bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Results of researches of cases of sticking of wet snow and complex sediments on the territory of Ukraine during the second half of the XX - beginning of the XXI century. and the prospects for their further research
Authors: Pyasecka Svitlana
Published: June 2020

The article presents the results of research on the physical characteristics of the formation of a number of ice-and-frost-free phenomena, in particular wet sticking (wet snow deposits on the wires of a standard ice-making machine) and complex sediments. The peculiarities of formation of such sediments in general (also categories of dangerous and natural) are analyzed. The synoptic conditions of their formation, diagnostic signs and peculiarities of distribution on the territory of Ukraine are indicated. The analyzed period covers mostly the second half of the twentieth century. and the beginning of the twenty-first century. The aim of the work is not only to analyze the results of past research, but also to draw the direction of further research on ice-damper deposits in Ukraine in the conditions of the modern climate for the development of recommendations for certain sectors of the economy that are most vulnerable to them in order to prevent or reduce losses. In view of further climate change in Ukraine on the background of global warming, the urgent need is to continue the study of changes in the distribution of various types of ice-and-cloud-bearing deposits, in particular, wet snow and complex deposits on the territory of Ukraine and the identification of their current trends in the regions of the country should cover a number of urgent tasks for further research, namely: it is necessary to identify the most active cells of such deferrals and to trace their dynamics, especially for deposits of the category of dangerous and natural. It is necessary to conduct a special study on the nature and amount of losses from such deposits in separate regions of Ukraine and to establish the most vulnerable territories. In order to create a coherent picture of modern features in the distribution and trends of ice-damper deposits in Ukraine, it is necessary to combine the results of the study of the present state of all three major types of sediment. On the basis of the revealed recent dynamics, the distribution of such deposits, taking into account the tendencies of losses from them, make recommendations for the most vulnerable territories of the country and the branches of government.
At the Crossroads of Flood Mitigation and Urban Revitalization: Residents’ Perspectives of Shifting Floodplain Governance in the United States Rust Belt
Authors: Radonic Lucero , Cooper Lauren T. , Omans Marcela
Published: June 2020

Over the past decade, floods have increased in frequency and intensity, a trend that is expected to intensify over the next twenty-five years. This article addresses an underexamined tension in floodplain governance: how a policy instrument designed to mitigate flood hazards in urban neighborhoods also has the potential to drive changes that may lead to environmental gentrification. Through survey and interview data concentrated in an economically depressed neighborhood in Lansing, Michigan, we explore how floodplain residents perceive their own vulnerability to flooding and interpret neighborhood land-use changes precipitated by shifts in floodplain governance. We found that while residents may recognize their neighborhood is at risk of flooding, they downplay their own vulnerability due in part to overconfidence on structural flood control measures. Relatedly, residents value the state’s new flood risk mitigation program for contributing to neighborhood revitalization, generally without recognizing its flood risk adaptation objectives. Ironically, some elements of floodplain governance may drive the deterioration that necessitates urban revitalization, while others may disenfranchise low-income long-time residents. This case illustrates that shifting floodplain governance towards green infrastructure is not fully comprehensible to some residents, pointing to the need for participatory approaches that create a shared vision for urban floodplain neighborhoods.
Law myth as a value basis of the law reality of Russia
Authors: Skorobogatov Andrey , Krasnov Alexandr
Published: June 2020

The purpose of this article is an axiological research of the role of the law myth in the construction and functioning of the law reality of Russia. The methodological basis of the research is a postclassical paradigm, which focused on an interdisciplinary philosophical and law research of law phenomena in a broad historical and sociocultural context, and the corresponding socio-constructivist approach, which involving the research of law reality as a result of human subjective and intersubjective creative activity. One of the areas of human activity is the law myth, which plays a large role in the creation and functioning of law reality. Results: Axiological research of law myths allows to identify their theoretical and practical potential in the law life of a person and law reality. Each epoch has its own authoritarian and stable law myths, which are designed to create a certain image of law reality, which correlates with the value expectations of subjects of law consciousness and law culture. The law myth always has its core law value. The law myth appears as an internally-ordered imperative statement, which is aimed at the formation of a certain element of the image of law reality. Through law mythology, there is a legitimization of the processes taking place in society, primarily in the most normative spheres of society in politics and law. There is an attribution one or another meaning to social phenomena. Thus, law myths penetrate to legislation, acquiring the role of an ideological source of law. Identification of the myth by the law conscience turns it into a definite matrix, which serves as a standard for assessing the relevant law behavior. The law myth has a dichotomous nature. On the one hand, it is intended to interpret law reality. On the other hand, myths construct reality not only mentally, but also verbally.
On the concept of illegal circulation of industrial products in the Eurasian Economic Union
Authors: Utarov Kanat
Published: June 2020

