bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
A grid-based database on vascular plant distribution in the Meshchersky National Park, Ryazan Oblast, Russia
Authors: Shcherbakov Andrey , Kazakova Marina , Lyubeznova Nadezhda , Pastushenko Anastasia , Seregin Alexey
Published: November 2021

Ryazan Oblast, situated in the central part of European Russia, has a long tradition of biodiversity research. Large distributional, ecological and phenological data on various taxonomic groups are available from this territory, mainly in the form of paper publications items, undigitised museum collections and archival sources. The purpose of this dataset is to deliver floristic materials, collected by the authors in the Meshchera Lowlands in the form of GBIF-mediated electronic data, to a wider audience. The dataset covers wild tracheophytes (native species, naturalised aliens and casuals) of the Meshchersky National Park. In 2020, it was used for the production of grid maps in "Flora of the Meschchersky National Park: checklist and atlas".

The dataset contains 14,476 grid records of 817 taxa (806 species and hybrids, ten species aggregates and one genus). Most of the records (82.4%) were made in the field by A.V. Shcherbakov, M.V. Kazakova, N.V. Lyubeznova and A.D. Pastushenko in 2017 and 2018. The dataset includes only one occurrence per species per grid square. Georeferences are based on the WGS84 grid scheme with 55 squares measuring ca. 25 km2 (2.5' lat. × 5' long.). Each occurrence is linked to the corresponding grid square centroid; therefore, actual coordinates, habitat details and voucher information are unavailable. As of September 2021, the dataset on the flora of the Meshchersky National Park represents the second largest dataset on the biodiversity of Ryazan Oblast, Russia, published in GBIF.
Two new calcicolous caloplacoid lichens from South Korea, with a taxonomic key to the species of Huriella and Squamulea
Authors: Lee Beeyoung Gun , Hur Jae-Seoun
Published: November 2021

Pyrenodesmia rugosa Lee & Hur and Huriella aeruginosa Lee & Hur are described as new lichen-forming fungi from a calcareous mountain of South Korea. Pyrenodesmia rugosa is distinguishable from Pyrenodesmia micromontana (Frolov, Wilk & Vondrák) Hafellner & Türk, the most similar species, by thicker thallus, rugose areoles, larger apothecia, shorter hymenium, shorter hypothecium and narrower tip cells of paraphyses. Huriella aeruginosa, the second new species, differs from ‘Squamulea’ chelonia Bungartz & Søchting by dark greenish-grey to grey thallus without pruina, gold to yellow-brown epihymenium, larger ascospores and thallus K– and KC– reaction. Molecular analyses employing internal transcribed spacer (ITS), mitochondrial small subunit (mtSSU) and nuclear large subunit ribosomal RNA (LSU) sequences strongly support the two caloplacoid species to be distinct in their genera. A surrogate key is provided to assist in the identification of all 20 taxa in Huriella and Squamulea.
La Recherche et l’Innovation en France
Authors: Barré Rémi
Published: October 2021

Ce chapitre met en évidence les transformations structurelles du SFRI sur une longue période en les articulant aux changements politiques et économiques du demi-siècle, au plan national et international. Le récit est basé sur l’analyse quantitative des paramètres du financement et de l’exécution de la RD en France depuis cinquante ans et sur celle des publications scientifiques et des brevets. Le texte distingue cinq périodes, notées I à V (1963-1970, 1971-1980, 1981-1990, 1991-2005 et 2006-2013), et fait apparaître deux grands cycles complets de réformes du SFRI (périodes II-III et périodes IV-V) culminant avec les lois de 1982-1984 (début de période III) et de 2006-2007 (début de période V), respectivement. Il met en évidence une dynamique négative de l’ensemble des paramètres du financement public et privé en première partie de chaque cycle, pour les périodes II et IV (étapes de défiance et conflits-débats) et une dynamique positive en seconde partie de cycle, pour les périodes III et V (étapes de mise en place de la réforme et de bénéfice de ses effets). L’analyse montre alors que si la situation actuelle est positive sur les indicateurs en valeur relative par rapport au PIB, elle est en fait problématique du fait de la faiblesse du taux de croissance du PIB et du caractère hybride du SFRI issu des lois de 2006-2007. D’où un risque de retour prématuré vers une étape de défiance. La conclusion suggère une lecture de la situation en termes de potentialités conduisant à repenser un certain nombre d’instruments de gouvernance et à positionner les organismes publics de recherche en acteurs de la transition écologique et énergétique. Deux conditions sont identifiées pour cela : une insertion dans le cadre européen et la mise en œuvre de processus démocratiques puisque c’est dans sa relation aux citoyens et à la société qu’une telle perspective pourrait trouver légitimité et intelligence.
On two new contractions and discontinuity on fixed points
Authors: Zhou Mi ,   School of Science and Technology, University of Sanya, Sanya, Hainan, 572000, China, Saleem Naeem , Liu Xiao-lan , Özgür Nihal ,   Department of Mathematics, University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan,   College of Mathematics and Statistics, Sichuan University of Science and Engineering, Zigong, Sichuan, 643000, China,   Key Laboratory of Higher Education of Sichuan Province for Enterprise Informationlization and Internet of Things, Zigong, Sichuan, 643000, China,   South Sichuan Center for Applied Mathematics, Zigong, Sichuan, 643000, China,   Department of Mathematics, Balıkesir University, 10145 Balıkesir, Turkey
Published: November 2021

