bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Kompetensi Guru Pendidikan Agama Islam dalam Meningkatkan Potensi Peserta Didik di SMK Islam Al-Irsyad Kebon Kongok Suka Makmur Lombok Barat Provinsi Nusa Tenggara Barat
Authors: Mastur
Published: January 2021

Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui 1). Kompetensi Guru Pendidikan Agama Islam dalam kegiatan belajar mengajar di SMK Islam Al-Irsyad Kebon Kongok, 2). Penerapan Kompetensi Guru Pendidikan Agama Islam dalam meningkatkan prestasi belajar siswa SMK Islam Al-Irsyad Kebon Kongok. Metode penelitian yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode kualitiatif. Artinya bahwa data yang dihasilkan bersifat deskriftif, dimana peneliti tidak hanya mengumpulkan dan menyusun data,tetapi menganalisis dan menginterpretasiknnya. Analisis data yang digunakan adalah analisis deskriftif induktif, yaitu analisis dengan mnguraikan peristiwa-peristiwa atau data-data yang bersifat khusus untuk kemudian menyimpulkan menjadi satu kesimpulan yang umum. Berdasarkan hasil analisis data yang dilakukan, diperoleh data sebagai berikut, yaitu hasil belajar siswa bidang studi Pendidikan Agama Islam nilai rata-ratanya adalah 71.63, hasil belajar siswa bidang studi aqidah akhlak nilai rata-ratanya adalah 71.10, kemudian hasil belajar siswa bidang studi fiqih nilai rata-ratanya adalah 75.33, dan nilai hasil belajar bahasa Inggris dengan rata-rata sesesar 70.78. dengan melihat hasil tersebut dapat kita mengatakan bahwa kompetensi yang dimiliki oleh guru Pendidikan Agama Islam di SMK Islam Al-Irsyad Kebon Kongok Suka Makmur Kecamatan Gerung Lombok Barat Provinsi Nusa Tenggara Barat sudah cukup memadai untuk meningkatkan prestasi belajar siswa karena hasil yang diperoleh sudah memenuhi standar ketuntasan minimal
Tracking AI Investment: Initial Findings From the Private Markets
Authors:   Center for Security and Emerging Technology, Arnold Zachary , Rahkovsky Ilya , Huang Tina
Published: January 2021

The global AI industry is booming, with privately held firms pulling in nearly $40 billion in disclosed investment in 2019 alone. U.S. companies continue to attract the majority of that funding—64 percent of it in 2019—but that lead is not guaranteed. This report analyzes AI investment data from 2015 to 2019 to help better understand trends in the global AI landscape.
Maintaining the AI Chip Competitive Advantage of the United States and its Allies
Authors:   Center for Security and Emerging Technology, Khan Saif
Published: January 2021

The United States and its allies enjoy a competitive advantage in the production of artificial intelligence chips necessary for leading AI research and implementation. This memo identifies chokepoints for limiting China’s access to key chipmaking equipment.
The Question of Comparative Advantage in Artificial Intelligence: Enduring Strengths and Emerging Challenges for the United States
Authors:   Center for Security and Emerging Technology, Imbrie Andrew , Kania Elsa , Laskai Lorand
Published: January 2021

How do we measure leadership in artificial intelligence, and where does the United States rank? This policy brief examines potential AI strengths of the United States and China and prescribes recommendations to ensure the United States remains ahead.
Promoting Community Resilience through Religious Leadership in Sri Lanka
Authors: Wijesekara NWANY
Published: January 2021

Community resilience is the ability of communities to face and recover from challenges using their own resources. Religious leaders are active stakeholders in the social systems, and they play a critical role in promoting community resilience. During challenges faced by communities such as disasters, emergencies, conflict, and crisis, religious leaders, religious communities, and religious organizations help communities cope with them and bounce back to normalcy. Further, religious leaders could shape the way communities perceive challenges and change. This case study describes the Pillars of Resilience Project, which aimed to build the capacity of religious leaders on Community Resilience. It was possible to train 207 religious leaders from all major faiths of Sri Lanka at six locations through one-day workshops. The project culminated in the Interreligious Symposium on Community Resilience, which brought together the religious leaders for a day of discussions and sharing. This project shows us that religious leaders' capacity building could be used as a strategy in promoting community resilience. Key words: Community Resilience, Religious Leadership, Disaster Preparedness.
Editorial
Authors: Klinger-Braham William
Published: January 2021

El Chocó Biogeográfico colombiano además de ser una gran reserva de recursos naturales para el mundo, escenario de múltiples manifestaciones culturales de comunidades étnicas que históricamente lo han habita- do y territorio de enormes conflictos sociales suscita- dos por su estratégica ubicación geográfica, por su riqueza natural y por las difíciles condiciones de acce- so, constituye para muchas áreas de la investigación y el conocimiento una zona insuficientemente conocida, endondeladinámicadelosecosistemasylaocurrencia de especies y procesos naturales le dan una connota- ción especial. El Instituto de Investigaciones Ambien- tales del Pacífico sigue en su empeño de acercarse cada vez más al conocimiento profundo de la región con el fin de suministrar información al Sistema Nacional Ambiental, a los grupos étnicos, a las autoridades gubernamentales y la comunidad en general para la toma de decisiones oportunas sobre el manejo ambien- tal de territorio, por lo que en esta edición la revista Bioetnia presenta ejemplos de la diversidad poco conocida del Chocó Biogeográfico, haciendo como siempre un recorrido por los componentes ecosistémico, productivo y sociocultural.
Synergy between satellite observations of soil moisture and water storage anomalies for global runoff estimation
Authors: Camici Stefania , Giuliani Gabriele , Brocca Luca , Massari Christian , Tarpanelli Angelica , Farahani Hassan Hashemi , Sneeuw Nico , Restano Marco , Benveniste Jérôme
Published: January 2021

