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DIGITAL SOLUTIONS FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF THE ADAPTATION PROCESS USED IN REMOTE FORMS OF PERSONNEL EMPLOYMENT
Authors: Kashtanova YEkatyerina , Shushakov V. , Pavlov A. , Pikalov N.
Published: February 2023

The article discusses the modern aspects of the personnel adaptation process in the organization. It is noted that the indisputable is the fact that the higher the involvement and satisfaction of employees with the company from the first days of work in it, the better the results achieved with any scheme of organization of their activities. Recognizing that successful adaptation of employees is a key goal in achieving such interaction, the authors consider this technology from the point of view of its adaptation to the changes that have occurred in the era of digital technologies and remote forms of employment.

The key idea of the article is to answer the question of what processes, methods and tools of adaptation can be used to achieve this goal of adapting the adaptation process itself to the challenges of today and what transformation they may be subject to.
DIGITALIZATION OF PERSONNEL DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT
Authors: Konobevcev F.
Published: February 2023

The theoretical aspects of the use of electronic document management in Russia are considered. The stages of institutionalization of an electronic signature at the state level are given. Approaches to the use of machine-readable power of attorney have been developed. The practical experience of digitalization of personnel document flow is analyzed. Aspects of the use of electronic workbooks, documentation of remote employment, stages of transition to personnel electronic document management are revealed. Recommendations on the use of tokens in electronic signature technology are given. Typical examples of information technologies and HR systems are shown on the example of 1C solutions. Based on the results of the work, the factors preventing the transition of organizations to personnel electronic document management are considered — the lack of a free qualified electronic signature and the risk of leakage of personal data.
The “greening” of financial public law: reality and margins of progress
Authors: Moysan Emilie
Published: February 2023

Having in mind concerns on climate change, that theme occupies an increasing place in French legal order, in particular in public financial law. Current events provide a perfect illustration of this with an implementation of a “green budget”: a mechanism allowing a new classification of budgetary and tax expenditures according to their environmental impact on the one hand, and better identification of environmental revenues on the other hand. This new system should not obscure a variety of financial tools put in place by the State, sometimes for several years, whether expenditure or revenue, to fight against climate change. However, the fact remains that the ambition of the French State is not, as it stands, sufficient to respond to the climate emergency, which requires the emergence of new public financial engineering.
Charakterystyka uchwały upoważniającej organ wykonawczy jednostki samorządu terytorialnego do zmian w budżecie w celu realizacji zadań związanych z pomocą obywatelom Ukrainy w związku z konfliktem zbrojnym
Authors: Solka Piotr
Published: February 2023

Artykuł przedstawia wprowadzone do systemu prawa uprawnienie skierowane do organów stanowiących j.s.t. do upoważnienia wójta gminy do zmian budżetowych w związku z pomocą obywatelom Ukrainy. Rozważania skupiają się na określeniu charakteru normatywnego uchwały podjętej na podstawie art. 111 u.p.o.u. oraz zakreślenia granic spraw przekazanych do delegacji. Szczególną uwagę w artykule poświęcono na możliwości implementacji subdelegacji pomocowej w system prawa lokalnego, a także relację w jakiej pozostaje uchwała delegująca uprawnienie zawarte w ustawie do uchwały realizującej to uprawnienie w zakresie działalności organu stanowiącego.
Thinking tool for evolutionary creation
Authors: Petrušić Bruno
Published: February 2023

Theological thinking is hard. It takes various forms depending on its object of reflection, and needs to be doctrinally informed, contextually appropriate and methodologically consistent. Theological thinking about evolutionary creation meets all said conditions and restrictions on some sort of a larger-than-usual scale. I, thus, introduce a thinking tool – intuition pump, as Daniel Dennett calls it – that can help us theologically contemplate evolutionary creation. This approach aims to put together and to combine evolution and creation within the context of the structure and form of Dennett’s proposed methodology and thought experiments using at one instance Gödel’s incompleteness theorems. This intuition pump has its implications and effects in other theological domains (Trinity, Christology and Sacramentology) but its natural context lies within theology of creation. I will start by presenting Dennett’s heterophenomenological method for scientific research of consciousness, stretching our theological imagination by using it. This thinking tool enables us to see this world as God’s heterophenomenological world. At the same time, it enables us to recognize and confirm intrinsic properties or essences in nature and it warrant thinking about historicity of Adam and Eve.
La humanización del espacio: la tercera generación de recualificaciones urbanas excluyentes en los espacios urbanos públicos centrales e históricos de Buenos Aires (2007-2019)
Authors: Vazquez Diego Ezequiel
Published: February 2023

