bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The Evaluation of Regional Head Election: Developing Synergy of Regional Autonomy and Regional Head Election
Authors: Aminah Sitti
Published: December 2020

The reform aims to achieve democracy, prosperity, and justice at the local level. Even though the reform process has been rolling for more than two decades, the goal of reform in realizing local democracy through an ideal regional head election is still far from expectations. This study aims to analyze the causes of the absence of synergy between regional autonomy and regional elections and identify the causes. A qualitative approach is used in the literature review method. The result showed that the root of the problem is not creating a synergy between regional autonomy and regional head elections because the application of the decentralization concept in Indonesia is dominated by the administrative decentralization perspective and the lack of actualizing the political perspective decentralization. The definitions of decentralization and regional autonomy in Acts tend to preserve centralization. Besides, regional autonomy's main objective places more emphasis on the administrative objectives of government and regional development rather than the development of local democracy. The lack of synergy between regional autonomy and regional elections is the gap between expectations and reality and conflicts at the ideological and technical levels. The gap between expectations and reality can be seen from the hope of realizing the acceleration of the democratization process at the local level, but technically, regional autonomy is characterized by an oligarchy of political parties and transactional politics. There are some suggestions for the Ministry of Home Affairs to revise the policy packages for decentralization and regional autonomy, especially in articles regulating the definition and objectives of regional autonomy, as well as revising Acts of Regional Head Election and Acts of Political Parties, particularly regarding the mechanism for nominating regional heads.
Bullying among Nursing Students in UiTM Puncak Alam during Clinical Placement
Authors: Hashim Noraini , Mohd Aziz Hazira Azyani , Afiq Amran Muhamad Azam , Azmi Zai Nurfatinni
Published: December 2020

Workplace violence among healthcare workers is a well-known issue internationally. This research seeks to identify UiTM nursing students’ experience of bullying during clinical placement. A cross-sectional study was conducted using the questionnaire, Student Experience of Bullying during Clinical Placement (SEBDCP), among 182 nursing students. The finding showed that 25.3% of students were bullied, 37.9% were unsure about it, and the rest never been bullied. Also, the violence mainly came from patients (58.2%). For future suggestions, organisations should emphasise knowledge regarding bullying and develop bullying prevention strategies to minimise the adverse effect of the consequences of bullying on nursing student’s psychological.
Keywords: workplace violence; horizontal violence; bullying; nursing
eISSN: 2398-4287© 2020. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v5i15.2465.
Исследования альфвеновских мод на токамаке Глобус-М2 с использованием многочастотного допплеровского рефлектометра V-диапазона
Authors: Буланин В.В. , Балаченков И.М. , Варфоломеев В.И. , Гусев В.К. , Курскиев Г.С. , Минаев В.Б. , Патров М.И. , Петров А.В. , Петров Ю.В. , Пономаренко А.М. , Тельнова А.Ю. , Щеголев П.Б. , Яшин А.Ю.
Published: December 2020

New information on the development of Alfvén modes in the Globus-M2 spherical tokamak is presented. The data were obtained using a V-band Doppler reflectometer with probing radiation frequencies from 50 to 75 GHz. A microwave harmonic synthesizer was used as a multifrequency probing source. As a result of using a new reflectometer, the localization of the toroidal Alfvén eigenmode has been determined at a magnetic field of 0.5 T. The spectral components of the Alfvén mode with Doppler frequency shifts due to toroidal plasma rotation have been recorded. The so-called Alfvén cascades have been investigated in the central regions of the discharge.
Patient-Generated Health Data in Pediatric Asthma: Exploratory Study of Providers' Information Needs
Authors: Tiase Victoria L , Sward Katherine A , Del Fiol Guilherme , Staes Catherine , Weir Charlene , Cummins Mollie R
Published: December 2020

Background

Adolescents are using mobile health apps as a form of self-management to collect data on symptoms, medication adherence, and activity. Adding functionality to an electronic health record (EHR) to accommodate disease-specific patient-generated health data (PGHD) may support clinical care. However, little is known on how to incorporate PGHD in a way that informs care for patients. Pediatric asthma, a prevalent health issue in the United States with 6 million children diagnosed, serves as an exemplar condition to examine information needs related to PGHD.

Objective

In this study we aimed to identify and prioritize asthma care tasks and decisions based on pediatric asthma guidelines and identify types of PGHD that might support the activities associated with the decisions. The purpose of this work is to provide guidance to mobile health app developers and EHR integration.

Methods

We searched the literature for exemplar asthma mobile apps and examined the types of PGHD collected. We identified the information needs associated with each decision in accordance with consensus-based guidelines, assessed the suitability of PGHD to meet those needs, and validated our findings with expert asthma providers.

