bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
An Analysis of Rear-End Impact Crash Characteristics and Injury Pattern in Malaysia
Authors: Widia M. , Jamaludin B.S. , Ab Rashid A.A. , Sukadarin E.H. , Fauzan N.S. , Aziz H.A. , Osman H. , Roslin E.N. , Yassierli  , Zadry H.R. , Prasetyo Y.T. , Neubert M.S.
Published: June 2022

Rear-end crashes are one of the most common types of accidents. The characteristics of rear impact crash (based on accident data in Malaysia) have not been well studied. The objective of this study is to investigate the rear impact crash characteristics in Malaysia between 2016 and 2018 using data obtained from Bukit Aman Traffic Investigation and Enforcement (JSPT), Royal Malaysia Police (RMP) Pol 27. The analysis revealed that motorcycles (40.3%) were the largest contributor to rear-end crashes, followed by occupant car (36.3%), lorry (16.3%), four-wheel (3.8%), bus (1.6%) and other vehicles (1.6%). The majority did not suffer any injury (60.8%), while there were fatalities (16.8%), injuries (14.3%), and severe injuries (8.1%). The highest percentage of fatal crashes occurred at the speed limit area 110 km/h (23.6%). The chi-square test showed that speed limit and type of crash were significantly associated (p<0.01). The result also showed a significant association between main vehicle part damage and injury level (p<0.01). The study shows a thorough examination and analysis of rear impact crash characteristics can provide important and useful information to guide transport policy, vehicle design, and driver education. Further research is needed to fully understand the key factors that contribute to rear-end impact crashes in Malaysia.
Perancangan Sistem Informasi Pemasaran Dan Pemesanan Sablon Berbasis Web Pada Usaha Sablon Nabila
Authors: Damayanti Lusi
Published: June 2022

Usaha Sablon Nabila merupakan usaha yang bergerak dalam bidang jasa pembuatan sablon dengan berbagai bahan kain dan kualitas yang berbeda-beda. Selama ini Usaha Sablon Nabila dalam mengelola pesanan dari konsumen masih kurang efektif dikarenakan kurangnya promosi terhadap produksi sablon. Hal ini menyebabkan pesanan sablon tidak mencapai hasil yang diinginkan. Dengan melihat permasalahan di atas maka penulis ingin membantu Usaha Sablon Nabila dengan menangani permasalah yang terjadi. Dalam penelitian ini, penulis membuat penyusunan sistem yang dimulai dari tahapan perencanaan, analisis sistem, dan implementasi sistem. Dari hasil penelitian sistem tersebut akan menghasilkan proses data konsumen, data bahan sablon, pesanan sablon serta laporan yang dibutuhkan. Dengan sistem tersebut diharapkan bisa mencapai hasil pesanan yang maksimal oleh pemilik Usaha Sablon Nabila.
Türkiye’deki Manevi Danışmanlık ve Rehberlik Çalışmaları Bağlamında ‘‘Maneviyat Psikolojisi Sempozyumları’’ (2014-2018) Üzerine Bibliyometrik Analizler
Authors: KOÇ Mustafa
Published: June 2022

Bu makalede, 2014-2018 yılları arasında Türkiye’nin çeşitli kentlerinde seri olarak gerçekleştirilen Ulusal Maneviyat Psikolojisi Sempozyumlarında (n=5) yer alan tüm bilimsel aktiviteler analiz edilmiştir. Bu kapsamda, belirlenen çeşitli parametreler çerçevesinde adı geçen bu seri sempozyumlarda sunulan sözel bildirilerin yanı sıra katılımcı profillerine ilişkin nitel ve nicel bulgular da değerlendirilmiştir. Çeşitli nitel parametrelerin kullanıldığı bu makalenin amacı ise adı geçen bu seri sempozyumların (n=5) tüm yönleriyle genel bibliyometrik özelliklerini ortaya koyarak manevi danışmanlık ve rehberlik alan tarihine katkı sağlamaktır. Seri sempozyumlarda (n=5) sunulan bildiriler ve katılımcılara ilişkin nicel ve nitel veriler üzerine elde edilen bulguların frekans ve yüzdelik dağılım analizlerinin yapıldığı makalede sonuç olarak; (i) seri sempozyumlara katılan toplam 42 katılımcının nicel dağılımları incelendiğinde, büyük çoğunluğunun (% 89) akademisyen katılımcı olduğu; (ii) bu 42 katılımcının akademik unvanlarına göre nicel dağılımlarına bakıldığında ise büyük çoğunluğunun profesör doktor (% 17) unvanına sahip katılımcılardan oluştuğu; (iii) seri sempozyumlarda katkı sunan katılımcıların sunmuş oldukları bildirilere yazar sayıları açısından bakıldığında, sunulan bildirilerin büyük çoğunluğunun tek (% 98) yazarlı olarak hazırlandığı; (iv) katılımcılar arasından bildirileri hazırlayan yazarların çalıştıkları kurum türlerine göre nicel dağılımları incelendiğinde ise en çok bildiri sunan katılımcıların üniversitelerde (% 79) çeşitli unvanlarla akademisyen olarak çalıştıkları; (v) seri sempozyumlarda toplam olarak 66 bilimsel aktivite yapıldığı; (vi) bu aktivitelerin 60’ının bildiri sunumu olduğu; (vii) en çok bildirilerin IV. ve V. Ulusal Maneviyat Psikolojisi Sempozyumlarında (n=14) sunulduğu; (viii) sunulan bu bildirilerin tümünün sözel bildiri (% 100) olduğu ve hiç poster bildiri sunulmadığı; (ix) sunulan tüm sözel bildirilerin Türkçe (% 100) olarak sunulduğu; (x) seri sempozyumlarda sunulan bildirilerin tematik konu içeriklerine göre nicel dağılımlarına bakıldığında ise en çok ‘genel konular’ üst başlığında (% 54) bildiri sunumunun yapıldığı; (xi) sunulan 60 sözel bildirinin metodolojik desenine göre nicel dağılımları incelendiğinde, büyük çoğunluğunun (% 90) teorik içerikli bir metodolojik yaklaşımla yazıldığı; (xii) yine bu bildirilerin veri toplama yöntemine göre nicel dağılımlarına bakıldığında da, en fazla ‘dokümantasyon’ veri toplama yönteminin (% 93) kullanıldığı belirlenmiştir.
Assessment of chicken thigh meat quality of Ross 308 broiler of animal welfare certified farm
Authors: Kim Hee-Jin , Shin Dong-Jin , Kim Hye-Jin , Cho Jinwoo , Kwon Ji-Seon , Kim Dongwook , Jung Jong-Hyun , Jang Aera
Published: June 2022

