bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Breast self-examination practice and associated factors among female healthcare workers in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Authors: Mekonnen Birye Dessalegn
Published: November 2020

Background

Breast cancer is common global public health problem. It is the principal cause of cancer related death. In Ethiopia, study findings regarding prevalence and associated factors of BSE among female healthcare workers have been inconsistently reported and highly variable. Thus, this systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to determine the pooled prevalence of breast self-examination practice and determinants in Ethiopia.

Methods

A systematic search of PubMed, Medline, EMBASE, Global Health, Google Scholar, CINAHL and Scopus from April 2, 2020 to April 24, 2020. Data were extracted from articles included in the review using a data extraction tool which was adapted from the Joanna Briggs Institute. the quality of each included article was evaluated using the Newcastle-Ottawa scale. Data analysis was done using STATA 11. The Cochrane Q and I2 test were used to assess heterogeneity between the studies; and publication bias was assessed using funnel plots and Egger’s test. A random effects meta-analysis was computed to determine the pooled prevalence of breast self-examination. The determinants for breast self-examination were examined. Forest plots were used to present the prevalence and odds ratio with 95% confidence interval.

Results

After reviewing 9605 studies, 12 studies involving 4129 female healthcare workers were included for this review and meta-analysis. The pooled prevalence of breast self-examination practice among healthcare workers in Ethiopia was 56.31% (95% CI: 44.37, 68.25). The subgroup analysis further revealed that the higher breast self-examination practice was observed among other healthcare workers, 58.60% (95% CI: 43.31, 73.90). Good knowledge (AOR = 3.02; 95% CI: 1.24, 7.35), positive attitude (AOR = 2.73; 95% CI: 1.95, 4.13) and family history of breast cancer (AOR = 3.21; 95% CI: 1.22, 6.52) were significantly associated with breast self-examination practice among healthcare workers.

Conclusion

This meta-analysis found that nearly half of the female healthcare workers were not performed breast self-examination. The finding of this study suggests the need of strengthening early diagnosis of breast cancer and control strategies with a collaborative effort of policymakers and other concerned stakeholders.
El ejercicio del derecho a desconectar digitalmente del trabajo: su efectividad en las empresas
Authors: Trujillo Pons Francisco
Published: November 2020

El trabajador a distancia como cualquier otro trabajador que presta servicios por cuenta ajena en una empresa, tiene derecho a la desconexión digital. A fin de garantizar la efectividad de este derecho, el legislador hace una llamada a la negociación colectiva sin mayores concreciones en la normativa que lo regula. De modo que todas las empresas deberán disponer de una política interna de desconexión digital donde, previa audiencia de los representantes legales de los trabajadores, se regulen no solo los mecanismos que garanticen una desconexión digital efectiva, sino también las acciones de formación y sensibilización que la empresa promoverá para concienciar de esta cuestión. Ciertamente, el derecho a la desconexión digital, está llamado a ocupar un papel central en los próximos años. El incremento exponencial del trabajo a distancia como consecuencia de la crisis del COVID-19 no ha hecho sino acrecentar la relevancia del asunto. Bajo esta premisa, en el trabajo que aquí se presenta. se pone de relieve la posición que está adoptando el empresariado español con el análisis de determinados convenios colectivos que están empezando a reconocer el derecho y a adoptar buenas prácticas y recomendaciones que beneficien no solo la conciliación personal y familiar del empleado, sino también su descanso y salud.
Small but Mighty: Critical Note to De facie 944A
Authors: Lesage-Gárriga Luisa
Published: November 2020

In De facie 944A, in the midst of his speech about the moon’s nature and functions, the Stranger affirms that astronomers’ calculations of the size of the moon are incorrect, and this body is, in fact, larger than previously thought. The text of the passage is not an easy one: there are a number of discrepancies between the manuscripts’ readings, two lacunae, and several interventions by scholarship. In this paper, I will first address other passages where the matter of the moon’s size is discussed, so as to give some contextualization to the Stranger’s views; and, secondly, I will survey the historical-philological background of the solutions offered in the past in order to suggest another way to solve the textual issues.
Fieldwork in Ground Zero, Mallorca. A Methodological Fieldwork Proposal for a Geographical Analysis of Tourist Areas
Authors: Blázquez-Salom Macià , Blanco-Romero Asunción
Published: November 2020

For scientific headway to be made in the field of social science today, direct contact with analysed phenomena is all-important. The research hypothesis we put forward is that, just like practical laboratory work, fieldwork is an indispensable tool in tourism geography in guaranteeing rigorous scientific studies. The aim of this paper is: 1) to help demonstrate the usefulness of fieldwork in tourism geography in enriching the taught theory and concepts; 2) to design useful methodological tools for planning student-driven, enquiry-based learning processes; 3) to use Mallorca as a case study in a direct analysis of the complex spatial consequences of the Anthropocene on the tourist industry. Our teaching and research experience in tourism geography, particularly in relation to global change during the Anthropocene, are fundamental in achieving these objectives. We conclude that fieldwork helps students to develop important skills and competences, facilitating meaningful learning. Through the students’ active participation, the teacher is no longer a transmitter of theoretical knowledge, but a facilitator in the learning process.
Búsqueda de bacterias productoras de antibióticos a partir del culturoma rizosférico
Authors: Fernández-Villacorta Noelia , Mateos Pedro F. , Saati-Santamaría Zaki
Published: November 2020

