bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Profile of the participants in a STEAM lecturer-training program based on competencies. Lessons for the future
Authors: Pérez Poch Antoni , Alcober Segura Jesús Ángel , Alier Forment Marc , Llorens García Ariadna , López Álvarez David
Published: January 2023

This paper presents the results of a research study on the profile of the participants in a postgraduate lecturer training program (15 ECTS) based on competencies in a STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) University. The study research questions are: (1) "In which competences do the participants perceive a personal improvement during the programme?", and (2) "Can we identify a profile of the candidates most suited to take better advantage of the training?" . The study includes current participants and students who have completed the program in the last 5 years. A mixed research methodology was used including both quantitative and qualitative analysis. Data from the program alumni and current candidates have been quantitatively analysed to identify common personal and background features among them. Structured interviews and focus groups have been conducted to find out how their initial expectations matched with their perception of what was offered in the program. The qualitative interviews include a discussion about their experiences along the programme and their ambitions for their further professional development, and put in context with their specific background. This research has important implications for the future, such as the need for increased training in digital skills. The majority of the teachers surveyed have a positive impression of the training and are in the middle of their careers. However, because of the pressure to satisfy other Academia requirements, many potential applicants in their early career stages do not complete or even contemplate participating in the program.
A Data Integrity and Security Approach for Health Care Data in Cloud Environment
Authors: Sonya A.
Published: January 2023

Healthcare digitalization has turned out to be a significant paradigm in the advancement of medical sector. Resultant, there is production of huge volume of patient’s digital information. Moreover, storing and safeguarding such information tends to become a critical point of concern. The cloud technology assures to be an effective mechanism towards handling and distributing healthcare information by attending the concerns pertaining to data integrity, security and privacy. The significant benefits and accessibility offered by the cloud technology has immensely raised the storage of healthcare information. It’s highly important that the sensitive healthcare data residing in the cloud is completely secured amidst the healthcare providers and the cloud server. There has been a rising concern associated with secured data access within the cloud environment. That is, the cloud framework must assure a robust authentication control mechanism which allows the healthcare users to confidently share medical information across it. Towards accomplishing the same, a secured and light weight data access management system has been recommended that promises data Integrity and Security. Moreover, the proposed system offers the feature of authority control authorization and authentication mechanism for safeguarding the health-related data residing and circulating within the cloud. A CIAM (Customer identity and access management) helps in secured Data Access Control and OAuth 2.0 aids in providing right privilege with authorisation. Also, by the means of Progressive Attribute Based Encryption approach, sensitive medical information can be encrypted from the cloud storage in a secure manner. The proposed light weight framework yields in efficient, reliable and stable output within the cloud.
GENDER EQUALITY IN SPAIN AND PORTUGAL 2006-2022; ECONOMY AND COMPETITIVENESS
Authors: Rivera-Mata Juan
Published: January 2023

Economic gender differences persist. Patriarchy theory assumes political power for women will bring economic equality. We evaluated Global Gender Gap for Spain and Portugal (2006-2022). We found women Ministers or in Parliament do not correlate with economic equality, women participation in workforce, same salary for men and women nor same income. Patriarchy theory does not seem useful to reduce gender economic inequality. We found no significant differences between PSOE and PP Governments nor positive correlation of economic equality with country GDP nor competitiveness. We recommend measuring power, not parity, fiscal redistribution policies and promoting providing-caring social role gender interchange.
Las singularidades chinas en Deng Xiaoping
Authors: Rios Paredes Xulio
Published: January 2023

El líder chino Deng Xiaoping (1904-1997) resumió su propuesta ideológica en el concepto “socialismo con peculiaridades chinas”. Su vertebración teórica y posterior canonización se consuma tras la muerte de Mao Zedong (1976) referenciándose en la IIIª Sesión Plenaria del XI Comité Central del Partido Comunista de China (PCCh) (1978) un momento decisivo de su impulso, inicialmente reflejado en torno al cambio de la estructura económica. La “reforma y apertura” auspiciadas por el PCCh bajo el liderazgo de Deng establecieron un nuevo comienzo en el proceso de modernización de China tras la errática trayectoria experimentada durante el maoísmo.
Perspectives of Learning and Training Practitioners on Gamification
Authors: Tanner Amanda , Preiksaitis Michelle K.
Published: January 2023

United States’ information technology (IT) training professionals provided perspectives regarding the gamification of employee training to address turnover and reskilling needs. Participants (N = 9) aged 23 or above, with 5 years of training experience, provided their perceptions about gamified training during semi-structured interviews. A generic qualitative inquiry data analysis technique led to five themes: gamification is for onboarding and skills development and meets a variety of training needs; going beyond characteristics and elements of the game motivates employees; keeping the training end goal in mind is vital; gamification reduces time and resources by creating auto-nudges which track and remind employees to complete training; and, gamification assists with team building and collaboration, career development, and employee retention. Gamification can provide varied training, including compliance, onboarding, technical, and career training. Gamification training costs could be offset by reduced employee travel or location costs of live training.
The Advantages and Disadvantages of Tactical Bluff in the Investigation against Criminal Organisations in Hungary
Authors: Nyitrai Endre
Published: January 2023