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the difference in the thigh meat quality of Ross 308 broiler from conventional and welfare farms.Methods: Thigh meat samples of Ross 308 broilers (age, 35 d; carcass weight, 1.1 kg) from conventional farm (RCF, n = 60) and animal welfare farms (RAWF, n = 60) were analyzed. Proximate composition, pH, color (lightness, redness, and yellowness), water-holding capacity (WHC), shear force, total aerobic bacteria (TAB), and volatile basic nitrogen (VBN) were measured and the levels of bioactive compounds such as dipeptides (anserine and carnosine), creatine, creatinine, and their anti-oxidation activity were determined.Results: The RCF and RAWF did not differ significantly in their proximate composition, WHC, color, and creatine and carnosine levels. The pH value was significantly lower in RAWF than in RCF on day 7. The shear force value was significantly higher in RAWF than in RCF throughout the storage duration. TAB in RCF on day 9 were significantly higher than those in RAWF. The VBN content of RAWF was significantly lower than that of RCF after 5 days of storage. Creatinine content was significantly higher in RAWF (3.50 mg/100 g) than in RCF (3.08 mg/100 g) on day 1. Along with higher carnosine and anserine contents of RAWF, it had significantly higher 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl and 2,2-azinobis (3-ethyl-benzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) radical scavenging activities than those of RCF.Conclusion: These results imply that the animal welfare farming system beneficially affects the overall oxidative stability of Ross 308 thigh meat.
Fatty acids composition and lipolysis of Parmigiano Reggiano PDO cheese: effect of the milk cooling temperature at the farm
Authors: Franceschi Piero , Formaggioni Paolo , Brasca Milena , Natrella Giuseppe , Faccia Michele , Malacarne Massimo , Summer Andrea
Published: June 2022

Objective: The aim was to study the influence of cooling milk at 9°C at the farm versus keeping it at 20°C on Parmigiano Reggiano cheese lipolysis.Methods: A total of six cheesemaking trials (3 in winter and 3 in summer) were performed. In each trial, milk was divided continuously into two identical aliquots, one of which was kept at 9°C (MC9) and the other at 20°C (MC20). For each trial and milk temperature, vat milk (V-milk) and the resulting 21 month ripened cheese were analysed.Results: Fat and dry matter and fat/casein ratio were lower in MC9 V-milk (p≤0.05) than in MC20. Total bacteria, mesophilic lactic acid and psychrotrophic and lipolytic bacteria showed significant differences (p≤0.05) between the two V-milks. Regarding cheese, fat content resulted lower and crude protein higher (p≤0.05) both in outer (OZ) and in inner zone (IZ) of the MC9 cheese wheels. Concerning total fatty acids, the MC9 OZ had a lower concentration of butyric, capric (p≤0.05) and medium chain fatty acids (p≤0.05), while the MC9 IZ had lower content of butyric (p≤0.05), caproic (p≤0.01) and short chain fatty acids (p≤0.05). The levels of short chain and medium chain free fatty acids (p≤0.05) were lower and that of long chain fatty acids (p≤0.05) was higher in MC9 OZ cheese. The principal component analysis of total and free fatty acids resulted in a clear separation among samples by seasons, whereas slight differences were observed between the two different milk temperatures.Conclusion: Storing milk at 9°C at the herd affects the chemical composition of Parmigiano Reggiano, with repercussion on lipolysis. However, the changes are not very relevant, and since the cheese can present a high variability among the different cheese factories, such changes should be considered within the “normal variations” of Parmigiano Reggiano chemical characteristics.
Effect of in ovo feeding of γ-aminobutyric acid combined with embryonic thermal manipulation on hatchability, growth, and hepatic gene expression in broilers
Authors: Ncho Chris Major , Goel Akshat , Gupta Vaishali , Jeong Chae-mi , Choi Yang-Ho
Published: June 2022