Results

We mapped guideline-derived information needs to potential PGHD types and found PGHD that may be useful in meeting information needs. Information needs included types of symptoms, symptom triggers, medication adherence, and inhaler technique. Examples of suitable types of PGHD were Asthma Control Test calculations, exposures, and inhaler use. Providers suggested uncontrolled asthma as a place to focus PGHD efforts, indicating that they preferred to review PGHD at the time of the visit.

Conclusions

We identified a manageable list of information requirements derived from clinical guidelines that can be used to guide the design and integration of PGHD into EHRs to support pediatric asthma management and advance mobile health app development. Mobile health app developers should examine PGHD information needs to inform EHR integration efforts.
Automated Categorization of Systemic Disease and Duration From Electronic Medical Record System Data Using Finite-State Machine Modeling: Prospective Validation Study (Preprint)
Authors: Sai Prashanthi Gumpili , Deva Ayush , Vadapalli Ranganath , Das Anthony Vipin
Published: December 2020

BACKGROUND

One of the major challenges in the health care sector is that approximately 80% of generated data remains unstructured and unused. Since it is difficult to handle unstructured data from electronic medical record systems, it tends to be neglected for analyses in most hospitals and medical centers. Therefore, there is a need to analyze unstructured big data in health care systems so that we can optimally utilize and unearth all unexploited information from it.

OBJECTIVE

In this study, we aimed to extract a list of diseases and associated keywords along with the corresponding time durations from an indigenously developed electronic medical record system and describe the possibility of analytics from the acquired datasets.

METHODS

We propose a novel, finite-state machine to sequentially detect and cluster disease names from patients’ medical history. We defined 3 states in the finite-state machine and transition matrix, which depend on the identified keyword. In addition, we also defined a state-change action matrix, which is essentially an action associated with each transition. The dataset used in this study was obtained from an indigenously developed electronic medical record system called eyeSmart that was implemented across a large, multitier ophthalmology network in India. The dataset included patients’ past medical history and contained records of 10,000 distinct patients.

RESULTS

We extracted disease names and associated keywords by using the finite-state machine with an accuracy of 95%, sensitivity of 94.9%, and positive predictive value of 100%. For the extraction of the duration of disease, the machine’s accuracy was 93%, sensitivity was 92.9%, and the positive predictive value was 100%.

CONCLUSIONS

We demonstrated that the finite-state machine we developed in this study can be used to accurately identify disease names, associated keywords, and time durations from a large cohort of patient records obtained using an electronic medical record system.
Anxiety and Depression Chatbot Features: A Scoping Review (Preprint)
Authors: Ahmed Arfan , Hassan Asmaa , Abd-Alrazaq Alaa A , Ali Nashva , Aziz Sarah , Alzubaidi Mahmood , Elhusein Bushra , Siddig Mohamed Ali , Ahmed Maram , Househ Mowafa
Published: December 2020

BACKGROUND

Apps and web-based chatbots can provide valuable and meaningful support to healthcare workers in assessing and guiding management of various health problems particularly when human resources are scarce. Despite poor adherence to such apps, chatbots can be cost-effective and efficient on-demand virtual assistants for various mental health conditions, including anxiety and depression.

OBJECTIVE

This study aims to review the features of chatbots currently available for individuals with suspected anxiety or depression.

METHODS

ACM digital library, IEEE, Google Scholar, Embase, Medline, and PsychINFO were the six bibliographic databases searched for conducting the review. We conducted backward and forward reference list checking of included studies. Study selection and data extraction were performed by two reviewers independently; two other individual reviewers justified cross-checking of extracted data. We utilized a narrative approach for synthesizing the data.

RESULTS

The initial search returned a total of 917 citations. A total of 32 studies remained on filtering the publications, which formed the final dataset for this scoping review. While most of the studies were from conference proceedings (69%, n=22), the remainder were either journal articles (16%, n=5), reports (9%, n=3), or book chapters (6%, n=2). Of the studies that developed an actual chatbot, 16% (n=7) were web based and 63% (n=20) stand-alone in the form of an app. The remainder were available on both platforms or were only conceptual ideas. About half of the reviewed chatbots had functionality targeting both anxiety and depression (56%, n=18), whereas 38% (n=12) targeted only depression, 3% (n=1) anxiety and the remaining addressed other mental health issues along with anxiety and depression like public speaking anxiety, stress, lack of motivation, negative emotion, nervousness. Input modality of most of the chatbots was written (84%, n=27), followed by spoken (25%, n=8) and visual imaging (9%, n=3). Despite the fact of increasing popularity of embodiment techniques in chatbots such as avatars were rarely used in these studies only 34% (n=11)

CONCLUSIONS

Recent research shows that mental health chatbots could be of benefit in helping patients with anxiety and depression and provide valuable support to mental healthcare workers, particularly when resources are scarce. They often provide virtual assistance where medical professionals are inaccessible or users need anonymous real-time personal virtual assistance. Their role in mental health care is expected to increase following the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on mental health and wellbeing of the world population.
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Health Care Utilization in a Large Integrated Health Care System: Retrospective Cohort Study (Preprint)
Authors: Xu Stanley , Glenn Sungching , Sy Lina , Qian Lei , Hong Vennis , Ryan Denison S , Jacobsen Steven
Published: December 2020

BACKGROUND

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused an abrupt reduction in the use of in-person health care, accompanied by a corresponding surge in the use of telehealth services. However, the extent and nature of changes in health care utilization during the pandemic may differ by care setting. Knowledge of the impact of the pandemic on health care utilization is important to health care organizations and policy makers.