A general description is given of the global illegal turnover of industrial products and its negative impact on the global economy, including the economy of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) member states (more than 17 million units of counterfeit goods in 2018).
Based on the analysis of the Treaty on the EAEU and other EAEU acts adopted in accordance with it, civil and other legislation of the EAEU Member States, the concepts of industry, industrial products (industrial goods), circulation of goods (products) are studied "," Illegal trade in industrial products. "
The conclusion is made that the existing regulatory framework of the EAEU is insufficient for the effective resolution of problems and coordinated counteraction of the Union member states to illegal trade in industrial products and, above all, its socially dangerous forms.
Definitions of the concepts of illegal circulation of industrial goods (industrial products) and substandard industrial products are formulated to fix them as terms in an additional special protocol to the Treaty on the EAEU.
The legalization of the definition of the concept of illegal trafficking in industrial products at the level of the EAEU Treaty is an important prerequisite for the formation and implementation of the agreed criminal policy of the EAEU member states in the field of countering such trafficking
Metaphysics of international law (From a review to an alternative)
Authors: Karakulyan Emil
Published: June 2020

Introduction: The problems of theology or metaphysics of international law are widely represented in the literature. The study of basic concepts in this regard can serve as a basis for the development of an alternative theory of international law.
Methods: historicism, system, analysis and comparative law.
Results: the main directions of Western international legal thought are a form of political religion.
Conclusions: criticism of the metaphysical doctrine (theological component) involves the construction of an alternative doctrine in the metaphysical field; the international legal content of the doctrine (legal component) is protected by reference to historical realism. The contours of the national doctrine of the international law as a synthesis of metaphysical and international legal foundations are proposed.
Shallow intraplate seismicity in the Buenos Aires province (Argentina) and surrounding areas: is it related to the Quilmes Trough?
Authors: Rossello Eduardo Antonio , Heit Benjamín , Bianchi Marcelo
Published: June 2020

In the light of the November 30th, 2018 (N30) earthquake activity, some neighborhoods of the city of Buenos Aires were shaken by a 3.8 mb earthquake (4.53 km estimated depth). We examined the historical and recent seismic records in order to analyze possible mechanisms related to the distribution of tectonic stresses as responsible for such unusual earthquakes in a region where only very little seismic activity is reported. According to this, at list one historical event occurred on June 5th, 1888 and other small magnitude earthquakes are mentioned since 1848 interpreted as being associated with the Rio de la Plata faulting. But there is, still no consensus about the role of this structure compared to other structures with orientation SW-NE. The lack of evidence to support one over the other structures makes it difficult to analyze these earthquakes. The presence of the Quilmes Trough connecting the Santa Lucía Basin in Uruguay and the Salado Basin in Argentina was recently proposed to play a tectonic role by a system of ENE-WSW trending controlled by extensional faulting related to the beginning of the Gondwana breakup. This depocenter with a thickness of almost 2,000 m of Mesozoic and Tertiary sequences could be acting as a zone of weakness in the crust and therefore responsible for the mentioned earthquake activity. The orientation of this structure correlates well with the present convergence vector between the Nazca and the South American plates and could therefore be propitious for strain release triggering shallow intraplate seismicity. We propose that most of the epicenters from historical and recent earthquakes might be aligned sub-parallel to the principal axis of the Quilmes Trough. Nevertheless, more data is needed to produce a reliable earthquake monitoring system in order to elucidate the tectonic stress regime and the existence of such structures at depth
Estilos estructurales y tensores de esfuerzos hacia el suroriente del Macizo de Santander (Colombia)
Authors: Forero-Ortega Anny Julieth , Velandia Francisco , Barragán-Coy Evelin Karina
Published: June 2020

Este trabajo presenta una explicación a la deformación generada al sur de la Falla Río Servitá, especialmente en su bloque yacente. A partir del análisis de la cartografía geológica y del tratamiento de datos de diaclasas y tensores de esfuerzos determinados con planos estriados de fallas, se distinguieron tres direcciones de máxima compresión horizontal, relacionados con la influencia en la zona de estructuras regionales, los cuales soportan los distintos estilos de deformación. El tensor más representativo corresponde a un esfuerzo horizontal máximo en dirección W-E, relacionado con fallas longitudinales de cabalgamiento como la Falla Río Servitá, con un estilo de deformación de piel gruesa, cuya compresión provoca un sinclinal invertido y fallas nucleadas de acomodamiento en su bloque yacente. Hacia el sur de la zona se alcanza a expresar la influencia de la Falla de Bucaramanga, con un tensor SE-NW que resulta del arrastre en rumbo sinestral de la estructura a lo largo de la falla transpresiva Chicamocha-Soapaga. Se distinguen también, fallas transversales NW, en cabalgamientos con vergencia al SW y retrocabalgamientos que entre si conforman estructuras pop-up, que se relacionan con un tensor SW-NE, el cual se interpreta como parte del efecto radial de la Cuña de Pamplona
Introducción al Geopatrimonio kárstico del municipio de El Peñón (Santander), Colombia
Authors: Gelvez-Chaparro Jorge , Barajas-Rangel Daniel , Herrera-Ruiz Juliana , Ríos-Reyes Carlos Alberto
Published: June 2020