This paper deals with a well known open problem raised by Kannan (Bull. Calcutta Math. Soc., 60: 71–76, 1968) and B. E. Rhoades (Contemp. Math., 72: 233–245, 1988) on the existence of general contractions which have fixed points, but do not force the continuity at the fixed point. We propose some new affirmative solutions to this question using two new contractions called $ (\psi, \varphi) $-$ \mathcal{A} $-contraction and $ (\psi, \varphi) $-$ \mathcal{A^{\prime}} $-contraction inspired by the results of H. Garai et al. (Applicable Analysis and Discrete Mathematics, 14(1): 33–54, 2020) and P. D. Proinov (J. Fixed Point Theory Appl. (2020) 22: 21). Some new fixed point and common fixed point results in compact metric spaces and also in complete metric spaces are proved in which the corresponding contractive mappings are not necessarily continuous at their fixed points. Moreover, we show that new solutions to characterize the completeness of metric spaces. Several examples are provided to verify the validity of our main results.
René Maran - André Gide : un soupçon de proximité
Authors: Nimrod
Published: October 2021

René Maran avait pour André Gide une admiration inconditionnelle, qui fera place, au moment de la publication des deux récits d’André Gide, Voyage au Congo (1927) et Le Retour du Tchad (1928), à une défiance tout aussi inconditionnelle. René Maran s’en prendra alors à la posture d’intellectuel engagé d’André Gide, et déclenchera une polémique largement passée inaperçue, en dépit des recherches de l’universitaire néerlandais Ieme Van der Poel. L’ouvrage de ce dernier, Congo-Océan, un chemin de fer controversé (L’Harmattan, 2016), nous confronte à ce que je nomme «  la conspiration du silence  », car Gide ne fait nulle mention de René Maran dans son Journal, et ses spécialistes sont tout aussi muets. Pourtant, dans le Journal du peuple (novembre 1925 - juillet 1934), le Goncourt 1921 a consacré bien des articles au voyage de Gide en AEF. J’analyse cet étrange silence, en m’efforçant de mettre au jour ses liens avec les jeux d’intérêts politiques, littéraires et moraux d’alors, tout en soulignant l’égotisme des deux figures, leur « concurrence  », leur stratégie médiatique et, bien entendu, les limites qui en découlent.
Petits distributeurs indépendants : de l’évitement à l’indifférence concurrentielle ?
Authors: Eymas Fabien , Bensebaa Faouzi
Published: October 2021

Cet article vise à répondre aux questions suivantes : quelles sont les stratégies d’évitement mises en œuvre par les petits distributeurs indépendants ? Comment s’articulent-elles entre elles et, éventuellement, avec les autres modalités relationnelles dont ces acteurs font preuve dans leur comportement concurrentiel ? L’interprétation des résultats issus de l’analyse des entretiens menés auprès de dirigeants du secteur de la petite distribution indépendante nous permet de montrer que ces dirigeants combinent les stratégies de distinction, d’exploitation de leurs compétences et de leurs ressources rares, de localisation isolée et/ou de niche. Il en ressort cinq configurations d’évitement originales. D’autre part, un comportement d’indifférence concurrentielle a aussi été relevé, nous permettant d’enrichir la réflexion sur les relations inter-entreprises.
La trajectographie, une proposition pour capturer les outils de gestion
Authors: Laura Espinasse , Benjamin Dreveton
Published: October 2021

The trajectography, a proposal for capturing management toolsThis article proposes to reconcile two approaches traditionally used to study management tools (content and process) by mobilising the concept of trajectography. Initially used in the spatial sciences, we propose its conceptualisation and a reading grid adapted to the management sciences. This research is based on a research-intervention that took place within a professional rugby sports organisation (PROD7) over a period of eighteen months. The results of the research highlight the contributions of the transfer of the concept of trajectography. The latter makes it possible, on the one hand, to propose a global vision of the processes of deployment of management tools and, on the other hand, to apprehend the organisational issues peripheral to these management situations.
Consumer Perception of Brand Repositioning Through Benefit Diversification and Intensity of Use
Authors: Rodrigues Francisca Quintas , Casais Beatriz
Published: November 2021

A company's positioning strategy is focused on how the company wants its brand to be perceived in the market. However, the constant change of markets has led many companies to carry on repositioning strategies to deliberately change their strategic positioning, namely by widening its product or service benefits to attract a wider market audience. As product or service positioning is always defined by the consumer, there is the need to understand the extent to which each company is able to communicate its new intended positioning and actually make it perceived. This chapter presents the case of Pedras, a Portuguese brand of naturally sparkling water which ramped up its communication efforts regarding the extension of its product's benefits in order to minimize the potential gap between intended and perceived positioning. Digital communication strategies are discussed to engage young consumers.
Innovation in Preservice Teacher Education
Authors: Cavadas Bento , Topçu Mustafa Sami
Published: November 2021