El presente artículo se plantea describir y analizar las diferentes acciones públicas que desarro­lló el Gobierno de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires en los espacios urbanos públicos de los barrios centrales e históricos de Buenos Aires, en las tres gestiones del partido Propuesta Republicana (2007-2019). Para ello se utilizó una metodología híbrida que entrecruzó aspectos de los es­tudios urbanos, de los culturales y del análisis de políticas públicas en pos de comprender en profundidad las interrelaciones entre lo material y lo simbólico en los procesos de recualificación urbana contemporáneos. Como principales hallazgos se destacan las particularidades de este proceso que permiten hablar de una tercera generación de recualificaciones urbanas excluyentes en estos espacios específicos de la ciudad de Buenos Aires y que han sido denominadas como humanización del espacio por sus continuas referencias y legitimaciones en el modelo interna­cional de ciudades para la gente de Jan Gehl.
Optimal Ratcheting in Executive Compensation
Authors: Hwang Iny , Kim Youngsoo , Lim Michael K.
Published: February 2023

Recent empirical studies point out that the firms do not fully incorporate the managers’ past performance when revising future contractual terms. This study offers a theoretical perspective on the firm’s executive compensation strategy that supports such latest empirical findings. Using a two-period principal-agent model, we examine firm’s compensation schemes with ratchet principle taking into account key factors such as informational rent, capability uncertainty, and performance noise. After characterizing the optimal incentive rates for a given degree of ratcheting, we examine the efficacy of ratcheting contract in executive compensation. We also explore the optimal degree of ratcheting that strikes a fine balance between informational rent and ratchet effect. We find that the capability gap-performance noise ratio plays a critical role in determining the optimal degree of ratcheting.

Funding: I. Hwang and M. K. Lim acknowledge support from the Institute of Management Research at Seoul National University.

Supplemental Material: The online appendix is available at https://doi.org/10.1287/deca.2023.0467 .
Covariate Dependent Sparse Functional Data Analysis
Authors: Kim Minhee , Allen Todd , Liu Kaibo
Published: February 2023

This study proposes a method to incorporate covariate information into sparse functional data analysis. The method aims at cases where each subject has a limited number of longitudinal measurements and is associated with static covariates. This research is motivated by several use cases in practice. One representative example is void swelling, a nuclear-specific material degradation mechanism. Void swelling is affected by many covariates, including alloy composition and irradiation type. How to accurately model the complicated joint effects of such covariates on the swelling process is the key to mitigating the effect of swelling and ensuring safe operation. Unlike most of the existing methods, the proposed method can handle high-dimensional covariates with the informative covariate identification procedure and sparse and irregularly spaced measurements, that is, does not require complete or dense observations. The main innovation of the proposed method is that we model the variation coming from covariates and the variation left conditioned on covariates, such that the functional principal component analysis and Gaussian process can be conducted in a unified manner. We also propose a systematic approach to identify important covariates in the hypothesis testing context. The methodology is demonstrated on applications in nuclear engineering and healthcare and simulation studies.

History: Bianca Maria Colosimo served as senior editor for this article.

Funding: This work was supported in part by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research [Grant FA9550-20-1-0072] and in part by the Department of Energy [Award DE-NE0008993].

Data Ethics & Reproducibility Note: No data ethics considerations are foreseen related to this article. The code capsule is available on Code Ocean at https://codeocean.com/capsule/9363709 and in the e-Companion to this article (available at https://doi.org/10.1287/ijds.2023.0025 ).
Somebody Expects You Home Tonight: Exploring Safety Practices in Technical School Shops
Authors: Auta Mohammed , Kurniawan Arief
Published: February 2023

The study explored safety practices in technical school shops. The area of the study was North-Eastern Nigeria. The study adopted descriptive survey research design and the population of the study comprises of 134 carpentry and joinery Teachers/Instructors, 97 workshop attendants and 783 Carpentry and Joinery Students from the 29 Technical Colleges thereby making a population size of 1014. The instrument used for data collection was a structured questionnaire on a five-point scale adapted from a previous study. The reliability coefficient of the instrument was 0.78. Mean was used to analyze the research questions. Findings from the study indicated that safety practices around Technical School shop environment, and the observation of safety practices by workshop personnel were to a moderately extents. It was recommended among others that School administrators should organize periodic reorientation programmes for carpentry and joinery workshop personnel to reeducate them on the need to strictly comply with all the safety standards guiding carpentry and joinery workshop operations.
Awareness of Vocational and Technical Education Lecturers in Utilising the Emerging Technology Posed by Covid-19 Pandemic
Authors: Olatoye Adeolu Oludare , Salami Sarafadeen Segun , Olore Rasidat Iyabo , Adepoju Adeola Idiat
Published: February 2023