Abstract. This paper presents an innovative approach, STREAM – SaTellite based Runoff Evaluation And Mapping – to derive daily river discharge and runoff estimates from satellite soil moisture, precipitation and terrestrial water storage anomalies observations. Within a very simple model structure, the first two variables (precipitation and soil moisture) are used to estimate the quick-flow river discharge component while the terrestrial water storage anomalies are used for obtaining its complementary part, i.e., the slow-flow river discharge component. The two are then summed up to obtain river discharge and runoff estimates. The method is tested over the Mississippi river basin for the period 2003–2016 by using Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Multi-satellite Precipitation Analysis (TMPA) rainfall data, European Space Agency Climate Change Initiative (ESA CCI) soil moisture data and Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) terrestrial water storage data. Despite the model simplicity, relatively high-performance scores are obtained in river discharge simulations, with a Kling-Gupta efficiency index greater than 0.65 both at the outlet and over several inner stations used for model calibration highlighting the high information content of satellite observations on surface processes. Potentially useful for multiple operational and scientific applications (from flood warning systems to the understanding of water cycle), the added-value of the STREAM approach is twofold: 1) a simple modelling framework, potentially suitable for global runoff monitoring, at daily time scale when forced with satellite observations only, 2) increased knowledge on the natural processes, human activities and on their interactions on the land.
The depth scales of the AMOC on a decadal timescale
Authors: Rohrschneider Tim , Baehr Johanna , Lüschow Veit , Putrasahan Dian , Marotzke Jochem
Published: January 2021

Abstract. We use wind sensitivity experiments to understand the wind forcing dependencies of the level of no motion and the e-folding pycnocline scale as well as their relationship to northward transport of the mid-depth Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) south and north of the equator. In contrast to previous studies, we investigate the interplay of nonlocal and local wind effects on a decadal timescale. We use 30-year simulations with a high-resolution ocean general circulation model (OGCM) which is an eddy-resolving version of the Max Planck Institute Ocean Model (MPIOM). Our findings deviate from the common perspective that the AMOC is a nonlocal phenomenon only, because northward transport in the inter-hemispheric cell can only be understood by analyzing nonlocal Southern Ocean wind effects and local wind effects in the northern hemisphere downwelling region where Ekman pumping takes place. Southern Ocean wind forcing predominantly determines the magnitude of the pycnocline scale throughout the basin, whereas northern hemisphere winds additionally influence the level of no motion locally. In that respect, the level of no motion is a better proxy for northward transport and mid-depth velocity profiles despite the Ekman return flow which is found to be baroclinic. We compare our results inferred from the wind experiments and a 100-year global warming experiment in which the atmospheric CO2 concentration is quadrupled, using MPIOM coupled to an atmospheric model. We find that the evolution of the level of no motion in response to global warming represents changes in vertical velocity profiles or northward transport, whereas the changes of the pycnocline scale are opposite to the changes of the level of no motion over time. Using the level of no motion as depth scale, the analysis of the wind experiments and the warming experiment suggests a hemisphere-dependent scaling of the strength of AMOC. Furthermore, we put forward the idea that the ability of numerical models to capture the spatial and temporal variations of the level of no motion is crucial to reproduce the mid-depth cell in an appropriate way.
Finding the right tools for the job: Instrument mixes for land use and transport integration in the Netherlands
Authors: Van Geet Marijn T. , Lenferink Sander , Busscher Tim , Arts Jos
Published: January 2021

Governments have widely established policy goals, which span the domains of land use and transport. Despite these integrated ambitions, government action often remains fragmented. This study adopts an instrumental perspective to encourage land-use and transport integration (LUTI). So far, the existing literature on this subject has adopted a single-instrument perspective and has been primarily focused on technical, rather than governance-oriented, instruments. Using a comprehensive analytical framework derived from combining policy integration and policy instrument theory, this in-depth multiple case study of the Dutch provinces of Friesland, Overijssel and North Brabant investigates how governments use a mix of policy instruments throughout the policy process to achieve LUTI in collaboration with municipalities. These instruments are compared based on how they structure interaction — i.e., the transfer of resources — across horizontal and vertical boundaries. The study finds that there is not one right tool to achieve LUTI. Instead, it is about finding the right mix of instruments, which, in line with LUTI goals, helps overcome government fragmentation by structuring interaction patterns across horizontal and vertical boundaries. Interestingly, each province adopts a unique mix of instruments that reflects a specific approach, typical to the case.
Microsurgical neck reconstruction in an elderly patient
Authors: la Concha Tiznado Mauricio De , Tarriba Jose Telich , Costeño Yehu Miguel Muerrieta , Carrillo Francisco Javier Ochoa , De la Vega Rosa Arcelia Cano , Mendoza Francisco Javier Lopez
Published: January 2021

Introduction: The incidence of dermatological malignancies increases with age and a considerable percentage of older adults will require radical surgeries and adjuvant treatments, microsurgery allows repair and coverage of major defects with success rates of up to 90%.