Los sistemas kársticos constituyen uno de los ambientes más vulnerables al cambio climático y las acciones humanas, así mismo las actividades turísticas mal desarrolladas en áreas con sistemas kársticos (espeleoturismo) han demostrado que pueden ser una amenaza para su conservación, sin embargo, el turismo también podría ser una forma efectiva de conservación aportando a su vez al desarrollo sostenible de los territorios rurales. El municipio más joven de Santander, El Peñón, ubicado sobre rocas calcáreas de la Formación Rosablanca constituye un extenso e importante sistema kárstico que alberga una gran riqueza geológica, paisajística, arqueológica y biótica. El desarrollo kárstico de la región está regido por el control tectónico de la zona evidenciado en las orientaciones preferenciales NW-SE y NE-SW que adquieren las unidades exo y endokársticas. El estado casi prístino de la gran mayoría de estas manifestaciones subterráneas permite su estudio para la contribución al planteamiento de alternativas que vean este patrimonio como un recurso con gran potencial para aportarle al desarrollo sostenible de este territorio.Se presentan avances en el inventario del patrimonio geológico kárstico con el que cuenta el municipio de El Peñón, y la valoración por medio de la metodología M-GAM de los primeros 6 geotopos identificados: Cañón de Panamá, Caverna Los Carracos, Cueva del Oro, Cueva de La Virgen, Karst Town y Caverna La Tronera. La evaluación por medio de esta metodología permitió conocer la situación actual del turismo en la región y confirmar que estos lugares poseen una riqueza única con vastas oportunidades para el desarrollo del geoturismo y espeleoturismo. La aplicación del índice estandarizado de sensibilidad de cuevas permitió conocer el grado de sensibilidad a las acciones antrópicas de estos ecosistemas, indicando el mayor control que debe existir sobre las actividades que se desarrollen en la galería inferior de la Caverna Los Carracos y la Cueva del Oro.
El modelo darwinista del derecho: una interpretación organicista del primer Roscoe Pound
Authors: Saucedo Maqueda Víctor Manuel
Published: June 2020

si bien Roscoe Pound tiene su lugar en la historia del pensamiento jurídico gracias a su sociological jurisprudence, el organicismo jurídico de sus primeros trabajos es menos conocido. En este artículo, se rastreará aquel en la formación botánica de Pound. Se verá cómo se diferencia del organicismo clásico y cómo se integra en el debate sobre las fuentes del derecho en la tradición del common law. Finalmente, se propondrá una interpretación en clave darwinista de dicho organicismo jurídico en sus primeros escritos.
Comunicación y estética-ética: el caso del monocultivo de la caña de azúcar
Authors: Ayala Osorio Germán
Published: June 2020

en este artículo, se discurre alrededor de la comunicación, la estética-ética y la sostenibilidad como campos de saber y disciplinas y las hace confluir en el monocultivo de la caña de azúcar, asumido como un fenómeno estético-ambiental. Se proponen enunciados categoriales con los que se busca avanzar en el complejo análisis de una realidad agroindustrial sostenida en un orden simbólico y cultural específico, que traspasa los límites de la señalada práctica agrícola que debe y puede ser mirada y analizada desde la perspectiva del pensamiento ambiental complejo. Además, se exponen tres acápites transversalmente conectados por las dimensiones estética, ética, comunicativa y ambiental. En un primer momento, se da cuenta de lo que se entiende por comunicación y sus conexiones disciplinares. En un segundo momento se alude al objeto de la reflexión: el monocultivo de la caña de azúcar. En un tercer estadio, se abordan los temas de la sostenibilidad y la estética-ética, para intentar ‘atrapar’, con fines comprensivos, el monocultivo de la caña de azúcar.
Aristóteles y Tomás de Aquino: un análisis en torno a la polis y la res publica
Authors: Almeyda Sarmiento Juan David
Published: June 2020

el presente trabajo analiza la relación existente entre los conceptos polis y res publica. El primer concepto desarrollado por Aristóteles en sus obras Ética Nicomáquea y Política; el segundo, expuesto por Tomás de Aquino en Comentario a la Ética de Aristóteles, Comentario a la política de Aristóteles y La monarquía, al rey de Chipre. El objetivo de este artículo es responder a la pregunta ¿cuáles son las diferencias y similitudes entre el concepto de polis en Aristóteles y el de res publica en Tomás de Aquino?Para dar respuesta a este planteamiento se estructuran tres acápites: inicialmente, se profundiza en el concepto de polis; luego, se ahonda en la res publica tomista y, finalmente, se presentan los puntos en común y las diferencias entre ambos términos
Optimization of Masking Process of Steel Tube During Atmospheric Plasma Spraying, for Use in Serial Production
Authors: Kužma Jozef , Krescanko Michal , Goldyniak David , Nag Akash
Published: June 2020

