archives contains a multitude of individual histories of survivors of the genocide, either described in detail or concisely noted down. What the authorfocuses on is the variety of those testimonies to suffering and tragedy of people incarcerated in concentration camps. At the same time, she observes that for the former prisoners, decades after leaving the camps, the Shoah and hell are synonymous with genocide. The most common terms used by them to describe genocide are: mass extermination, the Holocaust, Annihilation, hell, the Shoah, hideous violence, total annihilation – both physical and moral.
Dwa zapomniane opowiadania
Authors: Zarębińska-Broniewska Maria
Published: November 2020

Dwa opowiadania Marii Zarębińskiej-Broniewskiej
Mental Mapping Method in Anthropological Studies on Cultural Landscape
Authors: Szot-Radziszewska Elżbieta , Zuzanna Popławska Joanna
Published: November 2020

This paper presents the method of mental mapping, adapted for the purposes of anthropological research on perception and assessment of urbanised spaces. Its application is also discussed in the evaluation of cultural landscape, taking into account the aspect of human experience. The method allows for examination of the inhabited environment’s perceptions and their externalisation in the form of mental maps constructed on the basis of residents’ relations of examined locations. The analysis of mental maps allows both for identification and description of elementsthat create the structure of the space and the evaluation of their role in the life of the community and in the formation of a harmonious landscape. The source basis of the article, apart from works referred to in the bibliography, are ethnographic field studies conducted between 2014 and 2017 in ten villages in the Kielce Voivodeship and in Kielce.
Dilemmas of Poland’s foreign and security policies in the post-Cold War period in the context of its geopolitical location between Russia and Germany
Authors: Stolarczyk Mieczysław
Published: November 2020

The research objective of this paper is the presentation of the influence (significance) of the geopolitical factor in Poland’s relations with the Russian Federation (Russia) and the Federal Republic of Germany (Germany) in the post-Cold War period, first and foremost the influence on the shares of convergent and divergent (contradictory) interests of Poland and the two countries, as well as relevant dilemmas concerning Poland’s foreign and security policies. The main research thesis is that the geopolitical factor remains one of the chief determinants of Poland’s relations with Russia and Germany despite the changes taking place in the international system (e.g. the acceleration of globalisation processes) in the last few decades. In the post-Cold War period, however, it affected Poland’s relations with Russia in a much more negative way than it did the Polish-German relations. The German problem in its traditional sense of a hazard source diminished considerably in the Polish foreign policy in the abovementioned period, while the significance of the Russian problem increased. The decision makers of the Polish foreign policy viewed Germany first and foremost as a partner and an ally (within NATO), while Russia was seen as the main hazard to Polish security, including a military hazard in the form of a direct invasion. Wishing to present more detailed matters, the paper brings to the fore i.a. the issues concerning the essence of the geopolitical factor in the foreign policies of countries, certain conditions of Poland’s geopolitical location in the post-Cold War period, the main stages of Poland’s relations with Germany and Russia in that period together with their characteristics, the main areas of divergent interests in Poland’s relations with Germany and Russia in the second decade of the 21st century, the similarities and differences in Poland’s policy toward Germany and Russia in the post-Cold War period as well as the main dilemmas of the Polish foreign policy toward the end of the second decade of the 21st century stemming from Poland’s geopolitical location between Russia and Germany. One main conclusion formulated on the basis on those deliberations is that Poland’s geopolitical location between Russia and Germany does not doom Polish relations with the two countries to a confrontational nature for historical reasons. The geopolitical factor is not an independent prime mover; it does not entail geopolitical determinism which automatically eliminates the possibility of influencing Poland’s geopolitical situation by subsequent Polish governments. The geopolitical location does not determine eternal enemies or eternal friends because one can derive various conceptions, programmes and objectives of the foreign policy from the same geopolitical location of Poland.
Literature Study : Activity-Based Costing System
Authors: Setyaning Larashati B'tari , Fara Dita Andriani Okta
Published: November 2020