El consumo indebido de antibióticos ha incrementado el número de personas que enferman y mueren por infecciones provocadas por microorganismos resistentes a estos antimicrobianos. El objetivo de este estudio fue aislar bacterias rizosféricas y evaluar su potencial para producir nuevos compuestos antimicrobianos. Se aislaron 418 colonias y se enfrentaron a bacterias y hongos para analizar su potencial antimicrobiano, encontrando 114 bacterias productoras de antibiótico. Se seleccionaron dos de las cepas con mejor espectro antimicrobiano de acción, que se identificaron como Bacillus albus y Streptomyces cirratus. Se secuenciaron sus genomas y se analizaron las rutas relacionadas con el metabolismo secundario bacteriano, encontrando maquinaria genética que podría estar implicada en la producción de nuevos compuestos bioactivos.
THE PEOPLE OF KAO AND THEIR LANGUAGE IN THE NORTHERN COAST OF HALMAHERA
Authors: Tondo Fanny Henry
Published: November 2020

There are two major language families existing in Indonesia. Those are Austronesian and Papuan languages. Most of Austronesian language speakers live in all over Indonesia. However, the other one, the Non-Austronesian or Papuan language speakers live in some parts of Eastern Indonesia such as North Maluku, Papua, West Papua and East Nusa Tenggara. The focus of this study will lie on one of the language communities in Halmahera island, North Maluku, namely Kao which is on the northern coast of the island. Based on the researches conducted from 2013 up to 2014, it is shown that Kao language which is categorized as Papuan language has been affected by Austronesian feature. It seems that the environment where Kao people live has influenced their life especially their language. One of the influences is on the structure of their language which has changed and shown the domination of the Austronesian characteristic in the case of word order, that is Subject-Verb-Object (SVO). Meanwhile, the existence of lingua franca as an inter-ethnic communication tool such as Ternate Malay which is also Austronesian language has contributed to form the present language of Kao as well. This article aims to explain the Kao people and their language which has started to be influenced by Austronesian feature.
INDONESIA DI TENGAH BELANTARA DIGITAL
Authors: Pramadi Yoka
Published: November 2020

Akhir-akhir ini kita sering mendapati kabar bohong atau hoaks yang muncul di lini masa media sosial kita. Menurut laporan isu hoaks dari Kementerian Komunikasi dan Informatika (Kementerian Kominfo) pada April 2019 tercatat sebanyak 486 hoaks teridentifikasi, 209 diantaranya adalah hoaks dengan kategori politik. Hoaks dengan kategori politik adalah berupa kabar bohong yang menyerang KPU dan Bawaslu calon presiden dan calon wakil presiden, serta partai politik peserta pemilu. Hoaks jenis itu mencuat karena pada saat itu adalah momen pemilu. Sepanjang Agustus 2018-April 2019 terkumpul laporan sebanyak 1.731 hoaks, terus meningkat pada 17 April saat gelaran pemilu berlangsung. Sebanyak 620 hoaks merupakan kategori politik, 210 hoaks merupakan kategori pemerintahan, 200 hoaks merupakan kategori kesehatan, 159 hoaks merupakan kategori fitnah, dan 113 merupakan kategori kejahatan, dan sisanya isu lainnya (detik.com).
Lalu kenapa penyebarannya sangat begitu cepat dan masif? Tak bisa kita mungkiri, bahwa perkembangan teknologi dan disrupsi di era digital melaju dengan cepat layaknya kendaraan yang melaju di jalan bebas hambatan (tol). Asumsi pengarang buku jagat digital ini akan media sosial adalah sebagai jalan raya gratis yang mana siapa pun dapat menggunakan layanan tersebut. Namun dibalik gratisnya layanan, tanpa kita sadari ada perangkap pengawasan (surveillance) dimana platform penyedia layanan dapat memasangi â€œjalan rayaâ€ tersebut dengan CCTV atau kamera-kamera pengawas. Gerak-gerik pengguna layanan dan data pribadinya terekam oleh kamera-kamera pengawas tersebut.
PENGEMBANGAN DESA WISATA CARANGSARI DAN PARTISIPASI MASYARAKAT LOKAL
Authors: Putra Dewa Putu Bagus Pujawan
Published: November 2020