I have conducted several consultations and interviews with police officers (investigators, detectives, inspectors) pursuing criminal procedures, also with prosecutors, judges and attorneys (hereinafter: criminalists) on what they mean by tactical bluff. I understood, that some criminalists do not differentiate between colloquial bluff and tactical bluff, that can be the source of several mistakes.
The Ideological Conflict on Migration
Authors: Bottyan Zsolt
Published: January 2023

In the present paper I will analyze the conflicting ideologies regarding immigration in Europe. I tried to define the contemporary historical context surrounding the issue of migration underlying the ideological rift between Western and Central-Eastern Europe. I analyzed the political, economic and cultural factors behind the ideological differences.
Interpersonal Communication and European Representations in Romanian Society
Authors: Dărăbăneanu Dragoș
Published: January 2023

This study is about specific features of interpersonal communication from the point of view of the determining effects that they have on intercultural communication in Romania. This fact is seen as a social phenomenon with a determining role in forming and sustaining global societies. The general conclusion of the article refers to the possibility of monitoring and knowing the aspects related to the phenomenon of communication between people, in the context of European Union. This data is necessary in order to implement strategies connected to intercultural education in the social space of the Union. We use the database of Eurobarometer 89.1 (2018) from GESIS Data Catalogue, for making a database about Romanians perspectives and attitudes regard the European union society. We want to understand what European union means for Romanians and we conclude these meanings like arguments for integration. We want to show how is build the European identity in order of the possibilities of adapt intercultural education to Romanian society.
EU Council Decision-Making: a Discussion on the Late Weighted Votes Criterion
Authors: Ion Oana-Andreea
Published: January 2023

In the wider extended academic concern regarding the decision-making system that the EU is and should be using, a voting frame rediscussed in the Brexit context and whose modification proposals are usually widely debated, this paper focuses on a peculiar aspect of the intra-institutional decision-making process, i.e. on what was known as the weighted votes component of the qualified majority voting used in the EU Council. What was the logic of establishing this system, how did it develop and why the member states decided to abandon it? These are the main questions to whom the article will answer, with the aim to indicate that the current modified Lisbon system, despite its alleged improvements in terms of legitimacy, transparency and adaptability to enlargement waves, offered a new QMV definition that is still locked in the blocking minorities safety nets of the EU power politics game.
Complicated Relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan in the Context of Relations with the EU
Authors: Gorerainov Victoria , Brie Mircea
Published: January 2023

Geographically and geopolitically, Armenia and Azerbaijan are located in the South Caucasus region or the Transcaucasia region, as it is often called. The geopolitical situation in this region is very dynamic, characterized by politico-military tensions and the clash of interstate and international interests. The South Caucasus region and the Black Sea and Caspian subregion are of major importance, given the transit of energy resources from the Caspian Basin and Central Asia. Armenian-Azerbaijani relations constitute the main problematic direction in the foreign policy of both Armenia and Azerbaijan. From a legal point of view, these relations are practically absent, as both neighbouring states are neither at peace nor at war, there are no diplomatic, trade and economic relations between them. Nagorno-Karabakh is a dispute over the province’s status as a major source of tension between the governments of Armenia and Azerbaijan and the leadership of the self-proclaimed republic of Nagorno-Karabakh, in the mediation of which other international actors got involved, such as OSCE, the Minsk group consisting of France, the Russian Federation and the USA. In conclusion, it should be noted that the border of the Nagorno-Karabakh region, about 100 kilometers, is one of the most dangerous militarized areas in the vicinity of Europe.
Peradaban Islam di Indonesia
Authors: Pane Ismail
Published: January 2023

Islam in Indonesia as a religion with the most adherents has its own uniqueness in the history of its development. Indonesian Islam is propagated, taught and adhered to peacefully and without coercion. There are several theories about the history of the arrival of Islam in Indonesia.The diversity of theories is caused by the phenomenon of complexity, namely Islam does not originate from one place/country, nor is it brought by one group of people and not all at once Islam was developed by Ulama through three channels namely; cultural (da'wah, education, art, culture, and marriage), structural (politics and power), economy (trade routes). In other words, the process of Islamization in Indonesia is influenced by political power and the spirit of preaching.
Aum Shinrikyo and religious terrorism in Japanese collective memory
Authors: Ushiyama Rin
Published: January 2023

