bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Mi lugar es el barrio. Una forma de renovar la enseñanza de la geografía
Authors: Parra Ospina Jaime Andrés
Published: February 2021

El presente texto es resultado de la reflexión pedagógica y didáctica frente a los hallazgos obtenidos en una investigación, de carácter comparado, ejecutada entre la Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia y la Universidad de São Paulo, Brasil. Mientras, en primera instancia, se sintetizan los resultados de la investigación adelantada con estudiantes y profesores, en segundo lugar, a partir de la descripción de una estrategia didáctica que toma en cuenta estos hallazgos y pretende aportar elementos novedosos a la enseñanza de la geografía, se reconoce la fotografía como una herramienta que permite traer a clase la realidad que circunda a los estudiantes, mediada por preguntas y facilitadora de conciencia crítica.
De la geología al café
Authors: Valbuena Lozano John Fredy
Published: February 2021

Pocas veces se reseñan textos que emanan de instituciones gubernamentales o comerciales, y cuando se realiza su propósito entra más en la divulgación de labores propias de su marco misional. Sin embargo, en esta oportunidad, el trabajo que han entregado el Servicio Geológico Colombiano (SGC) y el Centro Nacional de Investigación de Café (Cenicafé), constituye un pretexto para comprender las interacciones silenciosas que tienen lugar en el espacio físico en función de actividades agrícolas y culturales concretas. Antes de incitarlos a leer el texto en extenso, invito al lector a conocer desde esta opinión un breve resumen de su estructura y las razones para emprender una consulta en profundidad.
A cartografia escolar no contexto da formação do professor(a) de geografia: reflexões em torno da teoria e da prática
Authors: Humberto Cordeiro Humberto Cordeiro , Gomes de Araújo Joseane
Published: February 2021

O presente artigo traça um panorama da interface entre a cartografia escolar e formação do professor de geografia a partir dos projetos dos cursos de Licenciatura em Geografia da Universidade do Estado da Bahia (UNEB). Buscou-se conhecer as ementas de cartografia e analisar a ênfase dada a cartografia escolar, destacando a sua interferência na construção do raciocínio geográfico. Verificamos, assim, que as ementas apresentam características da cartografia geotécnica, sem considerar a sua relação com o ensino para a educação básica no sentido de promover o letramento geográfico.
El uso del suelo: concepto potencial en la enseñanza de la geografía y la formación ciudadana
Authors: Pulgarín Silva Raquel , Vélez Venegas Claudia María
Published: February 2021

Una de las reflexiones pendientes en la enseñanza de la geografía es la relacionada con el concepto de uso del suelo. Si bien en la escuela se introducen temas como las actividades económicas de las culturas estudiadas o problemas ambientales alusivos a la explotación del suelo, la relación de los conceptos suelo, uso, apropiación y producción no se da de manera consciente y decidida. De ahí que esta temática emerja como una posibilidad de ser incluida como contenido y, desde allí, considerar aquellos conceptos procedentes de las ciencias sociales y naturales para construir secuencias didácticas que renueven su enseñanza y, con ello, potenciar los procesos de formación en el aula de clases. A continuación, se advierte la potencialidad didáctica de los usos del suelo en la geografía escolar y, además, su favorable contribución a la formación de ciudadanos críticos, reflexivos y conocedores de su entorno.
Experimentação e imaginação na aprendizagem em ciências:reflexões teóricas e implicações educacionais
Authors: Costa Nascimento Maridalva , Garibaldi Loureiro Parente Andrela
Published: February 2021

Neste artigo de investigação discutimos a participação da imaginação no ensino de ciências e biologia em dois contextos de atividade experimental, um demonstrativo e outro investigativo. Com base em nossos estudos anteriores, criamos duas situações hipotéticas explicitando as concepções de ciência, aprendizagem e o papel dos professores em cada uma dessas atividades experimentais. A partir de uma análise interpretativa do papel da imaginação nestes dois contextos, concluímos que a imaginação é mais valorizada na atividade experimental investigativa, embora não seja um construto teórico que fundamente essa abordagem. Tal fundamentação seria possível a partir de uma concepção de aprendizagem como produção de sentidos subjetivos, alternativa ao pensamento dominante, que concebe a aprendizagem como assimilação de conceitos.
“I’m Here and I Am Queer”. Queer Teacher Identities in ELT. A Colombian Study
Authors: Ubaque-Casallas Diego , Castañeda-Peña Harold
Published: February 2021

There has been a significant upsurge of research regarding gender and its connection to teacher professional identity. In this paper, we adopt a decolonial stance to document how the queer identities and pedagogies of two teachers of English resist colonial notions of being and doing within the English Language Teaching (elt) setting. This study regards gender identity as a political mechanism that has been structured in terms of relations of domination. In addition, it explores these structures by employing the coloniality of being as the axe to analyse gender categories in the elt field. To do this, we used a narrative approach to voice personal constructions of gender and gendering discourses about queer identities and pedagogies. Findings suggest that queer teachers of English construct and negotiate their identities in their professional settings and their own performativities in the classroom shape their own epistemologies and teaching practices.
Emergencia del arte digital en la educación artística y las artes visuales en tiempos de pandemia
Authors: Cárdenas-Pérez Ramón Esteban
Published: February 2021

