bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
DETERMINANTS OF THE ADOPTION OF INNOVATIVE FINTECH SERVICES BY MILLENNIALS
Authors: Solarz Małgorzata , Swacha-Lech Magdalena
Published: September 2021

FinTech Adoption Index, expressed as a percentage of the digitally active population, for 27 countries of the world in 2019 reached the level of 64%. Millennials are the generation which, compared to others, is characterized by the highest level of FinTech adoptions. In Poland, in 2019, about 75% of the Millennials used the services of FinTech. This paper aims to analyse and evaluate the selected determinants of using the innovative FinTech services by Millennials in Poland. To investigate how users adopt FinTech services, we have applied our own set of determinants – selected from an extensive literature review – covering both demographic, economic and behavioural characteristics. This approach allowed for an in-depth analysis of the examined issue. The essential empirical data were obtained based on the research using the CAWI method in December 2019 on a representative sample of Poles aged 25–40 at that time. Ultimately, 1,236 correctly completed questionnaires were used for the research. To analyse and evaluate the impact of selected determinants of FinTech adoption, a logistic regression model was used. The results obtained can thus be extremely important for managers of financial institutions. They provide information that can be used for activities aimed at maintaining FinTech’s customer base and allow to adjust the offer to the expectations of this group. Millennials most open to innovative FinTech services in Poland are young men with high and very high net income and not driven by low costs of financial services. They appreciate technological novelties, including the possibility of using a smartwatch, and when deciding on the choice of a financial institution, they do not care about the direct opinions of their relatives and friends, but take into account the opinions in social media.
IGFBP-2 as a biomarker in NAFLD improves hepatic steatosis: an integrated bioinformatics and experimental study
Authors: Chen Xu , Tang Yi , Chen Shen , Ling Wenhua , Wang Qing
Published: September 2021

Background and aims

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has become a common chronic liver disease in the world. Simple steatosis (SS) is the early phase of NAFLD. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying the development of steatosis have not yet been fully elucidated.

Methods

Two public datasets (GSE48452 and GSE89632) through the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database were used to identify differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in the development of steatosis. A total of 72 participants including 38 normal histological controls and 34 SS patients were included in this study. Gene ontology (GO), Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG), and protein–protein interaction (PPI) network analysis were performed to explore the function of DEGs. The results were further confirmed in high-fat diet (HFD)-fed mice and oleate-treated HepG2 cells.

Results

Total 57 DEGs including 31 up- and 26 down-regulated genes between SS patients and healthy controls were determined. GO and KEGG analysis showed that most of the DEGs were enriched in the ligand–receptor signaling pathways. PPI network construction was used to identify the hub genes of the DEGs. MYC, ANXA2, GDF15, AGTR1, NAMPT, LEPR, IGFBP-2, IL1RN, MMP7, and APLNR were identified as hub genes, and IGFBP-2 expression was found to be reversely associated with hepatic steatosis, fasting insulin, HOMA-IR index, and ALT levels. In HFD-fed mice, hepatic IGFBP-2 was also downregulated and negatively associated with hepatic triglyceride (TG) levels. Moreover, overexpression of IGFBP-2 ameliorated the oleate induced accumulation of TGs in hepatocytes.

Conclusions

This study identified novel gene signatures in the hepatic steatosis and will provide new understanding and molecular clues of hepatic steatosis.
Association of sleep and circadian patterns and genetic risk with incident type 2 diabetes: a large prospective population-based cohort study
Authors: Li Zhi-Hao , Zhang Pei-Dong , Chen Qing , Gao Xiang , Chung Vincent C H , Shen Dong , Zhang Xi-Ru , Zhong Wen-Fang , Huang Qing-Mei , Liu Dan , Chen Pei-Liang , Song Wei-Qi , Wu Xian-Bo , Byers Kraus Virginia , Mao Chen
Published: September 2021

Objective

To examine the association of incident type 2 diabetes (T2D) risk with sleep factors, genetic risk, and their combination effects.

Design

Large prospective population-based cohort study.

Methods

This population-based prospective cohort study included 360 403 (mean (s.d.) age: 56.6 (8.0) years) participants without T2D at baseline from the UK Biobank. Genetic risk was categorised as high (highest quintile), intermediate (quintiles: 2–4), and low (lowest quintile) based on a polygenic risk score for T2D. Sleep scores, including long or short sleep duration, insomnia, snoring, late chronotype, and excessive daytime sleepiness, were categorized as an unfavourable, intermediate, or favourable sleep and circadian pattern.

Results

During a median follow-up of 9.0 years, 13 120 incident T2D cases were recorded. Among the participants with an unfavourable sleep and circadian pattern, 6.96% (95% CI: 6.68–7.24%) developed T2D vs 2.37% (95% CI: 2.28–2.46%) of participants with a favourable sleep and circadian pattern (adjusted hazard ratio (HR): 1.53, 95% CI: 1.45–1.62). Of participants with a high genetic risk, 5.53% (95% CI: 5.36–5.69%) developed T2D vs 2.01% (95% CI: 1.91–2.11%) of participants with a low genetic risk (adjusted HR: 2.89, 95% CI: 2.72–3.07). The association with sleep and circadian patterns was independent of genetic risk strata. Participants in the lowest quintile with an unfavourable sleep and circadian pattern were 3.97-fold more likely to develop T2D than those in the lowest quintile with a favourable sleep and circadian pattern.