Penelitian ini dilakukan dengan tujuan untuk menganalisis partisipasi masyarakat lokal dalam pengembangan Desa Wisata Carangsari di Kecamatan Petang, Kabupaten Badung. Untuk mengungkapnya digunakan analisis kualitatif dimana data diperoleh melalui observasi, wawancara, dokumentasi, studi literatur dan FGD (Focus Group Discussion) dengan pemerintah Kabupaten Badung, tokoh masyarakat Desa Wisata Carangsari, akademisi dan praktisi di bidang desa wisata. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bentuk partisipasi masyarakat adalah consultation dengan sifat semu dan pasif, masyarakat minim partisipasi dan hanya manfaat ekonomi yang diperoleh. Faktor yang mempengaruhi rendahnya partisipasi masyarakat terbagi dalam dua faktor yaitu faktor internal dan faktor eksternal. Faktor internal yakni pemahaman desa wisata, badan pengelola desa wisata, sumber daya manusia dan pemetaan produk unggulan desa. Faktor eksternal yaitu kajian desa wisata, sumber dana dan program pemberdayaan masyarakat serta pemasaran. Model partisipasi masyarakat saat ini mengarah pada top down sementara model alternatif  yang ditawarkan merangkai alur ide yang bangkit dari masyarakat bersama pemerintah dan akademisi dalam mengembangkan potensi lokal menjadi daya tarik wisata alam dan budaya yang dikelola oleh Badan Pengelola Desa Wisata dengan harapan mampu memberikan manfaat kesejahteraan ekonomi, revitalisasi budaya lokal dan konservasi lingkungan. Unsur kebaruan dalam penelitian ini adalah tidak semua desa wisata, masyarakatnya berpartisipasi sehingga perlu dilakukan evaluasi terhadap desa wisata.
Effects of spot mounding and inverting on growth of conifers, exposed mineral soil and natural birch regeneration
Authors: Laine Tiina , Kankaanhuhta Ville , Rantala Juho , Saksa Timo
Published: November 2020

In Nordic forests, consistent evidence about better seedling survival rate and increased growth due to site preparation have been obtained in numerous studies. Proper site preparation method can reduce costs of the whole regeneration chain through its effects on survival of planted seedlings, abundance of natural regeneration and competition in early stand development. This study compared the natural regeneration of birches (silver birch ( Roth) and downy birch ( Ehrh.)), amount of exposed mineral soil, and growth of planted seedlings between spot mounding and inverting site preparation methods. Present study was conducted in eight forest stands established in 2012 or 2015. Even though difference was not statistically significant, inverting exposed less mineral soil than spot mounding and thus reduced the natural regeneration of birch seedlings by 6135 seedlings ha compared to spot mounding. However, the variation between regeneration areas was remarkable. There was no difference in seedling mortality or growth between the site preparation methods. In order to achieve high growth of conifers, moderate amount of exposed mineral soil and thus less naturally regenerated birch, inverting should be favored over spot mounding.Betula pendulaB. pubescensâ1
Sustainability, creativity and innovation in project management – Model development for assessing organizational performance through projects
Authors: Szabó Lajos
Published: November 2020

Today a number of studies are published on how organizational strategy is developed and how organizations contribute to local and regional development through the realization of these strategies. There are also many articles dealing with the success of a project by identifying the criteria and the factors that influence them. This article introduces the project-oriented strategic planning process that reveals how projects contribute to local and regional development and demonstrates the relationship between this approach and the regional competitiveness model as well as the KRAFT concept. There is a lot of research that focuses on sustainability in business. These studies argue that sustainability is very important to the success of a business in the future. The Project Excellence Model that analyses project success does not contain the sustainability criteria; the GPM P5 standard consists of sustainability components related either to the organizational level. To fill this gap a Project Sustainability Excellence Model (PSEM) was developed. The model was tested by interviews with managers of Hungarian for-profit and non-profit organizations. This paper introduces the PSEM and highlights the most important elements of the empirical analysis.
Are you ready for a tender project? – Analysis of organisational project management maturity in the Austrian-Hungarian border region
Authors: Tóth-Kaszás Nikoletta , Fehérvölgyi Beáta
Published: November 2020

Are you ready for a tender project? – Analysis of organisational project management maturity in the Austrian- Hungarian border region. Since the 1990s the European Union has paid more and more attention to subsidising cross-border development. It is understandable that different funding from proposal sources is particularly important for the border area, especially to those of utmost importance that support co-operation and rural development. Therefore, they could become a driving force for development. The authors’ research analyses the organisational project management maturity of the projects implemented in the frame of the Austria-Hungary Cross-border Cooperation Programme 2007-2013 (AT-HU). Analysing this kind of organisation is an important issue, since the new call for proposals are open in 2016 and the results of this study may provide a self-evaluation opportunity to organisations that need to know if they are ready or mature enough for a new tender project. The aim of this study was twofold. First of all, those indicators that could be used to analyse the project management maturity of implementing organisations in the AT-HU programme were identified. Based on the empirical research these are the project experience accumulated by the organisation, the internal processes operating at the institution and the professional background. Secondly, factors that can affect this project management maturity were explored and we determined five influencing area: the organisational structure, culture, project managers motivation and the typical and important competences.
Régimen de trabajo y participación en los procesos de recuperación de empresas en Argentina en el nuevo siglo
Authors: Deux Marzi Maria Victoria
Published: November 2020