This study deals with the influence of selected technological factors on hardness, surface quality and topography of substrates after 24 layers of NiCr plasma was self-peeled off. The paper also deals with frequency of self-peeling the layers and the SEM observation of the deposited layers and substrates. Presented procedures and experimental results demonstrate changes and resistance of individual materials after an application of 24 plasma coatings. Samples from materials duralumin, chromium steel and material with the coating Ni-Cu-Ni were tested. The least impact for surface changes of substrate had samples from chromium steel. For this reason, chromium steel samples were also tested and compared for self-peeling frequency with respect to the number of coating layers and angle of surface. The main objective of this work was to select material, angle of plasma spraying and surface cleanliness that will show the least change in hardness and roughness after multiple plasma spraying with respect to the longest life of the cover mask. Cover mask is necessary for covering required areas of steel tube that must not be affected by plasma spraying, for use in serial production.
Digital Storytelling through Teamwork Gamification Model to Encourage Innovative Computer Art
Authors: Chujitarom Wannaporn
Published: June 2020

The purpose of this research is: (1) to develop digital storytelling through the use of teamwork gamification model to encourage innovative computer art; (2) to evaluate the model; and (3) to study the results in terms of innovative computer art. The sample group are 6 experts in related fields, and 35 undergraduate students. The research results showed that: (1) the model consists of 4 elements; Input Factors, Digital Storytelling through a Teamwork Gamification Process, Innovative Computer Art Evaluation, and Feedback; (2) the results from evaluation of the model indicates that it is appropriate at the highest level (xˉ = 4.62, S.D. = 0.62); and (3) the results in terms of the innovative computer art were at the high level.
Turystyka literacka w ujęciu aleatorycznym na przykładzie Hawany
Authors: Kaczmarek Jacek
Published: June 2020

Pojęcie „turystyka literacka” jest określeniem stabilnym, zazwyczaj nie wzbudza kontrowersji przedmiotowych. Dobrze wpisuje się w pozytywistyczny porządek myślenia o rzeczywistości turystycznej. Dokonana analiza kubańskich dzieł literackich oraz przeprowadzone badania terenowe w Hawanie wskazały na konieczność rekonstrukcji używanych definicji „turystyki literackiej”. Ma ona bowiem wiele kontekstów i nie można przyjąć jednego, niepodważalnego określenia. W artykule zaproponowano podejście aleatoryczne, w którym wykorzystano przypadek podczas eksploracji przestrzeni literatury w Hawanie.
Selected Attractiveness Factors of Academic Conferences as a Product on the International Tourism Market
Authors: Cieślikowski Krzysztof , Brusokas Andrius
Published: June 2020

The paper identifies selected determinants of attractiveness of international academic conferences as products on the contemporary international tourism market, especially on the business tourism market. To achieve this aim, methods of analysing the literature, reports, synthesis, along with passive and active observation were used. In addition, a direct survey using a research questionnaire via a website and addressed to participants on an Erasmus International Week in Kaunas was made. Some of the most important conditions of the attractiveness of the conference for participants, including transport and information accessibility as well as to the originality of the destination and the leisure program for participants, were indicated. Contemporary international academic conferences lasting a few days epitomize multiple products on tourism market. The article is empirical, but it also presents ideas for the development of conferences as attractive products in the contemporary economy of the European Union.
Exploring the Meaning of Sexual Health Through the Voices of Black Adolescents With HIV-Positive Mothers: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
Authors: Howell Tyriesa Howard
Published: June 2020

Background

Youth who have a parent living with HIV represent a population that may experience negative sexual health outcomes particularly if they reside within social and cultural contexts (e.g., families, communities, schools) that contribute community-level risks associated with HIV infection.

Objective

This study sought to understand how adolescents with HIV-positive mothers engage in parent–child communication about sex and give meaning to their sexual health attitudes, beliefs, and experiences.

Methods

An interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) approach was used to collect focus group and individual interview data from fourteen Black adolescents residing in an urban U.S. city that is characterized to have a generalized HIV epidemic. NVivo supported qualitative data analysis, which was guided by a six-step heuristic framework.

Findings

Three themes were associated with HIV-affected adolescents' meaning-making around sexual health—Being Ambivalent about Sex, Making Decisions about Sex, and Reflecting on Sexual Health. These themes describe participants' perspectives of informal parent–child communication about sex and offer an interpretation of their sexual health attitudes, beliefs, decision-making, and risk-taking behaviors.

Conclusion

Despite informally engaging in parent–child communication about sex with their mothers, many participants did not articulate comprehensive sexual health knowledge and furthermore sought opportunities for increased dialogue around decision-making concerning their sexual health.
The Role of Life Stressors in the Relationship Between Work-Related Stress and Depressive Symptoms Among Working Black Adults in the United States
Authors: Archibald Paul C. , Thorpe Roland
Published: June 2020

Background

Work-related stress (WRS) has been considered a major source of stress for adults in the United States for more than a decade and it is higher in urban settings and greater among Black adults. Although research has established a connection between WRS, life stressors, and depressive symptoms, no previous studies have explicitly examined the association between spillover from life stressors to work and depressive symptoms using a nationally representative survey of Black Americans.

Objective

This current study examines how work related stressors are related to depressive symptomatology among working Black adults in the United States (defined as Black adults 18 years or older who were employed at the time of the interview), and whether this relationship is mediated by life stressors.

