bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Ecosystem Services for Planning: A Generic Recommendation or a Real Framework? Insights from a Literature Review
Authors: Ronchi Silvia
Published: June 2021

Recently, the concept of Ecosystem Services (ESs) has undergone a process of mainstreaming. It has been promoted in multiple policy documents and investigated in a growing number of studies addressing the functioning, assessment and management of ESs. Despite a general recommendation to integrate ESs into planning processes, this step remains highly critical yet far from complete. This paper explores the feasibility of the recommended uses of ESs for planning purposes by examining the needs of planners and decision-makers. A systematic literature review was conducted analysing different studies to overcome the limited adoption of ESs in planning verifying their operationalisation for planning practices. The paper classifies different purpose(s) assigned to ESs supporting the planning process. The results show that few experiments have adopted a step-by-step procedure facilitating the integration of ESs into planning and highlighting their added value in each phase of the planning process. In these cases, an ES-based Green Infrastructure has allowed for their integration into planning, also adopting a multi-scale spatial dimension. More practical experiments on how a planning process works are needed to operationalise the ESs concept for planning purposes, also reinforcing the role of the Strategic Environmental Assessment that is still marginal.
CBA-Based Evaluation Method of the Impact of Defects in Residential Buildings: Assessing Risks towards Making Sustainable Decisions on Continuous Improvement Activities
Authors: Milion Raphael N. , Alves Thaís da C. L. , Paliari José Carlos , Liboni Luisa H. B.
Published: June 2021

Evaluating the impact of defects in buildings and ranking the most impactful ones enables construction companies to better choose which paths to take in light of continuous improvement activities to support more sustainable decisions regarding the design and operation of buildings. As a result, the risks of the different choices are more clearly identified while assessing all tangible and intangible aspects of residential building defects in a structured way. Although recent studies on managing construction defects in residential buildings have focused on monetary losses associated with maintenance activities based on the defect’s frequency and severity, these studies do not take into account the levels of customer satisfaction. To address this gap, this paper proposes a novel evaluation method of the impact of defects to support decision-making in managing defect occurrences in residential buildings. The goal is to rank the defects’ impact based on a combination of some critical aspects: frequency of occurrence, financial considerations on repairing such defects, the impact that these defects have on customer satisfaction, and the cost and complexity of preventing and minimizing these defect occurrences through continuous improvement activities. The method consists of a structured set of steps that use data from technical assistance departments and customer satisfaction surveys, where information about the users’ level of satisfaction and the occurrence of defects is available. In this paper, data obtained from a construction company were used to test and validate the proposed method. The method also examines the challenges and barriers associated with the technique and points out that difficulties in acquiring reliable data are a bottleneck for making conscious and sustainable decisions to address construciton defects. Moreover, the case study results highlight essential capabilities needed by companies to correctly assess the impact of defects, such as correctly logging data in a structured database and having skilled personnel to verify defects users might have complained about. The paper ends by proposing a set of guidelines to use the method and stressing that structured methods for decision-making are crucial to analyze construction defects in a structured way while also incorporating the user’s perspective. The proposed method is expected to improve sustainable managerial decisions where economic, environmental, social, and technical risks can be accounted for to enhance the quality of projects from the customer’s perspective. Such analysis can help optimize and prioritize the use of resources and minimize the economic impact of activities on the construction company.
Is Being Responsible Sustainable in Tourism? Connections and Critical Differences
Authors: Saarinen Jarkko
Published: June 2021

Since the early 1990s, sustainability has formed a development paradigm for tourism. Recently, however, researchers and policymakers have shown considerable interest in the notion of responsibility in tourism. While responsible and sustainable tourism share many common elements, their ideological context and societal background may involve critical differences. The purpose of this review paper is to discuss the ideas of responsibility and sustainability in tourism and especially how they have emerged in tourism studies and activities, and what implications their differences may have for tourism development and its future practices and policies. Here, sustainable tourism is understood as being based on regulative structures involving multiple scales of policies and decision-making, while responsible tourism derives some of its core focus and practices from neoliberal governance with its emphasis on individualized and personalized behavior and decision-making. These different contextual backgrounds indicate why we should not automatically equate these two ideas in research, especially when thinking about how the growth-driven tourism industry could and should respond to global challenges in future. Furthermore, building on the structuration theory, the paper discusses how these two different approaches are often interconnected and can lead a way towards sustainable development in tourism.
The Evaluation on the Process Capability Index CL for Exponentiated Frech’et Lifetime Product under Progressive Type I Interval Censoring
Authors: Wu Shu-Fei , Chang Wei-Tsung
Published: June 2021

We present the likelihood inferences on the lifetime performance index CL to evaluate the performance of lifetimes of products following the skewed Exponentiated Frech’et distribution in many manufacturing industries. This research is related to the topic of skewed Probability Distributions and Applications across Disciplines. Exponentiated Frech’et distribution is a generalization of some lifetime distributions. The maximum likelihood estimator for CL for lifetimes with exponentiated Frech’et distribution is derived to develop a computational testing procedure so that experimenters can implement it to test whether the lifetime performance reached the pre-assigned level of significance with a given lower specification limit under progressive type I interval censoring. At the end, two examples are provided to demonstrate the implementation on the algorithm for our proposed computational testing procedure.
Modeling and Trajectory Planning Optimization for the Symmetrical Multiwheeled Omnidirectional Mobile Robot
Authors: Almasri Eyad , Uyguroğlu Mustafa Kemal
Published: June 2021