Case Report: We present the case of an elderly patient with an ulcer in the left clavicular region without evidence of healing. Histological and imaging studies were performed, a basal cell carcinoma subtype morphea was found. A wide excision and axillary lymph node dissection were performed, subsequently covering the defect with a free flap. There is an 11-year follow-up.

Conclusion: Complications in microsurgical reconstructions are more associated with comorbidities than with the age of the patient. The same success rates can be obtained in elderly patients.
Why should we care about academic integrity in nursing students?
Authors: Emmanuel Elizabeth , Fielden Jann , Miller-Rosser Kolleen
Published: January 2021

Integrity, honesty, and respect are essential values for nursing students. Yet, in recent years the rise of breaches in academic integrity has become alarming. The era of increasing advances in the capabilities of smart technologies may be facilitating rather than deterring students from academic integrity breaches in their work and assessments. This issue raises questions for nurse academics on how they can best ensure that nursing students align their behavior with the expected nursing’s professional values, both during their study years and beyond. This discussion paper aims to examine contributing factors leading to breaches of academic integrity amongst nursing students and determine why we as nurse academics need to both remain alert to these factors, and vigilant about identifying and managing such breaches. Existing factors that may influence academic dishonesty are discussed concerning students; nurse academics; curriculum design; and the apparently growing cultural shift in ethical reasoning. With increased insight into these influencing factors, nurse academics need to take responsibility and prepare students to take on the highest standard of moral values to ensure safe and effective patient outcomes. We need to become more aware of and understand nursing students’ perspectives and adequately prepare our soon-to-become nurse graduates. We are charged with supporting, guiding, and teaching our students to develop skills within a culture of integrity. Ensuring an integrity activity smorgasbord in our practice can counteract the increased risk of academic dishonesty in our undergraduate nursing programs.
Describing the Competence Perception Levels of Physical Education and Sports Teachers in Integrative Practices: Kirşehir Province Example
Authors: Başkonuş Turan , Çiriş Vahit
Published: January 2021

The objective of this research study is to describe the competence perception levels of physical education and sports teachers in integrative practices. The participants of the study were the physical education and sports teachers actively working in Kırşehir province who participated on a voluntary basis. In this research, the survey model was used. In the data collection process of the study, “Personal Information Form” and “Teacher Adequacy Scale in Inclusive Practices” were used. For testing the research data, the significance level was accepted as 0.05. In the analysis of the data, the items of the sub-problem were grouped, and independent samples t-test and one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA), were used in the scale together with descriptive statistics such as frequency (f), percentage (%), weighted average (X) and standard deviation (SD), and Mann Whitney U and Kruskall Wallis techniques were used for the sub-dimensions. The results of the research demonstrated that physical education and sports teachers have a high level of competence perception in inclusive practices. It was also determined that there was statistically no significant difference among the competence perception levels of teachers in inclusive practices concerning gender, professional experience, working location, and educational status.
Strategies for Improving Quantity Surveyors’ Education Training in Uganda
Authors: Kibwami Nathan , Wesonga Racheal , Manga Musa , Mukasa Tom
Published: January 2021

Education and training of Quantity Surveyors (QSs) has been a topical subject amongst academics, the industry, and professional institutions, often leading to a discussion about education versus training, in which case, the industry sometimes argues that QSs are often ill-prepared for work. The current study investigated strategies for improving QSs’ education training in Uganda, with a focus on devising ways of engendering better graduates that are fit for the industry. A semi-structured online questionnaire was used to collect data. The research population included QSs practicing in the Ugandan Construction Industry. The majority of respondents agreed to a great extent that QSs, and thus their training, are still relevant in the current construction industry. Majority of respondents desired the teaching curriculum to include more practical aspects that expose students to real challenges in practice. It was suggested that early exposure of students to real field practice was paramount to students’ training. Engagements such as industrial training and internship placements in Quantity Surveying firms were highly encouraged. The curriculum also needs to be responsive to recent advances in industry practices, such as Building Information Modelling (BIM). Meanwhile, the University should intensify action research with the industry, and forge collaborations with all the key players in the construction sector to streamline the training. The findings of this study, if implemented, could potentially improve the quality of Quantity Surveying programmes at institutions of higher learning in similar developing countries. This would hopefully produce graduates who are industrially relevant and with a sound academic background.
Student councils as an example of building school community - creating, way of functioning and cooperation with teachers
Authors: Wieleba Joanna , Romaniuk Miłosz
Published: January 2021

The paper presents the results of a research on the student councils in Warsaw high schools. School principals, their deputies, student council supervisors and representatives of student council board were interviewed. The aim of the study was to find the features, problems and way of functioning of student councils inside the school community. Research has shown two faces of student self-governance. One is connected with activities for the community, not only at school, but also local, in which the supervisor is a guide, and the pedagogical council supports and contributes to greater motivation in activities, the other shows student council as frustrated fake who follows the guidance of a director or supervisor and has no strength or desire to encourage the school community to get involved in self-governance activities. It is crucial to select and train proper student council supervisors that can attract active pupils and support them to lead their own colleagues with student council.
Changing role of school health education in the context of Polish youth Internet (over)use
Authors: Borzucka-Sitkiewicz Katarzyna , Leksy Karina
Published: January 2021