Increasing competition forces companies to be competitive. Competitiveness can be achieved by conveying product value to consumers at low prices. To achieve this, a good cost approach is needed, one of which is the Activity-Based Costing System (ABC). In this literature study the authors divide ABC into 3 parts, namely the concept of ABC, the stages in ABC and the costs and benefits of implementing ABC. ABC is a cost approach method by calculating the cost of activities to produce products, both goods and services where these activities require resources. After conducting a literature study, the authors found similarities and inequalities among several literatures and then draw conclusions. The conclusion that can be drawn is that the ABC system is used by companies to get more accurate production costs, accurate production costs can increase company profits and the criteria for companies that are suitable for using the ABC system are companies with a high level of product diversity, there is intense competition with companies that produce similar products, as well as the cost of implementing the ABC system is low.
Corn & Arak (Local Alcohol) as an Alternative to Bread & Wine in the Catholic Ritual of the Eucharist (A Deconstructive Analysis of the Novel “Lembata”)
Authors: Orong Yohanes
Published: November 2020

The purpose of this article is to analyse deconstructively an idea expressed in the novel, “Lembata”, by F. Rahardi. The novel takes its name from an island in the Province of Nusa Tenggara Timur, in Eastern Indonesia. The majority of the people there are Catholic. A priest, Pedro, is given a task there by his bishop. In Lembata, he struggles with the basic problem faced by the people, poverty. Of course that poverty is a complex matter. Facing this, he is concerned by the need to import altar bread and grape wine for use in the Eucharist. He sees this as being an example of the Catholic Church supporting capitalism, which he identifies as the root cause of poverty. Pedro takes a controversial stand. He takes local foods, corn and arak, and uses these in the ritual of the Eucharist, instead of imported bread and wine. Written in a deconstructive way, the novel has elements that have relevant values relating to the way injustice can be perpetrated under the guise of promoting religious piety. As well as raising the question about the possibility of using alternative material to what is the norm in a religious ritual, the novel,“Lembata”, also speaks about the concept of deconstruction and the attitude of the Catholic Church to poverty.
Against Amnesia: African Nova Scotia Women’s Generational Leadership in Civil Rights Organizing, 1950–79
Authors: Walters Reakash
Published: November 2020

Le présent article met en lumière le rôle essentiel que les femmes africaines de Nouvelle-Écosse ont joué dans l’organisation des droits civils à Halifax et au Canada. L’article porte sur le développement du mouvement des droits civils au cœur de la lutte pour l’égalité raciale de 1950 à 1979. J’essaie de contrer l’effacement systémique de l’histoire des femmes noires en relatant les contributions communautaires de trois femmes de la célèbre famille Jones : Willena, Joan et Lynn. Cet article rétablit la connaissance de l’histoire des femmes noires et revisite les notions d’activisme, d’organisation et de développement d’un mouvement, bousculant leur conceptualisation dominante.
Canine Skull Digitalization and Three-Dimensional Printing as an Educational Tool for Anatomical Study
Authors: da Silveira Erick Eduardo , da Silva Lisboa Neto Antônio Francisco , Carlos Sabino Pereira Helton , Ferreira Janaina Santos , dos Santos Amilton Cesar , Siviero Fábio , da Fonseca Ricardo , de Assis Neto Antonio Chaves
Published: November 2020