Trajectory optimization is the series of actions that are taken into consideration in order to produce the best path such that it improves the overall performances of physical properties or reduces the consumption of the resources where the restriction system remains maintained. In this paper, first, a compact mathematical model for a symmetrical annular-shaped omnidirectional wheeled mobile robot (SAOWMR) is derived and verified. This general mathematical model provides an opportunity to conduct research, experiments, and comparisons on these omnidirectional mobile robots that have two, three, four, six, or even more omnidirectional wheels without the need to switch models or derive a new model. Then, a new computationally efficient method is proposed to achieve improvements in the trajectory planning optimization (TPO) for a SAOWMR. Moreover, the proposed method has been tested in collision-free navigation by incorporation of the path constraints. Numerical tests and simulations are presented aiming to ensure the efficiency and effectiveness of the proposed method.
Spectral Clustering Reveals Different Profiles of Central Sensitization in Women with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Authors: Pellicer-Valero Oscar J. , Martín-Guerrero José D. , Fernández-de-las-Peñas César , De-la-Llave-Rincón Ana I. , Rodríguez-Jiménez Jorge , Navarro-Pardo Esperanza , Cigarán-Méndez Margarita I.
Published: June 2021

Identification of subgroups of patients with chronic pain provides meaningful insights into the characteristics of a specific population, helping to identify individuals at risk of chronification and to determine appropriate therapeutic strategies. This paper proposes the use of spectral clustering (SC) to distinguish subgroups (clusters) of individuals with carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), making use of the obtained patient profiling to argue about potential management implications. SC is a powerful algorithm that builds a similarity graph among the data points (the patients), and tries to find the subsets of points that are strongly connected among themselves, but weakly connected to others. It was chosen due to its advantages with respect to other simpler clustering techniques, such as k-means, and the fact that it has been successfully applied to similar problems. Clinical (age, duration of symptoms, pain intensity, function, and symptom severity), psycho-physical (pressure pain thresholds—PPTs—over the three main nerve trunks of the upper extremity, cervical spine, carpal tunnel, and tibialis anterior), psychological (depressive levels), and motor (pinch tip grip force) variables were collected in 208 women with clinical/electromyographic diagnosis of CTS, whose symptoms usually started unilaterally but eventually evolved into bilateral symmetry. SC was used to identify clusters of patients without any previous assumptions, yielding three clusters. Patients in cluster 1 exhibited worse clinical features, higher widespread pressure pain hyperalgesia, higher depressive levels, and lower pinch tip grip force than the other two. Patients in cluster 2 showed higher generalized thermal pain hyperalgesia than the other two. Cluster 0 showed less hypersensitivity to pressure and thermal pain, less severe clinical features, and more normal motor output (tip grip force). The presence of subgroups of individuals with different altered nociceptive processing (one group being more sensitive to pressure pain and another group more sensitive to thermal pain) could lead to different therapeutic programs.
Review of Lambda Interferons in Hepatitis B Virus Infection: Outcomes and Therapeutic Strategies
Authors: Novotny Laura A. , Evans John Grayson , Su Lishan , Guo Haitao , Meissner Eric G.
Published: June 2021

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) chronically infects over 250 million people worldwide and causes nearly 1 million deaths per year due to cirrhosis and liver cancer. Approved treatments for chronic infection include injectable type-I interferons and nucleos(t)ide reverse transcriptase inhibitors. A small minority of patients achieve seroclearance after treatment with type-I interferons, defined as sustained absence of detectable HBV DNA and surface antigen (HBsAg) antigenemia. However, type-I interferons cause significant side effects, are costly, must be administered for months, and most patients have viral rebound or non-response. Nucleos(t)ide reverse transcriptase inhibitors reduce HBV viral load and improve liver-related outcomes, but do not lower HBsAg levels or impart seroclearance. Thus, new therapeutics are urgently needed. Lambda interferons (IFNLs) have been tested as an alternative strategy to stimulate host antiviral pathways to treat HBV infection. IFNLs comprise an evolutionarily conserved innate immune pathway and have cell-type specific activity on hepatocytes, other epithelial cells found at mucosal surfaces, and some immune cells due to restricted cellular expression of the IFNL receptor. This article will review work that examined expression of IFNLs during acute and chronic HBV infection, the impact of IFNLs on HBV replication in vitro and in vivo, the association of polymorphisms in IFNL genes with clinical outcomes, and the therapeutic evaluation of IFNLs for the treatment of chronic HBV infection.
Genetic Characterization of a New HIV-1 Sub-Subtype A in Cabo Verde, Denominated A8
Authors: Mendes Da Silva Rayana Katylin , Monteiro de Pina Araujo Isabel Inês , Venegas Maciera Karine , Gonçalves Morgado Mariza , Lindenmeyer Guimarães Monick
Published: June 2021