OBJECTIVE

The aims of this study are (1) to evaluate changes in in-person health care utilization and telehealth visits during the COVID-19 pandemic and (2) to assess the difference in changes in health care utilization between the pandemic year 2020 and the prepandemic year 2019.

METHODS

We retrospectively assembled a cohort consisting of members of a large integrated health care organization, who were enrolled between January 6 and November 2, 2019 (prepandemic year), and between January 5 and October 31, 2020 (pandemic year). The rates of visits were calculated weekly for four settings: inpatient, emergency department (ED), outpatient, and telehealth. Using Poisson models, we assessed the impact of the pandemic on health care utilization during the early days of the pandemic and conducted difference-in-deference (DID) analyses to measure the changes in health care utilization, adjusting for the trend of health care utilization in the prepandemic year.

RESULTS

In the early days of the pandemic, we observed significant reductions in inpatient, ED, and outpatient utilization (by 30.2%, 37.0%, and 80.9%, respectively). By contrast, there was a 4-fold increase in telehealth visits between weeks 8 (February 23) and 12 (March 22) in 2020. DID analyses revealed that after adjusting for prepandemic secular trends, the reductions in inpatient, ED, and outpatient visit rates in the early days of the pandemic were 1.6, 8.9, and 367.2 visits per 100 person-years (P<.001), respectively, while the increase in telehealth visits was 272.9 visits per 100 person-years (P<.001). Further analyses suggested that the increase in telehealth visits offset the reduction in outpatient visits by week 26 (June 28, 2020).

CONCLUSIONS

In-person health care utilization decreased drastically during the early period of the pandemic, but there was a corresponding increase in telehealth visits during the same period. By end-June 2020, the combined outpatient and telehealth visits had recovered to prepandemic levels.
Understanding Physicians’ Preferences for Telemedicine During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Cross-sectional Study (Preprint)
Authors: Nies Sarah , Patel Shae , Shafer Melissa , Longman Laura , Sharif Iman , Pina Paulo
Published: December 2020

BACKGROUND

In contrast to the current broad dissemination of telemedicine across medical specialties, previous research focused on the effectiveness of telemedicine in special populations and for behavioral health encounters, demonstrating that both physician and patient factors impact the efficacious use of telemedicine.

OBJECTIVE

We aim to evaluate physician perceptions of the appropriateness of telemedicine for patients attending the primary care practices of a federally qualified health center in New York City.

METHODS

We used an anonymous cross-sectional survey including closed- and open-ended questions. We used chi-square to test whether providers from certain specialties were more likely to state they would use telemedicine in the future. We used t tests to compare age between those who would versus would not use telemedicine. We then used logistic regression to test whether age and specialty were both correlated with the desire to use telemedicine in the future. We used thematic content analysis to describe the reasons providers felt they would not want to use telemedicine in the future and to describe the situations for which they felt telemedicine would be appropriate.

RESULTS

Of 272 health care providers who were sent the electronic survey, 157 (58%) responded within the 2-week survey time frame. The mean age of providers was 45 (range 28-75) years. Overall, 80% (126/157) stated they would use telemedicine in the future. Compared to the family medicine, internal medicine, behavioral health, dental, and obstetrics and gynecology specialties, providers from pediatrics, med-peds, subspecialties, and surgery (protelemedicine specialties) were more likely to believe telemedicine would be useful post pandemic (61/67 [91%] vs 65/90 [72%]; P<.001). Providers who reported they would use telemedicine in the future were younger (mean age 44, range 42-46 years vs mean age 50, range 46-55 years; P=.048). In the regression analysis, both protelemedicine specialties and age were significantly associated with odds of reporting they would use telemedicine in the future (prospecialties: odds ratio 5.2, 95% CI 1.7-16.2; younger age: odds ratio 1.05, 95% CI 1.01-1.08). Providers who did not want to use telemedicine in the future cited concerns about inadequate patient care, lack of physical patient interaction, technology issues, and lack of necessity. Providers who felt telemedicine would be useful cited the following situations: follow-up visits, medication refills, urgent care, patient convenience, and specific conditions such as behavioral health, dermatology visits, and chronic care management.