En este artículo describimos y analizamos procesos de recuperación de empresas desarrollados en el período 2000–2017. Transcurrida una década de las primeras recuperaciones de empresas, interesa especialmente analizar y caracterizar procesos que han logrado sostenerse con relativa estabilidad durante un período que aquí consideramos que ha traspuesto el de la estricta recuperación (etapa fundacional e incipiente recuperación). Así, centrándonos en la fase de consolidación de los procesos, nos preguntamos por las características de las formas económicas y las relaciones sociales que efectivamente se han consolidado en los procesos analizados, y por la naturaleza y los alcances de las transformaciones que en ambos (formas económicas y relaciones sociales) han tenido lugar. Todo ello, nos acerca a conocer si las nuevas configuraciones laborales constituyen una experiencia de trabajo socialmente distinta
Guest Editorial: Marketing and Public Relations
Authors: Jain P. K.
Published: November 2020

Guest Editorial
Marketing LIS Education through Departmental (DLIS) Blog: A Proposal to Build Relationship with Public and Professionals
Authors: Prasad M.R. Murali
Published: November 2020

This paper describes the need of exclusive blog for Department of Library and Information Science (DLIS) in a university to visualise the courses and their syllabi, to showcase the strength of the faculty, to disseminate the LIS research, and to create an online platform to interact with the department authorities, with embedding Web 2.0 tools into their respective blogs. Also, the paper describes the different strategies to develop and sustain a blog for DLIS in a university. Over all this concept of a blog is to create an interactive platform to publicise the LIS education and research to the existing and prospective LIS professionals in the world and particularly in India.
Marketing of LIS Products and Services in Select Economics Libraries in Delhi
Authors: Bhatt R. K. , Kumar Amit , Yusuf Md.
Published: November 2020

This paper deals with marketing of Library and Information Sciences products and services of the select economics libraries in Delhi. Marketing, nowadays, is becoming imperative to be applied as it helps a lot to not only overcome the problem of underutilisation of library resources but also help in organisation and management of libraries in much more efficient and effective manner. The paper is a research effort which is being conducted to critically assess the application of marketing philosophy, techniques, and methods adopted by the libraries under study.DOI: 10.14429/djlit.36.3.9794
Social Media and Library Marketing: Experiences of KN Raj Library
Authors: Sriram V.
Published: November 2020

Marketing is essential for attracting potential customers and retaining existing customers. Libraries and information centres are also increasingly entering into the foray of library marketing and public relations using all available means. The various Web 2.0 and social media tools are very convenient for the libraries to market their resources and services. The paper explains various popular social media tools and argues for their extensive use in libraries for marketing and publicity. How these social media tools can be effectively put to use in libraries for marketing its resources and services are explained by illustrating services in the KN Raj Library of Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram.DOI: 10.14429/djlit.36.3.9810
Marketing of Library Resources, Services and Products: A Case Study of IIT Delhi
Authors: Khanchandani Vanita , Hasan Nabi
Published: November 2020

Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi is one of the premier institutes of India and was established in 1961. To cater the research and the teaching needs of the institute, Central Library, IIT Delhi is providing different resources, services and products to the faculty and the students. To maximise the usage and for increasing the importance, libraries in the present era around the world are adopting the different marketing strategies. Marketing besides providing sustainability, also helps in realising the goals of libraries.This paper provides a comprehensive overview on different marketing strategies adopted by libraries with special reference to Central Library, IIT Delhi for reaching to its users and to increase the outreach. The paper is intended to help professionals and the library users in knowing the various resources, services and products provided by the Central Library, IIT Delhi as a model to be explored and followed by other libraries and their administrators.DOI: 10.14429/djlit.36.3.9813
Citation Analysis of Academic Publications to Identify Subscribed Journals Usage: A Case Study
Authors: A. Jessy , Rao Mahabaleshwara , Bhat Shivananda
Published: November 2020

The multiplicity of journals, financial constraints and the ever increasing needs of the user community necessitated the libraries to develop need based information resources. Journals are key to scholarly communication and study of the utilisation of subscribed electronic journals (e-journals) is important for libraries. A case study of usage of the subscribed e-journals in the KMC Health Sciences Library of Manipal University (MU), Manipal was conducted through citation analysis from the year 2010 to 2014. The study was performed with the objectives to determine-citations of subscribed e-journals made in academic publications of five health sciences institutions of MU, Manipal; annual growth rate of the publications and the citations; and frequently cited journals and those selected for publishing their documents. The Scopus citation database was used to retrieve all documents published from the five health science institutions using affiliation search, and from their reference list, the number of citations to the subscribed e-journals of the library were manually recorded. The study identified subscribed e-journals that were cited in published documents, cited frequently, and were selected for publishing the documents. The outcome showed that citation analysis is a practical and reliable method to provide usage information of the subscribed e-journals library.
Web Content and Design Trends of Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) Libraries Website: An Analysis
Authors: Verma Manoj Kumar , Devi Ksh Krishna
Published: November 2020

