bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The Main Stages of the Construc-tion of Russian Railways in the Direction of the Black Sea (1850-1900)
Authors: Zabelin Alexey V.
Published: November 2023

The article considers the issue of the main railway transport corridors formation on the territory of the Russian Empire in the direction of the Black Sea. The history of the railways construction in the Black Sea direction is inextricably linked with the history of the emergence of railroads in Russia. The first railway project to Feodosia was approved as a part of the first network in 1857, but due to financial difficulties, it was not destined to be realized. The issue of building a railway had two sides: a strategic one, the need for which was directly demonstrated after the failures of the Crimean War; and trade - the Black Sea has historically been the most important trade corridor between Asia and Europe. Later, by the beginning of the 20th century. the railway to the Black Sea was nevertheless built in five main directions: Azov (Taganrog), Odessa, Crimean (Sevastopol), Transcaucasian (Poti) and Novorossiysk directions.
ASPIRAÇÃO ENDOTRAQUEAL EM PACIENTE CRÍTICO: ELABORAÇÃO E VALIDAÇÃO DE UM CHECKLIST
Authors: Pinto Rodrigues Leticia , Guimarães Raponi Maria Beatriz , Marques dos Santos Felix Márcia , Barichello Elizabeth , Da Silva Pires Patrícia , Barbosa Maria Helena
Published: November 2023

Objetivo: elaborar e validar um instrumento, tipo checklist, para identificar a adesão às recomendações no procedimento de aspiração endotraqueal, em pacientes críticos sob ventilação mecânica, segundo as Diretrizes de Práticas Clínicas da American Association for Respiratory Care. Método: estudo metodológico, transversal e abordagem quantitativa. Realizou-se a elaboração de um checklist para procedimentos de aspiração endotraqueal, em pacientes críticos sob ventilação mecânica e submetido ao processo de validação aparente e de conteúdo. Aplicado pré-teste e análise de confiabilidade interobservadores, no período de janeiro a outubro de 2021. Aprovado pelo Comitê de Ética. Resultados: Na fase de validação aparente e de conteúdo, cinco juízes avaliaram o instrumento, sua versão final possui 35 itens. Realizada análise de confiabilidade interobservadores. A maioria dos itens apresentou força de concordância quase perfeita. Os valores do coeficiente Kappa variaram de regular a perfeito, e a confiabilidade foi considerada excelente Conclusão: O checklist é considerado confiável.
Evaluating the impact of deviating technical standards on business processes, trade and innovation
Authors: Weithmann Sabrina , Luedtke Susann
Published: November 2023

Surrounding the increasingly intense discussions about the emergence of new global standardization regimes in context of China’s rise as a dominant standardization power, there has been much talk about countries purposefully using deviating national standards to impose trade barriers. The discussion of whether and to what degree technical standards deviate from international standards and how this affects business, trade, innovation and the standard system is of global relevance. As research about the impact of deviating technical standards is still strongly underrepresented in the academic community, this research analyses the different “degrees” of deviation and the respective impact of minor or negligible deviation and strong deviation on businesses trading in a global context. By using a mixed research method based on literature review, analysis of standard documents and semi-structured interviews, this study discusses peculiarities and challenges associated with deviating technical standards. This is of relevance with regards to international trade and especially trade with countries that became increasingly important players in the international standardization regime. Our research will therefore add further insights to a better understanding of the close linkage between economic growth and standardization. This paper further highlights how deviating technical standards impact companies around the globe and how these companies could use a newly developed risk indicator to not only engage in the standard game but also to better assess consequences.
No movimento também tem educação
Authors: Menegon Valdenia Guimarães e Silva , Oliveira Sâmia Valéria Nascimento de , Dourado Geyciele Quézia Silva
Published: November 2023

Nos últimos três anos toda a humanidade vivenciou o poder de uma pandemia, que afetou todos os países e povos e deixou marcas indeléveis. No que se refere à realidade brasileira, a pandemia da Covid-19 afetou de formas diferentes os grupos sociais e raciais, escancarando, assim, a desigualdade racial e social do País. No campo da educação, os dados indicam a ampliação do abandono e evasão escolar, cujos números estão mais próximos de populações que residem em territórios marcados pela pobreza. Este artigo é um estudo de caso que tem como foco a análise do trabalho educacional desenvolvido pela UNEGRO/Caxias no Maranhão, entre os anos de 2020 e 2022. O objetivo do artigo é analisar como a Unegro/Caxias, movimento social, estruturou um planejamento de formação que perpassa assuntos relativos ao enfrentamento ao racismo e à valorização da história e da memória dos povos africanos do continente ou em diáspora, garantindo a discussão sobre a questão racial no Brasil. A pesquisa apontou que a entidade possui uma rede de contatos que incide diretamente sobre o sucesso da sua empreitada educacional.
Decolonizando a periferia
Authors: Coimbra Kary Emanuelle Reis
Published: November 2023

O objetivo deste trabalho consiste em analisar a prática social do Coletivo Perifala, grupo de jovens estudantes de filosofia social atuante nas periferias da cidade de Teresina-Piauí, à luz da teoria decolonial, evidenciando, assim, como suas ações rompem com o padrão hegemônico de poder/saber/ser imposto pela estrutura colonial-moderna. Em termos metodológicos, foi realizada a análise do discurso crítica da prática social do Perifala a partir das narrativas de uma integrante e de postagens do coletivo em suas redes sociais. Entre os resultados, destaco o Perifala como um agente de questionamento e transformação das estruturas sociais hegemônicas, sobretudo a partir da descentralização do saber acadêmico, ao colocar a periferia urbana como centro das discussões e da ação social dos sujeitos. Nesse sentido, agem diretamente no enfrentamento da colonialidade do saber, do poder e do ser.
Tornar-se mulher
Authors: Krakhecke Eliada Mayara Alves , Jardim Helén de Oliveira Soares , Voss Dulce Mari da Silva
Published: November 2023