This article aims to standardize 3D scanning and printing of dog skulls for educational use and evaluate the effectiveness of these anatomical printed models for a veterinary anatomy course. Skulls were selected for scanning and creating 3D-printed models through Fused Deposition Modeling using acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene. After a lecture on skull anatomy, the 3D-printed and real skull models were introduced during the practical bone class to 140 students. A bone anatomy practical test was conducted after a month; it consisted in identifying previously marked anatomical structures of the skull bones. The students were divided into two groups for the exam; the first group of students took the test on the real skulls, whereas the second group of students took the test on 3D-printed skulls. The students’ performance was evaluated using similar practical examination questions. At the end of the course, these students were asked to answer a brief questionnaire about their individual experiences. The results showed that the anatomical structures of the 3D-printed skulls were similar to the real skulls. There was no significant difference between the test scores of the students that did their test using the real skulls and those using 3D prints. In conclusion, it was possible to construct a dynamic and printed digital 3D collection for studies of the comparative anatomy of canine skull species from real skulls, suggesting that 3D-digitalized and-printed skulls can be used as tools in veterinary anatomy teaching.
Veterinary Forensics, Animal Welfare and Animal Abuse: Perceptions and Knowledge of Brazilian and Colombian Veterinary Students
Authors: Monsalve Stefany , de Souza Poliana V. , Lopes Alícia S. , Leite Luana O. , Polo Gina , Garcia Rita
Published: November 2020

Veterinarians have a fundamental role to play in the detection of animal abuse and domestic violence cases. Therefore, it is essential that veterinary colleges provide appropriate training in animal welfare and veterinary forensics. The aim of this article is to characterize the perception and knowledge of veterinary students about training in veterinary forensics, animal welfare and the association between animal abuse and human violence. An online survey was made available to veterinary students at 227 veterinary colleges in Brazil and 22 in Colombia. The Chi-square test of independence was performed to compare responses of Brazilian and Colombian students for categorical survey items. Most of the surveyed students indicated that their college offered animal welfare training. However, only 21.8% (47/216) of the Colombian and 43.1% (216/523) of the Brazilian students mentioned that their veterinary colleges offered veterinary forensics training. Deficits in training in identification of non-accidental traumas, reporting of animal abuse and awareness of the association between interpersonal violence and animal abuse were identified in both countries. Despite this, more than 90% of students were aware of the relationship between these two crimes and in the importance of receiving compulsory training in animal abuse and veterinary forensics. Likewise, most of the respondents recognized that animal abuse includes both physical and mental abuse. The results highlight the need to improve education in animal welfare, animal abuse, human violence and veterinary forensics in veterinary colleges in Brazil and Colombia.
ОРГАНІЗАЦІЙНІ ФОРМИ ПЛАНУВАННЯ НАВЧАЛЬНОГО ПРОЦЕСУ ПІДГОТОВКИ МАЙБУТНІХ УЧИТЕЛІВ ІНФОРМАТИКИ В ІНФОРМАЦІЙНО-ОСВІТНЬОМУ СЕРЕДОВИЩІ
Authors: Andrii Shuliak
Published: November 2020

The article provides a comparative analysis of traditional and innovative organizational forms of education in the higher education institutions. New forms of educational activity with the use of ICT tools (network interaction, multimedia lecture, online lecture, slide lecture, distance learning, electronic seminars, webinars, case technology, forum, e-mail consultation, computer testing, telecommunication project, group projects on wiki technology, joint blogging, etc.). In the article we opened didactic possibilities of application of innovative organizational forms in educational process. The peculiarity of the application of electronic lecture and its types (online-lecture, slide-lecture, video-lecture, combined lecture; laboratory works with the use of computer and appropriate software; independent work on informatics; network interaction and its resources (teleconference, chat, WWW) (World Wide Web), e-mail, FTP, blog), online communities and forms of educational activities (educational teleconference, off-line conference or virtual conference, chat, training workshop, virtual learning with the help of the pedagogical community, educational competition, joint creation of web pages, virtual survey of students, educational virtual project, virtual party, master class on a specific topic, design seminar, project festival, etc.), distance, blended learning and their software.
Modified Y Splitting of Lateral Rectus in Treatment of Abnormal Vertical Eye Movements Combined with Globe Retraction in Duane Retraction Syndrome
Authors: Kocak Altintas Ayse Gul , Kocak Altintas Ayse Gul
Published: November 2020