Methods

Multivariate logistic regression analysis compared work-related stress and other life stressors between working Black adults with depressed symptoms and working Black adults without depressive symptoms. Mediation of life stressors between work-related stress and depressive symptoms was also analyzed.

Findings

Work-related stress (OR: 1.79, 95% CI: 1.37, 2.32), (OR: 1.39, 95% CI: 1.14, 1.71), neighborhood stressors (OR: 1.40, 95% CI: 1.15, 1.70), and financial stressors (OR: 2.00, 95% CI: 1.54, 2.60) were associated with higher odds of experiencing depressive symptoms with low educational attainment serving as a critical component. Life stressors partially mediates the relationship between WRS and depressive symptoms (OR: 1.10, Bias-corrected 95% CI: 1.04, 1.16).

Conclusions

This study provides the foundation for the inclusion of other stressors (i.e., neighborhood and financial), beyond familial stressors, when exploring the spillover effect for working Black adults; taking into consideration the differential effects among high and low educational stratum. Organizations must begin to take a holistic and comprehensive approach when integrating policies and programs aimed at promoting interventions into their work-related stress prevention programs for Black adults—focusing on the full stress experience among workers at lower educational levels.
Use of the Ecomap and Cultural Ecogram in Strengthening Healthcare Services for Urban African American Grandparents With Diabetes Type 2: A Case Application
Authors: Daughtery Laura G. , Zajicek-Farber Michaela L. , Koh Eun
Published: June 2020

The purpose of this article is to present an application of two tools the ecomap (Hartman, 1995) and cultural ecogram (Yasui, 2015) used sequentially so that it may help in the process of assisting health professionals in determining ways to improve culturally informed, instead of culturally competent healthcare provision. Both tools have been developed in the context of clinical delivery of social services, have some known research that points to the benefits of their use in health and mental healthcare (Lloyd, 2005), but have not yet been applied to promoting the cultural sensitivity with awareness in healthcare management of diabetes type 2 with urban African American grandparents who are caretakers of children.
Support for Mothers Who Are Incarcerated: Impact of Mutual Aid Support Groups
Authors: Howard Heather , Clark Katie , Piltch Mary
Published: June 2020

Background

The number of American children with a mother who is incarcerated increased by 131% between 1991 and 2007, impacting more than one million children. Because of increased focus on the problems surrounding parents in prison, there has been a growing recognition of how incarceration negatively impacts children and that repairing these relationships is critical to improving family functioning.

Objective

The focus of this article is to present a community-based participatory study that measured the impact of a support group provided to mothers during incarceration.

Methods

In this pilot study we used a nonexperimental design for an 8-week support group assessed at baseline and post intervention.

Findings

This study demonstrated favorable results in forming social connections and promoting positive communication between group members.

Conclusion

Community-based organizations, which offer support to parents, grandparents, and children impacted by incarceration, need continual funding.
Interpolation Problem for Periodically Correlated Stochastic Sequences with Missing Observations
Authors: Golichenko Iryna , Moklyachuk Mikhail
Published: June 2020

The problem of mean square optimal estimation of linear functionals which depend on the unknown values of a periodically correlated stochastic sequence is considered. The estimates are based on observations of the sequence with a noise. Formulas for calculation the mean square errors and the spectral characteristics of the optimal estimates of functionals are derived in the case of spectral certainty, where spectral densities of the sequences are exactly known. Formulas that determine the least favorable spectral densities and the minimax spectral characteristics are proposed in the case of spectral uncertainty, where spectral densities of the sequences are not exactly known while some classes of admissible spectral densities are specified.
Bayesian Unit Root Test for AR(1) Model with Trend Approximated
Authors: Kumar Jitendra , Varun Varun , Kumar Dhirendra , Chaturvedi Anoop
Published: June 2020

The objective of present study is to develop a time series model for handling the non-linear trend process using a spline function. Spline function is a piecewise polynomial segment concerning the time component. The main advantage of spline function is the approximation, non linear time trend, but linear time trend between the consecutive join points. A unit root hypothesis is projected to test the non stationarity due to presence of unit root in the proposed model. In the autoregressive model with linear trend, the time trend vanishes under the unit root case. However, when non-linear trend is present and approximated by the linear spline function, through the trend component is absent under the unit root case, but the intercept term makes a shift with r knots. For decision making under the Bayesian perspective, the posterior odds ratio is used for hypothesis testing problems. We have derived the posterior probability for the assumed hypotheses under appropriate prior information. A simulation study and an empirical application are presented to examine the performance of theoretical outcomes.
Iterative Algorithms for a Generalized System of Mixed Variational-Like Inclusion Problems and Altering Points Problem
Authors: Alansari Monairah , Akram Mohd , Dilshad Mohd.
Published: June 2020