Previous molecular characterization of Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) samples from Cabo Verde pointed out a vast HIV-1 pol diversity, with several subtypes and recombinant forms, being 5.2% classified as AU-pol. Thus, the aim of the present study was to improve the characterization of these AU sequences. The genomic DNA of seven HIV-1 AU pol-infected individuals were submitted to four overlapping nested-PCR fragments aiming to compose the full-length HIV-1 genome. The final classification was based on phylogenetic trees that were generated using the maximum likelihood and bootscan analysis. The genetic distances were calculated using Mega 7.0 software. Complete genome amplification was possible for two samples, and partial genomes were obtained for the other five. These two samples grouped together with a high support value, in a separate branch from the other sub-subtypes A and CRF26_A5U. No recombination was verified at bootscan, leading to the classification of a new sub-subtype A. The intragroup genetic distance from the new sub-subtype A at a complete genome was 5.2%, and the intergroup genetic varied from 8.1% to 19.0% in the analyzed fragments. Our study describes a new HIV-1 sub-subtype A and highlights the importance of continued molecular surveillance studies, mainly in countries with high HIV molecular diversity.
Reovirus Low-Density Particles Package Cellular RNA
Authors: Thoner Timothy W. , Ye Xiang , Karijolich John , Ogden Kristen M.
Published: June 2021

Packaging of segmented, double-stranded RNA viral genomes requires coordination of viral proteins and RNA segments. For mammalian orthoreovirus (reovirus), evidence suggests either all ten or zero viral RNA segments are simultaneously packaged in a highly coordinated process hypothesized to exclude host RNA. Accordingly, reovirus generates genome-containing virions and “genomeless” top component particles. Whether reovirus virions or top component particles package host RNA is unknown. To gain insight into reovirus packaging potential and mechanisms, we employed next-generation RNA-sequencing to define the RNA content of enriched reovirus particles. Reovirus virions exclusively packaged viral double-stranded RNA. In contrast, reovirus top component particles contained similar proportions but reduced amounts of viral double-stranded RNA and were selectively enriched for numerous host RNA species, especially short, non-polyadenylated transcripts. Host RNA selection was not dependent on RNA abundance in the cell, and specifically enriched host RNAs varied for two reovirus strains and were not selected solely by the viral RNA polymerase. Collectively, these findings indicate that genome packaging into reovirus virions is exquisitely selective, while incorporation of host RNAs into top component particles is differentially selective and may contribute to or result from inefficient viral RNA packaging.
Immunogenetic characteristics of sires Simmental and Red-and-White breeds in Stud bull farm «Barnaulskoe»
Authors: Zheltikov A. I. , Kostomakhin N. M. , Adushinov D. S. , Zaiko O. A. , Marenkov V. G. , Dementyev V. N. , Klimenok I. I. , Gart V. V. , Reimer V. A.
Published: June 2021

The purpose of the research was to study the frequency of erythrocyte antigens of 9 genetic systems, the number of genotypes and the frequency of alleles in the F-V system in sires Simmental and Red-and-White breeds, as well as to establish the index of genetic similarity between them.The characteristics of 106 sires Simmental and 103 Red-and-White breeds in OJSC “Barnaulskoe” Stud bull farm have been given according to the frequency of erythrocyte antigens of 9 genetic systems. 53 antiserums have been used in the tests. The high occurrence of erythrocyte antigens A2 (system A), B2, G2, O1, Y2, G’, O’, and Q’ (system B), C2, E, W, X2 (system C), S1, H’ (system S), and Z (system Z) has been found in the sires of both breeds and ranged from 0,204 (O’) to 0,825 (X2) in Red-and-White bulls. The maximum frequency of the F antigen was and it was 0,874 in Red-and-White and 0,906 in Simmental bulls. On the contrary, the occurrence of blood factors B1, I1, I2, O2, P1, P2, Q, T1, T2, I’, D’, J2’, K’, P1’, P2’, Y’, B”, G”, R1, J, H, U and U’ was signifi cantly lower and amounted to 0–0,107 in Red-and-White sires and 0–0,094 in Simmental sires. Only 42 erythrocyte antigens have been detected in Red-and-White bulls using 53 antiserums, and 44 antigens have been detected in Simmental bulls. The index of genetic similarity between Red-and-White and Simmental sires calculated according to A. S. Serebrovsky was quite high and amounted to 0,8765, which is understandable because the maternal breed when breeding Red-and-White breed was Simmental breed. The number of genotypes and the frequency of alleles in the F-V genetic system also revealed a great similarity between these breeds, a significant difference has been found only in the number of heterozygous animals.
The state of dairy cattle breeding in the Kurgan region
Authors: Leshchuk T. L. , Uskov G. E. , Tsopanova A. V.
Published: June 2021

The purpose of the work was to analyze the state of dairy cattle breeding in the Kurgan region. In the region measures are systematically taken to improve the efficiency of the organization of selection and breeding work, improve reproduction traits, introduce advanced feeding methods, and organize artificial insemination of farm animals. Breeding work with dairy cattle in the region is aimed at creating animals that combine the adaptive properties and valuable features of Black-and-White cattle of the Trans-Urals with high productivity and suitability for intensive technology. It has been established that the average milk yield for 305 days of lactation for the controlled livestock in the region in 2019 was 6558 kg of milk. This was less than in the previous year by 0,73 % or 48 kg. According to the results of 2019 the average milk yield of cows in stud farms was 8098 kg, which was by 6,6 % less than in 2018. Pedigree breeding units worked more successfully where the average milk yield of cows increased by 1,54 % and amounted to 6777 kg. The productivity of cows in stud farms was by 19,5 % higher than in pedigree breeding units. Average age of cow culling in all categories of farms in the region in 2019 amounted to 3,4 calving, which was at the level of previous years. This indicator was slightly higher for pedigree breeding units in 2019, it was 3,9 calving. The main reason for the culling of animals is gynecological diseases for this reason 22,56 % of the cows in the farms in the region were culled, and in pedigree breeding units 30,34 % of cows. Recently, the main focus in the Kurgan region is on obtaining animals with a high proportion of genes for Holstein breed.
Immunomorphological rationale for the use of beekeeping products to improve the productivity of quails
Authors: Mannapova R. T. , Svistunov D. V. , Shaikhulov R. R. , Kulikov E. I.
Published: June 2021