Conclusions

Sleep and circadian patterns and genetic risk were independently associated with incident T2D. These results indicate the benefits of adhering to a healthy sleep and circadian pattern in entire populations, independent of genetic risk.
Plasma glycated CD59 predicts postpartum glucose intolerance after gestational diabetes
Authors: Benhalima Katrien , Ma Diane D , Laenen Annouschka , Mathieu Chantal , Halperin Jose A
Published: September 2021

Aim

To assess whether in women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), postpartum plasma glycated CD59 (pGCD59) levels predict conversion to glucose intolerance diagnosed with an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT).

Methods

Blood levels of pGCD59 were measured in a case–control study of 105 women with GDM who underwent a 75 g OGTT 3 months postpartum. The 35 postpartum glucose intolerant cases were individually matched for age, BMI, ethnic origin, and parity with 70 women with GDM but normal postpartum OGTT (controls). The GDM cohort (105) was also matched with 105 normal glucose tolerant women during pregnancy. pGCD59 was measured by ELISA in standard peptide units (SPU).

Results

Mean pGCD59 postpartum was significantly higher in cases than in controls (1.5 ± 0.6 SPU vs 1.0 ± 0.6 SPU, P < 0.001). The area under the receiving operating characteristic curve (AUC) in cases vs controls was 0.72 (95% CI: 0.62–0.83) for postpartum pGCD59 and 0.50 (95% CI: 0.36–0.61) for postpartum HbA1c. A 0.5-unit increase in postpartum pGCD59 was associated with an odds ratio (OR) of 3.3 (95% CI: 1.82–6.16, P < 0.001) for glucose intolerance postpartum. A pGCD59 cut-off postpartum of 0.9 SPU had a sensitivity of 85.7% (95% CI: 69.7–95.2%), specificity of 47.8% (95% CI: 35.6–60.2%), positive predictive value of 45.4% (95% CI: 33.1–58.2%), and negative predictive value of 86.8% (95% CI: 71.9–95.6%). pGCD59 in pregnancy was a poor predictor for glucose intolerance postpartum (AUC of 0.61 (95% CI: 0.50–0.72)).

Conclusion

pGCD59 might identify women at low risk for glucose intolerance postpartum and could help to avoid an OGTT.
Exploration and Implementation of the Construction of School Moral Education System Based on the Inheritance of Confucian Classics
Authors: Qian Weimin
Published: September 2021

In the implementation of school moral education, as the lack of a well-developed system, the efficiency of moral education is relatively low which leads to the imperfect of the various functions. There is a pressing need to construct a moral system to guide and support the school moral education. By the chance of promotion “Confucius Cultural Theme School”, our school integrated and systemized the existing moral education and then combined the Confucian moral education idea to formulate an education system for our school, which is the “young gentleman system”. In the process of implementation, we promote moral education by theme activities and strengthen the students’ upright moral quality and behavior through the practical activities, so as to accomplish the goal to foster a modest and self-disciplined gentleman.
The Application Research of Analogy in Science Teaching in Junior High School
Authors: Yu Wei
Published: September 2021

The importance of resolving the problem of reducing students’ burden is to establish in the classroom. Through exploring the micro-research, the author found that the class must be delightful, enjoyable, and well-regulated so that students could be fond of learning, enjoy learning, and be good at learning. In teaching, appropriately using the analogy is one of the practical methods. The analogy can motive students to have learning interests, enlighten their thinking, and expand their horizons. Applying analogy appropriately can promote students to understand scientific concepts, principles, and regulations. In this way, students will improve their learning efficiency. It is significant to reduce students’ burden and improve teaching quality. This paper elaborated the application of analogy in junior high school’s Science teaching from four aspects: connotation, function, application principle, and development approach. From the micro-research of analogy, this paper aims to improve teaching efficiency, reduce students’ load, and provide other educators with examples.
The Semantic-Discursive Status of comme je l’ai dit ‘as I said’
Authors: Rouski Margarita
Published: September 2021

The current paper examines the function of a specific construction comme je l’ai dit and its role in a particular type of oral discourse. The phrase occurs with high frequency in an established discursive genre, namely, debates in the European Parliament (EP). It is presented as a parenthetic construction, including elements with an anaphoric function, and endowed with a specific discursive aim. In order to better understand the raison d’être of this syntactically autonomous form in the specialized corpus, a mixed semantic-discursive approach is adopted. The aim of the study is to highlight the main properties of the construction bearing a particular functionality and to specify its status in discourse from the perspective of the active interlocutor.Given its rather simple morphological paradigm, its rather stereotypical enlargements, and its easy mobility, comme je l’ai dit reveals certain specificities of the referential process. The reference of the anadeictic type causes a sort of “duplication” of the object of discourse and also its reconfiguration. The return to the already said, with the aim of re-modeling it, is in fact accompanied by a re-saying, a repetition of the locutor’s own speech.The interrupting, the going back, the reworking and advancing, involved in the use of the analysed construction, seem to have several implications. The presence of comme je l’ai dit is justified by the speaker’s intention to construct relevant discourse that takes into account intralocutive and interlocutive dialogism. The interruption followed by a relaunch is a signal that redirects the attention of the interlocutor, while the repetition, which is a reminder of the already said, preserves the continuity of the discourse.The two processes set up by comme je l’ai dit, anaphoric reference and repetition, have the function of ensuring the coherence and the continuity of ongoing discourse through the tradeoff between saying, repeating and discursive memory. The importance of adjustments between speaker and interlocutor is the basis of the chosen discursive strategy. The functional perspective brings out the interpersonal aspect of the referential procedure.
On the discursive construction of the multiple meanings of francophonie/francophone viewed through the prism of argumentative semantics
Authors: Cozma Ana-Maria
Published: September 2021