School health education is supposed to be aimed at taking actions based on the concept of positive health and good well-being but its scope is extending due to socio – cultural changes. Nowadays virtual world is becoming a part of the social reality and is perceived as an important socialization factor. For this reason Internet use should be treated as one of the health education areas as it influences psychosocial health and wellbeing of individuals.
The article presents the Polish educational system and the place of health education in core curriculum. This issues constitute a theoretical framework for reporting the findings of research, which were aimed at determining the behaviours of Polish pupils undertaken in virtual space. The main goal of the research was to establish the influence of these behaviours on physical and psychosocial health as well as wellbeing of respondents. A similar studies were conducted by Sonia Livingstone, Michał Klichowski and Maciej Tanaś.
The research proved the strong engagement of pupils surveyed in all types of Internet activities, which had an impact on occurring disorders of many areas of functioning (e.g. back pains, visual problems, tiredness, anxiety, insomnia, learning difficulties, social problems). The findings justified the urgent need to include the issues regarding safe and healthy behaviours undertaken in cyber space in health education curriculum. In conclusion some guidelines for educational practice have been formulated.
Basic approaches to professional competence determining
Authors: Sheremet Maria , Rudenko Lilia , Suprun Daria , Hrygorenko Tetiana
Published: January 2021

The main approaches to the future psychologists’ (special, clinical) professional competence are considered. The components that make up a special environment in the conditions of the system of students’ training have a new professionally significant quality that actualizes the need for a comprehensive study of professional competence phenomenon are determined. An analysis of the psychological and pedagogical literature led to the conclusion that professional competence is a set of knowledge, skills and abilities that determine the outcome of work, a combination of theoretical and practical students’ training, as well as knowledge with professional and personal qualities that formed creative potential, initiative, cooperation, ability to work in a group, communication skills, ability to learn, evaluate, think logically, select and build activities.
Emergence of Manichean Political Rhetoric – Theoretical Modeling of Predictive Frameworks
Authors: Fontanilla Edrex , Juszczak Mark , Messina Rosalie
Published: January 2021

Manichean political rhetoric can be best summarized as a generalized trend, by an agent with political power in a given field, to increasingly express themselves in their official capacity as a political actor through a binary lens: presenting issues and/or solutions to the public in that field of power as being either “A or B”. This reductionism in presentation of problems and solutions appears, historically, to coincide with a rise in autocratic behavior on the part of the political actor. To this day, however, a true predictive test for the emergence of Manichean political rhetoric, does not exist. While we can often observe and critic the presence of it, and the transition from complex to binary rhetoric after such rheto-ric has been used, a predictive determinative framework (one that can say with a high degree of accura-cy that this shift is about to happen) still does not exist. This articles is an attempt to do two things: understand more accurately the difficulties that arise in attempting to create such a predictive frame-work and provide theoretical modeling of such frameworks to assess their potential functionality as predictive tools.
Youth Education and Intercultural Interaction as Panacea to Ethnic Conflict: Theatre to the Rescue
Authors: Ogbonna Kelechi Stellamaris
Published: January 2021

It is obvious that broad world view provided by education can douse tension, discrimination, reduce hate speech and minimize aggression. Education is a weapon of mass instruction and has been powerful enough to push ignorance to the background. More so, it has become a prime function of education to illuminate the world with ideas and in its nature to unite the world through inventions and technological developments. Arguably, education has also introduced strange norms and vices especially among youth circles. But, because habits are hard to modify, the onus falls on the theatre that thrives on burlesques, parody, polar attitudes and modification of character to use the stage effectively for correction and preservation. Methodically, this paper x-rays selected theatre performances that have tried to reduce ethnic conflicts in Nigeria using the Fundamental Interpersonal Relations Orientation (FIRO) as theoretical backings. Through role playing on stage and in the classroom, the paper redirects the attention of the youth and government towards reorientation and sustainable values. The findings reveal that theatre has the capacity to influence minds and can engineer behavioral change which by extension ensures peaceful co-existence and sustainable developments. Thus, the paper recommends that History, Culture and Youth Education be incorporated in the secondary school curriculum. Also, if theatre performances with topical themes are sponsored for the benefit of the youths, it will increase tolerance. The research concludes that performing youth education in the classroom, at grass root level and public spaces will subtly promote nation building and integration.
Nonlinear Control Strategies of an Autonomous Double Fed Induction Generator Based Wind Energy Conversion Systems
Authors: Bouchiba Nouha , Sallem Souhir , Ben Ali Kammoun Mohamed , Chrifi-Alaoui Larbi , Drid Saïd
Published: January 2021