O texto aborda a produção da metanarrativa sujeito mulher pelo pensamento moderno ocidental e colonialista, sob perspectiva teórico-epistemológica pluralista, recorrendo à teorização combinada dos conceitos desconstrução de Derrida, colonialidade/decolonialidade em Maldonado Torres e Quijano, estudos de gênero, realizados por Rago, Meyer, Hollanda, Chimamada, entre outras, e a Teoria Queer elaborada por Butler. Objetiva-se evidenciar a problematização da produção discursiva de um sujeito mulher ocidentalizado pela colonização e o colonialismo, calcados na captura dos corpos e na normalização de hierarquias de gênero. Os estudos de gênero e a Teoria Queer analisam as relações de poder assimétricas e os processos de subjetivação decorrentes da transversalização das diferenças de classe social, sexualidade, raça e etnia, trazendo à tona os movimentos feministas como acontecimentos históricos, sociais e políticos que advogam pela pluralidade das materialidades das existências de mulheres e as resistências forjadas no combate às expressões do machismo, sexismo e racismo. Assim, estas teorizações possibilitam desconstruir a naturalização dos modos de subjetivação gerados pelo pensamento moderno ocidental e colonialista. Evidenciam fissuras teórico-epistemológicas e políticas decoloniais produzidas por mulheres que se tornam mulheres ao forjar, coletivamente, a criação de epistemologias e pedagogias outras em múltiplos contextos sociais, políticos, culturais e científicos.
Manipulando genes y cerebros: la bioética y el derecho ante la mejora humana
Authors: Morente Parra Vanesa
Published: November 2023

En el presente artículo se analiza el papel de la bioética y el derecho ante el desarrollo de las actuales técnicas de intervención meliorativa sobre el genotipo y el cerebro. Con el desarrollo de la técnica de CRISPR/Cas9 en los últimos años, un individuo podría mejorar sus condiciones genéticas manipulando sus células somáticas. No obstante, el interés doctrinal se ha centrado más en la línea germinal pues, a diferencia de la anterior —que se extingue con el fallecimiento—, tiene la capacidad para afectar al genoma de la descendencia. Del mismo modo, con las nuevas técnicas de BCI, un individuo podría conectar su cerebro a una IA con la finalidad de estimular y potenciar determinadas áreas cerebrales. Sin embargo, tanto desde la bioética como desde el derecho parece inferirse una prohibición general de intervenciones meliorativas. ¿Qué argumentos racionales sostienen esta prohibición? ¿Es el cuerpo humano un bien indisponible para el individuo? ¿Se trata de una limitación injustificada de la autonomía de la voluntad?
Reflexiones sobre los fundamentos de la responsabilidad médica por wrongful life. ¿La vida como daño?
Authors: Moreno More César Edwin
Published: November 2023

La frustración de las expectativas que genera el incesante avance de la ciencia y técnica médicas ha llevado a la búsqueda constante de una compensación. En este contexto, se han presentado acciones legales conocidas como wrongful birth y wrongful life con relación al nacimiento de menores con discapacidades. Mientras que las primeras son reconocidas en los sistemas jurídicos en donde estas acciones se han planteado, las segundas son denegadas de manera general, generando no obstante diversas dudas y cuestionamientos. En la presente investigación se analizan los argumentos que se emplean en diferentes sistemas jurídicos para negar el acogimiento de las acciones de wrongful life, cuestionando su fundamentación. Este tema es especialmente complejo no solo desde un punto de vista jurídico, sino también principalmente bioético, ya que su análisis implica una apreciación del valor de la propia vida humana. En su desarrollo hemos utilizado un método de investigación cualitativo, prestando atención a los distintos ordenamientos jurídicos tanto de civil law como de common law. La investigación se divide en dos partes: la primera contextualiza la problemática y la segunda se enfoca en su desarrollo, describiendo el origen y la evolución de las acciones de wrongful life, su circulación en diversos ordenamientos, su negación generalizada en la mayoría de ellos y el análisis crítico de los argumentos que se manifiestan para negar su reconocimiento
La formulación de un estándar normativo de imparcialidad que incorpore la imparcialidad objetivo-cognitiva en el ordenamiento jurídico peruano: un estudio sobre la repercusión de la jurisprudencia de los tribunales internacionales de derechos humanos
Authors: Higa Silva César , Sotomayor Trelles José Enrique , Cavani Renzo
Published: November 2023

El presente artículo es un estudio de caso sobre la configuración del deber de imparcialidad en el desarrollo jurisprudencial de los tribunales de derechos humanos y su influencia en los tribunales domésticos peruanos. En esa línea, se analiza la forma en que se ha construido la distinción entre imparcialidad subjetiva y objetiva —identificada con la «teoría de las apariencias»— y, más adelante, se determina la relación entre imparcialidad y sesgos cognitivos. Ello con la finalidad de realizar una crítica a la teoría de las apariencias y proponer la formulación de un estándar en el que se distinguen tres dimensiones de la garantía de imparcialidad: subjetiva, objetivo-funcional y objetivo-cognitiva. Finalmente, se aborda la distinción entre independencia judicial externa e interna, y se determina su diferencia con la imparcialidad.
Las transgresiones respetuosas de la enseñanza del common law y el derecho civil en Quebec: lecciones del método transistémico de educación jurídica
Authors: Córdova Flores Álvaro
Published: November 2023