A nivel nacional e internacional, la inminente crisis sanitaria, social, cultural y económica generada por el virus COVID-19, no ha dejado indiferente a las diversas esferas de las artes. No obstante, la persistencia de las de las artes visuales en la red de internet, evidencian la importancia que poseen los dispositivos tecnológicos para la digitalización iconográfica y virtualización de las experiencias estéticas en base al desarrollo del arte digital. En esta perspectiva, el presente artículo de reflexión se aproxima al concepto de la cultura visual-digital, los inicios del arte generado por computador, el uso de la internet como medio de divulgación pictórica, la elaboración de propuestas digitales que refuerzan en el estudiantado universitario la necesidad de aprender a crear, interactuar y expresarse simbólicamente en el contexto de la educación artística.
Classroom Environment in Public Schools: Towards a more Reflective Teaching
Authors: Quintero Josefina , Infante Castaño Gloria Esperanza , Valencia Roncancio Yeimy Paola
Published: February 2021

The primary goal of this paper is to examine the classroom environment in Colombian public schools based on the trainee teachers’ reflective views when undertaking practicum day-to-day experiences during the final stage of their professional studies. The most important theoretical concepts are based on critical thinking, reflective teaching, and classroom management. The method follows the qualitative research approach, catching a deeper comprehension of the classroom as a complex setting where the teaching-learning processes are carried out according to the curriculum guidelines. Through diaries, observations, narratives, interviewsand meaningful strategies, trainee teachers were able to obtain a more in-depth perception to reach a high level of critical reflections in dealing with the most common academic misconduct episodes which perturb a healthy atmosphere inside the classroom. The results are discussed in relation to the most frequent obstacles, the reasons why they emerge and the implications on the school life. Beyond the mechanical task of planning, developing, and evaluating a class, the challenge of helping the most undisciplined students requires a deep process of reflection, critical thinking, and effective solutions in the light of current international theories andnational education policies concerning teacher preparation  goals.
Scientific Literacy: The Conceptual Framework Prevailing over the First Decade of the Twenty-First Century
Authors: Costa António , Loureiro Manuel , Ferreira Maria Eduarda
Published: February 2021

The term scientific literacy arises due to the need of the scientific community to see that the population validated its scientific and technological production. The construct Scientific literacy has been subject to diverse conceptual considerations over the years, arising from the scientific, technological, social and political changes that marked contemporary society characteristics. In this study, we sought to assess the evolution of the scientific literacy construct over the first decade of the twenty-first century, through qualitative research, using a bibliographic study. Forthe operationalization of this analysis, different dimensions for scientific literacy were defined. The results suggest that scientific literacy embodies a construct that is deictic in nature, shaped by the social, political, cultural and scientific contexts prevailing in the society it belongs to. The conclusion is that all of this conceptual matrix suggests a change in the relatively passive form in which science is appreciated of and the way this operates in society towards a commitment to personal involvement with science and towards the valuation of the importance of scientific knowledge throughout life.
Remedial Work Assessment to Prepare an Autistic Child for School
Authors: Vinevskaya Anna , Burshit Irina , Lopatkin Evgeny
Published: February 2021

This article focuses on remedial work aimed at developing skills in autistic children to prepare them for school, which involves organizing interactions within the triad: child – parents – teaching staff. The purpose of the study is to determine the effectiveness of interactions with an autistic child as a result of remedial work during the preschool period. The observational method allowed us to map the psychological and pedagogical characteristics of a first-grader, whereas the journal method allowed us to assess remedial work. A social and communication skills assessment showed that 28% of skills partially manifested at the beginning and end of the school year, 36% of skills had a partial manifestation dynamic, and 36% of skills were undeveloped. A hygiene and self-care skills assessment showed the partial manifestation of 38.9% of skills without a dynamic and 61.1% of skills with dynamic. These assessments revealed that 50% of academic skills do not show dynamics, whereas 33.3% do, and 16.7% are undeveloped. An organizational and behavioral skills assessment demonstrated 65.2% undeveloped skills, whereas 34.8% of skills are defined as partially developed. The results obtained confirm the effectiveness of the interactions within the triad after remedial work, since a dynamic was observed in 40.54% of all partially developed skills.
Movimentos Sociais e Educação no Brasil: a Conjuntura de 2013 a 2018
Authors: Souza Maria Antônia de
Published: February 2021