Objective: This study investigated the effects of in ovo feeding of γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and embryonic thermal manipulation (ETM) on growth performance, organ indices, plasma biochemical parameters, hepatic antioxidant levels, and expression of lipid metabolism-related genes in broilers.Methods: Two hundred and fifty eggs were assigned to one of four treatments: control eggs incubated under standard conditions (CON); eggs that received an in ovo injection of 10% GABA on day 17.5 of incubation (G10); thermally manipulated eggs between days 10 and 18 of incubation at 39.6°C for 6 h daily (TM); and eggs that received both treatments during incubation (G10+TM). After 28 days of rearing, five birds per treatment were selected for blood and organ sampling.Results: No differences were found in hatchability or growth parameters among different treatment groups. Hepatic gene expression of catalase (CAT) and glutathione peroxidase 1 (GPx1) was upregulated (p = 0.046 and p = 0.006, respectively) in the G10+TM group, while that of nuclear factor erythroid 2–related factor 2 (NRF2) was upregulated (p = 0.039) in the G10 group. In addition, the relative gene expression of NADPH oxidase 1 (NOX1) was significantly lower (p = 0.007) in all treatment groups than that in the CON group. Hepatic fatty acid synthase (FAS) levels and average daily feed intake (ADFI) of last week showed a positive correlation (r = 0.50, p = 0.038). In contrast, the relative gene expression of the extracellular fatty acid-binding protein (EXFAB) and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ (PPAR-γ) were positively correlated (r = 0.48, p = 0.042 and r = 0.50, p = 0.031) with the overall ADFI of birds.Conclusion: Taken together, the results of this study suggest that the combination of in ovo feeding of GABA and ETM can enhance hepatic antioxidant function in broilers.
A Novel Human-Machine Hybrid Framework for Person Re-Identification from Full Frame Videos
Authors: Huayta Felix Olivier Sumari , Clúa Esteban Gonzalez , Guérin Joris
Published: June 2022

With the major adoption of automation for cities security, person re-identification (Re-ID) has been extensively studied. In this dissertation, we argue that the current way of studying person re-identification, i.e. by trying to re-identify a person within already detected and pre-cropped images of people, is not sufficient to implement practical security applications, where the inputs to the system are the full frames of the video streams. To support this claim, we introduce the Full Frame Person Re-ID setting (FF-PRID) and define specific metrics to evaluate FF-PRID implementations. To improve robustness, we also formalize the hybrid human-machine collaboration framework, which is inherent to any Re-ID security applications. To demonstrate the importance of considering the FF-PRID setting, we build an experiment showing that combining a good people detection network with a good Re-ID model does not necessarily produce good results for the final application. This underlines a failure of the current formulation in assessing the quality of a Re-ID model and justifies the use of different metrics. We hope that this work will motivate the research community to consider the full problem in order to develop algorithms that are better suited to real-world scenarios.
Semantic Segmentation with Multi-Source Domain Adaptation for Radiological Images
Authors: Oliveira Hugo , Araújo Arnaldo de A. , Santos Jefersson A. dos
Published: June 2022

Differences in digitization equipment and techniques in radiology may hamper the use of data-driven deep learning approaches. In order to mitigate this limitation, in this work we merge generative image translation networks with supervised semantic segmentation architectures, yielding two semisupervised methods for domain adaptation in medical images. We compare our methods with traditional baselines in the literature using 3 image domains, 16 datasets and 8 segmentation tasks organized into three sets of experiments. Analysis of the results showed that the proposed methods for Domain Adaptation often reached Jaccard scores of 0.9 or higher in unsupervised or semi-supervised settings. We observe that unsupervised domain adaptation performance is close to the performance of fully supervised adaptation in most cases, bridging an important gap in the efficacy of neural networks between labeled and unlabeled datasets.
PathoSpotter-Search: A Content-Based Image Retrieval Tool for Nephropathology
Authors: Aguiar Ellen , Calumby Rodrigo , Oliveira Luciano , Santos Washington dos , Duarte Angelo
Published: June 2022

Nephropathologists typically organizes their repository of digital images of kidney biopsies in such a way that it is difficult to retrieve cases that have images similar to a picture under analysis. Having this in mind, we initiated the development of PathoSpotter-Search, a Content-Based Image Retrieval system for images of kidney biopsies. The system operates as a cloud service to avoid the need to install any software on the pathologist’s computer. Our approach combines a feature extractor followed by a similarity score calculator. We evaluated convolutional network (CN) architectures (VGG-16 (original and fine-tuned) and Inception-ResNet, and a network used in the proprietary classifier for glomerular hypercellularity), combined with Cosine and Euclidean distances as similarity scores. The first results have shown that the CN of the VGG- 16 combined with cosine distance yielded the best performance (precision 53%). To assess the usability and functionality of the PathoSpotter-Search as a cloud service, the system was tested by nephropathologists and proved to be useful as a tool for retrieving similar images from their local repositories. Currently, we are working to improve the system precision to at least 70%, and evaluating strategies to retrieve similar images based on segments or tiles of the query image.
Segmentation and graph generation of muzzle images for cattle identification
Authors: Wojcik Lucas , Junior Jorge , Menotti David , Hill João
Published: June 2022

