bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
USING INFORMATION FLOWS TO OPTIMIZE PRODUCTION PROCESSES IN AN INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE
Authors: Faizova Olga , Faizova Svetlana , Gutsalova Victoria
Published: August 2021

Organization, planning and management at the enterprise directly related to the use of information flows, including the collection, transmission, processing, analysis of information and the adoption of appropriate management decisions. Economic activity is impossible without the effective use of information flows, which in turn will contribute to the optimization of production processes. To do this, it is necessary to consider the organizational structure of this unit, the systemic organization in it, the nature of subordination and accountability to each other, as well as a set of coordination and information links, the procedure for distributing management functions across various levels and subdivisions of the enterprise management hierarchy. Also to explore the functions of each unit of the structural unit, reflect the essence of their elements, the relationship between them. The study of the types and essence of information flows determines the maximum completeness of their receipt, and this will ensure their effective use at all levels of enterprise management.
The important thing in the middle of all the storage elements in management is the loan organization structure of the management of the enterprise, the rationalization of the incentives and the success of its function. The situation in the light metallurgical halls has negatively impacted the business of the enterprise. To that it is necessary to develop the optimization of the go for the efficiency of the function of the enterprise in the smart minds.
The head of the poll in the analysis of information flows in the business processes of AT "Nikopolskiy ferroplaviv plant" with the method of optimizing virobnichny processes.
An enterprise is a dynamic structure, the work of which is based both on the basis of the relationship between the feeling of the middle and the internal relationship between the elements. Every enterprise cannot be realized without the transfer of information. Management of information streams is one of the main tasks, without a lot of ill-advised development, not only of the enterprise, but of the whole.
The Modified Increment Method for Eigenspace Model
Authors: Wei Chunjie , Wang Jian
Published: August 2021

Eigenspace is a convenient way to represent sets of observations with widespread applications, so it is necessary to accurately calculate the eigenspace of data. With the advent of the era of big data, the increasing and updating of data bring great challenges to the solution of eigenspace. Hall, et al. [1], proposed that the incremental method could update the eigenspace of data online, which reduces computational costs and storage space. In this paper, the updating coefficient of the sample covariance matrix in an incremental method is modified. Numerical analysis shows that the modified updating form has better performance.
An architecture of water: creating H2O thresholds.
Authors: specified Author not
Published: August 2021

Each year, at the start of the winter semester, undergraduate and graduate students, faculty and staff, and invited guests come together to take part in the annual Collaborative Exercise (CEx) held at the Department of Architectural Science at Ryerson University. The five-day event challenges students to address an important contemporary issue.

The intention of the exercise is to engage students to collaborate, think and design, while investigating a topic related to architecture and the built environment. Through this experience, students have the opportunity to work with students from other years in the Department’s program, to achieve a common design goal.

The Collaborative Exercise ends with an exhibition at the Paul H. Cocker Gallery in the Ryerson University’s Architecture Building. This book showcases the outcomes of the 2016 Collaborative Exercise, entitled An Architecture of Water: Creating H2O thresholds.
An architecture of water: creating H2O thresholds.
Authors: Kapelos George Thomas
Published: August 2021

Each year, at the start of the winter semester, undergraduate and graduate students, faculty and staff, and invited guests come together to take part in the annual Collaborative Exercise (CEx) held at the Department of Architectural Science at Ryerson University. The five-day event challenges students to address an important contemporary issue.

The intention of the exercise is to engage students to collaborate, think and design, while investigating a topic related to architecture and the built environment. Through this experience, students have the opportunity to work with students from other years in the Department’s program, to achieve a common design goal.

The Collaborative Exercise ends with an exhibition at the Paul H. Cocker Gallery in the Ryerson University’s Architecture Building. This book showcases the outcomes of the 2016 Collaborative Exercise, entitled An Architecture of Water: Creating H2O thresholds.
Evaluating Percentage Rotatability For The Small Box – Behnken Design
Authors: Kiwu Lawrence Chizoba , Bartholomew Desmond Chekwube , Kiwu-Lawrence Fidelia Chinenye , Obite Chukwudi Paul , Okafor Ikechukwu Boniface
Published: August 2021

Rotatability property for the Small Box-Behnken design is discussed in this paper. This paper aimed at applying a measure of obtaining percentage rotatability on the Small Box-Behnken designs to determine if the Small Box-behnken designs are rotatable or not and investigated the extent of rotatability in terms of percentage. The factors, q, considered range from 3 to 11. The results showed that for factors q, the Small Box-Behnken design is rotatable for q = 3 factors, near rotatable for q = 4, 7 factors and not rotatable for q = 5, 6, 8, 9, 10 and 11 factors.
RETRACTED: Acute Ecotoxicological Effects of Bauxite Residue Addition on Mortality and Motion-frequency of Dendrobaena veneta and Enchytraeus albidus (Annelida) in Three Types of Soils
Authors: Kerekes Ivett Kriszta , Pusztai Éva , Kemény Sándor
Published: August 2021

This article was retracted by the authors on March 08, 2022.
Nafnið.is
Authors: Lethbridge Emily
Published: August 2021