The study was carried out to examine the awareness of vocational and technical eduation lecturers in utilizing the emerging technology posed by Covid-19 pandemic in Oyo State Colleges of Education.  To achieve the objectives of the study, three research questions were developed and answered while two null hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance.  The study adopted survey research design.  The population for the study consisted of 150 lecturers.  Total enumeration sampling technique was used for this research work.  The questionnaire was faced and content validated by two experts from the Department of Business Education and one expert from Industrial Technical Education Department, Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijebu-ode.  Cronbach Alpha method was adopted to ensure reliability of the instrument with the coefficient of r=0.96.  This shows that the instrument is highly reliable.  The questionnaire was administered on 150 respondents and all were successfully retrieved.  Mean and Standard deviation were used to answer data related to research questions while t-test and ANOVA analysis were used to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance.  The findings of the study revealed that awareness level of the Vocational and Technical Education lecturers on the use of available technological tools for teaching and learning is moderately high. The extent of usage of modern technological tools for teaching and learning is low compare to their awareness.  Challenges faced by Vocational and Technical Education lecturers in using modern technological tools is moderately high.  The study revealed that there is significant relationship between male and female Vocational and Technical Education lecturers on the extent of lecturers` awareness on the use of modern technological tools.  The study as well revealed that there is significant relationship between the respondents on the challenges faced by Vocational and Technical Education lecturers in using modern technological tools for teaching and learning with respect to their years of experience.  Based on the findings, it was recommended among others that government through a relevant agencies like Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) should assist in providing some adequate modern technological tools for Colleges of Education, school management should provide modern technological tools for the smooth running of teaching and learning, Seminars and Conferences on the use of modern technological tools be attended at an interval.
Quality of Educational Facilities and Graduate Employability Competences in Lagos State Nigeria
Authors: Oshionebo Esther Emike , Olawale Abiodun Owolabi
Published: February 2023

This research work examined the relationship between quality of educational facilities and graduate employability competence in Lagos state. The study was carried out in different NYSC zones using 256 NYSC members which are selected through the simple random sampling techniques from the different NYSC zones in Lagos State. In order to achieve the aim of this study, 3 research questions and 2 hypotheses were formulated. A questionnaire titled quality of educational facilities and graduate employability competences (QEFGEC) was developed by the researchers. The research instrument was administered through google form, the questionnaire was designed online and responses were gathered online. Before the instrument was administered, it was subjected to face and content validity by 2 professionals in the field of Educational Management and Measurements and Evaluation in University of Lagos and Ekiti State University. Also, in ensuring the reliability of the used instrument, a pilot test was carried out using 20 NYSC members in Lagos. Using the Cronbach’s alpha reliability method, the instrument had a reliability coefficient of 0.74. The instrument was self-administered to the respondents and responses were gathered within few days due to the aid of ICT. The data gathered on the research questions from the field was analyzed using a simple percentage, means, standard deviation while the research hypothesis was tested using inferential statistics. It was discovered that there is a significant relationship between availability, utilization of educational facilities and graduate employability competences. It was therefore recommended that Tertiary institution head must ensure that all needed facilities are provided for effective utilization by the teachers and students, also Government and all education stakeholders should provide adequate funding for the tertiary institution because without quality output, the objective of education in national development will not be achieve and lastly Student and lecturers should be encouraged to use, manage and maintain the limited educational facilities provided adequately
E-Learning in Vocational Business Education during Covid-19 Pandemic in Nigeria; Challlenges, Benefits and Way Forward
Authors: Joseph Okifo , Oghenebrorhie Ayo Abel , Aghogho Diavwoderu Happy
Published: February 2023

During Corona Virus (Covid-19) lockdown, the introduction of the use of various applications such as zoom and the likes were on high side. Teachers were able to teach from their homes to the students in their respective homes. Unfortunately because of the economy of Nigeria, not everyone has the financial capacity to acquire phones, laptops and other related ICT tools to enable all to participate in the online teaching – learning process, in fact when it comes to adequate usage of ICT products, Nigeria is still far behind; only few are versatile in the use of ICT tools. The corona-virus is seen as the most trying time in the history of mankind. This period prompted concerned personnel and government to give more attention to the alternative to physical teaching-learning process called e-learning; audio, audio-visual, virtual learning and all forms of nonphysical contact teaching – learning process were more utilized. Though as good as it was, this exposes the major strength and huge weakness of the system owning to the fact very many things still need to put in place to take e-learning in Nigeria to its supposed place in the developmental trend of the world at large. This paper examined concept of E-Learning, historical development of E-learning, E-learning during COVID-19, disruptions of COVID-19 in Nigerian Educational Sector, challenges associated with E-Learning in Business education and benefits of E-Learning during COVID-19 pandemic in business education programmes.
Effectiveness of Entrepreneurship Practices to Foster the Interest of Entrepreneurship in SMK Muhammadiyah 1 Cilacap
Authors: Ulfahamadah Ulfahamadah , Kuat Tri
Published: February 2023

The objective of this study is to determine the effectiveness of entrepreneurial practices to foster the interest in entrepreneurship in Muhammadiyah 1 Vocational School of Cilacap. The research approach used by the researcher in the qualitative description. Data subjects came from students, resource persons, and teachers. Data collection techniques used by the researcher are observation, interviews, and documentation. Data analysis techniques used by the researcher are data reduction, display of data and verification. The researcher uses credibility, transferability, and confirmation in the data validity test. The results of this study indicate that the implementation of entrepreneurial practice runs well and smoothly. The effectiveness of entrepreneurial practices to foster the interest in entrepreneurship works effectively. It is evident that teachers, facilities, and materials are sufficient. The process of entrepreneurship practice successfully fosters entrepreneurship and entrepreneurship skills for students and is able to generate interest in entrepreneurship.
Assessment of Basic Education Graduates Competencies Acquired in Business Studies for Self-Reliance in Postikum Metropolis, Yobe State, Nigeria
Authors: Garba Munkaila Abubakar , Ibrahim Adamu , Adam Mohammad
Published: February 2023