The current methods for the organizing the records (i.e., cataloguing) of cattle are known to be archaic and inefficient, and often harmful to the animal. Such methods include the use of metal tags attached to the animal's ears like earrings and of branding irons on their necks. Previous research on new methods of livestock branding based on computer vision techniques utilized a mixture of texture features such as Gabor Filters and Local Binary Pattern as a means of extracting identifying features for each animal. The presented approach proposes a new technique using the muzzle image as an individual identifier as a novel technique, assuming that the muzzle RoI taken as input for the model pipeline is already extracted and cropped. This task is performed in three steps. First, the muzzle image is segmented via a convolutional neural network, resulting in a bitmap from which a graph structure is extracted in the second phase. The final phase consists of matching the resulting graph with the ones previously extracted and stored in the database for an optimal match. The results for the segmentation quality show a fidelity of around seventy percent, while the extracted graph perfectly represents the extracted bitmap. The matching algorithm is currently in progress.
A Comparative Study of Text Document Representation Approaches Using Point Placement-based Visualizations
Authors: Carvalho Hevelyn Sthefany Lima de , Borges Vinícius R. P.
Published: June 2022

In natural language processing, text representation plays an important role which can affect the performance of language models and machine learning algorithms. Basic vector space models, such as the term frequency-inverse document frequency, became popular approaches to represent text documents. In the last years, approaches based on word embeddings have been proposed to preserve the meaning and semantic relations of words, phrases and texts. In this paper, we focus on studying the influences of different text representations to the quality of the 2D visual spaces (layouts) generated by state-of-art visualizations based on point placement. For that purpose, a visualizationassisted approach is proposed to support users when exploring such representations in classification tasks. Experimental results using two public labeled corpora were conducted to assess the quality of the layouts and to discuss possible relations to the classification performances. The results are promising, indicating that the proposed approach can guide users to understand the relevant patterns of a corpus in each representation.
Evaluating Loss Functions for Illustration Super-Resolution Neural Networks
Authors: Nepomuceno Raphael , Silva Michel M.
Published: June 2022

As display technologies evolve and high-resolution screens become more available, the desirability of images and videos with high perceptual quality grows in order to properly utilize such advances. At the same time, the market for illustrated mediums, such animations and comics, has been in steady growth over the past years. Based on these observations, we were motivated to explore the super-resolution task in the niche of drawings. In absence of original high-resolution imagery, it is necessary to use approximate methods, such as interpolation algorithms, to enhance low-resolution media. Such methods, however, can produce undesirable artifacts in the reconstruct images, such as blurring and edge distortions. Recent works have successfully applied deep learning to this task, but such efforts are often aimed at real-world images and do not take in account the specifics of illustrations, which emphasize lines and employ simplified patterns rather than complex textures, which in turn makes visual artifacts introduced by algorithms easier to spot. With these differences in mind, we evaluated the effects of the choice of loss functions in order to obtain accurate and perceptually pleasing results in the super-resolution task for comics, cartoons, and other illustrations. Experimental evaluations have shown that a loss function based on edge detection performs best in this context among the evaluated functions, though still showing room for further improvements.
DaVInt - Data Visualization and Interaction Lab
Authors: Manssour Isabel H. , Silveira Milene S.
Published: June 2022

A multidisciplinary research project between Communication and Computer Science researchers gave rise to the Data Visualization and Interaction Lab, known as DaVInt lab. Officially created in 2017, DaVInt comprises students and researchers from Communication, and Computer Science and related areas. DaVInt's main research topics are related to visual analytics of social media, narrative visualization, and data science. However, computer vision projects and other individual initiatives are also developed. Its main contributions are divided into three main areas: scientific, through our publications; technological, making the results of our researches available to the community; and student education, through which we disseminate the area beyond academia.
Evaluate the Modified Carbapenem Inactivation Method for Phenotypic Detection of Carbapenemase Production Among Gram-Negative Bacteria
Authors: Armin Shahnaz , Karimi Abdollah , Alebouyeh Masoud , Rafiei Tabatabaei Sedigheh , Rajabnejad Maryam , Mansour Ghanaiee Roxana , Fahimzad Seyed Alireza , Abdollahi Nafiseh , Azimi Leila
Published: June 2022

Background: Global growing infections by multi-drug resistance (MDR) or extensively drug-resistant (XDR) bacteria are a serious public health problem which can increase the rate of mortality and morbidity even in children. Carbapenem is the last choice therapy in case of antibiotic-resistant bacteria presence. Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the easy to use method to identify carbapenemase producing bacteria which include in CLSI. Methods: In this descriptive study, 125 carbapenem-resistant and 97 carbapenem-susceptible gram-negative bacteria were included. PCR was used to identify carbapenemase enzymes include VIM, IMP, KPC, NDM-1, SPM-1, OXA-48 as a gold standard method. The modified carbapenem inactivation method (mCIM) was employed to phenotypically identify carbapenemase-producing bacteria. Some modifications were made to the CLSI proposed mCIM to ensure more accurate results in contrast of PCR. Results: The OXA-48 is the most prevalent detected carbapenemase and SPM-1 was not detected in any of strain. The results of the mCIM according to CLSI guide line demonstrated 100% sensitivity to define carbapenemase-producing bacteria. However, in the cases of non-carbapenemase-producing bacteria, only 4% of mCIM test results were consistent with the outcome of PCR. Decrease of the incubation time and the consider 15mm as a break point could increase the accuracy of mCIM against PCR. Conclusions: The results of this study endorse that mCIM test is a valuable method to detect carbapenemase producing bacteria if the three hours consider instead of 4 hours with 15mm break point.
Ability of Slovak municipalities to implement SDGs concerning waste and environmental issues
Authors: Bumbalová Monika , Marišová Eleonóra , Valenćiková Marina
Published: June 2022

