bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Adaptivity of sweet pepper varieties cultivated in the Astrakhan region
Authors: Myagkova Elena Georgievna
Published: April 2021

In agricultural production, it is important not only to achieve a high productivity, but also to ensure its stability. To obtain high and stable yields, it is necessary to have information on the adaptability of crops varieties and hybrids to a specific cultivation zone. The article analyzes the results of the field experiment on the variety testing of sweet pepper. To assess the variety for adaptability to natural conditions and cultivation technology in the Astrakhan region, such parameters as plasticity and stability of the variety were used. To characterize the ecological plasticity, the regression coefficient bi was determined, which characterizes response of the cultivar to changes in cultivation conditions. To characterize the parameter of stability, the standard deviation from the regression line 2d. was calculated. All calculations were carried out according to S.A. Eberhart, W.A. Russell as presented by V.Z. Pakudin.
Media as a Patriotic Idea Guide in the Theory of Generations Context
Authors: Talysheva Maria A. , Poplavskaya Natalia V.
Published: April 2021

The article provides an analysis of the Russian citizens patriotic education taking into consideration the generation characteristics. The state patriotic education programs have been aimed at these audiences for the past twenty years and included special patriotic mass media activities. The authors apply to the theory of generations and identify the features of the Russian various age citizens' patriotic ideology and its correlation with state instruments and measures for patriotic education through the media for four periods (2001-2005, 2006-2010, 2011-2015, 2016-2020). The study addresses the mass media role and functions in public opinion forming; the research also comprises the exploring interaction between general state patriotic education and media as a patriotic idea guide for different generations groups. Generalizing their scientific results, authors conclude that it is necessary to revise the mass media role in patriotic education and formation of young patriots in future state programs, based on the peculiarities of the new generations vision of the world. The article includes the proposals and recommendations for the special mass media events promoting patriotic idea in new media to secure the most effective results of such programs implementation in the future.
Buffoonery in the Speech of the Character and the Issue of Historical Form in the Novel The Winter of Our Discontent by J. Steinbeck
Authors: Sinegubova Kapitalina V. , Aksenova Anastasia A.
Published: April 2021

The intention is to explain some aspects of hybridization of language consciousness in this literary work. The aim of the study is to clarify the issue of a word in the novel, which was updated by M.M. Bakhtin. The general thesis is that the tendency to hybridization explains the juxtaposition of serious and funny within the characters utterance: the border between prosaic reality and the characters own world is found precisely when he turns to jokes. The speech of the character indicates a tendency to aestheticize the household environment. This trend leads to a high-intensity hybridization of everyday words and Holy Scripture . The novel The Winter of Our Discontent is more than a didactic literary work and reveals some features of the picaresque novel, but the necessary feature of the picaresque novel is the first-person narrative. Instead of this form of narration the character and the narrators points of view are brought closer together in the novel by J. Steinbeck. The literary work with the features of the picaresque novel remains multidimensional and does not reduce only to one of the existing novel forms, and typologically is rather anti-picaresque. The characters buffoonery gives him the right to detachment, due to which the skewed nature of other characters in the novel is overcome. The language hybridization in this work plays a key role in understanding of the novel.
Poems in Prose by I.S. Turgenev: the Cycle’s Title as a Historical Literary Issue
Authors: Burmistrova Yulia D.
Published: April 2021

The article deals with the I.S. Turgenevs last cycle Poems in prose which title has been changed several times throughout his work on it. The cycle put together the main aspects of writers previous creative works which led to the continuous search for the most suitable title to fully express authors intentions: from the original Posthuma which is focused on the life after death experience to the last Poems in prose which additionally underlines the uniqueness of the form used for Turgenevs last creative work. The study reveals the main theories on the cycles titles and the reasons behind their changes as well as suggests the own vision of the evolution of concepts after death and senile which are seemed to be bound in writers world view. The sequential analysis of the existing cycles titles undertaken in the current research finds the logic of Turgenevs title transformations where the fear of death is gradually replaced by the thoughts of future new life which will be continued beyond the Earth life. The significance of the research lies in the absence of the unified approach to the naming and understanding of the Turgenevs last cycle while the title of the book was considered to change the works perception even by Turgenevs contemporaries. The scientific novelty of the work is added by using the authors French edition of Poems in prose which up until now hasnt been studied properly. It allows to expand the material of the research and look thoroughly into Turgenevs strategy of naming his final cycle which was preserved for the foreign publication as well.
The Calcutta Chromosome: An Acknowledgement of Indigenous Caliber and Extrapolation upon the History of Malaria Parasite Discovery
Authors: Pathak Manoj Kumar
Published: April 2021

Amitav Ghosh novel The Calcutta Chromosome: a Novel of Fevers, Delirium and Discovery is considered, - an outstanding literary work in which the writer reveals a discourse of science versus counter-science from the earlier world of social, cultural and ethnical history of Indian subcontinent. India is home to the oldest continuous civilization, nevertheless, the long invasive rule of the Mughals and the Britishers has framed minds to undervalue the indigenous knowledge, practices, customs and discourses. Amitav Ghosh novel denies the Western supremacy in every field and puts a question mark in the invention of Anopheles maculipennis as the cause of malaria. Dr. Ronald Ross received the prestigious Nobel Prize in 1902 for his discovery of malaria parasite but Ami- tav Ghosh supports the contribution of Indian assistants Mangala and Laakhan who were not acknowledged by the British researchers. The novel reflects a postcolonial approach to interpret Western scientific mechanism, posits the question to unethical exploitation of native workers by the English and gives voice to the traditional knowledge of the subalterns. An integral part of Ghoshs approach in this novel is to illuminate the richness of ideas and complexity of Indigenous life, and to create a place where aboriginals are acknowledged for their remarkable contributions.
Human-Computer Interaction in Translation Activity: Fluency of Machine Translation
Authors: Welnitzova Katarina , Jakubickova Barbara , Králik Roman
Published: April 2021