Este trabalho caracteriza movimentos e manifestações sociais vinculadas à educaçãono Brasil de 2013 a 2018, período de elaboração do Plano Nacional de Educação e de manifestações de docentes e estudantes. É fruto de pesquisa documental, cujo substrato é composto por documentos da sociedade civil, como cartas e manifestos do Fórum em Defesa da Escola Pública, Sindicato Nacional de Docentes das Instituições de Ensino Superior, Associação Nacional de Pós-Graduação, leis, decretos e medidas provisórias. Referencia-se em obra de Gohn (1997), para quem os movimentos sociais expressam ações de naturezasociopolítica e são construídos por sujeitos coletivos de diferentes classes e camadas sociais. As ações são articuladas aos cenários conjunturais do país. Deacordo com essa perspectiva, no Brasil há predominância de ações coletivas que lutam pelo fortalecimento de práticas democráticas e educação pública no período analisado,. Constata-se, no país, com as manifestações de 2013, a repolitizaçãodos movimentos sociais, marcada por ações coletivas que se inspiram em velhas utopias e outras que se sustentam na ideologia conservadora.
¿Qué aporta la investigación narrativa a los currículos de formación de profesores de matemáticas?
Authors: Salazar Amaya Claudia
Published: February 2021

En este artículo, producto de la investigación “Narrativas y subjetividades de profesores de matemáticas sobre su experiencia profesional”, se presentan cuestionamientos acerca de la formación de profesores de matemáticas. El objetivo principal de la investigación es develar las subjetividades de profesores de matemáticas en tramas narrativas creadas por un grupo de profesores acerca de sus experiencias profesionales y trayectorias de formación. Se asume la perspectiva narrativa en su dimensión epistemológica y metodológica, de tal modo que se reivindica el pensamiento narrativo como un modo de conocer el mundo y a sí mismo. El análisis de los antecedentes de investigación considerados y de las voces de los maestros que se narran permitió asumir los currículos para la formación de profesores de matemáticas como objeto de crítica, lo que se constituyó en un primer resultado de investigación. Así, se interrogaron los currículos en relación con: a) la hegemonía del pensamiento lógico científico y el desconocimiento de los aportes del pensamiento narrativo en los procesos de formación; b) la ausencia de acciones intencionadas por comprender los modos de subjetivación que subyacen en los procesos formativos; c) las configuraciones identitarias y subjetividades que subyacen en las trayectorias de formación. Se concluye que la hegemonía de un modo de pensar lógico científico y el desconocimiento de los aportes del modo de conocer narrativo en los procesos de formación de profesores de matemáticas ocasiona que la formación sea descontextualizada, impolítica y ahistórica. Además, configura una manera de conocer en la que impera la búsqueda de la verdad por medio de la ciencia y expresa una fe en el conocimiento racional como la fuerza más potente para comprender el mundo y a sí mismo.
Modelling protocols for derivation of Fe(III) NICA constants and calculations of ambient Fe speciation and apparent Fe(III) solubility in seawater v1
Authors: Zhu Kechen
Published: February 2021

Calculations of iron (Fe) speciation using the NICA-Donnan model can be useful for development of an understanding of the physico-chemical parameters (e.g. temperature, pH) that can influence Fe speciation in seawater (Hiemstra and van Riemsdjik. 2006; Gledhill et al. 2015; Avendano et al. 2016). Here we archive a protocol that can be used to calculate Fe speciation in seawater and derive new NICA constants for Fe binding to marine DOM, in combination with appropriately designed titration experiments. Importantly, for derivation of NICA constants, a pH dimension of sufficient resolution and breadth must be included in the experimental design. The protocol combines the chemical software ORCHESTRA with parameter estimation program PEST and was first described by (Janot et al. 2017) to successfully derive NICA constants for Cd and Zn binding to standard Laurentian Fulvic acid.
QUALITY ASSURANCE OF UNIVERSITY EDUCATION IN EU COUNTRIES: ROMANIAN AND POLISH EXPERIENCE
Authors: Mariuts I. , Derkach О.
Published: February 2021

The article presents an analysis of external and internal assessment of the quality of higher education of Eastern European countries experience, namely Poland and Romania. These countries are close to Ukraine not only geographically, but also have a common socio-historical background. In particular, we consider it promising to introduce experience of these countries, since they have recently been successfully integrated into the European Higher Education Area, and Ukraine is still confidently following this path. The article presents the external quality assurance structure of higher education on the example of Romania, namely the organization, mission, tasks, activities of the Romanian Agency for Quality Assurance of Higher Education (ARACIS), is extremely relevant in the period of Ukrainian Agency for Quality Assurance of Higher Education formation. Concerning the assurance of internal quality of education, the article presents experience of Poland – analyzes the requirements for internal quality of education, standards, the activities of Polish Accreditation Commission.
Neural network modeling of the rheology of the AlMg6 alloy under the dispersoid barrier effect and the inhibition of dynamic relaxation processes
Authors:   Institute of Engineering Science, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Smirnov A. S. , Konovalov A. V. ,   Institute of Engineering Science, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Kanakin V. S. ,   Institute of Engineering Science, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Published: February 2021

The paper deals with a neural network to model the flow stress of the AlMg6 alloy at temperatures ranging between 300 and 500 C and strain rates from 1 to 25 s−1. In this temperature–strain-rate range, the movement of free dislocations is blocked and dynamic relaxation processes are inhibited. The results of training the neural network and its verification at a temperature not used in the training show that neural networks with a single hidden layer can correctly approximate and predict the rheological behavior of the AlMg6 alloy for the studied temperature–strain-rate range of deformation.
Useable Coarse-Grained Models for Semiconducting Polymers and Thermosets
Authors: Henry Michael Montgomery
Published: February 2021

This work aims to inform the formulation and processing of polymer mixtures through the use of models that have minimally sufficient complexity. Models with minimal complexity are easier to develop, understand, explain, and extend, all of which underpin model validation, verification, and reproducibility.