Aum Shinrikyō's sarin attack on the Tokyo subway in March 1995 left an indelible mark on Japanese society. This book is the first comprehensive study of the competing memories of Aum Shinrikyō's religious terrorism. Developing a sociological framework for how uneven distributions of power and resources shape commemorative processes, this book explores how the Aum Affair developed as a ‘cultural trauma’ in Japanese collective memory following the Tokyo attack. The book shows how numerous stakeholders, including the state, the mass media, public intellectuals, victims, and perpetrators offered competing narratives about the causes and consequences of Aum's violence. Combining multiple methods including media content analysis, participant observation, and original interviews with victims and ex-members, this book reveals various flashpoints of contention such as the state regulation of religion, ‘brainwashing’ and ‘mind control’ controversies, and the morality of capital punishment. It shows that although cultural trauma construction requires the use of moral binaries such as ‘good vs. evil’ and ‘sacred vs. profane’, the entrenchment of such binary codes in commemorative processes can ultimately hinder social repair and reconciliation.
Desarrollo de políticas públicas educativas en la salud mental de escolares en américa latina: una revisión sistemática
Authors: Chavarria Vargas Sonia Ruth
Published: January 2023

En América Latina la situación y atención de la salud mental entre los estudiantes de nivel escolar ha representado una de las mayores problemáticas en el desarrollo del sistema educativo y la eficiencia de políticas públicas del sector. La propagación de la COVID-19 derivó en el surgimiento de nuevas problemáticas, particularmente en el contexto escolar, debido a la necesidad de la aplicación de la modalidad remota y las dificultades que estas medidas conllevan en un escenario de profundas brechas socioeconómicas que dificultan el acceso a la conectividad. Por ello, el presente estudio tuvo como objetivo analizar la producción académica relacionada al desarrollo de políticas educativas con enfoque en salud mental en la región, para lo que se elaboró una revisión sistemática de artículos científicos publicados entre 2014 y 2022. Dicha revisión fue desarrollada a partir de la metodología PRISMA y la aplicación de criterios de elegibilidad en la búsqueda de producciones científicas sobre la temática en seis plataformas de indexación. Pudo observarse que las producciones presentaron un claro incremento entre 2020 y 2021 desde la psicología, y que la problemática viene siendo atendida con relevancia, principalmente, en Chile. Del mismo modo, muestran tres formas de abordaje sobre la salud mental, desde la intervención, evaluación del estado y evaluación de políticas educativas.
El clima organizacional y su relación con el desempeño laboral de trabajadores de una empresa transportista
Authors: Cossio Hernández Francisca Marieta
Published: January 2023

La presente investigación tuvo como objetivo determinar la relación entre el clima organizacional y el desempeño laboral de trabajadores de la empresa de transporte Expreso Internacional Palomino SAC durante el año 2018. Este estudio fue cuantitativo, de tipo descriptivo-correlacional y de corte transversal. La recolección de datos se hizo mediante el uso de técnicas e instrumentos como las entrevistas y encuestas, las cuales fueron realizadas a 111 trabajadores tomados de una población de156, donde se ejecutaron preguntas relacionadas con el desempeño laboral y el clima organizacional. También es necesario precisar que el desempeño laboral estuvo constituido por cuatro dimensiones: condiciones personales, características del trabajo, relaciones interpersonales y políticas personales; mientras que el clima organizacional, por tres: cultura organizacional, diseño organizacional y potencial humano. Ambas variables fueron medidas con la escala de Likert y los instrumentos utilizados fueron el de Rocca y el cuestionario del MINSA. Los resultados obtenidos explican que un 100% está en desacuerdo con el clima organizacional; y respecto a la variable desempeño laboral un 97% se encuentra en desacuerdo. Asimismo, mediante la técnica de correlación Spearman se demostró que existe una relación positiva entre el clima organizacional y el desempeño laboral (Rho=0.210); sin embargo, se encontró que este último no tiene relación con las dimensiones diseño organizacional (Rho=0.021) y potencial humano (Rho=0.111). Finalmente, se concluye que el clima organizacional se relaciona significativamente con el desempeño laboral; es decir, un incremento en el clima laboral de la empresa de transportes contribuye a un mejor desempeño.
Totalitarianism, crowd psychology and collective responsibility
Authors: Drakić Dragiša
Published: January 2023

In this article, the author examines related topics: totalitarianism, crowd psychology and collective responsibility. The subject matter of the paper is specified in the introduction. Then, the phenomenon of totalitarianism is defined and the possible reasons for its universal nature and longevity are listed. The second segment of the article is devoted to an analysis of mass psychology, as an inevitable companion of totalitarianism. This analysis serves to comprehensively examine the question of responsibility, which makes up the third and central segment of the article. The issue of collective responsibility in the context of crimes committed in the name of totalitarian regimes is stressed and paid particular attention to. This issue is developed gradually and conclusions are drawn, which finalizes this research into a comprehensive whole.
Responsible water management: International and national legal and strategic frameworks
Authors: Dokmanović Mirjana
Published: January 2023