The effectiveness and high degree of biological effect of dead bees extract in medium doses on the nature and degree of morphofunctional rearrangements in the immunocompetent structures of the central and peripheral immune organs and immunocytological reactions in them have been established. A scientifically based scheme for the use of dead bees extract is proposed to improve the livability of livestock, increase live weight and improve the biochemical indicators of the quality of quail meat. Dead bees extract in low and especially in medium doses increase the production of the red bone marrow cells of the granular germ of white blood cells by 22,2 and 25,6 %, lymphoid cells by 4,7 and 6,9 %, erythroid germ by 2,3 and 11,0 %. Under the action of dead bees extract in the Fabricius bag quail strengthens the processes of maturation and differentiation of B-lymphocytes, which is manifested by extension immunocompetent cortical area in the 2nd and 3rd experimental groups (30 and 60 days of experiment by 10,4 and 22,1 % and 12,3 and 24,3 %, respectively), a reduction in brain area. The increase in the weight of the Fabricius bag (despite its general involution) in the 2nd and 3rd experimental groups on 30 and 60 days was 1,24 and 1,47, 2,59 and 3,0 times, respectively. In the thymus of quails under the influence of low and medium doses of dead bees extract the intensifi cation of maturation and differentiation of T-lymphocytes, resulting in the expansion of the cortical substance on 30, 60 and 90 days of 1,55 and 1,62, 1,42 and 1,73, 1,61 and 1,95 times, respectively, against the background of the depletion of brain matter, in excess of the thymus weight (with its expressed total involution) by 1,32 and 1,42, by 1,38 and 1,5, by 1,24 and 1,34 times, respectively. Dead bees extract activates the processes of antibody formation, increasing the immunological activity of the spleen in the form of expansion of the area of lymph nodes without light centers in the 2nd, 3rd and 4th experimental groups by 1,39, 1,83 and 1,5 times, respectively, and with light centers by 1,57, 1,79 and 1,19 times (B-zone). It increases the area of the perivascular lymphoid coupling (T-zone) by 1,5, 1,8 and 1,28 times, respectively, activates immunocytological reactions, increases the weight of the spleen of quails. The live weight of the males of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th experimental groups exceeded the control by 27,6, 31,8 and 18,9 g, and the females by 17,6, 27,7 and 9,9 g, respectively. The livability of livestock in the control group was 78,0 %, in the 2nd, 3rd and 4th experimental groups 89,0, 95,0 and 85,0 %, respectively.
Receivables: control aspects
Authors: Bondina Natalya Nikolaevna , Bondin Igor Alexandrovich , Egorova Yulia Anatolyevna
Published: June 2021

The article presents the key aspects of monitoring the current state of receivables in the organization, as well as the work of responsible executors with receivables for the timeliness and effectiveness of measures taken to prevent the transition of receivables to the category of hopeless ones. Special attention is paid to the issue of ensuring the reliability of accounting data and reporting in terms of settlements with debtors through the formation of a reserve for doubtful debts.
Desigualdad digital en Iberoamérica. Retos en una sociedad conectada
Authors: Álvarez Isabel , Quirós Cipriano , Marín Raquel , Medina Lisset , Biurrun Antonio
Published: June 2021

La difusión de las tecnologías de la información y las comunicaciones (TIC) en las últimas décadas ha venido acompañada de una cada vez más expansiva conectividad internacional (generalización del acceso a Internet). Sin embargo, las asimetrías internacionales, o el desigual acceso por regiones y países, añaden un elemento que podría acentuar la desigualdad económica y social. A pesar de la permeabilidad de la digitalización, la amenaza de una brecha de acceso a Internet se profundiza ante el riesgo que enfrentan determinados grupos de población de quedar al margen de las oportunidades y ventajas del proceso. Aunque esta brecha ha ido reduciéndose con el paso del tiempo, una gran parte del potencial de la digitalización necesita de destrezas digitales, lo que hace emerger un nuevo aspecto de desigualdad, el referido a las habilidades digitales de los individuos. Esas habilidades permitirán mejorar la adaptación a los cambios en numerosos trabajos, y un uso pleno de muchos servicios digitales, incrementando también la confianza en el entorno digital.
Combined Effect of Catholyte Gap and Cell Voltage on Syngas Ratio in Continuous CO2/H2O Co-electrolysis
Authors: Ha Min Gwan , Na Youngseung , Park Hee Young , Kim Hyoung-Juhn , Song Juhun , Yoo Sung Jong , Kim Yong-Tae , Park Hyun S. , Jang Jong Hyun
Published: June 2021