CONCLUSIONS

The majority of health providers in this resource-limited setting in a federally qualified health center believed that telemedicine would be useful for providing care after the pandemic is over.
Correction: ColistinDose, a Mobile App for Determining Intravenous Dosage Regimens of Colistimethate in Critically Ill Adult Patients: Clinician-Centered Design and Development Study (Preprint)
Authors: Hua Xueliang , Li Chen , Pogue Jason M , Sharma Varun S , Karaiskos Ilias , Kaye Keith S , Tsuji Brian T , Bergen Phillip J , Zhu Yan , Song Jiangning , Li Jian
Published: December 2020

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Minería de las arcillas en tiempos prehispánicos (Departamento Tinogasta, Catamarca, Argentina)
Authors: Orgaz Martín , Ratto Norma Rosa
Published: December 2020

Mining was the subject of numerous investigations in the pre-Hispanic Andes, but the non-metalliferous received less treatment than the metalliferous because it does not generate visible anthropic features such as tunnels and / or galleries, it does not have a profuse historical and ethnographic information, and it was not considered that rocks and clay slabs, like other minerals, go through mining processes that are impregnated of social significance. In this context, our objective is to delineate the socio-cultural dimensions of the Area of La Troya (Tinogasta, Catamarca, Argentina) related to the use of homonymous Alfar, exploited overtime by societies with different socio-political organizations, and with the archaeological sites of the societies of the first and second millennium in that area. For this, we articulate historical, ethnographic information and the existing geochemical information of the ceramic materials and mud-clay banks. We hypothesize that the deposits of raw material of the Alfar La Troya had a prestige that was maintained and reproduced through orality in pre-Inca societies, which was apprehended by the Inca when he occupied the territory, as a strategy to appropriate the spaces with high symbolic value of the annexed peoples.
Feminismos, historiografías y territorios fronterizos. Las guerras y la formación de las Triple-fronteras Andina y del Paraná (Siglo XIX)
Authors: Guizardi Menara , Valdebenito Tamborino Felipe , Mardones Charlone Pablo
Published: December 2020

The article presents a review of the state-of-the-art on the role of women in the armed conflicts that shaped the Andean Triple-border-Area (between Bolivia, Chile and Peru) and the Paraná Triple-border-Area (between Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay) in the 19th century. To summarize these debates, we will start by carrying out, in the second section, a discussion of the analytical categories that underlie the gender shift in the historiographical perspective influenced by the feminist debates in that field. We will also discuss their areas of interpellation with the studies of inequality and gender violence in border territories. In the third section, we offer a synthetic description of the current configuration of the two border contexts that we will analyze. In the fourth section, we will delve into the wars that constructed the Andean Triple-border-Area in the 19th century, while in the fifth, we will debate the war that shaped the Triple-border-Area of the Paraná River. We conclude with our comparative analyzes, discussing the concept of ultraintensity patriarchy.
Polimorfismo -308 del gen TNFa y su expresión local en lesiones preinvasivas y cáncer de cuello uterino en el estado Zulia, Venezuela
Authors: Eilyn Carolina Eilyn Carolina , Pardo Govea Tatiana , Carrero Castillo Yenddy , Quintero Ferrer José Miguel , Sánchez Caridad Yanira , Posada Bonilla Raúl Enrique , Fernández Mestre Mercedes , Alaña Piña Freddy
Published: December 2020

El Factor de Necrosis Tumoral Alfa (TNFα), es una citocina proinfla¬matoria; su expresión es regulada a nivel transcripcional y se han asociado algunos polimorfismos con la progresión de cáncer de cuello uterino (CCU). El objetivo de este estudio fue caracterizar el polimorfismo -308 del gen TNFa y su expresión local en lesiones preinvasivas y CCU. Se analizaron muestras de ADN de sangre periféri¬ca y biopsias de cuello uterino de 8 mujeres sanas y 33 con lesiones cervicales; el ADN se genotipificó mediante PCR-RFLP, empleando enzimas de restricción (NcoI) y, para su expresión en tejidos, se utilizó marcaje inmunohistoquímico. El polimor¬fismo -308 del gen TNFa se encontró en Equilibrio de Hardy-Weimberg tanto en casos como en controles. El genotipo más frecuente fue el A/A (60,6%), mientras el genotipo A/G representó el 39,4% del total de pacientes con lesión y no se detec¬tó genotipo G/G; así mismo, se encontró con mayor frecuencia el alelo A, 80,3%, mientras que el alelo G presentó una frecuencia del 19,7%. La expresión de TNFα por número de células positivas en tejidos fue heterogénea, observándose diferen¬cias estadísticamente significativas entre el grupo inflamatorio y NIC II (p<0,045). No existe asociación estadísticamente significativa entre el alelo A del polimorfismo -308 del gen TNFa (OR= 1,53; p = 0,585) con el CCU, así como entre el genotipo A/A y el CCU, pero para aclarar su papel en la carcinogénesis se necesitan realizar más estudios cuyo tamaño de la muestra sea mayor.
Characterization and functionalization of flexographic printing forms for an additive manufacturing process of polymer optical waveguides
Authors: Wienke Alexander , Lorenz Lukas , Koch Jürgen , Jäschke Peter , Bock Karlheinz , Overmeyer Ludger , Kaierle Stefan
Published: December 2020

