bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Kriteria Lokasi Instalasi Pengolahan Lumpur Tinja dan Optimasi Cakupan Layanan Menggunakan Sistem Informasi Geografis (Studi Kasus Kota Bandung)
Authors:   Pengelolaan Infrastruktur Air Bersih dan Sanitasi, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Setiyawan Ahmad Soleh , Widodo Happy Tesyana ,   Pengelolaan Infrastruktur Air Bersih dan Sanitasi, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Putri Dyah Wulandari ,   Pengelolaan Infrastruktur Air Bersih dan Sanitasi, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Zaelani Moch.
Published: June 2021

Abstrak: Lokasi Instalasi Pengolahan Lumpur Tinja (IPLT) yang tidak direncanakan dengan tepat dapat mengakibatkan tingkat pelayanan IPLT menjadi rendah, kurangnya pasokan lumpur tinja ke IPLT, dan masalah pencemaran lingkungan akibat illegal dumping. Pada studi ini, dilakukan analisis terhadap aspek-aspek penting dalam penentuan lokasi IPLT serta penerapan Sistem Informasi Geografis (SIG) dalam mengoptimalkan cakupan layanan IPLT di Kota Bandung. Identifikasi kriteria dan bobot kriteria dalam penentuan lokasi IPLT dilakukan dengan menggunakan metode pairwase comparison terhadap kriteria dan subkriteria yang diperoleh dari kajian literatur dan hasil diskusi dengan pemangku kepentingan. Hasil identifikasi kriteria kemudian dipetakan dan dianalisis dengan aplikasi ArcMAP 10.8.1. Berdasarkan hasil identifikasi, terdapat 5 kriteria yang dinyatakan penting dalam pemilihan lokasi IPLT yaitu teknis, kelembagaan, regulasi dan kebijakan, keuangan, serta penerimaan masyarakat. Identifikasi lebih lanjut dari 5 kriteria ditemukan 22 subkriteria dan terdapat 10 subkriteria diantaranya yang dapat digunakan dalam pemilihan lokasi dan optimasi cakupan layanan IPLT pada studi ini. Berdasarkan pemetaan SIG, diperoleh cakupan layanan optimum untuk melayani seluruh wilayah di Kota Bandung yang belum terlayani sistem perpipaan air limbah dengan penggunaan 3 lokasi IPLT yaitu Kecamatan Gedebage, Kecamatan Cinambo, dan Kecamatan Andir. Total kebutuhan luas IPLT Kota Bandung pada tahun 2041 yaitu IPLT 26.400 m2. Cakupan layanan optimum diperoleh berdasarkan subkriteria jarak terdekat dan waktu tempuh tercepat dari lokasi IPLT ke wilayah pelayanan terjauh. Kata kunci: cakupan layanan, Instalasi Pengolahan Lumpur Tinja, kriteria lokasi, Sistem Informasi Geografis
Pensamento Computacional na Educação Básica: Reflexões a partir do Histórico da Informática na Educação Brasileira
Authors: Kaminski Márcia Regina , Klüber Tiago Emanuel , Boscarioli Clodis
Published: June 2021

Atividades que propõem o desenvolvimento do Pensamento Computacional (PC) têm sido cada vez mais empregadas em ambientes escolares, e algumas contribuições para o desenvolvimento de aspectos cognitivos têm sido relatadas na literatura. Todavia, considerando que o esforço de inserir o PC na Educação não é tão recente, mas tem raízes no início da história da Informática na Educação, e que as práticas pedagógicas devem ser pensadas e conduzidas com objetivos claros, em conformidade com a visão de mundo que se tem e que se almeja, é pertinente refletir acerca das razões que justificam atividades com PC na escola, e sobre o que a história nos ensina a respeito da sua integração aos processos de ensino e aprendizagem. Nesse sentido, este artigo tem por finalidade promover essa reflexão a partir de um olhar histórico sobre a trajetória da Informática na Educação brasileira, buscando compreender as implicações do contexto sociocultural em cada momento, as concepções de relação do homem com as tecnologias, e os impactos à forma como as tecnologias foram utilizadas na Educação, relacionando com as tendências pedagógicas implícitas. Para tanto, realizou-se uma pesquisa bibliográfica e documental. Os resultados indicam que a realidade cibercultural contemporânea incita e justifica o interesse pela inserção do PC nas escolas, porém, requer que sejam considerados aspectos como concepções pedagógicas e visão equilibrada sobre o papel das tecnologias na Educação, formação de professores e alinhamento das atividades de desenvolvimento do PC com os conteúdos curriculares.
Modelagem Robusta de Observações Ausentes em Dados Sensoriados de Apiários
Authors: Silva Daniel De Amaral da , Braga Antonio Rafael , Nobre Juvêncio S. , Gomes Danielo G.
Published: June 2021