This paper addresses the issue of polysemy, and more precisely of multiple meanings in the case of the words francophonie/francophone from the perspective of argumentative semantics. The aim of the paper is to examine the mechanisms that account for the multiple meanings of francophonie/francophone, i.e. the semantic and discursive mechanisms involved in the (re)construction of lexical meaning as the words occur in discourse. The data analysed in this paper consists of a set of discourse fragments about francophone identity, discourses that vary according to the speaker, the geographical location and the media support. The study is carried out within the framework of the SAP theory (Semantics of Argumentative Possibilities), following a procedure based on a pre-built reference meaning – i.e. a description of the argumentative potential of the lexeme – that will be used when analysing the discursive occurrences. First, the paper briefly presents the SAP theory and the pre-built reference meaning of the lexemes francophonie/francophone (described in terms of core-elements, stereotypes and argumentative possibilities). It then illustrates several discursive mechanisms of meaning construction. The analysis highlights a series of meaning construction mechanisms: transgressive activation of the argumentative potential, reconfiguration by scission of the core-elements or by deletion of one of the elements, modality addition, transgressive reconstruction of the core meaning, and finally core circularity. Thus, the paper indicates, from the perspective of argumentative semantics, that the multiple meanings of the words francophonie/francophone, i.e. the various semantic configurations attached to these words, can be seen as reconfigurations of a single lexical meaning.
Qualifying Adjectives and Saturation by Ethos
Authors: Maingueneau Dominique
Published: September 2021

Since the end of the 1990s, research on discursive ethos – the image of the speaker which is projected by his or her utterance – has been very active in discourse analysis. It contributes to a better understanding of how an enunciation can attract the support of addressees. But in general, this research 1) focuses on isolated texts or individual speakers, not on discursive formations, 2) does not take into account the lexicon when it does not have clear ideological content. On the contrary, this article deals with the role played by some French polysemous adjectives (simple, doux, clair) to make the incorporation (Maingueneau 1999) of readers or listeners possible, to make them adhere to the universe of meaning that is proposed to them. This point of view is first illustrated by the study of an advertising text, before being applied to large discursive formations: a religious movement (“devout humanism”) of the first half of the 17th century; and, in the political field, two antagonistic positions in France under the French Third Republic (1870–1940): the handbooks of Republican School and the monarchist movement “l’Action Française”. We are led to conclude that adjectives, by their polysemy, “saturate discourse.” Through ethos, discourse does not only persuade by the ideas it delivers: it also sets the addressee in a speech scene that partakes of the semantic characteristics of the ideological universe that discourse aims to promote.
Disciplinando el cuerpo, sujetando las pasiones: baile y música en la educación hispanoamericana del siglo XIX
Authors: Sans Juan Francisco
Published: September 2021

Existe una fuerte tendencia a reducir la educación a un conjunto de asignaturas destinadas a la formación intelectual de los individuos (lectura, escritura, matemáticas, historia, geografía, ciencias naturales, e incluso religión, educación moral y cívica). Este tipo de enseñanza privilegia el pensamiento, ignorando la importancia del cuerpo y las emociones en el desempeño social del individuo. En el siglo XIX -periodo en el cual se constituyeron las repúblicas hispanoamericanas- disciplinar el cuerpo y forjar los sentimientos de identidad, comunidad, patria y nación, se constituían necesidades perentorias. Más allá de la escasa escolarización, y la falta de obligatoriedad de la misma, fue en el seno de las familias donde se produjo gran parte de este proceso. Este trabajo explora el papel fundamental que desempeñaron el baile y la música en la educación de los ciudadanos hispanoamericanos del siglo XIX.
Association between biofilm-production and antibiotic resistance in Escherichia coli isolates: A laboratory-based case study and a literature review
Authors: Gajdács Márió , Kárpáti Krisztina , Nagy Ádám László , Gugolya Máté , Stájer Anette , Burián Katalin
Published: September 2021

Bacteria can enhance their survival by attaching to inanimate surfaces or tissues, and presenting as multicellular communities encased in a protective extracellular matrix called biofilm. There has been pronounced interest in assessing the relationship between the antibiotic resistant phenotype and biofilm-production in clinically-relevant pathogens. The aim of the present paper was to provide additional experimental results on the topic, testing the biofilm-forming capacity of Escherichia coli isolates using in vitro methods in the context of their antibiotic resistance in the form of a laboratory case study, in addition to provide a comprehensive review of the subject. In our case study, a total of two hundred and fifty (n = 250) E. coli isolates, originating from either clean-catch urine samples (n = 125) or invasive samples (n = 125) were included. The colony morphology of isolates were recorded after 24h, while antimicrobial susceptibility testing was performed using the Kirby-Bauer disk diffusion method. Biofilm-formation of the isolates was assessed with the crystal violet tube-adherence method. Altogether 57 isolates (22.8%) isolates were multidrug resistant (MDR), 89 isolates (35.6%) produced large colonies (>3 mm), mucoid variant colonies were produced in 131 cases (52.4%), and 108 (43.2%) were positive for biofilm formation. Biofilm-producers were less common among isolates resistant to third-generation cephalosporins and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (P = 0.043 and P = 0.023, respectively). Biofilms facilitate a protective growth strategy in bacteria, ensuring safety against environmental stressors, components of the immune system and noxious chemical agents. Being an integral part of bacterial physiology, biofilm-formation is interdependent with the expression of other virulence factors (especially adhesins) and quorum sensing signal molecules. More research is required to allow for the full understanding of the interplay between the MDR phenotype and biofilm-production, which will facilitate the development of novel therapeutic strategies.
Hiperbola i litota i ich funkcje w nagłówkach dziennika regionalnego „Gazeta Pomorska”
Authors:   Uniwersytet Kazimierza Wielkiego w Bydgoszczy, Wydział Językoznawstwa, Polska, Szlachcikowska Żaneta
Published: September 2021