The study “Assessed basic education graduates’ competencies acquired in business studies for self-reliance in Postikum metropolis, Yobe state, Nigeria” Five specific objective, five research questions and five null hypotheses guided the study. The study adopted outcome evaluation research design. The study had population of 11,922 basic education graduates and 100 were randomly selected and used for the study. The instrument used for data collection was practical exercise adopted from previous examinations. The instrument was validated by two experts and pilot tested. A reliability coefficient of 0.78 was obtained. Five research assistants helped in the data collection. The data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistic of mean and standard deviation to answer the research questions while Independent-Sample t-test was used to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The study revealed that among others that the extent to which business studies provide basic education graduates with Keyboarding, Computer, Accounting and Shorthand skill was very low for self- reliance in Potiskum metropolis, Yobe State. It was concluded that the philosophy of introducing business studies at basic education level to reduce the rate of unemployment among the graduates will not be achieved if the students continue to graduate without requisite skills in keyboarding, Shorthand, Computer, Marketing and Accounting skills. The study recommended among others that Basic education students should be exposed to more practical in keyboarding, marketing and accounting that will enable them acquire needed skills for self-reliance upon graduation.
Usability of Augmented Reality (AR) Application in ‘Fertigation System’ among Form 1 Students at Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Behrang 2020, Perak, Malaysia
Authors: Abdul Mutalib Asilah , Mohamed Imran Nurfatin Masliza , Ismail Zalina , Ab Latif Zahidah , Che Man Shaibatul ’ Islamiah , Azmi Noor Hidayah
Published: February 2023

The purpose of teaching aid is important to attract students to always be active in the classroom. It is important to focus on educational activities among students such as the usage of teaching aid during the teaching and learning process. Therefore, the objective of this study is to identify the usability of augmented reality (AR) application 'Fertigation System' among form 1 students of SMK Behrang 2020 who took Design and Technology subject. The application was developed using the ADDIE model which has five phases including analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation. The design of the studies used was quantitative method (survey method). The instrument of study used was a questionnaire. In the first phase (Analysis), a questionnaire that was endorsed by experts was distributed to 35 respondents to identify the needs of the AR application development. In this phase, there were 72% of respondents agreed the needs of the AR application development. For the next phases, an AR 'Fertigation System' has been designed and developed. A questionnaire was distributed together with the AR application that has been developed and verified by three experts from different fields (language, education, content). After that, a pilot study was conducted among 50 students of form 1 who took Design and Technology subject at SMK Behrang 2020 as respondents for improvement purposes (Implementation phase). For the final phase (Evaluation), a questionnaire and application of AR 'Fertigation System' which has been verified and improved was distributed to 76 respondents comprising form 1 students who took Design and Technology subject at SMK Behrang 2020. The results of this study showed that 62.72% of the respondents strongly agreed with the usability of the AR application 'Fertigation System'. All data obtained was analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) to obtain the average value, percentage, frequency and standard deviation. In conclusion, the results of this study show that the AR application of the 'Fertigation System' that has been developed can be used among form 1 students who took Design and Technology subject at SMK Behrang 2020, Perak.
Development of Basic Electrical Learning Video to Improve Student’s Competencies
Authors: Swi Damarwan Eko , Budiastuti Pramudita , Triatmaja Adhy Kurnia
Published: February 2023

In the digitalization era, the learning process has begun to use blended learning. Blended learning is carried out face-to-face directly or indirectly. Students are expected to be able to study independently. In basic electrical practice courses, students have difficulty learning independently. This study aims to develop learning videos to improve student competencies. The development model used is the ADDIE model. The stages of development carried out are Analyze, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation. The feasibility test of the basic electrical learning video in terms of motivation is 90.29%, convenience is 88.50% and material is 86.75% The feasibility of basic electrical learning videos as learning media is included in the "very feasible" category. This learning media can be used to support the learning process of basic electrical practices.
Moralitas Pasar dalam Hadis-Hadis Kontradiktif: Perspektif Pendekatan Kontekstual
Authors: Miswanto Agus
Published: February 2023

This research is a qualitative descriptive research on market morality in contradictory hadiths. The market is a place of economic activity for traders in order to gain profits which often ignores moral values. The focus of this research is on the traditions about the market which contain contradictions, especially those contained in the Sahih Bukhari and Sahih Muslim books. To obtain relevant data, this study uses keywords and an online search instrument, al-maktabah al-syamila. To understand the hadith of the prophet comprehensively, this study uses a contextual approach through historical and hermeneutic methods, namely looking at the text and context, and using the unification and synchronization method (al-jam' wa al-taufiq). From this study it was found that the prophet's expression which stated that the most hated place by Allah was the market, not in the textual sense, but was an expression of the prophet regarding some market activities carried out by traders which were prohibited by the Shari'a. The moral hazard behavior of traders including usury, gharar, maisir, which causes injustice and harm to other parties must be avoided and shunned.
Konsep Ta’dib dan Relevansinya Terhadap Pendidikan Karakter Anak Usia Dini
Authors: Khafiyya Nidaan
Published: February 2023