Electrochemical devices are constructed for continuous syngas (CO + H2) production with controlled selectivity between CO2 and proton reduction reactions. The ratio of CO to H2, or the faradaic efficiency toward CO generation, was mechanically manipulated by adjusting the space volume between the cathode and the polymer gas separator in the device. In particular, the area added between the cathode and the ion-conducting polymer using 0.5 M KHCO3 catholyte regulated the solution acidity and proton reduction kinetics in the flow cell. The faradaic efficiency of CO production was controlled as a function of the distance between the polymer separator and cathode in addition to that manipulated by the electrode potential. Further, the electrochemical CO2 reduction device using Au NPs presented a stable operation for more than 23 h at different H2:CO production levels, demonstrating the functional stability of the flow cell utilizing the mechanical variable as an important operational factor.
The Gut and Blood Microbiome in IgA Nephropathy and Healthy Controls
Authors: Shah Neal B. , Nigwekar Sagar U. , Kalim Sahir , Lelouvier Benjamin , Servant Florence , Dalal Monika , Krinsky Scott , Fasano Alessio , Tolkoff-Rubin Nina , Allegretti Andrew S.
Published: June 2021

Key Points

A higher microbiome load, possibly originating from different body sites, may be playing a pathogenic role in IgA nephropathy.

Several microbiome taxonomic differences between patients with IgA nephropathy and healthy controls are observed in blood and stool.

Striking differences between the blood and gut microbiome confirm that the blood microbiome does not directly reflect the gut microbiome.

Background

IgA nephropathy (IgAN) has been associated with gut dysbiosis, intestinal membrane disruption, and translocation of bacteria into blood. Our study aimed to understand the association of gut and blood microbiomes in patients with IgAN in relation to healthy controls.

Methods

We conducted a case-control study with 20 patients with progressive IgAN, matched with 20 healthy controls, and analyzed bacterial DNA quantitatively in blood using 16S PCR and qualitatively in blood and stool using 16S metagenomic sequencing. We conducted between-group comparisons as well as comparisons between the blood and gut microbiomes.

Results

Higher median 16S bacterial DNA in blood was found in the IgAN group compared with the healthy controls group (7410 versus 6030 16S rDNA copies/μl blood, P=0.04). α- and β-Diversity in both blood and stool was largely similar between the IgAN and healthy groups. In patients with IgAN, in comparison with healthy controls, we observed higher proportions of the class Coriobacteriia and species of the genera Legionella, Enhydrobacter, and Parabacteroides in blood, and species of the genera Bacteroides, Escherichia-Shigella, and some Ruminococcus in stool. Taxa distribution were markedly different between the blood and stool samples of each subject in both IgAN and healthy groups, without any significant correlation between corresponding gut and blood phyla.

Conclusions

Important bacterial taxonomic differences, quantitatively in blood and qualitatively in both blood and stool samples, that were detected between IgAN and healthy groups warrant further investigation into their roles in the pathogenesis of IgAN. Although gut bacterial translocation into blood may be one of the potential sources of the blood microbiome, marked taxonomic differences between gut and blood samples in each subject in both groups confirms that the blood microbiome does not directly reflect the gut microbiome. Further research is needed into other possible sites of origin and internal regulation of the blood microbiome.
‘Brume nordiche’ sullo Stretto. Le radici settentrionali del Romanticismo siciliano
Authors: Bombara Daniela
Published: June 2021

Il presente saggio si propone di tracciare le influenze del romanticismo nordeuropeo sulle opere di alcuni autori siciliani del primo Ottocento. L'obiettivo è sfatare il mito di un livello "inferiore" della letteratura romantica italiana rispetto alla letteratura nordica, poiché non è incentrata sulla rappresentazione delle aree oscure del sé, di temi soprannaturali, fantastici e irrazionali che sono presenti nella realtà. Vengono esaminate alcune ballate di Felice Bisazza (1809-1867) e Vincenzo Navarro (1800-1867). In queste opere la narrazione di leggende popolari mette in luce un universo spettrale e orribile, rispecchiando situazioni reali, come la violenza della classe nobile e del patriarcato, o l'ingiustizia della disuguaglianza sociale. Si parlerà poi di un'opera teatrale di Giuseppe La Farina (1815-1863), intitolata L'abbandono di un popolo (1845); l'autore ritrae la rivolta anti-spagnola del 1676 a Messina concentrandosi sulle forze inquietanti e sotterranee che si intersecano con i movimenti rivoluzionari. Verrà infine analizzata la produzione di Tommaso Cannizzaro (1838-1921) come traduttore: lo scrittore mette a disposizione del pubblico siciliano e italiano l'affascinante mondo della mitologia scandinava, attraverso le traduzioni di alcuni canti dell'Edda antica medievale.
From Italy to the USA: Cleveland Italians, Their Heritage and Traditions
Authors: Mátyás Dénes
Published: June 2021

One would be hard-pressed to deny the influence Italians have had on the United States of America and on the very fabric of American cultural life. Not only are metropolises like New York City and Chicago with their populations in the millions home to significant Italian communities and neighborhoods but so are cities with several hundred thousand inhabitants like Boston, Baltimore, Syracuse, St. Louis, or Cleveland. The present paper intends to focus on Italians in Cleveland, Ohio, that undoubtedly constitute an organic and significant part of the city’s population. It aims to offer an insight into the formation of the Italian neighborhoods, from the first waves of Italian immigrants in the 19th century, and the opportunities of second-, third-, or nth-generation Italians to tend to their common Italian roots as well as to preserve their customs and traditions from the old country through a wide array of Italian cultural events, the city’s Italian community hubs and memorial sites, or  the local Italian-American media
ANALISIS TINGKAT KESEJAHTERAAN MASYARAKAT NELAYAN DI DESA LERO KECAMATAN SINDUE KABUPATEN DONGGALA
Authors: M. Amin Mulviana , Laapo Alimudin
Published: June 2021