The paper focues on the analysis of article headlines published in the local newspaper “Gazeta Pomorska”, in particular with regard to figures of speech like hyperbole and its opposite. Conventionalised metaphors (related to war, fight, nightmare, disaster, fear, illness) allow for creation of hyperbolic headlines. Military metaphors constitute the most numerous group where reality is presented as a battlefield (for example description of a purchase, African swine fever, election campaign, protest, road accidents, sport). Whereas, litotes is not only depicted by figures of speech such as personification, comparison, but also irony, colloquialisms and intersexuality. Although the material was extracted from a regional journal the analysis indicated that there are 43 percent more examples of general Polish headlines in the pages of “Gazeta Pomorska” with the use of hyperbole and litotes than those of regional origin. The analysis suggests that headlines of regional articles are frequently purely informative in nature without rhetorical aspects.
„Tu wszystko ma insze imię”, czyli o zmianach semantycznych w polszczyźnie potomków polskich imigrantów w Brazylii
Authors:   Federalny Uniwersytet stanu Paraná w Kurytybie, Brazylia, Goczyła Ferreira Alicja
Published: September 2021

The object of this research are lexical semantic changes in Polish language spoken by descendants of Polish immigrants who live in a rural community in southern Brazil. The aim is to analyze the semantic changes which emerged as a result of language contact with Brazilian Portuguese and to state if there is a semantical motivation between the primary meaning (brought by the immigrants) and the new meaning of the lexemes. The data used for the research was extracted from interviews conducted with nineteen Polish descendants. In the data there were found 64 lexemes which underwent a contact-induced semantic change. In 83% of cases there is a semantic link between the primary and the new meaning, which proves that the contact-induced semantic change can be subject to similar mechanisms that result in semantic change within one language only. The mechanisms observed most frequently in the data are generalization and metaphorization.
Jak studenci nazywają Ukraińca i Polaka (na materiale danych ankietowych z ośmiu polskich uniwersytetów)
Authors:   Narodowy Uniwersytet Lwowski im. Iwana Franki, Ukraina, Fyłypec Olga
Published: September 2021

The article is devotedtothewaysinwhich Polish studentscalla Poleanda Ukrainian. The researchers (2390 surveys) wereconductedamong 1195 students from 8 Polish universities: Rzeszów University, University of Silesia, University of Wrocław, Jagiellonian University, Universityof Lodz, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń and Maria Curie- Skłodowska University in Lublin. Theresearchmaterialcovers a totalof 2946 units. Asequivalentsofthewords Pole/Ukrainian, studentsgivenamesofgeographicalcategorization–mieszkaniec Polski/ mieszkaniec Ukrainy and of politicalcategorization – obywatel Polski/obywatel Ukrainy and others. Toname a Pole, theyproposethewordsrodak, krajan, naszrealizingthe„native-foreign”opposition. There are oftenequivalentsofresearchedethnonymsintheformofdiminutives, metaphorsandanthroponyms, e.g. Polaczek, patriota, cebulak, cebula, Janusz, Grażyna, Lach. Calling a Ukrainian, such student terms dominate: sąsiad, obcokrajowiec, cudzoziemiec, rusek, ruski, Ukrainiec and others. The definition of a Ukrainian as a neighbor appears more often in the group of students from Rzeszów and Lublin and rarelyfrom Poznań, Katowice, Wrocław, Toruń, Kraków and Łódź. The spaсу location of Toruń, Łódź, Poznań and Wrocław in the West of Poland determines the perception of a Ukrainian by the students from these cities in the category East – West: ci ze wschodu, osoba ze wschodniej granicy, osoba ze Wschodu and others. Thus, the place of residenceof stereotype carriers determines the character of these latter.
Komunikasi Persuasif Konten Youtube Kementerian Agama dalam Mengubah Sikap Moderasi Beragama
Authors: Rizky Fasha Umh , Syam Nur
Published: September 2021

The purpose of this study is to understand how the application of persuasive communication in explaining religious moderation, especially that which is applied to the Youtube content of the Indonesian Ministry of Religion, entitled "why should religious moderation". This research method uses a qualitative approach and a document study method, with the unit of analysis in the form of social artifacts. The results of this study indicate that in one-way communication through this Youtube video content, it is found the use of integration techniques, reward or pay-off techniques, fear-arusing techniques and icing techniques. The use of integration techniques can cause the communicant to feel that they are facing a problem and have the same position as the communicator. Fear arousing can produce the effect of communicants thinking they want to avoid it so as not to get bad like the video exemplified. The payoff technique shows the communicant knows the benefits that can be obtained by implementing the offered solution, namely religious moderation. The arrangement technique can be used to attract the attention of the communicant emotionally, by arranging sentences so that the communicant can understand it logically, and answering the doubts they have.
Strategi Pengembangan Pariwisata Dalam Perspektif Islam Menggunakan Metode Analisis SWOT Halal Tourism
Authors: Azizah Lailatul
Published: September 2021