We develop simplified models for two different material systems, semiconducting polymers and thermosets. With the relatively low cost of predicting morphologies enabled by these models, we investigate structure-property-processing relationships in record system sizes and combinatorial parameter spaces. The insight from these models lays the foundation for improving the efficiency of organic solar cells and air travel.

The morphology of the active layer of an organic solar cell determines its efficiency, but is also the most difficult aspect to control during manufacturing. Morphology can in principle be controlled through the thermodynamic self-assembly of active layer components. We develop models of two semiconducting polymers. We find our predictions are validated by morphological and charge transport measurements from experiments and we provide guidance for optimizing conditions for self-assembly.

Thermoset polymers present a unique modeling challenge because their properties are sensitive to processing kinetics that are at odds with thermodynamic modeling frameworks. The primary source of this difficulty is bridging time (1×10−12s) and length scales (1×10−10m) of reaction dynamics with the time (1×102s) and length scales (1×10−6m) of morphology evolution. We implement a coarse-grained model of toughened thermosets where each amine, epoxy, and toughener mer is treated as a single simulation element. This simplification allows us to reach the time and length scales necessary to model the epoxy amine reaction and observe curing-driven morphology evolution. We simulate curing of (100 nm)3, million-particle volumes, which allows observation of experimentally-relevant volume evolution.

To practice behaviors necessary for computational research to be usable and reproduced by others, we make available all the models, initial configurations, submission scripts, analysis scripts, and simulation data associated with this work with an opensource, permissive license. We describe software development practices and design choices that make this possible and discuss opportunities for improvement in future computational materials research.
Constitutive Modeling of Force-Controlled Fatigue Testing in Human Meniscus Tissue
Authors: Henderson Bradley Scott
Published: February 2021

The meniscus is a wedge-shaped fibrocartilaginous tissue located between the femur and tibia that helps stabilize the knee and protect the underlying cartilage. There are 2.5 million reported knee injuries each year, making it the most injured joint in the human body. Nearly twenty percent of these injuries are due to a torn meniscus, leading to over half a million meniscus surgeries performed in the United States annually. Therefore, it is critical to understand the failure modes of meniscus tissue to prevent these debilitating injuries. A failure mode that accounts for one-third of all meniscus injuries is repeated exposure to low-magnitude tensile loads, known as fatigue. One approach to gain physical insight into fatigue mechanisms is through cyclic tensile experiments performed in laboratories. An alternative approach is to use constitutive mathematical models that predict and describe the material's behavior. These models can avoid the expense and time required for experimental fatigue studies, but they also must be calibrated and validated using experimental data.

The aim of this study is to validate a constitutive model to predict human meniscus' observed fatigue behavior in force-controlled loading. Three variations of constitutive models were applied to test each model's ability to model fatigue induced creep. These models included a viscoelastic damage model, a continuum damage mechanics model, and a viscoelastic model. Using a custom program, each models' parameters were fit to stretch-time plots from previously performed fatigue experiments of cadaveric human meniscus. The quality of fit for each model was then measured.

The results of this study show that a viscoelastic damage formulation can effectively fit force-controlled fatigue behavior and, on average, performed the best of the three models presented. On average, the resulting NRMSE values for stretch at all creep stages were 0.22%, 2.03%, and 0.45% for the visco-damage, damage-only, and visco-only models, respectively. The requirement of including both viscoelasticity and damage to model all three creep stages indicates that viscoelasticity may be the driving factor for damage accumulation in fatigue loading. Further, the relatively low damage values, ranging from 0.05 to 0.2, right before exponential increases in stretch, indicate that failure may occur from fatigue loading without a considerable accumulation of damage. The validation results showed that the model could not completely represent pull to failure experiments when using material parameters that curve fit fatigue experiments. Still, they indicated that the combination of discontinuous CDM and viscoelasticity shows potential to model both fatigue and static loadings using a single formulation. To our knowledge, this is the first study to model force-controlled fatigue induced creep in the meniscus or any other soft tissue. This study's results can be utilized to further model force-controlled fatigue to predict and prevent meniscus tissue injuries.
Debilitamiento: el ocaso hermenéutico desde Gianni Vattimo
Authors: Marcos Jairo
Published: February 2021

Principal representante del pensamiento débil, Gianni Vattimo descubre que no hay fundamentos últimos ante los que detenerse. Este artículo se sumerge en la ontología hermenéutica radical y nihilista que plantea el filósofo italiano a partir de los planteamientos de Nietzsche y de Heidegger. Tras una inmersión en la post-Modernidad vivida y pensada por el turinés como torsión rememorativa de la Modernidad y del Ser mayúsculos, su propuesta hacia concepciones ligeras implica una mayor y mejor escucha de la palabra de Otro. Acontece así un ser debilitado, que no débil, lo que a la postre posibilita una emancipación múltiple que plantea sin embargo no pocos interrogantes, entre los que destaca la pregunta por las alternativas que deja Vattimo a las propias víctimas, una vez despedidas todas las estructuras fuertes.
Cuando el portero del edificio no daba ni los “buenos días”: una figura “deshumanizada” de la literatura del terror rojo
Authors: Da Costa Marco
Published: February 2021