Digitalization is one of the key distinctive features of modern environment and social life. Nowadays more and more functions are transferred to the artificial mind. How effective is the replacement of human activity with computer activity? In the given article, this problem is solved by an example of integration of digital technologies into translation activities. It this paper, emphasis is placed on the quality of machine translation (MT) output of legal texts in the language pair English - Slovak. It studies a Criminal Code formulated in the Slovak language which was translated by a human translator into English and consequently via machine translation system Google Translate (GT) back into Slovak. The back-translation - translation of a translated text back into its original language - as a quality assessment tool to detect discrepancies, mistranslations and inevitable differences between the source text and the target text was used. The quality of MT output was evaluated according to Multidimensional Quality Metrics (MQM) standards with the focus on the dimension of Fluency. The multiple comparisons were applied to determine which issues (errors) in Fluency dimension differ from the others. A statistically significant difference is noticed between Agreement and other issues, as well as between Ambiguity and other issues. The errors in Agreement are related to the differences between the languages: English is considered mostly an analytic language, Slovak represents a synthetic language. The issues in the Ambiguity dimension correlate with the type of the text being examined, since legal texts are characterized by relatively complicated wording and numerous terms; moreover, accuracy and unambiguity need to be preserved. Generally, the MT output is able to provide users with basic information about the text. On the other hand, most of the segments need revision and/or correction; in such cases, human intervention and post-editing is necessary.
Study of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on international air transportation
Authors: Shchetinin Eugeny Yu.
Published: April 2021

Time Series Forecasting has always been a very important area of research in many domains because many different types of data are stored as time series. Given the growing availability of data and computing power in the recent years, Deep Learning has become a fundamental part of the new generation of Time Series Forecasting models, obtaining excellent results.As different time series problems are studied in many different fields, a large number of new architectures have been developed in recent years. This has also been simplified by the growing availability of open source frameworks, which make the development of new custom network components easier and faster.In this paper three different Deep Learning Architecture for Time Series Forecasting are presented: Recurrent Neural Networks (RNNs), that are the most classical and used architecture for Time Series Forecasting problems; Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM), that are an evolution of RNNs developed in order to overcome the vanishing gradient problem; Gated Recurrent Unit (GRU), that are another evolution of RNNs, similar to LSTM.The article is devoted to modeling and forecasting the cost of international air transportation in a pandemic using deep learning methods. The author builds time series models of the American Airlines (AAL) stock prices for a selected period using LSTM, GRU, RNN recurrent neural networks models and compare the accuracy forecast results.
O PROGRAMA SELETIVO MISTO (PISM) DA UFJF: UM ESTUDO DE CASO DO ATENDIMENTO ESPECIAL AOS CANDIDATOS COM DEFICIÊNCIA.
Authors: Antunes Katiuscia Vargas , Santiago Mylene Cristina , Amorim Cassiano Caon
Published: April 2021

A inclusão de pessoas com deficiência (PCD) no ensino superior vem ganhando espaço no campo da pesquisa em educação, particularmente, da educação especial e educação inclusiva. As políticas de democratização do acesso ao ensino superior e a política de reserva de vagas para pessoas com deficiência, que entrou em vigor em 2017, tem provocado um aumento gradativo de estudantes com deficiência nas universidades. Em função da relevância dessa temática, o presente artigo tem por objetivo analisar o atendimento especial oferecido pela Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (UFJF) no seu Programa de Ingresso Seletivo Misto (PISM). A partir do estudo de caso (YIN, 2001) dessa instituição, buscaremos traçar o percurso histórico do atendimento especial do PISM, ressaltando seu avanço, as fragilidades que ainda existem nesse atendimento e os desafios que se impõe às universidade no que se refere a promoção de acessibilidade às pessoas com deficiências nos seus processo seletivos. Os resultados desse estudo apontam para a necessária oferta dos serviços de atendimento especial durante a realização das provas do PISM, compreendendo que a acessibilidade nesse processo é o primeiro passo para que as pessoas com deficiência possam acessar o ensino superior. A reserva de vagas para esse público é um passo importante para a inclusão educacional, todavia, se os processos seletivos ainda continuarem oferendo barreias significativas para esses estudantes, não estaremos possibilitando o pleno direito à educação e aprendizagem aos estudantes com deficiência que intentam ingressar no ensino superior.
EXPERIENCIANDO A LEITURA LITERÁRIA EM REDES SOLIDÁRIAS: UMA TESSITURA DE SENTIDOS SINGULARES
Authors: Fernandez Marcela Afonso , De Souza Bianca Dias , Ferreira Yasmim Da Silva Borges
Published: April 2021