O sensoriamento remoto de apiários reduz a necessidade de inspeções manuais, desnecessárias e invasivas nas colmeias ao mesmo tempo que propicia aos apicultores, com antecedência, alertas de problemas in loco. O monitoramento da temperatura é uma das diversas prioridades quando se tem interesse em diagnosticar o estado de saúde e bem-estar de uma colônia, posto que as abelhas tem um rigoroso cuidado quanto à sua manutenção do microclima (clima interno à colmeia). Entretanto, eventuais falhas nos sensores podem contaminar os dados com valores anômalos ou simplesmente causar "buracos" nas informações. Neste artigo, propomos um modelo estatístico capaz de contornar problemas locais de outliers ou de dados ausentes em uma série temporal multivariada de dados de temperatura provenientes de uma grade com 36 sensores instalados em uma colmeia de abelhas, com métrica R2 superior a 87% em 35 dos 36 sensores.
Re-Mar: Repository of Marine Learning Objects
Authors: Behr André , Cascalho José , Guerra Hélia , Costa Ana , Parente Manuela , Botelho Andrea , Vicari Rosa , Mendes Armando
Published: June 2021

Current literature shows the lack of learning object repositories exclusively related to environmental education and that there is no predominant software. This paper presents Re-Mar, a marine learning object repository based on open source software. Re-Mar is a part of an effort to promote ocean literacy through educational content for students and teachers. The repository is supported by computational technologies to catalog and organize learning objects to retrieve and reuse. Our prototype shows that is possible to store, catalog, retrieve, and link learning objects to support environmental education and coping with learning objects lifecycle. This is the first step to future aggregation of linked data, ontologies, and artificial intelligence aspects.
An Open-Source Soft-Microcontroller Implementation Using an ARM Cortex-M0 on FPGA
Authors: Finotti Vitor , Albertini Bruno
Published: June 2021

There is a myriad of projects that could be deployed on FPGA for architectural exploration. However, open-source platforms are scarce, and one with embedded software and operating system support to the application-specific hardware could not be found in the literature. We present an open-source soft-microcontroller architecture based on an ARM Cortex-M0, adaptable to different amounts of cores or new components, supporting an end-to-end deployment from code compilation using arm-gcc to loading the binary into the HDL memory cores. The proposed design is validated through simulation and implementation on a KC705 development kit, demonstrating busy-wait polling, DMA transfer, and deterministic real-time processing through FreeRTOS.
Three-Level Inverter Control Techniques: Design, Analysis, and Comparisons
Authors: Selisteanu Dan , Roman Monica , Mandache Lucian , Prejbeanu Razvan , Ivanov Sergiu , Radu Alexandru
Published: June 2021

This work addresses the analysis and design of various Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID) control techniques for a three-level inverter. Multilevel power converters are modern and basic elements of high-voltage electric drive and power supply systems. By using simulations and specific computer-aided design tools, the overall functional characteristics of multilevel converters, as well as the electrical demands of the components, can be accurately assessed to obtain an appropriate control solution. An innovative and detailed software model of a three-level inverter is developed and then used for the implementation of control techniques. Several tuning methods are used to tune PID controllers for two specific cases: the multilevel inverter with a linear load and with an asynchronous motor load, respectively. A detailed analysis and comparisons of the quality criteria and control performance are achieved. This analysis shows that the choice of controller type depends on the inverter load. For the linear load, proper results are obtained with a PI Nichols-tuned controller, and for the asynchronous load, with a PI controller tuned via a modified Hokushin method. The computer-aided design tools can be further used for the simulation of the equipment in various operating conditions, normal and fault, following all functional parameters.
The European Parliament in EC external Relations, From the Inception of European Political Cooperation to the Single European Act
Authors: TULLI Umberto
Published: June 2021

European Political Cooperation represented one of the most innovative and yet vague and contested areas of cooperation among EC Member States. As an intergovernmental practice that left no room for supranational institutions, it did not contemplate any formal role for the European Parliament (EP). Focusing on the EP and EPC after the 1979 elections, this article aims at making three points. First, it argues that direct elections gave the EP stronger political arguments to claim more powers but parliamentary demands on EPC were not different from those emerged already in the early Seventies. Second, given Member States’ resistance to parliamentary pressures, the EP developed some original initiatives in international affairs, in order to undermine the intergovernmental features of EPC. Parliamentary actions were particularly effective on human rights issues. Finally, it points out that with the signing of the Single European Act, the role of the EP in foreign affairs remained, at best, limited.
The European Parliament: Moving to the Centre of Historical Interest in the European Union
Authors: DINAN Desmond
Published: June 2021

This article discusses the historiography of the European Parliament (EP) up to and including the advent of direct elections, in 1979. The term historiography is interpreted loosely to include the work not only of historians, but also of political scientists who have studied the Common Assembly of the European Coal and Steel Community and the early decades of the European Parliament, as well as practitioners - officials and Members of the European Parliament - who have written about the institution from an academic perspective. The article aims to explore changes over time in how analysts of the EP approached their subject, the contributions that they have made, and current trends in historical research on the EP - an institution that emerged as an important player in European Community governance well before the dawn of direct elections.
The Role of the European Parliament in the Single Market Programme: The Cost of Non-Europe and the Car Emission Directive (1983-89)
Authors: WARLOUZET Laurent
Published: June 2021