This work presents the institutional policies and context of a teacher training institution which led to innovation in preservice teacher (PST) education. A drone-based learning activity was implemented to PSTs about the sustainability of transport infrastructure as an example of that innovation context. PSTs implemented cycles of engineering design to identify the best package to transport objects using a drone. Data collection instruments were students' work, field notes from class observations, audio and video records of the classes, questionnaires, and interviews. The PSTs engineering design performance was analyzed using the engineer notebook rubric. Their engineering education conceptions were analyzed using the framework for quality K-12 engineering education. Results show that drone-based learning proved to be a relevant approach for PSTs experiencing engineering design and construct adequate conceptions about engineering education. Furthermore, the institutional policies contributed to the experimentation of innovative technologies for educational purposes.
Fusion+SNA
Authors: Ardito Gerald , Shippee Micah , Lubinsky Jesse
Published: November 2021

Multiple models exist for understanding and predicting the adoption of technological innovations including SAMR, TPACK, and ADDIE. The authors have found these models are generally static, thus discounting the inherently iterative nature of adopting technological innovations. To address this gap, the authors have proposed a new model called Fusion+SNA which combines the dynamic nature of activity theory and diffusion of innovation research with an in-depth understanding of social networks. The authors employ the Fusion+SNA model in a case study that reported on a real attempt at an adoption of technological innovation in a K-12 context with a cohort of fifth-grade students and their teachers.
Impact of Electronic Communications and Transactions Act, No. 25 of 2002 Provision 27 in South Africa Education on Emerging Technologies
Authors: Netshakhuma Nkholedzeni Sidney
Published: November 2021

This chapter assess the level of South African university implementation of The Electronic Communications and Transactions Act 25 of 2002 (ECTA) provision 27. The literature review from other countries was used as form analysis level of adoption of electronic filing. The research found that South African universities adopted information communication technologies; however, most students and academics were unfamiliar with ECTA provision 27 on filing in an electronic environment. Non-compliance with the ECTA is instrumental towards the lack of providing online teaching and learning. The researcher recommends universities to develop an ECTA implementation plan to improve filing on electronic records filing.
Technology in Education, Win or Fail?
Authors: Gound Elizabeth
Published: November 2021

Educator preparation programs and institutional polices should provide background knowledge and experience with digital literacies and emerging technologies in coursework and strategies. The emphasis on the integration of technology instruction is relevant in the literature today. This chapter will explore the intersections and disjunctures between digital literacy practices in an educator preparation program and personal digital literacy use from a recent study that examined the digital literacies of six teacher educators. The chapter will be organized into sections, examining technology tools, digital interactions, and online resources applied classrooms.
Finding a Silver Lining in the COVID-19 Pandemic
Authors: Johnson Tatia , Eradze Maka , Kobakhidze M. Nutsa
Published: November 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic caused an unprecedented shift towards educational technology around the world. Teachers began exploring digital tools, which contributed to their professional development. This ethnographic research studied a teacher online Facebook community in Georgia from a participant-observer perspective to understand its social interactions and discussions, using both qualitative insights collected through observation, and quantitative data using various digital tools. The chapter attempts to find a silver lining in the middle of the pandemic: it argues that the adaptation to educational technology during the pandemic gave teachers new opportunities to explore teaching online. Peer-led teaching and learning, sharing experiences, and best practices appeared to be productive. This chapter contributes to understanding the Georgian context during the early waves of the pandemic, and can serve as a unit of comparison with similar online communities elsewhere.
Public Policy
Authors: Garcia Marilene Santana Dos Santos , Coelho Patrícia Margarida Farias , Fofonca Eduardo , Moura Suzana Cristina Andrade
Published: November 2021

This chapter presents a series of public policy measures that were implemented in educational contexts in Brazil and in most South American countries during the pandemic period. These measures, like guidelines, methodological suggestions, analogue and digital teaching materials, kits, and even the provision of food for the poorest members of the population, among other factors, sought to cover a wide variety of realities. The relevant fact is that many educational problems are still being faced and that these actions were incipient since they had to cover public schooling in basic education, a level where there was no experience of distance education, with the emergency implementation of remote teaching. This means that we must be more sensitive to specific actions in certain regions and also to adaptability, creativity, and inventiveness to rethink basic distance learning.
Using Moodle Quiz to Create Language Consolidating and Testing Activities
Authors: Antoniou Savvi , Papadima-Sophocleous Salomi
Published: November 2021

The recent pandemic outbreak (2019-2021) shed light on the practical difficulties of technology use in education and forced many instructors to seek training or train themselves in using technologies, including learning management system (LMS). During this time, we noticed that, although many tutorials are available, for example, to help instructors in the use of the Moodle LMS, these are mostly generic and do not focus on languages. Furthermore, there is a scarcity of papers demonstrating how to pair pedagogy with technology. In fact, only 1.1% of the papers published between 2006-2016 in ReCALL, CALICO, and CALL Journals deal with virtual learning environments (VLE). This chapter shows the case of two instructors who originally worked individually, and then collaborated in using Moodle Quiz for languages. Their quest in creating activities with constructivist characteristics is described; the knowledge, skills, and experiences gained are shared; the end products are displayed; and some conclusions are drawn.
It's Fliptastic
Authors: Abobaker Reima , Ali Maysoun
Published: November 2021

The purpose of this chapter is to examine the importance of implementing the flipped classroom model with the use of the web-based platform, Playposit. The chapter first provides an overview of the benefits of the flipped classroom model as well as the platform in a concise review of literature, and then it offers a comprehensive description of Playposit including its features, methods of designing creative videos and interactions, and applications in an ESL classroom. A lesson plan and its description are presented at the end of the chapter, providing a sample of incorporating the flipped classroom model using technology to boost learners' engagement and achievement.
Perspectives on Cultivating a Qualitative Researcher's Identity
Authors: Saldaña René , Stewart Elizabeth S. , Lesley Mellinee , Beach Whitney
Published: November 2021