The objectives of this research are: (1) to find out the Welfare Level of the Fishermen according to the World Bank (2) to find out the Welfare Level of the Lero Village Fishermen based on the Central Bureau of Statistics. Data were collected using observation, questionnaires, interviews, and documentation. Data analysis used in measuring fishermen's welfare using the income approach and BPS criteria. The results of the research show that (1) Based on the net income of fishermen for a month is IDR. 839.413, which means less than World Bank standards, it can be categorized as poor or not yet prosperous. (2) Based on the sum of the calculation of the recapitulation of welfare indicators based on the Central Bureau of Statistics criteria, it shows that the fishermen are at a moderate level of welfare, with a total score of 15.
Evaluación de herbicidas en pre y pos emergencia en el cultivo de alcaucil (Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus, L)
Authors: Grasso Rodolfo Oscar , Ortiz Mackinson Mauricio Pablo , Balaban David Mario , Rotondo Rosana , Vita Larrieu Eduardo
Published: June 2021

Uno de los principales problemas productivos del alcaucil son las malezas, siendo necesario disponer de herbicidas que efectúen un adecuado control. Se evaluó la eficacia de herbicidas en el control de malezas en etapas iniciales del cultivo, y la fitotoxicidad sobre el mismo. El experimento se realizó en la FCA, UNR, en Madrigal, sembrado en octubre y trasplantado en noviembre de 2014. Se aplicaron en preemergencia de malezas: S-metolacloro, Oxifluorfen, Pendimetalin, Linuron, Prometrina y además, los dos últimos en posemergencia. Fue analizado el porcentaje de eficacia de control de los herbicidas sobre Portulaca oleracea, Lamium amplexicaule, Eleusine indica, Digitaria sanguinalis, Echinocloa sp., Chenopodium album y Amaranthus quitensis. La fitotoxicidad se midió con escala arbitraria (1:no afectadas; 2:levemente afectadas; 3:afectadas; 4:muy afectadas). El diseño fue en bloques al azar con 3 repeticiones y pruebas de Shapiro-Wilks y Friedman. Se observaron diferencias altamente significativas en eficacia de control entre los herbicidas evaluados en preemergencia, en ambas fechas de medición. S-metolacloro controló 66% de malezas, Linuron 82% y Pendimetalin 89%, sin causar fitotoxicidad en plantas de alcaucil. Oxifluorfen controló 93%, con fitotoxicidad 3 en la primera medición y de 2 en la segunda. Si bien la Prometrina controló 83%, la fitotoxicidad fue de 4. Se observaron diferencias altamente significativas en tratamientos posemergencia en la segunda fecha de medición en Eleusine, Digitaria y Echinocloa. Linuron controló el 93,7% con fitotoxicidad 3 en ambas fechas. Prometrina el 92% con fitotoxicidad de 4. En las condiciones del experimento, los herbicidas destacados fueron Pendimentalin y Linuron en preemergencia.
Súbditos extranjeros al servicio de la Monarquía hispánica: el caso de Ragusa (1580-1620)
Authors: Pérez Amores Arturo
Published: June 2021

Durante la temprana Edad Moderna, la República de Ragusa (actual Dubrovnik, Croacia) mantuvo una posición geopolítica ambigua: pagaba tributo al Imperio otomano y, extraoficialmente, aportaba barcos y tripulaciones a la Monarquía hispánica. Este trabajo analiza la situación de las comunidades extranjeras en los dominios ibéricos en la “primera globalización” y la evolución de los estudios sobre esta temática, las relaciones entre Ragusa y España y su tratamiento historiográfico, y las carreras vitales recorridas por dos capitanes raguseos como muestra de las oportunidades, experiencias, recompensas y pérdidas que vivieron estos individuos que renunciaron a su soberano natural para servir al Rey Católico.
La producción de representaciones del pasado rosista en la trayectoria de Héctor P. Blomberg
Authors: Pankonin Leandro Nicolás
Published: June 2021

El presente artículo tiene por objetivo presentar la obra de Héctor Pedro Blomberg dedicada a la época de Juan Manuel de Rosas, producida entre los años 1930 y 1940, y desarrollar una reflexión sobre las representaciones del pasado que proponen. Por otro lado, buscaremos indagar las diferencias y puntos de contacto entre estas formas de representar el pasado y las del emergente revisionismo, e hipotetizar sobre los impactos que estas distintas maneras de representar al pasado pueden haber tenido para la sociedad de aquel tiempo. Por último, intentaremos delinear algunas ideas sobre ciertos vaivenes en las interpretaciones rosistas sobre la obra de Blomberg, fundamentalmente para los años cincuentas y sesentas.
Las representaciones del libro De la guerra entre los militares argentinos en la primera mitad del siglo XX. La concepción de un modelo doctrinario
Authors: Cornut Hernán
Published: June 2021

El estudio acerca de la incidencia de los modelos de pensamiento en los procesos de formación de los militares argentinos en la primera mitad del siglo pasado y las singularidades con que tales patrones fueron interpretados y apropiados por dicho segmento, aproximan puntos de vista para entender los estándares profesionales de los oficiales del Ejército Argentino, como así también su comportamiento institucional y social. El objetivo del presente trabajo es analizar esas pautas de asimilación y evaluar sus implicancias en el marco del Ejército en torno de la conflictividad regional del momento.
Main Results of the Research on the Far Eastern Scarlet-Like Fever as a Specific Clinical and Epidemic Manifestation of Pseudotuberculosis: A Review of Comprehensive Studies
Authors: Somova LM , Timchenko NF , Lyapun IN , Drobot EI
Published: June 2021