Obyek wisata Bromo Tengger memiliki potensi besar untuk dikembangkan. Namun potensi yang tinggi kurang didukung oleh kemudahan akses untuk mencapai lokasi tersebut. Pada kenyataannya jumlah kunjungan wisatawan baik domestik maupun mancanegara masih sangat rendah bila dibandingkan dengan obyek wisata lain yang ada di Kabupaten Pasuruan. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian deskriptif dengan pendekatan Mixed Method (kuantitatif dan kualitatif). Peneliti akan menggambarkan tentang keadaan lapangan dengan tujuan untuk menemukan formulasi strategi pengembangan pariwisata dengan menggunakan analisis SWOT yang meliputi : Strength , Weakness , Opportunity  dan Threat  yang dapat dianalisis secara komprehensif. Dari hasil analisis IFAS (Internal Factors Analysis Summary) dan EFAS (External Factors Analysis Summary) diperoleh gambaran bahwa “ Destinasi Bromo Tengger dipandang memiliki daya kompetitif yang rendah untuk menghadapi ancaman dari destinasi wisata lainnya. Oleh karena itu strategi yang bisa diterapkan adalah melakukan strategi defensif yang memfokuskan pada pasar wisata. Langkah yang perlu diambil diantaranya adalah lebih meningkatkan promosi dan informasi tentang kawasan Bromo Tengger sebagai kawasan destinasi 10 pengembang prioritas (Tourism Branding Wonderful Indonesian). dan mengusulkan dalam agenda program wisata tahunan , memperbaiki sarana dan prasarana infrastuktur (assesibilitas) dan transportasi (amenitas) , serta  mengenalkan atraksi budaya.
Implementasi Strategi Pengembangan Bisnis Dengan Business Model Canvas
Authors: Sukarno Bangkit Rambu , Ahsan Muhamad
Published: September 2021

This study aims to determine the mapping of existing business strategies and develop new business strategies into a business model canvas. The method used is descriptive qualitative. Data were collected through observation, documentation, and interview. The collected data were analyzed using SWOT analysis and the results were elaborated into nine elements of the Business Model Canvas. The results showed that the business strategy obtained from the Business Model Canvas mapping is good enough because each element supports each other to increase revenue. The practical implication is that several strategies must be improvised to increase revenue, including by developing key resources, increasing the cost structure for advertising, and persuading customers to become resellers as key partnerships, customer relationships, and channels.
Analisis Kinerja Manajemen PT Sariguna Primatirta Tbk. Menggunakan Metode Balanced Scorecard Periode 2018-2020
Authors: Afiq Mohammad Khoiruzi , Ardyanfitri Helmina
Published: September 2021

The high demand for quality drinking water in Indonesia, at least Indonesia needs 570.40 million liters every day. PT Sariguna Primatirta Tbk is a drinking water producer with the first producer in Indonesia to receive a food safety management ISO 22000: 2005 certificate and has a Top Brand Index 2021 achievement of 39.7% with the first rank in the Oxygenated Bottled Drinking Water category. Management performance appraisal is important not only for internal, but also for the government, investors and the general public. This assessment can be used as a tool used to assess the level of efficiency and effectiveness of management in implementing strategies and preventing company losses. This study aims to determine the management performance of PT Sariguna Primatirta Tbk for the 2018-2020 period using the Balanced Scorecard method. The method used in this research is descriptive quantitative research. The object of this research is the Financial Statements of PT Sariguna Primatrita Tbk for 2018-2020. The results of this study indicate that the performance of PT Sariguna Primatirta Tbk in 2018 to 2019 is categorized as good by getting a total score of 16. However, in 2019 to 2020 there was a decline in performance due to non-optimal use of all assets to generate company profits but still got a total score of 10.
Analisis Pengaruh Proporsi Hutang, EPS Dan Oversubscription Terhadap Fenomena Underpricing
Authors: Haniifah Aisy , Hartati Nani
Published: September 2021

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of the proportion of debt, EPS, and oversubscription on the underpricing phenomenon in IPO’ s on the Indonesia Stock  Exchange 2017-2020. Sampling in this study was carried out using purposive sampling method, namely the sampling technique with certain considerations. To test the hypothesis, this study uses secondary data obtained by means of observational studies, literature studies and internet research, and processed using eviews 10. The results of this study indicate that the proportion of debt has no significant effect on underpricing . Earning per share was found to have a significant positive effect on underpricing . Oversubscription was also found to have a significant positive effect on underpricing .
Presentación Dossier Conflictividad y violencia política en América Latina (Siglos XX-XXI)
Authors: Goicovic Donoso Igor
Published: September 2021

El siglo XX latinoamericano, desde sus primeras dos décadas, fue testigo del desarrollo de luchas sociales por demandas tales como el acceso a la tierra, los derechos laborales, la consecución de la vivienda, el mejoramiento de la calidad de vida, y el respeto a los derechos ciudadanos, por señalar sólo los más importantes. Estas luchas, que movilizaron a miles de pobres de la ciudad y el campo en el contexto de un capitalismo concentrador de la riqueza y dependiente, se encontraron habitualmente con la respuesta negativa o insuficiente de los Estados y sus distintas formas de régimen político.
Analysis of the system for supporting investment projects in the sphere of processing and disposal of waste existing in Russia
Authors: Shkodinsky Sergey , Rykova Inna , Yuryeva Anna
Published: September 2021