O presente artigo vincula-se ao Projeto de Extensão Ler e Compartilhar: práticas de formação solidária,desenvolvido na Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO). A partir da realização da experiência círculo de leitura literária, buscamos tecer conversas em redes solidárias e estimular a arte de (con)viver com a alteridade. Articulado aos estudos de Alves (2001), Chartier (1999), Freire (2000), Larrosa (2014), Petit (2009), Santos (2002) e Skliar (2019), o projeto objetiva potencializar nas/nos participantes uma ampliação de sentidos singulares e desautomatizados, bem como ser um convite para viver o agora em meio ao mundo acelerado e complexo que nos rodeia. Um espaço-tempo de escutas e olhares sensíveis, e, ao mesmo tempo, um refúgio acolhedor, democrático e libertador.
Homenagem para João e Jésus
Authors: Da Cruz Léa
Published: April 2021

Homenagem para João e Jésus
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LISTA DE PARECERISTAS (COMITÊ CIENTÍFICO) E PARECERISTAS AD HOC - 2020
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PANDEMIAS, PANDEMÔNIOS E LUTAS ENTRE CAPITAL E TRABALHO NA AMAZÔNIA
Authors: Tiriba Lia , Rodrigues Maria Cristina Paulo , Antunes José Luiz Cordeiro
Published: April 2021

Diz a lenda que há muitos e muitos anos, existiam dois noivos apaixonados que viviam no meio da floresta. Ela se chamava Lua e se vestia de prata. Ele se vestia de ouro, e tinha o nome de Sol. Preocupada, a Pachamama (do quíchua Pacha, "universo", e Mama, "mãe", "Mãe Terra") advertia que os dois não deveriam jamais se casar, pois o sentimento ardente e irradiante do Sol poderia queimar a Terra. E, sendo assim, o mundo poderia, enfim, se acabar! Com a separação dos namorados, a Lua resignada, chorou durante um dia inteiro.... Desconsolada, chorou a noite inteira... Sofrendo de saudades e de amor ausente, as lágrimas derramadas formaram um vale imenso! Também deram à luz um enorme rio, cercado de flora e fauna por todos os lados. Hoje, esse rio se chama Rio Amazonas – rio de alegrias, amarguras, esperanças e lutas.
TECNOLOGIAS DIGITAIS, TRABALHO DOCENTE E TEMPOS/ESPAÇOS DE APRENDIZAGENS NA AMAZÔNIA
Authors: Dos Prazeres Maria Sueli Corrêa , Batista Ilda Gonçalves
Published: April 2021

O artigo analisa o uso de dispositivos móveis por docentes nas escolas de ensino médio no município de Cametá/PA e as mudanças ocorridas nas relações/espaço-tempo, referenciada pelo materialismo histórico. Conclui-se que o uso das tecnologias digitais na escola converge num duplo sentido (pessoal e pedagógico) e retroage em desdobramentos favoráveis e, ao mesmo tempo, desfavoráveis ao ensino e a prática docente, construindo uma “nova” dinâmica que possibilita outras relações tecidas no espaço-tempo virtual/real relacionada, especialmente, ao trabalho docente.
MOVIMENTO SOCIAL E A EDUCAÇÃO: O ENSINO MÉDIO NA ESCOLA CRESCENDO NA PRÁTICA
Authors: De Aviz Larissa de Nazaré Carvalho
Published: April 2021

Resulta de uma pesquisa que teve como objetivo analisar o processo de escolarização no Ensino Médio de jovens filhos dos trabalhadores pertencentes ao assentamento Palmares II, na Amazônia paraense. Versa em sua fundamentação teórica sobre os estudos de Caldart (2007), Laureano (2007) e Grzybowski (1991), tendo como referencial o materialismo histórico-dialético. Demonstra que o Ensino Médio conquistado pelo MST vem perdendo sua identidade, pois o currículo proposto fragiliza os saberes constituídos na vivência do movimento social.
MOVIMENTO DOS ATINGIDOS POR BARRAGENS (MAB): “DEFENDER A AMAZÔNIA É DEFENDER A VIDA”
Authors: Aquino Mahalia , Souza William Kennedy do Amaral
Published: April 2021

Entrevista a Océlio Muniz, membro da Coordenação Estadual do MAB (RO), realizada por Mahalia Aquino e William Kennedy do Amaral Souza
A RELAÇÃO ENTRE TRABALHO E EDUCAÇÃO A PARTIR DA ONTOLOGIA MARXIANA: APONTAMENTOS AOS SEUS FUNDAMENTOS
Authors: Amaral George , Deo Anderson
Published: April 2021

O artigo propõe uma reflexão sobre a relação entre as categorias Trabalho e Educação. A partir de uma análise exegética e imanente das categorias, buscaremos compreender a função social da Educação no processo de formação humana. A nossa hipótese busca dilucidar os nexos constitutivos entre o processo de formação da sociabilidade, sua ontogênese, fundada no Trabalho, e sua imbricação na Educação. A pesquisa se apoiou na análise produzida por Karl Marx, sobre a categoria Trabalho, e na abordagem de György Lukács, que se desdobra em complexos sociais, tais como a Educação.
RECONHECIMENTO DE SABERES E COMPETÊNCIAS: GÊNESE E REPERCUSSÕES SOBRE O TRABALHO E A CARREIRA DOCENTES
Authors: Baccin Ecléa Vanessa Canei , Shiroma Eneida Oto
Published: April 2021