In this article, we introduce and study a generalized system of mixed variational-like inclusion problems involving αβ-symmetric η-monotone mappings. We use the resolvent operator technique to calculate the approximate common solution of the generalized system of variational-like inclusion problems involving αβ-symmetric η-monotone mappings and a fixed point problem for nonlinear Lipchitz mappings. We study strong convergence analysis of the sequences generated by proposed Mann type iterative algorithms. Moreover, we consider an altering points problem associated with a generalized system of variational-like inclusion problems. To calculate the approximate solution of our system, we proposed a parallel S-iterative algorithm and study the convergence analysis of the sequences generated by proposed parallel S-iterative algorithms by using the technique of altering points problem. The results presented in this paper may be viewed as generalizations and refinements of the results existing in the literature.
Time Series Components Separation Based on Singular Spectral Analysis Visualization: an HJ-biplot Method Application
Authors: Oliveira da Silva Alberto , Freitas Adelaide
Published: June 2020

The extraction of essential features of any real-valued time series is crucial for exploring, modeling and producing, for example, forecasts. Taking advantage of the representation of a time series data by its trajectory matrix of Hankel constructed using Singular Spectrum Analysis, as well as of its decomposition through Principal Component Analysis via Partial Least Squares, we implement a graphical display employing the biplot methodology. A diversity of types of biplots can be constructed depending on the two matrices considered in the factorization of the trajectory matrix. In this work, we discuss the called HJ-biplot which yields a simultaneous representation of both rows and columns of the matrix with maximum quality. Interpretation of this type of biplot on Hankel related trajectory matrices is discussed from a real-world data set.
Severe Acute Hepatitis E in a Woman with an Autoimmune Background
Authors: Nascimento Maria S.J. , Almeida-Santos Madalena , Fernandes Maria , Maltez Fernando , Lino Sara , Curran Martin D. , Mesquita João R.
Published: June 2020

Hepatitis E virus genotype 3 infections are normally asymptomatic in immunocompetent individuals. Symptomatic cases of acute icteric hepatitis E are seldom observed among women, younger men and children but are particularly seen in middle-aged/elderly men. We report a case of severe acute hepatitis E caused by genotype 3 in an immunocompetent 40-year-old woman that required prolonged hospitalization. Her medical history included an autoimmune background, namely atrophic gastritis and Graves’ disease. She presented an extensive hepatic necrosis as revealed by the high levels of aminotransferases (ALT 4893 U/L; AST 3138 U/L). She showed also a coagulation disorder (prothrombin time; INR = 1.33). Serological markers for hepatitis viruses A, B and C were negative but serum was positive for hepatitis E virus RNA. Sequencing and phylogenetic analysis revealed that the hepatitis E virus strain belonged to subgenotype 3a. This is suggestive of an association between the severe acute hepatitis E virus genotype 3 infection and the autoimmune background.
Impact of Emergency Medical System Transportation in ST-segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction: A Nationwide Retrospective Study
Authors: Pereira Júlio Gil , Abreu Luís , Antunes Hugo , Gonçalves Maria Luísa , Marmelo Bruno , Moreira Davide , Nunes Luís , Santos Jorge Oliveira , The Portuguese National Registry of Acute Coronary Syndromes On behalf of
Published: June 2020

Introduction: Emergency medical system transportation has been shown to reduce treatment times in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. The authors studied the Portuguese National Registry of Acute Coronary Syndromes to determine the nationwide impact of the emergency medical system transportation in the treatment of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.Material and Methods: A multicentric, nationwide, retrospective study of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction patients inserted in the National Registry from 2010 to 2017 was performed. The patients were divided into: Group I, composed of patients transported by emergency medical system, and Group II, patients arriving to the Emergency department by other means.Results: Of the 5702 patients studied, 25.9% were transported via emergency medical system. Rates of emergency medical system activation increased by 17% in the last 7 years. The emergency medical system provided a higher rate of transport to a percutaneous coronary intervention capable centre, of Emergency department bypass, of on-site fibrinolysis, and ensured a 59-minute reduction of the median reperfusion time (p < 0.001). There was no difference in in-hospital mortality.Discussion: In this nationwide cohort, emergency medical system transportation is associated with a reduction in reperfusion times. It provides a higher amount of salvaged myocardium and reduces the incidence of acute heart failure. However, emergency medical system use did not result in lower in-hospital mortality, probably due to confounding factors of higher disease severity and comorbidity.Conclusion: The benefits associated with emergency medical system based transportation of patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction do not translate into lower in-hospital mortality.
Capacitação para Hábitos Alimentares Adequados em Contexto de Cirurgia Bariátrica
Authors: Camolas José
Published: June 2020

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A avaliação na construção da didática em Educação Física
Authors: Nogueira Valdilene Aline , Maldonado Daniel Teixeira , Silva Sheila Aparecida Pereira dos Santos
Published: June 2020

A avaliação na Educação Física (EF) em uma Comunidade de Aprendizagem é o foco deste artigo. Trata-se de uma pesquisa descritiva que utilizou análise documental, observação não-participante e entrevista semiestruturada com um docente de EF para coleta de dados. O professor utiliza conversas antes e depois das atividades, registro escrito das observações, troca de e-mails e conversas individuais com os/as educandos/as como instrumentos de avaliação uma vez que entende que ela precisa considerar todo o processo educacional. Conclui-se que o docente pesquisado utiliza tais instrumentos de avaliação para dialogar com os/as alunos/as sobre os conhecimentos adquiridos durante as atividades realizadas e se serve desses procedimentos para reorganizar a sua prática pedagógica.
Pedagogical Approach for Teaching English in Secondary School: What Counts?
Authors: Mu’in Fatchul , Nasrullah Nasrullah , Elyani EKa Putri , Rosalina Elsa
Published: June 2020