In modern conditions, the problem of processing and disposal of household and industrial waste, both for the Russian Federation and most countries of the world, extremely aggravated and requires new approaches to its solution. The purpose of the submitted article is to conduct a comprehensive analysis of the system of supporting investment projects in the Russian Federation in the field of processing and disposal of waste.
The methodology of the analysis was based on the assessment of the effectiveness of the measures taken in terms of the management of production and consumption waste in the Russian Federation, including a comprehensive study and generalization of existing support measures in the field of waste management and disposal, including those provided by the public law company for the formation of an integrated system of solid municipal waste management «Russian Environmental Operator».
The authors summarized the dynamics of education, disposal, disposal and disposal of production waste and consumption in the Russian Federation in 2010-2020. Investment tools are systematized, which have the right to use a public-legal company for the formation of a comprehensive system for the treatment of solid communal waste "Russian ecological operator".
The analysis carried out in the course of the study showed that the sphere of solid municipal waste management in Russia is characterized by the presence of many shortcomings and high risks of the implementation of the federal project «Integrated System of Solid Municipal Waste Management», as well as a low level of attraction of private investments in the industry due to high risks implementation of investment projects in the studied area.
Conclusions and analytical generalizations made according to the results of the study can be applied in practice during the substantiation and introduction of optimal mechanisms for the support of investment projects in the field of processing and disposal of waste, taking into account the developed hikes to their typing and specification.
O processo de trabalho dos agentes comunitários de saúde: contribuições para o cuidado em territórios rurais remotos na Amazônia, Brasil
Authors: Lima Juliana Gagno , Giovanella Lígia , Fausto Márcia Cristina Rodrigues , Almeida Patty Fidelis de
Published: September 2021

Resumo: O objetivo do artigo é analisar o processo de trabalho dos agentes comunitários de saúde (ACS) em municípios rurais remotos e identificar especificidades e contribuições para o cuidado na atenção primária à saúde. O estudo qualitativo abrangeu 23 entrevistas com ACS e enfermeiros das equipes de saúde da família em cinco municípios rurais remotos do oeste do Pará, Brasil. A análise do processo de trabalho dos ACS contemplou duas dimensões interligadas: escopo de práticas e qualificação para o trabalho. O escopo de práticas mostrou-se abrangente, envolvendo acompanhamento familiar, cuidados e medidas preventivas individuais, abordagem coletiva e atividades administrativas. As visitas domiciliares constituem a principal ação dos ACS e uma importante forma de contato dos serviços de saúde com os usuários, atendendo a diferentes objetivos de cadastro, cuidado ou informação. Os ACS de localidades rurais remotas, em geral o único recurso de saúde acessível, apresentaram escopo de práticas mais abrangente que os da sede dos municípios, com inclusão de procedimentos individuais. A qualificação dos ACS para o trabalho pode potencializar ou limitar o desenvolvimento de suas práticas e foi expressa por alta motivação dos ACS, insuficiente supervisão e educação permanente e baixa integração com a equipe. São necessárias políticas que reconheçam as especificidades e garantam maior apoio (materiais, transporte e educação permanente) para o pleno desenvolvimento do trabalho do ACS nos municípios rurais remotos amazônicos. O conjunto ampliado de práticas dos Agentes sugere ser este um relevante ator para promover cuidados, facilitar acesso da população à rede de atenção à saúde e um elo real entre populações rurais e serviços de saúde em municípios rurais remotos.
Mosquitocidal activities of Chenopodium botrys whole plant n-hexane extract against Culex quinquefasciatus
Authors: Ilahi I. , Yousafzai A. M. , Attaullah M. , Haq T. U. , Rahim A. , Khan W. , Khan A. A. , Ullah S. , Jan T. , Khan M. M. , Rahim G. , Zaman N.
Published: September 2021

Abstract This research aimed to investigate various mosquitocidal activities of Chenopodium botrys whole- plant n-hexane extract against Culex quinquefasciatus. The extract showed remarkable larvicidal, pupicidal, adulticidal, oviposition deterrent and adult emergence inhibitory activities against Cx. quinquefasciatus. During the larvicidal and pupicidal activities, the 24-hour lethal concentration (LC50) of extract against 2nd instar larvae, 4th instar larvae and pupae were 324.6, 495.6 and 950.8 ppm, respectively. During the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) bottle bioassay for adulticidal activity, the median knockdown times (KDT50) at 1.25% concentration was 123.4 minutes. During the filter paper impregnation bioassay for adulticidal activity, the KDT50 value at 0.138 mg/cm2 concentration was 48.6 minutes. The extract was fractionated into 14 fractions through silica gel column chromatography which were then combined into six fractions on the basis of similar retention factor (Rf) value. These fractions were screened for adulticidal activity by applying CDC bottle bioassay. The fraction obtained through 60:40 to 50:50% n-hexanes-chloroform mobile phase with 0.5 Rf value showed 100% adulticidal activity at 0.2% concentration. During oviposition deterrent activity, the highest concentration (1000 ppm) showed 71.3 ± 4.4% effective repellence and 0.6 ± 0.1 oviposition activity index. During adult emergence inhibition activity, the median emergence inhibition (EI50) value was 312.3 ppm. From the outcome of the present investigation, it is concluded that the n-hexane extract of C. botrys whole- plant possesses strong larvicidal, pupicidal, adulticidal, oviposition deterrent and adult emergence inhibitory activities against Cx. quinquefasciatus.
Association of blood heavy metal levels with osteocalcin abnormality and incidence of osteoporosis in Saudi subjects
Authors: Banjabi A. A. , Kannan K. , Kumosani T. A. , Yousef J. M. , Abulnaja K. O. , Moselhy S. S.
Published: September 2021