Este artículo explora cómo se enseña el derecho en el orden bijurídico de Quebec, donde coexisten la tradición del derecho civil y el common law. Se centra particularmente en el desarrollo y la implementación del método transistémico de educación jurídica desarrollado en la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad McGill, en Canadá. Este método consiste, en esencia, en enseñar ambas tradiciones jurídicas simultánea y comparativamente. Tiene por objetivo que sus egresados puedan navegar las diferentes tensiones políticas y culturales existentes en Canadá, entablar diálogos jurídicos interculturales y ejercer en dos sistemas jurídicos. Esta metodología, en la que se enfatiza la convivencia de dos sistemas jurídicos, ha implicado también repensar la noción del derecho, alejándose de miradas legalistas y abrazando nociones cercanas al pluralismo jurídico. El artículo se estructura explicando las diferentes capas contextuales que han rodeado el surgimiento y desarrollo de este método transistémico. Se explica el contexto macroinstitucional presentando las tensiones entre anglo-Canadá y la provincia de Quebec; el contexto mesoinstitucional, que explica las discusiones surgidas al interior de la provincia y la Facultad de Derecho; mientras que el contexto microinstitucional presenta cómo se enseñan los cursos de obligaciones/contratos y responsabilidad extracontractual/torts.
Contemporary Black Theater as a Possibility of Intersectional Critical Praxis
Authors: De Andrade Silva Bianca Camila , Dadico Luciana
Published: November 2023

Since the Brazilian black theater groups are growing up in cities such as São Paulo and other capitals from Brazil, it becomes necessary to investigate the impact of their productions and organizations in aesthetic, political, and cultural perspectives. In the work of Abdias do Nascimento, black theater used to be proposed as a way to reflect on its identity. This characteristic remains until the present with different demands and prisms. The aim of this paper is to analyze the contemporary play IDA, a work that has the identity as theme for the Brazilian black women, considering identity in its fragmentations and intersections. As a result, it is expected to offer a better understanding of both the political and aesthetic possibilities of contemporary black performing arts, especially in the face of identity disputes as intersectional critical praxis.
The Effect of the Depth of Soil Moisture on the Growth and Development of Cherry Seedlings
Authors: Nikolskaya O.A. , Seminchenko E.V.
Published: November 2023

Background: For the first time in the conditions of the Volgograd region, new knowledge was obtained, which made it possible, taking into account the changes in the morphology of the root system occurring during the formation of seedlings, the orientation of physiological processes and the biological needs of plants for their optimization, to justify a differentiated water-saving drip irrigation regime in combination with fertilizing vegetating plants, providing high-quality annual sweet cherry seedlings with high economic and water-saving efficiency, environmental tolerance. Methods: The experimental part of the work was carried out in the laboratory of breeding, seed production and nursery breeding 2017-2021 years. The productivity of the variety-rootstock combination was calculated relative to biometric parameters: crown projection area (S), crown volume (V), stem cross-sectional area (S). Result: In the course of the work, methods of watering stone crops, in particular cherries and their effect on survival, growth and development of seedlings in the nursery were studied. The scheme of experiments provides for an assessment of the influence of the water regime of the soil on the formation of the height of the central stem, the root system and the yield of seedlings of class 1 according to the variants of the experiment. Their values were greater than in the control, respectively, by 21 and 17 cm, 24-32%. At the same time, the yield of first-class seedlings in the third variant exceeds the second variant by 6%. According to the results of the conducted studies, the option of maintaining soil moisture at least 80% of the lowest moisture capacity during the adaptation period of the graft with a rootstock in a layer of 0.2 meters, followed by an increase in the soaking depth to 0.4 meters, proved to be the best. In the phase of the transition of seedlings to the dormant period, the pre-watering soil moisture should be maintained at least 70%.
STRATEGI MODAL ‘ALA AL-ASWANY DALAM ARENA SASTRA ARAB: KAJIAN SOSIOLOGI SASTRA PIERRE BOURDIEU
Authors: Asih Kusuma Dewi , Anum Rahning Asri
Published: November 2023

'Ala Al-Aswany is one of the modern Arab writers. His name is well-known among Arab writers, and his works are accepted, enjoyed, and studied by critics, even receiving numerous awards. This research aims to analyze the capital strategies employed by 'Ala Al-Aswany to obtain his position or legitimacy in the Arab literary arena using Pierre Bourdieu's sociology of literature. This study is a qualitative research with a descriptive-analytical method, using data sources such as books, articles, research reports, and other documents related to the topic and theory used. The data collection technique is documentation. The data is analyzed by identifying the author's biography and his contributions to the Arab literary world, then formulated and described relationally based on Pierre Bourdieu's capital structure. The results show that Al-Aswany possesses four types of capital classified from Pierre Bourdieu's perspective: economic, cultural, social, and symbolic capital. With the arena of production and these four capital strategies, he achieves a specific legitimacy, in this case, Al-Aswany attains the position of a "specific writer" in the Arab literary arena.
Oral Health-Related Quality of Life in Persian-Speaking Elementary Schoolers in Iran: A Psychometric Study of Child Perception Questionnaire
Authors: Faghani Maryam , Mehdipour Aida , Akbari Elaheh , Amini-Tehrani Mohammadali , Armaki Atefeh Salehi , Hossein Lajevardi Seyed Mohammad , Ghazvinian Leila , Zamanian Hadi
Published: November 2023