Greinin segir frá nýjum vef Stofnunar Árna Magnússonar í íslenskum fræðum, nafnið.is.
Af hverju góðlátlegur en ekki *góðleglátur?: Um leyfilegar og óleyfilegar viðskeytaraðir í íslensku
Authors: Indriðason Þorsteinn
Published: August 2021

Í greininni er sagt frá rannsókn á viðskeytaröðum í íslensku með nafnorðs- og lýsingarorðsviðskeytum í fyrsta sæti, hversu algengar þessar raðir eru og hvaða valhömlur (e. selectional restrictions) eru ráðandi í viðskeytingunni. Þessar raðir voru fengnar þannig að 26 viðskeyti sem mynda nafnorð voru pöruð við 22 viðskeyti sem tengjast nafnorðum og sömuleiðis voru 9 viðskeyti sem mynda lýsingarorð pöruð saman við 12 viðskeyti sem tengjast lýsingarorðum. Eftir stóð 661 möguleg röð þegar vinsaðar höfðu verið út raðir með samskonar viðskeytum (sbr. t.d. -legleg). Leitað var að staðfestum röðum meðal þessara mögulegu raða í Íslenskum orðasjóði og Beygingarlýsingu íslensks nútímamáls og fundust 36 slíkar, 19 raðir með nafnorðsviðskeyti í fyrsta sæti og 17 raðir með lýsingarorðsviðskeyti í fyrsta sæti.

Mögulegar ástæður fyrir hlutfallslega fáum staðfestum röðum eru ræddar. Valhömlur spila stórt hlutverk til þess að skýra þetta. Sum viðskeyti geta t.d. ekki tengst grunnorðum sem sjálf eru viðskeytt þó þau geti hæglega tengst tvíkvæðum grunnorðum (sbr. t.d. -lát). Að auki virðist nær ómögulegt að breyta röð viðskeyta innan orðs og sum viðskeyti geta ekki bætt við sig viðskeytum og geta því ekki myndað viðskeytaraðir. Í greininni er einnig fjallað um ‚klofna viðskeytingu‘ þar sem eignarfallsendingar koma á milli tveggja viðskeyta en endingin gerir það að verkum að viðskeytingin getur haldið áfram, sbr. dæmi eins og leikaraskapur. Öll þessi atriði eiga sinn þátt í því að staðfestar viðskeytaraðir eru hlutfallslega fáar í íslensku.
Staða íslensku á sviði fjármála
Authors: Þorbergsdóttir Ágústa
Published: August 2021

Greinin fjallar um stöðu íslensku í fjármálaheimi. Orðaforði á sviði fjármála hefur tekið miklum breytingum á síðustu árum enda hafa fræðin og efnahagslífið verið í örri þróun og mörg ný hugtök hafa komið með innleiðingu Evróputilskipana. Þetta gerir það að verkum að stöðugt þarf að uppfæra íðorðasöfn á þessu sviði svo að þau verði ekki úrelt. Rannsóknin beindist m.a. að því að kanna áhrif af þessum aðstæðum. Rannsóknin var framkvæmd á þann hátt að send var spurningakönnun til fjármálafyrirtækja og fjármálastofnana og auk þess til þýðingastofa sem þýða fjármálatexta. Spurt var um viðhorf til íðorða (hvort þau skipta miklu eða litlu máli), hvort íðorð væru skráð og þá á hvaða hátt, hvernig gangi að finna íslensk íðorð og hver væru helstu vandamál tengd íðorðum.

Helstu niðurstöður eru þær að mikill meirihluti telur meðferð íðorða skipta mjög miklu máli en skráning á íðorðum er þó áberandi lítil. Fram kemur að um helmingur þátttakenda þarf að leita að íslenskum íðorðum nokkrum sinnum í viku eða daglega. Meira en helmingur þátttakanda telur að helstu vandamál tengd íðorðum í fjármálum séu að þeim hefur ekki verið safnað saman á einn stað. Um 20% þátttakenda benda einnig á gamla og úrelta íðorðalista sem vandamál.
Íslensk stafsetningarorðabók
Authors: Sigtryggsson Jóhannes
Published: August 2021

Greinin fjallar um nýja vefútgáfu af Íslenskri stafsetningarorðabók sem opnuð var 2020.
PRESERVING AFRICAN LANGUAGES AND TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY IN THE FACE OF EDUCATION AND GLOBALIZATION
Authors: Abari Ayodeji Olasunkanmi , Oyetola Idowu Olufunke , Okunuga Adedapo Adetayo
Published: August 2021

With the colonization of Africa, the language of the colonial masters has taken precedence over the indigenous languages of the Africans to the extent that the latter seems to be going into extinction. Yet, education is better founded on the native language of a people which also preserves their culture and tradition and gives them their own separate identity. Meanwhile, the world has turned into a global village and there now exist international languages with the owners’ ways of life. The latter seems to have subsumed the culture and tradition of others who are borrowers of the international language. Where then lays the fate of Africans, between the preservation of their indigenous languages and the risk of being left out and behind the rest of the world if they do not simultaneously come to terms with international languages. It is these issues of language and education, as well as globalization and African territorial integrity that this study examines separately and jointly with a view to juxtaposing them. The study then recommends balanced ways out of the dilemma one of which is the compulsory use of the mother tongue by Africans as the medium of instruction at the foundational level of education.
Key words: African languages, education, globalization, preserving, territorial integrity.
PEDAGOGY 1:1 IN HIGHER EDUCATION: A CASE STUDY
Authors: Ploj Virtič Mateja , Župerl Uroš , Javornik Krečič Marija
Published: August 2021