O Reconhecimento de Saberes e Competências (RSC) visa à concessão de uma equivalência à Retribuição por Titulação para fins de remuneração dos docentes do magistério do Ensino Básico, Técnico e Tecnológico. Com base no método materialista histórico, analisamos documentos e entrevistas para resgatar o processo histórico de criação do RSC, focando na resistência e nos conflitos entre governos e sindicatos. Mais que um mecanismo de certificação de práticas docentes, o RSC é um dispositivo político que tende a desmobilizar a categoria docente e a institucionalizar a quebra da isonomia salarial.
A DIVISÃO SEXUAL DO TRABALHO NO CONTEXTO DA PANDEMIA
Authors: Melo Hildete Pereira de , Morandi Lucilene
Published: April 2021

Este artigo tem como propósito fazer uma análise conjuntural da economia brasileira nestes meses de crise sanitária sem precedentes em sua história, tendo como fio condutor e pano de fundo a divisão sexual do trabalho. A pandemia da Covid-19 irrompeu em meio à crise econômica que a economia brasileira amargava desde 2015 e com baixíssimas taxas de crescimento desde 2017. Para as mulheres, a estagnação econômica e a crise sanitária potencializaram as desigualdades relativas ao mercado de trabalho e à divisão das tarefas de cuidado dentro da família.
Palavras-chave: gênero; desigualdade; crise sanitária; crise econômica.
Intestinal Permeability Assays: a Review
Authors: Iakupova A. A. , Abdulkhakov S. R. , Zalyalov R. K. , Safin A. G. , Abdulkhakov R. A.
Published: April 2021

Aim. A literature review of intestinal permeability assessment techniques.

Key points. The intestinal barrier is a functional entity separating the intestinal lumen and internal body, and intestinal permeability is a measure of the barrier functionality. The intestinal barrier integrity and permeability assays differ by the application setting (in vivoorex vivo), subject (human or animal), marker molecules used to assess permeability (ions, various size carbohydrates, macromolecules, antigens, bacterial products and bacteria), biomaterial for the marker concentration assays (peripheral blood, portal venous blood, urine, stool). Despite a great variety of methods for assessing intestinal permeability, their clinical application requires further studies due to a lack of standardisation, the complexity of selected techniques and occasional limited reliability of results.

Conclusion. Further investigation and improvement of intestinal permeability assays is required. The assay and result standardisation will facilitate practice in functional and organic intestinal diseases, as well as allergies, diabetes mellitus, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and some other illnesses.
Transjugular Portosystemic Shunting in Refractory Cirrhotic Ascites
Authors: Khoronko Yu. V. , Kozyrevskiy M. A. , Dmitriev A. V. , Volokhova A. A. , Spiridenko G. Yu. , Bogomolova K. R.
Published: April 2021

Aim. Improvement of refractory ascites (RA) outcomes in underlying cirrhotic portal hypertension (PH) through optimising the transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunting (TIPS) procedure among therapy measures.

Materials and methods. The survey included 107 patients with RA admitted to portal hypertension units of the Rostov State Medical University Surgical Clinic during 2007—2020. The patients were randomly assigned to two cohorts similar by gender, age, cirrhosis aetiology and condition severity. The control cohort had conventional paracentesis and albumin infusion. In cohort 2, 57 patients had minimally invasive endovascular TIPS surgery in a recommended setting.

Results. TIPS eliminated PH in all 57 patients of cohort 2. Cohort 1 was reported with progressive esophagogastric varices (EGV), their enlargement in 37 and rupture in 11 patients during the first 12 months. Cohort 2 revealed the grade 3—2 and 2—1 EGV reduction in 24 (41.1%) patients with shunt surgery and in 39 (68.4%) patients in one year. Esophagogastric variceal bleeding (EGVB) developed in 9 patients in cohort 1, with 7 lethal outcomes. No variceal bleeding was observed in cohort 2, with 7 patients having the portosystemic shunt dysfunction.

Conclusion. The TIPS procedure is justified in cirrhotic PH patients with RA for reducing the mortality rate in a one year follow-up.
Primary Terminal Haemochromatosis in a 50 Year-Old Patient
Authors: Gonik M. I. , Zharkova M. S. , Kiseleva O. Yu. , Berezina E. V. , Ondos Sh. A. , Lerner Yu. V. , Kogan E. A. , Ivashkin V. T.
Published: April 2021

Aim. A clinical description of end-stage hereditary haemochromatosis manifested with chronic alcohol abuse.