Background and Purpose:The study aims to examine the validity and reliability of the impact of 16-item Short-Form Child Perception Questionnaire (CPQ11–14-ISF:16) in Persian-speaking elementary schoolers.Methods:From two main cities in Iran, 708 mother–child dyads were enrolled in 2018. Decayed, missing, and filled teeth (DMFT/dmft) indexes were examined for divergent validity. Two built-in indexes of overall oral health and overall impacted well-being were used for concurrent validity. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) with Geomin rotation, Cronbach’s α, and Spearman’s correlation were executed.Results:The total Cronbach’s α was 0.71. EFA indicated CPQ11–14-ISF:11 (α = 0.66) to compose three eligible factors (α = 0.66), including oral problems (α = 0.54), emotional problems (α = 0.66), and social problems (α = 0.41). The concurrent/divergent validity of CPQ11–14-ISF:11 and the subscales was partially confirmed.Conclusions:The use of CPQ11–14-ISF:11 to multidimensionally address dental care for children requires further investigations.
Psychometric Validation of the Nursing Professional Competence Scale Among Italian Nurses and Albanian Nursing Students
Authors: Emanuela Prendi , Alessandro Stievano , Florian Spada , Gennaro Rocco , Ina Dedi , Rosario Caruso , Ippolito Notarnicola
Published: November 2023

Background and Purpose:The main aim of this study has been the psychometric validation of an Italian translation of the Nurse Professional Competence Scale-Short Form (I-NPCS-SF), testing its validity and reliability.Methods:A multiphase design was used for the I-NPCS-SF translation and psychometric validation: (a) cultural and linguistic validation, (b) content and face validity, and (c) construct validity.Results:The I-NPCS-SF showed adequate linguistic translation, cultural adaptation, and content validity. Confirmatory factor analysis supported a four-factor structure of the I-NPCS-SF, in explaining data obtained from nurses and nursing students.Conclusions:The I-NPCS-SF demonstrated evidence of validity and reliability in measuring four professional competencies. Having an appropriate tool to be applied in the Italian context for professional competence self-assessment constitutes an essential step in measuring professional competencies.
Gestión vial rural y desarrollo socioeconómico en un distrito de San Ignacio, Perú
Authors: Calva-Herrera Leyner Oswaldo
Published: November 2023

La investigación se enfoca en determinar la relación existente entre la Gestión Vial Rural (GVR) y el desarrollo socioeconómico en un distrito de la provincia de San Ignacio, Perú. Se trabaja un enfoque cuantitativo, de tipo básico, diseño no experimental y correlación simple. La muestra estuvo conformada por 52 colaboradores de la entidad municipal, utilizando como técnica la encuesta para recopilar la información. El 75% de los encuestados considera que el nivel de la GVR es alto, mientras que el 71.2% considera el desarrollo socioeconómico de nivel medio. Además, las variables GVR y desarrollo socioeconómico tienen correlación positiva alta, siendo su coeficiente Rho Spearman de 0.783 y nivel significancia bilateral de 0.000, con un p valor debajo de 0.05. Esto implica que al haber mayor GVR el desarrollo socioeconómico también será mayor, lo cual se identificó en el análisis del contexto y la caracterización de la situación problemática.
Modelo matemático para predecir la estabilidad a temperaturas cercanas al ambiente de la bacteria Brevibacterium celere C-924
Authors: Paneque-Díaz Yunier Luis , González-Fernández Nemecio , Crespo-Zafra Lourdes Mariana , Zamora-Sánchez Jesús , Segura-Silva Rutdali María , Pérez-Sánchez Amaury
Published: November 2023

El oxígeno se ha identificado como una de las principales causas que conducen a daños por desecación, mientras que el tiempo que el microorganismo está expuesto a condiciones ambiente puede contribuir a su degradación. En el Centro de Ingeniería Genética y Biotecnología de Camagüey, se desarrolló un producto ecológico de formulación sólida con probada acción bionematicida llamado HeberNem-S®, cuyo ingrediente activo es la bacteria Gram positiva Brevibacterium celere C-924. En el presente trabajo se realizó un estudio de estabilidad del ingrediente activo del producto HeberNem-SÒ a las temperaturas de 16, 28 y 37 ºC sin vacío. Como resultado del estudio se obtuvo un modelo matemático que simula la degradación que ocurre en el rango de temperaturas evaluadas y sin vacío. El modelo matemático logarítmico-exponencial obtenido permite estimar el grado de supervivencia ante modificaciones ambientales asociadas a los parámetros estudiados, sin necesidad de realizar evaluaciones experimentales de determinación de la viabilidad.
Çıkmaz Sokakların Oluşumu: İslam ve Batı Şehirlerinin Mukayesesi
Authors: BELGE Rauf
Published: November 2023