To improve printing results, a printing form can be functionalized and the material transferring behavior can be adjusted. In this work, a flexographic printing form is divided into three different areas: first the elevated, material transferring structures (1); second the rising edges between the printing form substrate and the elevated structures (2); and third the transition area (3) between (1) and (2). These three areas are laser functionalized by inserting a defined micropattern. Subsequently, the printing results are investigated and categorized into groups. The groups indicate which functionalized surfaces (1, 2, and 3) have what kind of influence on the printing result. As part of a low cost and efficient approach to manufacture polymeric optical waveguides, a way is presented to show how the waviness of printed conditioning lines can be reduced significantly by laser functionalizing to improve the quality of the waveguides.
Effect of heat accumulation on the single track formation during laser metal deposition and development of a framework for analyzing new process strategies
Authors: Heilemann Markus , Jothi Prakash Vishnuu , Beulting Lorenz , Emmelmann Claus
Published: December 2020

Laser metal deposition (LMD) is getting more attention as a 3D printing technique recently. Compared to the cladding application, the process of building 3D structures is more challenging to control when it comes to complex structures. Changing heat transfer mechanisms over the building height and at critical part geometries can lead to instabilities during the process. This paper studies the effect of the surface temperature on single track geometry formation during the LMD process. The geometrical characteristic of the track formation is a key factor that needs to be controlled and monitored in any deposition process for a stable build job. To quantify the effect of the surface temperature on the track geometry, a stepwise preheated substrate from 25 to 500 °C is used, and the track height, width, and degree of dilution are evaluated. This experiment mimics the varying temperature of the prebuilt layers that occur during additive manufacturing of freeform structures with many layers. Understanding the influence of the surface temperature over the layer geometry gives an idea of build geometry variation due to the accumulated heat input along the build direction. This helps in defining process strategies and process parameters for the laser metal deposition of components with increased accuracy and reproducibility. Advanced process strategies that are essential for a successful build job need to be incorporated into a data preparation tool for robot code generation. Commercial software packages are available for regular additive path planning using industrial robots. However, when several process strategies and process parameters need to be adapted and varied along the build direction, one is pushed to the limits of the software capabilities. Therefore, an automated data preprocessing toolbox based on MATLAB has been developed for the implementation of process strategies through user-definable rules and algorithms. This eliminates manual robot code preparation and correction. Implementation and the level of automation of this process preparation toolbox have also been discussed in this paper.
Nature, Neuroscience and Design
Authors: Vega Rocabado Jaime Martin , Macruz Andrea , Bueno Ernesto , Sol Gustavo , Palmieri Ricardo
Published: December 2020

In this study, architecture/design projects provided greater connection between people and nature, through technology. For this, we addressed the principles of biophilia and neuroscience and built the basis for the generation and improvement of creations. The participants developed parametric projects inspired by nature, which were tested with sensors, to correct the initial proposals and then reinserted in the projects. Under the conceptualization of concepts related to biodesign, biophilia and neuroscience, we used visual technologies such as programming, artificial intelligence (AI), neurophysiological sensing and augmented reality (under a scientific methodology) to analyze based on quantitative data the relationship of visual perception human, digital and morphology, with well-being indicators. Dynamic one of the study objectives was the creation of projects inspired by nature and, for this, use high computational technology that allowed reproduce natural patterns, emulate complex and hierarchical arrangements, calculate natural growth, work with seasonal changes and variations, etc. We conducted the study in three stages. In the first, we presented principles of biophilia and neuroscience, and the participants began to design and model parametrically, after an introductory lesson in Rhinoceros and Grasshopper. In the second part, the projects were tested with sensors and artificial intelligence systems that provided results that were evaluated, so that in the third stage, a remodeling and final measurement would be carried out. The results of the papers were presented in high resolution images and commented in a final evaluation with the participation of all. Details of what the study were: at first, the participants invited to the study carried out parametric designs inspired by nature, using the software Rhinoceros and Grasshopper, in order to positively stimulate those who observed the result. These projects were then tested through facial expression analysis using artificial intelligence. An Artificial Neural Network (RNN) analyzed the facial expressions of the participants from videos recorded during the observation of the projects developed in the workshop itself and the degree of valence (positive and negative) triggered by each project was recorded. In parallel, still in this intermediate stage, the projects were tested with an electroencephalography equipment by one of the study team members, observing how much each project causes brain modulations in the attention and relaxation of the observer, which shows another kind of measurements for positive and negative valences. These data were used to correct the initial perception and soon after, they were reinserted into the projects. This study and methodology indicate a new possible way to predict how people’s well-being experience will be before the construction of projects and raises interesting questions about the clarification and rationalization of more intuitive design processes.
Duregraph: A methodological approach to investigating duration in the photographic image
Authors: Van Vliet David , Steagall Marcos
Published: December 2020