El artículo se centra en analizar a través de una muestra representativa de textos publicados durante la guerra civil por novelistas e intelectuales del bando nacional la figura del portero y el proceso de deshumanización y animalización que se llevaría a cabo con uno de los personajes de la retaguardia más estereotipados de la literatura sobre el Terror Rojo. Asimismo, se pretende resaltar cómo, detrás de la imagen peyorativa que ofrecerían autores como Tomás Borrás, Agustín de Foxá, Wenceslao Fernández Flórez, Alfredo Marqueríe, Félix Cuquerella, Edgar Neville o José-Vicente Puente sobre su profesión y funciones dentro del entramado para aniquilar al enemigo quintacolumnista, se escondía un ideario reaccionario, elitista, misoneísta y misógino para los que el portero simbolizaba la anarquía social y la desaparición de la pirámide jerárquica del antiguo régimen.
Eliseo Pinedo (1908-1969). Un caso de educación y profesión musical en provincias a mediados del siglo XX
Authors: Blanco Ruiz Carlos
Published: February 2021

En este estudio se puede ver cómo, a partir del ejemplo del músico riojano Eliseo Pinedo y de sus estrategias, se puede llegar a cambiar una tendencia histórica en una provincia, alcanzando una dignificación de la profesión a la vez que una socialización de la educación musical. Si bien tradicionalmente las enseñanzas musicales dependían de la condición económica de cada uno en origen, las acciones llevadas a cabo por Pinedo permitirán abrir el camino para que el acceso a la educación musical reglada sea universal. Lo lleva a cabo mediante la creación del Conservatorio Profesional de Música en Logroño, a la vez que consigue su reconocimiento en la sociedad mediante la cualificación del músico en las bandas de música.
Real Time Vision System for Autonomous Vehicles
Authors: L Padmasree , Eluri Preethi , Badampudi Sai Subrahmanya Akhil , Mukkamalla Sreedhar Reddy
Published: February 2021

With the increase in vehicle accidents regularly, there is a need to control these accidents and save precious lives. The main reason for accidents on roads are mainly observed by driver misconception, recklessness and over speeding. So, there is a need to develop a Vision system which has a ability to explore its surroundings and move accordingly. The Vision system is divided into 3 subsystems as Visual perception subsystem, Brake and Acceleration subsystem and Steering control subsystem. The Visual perception means the ability to interpret surrounding environment using light in the visual spectrum reflected by the objects in the environment. This subsystem uses distance measuring sensors such as Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) and Ultrasonic sensors for detecting objects and sends the data to brake and acceleration subsystem using Arduino IDE software. According to the data received either the brake or acceleration is initiated, it means that when the distance measuring sensor values reach the threshold values then the brakes are applied or else acceleration is implemented. In order to have a smooth ride the acceleration should be uniform without any jerks though speed changes. This is resolved by using Proportional-Integral- Derivative (PID) controller which reduces the gradual difference between the desired and input speed. The Steering control subsystem involves lane detection and path tracking. The lane detection is done using Python and OpenCv which uses various image processing steps, gives the steering angle by calculating the curvature radius of lanes. Therefore path tracking system is initialized taking the steering angle and direction as input for controlling the position of the vehicle.
The Constitution of the Russian Federation as a National Project of Exercising of Civil Rights to Participation in the Law Making Process
Authors:   Associate Professor of the Moscow University of Finance and Law (MFUA) (the Orsk Branch) PhD (Law), Fomicheva Olga A.
Published: February 2021

The people’s participation forms in the legislative process are analyzes in article. To essence of understanding the legislative process changing are given arguments. The necessary to form national projects for the democratic foundations development in Russian, including within the framework of ensuring the implementation of citizens’ rights to participate in the legislative process are author concludes.
The Parliament of the Russian Federation: Evolution of the Establishment and Functioning
Authors:   Associate Professor of the Department of Constitutional and International Law of the Law Faculty of the Dagestan State University PhD (Law), Associate Professor, Saybulaeva Saida A.
Published: February 2021

The article deals with the establishment, formation and activity of the Supreme representative (legislative) body of the Russian Federation. It is shown that the bicameral Parliament of the Russian state was formed under the influence of international, national political, legal and social development. It is noted that the essence of the bicameral Parliament is a legal reflection of the specifics of the development and state structure of Russia. The influence of reception and succession on the formation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation is considered. The article analyzes the consequences of modern constitutional changes in the sphere of political and legal status of the Russian Parliament and their subsequent impact on the state mechanism of the Russian Federation.
The Constitutional Prohibition Against Opening of Accounts with Foreign Banks: Consolidation, Content, Prospects
Authors:   Associate Professor of the Department of Constitutional and Municipal Law of the Law Faculty of the Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU) PhD (Law), Sheverdyaev Stanislav N.
Published: February 2021