Son yıllarda Avrupa ve Amerikan şehirlerinde ızgara planlı sokaklara ek olarak yeni bir sokak düzeni ortaya çıkmıştır. “Cul-de-sac” olarak bilinen bu yeni düzen, bireyleri şehrin gürültüsünden ve yarattığı çekincelerden korumak amacıyla tasarlanan, yalnız bir yöne çıkışı olan planlı çıkmaz sokaklardır. Güvenli ve özel bir alan oluşturmasından dolayı, batı şehirlerinde cul-de-sac’lar giderek önem kazanmaktadır. Bu sokakların yapılış gayesi kadim İslam şehirlerinde görülen çıkmaz sokaklarla benzerlik göstermektedir. Bu durum çıkmaz sokakların yeniden keşfi olarak nitelendirilmiş, bu çalışmada modern batı şehirlerinde ortaya çıkan cul-de-sac’lar ile geleneksel İslam şehirlerindeki çıkmaz sokaklar karşılaştırılmıştır. Geleneksel İslam şehirlerinde ve modern batı şehir planlarında gelişen çıkmaz sokakları konu alan yayınlar incelenmiş, bu yayınlardan hareketle her ikisi arasında farklılıklar ve benzerlikler saptanmaya çalışılmıştır. Çalışma sonucunda İslam şehirlerinde çıkmaz sokakların oluşumunda mahremiyet öncelikli iken batı şehirlerinde ortaya çıkan çıkmaz sokakların inşasında daha çok güvenlik kaygısının etkili olduğu anlaşılmıştır.
Corporal Punishment in Educational Context: Criminal Law Regulatory Framework
Authors: Suyudi Godeliva Ayudyana , Tanuwijaya Fanny , Suarda I Gede Widhiana , Wijaya Glenn
Published: November 2023

Teachers may impose sanctions or Corporal Punishment on students for educational purposes. In several cases, the Corporal Punishment action taken by the teacher resulted in the imposition of criminal sanctions on the teacher. This paper describes the perspective of criminal law settlement in Corporal Punishment cases. This paper uses the normative juridical research method, which examines the application of positive legal norms. Hence, this paper interprets the corresponding law in the means of textually. Furthermore, researchers use a conceptual framework to illustrate a teacher’s professional duties and Corporal Punishment. Finally, this research uses qualitative descriptive analysis supported by a case approach. This research found that applying life skill-based and contextual learning methods may prevent the aftermath of teachers’ Corporal Punishment. Teachers, carrying out their professional duties, may avoid criminal charges for Corporal Punishment if these actions do not exceed reasonable limits, which result in student losses, both physically and psychologically. The functionalization of criminal law may be prevented using ultimum remedium in resolving Corporal Punishment cases. This may occur in settlement through restorative justice, which involves various parties in the educational process. Alternatively, criminal law settlement may be used in Corporal Punishment cases. Judges may apply the concept of individualized punishment in imposing sanctions on teachers who are proven guilty of Corporal Punishment. Finally, this paper recommends a psychological intervention to assess educators’ mental capacity. This may take form through periodic assessments to determine the competence of teachers as educators.
ONLINE LENDING IN THE DIGITAL ERA IN THE PERSPECTIVE OF ISLAMIC ECONOMIC LAW
Authors: Safitri Gieni Devi , Masruroh Nikamatul , Munir Misbahul
Published: November 2023

The increasingly developing technology era makes the internet one of the dependencies in everyday life. The emergence of online loan services has an impact on people's economic life. Online loans have easy access and are not complicated to apply for business capital. However, many people still do not understand Sharia economic law in online lending services; therefore, the author aims to analyze online loans in the digital era from an economic law perspective. This research method uses descriptive qualitative analysis. The study results found that judging from online loans, it is permissible in case that there are no elements of usury, gharar, maysir, tadlis, dharar, zulm, and haram.
The Transformation Flower Approach for Leveraging Change towards Multiple Value Creation and Institutional Change
Authors: Huntjens Patrick , Rinscheid Adrian , Kemp Rene , Van Helvoirt Bram , Aarts Noelle , Visseren-Hamakers Ingrid , van Veen Anne , Hassink Jan
Published: November 2023

We introduce the Transformation Flower Approach (TFA), a Theory of Change that attends to multiple value creation and institutional change as a dual design challenge. We highlight how the TFA integrates social scientific theories and models relevant for transformative change (in particular focusing on pathways, leverage points, governance, power, and values) and demonstrate its practical value by an application to the ongoing transformation of the Dutch food system. By providing a holistic, transdisciplinary and practically relevant approach that aims to support new social contract formation, the TFA goes beyond other transformative change approaches. Based on the notion of pathways, it offers a toolbox that aids in working towards desired futures, involving both incumbents and challengers in an effort to harness untapped yet proximal potentials in a forward-looking way. By embracing an innovation approach, it not only promises to circumvent resistance to change, but also serves as a step-by-step approach to identify options for multiple value creation and effective cooperation. We demonstrate the analytical and practical value of the TFA by discussing action perspectives at various levels and scales in the context of the Dutch food system transition, including (1) area-oriented approaches, (2) acceleration agendas for specific transformation pathways, and (3) actor-specific transformation flowers. In developing these, we emphasize the importance of interdependencies between leverage points. Our approach helps to identify opportunities to link transformative options (the what), actors (the who) and levers (the how) in dynamic interaction to embark on transformative pathways.
Intrinsic Geometric Structure of Subcartesian Spaces
Authors: Cushman Richard , Sniatycki Jedrzej
Published: November 2023

Every subset S of a Cartesian spaces Rd, endowed with differen- tial structure C∞(S) generated by restrictions to S of functions in C∞(Rd), has a canonical partition M(S) by manifolds, which are or- bits of the family X(S) of all derivations of C∞(S) that generate local one-parameter groups of local diffeomorphisms of S. This partition satisfies the frontier condition, Whitney’s conditions A and B. If M(S) is locally finite, then it satisfies all definitions of stratification of S. This result extends to Hausdorff locally Euclidean differential spaces.
Energy -Momentum Localization in Quantum Gravity
Authors: Marongwe Stuart
Published: November 2023