Introduction: Until 1950s, pseudotuberculosis in humans was known in the world as a sporadic disease with appendicular syndrome. In 1959, the first outbreak of a previously unknown disease called Far Eastern scarlet-like fever (FESLF) was registered in Vladivostok. The purpose of this article is to review priority achievements of the Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology named after G.P. Somov in the field of studying FESLF as a specific clinical and epidemic manifestation of pseudotuberculosis in Russia. Materials and methods: The priority data were obtained based on microbiological, epidemiological, molecular genetic, as well as pathomorphological and electron microscopic studies of biological samples from human FESLF cases and experimental animals infected with Yersinia pseudotuberculosis strains with different plasmid characteristics. Results: It has been proven that the FESLF pathogen is a specific clone of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis having a certain plasmid profile pVM82, pYV 48 MDa, sequence type (2ST) and the first allele of the yadA gene. The causative agent of FESLF is characterized by the phenomenon of psychrophilicity, which consists in its ability to multiply in the environment with its biologically low and changing temperature (4–12 °C), at which the pathogen multiplies and accumulates while preserving or increasing its virulence, thus inducing the epidemic process. The article describes the main genetic and biochemical mechanisms of Y. pseudotuberculosis adaptation to changing environmental conditions, reveals morphological manifestations of the adaptive variability of these bacteria under different conditions of their habitat, and presents the main features of the pathogenesis and morphogenesis of FESLF, including those associated with plasmid characteristics and toxigenicity of Y. pseudotuberculosis. Conclusion: Currently, the epidemic process of pseudotuberculosis/FESLF is characterized by a decrease in the proportion of outbreaks and predominance of sporadic cases. The relevance of further research is associated with the study of the dormant forms of Y. pseudotuberculosis and the formation of ideas about pseudotuberculosis as a persistent infectious disease.
ANALISA PENCEMARAN SUNGAI MANDAR DENGAN BIOINDIKATOR MAKROINVERTEBRATA MELALUI METODE BIOTILIK
Authors: Sukmawati Sukmawati , Maarifah Dahlan  , Dela Rat
Published: June 2021

Monitoring dan evaluasi terhadap kualitas air sangat diperlukan untuk mengetahui kualitas air serta dampak yang ditimbulkan dari berbagai aktivitas yang telah dilakukan. Penurunan kualitas air ditandai dengan perubahan kualitas air dan perubahan konisi habitat sungai, hal ini terjadi di sungai mandar yang diakibatkan aktifitas penduduk seperti membuang limbah ke sungai. Kualitas air dapat ditentukan dengan metode biotilik. Penelitian ini bersifat deskriptif dengan menganalisa keberadaan makroinvertebrata menggunakan metode biotilik di desa Palece Sungai Mandar sebagai indikator pencemaran sungai. Adapun analisa data didapatkan 1 ekor golongan EPT dan 99 ekor golongan non EPT dengan 11 jenis biota dengan kualitas pencemaran kualitas sungai Mandar di Desa Palece tercemar sedang
POLA KONSUMSI DAN SANITASI LINGKUNGAN BALITA STUNTING DI POLEWALI MANDAR
Authors: Afriani Afriani , Patmawati Patmawati
Published: June 2021

This study aims to analyze the pattern of consumption and environmental sanitation in stunting children in the Wonomulyo Polewali Mandar district. Method The study design used was analytic observational. The total sample was 101 toddlers aged 6-36 months, using simple random sampling method. The determination of nutritional status was processed using the WHO AntroPlus 2010 including the Semi Quantitative Food Frequency Questionnaire and an environmental sanitation questionnaire.

Results: The frequency of frequent consumption of carbohydrates 79.21%, the frequency of animal protein (48.52%), vegetable protein (41.58%), fruit (46.58%), and beverages (43.6%). ), snacks (47.52%), and rare frequency of vegetables (44.54%). The average intake of energy (773.87 kcal), protein (18.19 gr), calcium (471.61 mg), and iron (8.15 mg). There was no significant relationship with the adequacy of nutrients for energy (p = 0.422), protein (p = 0.428), calcium (p = 0.075) and iron parameters had a significant relationship (p = 0.049). The results of environmental quality measurement obtained data on toddlers with short and very short nutritional status in the healthy environmental sanitation category as much as 18 (17.8%) and toddlers with short and very short nutritional status in the category of unhealthy environmental sanitation by 83 (82.2%). So that the results of the sig value test (2-sided) of 0.951> 0.05, it can be concluded that there is no relationship between nutritional status and unhealthy sanitary conditions. Conclusion: Iron adequacy is related to stunting status, while environmental sanitation quality is not related to stunting status.
STUDI KASUS PENGGUNAAN HOT GINGER COMPRESS UNTUK MENURUNKAN SKALA NYERI PADA PASIEN ARTHRITIS RHEUMATOID
Authors: Setiawan Henri , Firmansyah Andan , Anisa Firdaus Fidya
Published: June 2021

Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease that many elderly people suffer from. This disease causes chronic systemic inflammation that can affect tissues and organs, especially attacking the flexible (synovial) joints and causing pain, eventually causing damage to the inside of the joints and will interfere with the patient's activities / work. Ginger compress is a traditional medicine or alternative therapy to reduce rheumatoid arthritis pain. This case study aims to present the results of implementing the evidence-based nursing hot ginger compress to reduce pain scale in rheumatoid arthtritis patient. Physical examination was performed using the head to toe method in typoid patients. The North American Nursing Diagnosis Association (NANDA) is used to determine nursing diagnoses. Meanwhile, nursing intervention refers to the Nursing Intervention Classification (NIC) and the Nursing Outcomes Classification (NOC). The intervention was carried out in five stages of implementing evidence-based nursing in nursing practice, with complementary therapy in the form of ginger warm compresses and progressive application of 1 week for patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Performed pretest and posttest after being given the intervention every day. The result, giving ginger warm compress intervention for 7 days showed a reduction in the patient's pain scale from a pain scale of 4-5 to a pain scale of 1-2. EBN implementation of ginger warm compress therapy is very influential in reducing the intensity of joint pain in rheumatoid arthritis patients.
Two Classes of Regular Symmetric Fractals
Authors: Kak Subhash
Published: June 2021

The paper introduces new fractal families with annular and checkerboard structures that include the Sierpinski carpet and the Menger sponge as special cases. The complementary mapping is defined and a notation to represent the families is proposed.
Perencanaan Arsitektur Organisasi Untuk Mendukung Pengembangan Sistem Informasi Perguruan Tinggi
Authors: Mulyana Ade , Cahyadi Septian , Sukamto Anton
Published: June 2021

Strategies and policies in a profit-oriented organization have a social mission (public service) that prioritizes customer service. The development of information systems and information technology will have an impact on increasingly competitive competition, this also applies in the world of education, especially for higher education institutions that are managed by the community (private), requiring managers to build and develop information systems to help business activities, achieve organizational goals. and services for stakeholders. Enterprise Architecture Planning (EAP) as a method or frame of reference for building an information architecture. EAP is an architectural planning method that is oriented to business needs which consist of data architecture, applications, and technology as well as an implementation plan of the architecture that has been created to support business activities for the achievement of an organization's mission.

Keywords: Enterprise Architecture, information architecture, business activities.
Rancang Bangun Sistem Informasi Kepegawaian Berbasis Web di STIE Kesatuan
Authors: Hermawan Yanto , Mulyana Ade , Rizky I. Nurul Fadillah
Published: June 2021

STIE Kesatuan personnel information system is a problem of special concern in IBI Kesatuan HRD. This is with the ease and effectiveness in processing employee data such as employee data entry, editing employee data, searching employee data, reporting employee data either on screen or printed on paper. There are still many STIE Kesatuan who have not filled in data on manual paper, such as employees who have to fill out a leave form and wait for approval. So to overcome this we need a personnel information system that is better than the previous system, for now the employee information is only from Microsoft Excel and manual data. This study uses a system design implemented with the Diagram Unified Modeling Language (UML). The expected end result is that the employee web-based information system can solve system problems that run more optimally in the employee data entry process. With this research, it is hoped that it can help IBI Kesatuan, especially HRD, to develop a management information system. Keywords: Information Systems, UML Diagram.
A COVID-19 MEGJELENÉSÉVEL BEFEJEZETTNEK NYILVÁNÍTOTT JÉGKORONG BAJNOKSÁGOK VÉGEREDMÉNYEINEK MEGHATÁROZÁSA – IGAZSÁGOSSÁGELMÉLETI OLDALRÓL
Authors: Zimányi Róbert G.
Published: June 2021

A COVID-19 azonosításával elsődleges cél a vírus terjedésének megfékezése és a népesség egészségmegőrzése. Az elsődleges társadalmi feladatok megoldása, vagy megoldására való törekvés után terelődhet a sportra is figyelem. A tanulmány a jégkorong versenysportot, ezen belül a jégkorong bajnoki végeredmények meghatározásainak döntését vizsgálja. A legtöbb jégkorong bajnokság még zajlott, amikor kitört a COVID-19 világjárvány, amely következtében először szüneteltettek bajnokságokat, amelyeket vagy folytattak a korlátozások figyelembevételével, vagy idő előtt véget vetettek a szezonnak. Mi a helyzet azokkal a jégkorong bajnokságokkal, ahol szezon közben véget vetettek a bajnokságnak? Ebben az esetben is meg lehetett határozni végeredményt? Ha igen, mi alapján? A végeredmények meghatározásakor az igazságosságelméleteket hívom segítségül. Mi alapján igazságos akkor egy jégkorong bajnokság végeredményének meghatározása, ha nem játszották végig a bajnoki szezont? Kutatásom során több igazságosságelméletet is vizsgálok, amelyek szerepet játszanak különböző jégkorong bajnokságok végeredményeinek meghatározásaiban. A tanulmány több esetpéldán is igazolja, hogy valóban igazságos döntést hoztak a szervezők. Az egyetlen, azonban legfontosabb kérdés: mely igazságosságelméletek domináltak a végeredmények meghatározásában? Mindegyik vizsgált esetben releváns tényező volt a döntésnél a versenysportra jellemző meritokrácia eszméje, azonban ezen belül is tapasztalható különbség: az elért eredmények időbelisége és aktualitása között. A sportpályán elért eredmények mellett sok esetben az egalitarianizmus is megjelent, ahogy a (benthami és milli) utilitarizmus.