This study discusses the concept of ta'dib and its relevance to children's character education. Ta'dib is an educational concept that aims to produce civilized human beings. Ta'dib is an intellectual, spiritual, and social education for teenagers and adults. Character education of children is an urgent matter that needs attention. Character education is not only about making children behave well, but more about forming good thoughts, characters, and behaviors so that children succeed. Data collection in this study was carried out by reviewing and digging up several relevant journals, books and literature. This research is a descriptive qualitative analysis, which attempts to describe the concept of ta'dib and its relevance to early childhood character education. The relevance of the concept of ta'dib with early childhood character education is aimed at producing intelligent and intelligent children, having noble character, having physical faith and piety, present in daily behavior.
Hermenéutica de la mirada: Función de la visualidad en Soldados de Salamina (2001) de Javier Cercas
Authors: Casas-Olcoz Ana María
Published: February 2023

Con la finalidad de abordar un asunto desatendido en la recepción de la novela, el presente artículo analiza la centralidad asumida por el sentido de la vista en Soldados de Salamina (2001) de Javier Cercas. Con base en los Estudios Literarios Cognitivos, mi intención es demostrar que la novela describe de forma precisa no solo la facultad de la vista, sino más significativamente determinados procesos cognitivos asociados a ella. De esta forma, es mi hipótesis que la visualidad responde a una función narrativa esencial en la novela: recrear la experiencialidad de los personajes, entendida esta como la evocación cuasi mimética de la experiencia de los hechos por parte de un protagonista humano, la cual activa en el lector una serie de procesos cognitivos similares a los experimentados en la vida real (Fludernik). Con todo esto, pretendo contribuir en última instancia al estudio de la interrelación productiva entre el cuerpo, la visión y la textualidad en una obra fundamental de la literatura hispánica reciente.
On Sight, Technology, and Science Fiction: Transhumanist Visions in Contemporary Canadian Dystopia
Authors: Cuadrado Payeras Lidia María
Published: February 2023

This article examines a number of practices of observation as represented in contemporary Canadian dystopias in light of technological developments as seen by transhumanist thought. It argues that the transhumanist scopic practices that underlie their science-fictional imaginaries are in fact dystopian, and, as such, it takes examples from dystopian literature to illustrate how the nature of sight and seeing in the techno- and image-mediated context presents dangerous pitfalls for subject formation, identity politics, and agency. The article distinguishes between “vision” as a body of ideas and “sight” as the actual ways of seeing that may be reciprocal and create bonds of affectivity or, in the case of the transhumanist predicament, be instead founded on watching as the one-sided commodifying alternative.
Definir-se fent versos. Sobre «Literatura», «A través dels temperaments» i «A l’inrevés», de Gabriel Ferrater
Authors: Capellas Franco Lucas
Published: February 2023

El present article proposa una interpretació de tres poemes de Gabriel Ferrater que problematitzen la noció d’objectivitat en poesia –no només des de la seva respectiva especificitat sinó també a través del sentit de la seva ordenació. Això els situa al centre de la tensió contra-poètica que caracteritza l’obra de Ferrater. La interpretació del primer poema, «Literatura», és el nucli de l’article. El seu resultat permet una millor comprensió dels altres dos poemes: «A través dels temperaments» i «A l’inrevés». Fent servir les reflexions del mateix Ferrater a propòsit de la relació entre experiència i literatura, l’article també estableix un mínim marc teòric que il·lustra els conflictes que planteja l’objectivitat en la poesia ferrateriana.
«Ojo de agua atenta»: aparatos de resonancia y resistencia en los videoperformances de Paula Coñoepan y Sebastián Calfuqueo
Authors: Amaro Lorena , Catrileo Daniela , Quevedo Javiera
Published: February 2023

En las dos últimas décadas urge la necesidad de pensar nuevas formas de relación con el planeta, marcadas en la modernidad por el afán de dominio y control. El colonialismo impuso una «mirada extractiva» (Gómez-Barris) sobre los territorios anexados a las metrópolis; visión y poder se combinan en diversas metáforas cognitivas que revelan, además de la centralidad de la visión en la cultura occidental, la postergación de formas perceptivas y cognitivas que pudieran propiciar vínculos más emancipadores, «tentaculares» (Haraway) e integradores en tiempos de crisis planetaria. En este artículo abordamos videoperformances de dos artistas visuales mapuche, Sebastián Calfuqueo y Paula Coñoepan, cuyo quehacer corporizado explora las posibilidades del ojo y, sobre todo, del oído, invitándonos a viajar por superficies y paisajes no normados, en que el uso del sonido líquido, ambiental, funciona como aparato de resonancia y resistencia de genealogías, cuerpos y subjetividades.
Agenciamiento contravisual. Una lectura a la ruptura de la imagen hegemónica de la violencia de género en la performance Un violador en tu camino de LASTESIS
Authors: Toledo Jofré Natalia
Published: February 2023