Key points. A 50-yo patient referred with marked general weakness as a major complaint. The patient had a history of long-term alcohol consumption at toxic doses, putative cirrhosis, paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, type 2 diabetes mellitus. The patient's severity on admission was conditioned by marked hypotension. Further examination aimed at excluding occult gastrointestinal bleeding, adrenal insufficiency, decompensated heart failure. Bronze skin and icteric sclerae were positive. Blood tests revealed severe macrocytic hyperchromic anaemia, thrombocytopae-nia, hyperbilirubinaemia, hypoalbuminaemia, hypocoagulation, elevated transaminases, hyponatraemia, elevated creatinine (CKD DPI 63 mL/min), severe hyperferritinaemia. Faecal occult blood test and EGDS for bleeding were negative. Abdominal ultrasound exposed signs of liver cirrhosis and portal hypertension (ascites, splenomegaly). Echocardiographic evidence of dilated cardiomyopathy of all chambers, a reduced 24% ejection fraction at absent acute myocardial infarction. Primary haemochromatosis was suspected upon high ferritin, transferrin iron saturation and multiple organ dysfunction. Genotyping revealed the HFE 845G > A variant diagnostic of haemochromatosis type 1. Clinical diagnosis: Primary disease: haemochromatosis (homozygous variant HFE 845G > A (A/A)): liver cirrhosis, Child-Pugh class C. Portal hypertension: splenomegaly, ascites. Dilated cardiomyopathy. Diabetes mellitus. Complications: multiple organ dysfunction (SOFA 16). Liver failure: jaundice, hypoalbuminaemia, hypocoagulation. Cardiac rhythm and conduction disorder: paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. Acute cardiac failure with underlying CHF IIb, NYHA class 3. Acute renal failure (anuria) with underlying CKD stage 3 (CKD DPI 63 mL/min). Moderate macrocytic hyperchromic anaemia. Acute and chronic adrenal failure. Despite a cardiovascular and renal failure compensation therapy and albumin transfusion, the patient died. Autopsy revealed a marked organ infiltration with haemosiderin (heart, stomach, liver, pancreas, lungs, kidneys, adrenal glands).

Conclusion. The case describes a classical clinical manifestation of haemochromatosis: bronze skin hyperpigmentation, liver cirrhosis, diabetes mellitus, cardiomyopathy, adrenal insufficiency. Terminal haemochromatosis, severe cardiac and renal failure decompensation precluded phlebotomy and chelation therapy. A lethal outcome was conditioned by multiple organ dysfunction with underlying massive haemosiderin deposition in most organs.
Resolved Hepatitis B: Achieved or Imaginary Wellbeing?
Authors: Batskikh S. N.
Published: April 2021

Aim. Assessment of the clinical impact of previous hepatitis B infection (PHB).

Key points. PHB is characterized by the presence of viral DNA in the organism (including intrahepatic cccDNA and integrated DNA). Possible virus persistence in the PHB patient's hepatocytes potentiates the agent transmission risk via haemotransfusion, organ transplantation and haemodialysis. Occult HBV infection in PHB individuals can reactivate at background immunosuppressive or chemotherapies. PHB with chronic liver diseases of various aetiology significantly rises the risk of cirrhosis and hepatic cancer. The PHB association with autoimmune liver diseases and extrahepatic gastrointestinal cancer needs a careful research to confirm the possible involvement of hepatitis B virus in morbid genesis.

Conclusion. No clinical signs of acute or chronic disease, HBsAg clearance and negative viral DNA load in blood of PHB individuals do not necessarily imply a complete disease eradication.

PHB elicitation improves accuracy of the overall prognosis, reduces the virus transmission risk and prevents the reactivation of HBV infection.
Why Graded Assessment for Undergraduates During the COVID-19 Lockdown? An Experience Introspection
Authors: Alshamsi Abdullatif , Zahavich Alex , El-Farra Samar
Published: April 2021

This paper presents a retrospective evaluation of the Higher Colleges of Technology’s student assessments during the COVID-19 lockdown, reflecting the justified decision to deploy graded assessments during the lockdown for students to academically progress and/or graduate on time, while maintaining the quality and rigor of academic awards. The outcome-based evaluation of this paper is intended to provide lessons for any future situations of this significance and magnitude. While online education was the obvious response to the pandemic, the provision of assessments was not possible without risk. Taking a high-stakes decision that would affect the future of thousands of students, for years to come, involved complex steps of reasoning and justification. Addressing the role of graded assessment in supporting institutional accountability and transferability of students’ achievements, student efficacy and informed pedagogy alterations were the main objectives. To meet those objectives, the Higher Colleges of Technology was able to deploy an off-campus student assessment model that builds upon three pillars of adjustments (assessment development and deployment; technology infrastructure; and governance resilience) to support students’ learning, while mitigating vulnerabilities. The evaluation of student performance indicators and stakeholders’ satisfaction rates revealed a successful deployment of off-campus assessment while maintaining the traditional conventions pertaining to evaluation of assessments.
Teacher Professional Learning Whilst in Quarantine: A Case Study from China
Authors: Laws Kevin , Xun Feng
Published: April 2021