The Single Market has been at the heart of European integration for more than three decades, as the recent Brexit negotiations exemplifies. However, the role of the European Parliament in the origins and the first years of implementation of the Single Market programme has been neglected, whereas it was important in two respects. First, as early as 1983 the European Parliament contributed to intellectual mobilisation efforts in advance of the programme’s adoption by developing the notion of the “cost of non-Europe”, an economic concept which materialized the tangible benefits of the Single Market Programme, instead of framing this endeavour as simply another European policy among others. Michel Albert was instrumental in this debate. Second, the European Parliament was active after the Single Act was signed in 1986 by adopting and influencing legislation to concretely implement this ambitious programme, as the example of the 1989 car emission directive demonstrates. Here the role of Carlo Ripa di Meana was of particular importance.
Diffusing Democracy in Europe: The European Parliament and European Community Enlargement Policy 1974-79
Authors: SALM Christian
Published: June 2021

The article explores the role of the European Parliament (EP) in European Community (EC) Southern enlargement policy during the phase of democratic transitions in Greece, Portugal and Spain. It demonstrates how the EP insisted on adherence to core democratic principles as a condition for any accession negotiations, in particular the holding of free and fair parliamentary elections. Furthermore, the article shows how the EP made strategic use of the Southern European democratic transitions to demand the democratisation of the EC and the EP itself, with the holding of direct elections to the EP as its primary demand. Moreover, it discusses the EP’s attempt to make the observance of democratic principles a formal requirement of EC membership, both for applicant countries and for existing member states. Finally, it reconstructs the EP’s relations with counterparts in Greece, Portugal and Spain, which were intended to prepare the baselines of enlargement policy and EC accession.
A review of the genus Alcathousiella Monné, 2005 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae)
Authors: Nascimento Francisco E. de L. , Monné Miguel A. , Wappes James E.
Published: June 2021

The Acanthocinini genus Alcathousiella Monné, 2005 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae) is revised with both the genus and the type species, Alcathousiella polyrhaphoides (White, 1855) redescribed. New country records for the species, greatly expanding its known distribution in South America, are also presented. Lastly, Alcathousiella giesberti sp. nov., from Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama is described and illustrated.
Show cave websites in Serbia: Evaluation and potential improvements
Authors: Antić Aleksandar , Dragović Nataša , Tomić Nemanja
Published: June 2021

Show caves and speleotourism can have a major impact on the tourism industry as well as the local and regional economic development. Promotion is a crucial aspect of generating plans and strategies for tourist caves. In the case of speleotourism, promotion needs to be professional, attractive and continuous because caves are often considered to be dangerous and inaccessible places. The main goal of this paper is to determine the quality of official show cave websites in Serbia. The assessment included the application of modified Website evaluation model. Website design techniques were also assessed, including the performance and the degree of optimization for search engines SEO. The results show extreme deficiencies and weaknesses regarding the level of internet promotion of Serbian show (tourist) caves. These results are of great importance for cave management teams and tourist organizations because they point out the negative factors of cave promotion in Serbia that need to be revised.
Profitability analysis of hotel companies in the Republic of Serbia
Authors: Mitrović Aleksandra , Knežević Snežana , Milašinović Marko
Published: June 2021

The purpose of the research is to examine the level and trends of profitability ratios of hotel companies operating in the Republic of Serbia in the period from 2016 to 2019. The research was conducted on a sample of 100 hotel companies, where profitability was measured by the operating profit rate, the net profit rate, the rate of return on total assets and the rate of return on equity. The results of the research show that the values of the used profitability indicators have increased in 2017 compared to 2016, but decreased in 2018 and 2019. Statistical analysis found that changes in the operating profit rate and net profit rate during the observed four-year period were not statistically significant, while the decline in the value of the rate of return on total assets in 2018 compared to 2017 and the decline in the rate of return on equity in 2018 compared to 2017 and in 2019 compared to 2018 was statistically significant. The results of the research can be important for (1) the management of a company, (2) its owners, because they enable gaining an insight into the level of profitability of entrusted companies, i.e. the companies that are in the ownership, and (3) investors and creators of tourism development policy.
Changes in land use in the region of Grdelica Gorge in the period 1963-2011
Authors: Braunović Sonja , Ratknić Mihailo , Ratknić Tatjana , Kabiljo Milan
Published: June 2021

A land use is the sole erosion factor that can be controlled and governed by man. Since an inadequate land use can cause intensification of erosive processes, it is possible to reduce their intensity by its change. The paper presents the changes in land use in the region of Grdelica Gorge in the period between 1963 and 2011 and the impact of the changes on the intensity of erosive processes. The identification of wooded land, arable land, meadows, pastures, orchards, vineyards and infertile land performed in 2011 was based on field works and the analysis of high-resolution satellite images. The comparison of the obtained results with the data for 1963 proved that the categories of barren land, forest, meadow and pasture underwent most intensive changes. The above-mentioned changes, along with performance of biological and technical works, resulted in reduction of intensity of erosive processes in the observed period.
Anoreksi og agens
Authors: Skiveren Tobias
Published: June 2021

Cultural studies and gender studies hold long-standing traditions for studying people with eating disorders as either passive objects subjected to misogynist discourses or subversive agents that negotiate societal norms. In both cases, agency is primarily investigated as a phenomenon that unfolds between the anorectic individual and the surrounding society. In contrast, this article explores how the question of agency also unfolds within the anorectic her-/himself. It does so by setting up a dialogue between the anorectic testimony of Cecilie Lind’s pathography Scarykost (2016) and philosophical ideas of corporeality in feminist new materialism, affect theory, and phenomenology. Ultimately, the article argues that the anorectic subject is not a homogenous individual that can easily be classified as either passive or active, but comprises an infra-corporeal landscape of social, psychic, and biological forms of agency that struggle to determine the will of the anorectic “I.” In that way, the article pushes back on the tendency in cultural and gender studies to make generalizing claims about the anorectic’s subversive agency – or lack thereof.
Modifiable Areal Unit Problem (MAUP): Analysis of Agriculture of the State of Paraná-Brazil
Authors: Cima Elizabeth Giron , Freire da Rocha-Junior eimar , Uribe-Opazo Miguel Angel , Dalposso Gustavo Henrique
Published: June 2021