Duane retraction syndrome is the most frequently seen restrictive ocular motility disorders. It is clinically
presented with limitation of horizontal movement, variable amounts of upshoots or downshoots and globe
retraction combined with narrowing of the palpebral aperture on attempted adduction. An 8-year-old patient
presented with severe restriction of abduction, reciprocal upshots or downshoots, and globe retraction
combined with the palpebral fissure narrowing of on adduction. After the modified Y splitting of LR and
recession of both horizontal rectus operation, all cosmetically disfiguring clinical features disappeared. In
this case report modified Y splitting procedure and its long-term efficacy is presented.
Prognostic Factors for Bile Leak and Long-Term Survival in 23 Patients with Klatskin Type III Tumors
Authors: El Asmar Antoine R. , El Asmar Antoine R. , Abou-Malhab Christina , Ghabi Elie , Saber Toufic , Akl Bernard , Rassi Ziad El
Published: November 2020

Objective: Surgical resection of hilar cholangiocarcinoma carries significant morbidity and mortality,
particularly if postoperative bile leak occurs. Prognostic factors and scoring tools have been described for
overall morbidity and mortality but none are specific for postoperative bile leak. In this study, we investigate
the prognostic utility of various factors in predicting overall morbidity, mortality and risk of biliary leak in
Bismuth Type III tumors with the hopes of developing a scoring tool in future research.
Materials and Methods: A retrospective sample of 23 patients with Bismuth Type III tumors exclusively
who underwent surgery between 2010 and 2017 were selected for this study. Demographic, surgical,
pathologic and biochemical data were collected from the patients’ medical records.
Results: 11 patients underwent a right hepatectomy for type IIIa tumors and 10 patients underwent a left
hepatectomy for type IIIb tumors. 2 patients were lost to follow up and were excluded. R0 resection was
achieved in 20 patients. Overall survival at 1, 3 and 5 years was 78.3%, 61.9% and 38.1%, respectively. A
BMI >24kg/m2 was associated with a worse prognosis, increased overall morbidity and decreased survival
at 1, 3 and 5 years (p<0.05). A preoperative creatinine >0.74 was associated with decreased 5-year survival
(p<0.05).
Conclusion: A BMI >24kg/m2
and a preoperative creatinine >0.74 are associated with a poor prognosis in
Bismuth Type III Klatskin tumors. Furthermore, Age, sex, preoperative hemoglobin, tumor size, use of
CUSA and type IIIb tumors demonstrate a borderline significant association with the occurrence of
postoperative bile leak.
Drying and Properties of Solid Residue from Guava (Psidium guajava) Pulp Processing
Authors: Amante Edna Regina , Olinda Carvalho Farias Salete Maria de , Maria Gervin Vanessa , da Silveira Isabela , Amante Edna Regina
Published: November 2020

The solid residue from pulp production of guava (Psidium guajava) represents around 30% of the raw
material. The drying of this residue on drier’ trays at 45, 50, 55, 60, 65 and 70 °C was investigated. After
drying, the material was ground in one of two types of mills: a knife or a hammer mill. Guava flour samples
were characterized according to their water absorption capacity (WAC), oil holding capacity (OHC),
emulsifying and foaming properties, lycopene, total carotenoids and phenolic compounds. The drying
curves show typical behaviour and five mathematical models (two-term exponential, Henderson and Pabis,
diffusion approximation, Page and logarithmic) were constructed. Of the models tested for the temperatures
applied in the experiment, only the Henderson and Pabis model, when adjusted to the experimental data
obtained at temperatures of 45 to 50 °C did not represent the drying kinetics of the guava processing solid
residue, with coefficients of determination of 0.9376 and 0.6905, respectively. The type of mill and the
drying temperature influenced the phenolic compounds, lycopene and total carotenoids. The WAC was
higher than the OHC for all drying temperatures, due to the high content of dietary fiber in this residue.
Changes in the radiation regime and photosynthesis in the crown of an apple tree when pruning for perennial wood
Authors: Gurin A. G. , Rezvyakova S. V. , Revin N. Yu.
Published: November 2020