This article analyzes the prohibition for public officials to open accounts in foreign banks located outside the territory of the Russian Federation. This ban was included in the text of the Constitution of the Russian Federation as a result of the constitutional reform in 2020. The Federal law on this ban was adopted in 2013, but the constitutional and legal scientific discussion on this issue has not yet developed. As the level of this problem increases to the constitutional level, Russian constitutional studies should be better able to navigate it. Therefore, the publication offers an analysis of the features of this prohibition in the updated Constitution of the Russian Federation and current legislation, discusses its place in the system of similar legal mechanisms, the specifics of its legal nature, as well as a number of interesting prospects for the development of scientific discussion.
Hidden properties of city plans: A case study of Łódź
Authors: Lamprecht Mariusz
Published: February 2021

The article analyses the transformations and the internal diversity of the oldest urban structures of central Łódź, one of the biggest Polish cities. 19th-century Łódź was one of the greatest centres of the textile industry in Europe. Currently, the city faces major challenges, including a dramatic population decrease, population ageing as well as a vast revitalisation of urban structures aimed at reinforcing the new idea of the city’s inward development. The research on the layout of Łódź is based on the modern image of the city as well as four images preserved in historical plans. The subsequent, chronological models are analysed in terms of topological features with the use of space syntax methods. The conducted research made it possible to identify the internal, configurational diversity of the historic urban core of Łódź. A seemingly monotonous, orthogonal urban layout is, from a topological perspective, highly diversified. Due to the actions undertaken in Łódź and aimed at restoring urban structures in the broad sense, the study not only has a cognitive goal, but it also carries a practical context.
EC1 w Łodzi z perspektywy mieszkańców najbliższego otoczenia
Authors: Masierek Edyta
Published: February 2021

Łódź to miejsce, którego znakiem szczególnym są przedsięwzięcia polegające na adaptacji dawnych obiektów pofabrycznych na różne cele: dydaktyczne, handlowe, biurowe, mieszkaniowe, hotelowe, kulturowe, gastronomiczne. Są one realizowane od lat 90. XX wieku zarówno przez sektor prywatny, jak i publiczny. Artykuł ma na celu zaprezentowanie opinii mieszkańców najbliższego otoczenia na temat jednego z nich tj. projektu „Rewitalizacja EC1 i jej adaptacja na cele kulturalno-artystyczne” i jego wpływu na sąsiedztwo. W artykule przedstawiono wyniki badań kwestionariuszowych przeprowadzonych w 2017 roku na próbie 199 respondentów, zamieszkujących w zasięgu pieszym, tj. do 500 m od przeprowadzonej inwestycji. Większość ankietowanych pozytywnie oceniło przekształcenia, jakie zaszły na terenie dawnej elektrociepłowni. Jako atuty projektu podkreślali jego dostępność komunikacyjną oraz estetykę i formę architektoniczną budynków.
In bitches, is ovariectomy/ovariohysterectomy by laparoscopy less painful postoperatively than by midline open laparotomy?
Authors: Webb Chris , Deutsch Julia
Published: February 2021

PICO question

In bitches, is an ovariectomy/ovariohysterectomy by laparoscopy superior to an ovariectomy/ovariohysterectomy by a midline surgical laparotomy in causing less postoperative pain?

Clinical bottom line

Category of research question

Treatment

The number and type of study designs reviewed

Seven papers were critically appraised. They comprised of three blinded randomised controlled trials, two non-blinded randomised controlled trials and two non-blinded non-randomised controlled trials

Strength of evidence

Weak

Outcomes reported

In bitches, ovariectomy/ovariohysterectomy by laparoscopy is superior to ovariectomy/ovariohysterectomy by a midline laparotomy in causing less postoperative pain

Conclusion

Despite the widely held belief that laparoscopic surgery is associated with less postoperative pain, the available veterinary literature only provides weak evidence to support this in bitches undergoing ovariectomy/ovariohysterectomy. There are many uncontrolled variables to consider across these underpowered studies including surgeon number (and experience), the choice of perioperative analgesia, method of pain scoring and the laparoscopic technique. It is therefore clear that laparoscopic procedures cannot be viewed equally and the strength of the answer to the clinical question may change based upon these variables. It is also important to note that the incidence of complications or the effect of the above variables on postoperative pain have not been critically reviewed and warrant careful consideration when deciding on a laparoscopic approach

 

How to apply this evidence in practice

The application of evidence into practice should take into account multiple factors, not limited to: individual clinical expertise, patient’s circumstances and owners’ values, country, location or clinic where you work, the individual case in front of you, the availability of therapies and resources.