This chapter problematizes the notion of methodological rigor in qualitative research through an examination of what it means to cultivate an identity as a qualitative researcher. Through a string of narratives, each author explores texts, methods, and experiences that inspired their work as qualitative researchers and fostered their scholarly identities. Themes of writing about the self as researcher, reflexive inquiry to develop a researcher identity, writing as a tool to hone one's understanding, and the role of trauma in qualitative research are discussed.
Creative E-Pedagogy in Massive Grammar E-Tutoring via the Simultaneous Use of Social Media Platforms
Authors: Ghobrini Rafik El Amine , Benzert Fatima Zohra , Sarnou Hanane
Published: November 2021

With the new wave of young-minded, digitally-fluent, and tech-tethered instructors comes new creative e-pathways that build up novel e-pedagogies. More than ever before, innovative e-teaching modalities are needed to navigate the intricate socially-networked abyss where students and teachers alike have chosen to function in this pandemic period. That is why frameworks, however nascent they might be, are required to steer the learning ship, on more than one social media platform, to meet specific educational ends. In this light, this chapter presents a descriptive unobtrusive study which was conducted to map out an innovative e-mode of grammar instruction of a secondary e-tutor who was able to tutor a massive number of e-tutees simultaneously on Instagram and YouTube in the first phase, adding on, subsequently, Facebook to the e-instructional process. The findings unveil a framework of how to leverage or educationalize certain features of these cloud-based outlets concurrently and reach a more optimized e-method of multi-platform tutoring.
The Challenges of FinTech Inclusion and Digitization of SMEs in Indonesia
Authors: Situmorang Syafrizal Helmi
Published: November 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed people's digital behavior and caused giant leaps in various digital businesses. SMEs face various challenging factors in the transformation of their business into a digital ecosystem. Currently, Indonesia is the country with the fastest-growing digital economy and FinTech in ASEAN. Fintech plays a vital role in the digital economy, especially helping SMEs go digital and accelerate their business performance, such as venture capital financing, digital payment services, and financial arrangements. However, the role of fintech has not been maximized in increasing financial inclusion. There are still various obstacles and challenges such as technology adoption, financial literacy, digital literacy, financial inclusion, and fintech inclusion, and various program efforts from all stakeholders to bring SMEs into the digital ecosystem. Without cooperation, increasing financial literacy and financial inclusion and fintech inclusion will be challenging to achieve.
Analysis of the Effects of Employee Share Ownership on the Creation of Financial Value of Moroccan Companies Listed on the Stock Exchange
Authors: Errommani Houssam , Elbouanani Hicham
Published: November 2021

Employee share ownership (ESOP) is a highly acclaimed international incentive and motivation mechanism for employees thanks to its virtuous impact on company performance and organizational behavior. The work proposes to study the effects of this practice on the financial performance of Moroccan companies in order to assess the impact of employee participation on the creation of financial value. To this end, the authors conducted an empirical study based on two analytical methods using SPSS software. The sample is made up of 33 companies that have published and carried out at least one employee shareholding operation in Morocco since their IPO. The financial data was extracted from the accounting statements of each company for the period from 2015 to 2019. The results show that ESOP is weakly practiced by companies, and the tests do not allow to confirm of the existence of its impact on the performance of the companies studied.
Pre-, During-, and Post-COVID-19 Era in Retailing
Authors: Akturan Ulun , Erşen Dilara , Bilgin Fatoş
Published: November 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic started as a health crisis; however, it dramatically generated social, economic, and behavioral changes. The transformations in business environment, shopping, and consumption behaviors are believed to be long-lasting after the pandemic era. Therefore, COVID-19 is a disruptive force. In this chapter, the authors analyzed the effects of COVID-19 on retailing industry as a result of changes in shopping behaviors. They discussed the evolution of multi-channel and omni-channel retailers, and they highlighted the changes in shopping behaviors due to COVID-19 on the basis of secondary data. Then they preceded a qualitative research and collected data via semi-structured in-depth interviews. They reported their findings in the last section of the chapter.
The Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Hospitality Industry
Authors: Arıkan Esra
Published: November 2021

As the hospitality industry is one of the industries most drastically affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, it is essential that managers of this industry develop effective strategies to reduce the damage of the pandemic and be better prepared for possible future crises. In this respect, this chapter discusses the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the hospitality industry and highlights preventive measures, employee support, service innovations, and CSR activities as the key strategic areas for enhancing resilience and recovery of hospitality firms during and even after the COVID-19 pandemic. This chapter also underlines the significance of adopting a holistic stakeholder approach that discusses the effects of the pandemic and proposed strategies from the perspective of multiple stakeholders, as the COVID-19 pandemic has affected them all.
Measuring the Attitudes of Governmental Policies and the Public Towards the COVID-19 Pandemic
Authors: Adalı Gökçe Karahan
Published: November 2021