The subject of this paper is the international legal and political framework of the right to water and relevant regulations in the Republic of Serbia, and the focus is on the state's responsibility for water management in accordance with the realization of the common good. The starting point of the paper is the position that access to water is a human right and that water can be managed only by the state and exclusively in the general interest. The first part of the paper discusses the risks of marketization, privatization and commodification of water for the realization of the right to water and the protection of this vital natural and strategic resource. The second part summarizes the activities of the United Nations related to the recognition of the right to water as a basic human right and the obligations of states in this sense. The third part analyses the normative and strategic framework of the Republic of Serbia in this area from the perspective of the right to water and responsible state management. Deficiencies in terms of the compliance with international human rights standards and the risks that the current regulation can produce for the population, water resources and the state are pointed out. No effective instruments have been envisaged for the protection of water from pollution, nor against commodification and marketization, while the privatization of water and public companies in this area threatens the sovereignty of the state over its natural resources. The goal of the paper is to point out the importance of establishing national regulations that will ensure sovereign and responsible management of water resources and protection of the right to water.
Education as the way to "A Woman's Liberation": One of Ursula Le Guin's four ways to forgiveness
Authors: Vučković Mirjana
Published: January 2023

In this paper we discussed Ursula Le Guin's story "A Woman's Liberation. In this science fiction story the author chronicles a slave society on a far-away planet in distant future. She describes the relationships between slaves and owners but also the position of women in such an unjust society in which female slaves are inferior to everyone, including male slaves. Since the aim of science fiction is to make us think about our present, the author draws parallels between this fictional slave society from the future and slavery on our planet from not so distant past. Le Guin deals with the ways one social class percieves the other and how their perceptions are similar to ours, as well as with the position of a woman in such a cruel society. The story ends with a union between two main characters, and the author concludes that the personal relationship between two people is at the core of change in the world around us. She teaches us that, in order to improve the society we live in, we should change the way we look at things, and the best way to achieve this is through learning, through education.
Treading in fear: The struggle for women's rights: E. M. Forster's heroine Caroline abbot in pursuit of freedom
Authors: Stojov Mirjana , Anđelić-Nikolendžić Vesna
Published: January 2023

Gender issues have been a topic in written literature since ancient times. In the past, writers and philosophers questioned and often denigrated the role of women in society. Christianity brought to literature a model of two opposite women figures, a bad girl disrespected by respectable members of community, versus a good girl who represented all Christian virtues. In the Victorian and post Victorian era, women's emancipation became a major societal issue. In the early twentieth century, literature by and about women intensified. In the modern feminist era, particularly after women earned the right to vote and gained greater access to education and workplace, literature started concentrating on women's changing roles and continued obstacles to equality. As a writer who was extremely susceptible to the influence of time, E. M. Forster described his characters in close contact with their surroundings. He criticized the position and role of women in a Victorian middle class family. He depicted his heroines in constant struggle between their desires and suitable and appropriate behaviour expected by their family members and friends. The choice his female characters are faced with is whether they can bring themselves to break deep-rooted social conventions in order to attain personal happiness as free-thinking women or whether they should stick to the society's expectations. The paper concentrates on the main female protagonist of Foster's novel Where Angels Fear to Tread, analysing the transformation the character undergoes in her pursuit of personal freedom and fulfilment.
Empowering strategic priority areas of cultural policy: Empirical findings on cultural participation processes in Serbia
Authors: Kočović-De-Santo Milica , Milovanović-Rodić Danijela , Babović Dunja , Kuźma Inga
Published: January 2023

Background: The background of this research encompasses contemporary cultural policy issues and their factors of influence, with a special focus on cultural participation processes. The sphere of culture provides the fundamental base for reading and changing the paradigmatic paths through the contents and acts of formal and informal stakeholders. Culture is deeply interlinked with other departments of the entire economy by connections with feedback loops. The impacts of culture on the socio-economic and natural environment, as the "fourth pillar" of sustainable development, are recognized on the international level by theory, expert groups, and practice. Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to bring about a deeper understanding of participatory processes and their importance for strategic priority areas of cultural policy development. Study design/methodology/approach: Our study design included institutional analysis, starting from the regulatory framework that reflects cultural policy and its strategic goals, by involving previous relevant theoretical research including the ICET model. Another objective of the paper is to answer a range of questions. What are participation processes' main characteristics and challenges in culture and cultural policy development? Is there a relationship between these challenges? How to achieve desirable cultural and institutional integrative transformations in order to accomplish the strategic priority areas of cultural policy? We bring the conclusions based on theoretic and empirical overview of new empirical research findings based on the survey conducted in 2022 for the need of EPICA research project.1 Findings/conclusions: The findings of this research lead us to recognition, conceptualization and understanding of the existing participatory processes in culture, towards inspiring the future modelling of more integrative strategic and systemic solutions to reflect desirable and harmonized development. Limitations/future research: The limitations of research reflect future endeavour to contribute to reforming the field of culture (by formal and informal means) through more robust horizontal integration with other departments, to achieve sustainable and coherent effects through linking strategies, new forms of participation, decentralization, arm's length principle, and degrowth policy.
Melanoma treatment: what’s next?
Authors:   University of Debrecen – Medical Center – Department of Dermatology, Emri Gabriella , Ványai Beatrix , Soltész Lilla , Szabó Imre Lőrinc , Várvölgyi Tünde , Janka Eszter Anna , Oláh Judit
Published: January 2023

