bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
comunidad europea
Authors: Urbez García Jesús Manuel
Published: July 2022

En el siguiente artículo se hace un recorrido desde los orígenes y nacimiento de la Comunidad Europea, pasando por las distintas ampliaciones y las negociaciones de España hasta la fecha de integración. El futuro de la Comunidad se presenta apasionante ante los grandes retos que se avecinan en vísperas del final del Segundo Milenio. La agenda de los noventa tiene subrayados acontecimientos tan importantes como, la Unión Europea en 1977 e incluso, la ampliación con otros países que llaman a su puerta.
Inmigrantes africanos y mercado de trabajo en la provincia de Zaragoza
Authors: Mur Ana , Gamarra María Luisa
Published: July 2022

Dado el incremento de publicaciones que sobre el tema abordado en este artículo existen en la actualidad para el caso español, no podemos sino sumarnos, desde la experiencia de la investigación concreta, a aportar los resultados -siempre parciales- de la situación del mercado de trabajo en relación con los inmigrantes extranjeros, y más concretamente, de los procedentes de países africanos.

La razón explicativa de los movimientos migratorios que se están produciendo hacia España en los últimos años, sobre­ todo los que tienen una orientación Sur/Norte, hay que relacionarlos con múltiples causas, pero los demógrafos, economistas, sociólogos, etc., apuntan principalmente a la pre­ sión demográfica y a la situación sociolaboral de los países de origen.

Los desajustes que se están produciendo en el mercado laboral, y en cierta manera, la poca disponibilidad de los nacionales para realizar ciertas actividades y/o aceptar determinadas condiciones de trabajo, lleva a plantear cuál es la situación actual y cómo se puede aventurar que será el futuro. En qué medida afecta la presencia de mano de obra extranjera, poco cualificada y en situación de necesidad, a la composición y estructuración del mercado de trabajo actual es uno de los objetivos planteados en nuestra investigación.

No queremos descontextualizar el tema que nos ocupa del conjunto de la problemática global de la inmigración extranjera, pero pensamos que, dada nuestra situación de observadoras privilegiadas, conocer un poco mejor el comportamiento del mercado laboral y sus implicaciones sociales puede arrojar alguna luz a la comprensión del fenómeno en su complejidad.
Noche de muestreo de personas sin hogar en la ciudad de Cádiz 2019
Authors: Robles Gavira Gabriel
Published: July 2022

El presente artículo muestra los resultados de la última noche de muestreo de personas sin hogar realizado en la ciudad de Cádiz en el año 2019. El objetivo del recuento es conocer la evolución y las características de la población sin hogar. El método empleado consiste en realizar una noche de muestreo. Es decir, peinar la ciudad y los dispositivos de pernoctación para encuestar a todas las personas localizadas durante la noche determinada. Los datos reflejan las características sociodemográficas de la población, la utilización que hacen de los recursos, su trayectoria biográfica, las causas de su situación y, por último, sus condiciones de vida y salud. Para concluir, la información analizada confirma la transformación de los perfiles de las personas sin hogar en dirección hacia una creciente feminización y juvenalización del colectivo.
aspiraciones sociales de la adolescencia en México
Authors: Castillo Viveros Nemesio , Zavaleta Betancourt José Alfredo , Rojas González Erika Patricia
Published: July 2022

El artículo de investigación tiene como objetivo analizar las opiniones de adolescentes en situación de riesgo por la violencia y delincuencia en Xalapa, Poza Rica, Puerto de Veracruz y Coatzacoalcos, municipios ubicados en el estado de Veracruz, México. El trabajo de campo fue realizado en polígonos en situación de pobreza determinados por la Secretaría de Desarrollo Social. Para realizar la investigación se hizo un muestreo en escuelas de primarias y secundarias ubicadas en las zonas de estudio. En el estudio participaron 434 adolescentes de edades entre 10 y 14 años. La estrategia de análisis de los datos fue descriptiva y correlacional. La información fue analizada con el software SPSS versión 25. Encontramos que las y los adolescentes identifican de manera clara los problemas en la familia, escuela, colonia y país, sin embargo, están dispuestos a trabajar por un cambio social. El 72% de las y los encuestados se mira en diez años como profesionista, el 69 % en diez años se mira trabajando o estudiando. Cabe señalar que, la desigualdad social, las prácticas sociales, el contexto y la cultura limitan su bienestar social. Por lo anterior, planteamos un modelo de intervención social desde la gerencia social, donde ellos sean quienes tomen decisiones para su futuro a partir del capital económico, social, cultural y simbólico acumulado.
El abastecimiento de agua en Zaragoza
Authors: García Ruiz José María
Published: July 2022

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Pesca marítima en Cantabria
Authors: Arija Dufol Francisco
Published: July 2022

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Balance hídrico de la cuenca del Noguera Ribagorzana
Authors: Plana Castellví José Antonio
Published: July 2022

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Introducción al estudio climático de las Sierras Exteriores (Prepirineo de Huesca) y su incidencia en la morfogénesis actual
Authors: Rodríguez Joaquín
Published: July 2022

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Nota acerca de las técnicas de Marketing para la comprensión de los mercados geográficos
Authors: Rubio Gracia José Luis
Published: July 2022

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La estructura interna del municipio de Logroño: análisis por distritos administrativos
Authors: Del Pozo Grijalba Milagros
Published: July 2022