Transforming two early education centres in China to incorporate the educational philosophy of Maria Montessori is a huge task. To induct teaching staff into Montessori’s philosophy, pedagogy, and curriculum when their past educational experiences have been formed by a rigid, traditional model added to the challenge. To further complicate matters the transformation took place during lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the staff participated in a completely voluntary capacity whilst in isolation. For this research project the authors collected data through direct observations, surveys, questionnaires, individual teacher interviews, and focus group interviews. How online professional learning for 35 staff members was planned, organised, modified, and undertaken is outlined. Practical and technical issues involved in moving from face-to-face to online teaching are also included. Teachers reported that the professional learning program had prepared them well for when the centres reopened and the children returned.
Using a Design Thinking Approach for an Asynchronous Learning Platform during COVID-19
Authors: Severino Lori , Petrovich Mark , Mercanti-Anthony Samantha , Fischer Samuel
Published: April 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic abruptly shut down schools in an urban based school district in the Spring of 2020. As the closures persisted over months, an immediate educational need arose for online curricula that could help alleviate the learning gaps caused by the shutdown. The purpose of this study was to create a process and model for the development of a fully asynchronous online learning environment for prekindergarten through 2nd grade students that could help other districts implement similar projects. Since the turnaround time for development and implementation was a matter of weeks the project team used an iterative process to solve a “wicked problem” and identified solutions to create an improved user experience. A modified design thinking model approach was developed through the process of developing this six-week, theme based virtual curriculum that included interactivities in early literacy, writing, reading comprehension, science and math. This adjusted model includes 6 stages: discover, interpretation, ideation, experimentation, implementation, and evolution. This research focuses on the processes involved during each of the stages and the resulting use by the intended audience. The curriculum was used by over 5,800 prekindergarten through second grade students during the 6-week period of the summer of 2020. The online platform continues to be used by students presently.
BRIEF HISTORY OF PERCEPTION
Authors: Udo Maria Fon
Published: April 2021

Even if this brief historical outline of perception is structured chronologically as far as possible, it is difficult to describe the variety of parallel events. This overview, therefore, makes no claim to completeness. It demonstrates that after the establishment of technical aids for the expansion of human perception, phases of an intensive exchange of information begin. This allows existing structures to be viewed and reflected on in a new way. But this does not mean the end of the world in any way. Only the end of an outdated worldview. And that means a new beginning.
Improving protein tertiary structure prediction by deep learning and distance prediction in CASP14
Authors: Liu Jian , Wu Tianqi , Guo Zhiye , Hou Jie , Cheng Jianlin
Published: April 2021

Substantial progresses in protein structure prediction have been made by
utilizing deep-learning and residue-residue distance prediction since
CASP13. Inspired by the advances, we improve our CASP14 MULTICOM protein
structure prediction system in three main aspects: (1) a new deep
learning based protein inter-residue distance predictor (DeepDist) to
improve template-free (ab initio) tertiary structure prediction, (2) an
enhanced template-based tertiary structure prediction method, and (3)
distance-based model quality assessment methods empowered by deep
learning. In the 2020 CASP14 experiment, MULTICOM predictor was ranked
7th out of 146 predictors in protein tertiary structure prediction and
ranked 3rd out of 136 predictors in inter-domain structure predic-tion.
The results of MULTICOM demonstrate that the template-free modeling
based on deep learning and residue-residue distance prediction can
predict the correct topology for almost all template-based modeling
targets and a majority of hard targets (template-free targets or targets
whose templates cannot be recognized), which is a significant
improvement over the CASP13 MULTICOM predictor. The performance of
template-free tertiary structure prediction largely depends on the
accuracy of distance pre-dictions that is closely related to the quality
of multiple sequence alignments. The structural model quality assessment
works reasonably well on targets for which a sufficient number of good
models can be predicted, but may perform poorly when only a few good
models are predicted for a hard target and the distribution of model
quality scores is highly skewed.
Serious complications and recurrences after pelvic organ prolapse surgery for 2309 women in the VIGI-MESH registry
Authors: Fritel Xavier , Tayrac Renaud de , Keizer Joe de , Campagne-Loiseau Sandrine , Cosson Michel , Ferry Philippe , Deffieux Xavier , Lucot Jean-Philippe , Wagner Laurent , Debodinance Philippe , Saussine Christian , Pizzoferrato Anne-Cécile , Carlier-Guérin Caroline , Thubert Thibault , Panel Laure , Bosset Pierre-Olivier , Nkounkou Elvis , Ramanah Rajeev , Boisramé Thomas , Charles Thomas , Raiffort Cyril , Charvériat Amélie , Ragot Stéphanie , Fauconnier Arnaud
Published: April 2021

Objective: To assess the incidence of serious complications and
reoperations for recurrence after pelvic organ prolapse (POP) surgery
and compare the three most common types of repair. Design: Prospective
cohort study using a registry. Setting: 19 surgical centres in France.
Population: 2309 women participated between 2017 and 2019. Methods: a
multivariate analysis including an inverse probability of treatment
weighting approach was used to obtain three comparable groups. Main
outcome measures: Serious complications and subsequent reoperations for
POP recurrence Results: Mean follow-up was 16.6 months. Surgeries
included in the analysis were native tissue vaginal repair (N=504),
transvaginal mesh placement (692), and laparoscopic sacropexy with mesh
(1113). Serious complications occurred among 52 women (2.3%), and
reoperation for recurrence was required for 32 (1.4%). At one year, the
cumulative weighted incidence of serious complications was 1.8% for
native tissue vaginal repair (95% confidence interval 0-3.9), 3.9% for
transvaginal mesh (2.0-5.9), and 2.2% for sacropexy (1.1-2.6). Compared
with the native tissue vaginal repair group, the risk of serious
complications was higher in the transvaginal mesh group (weighted-HR
3.84, 2.43-6.08), and the sacropexy group (2.48, 1.45-4.23), while the
risk of reoperation for prolapse recurrence was reduced in both groups
(transvaginal mesh [0.22, 0.13-0.39] and sacropexy [0.29,
0.18-0.47]). Conclusions: Laparoscopic sacropexy with mesh appears to
have a better risk profile (few serious complications and few
reoperations for recurrence) than transvaginal mesh placement (more
serious complications) and native tissue vaginal repair (more
reoperations for recurrence). These results are useful for informing
women and for shared decision making.
Does Dominant Prolapse in Other Compartments Affect the Assessment of Bladder Prolapse on Translabial Ultrasound?
Authors: Wu Manli , Wang Xudong , Zheng Zhijuan , Cao Junyan , Xu Jing , Wu Shuangyu , Chen Ying , Tian Jiawei , Zhang Xinling
Published: April 2021