The Slovak Republic has committed to contribute to fulfilment of 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs) defined by the Agenda 2030. Even though the reflection of this global commitment to the Slovak context was performed at the national level, numerous studies confirm that local level, represented by municipalities, cannot be ignored. Slovak municipalities enjoy quite diverse portfolio of competencies including the waste management and environmental protection. While the tools aimed at implementation of the competences remain often unclear. Therefore, the main objective of the research was to find out whether the tools the municipalities operate can be considered sufficient when addressing Slovak priorities in SDGs’ implementation on the local level in the area of waste management and environmental issues. The main method used were content analysis and critical analysis. The most significant ability of Slovak municipalities seems to be in influencing topics of waste management, transportation (mobility) but also circular economy. Out of the identified tools, legal tools, partnership and information and communication tools were those that can be most utilized. Overall, the analysis proved the readiness of Slovak municipalities to contribute to SDG’s fulfilment in the given areas.
Siete automobilového priemyslu v Nitrianskom kraji
Authors: Varecha Lukáš , Krajanec Róbert
Published: June 2022

Over the last 20 years, the automotive industry has become one of the most important industries in Slovakia. In 2018, the fourth large car manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover Nitra also started production in Nitra, which further strengthened the position of the automotive industry. The aim of the article is to map and evaluate the ties in the network of firms in the automotive industry in the Nitra region. Using social network analysis (SNA), we analysed supply chain, as well as other types of ties such as cooperation on research and development, provision of information or cooperation on educational activities. The resulting networks cover the chain from Tier 3 suppliers to car manufacturers. The results show that the surveyed companies hardly cooperate with public or non-profit sector institutions and, with the exception of supply chain, the cooperation network has a very low density. Only Slovak companies cooperate in research and development, mainly because in the case of foreign branches, these activities are carried out by the parent company abroad. On the other hand, in the case of domestic companies, there are not enough resources to carry out these activities. This forms a significant barrier to the possible formation of a cluster in the automotive industry and thus a barrier to the transfer of know-how and innovation.
Velký průmyslový podnik a jeho role při místním rozvoji ve dvou historických epochách: Případová studie adamovských strojíren
Authors: Ševčík Michal
Published: June 2022

During socialism, several large industrial enterprises operated in the Czech Republic. These enterprises served as the centre of economic activity of cities or regions. Some of these enterprises experienced a decline in the transition process, which had negative effects on the local population. The aim of this paper is to present the significance of the enterprise Adamovské strojírny for the development of the towns of Adamov and Blansko during the era of socialism and the transition. The paper is prepared in the form of a case study, which is also the main method used. The enterprise not only served as a source of local employment and economic activity during the socialist era, but also invested in housing and civic amenities. In the transition period, the enterprise went into decline due to economic problems, which was reflected in the problems faced by the inhabitants of the towns of Adamov and Blansko. The paper demonstrates how the transition affected the life of the inhabitants in the towns where the once successful socialist enterprise was located.
Specifika průmyslových firem v periferních regionech – Případová studie okresu Jeseník
Authors: Šťastná Simona , Kokešová Lucie , Ženka Jan
Published: June 2022

Peripheral regions are localities that are characterized by remoteness from core areas, which are usually metropolitan regions. The peripheral regions in developed countries are characterized by a low density of companies. The economic base of the companies in the peripheral regions are often based on traditional industries or industries dependent on natural resources. This work focuses on the development of the industry in the district Jeseník. The aim of the paper is to identify the trajectories of industrial development (‘path development’) in the peripheral region of the Czech Republic and their impact on local customer linkages of local industrial companies. We analyse whether the most important companies in the manufacturing industry are historically tied to local markets, or they are connected to foreign markets. From a methodological point it is the case study, which is based on the collection of secondary statistical data. We found that in district Jeseník there are mainly small and medium-sized enterprises, which are stable in territory and embeddedness. The economic focus of the companies is the metal industry, mineral processing, and the textile industry. The most frequently identified trajectory of industrial development in the district Jeseník is the path extension. Foreign customer linkages were identified for traditional companies.
Viackriteriálna analýza socioekonomických determinantov potravinovej dostatočnosti v regiónoch V4
Authors: Vargová Mária , Sojková Zlata
Published: June 2022

The research's goal is to evaluate the level of food security in 37 Visegrad group regions at the NUTS-2 level in terms of the impact of socio-economic indicators. We evaluate thirteen variables that cover six socio-economic areas: poverty and social exclusion, employment, education, economic accounts, health, and research and development. The data were acquired from Eurostat for period of years 2019-2020. We evaluate NUTS-2 regions’ level of food security by aggregating thirteen indicators into one complex index using I-distance method. According to the level of potential food insecurity risk, the regions are divided into five similar groups using k-means method of cluster analysis. We discovered that the most significant differences between groups of regions exist in the terms of severe material deprivation, gross domestic product, as well as the share of government R&D expenditure, unemployment rate, and infant mortality. According to the findings, 54 percent of V4 regions are at minimal risk of food insecurity, 35 percent are moderately at risk, and 11 percent are at risk of food insecurity. The V4 capitals' NUTS-2 regions are the least vulnerable to food insecurity. On the contrary, eastern, and southern Hungarian regions, as well as Eastern Slovakia, are the most vulnerable.
Pandemické nakupovanie: Príklad slovenskej a srbskej striebornej generácie
Authors: Trembošová Miroslava , Šramka Martin
Published: June 2022