This study elaborates on the methodological approach designed in a practice-led research that questioned how experienced time might be perceived in manipulated photographic images. The research was developed through a body of practice and exegetical writing that contributes to knowledge relating to time as duration and how it might be artistically exercised and embodied through photographic portraiture.
As creative practice grows inside academic inquiry, there is a need to determine an ongoing form of discourse and resources that support and expand on suchmethodologies. This study presents a contribution to that discourse and adds an overview of the practice with commentary about the development of the project. The website where the work is presented extends this discussion.
Because this research is produced within an artistic practice-led paradigm, it is essential to understand the methodology and methods adopted in its formation. Development of emerging outcomes is central to the research, and critical reflection permeates each point of the inquiry, driving decision making based on subjective experience.
The development of the research takes place in a cycle of four phases. In each phase, distinct and interrelated methods are used to develop and refine thinking. Phase one is concerned with ideation and the planning of activities; phase two involves the execution of the plan through shooting and experimenting in a photographic studio; in phase three the recorded data was processed. The fourth phase utilises targeted, strategic feedback that could impact on the refinements of the designs.
The inquiry is manifested through a series of five digital portraits that introduce subtle movements over time, while the subject remains within the frame. The resulting duregraphs constitute an unstable space between a photographic composite and a moving image, challenging conventions of power in viewing and expanding the way that time as duration might be conceived within digital photographic images.
Considerations on Parametric Design and Generative Design
Authors: Graciano Andrea , Prado Gilbertto
Published: December 2020

Parameterize means to identify and describe quantitatively variable elements in the process. To each parameter is assigned one or more variable values, which have effects on the process output. The more parameters, the greater the number of possible solutions. In “conventional” design projects these values are defined and fixed in the early stages of the project, creating a single result and the use of the computer focuses on the visual and technical representation of this idea (CAD systems - Computer Aided Design). On the other hand, in parametric and generative design projects, the designer defines parameters but their values remain variable, dynamically imputed with the assistance of algorithms (AAD systems - Algorithm Aided Design).
Parametric design and generative design are often taken as synonymous and in bibliography, there is no clear division between practice, technique, methodology and theory. This work presents the main similarities and differences between parametric and generative design and shows a practical example of using algorithms aiding a surface design project, creating a pattern whose drawings were randomly generated in Processing.
Ethnobotanical research of the medicinal plants in Balchik Municipality (Bulgaria)
Authors: Zahariev Dimcho , Radeva Vanya
Published: December 2020

Studies of medicinal plants have been conducted in many municipalities and regions in Bulgaria, but only species diversity has been studied. Data from ethnobotanical studies in Bulgaria are scarce. The conducted ethno-botanical study of medicinal plants on the territory of Balchik municipality is performed for the first time. As a result, we found that the population of the municipality uses a small part of the medicinal plants: 89 species out of a total of 845 medicinal plants in Bulgaria. Medicinal plants are used mainly for side applications (71%) and to a lesser extent for medicinal purposes (29%). Urban and rural populations use almost the same number of medicinal plants. There are significant differences in the number of plants used by different ethnic groups, age groups and groups with different levels of education. Women use more medicinal plants in human medicine, and in applications for other purposes, more plants are used by men. Most medicinal plants are used by people of active age. The people of Balchik Municipality use for various purposes mostly cultivated medicinal plants, rather than wild and mostly alien species, than native ones. The majority of respondents (78%) do not use medicinal plant substitutes. Most of the people (92.5%) are not aware of the shortcomings of the medicinal plants or the possible side effects of their use.
Quality of cassava flour as affected by age at harvest, cropping system and variety
Authors: Adeola Abiodun Aderoju , Idowu Michael Ayodele , Oyatogun Rebecca ModupeOluwa , Adebowale Abdul-Rasaq Adesola , Afolabi Wasiu Akinloye Oyebisi , Adigbo Sunday Ojo
Published: December 2020