Objective: To explore the impact of dominant prolapse in other
compartments in assessing bladder prolapse, and to establish cutoffs for
staging bladder prolapse among Chinese women using translabial
ultrasound. Design: Prospective multicentre observational study.
Setting: Tertiary referral urogynaecology unit. Population: A total of
741 women with symptoms of lower urinary tract dysfunction and/or pelvic
floor dysfunction were included. Methods: Women underwent interview,
pelvic organ prolapse quantification (POP-Q) examinations and 4D
translabial ultrasounds. Main outcome measures: The ROC statistic was
used to assess accuracy and define the optimal cutoffs. Results: The
mean patient age was 42.7 years (range, 18-82). There were 456 women
without dominant prolapse in the apical/posterior compartments and 285
women with dominant prolapse in the apical/posterior compartments. Among
patients without and with dominant prolapse, similar cutoffs (-10.9 mm
vs. -9.1 mm) were determined for predicting POP-Q stage ≥ 2 in the
anterior compartment, with AUCs of 0.87 and 0.79, respectively. In
contrast, significantly different cutoffs (-5.7 mm vs. +3.5 mm) were
determined for predicting POP-Q stage ≥ 1 among patients with and
without dominant prolapse, with AUCs of 0.85 and 0.77, respectively.
Conclusion: Dominant prolapse in the apical/posterior compartments
affected the accuracy and cutoffs of translabial ultrasound for staging
bladder prolapse. Thus, competition of various organs in women with
multi-compartment prolapse should be considered as a potential
complicating factor in assessing pelvic organ prolapse. Funding: The
study is supported by grants from the National Natural Science
Foundation of China (No. 91859115). Key words: Bladder prolapse;
translabial ultrasound.
Existence theory and stability analysis to a coupled nonlinear fractional mixed boundary value problem
Authors: Saifullah Shahid , Zada Akbar , Shahid Sumbel
Published: April 2021

In this manuscript, we conclude a comprehensive approach to a class of
nonlinear coupled system of fractional differential equations with mixed
type boundary value problem. Subsequently, the solution of coupled
system exists and unique under mixed type boundary value conditions with
the reference of Schaefer and Banach fixed-point theorems. Further, we
developed the Hyers- Ulam stability for the considered problem. Finally,
we set an example for the support of our results.
Successful rechallenge with cetuximab after progression with nivolumab for recurrent cervical lymph node metastasis from carcinoma of the tongue
Authors: Asada Yasuyuki , Teramura Chitoshi , Wada Takuma , Machida Yoshisato , Koshinuma Shinya , Yamamoto Gaku
Published: April 2021

We demonstrate the effectiveness of readministering cetuximab as a
salvage chemotherapeutic agent after nivolumab administration to a
patient with a recurrence of cervical lymph node metastasis after tongue
cancer surgery. We can infer that the immunostimulatory effect of
nivolumab and reactivation of cetuximab enhance the antitumor effect of
the therapy.
The p-Drazin inverse for operator matrix over Banach algebras
Authors: Chen Huanyin , Zou Honglin , Calci Tugce , Kose Handan
Published: April 2021

An element a in a Banach algebra A has p-Drazin inverse provided that there
exists b ? comm(a) such that b = b2a,ak-ak+1b?J(A) for some k ? N. In
this paper, we present new conditions for a block operator matrix to have
p-Drazin inverse. As applications, we prove the p-Drazin invertibility of
the block operator matrix under certain spectral conditions.
On Jleli-Samet-Ciric-Presic type contractive mappings
Authors: Mohammadi Babak , de la , Parvanah Vahid , Golkarmanesh Farhan , Aydi Hassen
Published: April 2021

Ciric and Presic [ActaMath. Univ. Comenian. LXXVI (2) (2007), 143-147]
extended the notion of Presic contraction to kth-order Ciric type
contractive mappings on a metric space. In this paper, we extend the concept
of Ciric-Presic to Jleli-Samet-Ciric-Presic contractive mappings and
obtain some related fixed point theorems. Our results generalize some known
ones in the literature. A real concrete example and an illustrating
application are given in support of our main result.
On the tail asymptotics of supremum of stationary χ-processes with random trend
Authors: Popivoda Goran , Stamatovic Sinisa
Published: April 2021

Let ?n(t), t ? 0, be a chi-process with n degrees of freedom. We derive the
asymptotic exact result for P(sup t? [0,T] (?n(t) + ?(t)) > u),
as u ? ?, where ?(t) is a certain random process independent of ?n(t) and T
> 0 is a constant.
Closedness, separation and connectedness in pseudo-quasi-semi metric spaces
Authors: Baran Tesnim
Published: April 2021