Tujuan kegiatan ini adalah memberikan pelatihan untuk meningkatkan kreativitas guru dalam mengajar mata pelajaran Bahasa inggris di Kabupaten Tabalong. Diharapkan para guru dapat mengenal dan mengaplikasikan teknik mengajar bahasa Inggris yang lebih efektif, menyenangkan, dan modern. Adapun sasaran dari kegiatan ini adalah guru-guru MGMP SMP mata pelajaran Bahasa Inggris di Kabupaten Tabalong yang berjumlah 30 orang. Metode yang digunakan dalam pengabdian ini adalah metode kualitatif yang bertujuan untuk memberikan gambaran dan mendeskripsikan kegiatan pelatihan tentang teknik mengajar Bahasa Inggris yang modern. Pada kegiatan Pengabdian ini ditemukan sebagian besar guru belum mengetahui teknik terbaru dalam pengajaran Bahasa Inggris. Jadi, pelaksanaan pelatihan dilakukan melalui penyampaian materi, diskusi, dan praktik. Materi yang disampaikan disesuaikan dengan program-program yang sesuai dengan silabus pada tiap sekolah. Materi tersebut berkaitan dengan perancangan dan teknik pengajaran yang diikuti oleh praktik pengajarannya. Dapat disimpulkan bahwa pelatihan ini menjadi salah satu cara untuk meningkatkan inovasi dan kreativitas para guru dalam kegiatan belajar mengajar Bahasa Inggris di sekolah, khususnya di tingkat SMP.                              This activity aims to deliver a short training to improve the creativity of junior high school teachers for teaching English in Tabalong District. It is expected that teachers can recognize and apply teaching techniques that are more effective, fun, and modern. The subjects of this activity are 30 junior high school teachers of English MGMP in the district of Tabalong. The method used in this community service is a qualitative method that aims to provide an overview and describe training on modern English teaching techniques. In this community service activity, it was found that most of the teachers did not know the latest techniques in teaching English. As a result, the training was carried out through the delivery of material, discussion, and practice. The material presented was adjusted to the programs which fit the syllabus in each school. The material was related to design and teaching techniques, followed by the teaching practice. It can be concluded that this short training is one way to improve teachers' innovation and creativity in teaching and to learn English, especially in junior high school level.
Pembuatan Instrumen Supervisi di Kelompok Kerja Kepala Sekolah PAUD (K3PAUD) Alalak di TK Anak Beruntung
Authors: Anggreani Chresty , Novitawati Novitawati
Published: June 2020

Salah satu upaya peningkatan kualitas pembelajaran guru di kelas dilakukan melalui sebuah supervisi. Salah tugas kepala sekolah yaitu sebagai supervisor. Tujuan dari kegiatan pengabdian ini adalah untuk meningkatkan pengetahuan dan pemahaman kepala sekolah dalam membuat instrumen supervisi dan menganalisis hasil supervisi. Kegiatan ini dilaksanakan pada tanggal 29 November 2019 yang diikuti sebanyak 34 orang peserta. Untuk mencapai tujuan tersebut maka metode yang digunakan adalah ceramah, tanya jawab, praktek langsung. Kegiatan pengabdian ini dilakukan melalui dua tahapan yaitu: tahap pertama berupa pembekalan peserta secara teoritis mengenai konsep supervisi dan tahap kedua  berupa praktik membuat instrumen supervisi. Produk yang dihasilkan dari pengabdian ini berupa instrumen supervisi pembelajaran. Hasil dari kegiatan ini menujukan adanya peningkatan pengetahuan dan pemahaman berdasarkan hasil pretest dan posttest yang menunjukan rata-rata skor peserta sebesar 49,4 dan 82,3 dengan persentase peningkatan sebesar 65%. Hal ini menunjukan bahwa bimbingan teknis pembuatan instrumen supervisi untuk kepala sekolah PAUD yang diberikan memberikan manfaat bagi peningkatan pengetahuan dan pemahaman kepala sekolah di kelompok kerja kepala sekolah (K3 PAUD) di Kecamatan Alalak, Barito Kuala tentang cara-cara membuat instrumen supervisi dalam pembelajaran di PAUD. One effort to improve the quality of teacher learning in class made through supervision. One of the headmaster tasks is as a supervisor. Community service aims to increase the headmaster's knowledge and understanding in making supervision instruments and analyzing the supervision results. To achieve these objectives, the methods used are lectures, questions, and answers, direct practice. This dedication activity carried out through two stages: the first stage is in the form of briefing participants theoretically about the concept of supervision, and the second stage is the practice of making supervision instruments. The products produced from community service implemented in the form of learning supervision instruments. The community service results aimed at increasing knowledge and understanding based on the results of the pretest and posttest, which showed an average score of participants of 49.4 and 82.3 with a percentage increase of 65%. This indicates that the technical guidance of making supervision instruments for kindergarten principals provided benefits for increasing the knowledge and understanding of principals in kindergarten headmaster's association in Alalak Barito Kuala about ways to make supervision instruments in learning in Kindergarten.
Bimbingan Penyusunan Perangkat Pembelajaran 4C (Communication, Collaboration, Critical Thinking, And Creativity) Bagi Guru Peserta MGMP Matematika SMA Kota Banjarmasin
Authors: Zulkarnain Iskandar , Suryaningsih Yuni , Noorbaiti Rahmita , Rahadian Liko Noor Noor R
Published: June 2020