En este artículo abordo la performance del colectivo LASTESIS Un violador en tu camino (2019) e interpreto el tránsito entre lo invisible y lo visible, referido en la performance en las acciones de no ver y luego ver. Asimismo, en diálogo con esas referencias, analizo las posibles lecturas que se pueden establecer sobre el uso de la venda que cubre los ojos de las participantes. En este recorrido busco revisar cómo estos elementos de la performance sugieren un agenciamiento basado en imágenes contravisuales y en la ruptura con el foco de la mirada tradicional y hegemónica levantado y mantenido por el régimen escópico actual.
Reflexions psicoanalítiques sobre la dificultat d’esdevenir un subjecte deslligat del sistema capitalista
Authors: Alsina Rios Cristina
Published: February 2023

Reseña de Calla i paga: encontres entre política i psicoanàlisi, de Inés García López. Barcelona: Edicions del Periscopi, 2022. 105 páginas.
Ética y política del archivo
Authors: Hidalgo Nácher Max
Published: February 2023

Reseña de El libro de la vieja (tiempo de archivo), de Graciela Goldchluk. Santa Fe: Vera Cartonera, Colección Almanaque, 2022. 41 páginas.
Del origen a la encarnación: la estrategia teo-carno-política en Eva de la Argentina de María Seoane como representante de la cinematografía populista de la «marea rosada»
Authors: Beverinotti Matías
Published: February 2023

El artículo analizará la estrategia de legitimación cinematográfica de los nuevos populismos sudamericanos del siglo XXI o «marea rosada» focalizándose en el análisis en la película Eva de la Argentina de María Seoane (2010). Sostendremos que el cine es una herramienta crucial de la «marea rosada» para crear, aumentar y/o sostener su popularidad que, al narrar la historia de héroes nacionales, muestra al presente liderazgo como el retorno de una figura histórica y de su agenda política. Esto conforma una articulación populista teo-carno-política. La película de Seoane hace esto utilizando a Eva Perón y las mismas técnicas cinematográficas de la propaganda peronista de mitad de siglo XX, para legitimar la aparición mesiánica de la nueva líder o «modelo de la llegada» que retoma una teleología interrumpida.
Populismo y contrarrevolución en la saga cinematográfica Los juegos del hambre: la respuesta política ambigua
Authors: Gómez García Iván
Published: February 2023

Los juegos del hambre es una de las sagas cinematográficas más conocidas y rentables de los últimos años. Se trata de un producto abiertamente intertextual que mezcla hábilmente la tradición de la ciencia ficción distópica con los tópicos de las novelas románticas para adolescentes. Su éxito ha generado atención por parte de la academia, que lleva tiempo examinando sus constantes narrativas, su universo visual y también su propuesta política. En este último terreno se ha destacado mucho el papel de Katniss Everdeen como heroína y, como consecuencia de ello, se ha analizado también el valor de la rebelión llevada a cabo contra el orden político totalitario expuesto en este universo distópico. El objetivo del presente artículo es examinar el sentido y significado de dicho gesto de rebeldía y analizar las conexiones que mantiene con el populismo político. Destacaremos la profunda ambigüedad de la propuesta política inserta en Los juegos del hambre, el papel jugado por una heroína mesiánica como Katniss y nos preguntaremos por el verdadero sentido de su mediática revolución.
Una nació que es (des)dibuixa: aproximació al problema de «l’austricitat» a través de Heldenplatz, de Thomas Bernhard
Authors: Aguilar-Sanjosé David
Published: February 2023

Aquest article pretén abordar el problema de «l’austricitat» —és a dir, la pregunta per l’existència i l’especificitat d’una literatura austríaca— des d’una perspectiva comparatista, a partir del fenomen de la literatura antipatriòtica (o Antiheimatsliteratur) i, més concretament, a través de l’anàlisi de Heldenplatz, l’últim drama de Thomas Bernhard. Es pararà una atenció especial al diàleg que aquesta obra manté amb la història i el territori nacionals, i s’intentarà posar en relleu tant les tensions que manté amb els relats crítics hegemònics que han provat d’elaborar l’especificitat d’allò austríac des d’un punt de vista literari i cultural (principalment, els de Claudio Magris i Ulrich Greiner) com les preguntes que pot suscitar per a la Literatura Comparada aquesta proposta, que consisteix en vincular-se negativament a la pròpia nació i que, en aquest sentit, se situa en una posició particularment fèrtil entre l’àmbit nacional i tot allò que el depassa.
Fast implicit diffusive dark-field retrieval for single-exposure, single-mask x-ray imaging
Authors: Beltran Mario A. , Paganin David M. , Croughan Michelle K. , Morgan Kaye S.
Published: February 2023