Current COVID-19 pandemic has not only caused global concerns about individuals' health problems, but it has also triggered a change in consumer behavior. Even if only time will tell whether these changes will be temporary or permanent, we can begin to observe the change in how the pandemic affects demographic shopping behavior. Many studies confirm that the silver generation is not a homogeneous group and is most affected by the pandemic. The aim of the paper is to examine the consumer habits and patterns of seniors when buying food during the pandemic in 2021 in Nitra city (Slovakia) and Báčsky Petrovec (Srbsko). The segmentation factor is their age. The results of earlier surveys from 2020 confirmed that the seniors aged 50-64 are a heterogeneous group with higher variability of responses. Due to the greater isolation and greater restriction of movement, people aged 65 and over were less variable in their responses to food purchases. The purpose of this study is to broaden the knowledge base about the attitudes and buying behavior of the silver generation during the pandemic by comparison from two European countries, evaluated by Pearson contingency coefficient. The results of the research confirmed the assumption of segmentation of seniors by age. Younger seniors showed greater variability in responses than the group of older seniors. All Slovak senior respondents reported a change in food purchases during the pandemic (100%), but in Serbia 6% did not change their purchasing practices during the pandemic.
Turistická atraktivita měst ČR ve světle návštěvnosti zahraničních turistů 2018 a 2020
Authors: Vystoupil Jiří , Šauer Martin , Kubíčková Helena
Published: June 2022

The goal of this article is to analyse and compare the tourist attractiveness of the cities in the Czech Republic from the foreign tourist point of view before the COVID-19 pandemic (in 2018) and during its peak (in 2020). To assess the tourist attractiveness of cities, two indicators were utilized in the study - the indicator of the intensity of foreign tourism (the ratio of overnight stays to the number of inhabitants) and the share of overnight stays of foreign tourists. The study embodies 191 cities with more than 5,000 inhabitants. Firstly, the results confirmed the patent dominance of Prague (69% of all overnight stays in 2018, the intensity 12.3), and the overall dominant position of 42 cities with urban conservation zone (92% share of overnight stays, the intensity 7.6) and above all of the spa towns (14.7% share of overnight stays, the intensity almost 14). Secondly, the results confirmed the expected consequences of the pandemic on the most tourist-attractive cities in 2020. The share of overnight stays fell to 24% compared to 2018. Likewise, the indicator of the intensity of foreign tourism fell from 4,0 to 1,0 with a milder impact on the most important spa towns (the share of overnight stays of foreign tourists slumped to 30.3%, the intensity dropped from 13.9 to 4.2).
The Linkages between the Local Economy and Tourism on the Example of the South Bohemian Region
Authors: Švihlíková Ilona , Toth Daniel , Hamarneh Iveta
Published: June 2022

The study aims to show in the conditions of the South Bohemian Region the effectiveness and efficiency of support for the local economy as an endogenous source of employment and business development in tourism support. The methodological procedure is a multiplier including an input-output matrix for the South Bohemian Region. This matrix contains statistical data on aggregated regional - economic resources, production, and consumption. The results of the calculations of final demand and regional gross value added of the region are also presented. The primary data sources for the calculation were the open-source of the Czech Statistical Office, which publishes the Statistical Yearbook every year. The Statistical Yearbook of the South Bohemian Region 2021 contains all the necessary data for processing the input-output analysis of the multiplier effects of the tourism industry. The results of the application of these tools are summarized in a sectoral input-output table for the South Bohemian Region. The output multipliers for the South Bohemian Region show increased tourism scores compared to structurally similar regions. It is, therefore, a promising sector, which is determined by the favorable structure of tourist attractions.
Dynamika vývoje politiky zvýšeného koeficientu daně z nemovitých věcí v ČR
Authors: Zdražil Pavel
Published: June 2022

The aim of the contribution is to assess the development dynamics and spatial context of the implementation of the increased local real estate tax coefficient policy in the municipalities of Czechia. Based on the period of 2009-2021, an analysis is carried out at the level of all municipalities. It is based on the methods of aggregation and comparison. The late builds-up on the evaluation of the development of statistical characteristics, growth and ratio indices and also spatial distribution over time. The analysis shows that the possibility of increasing income through the real estate tax coefficient is utilized by more and more municipalities. Moreover, the phases of taxation increase correlate with the cycles of elections to municipal councils. From a spatial point of view, it the policy of increasing the property tax is mostly implemented by the north-western border of Czechia and in the vicinity of the largest centres – Prague, Brno and Ostrava. Furthermore, it is also used in important recreational areas and by municipalities that have large buildings sites in their land register (power plants, mining constructions, etc.). Hence, it seems the policy of higher taxation is driven by the effort to burden entities producing significant negative externalities.
The first ‘Grylloblattida’ of the family Liomopteridae from the Middle Permian in the Onder Karoo, South Africa (Insecta: Polyneoptera)
Authors: CAWOOD Rebecca , NEL Andre , GARROUSTE Romain , MOYO Sydney , VILLET Martin H. , PREVEC Rose
Published: June 2022