In this paper, we give the characterization of closed and strongly closed
subsets of an extended pseudo-quasi-semi metric space and show that they
induce closure operator. Moreover, we characterize each of Ti, i = 0, 1, 2
and connected extended pseudo-quasi-semi metric spaces and investigate the
relationship among them. Finally, we introduce the notion of irreducible
objects in a topological category and examine the relationship among each of
irreducible, Ti,i = 1,2, and connected extended pseudo-quasi-semi metric
spaces.
A fixed point theorem of Kannan type that characterizes fuzzy metric completeness
Authors: Romaguera Salvador
Published: April 2021

We obtain a fixed point theorem for complete fuzzy metric spaces, in the
sense of Kramosil and Michalek, that extends the classical Kannan fixed
point theorem. We also show that, in fact, our theorem allows to
characterize the fuzzy metric completeness, extending in this way the
well-known Reich-Subrahmanyam theorem that a metric space is complete if
and only if every Kannan contraction on it has a fixed point.
Permutations that preserve asymptotically null sets and statistical convergence
Authors: Connor Jeff
Published: April 2021

The main result of this article is a characterization of the permutations ?:
N ? N that map a set with zero asymptotic density into a set with zero
asymptotic density; a permutation has this property if and only if the lower
asymptotic density of Cp tends to 1 as p ? ? where p is an arbitrary natural
number and Cp = {l : ?-1(l)? lp}. We then show that a permutation has
this property if and only if it maps statistically convergent sequences into
statistically convergent sequences.
Ethnic minority and majority female academic staff members perspectives on women in stem in Serbia
Authors: Lendák-Kabók Karolina
Published: April 2021

The paper aims to fill the gap in the scholarly literature regarding the way
in which the intersection of ethnicity, gender and scientific fields shapes
women?s narratives about science, technology, engineering and mathematics
(STEM) fields in a multiethnic environment in Serbia. A qualitative study
was conducted, capitalizing on in-depth, semi-structured of twenty
semi-structured interviews conducted with university professors from ethnic
minority and majority comminties, working in STEM and social sciences and
humanities (SSH) field of studies in two state universiteis in Serbia. The
findings indicate that ethnic minority female professors from STEM are less
open to female students and colleagues in their domains and do not see the
need for more women in STEM. This attitude can be traced back to these women
having to overcome a ?double jeopardy? and ?symbolic violence? in a very
male-dominated field, as they belong to ethnic minority and hat to deal with
the lack of or with the denial of recources within institutions. Equal
abilities of men and women in STEM was a topic occurring mostly in the
narratives of the majority women who mostly adopted a masculine patterns of
behavior and tried to become ?one of the boys?. Both minority and majority
women agreed that deeply rooted gender stereotypes prevent women from
choosing a career in STEM. The research identified the need for more
inclusive education programs on all levels and for female role models to
steer more women towards STEM.
PENGEMBANGAN CBEEM (COMPUTER BASED EVALUATION ESSAY MODEL)
Authors: Santosa Donald Samuel Slamet , Galina Mia , Nulampau Neilany Edwina
Published: April 2021

Abstrak: Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengembangkan perangkat evaluasi tes uraian berbasis komputer yang diberi nama Computer Based Evaluation Essay Model (CBEEM). Penelitian ini adalah penelitian Research and Development (R&D). Penelitian menggunakan model pengembangan dari Plomp (2013). Penelitian terdiri dari 3 tahap utama, yaitu tahap penelitian, tahap pengembangan, dan tahap evaluasi. Data pada penelitian berupa data kualitatif yang dikumpulkan dengan observasi dan wawancara kepada 10 orang guru, divalidasi dengan triangulasi sumber, dan dianalisis dengan teknik Miles and Hubberman. Sedangkan tahap evaluasi model dilakukan dengan validasi ahli dan validasi praktisi yang dilakukan melalui pengisian angket validasi model yang diukur dalam skala likert dan isian secara kualitatif. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa CBEEM dapat berfungsi dengan baik, dan tervalidasi dengan baik oleh ahli dan praktisi. Langkah kerja utama dari CBEEM dimulai dengan input soal uraian dan kata kunci jawaban oleh guru, dilanjutkan dengan pengerjaan soal oleh siswa, dan akhirnya CBEEM akan mengoreksi jawaban soal uraian siswa dengan menggunakan kata kunci yang telah diinput oleh guru. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian ini, disarankan bagi guru untuk menggunakan perangkat ini apabila menghendaki kemudahan dalam koreksi soal uraian. Kata Kunci: Computer Based Evaluation Essay Model Abstract: The aim of this research is develop essay test evaluation software that namely Computer Based Evaluation Essay Model (CBEEM). This is Research and Development. This research use Plomp (2013) development model. This research consists of 3 main steps: research step, development step, and evaluation step. The data of this research is qualitative data that collected by observation to 10 teachers that validated by sources triangulation then analyzed by Miles and Hubberman qualitative analysis technique. In the evaluation step, the model validated by expert and practitioner by filling the validation questionnaire that measured by likert scale and also qualitative opinion. The result of this research show that CBEEM may be run well and validated by expert and practitioner. The main working step of CBEEM start by inputting questions and key words of answer by the teacher, then following by answering the questions by the students, and then CBEEM will check the answer using the keywords from the teacher. Based on the result, the teachers recommend to use this software if want to get help to check the essay test answer. Key Words: Computer Based Evaluation Essay Model