Abstract Serum toxic metals have been implicated in development of many diseases. This study investigated the association between blood levels of lead and cadmium with abnormal bone mineral density (BMD) and incidence of osteoporosis. Sixty Saudi male adults age matching were assigned into two groups: A healthy control group (n = 30) and osteoporosis patients diagnosed according to T-score (n = 30). Serum calcium, vitamin D, osteocalcin, lead, cadmium were measured. Osteoporotic group showed a highly significant elevation of blood lead and cadmium levels compared to the control group (p <0.001). BMD was negatively correlated with serum osteocalcin level compared with control. There was a significant negative correlation between the cadmium and lead levels (r=-0.465 and p-value = 0.01) and calcium (p < 0.004). Our findings suggested that high cadmium and lead were negative correlated to BMD and increased the risk factor for osteoporosis.
Eficiência produtiva e riscos para propriedades leiteiras: uma revisão integrativa
Authors: Bassotto Leandro Carvalho , Lopes Marcos Aurélio , Brito Mozar José de , Benedicto Gideon Carvalho de
Published: September 2021

Resumo A eficiência operacional é fundamental para o desenvolvimento de propriedades leiteiras e está atrelada aos fatores de produção (terra, trabalho e capital). A má utilização desses recursos pode conferir mais riscos à atividade leiteira pelo possível aumento da ineficiência. Diante disso, objetivou-se analisar as relações existentes entre eficiência operacional e riscos, desenvolvendo um framework que integre diferentes pesquisas associadas ao negócio leiteiro. Foi realizada uma pesquisa qualitativa, utilizando-se a técnica de revisão integrativa da literatura em quatro artigos publicados sobre eficiência e risco na pecuária leiteira, encontrados nas bases Web of Sciece e Scopus, de 2010 a maio de 2020. Por meio do framework da gestão estratégica da eficiência e do risco, foram identificadas as principais características que compõem a eficiência de propriedades leiteiras e os riscos que podem impactá-las, bem como quais são as perspectivas futuras para o agronegócio do leite. São necessárias novas pesquisas que investiguem como os riscos advindos dos aumentos do nível de especialização, da formação profissional e da fronteira de produção podem impactar o desenvolvimento e os riscos de propriedades leiteiras. Esta pesquisa pode contribuir com o avanço do conhecimento científico acerca da eficiência e dos riscos na pecuária leiteira brasileira, bem como auxiliar produtores de leite a identificar quais são os maiores riscos da atividade.
INDUÇÃO DE FITOALEXINAS E ATIVIDADE DE PEROXIDASES EM SORGO E SOJA TRATADOS COM EXTRATOS DE BASIDIOCARPOS DE PYCNOPORUS SANGUINEUS
Authors: Peiter-Beninca C. , Franzener G. , Assi L. , Iurkiv L. , Eckstein B. , Costa V.C. , Nogueira M.A. , Stangarlin J.R. , Schwan-Estrada K.R.F.
Published: September 2021

RESUMO Este trabalho objetivou avaliar a indução de fitoalexinas e a atividade de peroxidases em sorgo e soja tratados com extratos de basidiocarpos de Pycnoporus sanguineus. Os extratos diclorometânico, hexânico e etanólico com 100, 250, 500 e 750 mg/L foram testados em relação à indução da produção de fitoalexinas e atividade de peroxidases em cotilédones de soja e mesocótilos estiolados de sorgo. Acibenzolar-S-metil (200 mg/L do produto comercial) e água destilada + Tween 20 foram utilizados como tratamentos controles positivo e negativo, respectivamente. Parafitoalexinas em mesocótilos de sorgo, o extrato hexânico (750 mg/L) proporcionou a maior indução, porém sem diferir significativamente do ASM. Para fitoalexinas em cotilédones de soja, os extratos de P. sanguineus não induziram atividade significativamente diferente dos tratamentos controles positivo e negativo, havendo uma tendência de supressão da síntese de gliceolina pelo extrato diclorometânico. Em relação às peroxidases, os extratos diclorometânico para sorgo e soja e etanólico para soja inibiram a atividade enzimática. A indução verificada para o extrato hexânico em sorgo não diferiu do controle ASM. A atividade específica de peroxidase em soja foi inibida pelo extrato etanólico e induzida pelo hexânico, mas sem diferença do tratamento com ASM. Esses resultados indicam o pequeno potencial destes extratos para a indução de resistência em patossistemas envolvendo sorgo e soja.
QUALIDADE HIGIÊNICO-SANITÁRIA DE CARNE BOVINA MOÍDA E DE EMBUTIDOS FRESCAIS COMERCIALIZADOS NO SUL DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL, BRASIL
Authors: Dias P.A. , Conceição R.C.S. da , Coelho F.J.O. , Tejada T.S. , Segatto M. , Timm C.D.
Published: September 2021