Here we describe a new genus and four new species of the extinct ‘Grylloblattida’: Liomopteridae Sellards, 1909: Liomopterum connexus Cawood & Nel, n. sp., Liomopterum daenerys Cawood & Nel, n. sp., Colubrosopterum karooensis Cawood & Nel, n. gen., n. sp., and Paraliomopterum sp. The fossil wings were collected from a new Middle Permian locality near Sutherland, Northern Cape, South Africa, with the horizon close to the Ecca-Beaufort Group contact in the southern Karoo Basin.
Where do stories come from?: Identity and poetics
Authors: Ahmetagić Jasmina
Published: June 2022

We use Andrić's posthumously published short story collection The House on Its Own (1976) to illustrate how the questions of artistic creation and identity are connected in this writer's work. We interpret the collection in the context of Jung's analytical psychology, Bakhtin's idea of the polyphonic character of truth, Andrić's own poetic writings from The Signs by the Road, and his short story Conversations with Goya whose theme and structure had already announced the narrative technique in The House on Its Own. We focused on this collection's dominant narrative technique and its purpose. Each of the stories emerges from the meeting of two individuals: the writer/narrator and the character that confides in him. The writer embraces the characters, empathizes and comprehends through emotion the other and the different in them. At the same time, the characters resemble the narrator in having multilayered identities and feeling the need for overcoming their trivial everyday life. The narrator's truth is subordinate to the characters' stories: the validation of someone else's words about oneself is simultaneously a validation of their personality and a form of self-validation. In The House on Its Own, the reader receives insight into the creative process itself and the role it plays in keeping these complex identities consistent. We point to the relation between Andrić's creative technique in this collection and Jung's technique of active imagination and we interpret the house on Alifakovac, in the spirit of Jungian analysis, as a metonymy for the narrator himself.
Serum C3 and serum C4 complement in patients with burn trauma and correlation with burn injury severity
Authors: Arslanagić Selma , Karamehić Jasenko
Published: June 2022

Introduction: Burns, depending on the degree of severity, induce a significant pathophysiological response in the body. The complement system participates in the body>s defenses as well as in immune responses after burn-induced trauma. Objectives: The main objective of the study was to examine how burn severity affects serum C3 and serum C4 complement values; whether burn severity correlates with serum C3 and C4 complement, and establish the predictive value of the serum C3 complement and serum C4 complement for assessing the severity of the burn. Patients and methods: According to the degree of TBSA, patients were classified into three groups: group with %TBSA < 15% (30 patients), group with %TBSA > 15%-25% (30 patients), and group with %TBSA > 25% to 40% (30 patients). According to the depth of burns, patients were classified into two groups partial-thickness burns (39 patients) and full-thickness burns (51 patients). We followed laboratory parameters: value serum C3 complement and serum C4 complement on the first and seventh day after burn trauma. Results: Serum C3 complement was significantly lower in patients with %TBSA > 25%-40% and in the group with %TBSA > 15%-25% compared to patients with %TBSA < 15% on the first and seventh day after burn trauma. Serum C3 complement was significantly lower in patients with %TBSA > 15%-25% compared to patients with %TBSA < 15% on day one and day seven after burn trauma. Serum complement C4 was not significantly different between burn groups on the first and seventh day. Full-thickness burns have significantly lower levels of serum complement C3, compared to partial-thickness burns, on the 1st and 7th day. Full-thickness burns result in a decrease in serum C4 complement compared to partial-thickness burns on the 7th day after burn trauma, but this decrease is not significant. On the 1st day after burn trauma, we found a negative correlation between %TBSA with serum C3 complement. Serum C4 complement was not correlated with %TBSA on the day 1st. Conclusions: %TBSA and depth of burn result in a significant decrease in serum C3 complement but not serum C4 complement. There is a negative correlation of %TBSA and C3 complement but not serum C4 complement on the 1st day after burn trauma. Serum C3 complement is a significant predictor of burn severity. The predictory significance of the C4 complement is not statistically significant.
Treatment adherence of COVID-19 patients getting medication at home
Authors: Porsuk Onder , Cerit Cigdem
Published: June 2022

Introduction: Turkey has adopted outpatient treatment of COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic. In the outpatient treatment of COVID-19 in Turkey, only hydroxychloroquine was initially used, favipiravir was added to the treatment, and finally, hydroxychloroquine was removed from the treatment and only favipiravir was used. Our study aims to examine the adherence to the recommended treatment of people diagnosed with COVID-19 who have received outpatient treatment without hospitalization and their attitudes and declared behaviors towards using the medications they were given free of charge. Methods: This follow-up study was conducted between February 15, 2021, and May 15, 2021, by telephone survey method in the Lüleburgaz District of Kırklareli City. The study participants were 4368 people who were diagnosed with COVID-19 with a positive PCR test in Lüleburgaz District between February 15 and May 15, 2021, and were given hydroxychloroquine and/or favipiravir drugs for home use after being deemed suitable for outpatient treatment according to the guidelines of the Republic of Turkey Ministry of Health. Results: 88.1% (n = 3849) of the survey respondents reported using the given medications regularly, while 11.9% (n = 519) did not use them regularly. The most important socio demographic factor affecting the regular use was age, and the patient-centered factor was the sense of trust. Conclusion: In the fight against COVID-19, measures to increase the sense of trust of patients who are expected to adhere to the treatments should be considered a priority.
La procrastinación en la formación inicial del profesorado: el rol de las estrategias de aprendizaje y el rendimiento académico
Authors: Martín-Antón Luis J. , Aramayo-Ruiz Karina Pamela , Rodríguez-Sáez José L. , Saiz-Manzanares María Consuelo
Published: June 2022