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Aportación al estudio de la localización comercial en Zaragoza: autoservicios y mercados minoristas de alimentación
Authors: Escolano Utrilla Severino
Published: July 2022

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Dos registros de tributaciones y fogajes de 1413 poblaciones de Aragón correspondientes a las Cortes de los años 1542 y 1547
Authors: San Vicente Ángel
Published: July 2022

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La azucarera del Jiloca : su influencia en Santa Eulalia
Authors: Galve Martín Amelia
Published: July 2022

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Las actividades sectoriales de la población aragonesa
Authors: Faus Pujol María Carmen
Published: July 2022

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Consideraciones sobre el sistema de la cartografía geomorfológica del ITC, aplicado a un mapa geomorfológico sedimentario
Authors: Mensua Fernández Salvador , Van Zuidam Robert , Van Zuidam-Cancelado Flor Inés
Published: July 2022

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Reflexiones acerca de los movimientos de población
Authors: Higueras Arnal Antonio
Published: July 2022

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Open Space Indoor Navigation with RSS Sequence Transduction Neural Networks. (c2020)
Authors:   ,   Lebanese American University, Al Ghareeb Farhan
Published: July 2022

In conjunction to the extensive research conducted in outdoor positioning and navigation systems, indoor localization and navigation techniques have been gaining interest and attention with various technologies proposed in an attempt to achieve high positioning accuracy. Out of many proposed techniques, the received signal strength (RSS) fingerprinting-based approach remains widely adopted for indoor localization. One of the key challenges facing this approach is navigating an open space indoor location where the signal strength may vary indifferently from one position to the subsequent one. In this work, we propose a transduction neural network approach that takes as an input a sequence of past RSS fingerprints and accordingly predicts the current location, navigates the movement, and even predicts the future positions. The proposed models are based on Gated-Recurrent Unit (GRU) and Long-Short Term Memory (LSTM) recurrent neural networks (RNN). Moreover, we compare the accuracy of the proposed transduction neural networks to a non-recurrent neural network, then we evaluate the performance of all suggested models in a realistic environment with only WLAN RSS fingerprints, Cellular RSS Fingerprints, and both WLAN/Cellular RSS fingerprints. Our experimental results show that the LSTM-based architecture achieves accuracy of about one meter in an open area of 130m2 while only using Wi-Fi fingerprints.
Assessing knowledge, attitude and practice on breastfeeding, immunization, and oral care among mothers in Lebanese primary health care centers. (c2020)
Authors:   ,   Lebanese American University, El Maaz Farah
Published: July 2022

The prevalence of oral diseases, out breaks in preventable communicable diseases, and reduced breastfeeding rates in both developed and developing countries are major public health problems. Previous literature tackled knowledge, attitude, and practice (K A P) on breastfeeding, immunization, and oral health showing lots of discrepancies. Therefore, findings from studies showed that these public health problems can be resolved if educational interventions are implemented in all of the three child care practices. The objective of this study examines K, A, P on breastfeeding, immunization, and oral health in Lebanese Primary healthcare centers (PHCC) while examining 2 exposure groups; a group that received education and a group that didn’t. This cross sectional study targeted mothers in 4 Lebanese PHC centers during June and November 2019. A multicomponent questionnaire was administered to a convenience sample of participants (N = 1,172). Chi square tests were conducted between exposed and non-exposed groups to education. Factors associated with breastfeeding practice were investigated using multiple logistic regression analysis. The results of the study showed that participants had good immunization practice, yet average knowledge, attitude, and practice in oral health and breastfeeding. The provision of education, having good breastfeeding knowledge indicators, nationality as well as one attitude indicator showed associations with breastfeeding practice. At the end of this study, misconceptions were revealed, as well as low attitude, and reduced practice towards oral health and breastfeeding in mothers attending educational sessions in PHCC. The findings suggest a platform for new community based interventions aiming to enhance breastfeeding rates and reduce dental problems.
Banque du Liban PLS Financing. (c2020)
Authors:   ,   Lebanese American University, Hamdoun Diala
Published: July 2022

The objective of the research is to present a risk sharing Sharia-compliant financing scheme that reduces to a greater extent the exposure of Islamic Lebanese banks to displaced commercial risk (DCR) and encourages them to use modes of financing that are based on profit and loss sharing (PLS). In this context, a financial structure that is based on BDL circular 331 is proposed as a viable solution worth considering towards promoting PLS and mitigating DCR as well as competing on a level playing field with conventional banks. A model is developed to measure DCR under both risk sharing and BDL financing schemes and to assess the impact of introducing BDL financing on DCR mitigation. Using numerical simulations, the analysis shows that, for any particular investment, DCR can be reduced substantially by choosing BDL guarantee scheme as the mode of financing, thus paving the way for Lebanese Islamic banks to start providing PLS financing to their customers.
Autophagy Mediates the Effects of Physical Exercise on Learning and Memory through Activation of Hippocampal BDNF. (c2020)
Authors:   ,   Lebanese American University, Jabr Vanessa
Published: July 2022