This study aims to measure the effect of the preventive policies on public during the COVID-19 pandemic as well as measuring the public's trust in the government. The study examines the determinants of public trust in governments and the associations between the preventive measures. It is also aimed to determine the protective measures that governments prefer to implement together by using association rules of data mining algorithms. By this means, double and triple action packages are presented. This study finds that basic characteristics such as education, health, and age are among the most basic determinants of trust in governments during the pandemic. The trust in government and opinions that measures taken are sufficient decreased as the education level increased. Considering the age criteria, this situation is the opposite. It is observed that women followed the preventative policies more strictly than men. It is also observed that public trust in governments is directly proportional to the development levels of countries.
University Student Perspectives Towards Distance Mathematics Education in the COVID-19 Process
Authors: Ozyurt Serim Anıl Burcu
Published: November 2021

E-learning in mathematics education can be an approach that could provide much better learning environments in the pandemic. The COVID-19 cases have started to increase social anxiety and anxiety in many countries around the world. The current COVID-19 pandemic, which affects all countries, causes problems in economic and social fields, especially in education. The rapid growth of information communication technologies has led to the development and spread of the distance education system. Due to COVID-19, teachers and academics had to learn methods of teaching students using online resources, social media technology, and e-learning activities more effectively. The main purpose of this study is to collect students' views on distance education in mathematics lectures. This study will assist the planning and execution of the distance education carried out in universities during the COVID-19 outbreak. The population of this current study includes college students in a private university. The sample consists of 596 university students.
I’ve Got the Power: Nurses’ Moral Distress and Perceptions of Empowerment
Authors: DiGangi Condon Kathleen A. , Berger Jeffrey T. , Shurpin Kathleen M.
Published: November 2021

Background

Nurses experience moral distress when they feel disempowered or impeded in taking the ethically right course of action. Research suggests an inverse relationship between moral distress and empowerment. In the intensive care unit, providing palliative care services may reduce moral distress because palliative care is often provided in situations that give rise to moral distress.

Objective

To evaluate the effect of nurses’ use of a palliative care screening tool on their moral distress and perceptions of empowerment.

Methods

A pretest-posttest pilot study was conducted involving day-shift medical intensive care unit nurses. The nurses administered a palliative care screening tool to their assigned patients daily for 8 weeks and communicated the results to an attending physician or fellow. Demographic information was collected, along with data on nurses’ moral distress and perceptions of structural and workplace empowerment before and after the intervention. Moral distress was evaluated using the Moral Distress Scale–Revised. Perceptions of structural and workplace empowerment were quantified using the Conditions for Work Effectiveness Questionnaire–II and the Global Empowerment Scale, respectively.

Results

Preintervention and postintervention surveys were completed by 17 nurses. Paired-sample t tests revealed a significant decrease in the frequency of moral distress (t16 = −2.22, P = .04) and a significant increase in workplace empowerment (t16 = −2.75, P = .01). No significant changes in moral distress intensity or structural empowerment were found.

Conclusion

Nurses’ sense of empowerment and the frequency of moral distress are favorably affected by active participation in assessing and communicating patients’ palliative care needs.
Feeding performance of the larval stag beetle Aegus chelifer (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) explains adult body size variation and sexual dimorphism
Authors: Songvorawit Nut , Butcher Buntika Areekul , Chaisuekul Chatchawan
Published: November 2021

In stag beetle larvae, food availability is considered a major cause of body size variation in adults, but this has not been explicitly tested. To evaluate wood use and the effects of food quantity on growth and adult body size, the feeding performance of the tropical stag beetle Aegus chelifer MacLeay (Coleoptera: Lucanidae), which is widely distributed in Southeast Asia, was investigated by rearing larvae with different food quantities. Apparent digestibility was approximately 9%, and the efficiency of conversion of ingested food ranged from 0.7% to 1.7%. Feeding period, total food consumption, and adult body size significantly increased alongside food quantity. Males had higher consumption rates than females did at the same larval weight due to shorter food retention time. Males showed greater variation in feeding, growth performance, and adult body size than females. Differences in feeding performance that depend on food availability may enhance their fitness and may further result in sexual differences and adult body size variation.
Feasibility of using Mobile Point-of-Sale Technology in Baltimore City Corner Stores for Tracking Sales: A Brief Report
Authors: Lewis Emma C. , Harper Kaitlyn M. , Poirier Lisa K. , Gittelsohn Joel
Published: October 2021

Small food retail stores in many underserved urban settings keep no electronic records, making documentation of program impact on sales difficult to obtain. We examined the feasibility of introducing a point-of-sale tablet (POST) application to track sales of foods and beverages in Baltimore City corner stores. A sample of four geographically and ethnically diverse corner store owners were trained to use POST to track sales of 14 items for eleven days. Feasibility was documented via a structured survey and open-ended interviews. POST had high economic and cultural acceptability, operability, and perceived sustainability, regardless of language differences or familiarity with mobile technology. All store owners reported willingness to use POST again. It is feasible to train corner store owners to use a point-ofsale application for sales monitoring. An upcoming trial will help to ensure that POST provides sufficient value added for corner store owners.
Associations of socioeconomic status, parenting style, and grit with health behaviors in children using data from the Panel Study on Korean Children (PSKC)
Authors: Yang Hwa-Mi
Published: November 2021