The use of ICT in education has changed substantially over the last two decades. The development of new technologies has enabled us, the users, to mature and gain experience. The introduction of ICT in the educational process at the same time means a change of the teachers' role. The teacher appears in the role of a mentor who directs the activities of the learner. There has been a change in the teacher preparation to teach. He should provide both the content as well as technical support and to create a suitable learning environment. The way of teaching in the natural science and engineering education is specific due to the need of transfer knowledge into the practice. The nature of work in this kind of education requires more experimental work, based on individual learning process. There are many different implementation options of laboratory exercises that advantageously incorporate ICT into the nature of their work. The most popular in engineering education are two different types of laboratories: Simulation (virtual) and Remote controlled (online) labs, defined by Balamuralithara and Woods (2009). A remote controlled laboratory for conducting remote experiments at the University of Maribor, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering was developed. Development of the remote lab was carried out as an exploratory work of the group of students and professors. The lab was developed in the following three phases: development of the construction with corresponding technical documentation, development of the control system and development of the system for remote control of a lift. The successful student project is evident through the applicability of the developed laboratory that serves as a great tool for studying and offers all the benefits of ICT.
Key words: experimental work, higher education, learning environment, pedagogy 1:1.
AGE-APPROPRIATENESS OF THE SCIENTIFIC VOCABULARY FOR BEGINNING READERS
Authors: Müürsepp Mare
Published: August 2021

The study concerning an experimental learning material was carried out in the primary school. A specific feature of the innovative material is topic based on notions related to physics. Seven years old pupils' pre-knowledge of scientific notions have been analysed in the current study. A sample of the vocabulary suggested by the physicists was tested with different groups of respondents: pupils of the first grade, pupils additionally involved in extracurricular activities in the club "Friend of Science" and the students of a teacher training department. The notions selected by the physicists denote the phenomena of energy, space science, atomic and digital study area that up till now were not included in the actual primary school curriculum. As a result of this study, the fact has to be reported that the pupils – not having had any previous lessons on these themes – have given 72% right answers altogether, but the pupils involved in the special club, know nearly all presented notions. There are conclusions drawn from the current study for compiling of texts for beginning reader and for introducing the scientific themes in primary school lessons.
Key words: beginning reading, primary education, reading material, vocabulary, zone of proximal development.
ON POPULARIZATION OF SCIENTIFIC EDUCATION IN ITALY BETWEEN 12TH AND 16TH CENTURY
Authors: Pisano Raffaele , Bussotti Paolo
Published: August 2021

Mathematics education is also a social phenomenon because it is influenced both by the needs of the labour market and by the basic knowledge of mathematics necessary for every person to be able to face some operations indispensable in the social and economic daily life. Therefore the way in which mathematics education is framed changes according to modifications of the social environment and know–how. For example, until the end of the 20th century, in the Italian faculties of engineering the teaching of mathematical analysis was profound: there were two complex examinations in which the theory was as important as the ability in solving exercises. Now the situation is different. In some universities there is only a proof of mathematical analysis; in others there are two proves, but they are sixth–month and not annual proves. The theoretical requirements have been drastically reduced and the exercises themselves are often far easier than those proposed in the recent past. With some modifications, the situation is similar for the teaching of other modern mathematical disciplines: many operations needing of calculations and mathematical reasoning are developed by the computers or other intelligent machines and hence an engineer needs less theoretical mathematics than in the past. The problem has historical roots. In this research an analysis of the phenomenon of “scientific education” (teaching geometry, arithmetic, mathematics only) with respect the methods used from the late Middle Ages by “maestri d’abaco” to the Renaissance humanists, and with respect to mathematics education nowadays is discussed. Particularly the ways through which mathematical knowledge was spread in Italy between late Middle ages and early Modern age is shown. At that time, the term “scientific education” corresponded to “teaching of mathematics, physics”; hence something different from what nowadays is called science education, NoS, etc. Moreover, the relationships between mathematics education and civilization in Italy between the 12th and the 16th century is also popularized within the Abacus schools and Niccolò Tartaglia. These are significant cases because the events connected to them are strictly interrelated. The knowledge of such significant relationships between society, mathematics education, advanced mathematics and scientific knowledge can be useful for the scholars who are nowadays engaged in mathematics education research. Key words: Abacus schools, mathematics education, science & society, scientific education, Tartaglia
Fundraising Communication Strategy of Islamic Philanthropy Institutions for Increasing National Zakat Revenues
Authors: Mukhyiddin Mukhyiddin , Musyafa' Musyafa'
Published: August 2021

The purpose of this research is to analyze the concept of fundraising communication strategy or Islamic philanthropic institution association and the effectiveness of Islamic philanthropic institution fundraising communication. This research method is a qualitative case study type with the object of research in Islamic philanthropic institutions in Jepara, Central of Java, Indonesia. Data mining uses observation, documentation, in-depth interviews and Forum Group Discussion (FGD) techniques. The results showed that the fundraising communication strategy carried out by Islamic philanthropic institutions used interpersonal communication, public communication, involvement of figures, involvement of donors in massive activities and advertisements. The effectiveness of communication in the fundraising of Islamic philanthropic institutions uses persuasive communication techniques, getok tular (in Java means sharing information to others by mouth) in group communities and massive advertising.
ENHANCING EFL LEARNERS’ QUALITY OF INTERACTION THROUGH GROUND RULES INCORPORATED IN COLLABORATIVE STRATEGIC READING
Authors: Khonamri Fatemeh , Sangari Marjan , Yaqubi Baqer
Published: August 2021