Website plays an important role in every institution and every organization. Websites are the gateway to an institution through online. Libraries website/web pages help the users to get all the information online related to the facilities and services provided by their respective libraries of an institution. IIM are the pioneer management institutions and the libraries website/web page are to be maintained properly and the information should be easily accessible by the user without any hindrance. The study is based on the information available in the library webpage of the concerned universities. A checklist was designed and the library web pages were evaluated based on the previous evaluations of websites conducted by different authors.
Needs analysis for the design of a professional English curriculum: insights from a French lifelong learning context
Authors: Zoghlami Naouel
Published: November 2020

In Chapter 2, Naouel Zoghlami draws on needs analysis as a fundamental approach to inform the design of a professional English curriculum at the Cnam, a unique French research institution of higher education dedicated to lifelong learning. While needs analysis is still not widely used in the development of English for specific purposes programs in French higher education contexts, this study attempts to fill this gap by revealing the kinds of tasks adult professional learners studying at the Cnam say they need to perform in English at work. One of the strengths of this study thus lies in relying on data provided by domain insiders rather than assumptions held by the researcher-teacher about what adults need to learn to inform a professional English curriculum. Study data provide the information needed to improve the existing syllabus and the basis on which to build relevant pedagogical tasks.
The influence of interactive and static infographics on the academic achievement of reflective and impulsive students
Authors: Ismaeel Dina , Al Mulhim Ensaf
Published: November 2020

This article examines the influence of static/interactive infographics on reflective/impulsive students’ academic achievement. The study sample consisted of 80 undergraduate students who were divided into two groups according to their cognitive style (reflective/impulsive). Each group was further divided into two sub-groups based on the type of infographics (static/interactive) to be evaluated. The findings showed that interactive infographics are more effective than static infographics in improving academic achievement. Reflective students outperformed impulsive students in terms of academic achievement, and there was a significant interaction between interactive infographics and reflective students. This study may serve as a guide for educators and designers of learning resources in selecting the most appropriate forms of technology conforming to students’ varying cognitive styles.

Implications for practice or policy:

The designers of e-learning environments must focus on the cognitive style of each learner. The design of those environments must take into account the diversity of information presentation methods to meet the various cognitive styles.

Students' academic achievement can be improved by the use of interactive infographics due to their richness in material, multimedia approach, and interactivity that stimulate and communicate with learners’ senses and positively affect their acquisition of information.
The place of the family of origin in romantic relationships of adults with intellectual disabilities.
Authors: Żyta Agnieszka
Published: November 2020

The family in the lives of people with intellectual disabilities is not only their closest and most essential social group, but often also their basic or even the only source of support in everyday life from childhood to the late old age. In a situation of adults with intellectual disabilities who start a new romantic relationship (of a formal or informal nature), the family of origin may play different roles and occupy different places in their everyday lives. The research using the phenomenographic method of qualitative research on experiences related to being in long-lasting romantic relationships conducted with adults with intellectual disabilities allowed the author to show the place of family members (parents, siblings, extended family) in their everyday lives and in their relationships with partners.
Teachers’ aggressive and violent behaviours towards students with mild intellectual disabilities in three forms of education
Authors: Buchnat Marzena
Published: November 2020

Aggression and violence has become a regular part of school reality. The ongoing legal changes in the education system have provided children with mild intellectual disabilities the opportunity to study in three forms of education: mainstream schools, integration classes and special schools. Unfortunately, the results of many studies have revealed that students with disabilities are more likely to be subject to peer victimization, particularly in various forms of inclusive education. In view of such facts, the question arises whether, and if so, how and with what frequency students with mild intellectual disabilities in various forms of education experience aggression and violence perpetrated by teachers. This seems particularly important because of the role that teachers play in building a sense of security in students, especially those with mild intellectual disabilities. The results of the study revealed a much higher level of aggression and violence experienced by students with mild intellectual disabilities perpetrated by teachers working in mainstream schools compared to those working in special schools. This fact raises great reservations regarding the teachers’ attitude towards students with mild intellectual disabilities and the level of their preparation for effective work with such students.
The situation of children in the spaces of selected metropolitan courtyards in the context of Pierre Bourdieu’s concept of reproducing cultural capital
Authors: Janik Agnieszka
Published: November 2020

The article addresses the subject of social and cultural inequalities in relation to the situation of children in degraded spaces of selected courtyards in one of the smallest housing estates in Wrocław, Poland, Przedmieście Oławskie. The aim of the research was to diagnose and describe the specific situation of these children and to analyse it in the context of Pierre Bourdieu’s concept of reproducing cultural capital. The first part presents theoretical threads relevant for further interpretations and covers the concepts of marginalisation and reproduction of cultural capital as perceived in P. Bourdieu`s theories. The second part discusses the methodology of qualitative research, embedded in an interpretive paradigm and based on: ethnographicresearch strategy, the approach to research with children and the mosaic approach. The third part presents the results of research showing the specificity of the physical and socio-cultural environment of the studied courtyards. On the one hand, the dimensions of its marginalisation and the processes proving the reproduction of poor cultural capital were indicated; on the other hand, examples of artistic interventions in this type of marginalised environment were presented as exemplifications of breaking the mechanisms of cultural reproduction.
Learning and Experiencing Intra-active Public Pedagogies in Melbourne’s Laneways: Becoming Part of the Palimpsest
Authors: Cooper Jayson , Sandlin Jennifer
Published: November 2020