Purpose: This study aimed to comprehensively explore the associations of socioeconomic status, parenting style, and grit with children's health behaviors.Methods: This was a cross-sectional study of 1,040 parents and their children using data from the 2018 Korean Children's Panel Survey. Socioeconomic status was measured in terms of household income and subjective socioeconomic status. Parenting style and grit and were measured using 62 and 8 items, respectively. Health behaviors were measured by assessing healthy eating habits, physical activity, and sedentary behavior.Results: Higher household income (β=.07, p=.018) and high maternal levels of an authoritative parenting style (β=.20, p<.001) were associated with higher compliance with healthy eating habits among children. Higher grit was associated with a higher number of weekly physical activity days (β=.08, p=.028) and sedentary behavior for <2 hours (odds ratio [OR]=1.04, 95% confidence interval [CI]=1.01-1.07) in children. A maternal permissive parenting style was associated with sedentary behavior for >2 hours on weekdays (OR=0.43, 95% CI=0.27-0.69).Conclusion: We suggest that when planning interventions to improve children's health behavior, it is essential to adopt a multifaceted approach that avoids practicing a maternal permissive parenting style, promotes an authoritative parenting style, and incorporates strategies to increase children's grit.
A New Technique for ARMA-System Identification Based on QR-Decomposition of Third Order Cumulants Matrix
Authors: Al-Smadi Adnan M
Published: November 2021

In this paper a new technique to estimate the coefficients of a general Autoregressive Moving Average (ARMA) (p, q) model is proposed. The ARMA system is excited by an un-observable independently identically distributed (i.i.d) non-Gaussian process. The proposed ARMA coefficients estimation method uses the QR-Decomposition (QRD) of a special matrix built with entries of third order cumulants (TOC) of the available output data only. The observed output may be corrupted with additive colored or white Gaussian noise of unknown power spectral density. The proposed technique was compared with several good methods such as the residual time series (RTS) and the Q-slice algorithm (QSA) methods. Simulations for several examples were tested. The results for these examples confirm the good performance of the proposed technique with respect to existing well-known methods.
El análisis cuantitativo de las identificaciones y las detenciones policiales en España: Datos disponibles, limitaciones e implicaciones
Authors: López-Riba José María
Published: November 2021

El objetivo del presente artículo es poner de manifiesto la limitada capacidad que tenemos desde la Criminología para estudiar cuantitativamente el ejercicio de los poderes policiales en España a partir de los datos disponibles de fuentes oficiales. Para ello se seleccionan dos potestades policiales, la identificación y la detención, y a partir de ellas se muestran los datos disponibles, así como las posibilidades y las carencias que tienen para su uso en la investigación criminológica. Posteriormente, se exponen a modo de contraste dos ejemplos internacionales, concretamente el de las paradas policiales en Reino Unido y las detenciones en Estados Unidos. Por último, se señalan las cautelas que se han de tomar a la hora de trabajar con datos secundarios y las implicaciones que tienen la falta de datos y una política de transparencia decidida no solo para la investigación criminológica sino para un necesario monitoreo de la actividad policial en democracia.
Mega-Regionalism in Southeast Asia: Single- and Dual-Track Options for ASEAN Member States
Authors: Verico Kiki
Published: November 2021

This paper compares the effects of the economic convergence levels of the two mega-regional cooperative efforts of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) on the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). It finds that the single track of the RCEP has preserved a balance between open regionalism and economic convergence that better fits ASEAN economic features compared to the dual track of both the RCEP and CPTPP.
La emergencia del desempeño autodidacta como aspiración en educación superior
Authors: Tapia Fernanda
Published: November 2021

El confinamiento obligó a cerrar los espacios escolares y acentúo la necesidad de perfiles estudiantiles con habilidades autodidactas, como base para la resolución de problemáticas actuales. No obstante, en el nivel superior de México prevalecen prácticas que poco o nula contribución tienen en la promoción del desempeño autodidacta. En el presente trabajo se enlistan el tipo de prácticas, como contexto para proponer una forma de organizar el trabajo docente, para lo cual se recupera la noción de interacción didáctica. Con base en dicha noción se plantea la relación entre el desempeño didáctico y el autodidacta, así como la secuencia con la que se puede propiciar que el estudiante de manera paulatina tome un papel activo que favorezca la autonomía intelectual. Se hace una descripción general de las funciones autodidactas, se postula una posible ruta hipotética entre los dominios ordinario, disciplinario y didáctico tanto del docente como del estudiante, se caracteriza el tipo de dependencia del desempeño estudiantil respecto de la situación en la que tiene lugar la clase y se discute si todo esto constituye un nuevo papel docente o se fortalecen funciones no potencializadas hasta ahora. Finalmente, se reflexiona sobre la participación de las tecnologías en un planteamiento de este tipo y se resalta el papel de la variabilidad de la complejidad y la dificultad de las demandas académicas para configurar comportamiento autónomo.
Impacto del diseño de un manual de procedimiento en la nómina para mejorar su control en las empresas
Authors: Martínez Prats Germán , Hernández Oliva Francisco , Silva Hernández Francisca , Mapén Franco Fabiola
Published: November 2021