We introduce quantum spatio-temporal dynamics (QSD) as modeled by the Nexus Paradigm (NP) of quantum gravity to resolve the problem of energy- momentum localization in a gravitational field. Currently, the gravitational field as described using the language of geometry modeled under General Relativity (GR) fails to provide a generally accepted definition of energy-momentum. Attempts at resolving this problem using geometric methods have resulted in various energy-momentum complexes whose physical meaning remain dubious since the resulting complexes are non-tensorial under a general coordinate transformation. In QSD, the tangential manifold is the affine connection field in which energy-momentum localization is readily defined. We also discover that the positive mass condition is a natural consequence of quantization and that dark energy is a Higgs like field with negative energy density everywhere. Finally, energy-momentum localization in quantum gravity shows that a free falling object will experience large vacuum fluctuations (uncertainties in location) in strong gravity than in weak gravity and that the amplitudes of these oscillations defines the energy of the free falling object.
Gastric Outlet Obstruction from Stomach-Containing Groin Hernias: A Systematic Review of The Literature
Authors: Favela Juan G , Argo Madison B , McAllister Jared , Waldrop Caitlyn L , Huerta Sergio
Published: November 2023

Most abdominopelvic structures can find their way to a groin hernia. However, location, and relative fixation are important for migration. Gastric outlet obstruction (GOO) from a stom-ach-containing groin hernia (SCOGH) is exceedingly rare. In the current report, we present a 77-year-old man who presented with GOO from SCOGH to our facility. We performed a review of the literature following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) of patient presenting with SCOGH since it was first reported in 1802. Ninety-one cases of SCOGH were identified (85 inguinal and 6 femoral) over the last two centuries (1802-2023). GOO from SCOGH occurred in 48% of patients in one review and 18% in our world literature review, but initial presentation ranged from completely asymptomatic to peritonitis. Man-agement varied from entirely conservative treatment to elective hernia repair to emergent lap-arotomy. Only one case of laparoscopic management was documented. Twenty-one deaths from SCOGH were reported, with most occurring in early manuscripts (1802-1896 [n=9] and 1910-1997 [n=10]). In the recent medical era, outcomes for patients with this rare clinical presentation are satisfactory and treatment ranging from conservative, non-operative management to surgical repair should be tailored towards patients’ clinical presentation.
Population Models of Epidemics with Infection Age and
Vaccination Age Structure
Authors: Webb Glenn , Zhao Xinyue
Published: November 2023

A population dynamics epidemic model is developed that incorporates age of infection

and age of vaccination. The model analyzes pre-symptomatic and symptomatic periods of an

infected individual in terms of infection age. The model analyzes the efficacy of vaccination in terms

of vaccination age. The model is applied to the 2003 SARS epidemic in Taiwan and the current

COVID-19 epidemic in New York State.
Legal Interpretations of Persecution and Trauma: The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and Gender‐Based Asylum Claims
Authors: Oxford Connie
Published: November 2023

This article focuses on the variation of how the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals uses the language of trauma in gender-based asylum claims. Gender-based asylum claims include female genital mu-tilation (FGM), domestic violence, forced marriage, coercive population control (CPC) in the form of forced abortions and forced sterilizations, and rape. The Circuit Courts have reviewed appeals from petitioners with asylum claims since 1946, yet the language of trauma did not appear in the Court’s decisions until 1983. From 1983-2023 only 385, 3.85% or less, of the over 10,000 asylum cases before the Circuit Courts used the language of trauma in its legal interpretation of persecution. I have identified 101 gender-based asylum cases that were reviewed by one of the eleven U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that apply the language of trauma in its legal interpretation of persecution for this analysis. This study found that U.S. Circuit Courts use the language of trauma in four ways: precedent cases, psychological trauma, physical trauma, and policies and reports when reviewing gender-based asylum claims.
An Exquisite Control Strategy for Ultralight Power Generation System
Authors: Wen Pingping , Yuan Zengquan , Yuan Zhibao , Xu Haiping
Published: November 2023

Ultralight power generation equipment has high requirements for the power density, continuous operation, and transient stability of the whole machine, and there is a direct conflict between high power density design and substantial stability control in the power unit design. In order to meet the power density requirements of ultra-light power stations, three main problems need to be solved, namely engine speed oscillation and flameout in the process of load power mutation, matching of the generator and engine torque, and stabilizing the voltage waveform of the AC output end. In this paper, we proposed an exquisite control strategy for ultralight power generation systems in engines, generators, and inverters. The effectiveness and practicability of the proposed strategy are verified by both simulation and experiment. The results show that the proposed control strategy can effectively solve the instability problem of the ultralights generator set and improve the stability of the system, where the response recovery can be achieved within 0.9 seconds under the condition of total load increase or decrease, and the mismatching degree of the generator following the engine is reduced by 90%. The strategy could also guarantee long-term stable operation with high-quality electrical energy output.
Retain or Remove? Decision-Making Mechanism of Rural Industrial Park Redevelopment in Southern China
Authors: Liu Zhuojun , Fang Hongjia , Xu Shanshan , Wu Yilin , Wen Keyin , Shen Zitong , Wang Hongmei
Published: November 2023