Through an analysis of street art in Melbourne, Australia, we re-think pedagogies in the interest of publicness as being activist, experimental, and demonstrative, showing how these aspects can be problematised through a new materialist lens. In doing so, we begin to flesh out what we are calling a pedagogy of intra-action. We first briefly define street art, discussing how it has been presented as a democratising practice much in the spirit of Gert Biesta’s ‘pedagogy in the interest of publicness’. We then provide a brief historical overview of street art in Melbourne as well as present some current issues surrounding it. Finally, we consider the phenomenon of street art with new materialist theories, using Karen Barad’s idea of intra-action to re-think Biesta’s ideas about how pedagogies in the interest of publicness are activist, experimental, and demonstrative. In this paper, we seek to further understand Gert Biesta’s pedagogy in the interest of publicness.
Implantation of an S-ICD in a Patient with a DDD Pacemaker and Congenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great Arteries
Authors: Zhang Yu , Dai Wen-Long , Lin Can-Can , Li Qiao-Yuan , Guo Cheng-Jun
Published: November 2020

Subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (S-ICD) therapy has become a viable alternative to conventional transvenous ICD implantation. Patients with congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries (ccTGA) have a high risk of sudden cardiac death due to malignant arrhythmia. The interaction between the S-ICD system and the transvenous pacemaker system is not fully understood. We report a case of S-ICD implantation in a patient with ccTGA and a DDD pacemaker. The patient was a 30-year-old man with a previously placed pacemaker with diagnoses of congenital heart disease, ccTGA (SLL), left atrioventricular valve insufficiency, and third-degree atrioventricular block. He presented with an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, and an S-ICD was implanted to prevent sudden cardiac death. Defibrillation checks were performed successfully. We tested the compatibility of the DDD pacemaker with the S-ICD and found that there was no interference between them. In conclusion, an S-ICD system is a reasonable and safe option in patients with ccTGA.
Temporal Expectation Hastens Decision Onset But Does Not Affect Evidence Quality
Authors: van den Brink Ruud L. , Murphy Peter R. , Desender Kobe , de Ru Nicole , Nieuwenhuis Sander
Published: November 2020

The ability to predict the timing of forthcoming events, known as temporal expectation, has a strong impact on human information processing. Although there is growing consensus that temporal expectations enhance the speed and accuracy of perceptual decisions, it remains unclear whether they affect the decision process itself, or non-decisional (sensory/motor) processes. Here, healthy human participants (N= 21; 18 female) used predictive auditory cues to anticipate the timing of low-contrast visual stimuli they were required to detect. Modeling of the behavioral data using a prominent sequential sampling model indicated that temporal expectations speeded up non-decisional processes but had no effect on decision formation. Electrophysiological recordings confirmed and extended this result: temporal expectations hastened the onset of a neural signature of decision formation but had no effect on its build-up rate. Anticipatory α band power was modulated by temporal expectation and co-varied with intrinsic trial-by-trial variability in behavioral and neural signatures of the onset latency of the decision process. These findings highlight how temporal predictions optimize our interaction with unfolding sensory events.

SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENTTemporal expectation enhances performance, but the locus of this effect remains debated. Here, we contrasted the two dominant accounts: enhancement through (1) expedited decision onset, or (2) an increase in the quality of sensory evidence. We manipulated expectations about the onset of a dim visual target using a temporal cueing paradigm, and probed the locus of the expectation effect with two complementary approaches: drift diffusion modeling (DDM) of behavior, and estimation of the onset and progression of the decision process from a supramodal accumulation-to-bound signal in simultaneously measured EEG signals. Behavioral modeling and neural data provided strong, converging evidence for an account in which temporal expectations enhance perception by speeding up decision onset, without affecting evidence quality.
Meiosis interrupted: the genetics of female infertility via meiotic failure
Authors: Biswas Leelabati , Tyc Katarzyna , El Yakoubi Warif , Morgan Katie , Xing Jinchuan , Schindler Karen
Published: November 2020