Pre-harvest operations affect the quality of food products. This study evaluated the impact of age at harvest (AH), cropping system (CS) and variety on the chemical and functional properties of high quality cassava flour (HQCF). Two white-fleshed (TMS 30572 and TMS 98/0505) and three yellow-fleshed (TMS 97/JW2, TMS 01/1371 and TMS 01/1368) cassava varieties planted either as sole crop or intercropped with maize were harvested at 12, 15 and 18 months after planting, and processed into HQCF. Chemical composition (proximate, mineral), physico-chemical properties (pH, total titratable acidity and colour) and functional properties (bulk density, water absorption index, dispersibility, swelling power, solubility index and pasting properties) of HQCF were determined. Data obtained were analysed using general linear model (GLM). AH had a significant (P < 0.05) effect on proximate and mineral composition, functional and physico-chemical properties, peak and breakdown viscosities, and peak time of HQCF. CS significantly (P < 0.05) affected the crude fibre, fat, bulk density, swelling power, mineral composition, and physico-chemical properties (except L* and b*) of HQCF. Variety significantly (P < 0.05) affected the proximate (except moisture) and mineral composition, functional properties, and breakdown viscosity of HQCF. The interactive effect of AH, CS and variety was significant (P < 0.05) on fat, dispersibility, mineral composition, and physico-chemical properties. In terms of carbohydrate content, it is desirable to harvest cassava at 12 months after planting, with TMS 98/0505 being the choice variety. Recommendation of the desirable AH, CS and variety will vary according to the desired quality of the end-products. Age at harvest is the most important single factor affecting the proximate composition and functional properties of HQCF.
On some properties of split Horadam quaternions
Authors: Bród Dorota
Published: December 2020

In this paper we introduce and study the split Horadam quaternions. We give some identities, among others Binet’s formula, Catalan’s, Cassini’s and d’Ocagne’s identities for these numbers.
On the connection between tridiagonal matrices, Chebyshev polynomials, and Fibonacci numbers
Authors: da Fonseca Carlos M.
Published: December 2020

In this note, we recall several connections between the determinant of some tridiagonal matrices and the orthogonal polynomials allowing the relation between Chebyshev polynomials of second kind and Fibonacci numbers. With basic transformations, we are able to recover some recent results on this matter, bringing them into one place.
On application of differential subordination for Carathéodory functions
Authors: Lavanya V. Agnes Sagaya Judy , Jeyaraman M. P. , Farzana H. Aaisha
Published: December 2020

New sufficient conditions involving the properties of analytic functions to belong to the class of Carathéodory functions are investigated. Certain univalence and starlikeness conditions are deduced as special cases of main results.
Apportionment, Allegiance, and Birthright Citizenship
Authors: Vlahoplus John
Published: December 2020

Trump v. New York appears to present the Supreme Court with a simple question of statutory construction: do federal statutes allow the President to exclude unlawfully resident aliens from the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives? The President claims that they do. A three-judge District Court ruled that they do not.

However, many arguments for the President go further and assert that the Constitution supports or even compels the exclusion. Some are historical, like the argument that no federal law restricted immigration before 1875, or that apportionment historically included aliens only because they were on a path to citizenship. Others assert that unlawfully present aliens should not be counted because they are outside the allegiance, jurisdiction, and polity of the United States. Some even utilize discredited theories that reject birthright citizenship for U.S.-born children of aliens. This Article rebuts those arguments and shows constitutional history supporting inclusion in the decennial apportionment. It demonstrates that the arguments ignore early federal, state, and colonial restrictions on immigration and naturalization and are inconsistent with fundamental constitutional principles governing apportionment, liability for treason, and birthright citizenship.

Because these arguments reach far beyond the apportionment issue and threaten to surreptitiously alter longstanding constitutional law, the Court should disregard them and decide the case on statutory rather than constitutional grounds. If instead the Court addresses these arguments, it should reject them and reaffirm longstanding principles governing apportionment, liability for treason, and birthright citizenship.
R&D Investments in the European ICT sector: Implications for Business Performance
Authors: Hunady Jan , Pisar Peter , Durcekova Ina
Published: December 2020

Background

A significant share of business innovation arises from information and communication (ICT) sector. Business investment into research and development (R&D) activities can be seen as an important basis for innovation, which can further lead to better economic performance. This can be especially true for the ICT sector.

Objectives

The paper examines the share of the ICT sector on innovation and the total R&D expenditure in selected European countries. Furthermore, our aim is to test the potential positive correlation between R&D expenditure, productivity and the value added in the sector.

Methods/Approach

The goals of the paper has been tested by empirical data analysis using the pane regression analysis. We examined panel data for 24 European countries in the 2008-2016 period.

Results

The highest share of business R&D expenditure in ICT has been captured in Nordic countries. Firms in ICT appear to be innovative above the average and represent a significant share in the total business R&D expenditure.

Conclusions

We found a positive correlation between R&D expenditure and both value-added and apparent labour productivity in the ICT sector. We believe that this could be to some extent attributed to the innovation of products and processes. Hence, the government support in the form of R&D tax incentives can be also beneficial for the economic performance of ICT firms.
All-words Word Sense Disambiguation for Russian Using Automatically Generated Text Collection
Authors: Angelina Bolshina , Loukachevitch Natalia
Published: December 2020