Physical exercise is known to enhance learning and memory formation in the brain. These positive outcomes are mediated through the induction of the expression of a growth factor, brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), in the hippocampus. BDNF promotes cognitive behaviors and induces brain plasticity. Previous work has also reported that stimulating autophagy can restore cognitive ability. In this study, we demonstrated that a short-term voluntary exercise paradigm is sufficient to upregulate autophagy in different brain regions in an age-dependent manner. This increase in autophagy was correlated with enhanced spatial learning and memory formation particularly in mature adult mice (10-week-old). Indeed, we showed that short-term voluntary wheel running increases the protein expression levels of the autophagy marker, protein light chain 3 (LC3B), in the hippocampus of 10-week-old mice. We used the Morris Water Maze to evaluate spatial learning and memory performance in mice belonging to different age groups. Our work revealed that 10-week-old exercising mice that were treated with a brain-permeable autophagy inhibitor during the behavioral test showed cognitive deficits in the maze suggesting that induction of autophagy is necessary for exercise-induced learning and memory formation. Interestingly, we also found that inhibition of autophagy in exercising 10-week-old mice decreases BDNF protein levels in the hippocampus as compared to the control exercising group. Overall, our results suggest that BDNF acts downstream of exercise-induced autophagy to promote learning and memory formation in mature adult mice. We found that this pathway is not conserved in juvenile or middle-aged mice.
Effects of Different Processing Methods on the Antibiotic Enrofloxacin Residues Occurrence in Middle Eastern Dairy Products. (c2020)
Authors:   ,   Lebanese American University, Haddad Rita
Published: July 2022

Antibiotics are used to treat or prevent certain diseases caused by infectious agents. Over the past years, Lebanon has witnessed an increasing consumption of antibiotics through medications and food supply. There is a well-reported link between using antibiotics in farming and developing antibiotic resistance, which leads to subsequent human antibiotic treatment failure. Our first-of-its-kind study in the region aims to determine the effects of different dairy processing unit operations (pasteurization, skimming, curding, pressing, boiling/acidifying, and salting) on Enrofloxacin (ENF), a widely used antibiotic in Lebanon. For this, full fat and skimmed milk were inoculated with ENF, and processed into pasteurized milk along with commonly consumed Middle Eastern products (Baladi, Double Crème, Halloum and Akkawi) in a major dairy industry. Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (LCMS), the gold standard method, was used to quantify ENF residues. Results showed that pasteurization (Holder and High Temperature Short Time) significantly decreased ENF concentration. A significant increase in ENF by 3.5 folds was reported upon curding milk into Baladi, and by 1.9 folds upon acidifying/boiling the whey into Double Crème. Pressing Baladi to produce Akkawi did not have any significant effect on ENF concentration, while boiling Akkawi to produce Halloum decreased it significantly. Salting Halloum in brine (12%) did not have any significant effect. Our results will help the local authorities to set MRLs of ENF in dairy products. They will also guide the dairy industries to decide on which product to process the raw milk to whenever they receive milk contaminated with ENF to ensure the safety of their products.
Sectarianism in The Yemeni Political Field. (c2020)
Authors:   ,   Lebanese American University, Al-Qabili Nada
Published: July 2022

The rise of the Houthi movement was met with a parallel rise of sectarian discourses and attitudes particularly in the aftermath of the 2011 uprising. However, these dynamics can be traced to earlier forces and reconfigurations that have shaped the Yemeni political field over the longue durée. By employing a Bourdieusian framework to study the rise of sectarian discourses and attitudes, this thesis seeks to explain the interplay within and between local and regional factors to understand the strategic employment of sectarianism, not only by Yemen’s political elite, but also by Ansarullah. In so doing, this works details how the Salih regime and the Houthi leadership employed sectarian discourse as a form of symbolic capital in the competition to dominate the Yemeni political field. The thesis builds on Pierre Bourdieu’s concepts of symbolic capital/power, the political field, and the habitus to provide a more holistic understanding of the Houthi movement and the rise of sectarianism in Yemen. Moreover, instead of portraying Ansarullah as a mere proxy that has been caught amidst a rivalry of two greater regional hegemonies, this work aims to bring forward a local perspective by engaging with concepts and ideas which the Houthis have used to define and construct their identity and movement.
Well-Balanced Unstaggered Central Schemes for Models of Transport of Pollutant in Shallow Water Equations. (c2020)
Authors:   ,   Lebanese American University, Abou Saleh Mira
Published: July 2022

We present in this thesis a new well-balanced unstaggered central scheme for computing the transport of pollutants in water flows. The shallow water equations are used to model the water flow, and a transport equation is used to model the propagation of the pollutant. Our proposed scheme avoids the resolution of Riemann problems arising at the cell interfaces; it is second order accurate in space and time, evolves the numerical solution on a single grid and benefits from the non-dissipativeness of the particle method. Our scheme is also well-balanced due to a special discretization of the source term with the surface gradient method. We implement the proposed scheme and solve some selected problems featuring transport of pollutant. Accurate pollutant’s location and concentration are observed and reported in the numerical test cases.
The Association Between Protein Intake and the Prevalence of Frailty Among Community-Dwelling Lebanese Older Adults. (c2020)
Authors:   ,   Lebanese American University, Daccache Alexandra
Published: July 2022