Idiopathic or ‘unexplained’ infertility represents as many as 30% of infertility cases worldwide. Conception, implantation, and term delivery of developmentally healthy infants require chromosomally normal (euploid) eggs and sperm. The crux of euploid egg production is error-free meiosis. Pathologic genetic variants dysregulate meiotic processes that occur during prophase I, meiotic resumption, chromosome segregation, and in cell cycle regulation. This dysregulation can result in chromosomally abnormal (aneuploid) eggs. In turn, egg aneuploidy leads to a broad range of clinical infertility phenotypes, including primary ovarian insufficiency and early menopause, egg fertilization failure and embryonic developmental arrest, or recurrent pregnancy loss. Therefore, maternal genetic variants are emerging as infertility biomarkers, which could allow informed reproductive decision-making. Here, we select and deeply examine human genetic variants that likely cause dysregulation of critical meiotic processes in 14 female infertility-associated genes: SYCP3, SYCE1, TRIP13, PSMC3IP, DMC1, MCM8, MCM9, STAG3, PATL2, TUBB8, CEP120, AURKB, AURKC, andWEE2. We discuss the function of each gene in meiosis, explore genotype-phenotype relationships, and delineate the frequencies of infertility-associated variants.
Sinergistinis citotoksinis salinomicino ir dichloroacetato poveikis vėžinėms ląstelėms in vitro ir in vivo
Authors:   , Skeberdytė Aistė
Published: November 2020

Salinomycin and dichloroacetate synergistically inhibit cancer cells in vitro and in vivo
C. Menger’s theory of the value of money
Authors:   Belarusian National Technical University (Minsk, Republic of Belarus), Kavaliou Aliaksandr
Published: November 2020

The aim of the article is a complex presentation of C. Menger’s theory of the value of money. The main method was the content analysis of his little-known articles devoted both to monetary theory and to practical issues of monetary reform in Austria-Hungary. In accordance with existing classifications, Menger’s theory of money may be defined as evolutionary according to the criteria of origin, functional according to the criteria of the nature of value, and psychological according to the criteria of factors of value change. It has been demonstrated that Menger’s initial view of the source of the value of money in line with the substantial approach can be explained by combining it with an evolutionary approach to the origin of money and opposition to nominalism based on a rationalistic approach. Later, in the works of the 1890s, there is a shift towards functional approach, due, among other things, to the emergence of new economic phenomena. Menger’s denial of the mechanistic version of the quantitative theory of money as inconsistent with the basic assumptions of the analysis is shown. Determining the essence of money by its position in the national economy, formed by the subjective actions of people, creates the basis for a psychological explanation of the change in the value of money. The article analyzes the concepts of the inner and outer value of money introduced by Menger into science and the reasons for refusing to consider the idea of a constant outer value. Maintaining a stable inner value of money by regulating its quantity in circulation requires careful analytical and statistical efforts, and Menger warns against arbitrary active government intervention in the sphere of money circulation. Research prospects are seen in the planes of analyzing the influence of the approaches to the theory of money laid down by Menger on the subsequent theories of various schools and the phenomenon of the seeming duality of Menger’s approach as a factor of the bifurcation of the Austrian economic school.
COVID-19 seroprevalence study of an Indian Diagnostic Laboratory - Report on gender and age analysis
Authors: Kallathiyan Kallathikumar , Velumani Amruta , Iyer Sandhya , Sivapandi Krishnakumar , Velumani Anand
Published: November 2020

In COVID-19 the extent of the impact on exposure, symptoms, recovery remains minimally explored as the spectrum is challenging to study across geographies. The aim of our study report was to explore seroprevalence in a pan-India cohort of Asian Indians across different age groups. Covid-19 antibodies were tested from a total of 1,36,210 Asian Indians inclusive of 97,124 males and 39,086 females, respectively. Testing for covid-19 antibodies was done by electrochemiluminescence immunoassay (ECLIA) and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Analysis for seroprevalence found the frequency to be 19%. The percent positives were higher among females at 21%, compared to males at 19%, and the difference was found to be statistically significant at p < 0.0001. Further, age group-wise analysis found seroprevalence between age groups of 21 - 80 years to be significant at p < 0.0001. Our study found higher seroprevalence among females, which is in line with many small cohort studies published online.
Formation of Historical Ukrainian Studies at the Oles Honchar Dnipro National University during the 1918 and early 1930's
Authors: Svіtlenko Serhii
Published: November 2020

The article shows that the period from 1918 to the beginning of the 1930's was characterized by considerable efforts in the cause of the birth and advancement of historical Ukrainian studies at the Katerynoslav University, and later in the Katerynoslav (Dnipropetrovsk) Institute of Public Education (DIPE), as the first institutional forms of the Oles Нonchar Dnipro National University. It was emphasized that the central figure of that period was Academician D. I. Yavornytsky, who laid the foundations for a Ukrainian school of science, and rallied around him a number of professors, like-minded professors, post-graduate students and students. The activity of the People's Academician in the field of historical Ukrainian studies was closely linked with other areas of Ukrainian studies and contributed to the development of Ukrainian historical memory, consciousness and culture. The rise of authoritarianism, and then totalitarianism in the policies of the ruling Soviet-communist regime, led to the curtailment of Ukrainization, the intensification of ideological and political harassment and repressions against a number of professors, young scholars, postgraduates and students. Disclosed as having lost the opportunity to conduct scientific and pedagogical work at the DIPE, D. I. Yavornytsky did not stop creative contacts with staff and graduate students of the institution, using up to the early 1930's various forms of cooperation within the framework of the Dnipropetrovsk Research Department of Ukrainian Studies at the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences (UAS), the Dnipropetrovsk regional historical-archaeological museum, the Dnipropetrovsk Scientific Society under the UAS and the DniproGES archaeological expedition. It was emphasized that after 1933 the further progress of the Dnipropetrovsk scientific school of Ukrainian studies and its important direction - historical Ukrainian studies - was interrupted under the conditions of the Stalinist totalitarian regime.
Military-political Interaction of the Ukrainian Population of the Zaporozhian Cossacks’ Territory with other Ethnic Groups in the middle of the 17th and 18th centuries
Authors: Repan Oleh
Published: November 2020