Knowledge Summaries are a resource to help reinforce or inform decision making. They do not override the responsibility or judgement of the practitioner to do what is best for the animal in their care.
Nursing Work Arrangement in Health Care Settings During the Pandemic Of Covid-19: Nurse Managers’ Perspectives
Authors: Asmaningrum Nurfika , Muhammad Nur Kholid Rosyidi , Purwandari Retno , Ardiana Anisah
Published: February 2021

Nurses are health service providers playing pivotal role and serving at the forefront of tackling COVID-19. As such, their health and safety are pivotal. Therefore, a policy is needed in arranging their work system in response to COVID-19 pandemic. The work arrangement denotes an effort to prevent human-to-human infection transmission of COVID-19. However, the nursing work system adjustment model is not yet know. The aim of the study is to explore a model for adjusting the work system of nurses in health care facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic, from the perspective of nurse managers. This study applied descriptive qualitative method. It involved 9 (nine) managers who were recruited from 2 (two) public hospitals which became the national reference for handling COVID-19. These subjects were chosen using purposive sampling technique. Data collection employed semi-structured interviews through virtually telephone and conference. Resultant data was analyzed using content analysis. The study has unraveled five main categories related to the adjustment of the nursing work system during the pandemic, including the management of nurse personnel, regulation at work, arrangement of work patterns, adjustment of work procedures, and flexibility of work systems. Through the work system regulation, hospital managers have implemented the principle of maintaining health, safety and security of nurses while working in health care facilities. The adjustment of the nursing work system aims to reduce the negative impact of the health crisis and reduce anxiety for nurses. This is mainly because the level of anxiety associated with COVID-19 may pose adverse effects on nurses’ wellbeing.
PENGARUH SUPPLY BATUBARA E4900 TERHADAP KETERCAPAIAN TARGET BARGING PADA JETTY KELANIS 1 DAN KELANIS 3 PT ADARO INDONESIA DESA KELANIS KECAMATAN MENGKATIP
Authors: Bangalino Andreas Bayu , Triantoro Agus , Mustofa Adip
Published: February 2021

Adanya indikasi perbedaan pencapaian target total outloading kuantitas batubara E4900  dengan realisasi yang tercapai ditahun 2016 perlu dilakukan analisa pencapaian target pada masing-masing jetty dimana target outloading yang sudah direncanakan tidak tercapai, sehingga perlu diketahui ketersediaan batubara pada stockpile dan perlu diketahui target yang tidak tercapai dan bagaimana solusi untuk menyelesaikannya.Metode yang digunakan dalam penelian ini adalah perbandingan rencana outloading dan realisasi outloading tahun 2016Tujuan penelitian yaitu menganalisa pencapaian kuantias  batubara E4900 di jetty K1 dan K3, Analisa faktor  yang mempengaruhi pencapaian kuantitas batubara E4900 pada jetty K1 dan K3. Analisa yang digunakan untuk pencapaian kualitas batubara E4900 yaitu analisa pada tonnase stockpile, analisa pada suplai pada tambang dan analisa jam kerja yang ada pada Jetty K1 dan jetty K3.Kuantitas batubara E 4900  pada proses kegiatan outloading pada  jetty K1 memiliki  pencapaian yang lebih besar dibandingkan pencapaiann jetty K3 meskipun kemampuan jetty lebih besar K3 dibandingkan jetty K1. Adanya jam kerja yang ada pada kedua jetty dimana pada jetty K3 jam kerja yang rendah dibandingkan jetty K1 sehinggai mempengaruhi pencapaian kegiatan outloading jetty K3. Faktor yang mempengaruhi ketercapaian outloading pada lokasi jetty K3 adalah adanya hambatan-hambatan seperti kerusakan alat mekanis sehingga jam kerja pada jetty K3 tidak maksimal dan terganggu sehingga perlu dilakukan simulasi jam kerja atau menghilangkan hambatan yang ada sehingga jam kerja pun tidak terganggu dan rencana outloading dapat tercapai. Kata-kata kunci: Batubara, Rencana, Realisasi, Outlaoding, Ketercapaian, Jetty
ANALISIS PENGARUH TINGKAT PELAPUKAN TERHADAP KEKUATAN BATUAN (STUDI KASUS PADA BATULEMPUNG DARI FORMASI WARUKIN)
Authors: Hanifah Dini Ayu , Santoso Eko , Kartini Kartini
Published: February 2021