The present research tries to investigate the impact of teaching Ground Rules (GRs) on EFL learners’ quality of interaction while they are implementing Collaborative Strategic Reading (CSR). To this purpose, five Iranian EFL intermediate learners who were learning English language in an institute in Iran were selected.  In this study, after three sessions of implementing CSR, 5 GRs were explicitly taught to the learners, and learners’ interaction was analyzed for three subsequent sessions to investigate whether teaching GRs has influenced learners’ quality of interaction during the implementation of CSR. The study was done on the platform of adobe-connect. The researcher recorded learners’ interactions during six sessions for further analysis. Qualitative research design was applied in this study to examine the changes in the quality of learners’ interaction. The result of the study indicated that teaching GRs promoted the quality of learners’ interaction during the implementation of CSR.
STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION ON TEACHER-STUDENTS’ INTERACTION IN AN ONLINE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
Authors: Franssisca Ruth Eliana , Lestariningsih Fransisca Endang
Published: August 2021

Online learning environment is one of the ways to conduct a learning activity. It usually uses some internet-based programs to support the learning activity including teacher-students’ interaction. Many challenges are considered to occur more on online learning rather than on site learning. Due to its limitation, online learning environment is questioned to be an effective way in providing interaction among teacher and students. Thus, this paper aims to find students’ perspective of teacher-students interaction in an online learning environment. Moreover, to collect the data from the participants, this study used an interview to get in-depth information to see students’ perspective on the related topic. The result shows that two-ways discussion was preferably chosen by the participants and feedback should be given orally, rather than in written form, to help the participants understand more about the materials.
IS ONE PAGE LESSON PLAN BETTER? : VOICES OF ENGLISH TEACHERS
Authors: Rahayu Ni Kadek Nita , Utami I.G.A. Lokita Purnamika , Utami Ida Ayu Made Istri
Published: August 2021

Lesson plan is an essential part in teaching and learning process. Recently, the government was released the Circular Letter number 14 of 2019 regarding to the simplification of lesson plan. It announced that one-page lesson plan as the new lesson plan format used in Indonesia. The one-page lesson plan format is shorter than the previous lesson plan, where the teachers only required to fulfill 3 main components and the other components are belonging to non-compulsory components. One-page lesson plan has three principles, namely effective, efficient, and student-oriented. This study aims at analyzing the English teachers' perspectives toward the one-page lesson plan principles at SMKN 3 Singaraja. The study was designed with a case study qualitative approach. The data were gathered by conducting an in-depth interview with the teachers. The study was involved four English teachers at SMKN 3 Singaraja. This study shows all of the English teachers have the same perspectives on one-page lesson plan principles that one-page lesson plan is more effective, efficient, and student-oriented if compared to the previous lesson plan format. The findings of this study imply that one-page lesson plan format helps the teachers easier to design an efficient, effective and more student-oriented instruction.
Penerapan Dan Implementasi Sistem Informasi Perpustakaan Berbasis Web Di Perpustakaan Smk Modellink Kabupaten Sorong
Authors: Saptono Marcelinus Petrus , Suryani Luluk
Published: August 2021

Information technology is very responsible in the development of the library world. The role of technology is a computerized information system so as to improve performance to be more optimal. The increase in books and borrowing systems requires better, complete and factual management systems and services. This study aims to build a web-based information system at Modellink Vocational School in Sorong Regency that can be accessed online. The web-based library information system is built using Open Source Software (OSS) web devices using the Circular Library Management System (SLiMS) that supports AJAK (Asynchronous Javaskrip and XML) technology and can be run on Windows or Linux Operating Systems with PHP and MySQL RDBMS. Development of a web-based library information system using the Waterfall Method according to Pressman (2010). The results of this study proved to have been designed Web-based Library Management Information System Application at Modellink Vocational School in Sorong Regency which can be accessed online or offline that produces information about effective and efficient grouping management that makes features of loan transactions, returns, collection reservations, rules flexible lending, information and fines, making membership card membership, inventory management inventory (inventory), reports and statistics, issue management, management of multimedia documents and digital documents such as pdf. Detailed book descriptions are available in XLM (Extensible Markup Language) format for web service needs.
SISTEM INFORMASI UJIAN MASUK PERGURUAN TINGGI DENGAN PELAYANAN ONE DAY SERVICE BERBASIS ONLINE (STUDI KASUS DI UNIVERSITAS MUHAMMADIYAH SORONG)
Authors: Soekarta Rendra , Fridayanti Eri
Published: August 2021