Since China’s economic reform launched in the late 1970s, rural industrial parks (RIPs) have played a crucial role in the rise of the manufacturing industry in the Pearl River Delta (PRD), transforming the former agricultural land into a location of world-famous factories. However, as China has put forward higher requirements for economic development and stricter control measures for environmental pollution, RIPs with low-end industries and low efficiency present an urgent need for renovation and upgrade. By analyzing the spatial and socioeconomic cross-sectional dataset of rural industrial parks in Nanhai District of Foshan City, this paper attempts to classify the existing industrial parks into groups and propose corresponding redevelopment strategies. The results of the spatial analysis show that the spatial distribution of rural industrial parks is closely related to their location and transportation conditions. Failure of the market has resulted in large tracts of advantageous land being taken up by inefficient industrial parks. Cluster analysis and overlay analysis are used evaluate the difficulty of redevelopment and divide the industrial parks into three clusters: retained RIPs, medium-term-removed RIPs, and near-term-removed RIPs. It is shown that some of the industrial parks are still in good form while the majority need substantial reconstruction. Taking economic and institutional factors into consideration, the authors put forward that different strategies should be adopted for the future renovation of medium-term-removed and near-term-removed RIPs.
Exact and Paraxial Broadband Airy Wave Packets in Free Space and a Temporally Dispersive Medium
Authors: Besieris Ioannis M. , Saari Peeter
Published: November 2023

A question of physical importance is whether finite-energy spatiotemporally localized (i.e., pulsed) generalizations of monochromatic accelerating Airy beams are feasible. For luminal solutions, this question has been answered affirmatively by Saari, Valdmann, Piksarv, Valta-Lukner and Saari, and Kaganovsky and Heyman within the framework of the paraxial geometry. The time-diffraction technique introduced by Porras recently has been motivated by Besieris and Shaarawi in terms of the Lorentz invariance of the equation governing the narrow angular spectrum and narrowband temporal spectrum paraxial approximation and has been used to derive finite-energy spatiotemporally confined subluminal, luminal, and superluminal Airy wave packets. The goal in this article is to provide exact finite-energy broadband spatiotemporally localized Airy solutions (a) to the scalar wave equation in free space; (b) in a dielectric medium moving at its phase velocity; (c) in a lossless second order temporally dispersive medium.
Development of an Automatic Paddle Wheel Aerator and Re-mote Movement Water Quality Monitoring for Use in a Marine Shrimp Farm
Authors: Thong-un Natee , Panthong Piyathat , Takahashi Hideharu , Kikura Hiroshige , Wongsaroj Wongsakorn
Published: November 2023

A paddle wheel aerator is developed in this research, which includes a wireless sensor network for measuring the water quality in the aquaculture of marine shrimp ponds. It can also move to the desired position to fill oxygen and measure water quality. A basic requirement is good standard water quality to prevent shrimp from epidemics and improve production. The water quality paddle wheel aerator applies a microcontroller and sensors to measure eight parameters of water quality. These water quality parameters are observed on the web application via an IoT module. The movement system of the water-quality paddle wheel aerator consists of a LiDAR, GPS, and remote RF signal. Each item of data is recorded immediately on the cloud server while the water-quality paddle wheel moves in the marine shrimp farm. The controlled paddle wheel aerator is harnessed automatically to enhance precisely the spatial monitoring resolution of the measurement system installed, which is needless for a multiple measurement system with high cost of investment. Also, farmers can access real data through the Line application. Hence, they are able to plan and control a good environment for aquaculture, preventing the occurrence of various epidemics and decomposing organic matter in the pond.
Bubble Wrap-Like Carbon-Coated Rattle-Type Silica@silicon Nanoparticles by Surface-Protected Etching as Hybrid Anodes for Lithium–Ion Batteries
Authors: Martino Angelica Francisco , Jeon Jiyun , Park Hyun-Ho , Lee Hochun , Lee Chang-Seop
Published: November 2023

The severe volumetric expansion of silicon nanoparticles (~400 %) limits their practical application as an anode material for next-generation lithium–ion battery (LIB). Here, we describe the fabrication and characterization of conformal polydopamine carbon shell encapsulating rattle-type silica@silicon nanoparticles (PDA−PEI@PVP−SiO2@Si) with tunable void structure prepared following a dual SiO2 template using (3–aminopropyl)triethoxysilane (APTES) as a self-catalytic, structure-directing agent to tetraethyl orthosilicate (TEOS) pretreated with polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP K30) via modified Stöber process. Polyethylene imine (PEI) crosslinking facilitated the construction of interconnected three-dimensional bubble wrap-like carbon matrix structure through hydrothermal treatment, pyrolysis, and subsequent surface-protected etching. The composite anode material delivered 539 mAh·g−1 capacity after 100 cycles at 0.1 A·g−1, and 453 mAh·g−1 rate performance at 5 A·g−1. The satisfactory electrochemical performance of the PDA−PEI@PVP−SiO2@Si was attributed to the following: the rattle-type structure providing void space for Si volume expansion, PVP K30-pretreated APTES/TEOS SiO2 seeds via catalyst-free, hydrothermal-assisted Stöber protecting Si/C spheres upon etching, carbon coating strategy increasing Si conductivity while stabilizing the solid electrolyte interface (SEI), and PEI carbon crosslinks providing continuous conductive pathways across the electrode structure. The present work realizes a promising strategy to synthesize the tunable yolk–shell C@void@Si composite anode materials for high power/energy-density LIB applications.
KESIAPSIAGAAN SEKOLAH SD NEGERI 2 SANDEN KABUPATEN BANTUL DALAM MENGHADAPI BENCANA ALAM GEMPABUMI
Authors: Rahady Mayang Kusumaning , Kurniawan Ficky Adi
Published: November 2023