Nutrition and in particular protein intake are shown to be key determinants of frailty. Nevertheless, the current daily protein recommendation of 0.8 g/kilogram (kg) BW has been proven to be inefficient in providing the required needs of the older population, and intake of 1 g/kg BW of protein was demonstrated to be more representative of the needs of older adults. Thus, this cross-sectional study aimed at examining the association between frailty and protein intake among Lebanese community-dwelling older adults. Dietary intake was assessed using an FFQ based on which protein intake was calculated using the USDA food database and frailty was determined via Fried’s Frailty Phenotype. A convenience sample of a total of 112 community-dwelling, older-adults were recruited through word-of-mouth, interviewed face to face, and screened in some areas of Greater Beirut and Byblos. SPSS software was used to conduct bivariate analyses and logistic regressions that either had frail or non-robust as outcomes, and protein intake was either entered as a cutoff (0.8 and 1 g/kg BW/d) or by protein source (animal protein corrected for plant protein intake, and plant protein corrected for animal protein intake). All the regressions were corrected for gender, age, educational level, BMI, number of chronic diseases, polypharmacy, dietary supplements, GDS score, RUDAS score, and MeDi score. Sixteen (14.41%) participants were identified as being frail, and the total participants, only 19.82% (n=22) reached a protein intake ≥0.8 g/kg BW and 11.7% (n=13) had an intake ≥1g/kg BW. Nevertheless, no association was found between total protein intake and the prevalence of frailty in this population. Only plant protein was positively associated with frailty with 6.2% (95% CI= 0.6% - 12.1%) higher frailty prevalence. In conclusion, it is important to further study the association between frailty and protein intake, within a larger sample size, considering protein distribution and timing as well as total energy intake, other macronutrients, physical activity, and diet quality.
The Music Field. (c2020)
Authors:   ,   Lebanese American University, Hajjar Zaidoun
Published: July 2022

Using Pierre Bourdieu’s theories of Habitus, Capital, and Field, this paper will attempt to locate the "music field" through tackling the case of peripheral Syrian musicians that have been displaced to the core cultural spaces in Berlin. This thesis will also investigate how cultural capital allows newcomers to negotiate with dominant players within the cultural field, to gain legitimacy through countering processes of labeling and characterization. Moreover, music has proved to assist the process of social integration, through communication, increased interactions, building social networks as well as alleviating language and cultural borders.
Degree-Based Network Anonymization. (c2020)
Authors:   ,   Lebanese American University, Halawi Ola
Published: July 2022

Enormous amounts of data collected from social networks or other online platforms are being published publicly for the sake of statistics, marketing, and research, among other objectives. The consequent privacy and data security concerns have motivated the work on degree-based data anonymization. In this thesis, we study a new multi- objective parameterized anonymization approach that generalizes the known degree anonymization problem and attempts at improving it as a more realistic model for data security/privacy. Our model suggests a convenient privacy level for each net- work based on the standard deviation of its degrees. The objective is to modify the degrees in a way that respects some given local restrictions, per node, such that the total modifications at the global level (in the whole graph/network) are bounded by some given value. A corresponding graph realization approach is introduced based on a reduction to the Weighted Edge Cover problem, which in turn is solved using Integer Linear Programming to obtain the best possible solution. Our thorough experimental studies provide empirical evidence of the effectiveness of the new approach; by specifically showing that the introduced anonymization algorithm has a negligible effect on the way nodes are clustered, thereby preserving valuable network information while significantly improving the data privacy.
Hernia de pared abdominal, diagnostico y tratamiento
Authors: Chica Alvarracin Pablo Adrian , Carrera Chinizaca Valeria Madelein , Sagñay Cujilema Jessenia Carolina , Sinchiguano Chiluisa Jessica Yesenia
Published: July 2022

Una hernia de pared abdominal es la protrusión de peritoneo parietal (que puede acompañarse de vísceras intraabdominales) a través de un orificio o anillo anatómicamente débil de la pared abdominal. Está compuesta por un saco (peritoneo parietal) que comprende cuello, cuerpo y fondo, y que protruye a través de un orificio o anillo (defecto) aponeurótico. La metodología utilizada para el presente trabajo de investigación, se enmarca dentro de una revisión bibliográfica de tipo documental, ya que nos vamos a ocupar de temas planteados a nivel teórico como es Hernia de pared abdominal, diagnóstico y tratamiento. Manejo y complicaciones. La técnica para la recolección de datos está constituida por materiales electrónicos, estos últimos como Google Académico, PubMed, entre otros, apoyándose para ello en el uso de descriptores en ciencias de la salud o terminología MESH. La información aquí obtenida será revisada para su posterior análisis. Existe una amplia gama de hernias de la pared abdominal y varias sub clasificaciones dependiendo del área donde se desarrollen, la mayoría por no decir todas, terminan con tratamiento quirúrgico, como toda patología medica su pronto diagnóstico es el que va a establecer el tratamiento más optimo posible. En cuanto al diagnóstico, la exploración física, sumada a los estudios de imágenes son los estándares para establecer un diagnóstico certero.
Telemática aplicada en la odontología
Authors: Suasnabas Pacheco Erika Jazmin , Vélez Sánchez María Victoria , Rojas Gomez Piedad , Armijos Fernández Franklin Gonzalo
Published: July 2022