Un alto porcentaje de alumnado universitario posterga sus actividades académicas, siendo causa de dificultades académicas y personales. El objetivo de este trabajo fue identificar y caracterizar la procrastinación académica, y su relación con el uso de estrategias de aprendizaje metacognitivas, estrategias socioafectivas, y con el rendimiento académico en estudiantes universitarios. La muestra estuvo formada por 794 estudiantes de grados y másteres de títulos de educación, que completaron la Escala de Procrastinación Académica (EPA), la Escala de Evaluación de Procrastinación para Estudiantes (PASS), y las escalas Estrategias Metacognitivas y Estrategias Socioafectivas de las escalas ACRA. Mediante análisis descriptivos, correlacionales, contraste de muestras, y de regresión lineal jerárquica, se constata que hay un alto porcentaje de estudiantes que procrastinan habitualmente, y que consideran que esta conducta les es perjudicial. Se produce una relación negativa entre la procrastinación académica con el rendimiento académico, y el uso de estrategias metacognitivas y socioafectivas. Las mujeres presentan menor grado de procrastinación académica que los varones, aunque consideran que es una conducta más perjudicial para sus actividades académicas. También difieren en una mayor atribución a la falta de empatía y baja autoconfianza por las mujeres, frente a la búsqueda de excitación por parte de los varones. No se encuentran diferencias entre cursos, edad o si realizan o no alguna actividad laboral. Las variables más predictoras de la conducta procrastinadora son el bajo uso de estrategias metacognitivas y la falta de energía y autocontrol. Se discuten las implicaciones de los resultados en actuaciones específicas para reducir la procrastinación en estudiantes universitarios.
Análisis del rendimiento académico y la salud mental de los alumnos de educación secundaria según el acceso a los recursos tecnológicos
Authors: García-Gil María Ángeles , Fajardo-Bullón Fernando , Felipe-Castaño Elena
Published: June 2022

El acceso a los recursos digitales y el rendimiento académico (RA) son variables de gran interés en la sociedad actual. Sin embargo, hacen falta estudios que profundicen en la asociación entre ellos y la salud mental. Este estudio tiene como objetivo a) conocer si existen diferencias en el RA en función del acceso a los recursos digitales (móvil, ordenador, acceso a Internet y tiempo de conexión diario a Internet). b) Establecer perfiles de estudiantes según su RA y el acceso o no a dichos recursos digitales y, por último, analizar la relación de estos perfiles con la salud mental. Se seleccionó una muestra de 1448 alumnos españoles de Educación Secundaria Obligatoria (ESO) y de Bachillerato, de los que 708 eran hombres (48.90 %), con una edad media de 14.5 años (DT = 1.57). Se utilizó un cuestionario sociodemográfico, se midieron las calificaciones en el curso anterior y se utilizó la escala SDQ para la medición de la salud mental. El RA se ve influenciado positivamente por el tiempo de conexión a Internet, acceso al ordenador, Internet y móvil. Sin embargo, las diferencias entre los alumnos con buen RA y un RA bajo no vienen asociados exclusivamente al acceso a los recursos digitales sino a la presencia de dificultades en salud mental. Los alumnos con bajo RA presentan mayores dificultades emocionales, hiperactividad, problemas de conducta y problemas con compañeros. Por último, parece que los problemas emocionales destacan exclusivamente en aquellos alumnos con bajo RA que disponen de recursos digitales por lo que podría ser la variable más relevante para futuras intervenciones educativas.
Cantos órficos (die tragodie des letzten germanen in italien)
Authors: Campana Dino , Ladrón de Guevara Pedro Luis
Published: June 2022

Tiene el lector la primera edición completa de Canti Orfici realizada en nuestro país. La traducción ha sido problemática por la complejidad del texto que constantemente esconde referencias culturales a Dante, Miguel Ángel, Leonardo, Ribera, Ghirlandaio, Durero y tantos otros. Hemos procurado respetar todas las estructuras utilizadas por el poeta, si bien en algunos casos hemos tenido que modificarlas con el fin de que el lector pudiera comprender su significado; así «notte di amore di viola» ha sido traducida por «noche de amor violeta»; otras veces hemos tenido que añadir algunas comas o suavizar el hipérbaton. La traducción se ha basado en el riguroso respeto a la edición que hiciera Campana en 1914 (recogida en edición crítica por Fiorenza Ceraglioli en Dino Campana, Canti Orfici, Florencia, Vallecchi, 1985) huyendo de la tendencia a reescribir e inventar un nuevo poema, y basándonos también en la necesidad de que la traducción resultante fuese comprensible en igual medida a como lo es para el lector italiano, huyendo en este caso de la traducción-interpretación. No intenta ser ésta una traducción definitiva, conscientes de que todo nuevo lector, conocedor de la lengua italiana, hará la suya propia.