The article presents data on the study of the radiation regime and photosynthesis net productivity in the crown of an apple tree in connection with the regenerative pruning of old-aged trees. The object of the research was an apple tree of the Antonovka obyknovennaya variety, a seed stock (seedlings of cultivated varieties), planted in 1987. The test plot soil is leached chernozem. Options: 1. Established pruning (control); 2. Pruning for 5-6 year-old wood; 3. Pruning for 7-8 year-old wood. The experiment was arranged inrandomized blocks of 6 accounting trees in 3 replicates. The regenerative pruning was carried out in spring 2016. Every year damaged branches were removed in the control variant, while “wolf-like” shoots were thinned in other variants. The solar output was accounted within the daytime with the 2-hour interval from the northern and southern sides of the apple tree crown in its center, as well as under the crown at a distance of 1, 2 and 3 meters from the periphery to the center of the crown. The measurements were carried out after the growth activity cessation in the fine weather in August with a universal albedometer M-69 coming with a galvanometer GSA-1. The net productivity of leaves was determined by the method of A. S. Ovsyannikov in parallel, taking into account solar radiation. It is revealed that the regenerative pruning has a considerable impact on the performance of the solar output. The greatest arrival of solar radiation is noted on the periphery of the crown. In the treatment with pruning branches for 5-6 year-old wood, this parameter was 10.5-13.5 % higher than in the control variant. Pruning branches for 7-8 year-old wood improved lighting conditions by 27.6-31.7 % compared to the control. In the lower part of the crown, the radiation regime is less favorable for the photosynthesis process relative to the central part of the crown. Regenerative pruning increased the photosynthesis productivity significantly. In the central part of the crown, the highest parameters of the net photosynthesis productivity were observed on the periphery on the southern side when pruning for 7-8 year-old wood - 7.81 g of dry basis/m2 *day.
Detection of the cavitation component in the total increase of reducing sugars as a result of inversion of sucrose under ultrasonic influence on vegetable and fruit purees
Authors: Patsyuk L. K. , Fedosenko T. V. , Kondratenko V. V.
Published: November 2020

The article presents the results of a study of the process of inversion of sucrose in apple, carrot and pumpkin puree, occurring under ultrasonic action on them, with the formation of the total amount of reducing sugars, as well as with the identification of the autonomously manifested cavitation component that occurs simultaneously with thermal inversion. The relevance of research consists in identifying the quantitative value of reducing sugars formed due to a separately flowing cavitation component in the general inversion of sucrose, when exposed to ultrasound with specified parameters, in order to obtain new types of products with different physicochemical parameters and organoleptic characteristics, depending on changes in parameters processing. To identify the part of reducing sugars formed by the cavitation effect alone, in the total inversion of sucrose occurring during ultrasonic exposure to the product, it is necessary to exclude part of the increase in reducing sugars from the total amount of increase detected by thermal exposure. As a result of the calculations, the following values of the increase in the amount of reducing sugars (relative to the original data), obtained only due to the cavitation effect during ultrasonic processing of puree, were obtained. In natural apple puree the increase was 240 mg per 100 g, and in puree with added sucrose – 495 mg per 100 g, which is 2 times higher. In carrot puree the natural increase was 74 mg per 100 g, and in puree with sucrose it was 150 mg per 100 g, which is twice higher and confirms the same pattern as in apple puree. In natural pumpkin puree the increase was 27 mg per 100 g, and in puree with sucrose it was 84 mg per 100 g, which is more than 3 times higher than in natural. The results obtained allow us to conclude that when processing the product with ultrasound, the process of sucrose inversion is intensified; including its component obtained due to the cavitation effect, and the inversion is more deeply manifested in puree with added sucrose.
PROBLEMS OF THE ORIENTAL HISTORY AND MODERNITY: REFLECTIONS ON LEONID B. ALAEV’S BOOK
Authors:   Southern Federal University, Drach G. V. , Kirillov A. A. ,   Southern Federal University
Published: November 2020