La telemática se puede definir como parte de una Ciencia que implementa tecnologías que buscan el constante desarrollo de las Telecomunicaciones y las Tecnologías de la Información, aportando metodologías, procesos, técnicas e incluso servicios que puedan ser útiles para ambas o para su aplicación conjunta. La teleodontología consiste en la atención odontológica a distancia mediante el uso de dichas tecnologías para el registro, el almacenamiento y la transmisión de información para mejorar el acceso a la salud de poblaciones aisladas, desatendidas, de escasos recursos económicos u otras circunstancias. Por lo antes expuesto, es necesario recopilar datos asociados con la telemática para la atención de pacientes de odontología y para ello se ha llevado a cabo una profunda investigación documental en el marco de una metodología de revisión. En los resultados se aportan conceptos, tipos de teleconsultas, formas de comunicación, beneficios en inconvenientes de esta aplicación. La teleodontología se presenta como un complemento del método tradicional de atención dental, lo que también supone una mejor gestión de información asociada al paciente. Finalmente, la telemática aplicada a la odontología es un sector emergente que aunque sigue en expansión puede ofrecer nuevas formas de interactuar y generar beneficios en la salud bucal.
Cirugía tradicional vs cirugía robótica de tumores en próstata
Authors: López Toledo MarÍa Gracia , Granda Pozo Katherine Silvana , Carrión Vega George Terry , Mayo Jacome Juan Carlos
Published: July 2022

La Prostatectomía Radical (PR) es una de las opciones terapéuticas más extendidas como tratamiento del cáncer de próstata localizado. La PR ha sido una técnica quirúrgica en constante desarrollo, la aplicación de la tecnología robótica en la práctica clínica se produjo en las últimas décadas. Aunque la aplicación inicial de la robótica en medicina fue sumamente diversa, el principal impacto de esta tecnología fascinante se dio en la asistencia de cirugías mínimamente invasivas. La metodología utilizada para el presente trabajo de investigación, se enmarca dentro de una revisión bibliográfica de tipo documental, ya que nos vamos a ocupar de temas planteados a nivel teórico como es Cirugía tradicional vs cirugía robótica de tumores en próstata. Manejo y complicaciones. La técnica para la recolección de datos está constituida por materiales electrónicos, estos últimos como Google Académico, PubMed, entre otros, apoyándose para ello en el uso de descriptores en ciencias de la salud o terminología MESH. La información aquí obtenida será revisada para su posterior análisis. En la bibliografía consultada la prostatectomía laparoscópica robótica comparada con la prostatectomía laparoscópica normal y abierta, tiene resultados elevados en lo que respecta a menores complicaciones, estancia hospitalaria, entre otros, por ser mínimamente invasiva, eliminando las complicaciones de la laparoscopia convencional como, la visualización, la coordinación manos-ojos y las limitaciones del movimiento manual, generando un confort para los cirujanos en las cirugías para los pacientes con incisiones mínimas, menos anestesia, menor pérdida de sangre. Sin embargo, la cirugía robótica tiene un alto coste, lo que la hace tener una demanda baja con respecto a la cirugía laparoscópica, mucho más accesible y también con buenos resultados post operatorios y de ultima la prostatectomía tradicional abierta, ultima dentro de ámbito de escogencia por sus resultados en cuanto a complicaciones y otras variables.
Pérdida de peso corporal y control metabólico en obesos diabéticos sometidos a bypass gástrico
Authors: Plua William , Vásquez Hazel Anderson , Jarrim Karina
Published: July 2022

La obesidad y la Diabetes Mellitus tipo 2 constituyen un grave problema de salud pública asociada a una mayor morbilidad y mortalidad a nivel mundial. El bypass Gástrico con Y de Roux se considera el procedimiento quirúrgico de referencia para el tratamiento de la obesidad y control metabólico de la Diabetes tipo 2. La presente investigación tuvo como objetivo determinar el efecto del bypass gástrico con Y de Roux sobre la pérdida de peso corporal y el control metabólico en 32 obesos diabéticos tipo 2 (11 hombres y 21 mujeres entre 24 y 64 años de edad, durante el período abril 2018 hasta abril 2019). Se realizó evaluación antropométrica (Peso, talla, IMC, %de IMC perdido (%IMCP), % de peso excedido perdido(%PEP) y evaluación bioquímica (glucemia, HbA1c, Colesterol total, triacilglicéridos). Se aplicó t de Student, Chi cuadrado y Wilcoxon. Entre los resultados Al inicio del estudio= obesidad grado II (50%), obesidad III (44%) y 6% superobesidad; A los 12 meses= IMC normal (20%), sobrepeso (47%), obesidad grado I (24%), obesidad grado II (8%) y 3% obesidad grado III (p=0,000). %IMCP=excelente (65%), con una mayor frecuencia de pérdida en las mujeres (53%). En cuanto a %PEP= pérdida excelente (3%), buena (21%); mientras que el 76% presentó una pérdida menor de 50% al año. Observándose al año un control metabólico adecuado. Se concluye que el BPGYR es una estrategia efectiva para la pérdida de peso y el control metabólico en estos pacientes.
Enfermedad pulmonar obstructiva crónica (EPOC)
Authors: Villacres Fernández Francisco Alejandro , Gavilanes Torres Alexander Alessi , Cruz Villegas Janeth Aurora
Published: July 2022