Para las empresas es necesaria la elaboración de la nómina ya que es parte fundamental de la misma debido a que en ella se puede conocer de manera financiera los gastos que se tiene tanto en el pago del personal así como el pago de impuestos, en esta investigación abordaremos acerca de lo que es una nómina así como de algunas de sus clasificaciones, la manera en que esta conformada y sobre todo se hablara sobre los manuales de procedimiento de la importancia que tienen y el impacto que tendría el ser aplicado para la nómina, se llevara a cabo por medio de un método descriptivo con el cual se buscó recabar información de diferentes fuentes.
La evolución del libro, desde la arcilla hasta el digital
Authors:   Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, Marroquín Espinoza Olga Yolanda
Published: November 2021

La primera comunicación del hombre fue oral, surge la necesidad de registrar los mensajes basados en signos. Un libro es una obra impresa, manuscrita o pintada en una serie de hojas de papel, pergamino u otro material, unidas por un lado y protegidas con tapas llamadas cubiertas. Surge la evulución del libro, primero fueron las tablillas, arcilla piedra, papiros una forma de papel elaborado con plantas, los pergaminos eran varios pliegos se cocían fromando códices escritos a mano y evolucionaron y hoy tenemos los libros al llegar la imprenta.
Nuevas competencias para la edición y difusión de la información
Authors:   Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, Chiroy Carlos Humberto
Published: November 2021

La discusión de los conceptos de alfabetización digital y el reconocimiento de los nativos digitales permite el entendimiento de las habilidades en un sentido amplio y como estas se amalgaman con la comprensión lectora para el cumplimiento de los objetivos académicos.
Nuevas competencias para la edición y difusión de la información
Authors:   Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, Aifán Pineda Claudina
Published: November 2021

En el contexto de los apremiantes desafíos planetarios y socioeconómicos, las soluciones sostenibles e innovadoras requieren esfuerzos científicos eficientes, transparentes y dinámicos, no sólo de la comunidad científica, sino de toda la sociedad. Y las revisiones abiertas por pares tienen como objetivo aumentar la transparencia y la responsabilidad del proceso de revisión.
Herpes zóster. Actualización y manejo
Authors: Torres Ordoñez Gabriela , Bastard Dolores , Torre Ana Clara
Published: November 2021

El herpes zóster es una enfermedad infecciosa producida por el virus de la varicela zóster, caracterizada por la aparición de vesículas que suelen presentarse en una disposición metamérica. Su incidencia se encuentra en aumento y es un motivo de consulta frecuente en la práctica cotidiana. En este artículo se ofrece información actualizada acerca de su diagnóstico, tratamiento y prevención, así como sobre otros aspectos controvertidos de su manejo.
North Korean nuclear program and Six Party Talks: A critical analysis
Authors: Alam Mohammad , Khan Arif , Khan Bakhtiar , Tahir Fauzia
Published: October 2021

North Korea is an important figure in Northeast Asian politics due to its growing nuclear program which she claims to have initiated for defence. However, it has disturbed the peace and stability of the Korean Peninsula at large. The tense relations over the years between U.S., its regional allies particularly South Korea and North Korea have affected world politics. Breakdown of the Agreed Framework Agreement of 1994, signed between U.S. and North Korea in 2002, caused a damage to their relationship. Six Party Talks were started to bring stability to region and political certainty among the relations of the stakeholders. However, SPT failed to achieve the desired objectives due to the ambitious interests of the member states. This research paper focuses those obstacles that led to breakdown of the six-party talks. Furthermore, the study addresses the question that how U.S., China and other regional states are handling and exploiting the North Korean nuclear issue for the vested interests. This qualitative study has used secondary sources for data collection and for the analysis it used descriptive-analytical and narrative analysis technique. The study shows that failure and suspension of the SPT have some serious implications on the security of Northeast Asia.
Proteins and Cancer Therapy-A Complicated Duet
Authors:   University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), Baltimore MD 21201, USA, Ray Priyanka
Published: October 2021

Cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide, with some forms of exhibiting low survival rates due to poor prognosis and absence of early diagnosis. To effectively treat cancer, various interactions governing cellular subdivision and growth must be investigated
Toll-Like Receptor-4 Synthesis is Regulated by Jnk Signaling by Three Glucocorticoids Isoforms And By Three Interferons Isoforms, Also Its Advantages in Activities Depending on The Containment From Arg, Proline, And Hydrophobic Amino Acids In Its Compositions
Authors:   Biomedical Molecular Studies & Cancer Diseases. Home Adress: Canada, Toronto, Goldwin Avenue west and, Egypt, El Tantawi Ashraf Marzouk
Published: October 2021

Toll-like receptor-4 (TLR4), synthesis is regulated by JNK signaling, by three glucocorticoids isoforms, and by the three interferons isoforms, also depending on avaliablities of LPS & on long fatty acids chains with Arg and proline availabilities For performing and running the mitochondrial oxidative processes for producing fatty-acyl-CoA-synthetase followed by fatty-acyl-CoA-synthase followed by fatty-acyl-CoA-phospholipase productions for linear TLR4 active beta-subunits which will be transformed into TLR4-alpha upon phospholipase effects, which will follow phosphorylation process (alpha-oxidations) for generate Guanosine triphosphate cyclohydrolase (GTP-Chase) subunits which supposed to contain specific hydrophobic amino acids including Arg, Tyr, leu, proline…. Etc
Covid-19 and Dengue Coinfection: Case Report
Authors:   General Physician, Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia, Pérez Tatiana Betancur , Gomez Juan Farak ,   Faculty of Medicine, Rafael Núñez University Corporation. Cartagena de Indias, Colombia
Published: October 2021