In the last few decades, among the wide range of renewable energy sources, wind energy is widely used. Variable speed wind energy conversion systems based on double fed induction generator have a considerable interest mostly in case of islanded networks and/or isolated applications. In this paper, as a means to supply remote areas, an investigation of a wind energy conversion system (WECS) based on a double fed induction generator (DFIG) is carried out. The presence of both wind turbine aerodynamics and DFIG coupled dynamics causes strong nonlinearities in the studied system. Wind speed and demanded power variations have a major impact on the quality of the produced energy. In order to control and maintain the stator output voltage and frequency at their nominal values (220 V/50 Hz) under wind speed and load variations, this work presents a study of three kinds of controllers: PI, Back-Stepping and Sliding Mode controllers. These controllers are integrated in the studied system and a comparison of their dynamic performances has been developed. Moreover, in order to ensure the rotor side converter safety on the one hand and to guarantee an optimal operation of the DFIG on the other hand, a management strategy is proposed in this work. Simulation results are performed using Matlab/Simulink environment and show the effectiveness and the accuracy of each controller compared to others mainly with the presence of wind speed and load demand variations.
Activated Flooded Jets and Immiscible Layer Technology Help to Remove and Prevent the Formation of Bottom Sediments in the Oil Storage Tanks
Authors: V. Nesyn Georgii
Published: January 2021

Two flooded jet methods of tank bottom sediments caving based on either screw propeller generation or nozzle jets generated with entering crude head oppose each other. The comparison is not advantageous for the first one. Exceptionally if crude oil contains some concentration of high molecular weight polymer which can perform Drag Reduction. In this case, the jet range increases by many times, thus, upgrading the capability of caving system. Preventing the sedimentation of crude oil heavy components may be put into practice with Immiscible Layer Technology. Before filling the tank with crude oil, some quantity of heavy liquid, that is immiscible with all the components of crude oil, is poured into the tank. The most suitable/fit for purpose and available liquid is glycerin. Neither paraffin and resins, nor asphaltenes can penetrate through the glycerin layer to settle down at the tank bottom because of its density, which is equal to 1.26 g/cm3. Instead, sediments are concentrated at/on the glycerin surface and when it is heated in external heat exchanger all the sediments ought to move upwards with the convection streams. Thus, no deteriorate sediment is formed in the tank bottom.
Application of Mobile Helical Computed Tomography in Combatting COVID-19
Authors: Liu Xiaolong , Sun Zhanguo , Wang Xiaoqiang , Chen Yueqin , Wang Linsheng , Yu Lizhi , Yan Huiling , Pang Minxia , Wang Jiehuan
Published: January 2021

Background: Chest computed tomography (CT) is a recommended screening and assessment tool for patients with suspected coronavirus disease (COVID-19). However, CT units are currently not available in many temporary hospitals and centralized isolation places. Objectives: To delineate the workflow of mobile CT unit and evaluate its role in screening for COVID-19 infection in temporary hospitals and centralized isolation locations. Patients and Methods: Two hundred and twenty-three patients under medical observation in temporary centralized isolation were enrolled in this study. All patients underwent reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) testing and mobile CT chest examinations. Communication, storage, and browsing of CT data were performed with 4G and cloud technology. Image quality and radiation dose were evaluated and compared with a commercial conventional 64-row CT scanner. Additionally, the sensitivity of initial chest CT and the initial RT-PCR for COVID-19 were compared. Results: CT examination of 223 patients was completed within 19 work hours. Communication, storage, and browsing of CT data via 4G and cloud technology were seamless. There were no significant differences in subjective image quality scores between groups (P > 0.05). COVID-19 pneumonia was eventually confirmed in 49 patients (21.97%). The sensitivity of initial chest CT was greater than that of the initial RT-PCR (85.71% and 67.35%, respectively) (P < 0.05). Conclusion: Screening suspected patients for COVID-19 by mobile CT in temporary hospitals and isolation points is a simple, efficient, and highly sensitive technique for early diagnosis and control of COVID-19.
Diagnostic Evaluation of Streptococcus gallolyticus Infection in Patients with Colon Diseases by PCR Method
Authors: Eshaghi Foroogh , Bashizadeh-Fakhar Haniyeh , Ghane Masood , Shokry Javad
Published: January 2021

Objective: Different types of Streptococcus gallolyticus are associated with malignant colorectal cancer. This study aimed at scrutinizing the S. gallolyticus screening using polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Methods: A descriptive study was conducted to detect S. gallolyticus in 55 patients with colon diseases referring to hospitals in Babol and Chalus, Iran. PCR and culture techniques were performed. Detection of S. gallolyticus after DNA extraction from designed primers (PCO3 and PCO4) was done for SODA gene. Fisher's exact test was used for the analysis of PCR results. A P < 0.05 was considered significant. Results: Of 55 biopsy samples of patients with colon diseases, 3 samples (5.5%) with 95% confidence interval and 52 samples (94.5%) were reported negative in terms of DNA of S. gallolyticus. In the analysis of PCR gels, the remaining 406 bp band after performing PCR showed that all samples were in good condition considering DNA quality. Conclusion: Specific probes have been designed from S. gallolyticus l6S rD. PCR techniques now allow for rapid identification of S. gallolyticus strains for clinical and other scientific investigations in colon disease.
Sítě pravého sdílení a sociální kapitál
Authors: Rýparová Alena
Published: January 2021