AbstrakUniversitas Muhammadiyah Sorong merupakan satu-satunya Universitas swasta milik Persyarikatan Muhammadiyah yang berada di Kota Sorong Provinsi Papua Barat. Pada setiap tahunya Kampus Universitas Muhammadiyah menyelenggarakan Ujian Tes Masuk Perguruan Tinggi. Pada sistem awal pelaksanaan Ujian bagi Calon Mahasiswa Baru di Kampus Universitas Muhammadiyah Sorong masih secara manual, masih menggunakan kertas, alat tulis dan masih memerlukan waktu yang banyak dalam mengerjakan soal serta hasil penentuan jurusan berdasarkan nilai ujian masih di umumkan di papan pengumuman. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah membuat sistem informasi yang dapat digunakan untuk memudahkan panitia ujian dalam pelaksanaan ujian, pengoreksian jawaban, menentukan nilai serta penentuan jurusan bagi calon mahasiswa berdasarkan nilai hasil ujian dan mengurangi estimasi waktu dalam pengerjaan soal ujian.Penelitian ini dilakukan dengan menggunakan metode Waterfall untuk pengembangan perangkat lunak dengan tahapan Analisis Kebutuhan, Desain Sistem, Implementasi (coding), Pengujian, Penerapan dan Pemeliharaan Sistem. Sistem Informasi ujian ini di bangun menggunakan Bahasa Pemograman PHP 5.6.31 d dan MySql 4.8.2. Kemudian Perancangan Database menggunakan UML dan ERD . Implementasi Sistem Informasi Ujian ini meliputi Pengerjaan Ujian, Pembuatan Soal, Data Peserta Ujian dan Calon Peserta dapat mengetahui nilai hasil ujian dan Penentuan lulus ke jurusan berdasarkan perolehan nilai ujian.
Perancangan Prototype Sistem Control Dan Monitoring Lahan Parkir Kendaraan Roda Dua Berbasis Arduino Mega 2560
Authors: Alam Teguh Hidayat Iskandar , Soekarta Rendra , Hasanuddinn Hasanuddinn
Published: August 2021

Peningkatan jumlah kendaraan di Universitas Muhhammadiyah Sorong berdampak pada lahan parkir yang mulai padat, peningktan ini dipengaruhi oleh peningkatan jumlah mahasiswa di Universitas Muhammadiyah Sorong. Hal ini akhirnya menyebabkan mahasiswa memarkirkan kendaraan mereka ke tempat yang tidak seharusnya dijadikan tempat parkir yang tentunya juga beresiko dari segi keamanan. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk membuat sebuah sistem control dan monitoring lahan parkir agar pengendara memarkirkan kendaraan mereka dengnn tertib. Perancangan ini menggunakan Mikrokontroler Arduino mega 2560 yang merupakan pemgendali mikro single board dari keluarga Mikrokontroler ATmega[1] , Motor Servo Sg 90 dan  Sensor Infrared sebgai inputan untuk menggerakan Servo dan juga untuk menghitung kendaraan yang masuk dan keluar dari lahan parkir, jumlah kendaraan tersebut kemudian ditampilkan pada lcd (Liquid Crystal Display) serta Buzzer akan berbunyi sebagai notifikasi kepada pengendara apabila lahan parkir telah penuh.
Perancangan Prototype Sistem Control Penyiram Bibit Tanaman Berbasis Arduino Atmega 328
Authors: Soekarta Rendra , Amri Irman , Said Reza Mochammad
Published: August 2021

Pembudidayaan bibit tanaman di Madrasah Aliyah Negeri Model Sorong yang dilakukan sekelompok organisasi pelajar pecinta alam, mereka masih menerapkan cara penyiraman bibit yang manual, hal ini membutuhkan tenaga dan waktu yang lebih banyak. Sehingga kurangnya waktu yang dimiliki masing-masing anggota untuk menyiram secara rutin dan di waktu sore hari. Maka dari itu bibit menjadi terhambat dan bahkan tidak berhasil tumbuh dengan baik. Sehingga di buatlah sistem penyiram bibit tanaman otomatis dengan mengontrol kelembaban tanah jika saat tanah kering pompa air akan hidup dan menyiram bibit tanaman sampai kelembaban tanah basah maka pompa air akan berhenti mengalir.
Bottom temperature warming and its impact on demersal fish off the Pacific coast of northeastern Japan
Authors: Kakehi S , Narimatsu Y , Okamura Y , Yagura A , Ito S
Published: August 2021

Global climate change occurs not only at the ocean surface but also at the ocean bottom, which is the main habitat of demersal fish. To clarify the current status of bottom temperature warming off the Pacific coast of northeastern Japan, we examined gridded bottom temperature fields from 2003 to 2019. These fields were created by a newly developed gridding method using flexible Gaussian filter weighting with time, distance, and depth. Spatially averaged bottom temperature had a strong, significant warming trend of 0.083 to 0.115°C yr-1 in depth zones of 150-300 m, indicating bottom temperature warming. Corresponding to the warming, increases in landing amounts were found for warm-water species such as searobin in the middle region of our study area (37°50’-39°N). Seasonal catch amounts suggest that ribbon fish and swimming crab recently began to overwinter and reproduce in the area. The distribution shifts of non-target species in fisheries were also analyzed using bottom otter trawl survey data from the area from 2003 to 2019. Northward distribution shifts and increases in density were observed in blackbelly lantern shark and bighand grenadier, indicating that bottom temperature warming led to habitat expansion. Conversely, darkfin sculpin and jelly eelpout shifted northward with decreasing density, suggesting that bottom temperature warming had a negative effect on them. Deepsea bonefish shifted deeper into colder waters with increasing density and mean body weight. Thus, changes and responses of demersal fish to bottom temperature warming in the area were revealed.
Investigating growth and reproduction of the Mediterranean swordfish Xiphias gladius through a full life cycle bioenergetics model
Authors: Hatzonikolakis Y , Tsiaras K , Tserpes G , Somarakis S , St John MA , Peristeraki P , Raitsos DE , Triantafyllou G
Published: August 2021