Complementary to conventional and phase x-ray radiography, dark-field imaging has become central in visualizing diffusive scattering signals that come from spatially unresolved texture within an object. To date, most diffusive dark-field retrieval methods require either the acquisition of multiple images at the cost of higher radiation dose or significant amounts of computational memory and time. In this work, a simple method of x-ray diffusive dark-field retrieval is presented, applicable to any single-mask imaging setup, with only one exposure of the sample. The approach, which is based on a model of geometric and diffusive reverse-flow conservation, is implicit and noniterative. This numerically fast methodology is applied to experimental x-ray images acquired using both a random mask and a grid mask, giving high-quality reconstructions that are very stable in the presence of noise. The method should be useful for high-speed imaging and/or imaging with low-flux sources.
Why does understanding the biology of fibroblasts in immunity really matter?
Authors: Wong Zhi Yi , Nee Eloise , Coles Mark , Buckley Christopher D.
Published: February 2023

Fibroblasts are known for their ability to make and modify the extracellular matrix. However, there is more to them than meets the eye. It is now clear that they help define tissue microenvironments and support immune responses in organs. As technology advances, we have started to uncover the secrets of fibroblasts. In this Essay, we present fibroblasts as not only the builders and renovators of tissue environments but also the rheostat cells for immune circuits. Although they perform location-specific functions, they do not have badges of fixed identity. Instead, they display a spectrum of functional states and can swing between these states depending on the needs of the organ. As fibroblasts participate in a range of activities both in health and disease, finding the key factors that alter their development and functional states will be an important goal to restore homeostasis in maladapted tissues.
Historical determinants of neurosurgical inequities in Africa and the African diaspora: A review and analysis of coloniality
Authors: Barthélemy Ernest J. , Diouf Sylviane A. , Silva Ana Cristina Veiga , Abu-Bonsrah Nancy , de Souza Isabella Assunção Santos , Kanmounye Ulrick Sidney , Gabriel Phabinly , Sarpong Kwadwo , Nduom Edjah K. , Lartigue Jean Wilguens , Esene Ignatius , Karekezi Claire
Published: February 2023

The movement to decolonize global health challenges clinicians and researchers of sub-disciplines, like global neurosurgery, to redefine their field. As an era of racial reckoning recentres the colonial roots of modern health disparities, reviewing the historical determinants of these disparities can constructively inform decolonization. This article presents a review and analysis of the historical determinants of neurosurgical inequities as understood by a group of scholars who share Sub-Saharan African descent. Vignettes profiling the colonial histories of Cape Verde, Rwanda, Cameroon, Ghana, Brazil, and Haiti illustrate the role of the colonial legacy in the currently unmet need for neurosurgical care in each of these nations. Following this review, a bibliographic lexical analysis of relevant terms then introduces a discussion of converging historical themes, and practical suggestions for transforming global neurosurgery through the decolonial humanism promulgated by anti-racist practices and the dialogic frameworks of conscientization.
Dengue incidence and length of viremia by RT-PCR in a prospective observational community contact cluster study from 2005–2009 in Indonesia
Authors: Riswari Silvita Fitri , Velies Dyana Safitri , Lukman Nurhayati , Jaya Ungke Anton , Djauhari Hofiya , Ma’roef Chairin Nisa , Myint Khin Saw Aye , Widjaja Susana , der Ven Andre van , Alisjahbana Bachti , Mast Quirijn de , Kosasih Herman
Published: February 2023

Background

Dengue has become a major global health threat since being recognized three centuries ago. Important gaps remain in understanding the transmission dynamics of dengue virus (DENV) infection. This study reports the results of a prospective observational cluster study that investigated the incidence of symptomatic and asymptomatic infections and length of viremia among close community contacts of hospitalized DENV-infected patients.

Methodology/principal findings

Between 2005 and 2009, dengue-confirmed cases (n = 97) admitted to Hasan Sadikin Hospital in Bandung, Indonesia, were enrolled as index cases. Subsequently, twenty close community contacts (n = 1928) living with and around the index cases were included and followed up for up to 14 days. Body temperature was measured daily; blood samples were collected every 3–4 days and when reported fever. DENV infection was confirmed using Reverse Transcriptase–Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR), IgM rapid test, and Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA). Among the 1928 community contacts, a total of 72 (3.7%) acute DENV infections were diagnosed, which equates to an incidence of 636 cases per 1,000 person-years (95% Confidence interval (CI) 588 to 687 cases per 1,000 person-years). Twenty-nine cases (40%) were symptomatic (22 dengue fever (DF) & 7 dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF)), and 43 (60%) were asymptomatic. Primary and secondary DENV infections were detected in 18 (25%) and 54 (75%) subjects. Among the RT-PCR positives, viremia was observed as early as seven days before fever onset and converted to negative as late as seven days after the onset of fever.

Conclusions

DENV infections are common among close community contacts of hospitalized dengue patients. The high number of asymptomatic infections and the observation that viremia precedes the onset of fever for up to seven days highlight the importance of unrecognized dengue transmission and the need for improved transmission control.
A generalized framework for estimating snakebite underreporting using statistical models: A study in Colombia
Authors: Bravo-Vega Carlos , Renjifo-Ibañez Camila , Santos-Vega Mauricio , León Nuñez Leonardo Jose , Angarita-Sierra Teddy , Cordovez Juan Manuel
Published: February 2023

Background

Snakebite envenoming is a neglected tropical disease affecting deprived populations, and its burden is underestimated in some regions where patients prefer using traditional medicine, case reporting systems are deficient, or health systems are inaccessible to at-risk populations. Thus, the development of strategies to optimize disease management is a major challenge. We propose a framework that can be used to estimate total snakebite incidence at a fine political scale.