This study focuses on ethnicity as a factor in military-political events that took place in the middle of the 17th and 18th centuries in the territory controlled by Zaporozhian Cossacks. Zaporozhiane Cossacks were formed on a Ukrainian ethnic basis, but the territory controlled by them was part of various state formations. Also, on the territory of the Zaporozhian Cossacks regular wars took place, and they regularly participated in military campaigns beyond their lands. All this led to active contacts in the military-political sphere with representatives of various ethnic groups – Poles, Tatars, Russians, etc. An important role in these contacts was played by the emergence of fortifications that central governments (Polish and Russian) viewed as an instrument for control over cossacks, as well as a possible means for the appearance on the Zaporozhye territories of enclaves that were not subordinate to the Sich authorities. The reaction of the Cossack community, as in the case of the Polish initiative with Kodak, and Russian with the Bohorodytska fortress, was unequivocal – it was a discontent that could have resulted in the military actions against the fortresses or was inside the Zaporozhye community, pushing it to search for allies capable of helping to get rid of fortifications. The reaction to the functioning of the fortifications in the time of the New Sich is somewhat different – despite the apparent preservation of the conflict in relations with the Russian garrisons and their commanders, the Sich no longer has the capacity for military solving of the problem. The Tatar factor is extremely interesting. The wars against the Tartars actualize the presence of Polish or Russian troops as allies, while at the same time confronting the central governments, the Cossacks regularly seek help from the Tatars, without indicating any ethnic bias. Similarly, this ethnic bias is absent in relation to the Poles or Russians, who, depending on the military-political situation, act as both allies and opponents. Thus, in my opinion one should speak about the secondary nature of the ethnic factor in military-political events. At the same time, we need to study of the interaction of the Ukrainian population of the region with other ethical groups on a daily basis, which will allow better understanding of non politically-determined, and personal attitudes towards representatives of other ethnic groups.
Displays of Socio-Cultural Priorities of the Lower Dnipro Ship-owners in the NaDisplays of Socio-Cultural Priorities of the Lower Dnipro Ship-owners in the Names of Coastal Sailors: the first quarter of the 20th centurymes of Coastal Sailors: the first quarter of the 20th century
Authors: Konyk Olexander
Published: November 2020

The report considers the informational possibilities of the documents of the Kherson State Archives for the knowledge of socio-cultural priorities and the real mechanisms of formation of social and national consciousness in the socio-professional group of the Lower Dnipro owners of coasting vessels. The study of the source base gives grounds to assert that the modern funds of the state institutions of the Russian Empire in the Kherson State Archives are only the remnants of the former departmental archives, and the most complete funds presenting the problems in the specified chronological framework, that is, the names of coastal merchant ships of the basin of the Lower Dnipro in the early twentieth century are the funds of Kherson port customs. If we are talking about the most ancient documents found on the subject today, then they are related to the end of the 18th century. Mostly they record the names of military frigates and large merchant ships that entered Kherson port and also have Greek and Turkish names. This allows for interesting parallels in the continuity of the tradition of names, in particular biblical and sacred history. In the main part of the message, the identified names are grouped and analyzed. The hierarchy of priority of ship-owners in the choice of names was as follows: in the first place are the names of their own, followed by the names that personify the biblical and evangelical heroes, saints (the absolute priority of St. Mychola), the fathers of the church, and others. Further in descending order are geographical names, social definitions and family relationships, qualitative definitions, general concepts, natural phenomena, names of historical figures and famous people, historical terms that denoted social division or specific occupations, Soviet and communist names, astronomical names or phenomena, names from the world of birds, names from mythology, fairy tales and Legend, ancient Ukrainian social concepts, ethnonyms, names of authors and literary heroes, names from natural history, exotic names rarely used in the region, names and titles of members of the Russian Imperial House, names from the world of fish, water creatures, names from vegetation and animal world and from the world of insects. The conclusion is that the statistics given in the text show the wide range of preferences of ship-owners, mostly conservative and often romantic and the ones that reflected real social and spatial self-determination, national, and in the Soviet times, more and more political priorities. The potential of the materials used in the study of the problem is far from being exhausted, so the topic remains promising for further research.