A Wisconsin type bioenergetics model was developed to investigate the growth and reproduction of the Mediterranean swordfish Xiphias gladius L., 1758. Reproduction was simulated using an energy allocation algorithm with a fixed part of assimilated energy stored for egg production. Stomach contents were used to estimate the daily ration of swordfish (3% of body weight for adults) in order to calibrate the consumption compartment. The model outputs of growth were in agreement with fisheries observation data, with estimates of annual egg production (~17.5 million eggs) per individual similar to those stemming from stock assessment datasets. Our study highlights the importance of bioenergetics in the reproduction of swordfish, suggesting that each individual is reproductively active for ~15 d, while the commonly reported spawning season of the whole population lasts ~90 d. Sensitivity analysis showed that swordfish growth and reproduction is largely controlled by consumption and respiration parameters. We provide a detailed description of a full life cycle swordfish bioenergetics model that could be embedded as a module in an end-to-end modelling framework, ultimately describing the population dynamics of the Mediterranean swordfish stock in relation to environmental variability.
Trophic ecology of juvenile green turtles in the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean: insights from stable isotope analysis and niche modelling
Authors: Gama LR , Fuentes MMPB , Trevizani TH , Pellizzari F , Lemons GE , Seminoff JA , Domit C
Published: August 2021

Determining the diet and trophic status of endangered species can provide insights into their key habitats and predator-prey relationships, both essential for conservation. Integrating dietary information from live-captured and dead-stranded turtles from the same area can also shed light on their ecological diversity. Here, diet intake and prey diversity are determined for juvenile green turtles Chelonia mydas from a mixed stock foraging aggregation in the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean (SWAO) using stable carbon (δ13C) and nitrogen (δ15N) isotope analysis. Skin samples were collected from 117 live-captured (LC) turtles and 66 dead-stranded (DS) individuals along the Paraná coast, southern Brazil. Bayesian isotope ellipse space was determined using the program SIBER. A larger isotopic niche space was found among DS turtles, probably because it included long-term resident turtles and recently settled individuals, the latter of which presented low δ15N values compared to larger putative local turtles. The Bayesian stable isotope mixing model MixSIAR was used to determine dietary contributions, using isotopic values of putative prey. MixSIAR results indicated invertebrates and macroalgae as primary prey groups, showing the omnivorous strategy of green turtles in the SWAO. Moreover, many of the smallest DS turtles had δ15N values suggestive of seagrass consumption, which may reflect individual- and/or life-stage-based diet variability. These findings underscore the value of integrating stranding monitoring protocols with research on live green turtles to evaluate habitat use and diet intake assembled in a neritic foraging area. The data also further knowledge about green turtle foraging ecology and are relevant for species and habitat conservation throughout the SWAO.
A Study on the Effect of Multi-Axial Forging Type on the Deformation Heterogeneity of AA1100 Using Finite Element Analysis
Authors: Kim Min-Seong , Kim Jeong Gyun , Yoo Tae Hyun , Jo You Yeon , Lee Seong , Jeong Hyo-Tae , Choi Shi-Hoon
Published: August 2021

The effect of 3 forging routes (Route A - 1~12 passes by plane forging (PF) and reverse-plane forging (R-PF), Route B – 1~6 passes by PF and R-PF, 7~12 passes by diagonal forging (DF) and reversediagonal forging (R-DF), Route C – 1~12 passes by DF and R-DF) on maximum load to produce the workpiece, deformation heterogeneity and hydrostatic pressure distribution in AA1100 was theoretically investigated using finite element analysis (FEA). The maximum load per pass required to complete 1 cycle of the SPD process was different depending on the forging routes. Route A was relatively higher than Route B and C. From the results of effective strain, the deformation heterogeneity was predicted at the center, edge, and corner regions of the AA1100 workpiece produced by Route A and B. However, the distribution of effective strain in Route C was relatively more homogeneous than Route A and B. The average hydrostatic pressure, which is closely related to the suppression of crack formation in the workpiece under multi-axial forging, was predicted to be relatively bigger in Route C than Route A and B.
Reading for Senseation in Poetry
Authors: Kikas Kristiine
Published: August 2021

The article, as part of ongoing research, is a theoretical account of the workings of affect and affectivity in the process of reading poetry, closing with an illustrative reading. It takes heed of the criticism of the terminology employed in affect studies and the employability of affect in critical discourse as an operative category. The study shows that the difficulty in the applicability of affect in discursive situations lies in its nature – in its being at once experienceable, yet impalpable. As a consequence, the article proposes the need to relocate the perspective within the reading for affect as an empty term and foregrounds the ways in which concentrating on Deleuzian sensation and sense, rather than affect alone, allows it to become operative.
Predicting the Effects of Drug Combinations Using Probabilistic Matrix Factorization
Authors: Nafshi Ron , Lezon Timothy R.
Published: August 2021