The article continues to discuss Prof. Leonid B. Alaev’s book Problems of the Oriental History (Moscow, 2019). Turning to the Oriental history, the author of the monograph creates a broad picture of the world’s historical development, including the Eastern world’s current state, and extrapolates his observations on Russia. The authors focus on the main problem, which, in their opinion, provokes a discussion. This is a question about the correlation between the historical knowledge and metatheory. The article focuses on controversial issues arising from Leonid Alaev’s critique of the Marxist and civilizational approaches. The East–West dilemma and the problem of the Western path of development become central. Against this background, it becomes possible for Leonid Alaev to turn to the history of colonialism and ground a few conclusions about the modern Russia. The author relies on a lot of historical facts and transforms the Oriental studies into a foundation for the world history freed from Eurocentrism. Leonid Alaev overcomes dogmatism of the Marxist approach to human history as a progression through a series of stages and considers the Marxist theory of the historical process from the viewpoint of historical facts. However, the authors consider that Eurocentrism, which is characteristic of Marxism and its modern adherents and reformers, shows resilience, contrary to Prof. Alaev’s conclusions. Transition from the Marxist idea of monolinear historical development to Wallerstein’s position, the world-system analysis, is clearly not enough to overcome it. In general, Leonid Alaev’s research is characterized by undeniable thoroughness and puts forward reasoned arguments, providing basis for further fruitful discussions.
G.K. Gilbert and the Bonneville shoreline
Authors: Oviatt Charles G.
Published: November 2020

The Bonneville shoreline, the highest, and second-most prominent shoreline of Pleistocene Lake Bonneville in Utah, Nevada, and Idaho, has been thought for many years to have formed during a period ofprolonged overflow (500 to 1000+ years) and lake-level stability prior to the Bonneville flood. That traditional idea was initially promoted by G.K. Gilbert during the 1870s before he spent over a decade on field work related to Lake Bonneville. During Gilbert’s field work, his observations led him to a different interpretation of how the Bonneville shoreline developed, and by the time his final report on Lake Bonneville was published in 1890, he was no longer promoting the idea of prolonged overflow. Instead he thought of the Bonneville shoreline as a geomorphic record of the highest level attained by the transgressing lake in the closed basin; the shoreline marks the boundary between lacustrine-dominated landforms below and fluvial-dominated landforms above. For over 120 years after Gilbert’s (1890) monograph was published, researchers ignored his interpretation, and assumed (but did not present supporting evidence), that Lake Bonneville had overflowed for a prolonged period prior to the Bonneville flood while the Bonneville shoreline developed. Re-examination of the geomorphology of the Bonneville shoreline, the stratigraphy of Lake Bonneville deposits, the geomorphology of the overflow area, and the history of Lake Bonneville, shows that Gilbert’s 1890 interpretation is consistent with observations. Considering this, to accurately interpret the history of Lake Bonneville the Bonneville shoreline should be viewed as the level the lake had reached in the closed basin when its transgression ceased and it began to spill into the Snake River drainage basin.
Self-management resource in increasing professional vitality and developing the managerial culture of teachers
Authors: Osipova Olga P. , Shklyarova Olga A.
Published: November 2020

The article discusses issues related to the problems of professional viability of an education worker in an electronic information and educational environment. Self-management and time management are considered as tools for the professional and personal development of teachers. The theses are confirmed with the research study results of the faculty of the Department of Educational Systems Management named after T. I. Shamova of MPGU.
“Portrait” of the receiver of distance learning services in the context of implementation of non-formal education of children
Authors: Babich Lyubov V. , Mironenko Elena S.
Published: November 2020

The goal of the research was to conduct a comprehensive study of children as receivers of distance learning services in order to organize in the future a student-centered educational process that contributes to the achievement of better results. In 2018, the authors conducted surveys among students at the Economic Internet School of the Vologda Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The characteristics of receivers of such services as demographic characteristics, level of motivation, status of personal development, communication and organizational features, were comprehensively studied. In addition, the effect of these factors on learning success was analyzed. Thus, the “portrait” of the student was compiled with the goal to effectively organize the educational process. Based on the results of the study, we make suggestions concerning the organization of distance learning for children.
Research of the correlation between interpersonal tolerance and personality self-attitude at the student age (on the example of university and college students)
Authors: Efremkina Irina N.
Published: November 2020