Methodology/Principal findings

First, we generated fine-scale snakebite risk maps based on the distribution of venomous snakes in Colombia. We then used a generalized mixed-effect model that estimates total snakebite incidence based on risk maps, poverty, and travel time to the nearest medical center. Finally, we calibrated our model with snakebite data in Colombia from 2010 to 2019 using the Markov-chain-Monte-Carlo algorithm. Our results suggest that 10.19% of total snakebite cases (532.26 yearly envenomings) are not reported and these snakebite victims do not seek medical attention, and that populations in the Orinoco and Amazonian regions are the most at-risk and show the highest percentage of underreporting. We also found that variables such as precipitation of the driest month and mean temperature of the warmest quarter influences the suitability of environments for venomous snakes rather than absolute temperature or rainfall.

Conclusions/Significance

Our framework permits snakebite underreporting to be estimated using data on snakebite incidence and surveillance, presence locations for the most medically significant venomous snake species, and openly available information on population size, poverty, climate, land cover, roads, and the locations of medical centers. Thus, our algorithm could be used in other countries to estimate total snakebite incidence and improve disease management strategies; however, this framework does not serve as a replacement for a surveillance system, which should be made a priority in countries facing similar public health challenges.
Enhancement of diterpenoid steviol glycosides by co-overexpressing SrKO and SrUGT76G1 genes in Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni
Authors: Nasrullah Nazima , Ahmad Javed , Saifi Monica , Shah Irum Gul , Nissar Umara , Quadri Syed Naved , Ashrafi Kudsiya , Abdin Malik Zainul
Published: February 2023

Stevia rebaudiana (stevia) contains commercially important steviol glycosides, stevioside and rebaudioside A, these compounds have insulinotropic and anti-hyperglycemic effect. Steviol, stevioside and rebaudioside-A have taste modulation and insulin potentiation activity. Stevia leaves are composed of steviol (2–5%), stevioside (4–13%) and rebaudioside-A (1–6%). Stevioside has after-taste bitterness, rebaudioside-A is sweetest in taste among all the glycosides present. Therefore, lower ratio of rebaudioside-A to stevioside has bitter after-taste, which makes stevia plants unpalatable. By over-expressing the genes, SrUGT76G1 and SrKO, we propose to increase the ratio of RebA to stevioside in stevia. Various lines were generated and amongst them, seven lines had both the transgenes present. Co-overxpresion of SrUGT76G1 and SrKO led to the increased concentration of RebA in all the seven transgenic lines (KU1-KU7) than control plant and RebA to stevioside ratio also increased significantly. Steviol, stevioside and RebA showed a differential concentration in all the seven lines, but the pattern was the same in all of them and the ratio of RebA to stevioside increased dramatically. In transgenic line 2 (KU2), RebA showed a steep increase in concentration 52% the rebaudioside-A to stevioside ratio increased from 0.74 (control) to 2.83. In overall all the lines, RebA showed a positive correlation with steviol and stevioside. Overexpression of SrKO led to an increase in steviol which increased the stevioside, overexpression of SrUGT76G1 ultimately increased RebA concentration. In conclusion, concentration of RebA increased significantly with co- overexpression of SrUGT6G1 and SrKO genes. Lines with increased RebA are more palatable and commercially viable.
Satellite cloud image segmentation based on lightweight convolutional neural network
Authors: Li Xi , Chen Shilan , Wu Jin , Li Jun , Wang Ting , Tang Junquan , Hu Tongyi , Wu Wenzhu
Published: February 2023

More than 50% of the images captured by optical satellites are covered by clouds, which reduces the available information in the images and seriously affects the subsequent applications of satellite images. Therefore, the identification and segmentation of cloud regions come to be one of the most important problems in current satellite image processing. Due to the complexity and variability of satellite images, especially when the ground is covered with snow, the boundary information of cloud regions is difficult to be accurately identified. The fast and accurate segmentation of cloud regions is a difficult point in the current research. We propose a lightweight convolutional neural network. Firstly, channel attention is used to optimize the effective information in the feature maps as a way to improve the network’s ability to extract semantic information at each scale. Then, we fuse high and low-dimensional feature maps to enhance the network’s ability to obtain small-scale semantic information. In addition, the feature aggregation module automatically adjusts the input multi-level feature weights to highlight the details of different features. Finally, we design the fully connected conditional random field to solve the problem that some noise in the input image and local minima during training is passed to the output layer resulting in the loss of edge features. Experimental results show that the proposed method achieves 0.9695 and 0.8218 for overall accuracy and recall, respectively, which has higher segmentation accuracy with the shortest time consumption compared with other state-of-the-art methods.