Nowadays the first-line treatment for metastatic, unresectable melanoma is immune checkpoint-inhibitor therapy or combined BRAF- plus MEK-inhibition. Adjuvant immuno- or targeted therapy is indicated for patients with resectable metastatic melanoma after metastasectomy. However, the majority of patients experience primary or acquired resistance to first-line cancer therapy. The aim of this article is to present some new findings on drug combinations, treatment sequencing, drug development, and biomarkers.
Proactive strategy in the topical treatment of psoriasis: a clinical practice statement
Authors:   University of Szeged Albert Szent-Györgyi Medical Center Department of Dermatology and Allergology, Kui Róbert , Kemény Lajos , Gyulai Rolland , Szegedi Andrea , Holló Péter , Wikonkál Norbert
Published: January 2023

Psoriasis is a chronic, relapsing disease. Topical treatment with local corticosteroids plays a significant role in the management of psoriasis. In the current medical practice, the so called reactive treatment approach, which treats active symptoms is used. However, using this method, the relapse of the symptoms is inevitable. Relapses may affect unfavourably the quality of life of the patients, therefore reducing the frequency of the relapses is an important therapeutic target. A proactive treatment approach means that previously symptomatic areas of the skin are treated at specific times to maintain remission. Clinical studies with a high level of evidence using a fixed combination of calcipotriol and betamethasone dipropionate foam have shown that proactive treatment administered two times weekly can prolong the time until the first relapse. Furthermore, this treatment method may reduce the frequency of the relapses and may increase the number of days spent in remission without any major side effects.
The pathomechanism of the formation of various skin wounds
Authors:   University of Debrecen – Medical Center – Department of Dermatology, Hunyadi János
Published: January 2023

Wounds can develop on our skin due to arterial and venous circulation disorders and metabolic diseases. The healing of injury is possible because our cells have a dualenergy supply system and can ensure tissue regeneration even without O2. The publication summarizes the defining elements and construction of the structures responsible for energy transformation. We point out the importance of the Hypoxia-Inducible Factor (HIF-1 alpha) in wound healing and the details of the causes of non-healing wounds.
Community composition shapes microbial-specific phenotypes in a cystic fibrosis polymicrobial model system
Authors: Jean-Pierre Fabrice , Hampton Thomas H , Schultz Daniel , Hogan Deborah A , Groleau Marie-Christine , Déziel Eric , O'Toole George A
Published: January 2023

Interspecies interactions can drive the emergence of unexpected microbial phenotypes that are not observed when studying monocultures. The cystic fibrosis (CF) lung consists of a complex environment where microbes, living as polymicrobial biofilm-like communities, are associated with negative clinical outcomes for persons with CF (pwCF). However, the current lack of in vitro models integrating the microbial diversity observed in the CF airway hampers our understanding of why polymicrobial communities are recalcitrant to therapy in this disease. Here, integrating computational approaches informed by clinical data, we built a mixed community of clinical relevance to the CF lung composed of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus sanguinis, and Prevotella melaninogenica. We developed and validated this model biofilm community with multiple isolates of these four genera. When challenged with tobramycin, a front-line antimicrobial used to treat pwCF, the microorganisms in the polymicrobial community show altered sensitivity to this antibiotic compared to monospecies biofilms. We observed that wild-type P. aeruginosa is sensitized to tobramycin in a mixed community versus monoculture, and this observation holds across a range of community relative abundances. We also report that LasR loss-of-function, a variant frequently detected in the CF airway, drives tolerance of P. aeruginosa to tobramycin specifically in the mixed community. Our data suggest that the molecular basis of this community-specific recalcitrance to tobramycin for the P. aeruginosa lasR mutant is increased production of phenazines. Our work supports the importance of studying a clinically relevant model of polymicrobial biofilms to understand community-specific traits relevant to infections.
Quantifying changes in the T cell receptor repertoire during thymic development
Authors: Camaglia Francesco , Ryvkin Arie , Greenstein Erez , Reich-Zeliger Shlomit , Chain Benny , Mora Thierry , Walczak Aleksandra M , Friedman Nir
Published: January 2023