The article presents the results of an empirical research of the relationship between interpersonal tolerance and self-attitude at student age (n = 100) on the example of university and college students. Theoretical analysis shows that modern researchers call communicative tolerance and empathy as an important manifestations of interpersonal tolerance. At the same time, the attitude to another person can be influenced by the attitude to oneself (self-attitude). The research used valid and reliable methods of diagnostics of the communicative tolerance by V. V. Boyko; diagnostics of the level of empathic abilities by V. V. Boyko; research of self-attitude by S. R. Panteleev. It was found that empathy indicators have a small number of correlations with self-attitude indicators in both sub-samples. At the same time, many correlations between indicators of communicative tolerance and indicators of self-attitude in both sub-samples were found at a sufficient level of significance. The correlation between communicative tolerance, empathy, and self-attitude differs among university and college students. In case with university students, a high level of communicative tolerance is associated with positive self-attitudes, while in general, a lower degree of communicative tolerance of college students is associated with a less positive self-attitude.
Motivation for choosing educational-professional trajectory and freshmen’s academic expectations
Authors: Lyz’ Natalia A. , Labyntseva Irina S.
Published: November 2020

The paper considers the relevance of the university’s being students-oriented, shows the need to study the students’ learning motivation at the stage of university entrance, and presents the results of an empirical study. The purpose of the study is to identify the freshmen’s motives for choosing an educational-professional trajectory, awareness of their professional choice and academic expectations. To examine this phenomenon 247 first-year IT-students participated in the study. The results showed that the students are confident in their choice of major and university. Prestigious, financial and self-realization motives prevail among the motives for choosing an educational-professional trajectory. Freshmen’s expectations from studying at a university are associated with personal and professional development, activity in learning, and the satisfaction of cognitive and social needs. The results also showed the existence of a holistic system of subjective motivational foundations of students’ educational and professional activities. This system includes interrelated components: the motives for choosing an educational-professional trajectory, awareness of professional choice and academic expectations.
Verruga plantar recalcitrante tratada exitosamente con una sesión de láser PDL
Authors: Perez Wilson Jaime , García Viviana , Telchi Claudia , Gaete Mariela
Published: November 2020

Las verrugas plantares son una patología común en la población. Estas lesiones son a menudo dolorosas y recidivantes. Entre los tratamientos más utilizados están las terapias tópicas destructivas, y menos frecuentemente, el tratamiento quirúrgico. Sin embargo, con frecuencia recurren, por lo que representan un desafío para el dermatólogo.Se presenta a un paciente de 29 años con una verruga plantar recalcitrante  que fue tratada exitosamente con una sola sesión de láser PDL, sin recidiva luego de 12  meses de  seguimiento.
Quando as crianças falam de sua escola e (nos) ensinam...
Authors: Lani-Bayle Martine
Published: November 2020

O trabalho que realizamos ao longo da nossa carreira, com extensões no Brasil em particular, mostra – se necessário for – o que as crianças são capazes de fazer e o que elas esperam de suas próprias capacidades narrativas, fazendo ecoar em nós, o que podemos esperar delas em educação, na formação e na pesquisa, vinculando saberes vividos e saberes acadêmicos. Mas, se a narração, apesar disso, ainda permanece desvalorizada no mundo das reflexões, ela é, no entanto, a verdadeira “característica humana” (VICTORRI, 2002), aquilo que nos constitui como humanos no sentido mais profundo do termo: sem ela, nossa reflexividade não avançaria, nossa aprendizagem não aconteceria ou mal se faria. Então por que não levar em conta a narrativa e cultivá-la desde tenra idade especialmente na escola? E se contássemos uma história, a nossa história com os outros e entre os outros, em busca e à escuta desta capacidade narrativo-reflexiva primeva que nos acompanha em todas as idades da vida?