The way the researcher groups his research data will influence the result of his work. In the literature, this phenomenon is treated as a Problem of the Modifiable Areal Unit. The objective of this article was to analyze the three spatial levels by Municipalities, Regional Centers and Mesoregions using the following data: gross domestic product, effective agricultural production, grain production and gross value of agricultural production for the state of Paraná-Brazil in the period since 2012 until 2015. The methodological procedure studied data from the Paranaense Institute for Economic and Social Development of the above-named variables collected on the website of the Paranaense Institute for Economic and Social Development of the 399 municipalities, 23 regional centers and 10 mesoregions. The results found show the presence of the Modifiable Areal Unit Problem, presenting different results for each level of grouping. The study revealed the problem of the modifiable areal unit is a relevant occurrence and it should be disregarded by researchers who work with clusters of spatial data in their studies. The results found allow a better understanding of the scale effect and demonstrate the efficiency of spatial analysis in socioeconomic data.
Half a Dozen Heresies Mainly Regarding Collections, Exhibitions & Catalogues
Authors: Johnson W. McAllister
Published: June 2021

Observations sur la plus grande entreprise de publication non contrôlée au monde. Sont présentées dans cet article les tendances actuelles de l’édition de catalogues d’expositions temporaires et permanentes, principalement en Ontario et au Canada. Ces tendances sont considérées ici dans le contexte de l’avènement de l’exposition d’art comme phénomène culturel. L’étude s’attache en outre à faire ressortir les points de vue plutôt contradictoires de celui qui produit ces oeuvres éphémères et de celui qui éventuellement, les achètera. Un certain nombre de modèles de catalogues sont proposés avec un aperçu de ce que chacun implique pour le personnel des musées, pour le financement de la publication et pour le savoir.
Impressionism and Imperialism in Maurice Cullen’s African River
Authors: Young Marnin
Published: June 2021

Maurice Cullen (1866-1934) a longtemps été considéré comme le point d’origine de l’impressionnisme canadien. « Où » se trouve ce point, cependant, reste une question ouverte. Pour les critiques des années 1890, ses peintures étaient clairement « françaises ». Plus tard, Arthur Lismer et d’autres les ont vues comme l’incarnation de « l’esprit canadien ». Cullen a-t-il ainsi importé un style français ou en a-t-il cultivé un typiquement canadien ? L’auteur affirme que les premières oeuvres du peintre problématisent déjà, dans leur production même, ce dérèglement du lieu. Son argumentaire repose sur une analyse d’African River de Cullen, un tableau de 1893 qui représente la ville algérienne colonisée de Biskra. Dans sa combinaison de la technique impressionniste française et de l’iconographie impérialiste française, cette peinture « canadienne » se présente comme un cas typique révélant les contradictions spatiales inhérentes à l’impressionnisme mondial. Le tableau gère la contradiction, peut-on lire dans cet essai, en combinant deux manières distinctes, bien qu’imbriquées, de conceptualiser l’espace lui-même : phénoménologique et géopolitique.
Satire et sociabilité au coeur de la pratique caricaturale de Lady Dalhousie (1786-1839) : vers une histoire des femmes caricaturistes britanniques
Authors: Ferron-Desautels Marie
Published: June 2021

In 1987, the archivist Marie Elwood published a paper discussing her research in Scotland, which led to the repatriation of Lord Dalhousie’s collection and the discovery of five caricatures painted by Lady Dalhousie during her Canadian sojourn from 1816 to 1828. Since then, nothing has been written on the subject matter, the humour, and the sociability that these caricatures involved, a lack this paper aims to fill. What was the target of Dalhousie’s satirical gaze? Was it common for an aristocratic woman such as Dalhousie to paint caricatures? In order to provide answers to these questions, I will examine the caricatural strategies employed by Lady Dalhousie as well as her satirical perspective. Finally, I will consider the sociability that surrounded the display of these images by relating Dalhousie to other British women who contributed to the creation and the circulation of caricatures during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
Mariama Bâ et Djaïli Amadou Amal : Une si Longue Lettre des (Im)patientes
Authors: Tchokothe Rémi Armand
Published: June 2021