Guru harus mempunyai strategi untuk mengembangkan perangkat pembelajaran yang dapat memfasilitasi agar peserta didik memiliki keterampilan komunikatif, kreatif, aktif, dan inovatif. Sebagai upaya mendukung hal tersebut, tim pengabdian mengadakan pelatihan untuk membimbing guru khususnya peserta MGMP (Musyawarah Guru Mata Pelajaran) Matematika SMA Kota Banjarmasin dalam penyusunan perangkat pembelajaran (perangkat pembelajaran) 4C (Communication, Collaboration, Critical Thinking, and Creativity). Kegiatan PKM ini bertujuan untuk mengenalkan perangkat pembelajaran 4C dan teori-teori yang mendasarinya, sehingga dapat mendukung para guru untuk menerapkannya.  Metode tatap muka untuk penyampaian materi dilakukan di Aula SMAN 5 Banjarmasin dan dihadiri oleh 57 guru matematika wilayah Kota Banjarmasin. Tahapan kegiatan terdiri dari penyampaian materi mengenai konsep dasar 4C, pembimbingan peserta membuat perangkat pembelajaran, mendiskusikan kesulitan, pembimbingan perbaikan perangkat, sehingga dihasilkan perangkat pembelajaran keterampilan 4C. Kegiatan ini berfokus pada tahap awal yakni penyampaian materi terkait perangkat pembelajaran keterampian 4C, teori-teori yang mendasarinya, serta paparan contoh perangkat. Kegiatan ini sangat mendukung peningkatan kemampuan guru dalam rangka meningkatkan keterampilan berpikir kreatif dan komunikasi peserta didik. Teachers must have a strategy to develop learning instruments to facilitate students with communicative, creative, active, and innovative skills. To support this, the service team held a training to guide teachers, especially Mathematics Teachers (MGMP) Participants in Banjarmasin City High Schools in the preparation of 4C (Communication, Collaboration, Critical Thinking, and Creativity) learning instruments. This activity aims to introduce 4C learning instruments and their underlying theories to encourage teachers to apply them. The face-to-face method for delivering material was carried out in the Hall of SMAN 5 Banjarmasin and attended by 57 mathematics teachers in the city of Banjarmasin. The activity stages consisted of delivering material on the basic concepts of 4C, guiding participants to create learning instruments, and discussing difficulties, guiding the improvement of instruments, so that 4C skills learning instruments were produced. This activity focuses on the initial stage, namely the delivery of material related to the 4C achievement learning instruments, the theories underlying it, and exposure to sample instruments. This activity is very supportive of improving teachers' ability to improve students' creative thinking and communication skills.
The Development of Horizontal Anchor Items Test Tool by Rasch Model for Physics National Examination using Macromedia Flash
Authors: Supriyati Yetti , Raihanati Raihanati , Nilawati Wirda
Published: June 2020

This study aims to develop a Macromedia Flash-based test device using Horizontal Anchor Items for the National Examination in High School Physics lessons. The research method used in this study is research and development. This research and development uses a qualitative and quantitative approach and uses the Research and Development (R & D) development model of the Dick and Carey model. The results of the validation test of the National Examination test instrument by material experts showed that the National Examination test instrument that had been developed had very good quality (91.25%) when viewed in terms of material. Besides, the results of the validation test of the National Examination test instrument by media experts showed that the National Examination test instruments that had been developed had very good quality (87.5%) when viewed in terms of media. In the first stage of the empirical test, the first reliability test device was quite good, while the second test device showed sufficient reliability. Besides that, the two test kits showed that all items were declared valid. The results of the Person fit for the test respondent of the first test device, and the second test device showed that there were no respondents who were inconsistent, careless, lucky, or cheating. In the second stage of the empirical test, the first test device showed quite good reliability, while the second test device showed sufficient reliability. Besides that, both the test kits show that all items are declared valid. The results of the Person fit for the test respondent of the first test device, and the second test device showed that there were no respondents who were inconsistent, careless, lucky, or cheating. In the third empirical test, the first test device showed good reliability, while the test device showed sufficient reliability. Besides that, the two test kits showed that all items were declared valid. The results of the Person fit for the test respondent of the first test device, and the second test device showed that there were no respondents who were inconsistent, careless, lucky, or cheating. So that the two test kits were declared feasible and could be used for the implementation of the Computer-Based National Examination in Physics.