One of the feats of adaptive immunity is its ability to recognize foreign pathogens while sparing the self. During maturation in the thymus, T cells are selected through the binding properties of their antigen-specific T-cell receptor (TCR), through the elimination of both weakly (positive selection) and strongly (negative selection) self-reactive receptors. However, the impact of thymic selection on the TCR repertoire is poorly understood. Here, we use transgenic Nur77-mice expressing a T-cell activation reporter to study the repertoires of thymic T cells at various stages of their development, including cells that do not pass selection. We combine high-throughput repertoire sequencing with statistical inference techniques to characterize the selection of the TCR in these distinct subsets. We find small but significant differences in the TCR repertoire parameters between the maturation stages, which recapitulate known differentiation pathways leading to the CD4+ and CD8+ subtypes. These differences can be simulated by simple models of selection acting linearly on the sequence features. We find no evidence of specific sequences or sequence motifs or features that are suppressed by negative selection. These results favour a collective or statistical model for T-cell self non-self discrimination, where negative selection biases the repertoire away from self recognition, rather than ensuring lack of self-reactivity at the single-cell level.
Multimodal mapping of cell types and projections in the central nucleus of the amygdala
Authors: Wang Yuhan , Krabbe Sabine , Eddison Mark , Henry Fredrick E , Fleishman Greg , Lemire Andrew L , Wang Lihua , Korff Wyatt , Tillberg Paul W , Lüthi Andreas , Sternson Scott
Published: January 2023

The central nucleus of the amygdala (CEA) is a brain region that integrates external and internal sensory information and executes innate and adaptive behaviors through distinct output pathways. Despite its complex functions, the diversity of molecularly defined neuronal types in the CEA and their contributions to major axonal projection targets have not been examined systematically. Here, we performed single-cell RNA-sequencing (scRNA-Seq) to classify molecularly defined cell types in the CEA and identified marker genes to map the location of these neuronal types using expansion asisted iterative fluorescence in situ hybridization (EASI-FISH). We developed new methods to integrate EASI-FISH with 5-plex retrograde axonal labeling to determine the spatial, morphological, and connectivity properties of ~30,000 molecularly defined CEA neurons. Our study revealed spatio-molecular organization of the CEA, with medial and lateral CEA associated with distinct molecularly defined cell families. We also found a long-range axon projection network from the CEA, where target regions receive inputs from multiple molecularly defined cell types. Axon collateralization was found primarily among projections to hindbrain targets, which are distinct from forebrain projections. This resource reports marker gene combinations for molecularly defined cell types and axon-projection types, which will be useful for selective interrogation of these neuronal populations to study their contributions to the diverse functions of the CEA.
Microcrédito como política pública para geração de trabalho e renda
Authors: Lucas Nilcivânia Barbosa Oliveira , Do Nascimento Heverton Barbosa , Cavalcante Maria Waldilene Sousa , Kohlrausch Tatiane Betat , Candido Estelita Lima
Published: January 2023

O microcrédito Produtivo Orientado é incentivo ao desenvolvimento de empreendedores mediante o financiamento em fomento às atividades produtivas. Esse subsidia consumo, desenvolvimento do negócio, bem estar, educação e tecnológica tendo na orientação empresarial fator essencial. A atenção para esse segmento, relevante e frágil, é crescente, entre outros fatores, em função de políticas públicas para alívio da vulnerabilidade dos microempreendimentos pelas ações de combate a COVID-19. Logo, o presente artigo como pesquisa básica, descritiva e qualitativa, tem como objetivo geral analisar o MPO como política pública, especificamente avaliar o programa como estratégia para o Desenvolvimento Sustentável. Por fim, o resultado demonstrou que o MPO é uma política pública que colabora para o DS.
Gênero e identidade na profissão médica: um estudo com residentes
Authors: Vieira Adriane , Da Silva Karla Rona , De Mattos Selme Silqueira , Roquete Fátima Ferreira , de Araújo Meiriele Tavares
Published: January 2023

As instituições educacionais possuem importante papel no desenvolvimento técnico dos residentes e na construção de suas identidades profissionais. Do confronto entre os atos de atribuição da identidade para si mesmo e dos atos de atribuição pelos outros resulta a construção da identidade coletiva. O objetivo do trabalho foi comparar os atributos que melhor caracterizam a identidade socioprofissional de médicos residentes homens e mulheres. O método de investigação escolhido foi o estudo transversal por meio de levantamento (survey). A amostra somou 327 residentes médicos de 4 hospitais da Grande Belo Horizonte. Os respondentes do gênero masculino da área de engenharia totalizam 41,90% e os do gênero feminino da área da saúde 58,10%. O instrumento de coleta de dados utilizado foi um questionário com a Escala de Autopercepção e Heteropercepção Profissional (EAHP). Os dados foram analisados por meio da modelagem de equações estruturais com abordagem multigrupos. Os resultados apontam para diferenças significativas entre gêneros nas dimensões Subordinação e Realização na autopercepção, e nas dimensões Esforço e Realização na heteroperceção. A dimensão Reconhecimento recebeu os menos escores em ambos os gêneros. Conclui-se que essa configuração pode gerar sofrimento a fragilizar a construção da identidade socioprofissional dos médicos residentes.
Estratégias de legitimidade de Suchman evidenciadas no cadastro da justiça do Paraná – CAJU, referente a atividade de perito contábil
Authors: Manoel Geovane Teixeira , Priebe Anna Caroline , Strassburg Udo , Serafim Maurício Custódio
Published: January 2023