La enfermedad pulmonar obstructiva crónica (EPOC) supone un importante problema de salud pública mundial, por su elevada prevalencia y su morbimortalidad. La EPOC es una enfermedad pulmonar inflamatoria crónica que causa la obstrucción del flujo de aire de los pulmones. Los síntomas incluyen dificultad para respirar, tos, producción de moco (esputo) y sibilancias. Típicamente es causado por la exposición a largo plazo a gases irritantes o partículas de materia, más a menudo por el humo del cigarrillo. Es importante el conocimiento básico de esta patología y definitivo para la toma de decisiones por parte del personal de salud y de la población en general, que permitan ya sea prevenir o tratar adecuadamente a estos pacientes y mejorar su pronóstico. El objetivo principal de la presente investigación se centra en plasmar algunas generalidades fundamentales acerca de la Enfermedad pulmonar obstructiva crónica (EPOC), tales como sus factores de riesgo, clasificación, diagnóstico, estratificación del riesgo y comorbilidades asociadas. La investigación se desarrolló mediante una metodología de tipo documental bibliográfica bajo la modalidad de revisión. La EPOC es una patología importante en todo el mundo en el área de la salud, ya que genera en la paciente invalidez, afecta a la organización de la familia y produce altos costos para la atención médica. Asimismo, por la creciente población de fumadores en todo el mundo, la contaminación atmosférica, la tendencia de la población al envejecimiento, las estimaciones apuntan a que la prevalencia e incidencia aumenten y se desarrolle más aún la enfermedad en la edad adulta. Por último, las comorbilidades asociadas a la EPOC representan un factor predictor de mortalidad, por tanto, es necesario establecer estrategias que permitan prevenir esta situación y el reingreso de los pacientes que ya han sido dados de alta por causa de una exacerbación de su enfermedad, esto incluye el control y tratamiento de dichas comorbilidades.
Enhancing Efficiency for Wideband Antennas by Controlling the Parasitic Resonance of the Feed Structure
Authors: Shin Hyunwoong , Kim Hyeongdong
Published: July 2022

Parallel resonance feed structures can be used to implement wideband impedance characteristics. However, at some frequencies, parasitic resonance is generated in the feed structure. Radiation efficiency nullification occurs at the frequency of the parasitic resonance. This frequency moves with the size of the feed structure. In this paper, two antennas with different parallel resonance feed structures are presented. By simply modifying the feed structure, the frequency of the parasitic resonance is shifted. The impedance bandwidth and the efficiencies of the two antennas confirm that antenna performance is significantly enhanced when a parasitic resonance is moved away from the antenna operating band. This research provides a simple and feasible method for the design of practical high-performance wideband antennas.
A Deep Learning-Based Compact Weighted Binary Classification Technique to Discriminate between Targets and Clutter in SAR Images
Authors: Seo Seung Mo , Choi Yeoreum , Lim Ho , Park Ji Hoon
Published: July 2022

The proposed approach is a deep learning-based compact weighted binary classification (DL-CWBC) method to discriminate between targets and clutter in synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images. A new modified cross-entropy error function is proposed to improve the probability of detection by controlling the rate of false alarms (FAs). The unique feature of a CWBC algorithm is reducing the FA rate and maximizing the probability of target detection without missing any target. For pre-processing, targets and clutter are detected through a constant false alarm rate (CFAR) as a conventional detection algorithm. These are then manually divided into two classes. The classified targets and clutter were trained through a ResNet-101 network. There is a trade-off between the minimization of the FA rate and the maximization of the detection probability for targets of interest (TOIs). The weighted coefficient of the modified cross-entropy error function tries to maximize the performance of this trade-off. In addition, the proposed approach enables us not to miss any targets by an extreme distinction decision. Above all, the DL-CWBC algorithm performs very well despite its simplicity.
Priority factors for development of Bantaragung as sustainable tourism village
Authors: Gunadi I Made Adhi , Hanurajasa Dhike Noordestiasari , Firmansyah Riza
Published: July 2022

Bantaragung Village in Majalengka Regency, West Java is one of the tourism villages which raises the diversity and uniqueness of its natural potential as an attraction. As a developing tourism village, it is necessary to ensure that the development of Bantaragung Tourism Village is in accordance with the principles of sustainable tourism. Therefore it is important to know and determine the main priority factors for the development of Bantaragung as a sustainable tourism village. The purpose of this research is to identify the characteristics of tourism village, to analyze the development priorities and to describe the sustainable tourism development strategy in Bantaragung Village. Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) using Expert Choice 11 Software and SWOT analysis are the methods used in this research. The results show that from the seven criteria for tourism village, accessibility has the dominant level of importance of the tourism village characteristic. As for the 4 alternative choices of natural tourist attractions, Awilega Camping Ground is the top priority for natural tourism attractions in Bantaragung. Furthermore, this study also found that the strategy for sustainable tourism development is to combine the existing strengths and threats elements of Bantaragung. In other words, the strategies could be implemented by preserving traditional culture and arts, as well as creating a distinctive feature in the Awilega Camping Ground.
Market orientation and technology orientation: an empirical study on homestay business in West Sumatera
Authors: Afifah Afifah , Dewi Ranti Komala
Published: July 2022