The limited amount of the sense annotated data is a big challenge for the word sense disambiguation task. As a solution to this problem, we propose an algorithm of automatic generation and labelling of the training collections based on the monosemous relatives concept. In this article we explore the limits of this algorithm: we employ it to harvest training collections for all ambiguous nouns, verbs and adjectives presented in RuWordNet thesaurus and then evaluate the quality of the obtained collections. We demonstrate that our approach can create high-quality labelled collections with almost full-coverage of the RuWordNet polysemous words. Furthermore, we show that our method can be applied to the Word-in-Context task.
Ethical aspects of the non-romantic thinking of Jonáš Záborský and Štefan Launer
Authors: Krištof Pavol
Published: December 2020

The paper focuses on the thinking of Jonáš Záborský (1812–1876) and Štěpán Launer (1821–1851), which were marginalized in Slovak national-forming thinking. Emphasis is placed on the comparison between non-romantic nationalism and Štúr’s ethnic enthusiasm. Attention is paid to the value of their thinking, which can be analyzed in the context of reflections in the role of cultural identity in Štúr’s conception of culture and its place in relation to European cultural and civilizational affiliation. At the same time, the critique of romantic thinking draws attention to the issue of the responsibility of nation-forming elites for the concept of civic development, which holistically approaches social change. Launer’s and, partly Záborský’s thinking draws attention to the dangers associated with the romantic search for ethnocultural specifics, which may result in the questioning the importance of civil liberties and Western cultural and civilizational affiliation.
Sound, Dance and Motion from Franz Boas’s Field Research in British Columbia to Franziska Boas’s Dance Therapy
Authors: Candelieri Irene
Published: December 2020

The article briefly introduces a path, that starts from the Franz Boas’ anthropological field research in British Columbia about sound, dance and motion among the Indians until the 1930s to the practice of dance and sound as a therapeutic issue in Franziska Boas’ work in New York.
Husserl and Merleau Ponty: The Affective Bodily Experience of Architectural Space
Authors: Breuer Irene
Published: December 2020

This paper deals with the development of Husserl’s and Merleau-Pontys analyses of the affective lived experience of body and space. Both the concept of „flesh“ (Merleau-Ponty) and „Hyle“ (Husserl) stand for a sensuous principle that underlies the original givenness and solidarity of body and world and I claim that this interaction and the concomitant intertwining of body and place make up the existential dimension of architecture, i.e. the, being-here-in-a-place’. In this connection, I argue that the fact that bodily affective experience endows the world with sense has led to a double break: On the one hand with representation and on the other with perspectivity and compossibility of the realms of being in Husserl’s and Merleau-Ponty’s respective approaches. Finally, I will exemplify this break and the development of genetic insights – from an anthropocentric, organic and harmonious space conception to a topologic space made up of incompossibilities expressing an ambiguous sense – with paradigmatic works of architecture, so as to make evident the explanatory potential of phenomenology for architecture.
Effects of Organizational–Professional Conflict and Auditor Burnout on Dysfunctional Audit Behaviour
Authors: Iswari Tabita Indah
Published: December 2020

Auditors are expected to provide a good quality in auditing performance. However, in practice, some conditions may impair the auditors’ professional behaviour. The conflict between professional and organizational values that may occur during the auditing process may become a dilemma for the auditor as a professional. This condition eventually can make the auditor to have a dysfunctional behaviour in performing audit. Some studies showed that the phenomenon of dysfunctional audit behaviour is also correlated to the job burnout the auditor experiences in performing the audit fieldwork. This study, in turn, examined the effects of organizational – professional conflict (OPC) and auditor burnout on dysfunctional audit behaviour. It was hypothesized that both OPC and auditor burnout have the positive effects on dysfunctional audit behaviour. Data collection in this study was performed by distributing the questionnaires through the survey method sent to the respondents, i.e. 79 auditors working in public accounting firm using the convenience sampling technique. The results of this study indicated that job burnout, as hypothesized, had positive effect on dysfunctional audit behaviour; while the OPC had no effect on dysfunctional audit behaviour.
“My ADHD Hellbrain”: A Twitter Data Science Perspective on a Behavioural Disorder
Authors: Thelwall Mike , Makita Meiko , Mas-Bleda Amalia , Stuart Emma
Published: December 2020

Purpose

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a common behavioural condition. This article introduces a new data science method, word association thematic analysis, to investigate whether ADHD tweets can give insights into patient concerns and online communication needs.

Design/methodology/approach

Tweets matching “my ADHD” (n=58,893) and 99 other conditions (n=1,341,442) were gathered and two thematic analyses conducted. Analysis 1: A standard thematic analysis of ADHD-related tweets. Analysis 2: A word association thematic analysis of themes unique to ADHD.

Findings

The themes that emerged from the two analyses included people ascribing their brains agency to explain and justify their symptoms and using the concept of neurodivergence for a positive self-image.

Research limitations

This is a single case study and the results may differ for other topics.

Practical implications

Health professionals should be sensitive to patients’ needs to understand their behaviour, find ways to justify and explain it to others and to be positive about their condition.

Originality/value

Word association thematic analysis can give new insights into the (self-reported) patient perspective.