Este artigo objetiva verificar quais as estratégias de legitimidade de Suchman evidenciadas no CAJU na atividade de perito contábil, bem como os impactos positivos e negativos nas mudanças ocorridas e na busca por educação continuada na perspectiva dos peritos. A pesquisa descritiva foi realizada por meio de pesquisa documental, a partir de dados publicados no CAJU na 2ª seção judiciária pertencente à região oeste do Paraná. Desse modo, coletou-se o perfil do perito cadastrado no site em consonância com as tipologias de estratégia determinada por Suchman (1995). Encontrou-se 133 cadastros de peritos e utilizou-se o software Excel para a análise documental e o Atlas.TI para confrontar os dados encontrados na análise realizada com a percepção dos peritos contábeis. Estipulou-se as categorias de análise, na qual buscaram subsidiar a coleta e análise dos dados. Os resultados mostraram que a maioria dos peritos cadastrados possuem até cinco anos de experiência e os profissionais possuem suas especializações na área pericial. Notou-se, também, que uma parcela significativa de profissionais ainda não se legitimaram nos dois cadastros (CAJU-PR e CNPC) tomados como base neste estudo. Na percepção dos peritos foi relatado que os benefícios são notórios, mas outros fatores devem considerados e monitorados. Além disso, a obrigatoriedade de se legitimar no site do CAJU levou-os a procurar mais cursos e especializações, elevando a qualidade dos serviços prestados pela classe.
Estudo comparativo entre o perfil dos estudantes de administração nas modalidade presencial e a distância da universidade estadual de ponta grossa
Authors: Cecato Franciele Aparecida , Betim Leozenir Mendes , Yvamoto Ellen Blum , Callegari Osvaldo Malta
Published: January 2023

Conhecer o perfil dos discentes que participam dos cursos ofertados pela UEPG é importante para compreensão do perfil do aluno de acordo com a modalidade de ensino ofertada. A partir das características levantadas é possível um planejamento de trabalho que atenda as dificuldades específicas de cada grupo. O estudo contemplou duas  modalidades de ensino: presencial e educação à distância (EAD) com cursos ligados ao departamento de Administração. O objetivo deste artigo é comparar o perfil dos discentes nas duas modalidades de ensino disponibilizadas pela UEPG, que estão vinculados ao departamento de Administração, identificando o perfil dos discentes EAD e presencial, analisando quais aspectos são comuns a cada perfil pesquisado e diferenciando aspectos que possam ser predominantes a uma determinada modalidade de ensino. Este estudo, enquadra-se nos seguintes métodos de pesquisa: qualitativa, de natureza aplicada, quanto aos objetivos sendo exploratória e descritiva, e quanto aos procedimentos foi realizado um levantamento. Utilizou-se um questionário composto por 21 perguntas, adaptado de Foguel et al (2015), sendo dividido em quatro partes: identificação dos respondentes,  aspectos sociais e econômicos, aspectos acadêmicos e por fim aspectos profissionais. Conclui-se que para cada modalidade de ensino existe uma diferença de perfil nas características básicas, como idade, situação profissional, atividades de lazer, entre outras, porém em temas ligados a motivação e percepção de características desejáveis a um profissional as respostas enviadas são muito parecidas, divergindo apenas no nível de importância de cada uma.
Installation and monitoring of bat windows in a grated roost cave in the Pilliga Forest, northern inland New South Wales, Australia
Authors: Murphy Michael J.
Published: January 2023

Bat departure activity was monitored at a grated cave site where bat windows had been added to the existing grate to improve accessibility for echolocating bats. Eastern Horseshoe-bats Rhinolophus megaphyllus were able to exit and re-enter the grated cave through bat windows measuring 150 mm high × 1270–1330 mm wide. Most of the bats, however, continued to use a 200 mm high × 600 mm wide gap between the top of the grate and the irregularly-shaped cave roof, despite this requiring a more circuitous flight path. The study concluded that the addition of bat windows was a useful but not essential improvement at the site, increasing the number of horizontal fly-through areas available for bats at the cave entry whilst maintaining necessary security.
Selection, characteristics, and frequency of use of shelter sites by the Southern Brown Bandicoot Isoodon obesulus obesulus and the Southern Long-nosed Bandicoot Perameles nasuta in a post-fire landscape
Authors: MacGregor Christopher I. , Robinson Natasha M. , Blanchard Wade , Lindenmayer David B.
Published: January 2023