The concurrence of COVID-19 with dengue present a similarity in the early stages of both diseases could cause delays in the diagnosis of dengue infection,SARS-CoV-2 or both. This adds an additional difficulty to the diagnosis and suggests that a positive result of IgM or IgG serology would not be sufficient for the definitive confirmation of dengue. Clinical case: 13-year-old female patient in poor general condition who debuts with a clinical picture of 5 days of evolution consisting of fever, anosmia, ageusia, unquantified fever peaks, chills, abdominal pain and vomiting that does not stop.
Mezar Stelleri Işığında Aizanoi’da Suriye Tipi Alınlık Modası
Authors: ERDİNÇ Zerrin
Published: November 2021

Aizanoi, antik dönemde Phrygia Bölgesi’nde önemli bir kent ve Zeus Tapınağı’ndan dolayı da önemli bir dini merkezdi. Phrygia Bölgesi’nde yaygın olarak görülen Zeus ve Ana Tanrıça kültleri Aizanoi’da da tapınım görmüş, kentin tanrı ve tanrıçası olmuştur. Baş tanrı Zeus’un ve Meter Steunene’nin kentteki ölü gömme adetlerine ve ölümden sonraki yaşam inanışlarına etkisi yadsınamaz durumdadır. Bununa bağlı olarak MS 1.yy’dan itibaren Aizanoi’da farklı tipte mezar stelleri üretildiğini bilmekteyiz. Çeşitli tiplerde mezar steli üretilmiş olmasına karşın Özellikle MS 2.yy ile birlikte ortaya çıkan Suriye tipi alınlıklı ve Suriye kemerli mezar stelleri bölge mezar steli tipolojisindeki geniş repertuarıyla dikkat çekmektedir. Tek başına veya çifte mezar steli şeklinde gördüğümüz bu steller daha önce çeşitli araştırmacılar tarafından önerilen tipoloji tablolarında form ve bezeme öğeleri açısından değerlendirilmiştir. Bu çalışmada ilk olarak antik dünyada ve Aizanoi’da Suriye tipi alınlığın ortaya çıkışı ve tipolojsi incelenerek bölge mimarisinde etkilendiği ve etkilediği unsurlar ile tarihsel süreçte Aizanoi mezar steli modasına katkılarının ortaya konması amaçlanmıştır. Bu kapsamda mezar stellerinin yanı sıra antısal mezar mimarisinde ve sikkeler üzerindeki Suriye tipi alınlıklar değerlendirmeye alınmıştır.
Penentuan Peringkat Konsentrasi Tingkat Kesuburan Sperma Menggunakan Metode MOORA
Authors: Irmansyah Lubis Ahmadi , Setiawan Feri , Lusiyanti Lusiyanti
Published: October 2021

Riset ini bertujuan untuk menguji dan menerapkan metode MOORA dalam pengambilan keputusan untuk penentuan perangkingan dari data konsentrasi tingkat kesuburan sperma dan kemudian menggunakan metode pembobotan kriteria berdasarkan iperhitungan metode Rank Order Centroid agar bobot kriteria diperoleh secara sistematis dan obyektif sehingga tidak lagi ditentukan secara subjektif dari asumsi pengambil keputusan. Data pengujian yang digunakan bersumber dari UCI iMachine iLearning iRepository yaitu Fertility Dataset yang merupakan data tingkat konsentrasi kesuburan sperma yang memiliki 100 record data, 9 kriteria, dan 1 variable kelas serta data set tersebut berjenis multivariate. Hasil dari pengujian metode MOORA pada penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa dengan menerapkan metode MOORA dan Rank Order Centroid mampu dalam melakukan perangkingan terhadap data konsentrasi tingkat kesuburan sperma yang menghasilkan A19 sebagai ialternatif iterbaik dengan nilai preferensi tertinggi, sedangkaniA44 isebagai alternatif peringkat terakhiridengan nilai preferensi paling terendah. Kemudian dari isegi iwaktu eksekusi program, metode MOORA membutuhkan waktu eksekusi selama 0.019 detik.
Sistem Informasi Administrasi Kesiswaan Di SMA Swasta Nusantara Setia Janji
Authors: Yasmihan Belly , Azhar Zulfi
Published: October 2021

Administrasi Kesiswaan berperan penting dalam mendukung tertib administrasi dalam lembaga pendidikan. Ketersediaan informasi yang akurat mampu mendukung pengambilan keputusan yang tepat dan cepat pada berbagai hal yang menyangkut siswa. Akurasi ini dapat ditingkatkan dengan membuat sistem yang dapat menstandarkan informasi dalam sistem administrasi kesiswaan yaitu dengan pembuatan Sistem Informasi Administrasi Kesiswaan. SMA Nusantara Setia Janji adalah salah satu sekolah yang menginginkan kemudahan dalam pengolahan data dan laporan. Pelayanan yang dilakukan dengan cara manual bisa diselesaikan dengan program aplikasi yang dapat membantu mempercepat proses dan dapat meningkatkan kualitas layanan untuk menghasilkan laporan yang cepat, akurat, dan lebih efektif dan efisien. Sistem informasi administrasi kesiswaan dirancang untuk mengolah data secara efektif dan efisien, selain untuk mengoptimalkan penggunaan komputer yang ada.