Cette contribution « Mariama Bâ et Djaïli Amadou Amal : Une si Longue Lettre des (Im)patientes » relit/relie le classique Une si longue lettre (1980) de la Sénégalaise Mariama Bâ à travers le prisme de l’inter-actualité avec Les Impatientes (2020) de la Camerounaise Djaïli Amadou Amal. Nous mettons l’accent sur les synergies 1. Philosophico-lexicale (des mots du pulaaku sur les maux de la polygamie). 2. D’itinéraire littéraire. 3. Narratologique (voix et voies des (im)patientes) et 4. Stylistique (lettre contée munyalement comme thérapie libératrice et émancipatrice). Nous insistons néanmoins sur Les Impatientes car on ne compte plus les travaux publiés sur Une Si Longue Lettre, alors qu’on ne trouve que quelques entretiens dans les médias avec Djaïli Amadou Amal. Cet article s’appuie sur une philosophie/théorie proposée par Les Impatientes pour étudier le statu quo sur le sort des femmes dans deux contextes musulmans, le Munyal (« patience »). Par ailleurs, il contribue à la constitution d’un corpus critique sur l’œuvre d’une voix littéraire féminine émergente au Cameroun.
La rencontre entre la culture marocaine et la culture française et son impact sur le conte populaire marocain
Authors: Abdelali Farah
Published: June 2021

Cet article étudie les traits d’une hybridité culturelle, relevés lors de la présentation d’un conte marocain revisité, dans le cadre d’un festival international du conte organisé en France. Nous montrons dans la première partie que, pour répondre aux exigences de cette notion, le conteur a eu recours à des symboles reconnaissables par le public et à d’autres traits qui ont un sens presque similaire dans sa culture d’origine et dans celle du pays d’accueil. La seconde partie montre que tout comme le texte, les gestes, le costume, la gestion de l’espace et même la durée du conte ont été soumis à la particularité de ce contexte interculturel. Dans la dernière partie, nous soulignons que malgré les efforts fournis par le conteur pour construire un pont entre sa culture et celle de son public, des contraintes linguistiques et sémantiques s’imposent au moment de la narration.
Logogriphes. Réflexions sur l’illisibilité des corps comme stratégie politique
Authors: Ségard Arthur
Published: June 2021

Après avoir établi que le corps s’inscrit dans un système de signification, cet article propose une analyse diachronique de plusieurs corps qui ont été perçus ou se sont présentés comme « illisibles » : le corps de Vellini, femme indépendante et mystérieuse au cœur du roman Une vieille maîtresse de Barbey d’Aurevilly, le corps des « monstres et prodiges » observés par Ambroise Paré au XVIe siècle, et le corps du philosophe Paul B. Preciado, qu’il place au cœur de sa démarche théorique et politique depuis 2005. Parce qu’ils échappent aux structures sociales qui cherchent à les interpréter, à les classifier ou à les normaliser, ces corps ont tous été qualifiés de monstrueux. En mettant en évidence l’origine sociale de cette désignation, cet article interroge les usages politiques possibles de cette « illisibilité », et notamment sa réappropriation par des groupes marginalisés.
Quand les applications mobiles s’invitent dans la fiction : la littérature gay « grindrisée »
Authors: Fraissard Florian
Published: June 2021

Nous nous proposons d’étudier le lien entre littérature et nouvelles technologies à travers la question de l’intégration des applications mobiles au sein de la création littéraire gay des années 2010. L’image et le fantasme occupent une place prépondérante au sein de cette nouvelle technologie. Leur insertion dans le champ littéraire conduit à redéfinir les rapports à l’image, à soi et à la fiction littéraire. Les applications semblent donc être un facteur de mutabilité textuelle dans la mesure où elles modifient un certain nombre de codes littéraires faisant de la littérature gay un espace « grindrisé ».
Les mutations des relations entre auteurs et éditeurs littéraires à l’ère du numérique : une crise de l’autorité ?
Authors: Boutoux Corentin
Published: June 2021

Depuis l’apparition de la figure moderne de l’éditeur au début du XIXème siècle, la nature des relations entre les auteurs et le champ de production des œuvres littéraires a été le fruit d’innombrables débats. Entre le créateur et celui qui transforme l’œuvre en produit commercialisable, qui détient quelle autorité ? La transformation de l’édition en industrie culturelle semble avoir relégué l’auteur à la seconde place et l’avoir inscrit dans une longue histoire de domination, tout en étant l’instigateur de sa légitimité et le moteur de sa reconnaissance. Le développement de l’informatique et des technologies numériques entraîne de nouvelles mutations du marché du livre. Alors que les acteurs institués adoptent progressivement le recours à ces nouveaux outils pour entériner leur domination, des circuits parallèles se mettent en place, à la périphérie du pouvoir. A l’heure actuelle, que devient le rapport de cet auteur à ces constructions instituées ? Sa place est-elle renégociée ?
Praworządność w Unii Europejskiej – garść refleksji ze szwedzkiej perspektywy
Authors: Amberg Jan Henrik
Published: June 2021

Praworządność stanowi jedną z podstawowych wartości UE, a kwestie z nią związane stały się jednym z głównych priorytetów nie tylko unijnej agendy, ale także polityki unijnej większości krajów członkowskich, wśród nich Szwecji. Przyczyniają się do tego coraz ściślejsza integracja, uzależnienie funkcjonowania całej Unii od tego jak działa wymiar sprawiedliwości w krajach członkowskich oraz niepokój o stan praworządności w tych krajach. W ostatnich latach Unia zaczęła stosować już wcześniej istniejące instrumenty, których celem jest kontrola i poprawa przestrzegania praworządności (w tym art. 7 Traktatu o funkcjonowaniu Unii Europejskiej), oraz przyjęła nowe – europejski mechanizmu na rzecz praworządności i rozporządzenie w sprawie warunkowości, związane z nowym budżetem unijnym. Potrzeba wypracowania skutecznych procedur oceny stanu praworządności i utrzymywania podstawowych standardów wymiaru sprawiedliwości we wszystkich krajach unijnych staje się coraz bardziej aktualna i pozostaje dla rządu szwedzkiego jednym z najważniejszych wyzwań, z jakimi mierzy się Unia Europejska.
The Eagles Belt: The Unsuspected Stage of the Great Power Competition
Authors: Pietrobon Emanuel
Published: June 2021