Disaster education is very important, especially for schools in disaster-prone areas. Schools should teach disaster education, especially about attitudes and actions that must be taken when a disaster occurs. SD Negeri 2 Sanden is one of the elementary schools that is vulnerable to earthquake disasters. This research uses a qualitative descriptive method with a case study approach. The results of the research show that (1) All respondents understand the potential threat of priority disasters at SD Negeri 2 Sanden, namely earthquakes (2) SD Negeri 2 Sanden does not yet have a written policy regarding preparedness for facing disasters. School policies only exist in disaster mitigation efforts such as integrating disaster material into the curriculum (3) Emergency response plans have been carried out by the school, including saving data on Google Drive and carrying out disaster simulations. (4) The school opens access to communication and disaster warning information from relevant stakeholders and agrees together on the tools used to convey danger signs. (5) The school has not yet formed a School Disaster Preparedness Team that can mobilize resources when an earthquake occurs at SD Negeri 2 Sanden.
The Effect of Variation of Types of Microbial Starters on The Physical Characteristics of Modified Cassava Flour (Mocaf) Rich in Beta-Carotene
Authors: Alfansuri Habib Ra'uf , Fatoni Rois , Fathoni Ahmad , Setiarto R. Haryo Bimo , Damayanti Ema
Published: November 2023

The development of beta-carotene-rich mocaf flour as a functional food aims to increase its nutritional content and functional properties as an antioxidant for health. The development of beta-carotene-rich mocaf flour can be optimized through good fermentation methods, especially with the use of starter. This study aims to further analyze the effect of using a type of starter on the mocaf characteristics of cassava species rich in beta-carotene through a comparison of several types of starter. In this study, three types of starter were used, namely the Bimo-CF starter, the Berhasil starter and thse BRIN starter. The results showed that the use of starter during fermentation affected the physicochemical properties of mocaf flour in the form of differences in solubility, increased viscosity and decreased syneresis. Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) was used to analyze the microstrutural of mocaf flour using starter during fermentation resulted in a more massive reshuffling of starch granules and causes changes in the structure of starch granules that become irregular round in shape with increasingly non-uniform sizes. NIR (Near infrared) and proximate analysis of the content of mocaf flour, showed that the use of the Bimo-CF starter, the Berhasil starter and the BRIN starter during fermentation affected the decrease in moisture content, protein content, ash content, fiber content, phosphorus, and increased fat and dry matter content.
Comparative Study of the Normative Requirements for the Design of a Lattice Pylon: Case of A 225 kV Transmission Line
Authors: Nounangnonhou Cossi Télesphore , Semassou Guy Clarence , Tossa Kossoun Alain , Honvo Elvis Anago
Published: November 2023

It is undeniable that a correct estimate of the loads likely to affect a structure throughout its useful life is the key to any design. Moreover, a thorough knowledge of the parameters used to estimate these loads makes it possible to refine the calculations while giving a certain confidence to the designer. This is why this paper presents a comparative study of some standards directly affecting the wind loads applied to the components of electrical power transmission lines (in particular the standards NF EN 50341-1: 2012, DIN VDE 0210-2011 and IEC 60826 - 2003) and the resistance of the latter to the various forces which are transmitted in the bars (ASCE 10 and NF EN 50341-1:2001). To carry out this work, it was first a question of analyzing and understanding each dimensioning standard, then of visualizing the global environment of the different calculation rules, emphasizing the reason underlying the choice of a specific standard, and finally comparing these standards from the data of a specification. Regarding wind loads, it generally emerges that the DIN VDE 0210: 2011 standard is the most suitable for dimensioning because it gives the lowest load values. As for the verification of the stability of the structure, the comparison between the ASCE 10 and NF EN 50341-1:2001 standards for a triangle arming pylon of a 225 kV line showed that for the same work rate (97 %), the busiest bar has the dimensions 150 cm x 150 cm x 14 mm and 140 cm x 140 cm x 14 mm respectively for the ASCE 10 and NF EN 50341-1:2001 standards; which amounts to a saving of 13.44 kg in terms of mass and 8829.81 FCFA in terms of cost.
Analyzing the Contextualization of English Translations of Sanguo Yanyi: Exploring the Portrayal of Liu Bei's Image through Translation
Authors: Chang Xinyu , Tan Hui , Wang Juan
Published: November 2023

Sanguo Yanyi, as an original Chinese episodic novel, has captivated numerous readers with its grand narrative, formidable characters, and gripping portrayal of war. Not only has this epic tale gained immense popularity within China, but it has also crossed borders and been translated into English in three distinct versions. The first translation, undertaken by C.H. Brewitt-Taylor in 1925, was shaped by the specific historical and cultural context of its time. This was followed by Moss Roberts' translation in 1991, and most recently, Yu Sumei's in 2014. Each translation bears its own unique characteristics influenced by their respective historical and cultural backgrounds. Through a combined quantitative and qualitative approach, this research delves into the translation of Liu Bei's image as a case study, aiming to explore the impact of historical and cultural contexts on the English adaptation of Sanguo Yanyi. The findings of this study will not only contribute to a deeper understanding of the dissemination and representation of Chinese culture but also provide valuable insights for future endeavours within this field.