The sharing economy is currently a highly discussed but also criticized topic. In contrast to profitable form, in the sharing economy there is informal sharing in the family and personal circles of acquaintances. The article deals with a third type of sharing, which is true sharing. These are initiatives that make it possible to share material things (food, clothing, books, houseplants etc.) with strangers, yet without financial gain. Based on semi-structured interviews and ethnographic research on one initiative, I answer three questions: (1) how true sharing initiatives form networks and use social capital contained in them, (2) what motivation people have for true sharing, and (3) how people involved in these initiatives perceive the economic value of sharing. The whole theme is set in the wider context of diverse economies (Gibson-Graham 2006).
Revision of the morphology, phylogenetic relationships, behaviour and diversity of the Iberian and Italian ant-like Tachydromia Meigen, 1803 (Diptera: Hybotidae)
Authors: Gonçalves Ana Rita , Grootaert Patrick , Andrade Rui , Paulo Octávio  S. , Mengual Ximo
Published: January 2021

Phylogenetic inference, based on five molecular markers (COI, 28S, AATS, 12S, PGD), corroborates the synonymy of the flightless genera Pieltainia Arias, 1919 and Ariasella Gil, 1923 with Tachydromia Meigen, 1803. The secondary structure of the 28S rRNA gene is used for the first time in this family to align the multiple sequences. Molecular and morphological data are largely congruent for all known species of flightless Tachydromia. This paper treats ten western Mediterranean species (nine Iberian and one Italian) in detail, including the description of four new species: T. ebejeri Gonçalves, Grootaert & Andrade sp. nov., T. stenoptera Gonçalves, Grootaert & Andrade sp. nov., T. cantabrica Gonçalves, Grootaert & Andrade sp. nov. and T. nigrohirta Gonçalves, Grootaert & Andrade sp. nov. The male of Tachydromia pieltaini (Gil Collado, 1936) and the female of Tachydromia apterygon Plant & Deeming, 2006 are described for the first time, while a lectotype is assigned to Tachydromia pandellei (Séguy, 1941). A key to all non-macropterous Tachydromia is supplied. Knowledge on the geographic distribution of most species is considerably enhanced. The mating behaviour of Tachydromia semiaptera (Gil Collado, 1923) and Tachydromia iberica (Arias, 1919) is documented for the first time, and we propose a change in the definition of terms apterous and micropterous to properly accommodate the diversity of wing states in this cluster of species.
Letras premiadas y no mencionadas en las Crónicas del Festival Internacional del Cante de las Minas
Authors: Giménez Cánovas Domingo
Published: January 2021

El Festival del Cante de las Minas de La Unión convocó concursos de letras de distintas modalidades entre 1971 y 2004. No hay una publicación específica dedicada a estos concursos, y la relación más detallada sobre ellos se puede encontrar en las Crónicas del Festival Internacional del Cante de las Minas, con cinco ediciones (la última en 2010). Las sucesivas ediciones contienen algunas lagunas en lo que se refiere a los premios de letras, con algunas de estas o de los autores ausentes o erróneas. En este trabajo se completa la información sobre los premios de letras que aparece errónea o incompleta.

The “Festival del Cante de las Minas” in La Unión included between 1971 and 2004 lyric contests of different modalities. There is no publication dedicated to these contests, and the most detailed relation is in the Crónicas del Festival Internacional del Cante de las Minas, with five editions (the last one in 2010). The successive editions contain some mistakes, with some of the lyrics or authors absent or wrong. In this work we complete the information that appears erroneous or incomplete.
La huella del flamenco en el primer cine español
Authors: Martínez del Baño Benito
Published: January 2021

Desde edad temprana, el cine español se nutre de las pocas artistas que realmente triunfan en la canción y la radio a principios del siglo pasado, aun con los inconvenientes que ello alberga, al tener que sincronizar durante años película y disco en los pases comerciales. Son un elemento más de la construcción de estos filmes y en muchos casos su eficacia actoral depende más del director que de sus dotes. Son artistas que en la mayoría de casos realizan incursiones esporádicas en el cine. Sólo unas pocas lograrán la continuidad a la hora de participar en películas. Mientras que las mujeres son las que mayoritariamente triunfan y están mejor ponderadas en el terreno de la canción popular, en el campo del flamenco, especialmente son los hombres los que destacan, sobre todo en el cante, y ellas en el baile. La más destacada e internacional de estas actrices es Raquel Meller. Pero, no debemos olvidar a Pastora Imperio, quien, a pesar de estar perdidos sus tres primeros largometrajes, antecede a todas en las lides del cine y destaca entre todos en el flamenco, creando un estilo propio. 