The Balkans are one of the main stages of the so-called Cold War 2.0 between the United States and the Russo-Chinese axis, but, to a greater extent, they are also an important battlefront of the broader great power competition, a hegemonic confrontation fought by a number of European and non-European powers and only partly tied to the aforementioned Cold War 2.0. Just like in the past, the Balkans keep being the powder keg of Europe, but this time, due to a combination of historical events and demographic changes, the veridical beating heart of the region is no longer Serbia, it’s a rising geopolitical order based on and centered on Albania: the Eagles’ Belt.
Book of Changes: Cosmological and Anthropological Metaphors in Chinese Philosophy
Authors: Sertdemir İlknur
Published: June 2021

Ancient Chinese history holds a quality which has syncretized traditional thought with its cultural wealth unified of mystical and mythological figures in the background. Such that classical documents, which had begun to be written before Common Era, has directly influenced the political regime, education system and status of society in China. One of the most prominent features of these works is to propound collective knowledge about perception of cosmology, attitudes to earthiness, community standards, policy and morality. Among Five Classics works of these masterpieces of Chinese philosophy, Book of Changes which stands closest to metaphysical narrative, mainly consists of the texts about prophecy. While this piece of work had been referred as a divination guide in Western Zhou Dynasty (1046-771 BC), it turned into a cosmological text that included a range of philosophical commentary during Warring States Period (475-221 BC). The mainstay of this remarkable change is the direct correlation of all the concepts and terms that characterize the worldly beyond along with the relevant text, especially yin-yang dualism, which symbolizes an extraordinary harmony in early Chinese thought. Traditional idea suggests reciprocity in which heaven, earth and man are interconnected to maintain natural order. However, the superiority attributed to human beings also brings compulsive responsibilities to idealize a compatible society. This paper aims to discuss influences of cosmological and anthropological items on human behaviors explained in prescriptive perspective.
Ajdukiewicz and the Notion of Conceptual Apparatus
Authors: Marsonet Michele
Published: June 2021

The Polish philosopher Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz adopted the notion of “conceptual apparatus”, which is very similar to the idea of “conceptual scheme” put forward by Donald Davidson, Willard V. Quine, Nicholas Rescher and others. Ajdukiewicz’s theses are, in this regard, very important although less known, and he treated cognitive processes as inseparably connected with language.
La cultura figurativa romana in Portogallo: Francesco Mancini a Mafra ed a Evora
Authors: Carnevali Andrea
Published: June 2021

The article discusses Francesco Mancini’s paintings in Portugal. After the recent publication of two studies, by Silvia Blasio and by Costanza Costanzi & Marina Massa, which have created new conditions to compare the paintings by Agostino Masucci and Francesco Mancini, this essay reconsiders the period of Mancini’s commitment to the Mafra Convent and to the Cathedral of Evora. For a long period, Mancini’s canvases were confused with works by Masucci and attributed to the latter’s workshop. It was only after the exhibition in Rome in 1994, which illustrated the artistic influence of Rome in Portugal and Portugal in Rome, that it was possible to reconsider the figure of Francesco Mancini. This article also reassesses the works done by Mancini and sent to King John V about 1730-31.
Dissociating proactively and retroactively cued task switching: a route towards neuropsychological analyses of cognitive control
Authors: Kopp Bruno , Wessel Karl
Published: June 2021

Cognitive control is often examined in task switching paradigms with dissociable types of task switching. Proactive task-cuing presents switch cues, signaling both a change of task and the task to implement, which occur prior to imperative events. Proactive transition-cuing utilizes switch cues, signaling a change of task but not indicating the required task, which occur prior to imperative events. Retroactive transition-cuing utilizes switch cues, again signaling a change of task but not indicating the required task, which occur later than imperative events. Thirty-six healthy young adults participated in the study. Response time switch costs were most pronounced on proactive task-cuing, whereas perseveration errors showed highest prevalence on retroactive transition-cuing. Principal component analyses revealed evidence for two components corresponding to the distinction between proactive and retroactive task-cuing, thus implying a dissociation between proactively and retroactively cued task switching. Retroactive transitioncuing might be particularly sensitive to frontal lesions of the cortex.
Nursing homes: engaging patients and staff in healing garden design through focus group interviews
Authors: Senes Giulio , Fumagalli Natalia , Crippa Rosella , Bolchini Francesca
Published: June 2021