Drug development is costly and time-consuming, and developing novel practical strategies for creating more effective treatments is imperative. One possible solution is to prescribe drugs in combination. Synergistic drug combinations could allow lower doses of each constituent drug, reducing adverse reactions and drug resistance. However, it is not feasible to sufficiently test every combination of drugs for a given illness to determine promising synergistic combinations. Since there is a finite amount of time and resources available for finding synergistic combinations, a model that can identify synergistic combinations from a limited subset of all available combinations could accelerate development of therapeutics. By applying recommender algorithms, such as the low-rank matrix completion algorithm Probabilistic Matrix Factorization (PMF), it may be possible to identify synergistic combinations from partial information of the drug interactions. Here, we use PMF to predict the efficacy of two-drug combinations using the NCI ALMANAC, a robust collection of pairwise drug combinations of 104 FDA-approved anticancer drugs against 60 common cancer cell lines. We find that PMF is able predict drug combination efficacy with high accuracy from a limited set of combinations and is robust to changes in the individual training data. Moreover, we propose a new PMF-guided experimental design to detect all synergistic combinations without testing every combination.
Construction Industry Training Assessment Framework
Authors: Jadallah Hazem , Friedland Carol J. , Nahmens Isabelina , Pecquet Charles , Berryman Charles , Zhu Yimin
Published: August 2021

The construction industry suffers from a lack of structured assessment methods to consistently gauge the efficacy of workforce training programs. To address this issue, this study presents a framework for construction industry training assessment that identifies established practices rooted in evaluation science and developed from a review of archival construction industry training literature. Inclusion criteria for the evaluated studies are: archival training studies focused on the construction industry workforce and integration of educational theory in training creation or implementation. Literature meeting these criteria are summarized and a case review is presented detailing assessment practices and results. The assessment practices are then synthesized with the Kirkpatrick Model to analyze how closely industry assessment corresponds with established training evaluation standards. The study culminates in a training assessment framework created by integrating practices described in the identified studies, established survey writing practices, and the Kirkpatrick Model. This study found that two-thirds of reviewed literature used surveys, questionnaires, or interviews to assess training efficacy, two studies that used questionnaires to assess training efficacy provided question text, three studies measured learning by administering tests to training participants, one study measured changed behavior as a result of training, and one study measured organizational impact as a result of training.
Regulation of Ferroptosis Pathway by Ubiquitination
Authors: Wang Xinbo , Wang Yanjin , Li Zan , Qin Jieling , Wang Ping
Published: August 2021

Ferroptosis is an iron-dependent form of programmed cell death, which plays crucial roles in tumorigenesis, ischemia–reperfusion injury and various human degenerative diseases. Ferroptosis is characterized by aberrant iron and lipid metabolisms. Mechanistically, excess of catalytic iron is capable of triggering lipid peroxidation followed by Fenton reaction to induce ferroptosis. The induction of ferroptosis can be inhibited by sufficient glutathione (GSH) synthesis via system Xc– transporter-mediated cystine uptake. Therefore, induction of ferroptosis by inhibition of cystine uptake or dampening of GSH synthesis has been considered as a novel strategy for cancer therapy, while reversal of ferroptotic effect is able to delay progression of diverse disorders, such as cardiopathy, steatohepatitis, and acute kidney injury. The ubiquitin (Ub)–proteasome pathway (UPP) dominates the majority of intracellular protein degradation by coupling Ub molecules to the lysine residues of protein substrate, which is subsequently recognized by the 26S proteasome for degradation. Ubiquitination is crucially involved in a variety of physiological and pathological processes. Modulation of ubiquitination system has been exhibited to be a potential strategy for cancer treatment. Currently, more and more emerged evidence has demonstrated that ubiquitous modification is involved in ferroptosis and dominates the vulnerability to ferroptosis in multiple types of cancer. In this review, we will summarize the current findings of ferroptosis surrounding the viewpoint of ubiquitination regulation. Furthermore, we also highlight the potential effect of ubiquitination modulation on the perspective of ferroptosis-targeted cancer therapy.
Staphylococcus aureus Infection Influences the Function of Intestinal Cells by Altering the Lipid Raft-Dependent Sorting of Sucrase–Isomaltase
Authors: Mergani AhmedElmontaser , Wanes Dalanda , Schecker Natalie , Branitzki-Heinemann Katja , Naim Hassan Y. , von Köckritz-Blickwede Maren
Published: August 2021