Dense ground cover and understory can be important as diurnal shelter for terrestrial mammals. Fire can lead to the short-term removal of much of this shelter. Here, we report on the shelter site selection of the Southern Brown Bandicoot Isoodon obesulus obesulus and Long-nosed Bandicoot Perameles nasuta eight months after a wildfire. We analysed the number of shelters, frequency of shelter use, nest size, and shelter site microhabitat. Southern Brown Bandicoots used significantly more shelters than Long-nosed Bandicoots. Both species preferred to use shelters with significantly lower levels of transmitted light than matched control areas. Within the burnt landscape, Southern Brown Bandicoots located their refuges under regrowth eucalypts, whereas Long-nosed Bandicoots showed no preference for any microhabitat. Southern Brown Bandicoots built nests significantly higher above ground than Long-nosed Bandicoots. Nests built in more dense and darker microhabitats were significantly taller than those built in more open habitats. Following fire, the Southern Brown Bandicoot required a more dense groundcover to conceal its taller nests and was able to take advantage of regenerating mallee eucalypts for shelter. Land managers need to be aware that hazard reduction burning in coastal woodland and heath will temporarily deprive Southern Brown Bandicoots of diurnal shelter sites and should, therefore, where practicable, retain patches of unburnt dense undergrowth to ensure a mosaic of different aged habitat and habitat structure.
Do Saudi Arabian Educational Policies Determine the Promotion of Creativity with Gifted Students?
Authors: Salamah Marwan , Campbell Marilyn , Chalmers Christina
Published: January 2023

Educational policy plays a pivotal role in influencing educational practices in schools and can help promote creativity. In Saudi Arabia, however, few studies have focused on the analysis of these educational policies or on how they promote creativity with gifted students. Given that all schools in Saudi Arabia follow the educational policies issued by the Ministry of Education (MoE) and schools do not have separate educational policies or implementation documents to promote creativity, these policies could have a greater influence than in other countries where guidance is provided to schools on implementing national education policies. This study aimed to understand how the promotion of creativity is expressed for gifted students in Saudi Arabia by analysing educational policies issued by the MoE. To inform and guide the analysing of data, a 3Ps framework (Press, Process, and Person) was synthesised and used in the study. The findings identified two major gaps in the Saudi educational documents regarding gifted education for secondary school students. The first gap was the lack of a clear definition of creativity and giftedness, the relationship between creativity and giftedness, and the contradictions in defining creativity and giftedness. The second gap in these documents was a lack of detail about implementation mechanisms that could benefit teachers in schools. This study, therefore, suggests adding another (P) to the 3Ps framework for improvement, that is, promoting creativity in the educational context needs to include Policy, leading to four embedded circles of (P):  Policy, Press, Process, and Person.
Effect of Crop Establishment Methods and Organic Weed Management on Nutrient Uptake, Soil Fertility, and Yield of Aromatic Rice (Oryza sativa L)
Authors: Sree Yerradoddi Sindhu , Sarmah Anjan K. , Goswami J. , Begum Mahima , Tamuly Danish , Singh Nunavath Umil
Published: January 2023

A field experiment was carried out during Kharif, 2019 in an organic block of Instructional-cum-Research farm of Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, Assam, India to evaluate the effects of systems of rice establishment and organic weed management practices on the yield, nutrient uptake, and soil fertility of aromatic rice variety Kola joha. The experiment was laid out in a split-plot design with systems of establishment in the main plot and organic weed management practices in the subplot. The transplanting method of establishment resulted in a significantly higher grain yield of 18.17 quintal/hectare (q ha-1) and nutrient uptake over the direct seeded method. Among the organic weed management practices, the highest grain yield (21.95 q ha-1) and nutrient uptake were recorded with hand weeding at 20 and 40 DAT/DAS which was followed by intercropping of dhaincha and incorporation at 40 DAT/ DAS (16.90 q ha-1). The highest available N content (260.86 Kg ha-1) in post-harvest soil was recorded with intercropping of dhaincha and incorporation at 40 DAT whereas the highest available P2O5 and K2O contents of soil were recorded with hand weeding at 20 and 40 DAT/DAS.
A Rare Incidence of Ethambutol Induced Toxic Optic Neuropathy
Authors: Mousigan M. V. , Nissi L. , Sreenivasan V.
Published: January 2023

Ethambutol induces toxic optic neuropathy (EON), which most typically presents as bilateral symmetrical loss of vision and, due to a lack of early detection and adequate treatment, often causes serious irreversible visual impairment. EON is time and dose dependent. In this case report, we will discuss a 59-year-old female patient who came in with complaints of visual impairment, inclusive of a colour vision defect (dyschromatopsia) and blurred vision (scotoma). Her past medication history includes use of first-line anti-tubercular therapy (ATT) with four drugs: Rifampicin, Isoniazid, Ethambutol, and Pyrazinamide. Pyrazinamide was taken for two months, and other medications (Rifampicin, Isoniazid, and Ethambutol) were taken for a period of seven months. From this case report, we will get a clear picture necessitating continuous monitoring for ocular toxicity.