Patient-specific gardens can provide general benefits related to the restorative effects of nature and respond to the specific needs of a particular patient population. These needs are to be considered in the design of outdoor space for healthcare. Our goal was to design a patient-specific garden for elderly people who live in Nursing Homes and Adult Day Services (RSA Famagosta, Milano). A participatory design process was used through the organization of focus groups. A focus group is a form of qualitative research in which a group of people are asked about a topic. Focus groups allowed us to study residents and staff in a more natural setting than a one-to-one interview. With this approach, users work closely together to create a program that has been implemented by landscape architects to design a patient-specific garden. The participatory process involving designers and clinical staff and residents has been appreciated because the users felt involved in the decision process. Focus group approach has proved to be useful to provide information ohealing garden user needs: the findings were useful to draw design guidelines that has been incorporated into the “garden design”.
High-speed, three-dimensional imaging reveals chemotactic behaviour specific to human-infective Leishmania parasites
Authors: Findlay Rachel C , Osman Mohamed , Spence Kirstin A , Kaye Paul M , Walrad Pegine B , Wilson Laurence G
Published: June 2021

Cellular motility is an ancient eukaryotic trait, ubiquitous across phyla with roles in predator avoidance, resource access, and competition. Flagellar motility is seen in various parasitic protozoans, and morphological changes in flagella during the parasite life cycle have been observed. We studied the impact of these changes on motility across life cycle stages, and how such changes might serve to facilitate human infection. We used holographic microscopy to image swimming cells of different Leishmania mexicana life cycle stages in three dimensions. We find that the human-infective (metacyclic promastigote) forms display ‘run and tumble’ behaviour in the absence of stimulus, reminiscent of bacterial motion, and that they specifically modify swimming direction and speed to target host immune cells in response to a macrophage-derived stimulus. Non-infective (procyclic promastigote) cells swim more slowly, along meandering helical paths. These findings demonstrate adaptation of swimming phenotype and chemotaxis towards human cells.
Transcription-associated topoisomerase 2α (TOP2A) activity is a major effector of cytotoxicity induced by G-quadruplex ligands
Authors: Bossaert Madeleine , Pipier Angélique , Riou Jean-Francois , Noirot Céline , Nguyên Linh-Trang , Serre Remy-Felix , Bouchez Olivier , Defrancq Eric , Calsou Patrick , Britton Sébastien , Gomez Dennis
Published: June 2021

G-quadruplexes (G4) are non-canonical DNA structures found in the genome of most species including human. Small molecules stabilizing these structures, called G4 ligands, have been identified and, for some of them, shown to induce cytotoxic DNA double-strand breaks. Through the use of an unbiased genetic approach, we identify here topoisomerase 2α (TOP2A) as a major effector of cytotoxicity induced by two clastogenic G4 ligands, pyridostatin and CX-5461, the latter molecule currently undergoing phase I/II clinical trials in oncology. We show that both TOP2 activity and transcription account for DNA break production following G4 ligand treatments. In contrast, clastogenic activity of these G4 ligands is countered by topoisomerase 1 (TOP1), which limits co-transcriptional G4 formation, and by factors promoting transcriptional elongation. Altogether our results support that clastogenic G4 ligands act as DNA structure-driven TOP2 poisons at transcribed regions bearing G4 structures.
The genetic organization of longitudinal subcortical volumetric change is stable throughout the lifespan
Authors: Fjell Anders Martin , Grydeland Hakon , Wang Yunpeng , Amlien Inge K , Bartres-Faz David , Brandmaier Andreas M , Düzel Sandra , Elman Jeremy , Franz Carol E , Håberg Asta K , Kietzmann Tim C , Kievit Rogier Andrew , Kremen William S , Krogsrud Stine K , Kühn Simone , Lindenberger Ulman , Macía Didac , Mowinckel Athanasia Monika , Nyberg Lars , Panizzon Matthew S , Solé-Padullés Cristina , Sørensen Øystein , Westerhausen Rene , Walhovd Kristine Beate
Published: June 2021

Development and aging of the cerebral cortex show similar topographic organization and are governed by the same genes. It is unclear whether the same is true for subcortical regions, which follow fundamentally different ontogenetic and phylogenetic principles. We tested the hypothesis that genetically governed neurodevelopmental processes can be traced throughout life by assessing to which degree brain regions that develop together continue to change together through life. Analyzing over 6000 longitudinal MRIs of the brain, we used graph theory to identify five clusters of coordinated development, indexed as patterns of correlated volumetric change in brain structures. The clusters tended to follow placement along the cranial axis in embryonic brain development, suggesting continuity from prenatal stages, and correlated with cognition. Across independent longitudinal datasets, we demonstrated that developmental clusters were conserved through life. Twin-based genetic correlations revealed distinct sets of genes governing change in each cluster. Single-nucleotide polymorphisms-based analyses of 38,127 cross-sectional MRIs showed a similar pattern of genetic volume–volume correlations. In conclusion, coordination of subcortical change adheres to fundamental principles of lifespan continuity and genetic organization.
Dust and Dignity
Authors: Casanova Erynn Masi de , Salazar Maximina
Published: June 2021

What makes domestic work a bad job, even after efforts to formalize and improve working conditions? This book examines three reasons for persistent exploitation. First, the tasks of social reproduction are devalued. Second, informal work arrangements escape regulation. And third, unequal class relations are built into this type of employment. The book provides both theoretical discussions about domestic work and concrete ideas for improving women's lives. Drawing on workers' stories of lucha, trabajo, and sacrificio—struggle, work, and sacrifice—the book offers a new take on an old occupation. From the intimate experience of being a body out of place in an employer's home, to the common work histories of Ecuadorian women in different cities, to the possibilities for radical collective action at the national level, the book shows how and why women do this stigmatized and precarious work and how they resist exploitation in the search for dignified employment. From these searing stories of workers' lives, the book identifies patterns in domestic workers' experiences that will be helpful in understanding the situation of workers elsewhere and offers possible solutions for promoting and ensuring workers' rights that have relevance far beyond Ecuador.
Repowering Cities
Authors: Hughes Sara
Published: June 2021