Penentuan tingkat pelapukan yang dilakukan pada penelitian ini menggunakan metode yang lebih sederhana dan sering digunakan serta dengan biaya yang terjangkau yaitu dengan pengamatan lapangan secara visual deskriptif dan pengujian di laboratorium berdasarkan uji UCS (Uniaxial Compressive Strength), Schmidt Hammer, dan PLI (Point Load Index). Metodologi yang dilakukan dan digunakan pada penelitian ini meliputi, data tingkat pelapukan berdasarkan pengamatan secara deskripsi visual yang mengacu pada penelitian terdahulu, data uji sifat fisik batulempung, dimensi batulempung, nilai rebound dari alat schmidt hammer, dan nilai kuat tekan batulempung menggunakan alat UCS (uniaxial compressive strength) dari 10 sampel batulempung, serta nilai PLI. Berdasarkan pengamatan lapangan secara visual deskriptif adapun tingkat pelapukan batulempung dalam penelitian ini termasuk ke dalam tingkat pelapukan III (lapuk sedang), IV (lapuk kuat), dan V (lapuk sempurna) yang mewakili 10 sampel ( mengacu pada penelitian Sadisun dkk, 1998 ). Sedangkan berdasarkan nilai UCS yang didapatkan dari nilai kuat tekan tertinggi sampai terendah dari 10 sampel yaitu sebesar 3,39 MPa masuk ke dalam tingkat pelapukan III (lapuk sedang), 1,98 MPa masuk ke dalam tingkat pelapukan IV (lapuk kuat), serta 0,63 MPa masuk ke dalam tingkat pelapukan V (lapuk sempurna). Berdasarkan hasil dari nilai rebound yang didukung dengan penelitian menurut ahli Hencer dan Martin (1982), tingkat pelapukan batulempung dalam penelitian ini masuk ke dalam highly weathered (lapuk kuat) dengan nilai rebound rata-rata sebesar N<25. Dan berdasarkan dari nilai PLI tingkat pelapukan pada penelitian ini masuk ke dalam tingkat pelapukan III dan IV. Kata-kata kunci: tingkat pelapukan, uniaxial compressive strength, schmidt hammer, point load index
Association Between Weight Gain, Psychological, Sociodemographic Factors, and Physical Activity in Bariatric Patients: A Complex System
Authors: Vieira Nélio Barreto , Bandeira Paulo Felipe R. , Delmondes Gyllyandeson , Bertoldi Rafaela , Cunha Glacithane , Soares Nayara da Silva , Bottcher Lara Belmudes , Almeida Roberto Lopes de , Vieira Maria Eveline , Salami Sedigheh , Kerntopf Marta , Martins Clarice , Zaia Victor
Published: February 2021

Weight gain affects about 10-20% of patients after bariatric surgery. It is a phenomenon that is difficult to understand and to intervene due to its complexity and etiological heterogeneity. In the present study, we investigated, from a network analysis perspective, the associations between weight regain, psychological, sociodemographic factors and physical activity in patients undergoing bariatric surgery. The sample consisted of 124 patients, of both sexes, aged 39 ± 9.1 years, who had undergone surgical intervention for more than 18 months. After voluntary consent, respondents answered questionnaires and instruments directly on the Google Forms platform. The results indicated that weight gain was negatively associated with the items of depression, anxiety and stress, binge eating and with the dimensions of the personality questionnaire (negative affectivity -0.182; detachment -0.078; antagonism -0.107; disinterest - 0.198 and psychoticism -0.158). The centrality indicators revealed that the characteristics of disinterest and negative affectivity and most of the items on the depression, anxiety and stress scale had a greater expected influence (values ​​from 1,043 to 1,502), indicating that these are the most sensitive variables to intervention and who need more attention from health professionals.
Estimating Algorithmic Information using Quantum Computing for Genomics Applications
Authors: Sarkar Aritra , Al-Ars Zaid , Bertels Koen
Published: February 2021

Inferring algorithmic structure in data is essential for discovering causal generative models. In this research, we present a quantum computing framework using the circuit model, for estimating algorithmic information metrics. The canonical computation model of the Turing machine is restricted in time and space resources, to make the target metrics computable under realistic assumptions. The universal prior distribution for the automata is obtained as a quantum superposition, which is further conditioned to estimate the metrics. Specific cases are explored where the quantum implementation offers polynomial advantage, in contrast to an indispensable exhaustive enumeration in the corresponding classical case. The unstructured output data and the computational irreducibility of Turing machines make this algorithm impossible to approximate using heuristics. Thus, exploring the space of program-output relations is one of the most promising problems for demonstrating quantum supremacy using Grover search that cannot be dequantized. Experimental use cases for quantum acceleration are developed for self-replicating programs and algorithmic complexity of short strings. With quantum computing hardware rapidly attaining technological maturity, we discuss how this framework will have significant advantage for various genomics applications in meta-biology, phylogenetic tree analysis, protein-protein interaction mapping and synthetic biology. This is the first time experimental algorithmic information theory is implemented using quantum computation. Our implementation on the Qiskit quantum programming platform is copy-left and can be found on https://github.com/Advanced-Research-Centre/QPULBA
Intelligent Dynamic Identification of Industrial Productsin a Robotic Workplace
Authors: Vachálek Ján , Šišmišová Dana , Vašek Pavol , Rybář Jan , Slovák Juraj , Šimovec Matej
Published: February 2021

The article deals with aspects of identifying industrial products in motion based on their color. An automated robotic workplace with conveyor belt, robot and industry color sensor is created for this purpose. Measured data are processed in a database and then statistically evaluated in form of standard uncertainties of type A and B, in order to obtain combined standard uncertainties results. Based on the acquired data, control charts of RGB color components for identified products are created. Influence of product speed on the measuring process identification and process stability is monitored. In case of identification uncertainty i.e. measured values are outside the limits of control charts, the K-nearest neighbor machine learning algorithm is used. This algorithm, based on the Euclidean distances to the classified value, estimates its most accurate iteration. This results into the comprehensive system for identification of product moving on conveyor belt, where based on the data collection and statistical analysis using machine learning, industry usage reliability is demonstrated.