From an early age, Spanish cinema has been nourished by the few artists who really succeeded in song and radio at the beginning of the last century, even with the disadvantages that this harbors, having to synchronize film and record for years in commercial shows. They are one more element in the construction of these films and in many cases their acting effectiveness depends more on the director than on their talents. They are artists who in most cases make sporadic forays into the cinema. Only a few will achieve continuity when it comes to participating in movies. While women are the ones who mostly triumph and are better weighted in the field of popular song, in the field of flamenco, it is especially men who stand out, especially in singing, and they in dancing. The most prominent and international of these actresses is Raquel Meller. But, we must not forget Pastora Imperio, who, despite her first three feature films being lost, precedes all of them in filmmaking and stands out among all in flamenco, creating her own style.
Nuevas fórmulas en torno a la responsabilidad de los socios de las cooperativas en Euskadi
Authors: Epelde Juaristi Miren
Published: January 2021

Es patente la apuesta de la Unión Europea por un mercado con mayor presencia de las empresas de la economía social y consideración hacia las personas trabajadoras, como es el caso de la sociedad cooperativa. A pesar de su tradición, en su regulación siguen existiendo apartados que pueden ser interpretados de forma diversa o que generan dudas, como los relativos a la responsabilidad de los socios. Si bien se deduce que la responsabilidad por deudas sociales es claramente limitada, surgen dudas en torno a la imputación de pérdidas.Tras años de investigación y negociación con los agentes implicados, en diciembre de 2019 se aprobó la nueva Ley de cooperativas de Euskadi, donde el legislador opta por aclarar que la responsabilidad de los socios por las deudas sociales es limitada y establece fórmulas novedosas para la imputación de las perdidas, sin menoscabo al patrimonio personal de los socios cooperativistas.
Prestación por desempleo y socios trabajadores de cooperativas de trabajo asociado. Sobre la posible concesión de la prestación por desempleo a personas socias trabajadoras convivientes y unidos por relación de parentesco. Comentario a la Sentencia 752/2020, de 10 de septiembre, de la Sala de lo Social del Tribunal Supremo
Authors: Tomás Mataix David
Published: January 2021

La Sentencia 752/2020, de 10 de septiembre de la Sala de lo Social del Tribunal Supremo resuelve un supuesto en el cual una persona socia trabajadora de una cooperativa de trabajo asociado, que optó por el Régimen General de la Seguridad Social, solicita la prestación contributiva por desempleo, que el Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal rechazó -vía de reintegro de prestaciones indebidas- por considerar que las cotizaciones efectuadas como socio trabajador no debían ser computadas a los efectos de tener por cumplido el requisito de carencia necesaria para acceder a la meritada prestación. Concretamente, la Entidad Gestora argumentaba y justificaba la exclusión de tal periodo cotizado por encontrarse dividido el capital social de la cooperativa entre personas socias con las que la persona en cuestión convivía y con los que le unía un cercano vínculo de parentesco.
El plazo de reembolso o liquidación de las aportaciones del cooperativista. Comentario a la Sentencia del Tribunal Supremo 289/2020, civil, de 11 de junio (ROJ STS 1577/2020)
Authors: González Sánchez Sara
Published: January 2021

La Sentencia trata del ejercicio del derecho de reembolso o liquidación del socio cooperativista que causa baja voluntaria. El reembolso se producirá cuando ingrese un nuevo socio en la cooperativa de viviendas. No obstante, si transcurre el plazo legal máximo de cinco an?os sin que se haya producido la sustitucio?n del antiguo cooperativista por uno nuevo, debera? abonarse el reembolso al socio cooperativista que ejercitó el derecho.
La necesaria mirada del fotoperiodista
Authors: Ollé Candela
Published: January 2021

El fotoperiodismo tiene una función clara de denuncia, de toma de conciencia y de provocar cambios, a la vez que nos acerca a una realidad que nos ha sido vedada o es lejana. Los fotorreporteros nos muestran una mirada que no es idílica, que en muchas ocasiones nos produce un nudo en la garganta, lágrimas, rabia, impotencia o todo junto. Otra ventana para observar el mismo mundo es la que muestra la red social Instagram, donde la mayoría de los perfiles nos trasladan a una realidad paralela y previamente planificada, que puede ser necesaria para desconectar, para mostrar la perfección, pero en ningún caso es la única que se ha de tener en cuenta si queremos tener los pies en la tierra. El fotoperiodismo es ahora más necesario que nunca.
La importancia de la comunicación para recuperar la confianza en los eventos
Authors: Moreno Clemente Carlos
Published: January 2021

El regreso de los eventos presenciales en el contexto de la COVID-19 plantea retos, entre ellos, la recuperación de la confianza por parte de los asistentes. Como ha ocurrido en el pasado a consecuencia de incidentes de seguridad, los participantes en los eventos esperan una reacción y nuevas medidas, buscando entornos protegidos y confiables a los que acudir. En este artículo, se analiza cómo la comunicación puede contribuir a aumentar la percepción de seguridad y a recuperar dicha confianza.
A Miocene pyrgodesmid millipede (Polydesmida: Pyrgodesmidae) from Mexico
Authors: Riquelme Francisco , Hernández-Patricio Miguel , Álvarez-Rodríguez Michelle
Published: January 2021

A new fossil species of pyrgodesmid millipede (Polydesmida: Pyrgodesmidae) placed in the genusMyrmecodesmusSilvestri, 1910 is described. The type materials are two amber inclusions, male and female specimens that come from Miocene strata in Chiapas, Mexico.Myrmecodesmus antiquussp. nov. has collum with 10 dorsal tubercles; without porosteles or ozopores; legs of the rings 2–9 with a short projection on the prefemur in both the female and male.Myrmecodesmus antiquussp. nov is the first fossil record of the genusMyrmecodesmus. This is a New World taxon that belongs to the pantropical family Pyrgodesmidae. Thus,Myrmecodesmus antiquussp. nov expands the range of the genus to the Miocene tropics in Middle America.
“Cuando voy al trabajo…”: Cuerpo y oficio de Panaderos en el contexto de la narrativa chilena reciente
Authors:   Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Amaro Lorena
Published: January 2021