City governments are rapidly becoming society's problem solvers. As this book shows, nowhere is this more evident than in New York City, Los Angeles, and Toronto, where the cities' governments are taking on the challenge of addressing climate change. This book focuses on the specific issue of reducing urban greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and develops a new framework for distinguishing analytically and empirically the policy agendas city governments develop for reducing GHG emissions, the governing strategies they use to implement these agendas, and the direct and catalytic means by which they contribute to climate change mitigation. The book uses a framework to assess the successes and failures experienced in New York City, Los Angeles, and Toronto as those agenda-setting cities have addressed climate change. It then identifies strategies for moving from incremental to transformative change by pinpointing governing strategies able to mobilize the needed resources and actors, build participatory institutions, create capacity for climate-smart governance, and broaden coalitions for urban climate change policy.
Lipid Peroxidation, Lipid Profile Changes and Antioxidant Properties of the Combination of Vernonia amygdalina and Ficus exasperata on the Blood, Liver and Kidney of Alloxan-Induced Diabetic Rats
Authors: Jeremiah Ukperoro Uyoyo , Oghogho Awarota Ruth , Otsuko Oroye , Chizoba Udeze Maria
Published: June 2021

Background: The use of plants known to possess significant antioxidant activities have been widely recommended in the complementary and alternate system of medicine in the treatment of diabetes mellitus. Among the many plant used in Nigeria for the management of DM are Vernonia amygdalina and Ficus exasperata. This study was designed to assess the effect of the combination of the aqueous extract of Vernonia amygdalina and Ficus exasperata on blood glucose level, lipid profile, hepatic enzymes, lipid peroxidation and antioxidant status in alloxan-induced diabetes in rats.

Method: Twenty five rats were divided into five groups. Four groups were made diabetic by the intra-peritoneal administration of alloxan monohydrate (150mg/kg body weight) while the fifth group served as normal control. Serum, hepatic and renal concentrations of reduced glutathione (GSH) and thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) as well as the catalase activity were determined. The blood lipid profile and some hepatic enzymes were also studied.

Result: The combined extract lowered lipid peroxidation, increase glutathione concentration and catalase activity in all the tissues of diabetic rats. The individual extract lowered the total cholesterol LDL-Cholesterol, coronary risk index (CRI), and atherogenic index (AI) while increasing the concentration of HDL cholesterol in alloxan-induced diabetic rats. Diabetes lowered hepatic enzymes’ activities but the leaf extract significantly increased it.

Conclusion: It can be concluded that combination of the extracts showed additive effect on each other and it is highly recommended for the management of diabetes.
The effect of Intellectual Capital and Debt Policy on Bankruptcy Predictions and Its Implications on Firm Value
Authors: Pernamasari Rieke , Sugiyanto .
Published: June 2021

Aims: This study aims to examine the effect of intellectual capital and debt policy on bankruptcy predictions and its implications for firm value.

Study design: The design used in this research is causal research. Causal research aims to determine the effect or also the relationship between two or more variables.

Place and duration of study: The population of this study consist of mining companies on the Indonesia Stock Exchange, with the observation year 2015-2019. The sampling technique used in this study is the purposive sampling method. After the sampling criteria were carried out, 13 companies met the sampling criteria, so the total number of observation was 52.

Methodology: The analytical method used is path analysis, which is an extension of multiple linear analysis using SPSS 22 analysis tools.

Results: The results showed that simultaneously the intellectual capital and debt policy had an influence on the prediction of bankruptcy and firm value, but partially the debt policy had a direct influence both on bankruptcy predictions and on firm value. The results of this study also prove that bankruptcy prediction indirectly provides a relationship between intellectual capital and firm value, However, debt policy will have a greater relationship if it is directly related to the value of the company without going through bankruptcy predictions, because when debt increases it lowers the zscore, which means the company is in an unhealthy condition so that it can reduce the value of the company.
Assessment of Industrial Symbiosis Implementation Opportunities: A Study in a Selected Industrial Zone, Sri Lanka
Authors: Karunarathne E. A. C. P. , Madhushan W. A. P.
Published: June 2021

Most Sri Lankan Industries discharge or dispose of many waste materials in large quantities in solid, liquid, and gaseous forms. Due to the high cost of treatment, many industries dispose of wastes either to dumpsites or lowlands through third-party contractors. The haphazard disposal of untreated waste is growing into a significant problem in the country. As a result, this study was conducted to identify the application options to treat or reuse the valuable waste generated by some selected industries by implementing the industrial symbiosis process in an industrial zone. Personal interviews and questionnaires were used as the methodological tools of the study to collect firm-related waste. Material properties and feasibility facts were mainly considered concerning industrial symbiosis application potential with respect to the waste receivers' and doners' perspectives. Through the study, potential secondary usage of waste was identified, avoiding direct discharge into the environment. The result from the evaluation indicates some support to the theories that industrial symbiosis can have benefits both from an economic and environmental point of view.