RESUMO A carne constitui excelente meio para a multiplicação de microrganismos, podendo ser responsável pela transmissão de doenças para o homem através de bactérias patogênicas. O trabalho teve por objetivo analisar a qualidade higiênico-sanitária da carne bovina moída e de embutidos frescais comercializados no sul do Brasil e avaliar o perfil de resistência dos isolados de Salmonella a agentes antimicrobianos. Os métodos utilizados na contagem de coliformes termotolerantes e no isolamento de Salmonella foram realizados de acordo com a Instrução Normativa nº 62/2003 do Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento. Os isolados de Salmonella foram testados quanto à sensibilidade aos antimicrobianos ampicilina (10 mcg), norfloxacina (10 mcg), tetraciclina (30 mcg), ácido nalidíxico (30 mcg) e cloranfenicol (30 mcg). De 67 amostras analisadas, doze não atenderam aos limites estabelecidos pela legislação vigente para coliformes termotolerantes e Salmonella. Salmonella Typhimurium foi isolada de uma (4,2%) amostra de carne moída. Salmonella sorotipos Typhimurium e Infantis foram isoladas de duas (9,5%) amostras de lingüiça suína e sorotipos Typhimurium, Infantis e Derby de três (13,6%) amostras de lingüiça de frango. Os seis (100%) isolados foram sensíveis à norfloxacina e à ampicilina. Três (50%) isolados foram sensíveis à tetraciclina, três (50%) ao cloranfenicol e dois (33,3%) ao ácido nalidíxico. Os resultados obtidos ressaltam a importância dos produtos cárneos de origem suína, bovina e avícola como fonte de contaminação por Salmonella.
CARACTERIZAÇÃO EPIDEMIOLÓGICA DA DOENÇA DE NEWCASTLE EM FRANGOS DE CORTE DO ESTADO DE MINAS GERAIS NO PERÍODO DE 1988 A 1998
Authors: Ribeiro V. , Santos B.M. dos
Published: September 2021

RESUMO No presente estudo foram analisados 791 exames laboratoriais para frangos de corte do Estado de Minas Gerais, no período de 1988 a 1998. Foram descritas as formas de ocorrência da doença de Newcastle (DNC) no estado, investigando a sua relação com o sistema de produção e com os mecanismos de prevenção sanitária a estes associados. O pequeno número de isolamento viral encontrado possibilita formular a hipótese de que a incidência da DNC foi muito baixa, durante os 11 anos estudado, embora focos esporádicos da doença tenham sido detectados. Observaramse diferenças significativas entre as mesorregiões mineiras, quando comparados os títulos de anticorpos antivírus da DNC considerados negativos para a presença do vírus, positivos vacinais ou positivos com títulos de IH para o vírus da DNC de desafio. No Triângulo Mineiro/Alto Paranaíba, os títulos de IH negativos confirmaram que a vacinação não é praticada pela maioria das granjas e o contato com vírus de campo foi mínimo, indicando que as condições sanitárias e de biosseguridade permitem a não utilização de vacinas contra a DNC. Já nas outras mesorregiões estudadas, a vacinação é realizada como rotina, apresentando bom índice de proteção vacinal (56%). O contato com o vírus de campo foi maior, justificando o uso de vacinação como forma de garantir aves livres da DNC.
Investigation in forensic nursing: trajectories and possibilities of action
Authors: Furtado Betise Mery Alencar Sousa Macau , Fernandes Carmela Lília Espósito de Alencar , Silva Juliana de Oliveira Musse , Silva Felicialle Pereira da , Esteves Rafael Braga
Published: September 2021

ABSTRACT To theorize and reflect on the possibilities of the forensic nurse’s performance, emphasizing the work as a civil and criminal expert, based on the Brazilian legislation, ethical principles, and comprehensive care for human beings. This is a theoretical study of exploratory nature with reflective and critical characteristics. It was based on the history of the national and international development of the forensic nursing specialty. It is organized into four categories, namely: areas of practice of forensic nurses in North American countries; state-of-the-art North American forensic nursing and the Brazilian reality, and nursing action in the face of violence. This way, international history, national panorama, and in-depth theoretical study were concatenated. Evidence of the contribution of forensic nursing to criminal and civil areas points to the emerging need for implementation and recognition of this practice within the scope of forensic investigation in Brazil with the inclusion of the topic in undergraduate courses.
ABEM: 22 ANOS DE HISTÓRIA
Authors: Gálvez Katy Regina Navarro
Published: September 2021

Resumo: Neste trabalho é apresentada a história da ABEM desde a sua fundação. São descritas as origens e as sedes pelas quais a instituição já passou, assim como suas finalidades. É explicada a forma de organização, mostrando sua constituição, diretorias, sócios, núcleos regionais e o departamento de Hospitais de Ensino. Além disso, destacam-se as várias realizações da entidade, entre elas, as Reuniões Anuais e os Seminários da ABEM, suas publicações, seus programas e projetos, seus convênios com outras instituições. As realizações da ABEM com outras entidades não se limitam à realização de convênios elas abranjem participações em Congressos, Conferências, Reuniões nacionais e internacionais além de Representações de membros designados pela ABEM em Comissões.
Fostering mature purpose beyond the classroom: considering family and other institutions in agentic purpose commitment
Authors: REILLY Timothy Scott , MARIANO Jenni Menon
Published: September 2021

Abstract This article addresses two questions about purpose in life: what is mature purpose, and how can it be cultivated? We first outline a picture of mature purpose based in part on established purpose research, and point out new frameworks that can resolve missing pieces and tensions in the current paradigms. We contend that above and beyond fulfilling discrete criteria present in operational definitions, mature purpose requires agentic yet flexible commitment to worthy goals rather than simplistic adoption of expected goals. A review of purpose formation beyond the classroom identifies similar roles of parents, post-secondary educational institutions, and extracurricular activities for supporting development of mature purpose in the direction of agentic commitment, namely, encouraging processes of: active exploration, tentative commitment, and support in navigating and sustaining meaningful commitment.