“Ponerle el cuerpo al trabajo” es en Chile tanto una expresión popular que resalta la materia-lidad del esfuerzo en todo tipo de actividad económica, como también una metáfora que nos lleva a reflexionar sobre la “falta de cuerpo” de la narrativa reciente, en que escasos relatos corporeizan las voces y experiencias de sus narradorxs a partir del trabajo físico/manual. Este artículo aborda una excepción, la novela Panaderos, de Nicolás Meneses, que presenta con detalle la cotidianidad de una madre temporera, un padre panadero y la incursión del narrador, hijo mayor de esta familia, en la panadería de un supermercado. Todxs ellxs realizan oficios manuales descritos a partir del riesgo y el accidente corporal, bajo lógicas empresariales desprovistas de empatía o justicia, denunciadas por el estallido social chileno.
Los nombres del futuro, una propuesta
Authors:   Pratt Institute, Nueva York, Ríos Mónica Ramón
Published: January 2021

Este ensayo desentraña cómo y si acaso la literatura responde o se pliega al despertar político en Chile. En otras palabras, ¿qué significa despertar con el lenguaje? A pesar de que la respuesta ha sido lenta, las literaturas tienen un rol fundamental de escribir las heliografías del futuro y dar cuerpo a comunidades que están a la espera (de justicia y de constituirse). En la revuelta, esas comunidades emergieron desde los subterráneos del orden neoliberal poniendo en simultánea acción el goce y el sacrificio. La propuesta es que la lengua literaria que no es potencialidad, sino potencia, una lengua que pone en acción el presente del colectivo para dar nombre a los espacios emancipatorios que transitan a las sombras del Estado/mercado. Utilizando metodologías críticas de los estudios culturales, teorías del otro utopianismo y calibraciones del poder deseante del lenguaje poético, se critica la literatura neoliberal y sus prácticas extractivistas con el objetivo de proponer otras metodologías estéticas que abran espacios al respirar del otro.
Las vidas de Janus. Jean Lurçat y el Museo de la Solidaridad
Authors:   CIAH - Centro de Investigación en Artes y Humanidades Universidad Mayor, de la Maza Chevesich Josefina
Published: January 2021

En 1972 llegó a Chile un tapiz titulado Janus (ca. 1960) del artista francés Jean Lurçat (1892-1966). La donación de la obra, realizada probablemente por su viuda, respondía a la convocatoria emitida un año antes por la comisión organizadora de un proyecto destinado a apoyar la vía chilena al socialismo: el Museo de la Solidaridad. Janus es el único tapiz de la colección del museo. A partir de una breve revisión de la relevancia de la tapicería pictórica francesa de la primera mitad del siglo xx y su presencia oblicua en el contexto chileno, este texto presenta la vida de esta obra en relación con los primeros meses de vida del Museo de la Solidaridad y su posterior existencia en Chile tras el golpe de Estado en 1973
Study on Growth Characteristics of Some Brassica Species under Moisture Stress and Elevated Carbondioxide
Authors: Das Ranjan
Published: January 2021

Brassica juncea and Brassica campestries is two important oil seed crop of North-West India experiences intermittent moisture stress during its growing period. Thus a study was carried out to ameliorate the moisture stress through elevated CO2 applying Free Air CO2 Enrichment (FACE) technology. The consequences of CO2 enrichment were related to the rate of accelerated photosynthesis under both irrigated and moisture stress situation with significant decreases in stomatal conductance. The elevated CO2 brought about a significant enhancement in all the plant growth parameters studied, and also ameliorates the of moisture stress. The carbon dioxide enrichment improves the productivity of Brassica cultivars viz. ‘Pusa Gold’ and ‘RH-30’ through changes in various yield attributes and also nullifying the adverse effect of moisture stress.
Genetically Modified Crops and Food Security in Nigeria; Facts and Myths
Authors: Ehirim B. O. , Bashir M. , Ishaq M. N. , Gana A. S. , Salihu B. Z. , Gbadeyan T. , Nwankwo O. F. , Kouko E. , Tolorunse K. D. , Amedu J. , Echefu S. U. , Danbaba N.
Published: January 2021

Biotechnology per se is not a panacea for the world’s problems of hunger and poverty. However, genetic engineering in particular offers outstanding potentials to increase the efficiency of crop improvement. Thus, biotechnology could enhance global food production and availability in a sustainable way. Studies have shown that transgenic crops are very appropriate for agricultural producers and consumers in developing countries as the entire technology can be packaged into the seed. It can easily be integrated into traditional smallholder farming systems through proper stewardship. Except for a few innovative transfer projects, the application of biotechnology until now remains concentrated in the industrialized world. However due to insufficient owned scientific and regulatory capacities, the increase in privatized international agricultural research and the strengthening of intellectual property rights of these organizations complicate the access of developing countries to biotechnology. Therefore, profound government and Institutional adjustments that cuts across new technologies and regulations are essential to ensuring that biotechnology does not bypass the resource poor, smallholder farmers in Africa and Nigeria in particular.