Homestay is one of the supporting elements of the West Sumatra tourism sector. In its development, the homestay business in West Sumatra has not yet achieved the best performance. The orientation of homestay owners to the market (consumers and competitors) and technology are aspects that are not yet clearly implemented, while these two aspects are needed in achieving business performance. This study aims to determine how market orientation and technology are applied by homestay owners. To achieve this goal, the perceptions of 104 homestay owners were collected through questionnaires distributed online and offline. The collected data was then analyzed descriptively. The results show that homestay owners in West Sumatra have implemented market orientation by making customer satisfaction the main goal of running a business and evaluating it regularly. Homestay owners in West Sumatra are also mutually supportive and responsive to competition. The technology orientation aspect has not been implemented thoroughly, where the homestay owner already understands the benefits of technology for his business but has not been able to fully implement it in his business.
The role of Psycap and Readiness for change of hotel employees in implementing the CHSE protocol
Authors: Kristianto David , Kartika Endo Wijaya , Iskandar Vido
Published: July 2022

To prevent the transmission of the Covid-19 virus, the hotel industry continues to improve, especially with regard to health protocols, therefore the Hotel has started implementing the Cleanliness, Hygiene, Sanitation, and Environment (CHSE) protocol, this protocol was created by the government to increase efforts to prevent and control transmission Covid-19 for the public in public places and facilities to prevent new clusters of transmission. The implementation of the CHSE protocol requires the readiness of all hotel employees to implement it. This research is a causal quantitative research that aims to see the readiness of star hotel employees in Surabaya, Malang, and Batu to implement changes seen from 4 dimensions, namely Self-Efficacy, Optimism, Hope, Resilience. This research was conducted by distributing questionnaires to 68 hotel employees, where the majority of respondents came from the FB Service department 29 people (42.65%) and the Front Office 18 people (26.47%) FB Culinary 11 people (16.18%), Housekeeping 6 people ( 8.82%), Security 4 people (5.88%). Data processing in this study uses the help of smart PLS 2.0. From the results of this study it can be concluded that 4 dimensions, namely Self-Efficacy, Optimism, Hope, Resilience have a positive and significant effect on employee readiness in implementing changes.
Evaluation of tourism development as the impact of community satisfaction
Authors: Ridho Sari Lestari Zainal , Pitaya Pitaya , Sabli Habsah Binti Haji Mohamad
Published: July 2022

This study aims to examine the community satisfaction, which consists of public service satisfaction, environmental satisfaction, recreational opportunity satisfaction, economic satisfaction, community involvement, and social opportunities and medical services satisfaction, has an effect on the support of tourism development in Indonesia. This purpose was set since the sustainability of tourism development is something important, so it requires support from the community. The data used are primary data collected through a survey in the form of a questionnaire. The population in this study were the people of Indonesia, while the sample was determined by using a simple random sampling technique. The analysis technique used is PLS-SEM considering the suitability of these techniques with research objectives. The findings of this study based on the results of data processing are that environmental satisfaction, economic satisfaction, community involvement, and social opportunities have an effect on tourism development support in Indonesia, while public service satisfaction, recreational opportunity satisfaction, and satisfaction with medical services have no effect.
Kotagede heritage city: Identification of conservation and preservation based on community perspective
Authors: Rindasih Erda , Izzudin Muhammad , Baiquni Muhammad
Published: July 2022

Kotagede is one of the tourism destinations that has been associated with several sites such as education, history, and culture. On the macro and local levels, policies must guarantee that tourism development does not compromise cultural heritage assets that can provide economic, social, and environmental advantages. The aim of the article is to provide an overview of the stakeholders who contributed to the administration and development of the Kotagede tourist conservation and preservation program, focusing on the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) standard as a performance indicator. The technique and methods used in this study are observation, filed survey and in-depth interview. The findings indicated that Kotagede had a competitive advantage as a potential tourism destination due to its cultural, historical, gastronomic, architectural, and transportation advantages. The institutional community has been engaged in preserving old structures, promoting tourism, and fostering local economic growth.
CHSE-based healthy culinary as a strategy to increase consumer purchase intention in Malang City
Authors: Krisnanda Rulli , Rachmadian Aprillia
Published: July 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has made several culinary entrepreneurs in the city of Malang had a decline in turnover due to limited of tourists entering the city of Malang. Cleanliness efforts and guidelines called CHSE by the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy are published to help address these impacts. The specific purpose of this study is to analyze the culinary needs of consumers in the city of Malang during a pandemic with the aim of making a strategy that can increase purchase intention. The urgency of this research is to get a strategy to increase consumer purchase intention in Malang City for culinary entrepreneurs in Malang city based on consumer preferences for culinary in the new-normal era. The method used is need analysis. The Mean and Standard Deviation are used to calculate the average level of need for which CHSE-based culinary aspects are the most dominant. The findings from this study are that the culinary aspects that dominate purchase intention are cleanliness, safety and environmental (environment/green product).
Türkmen ve Azerbaycan Masallarında Mitolojik Kuş Motifi: Simurg / Zümrüd
Authors: BAYRAKDARLAR Tuğba
Published: July 2022