Staphylococcus aureus is an important nosocomial and community-acquired facultative intracellular pathogen. Many studies have reported that S. aureus infections are associated with intestinal symptoms, but little is known about the molecular mechanisms implicated in S. aureus-induced alterations of intestinal functions. In this study, we investigated the implication of lipid rafts in the interaction of S. aureus with Caco-2 cells. To assess potential alterations in the lipid raft structure and effects on the hydrolytic function, we utilized sucrase–isomaltase (SI) as the major intestinal α-glucosidase that is associated with and sorted to the apical membrane via lipid rafts. Seven days post-confluent, Caco-2 cells were infected with S. aureus Newman and further incubated for an additional 2 days. After 48 h, the levels of SI expression as well as the enzymatic function of this protein were assessed in the infected versus non-infected cells. Analysis of the sorting behavior of SI to the apical membrane constituted another crucial aspect in studying the effects of S. aureus on Caco-2 cells. For this purpose, the apical membranes or brush border membranes (BBMs; referred to as P2 fraction) were separated in both infected and non-infected cells from the basolateral and intracellular membranes (referred to as P1 fraction) by employing a cationic-based procedure using CaCl2. The data show that there is no significant change in the overall expression levels of SI in the infected versus non-infected cells as assessed by Western blotting analysis using monoclonal anti-SI antibodies. By contrast, a significant decrease in the localization as well as the specific hydrolytic activities of SI toward sucrose and isomaltose (Palatinose) was observed in the BBM (P2 fraction) in Caco-2 cells 48 h post-infection. Concomitantly, the specific SI activities increased in the basolateral membrane/intracellular fraction (P1). Noteworthy, the specific activity of SI in the BBM of infected cells was markedly reduced as compared with that of the non-infected counterparts. The data accumulated from this study strongly suggest that infections with S. aureus influence the final step in the lipid raft-associated trafficking of human SI and thereby may trigger secondary functional gastrointestinal disorders.
Synthesis of Tert-Octylsalicylaldoxime and Its Application in Extraction of Cu(II)
Authors: Li Liqing , Feng Luo , Liao Chunfa , Li Fangxu , Yang Liqin
Published: August 2021

The alkyl salicylaldoxime has attracted more and more attention recently due to the complex branched alkyl groups. In this study, a novel alkyl salicylaldoxime, tert-octylsalicylaldoxime, was successfully synthesized by the one-pot method. The yield and purity by the elemental analysis were 96.17 and 94.13%, respectively. The structure was confirmed by elemental analysis, FT-IR, 1H NMR (Nuclear Magnetic Resonance), 13C NMR spectroscopy, and MS. Results showed that tert-octylsalicylaldoxime with a new structure exhibited excellent extraction ability and selectivity for Cu(II) and can be successfully used to recover Cu from copper-nickel alloy electroplating wastewater. Thus, this product has the potential to be used as a powerful copper extractant in the future.
Climatological and Epidemiological Conditions Are Important Factors Related to the Abundance of blaKPC and Other Antibiotic Resistance Genes (ARGs) in Wastewater Treatment Plants and Their Effluents, in an Endemic Country
Authors: Rodríguez Erika A. , Pino Nancy J. , Jiménez J. Natalia
Published: August 2021

Several physicochemical and season factors have been related to the abundance of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), considered hotspots of bacterial resistance. However, few studies on the subject have been carried out in tropical countries endemic for resistance mechanisms such as blaKPC. In this study, the occurrence of ARGs, particularly blaKPC, was determined throughout a WWTP, and the factors related to their abundance were explored. In 2017, wastewater samples were taken from a WWTP in Colombia every 15 days for 6 months, and a total of 44 samples were analyzed by quantitative real-time PCR. sul1, sul2, blaKPC, and ermB were found to be the most prevalent ARGs. A low average reduction of the absolute abundance ARGs in effluent with respect to influent was observed, as well as a greater absolute abundance of ARGs in the WWTP effluent in the rainy season. Factors such as temperature, pH, oxygen, total organic carbon (TOC), chemical oxygen demand (COD), and precipitation were significantly correlated with the absolute abundance of several of the ARGs evaluated. A generalized linear mixed-effects model analysis showed that dissolved oxygen and precipitation in the sampling day were important factors related to the absolute concentration of blaKPC over time. In conclusion, the abundance of ARGs in the WWTP could be influenced by endemic conditions and physicochemical and climatological parameters. Therefore, it is necessary to continuously monitor clinical relevant genes in WWTPs from different global regions, even more so in low-income countries where sewage treatment is limited.
Magnifying Focusing Events: Global Smoke Plumes and International Construal Connections in Newspaper Coverage of 2020 Wildfire Events
Authors: Groff Stephen P.
Published: August 2021

As climate policy focusing events, wildfires are distinct from hurricanes, floods, and tornados because they also result in the release of massive smoke plumes that contribute to the concentration of atmospheric carbon. However, unlike melting glaciers, wildfires may be easier to dismiss as individual acts of human error, spontaneous acts of mother nature, and/or necessary ecological processes of agricultural renewal. This paper presents a mixed-methods analysis of 150 international and domestic English language newspaper articles related to wildfire events occurring in Australia, Canada, Germany, Greece, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States during the year 2020. The analysis examines how news coverage of wildfire events might focus or diffuse attention to international climate policy and anthropogenic global warming. The quantitative findings provide evidence to suggest that 30% of wildfire coverage is attributed to climate change. However, qualitative analysis suggests that climate change is acknowledged as a blame frame that is often only inferentially attributed to anthropogenic origins. The mixed-methods analysis finds that only 6% of news coverage related wildfire events to emission contributions. The analysis of these exemplar articles suggests that the international travel of wildfire smoke may serve as a focusing event from which to emphasize wildfires as both a consequence of and contributor to, global warming. Findings indicate that environmental coalitions and scientific experts’ engagement with the press are integral to creating frames that link the increasing frequency, duration, and range of wildfire events to climate policy needs.