Toplumların kültürel kodlarına, değer yargılarına ve inanç sistemlerine ayna tutan masallar, kendisini meydana getiren motif adlı en küçük ögeler aracılığıyla çeşitli sembollerin aktarımında kullanılan en etkili araçlardan biridir. İnsanların zihinlerinde idealize edilen dünya düzeninin tesis edilmesi ve düzensizliğin sona erdirilmesi, masallarda kahramana yardımcı motifler aracılığıyla gerçekleştirilir. Bu amaçla masallarda kaos durumunu sona erdirmekle görevli kahramana yolculuğunda yardımcı olup iyiliğin, bilgeliğin ve vefakârlığın sembolü olarak sıklıkla kullanılan kuşlar, konumlandığı mekân ile sahip olduğu özellikleri itibarıyla mitolojik izler taşıyan olağanüstü varlıklardır ve metin içerisinde her biri geleneği bilen anlatıcı tarafından bilinçli olarak işlenir.
Bu çalışmada Türkmen ve Azerbaycan masallarından seçilen toplam on iki metin üzerinden kahramanın yolculuk epizotunda karşısına çıkarak olay örgüsünün şekillenmesinde önemli rol oynayan Simurg / Zümrüd motifinin şekilsel ve işlevsel çözümlemesi yapılmıştır. Olağanüstü kuşun yaşadığı mekân, fiziksel özellikleri, işlevleri ve karşısındaki en büyük engel olarak işlenen ejderha, yılan, dev gibi kaotik varlıklar üzerinde durularak motifin her iki sahadaki kullanım durumu değerlendirilmiştir.
“Women’s Voices in Contemporary Irish Theatre
Authors: Novkinić Sandra
Published: July 2022

The issue of re-establishing the contemporary Irish women playwrights to prominence has gained great attention. Women playwrights feel the need to combat systemic prejudice in the theatre industry, meaning that postfeminists in Ireland are very much present. Although often regarded as a synonym for third-wave feminism, postfeminism has its separate characteristics. One of them is that postfeminism defines equality differently than has been done previously. Equality should not look like androgyny, nor should it be strictly divided based on gender since such a division ignores the human elements of thought, intellect, emotion, and expression. Furthermore, ethical issues in literature have been identified and discussed worldwide for years, not excepting the contemporary Irish theatre. The aim of this paper is to show a notable step towards an increased emphasis on the issue of gender responsibility and solidarity, or lack thereof. The paper also deals with ethical implications and consequences of the ways in which these issues underpin social interactions as well as family and gender relations that Marina Carr and Nancy Harris dramatize in their plays.
“Post‐Revolution Crisis, Migration, and the Quest for Self‐Identity” in Abdulrazak Gurnah’s Gravel Heart
Authors: Oyewole Fadare Nureni
Published: July 2022

This paper examines post-revolution crises, migration, and the quest for self-identity in Abdulrazak Gurnah’s Gravel Heart (2017). Gurnah is a postcolonial cosmopolitan Zanzibarian writer born and raised in Zanzibar, Tanzania, but who lives and writes in London. Gravel Heart reviews the 1964 post-independence revolution in Zanzibar with a focus on how it leads to the mass exodus of people of other ethnic backgrounds from Zanzibar. Among those forced to leave the island are the ruling Omani Arabs, the Yemenis, the Indians, and the Europeans. The paper adopts the Postcolonial theory in the analysis of the text with an emphasis on both remote and immediate causes of the revolution and the crises it generates. It is discovered that the 1964 revolution is an inevitable stage in the political development of Zanzibar going by the structure left behind by the British colonial government who fled the country in 1963. The text also reveals migration challenges faced by immigrants in the Diaspora, such as identity crises, unemployment, and accommodation problems. It can also be seen that the return of the leading migrant character serves as an epiphany for him regarding certain factors that culminated in the family and national crises. The narrator berates the revolution since the new emerging leaders failed to address the critical challenges faced by the people of Zanzibar; rather, they instituted a new government of terror. The post-revolution Zanzibar witnessed unjust arrest and detention of members of oppositions, corruption, high handedness, abuse of power and family disintegration. The paper thus concludes that forced migration, bad leadership, corruption, abuse of power, family disintegration, and crises of identity mar the post-revolution lives of Zanzibarians both at home and in the Diaspora.
Self Is Meaningless When the Other Is Not Truly Understood
Authors: Sasani Samira
Published: July 2022

The Other, whose presence is essential for the construction of the Self, has almost always been depicted peculiarly in the literary texts of the East and the West. The investigation of Jalal al-Din Rumi’s parables and Bernard Pomerance’s play, albeit the genres, time, place, and cultures are totally different—Rumi’s parables are classical Persian poems and Pomerance’s work is a modern American play—well indicates how the Other is mistakenly delineated and how the Colonizer’s attempt at making the Other “almost the same, but not quite”—as Bhabha states—fails and leads to the unsophisticated fabrication of the Other. Self is well understood in relation to the understanding of the Other. In this research, it is shown how both the Other and the Colonizer fail when there is no thorough mutual understanding.
Production, Consumption, and Trading of Tea in Pakistan
Authors:   The Korean Tea Society, Rameeza Fatima , Eun Jong-Bang
Published: July 2022

Tea is a traditional beverage and the national drink of Pakistan and is locally known as “Chai”. Tea is loved throughout the length and breadth of Pakistan and remains one of the most popular beverages. Furthermore, it contains antioxidants and biotin, which boost the immune system. Pakistan has the potential to produce high-quality tea, which would increase exports, but due to a lack of appropriate equipment and research facilities and improper management, it is difficult to produce tea on a large scale. This study was undertaken to investigate tea farming practices with the aim of increasing tea cultivation in the grassland areas of Pakistan to improve living standards and create more employment opportunities for local people.